The Bruces

Hi

2011-01-17T14:21:00.000-08:00

We're looking forward to our little girl getting here. It has been fun seeing more pink around lately. Her room is almost done, I'll post pictures (next year). Meanwhile here are some random pictures.

Jaxson and Cooper RULE!!

2010-01-28T23:48:00.000-08:00

I'm pretty sure I don't like blogging but I do love reading other blogs. I usually open up my page here then click away reading my peeps updates. So KEEP IT UP!! Ugh, I'm tired of seeing the same picture of Cooper and Jaxson and reading the first few boring words I wrote 7 months ago. Why am I so lame? So now I'm finally changing it up. I love my boys!

Jaxson is such a good helper

Coopers 1st Birthday

Cooper is 5 Months!!

2009-06-14T00:25:00.000-07:00

I just couldn't resist dressing them alike. Cheesy I know. But I just love it.

While I was trying to take a few pictures of Cooper, Jaxson kept posing and saying "cheese". So of course, I had to take pictures of the sweetheart. By this time he had already taken his clothes off.

Well Cooper is actually 5 1/2 months now. That's just how slow I am updating my blog. Blogging is getting really hard...why? Anyways, Cooper turned 5 months on June 3rd, which is also the day I took the pictures of him. He's so dang cute I can't even stand it anymore! He already has 2 teeth, weighs 16 pounds (65%) and is 27 inches (90%).
Jaxson is doing well also. He seams to be having more fun with Cooper. Especially because Cooper just thinks he is so great! I just love watching them interact, it makes my heart melt. Jaxson weighs 31 pounds (75%) and is 37 inches (100%). The weight was a little surprising to us since he never eats.

I love my boys!

Jaxsons Birthday

2009-05-24T21:30:00.000-07:00

Ya, that's right! I'm talking about my kids again.

Jaxson turned 2, I still can't believe I have a two year old. He is so freaking cute, and so wild! I love him so much. I never thought kids would be so much fun.

We had his Birthday party on Friday. Lots of kids, lots of food, lots of water fights, lots of fun. Jaxson couldn't believe all the attention he was getting. Thanks everyone for coming! Here are some great pictures....

4 Months

2009-05-04T12:46:00.000-07:00

Cooper is now 4 months old.Cooper turned 4 months yesterday. I took the picture last night before midnight so it's a true picture of him on his exact 4 month old birthday. Obviously I don't have much to blog about these days except for my kids getting older. I guess I could talk about how Jaxson never sleeps, it's a battle every day and every night and I'm going crazy. But talking about that might sound like I'm just complaining, so I won't. Hope all is well with everyone!

3 Months

2009-04-03T21:11:00.000-07:00

Cooper is 3 months old today.

Cooper now coos a lot, smiles a ton and is growing so fast. His last Dr. appointment he weighed 14 pounds 3 ounces and was 24 inches long. 90% in weight and 75% in height. I can't believe what a sweetie he is. Oh, my hair is totally falling out now, I hope that stops soon.

Tara....you are so cool! Thanks so much for the info.

Have You Seen These?

2009-03-31T19:30:00.000-07:00

I saw a commercial a while ago for these crystals and got totally suckered in...I really want them. I even printed the coupon. Problem is I can't find them anywhere! Please please PLEASE, if you see them let me know. I would really be very grateful.

They are called Renuzit Crystal Elements. Have a great day!

Loving Spring

2009-03-21T16:47:00.000-07:00

Loving it while it lasts.

2 Months

2009-03-05T12:50:00.000-08:00

Cooper is two months!!

Well, he turned two months on the 3rd, which is the day I took the pictures. He's grown so much...already developing his own little personality. It's so amazing and I'm loving every minute, OK, not really every minute. There are A LOT of crazy and stressful minutes but, of course, I love both my kids like crazy.

Take a peek at my moms blog to see the three cute cousins all born within two months of each other. Such sweeties!

2009-01-22T12:33:00.000-08:00

I had a hard time loading any pictures for my last post, I finally got one posted after a day and gave up. Now that things seam to be working better for me, here are some random pictures taken the past 2 1/2 weeks.

