Savanna and Aaron at her school party!
Weylon at his Halloween party!
Savanna the Bride, Weylon the Chicken, and OakLeigh the Puppy!
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Happy Halloween!
Savanna and Aaron at her school party!
Weylon at his Halloween party!
Savanna the Bride, Weylon the Chicken, and OakLeigh the Puppy!
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Happy Halloween!
There will be more pics to come! (Like of my handy dandy candle/marshmallow holder! And of course the costumes!~
The kids had soo much fun carving pumpkins this year. I just wish it wasn't so messy and make me cranky, but all in all there were NO TEARS and everyone had a blast. And of course when we get to the finale and want to light the candles inside.....we have no candles....so being me I do what I do best...IMPROVISE! I found a box of birthday candles and a bag of marshmallows, smooshed 2 mallows together, stuck a candle down inside one and lit them in each pumpkin! It worked and the kids were happy! And I didnt even burn anything down! So here are a few pics!
The kids had soo much fun carving pumpkins this year. I just wish it wasn't so messy and make me cranky, but all in all there were NO TEARS and everyone had a blast. And of course when we get to the finale and want to light the candles inside.....we have no candles....so being me I do what I do best...IMPROVISE! I found a box of birthday candles and a bag of marshmallows, smooshed 2 mallows together, stuck a candle down inside one and lit them in each pumpkin! It worked and the kids were happy! And I didnt even burn anything down! So here are a few pics!
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Prayers
Ok folks, here it is, I know that prayers work. I have been the recipient of much needed fasting and prayers. I would like to ask anyone who reads this, (I am sure it is family and close friends anyways) to please keep Chris in your prayers. He has been suffering from blood clots in his head for over a month now and he is miserable. It hurts to see him in such pain. I know he is getting very discouraged. I know Emily wishes for her happy, smiling joking husband back. I know the kids are really worried about their dad too. I know as his sister, I pray constantly for him. I know my parents are worried for him as my other brothers and family members are too.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
They joy of 4 year olds!
So lately in the mornings, well actually its pretty sporatic when this occurs, but it was in the morning today that this happened. I get the dreaded morning sickness. If anyone knows how this feels, then you realize that not a whole lot gets accomplished till either you puke your guts out or it passes. For me it usually means lots of puking. Well Weylon and Curtis are 4 years old. They usually can be outside with no problems. They usually play with the dirt pile and trucks, or the wagon. But for some odd reason today they went into the garage and found Brandon's paint from the chicken coop and SOMEHOW GOT IT OPEN. They found paintbrushes, and rollers and painted a little bit of EVERYTHING in the garage. You name it, there is a roll or stroke of white paint on it. Dogs, cats, chickens, boxes, cement, tools, walls, dirt...well you get the idea. And of course today Curtis (he's one of the little ones I babysit) had on a new pair of wranglers, shirt, and coat. And of course the coat is black and the paint is WHITE. So once the kids were paint free, I scrubbed coats for 30 minutes and then animals...well as much as a cat would let you and I don't touch the chickens. (I have a weird gene in my head that can't stand feathers. They are disgusting and hold a lot of dirt and dust and it gags me to touch the chickens.) Anyways, needless to say, my morning has not gone too well and I feel bad now because the boys sat on the couch in there underwear (clothes were soaking) for a good 45 minutes, while I tried to cool off. Weylon thought it was funny that I was so mad and kept laughing. So he got stuck in the corner, so he decided it would be good to spit on the wall, instead of sit quietly. So he finally did get a good spank. And yes, I feel like the horrible mother now. Poor little Curtis said he would rather have his mom spank him though. (I wasn't gonna spank him, but thought the threat was effective.) And then he sat on the couch with big tears falling down his cheeks. So after Weylon decided it wasn't funny (after the spanking) he sat nice and quiet with Curtis. I know they are only 4 years old. I know they are little boys, but sheesh did that make me mad. I wish I didn't have such a temper and could laugh about it, but it was not funny at the time. We had a talk and hugged it out. The boys had to clean the play room and the living room before they could have lunch. Yes, and this was all before lunch today. Well, I do love my kids. I do love that I have the opportunity to be home with them, but sometimes I wonder if a full time job in the ER, or a prison would have been less stressful!
