Distractions...

I haven't blogged in a while because I've had so many fun distractions...

First, we started with this...
My little "elf" is the one in the green hat in the back row, right in the middle. This is the best shot I could get from the back of a packed gym holding a sleeping toddler in one hand and the camera in another.

Then we did a little of this...

And because we haven't all been together in 5 1/2 years, there's been a lot of this...

And we're having fun with the cutest little girl in the world... Olivia

We're excited to live only 300 miles away, instead of 2000 miles away!

Today Bryce suggested we bust out the DDR Mat, so this is what I caught, Mom, Bryce and Adrienne bustin' a move.

And Little Man giving it a whirl...

I have been having a blast with my family, the last time we were together all in the same room was 5 1/2 years ago for Little Man's blessing, then they all went on missions and to school and we all live in a different state now, so this has been a great time. We took professional pics today and they turned out so good. Maybe one day I'll break out the scanner and put them on here.

Tomorrow is Bryan's wedding, so I'll have more pics to follow. I hope you're all having a great holiday too!

8 years...

Today Hubbie and I celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary, what did we do to celebrate?? Well, Hubbie slept until noon (he worked all night), then we went to church at 1pm, then got home at 4pm and he left for work at 5pm. I then went to his Granny's house to celebrate her birthday and then I watched Cars with Chasetin and Tanner. Aren't you jealous of my day?? Actually, we are having a completely kid free night on Tuesday, which I am so looking forward to and am completely stumped as to what to do with it. These have been the best 8 years and I'm more in love with him now than I was 8 years ago, he's my absolute best friend.

I love you Hubbie!

Catching up ...again

I took some pics the other day, this was the best I got, at least they were both looking at me.

We've been having alot of fun this year, Squirt is so excited for Christmas, he walks around saying "I can not wait... I can not wait" and I'm probably the only one who understands it, but it's cute. He saw a train in a catalog, it's a Diego- Animal rescuer train and it's all he talks about. and he says things like "When Santa brings me my Choo Choo..." the problem is that Santa is NOT bringing him his Choo Choo. I hope he forgets about it when he opens his other presents. Squirt walked up to me the other day and said "Is Daddy Santa?" I said yup and he said okay and walked away. I don't know where that one came from but it was funny. Little Man does his usual... he fills all the pillowcases in the house and all the stockings with toys and plays Santa over and over again. Phrases that can often be heard are: Little Man where is the remote? Little Man where is my watch? belt, keys... if it's missing there's a good chance it's wrapped somewhere. He's already been told once this year (at school) that there is no Santa, but he blew it off and made a face like the kid was a complete moron. So we dodged that bullet for one more year.

I'll start getting caught up more frequently now, because I have my internet back. I canceled it about 6 weeks ago to save money, my theory here was that I'll just do all my banking, blogging, etc. at work, because I always have time. The problem was that I'd get busy and forget to do things like pay my credit card bill and renew some movies from the library. So in my efforts to save $29.99 a month, I spent about $45 in late fee's. So I gave up and got my internet back. I feel like my long lost friend is back!!

I added a few things below, sorry I've been a little video happy.

Dear Santa...

... our list just grew significantly longer!

When a 5 year old pee's his pants...

On Saturday's I have to bring my kids to work. We have to be here at 7am, So i just pick my kids up out of bed and bring them. If I have enough fore-thought I might bring clothes to change them into, but as I am usually just dragging myself out of bed, that's not very often. We're the only people there on Saturday's so it's just not a big deal. Well today I didn't bring clothes. About an hour into the morning Little Man announces "Mom, I peed my pants" WHAT THE HECK?!?!? Squirt has managed to be accident free for 3 whole days, but HE peed his pants?? Well, I told him he could try and squeeze into some of Squirt's underware (which are the tiniest things you've ever seen) or he could wrap him self in a blanket while his clothes dry. Both of those options were STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!! He chose to just walk around butt naked (he still had his shirt on, but that was not giving the necessary coverage). I mean, Squirt never has clothes on but at least he's still in his diaper/underware. This is just more than anybody needs to see and his pants still aren't dry... He actually told ME that I need to be more prepared next time.

Here's a little video of Squirt talking, sorry, he doesn't have clothes on, but then again he never does.



Now that he's talking we're kindof missing the days of silence. Last night he came out of the bedroom at about 9pm and this was our conversation:
Squirt: Bubby asleep. (that's what he calls Little Man)
Me: okay, go back to bed
Squirt: Mommy, I got talk to you
Me: about what?
Squirt: I hungry

He then stayed out and watched TV with me (he had a really late nap) and every time I laughed he's say "Mommy that funny?" and then he'd start laughing. He's such a sweet little boy!

My most forgiving husband...

I always cut my boys hair because frankly I'm not paying almost $20 for someone to shave my boys head. So a couple months ago Hubbie decided he too was feeling to cheap and let me try it... and I did a great job. Yesterday he asked me to cut his hair, so I got out the clippers and went to town. I was using a '2' on the sides, well because of the layout of our bathroom, I couldn't fit around Hubbie sitting in a chair, so I figured I'd do one side and then the other. So I started with the '2' on one side, then took it off and trimmed the edges with just the bare trimmers. Well I then climbed over him to do the other side (you see where this is going don't you?!?!). Well at that exact moment I heard a crash and a yell from the living room, so I went running to rescue Squirt (nothing too catastrophic happened) and came back picked up the clippers and started shaving. Wait, did you miss the part where I said I took the '2' off?? Yeah, well I didn't put it back on, and started cutting again!!!!!! One good swipe of his hair made me gasp, and then hit the ground, I was laughing (to keep from crying) while Hubbie was turning red in the chair. Once he took a breathe and I regained my composure, he told me I better fix this NOW! So I had to shave all the side (totally buzz cut). I think I made it look good but it is soooo short, like military short. While trying to rescue the situation he says to me "I know it was an accident. I'm not mad." Can you believe that? He wasn't even mad. I mean, if he did that to me I'd have killed him and then told him to pack his bags. To top it all off, we were having dinner with his family that night and everyone that walked in the door was like "Wow, your hair is really short" and then he had to tell them the story. It was pretty awful.

Here we go again...

We're potty training again today for a couple of reasons. One, this morning I said "Let's go get another BABY diaper" and Squirt said "Hey, I no baby!" So when I gave him the option of underwear or diaper he chose the underwear (after a serious internal struggle, he stood there staring for almost a whole minute, trying to decide) were on our second pair but that's okay.

