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Sunday, November 2, 2008
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
I am just going to say it....
I am TIRED of POOP
Three kids with high metabolism= 5 poops today (this occurs often); 4 in diapers, 1 in undies
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Sunday, October 26, 2008
This weekend we had collected a few things that we had to return to a few stores......
This is the argument between husband and wife with just one kid.....
I don't want to run in you can
No you do it
No I don't want to
No really you can
No I will stay in the car with the sleeping baby
This is the argument between husband and wife with three kids.....
I will run in while you stay with the kids
No I' m running in
No really I'll do it
I am not staying in the car with the kids
Yes you are.....
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Do you know how hard it is to get three boys to pose for a picture??
We have been going to The Farm for the last couple of years and love it. We have lots of fun jumping in hay, playing in a corn pit, riding John Deer tricycles, hiding in a hay maze and much more....
It was a beautiful day
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Below is a quote that was handed out at one of our young women’s activities (I am 1st counselor working with the Mia Maids; I love it but am secretly happy that I don’t have daughters :) ). The activity was on self defense.
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn’t serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It’s not in just some of us.
It’s in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we’re liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
Marianne Williamson
Self defense, what does this have to do with self defense you say?
Who are you and is it worth fighting to get out of a dangerous situation?
Yes, read the quote again!
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn’t serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It’s not in just some of us.
It’s in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we’re liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
Marianne Williamson
Self defense, what does this have to do with self defense you say?
Who are you and is it worth fighting to get out of a dangerous situation?
Yes, read the quote again!
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Today I smiled (crazy I know) and then wanted to cry. My little red hair, green (red flecked) eyed little baby took his hands off the couch today and then tried it again and again. Daddy also wanted to see what Lucas would do if he set him down on the floor in front of me and yes, he took two steps. I want to be excited that he is on his way to the next stage in his life but I am soooo very sad, he is growing up way too fast and will not be my little baby soon.
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Sunday, September 21, 2008
What is going on in the world these days???
Today I opened up a fun size snickers bar to enjoy the smooth chocolate, the crunch of peanuts and the sweet taste of carmel to find that it was not so fun a size! Ice cream is one thing but to now rip me off on my chocolate/peanut/carmel goodness.....and if my memory serves me correctly increase the price too!!! What is going on with the food manufactures these days?? I can only imagine what is going to happen next! Milk will no longer be a gallon but sold at a higher price than a gallon does today. Butter will be sold by two sticks at the same price as four. Chicken breasts will actually be chicken tenders, cereal will be sold in those little single boxes for $4 bucks a pop......Give me back my chocolate! 
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
This weekend we went berry picking with friends, well we couldn't seem to eat them fast enough so I made smoothies (we did freeze some too). This was the result. Yikes! Ryan was wishing one of the boys would spill on the carpet so that I would get going on ordering up our new flooring. The blackberry/blueberry smoothies were sure good!
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008
OK, so I am a little behind in my posts.....
It seems we have made it a tradition to go camping on coldest weekends of the summer, Memorial Day and Labor Day. We took the three day weekend, went camping with our good friends Kerri and Enoch and froze our behinds off. This time we took the tent trailer (it was a lot of work to clean up for just one time use, we wished we had done it earlier in the season and it wasn't totally level so getting up in the middle of the night to get Lucas and check on the boys wasn't too fun). We did have a great time though exploring the Thousand Trails Paradise camp grounds and Mt. St Helens (as you can see we couldn't actually see Mt. St Helens due to the cloudy and freezing weather- when we were driving away we looked back and saw the Mountain dusted with snow!). While at Mt. St Helens we went to the observatory and watched a movie on the eruption, I looked over at the boys to see how they were doing since it was a loud and dramatic movie. Evan was fascinated and Miles was gripping both armrests. When it ended Miles said (starting in a quiet voice and getting louder) mom, Mom, MOM, I got scared! He got over it pretty quick.
