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Handsome Little Men!

2009-06-15T23:04:00.000-07:00

I promised that I would try to get just a few pics on here tonight! So after I put my boys and my nephew to bed I ran upstairs to get a few of these together. These little men are so handsome! Take a sneak peak! Enjoy-

"Mr. C" just relaxing!

Little "Mr. T." scanning the view

There are so many cute pics! I hope you enjoyed just this small little peak!

Here's a catch!

2009-06-07T15:40:00.000-07:00

Here is my cute Mother-In-Law. She is such a trooper. I begged her to come and check out this area that I had a shoot at and be my model. The location was awesome!! So is the model! Enjoy!

catch up!!!

2009-06-06T15:40:00.000-07:00

Okay I know this cute little lady will see these tomorrow BUT I have totally ignored my blog. SO I wanted to show you how cute some of these pics turned out!! Enjoy!

Continued . . .

2009-05-02T00:53:00.001-07:00

Meet "Goldie", whom is very well loved! Miss A showing off her chick-we definately can't leave out Goldie--Jr. is soon to come along with Mr H. Hope Mom is doing great & Thanks for the awesome comment--I love you guys! Enjoy!

A cutie pie

2009-05-01T22:24:00.000-07:00

This is strictly for one of those Mom's that are always at the top list! Here is little "Miss R" during my last chickie session. I have more but, I wanted to get at least one on here for ya. I will post some more in a few! Enjoy

Spring days

2009-04-29T23:44:00.000-07:00

I just love this first photo-This little girly was done with pictures and just wanted her balloon. She didn't feel like running along her twin sibs-so of course I had to shoot it! Thanks guys for a fun & chilly shoot!

Estrella

2009-04-29T06:26:00.000-07:00

Thank you to this sweet family that is soon to be leaving us and our beautiful desert. We will miss you guys! Here is just one of the pics that I worked on--but, I can't wait to get to all of them! There are some beautiful pictures! Can't wait!

Young Women's Brunch

2009-04-25T08:27:00.000-07:00

All of us had lots of fun! Thank you to the Young Women for a yummy breakfast & I hope camp goes great! Here are a handful of shots that I took. There were so many good photos-not enough space! Enjoy-

I thought this pic was so funny- She is loving that chick & it looks like the chick is screaming for help!-Just had to add!

Brother & Sister Love-

He wasn't to sure about the chicks at first but, warmed up to them quick!

This Miss was so cute & excited-Great Job! This little Miss just wanted to check the chicks out in there traveling box-so sweet! This handsome guy was trying to test the theory if chicks could fly-he was so cute! I think Mom was about done-Thanks Mom for letting him play! Here is one of my families that I just love! Miss A-her and "Goldie"

These two were so cute! As soon as the chick was given to them Little "K" said-"he's so cute"

Until next time--which will be soon--

Believe

2009-04-22T09:30:00.000-07:00

I put a vanilla overlay on this Believe picture to soften it up-what do you think? I don't know what it is about baby's feet that I love but, I do just love them.

Sweet Baby Boy

2009-04-18T09:26:00.000-07:00

Here are some sweet teasers for Mom and Grandma. I tried something new for me so this picture is suppose to be grainy but, I couldn't help it-I thought it was sweet and gave it a timeless feel! This guy was so adorable with his wispy dark hair and his blue, blue eyes. I will post another picture later of his beautiful eyes! I love baby parts! I loved this one of his feet! So I threw it in there! Enjoy!

J's Crew

2009-04-09T10:04:00.000-07:00

Okay, I think this I had more fun during this shoot than the kids! Okay, a little teaser for Mom-I haven't got to get to all of them. Here is just a few-But, I think we did pretty good! Thank you guys for being so awesome!!! Here is Miss J-she is such a big helper. Just thought that this was so cute-Thanks Miss J- He was so sweet with the chicks-this one is named after Mr P himself- She loved to try to get one but, they were just out of her grasp-

Here is Miss B. She was so busy but, once she warmed up to the chicks she was a riot! Cute little girl!

Mr C didn't want anything to do with the animals-but he was a great sport! What a handsome guy!

Miss J-

Mr P-He loved the chicks! He wouldn't even look at the camera forsake of missing the "cute" chick doing something. He was cracking me up. He kept telling the chicks "you're a cute chick"!

Thanks guys-

Hey little chick

2009-03-30T13:48:00.001-07:00

Guess what time it is??!! We have chicks! So that means that it is time for pics with chicks! I will post some photos of my kiddos with them. If you would like me to take some photos of your little ones with the chicks just reply back and I will fill you in on the rest. I am trying to officially kick off my photography! We are so excited!!!

Clean Air

2009-03-09T21:00:00.001-07:00

After the early morning rain the air was so clean. When the kids got home we decided to go to the park. Of course I had to snap a few! Here is Blue Boy being cool like all the bigger kids. Upperman and his trusted scooter. He loves this thing even though it has been through the mill.

Do-Dude using those blue eyes to try and talk me into staying late and getting something quick for dinner--nice try--can you tell he has done this before. But, thankfully I have a budget that I have to stick to so the answer was easy!

We had fun! Looking forward to another clear, beautiful day in the park.

Upperman

2009-03-06T22:36:00.000-08:00

He definately likes it when I take pictures of him. He just doesn't know it. Here he is just being my buddy.

Handsome Mr "H"

2009-03-02T07:25:00.000-08:00

I already told you what fun I had snapping shots of this handsome guy and I promised that I would put a couple pics up for all of you to see. Like I said he was so funny with everything that he was telling me about-all the things he can do. But what really was cool was when I asked him what does he think he will feel after he is baptized he said, "I will feel good and know that the Holy Ghost will be by my side." WOW-I was not expecting that since he just told me the sentence before that he could pick up a house. What a neat little spirit! Thanks "H" for the great time!

San Antonio, Texas

2009-03-02T07:04:00.001-08:00

This is my little sis, putt! Isn't she so cute? I love this picture of her. It captures the excitement of this new mysterious place-Corpus Christi. It isn't the prettiest beach but, it was a beach so of course us Arizonians were excited! We drove 2 hours and we were there. Isn't this cute? We were trying to take a nice picture by the ocean but, the wind kept blowing, it was chilly. I couldn't stop smiling like a school girl with a secret crush.

Here is putt and New BIL. They are expecting their first baby! We are so excited! Aren't they a cute couple?!

Here is my deep thinker. I don't know what was going thru his mind at this time but, I had to take the shot.

We have a great time with my sis and new bil. I will post more pics tomorrow when we went thru the Alamo and the Riverwalk.

Missing you!

2009-02-26T19:41:00.000-08:00

This morning I had an early morning photo shoot with a handsome little devil! Mr H was so funny-he kept telling me to keep an eye on him because "he is really sneaky". He did so great and I would totally show off his handsome pics but, I am in Texas visiting my little sis and New Bil. We just got in and are talking to the kids--they don't want to talk to me they want to talk to My sis & new bil. Except for Upperman, he was crying when I hung up from him. I felt so bad-my poor little man---Momma loves you guys! Be good for Nanie & Boppa and remember that I am thinking of you every minute that I am away from you guys! You are also in my prayers until we are together again! Love you Do dude, Blue Boy & Upperman. Thanks Mom & Dad for providing my kids with tons of grandparent fun and lots of love! Your the best!

Named Andy

2009-02-25T18:17:00.000-08:00

Andy is the name that Miss K gave this little egg. I asked her if it turned out to be a girl birdie what would she name it. "Andy" Okay, guys-I love this little girl!!

Cracking me up!

2009-02-25T13:43:00.000-08:00

Okay today was so fun!!! I borrowed little Miss K and she made me laugh the whole time. Especially when she didn't know what to call me. I was dubbed "that Mom". I loved it! Her and Upperman played and tickled and picked flowers together and made wishes! When we were done or rather ran out of time they were surprised and said, "that's it?". Thanks Miss K and Upperman for a fun afternoon! Here is the first pic that I opened and thought I would give her Mom a little preview of her cutie pie.

