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2011-11-30T15:17:00.000-08:00

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2011-11-30T11:44:00.000-08:00

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2009-12-02T10:52:00.000-08:00

Blogging Funk

OK, I am totally a blogging loser lately. I can't get out of this funk that I am in! We went up to Coeur d'Alene for Thanksgiving against my will. It was Marcus' idea and I couldn't get him to change his mind. We hung out with family and shopped. That is about the extent of activities that happened. The kids did great on the terribly long drive too! I have to take Kingston to the Doctor right now, but I will post pictures later today.

2009-11-10T11:13:00.000-08:00

Thankful for friends

I am oh so thankful for Mandi and Cheryl. My two very best friends from the 2 years we were in Rathdrum. I miss you everyday!

Jalyn and Marissa are two of my best friends from high school. Everytime we see eachother we pick up right where we left off. I love you both!

I am thankful that my husband loves my friends just as much as I do. We alway have so much fun together being silly. I love and miss all my friends that I cannot be close to!!

2009-10-05T08:51:00.000-07:00

Rachel and Brian's wedding

Here are some pictures I took at my sister Rachel's wedding. It was on August 29th so I am a little behind on my blogging.

The cake. Nana made it and did an amazing job!!

After they are husband and wife. Outside the Spokane Temple.

All the rest of these are pretty self explanatory.

OK this one isn't self explanatory. I bet not many of you knew Marcus was a princess! haha

Jayda (Rachel's daughter) trying to pry them apart. She did this on her own! haha

So there are a few pictures that I think turned out pretty well. Shelby I wish we could have flown you up to take pictures!! That is one thing we are definitely doing for our kids weddings, professional photographers!!

2009-09-22T08:54:00.000-07:00

Kingston's summer wasn't so happy..........

These first two pictures should be at the end, but I couldn't move them down for some reason.

Was at Grama Kathy's house and busted my chin open on a chair.

Had to be put in a papoose to make sure I help still while the stitching took place.

Sat in the fridge on hot days.

Cut the back of my head open from playing on the couches. They stapled these ones.

Sanitized.

Ate lots of ice cream.

And sunflower seeds off the ground! YUM!

Was silly with Emmett.

Gave Emmett loves.

Wore a Little Mermaid swim diaper while sitting in a princess chair.

Saw some bunnies at the pet store

Fed the goats.

Made friends with the cat.

Had a conversation with Chi-Chi.

Shot at some birds.

Snuck food out of the cooler while I though nobody was looking.

Cheesed for the camera.

Tooted in the tub and thought it was the funniest thing ever.

Ran some errands.

Wore every ones shoes but my own.

Road the scooter.

Got ready to play some baseball. Don't mind the bras in the background! haha oops!

Ate breakfast NOT at the table!!

Threw a lot of dirt with my cousin.

Got dirty.

Discussed with Matthew how hot the fire was. He fell in the coals once while we were camping.

Ate some sauces.

Rinsed the sand out of my bum.

Threw some sand.

Screamed and ran from the waves.

Want a cookie?

Got surfing lessons.

Bounced on inter tubes.

Climbed up dirt hills.

And fell down dirt hills.

Got trapped in the packed car.

Got messier.

Played with cousin Mason.

Gave Emmett kisses.

Pushed the stroller.

Pushed Grace in the stroller.

Pushed the pooch in the stroller.

OK, So Kingston's summer wasn't that bad. He just had a few accidents which are to be expected from him. I hope you all enjoyed the recap on the kids summer!!

2009-09-13T13:20:00.000-07:00

Emmett has been very busy with.....

Climbed in piles of dirty clothes .

Had some orange juice shots.

Gave lots of hugs.

Are pancakes.

Got married to my neighbor, Laini.

Watched the 4th of July parade.

Ate melted ice cream.

Made silly faces with dad.

Met the Idaho Falls Chukkars mascot.

Made silly faces with Kingston.

Got in trouble at the baseball game for climbing on things.

Tried to zip up my own jacket at the Idaho Falls fireworks.

Played in the pool at Grama Laina's house.

Was "the bad" spiderman.

Had picnics with cousins.

Played in the sun with Mom.

Fed the goats.

Road a stage coach with little brother.

Visited Chi Chi at McKee's pet store.

Caught a tiny fish in lake.

Played swords with a juice box straw.

Skate boarded on the neighbors ramp.

Goggled myself up to go swimming in the kiddie pool.

Did some crafts.

Scootered around the campsite.

Ate a lot of snacks.

Got sick while camping.

He didn't quite understand the concept of being able to pee in the lake.

Cuddled with Grama Shanny at the beach.

Climbed some dirt hills while camping.

Explored some caves.

Went sun tanning.

Peed outside again.

Looked cute while skating.

Read some adds a the hockey rink.

