Modbe Party....

It's A MODBE Open House!

and everyone's invited.....

I will have all the new Fall/Christmas Modbe Items available for you to see in person and try on...this Wednesday night at the Forsyth Home in Brigham City!

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Time: 6:00-8:30 p.m.

Please feel free to come and bring moms, friends or daughters with you:)

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There are some really great Christmas gift ideas...and fun bright (scarf- hat-mitten) sets for adults and children that I love.

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Also-for all my far-away friends...you can check out the new stuff on my website. www.modbeclothing.com/kristinbishop and e-mail me at kristinbishop1@gmail.com to place an order. I will get it shipped right out to you...and you can have a jump start on Christmas shopping. The party will end on Saturday night...so take a look and give me a call!

(435)730-5092

Hope to see a lot of you there:)

KRISTIN

...a little of everything...

First things first: my baby turned 18 months old and is officially a Nursery-goer!

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I was emotional of course....but he loves it and was instantly kissing and hugging his teachers:) Now that he knows there is a room dedicated entirely to toys and food....I'm confident Church will be a much better experience for all three of us!

FIRST DAY OF NURSERY

Sept 7th 2008

I can't believe how old he looked! It was such fun day. We loved getting to see him get so excited to interact and play with other kids and secure enough to let us leave him....I was pretty proud of him.

Jaxson's First Project:)

I have a feeling I'll be buying several scrapbooks over the years to hold them all. There will be plenty more to come I'm sure. It said, "Jesus gave us Flowers"....and it was darling.

My dad keeps teasing me by saying, "I'm sure he made it ALL BY HIMSELF KRISTIN!".

Whatever. It's pinned on the fridge and will be for A LONG TIME:)

DUM DUM OBSESSION

Over Labor Day Weekend Jaxson went to visit my Aunt Lana for several days. Throughout this time they introduced him to the "Dum Dum Sucker". My life is now filled with these little treats...which includes finding half-eaten ones hidden in the most creative of places.

My problem with dum dums is I AM PETRIFIED that Jaxson is going to choke. They are tiny...and according to my opinion the PERFECT size to clog his little throat. Don't laugh...I am totally serious. SO---I taught him that we only suck on them long enough for the top of the stick to become soggy from his drool. At that time...we dispose of it...and try a new flavor!

ha ha....I guess I asked for it. They are sticky little buggers....and HE NEVER FORGETS which cupboard they are hidden in.

See...I have created a monster.

LIVIN' By GRANDMA(s)

Or WITH one...and CLOSE to the other

So-Jaxson is thoroughly enjoying living by his grandma's. That was the hardest part about having my child so far away. I felt like he wouldn't get to know them or have a relationship with them. I am so grateful we got to come back close to home and family...because having Jaxson spend time with them is super important to me. Jaxson is the highlight of ALL of their lives... and by ALL I mean 7 aunts and uncles and 4 grandparents. He is ridiculously spoiled...as most kids are.

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In the past 10 days....between his two grandma's...he has accumulated quite the display of toys and treasures.

First: Grandma Bishop called and told me she bought him a Jeep. I figured that she meant a hand held toy car....or remote control possibly (?). Nope. Jaxson is in heaven and now has his very own "Vroom Vroom" to drive all over the yard. It is hilarious to watch. We showed up and it was a POWER WHEEL. He has no clue how to steer and we thought he wouldn't be old enough to figure it out...(they are made for three years and up). He jumped in... pushes on the gas with his little toes....knows exactly how to put the thing into drive AND reverse. It is priceless and provides hours of entertainment for both Jaxson and all who watch him:) Thanks Grandma B.

I had to throw this one in. He is Still obsessed with Ball....and is laughed at WHEREVER we go because of it. The other day in Sam's Club we happened to walk by a display of footballs. He freaked. To avoid a scene...I quickly handed him one. He wanted it out of the box. So I (this is so bad) unwrapped it with absolutely no intention of buying it and gave it over. He then screamed and screamed to get out of the cart. I am a pushover....so I let him out and he immediately took off. At this point we had about 4-5 people as an audience. I began to chase him. He ran several isles back acting like he knew exactly where he was going. I'm running after him thinking, "he is 18 months old...it's like a maze in here...how does he know where he's going?" He ran all the way down to a huge basketball hoop display and began to throw the football in the air and through the hoop. I about died. So did the audience. How in world did he know that hoops was there? He seriously must have seen it 10 mintues earlier as I was browsing that isle...remembered it... and simply wanted to shoot some hoops.