Bright Eyed & Bushy Tailed

2009-02-24T20:21:00.000-08:00

Well I worked up a sweat! My first little guy Little "I" was such a good baby. BUT-he is huge for a 6 week old. What a little sweetie-Mom & Dad should be so proud. Here is a sneak peek of little "I". He was wide awake-Bright eyed and bushy tailed through this whole shoot. It was so cute!

2009-02-23T22:35:00.000-08:00

This totally explains my day today! Crazy, busy, frustrating, fun, peaceful all mixed in one. I am so excited about tomorrow-pictures of the H family newest addition! I will give you some pic preview! He is 6 weeks old and a cutie pie!!!!

Boys will be boys

2009-02-22T21:12:00.000-08:00

Here is one of my favs of the day! Hubby is posing while the kids are hugging each other in the background. NOTE-They are usually having nothing to do with hugging each other. Remember they are boys. So maybe this is why I love this picture-call me crazy-this doesn't happen on a normal day. The natural light in my family room is all that is being used and it creates a great pic! Do-Dude is with his Nana so he is missing. Enjoy!

Joy

2009-02-20T06:53:00.000-08:00

Blue boy was having a blast playing at the park while he waited for his turn for piano.

The light was so awesome here I had to take a shot! Uperman had had enought and crashed!

My poor Kids

2009-02-19T13:46:00.000-08:00

I had to beg and plead and go beyond just to get Uperman to change out of his pajamas into clothes for a few pics. When that didn't work Do-Dude offered up his candy from Vday. He is such a sweetie at times! Here is what I came up with

Here is Do-dude. He stayed home today because he had a dr appt. Poor guy has an ear infection. But, he still does great with photos even if he has a raw nose!

Let me know what you think!

Photos, I can't get enough!

2009-02-16T09:58:00.000-08:00

Since the boys have gone back to school I am feeling like now I have time to dive into my little hobby that I love! Granted Uperman is still hanging out with me on the home front but, he goes to preschool 2 days a week. So what do I do with those two days-I am diving into photography! Here are some pics that I took of my niece-Miss Lila. What do you think? Here are some more from Miss Lila's Bday party.Miss Lila watching all her cousins running around.Miss E wondering why I keep following her around!Miss Mars-Busy little thing! I tried to get some pics of that girl and she just never stopped.Miss Lila smiling out her princess castle.Hubby holding Miss Lila-M told Hubby to hold Lila while she got something. Hubby thought he was being funny by holding her like this. Obviously Miss Lila thought it was funny also.Enjoying her cake.Miss K cutie that she is.Here is another wild one running around with Mars. Had to get the shot though. Below is one of my favorites of Miss Lila. There are tons more. But I will spare you unless you really want to see them?! REMEMBER I am just a beginner so if you have any tips please shout them out! Also my kiddos are tired of being my subjects so if a few of you need some pics holler at me.

Geez! Where did the time go!

2009-02-10T20:08:00.001-08:00

Okay, where did it go? It the middle of February and I am already behind on this New Year's Res about trying to blog something once a week. (If I said I would do it more--well lets just look at the history of my amazing blogging record! That should speak for itself!) Recap-January started out amazing. It was white and fluffy and a little cold without my boarding jacket and gloves, boots, hat, etc, etc. We were visiting BIL and Sil in Utah with their munchkins. Nana had given us snowboarding lessons and passes! We LOVED it!! It is our new fave. I didn't think that I would like it much but, I can't believe how hooked I was on it.

Isn't he so cute. Look how little that board is. Uperman was the only one who decided that he tried it for half the day and "will do it next year" because he "falled down alot and I don't wike that!" Blue boy decide to just go straight down the hill without waiting for his instructor. When his instructor went to find him he was already in line for the lift to go back up. Bil had to tow him up the hill back with his snowboarding class. But, then again this kid seeks anything that can be fast and dangerous! He was upset because he didn't want to do lessons anymore. He just wanted to board!

Do Dude couldn't get enough. He is my one that is really cautious and takes time getting comfy with different ideas. But, he was up there and wanted to go every time that the Big Boys went. He wants to move were there is snow for at least half the year so he can board. So two weeks in Utah was a blast, we still could of stayed up there with the fam for a little longer! There was 9 of us in 630 sq feet and it was great! (For all 2 weeks and everyone survived. Our little families were upset to leave each other cause we just didn't have enough time to hang out. So this is how our January started. Beware if I post again it will include more pics from the beginning of January--sorry trying to keep this shock low key.

2008-09-15T22:32:00.000-07:00

Okay gang! I think that I might have sometime to try to be good at this blogging thing now, well, give me a couple of weeks! You guys so inspire me to be a better blogger. The fact is we have not had a totally permanent home since beginning of March! YIKES! So yes, we have moved again! Believe it! I am still trying and happy as all can be. Bless my dear parents for being wonderful enough to take our homeless family in. Now for those of you who don't know--which I think all 2 of you do that read this poor little blog with a totally messed up blogger. Our house is rented out until March of 2010! This was suppose to be awesome!! We moved up north for a job change and were suppose to move to Oklahoma a few weeks after that. Well, lets just say things didn't go as planned--Obviously--because here we are! So after a month (this would be April) we were back. All of you who thought that that the Hoof Trimmer and his wife would be gone had to cancel the party because we were back faster than I don't know what. So back to my sweet parents that took us in. They just got rid of my baby sis in November. She and Teeb were married. My parents thought they had the house to themselves. They were just starting to think of their bucket list and how much fun they would have. And WHAM the five of us move in with them. Now don't forget that we educate of children in the home so there was always at least 4 of us around. Those poor people have earned their spot in heaven for that! So Thursday before Labor day Hubby's mom calls and tells me that we can move into SIS & BIL's house on Monday-Labor day. Okay there were renters and she wasn't sure that they would be out but, we were all crossing our fingers. You know that feeling that if you tell someone that you need help moving in on a holiday that it doesn't happen but, if you don't tell anyone it always does. Well, I didn't tell anyone that we are for sure moving so guess what! The house was ours! Cute house! So it is kinda weird living here since I can see where my Mom-in-Law had her stuff and Hubby's bro and family had their stuff and now our stuff is in it. Kinda crazy! Especially since we have SIL & BIL's dog and I see her laying in her spots around the house that she used to lay in when I used to visit. Kinda a trip. So with all this in mind we are here for a little while now until our house is open. YEAH!!! And I will have to say we are settling well and the boys are doing awesome with school. Even though their home teacher is a little nutty and anal! So with all that said I hope to re-re-enter the blogging world and not make a wrong turn again and fall off the blogging map!

River Rafting in Utah

2008-08-12T12:50:00.000-07:00

We are back! Our little family had a family reunion! We miss Jammy so much. This is what we have nick named our other half. BIL decided to go to Law School and so they were off to the great state of Utah. We have been missing them since we used to see each other every day and work with them every day on the dairy farm that all of were part of. Nana is so awesome and decided to make our little reunion just that more special and throw in a river rafting ride down the canyon to suprise all of us. Check her out all is calm on the water.

Now after our first couple of water attacks on the others, one finally stood up to us and look at our poor Nana and SIL. We had so much fun with our capton of the "Black Pearl" Spencer, who kept telling us that this was his first time down the river. When Spencer asked for the men's names Hubby gave his as Stewart and Bil gave his as Juan. Yeah, He was the Hunk on the water I will just be honest with yeah right now. We had tons of fun, not only seeing the beauty of the canyon but, dodging fly fisherman, and soaking everyone that came in our path. We did launch last and were the first to hit the destination. We actually got out in quite a hurry since we knew we didn't make many friends on this trip--We were the tyrants that ruled the river. We were afraid of the mob that may follow since one lady was crying and we also made a little guy cry--not on purpose. The water was cold and I think that was the reason for tears! Thank you Nana for that little treat!