Now, reason #2. Are you ready for this? I'm warning you, it's gross...
I was at work the other day (he comes with me) and he was off playing, when all of the sudden he brings me a diaper, covered in poop but with out any actual poop in it. So I scream and demand him to show me where the poop was, I shouldn't have asked, because he took me to the "play room" and showed me his art work, he had painted the door and carpet by the door with poop. I thought this was the worst it could get, but boy was I wrong. This happened the next day at work too. Then one day at home I'm cooking dinner and realize Squirt is being really quiet, I go into the living room, all of 6 feet from where I was cooking, and realize he is PAINTING MY SECTIONAL WITH POOP. Okay, this was worse... so I cleaned it up. Then it happened at work the next day and then at home again. This time I found him in the corner in his room, shoved between a book shelf and a toy box. He had smeared poop over probably 20 toys, the wall, the carpet, the bookshelf... I had to scrub the toys, the ones that were electronic don't work anymore. This time Daddy helped clean him up, apparently I'm not firm enough, because it might have gotten thru his thick little head. It happened one more time. He came to me and said "I pooped" so I went to check his diaper and realized he didn't have one on, but he had pants on. So I told him to show me where his diaper was, he then took me to the bathroom and pointed to the garbage, he had actually taken it off and thrown it away. So then I went in his room and realized there was a little bit of poop on his closet door, it kindof seemed like he started to make a mess and then realized that he wasn't supposed to so he threw it away and came and got me. That was 5 days ago. He hasn't done it since. Now don't you just want to come visit me knowing that??

I'm updating today

'cause that's what I do when I'm stuck at work on a Saturday. Just don't tell my boss:)
So scroll down and see what we've been up to lately!

Halloween

My Little Bumble Bee (the transformer) and Superman. They had so much fun trick or treating, except Squirt got scared to death at the first house so I ended up having to carry him the whole time. He says "Up and Away" too but wouldn't say it until we got home, where only I could hear him!


This is the grumpy side of superman. This was shortly after he tried to "FLY" off the stage (at our ward trunk or treat) and crash landed.






Little Man really embraced the fact that Halloween was only about Candy!

Pumpkin Fun

We elected to paint our pumpkins this year, mainly because Little Man said he wanted to use the "big knife" to carve his and I just didn't think that was the best idea.

Here is Squirt painting, he got to use watercolors and still managed to make the biggest mess. He still had fun though, although the watercolors didn't really work all that well.


Here is Little Man, he had a blast as well. Never under- estimate the mess your children will make with paint. He managed to get purple paint all over his jeans, fortunatly I saw him do it, so I was able to strip him down to his underware and throw them in the wash- the paint actually came out!



Hubbie joined in on the fun, although I believe he was saying "DON'T take my picture" here.



Don't forget about me! Mine has a nose ring and purple hair, I was feeling rebellious today!



Our Pumpkin family:

New Babies

Babies are so fun (especially when they belong to other people!!) and we've got to add 2 new one's to our family this month (well actually October, I'm just a little behind in blogging it)

My brother wife had a baby girl and she is just so beautiful and I can't wait to see her at Christmas time, I don't have any pictures of her but you can see her here. Her name is Olivia, or Baby Walla as Squirt calls her.

Then there is Baby Logan. This is Hubbie's sister's baby. He was born about 10 days after Olivia. He's super cute and so tiny. His 3 big sisters were so excited to welcome him to the world.

Little Man was so completely in love with him, and sat there rubbing his head the whole time we visited him at the hospital.

The true meaning of Halloween

Last night was our ward's Trunk or Treat. We we're getting ready and Squirt was walking around chanting "Can-ee, Can-ee, Can-ee..." when I heard Little Man say "Squirt stop talking about Candy, Halloween is really about Jesus." So I went in and told him that "no, Halloween is really just about candy. Easter and Christmas are really about Jesus." to this he replied: "Awesome" and started chanting "Candy" with Squirt.

This was too funny not to share...

We were making cookies Saturday Night, we were making Snickerdoodle's- you know, the kind you roll in a ball and then dip in cinnamon and sugar, well Little Man was about to dig in, when I said "When was the last time you washed your hands?" He thought about it for a minute and then replied: "Um, probably like on Monday!"

Sorry...

I've been busy the past few weeks... remember those boogers I talked about in my last post?? Well, they got spread to the entire Family, except me oddly enough. So I was left to care for my ailing family and fill in at work for the rest of the ailing family. Now that everybody is better, I'll probably get sick! I'll try to update some more later!

A few things I learned...

... while having a slumber party with a 4 yr-old, 6 yr-old (my nephews) and my 5 yr-old and 2 yr-old...


... did you know that putting an oreo in your fish tank WILL kill your fish?

... other people's kids booger's are so gross.

... having a 4, 5, and 6 year old sleep in a bed together is a BAD idea!

... double the kids = triple the noise.

... aparently my nephews don't understand english, because any time I asked them to do something they looked at me like I was speaking another language

... the 2 year old will be at the bottom of the pecking order and will end up with welts covering his body from being pelted with a plastic ball by the older boys.

... it's a bad idea, but my kids love it!

Boys are so fun

I've always wanted a girl but I tell you what, boys are so fun... most of the time. Today we were playing pirates and we all had a sword (mine was actually a plastic knife?!) and we're sword fighting in the kitchen, each taking turns dying. Tonight Squirt comes up to me, handing me my "sword" and says - and I quote "Mommy, want to kill me?" It was too funny to not play with him. Can you imagine the explaining I'd have to do if he'd said that out in public??!


Oh... and my favorite "Why" of the day:

(we were at Walmart, just walking out the door)
Squirt hold my hand. -- WHY?
I don't want you to get hit by a car. --WHY?

seriously, I'm done rationalizing with this kid!

Why??

Why, oh why, did my 2 year old learn the word why?? And who taught it to him?? If I find out I'm going to give them a piece of my mind!!


They're not like "Why is the sky blue" type questions either, just why.
"Squirt, please stop bouncing on the arm of the sofa" WHY?
"Squirt, don't climb the pantry" WHY?
"Squirt, get off the counter" WHY?
"Squirt, don't cough on the cookie dough" WHY?

It's almost bed time... I might survive!

Here's a good story for you...

I hi-jacked this from another blog I stumbled upon, I thought it helped put things in perspective... enjoy.

THE WISDOM IN HOT CHOCOLATE

A group of graduates, well established in their careers, were talking at a reunion and decided to go visit their old university professor, now retired.

During their visit, the conversation turned to complaints about stress in their work and lives.

Offering his guests hot chocolate, the professor went into the kitchen and returned with a large pot of hot chocolate and an assortment of cups - porcelain, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the hot chocolate.

When they all had a cup of hot chocolate in hand, the professor said, 'Notice that all the nice looking, expensive cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones.'

'While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. The cup that you're drinking from adds nothing to the quality of the hot chocolate. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink.'

'What all of you really wanted was hot chocolate, not the cup; but you consciously went for the best cups. And then you began eyeing each other's cups.'

'Now consider this...life is the hot chocolate; your job, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life. The cup you have does not define, nor change the quality of life you have.'

Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the hot chocolate God has provided us. God makes the hot chocolate, man chooses the cups.

The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything that they have.

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. And enjoy your hot chocolate!!

Oh my gosh...

My baby brother called today to tell me he's getting married. At Christmas time too! And it's going to be in Arizona, which I couldn't thank him more for!! This is so wierd... and exciting of course. And her name is Adrienne, so now my only 2 sister in laws are both name Adrienne. I'll be forever confused. Oh well... it could be worse! Congrats Bryan!! Hopefully I was allowed to spill the beans to the rest of the family that reads this, cause I just did!

Okay, before you read what I'm going to write here, go back and read my very first post "Give Her Back"........... Okay did you read it? Then you know Little Man's anger and frustration that he doesn't have another baby brother or sister. This has continued on for over a year now! A few days ago we we're packing a gift for SIL's baby shower which is today. He wanted to know why so I told him she's going to have the baby soon, This is the conversation that followed:

LM: "So when do we go get the baby?"
Me: what are you talking about?
LM: It's going to be our baby right? when do we go get it?
Me: no, it's bryce and adrienne's baby. not ours
LM: Well I want to have a baby sister!

He growled at me and left the room! Where in all the world did he come up with this idea that they were going to give us their baby?!?!? That was a new one. So watch out guys when you come visit at Christmas, Little Man might try to kidnap her or something!

Bye Bye Bella, Bye Bye

She gone! She's really gone and for the first time since July, I got to sleep through the night. I swear that dog was as bad as a newborn! One time in the middle of the night, I went to take her out and when I opened my door (she slept caged in my bathroom) she ran the oposite way of the door and ran into the boys room and jumped on their bed, waking them in the process. I could have killed her. The next night I decided I'd pick her up so that this didn't happen again. Well aparently that little bit of pressure was all she needed because suddenly I was being pee'd on. Nothin' will wake you up like getting pee'd on at 2am. Again, I could have killed her. She really was a sweet dog, but I just didn't have the energy to keep up with a puppy, my other dog, and my 2 kids. I'm sooooooo glad she's gone!

Hubbie's grandma (the one who dumped her on us in the first place) found an older couple that really wanted her. So Monday morning I took her over to grandma's house. The whole way to school Little Man was begging me not to "sell" Bella, told him too bad, so sad... have a good day at school. Then after we dropped Little Man off, Squirt continued the plea: Bewa tay mommy, bewa tay pees. (Bella stay mommy, bella stay please) It was actually so sweet and a little heart breaking... oh well!

My kids are so random... and they love yoga.

I saw Squirt dragging my yoga mat down the hall the other day, then he went in my room. I grabbed my camera and snuck in after him. This is what I found him doing:

This is called Downward Facing Dog pose.
He heard me take the picture, looked over and said Hi Mom! and went right on doing it.

Little Man naturally can't have the camera out with out him having his photo taken, so he had to do one too. This is tree pose:

actually it's Little Man falling out of tree pose, my camera wasn't quick enough. I caught him practicing it again later that night.

Hubbie just rolls his eyes and swears I'm creating "queers" out of our children (his word not mine).

Squirt's Death Wish

Squirt started screaming this afternoon and then came crying to me holding his fingers, I assumed the dog bit him, this usually happens when Squirt is trying to feed him something but doesn't move his fingers, I yelled at our dog, then realized he was sleeping under the dining room table. So I asked Squirt what was wrong and he wouldn't stop crying, so I told him to show me what happened. This is where he took me:

Yes, that is 2 bobby-pins stuck into the plug. The ONE with out the plug cover. I'm assuming that the little rubber tips were the only thing keeping from getting killed.

My Week

This week has had it's up's and down's. It started off with a day off, always a good thing. We got together with some friends for a BBQ, that was fun too- aparently I'm pretty good at the drums in Rock Band- who knew??. While there I got a call from my mom that my grandma was not doing so well and they weren't expecting her to live through the night. Frankly, that's a call nobody wants to get. I got another call just 2 hours later, saying that she had passed away.

My parents forked over a small fortune to fly out there. They had a short layover in Phoenix on Wednesday, but I got a call at 11am from my dad saying that their plane had "broken" and they now had a 3 hour layover, so to come get them and we'd go to lunch. So I picked up Squirt, and we hauled it down to the airport (got there in 22 minutes, thank you very much!) I met them on the curb, it felt like I was "busting them out"- I slowed down, they jumped in and we sped away. So that was a nice little visit. Squirt wouldn't even look at them for the first little while, but he warmed up quickly. Next week they have a scheduled layover and we're going to do the same thing. I'll probably let Little Man skip school to come b/c we don't get to see Grandma and Grandpa often.

this is from 2 years back at our family reunion
grandpa, grandma, mom, me strangling Little Man, my dad holding Squirt and my brother Bryce.

The funeral for my Grandma was Friday- I wish I could have gone, but because people don't usually give you notice when they're going to die, we couldn't really make arrangements that quickly. My Grandma was pretty sick and I know that she's in a better place. I feel so sad for my Grandpa and really want to just give him a hug. He and my Grandma we're married for 63 years! Can you imagine. He must be so lonely right now.

Saturday we went to a wedding for Hubbie's cousin. It was very strange- Hubbie's cousin and his girlfriend have been together for like 12 years and they have 4 kids, I actually didn't even know that they weren't married. Not sure why they decided now to get married but what ever. Better late than never I guess.

And the best news of all- Bella goes bye bye tomorrow- I was dancing around my kitchen when I go that call!!

The Book of Mormon

This past month our relief society challenged us to read the Book of Mormon in 30 days. At first I just threw the paper away thinking "OH, I am so sure!" But after some more thought, I decided to give it a try. And I DID IT!!! Who'd have thought??

They recommended we just read it like a novel, don't stop to highlight, etc. I kept pointing things out to Hubbie and he was just like "have you never read this before??" well, yes I have but never this way before. So it was cool and it just shows you that it can be done. Yes, I had to hide in the bathroom sometimes to escape my children, but it can be done! I probably could have done it in less than 30, but I had to take a 3 day break to read "Breaking Dawn"- I really was going to wait till the end of the month, but the curiosity was killing me. Too bad that that book was about twice as long as the Book of Mormon and I read it in 1/10 of the time. Oh, well- I did it and that's all that matters.

Free Puppy

Do you know anyone that wants a dog?? (Well anyone local I mean?) She's a 5 month old mini- shnawzer, she is pure-bred but we don't have papers, both her parents are white shnawzers but so far she is grey with a little brown and white mixed in. Her name is Bella. She really is a sweet dog, and she is incredibly patient with my boys. Squirt sits on her, pulls her by her ears, picks her up by her legs... and she just follows behind him with her tail wagging. She is 95% potty trained as well.