The kids attempted to swim but it didn't last long, it was too cold out. Evan tried to keep warm by keeping all but his head under water. Miles kept warm by running around splashing, he didn't seem to care that it was cold. The boys tried killing themselves by riding down a little hill (between our trailers) sitting in the back of they toy Tonka trucks. Evan has a good bruise on his shin from ramming our trailer step and Miles almost decapitated himself going under our trailer, that was the end of that fun (although they kept trying to get away with going it again and again). We played putt putt, watched people fishing, played on the play ground and even attempted shuffle board.
All in all it was a fun camping trip (except for when the trailers brand new tire blew, at least we were two miles from home)with good food, yummy hot chocolate and great friends! Next year we will remember our coats!
**note: Lucas did not ride in Miles car seat- shown in a pic below, he was just sitting in it while we eat lunch at Mt. St Helens. Also some of the pics were taken by Evan
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For about the last three or four weeks Lucas has been climbing stairs, well tonight he got up all of them and then he apparently wanted some toys out of the toy closet. He is not quite 9 months old and I don't think he should be able to figure out how to get toys out of the closet (at least I don't want him to it yet!). I love him to death but he is wearing me out these days while he is advancing to the next stages in babyhood.
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Friday, September 5, 2008
He’s getting big. Tuesday I took Evan to his school orientation. He got to see his new classroom, meet his new teacher, see the play ground and check out the bus that he will be riding on. I can’t believe this day has come! At the end of the orientation I asked Evan if he was ready to go home, he said, "but I haven’t made any new friends". I let him know that he doesn’t have to make new friends all in one day and that there are lots of kids he will meet in the next few weeks. Walking to the car after orientation Evan showed how big he was getting......
Evan:“Mom I don’t want to hold your hand anymore when we walk, I am big now. "
Mom:"you don’t want to hold my hand?"
Evan:"no"
Mom:"what if I want to hold your hand because I love you?"
Evan:"you can still love me and not hold my hand."
What’s next no hugs or kisses?
First day of School pics.
Evan was so ready to start this new chapter in his life. 
Where has the time gone.....???
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Sunday, August 3, 2008
Ladies, I must confess! I am divorcing my Remington and saying Heeelllooo to Braun! Braun my new best friend, oh how did I ever get along with out you before, my long lost love? Oh, the pain you cause but the freedom you give is worth it (the pain is not bad by the way if you use the starter head)!
Thank you Carleen for giving us the insight to this fantastic invention- the epilator (well not this exact one)! And thank you Kerianne for being brave enough to be the one to try it first after Carleen’s introductions. I haven’t shaved for a whole week and can still wear a skirt to church tomorrow and show leg but I wouldn’t want to scare anyone away with my whiteness (namely my husband since he so lovingly tells me in need to tan).
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Friday, August 1, 2008
Lately when Evan says prayers he has been saying “help mommy to obey the rules”…. after a few days of this I asked him what he meant;
Mom: Who’s rules are you talking about in your prayers?
Evan: Miles, Lucas, and mine
Mom: What are the rules?
Evan: You know like teaching us stuff
Mom: What else
Evan: I don’t know, I don’t remember
I wish he could remember so that I could obey their rules and be a better example.
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Lucas is 7 months old now! Crazy how time flies when you have three boys. We were getting ready for the day and looked up to see Lucas standing in his crib. I figured I better get a few pictures that very day before he changed (which they do overnight). By 7/18/08 when I took the pics he was standing up to things and crawling on his hands and knees a few feet then giving up and doing the army crawl which was faster. He was also following me around the house. Ten days later he is on all fours and pretty fast. He loves his new found freedom. He is now pulling himself up standing at the couch, loving the door stoppers and playing with all of brothers toys. He is also biting on everything, my shoulder, the couch, any toy he can get his hands on. He doesn’t really like solids; he prefers milk so that has been a slow start. He looks at us when we call his name. He is handsome, has red hair that I wish would stay and is healthy. We are blessed!