Wiped out while roller skates.

Emmett's summer was fun filled as you can tell. I will post Kingston's summer soon which probably wasn't as fun filled as Emmett's. You will see why later!!

2009-09-12T17:32:00.000-07:00

Isabel's summer went something like this....

Sang some karaoke in the kitchen.

Lost a couple teeth.

Fireworks with all the neighborhood kids.

4th of July parade in Pocatello.

Tried to do some acrobatics with cousins.

I am bored!!!! We heard that a lot at the game.

Went to the Idaho Falls baseball game on the 4th of July.

Picking a scab on her face (probably a bike injury) at the baseball game while Emmett tries to sneak in the picture.

Being silly with cousin Emma.

Having a picnic with cousins.

Did a lot of swimming in the kiddie pools at home.

Pet a bird at McKee's pet store and only got bit once! haha

Was put in jail.

Played in the lake (if that what you would call it) in Blackfoot and got swimmers itch. That was hell and I wasn't even the one who had it!!

Looked oh so cute.

Did some crafts.

Road bikes and only got in 3 wrecks in the 3 days we were camping. She gets in some nasty bike wrecks. I think she has more scars from bike riding than anyone I know. One summer I am going to have to keep track of all the bike accidents she gets in. I don't even know why she keeps riding bikes. LOL!!

Also was part of the secret club.

Cried (this was probably from a bike wreck).

Drank more soda than I think she has in her entire life.

Dug holes and played in them. They said they were making toilets. I hope they didn't use them! haha

Went on lots of walks

and explored a lot.

Cried more. Do you see a theme yet?

Played roller hockey with the big boys.

And cried some more.

So she pretty much got in bike wrecks and cried a lot. I think that sums up the entire summer for her! LOL!! She is so cute and so funny. I just love her to death!!

2009-09-09T10:58:00.000-07:00

What has Grace been up to?

Since I haven't really posted anything all summer, here is what Grace has been up to.

Getting Baptized.

Everyone that could be there to support Grace at her baptism.

Getting her new scriptures and case!

Waiting for the 4th of July parade to start!

Eating ice cream with cousins.

Coloring at the Idaho Falls baseball game.

Waiting for fireworks to start.

Feeding the goats at McKee's.

Catching tadpoles in Blackfoot and getting swimmers itch.

Going on family walks.

Having secret club meetings in the forest.

Catching weird looking snakes in the woods.

Getting attacked by Grampa Tom around the campfire.

Building sandcastles at the beach.

Traveling.

Swimming with Maya. She didn't like it.

Getting a ride in the stroller.

Giving a ride in the stroller.

Chasing chickens at McKee's.

Petting the miniature horses.

Being silly in the lobby of the Mystique.

After "Aladdin" at the Mystique.

First day of 3rd Grade!! I think she is most excited that she gets to go on swimming field trips now that she is in 3rd Grade.

Eating snacks with Kingston in Grama Cari's backyard.

Jumping on Grama's trampoline half naked.

And more traveling.

Well, this is what Grace has been up to the last 3 months! Look forward to seeing what Isabel has been up to next time!!

2009-07-19T15:30:00.000-07:00

Warning!!!

I hate it when people forward bogus warnings, and I have even done it myself a couple times unintentionally but this one is real, and it's important.

Please send this warning to everyone on your e-mail list.

If someone comes to your front door saying they are checking for ticks due to the warm weather and asks you to take your clothes off and dance around with your arms up,

DO NOT DO IT!! THIS IS A SCAM!!

They only want to see you naked!

Man, I wish I'd gotten this yesterday. I feel so stupid.

2009-07-17T17:07:00.000-07:00

Continued......

Grace turned 8 and this is at our family birthday party. Grace opening her big present! A karaoke machine!! They have had more fun with this.

Isabel testing out the karaoke machine, Grace was too embarrassed.

Kingston just cooling off from the summer heat! Isabel loved to sit in the fridge too when she was little.

Marcus and Grace getting ready to

Everyone who joined us for Grace's baptism! There was a lot of support there and I know Grace really appreciated it!

Grace making a usual face for our nice picture.

Checking out her scripture case!

Grace opening her new scriptures for her baptism.

Marcus and Emmett being silly.

Here is our new entertainment center in our room!! Doesn't it look so nice?!

Kingston busted his head open one evening from playing on the couch. It reminds me of a little girl we have......

I thought I would end with a funny one that I am sure Annika will appreciate! LOL! She stayed at our house this summer for a week and we were bored one day so she put on Isabel's cat costume.......and it fit! haha

2009-07-12T11:45:00.000-07:00

The last 6 weeks

All I have done the last 6 weeks is work, sleep and take care of the family. I haven't had time to do pretty much anything else. I am always excited for summer so we can relax, but it seems like summer is always busier than we plan on it being. Hopefully it won't be so long before the next time I can get on here!!