Another Swim Meet @ the Y

2008-06-26T23:15:00.001-07:00

The my kids love swim! They love how the older kiddos hang out with them and teach them or help them. They love it when they joke around and play games with them. Here is a pic of some of my kids idols-the brothers aren't in it-Upermans fav, but, these green hair fish are! Thanks guys! The girls will be on the next post. Blue Boy and Do-Dude love the meets! I on the other hand have my newest addition with me -my camera- and am taking pics like crazy. You know when you are on over load when you are taking pics of everyone's kids that you know. But, lets just say when we are hanging with our great friends-Parents of the fab four-and others around us having a good time what could be better? Blue Boy is posing for the camera here. He thinks he is hot stuff! With his cute little freckles and brown body he thinks that all he has to do is smile and I will take his pic. I did this time. And . . . a couple of hundred times as well. Do-Dude doing his best in the water. He is not a contact sporter unless it involves Blue Boy or Dad. And anyone else that he feels comfy with enough to wrestle around. He is my Non-rule breaking kid for the most part. I think some of that comes from his Mother-whoever that lady is! Go Do-Dudee, Go! Doing the back stroke-Not one of his favs, but, Do-Dude is doing good!I am still trying to figure this kiddo out. I got him goggles, they break, we get another pair. Now he is swimming with his eyes closed because he doesn't want to wear his goggles. So we are now swimming with our eyes shut. This is his fav stroke! He could back stroke all day!

Fire!

2008-06-26T22:49:00.000-07:00

Okay this is a little scary! We went and played shuffle board with my sis & bil and then decided since the kids were asleep at Nanie & Boppa's that we would go and check out the fire that was caused from what I have been told from a lightening strike our in the river bottom in Tolleson. I was sticking my head out the window of the car taking pics and Hubby started to slow way down. I told him not to get us into trouble that taking a pic isn't worth getting a ticket over---okay sometimes it is. So he told me if he did get into trouble so would all these other hundred people. I looked away from my camera and couldn't believe how many cars, trucks, motorcycles, and just tons of people standing on the bridge with us to catch a glimpse of this fire. We could see the smoke from my parents house but, these are kinda scary. It jumped from like a few miles away to right up and front of us. Real fast, real scary! Take a look--all of you are pros with the camera I want to tell you that I just got this thing and don't know what I am really doing yet! Hubby had to help me-yikes!

With in just a couple of minutes it was at the waters edge. Of course it didn't help that the wind picked up and started scattering embers onto the bridge where we were.

Our Missionary

2008-06-22T22:31:00.000-07:00

Our missionary is off! Hubby's baby brother had his farewell today. We are so going to miss Uncle Missionary with the crazy spiky hair (Uperman's words). It won't be the same without him around for two years. He will be in Seattle where his Momma grew up. Kinda cool that he will be serving there. His bestest buddy is also in that area already out on his Mission. What a cool opportunity for my boys to see their Uncle off! We are going to miss you Uncle Missionary!

Well, I had a nice picture with us and our missionary but, in the frantic typing of my fingers I don't know what I did but, it is no longer. Sad it was cute-- I just don't know what I was laughing so hard about in it though. So instead of that cute family pic here is one of Hubby, Grandpa Govvey, and Uncle Missionary. Don't ask me what Grandpa is doing or who he is here. Never know what that man is up to! He is always making us giggle, especially here with his cool wig and shades. Uncle Missionary is trying to feed him part of his sandwich. Crazy guys!

This is my cute little sis-in-law and her new hubby. Aren't they adorable? Auntie A is so sweet and so is Uncle J. We love them. Especially Uperman since Uncle J played with him all day. What a great couple!

Here is our missionary with all the girls. Now this is not all the girls that came and said good bye to this sweet, funny and let me tell you Very talented guy! He is amazing on the piano and drums. Has his own band-even though it will be on hold for two years. We are already missing him even though we don't see them all the time. Still it is that crazy thing that pulls at your strings-You know-You want what you can't have. We want to visit him again but, he will be in Utah at the MTC. Good luck guy and we will be rooting for ya! We will miss your crazy, spiky hair too!

I Guess . . .

2008-06-18T17:01:00.000-07:00

I guess it takes a heat advisory and then being out in the heat all day for me to finally update it. Thank you guys for being such good friends that you still check up on me! It is really neat to see that even though I haven't posted since I don't know when right off the top of my head you guys still keep silently hoping that I got off my lazy behind and filled ya in on my super overload unstable life at this point in time. Ever feel like you try to just be a fun cool mom and keep everyone in line. You know what I am talking about! I am picturing all my kiddos and a friend-Puppy Love over swimming, laughing, the sun is gently kissing our skin. The cool, clear pool water is taking the slight heat out of the day. AHHHH! Sounds great right? Okay so what is this all about?

This is Blue Boy throwing a tantrum because he was WAY OUT OF CONTROL during lunch! It has to do with having a friend over. He was acting up so bad that another parent in the lunchroom came up to me and gave me some discipline advise. YIKES! I did need the peep talk but, was so embarrassed!

Here are some pics of those crazy kids of mine and Puppy Love. He is holding some of our Queensland Puppies! They are so cute! But since it is 113 outside I will be posting a whole puppy crazy post here next! I hope all is well with my

Fly like the wind!

2008-03-19T20:05:00.000-07:00

My Uncle D had his friend take us on a helicopter ride! We had so much fun! It was a little scary at first since the wind was blowing like crazy. It did feel like you were in a bubble and it was trying it's best not to pop! Here is Kermy in the copter landing. Mr. J was our pilot. This is want the layout of my Uncle D and Kermy's land looks like. Our house is almost in the middle of the picture. Crazy landing in the wind. Hubby and I got to go at the same time. I didn't get any headphones so I couldn't hear Hubby ask him how many times Mr J has crashed or things of that nature, which I am thankful for! It was super fun--Thank you Uncle D!

What! It's snowing?!

2008-03-19T19:03:00.000-07:00

My internet is tricky up here. I tried to get this posted sooner but, here I am. Okay, up here in Chino you never can be sure what Mr. Jack Frost is thinking. It was warming up so, I didn't think about trying to find our jackets since it was warming up-does that make sense? Well it started to snow on Sunday and Monday morning this is what we saw when we looked out our windows. It was so pretty-everything was white and clean! This is looking out my kitchen window and the dining room doors. The horses enjoying their breakfast. This is looking out our front window. My cousins house and neighbors. Uperman the night before snagged some snow and put it in a cup and was enjoying Spiderman while he ate his snow. The kids thought this was the best even though it was chilly outside. We skipped out on school that morning to enjoy the snow. By early afternoon on Monday it was all gone. Just mud remained. The kids were sad!

2008-02-20T21:24:00.000-08:00

I have been tagged! The Middle Name Tag! These are the rules: You must post the rules before you give your answers.You must list one fact about yourself for each letter of your middle name. Each fact must begin with that letter. If you don't have a middle name, just use your maiden name.After you've been tagged, you need to update your blog with your middle name and answers. At the end of your post, you need to tag one person for each letter of your middle name. (Be sure to leave them a comment telling them they've been tagged and need to read your blog for details. My middle name is Reine . . . . Running around like a chicken with its head cut off trying to pack, homework, homeschool (getting it all together), cook, clean, etc, etc! Enjoying the conversations with my Boys! They are so fun! Imagining what things will be like in a year?! YIKES! Needing the phone chats and family prayer with my Hubby on the other end! The kids love this and think that it is so fun to pray with their Daddy on speaker phone! Entertaining conversations and Power Ranger and Spiderman fights that my Uperman does! He is 2 1/2 and is always telling me all the AWESOME moves that the Red Power Ranger and Siderman do and how one hand is the good guy and the other is the bad guy and they fly through the air and crash into each other and one falls down. I guess I should get my kids some toys? Uperman entertains himself with his hands they work just as well as figurines! (By the way everything that he says has "that was Awesome" or "nice shot" in it somewhere! Okay I guess I am tagging Megan, Jenny, and Jill

What a WEIRD day!!