Cooper Carmo Bruce

2009-01-08T12:36:00.000-08:00

I am excited to announce a new addition to our family! Cooper Carmo Bruce was born January 3rd, at 3:00 p.m.. He weighed 8 lbs 8 oz and was 20 inches long. He was born on his actual due date without being induced. How weird is that?? I was pretty sure I was going to be pregnant forever like an elephant. And being as uncomfortable as I was, each minute felt like a year. Now that he is here I can finally breathe, walk and feel a little more normal. We are all so happy he is here, even Jaxson has been pretty good. New babies are so much fun, it makes me want more kids as soon as possible. If only I wasn't so whinney while pregnant....we'd have 10 kids by now.
The name Carmo is my Grandpa's name from my moms side of the family, its Italian. Just thought I'd include this information since I get a lot of questions about it.
We love him so much!

MST3K

2008-10-30T13:58:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it! They re-released this awesome movie in May of this year. We just bought it on DVD for only $15.00. If anyone already know this then good for you...and why didn't you tell us?

Now let me explain. This is one of the funniest movies ever! Back in the day we watched this movie, quoted this movie and lived this movie. If you haven't seen it yet then you should, although the reaction I get from a lot of people is "it's dumb". Well its not, just give it a chance. If you still don't like it then watch it 10 more times. It's seriously awesome!

I found these pictures and thought it would be fun to share. This is one of the millions of times we all got together to watch it. Do you recognize these kids??

I did it!

2008-09-16T10:35:00.000-07:00

I made pot roast! I know this doesn't sound amazing, but trust me it is. I don't cook, never have. I make ramen noodles and mac & cheese and thats about it. September 7 was my little bros b-day and my family was all coming over for dinner. I'm pretty sure they're not ever excited about coming to my place for dinner since I usually don't have a meal planned. It ends up being pizza, or one time I made pancakes...woo hoo! So imagine their shock when they arrived to find pot roast, gravy and real mashed potatos. I like to think they were proud of me. I'm pretty sure they liked it too since they all went back for seconds. This great acomplishment could of never been done without a lot of help, of course. So thank you soooo much Mariel for the detailed instructions and the many phone conversations walking me through it.

Quick Update

2008-09-04T13:23:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the things we've been doing...

Playing in the rain. (I know I'm a horrible mother, letting him play in the cold rain with no shoes or pants...oops.)

Jaxson playing in the Gateway fountains with his future wife Kyia.
Brazilian Festival....Go Brazil!!

Helping dad in the yard..

Playing with kitties

Jaxson eating a pancake, kind of.

Jaxson and Jesse watching the Olympics.

The end!!! For now...

Memories...

2008-08-02T10:24:00.000-07:00

Remember these??...

Here's how you do it-

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

Baby

2008-07-27T20:06:00.000-07:00

I'm sure everyone knows or has figured out from the floating baby that I am pregnant. Yay! I'm due January 3rd. I'm super excited and a little nervous about having two little ones running around. I went to the Dr. last week and found out its another boy. I was hoping for a girl...but I'm having a lot of fun planning for a boy now. Maybe next time...

2008-07-11T11:49:00.000-07:00

The reason for so many pictures...

2008-07-11T10:55:00.000-07:00

One of the main reasons I started this whole blog thing is so that my mom (who lives in Colorado) could frequently see pictures of my family. I guess she never looks because she's always asking to see pictures. Soooo, now that I know she doesn't visit my blog I decided I can talk about her. Ha Ha. That'll teach her.

Now that I am a mother I just wonder how my mom did it with five kids. I only have one and I feel like I can't do anything. My house is often a mess, dinner is usually lame, and my laundry seams to never get done. But for some reason, by the end of the day, I am so tired I end up passing out in my bed. So how the heck did my mom do everything with five kids?

When I was young a typical day would be to wake up to a clean house, my mom would feed us breakfast then we would get ready to go to the swimming pool. At the pool she had lunch ready for all of us including yummy and healthy treats then she would shower us there. At night we would all sit down to a huge, homemade dinner. Laundry was always done, dishes never piled up in the sink and it seamed as though she always had some kind of fun activity planned for us. I have no idea when she had time to prepare the huge meals she made or when she had time to clean and when did she get together all her creative games? On top of all that she was always involved with some kind of church calling which demanded a lot of time and work. I wonder if she ever slept. Our entire day seamed to run smoothly, she was prepared for everything.

So what the heck am I missing here? Did she have some kind of super hero powers? Is she human? How come I feel like I'm running around all day so unprepared and so unorganized?

Anyways, my mom was and is just amazing. I appreciate her more now than ever. I want so much to give my children a wonderful childhood like I had. I just hope someday I can figure out the "trick" or somehow inherit super hero powers like my mom has.