Marcus took the kids fishing while I was at work and this was their catch!

Grace's last day of 2nd grade with her teacher Mrs. M.

Isabel's last day of Kindergarten with her teachers Mrs. Jensen and Mrs. Critser.

Kingston was ready to get in the tub before I was ready to put him in.

Isabel's cake for her 6th birthday with her friends.

Grace's cake for her 8th birthday with her friends.

The girls getting sung to at their party.

The babies playing so nicely together after the party.

Our garden when everything was first coming up. This is our tomato, cucumber, onions and zucchini.

Here is the other half. The beans, peas and spinach. I will put on an update of what it looks like now when I can get a chance.

2009-05-23T17:32:00.000-07:00

Day at the Park.

LOL This picture makes me laugh. Emmett needed his shirt off at the park. I'm not sure if it was because he was hot or because he thought he was too cool for a shirt. So, of course Carson and Kingston had to take theirs off too. I think Emmett is showing his sexy muscles, Carson is showing his tough muscles and Kingston is eating some chicken. haha. He isn't sure how to flex yet.

Watch out for these two! They look dangerous! They kept finding sticks and swinging them around, I am surprised nobody got hurt.

Kingston and Matthew playing king of the mountain. These two are so funny to watch play. They can't talk so they just laugh at each other.

Little girls climbing the trees and getting stuck. There is a Frisbee golf field here and they almost got hit twiced with Frisbees! haha

Big girls climbing the rocks.

Isabel's Hulk muscles are showing here! LOL Her arms look huge!

Notice how each picture everyone is further spread out?! They just wander.

Here is most of them at the beginning of our hike. Somewhat together.

2009-05-23T17:26:00.000-07:00

Our newest Graduate!

Here she is graduated!! Emmett gave her the flowers for graduating. She was so proud of himself.

These are two of three of her best friends. Halle and Emily. We couldn't find Piper when we were taking the picture.

She is right in the middle. Doing their song they practiced for us, "There was an old lady who swallowed a fly."

2009-05-23T17:13:00.000-07:00

She's 6!!

Isabel's favorite gift from daddy. He had a lot of her favorite songs already loaded onto it. I love these little things. If the girls have them while we are shopping you almost don't notice they are with us!!

Isabel not too impressed with 3 outfits, but when she put them on she liked them better.

Kingston being funny with his one tweak eye.

Emmett trying to be fancy.

All of the loot for her birthday! She was pretty happy with all of it! We did good.

2009-05-02T10:39:00.000-07:00

Spring?

I don't know if I remember what Spring is suppose to look like, but I think this is it! It was so nice and warm for about a week (almost 80!) and then we slide back down to the 40-50's. Today it is cloudy raining and freezing!! Come back warm weather!! Come back!

We almost have leaves!! I am so excited for the sun! It is so much easier for me to wake up early when I see the sun peeking through the windows. I wouldn't do good in Alaska.

Isabel (she informed me it is not Izabel anymore) was shutting herself in the cooler for some reason. We aren't sure why.

I love it when the kids lay on the ground outside and play. They are definitely not afraid to get dirty. I wish I was still like that!

I really dislike these rocks, but the kids always have so much fun playing in them!

2009-04-30T08:23:00.000-07:00

New Bedroom

I finally got all of our new bedroom things up! We have had most of it for a couple of months now, but I have just been waiting to get the bedding to go with it. For our anniversary Marcus bought me the bedding that I have had my eye on for quite sometime now.

This is the headboard. It is really just a fireplace cover that I purchased at Ross for 20 bucks! Get price for a headboard eh?!

This is the bedding up close. It is kind of a rusty red color. I love the print on it also. I am pretty picky when it comes to prints.

This is the print on the curtains. I absolutely LOVE these curtains. I have always tried to save money and make my own curtains, but got sick of not getting exactly what I want because of the price of material. So, I splurged and bought all 4 panels at Walmart. You are probably laughing because I used "splurged" and "Walmart" in the same sentence! LOL!!

2009-04-30T08:03:00.000-07:00

Happy 9th Anniversary!

Marcus contemplating what he was going to eat for lunch at the Chinese restaurant. We wanted to go to Olive Garden for dinner, but we were still full from lunch so we just had cereal when we got home! haha

Marcus and Kingston standing outside the Titanic museum in Idaho Falls. We were kind of bummed because we weren't aloud to take pictures inside. They had a bunch of things they found inside the Titanic for display and stories of different passengers. Some of them were so sad. It was pretty cool to see though.

These were mine and Marcus' passengers for the Titanic. At the end of the museum we had to find their names on the wall to see if we made it out alive or not. We were both goners.