2008-01-29T17:24:00.000-08:00

Maybe this day is weird to me because I am now an odd number. One above 30. But, it started out great! My Mom called me and sang happy birthday. My boys jumped out of bed with a little complaining until I said, " It's my birthday and I want to lay down for a few more minutes but, I need you little men to get ready--totally ready without fighting." They smiled their little grins and said, " Sure Mom! If we get totally ready and hair done, teeth brushed, and belts on with our shoes by the door can we play Transformers on the PlayStation?" I was desperate for a few more winks- Just before I said yes, I thought of piano practice or spelling words that could be worked on. Math timings that need to be done-YIKES--," Sure kiddos if you are quite and don't fight!" 15 minutes later they were totally ready-showered the night before so that was out of the way and dressed head to toe! Ready! Why can't they do this every morning? So I walked out to the dining room 30 minutes later and saw these happy Pink Gerber daisies and roses smiling at me. I love pink because I don't see enough of it in our house of Men! Thank You Tori for thinking of me and putting thought into my beautiful cheerful pink flowers! I love them! They even said Good morning to me! I heard them. Next, after such a wonderful sight the door bell rings and the kiddos run to get their shoes on and I open the door still looking like something scary with black eyes and hair that looked like I found a rats nest and adorned it on my head. With bad breath and all I opened the door and Wonder Woman was there singing Happy Birthday and gave me a gift certificate to the Red Door Spa and the Wigwam. Yummy! Love it! I hugged her, poor girl and apologized for just killing her with my morningness. She laughed and chatted with me a few moments and said have an awesome day! Okay Love those two! Thank you Tori and Wonder Woman! Okay the night before I got an UTI--stink I know tell me about it! Made an appointment today and went in to see the doc. He got me my labs from last time I went in. Everything is great I am in great shape but, by the way your liver count is high. What??? And you need to stop by and give me another lab before you leave. What??? Does this man know that I HATE needles? Happy Birthday to me. So I get to have a sonogram of my liver done. No, no girls I know that you are all jumping at the chance to take my place. So I dropped off my meds and went to get the kiddos. On the way home from school the meds still weren't done. BUMMER! I dropped off kids and went home because I had to pee something crazy which hurray! I did with little pain! YES! So I got to talk to my Mom & Dad on the way home and they wished me a happy bday. I got to talk with SIL, Wonder Woman, and Nana. So there are some ups. The day was looking up now. I got home and 2 minutes after using the pot my Uperman came crying out of the boys room holding his head. Hubby is on his way home from out of town. So it is up to me to tend to Uperman. He had blood all over the back of his head. So I held the wound and applied pressure (remembering my first aid) and Do-Dude got me a wet cloth. Man, I forgot how the head bleeds. Do-Dude was a little freaked out when he came back because I had blood on my face, down my hand and arm, and down Upermans head. So Mom went to work and finally got it to stop. It is just a small cut where Blue Boys football trophy feel off the edge of his dresser and onto Upermans head. OUCH! So far it has been a weird day! Looking up but, definitely not a normal day. It ended with my family around and Nana and My Mom & Dad, two cakes, lots of candles, and everyone having a good time! I totally loved it! You know when you were little and would sit on someones leg and they would walk with you on their foot-I even got to have a ride on my Dad's foot with my kids on the other! Man, I forgot or maybe I just don't remember it being so uncomfortable! Maybe my rear end is a little bigger since the last time I did that.

Christmas tree cutting and the Newlyweds!

2008-01-26T17:01:00.000-08:00

A few more pics of the snow and Christmas tree cutting. But look what I did for my Sis for Xmas. I took this picture of them. This is usually how they are. . . geez. . . newlyweds! But I did this. . . I love it! I printed it out for her and put it on this cool frame that I got her. I drew her name for Xmas-She is SOOOO Lucky! (Just kidding!) Anyways I did it all on photoshop thanks to Jessica Sprague! They loved it! I don't know if new BIL even knows how to use that thing, I mean sword, no saw! They are standing in front of their tree. Once they got it home they said it looked gangster-ish. Is that even a word. But, New BIL made sure that it had water every 5 hours or so! And was a little over the top when my Sis put 2 strands of little lights on it! Upermans only complaint was that his legs were tired but, he loved the snow and loved the way it tasted! Tough guy just like Superman! Don't look at the dirt BUT this is how Hubby felt once the tree was in the stand with water! He was done! Just like a big turkey! Next post I will move on from these snow pics!

Finally Back!

2008-01-25T13:51:00.000-08:00

Okay see I have been out of it so long that I posted this backwards---so scroll down and read then go up to see the pics! Or whatever makes sense to ya. Hanging out with Santa at our Church Building-Do-Dude and Blue boy wanted an air soft gun and Uperman wanted to be away from Santa! He did swipe a candy cane first though. We went to Springerville and cut down our Christmas tree with Nee Nee and New BIL. Yeah! Blue Boy wasn't wearing a Blue Jacket, but, guess what color his sweat shirt was? He was creating a snow angel and loving it until about 10 minutes later he was balling his eyes out because he was freezing. Hubby and I taking a pic in the snow storm after we found the perfect tree. I didn't look the best but, what do ya expect? After it was decorated it was Beautiful! No that snowball didn't get Hubby-Darn it! Here is the gang, my fam! We decided that we will keep each other and not send anyone off with Santa to work in his toy shop-(We did have some volunteers). Behind us - the perfect tree- so we cut it and took it with us! No laughing either, it was the perfect tree, I am serious!

Well lets just say that I fell off the side of the blogging world and was floating into reality. Or maybe I was trying to face reality or maybe . . . Wow, what matters now is that I am back for the time being and will try to fill you in on all the fun, cool and wicked (taken from The Incredibles when the little kid on the tricycle) fun that we have been up to! We definitely will not be talking about the pounds that I found and the race I didn't run, but I am sure somewhere I will fill you in on those little secrets in time to come. What's new! Well, I just found out for sure that this summer after school lets out I will be close to being the Pioneer Woman's neighbor. Yup! We will be somewhere over in her neck of the woods. We will be in Oklahoma! I am very mixed about this. YES cool new adventure to take with the family but, I will be missing home, my family, mi mam ma and papa! I am doing a book about all our favorites so that we will think of the fun that we had the last 30 years (For Hubby is is 31-Ha Ha). It is only 30 for me up until January 29th-then sadness sets in as I will be eating my words for laughing at Hubby saying that he is older and I am younger and so on and so forth because I will be running right next to him in that 31ish race. But we will not be alone. My brother, Reeves Twin, and his cute family will be right there with us or maybe we will be right there with them. Anyhow we will be together and also my Aunt and Uncle and their tribe will be there as well. See lots of fun-lots of sadness-but, I think it will be good and just think when I come back home for holidays I can pester all of ya'. Okay ready for some pics? Here they are!

Old Glory

2007-11-13T06:14:00.000-08:00

Thankfulness-to live in the United States of America! To be spoiled and have luxuries at our fingertips. As I was leaving Utah I just felt this overwhelming sensation of how blessed I am. This past weekend I stayed in a warm cozy, comfy bed at a hotel, had a free breakfast, was able to rent a car so my family and I could drive around in comfort, was able to stop and eat anytime and almost anywhere we wanted, and to go to church and practice our beliefs all along the way. We never ran out of water, electric, gas, or food. We were safe and felt safe everywhere we went and didn't have to worry about risking our lives. Can you imagine? Can you see yourself or your family in a 3rd world country? That would be the biggest nightmare! So you see I am thankful to be an American! To have the choices that I do. To run and play with my children and Hubby and to see them laugh and grow along the way! We have so many convinces right at our fingertips. I am thankful to live in the United States and for the Men and Women that risk their lives to keep us safe-Thanks!