I'd keep her but I'm having a hard time adjusting to having a 2nd dog and I just don't have the time to train her or give the attention that she needs. She needs some major grooming (she's a big puff ball right now- it's actually kindof cute) and she does need shots. I just want to give her away for free but I want make sure she goes to a good home, and doesn't end up as a toy for somebodies pitt-bull or something.

Squirt's Gobbles

I've posted alot of pics of Little Man lately, so here's one for you of Squirt. He LOVES "gobbles"

The Class of 2021

I'm a week and a half late posting this but better late than never!




Can you believe that?? the class of 2021- that sounds like FOREVER away!

I love his teacher, she doesn't take any crap but at the same time the kids just love her. Anyone that can handle 21 5-year-olds should be a shoe-in for heaven!

I've been a little bit worried because every morning Little Man doesn't really get involved with other kids on the playground, he just kindof hum hah's around, I mean nobody want their kid to not have any friends, but today he ran straight to a group of extremely roudy boys and joined right in on the group of tag that they had going on, so that was a huge weight lifted off my shoulders.

I had to babysit a little girl this morning and Little Man really wanted to stay home and help me take care of the "babies". I told him that would be totally boring and that he'd have a lot more fun at school. About 5 minutes later, he came down with a stomach ache. I told him that sick kids have to stay in bed all day, to which he replyed "well, i'm not that sick". then he had a runny nose, same conversation, then a fever. He's been in school 7 days now, how does he know these excuses?? Another mom suggested that they must have discussed the reason's you don't come to school if your sick. I hope so, cause if he's coming up with these on his own- I'm in trouble!

Little Man's Tooth

Little Man came in my room the other morning, freaking out as only he can, because something was wrong with his tooth, when I looked, one of them was all crooked and I thought 'what the heck?!?' then I realized it was loose.

There has been several days of "when will this thing come out??"



This morning he came in my room screaming "you're going to see something very exciting happen today!!" - his tooth was barely hanging in there.

Today after church I walked into my room to this torture scene, yes those are pliars in Hubbie's hand. I grabbed my camera, snapped a pick and had to leave the room.




And here you go:


A hole in his mouth for his first day of Kindergarten. I'll have more pics tomorrow of that!!

I think I'm in for some trouble...

Squirt (let you remind you that he is only 2)- the other day he walked by me leaving a trail of stink behind him, so I said "Squirt did you go poopoo in your pants?" and to this he responded "Ummm, No Bella (which he says "Bewa") poopoo" He actually blamed it on the dog!! And then just yesterday he blamed it on his brother. How does a 2 year old know to do that, I ask you??

Congrats!

Congrats to my brother and his wife, they found out they're having a girl! We're so excited for them, especially since baby has been very stubborn and held out her identity for so long! I told Little Man that Aunt Adrienne had a baby GIRL in her tummy, and he just said- "Umm... I want a baby sister!" Well, go talk to daddy about that one!?! He was very excited that they might come visit for christmas though, and said "but are they going to bring the baby?" well I'd assume so, and then he was concerned because we don't have any girl clothes here, I tried to assure him that they would bring clothes for her, it's crazy how his mind works.

Oh yeah, and scrap the picture a day thing I mentioned in my last post, man I can't even get caught up with the things I HAVE to do, let alone worry about taking pictures every day. I think this Biology class will KILL me!

Daddy doing dishes??

I was going through the pics on my camera and look what I found:


yeah, that's Hubbie actually washing dishes! Even Little Man realized it was an unbelievable thing and went and got the camera. (Just kidding babe, I love you!) I also found lots of pics of the dogs and the floor and Little Man's feet. He's a photographer in training. In Hubbie's defense he does help out all the time, he just DOES NOT do dishes, it was his punishment as a child, and because he was a total pill he did a lot of dishes, so it brings back some repressed memories or something!

After my last post, I'm going to try and be a little more positive. Sometimes I feel like I'm a magnet for insanity... but I'll try looking it at it from the bright side! My life could be so much worse, but it's not and for that I am very grateful

I also loved my aunt Ruthie's idea for a photo a day. So here's day 1 for you- Scott doing dishes.

Bad Day

I'm having a bad day and that's an under-statement.

Let me just preface this by saying that I resently went back to work (my kids come with me- not a fun thing) and I also started an online class this week, needless to say I'm a little stressed out, it's only a biology class but because I haven't used my thinker in this way in over 7 years it's taking some time to come back to me!

These are the things that my kids did today at work, while I was on the phone being as chipper as possible and talking about carpet cleaning, a subject I've grown to detest.

Squirt ate a pudding cup, a bag of teddy grahms, 4 chicken nuggets and 3 granola bars- BEFORE 10 am. That was a days worth of food and now at 4pm, he's starving. He also peed his pants 3 times, something that he's not done in quiet a while. He took a full bag of gram crackers and ground them into the carpets. He ran into the wall and hit his head (in the exact same spot as he did last night) and had a knot on his head that was litteraly the size of a golf ball. I found him chewing gum that I did NOT give him and he FLOODED the floor next to the water cooler. Heaven only knows what he did when I wasn't looking. Usually he takes a nap while we are at the office so I get a little work done while he sleeps, but not today, it must be a full moon or something because he was wired.
Little Man also ate everything including my lunch, so I've been munching on animal crackers all day. He also stole and destroyed my water bottle and so I'm hungry and thirsty! I went out by the water cooler to find Little Man playing "cups" this is a new game he invented where you find every gross cup you can find and fill them with water and then put toys in them and poor them into each other, and make the mess of a life time. Add this to the cracker crumbs from Squirt and it looks like a Tornado hit. He was running around with Squirt (when he hit his head) and got so worked up that he also peed his pants (?!?!?) Well I don't have clothes for him so now he's uncomfortable and just smells like pee. He also has had the time of his life turning my office light off... when I'm in the middle of talking to a customer... all day. He's also been extremely curious... mom what does this button do? (push) there goes my computer! same with the printer, the lights and anything else that has a button.

Add to that the most annoying employees ever that think by being sweet to me I'll give them what they want (boy did they pick a bad day!) One of them actually told me to "cut the attitude" ..............I'm just going to strangle the next person that gives me an issue. And now I get to go home and clean up after a puppy that has been locked in my hallway all day! Woo Hoo more pee! I'm going to take a tylenol pm and call it quits here soon! (and actually I feel a whole lot better now that I got that all out- thanks!)