We went to a few second hand stores in Idaho Falls. Found a couple of things and this fridge. Mom and Dad, does it look familiar at all? haha

2009-04-17T09:12:00.000-07:00

Kid Conversations

I just thought I would write down a couple of funny things Izabel and Emmett have said to me the last couple of days.

Emmett woke up the other morning and came to stand by me while I sat on the couch. He took my hand gently and looked at me so sincere and said "Mom, if we kiss, that means we are married. And then we would go somewhere and dance!". It was so cute and sweet. He definitely loves his mommy.

I let Izabel wear her high heels to school today. She has been begging me for a couple of weeks now. I told her not to run in them because I didn't want her to hurt to ankle. She looked at me and said "One of my friends at school hurt her ankle and now she has to use crotches". LOL!! I started laughing and said "do you mean crutches?". She embarrassingly smiled and said "oh ya". haha She is so funny!

2009-04-14T08:53:00.000-07:00

Haircuts

I woke up on Tuesday morning (my day off) and decided to give the boys haircuts. Kingston has never had a real haircut so he didn't know what the heck was going on! I used the buzzers on his hair. He didn't like that at all! Marcus got the school late because he had to stay and help me keep Kingston under control. Then it was Emmett's turn. He doesn't like the buzzers either, but I knew this from past experience. He said to only use the "cutters". I am pretty good at cutting his hair with just the scissors. I love Emmett's hair so I never want to cut it all the way off. He said he didn't want to be bald like Kingston and Dad! LOL!! So Emmett's hair is about 1" long everywhere and Kingston looks like a cancer patient! haha

2009-04-14T08:42:00.000-07:00

Easter Egg Coloring!

We colored Easter eggs on Saturday morning and then went to Ryan and Jeni's for the big hunt! I remembered to bring everything to their house except the camera!!! I was so sad that I forgot it. Ryan made fun of me saying that I bring my camera to the store, how could I forget to bring to an Easter egg hunt?! haha I know, I think I am losing my memory. The kids had a blast though. At one point it started pouring and the kids all stayed outside and played the rain. It was a great day!

Our annual Easter Egg Coloring!! The kids love coloring eggs. Emmett had his 4 done first. They all looked the same and he was very happy with them. Izabel was a little more creative and put tattoos on hers. Grace was at the table for the longest making all of hers look just right.

This was Marcus' participation in the egg coloring. LOL!! It is OK though because he let me sleep in while he took care of the kids earlier that morning. Thanks babe!! I love you!!

2009-04-09T07:32:00.000-07:00

The Fights!!

Me and Marcus at the UFC fights!! I didn't think that I would like watching guys beat each other up, but it was kind of fun! I don't think I was close enough for it to seem real though. My parents were in the front row and that probably would have been a little more than I could handle.

My cousin Torrence was part of the intermission act. He was so cute up there.

This fight probably lasted the longest and you could tell that they were so tired!! A lot of positions they were in they would just stay there and rest. Our guy won of course!

This is the same fight as above. It is just a really sweet shot.

This was one of the two pro fights that we watched. This guy, Prangley, won and he trains here. He was so ripped it was crazy!! I can't remember his age, but he is older. I would recommend going to a UFC fight just once to anyone! It was a blast!

2009-04-08T11:54:00.000-07:00

Wrestling

Parker wanted to teach Marcus the ropes before we went to the fights on Friday night. It was funny to watch them try not to hurt the kids while they wrestled on the living room floor!

I have no comment for this picture, but I can see Kingston doesn't like what is going on! haha

Emmett wanted in on the action. Then he fell off the other side of Marcus and landed on his head. That ended the big boys wrestling tournament.

Emmett wasn't very happy about his aching head so he gave Parker and elbow drop to the gutzzzz.

And then a right hook to the chin. You can tell Parker is in pain now!

So Parker had to maul Emmett for beating him up. I love to watch the boys wrestle. It is funny how they laugh like little school girls.

2009-04-04T23:31:00.000-07:00

Cousin Birthday!

This is Jayda. She is my sister's little girl and she turned 3 this year!! Here she is with her enormous cake. I think she looks a little bit overwhelmed! What do you think?

The birthday girl is the first to hit the pinata!!

The hoarding begins!! haha

I don't think Grampa got enough sleep the night before the party. He gave Izabel a huge knife to pop the balloons with! haha

This is my cousin Ali's big tummy!! hehe. She looks so cute. We can't wait for baby Kyler to get here.

And then the kids "helping" clean up after the party. Or should I say "getting in the way"?

2009-04-04T23:18:00.000-07:00

Cabela's again!

Marcus didn't get to go to Cabela's with us last summer so we took another trip just for him. And we all like to play at the shooting gallery. Emmett once again was afraid of the fake bear that would come out of the bushes when you shot at the right target. We all had a really great time for family home evening!

