Shim...?

I've had my fair share of inappropriate comments from my children. "When is your baby coming out of your tummy?" to the heavy lady, and so on. Well yesterday at Wal-Mart Ethan out did himself. I had a "homely" lady checking us out and Ethan walked up to her and said, "Hey, when I first saw you I thought you were a man." I couldn't even look at her after. After Ethan and I had a talk about saying rude things he told me, "Well, she did." I had to laugh later because she really did look like a man.

OH Bella...

Bella and I have a lot of talks about choices and modesty. The other day she informed me that she can't wait to grow up and be a mom so she can make her own choices and wear immodest clothes. This sweet girl is only 4.

Slacker

I have been seriously slacking on my blogging updates and I'm sure you're all very curious what we've been up to. So here you go...

Ethan has been having some major asthma issues so I headed down to St. George for a week so he could clear up, and my friend Ashley came along. We had fun and enjoyed the warm weather. I wanted to cry when I was driving home and could see the snow again.



Then we found out that our rental home flooded and destroyed all three floors. That wasn't so much fun.



The boys have been playing Jr. Jazz. Porter gets really into the game and Ethan not so much, but he does a really good job on defense.

Race Pic

OK so obviously I stole this picture from the race, but I thought it was pretty cute.

Painters Half Marathon

Johnny and I headed down to St. George on Friday for my half marathon. We got down there and it was 60 degrees, it was so nice. We picked up my race packet and just got to hang out with no kids. That night we went to dinner with our friends. The race started Sat. morning at 9am it was sooo cold! Aubrey and I ran together and Aubrey's sister Julie, ran with her step daughter. We were doing really good, but finally got really tired around mile 10. Aubrey and I split apart at mile 11 she finished about 5 minutes before me. Here is a photo of us at the end.



After that I went back to the condo and slept until about 2pm. We got ready and went out to dinner with our friends, then headed home. It was a lot of fun and it was really nice to be out without our kids.

How to entertain your two year old

Joshua learned how to open doors last week, and it has been eventful. During school last week he and Bella were downstairs being so cute. I could hear them giggling and playing together. Little did I know it was because Joshua had opened up the pantry and dumped out most of the Costco size formula all over the floor. Isn't he cute...?

Merry Christmas

On Christmas Eve we headed over to my dad's for some snacks. The kids got to watch a movie and we got to stuff our face.

Our kids get to open one present that night and then we read the Christmas story.


We had a great time opening presents that morning and then my family came over to our house for brunch.

Then we headed over to the Thomases for a late lunch and open presents there. We had a great couple of days!

November

Well since I never blogged anything in November, here is a recap of what we did. And sorry, I have no pictures thanks to Joshua and Ranch Dressing. We've homeschooled now for two months, and I still really like it. It's nice to go at our own pace especially mornings. I love not being in a rush to get everybody ready and out the door. The kids are doing really good and really like being with me everyday. Johnny teaches them on Thursdays for a couple of hours at his office. That is their favorite day because they always get donuts after.

Bella had her dance recital the Monday before Thanksgiving. She was soooo cute!! Her cousin Kate is in dance with her but got too scared and didn't do the dance, but she looked super cute too.

For Thanksgiving we went to Thomas's. As always thet had a lot of good food. We played Hearts after dinner and I got the stinking queen of spades almost every round until I lost and the game was over. We just took it easy the rest of the weekend and got our Christmas decorations up.

We did go to a couple of Jazz games; before one of the games we ate at Happy Sumo and they had a really yummy salad after we ate it we asked what was in it. It was fried squid legs, I was glad we waited until after we ate it to find out what it was.

That's about it, I know my life sounds way exciting, so don't be jealous :)

Our Week

I found Johnny with another girl, in the shower!!




We carved our pumpkins.




If you're going to have an asthma attack why not do it in style?



Then finally Halloween!!

Tagged

I got tagged to tell you 6 quirks, if you didn't already know I was weird you soon will.

1. I hate when other people do my dishes. I like them washed a certain way and put in the dishwasher a certain way. Same with the laundry.

2. I don't like the feeling of dirt. I love working in the yard so I always am wearing gloves.

3. I don't eat candy or dairy.

4. I'm always cold and am usually wearing a sweater even if it's 80 degrees.

5. I don't like TV and it drives me crazy when people leave it on all day.

6. I love to clean Johnny's and my kids ears. Johnny has big ears so it makes it really easy!!

The sad thing is I could think of a lot more. Now I tag Aubrey, Laura, Kelly Jensen, Kelli Thomsen, Gygi, Stacey, and Bryndee.

Tess is on the move

I can not believe it. Tess is crawling. Well technically she's army crawling but she can get across a room now. She is my earliest crawler beating Ethan and Porter by 2 months. This is insane and I hope that doesn't mean she'll be walking soon, yikes!!