He's Obsessed. His dad is proud.

Grandma B. ALSO fell in love with this huge (most softest) teddy bear and of course, got it for Jax. He loves it and even though it is 3 times his size...he hooks it around the neck with his arm and carries it everywhere. He loves to lay on it and snuggle it. He absolutely LOVES to give it kisses on the nose.

Grandma Nat surprised him with these cute new Pj's last week...and LOTS of candy corns....his new favorite treat.

I also mentioned to Grandma Nat that I wanted to get Jax a Magnadoodle for Christmas. Wrong move. She came home with one THAT day. She thinks he NEEDED it for Church and while riding in the carseat. I made a note to not give her any more of my Christmas ideas.

And last but not least would be "puppy". Jaxson is learning all the animal sounds right now...and when Grandma Nat heard him say "woof woof" she rewarded him with this! It sings songs, barks and drives REALLY fast all over the kitchen floor. Jaxson giggles and Loves chasing it!

I LOVE that Jaxson knows them all....and that we moved back JUST IN TIME for him to build a relationship with all of them.

I have the most wonderful 2 grandma's on earth...and I am so lucky that Jaxson's are pretty awesome as well! He is one lucky little guy.

go jarom:)

This post is entirely dedicated to you babe!

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(I love how nauseated and completely disgusted you get when people call each other pet names....especially babe or baby)....so that one's just for you:)

I am extremely proud of you and thrilled that you Passed the Utah Bar ! What a journey!?! I know how anxious and nervous you were to receive the most anticipated "letter" of our lives....and I just want you to know that seeing your grin yesterday when you opened it made it ALL worth it for me. (Do you know that you bite your bottom lip EVERY time you are happy but trying desperately not to smile ...and I love it). I know we have discussed COUNTLESS times in the past 4.5 years of our 5 year marriage if THIS journey was worth it. Often times we weren't so sure.

Instantly it was ALL worth it.

(p.s. please remind me honey, on Oct. 1st when our first Loan Payment is due...to refer back to this post:)

AND BY ALL I MEAN :

* working overtime to afford all the text books for you to even START studying for the LSAT admissions test:)

* Spending every Saturday of our entire first year of marriage, timing you with a stopwatch while you took 4 hour Practice LSAT's over and over:)

* Being completely sick the day you took the LSAT (it should have just been me for how nervous I was)!

* Helping fill out applications to over 30 Law schools...and paying ALL of them even though I didn't want to:)

*Flying to check out the schools/cities...traumatized at the thought of having a baby "away"

*Selecting a school...holy crap, that was hard.

*Moving away from my family and home...next to impossible.

*Three years of no sleep, piles and piles of books and reading you flashcards because I BEGGED to help you, even though I know it was more of a pain:) That short description of what they call "law school" doesn't do it justice.

* Working full-time to support us while you studied.

* Working AFTER I had our son to keep us from being in debt up to our eyeballs....even though I cried NIGHTLY as I kissed him goodbye.

* Standing by you throughout at least 200 interviews

* Letting you eat completely disgusting and unhealthy amounts of Little Caesars pizza and Mountain Dew during every "Finals Month" without nagging:) That was so much harder for me than you think. seriously.

* Moving across the country TWICE

* Encouraging you to study each night for the bar instead of spend time with us...even though my heart hurt for how much I wanted you to burn ALL the books and pretend it was over:)

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ALL of these things that I complained about over the past 4.5 year journey.... became worth it. Immediately. I still have moments when I feel like "this" choice was a REALLY HARD choice. That certain parts of our life would have most certainly been easier, less stressful or more cheerful (let's add less expensive to that list too).

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BUT...man was it rewarding for ME....(the person who has stood helplessly by your side throughout, wishing I could take away the pressure or stress, yet always unable to help) to watch you experience the END. It's finally over and you did it.

I feel as though I have gone through law school myself the last few years...living and breathing EVERY SINGLE test day, interview, exam, project, paper...right along side you.