Marcus taking his turn at the shooting gallery. The shooting gallery and the pop guns are every ones favorite part of this store. Of course it is too expensive to actually purchase anything here. Just fun to play.

Grama was helping Izabel with the targets. She pretty much did everything with Grama while we were there. She loves going up to CDA to visit.

Grampa was taking a turn with Grace's gun. He shot one of the targets and it would squirt water and he just happen to have Grace stand in the right spot to get wet! haha They thought it was pretty funny.

Kingston was trying to shoot the bear and deer at the shooting gallery. Look at what good form he has! hehe

Emmett and Alex had a shooting war through the entire store. It was funny because Emmett really got into it!! A couple of times he told us that Alex shot him with a big bullet and he died. Then he would lay on the floor all mangled looking and stick out his tongue as if he were a dead dog! LOL I never could get my camera out fast enough to get a picture of it though.

2009-04-02T10:58:00.000-07:00

2009-03-31T11:57:00.000-07:00

The Drive

And so it begins! The long drive north to Grandma and Crapa's house!!

Notice how calm and content all the children are? They are coloring and singing along to the music. And Izabel is always partially naked.

They are getting a little more antsy.

Kingston gave me a nice big cheese grin.

I made the mistake of giving them suckers for being so good. Emmett was playing the drums here and the girls are playing sucker guitars.

And then Grace went crazy! She started playing the sucker drums! They were all so good on the drive up. Even Maya was a good puppy. I think we stopped more for her to use the bathroom than anyone else in the car! haha

2009-03-31T11:43:00.000-07:00

Girls Weekend

About 3 weeks ago me and the girls headed to Salt Lake for a girls weekend! My friends from high school were all meeting there for a get together!

The girls getting along so well on the ride to Grama Della's house.

On Saturday evening we got together at Leigha's parents house in Bluffdale. They had a beautiful house and it was much nicer than going to a restaurant and trying to contain all the kids! Here is Leigha on the left and Meredith on the right. I have known Leigha since 2nd grade and me and Meredith used to play together as toddlers, but we don't remember. I met her again in 10th grade.

Here is Evelyn in mommy action. Sorry Ev, but it was weird seeing you as a mom. You were so not the mommy type when we were younger!! You are doing an excellent job!!! I met Evelyn in 10th grade also. She is changing her baby Macey. Her girls have the most beautiful eyes!!

Here is Mercedes (Meredith's), Izabel, Grace and Ruby (Evelyn's). They had quite a good time together in the basement. Thank goodness there was a basement for them to go wild in!! haha

Grama Della was reading the Sunday Morning Funnies to the girls before we left to head home. Izabel is so content to be at a Grama's house. It can be any of her Grama's. She loves them all!!

2009-03-10T19:05:00.000-07:00

Dentist

Another six months has past and the kids had to go to the dentist. They all had their pictures taken to put on the wall of no cavities!! Grace was a little anxious like she always is, but did great! Isabel was an angel and did everything they asked her to without complaint. Emmett did excellent also, he has a horrible gag reflex so it was a little questionable at the beginning. He pulled through like a big boy though! Kingston was interested in everything at the office. I'm sure he won't feel that way when he is old enough to go! haha

A cute thing that happened tonight! We were all in the girls room getting ready to say family prayer. Kingston sat down just like daddy and folded his arms like he always does. He is so good at it. He started to say his own little prayer of jibberjabber so we let him finish. Marcus started to say the prayer after that and in the middle of the prayer Kingston hopped up and clapped his hands signifying that the prayer was over! haha Then he went around the room giving everyone goodnight kisses while we were all trying to be reverent! LOL!! He is so funny and cute!

2009-03-06T10:15:00.000-08:00

Bathroom!

Sorry I have taken so long to post the bathroom pictures. These pics make it look a weird greenish color. It is really a light aqua color that matches the shower curtain. It is aqua, black, silver and white in here. It is really refreshing looking!! I love it! I usually like the darker colors, I think I said that before. But since we are downstairs I have been more drawn to the lighter ones.

You can't see it in the pictures but the rugs are black also, so it ties the pictures in better. I got the pics at walmart for $15 each. They are pretty cool looking!

Do you like my cool hand towel rack? I didn't want to put more holes in the walls and since we have such a big counter space I thought this rack would work great!

I have all the stuff to do my bedroom now, but I have to paint it. It might be a little while before I get to it. Even though I would rather not plan anything, it seems like I can't, so I am a little busy for the rest of the month. Maybe I can get it done in April!

2009-02-26T07:52:00.000-08:00

Kingston talks!

So he has been able to say a few things for a while now like mama, dada, this, that. He has just recently expanded his vocabulary and says juice, up, stop, hot, don't touch and of course his favorite that he says constantly, poop. When he thinks our puppy Maya has to go to the bathroom he puts her on her potty spot, points his finger at her because I guess that gives him more authority, and says "dats a poop". The kids laugh their heads off of course every time which makes him say it even more! He is such a nut!