Our Latest Little Addition

This is Bella, Little Man's new love in life. She is a 4 month old miniture schnauzer, Little Man wanted to call her "Bonkers", but they'd been calling her Bella and she was already responding to that, so we'll just leave it. Oddly enough both of her parents are white schnauzers so we'll see what she turns into as she grows. She was un expectedly dropped into our laps yesterday; here's what happened:

So Hubbie's 85 year old grandma and her friend that is just as old if not older decided to breed their white schnauzers, the results were 6 puppies. As a "stud fee" Grandma got one puppy, well she couldn't find anyone that wanted the puppy and she can't really take care of it so she said that she didn't want it. Well then her and her friend got into a big argument over something incredibly petty and Grandma decided she wanted what was rightfully hers: the puppy. Well her friend said that they were all promised to people and that she couldn't have one anymore, only making the problem worse. Well we were up at her Cabin at Mormon Lake this weekend when out of no where the friend and her daughter show up with the puppy in tow. They kept talking like they were trying to convince one of us to take it, but then as they got ready to leave they handed us the dog food and said "here's the dog you wanted, take good care of her" and walked away. We were all like what are we supposed to do now?? Grandma is 85 and can barely keep up with the dog she has, my inlaws live in New River, where between the coyotes, rattlesnakes, and harris hawkes, the dog didn't stand a chance... so that left us. It's supposed to be a temporary situation until Grandma finds someone else to take the dog, unless we want to keep her. Well try telling that to my boys who are so in love with this puppy they're practically smothering her.

Come to think of it, Squirt is probably as dangerous to her as the predators.



Now my other problem is I have to get this guy fixed or we're going to have little "Snackers" running around (that's Hubbie's very inventive word for a Schnauzer/Jack Russel mix)

So we went away for a relaxing weekend and came home with a 14 year commitment... Great!

Okay, Terressa tagged me so here goes:

20 Years Ago (1988): I was 7, we lived in Salt Lake City, my Dad was attending University of Utah. We lived in the student housing and I have some very fond memories, for starters, there was a playground 10 feet from our front door. I also got to ride the bus, that was so cool. I think back now and wonder how my mom didn't go crazy trying to keep 4 kids quiet in an apartment??

10 Years Ago (1998): I was 17, the summer before my senior year. I worked at the community pool so I was super tan and super cute!

5 Years Ago (2003): I had just had my first baby, and was probably very tired! I was all full of emotions that new mom's have, I never realized I could love my little guy so much!!

3 Years Ago (2005): We moved into our current house in Peoria, we also found out I was expecting Squirt, that was exciting.

One Year Ago (2007): I had a one year old who still wasn't sleeping through the night, 2006 and the beginning of 2007 are all a blur! Hubbie got a new job with the county, he was excited to finally be "using" his degree! In september I had an eptopic pregnancy, so I had to deal with the pain and depression that that brought with it, that sucked.

This Year So Far (2008): This year has been okay, nothing too exciting going on, My parents have come to visit twice so far, me and the boys took a trip to Utah and Idaho with them on one of the visits.

Yesterday: I don't remember yesterday, ummmm... oh I finished reading the 3rd Twilight book "Eclipse" that's why my day is a blur, I also had to work, It was very slow:(

Today: I went to the movies with my boys, we saw "Mr. Magoriums Wonder Emporium" it was really cute. I ate too much popcorn and then came home and thought about all the cleaning I should do, but didn't. I also talked Hubbie into taking me to Macayo's my very favorite mexican food restaurant. I've been trying to "frost" my bathroom window with this spray stuff today, so I think we're all buzzing a little from the smell!

Tomorrow: I'll probably think about cleaning some more and I probably won't do it. That's how great of a wife I am!! I have to grocery shop and pack for our holiday weekend, we're going to the family's cabin.

In the next year: Well no real plans, might try to get pregnant in a year or so, we'll see how that goes. After my last experience, I'm in no real hurry. Little Man will be in Kindergarten, so I'll get to spend a lot of time getting to know Squirtr better. I also plan to finish all the little projects that we've started over the last 3 years we've lived here!

I'm just going to tag anyone that reads this. So you... fill this out and post it on your blog! Have a good day.

Twilight

Joscelyn, this post is for you...

Okay, I did it, I finally read Twilight, and then New Moon, I'm waiting to bumm Eclipse from my mother in law when she's done. I was having trouble finding copies of them, I had them on hold at the library but that was taking too long, everyone I asked said no, they'd borrowed them from someone else. Someone told me to go into the young womens room on sunday and just ask who had the books, I thought- Heck no, I am not even about to do that... Finally my mother in law bought them!

Where have I been? These are the best books. I think this was my worst reading episode so far. I read both books over a 3 day period, I would have done it quicker but I had to do some work, apparently these kids need to fed and bathed... how annoying. I couldn't concentrate on anything else, I just had to know what was going on with Bella... After I finish them both I said to Hubbie "She's in love with a vampire and her best friend's a werewolf..." and he kindof gave this crazy one eye brow raised look, and said "And it's actually good?" When I "resurfaced" from reading, my house was a disaster. I promised Little Man that I wouldn't do that ever again, I'll just have to read after they go to bed. I was like a full on negligent mother... But anyways, read them if you haven't all ready! Oh Man, so good.

My Little Man turned 5!

(this is an old pic, but it shows those gorgeous brown eyes)


He's 5, seriously, how did this happen??

and oh boy is he 5... this the coversation that we had this morning, apparently upon turning 5, you develop great strength and deeper insight overnight.

him: Oh, I'm 5 now, I can do the monkey bars... (bolting out the door)
me: (screaming his name) No you cannot do the monkey bars now just because your 5.
him: but I'm 5 now, so I'm grown up more.
me: you still need to practice, and I don't have the money to take you to the emergency room when you fall and break your leg.
him: i'm not going to break my leg, I'm 5 mom!
this conversation went on a while.

this was our coversation this afternoon:

me: what kindof pizza do you want?
him: pepperoni... oh wait I'm 5 now, maybe I'll have something else, like the stuff you get
me: really??
him (at the pizza place later): eww that's gross, i just want pepperoni!

He opened his presents about an hour ago, they included several new transformers and I haven't heard from him since!

Oh and I also had to explain that yes he did turn 5 today, but that doesn't mean you go to kindergarten today, and not tomorrow either.

It's been a really long day!

I'm kindof sad that this is the highlight of my week to report here, but Squirt woke up with a dry diaper this morning... that means we're getting somewhere!!!!!!! He's doing awesome, but still won't tell me when he has to go, I've been taking him every hour or so and he'll go. This morning I just let him be, to see if he'd tell me when he had to go (okay actually I was playing on the computer and lost track of time!!) and he had his first accident (well pee accident anyway, he refuses to poop in the potty) in 3 days. So that was a bummer, but that's okay, we're going to get this done!!

To go along with my last post...

This happened the day after the "damn" incident. Somebody cut me off and I mumbled "stupid idiot" and from the back of the car I hear "Mommy, heavenly father doesn't like us to use those words." Thank you child of mine!