Friday, October 8, 2010
My Brothers!
I have been thinking a lot lately about all my brothers and what great men they are. I am so very blessed for the 4 brothers I have. I am sure growing up I was the biggest pain in their butts. I was the only girl, spoiled rotten and the only one with her own room. Which, let me add, I DIDN'T WANT! I would have so much rather shared it with someone! And before we made the piano room into the other bedroom, all 4 boys had to share the same room. I am sure that was completely unfair to the oldest, Kelly. But they had 2 sets of bunkbeds in that little room, and because I was scared to sleep alone, they had to take turns with me at night. HAHA. That actually was pretty funny. Ryan and I would always wait for mom and dad to go to bed and sneak out and get the crackers or bread. Or take the treats out of dad's lunchbox! OOPS! Even though we all had our moments and fought like brothers and sisters do, I love my brothers very much. They each are so different and add so much to our family.
Kel is the oldest and my favorite memory of him was when I was in probably like 5th grade. We had to ride the bus in cause we lived out of town. And there were some jerks on that bus. I remember some dumb kid Sean, he was so mean to me. And he was cussing at me one morning on the bus. Kelly told him to knock it off or he would make him. Well Sean was a wimp and shutup, but told his older brother that Kelly threatened him. So when we got off the bus, Sean and his stupid brother and friends jumped Kelly. I remember there was like 5 of them, and Kelly being a big, strong guy still beat off those punks. And in the process that Sean lost his glasses. I saw them fly off and he was trying to go at Kel, so I remember I took my little 5th grade self over to those glasses and stomped the heck out of those things. And man, did that feel good! HAHA The fight itself was not a good memory, but the fact that I have a wonderful older brother who protected me and got in a bad fight for me, has always meant a lot to me! Kel and I were at Snow College together too. That was fun because he was this big football star and I was this little dorky lost kid. Even though whenever I would be walking down the street, and he would have a car load of friends and they would honk and I WOULD WAVE, but they would wave the other way and I would feel like the biggest nerd ever, we had good times and I am glad I got to be there with him. Kelly lived in the dorms for a while, and he wouldn't let me walk into them alone or leave alone. He would hold onto my arm as we walked the halls, because it was the football dorms, and there was some questionable guys and conduct that would go on. That's the kind of guy he is. He was my protector. He would do anything for me. I guess that is why he was blessed with 4 girls and 1 son! He knows how to be a good dad to girls...and yes to Jack too!
There are a lot of memories I have of Chris too, but the one that stands out shows what an honest person he is. He was working for Bishop Bradshaw one summer, and had been hard at work all day. Well he was on his way home through the field, and found a water snake. And instead of just taking it home, he went back to Bishop's house and showed him the snake and asked him if he could have it, since he found it on their property. That has always shown to me what great integrity Chris has. I mean it was a snake. Like he would have cared if he took it, but since it was on his land he asked! Anther one is probably going to embarass him and Emily but its so hilarious to me! So when Chris and Em started dating, they thought they were so sneaky! HAHA. I admit, I am known that when I fall asleep, I AM KNOCKED OUT COLD. Usually things can't wake me up. Well they thought I was asleep one night, and were smooching, and whispering sweet nothings to each other. And I was so trapped! They thought I was asleep, and I WASN'T, yet I didn't want them to think I actually wanted to listen to them smooch! So I had to lay there, eventually I actually did fall asleep, but man, it took a lot of whispering and slobbery talking before I was out! Sorry Chris and Em, I had to say it! I always laugh about it! But I want you to know that I am so happy Chris chose my best friend since the 4th grade as my sister! What an awesome way to keep her in the family! Another good memory of Chris is when we lost the baby, he and Em also drove over here and cleaned up the house. Took care of the kids, lined up jobs for Ryan to get done. It was a blessing just to have them here and know how much they cared.