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Come to think of it....they should totally send me a diploma. And while their at it...they can address one to my list of FOREVER BEST FRIENDS who know exactly what I'm talking about... for they have either lived it....or ARE living it right now:)

1-Brittany

2-Stacey

3-Jessica

4-Maranda

5-Krista

6-Janel

7-Carrie

8-Ashley

9-Trinity

10- and all others!

Go Jarom. I love yer guts....AND

Thank you...for doing it all...for us.

Kris and Jax

Fall Modbe Catalog!

THE NEW FALL LINE HAS BEEN RELEASED!

Well...some of it...but the rest is coming soon:)

Check out my website (linked on the right of my blog) for the new stuff. LOTS of cute things will be put on the site later in the week such as: Matching Mommy and Kidbe Christmas jammies, scarves, gloves and mitten sets, sweaters, 3 new styles of jeans, etc.

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I AM REALLY EXCITED about the new MODBE MOVE program. Modbe is starting to encourage women to exercise and stay fit. As part of the program they have designed amazing workout clothing...(the power pant, core capri, balance tank with built in bra, bamboo wrap...all sweat resistant) and lots of great comfy, high-quality workout clothing. They also have been working with a professional trainer and have started the modbemove blog and designed a pilates/yoga/fun workout DVD that is also for sale on my website. CHECK IT OUT.

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I will keep you posted on when the jeans, sweaters and cute holiday items are placed on the site!

Let me know if you want to do a party to earn some free stuff!

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Also-I will have ALL of the stuff from the new Fall line at my house..... to see in person or try on in just a few weeks. Call me if you'd like to stop by and check it out in person!

I'd love to see you:)

KRISTIN

...pEaCh DaYs wEeKeNd...

Let me start out by saying that I hate today:) I hated yesterday too. Does that sound terribly onery of me??? Life sometimes calls for days in which you do NOTHING but sit on the couch, single handedly consume an entire bag of peanut butter m&m's, blog and watch Cold Case Files. Of course, that includes feeling totally sorry for myself and letting my child run around with a stinky butt, no clothing and eating an entire jar of candy corns for breakfast.

I SUCK! Do anyone of you have days like this? Please someone tell me you do!?!

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Ok...Moving on to something positive! I LOVE Peach days. Moving away for 3 years made me love it and miss it even more. I love watching the crazy people that crawl out of "who knows where" to attend things such as carnivals. It definitely was more fun now that I have Jaxson.

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We started out by watching Jarom play in the Peach Days Softball Tournament.

As mentioned a million times before, Jaxson LOVES baseball....so he was ecstatic.

He acts just like a Big Boy. He has a little mitt and he carries it everywhere. He either tucks it under his arm like a football or places his hand in it just like Jarom does and throws the ball into it over and over.

Cheering daddy on....

He also found a cute little girl to play catch with. They threw the ball back and forth for over and hour. He was in HEAVEN.

Our favorite new thing: ... is what we refer to it as "THE STANCE". I should get it on video...because it is the BEST when he is batting or practicing his Swing...but you kind of get the idea from this picture. He sqauts and grunts and the whole bit!!! Priceless. He's getting really coordinated and even more interested in sports.

For example: HE HAS NEVER EVER been interested in watching TV. He hates it and refuses to even acknowledge that it's on...UNLESS it's sports. He screams and points at the TV... "BALL...BALL...BALL".

Cute...but definitely getting old:)

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Saturday Morning we headed to the annual parade. Jarom was in yet another game so he didn't join us til later.

Watching the "vroom-vroom's".

He is also obsessed with motorcylces and cars....so a parade was right up his alley.

He watched so intently and LOVED gathering up the candy. Of course, there are always those kiddos that jump in front and still it from the little guys.

I tried my best to refrain from hurting any of them. It just amazes me that their parents sit and watch them do it...laughing the whole time. Idiots.

Love this picture.

Jaxson was given several balloons throughout the parade. He LOVES them...ONLY because he thinks they are balls. HE grabs them and tries to throw them...and will FREAK if you try and tie it to his wrist, belt buckle or person:)

We took Jaxson to his very first Carnival (and Jarom forgot my camera). Long story...about killed him...you can imagine. ANYHOW...I used Kayla's and at least captured a few moments of Jaxson enjoying the ONLY ride that didn't traumatize him...THE CAROUSEL.