Family

2007-11-11T11:51:00.001-08:00

Family-isn't that what it is all about?! We are enjoy some of the family that used to be attached to us by our hip and now they are off and running without us! We surely miss them and at the same time miss the family we have back home. We came for Skinny's baptism and are loving it! Check out some of the pics that we took--just wait and I will post some funny ones next. But first I need to eat some lunch! Uperman, 10 kids in 1, and Blue Boy playing in the gym after Skinny's Baptism Hubby dumped me off the swing and fell off of it himself--serves him right! Skinny & Do-Dude hanging out Skinny Ba-link & Nana at Skinny's Baptism SIL, soon-to-be & me smiling for the pic!

We are in away right now hanging out with the Hubby's brother, Old BIL and my SIL plus the kiddos. We are having so much fun--right now it is raining--let me explain it seems to be this wet stuff that falls from the Heavens and cleans the air and makes everything shiny & new looking! That would only go over with the folks back home since it seems that it NEVER rains!

Friends

2007-11-09T10:03:00.000-08:00

Thankful-that is what I am! I am thankful for friends! Not only my own but, my kiddos also! Now I would love to put all of you on this posting but, that just would not due because you guys Rock! But here is some sweet shots that I took of Uperman and his little buddy Mini-Me! How can you not deny the satisfaction that one gets when all you have to do is tickle them and then realize that this would be a great shot. So I told them not to move and grabbed my camera and all they did was have to act natural-So sweet to be by the side of a friend! Then, they jumped up and were running around like on some sugar high--which made me wonder since Mr Uof A was over with Hubby helping watch the kiddos and New BIL was here as well, taking notes on what to do when kids bless his life so me, Artsy Fartsy and Cutie Pie could attend our little meeting that was meant for girls only! I do have to confess that when I was coming up the walk, returning from our short but needed girls meeting I saw my oldest son run for the hallway. I walked through the door and asked my dear sweet Hubby if the boys (meaning Blue Boy and Do-Dude) were in bed and not playing guitar hero III. He smiled so sweetly that was totally distracting and said yes with a smile of pleasure knowing that I wouldn't be upset because he put them to bed in time---(In time for me not to see them running around the corner and act like they have been in bed for an hour). Yes--Moms do have eyes in the back of their heads and x-ray vision! I checked on the boys and they smiled that smile they do when they have been caught! Yes--I am one of those Mom's that have that special vision! Could you ever get enough of seeing joy in your kiddos faces when they are having a blast with their friends! I just love it! They look so yummy that you want to eat them up--every last bit! Friends--couldn't live without them! Hope all of you are doing wonderful today--my friends!

Journal's Are Important!

2007-11-09T08:02:00.000-08:00

Okay, I always have such good intentions of keeping a journal and documenting everything that goes on in a house full of boys-4 that is, only one is over the age of 30. You catch my drift. We have such a wonderful time being together I just can't imagine life without it! I want to make sure my kids remember fond memories of the fun things that take place among us--not just having to clean their room, make their bed, empty all the garbage cans, doing their own laundry, cleaning their toilet-and so on. As I went to my enrichment meeting last night with my sis, Artsy Fartsy-(which she wants me to rename her some crazy name-who wouldn't like the name I gave her?! ) ( OH ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE TERRIBLE SENTENCES--SORRY FOR ALL OF THOSE THAT JUST GRINDED THEIR TEETH! -) The Sisters and I talked about blogging! I never thought of it as a journal. All the neat ideas of printing the posts off and booking them and keep that as your journal just blew my mind! I am telling ya that these ladies are so amazing!!! So I am challenging all of you bloggers out their to post something in their blogging journal about being thankful at least every day or every other day. I am jumping up and raising my hand with you gals so be expecting a little traffic because I am going to be checking on all of you--you know who you are! If you are experiencing any trouble go to the library on LDS.org and look up "Journals Are Important!" Friend, Jan 1987. There are 710 ideas to write about in your journal! How fun is that?! Come on I know you want to take the challenge! Go For It!

It's that time again!

2007-10-30T19:05:00.001-07:00

Our Annual Pumpkin Guts Fight!!!! The Sox's have added to our tradition. They came last year and were so game on that they HAD to come or it just wouldn't be the same! First we eat dinner, then cut the tops off the pumpkins and wait for everyone to get ready and then yell "GAME ON!" and guts fly everywhere. Mom of the Year (MOY) and I tried to get Hubby but, the two of us just couldn't take on a big guy like that! We all had a blast and were covered with pumpkin. The Hubby stuck a ball of guts the size of a bowling ball down my pants--YUCK! I had seed everywhere. So everyone was after Hubby to get him back and then everyone was doing it to their neighbor and before you knew it we all had guts down our pants, in our shirts, in our hair, ears, face, and anywhere else you could think of! But, we do it every year and it is the talk of October--So GAME ON everyone!

Hubby & MOY posing for the camera! J-Bird getting ready for the big take down! MOY & H3 posing for a quick pic Blue Boy & J Bird & Uperman after the scores have been settled. Our final outcome! Part of the gang getting ready--Hubby is armed-he just doesn't think the rules apply to him. Do-Dude & Ki preparing for the rain of pumpkin Blue Boy takes after his father--He is armed and let me tell ya the kid is dangerous! Uperman and Little Man trying to protect themselves from their families-or maybe they were just waiting to make their move--NO I think they were trying to protect themselves! I just got Hubby back with a handful of pumpkin and he didn't think it was to funny-to me it was a riot! What do you think?

Teacher Gifts

2007-10-25T09:57:00.001-07:00

This Mummy pot is for Do-Dudes teacher. She is a breath of fresh air! She always positive, smiling, caring and truly tending with love and compassion to her class-not only that but she is a Mom of 3 at our little Nazi school (well that is what everyone else calls it until their kiddos start going there and then they say, "Why didn't you talk some sense into me and make me see the light--I SO WISH (with great enthusiasm and sorrow) I would of done this SOONER!) Don't worry, it is okay if you think my school and my kiddos is a Nazi school-I will still love ya!

This is everything that I need for my little mummy pot above. The pot is Tara cota-it is just one that I had painted for a spring luncheon for church. I am all about things having more than one purpose--usually! So this is what is needed, a tara cota pot, ribbon of your choice, paint (I used lime green and white) Lime is for the pot and the white is for the dot in the eyes, Hot glue & gun, Cellophane, Muslim, scissors, and a sponge brush. OH-I put blush on him to make him a blushing Mummy. It is this easy folks-just glue and lay, glue & lay

This is for Blue Boys Teacher. He is in the big K this year at the Nazi school. Let me tell you Blue Boy's teacher is another one who just rocks! He is (yes I said He) AWESOME! Love my kiddos teachers! I didn't know if he would really like the mummy pot so instead I got a small pumpkin and put vinyl lettering on it and added school ribbon & red ribbon around the stem and tied a little measuring tape and tag that says "Richard C Edgley stated the. . . TRUE MEASURE OF A MAN. . . (backside)" You can describe a man in inches, pounds, complexion, or physique. But the true measure of a man is by character, compassion, integrity, tenderness, and principle. Simply stated, the measures of a man are embedded in his heart and soul!" We hour and thank you for your TRUE MEASURE: YOUR CHARACTER, COMPASSION, INTEGRITY, TENDERNESS, AND PRINCIPLE! --I stole this from a Father's Day gift that RS had given the men at church and since Mr Batman is a new member I thought this would totally fit better than a Mummy.