Zoo

2008-06-07T11:33:00.000-07:00

We went to the zoo to celebrate Jaxsons birthday. He had so much fun!

Our Car :(

2008-05-30T11:36:00.000-07:00

Jesse and Jaxson got into a car accident on Jaxsons Birthday. Pretty scary time, and kind of sad, but we are mostly grateful that they are doing fine.

Mrs. Korver??

2008-05-19T21:18:00.000-07:00

Oh Kyle...

Since my sweet sister Danielle doesn’t update her blog very often I’ll go ahead and tell y’all the latest story in her life.
Danielle works at Happy Sumo in the Gateway. The other day Kyle Korver (the hot Jazz player) came in with his little bro. Danielle, having no idea who anyone on the Jazz team is, went ahead like normal serving him and his brother. She kept noticing all the other waitresses freaking out and staring. Finally, at the end of their meal, one of her co-workers broke the news to her that she was serving a Jazz player. Well anyway, Danielle was pretty excited afterwards and called to tell all of us who she got to meet. We thought she was cool for a second then started teasing that if she ever sees him again she needs to flirt her heart out and hopefully marry him some day.
The day after the Jazz played their 5th game losing to the Lakers; Kyle Korver, Deron Williams and C.J. Miles came into Happy Sumo and lucky Danielle got to be their server. Now that she knew who these men were she became very nervous. She tried being nice and making eye contact but they were so into talking about the game and what they needed to do in the next game, they didn’t give her the time of day. All the other ladies working that day were totally freaking out which didn’t help calm Danielle’s nerves. So, because she was so nervous or because she was desperate for their attention, she spilled all the water onto Deron Williams. Oh my gosh…how funny is that!?!
I’m sure they will remember Danielle from now on and if everything goes as planned we’ll have a wedding to plan soon. Just kidding Danielle…no pressure. Ha Ha Ha the funniest things happen to you.

Hey...remember me?

2008-05-08T19:49:00.000-07:00

I decided it was probably time to update my blog. I hope my wonderful blog friends haven't totally forgotten about me and will be back to visit.

Here are some of the things we've been up to...

We went to to Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving point.

Fun times at the park.

Wrestling the puppy.

We have done a lot of other fun things, unfortunatley I don't have pictures to show.

We got together with some good friends which was a lot of fun. We hope to do it again soon. Thanks Dan and Deanne for hosting.

Jesse went to Washington D.C. and visited someone he calls Hickman. I hear he is in love with Jesse. Like madly in love. Whoa!

We had a fun Cinco de Mayo celebration at Jesse's parents. They always have the cutest parties. And Jaxson can't get enough of grandpa. Jaxson just hears his voice and he's jumping out of my arms or running down the driveway to see him. It is the cutest thing.

Thanks for coming back. I won't take 2 months to post next time I swear.

Danielle Dobson is wonderful.

2008-03-16T22:42:00.000-07:00

(Very old Picture)

Danielle is awesome. She's the best sister one could ever ask for.

Yes, she may think that she's a gangster and listen to gangsta rap all the time. And she may have all these tattoos like shes some kind of Bad-A (and we all know she's not). Oh and sometimes she says random things that don't make any sense in which she doesn't know she's saying. For example: saying "bread and butter" over and over without realizing it (craaaazy). And she has absolutely no filtering system when she speaks. So she says ridiculous things all the time to all the wrong people. Like telling fat people that they're getting huge, joking around about something committing suicide to a woman who's husband had recently committed suicide...the list goes on.

But we have our touching sister/sister moments. Like when she was younger she would sit next to me and watch me play the piano for hours. Sometimes I would drive us around when we were hungry until we could find a church with cars in the parking lot. If there were people there, there was food...like weddings and such. She always straightens my hair for me when needed. Tries to help me with hairstyle suggestions, and cute outfits and shoes. We talk about boys and "s" all the time. And everytime she's being stupid about a boy who's treating her like poop, which isn't rare, I'm always there to tell her about how stupid she is being. And don't even get us started with 'The Sims' and 'Yoshis Island' or our DS game consoles. We're probably the best at those games...ever. Way better than Michael.

We're the best of friends. Ever. BFF's. I would like to end this blog with a poem...