He also enjoyed some greasy carnival food! He LOVED it.

We attempted MANY times to place him on all the kiddy rides...but he would freak and jump off as quick as we put him in. I made Jarom be the person who waited in line...tried to coax Jaxson onto the ride, then having failed...have to ask the attendant for the tickets back. HEE HEE!

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Needless to say, we did the carousel quite a few times! He absolutely loved it. I'm not sure if it was the horse, the fact that we were on it with him, or that my entire family of 8 adults were standing on the side waving and snapping pictures of him (he loves the attention). It's honestly like none of us have seen a kid on a carousel before. I should have taken a picture of them!

I thought I'd throw in a quick one to break your heart.

This is my son, strapped onto a train (the caboose) WITH giant clowns hooked to it, WITH a ton of strangers, bawling his eyes out. He was screaming "mama"..."dada"...the whole time. It was awful. I could barely watch. At one point his little hand stuck out the window on the back of the caboose and he was reaching for me and screaming my name. All of this in the name of fun....

Don't worry!

We took him on the carousel AGAIN to make up for being such awful parents.

He had to give you a high five or bump knucks with my brother as he went around. He was laughing and laughing and totally proud of himself.

.....Me, Kayla, Mom.....

All of us thoroughly enjoy taking Jaxson places, watching him experience them, and then documenting it with a million pictures.

All in all it was a pretty good weekend. We were busy and tired by the end of it...but it was great to run into so many people I haven't seen in forever!

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I have much blogging to catch up on....so we'll see if I decide to get up off the couch and shower....or post another! My M&M's are almost gone...so I definitely need to run upstairs and find another sympathy food to take my stress out on.

Park City...just ME and JAROM:)

Where do I start? Maybe by saying..." I DID IT!" I left my sweet little boy overnight...AND weaned him after 17.5 months!!! Yes, you heard me right. It was SO hard (both of the above mentioned things) yet Greatly Needed:) We are best buds...and being apart from him felt like a piece of me was missing. I had super emotional moments and pretty much couldn't sleep the night before we went to pick him up. Ridiculous...I know. I will get much better at it with time I'm sure! I plan to have little getaways with my hubby much more often now....for practice:) This was the Perfect getaway for us. NOT too long and NOT too far away....but a place we both love.

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We had such a relaxing 5 days....and I remembered all the crazy things that I love about my Jarom. I ALSO realized that a lot has changed in the 2.5 years since we last vacationed together without little Jaxson (either in my belly or my arms). We are totally different people....and you can tell we are parents. Everything we did or saw revolved around him in some way. We would constantly turn to eachother and say, "He would love that!"..."We need to bring him here!" and so on. I guess parents are supposed to have such a deep love for their kids...but it was odd for me to recognize JUST HOW different things are....

....Now that Jaxson has joined our little family:)

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First off, Jarom took me to a beautiful condo/resort in Park City for Labor Day. We spent 5 days relaxing, eating, swimming, shopping and just enjoying eachother. I loved every minute of it (except for that hour on Saturday when I realized that my kid was totally fine and didn't even have a clue that I had left him with complete strangers). After that quick bawl-session...I was ready for more fun with my hubby. I have WAY TOO MANY hormones since becoming a mother. I am an emotional wreck:)

This was the resort.....The Westgate! It was so beautiful. It had indoor/outdoor pools and hot tubs, sauna, steam room (I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS FEATURE....and jarom wants to build one in our future home now, ha:), spa, restaurants, shops, etc. The rooms were also beautiful and we spent a lot of time enjoying the huge comfy bed and 20 pillows, watching movies and eating ice-cream! Lots of ice-cream.

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Friday we toured the Utah Olympic Park.

I was so clueless in high school when the Olympics came to Utah. I was so wrapped up in dancing and my super-important life, ha! I remember being chosen to go with a group of kids from my high school to watch the skiing in park city. I turned it down for who knows what reason. I'm an idiot. I kept telling Jarom how cool it would have been to go....maybe because I was so obsessed with watching the Sumer Olympics just barely. Go Phelps!