He was smiling for the camera while playing the computer. He can multi task already! haha

I do believe we have another Izabel on our hands here. Last Monday is when he split his lip open and needed stitches, but the doctors decided not to put him through that. Then the Sunday after he was at Uncle Ryan's house and fell on the tile and got a huge bump and bruise on his forehead. He looked terrible for a couple of days! He is feeling much better now! I can't get enough of this cute little face!!

2009-02-25T15:16:00.000-08:00

Project #1

Here was my first project! The girls room. I think that 1 1/2 years of white walls was quite enough. I figured since we are going to be in this apartment for at least 5 more years that it was ok for me to paint and decorate. I don't think I could stand white walls any longer!! There are more projects after this one, but I am only going to post one at a time!! Sorry, these pictures aren't the best. The room is a lot cuter in person!

The girls new room!! They have the smallest room, but I think it works out pretty good. I wish their closet was twice the size though. Izabel has WAY to many clothes!!

These are the duvet covers I made for them out of sheets. It took me a while to find sheets that I liked. All of the printed sheet sets always had white base colors and I didn't think that was such a good idea. So, these yellow ones were perfect!! And are you surprised at how their bedding and their walls are NOT pink?! haha

Here is their desk area. The mirror was in our room but it was just the right size for above the girls desk. They were pretty excited about it too! Now they have somewhere to put on their makeup! haha

Of course we have Grace's Coldwater Creek picture that she won up on the wall and Izabel's Dora couch that I don't think she will ever want to get rid of! I painted flower hooks for their bath robes too.

2009-02-24T22:19:00.000-08:00

So busy!

Sorry I haven't been on in so long! I am in the process of several projects in the house and haven't taken pictures of them to post. I am being a blogger loser lately sorry. Never fear, I will try and take some pics of what I have been up to and post them in the next couple of days! Thanks for not giving up on me!!

2009-02-19T13:25:00.000-08:00

Mystery Dinner

Marcus came home with the ingredients to make a surprise dinner with the kids!! Can anyone guess what it was?

One more hint.

Anyone at all?

Sushi Rolls! The sushi chef. He taught all the kids how to make the rolls for dinner. They loved this dinner! I think they loved being able to make their own. They had a lot of fun!

Emmett, always overly excited!!

Izabel was rather proud of herself for making such appetizing looking sushi roll!

Grace's favorite mean of all time!! She is constantly asking if we can have sushi for dinner! She is only 7, shouldn't she be asking for pizza or something?

Being "fancy". haha If you watch Spongebob you should know what I am talking about! lol

Getting the hang of it. I can't believe he was eating this! yuck! I am glad that Marcus did this with the kids. I cannot stand Sushi, so I had chicken strips. I even had a hard time sitting at the table because of the smell of the seaweed wraps and salmon. I am a wuss.

2009-02-17T15:04:00.000-08:00

Another Crime Scene!!

Well, once again there has been a bloody crime scene at the Hurst home. It seems like one of these takes place about every 6 months or so. This time it was poor baby Kingston! We went to Idaho Falls yesterday since nobody had school and I didn't have to work. The day started out stressful. The girls of course were hypin' everyone up as usual. We had ran the errands that we needed to in IF. We were at the mall and the kids were playing in Barnes and Noble. They have a little one step stage in the kids area that they can read stories on and guess who took a dive off of it? You guessed it!! Kingston wasn't watching where he was walking and walked right off the edge. It wouldn't have been such a bad fall, but there was a kids bench pushed too close to the step and he smashed his little face on it. Marcus could tell right away it needed stitches. We went to 3 immediate care centers in Idaho Falls before we just decided to go to one in Pocatello. I dropped everyone else off at home and ended up at the ER because 2 of the immediate care centers here were having issues. They were having a hard time deciding if they should stitch it or just let it heal on it's own. They finally decided to leave it be. Kingston is very afraid of the doctor's office and knows when painful things are on their way! Every time the doctor would get too close he would start to cry. I think they made a good decision even though the cut went all the way to his gums. I just hope it heals good enough to where you can't really tell it happened!

The bloody crime scene clothes! haha

Poor fat lip baby.

2009-02-14T10:09:00.000-08:00

Hot Date!

So, I forgot my camera which NEVER happens so I have no pictures. Marcus took me to the Institute Valentines dance and dinner! We had a lot of fun! It was super great because it was FREE! We had lasagna, rolls, salad and cake for dinner. Then we sat back most of the evening and made fun of everyone (Isn't that so adult of us?). We talk for quite a while with Kelly and Debbie Laga. They are hilarious! Marcus is taking Institute again this semester from Kelly. We were out for about 4 hours and had a lovely time together. We talked a lot about how we are glad we are done with the stupid dating thing! Thank you dear for a great Valentine's Date! I love you!