In other news, I've been potty training for the last 3 days, really potty training this time, this is really not fun. I bought him "big boy" underware, which he is very excited to wear. The first day was rough, the kid was peeing every 10 minutes. So I set the timer for 7 minutes and thought I'll catch him this time, and ... he pee'd at 5 minutes. I'm more thankful for my "pergo" floors more now than ever. He won't tell me when he needs to go, but he'll tell me "uh-oh, I poopy!" (poopy is the only potty word he knows so it covers all areas!) It is really cute though because he get's so excited when he does it right, and of course he get's candy! Last night was so funny though, Scott had to go to mutual and when he left Tanner was standing in the middle of the floor crying so hard for "Daddy" then all the sudden he just let a flood loose on the floor, poor kid just couldn't control himself, and then his wailing changed to "I poopy, I poopy" It was so sad. I'm going to hang in there, I know it'll get better, frankly I only have more pack of diapers left and don't want to buy more!

Oopps!

Damn is my swear word of choice... It could be worse right? I don't say it that often except when I'm really mad- like when a 2 year old dumps a whole bag of bbq chips on my CLEAN floor, I drop a large book on my toe, or nearly get broadsided in the car... anyways, it's apparently Little Man's word of choice too, there was a clock sitting on the dresser in his room, you know the kind with hands, that clicks and clicks and clicks when it's quiet. I had removed it from Squirt's room becuase he kept pointing to it. Today I heard Little Man mumble under his breath "Stupid Damn clock" and throw it down the hall. Well it's broken now, so we don't have to worry about the thing anymore!

Vacation

Well we survived our vacation, although just barely! I had to sit in the back with both boys almost the whole trip, my mom took pity on me for a short time, but then Little Man made her tell him stories constantly, finally she was "storied out" and I got the back seat again! Little Man and Squirt were crying for Daddy by like day 2 of our trip (we left Daddy at home). We went to my cousin's wedding in Salt Lake and then up to Idaho. We stayed with a million different people which was nice in some places and not so nice in others. I had to sleep with Squirt for 10 days, he's a kicker! I was not prepared for 43 degree weather, so we froze. And this was kindof funny: I discovered on day 9 of our 10 day trip that I had grabbed 2 conditioners, not a shampoo and conditioner, so I had been using double conditioner for 9 days, no wonder I felt like a grease ball! Sorry to those that I didn't get to visit, my Dad was driving and I just went where I was told to go! Here are some highlites:


Bryce Canyon- totally amazing!


I found Little Man holding hands with my cousins daughter Aubrey, walking down the isle. My cousins Ashlee and Arilee married them, and Little Man (with some heavy encouragement) even kissed her on the cheek. It was pretty funny, but he was very embarresed.

Me and two of my little brothers

The Bride and her mom walking down the isle!

Tractor rides with Grandpa

This one cracked me up- I left both boys sound asleep next to each other in bed, I went to check on them an hour later and this is what I found. Squirt is actually under Little Man's legs, I have no clue how this happened!


Little Man "surfing" down the sand dunes or "sand dudes" as he called them, in St. Anthony, ID. we are still dumping sand out of our shoes, pockets, and anywhere else it may have gotten.

Visiting the new Rexburg temple


This is Little Man and me in front of the temple, my mom didn't give us a warning that she was taking the pic. It was very brite out!

We did alot of visiting and catching up with family. We visited "Cove Fort" on the way home, that was pretty cool.

Hi Everyone!

I didn't fall off the face of the earth, I'm just visiting Idaho right now and my grandparents live so far in the boon-docks that I can't get a cell signal. Right now I'm sitting in my brothers very questionable dorm room! I'll post some pictures soon! Take care.

The Girl in a Whirl by 'Dr. Sue' (a.k. A.. Vickie Gunther)

Look at me, look at me, look at me now!
You could do what I do if you only knew how.
I study the scriptures one hour each day;
I bake, I upholster, I scrub, and I pray.
I always keep all the commandments completely;
I speak to my little ones gently and sweetly.

I help in their classrooms! I sew all they wear!
I drive them to practice! I cut all their hair!
I memorize names of the General Authorities;
I focus on things to be done by priorities.
I play the piano! I bless with my talents!

My toilets all sparkle! My checkbooks all balance!
Each week every child gets a one-on-one date;
I attend all my meetings (on time! Never late!)
I'm taking a class on the teachings of Paul,
But that is not all! Oh, no. That is not all,

I track my bad habits 'til each is abolished;
Our t-shirts are ironed! My toenails are polished!
Our family home evenings are always delightful;
The lessons I give are both fun and insightful.
I do genealogy faithfully, too.
It's easy to do all the things that I do!

I rise each day early, refreshed and awake;
I know all the names of each youth in my stake!
I read to my children! I help all my neighbors!
I bless the community, too, with my labors.
I exercise and I cook menus gourmet;

My visiting teaching is done the first day!
(I also go do it for someone who missed hers.
It's the least I can do for my cherished ward sisters.)
I chart resolutions and check off each goal;
I seek each 'lost lamb' on my Primary roll.

I can home-grown produce each summer and fall.
But that is not all! Oh, no. That is not all,
I write in my journal! I sing in the choir!
Each day, I write 'thank you's' to those I admire.
My sons were all Eagles when they were fourteen!

My kids get straight A's! And their bedrooms are clean!
I have a home business to help make some money;
I always look beautifully groomed for my honey.
I go to the temple at least once a week;
I change the car's tires! I fix the sink's leak!

I grind my own wheat and I bake all our bread;
I have all our meals planned out six months ahead.
I make sure I rotate our two-years' supply;
My shopping for Christmas is done by July!
These things are not hard; 'tis good if you do them;

You can if you try! Just set goals and pursue them!
It's easy to do all the things that I do!
If you plan and work smart, you can do them all, too!

It's easy!' she said and then she dropped dead.

HA HA, ever know someone like this??

Birthday

My birthday was coming up, Little Man asked me what I wanted so I played the mom card.
Me:"I want nice kids who clean up their messes"
LM:"No, what do you want for a present"
Me: "That's what I want for a present"
LM: while giving me a 'you've lost your mind' look- "OKAY, but I still want toys for my birthday"

I had such a great day, Hubbie took me to dinner and then I went and spent my gift cards, so I got lots of summer clothes! Thanks for that to my mom and mom-in-law! And do you know what? All 3 of my "little" brothers remembered my birthday! And so did my grandparents. How nice is that? Gotta love family.

Yoga

I've been going to Dalee's yoga class at church for the past couple of months, I also got a book from the library so I can do it on my own a couple times a week at home. I usually do it at night when the boys are already in bed, but I have done it a few times during the day when the boys are busy playing. I didn't think anyone was noticing, but last night Hubbie said Squirt came into the living room, pulling my yoga mat, he spread it out on the floor, sat down and put his hands up in the air. When Hubbie started laughing he got embarrased and ran into his room. Little Man says that I "play yoga" and he likes to "play" with me too. He's much more flexible than I am!