Tom, aka, Wooby. Tom was always serious! It was a good balance to have someone so serious in our family! The one thing that always stands out with Tom was his unwavering faith and example to the whole family! Tom was the one, no matter how crappy he felt, no matter how late it was, no matter what day it was, at night you would find him on his bed reading his scriptures and then on his knees praying. If you ever had one person in your life to look to as an example, it would be Tom. Even when he was so sick and the doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong with him, and he lost so much weight, and hair and hurt to get out of bed or walk or even chew food, you could always count on Tom and his unwavering faith in our Heavenly Father. He put all his trust into Him, and they did finally figure out what was wrong with him. They finally got him some medication and he started to regain his health. But even when he hurt so bad, you could always count on finding Tom reading his scriptures or on bended knee in prayer. For some horrible odd reason, every single Sunday after church we would all have this incredible craving for SODA POP!~ So never fail, after church someone did a maverik run. And I remember when Tom decided he wasn't going to be a part of that. He was probably only 13 or 14. We would gather up all the mugs and quarters (cause they were only $.25) and get the list of soda everyone wanted. Tom would say no thanks. I don't want you to buy me a soda on Sunday. Any other day he would have one, and it wasn't that he was trying to be better than anyone else. He wasn't trying to make us feel wrong, he was just Tom. He was obeying the commandment to keep the sabbath day holy. I do have a funny memory though. This was when he had a high school girlfriend. And we were all in the same group. We all did stuff together on Friday or Saturday night. Well one night, we decided to go to the haunted house. And we were all walking down the dark street, and LaDawn and I were talking and laughing. Well she and I were by each other and Tom was in front of us. He reaches back and thought he was holding her hand, and it was mine! We laughed so hard at him, and he was so stinking embarrassed, which made it even funnier! Tom would give his shirt off his back to someone if he knew it would help. He is a very giving person.
Ryan and I were the closest in age. We were also pretty close friends too. I remember when Ry was a freshman and I was a senior, he was running so fast to get to class and Emily and I were sitting in the hall! She stuck out her foot and he flew! I felt so bad, cause I saw this little guy fly, books fly and laughed. Then I realized it was my brother. We both felt so bad. Em didn't mean to trip him, and we didn't mean to embarrass him so bad on his first day in high school! We were also in Logan together for a while. I remember one night we all wanted to go to a movie. But Ryan was starving. So we stopped at Carl's JR. and he bought these 2 HUMONGOUS hamburgers. And he wanted to save them to eat during the movie. So we walk in and pay for our tickets, and he has these 2 HUGE beef patties in his armpits. His arms stuck out really far and he was like, "you think anyone notices my arms sticking out so far?' We laughed so hard, and kept trying to get him to squish his arms down, because if anyone out there remembers Carl's JR. they had some burgers that were the size of Texas. They were huge. And packed full of all kinds of stuff, so each bite dripped ooey gooey goodness. So there was someone on each side of him standing kind of close. But he made it in, burgers in tact, and thoroughly enjoyed those burgers during the movie! Ryan always rushes to everyone's side as soon as help is needed. Tom broke down on his way back from Minnesota from visiting Kelly. Ryan drove all night long, and picked them up and drove them all the way home. Then turned around and went home! We aren't talking a few hours of driving. We are talking over 20 hours of driving easily! When I lost our baby, he drove right over at night and stayed with the kids while we were in the hospital. When Chris was recently in the hospital, he drove down twice for him. The second time he took the wood splitter and cut all the wood Chris would need for the winter. That is the kind of brother Ryan is.
I have wonderful brothers. They each bring something different to the table. They each would do ANYTHING for any member of the family or anyone for that matter. They have each done so much for me. And even though I may not tell them often, I love each of them. I am so thankful for the guidance and love they each show me. I know that living with me was probably not easy. Having me as a sister, the N.E.R.D. as Kelly put it, the never ending retard distress, probably isn't easy! But they are always there for me. They are good brothers. They are good fathers. They are good husbands. They are good examples to me and I am so very grateful I have them as my brothers.