I just copied it.

Just thought I would share! I am just in a blogging mood! Have an awesome day!

It is Craft Night!

2007-10-25T09:24:00.000-07:00

These are kinda out of order-sorry! The Running Queen getting started.

One of the two the other one just hot glue popcorn-air popped type-on a straw wreath (leave plastic on) Add your leaves and ribbon and whatever else fills your hearts desire

Okay for all those that didn't make to my casa last night you missed out on some cute wreath action going on! The Running Queen and I made these for our girls that we visit teach for November! They turned out so cute and we had a great time! Hope all of you that we missed last night are feeling better and that your loved ones are feeling better! Anyone who would like to gather to do this again let me know! You won't be disappointed!

Digi scrappin' YEAH!

2007-10-24T10:00:00.000-07:00

Well-look how sweet my cousin's little girls feet are- I learned all this from Jessica!

My second set of classes of Jessica Sprague! I am totally loving this! She is amazing! Look at what I did in her Now We Are Rockin' class!

I want my MUMMY

2007-10-22T08:23:00.000-07:00

I made this little treat for one of the sweet ladies that are on my list to visit each month. Our families go way back and she was my mother-in-laws spy when it came to church. She would let it be known if the boys snuck out or not. So I made this for her for her birthday. That sounded kinda weird-sorry. This is so simple. It is a mummy pot. I took a small tara cota pot and hot glued ripped muslin onto it. Before I finished I made a nose out of extra muslin and put it under the top pieces so it looked like a nose. Then, I took lime green paint and sponge it all over and took wood footballs and painted them black and then put a little white dot on it so it looked like eyes. I filled the pot with some good candy. Then I put cellophane over it and tied it with a couple different types ribbon. At here ya go, a cute little mummy!

Blue Boy is a year older!

2007-10-22T08:18:00.001-07:00

I now have a six year old! Every year for my kids birthday it is a tradition that they wake up with balloons over their bed and on their ceiling. This is what was left by the time I got in there with my camera. They always love it! Just one neat way of starting their day off special! I love ya Blue Boy! Love your Momma

2007-10-21T22:07:00.000-07:00

I have been tagged! My Madre tagged me so here are some things that you get to learn about me, even if you really didn't want to! SORRY . . . blame it on my Madre ( since taking Spanish in high school, I often call that gingerbreadaholic woman Madre!) Buckle your safety belts, it's a bumpy ride! Some names that I have gone by--that are speakable! -Jones -Skinny Ba link and the Grave Yard Dancers (Do you really want to know?) -Bran flakes (There are only a few out there that have earned the right to call me this-- YES, New BIL you are one of them. You drank the left over juices of canned Italian chicken with all the yuck floating around in it. So to those of you who want to be one of the few on the list, believe me when I say you should probably just forget it--enough said!) Things that I am wearing right now: OH this is SO BAD! I did have to respond truthfully to this, again Sorry! Flannel yellow pj's with star's all over them, a light green tee & to top the outfit off Red ankle socks! I know these really make Hubby's mind race! Two of my favorite things to do: 1-Spend time with my family!!! 2-Cook!!! (Not so much with the clean up though!) Things I want very badly: 1. More time with my family 2. A clean house (Is this okay to put here?) OR A farm with lots of land and open spaces for a huge garden, and our cows, and kids & hubby & myself of course! Two of my favorite pets ever: 1-Butchie (My beloved Queensland that knew what I needed and wanted before I could think it up in my own head! Love ya old guy! I hope to play B-Ball with you again some day!) 2-My horse named Ellie (She rocked!) My People that I am tagging: 1-Miss Tori 2-Miss Jacey---Yes both of you girls! Hurry up get on it! Two things that I did last night Went bowling with my family and Putt & New BIL Watched Transformers with my family Two things that I have ate today: My Madre's tacos My Hubby's Pancakes People I have talked to today: Hubby Madre Papa Putt New Bil Kiddos Red Ranger Sunshine--just a few of the of the many--my ward family rocks too! 2 things I need to do tomorrow: Fold laundry Visit teach 2 Longest car rides: 1-This one I think will never, NEVER, be replaced with anything else--On the way up to pine top-show low area to a friends cabin with my family,little bro who had the worst case of gas that anyone has ever concocted in the toxic lab! It was so, so bad that my Dad made my bro stick his bum out the window of the truck every time my brother felt even the littlest urge to stink it up! Now my Dad is the safety guru and would of been so against this if it wasn't as bad as it was!Yuck! Yuck! YUCK!!!!!!!! 2. The ride from Arizona to Montana - I had TB (tired bottom) about 3/4 of this trip-stinks! Two favorite holidays: Christmas Easter Two favorite vacations: Sheep's Crossing Mail boat rides 2 vacation dreams Italy Sheep's crossing 2 favorite beverages water with lemon (I know that this means my creative juices are extreme) Strawberry Cream Pie Shake from Sonic-to die for

Kiddos

2007-10-12T17:31:00.000-07:00

I was babysitting my dear friend, Wonder woman, kiddos today and realized how big Uperman has gotten. Wonder Woman's youngest just turned a year and is one of the cutest little happy go-lucky guys ever! Her three youngest hung out with Uperman and me and we had the greatest time! We ate granola bars, watched a movie, learned all about Little Britches being a cowboy even though he doesn't have his cowboy hat on, we played bikes, laughed at the dog on the trampoline, we even broke out with MEGA chalk and colored awesome pics on the side walk and for the heck of it we even chalked up our noses! I could just eat up little kids! They are the most yummiest things that rule our lives!

Pictures

2007-10-01T09:50:00.001-07:00

Here are some fun pics I know this is kinda an old pic but, I have tons of cute pics of Do-Dudes but, I left my camera at my Mom's!

Brothers

Uperman contemplating life!

This is what happens when you step out of the car and the carpool gang gets ahold of your camera--cute boys, very cute, I am going to save this picture and the others and show them off to your girlfriends WHEN you are in high school-no girls until then-got it!!!!

Salsa smelling the flowers at the Salt Lake Temple in Utah

Hubby and BIN with the boys

Uperman and Hubby--Uperman is pouting about something Here are some pics that I had fun with! Blue Boy staring his man down--tough guy

Uperman hiding in what was once a towel

Puttster

2007-09-27T08:38:00.000-07:00

My lil' Puttster sis is getting married! Look how cute she is all lovey dovey with my soon to be BIN. Don't ask what he is doing to his lip--I think he is resisting the urge to lay a big wet kiss but, is trying so hard to control himself so bitting the lip helps--or at least thats what I have to do with Hubby!

Time Out for me and the real reason I went (I just didn't know it)