What A Weekend

On Friday we headed out to 5 mile pass to go four wheeling with some of the Thomas'. We had a lot of fun, I'm so sad we didn't get a picture of our family on the four wheelers. Johnny had Joshua in front of him then Ethan and Porter behind him, I had Tess hooked to my front and Bella behind me. We got back and were just hanging out with everybody and Joshua had climbed up the four wheeler ramp and was playing in the back of the truck. I'm not quite sure how he did it but he fell out of the truck onto his head. I went home with him and had called the nurse about concussions and he didn't have any symptons so he went to bed. The next day he hardly moved so we figured his neck was sore. Today he woke up and we realized it wasn't his neck it was his arm and he still hadn't used it. So I took him into Urgent Care and he broke his collar bone!! I felt like such a loser that I had waited until today to take him in. He has a little sling and it has made a big difference. He is feeling much better and is even running around with the kids. There's not a whole lot we can do other than keep him comfortable until the bone heals itself. Here are some pictures of us four wheeling and one of Joshua's arm.

Pray For Lance

On Monday night we were at another riveting coed softball game in Pleasant Grove. My brother-in-law Lance was pitching and took a ball straight to his face. He immediately went to the Emergency Room and had several tests done. They weren't much help but he got into a specialist the next day. He had to go in for emergency surgery. The ball had hit him so hard that it shattered his face. He had to get three permanent plates, one dissolvable(sp?) one, and about 15 screws into his face. They had to take his eye lid off so they could get into his head, they put one plate above his eye and one below. The third plate they went through the roof of his mouth for his jaw. He also fractured the other side of his face but there isn't anything they can do other than be careful.

On top of all of this Lance was supposed to be deployed today. He won't be leaving until November. He is doing pretty well but it's only been two days since he had surgery. So please remember him and his family in your prayers.

Tess 6 Months Old Pictures

I just got Tess' pictures back today and I think they turned out so cute!! What can I say, I make pretty babies :)

Happy Birthday Ethan!!

Ethan is 7! I can't believe it has gone so fast. His birthday was on Sunday the 5th but we went out as a family last night instead of throwing a big friend party. We went to Thanksgiving Point and despite the wind we had a really good time!! They had a lot of fun stuff to do there. Here is my crazy bunch the empty hole is Joshua if you look close you can see his hand in there.



The dangerous go-carts.



Here is why they were dangerous. We don't really know what happened but some how she managed to drive up onto one of the logs and apparently bonked her face.



So we did the kiddie corn maze I went in with the kids while Johnny stayed out with the stroller and Tess. I let Porter lead the way and somehow we crossed over into the giant maze. I got us really lost and luckily I found a worker who got us out of there. I was laughing but Porter and Bella were crying that we were never going to get out of there. Oh the drama...I would have had a picture of Ethan but he had ran off and found a way out of the maze. Looks like I was following the wrong kid.




For his birthday Ethan wanted a globe and books. He needed the globe so he knows where he can go exploring and the books so he knows what he would like to explore. He got a bike recently and he has been giving himself bike lessons so he can go where he wants, to explore. Did I mention Ethan likes to explore?

Time For A Change

This summer I had made the decision to home school my kids. I had researched different curriculum and was all set to go. I had mentioned to a few people that I would be homeschooling and they went on about how hard it is and how I have little children, blah blah, etc. So I chickened out and stuck them back into their school. Well a month went by and although I loved the curriculum at their school I wasn't enjoying ALL the extra activities and time commitment. My friend that I was carpooling with decided to take her daughters out and that would mean I would have to start driving back and forth everyday three times a day. So I took my kids out last week and have been homeschooling. I LOVE IT!! I am getting so much quality time with my kids. I know exactly what they are learning and where they need to be challenged and where they need a little help. It is so nice to set my own schedule, do my own field trips even Johnny is taking the kids for 2 hours once a week to teach Spanish and Geography. I am really lucky to have 2 other families in my neighbor who also home school so that we can have our recess around the same time and to have their help and support on what I am doing. My kids really enjoy it, especially Ethan.

I thought the house would be a constant wreck while doing this but it hasn't been to bad (other than Joshua ripping everything apart) Since they're home they help do the dishes and keep the kitchen clean. Yesterday they sorted the laundry while we talked about some of the things we were learning. I guess I'll have to do post again in a couple of months when the newness has worn off and see if I'm still loving it :)

Sisters

I have to have the world's funnest sisters. Today is my sister Heather's 30th birthday. So what would we give her...perfume, jewelry, clothes?? Oh no, that just won't suffice for such an important birthday. Tiffany had the wonderful idea to make a music video for Heather. We found the most lovely song "Happy Birthday Princess" thanks to the Disney Princess Soundtrack I unfortunately own. Of course we had to dress up like princesses for the music video. Tiffany is a Hindu Princess, Ashley is a Hawaiian Princess, I'm Belle, and Kallee is Princess Aurora. So we spent a few hours last night creating this masterpiece for Heather and then we went to her house and tied black balloons in her trees and put signs up in her yard. Heather worked the graveyard shift at the hospital so we took the movie to her at 1:30 in the morning so she could enjoy her present. Needless to say she loved it. I don't dare share the music video with anyone but her is a picture of how hot we looked for it.