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We got a bunch of good books this month from the library but these two are the most enlightening for very different reasons.When Evan pick out the left book, The Gas We Pass The Story of Farts at the library he came to me and said Mom can we get this one its about farts. I rolled my eyes of course and asked how he knew that (he can’t read yet)? He opened up to a page which had a kid in the bath tub showing bubbles in the water coming from his bum. Now I had a decision to make; be a kind and open minded mom and allow him to be educated on what his body does or be the mean mom and just say no way that’s gross. Well since Ryan seems to be getting after me lately about being an overly precautions mom I figured what the heck. Evan was so excited to show Dad his new book and when he did Ryan said to me “I can’t believe you let him get that book”. It was worth it, the first time we read it I just had to enjoy it because Evan laughed, and laughed, you know the laugh that you can’t breathe. He hasn’t done that in a long time and I enjoyed hearing it! Did you know that “A healthy person releases almost half a cup of gas in a single fart…..and….. In one day, just over 2 cups of gas are released in farts.” The boys in my house are heeaalltthhyy!
The book on the right, Sidney & Norman a tale of two pigs is a book about a pig (Norman) who is neat and organized, always goes to church and every thing seems to come easily for him but he is always looking down at others that are not like him and yet he thinks he is a good pig and his neighbor (Sidney) who is always a mess, always late and things just are always hard for him and does not think that he is such a good pig. Well they get a chance to meet God; God told Norman three things; “First of all, I love you…., Secondly, your goodness is not the reason I love you……, third you’re not as good as you have led yourself to believe. You are prideful. You’re selfish. You look down on others….” Then it was Sidney’s turn. God told him three things; “First of all, I love you. Secondly, I love you. And thirdly, I love you”. It was a good reminder and a good story for the boys to hear. I might have to buy this one!
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Monday, July 28, 2008
Ryan started his new job last week with Lexmark as a Systems Engineer on the Boeing Account and back up for WaMu. He needed a change and the move up. He likes his boss and co-workers. He enjoys it so far but who wouldn’t when your first day on the job is to fly to CA, do lunch, meet people, fill out some paperwork, and then go to a ball game. We are very grateful for the opportunity for our family and hope it will bring Ryan happiness and success!
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We have been able to get out and have some summer fun the last few weeks. Mom and Dad have a membership to Thousand Trails camping resorts which has putt putt golf, play grounds and swimming. We have been there twice so far (just for day trips); once with cousins w/o Dad and once with just our little family including Dad. Evan loves the golf and does not ever want to leave the swimming. Miles on the other hand hung out on the sidelines most of our swim time. He takes time to warm up to things and he was a little nervous about the water. Once he got use to it he had a blast and Lucas loved the new experience, he kept on splashing everyone
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We had two birthday parties for Evan this year, a school/church/friends party and a family party. This was the first kids party we have had. It was a lot of work but so much fun! Evan had a blast. He picked most of the activities we did; coloring, relay races, pinata, water balloons and just running around playing (even running a friends Dad up a tree). The family party was a lot of fun too. We got Evan Nerf dart gun set (his first guns, I had a hard time with this one but Ryan just rolls his eyes at me and says he's a boy!) he and his cousin Carter had so much fun. We need to have you over again Carter to play good guys and bad guys! Thank you family and friends for such a wonderful time
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Friday, July 11, 2008
Does it mean you are a bad mom if you can't stand your kids voices by the end of the week?