2007-09-26T22:31:00.000-07:00

Just warning you this gets a little deep-- Time out for me! I finally made it to Time Out for Women. It was so great, I needed to hear all of the wonderful things that were said to me. All thanks again to Tori! You go girl! She had a ticket reserved with my name on it! Love her! Kisses girlfriend! What a blast it was to get to spend that time with my lil' Sis the Puttster! And, And let me not forget all the girls that were there-the Sheriff, Kari--two thumbs up what did you think? and Adriene, Sage, and the gang! (yes I know I would shame all my English teacher right now if they knew I just did this to a sentence--Sorry!) They were awesome! I also saw so many of the La Loma's out there representing us! But, to be on a more serious side, my Father in Heaven knew that I needed to be there even if things were a bit crazy. My Best Friend since we were little girls in sixth grade called me tonight to ask me if I would tell the Coach that her little man wouldn't be at football tonight. I have known just recently (Monday night) that Jambers Dad, which is part of my family, was very sick and in the ER. Tonight she called and said that he wasn't out of surgery yet and they are sure that he has cancer. It is on his colon, liver- both sides, in his stomach, and in his glands. How could this be? I ask. And I know that there is a reason, but, it is not my time to find out. I am reading this little book called When Prayers Go Unanswered. In it I have found a beginning to my comfort for me. It talks about when Jesus feeds the multitude and after speaking to them, dismisses them. He dismisses His Apostles and they row out into the sea and a storm hits. They are rowing with all their might and fight the winds and soon are exhausted from this fight. Little did they know He was watching them and just when they thought they could go no further and put forth their best effort to fight to keep control, "About the fourth watch of the night He cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, . . .[and] they . . . saw Him, and were troubled. And immediately He talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer:it is I : be not afraid. And He went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased" (Mark 6:48-51; emphasis added) The author, S. Michael Wilcox, states that he is sure that the Apostles would probably preferred Him to come in the first watch not the fourth. We are for the most of us First-watch people and the Lord is a Fourth watch. We can't begin to grow if we are not allowed to stretch to our limits and once He knows that there is no way we can do more He comes to our aid. I know that this is getting a little deep, but, this is the test? We are all being tested right now. What is my role in this? How do I comfort my dear friend that has been there for me and has held my hand through crazy times in my life, but, this my friends is so much more and my little problems in the past are like specs of sand. This is a moment that is going to be a fourth hour watch for all of us. I am going to have to stretch along with my family and Jambers family. My family has always been close to them. My Dad and Charlie are good friends. And we are all hurting Her father is very sick. So my heart is very heavy at the moment! Keep her and her father and family in your prayers for me- his name is Charlie. I love him. Thanks- A New Testament day was divided into twelve hours, beginning at 6 in the morning. The third hour would be 9, the sixth hour would be noon, and the eleventh hour. Though we visualized it as being just before midnight, actually was 5 in the evening. The night was divided into 4 watches:first was from 6pm unto 9, second was 9pm to 12am, third watch from 12am until 3 am and the fourth watch from 3 am until 6 am, about sunrise.--When Your Prayers Seem Unanswered by S Michael Wilcox

Book Report, Book Reports somebody HELP me!

2007-09-26T21:54:00.000-07:00

Okay, sorry gals that I said I would update you on our where abouts and left you all hanging! Let's see what I have missed in what 3 weeks--YIKES!! We just finished our mega book report for Do-dude! I can now sleep at night! Three pages-it was a whopper! I know Tori knows what pain I felt, as she felt hers last week! Now onto the next book report due on the 10th of October! Keep me in line here girls! I may forget. 625 that is the magic number here-625! That is how many pages need to be read by 10/10. All he has to do is write a short summary of each book that he read and when she gives him an oral quiz on it he can read right off what notes he wrote about the book. Thank goodness Blue Boy doesn't have book reports yet! OH- let me tell you that we have been working on this book report, which is also known from this day on as the Mega Beast, for the last week! Yes, one week! Do-dude just doesn't like to turn on the thinker and communicate with his hand that writes at the same time. It pretty much boils down to a Mega Headache and I think I do have a couple of patches of hair missing--unfortunately none of the grey hairs were touched---BUMMER! So today Do-dude volunteers this nice imformation to his teacher quite willingly I might add that he was up until 10 pm working his little book report. WHAT, you don't tell the teacher that! Now I am feeling quite the slacker and she made a point to talk to me about Do-dude not being the only one. I think at first she thought we just started it the other day. I did have to explain that Mega Beast was getting attention every night and during the day! Mega Beast was robbing me of precious sleep! I have to call one of my girls that knows the pain I was feeling and tell her of all the troubles this Mega Beast was causing me and how it seemed to chase me! Okay maybe it didn't actually chase me, but, it might as well have! Come on--all you know what I am talking about! Please respond and let me know that I am not the slacker mother that I felt last night at 9:55. Could ya please!

We Are Here

2007-09-04T05:32:00.000-07:00

Hey gang! We are in Utah still! We are suppose to be heading to Idaho today. We have done quite a bit since we left home and can't wait to share pictures of our trip! Can I just say that I miss our two oldest kiddos! They stayed with Nanie & Boppa at home. Our little man had a blast with his cousins these past two days and now that they headed back to their new home he is missing his brothers. I can agree with him I miss our buddies also--Miss you Do-dude & Blue Boy!! Hugs & Kisses from your Momma & Dad! I will keep you informed on our trip and fill you in during our next stop! C-ya soon!

Not only crazy, but a bit sad at the same time!

2007-08-25T16:22:00.001-07:00

My sis-in-law and the kiddos are no gone! Gone, I say, Gone. Their off to their new home in Utah! My little nephew said he didn't want to go home (Back at their old place). He is in heaven with all his little friends he made. Bless his little heart! My niece, just got back from the doctor. Poor, poor pityful her she has pink eye! What a way to start off a new place! Love that little chick! So far my SIL & BIN are having a great time and loving it! Even living in the box haven! We sure miss them though!

I'm a CRAZY Addict

2007-08-25T11:25:00.000-07:00

Okay--I have a HUGE problem and it is affecting me pretty much constantly! I started this online self paced (notice the word self paced) photo shop elements digi scrap class with Jessica Sprague. Now I do have to pick kiddos up from school and we do have football, and feed them, make sure homework is done, and I should be doing house work but, every time I have a free second I am on my computer working on assignments and goofing around! It is sooo bad that my do-dudes whine when it will be their turn to use the computer! Pretty bad, huh?! WELL-let's just pass the blame right down to the source of my addiction! My partners in crime, part of the dark side team, Kari and Tori! Thanks all to them! BUT check out some of the cool stuff I have done! I really do love those two that pulled me from the light to the dark! Hee Hee--love you guys (and don't tell anyone but, I am thankful for all of it, even if I have a sink full of dishes & piles of laundry, dirty floors, unmade beds, etc., etc., I still am thankful!)

Trying Again!

2007-08-21T04:28:00.002-07:00

Well, Sorry I have not posted in a while. I will get to it sometime today! Promise! We have football conditioning a week longer than I thought! Hope that all is well with everyone and this blog finds you in good health & spirits!

Craziness Is What I Seem to Crave!

2007-08-15T21:55:00.000-07:00

My oldest boys go to school in town. Do-due gets out at 4 pm, I am the 4 o'clock pick-up for carpool, which I totally love. The 4 o'clockers are awesome kiddos! We rush everyone home and then borrow my dear friends house as a dressing room. In the process Blue Boy empties half the playground on her clean floor! We, I guess I should say I forgot Do-dudes football girdle for his pads! So we book it home and find it, add the pads, change and hustle out the door. Book it West for a 25 minute drive and barely, I mean barely make it to 6 o'clock practice! Whew! No extra sprints today. Not that Do-dude has had to do that on his mother's account. Because I rock!! Oh yeah, Hub is working late again! Yuck! Okay, I did mention that my boys were playing Pop-Warner! They are super excited! I am a little less excited than they are. Do-dude is starting to get the hang of tackle so it seems that he is more excited each day to go. My Blue Boy started flag yesterday. Yesterday was more like finding your team, getting to know the coach and exercise a little. Now mind you this is flag football, My Blue Boy took out the coach's son with a hard take down today in practice. I didn't see what exactly happened but as soon as the little guy cried I said to my dear friend of many, many years I can guess that Blue Boy had something to do with that. . . she laughed and said YUP! I told my Hub and all he said was YES!!!!!!!!! Okay you ego junky, our kid just hurt the coach's kid. . .did you hear me?! Hub said okay so he didn't respond correctly, but he knows that coach will want him on his team when tackle comes. Yesterday Blue Boy thought it was a free for all and was taking kids down left and right. Granted they were all excited running around in those "new cleats that make them super fast and really strong "(that was a direct quote from Blue Boy). So once practice was over I explained that this is flag. "I know" was all that came out of his pouty mouth. He was very sad. While Do-dude practices at one corner of the field Blue Boy is at the opposite corner across the two baseball diamonds and across another parking lot. So all in all I never, NEVER get to use the chair that I brought, and in two hours I see a total of about 35 mins because I am walking back and forth trying to divide me in two while towing a tot around who walks at the pace of a turtle, but, with a water spray bottle in his hand walks more like a snail and doesn't want to be carried. The ants need water too! AAAHHHHHHHH!! We get home at 9 pm and Hub made dinner, which I was grateful for--He ordered a pizza! Thanks for helping me stay on my little mini marathon diet Babe! After showers and PJ's it was off to do homework! 30 minutes of reading--not bad--if I had 30 minutes! Now does this make anyones day seem a tad better I hope because my tootsies are tired and my back is killing me! But, I love this life!!! I hope Hub isn't working late tomorrow! I think I need a time out! I was thinking an hour massage would be nice!