Kel is the oldest and my favorite memory of him was when I was in probably like 5th grade. We had to ride the bus in cause we lived out of town. And there were some jerks on that bus. I remember some dumb kid Sean, he was so mean to me. And he was cussing at me one morning on the bus. Kelly told him to knock it off or he would make him. Well Sean was a wimp and shutup, but told his older brother that Kelly threatened him. So when we got off the bus, Sean and his stupid brother and friends jumped Kelly. I remember there was like 5 of them, and Kelly being a big, strong guy still beat off those punks. And in the process that Sean lost his glasses. I saw them fly off and he was trying to go at Kel, so I remember I took my little 5th grade self over to those glasses and stomped the heck out of those things. And man, did that feel good! HAHA The fight itself was not a good memory, but the fact that I have a wonderful older brother who protected me and got in a bad fight for me, has always meant a lot to me! Kel and I were at Snow College together too. That was fun because he was this big football star and I was this little dorky lost kid. Even though whenever I would be walking down the street, and he would have a car load of friends and they would honk and I WOULD WAVE, but they would wave the other way and I would feel like the biggest nerd ever, we had good times and I am glad I got to be there with him. Kelly lived in the dorms for a while, and he wouldn't let me walk into them alone or leave alone. He would hold onto my arm as we walked the halls, because it was the football dorms, and there was some questionable guys and conduct that would go on. That's the kind of guy he is. He was my protector. He would do anything for me. I guess that is why he was blessed with 4 girls and 1 son! He knows how to be a good dad to girls...and yes to Jack too!
There are a lot of memories I have of Chris too, but the one that stands out shows what an honest person he is. He was working for Bishop Bradshaw one summer, and had been hard at work all day. Well he was on his way home through the field, and found a water snake. And instead of just taking it home, he went back to Bishop's house and showed him the snake and asked him if he could have it, since he found it on their property. That has always shown to me what great integrity Chris has. I mean it was a snake. Like he would have cared if he took it, but since it was on his land he asked! Anther one is probably going to embarass him and Emily but its so hilarious to me! So when Chris and Em started dating, they thought they were so sneaky! HAHA. I admit, I am known that when I fall asleep, I AM KNOCKED OUT COLD. Usually things can't wake me up. Well they thought I was asleep one night, and were smooching, and whispering sweet nothings to each other. And I was so trapped! They thought I was asleep, and I WASN'T, yet I didn't want them to think I actually wanted to listen to them smooch! So I had to lay there, eventually I actually did fall asleep, but man, it took a lot of whispering and slobbery talking before I was out! Sorry Chris and Em, I had to say it! I always laugh about it! But I want you to know that I am so happy Chris chose my best friend since the 4th grade as my sister! What an awesome way to keep her in the family! Another good memory of Chris is when we lost the baby, he and Em also drove over here and cleaned up the house. Took care of the kids, lined up jobs for Ryan to get done. It was a blessing just to have them here and know how much they cared.
Tom, aka, Wooby. Tom was always serious! It was a good balance to have someone so serious in our family! The one thing that always stands out with Tom was his unwavering faith and example to the whole family! Tom was the one, no matter how crappy he felt, no matter how late it was, no matter what day it was, at night you would find him on his bed reading his scriptures and then on his knees praying. If you ever had one person in your life to look to as an example, it would be Tom. Even when he was so sick and the doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong with him, and he lost so much weight, and hair and hurt to get out of bed or walk or even chew food, you could always count on Tom and his unwavering faith in our Heavenly Father. He put all his trust into Him, and they did finally figure out what was wrong with him. They finally got him some medication and he started to regain his health. But even when he hurt so bad, you could always count on finding Tom reading his scriptures or on bended knee in prayer. For some horrible odd reason, every single Sunday after church we would all have this incredible craving for SODA POP!~ So never fail, after church someone did a maverik run. And I remember when Tom decided he wasn't going to be a part of that. He was probably only 13 or 14. We would gather up all the mugs and quarters (cause they were only $.25) and get the list of soda everyone wanted. Tom would say no thanks. I don't want you to buy me a soda on Sunday. Any other day he would have one, and it wasn't that he was trying to be better than anyone else. He wasn't trying to make us feel wrong, he was just Tom. He was obeying the commandment to keep the sabbath day holy. I do have a funny memory though. This was when he had a high school girlfriend. And we were all in the same group. We all did stuff together on Friday or Saturday night. Well one night, we decided to go to the haunted house. And we were all walking down the dark street, and LaDawn and I were talking and laughing. Well she and I were by each other and Tom was in front of us. He reaches back and thought he was holding her hand, and it was mine! We laughed so hard at him, and he was so stinking embarrassed, which made it even funnier! Tom would give his shirt off his back to someone if he knew it would help. He is a very giving person.