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008
So we started out the day like almost any other arguing with the kids to hurry up so that we can meet up with everyone for a family hike. Then arguing with Ryan about how I am a paranoid person just because I said I hope our house doesn't burn to the ground while we are gone (our neighbors seem to like doing fireworks in front of our house the last few years). Then we got to our hike. It was a good hike (Boardman Lake right by Evan's Lake in Granite Falls) especially for the boys, not to hard for them and not too easy for Ryan and I. We got to play in the snow and have a little excitement of loosing the trail due to the snow. It was crazy how much snow was up there. The lake was still frozen over. I don't think it will all melt away before next years snow fall. Evan was thrilled to find out that a lake had the same name as him. Then we got to enjoy fireworks up at Carleen and Mike's, well until Lucas decided to hurl all over me. It was good to get out and get some fresh air and spend time with family! (Sorry the pics are a little dark we used our old little camera that we haven't used in a long time)
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Thursday, July 3, 2008
OK, so maybe I am vanilla
Now I'm going to go have ice cream to try to make myself feel better. I blame Val for making me curious :)
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You know its time to clean the play kitchen toys when you are pretending to eat the wonderful meal that was prepared for you by your 2 year old and you are gaging from the bad breath smell.
Yes, we have green and brown play kitchen for our boys. What if they want to become a chef?
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Saturday, June 28, 2008
A few weeks ago we were able to take a fun family trip to the zoo. We spent all day there. It was tiring but a lot of fun. We hadn't been to the zoo for a couple of years- crazy I know.
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Saturday, June 21, 2008
For some reason I keep getting bugged (not by an individual) to post my talk from last Sunday, well I am not going to do that since it is all a little jumbled but I will post the references that I used for my talk.
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This is now a favorite poem (I have some cool ideas for this poem):
Walk A Little Slower
Author: unknown
“Walk a little slower, Daddy”,
Said a little child so small.
“I’m following in your footsteps,
And I don’t want to fall.
Sometimes your steps are very fast,
Sometimes they’re hard to see;
So walk a little slower, Daddy,
For you are leading me.
Someday when I’m all grown up,
You’re what I want to be;
Then I will have a little child
Who’ll want to follow me.
And I would want to lead just right,
And know that I was true;
So, walk a little slower, Daddy,
For I must follow you.”
Author: unknown
“Walk a little slower, Daddy”,
Said a little child so small.
“I’m following in your footsteps,
And I don’t want to fall.
Sometimes your steps are very fast,
Sometimes they’re hard to see;
So walk a little slower, Daddy,
For you are leading me.
Someday when I’m all grown up,
You’re what I want to be;
Then I will have a little child
Who’ll want to follow me.
And I would want to lead just right,
And know that I was true;
So, walk a little slower, Daddy,
For I must follow you.”
Just remember; A son wants to become like you, a daughter wants to marry someone just like you-It is a righteous father.
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Friday, June 20, 2008
Father's Day at our house was a little crazy. Ryan got biscuit and egg breakfast and Pot roast (cow is what we call it in our house) and potato dinner is about it with a quick Happy Father's day thrown in there. Ryan and I had to give talks in Sacrament (we have 1:00pm Sacrament so we got to worry all morning and afternoon) so we had a busy week and were pretty stressed/nervous on Sunday so the day really didn't seem to be relaxing for Ryan. After church and dinner we got to go visit with Grandpa Carter. Once we got home Ryan called his Dad to wish him a Happy Father's Day and was reminded that it was his parents anniversary- 40 years! Happy (belated) Father's Day to all those that I didn't get to see or talk with on Father's Day (that includes you too Gary)
Dad & Mom Carter
Dad & Mom Weeks
Dad & Mom Weeks
My Handsome and the boys
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Evan Graduated!
June 13th was Evan's last day of preschool school and graduation day. They had a fun little ceremony in the backyard of the preschool. They had asked the kids ahead of time what they wanted to be when they grew up. It was fun to hear all of the occupation's from policeman to artist but my little man of course had to say he wanted to play video games when he grows up.
Katie (she says she going to marry Evan), Connor aka: Dude and Evan
Ethan and Evan
Ethan and Evan became good friends. Ethan will be going to Evan's school next year which we are very excited about.
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You can't tell but Miles is showing me his gum. He actually chewed it for about an hour and a half. This is remarkable since he usually only chews it for about 2 mins and then swallows it. Isn't this some kind of mile stone, where you're a big boy when you can chew gum without swallowing it?
