NEW BLOG!!

Hey family and friends...I finally got around to creating a new blog- thebrigmancrew.blogspot.com

Enjoy!

Love- Carrie, Adam & Noah

Adam :)

So for those of you who haven't heard...I am engaged! Adam (we got engaged on Saturday) has been a really BIG part of Noah's and obviously, my life, since last summer when we met. It has been weird to keep this blog going without including him! But since we are now official, I am really excited to include him! We are getting married in May, so a new blog address will be coming soon.
Noah adores Adam and he is excited for all of us to live in a house together. The other day he said to me, "Mom, you, me and Adam are getting married, and moving into a house. I am going to have my own room, you are going to have your own room and Adam is going to have his own room!" Hmmm not quite, but we will break that news to him when we move I think.
I am so excited to marry Adam. I feel like him entering my and Noah's life has been truly a godsend. We are so happy and I feel truly blessed.

Cabin

We spent the long weekend at the cabin and of course had an awesome time. I went cross country skiing for the first time and it was so much fun. Noah went sledding and learned to throw snowballs off a bridge at the skiers (thanks blake and jordan):). The weather was fabulous and we can't wait to go again. My sister Michele took this picture of Noah with my new camera that I got for Christmas! I love it! Isn't my boy so handsome!!!

Christmas

Christmas was so much fun with Noah this year. He was so excited about Santa coming, loved Christmas lights on the houses (or Frismas lights as he would say) the whole tree decorating thing, we made a gingerbread house, played secret santa to a neighbor etc. It was fun for me because he really got it this year...can't wait for next year. I will disclose that I totally overdid it with playing Santa though. Noah was so excited about the matchbox cars and chocolate treats in his stocking that he didn't even realize there were more presents. I managed to convince him to open a few more gifts but quite a few of them are still wrapped and hidden in a closet! Live and learn. Hey looks like I won't have to go shopping for his birthday in June! Nice.

This is Noah and his cousins opening his favorite Christmas gift...a light saber sword. He loves Star Wars and as this picture is being taken he is saying, "Whoa dude...awesome!" His enthusiasm is the best. The other day he came to me with his sword and a very serious expression on his face and said, "Mom I Noah...Noah Skywalker."

Making Problems

Noah says the funniest things to me lately. Yesterday morning I was on my way out the door for work and lost him for a minute. I found him in his grandma's office, with the door shut, messing with the fun things on her desk. When I entered the room he said, "no mom go away." Obviously he didn't want me to see what he was doing. So I said, "Noah you know that you are not supposed to be playing on grandma's desk...what are you doing?" His response, "Um just making problems for you mommy." He hit the nail on the head. I laughed out loud! Clever little guy. :)

Shiner

Noah was flying batman early this morning and my face got in the way...bummer. I forgave him and we are still best friends. Fhew!:)

Livin the Good Life

Who says you can't enjoy two of life's fine things...eating a fudge pop and taking a bath, and do them at the same time. Notice the brown water...Noah is living the good life. And yes he did learn this from me. :)

My Little Man

Thanksgiving always brings out the gratefulness in me. So I thought I would just mention one of the many reasons that I am so thankful for Noah. Noah has been waking up especially early in the mornings for the past few weeks. I have tried a later bedtime but it seems even if he goes to bed late, he wakes up close to the same time every morning. So I have decided to get over it and come to terms with the fact that my child doesn't require much sleep. Every morning he greets me at my bed with all three of his blakets, his flashlight and one of his guns (yes he sleeps with all of those) and says "hi mommy im awake." Since it is still dark outside, I usually tell him it is still night time and he needs to go back to sleep. So he climbs in bed with me and snuggles for a bit. This morning I decided even though it is early, I love this time with him. For one it is about the only time during the day that he holds still long enough to cuddle and the second reason is that he is super sweet that early in the morning. This morning I woke up to him giving me butterfly (eye) and eskimo (nose) kisses. Love it! He is truly the best gift I have ever been given. I love being his mom, even on days when he acts like a wild animal, I love him more than words can express. I am so glad that I am his mom and he is my little man.