Dinosaurs

I've been living with a Dinosaur for the past 2 weeks. Some days he's a T-rex, others a velociraptor, others a Carnitorus (this is a T-rex type with horns that lives in southern hemispheres ((I've read TOO many dino books!)) He also wants to be a "Alien-toligist" now too, which is much better than the garbage truck driver that he's wanted to be up until now. We've been practicing digging up dinosaurs in the back yard to get some good training.

Sorry for so many posts in one day...

My hubbie says I need to start a support group for blogger addiction, or maybe for their poor lonely husbands... Ha Ha! Anyone else in??

More "precious" moments with my children

Well to sum up this post I'll just say: I lost Squirt today, and Little Man won't ever get kidnapped, and had a timeout. I'm also going to start calling my kids booger #1 and booger #2

First, I lost Booger #2. I heard him shout my name at 6 am. Needless to say I ignored him. Then at 6:30 Little Man came in my room. I can't ignore him so I got up. When I went to get Squirt, his door was open and his bed was empty (remember he's not tall enough to open his door) Little Man said he hadn't seen him. I did a quick check and couldn't find him anywhere in the house. So I ran to the doors, the front door and door to the garage we're locked and he's too short anyway, so I ran to the arcadia door (that you all now know he CAN open) and it's locked too. It was a wierd moment. It was like okay- don't panic- he has to be in the house, but I kindof feel like panicing because I can't find him. So I did a quick check again and found him in Little Man's room playing in the closet, behind the hamper with 2 small animals. He looked up and said "Hi"- I told you he was quiet! My mother in law says he's "stealth" that fits too.

Booger #1 and I we're having a conversation the other day. He wanted to play out front with some neighbor boys who are much older than him. I was trying to explain that it's dangerous and he could get kidnapped. He finally says "Mom look, if someone stops to kidnap me I will just say 'STOP (putting up hand in Stop gesture) I already have a mom' and then they will go away and kidnap someone else" Oh is that how it works- well that's just a comfort to me to know.
As for his timeout- I'm playing the piano in primary when all of the sudden I hear someone whisper quiet forcefully "Little Man, now" and then drag my kid out of the room. Needless to say I totally screwed the song up, but I was a little distracted. When I asked him about it later, he said "Well, I was just being a little hyper" My friend Laura who is the primary president and also the one who dragged him out made me feel better, she's a teacher, and she assured me that he will survive kindergarten, although I'm still not sure- his teacher will probably kill him or me. She also said to me a few weeks back when I commented that I thought booger #1 was ADHD or something "No, I'm pretty sure he's just a 4 year old boy." Coming from her, it just made me feel so much better. So thanks Laura! Oh, I also made booger #1 go apologize to her, it was so cute to see him tug on her skirt and whisper something to her. He really is an okay kid...

New Arizona Temples

Did you guys hear about this?? Kindof exciting. This is from the church news, I couldn't get more info because I don't "subscribe."

"Two new temples: Gilbert, Gila Valley
Plans to build two new temples in Arizona, one in the Gila Valley and the other in Gilbert, were announced by President Thomas S. Monson. This will bring the total number of temples to 134 already in operation or in the planning and construction phases."

Obviously the Lord and the Prophet know what their doing, but why put a temple in Gilbert, maybe 15 min away from the one in Mesa? We here on the west side still have to drive an hour on I-10 to make matters worse. Just my thoughts. Still exciting though.

What Squirt learned this week...

We have these huge arcadia doors leading out to our backyard. It's an 8 foot window, so I guess a 4 foot door, it is very heavy, you litteraly have to put all your weight into opening it. Squirt has been working out apparently, because he can now open the door. He's not tall enough to unlock the door, so he would get a kid size chair and drag it over, unlock the door and open it. Squirt is such a quiet child that this has only broadened my search area for when I loose him! Well I removed the chairs because not only would he escape, he would let the dog in, it seemed only when he was soaking wet and muddy... anyway on to my story... last night we were all outside playing, Squirt decided to go in, so he used all his little weight, opened the door, closed it again and then LOCKED the door. I seriously heard the click of the lock from across the yard. Now, to lock the door, you just flip the switch up, which was the easy part, but as I said before he is not tall enough to flip it down, and me being the genius I am, removed the chair!! Now problem #2 was that Dora the Explorer was on, Squirt loves Boots the Monkey (Dora's sidekick for you that are toddler free) a war could go on around Squirt and as longs as Boots is on the TV, he would not notice. So Hubbie, Little Man and I are pounding on the door, yelling at Squirt, screaming to get his attention... he's standing in the middle of the room completely ingrosed in the TV. We we're plotting which window would be cheapest to replace so we could break it and get into the house, when by the grace of God a commercial came on and Squirt turned to look at us like "What are you guys doing there?" Squirt pulled and pushed and tugged and hit the window himself, but he couldn't get it open and finally I got through his little brain that he needed to try to reach the lock. The good Lord decided to choose that exact moment for my little shorty to grow an inch because he finally reached the lock and we were able to go inside. This ordeal really only lasted like maybe 3 minutes, but I was just sure he was going to kill himself or something before we could get in... And you people want me to have more kids?!?!

Anyway as a follow up to my previous post... the candy isn't working anymore. Today I put Squirt on the potty because he started to take his diaper off, but he just wouldn't go. He wanted to fill the toilet with toilet paper. So I said Come on Squirt, remember you go pee pee you get candy. He looked at me and said "I no want" and got down and walked away. I really really really want to be done buying diapers but I guess this is going to take a while.

Potty Training

I wouldn't say I'm actually "Potty Training" Squirt, but he is interested and goes 3-4 times a day on the toilet. I always give him a couple of skittles to reinforce that it was a good thing, and he is definatly so proud of himself when he goes. However, he won't tell me when he needs to go, instead just takes of his diaper. Yesterday, I came in from doing yard work and found him running around butt naked. There was a small puddle on the floor (thankfully on the wood about 2 inches from the rug) I asked him where his diaper was and he took me to the bathroom where he had put it in the garbage and then showed me the potty seat on the toilet, he had tried to sit on it but he's just not tall enough. Can you get mad when he tried to do the right thing?
Today was just flat out funny though. He went several times, a very small amount. Then in the afternoon, he took off his diaper so I took him in to the bathroom, I heard like a drop of pee hit the water and he said "Ahh duh, anny?" Translation-"All Done, Candy?" So maybe the candy thing isn't working for me? Or maybe it is, I don't know!

Awww, Life is grand again...

Why you ask? Because Desperate Housewives is back, that's why!

Some thoughts on my Squirt...