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Thursday, June 19, 2008
I am always finding Lucas under the bed now. I have a feeling that is where he will be hiding when he is older.
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On June 7th we were able to get together with Ryan's family in Spokane, Chewelah actually. All of the siblings and their families were together, this is a rare occasion and we had a blast. John and Michaeline have 10 acres just less then an hour north of Spokane. We had a good time visiting and trying to get outside whenever the rain stopped. I decided to show Ryan that I am not so vanilla (which he calls me, meaning that I am plain-which I remind him that I am a wife and a mother of 3 and extreme sports are not high on my list) and took him out for a run on the four-wheeler. It took me back to some fun snowmobiling times in Rexburg. It was a quick trip and we wished we had more time to visit with family. (Note: the nasty blue house in the background of some of the pics is not John and Michaeline's)
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Thursday, June 5, 2008
The long awaited quarter (actually nickel)!
On May 15th Evan came running in the office from his rest time in our bedroom in histaria. "Mom, mom I swalled a quarter (as he is crying), how do we get it out, am I going to die." It took me seriously 5 mins to calm him down just to make sure it wasn't still stuck in his throat and that he was breathing okay. I had him swallow a few times and asked him if it hurt, he said no so I knew that it wasn't stuck where he couldn't breath. I explained that he wasn't going to die and I called the doctor to see if we just sit and wait until it came out on its own. Since it was a quarter (or so we thought since I lined up all coins and had Evan point to which one he swallowed) they wanted me to bring him in to make sure that it wasn't lodged. So after getting the other boys to Mom's we went to get Evan's first (and most likely not last) x-ray. All the ladies at the doc office had a comment for Evan since he was the famous boy that swallowed a quarter (I guess the most exciting thing that happened for them that day). "You know your suppose to put money in your pockets not your mouth," one said. Another said "Are you a piggy bank"? After a few more of these he turned to me with a sad look and said mom I am shy. I said do you mean embarrassed and he shook his head yes. We got the x-ray and Evan got to see his bones and quarter which was in his tummy. We got home and let Ryan know what was going on and also let him know of his new chore since it was his money that he left on his nightstand, yes digging through poop! After searching and searching for a full week we called the doc again to see if it should have passed, to make a long story short we had to go in for another x-ray and the quarter was still in his tummy so the doc said he would make an apt at Children's to get it scoped out. Oh boy! Well it turned out that the doc at Children's said we could wait up to three weeks to see if it passed, so more poop digging for Ryan (he was getting pissed at this point since he had to do it while camping as well). On Tues May 27th Ryan hit the jackpot and found a nickel not a quarter! I put it in a picture frame and hung it on Evan's wall and told him it was a reminder to never put anything in his mouth except food! That was one expensive nickel!
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Getting too big for his bouncer, he doesn't want to lay back any more. This is how he sits when he watches his Baby Einstein movies. Poor thing has a cold, look at his puffy eyes.
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I haven't had a baby that likes to sleep on their tummy until now. Lucas has chosen this new sleeping position. When you place him on his back he automatically turns onto his tummy. We have even had to take out his blankets since he is turning in his sleep to the other direction (head where his feet started out). Having a tummy sleeper worries me after reading stats on SIDS with my first. I know, I know we all slept on our tummies when we were babies but it still makes me worry (see the tag post below). Even though he is now (at 5 1/2 months) sleeping at most 5 hours straight, I wake up just to check on him. Most mornings I have been feeling more tired than when I went to sleep (this has been the case since he was born- he hasn't been my easiest baby when it comes to sleeping at night). I must admit though he looks so cute and cuddly, I like snuggling up to him and watch him sleep.
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Monday, June 2, 2008
5 1/2 months old and we are now hiding under the bed just like big brothers. Lucas is rolling all over to get where he wants to go these days. I changed his bum, went to go wash my hands and came back into the room to find him under the bed.