Ryan and I were the closest in age. We were also pretty close friends too. I remember when Ry was a freshman and I was a senior, he was running so fast to get to class and Emily and I were sitting in the hall! She stuck out her foot and he flew! I felt so bad, cause I saw this little guy fly, books fly and laughed. Then I realized it was my brother. We both felt so bad. Em didn't mean to trip him, and we didn't mean to embarrass him so bad on his first day in high school! We were also in Logan together for a while. I remember one night we all wanted to go to a movie. But Ryan was starving. So we stopped at Carl's JR. and he bought these 2 HUMONGOUS hamburgers. And he wanted to save them to eat during the movie. So we walk in and pay for our tickets, and he has these 2 HUGE beef patties in his armpits. His arms stuck out really far and he was like, "you think anyone notices my arms sticking out so far?' We laughed so hard, and kept trying to get him to squish his arms down, because if anyone out there remembers Carl's JR. they had some burgers that were the size of Texas. They were huge. And packed full of all kinds of stuff, so each bite dripped ooey gooey goodness. So there was someone on each side of him standing kind of close. But he made it in, burgers in tact, and thoroughly enjoyed those burgers during the movie! Ryan always rushes to everyone's side as soon as help is needed. Tom broke down on his way back from Minnesota from visiting Kelly. Ryan drove all night long, and picked them up and drove them all the way home. Then turned around and went home! We aren't talking a few hours of driving. We are talking over 20 hours of driving easily! When I lost our baby, he drove right over at night and stayed with the kids while we were in the hospital. When Chris was recently in the hospital, he drove down twice for him. The second time he took the wood splitter and cut all the wood Chris would need for the winter. That is the kind of brother Ryan is.
I have wonderful brothers. They each bring something different to the table. They each would do ANYTHING for any member of the family or anyone for that matter. They have each done so much for me. And even though I may not tell them often, I love each of them. I am so thankful for the guidance and love they each show me. I know that living with me was probably not easy. Having me as a sister, the N.E.R.D. as Kelly put it, the never ending retard distress, probably isn't easy! But they are always there for me. They are good brothers. They are good fathers. They are good husbands. They are good examples to me and I am so very grateful I have them as my brothers.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Cats out of the BAG!
Well I seem to be a bigger dingbat than I would like. So when I made a post on facebook that went something like this: Note to self (or anyone for that matter) NEVER watch the show Hoarders while eating breakfast! EVER! Especially if you suffer from morning sickness. But on the other hand, it could definitely be a good diet aid...But I didn't realize that I stuck on the whole morning sickness bit till 12 comments later! So yes, we are expecting...again! And we wanted to keep it quiet for a while because of last time. But, as my good friend Ruthie said, "if you didn't tell anyone, how are we supposed to pray for you and your baby?" So far everything is good with us! I got to hear the heartbeat at 8 weeks!!! That was such a relief. You have no idea how my heart was pounding out of my chest until I heard that sweet beat of my baby's heart. What a beautiful sound! My due date is May 3rd. But because I have to have a c-section, my doctor does that a week before, and our date will be April 26th!! Its nice that I can plan pretty on the dot for that part! We ARE NOT finding out what we are having this time! Thought it would be fun to be a surprise! Lets see how long the whole not knowing bit will last. I am one who likes to be prepared. So I don't know if I can really hold out on this information, but we are gonna give it a try! I go in next week for another ultrasound. They will be doing one every 4 weeks to make sure everything is going/growing/developing as it is supposed to. So that is our exciting news! Please if you think about it, pray that all will go well this time! I may be my doctors worst nightmare until this is over and I am holding my happy, HEALTHY sweet baby in my arms!
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