That's My Boy

I put the kids to bed at 8 and I've just been hanging out in the office playing on the computer. Ethan walks in with a large grin on his face completely dressed for school. He told me now I don't have to worry about getting dressed in the morning. I starting laughing and took his picture. I went through a similar phase when I was little. I figured if I slept in my clothes then I could sleep in. It's not being lazy we just know how to better manage our time. I like the thumbs up in his picture, just in case you didn't already know this was a good idea.

Happy Birthday Joshua

Our sweet little Joshua is now 2!! His birthday was on Wednesday. He's kid #4 at our house so his birthday was a little sad. We couldn't think of what to get him, we have plenty of boy toys, clothes, etc. Luckily I was at a PTA meeting the night before his birthday and the school was having a book fair so I got him some books and a puzzle. Then I forgot to wrap them so they were all in a sack. He didn't care, that's what is so great about little kids. The big kids immediately grabbed the books and have had them ever since. Here are some pictures of him and his cake.



This next one is of Bella cleaning him off. I thought it was pretty sweet and Joshua thought it was really funny.



Here is Joshua opening his sack of presents. I made sure he didn't rip the bag so we could reuse it on Ethan's birthday.

EEG

I had another EEG this morning. (I still have no idea what that stands for) I had to go in sleep deprived so I stayed up doing my laundry and then watched two movies. When my alarm went off this morning I wanted to cry but I got up and went on my run then showered and headed to Timpanogos Hospital. I had three people hooking me all up so it only took about 15 minutes this time, my last one took about 45 minutes just to get me hooked up. The guys were nice to take my picture and laughed when I told them I wanted it for my blog. I had a Pleasant Grove Vikings sweatshirt on and they asked me if I go there? I just laughed and said well a long time ago. It was nice that somebody finally guessed me younger than I am. The other day somebody guessed me in my 30's and when I said no they said oh you're in you're 40's? I go to the neurologist on Monday to get my test results.

If you're wondering why I'm getting another EEG done... at first the hospital told me mine was fine but when I met with the Dr. he told me it said I had, had a seizure. But because I had all the medicine in my system it could effect the test so I had the 2nd one done today to hopefully rule out seizures and make sure that it really was just an allergic reaction.

Take me out to the ball game...

For the last 8 years Johnny has played on a coed softball team. I think this is the first time I've remembered to take pictures of him, whoops! Their team is Vanilla Thunder and they are the defending champs from last year. They've only lost one game in the season, so way to go Vanilla Thunder!!

Johnny's Dream Weekend

Every year Johnny and my brothers-in-law go to one away BYU game. This year they went up to the Seattle game. They went to the football game that morning and then three hours after the BYU game they went to the Mariners and Yankees game. He got home Sunday afternoon and could barely talk from all the yelling at the games.

Happy News!!

It's official, I AM KIDNEY STONE FREE!! I am so happy it has been such a crappy summer of pain, surgeries, and hospital visits. I am feeling great and am able to start running again!! I have to have some more tests done to see if I had a seizure or an allergic reaction but we feel pretty optimistic that it was just an allergic reaction.

Sweet Joshua

Joshua really loves his baby sister Tess. He's the only one who tries to soothe her when she cries he tries to feed her baby food and it's the only sibling name he'll say (he calls her Tessers). So while I was making dinner tonight I laid Tess down so I could cook and I hear Joshua talking to her and laughing and this is what I found. The funny thing is she was laughing too. Crazy kids, well maybe crazy mom for taking pictures instead of hurrying to get him off of her.

First Day of School

My kids all started school this week. Ethan is in the 1st grade, Porter is in kindergarten and Bella is in pre-school. It has been really nice having them back at school I've actually found time to do something for myself. I thought Joshua would be sad that they were gone but he is happy to get more of my attention. I know the kids don't love wearing uniforms but I think they look so cute!

A Little White Trash

The other day Captain Questions (Porter) was driving me crazy and asking question after question, I needed to distract him so I asked him if he wanted a tattoo. He wanted two and then Bella came and saw the fun of mom drawing on her brother with permanent marker (whoops) and wanted two tattoos as well. Just so you know she was bathed and had her hair done that morning but I took the picture in the afternoon.