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Sunday, June 1, 2008
5 things I was doing 10 years ago:
1. Ending my Spring semester at Ricks College
2. Working for Dr Egbert – Egbert Chiropractic (I think it was called)
3. Getting ready to go on my 5 week Business Expedition with Ricks
4. Working out every day and loving it
5. Sleeping all through the night and sleeping in when I didn’t have class
5 things on my to do list:
1. Figure out how to handle Evan and his freak-out’s
2. Every room in our house has thrown up- so clean, clean, clean
3. Pricing and sales reports for work
4. Plan dinner menu for the month/Grocery shopping
5. Update Money and see where our budget stands
5 favorite snacks/food:
1. Ice Cream- right now Breyers Rocky Road
2. Anything milk chocolate
3. Breakfast food (bread/cake/pastry kinds, not meat & omelets)
4. Chicken Quesadillas
5. Ice Cream, oh did I already mention that…
5 Things I would do if I was a billionaire:
1. Build our dream house (with a large mud room) on enough land for the boys to play
2. Fund our sons, nephews and nieces missions
3. Send both sets of parents on a dream vacation every year
4. Buy Ryan a corvette & buy myself the painting that I want
5. Give to charity
5 bad habits:
1. Staying up too late
2. Folding my ear inside my ear- weird I know
3. Ryan says I worry too much
4. I always say just a minute it my kids
5. I am pessimistic
5 places I have lived:
1. Lynnwood, Washington
2. Rexburg, Idaho
3. Everett (North), Washington
4. Everett (South), Washington
5. Bothell, Washington
Adventurous I know!
5 people I tag:
1. Natalie Farrar (Nat where is your blog?)
2. Kerri Young
3. Kelsey Judd
4. Kandis Smith
5. Karissa Carter
5 more people I tag:
1. Ryan Weeks
2. Enoch Young
3. Ryan Carter
4. James Quigley
5. Beau Knapton
1. Ending my Spring semester at Ricks College
2. Working for Dr Egbert – Egbert Chiropractic (I think it was called)
3. Getting ready to go on my 5 week Business Expedition with Ricks
4. Working out every day and loving it
5. Sleeping all through the night and sleeping in when I didn’t have class
5 things on my to do list:
1. Figure out how to handle Evan and his freak-out’s
2. Every room in our house has thrown up- so clean, clean, clean
3. Pricing and sales reports for work
4. Plan dinner menu for the month/Grocery shopping
5. Update Money and see where our budget stands
5 favorite snacks/food:
1. Ice Cream- right now Breyers Rocky Road
2. Anything milk chocolate
3. Breakfast food (bread/cake/pastry kinds, not meat & omelets)
4. Chicken Quesadillas
5. Ice Cream, oh did I already mention that…
5 Things I would do if I was a billionaire:
1. Build our dream house (with a large mud room) on enough land for the boys to play
2. Fund our sons, nephews and nieces missions
3. Send both sets of parents on a dream vacation every year
4. Buy Ryan a corvette & buy myself the painting that I want
5. Give to charity
5 bad habits:
1. Staying up too late
2. Folding my ear inside my ear- weird I know
3. Ryan says I worry too much
4. I always say just a minute it my kids
5. I am pessimistic
5 places I have lived:
1. Lynnwood, Washington
2. Rexburg, Idaho
3. Everett (North), Washington
4. Everett (South), Washington
5. Bothell, Washington
Adventurous I know!