She's about this high
She's taller than I
Sometimes she helps me tie my shoes.
She's my sister.
And she plays with me
And I hope that she
Is glad that I'm her sister too.
She's about this high
She's smaller than I
Somtimes I help her tie her shoes.
She's my sister.
And she plays with me
And I hope that she
Is glad that I'm her sister too.

Uncle Jesse

2008-02-26T15:54:00.000-08:00

My family is really into full house, we have been for years and we've seen every episode at least twice. We are all a character. I am Becky (Jesse Kastopolis' wife), when I married Jesse we all thought it was so funny I was marrying unlce Jesse. Andrea is DJ, Danielle is Stephanie and little baby Michael is Michelle. Ha Ha, that is still funny. There is more but because I have no time to think and Jaxson is trying to chew on wires I won't list them all. Anyways, I found this video and decided it is a must see. It's the song Jesse wrote for Becky...so romantic. But really it's just hilarious, I think my family will really enjoy seeing it.....again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4dOxObAQqw&feature=related

Super Bowl Party/Mom's B-Day!!

2008-02-15T10:27:00.000-08:00

Oh man...I don't know how you guys all do it. Where do you find the time to make such awesome posts? They are truly amazing, creative and entertaining. I hope to find more time someday and to be as awesome, but for now here's some pictures of our superbowl party and my moms b-day. It was a lot of fun...thanks everyone for coming.

My Handsome Boys

2008-01-24T19:57:00.000-08:00

I gotta tell ya...I just love these boys. We went to Baskin Robins the other night and took this picture. So I just wanted to share how special they are to me. My husband Jesse is awesome for so many different reasons, I guess thats why I married him. He bought me this awesome peanut butter and chocolate sundae thing at Baskin Robins...oh baby!!! My baby Jaxson is the joy of my life, best thing that ever happened to me and he's the cutest kid I know. Tittle Sr. has been such a good friend for years and years. He's so much fun to hang out with and also so down to earth, we can talk about anything. Tittle Jr. (Logan) is so dang cute too. Well I guess I should say handsome, he probably wouldn't be too excited about being called cute. He's such a little dare devil sweet heart....just like his dad. So thank you boys for being so good to me...I love ya like crazy.

2008-01-08T01:12:00.000-08:00

After Christmas my entire family drove eight hours to Colorado in miserable snow then spent 4 nights together all in the same house (there were 16 of us) just to celebrate Christmas and New years together...and it was awesome. We had so much fun we all can't wait to go back. Hope you enjoy the pictures! Oh, and don't think I'm a Broncos fan, I definetly am NOT.

2007-12-06T09:06:00.000-08:00

Well, I have no ideas on what to post. So until I can think of something, I'll just give you a few pictures and maybe a story or two about my sexy friend Mariel...the creator of my blog page. This is dedicated to you baby!

One day in gym class Mariel asked me to go to EFY in Colorado with her. Without really knowing her I agreed to go. Since we were both weirdos, we hit it off and we've been friends since. Back in the day we thought we were so dang funny and cool. Well, we were and still are!!

We used to beg to give people rides home from school just so we could stop behind a parked car.. yell, honk and curse the traffic, then we would laugh and laugh. No one else ever really laughed with us though.

We went to Hawaii for spring break 6 or 7 years ago. We had a lot of fun but what I really remember was the fire alarm going off in the hotel. Mariel and I were ready for bed when we heard the fire alarm go off. We went into a complete panic running around and screaming "what do we do?" We took the elevator down knowing your not supposed to during a fire. When we got to the lobby we were surprised to see everyone acting normal, no one even left their room. The guy behind the desk finally told us it was a false alarm. Oh, and I forgot to mention that our pajamas were a little skimpy back then so we were really embarrassed. So we went back to our room and decided to go over the escape route on the back of our door in case of a real emergency. We also decided we would take the stairs. While reviewing the plan the fire alarm went off again. Well, we completely freaked out again and took the elevator down. When we got down to the lobby the second time I think we got some weird looks then told that it was a false alarm again. We went back to our rooms and I don't remember if it went off again or not. But we were laughing pretty hard. Oh what a funny time that was. I'm laughing just thinking about it again. I hope I got the story right, its been a long time.

I think that should be a good post for now...I had fun anyway. I'll figure something normal out soon enough. Or maybe I'll just think of another funny story, there are so many. Hope your not mad Mariel. Your awesome!!

Visit her blog. She's still cool...

http://wangsgards.blogspot.com/