2009-02-13T17:20:00.000-08:00

Valentine's Date

Marcus has made arrangements to take me out on a date tonight. I am not sure what we are doing because it is a surprise!! I will let you know about it later! Have a great Friday night!

2009-02-10T13:12:00.000-08:00

Deacon

On Sunday evening we all made a trip to Preston Idaho. Marcus' son Ethan was going to be ordained a Deacon!! We cannot believe he already 12!! We got there after a little over an hour of driving and went to the wrong church! lol So then we had to drive back into town to get to the right church. We ended up being about 15 minutes late, but they should have expected it with Marcus being in charge of timing. Sorry honey, it's true! So, we get there, Marcus ordains him and then we all get ready to get back in the car and Grace turns to me and says "We are done already?! We drove all the way here for THAT!" LOL Marcus had to explain to her that even though it was such a short time, it was an important thing to be done. She still was not satisfied with his explanation. We then stopped at Burger King to get the kids some dinner. They were all starving and they were so good and reverent at the church. The girls got a little bit on the hyper side on the way home. It was to the point I wouldn't have minded dropping them off on the side of the road! haha So, that is what we did on Sunday! Sorry, I don't have any pictures for you.

2009-02-05T20:17:00.000-08:00

Bel's turn!!

Today was Izabel's turn for a date with mom. I picked her up from school and we went to Tastee Treet to get a tastee treat! We discussed what our plans were for the evening while we were there.

Here we are! My face looks extra big in this picture!! lol

She decided that we were going to get manicures. She was so excited about this! lol I was pretty excited about it also since I don't remember a time that I ever had a manicure!

She picked out hot pink for the color and then he painted a little blue flower on 2 of her nails. She then wanted to get pedicures after we were done, but I told her that her legs were too short to reach the foot bath so she would have to wait until she was older for that one!

We walked around Walmart for a while after this killing some time. We found 2 summer outfits and pj's for Bel and it was only $12 for all of it! She then looked at the toys, but of course there wasn't anything that she just had to have. The girls hardly ever play with toys for some reason. I'm not sure why.

We then went out to eat. Where did she choose to eat you ask? Golden Corral of all places. This is not my favorite restaurant by far! I would rather eat at McDonald's than here, but it was her night to do what she wanted so Golden Corral it was! The balloon guy was there too so she got a pink and white bunny balloon. This guy is totally awesome!! He just works for tips and probably makes a TON the 3 days a week he works there.

We went to McKee's pet store next. I wouldn't mind pet stores so much if they didn't STINK so bad! Why is that? The kids love this place because you can hold the animals and it has a petting zoo outside. Here she is finding nemo! hehe

I can't remember what this guys name was, but he was on sale for $1500. I think we paid that much for Marcus' car and scooter combined!! I can't imagine spending that much on an animal!!

Then of course there was a candy stop. Did you forget who I was on a date with?

And she had to go to bed about an hour after she ate these. I'm surprised she wasn't bouncing off the walls! haha

After this we stopped at the dollar store and she picked out a coloring book. She sat in the book aisle for about 20 minutes reading. It was cute to see her like that.

2009-02-04T08:02:00.000-08:00

Emmett's Birthday!

He wanted to make his own cake this year.

The egg was getting too messy so he just threw the entire thing in! haha

Happy as can be, mixing away!

Decorating for his party. We had to decorate the day before because he was just too excited.

Kingston wanted to help too.

Blowing out his 4 candles!!

Tasting his chocolate yummy creation!

Showing the pinata who is boss!

Then Uncle Danny finished it off after all the kids had a turn.

Grabbing their loot!

Opening one of the presents from Danny and Shy.

He was actually hugging this present. He was hilarious! Everything he opened he would say in a high pitched voice "I like it!!".

His Batman sword from Danny and Shy. Can you tell he really likes Batman this year?

His final present from Mom and Dad! He was ecstatic!

Carson loved it as much as Emmett did! I can't wait for summer when they can ride it together!!

And last but not least, Batman and Spiderman riding the 4-wheeler! When these two boys get together they are always Batman ans Spiderman doing moves, jumping off things and getting bad guys!! LOL! They are hilarious to watch!

2009-01-30T18:41:00.000-08:00

Date with MOM!

Me and Grace had a date last night and came home with way more than I had planned on!! She made a dandy little list to do while we were out also. We didn't get to do a couple of things on it because we got side tracked and the evening turned very eventful for Grace!!

Grace's list of activities. From the top: McKee's (pet store), Mini Golf at outer limits, games at outer limits, eat at Burger King, buy candy and eat it. Sounds like a good list to me!