After spending a pleasant evening with his children last night, Hubbie said to me "Squirt is just the sweetest little guy, I actually find my self missing him when I'm at work..." (he went on to ask if not missing Little Man is a bad thing?!? I said no, I won't miss him either when he goes to kindergarten! ok... maybe a little) anyway back to the subject- I raised one eyebrow and turned my head slowly to glare at him, "oh yeah, he's sweet"
These are the few things he's done over the past few days that make him so "sweet" *I went in his bedroom to check on him one night before going to bed and found 2 books torn to pieces, I guess he was bored?
*He copies everything Little Man does, including the attitude... yesterday, he decided he didn't want to finish his lunch, so he threw the food across the table and got down, I said something to the effect of - get your butt back here, do you want a time out, and he turned around, glared at me, pointed his little finger, and growled a "No" at me, turned around and walked away like he owned the place. (I had to hide my laugh on this one, it was actually really cute)
*because he doesn't talk yet, the day is usually a guessing game. Today he opened the pantry door, pointed and started grunting. The conversation went like this... Do you want crackers? NOOOO cereal? NOOOOO fruit snacks? NOOOOOOO pretzels? NOOOOOO......(insert whole inventory here)....... corn? NOOOOOOOO gravy? NOOOOOOOO I give up, I pick him up and he grabs a plastic cup and then walks to the frige, where we start the game over again. Milk? NOOOOOOOO Water? NOOOOOOOO... (inventory again, even though the milk and water are the only things to drink in the cup he wanted)........... Cheese? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOo Milk? YEAH!
*and my very favorite... I love these words - "MOM! Squirt took his clothes off again..." when they come out of Little Man's mouth. this means I have to go investigate where ever he is playing to make sure he didn't pee on the carpet. Today however, he was on my bed watching a movie when this happened, my bed is too high and he's scared to get down, so you guessed - he pee'd all over my bed.

But you know what though, he is my sweet little boy alot of the time, he loves to give kisses, Little Man goes to Squirt for consolation when he's upset (it's actually so cute, Little Man will lay his head in Squirt's lap and Squirt just nods like he totally understands and pats his back) and he's a shy little guy around others and so he just wants to cuddle with me when others are around. So yeah, I guess he is just "the sweetest little guy" as Hubbie said, he just doesn't get to have as much "fun" as I do all day!

Great Book!

We started a "book club" at church, I didn't attend the meeting but thought I'd read the book because I'm always looking for a good book... The book was "Dear John" by Nicholas Sparks.(sorry the pic is kind of small) Oh my goodness, it was one of the best I've ever read! It starts out at the end basically, and John, the main guy tells what happened and why. Because I knew the end (which is the beginning, confused yet?) I cried almost through the whole dang book. If I think about it too much I will probably still cry. Little Man came running over to me thinking something was wrong and when I said that I was just crying because me book was so good, he looked at me like I'd grown horns. This book is so well written that I read it in less than a day. I think I'll try another of his books, once I recover from "Dear John" When Hubbie saw me engossed in it, he said "great, will we all be fending for oursleves for the next few days?" umm... of course!

Oh, I thought of one more thing that happened this week, I guess my week wasn't as dull as I thought... (I posted a couple things so scroll down if you're interested)
I went out into my garden a few days ago and look at what I found just "hangin around"

That is a tomato there for those of you who can't tell. ha ha j/k.

It's very cool to see all your hard work (or in my case my husbands hard work!) produce something. And I have 13 sunflowers popping out of the ground and lots of hollyhocks. I'm excited to have sunflowers because last year I planted them and they were just not meant to be... I planted them and waited patiently, then they all sprouted one day, and I went out the next day to see them and they were all gone, thanks to probably a little mouse. So I spiked my garden shed with some D-Con and planted them again, this time in little containers. Well I waited patiently again and they sprouted again. I swear the very next day I heard water running in the back yard and found Little Man making a pond in the yard and he was dumping out all my containers of sunflowers. There were all my little sprouts just floating on top of the pond. I was so mad all I could do was laugh histarically or I may have killed my boy! So sunflowers were doomed last year, but they're coming on strong this year with help from some more D-con and chicken wire!

Hubbie turned 30!

Hubbie turned 30 on April 3rd, boy... he was taking that a little hard (as was his mom because 3 of her 4 children are in their 30's) I tried to lighten the day for him. We made him a big sign and got him some balloons. We made him a cake and of course we put 30 candles on it. He said "you couldn't have just gotten the 3 and the 0?" Well No! He wanted a Deseret Boook gift card so I handed him a piece of paper that said "This certificate entitles you to anything you want at Deseret Book" I mean I wasn't going to go over there and get him a gift card with his own money! Then we went to the park and just ran around. And had a picnic. That ended up in feeding the ducks and birds, which if you know me, you know I hate any type of feathered 2 legged animal! So I stood back and watched as all 3 boys let ducks eat out of their hands.

We also went to lunch at Thee Pitts Again, it's a BBQ place here that is really good, but it was on the Food Networks "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives" this last week and we thought- We have got to go there again! Oh man, it was good.

My 3 boys at the park! Pics like this just make me smile!

Only out of the mouth of my 4 year old!

My dear brother Bryce (who hasn't updated his blog in like a month!) told me that I needed to update my blog. This has been a very uneventful week so this is all I could come up with...

I was getting dressed the other day (for obvious reason I don't let the boys in the room when I do this) I had my back to the door and Little Man walked in anyways right as I was putting on my bra. He walks over to me and pokes me in the boob and says "OHHHHH, so that thing just snaps on?" Like this was a question he had really been pondering deeply! Hubbie, who was brushing his teeth at the time, just about spit toothpaste all over the mirror!

So there you go... for those of you that know Little Man, you can just add that to the lengthy list of random things that come out of his mouth!

Reflections of Christ

Reposting this from Krista, for those of you who aren't in on our family blog.

There was a 'Reflections of Christ' photography exhibit recently on display at the Mesa Temple Visitor's Center in conjunction with the Easter Pageant produced by the Church. The photographer was given permission to photograph Pageant cast members for the exhibit. The photographer worked with a few other individuals to put together a 5 minute slide show which includes every image from the exhibit set to the hymn 'Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing.' This is truly worth 5 minutes of your time. (Exact time 5:35.)

http://mabrystudios.typepad.com/reflections_of_christ/2008/03/reflections-sli.html

Note: You can expand the screen to fit your entire computer screen for a better view by clicking on the lower right hand square icon (next to the volume).

My baby turned 2 ...

Squirt turned 2 this week, and he decided to personally conquer the "terrible" part of it! All of the sudden he's aggressive and has an attitude... my sweet little boy is no more. Today though I realized he's still sensitive. Lauren fell down and was crying and he came over to rub her head (his way of checking on you) so I came to the conclusion that if he didn't do the hurting then he's sensitive enough to be concerned.









We've had a big day. Grandma D took us to see "Horton hears a who" it was cute but Squirt only lasted 3/4 of the way through. Then Grandma M took us to "Build a Bear" then we had a small party with family for dinner.