5 people I tag:
1. Natalie Farrar (Nat where is your blog?)
2. Kerri Young
3. Kelsey Judd
4. Kandis Smith
5. Karissa Carter
5 more people I tag:
1. Ryan Weeks
2. Enoch Young
3. Ryan Carter
4. James Quigley
5. Beau Knapton
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Saturday, May 31, 2008
I now understand why my mom was so stressed out when we would go camping. To get ready it takes the whole week before and many hours on the day you want to leave and then it takes a week + when you get back to clean everything up and put it away. I have had to continually remind myself that it is worth it... the memories, the fun times the boys will never forget. As well as the memorable things Ryan and I won't forget.......
like the Sunday dinner rain storm. We had group meals and certain groups of families were in charge of meals. When It came time for our Sunday dinner it was sunny and beautiful so we thought we would cook up our hot dogs up on an open field. Well living in Washington the weather can turn on a dime. One second you are having fun sitting in the sun watching a kick ball game and the next sitting in a rain puddle with a wet hot dog wondering if it is worth getting up and moving out of the rain or just sit there and eat your wet hot dog. Everyone ran for cover but not before everyone was soaking wet.......
or when Devin Willams was strutting his stuff walking up a hill with a fully furnished hot dog while we were trying to drive up it and in a flash you don't see him because he has fallen or rolled I should say down the hill. Standing up he yelled "I saved the dog" (the hand that was holding the dog was covered in dirt but not a spot on the hot dog). Sorry Devin but Ryan and I almost peed our pants laughing sooooo hard......
or when Ryan accidentally capsized the Ellis canoe (which Ryan feels extremely bad). Evan was very traumatized by this and the fact that he thought Daddy fell into the water too, only Ryan jumped in to help (almost capsizing their boat with more kids in it) get the kids out of the water. It was a good learning experience for him and we taught him about the need for life jackets. Evan is a sensitive little boy and takes incidents very hard, he talks about them for weeks after they happen which I hope Ryan and I are handling it right by talking him through it. We are very greatful that the Ellis' are okay!!!!!
Even though it is hard work to get there and to clean up we had a lot of fun and made memories; although we wished we could have shared this time with many more people that we love. Since that would be a very, very, very large amount of people here are some pictures to share in the memories.
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Friday, May 30, 2008
This year we decided to get the yearly membership to the Everett Children's Museum. We are glad we did because we have so much fun with the Young's on our monthly outings!
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Friday, May 9, 2008
This last Wednesday Evan's preschool had a Mother's Day Program. It was great. They sang all of the verses of Puff the Magic Dragon, and God Bless America, signed Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and a few other things including a Danish Folk Dance. I can't believe I am going to my little boys Mother's Day Programs. I can't believe I am a mother of three, but then I see myself in the mirror and there is the proof, right along with the straight grey highlighted hair.
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This is a pic showing how Lucas is getting around. He pushes him self around like a caterpillar
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Saturday, May 3, 2008
Tonight was haircuts and ice cream shakes night. Daddy cuts the hair and Mommy makes the shakes. Thick Chocolate Strawberry Shakes...so good. We have had our Vita Mix for about 4 or 5 years and wished we could afford fruit and ice cream to make them more often (I am thinking every night). We need to become a little smarter and buy fruit in season and freeze it. Ryan likes the refreshing fruit kind but I like the thick ice cream shakes.
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Lucas is now 4 1/2 months old and is already on the move. He has two ways of getting around and loves his new found freedom. If you lay him down on his back within in a few moments he is across the room. He arches his back, tipping his head back to see where he is going and pushing off with his feet. He also is pushing himself backwards in his walker that we just retrieved from the garage. Mama's in for it now!!
Showing off his pushing skills
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Saturday, April 19, 2008
Are you kidding me.......
We finally got to planting last fall, in the rain I might add and for what....just to have our tulips freeze.....
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
A few weeks ago we bunked the boys bed, we are preparing to put Lucas in the same room. By doing this Evan has found a new independence, the ladder! He now thinks he can take this ladder anywhere in the house and get anything he wants. The other day he was coming up the stairs with his ladder in hand. I asked him what he was doing. He said proudly "Mom I got my vitamins all by myself". Of course I started lecturing him on what would happen if the ladder fell over while he was on it and that the ladder is suppose to stay on his bed. I also thought to myself, wow those vitamins have a child proof cap....Later while laying in bed I just had to smile when I remembered the smile on his face when we told me what he could do by himself and wished that I wasn't such a paranoid Mom.
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