Kids were practicing their technique by sliding down huge ramps with skis/snowboards hooked to their feet and doing back flips and jumps into a giant pool. I wanted to try it SO badly. We settled for the Coaster and Zip-line.

I am super zoomed-in on this picture....but those are our zip-line harnesses coming up to us. I was scared to death. I was just praying that I didn't totally lose it and humilate myself before it was over. I used to LIVE for scary stuff like this....but now I'm the biggest baby ever. I didn't feel bad...because Jarom was totally scared too, I could tell. Ha Ha!

We rode the ski-lift up the moutain (about 1000+ feet) and then Zip-lined down it. They let us go at the same time...it was so fun...I loved it. We also did the huge Alpine Coaster.

I was all about that one because I could control my own speed. Jarom was at the bottom laughing his butt off at how slow I managed to come down the mountain.

We then hit Cafe Rio, of course. I could NEVER NEVER NEVER get sick of it. Oh-how we missed it while living in Omaha!!! If I wanted to be insanely rich I would move back to Omaha and start one up! They have EVERY restaurant in the world there....expect Cafe Rio. They are totally missing out. We then went swimming, hit the steam room (our nightly ritual) and ate bowl after bowl of rainbow sherbert while we watched movies!

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Saturday we went swimming, toured all of the little shops and boutiques on Main Street and Jarom took me to the yummiest restaurant ever. The Westgate grill. It was fun to have a fancy dinner/evening out with my hubby and no screaming baby. I think for our anniversary last year we went to the Olive Garden and ended up getting our food put into To-Go boxes because Jaxson was tired and screaming. FUN...and Super-romantic let me tell ya.

Yep...I got to go with HIM. Yum-o!

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He's freaking hilarious...and that is what I love most. We have the exact same sense of humor...which is pretty much why I knew it was a match from that start! When we were walking around the little shops on Main Street he was getting so annoyed. I finally asked what was up and he responded, "People don't like this crap! They pretend they do...because it makes them feel cool and special:) These are freakish little wierd, ridiculously expensive stores that only lame people shop at." Ha ha....I was actually having a great time...but I took that as our que to go. First we made time to stop and laugh our butt off at a FUR covered Jock strap on a manican in a window that was ONLY 9,000.00. What a steal.

We headed to something a little more up our alley...COLD STONE.

I'm already wanting to go back, just looking at this picture! The Westgate grill was soooooo good. It was one of those meals when the waitress asks if your done...(because your plate is completely gone except one teeny-tiny bite)...and your first instinct is to scream at her "NO....put it down"......but you don't. Ha ha....that so happened to me.

Jarom was a good sport...and actually was extremely patient while walking through the outlets on three separate occassions. Shopping used to be more fun for him....because we would get HIM stuff every once in a while. Now that Jaxson is here....Not so much:) I did get one shirt....Jarom nothing. Jaxson, on the other hand....One of everything! A winter coat, camo and orange shoes that I am totally in love with, a halloween costume, etc!

Oh-How could I forget the robes!?! Oh----My----Gosh.

I never thought I was a robe person. But...I changed my mind. They had two huge, fluffy white robes waiting in our room and I got my use out of it during those 5 days. I lived in that thing. Last night (three days after returning remember) I got in a bubble bath and stole my mom's big white robe from her closet. My dad found me wrapped up in it on the couch and said, "What is this? Haven't quite snapped out of it yet?"

HA HA HA.....I never wanted to snap out of it.

It was just what we needed after the stressful few months we've had with Jarom's graduation and Bar Exam. We had such a good time that we even booked another weekend there next Summer! Yay.

We were extremely anxious to see our boy! He had the best time ever with my aunt Lana and was totally spoiled rotten. He didn't miss me at all....UNTIL he saw me again that is.

Then he totally freaked out.

He didn't cry once for 5 days....slept perfect, giggled and ran wild. THEN he saw me...suddenly realized I had left him...became completely irrate...and cried the rest of the day. KIND OF RUINED MY EXCITEMENT TO SEE HIM:) Every time I even got close to him he would try to claw me or slap me. HE was SOOO ticked off at me....it was so sad.

The Good News: He must love me too:)

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I love you Jarom...and you have permision to take me on another getaway as soon as you'd like.