Thanksgiving at the Cabin

We had such a fun Thanksgiving at the cabin with the whole family! Natalie and Matt announced that they are pregnant with their fourth and are due in June...about a week after Sarah and Nate have their first baby. We are excited for both of them!!

How do you get three little boys to hold still for a picture? Put grandpa's shotgun in their hands! From the left...Noah and his cousins, Isaac and Luke. Noah had so much fun with his cousins. He woke up every morning and asked me..."where are my buddies, Isaac and Luke." So cute. We wish they lived in Las Vegas!!

The whole Ringer clan! This is everyone! It was so fun to all be together this year.

This is Noah reading "I SPY" with my brother Jordan...notice the one earphone in his ear. He likes to listen to Jords IPod with him. I should also say that Noah found Waldo before Jordan one time! Smart kid, I know!

Gun Control

I am beginning to wonder if I should initiate some gun control around our house. Noah is a bit obsessed with guns, swords or weapons of any kind really..but mostly guns. He has a little nerf gun that he loves to run around the house with and shoot innocent bystanders. He has trouble cocking the gun, so he runs up to me every few minutes and says, "cock it mom." Lovely huh. So the other day Noah was eating a banana that I had peeled about half way for him. When he ate it down to the peel and needed help peeling it the rest of the way, he handed it to me and said, "cock it mom." Hahahaha! I also caught him moaning in his sleep today at nap time saying, "cock it, cock it." Hmmm I'm thinking the gun situation is a little out of control.

Happy Halloween

So a few weeks ago Noah's grandma Mel bought him a really cute pug dog costume for Halloween. I tried to get him to try it on then, but he refused. I talked to him about Halloween and told him that you have to wear a costume to get candy. We even read Halloween books to help him get the idea. In the coming weeks we continued talking about the costume and I continued to try persuading him by telling him how "awesome" his dog costume was. Noah was not convinced and replied, "No it's not awesome mommy! I am mad at Halloween!" Thus began the stuggle with the dog costume. Needless to say, life is busy and I pushed the costume incident out of my mind and actually kept thinking that on Halloween Day with everyone in their costumes, Noah would be excited and put his dog costume on. Well no such luck. Noah ended up being an army guy, which to him was a way cooler idea than a puppy. Duh mom! I actually don't blame him for this. So here he is in his thrown together costume (two hours before we went trick or treating). He has my black eyeshadow on his face (improvising). He had some sweet boots for this costume, but boots were out of the question also. Such a two year old!

The day after Halloween and Noah is still enjoying wearing his army hat!

Trip to Cali

My mom, sisters and sister in-law and I, took a girls trip to California last weekend. We decided on the way there that the priorities of the trip were as follows: 1.Shop 2.Pee 3.Eat 4.Sleep
I would say that we definately, on a few occasions, did forgo eating and sleeping to shop, and the bathroom breaks were limited to emergencies only.:) We had so much fun just being together! We also went to the musical in L.A., Wicked! It was soooo amazing, I loved it. Here are a few pics from our trip!!
Wicked in L.A.!


At the Orange County Swap Meet

Michele and I thought this pink dog was not so cute. We are at the South Coast Plaza Mall!

Lake Powell

Noah and I spent the past week in Lake Powell, or "Yake Towell" (as Noah would say) with my fam! Noah had about as much fun as a child could have I think. His favorite phrase on the trip was, "Come on mommy, it'll be fun!(with enthusiasum)" It was lots of fun for both of us. Here are a few pics from our week.

Love the goggles!

Noah calls the wakeboard a skateboard and was fully confident in his ability to ride it. I found him like this a few times on our trip, saying, "me skateboard mommy, come on it'll be fun." Hahaha I'm not so sure he is ready...what do you think?