2007-08-10T00:31:00.000-07:00

Dealing with Football & Aligators in the night!

2007-08-09T22:06:00.000-07:00

Do-dudes is going for the hit--well we are gearing up anyway! Who said this was easy? I find myself leaning to the right as he hits the pads. Go Do-dude Mom is pushing forward with you. Uh Mom, I can't get this thing off my noggin! HELP! My Blue Boy created this little setup here for him and his new friend. I think that they were to busy making the rules though because they really never got to follow through with all of it! Here they are making the rules and the teams! It was just the two of them. 'uperman was just watching this interesting process! 'uperman is making sure that the grass was okay and letting me know that it needed thining in a spot and was insistant that I took a picture of it! Football has started this week but, this was our first practice with a helmet. Do-dudes head needed a Medium helmet that had to be ordered. Sorry, Kiddo you inherited your Boppa's noggin! They worked on tackling. Do-dude was kinda intimidated to just hurt the pad like it was another kid, but, I know with time that if he just imagined it was his brother messing up his Lego ship that he just built, he probably would have no problem. This does happen on occasions and it is not the funnest thing to handle. But, we live and love here, don't we boys. My Do-dude is growing up so fast!! My baby 'uperman 'ukerfish (superman sucker fish) wanted his Alligator on the way home from practice. I couldn't quite figure out this child and what in the world was an alligator to a 2 year old? All he kept saying is, "my alligator mommy, MY ALLIGATOR!" I am trying to drive down the highway and I have a kid screaming in his most big boy voice, trying to make clear what he wanted--it is just an Alligator for goodness sakes! Okay since I couldn't figure this out for the life of me I summoned the other two in the back, "What on this green earth is 'uperman talkin' about?" "I dunno!" was all the help I got from the back seat! Thanks guys! Racking my brain on what 'uperman 'ukerfish in the back seat wanted and it finally hit me what the child was talking about. He wanted his Gatorade! When I asked him if that was it ,he said, " yes, I want my alligator". Wow, that was confusing enough especially since I felt like I was in manual drive from being up so early this morning--thanks again Tori-I do love ya though! And just for the record in my house Gatorade is really called Alligator to my 'uperman 'ukerfish. (My superman sucker fish is what he calls himself just in case any of you are confused!) The football in the dirt is something that My Blue Boy came up with to keep him busy with his new little friend and 'uperman. They are also the cheering squad and 'uperman is grass control, making sure that it was okay and is thined correctly. Enjoy and watch out for the Alligators!

BIN. . .The pain in the ?

2007-08-09T11:37:00.000-07:00

Muscles . . . all because we drink our milk!! This is for my BIN (Brother-In-Law) who is going to be leaving us tomorrow. We will sure miss BIN, the kiddos have a blast with him and I am going to miss someone pestering the snot out of me every time he sees me! All in good fun though. He is off to see the wizard to get his law degree at U of U. And unfortunately he is taking his sweet wife my Sis In Law (SIL) and his two cutie pies with him! Why can't you just leave them here with the dog? We will make sure their taken care of---Promise! Anyway, here are some goofy pics of the hub, BIN and our do-dudes together having fun in our dirty pool. Don't let me tell you about all the dirt the storm blew into our pool! I think it took us a week to get it all out or at least most of it. I know it looks gross but, it is dark in this photo so it isn't as bad as it looks! Here my do-dude is attacking BIN while Bin is ignoring him and trying to talk to hub. Did you all follow that? Anyways the big pain in the neck will be missed! I hate to say it. . . BIN. . . I will miss you. . .Love ya buddy! PS. Please think about leaving your cute family with the dog! (The dog is staying with us. We have inherited her for 3 years. She is cute and a Queens, blue that is and we have a red one.

2007-08-09T10:52:00.000-07:00

Okay Tori, you are in so much trouble. I woke up at 1:30 this morning and did a load of laundry--the hub needed those undies, so since I was just wanting to play around and had some me time I went to Tori's blog and looked up this web site The Pioneer Woman. Geez, I read it for 2 hours and then went to bed--not because I wanted to but, I know that my work (which is it ever done?-NO) would start just as little growing feet ran down the hall. I am hooked on this blog! So much to read, awesome pics, and my favorite for those of you who don't know is cooking--lots of really yummy recipes on there which I am going to try! So anyone need cinnamon rolls because this recipe make 7, yes 7 pans! Now I am trying to get into shape for the P.F. Chang Half Maration, so just so Mister LC knows I will not eat a pan by myself before the marathon! Maybe just half--okay, maybe I should make these after January then!

2007-08-09T01:51:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was such a blast! My dear friend Tori and her gang came over and swam, swam, and swam with us! We had such a blast that we didn't want to stop and go to football practice (pop warner)! They are coming again today and I will post pics when I get them back-underwater cameras are such fun! We missed Leissa and her gang but, maybe today we will see them. These two amazing ladies are such fun and also my carpool buddies! Couldn't do it without them----I guess I could but what fun would that be?! Thanks guys! But don't let me forget that my cute little header for my blog, yeah I know you saw it, it was all Miss Tori's doing! Don't you just love it!! Thanks Miss Tori!

My Guys

2007-08-06T07:57:00.000-07:00

Okay here is the gang! This talks measures about my boys! They are all wearing their own personalities right now-my oldest, is such a go with the flow. Middle-doing his own thing. Youngest-wanting his own independance! My hubby--the big kid.

My two youngest riding a camel named Luke. The youngest was afraid at first but, loved it in the end. My middle didn't want to get off. He is my dare devil and loves life and every moment trying to out do what he last did, saw, or thought about doing. He likes to see what his Mothers reaction is I guess!

At the Phoenix Zoo they had a display of rays that you could feed and touch. It was pretty cool! The kiddos loved it, although it was kinda intimidating to have them swoop over your hand and suck up their dinner! We could of spent hours in here hanging out with the rays!

First Steps

2007-08-02T16:51:00.000-07:00

Okay! I have followed in my Mom's footsteps, as well as, many dear friends and decided to start a blog! I thought this is so much fun to read all of yours that I would like to let you in on some of the craziness that happens in our home! With 3 growing boys there is ALOT of craziness around--oops I guess I'm not counting my biggest boy my husband. So 4 boys! I was reading all of my friends blogs today and felt like I got to chat with everyone about their lives and families and felt a connection. I hope that you will feel that same feeling as time goes on and I get the hang of this blogging thing! I know I have 2 experts on my side, my Mom and my dear friend Tori! Every year it is a tradition to get together at my Grandma Michael's house with all the family and meet the Easter Bunny and find all the wonderful, loads of eggs that are hidden all over the front yard! When I say load of plastic eggs I am not kidding! This is a picture of me and the boys with the Easter Bunny! My youngest of my boys, does NOT like the nice Easter Bunny!!! He cried and shook with terror. You could tell by his face that he still wasn't happy to be next to that mean ol' rabbit! (We finally talked him into the picture). My hubby was out mingling with the family!