Tube rides with grandpa!

Swimming...he was a little tense in the water, not so sure about the life jackets ability to make him float.:)

Noah had so much fun with his cousins! (Natalie's three boys Isaac, Luke and Kaleb)

Noah lovin the jet ski! Since mid afternoon naps were out of the question with everything fun going on all day, he even fell asleep twice while riding with me.

I learned to slolam ski...which was so much harder than wakeboarding! I need lots more practice to be as good as Nat and Matt!!


It was time to leave and Noah had to pack up his sand toys, which was very sad for him! This is his forced smile for one last picture LOL!

College Days

A few of my girlfriends from BYU came to Vegas for a few days last week. We met for dinner at the Wynn and then got pina coladas and sat outside to watch the free show they run every 30 minutes at The Lake of Dreams...totally fun. It was so fun to see them and to reminisce about all our fun times at BYU! Love these girls.

MICHELE GRADUATES and ERIC COMES HOME!

So it has been such an eventful week at the Ringer house. On Tuesday my little sister Michele graduated from Spring Valley High School! Since there is quite the age gap between us (10 years), I did alot of mothering her when she was younger and up until the time I left home. Seeing her graduate from high school made me feel pretty old! Since Noah and I have been back in my parents home for the past year and a half, it has been so fun because it seems like the age diffence between Michele and I didn't matter much anymore. She is like a best friend to me! She is leaving for BYU in a few days and I am so going to miss her so much but I am excited for her to have all the fun experiences I did in college. Love you Meesh!

Michele and our dad at graduation!!

My little brother Eric returned from his mission in Milwakee, Wisconsin on Friday! Eric left for the MTC two weeks before Noah was born!! So he met Noah for the first time Friday. It feels like Eric has been gone for a really long time and it was so good to have him back. He has been an awesome missionary and I am so proud of him!!

Here is the whole Ringer gang!!! It was fun to hang out with everyone this weekend!!

My older sister Natalie, Me and Eric

We love Shoes and Summertime

Noah likes to try on my shoes. These are his favorite and I don't blame him, they are hot! Gotta love the pj's with breakfast all over them and platform shoes.




Noah and I had a fun weekend and spent lots of it in the pool, playing in the backyard and riding bikes! We love summertime!

Cupcakes

Noah and I made cupcakes this afternoon for after dinner. I frosted and he was in charge of the sprinkles. This child is definately mine...he has my sweet tooth. Yum Yum

Headbands

Noah really likes to try on my jewelry, headbands, necklaces and bracelets as often as possible. The other morning I was blow drying my hair in the bathroom and when I was done, I found him watching Cars and looking like this! Ha ha

Iron Girls!

So I swam, biked and ran my first sprint triathlon two weeks ago and it was so much fun that I am going to do it again...in June! I am going to train a little harder and see if I can't improve my time. We started out swimming 600 meters in wet suits at Lake Las Vegas. Swimming is not my strength, but it was over quickly. Then we biked 12.6 miles and finished running 3.1 miles. I've always loved running but I have developed a new love for biking. I just rode an old mountain bike we had lying around for the race, but I have my eye on an inexpensive road bike and am considering getting it! Triathlon's are addicting. Crossing the finish line was such a good feeling. I'll tell you how the next one goes!!


The day before the race...at registration!!


Me and my sister Natalie setting up our bikes the day before the race. My brother Nate is lugging around Natalie's baby, he was such a trooper. He gets the best husband/brother award for running around the course on race day taking tons of pictures (he got a picture of each of us at every stage of the race), helping us get set up for the race, fixing our bikes, packing around all of our stuff while we raced, studying for school in the waiting room while we got massages after the race and I could go on. Sarah what can I say you pretty much have the best husband a girl could ask for, can't do any better than Nate! Love you Nate!



Before the race in our wet suits!


After the race...showing off our muscles and numbers


Alot of ladies from my ward did the tri too! Here is most of us.