Me and Grace ready for our date together. We don't get to do this very often so we were excited. Can you tell? Off to McKee's!!

I had to take a picture of this because it was ugly and I had no idea what is was!! It had 4 funky horns!

Of course one of her favorites. This is the reason we had to go outside in the freezing cold to the petting zoo!

Grace wanted a picture of the goats for some reason. She thought they looked neat all huddled around the food. I just saw a bunch of goat butts.

Grace loved the turtles. These suckers were heavy too!!

This is what we came home with. Yikes!!

2009-01-30T18:30:00.000-08:00

New Puppy

Taking a nap in her "until I am potty trained" bed. She is so cute and tiny!

Emmett was making sure she liked her new bone. He was so funny with her. He is a lot like Grace when it comes to the puppy. He is extra soft and gentle around her.

Isn't she just so cute! She was the only girl and the smallest. Hopefully she stays small!

2009-01-28T08:39:00.000-08:00

Another surprise christmas!

Here is Emmett playing with his new toy he got for Christmas. Some people at my work wanted to do something for one of the employees and they chose our family!! All the kids got homemade blankets and hats! The kids love them!! Then the girls both got barbies, art boxes and tiny puppies. Emmett got this bath toy and some guys and a motorcycle and Kingston got a truck that makes noise. I cannot believe how many people thought of us this holiday season. We are so blessed to know everyone we do. They are all such loving people!! Thanks you everyone.

Here is the kids playing with the barbies they got. It was funny to see the girls getting along so well and playing with barbies of all things!! haha

One day after school I was cleaning the kitchen and I turned around to find this! LOL! I guess it was extra cold outside cause they were all laying in front of the heater doing different activities. haha

2009-01-23T14:34:00.000-08:00

Who love board games?

The kids have been obsessed with Hungry Hungry Hippos lately. If I pull this game out, Emmett will play with it all afternoon! Even if he has to play by himself. He is so funny. Kingston is trying to learn how to play by watching the big kids. I don't think he is quite strong enough to push the lever all the way. Every once in a while he will surprise us and get a couple of marbles. And Izabel, well, I'm surprised the game has lasted this long without being injured! LOL!! I love watching them play together.

2009-01-18T11:40:00.000-08:00

Family Picture Day!

Yesterday was family picture day with Fizzlielime Photography. Shelby does such a wonderful job at catching awesome pictures! I will post more when she is done with all of them, but for now, here is a little preview!

Walking down the alley way to another cool picture spot.

Loving on my baby.

Runaways on the train out of town!

Hope you enjoyed these ones! There will be more to come! Thanks again Fizzielime Photography! You are great!

2009-01-16T21:07:00.000-08:00

Haircuts and Torture.

Izabel has wanted to get a haircut since Grace got her hair cut. Finally I gave in tonight and cut it off. It is the same haircut as mine and Grace's, just a lot curlier!! I couldn't have wiped the grin off of her face while I was cutting it. She was so excited she could hardly contain herself. I had to finally threaten her for her to hold still long enough for me to finish! haha I love this picture!! She looks like Shirley Temple in it!

Izabel and her new hair cut!! She has been begging me to cut it. I convinced her to wait until it was long enough to donate, but it didn't last long.

The boys were playing so good together this evening. Kingston kept sitting on Emmett's back waiting for a horse ride.

Emmett then proceeded to buck him off and they both thought that was pretty funny.

Then Kingston sat on Emmett again and he was trapped. Kingston almost weighs as much as Emmett and there is 2 1/2 years between them! LOL Poor Emmett will probably get tortured a lot! haha

Kingston decided he has a long workout of wrestling Emmett so he found some leftover Fig Newton on the ground (yes I let him walk around the house with snacks, I'm terrible!) and tried to eat if without using his hands!

2009-01-16T08:13:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Alex!

Today is my baby brother's birthday! I am not sure how old he is because apparently I am getting old and senile! haha I hope you have a great day today! We love and miss you!

Here is a link to some of his music from his band "The Beautiful Somewhere". Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz58LxnBd4g&feature=related

2009-01-14T10:29:00.000-08:00

Last Week

There isn't really a lot going on here so here are a few random pictures from last week!

Uncle Danny came over a few evenings last week. This is what I found him doing one of those eveings.

Izabel wanted me to take a picture of her waving to Grama Cari so here it is!! She has been begging to wear this dress to school for a month now and I keep telling her it is a summer dress! She got to wear after church on Sunday since they were just going to Ali's house to play.

Emmett and Bel wanted to play Hungry Hungry Hippos one morning but it was time for Bel to go to school, so they all played together after school. Kingston even tried to play. Emmett played with this game by himself when everyone was done for the rest of the evening!!

Carson came over the other morning while Liz went to the Dr. The boys had so much fun playing together!! Kingston even got in on the sword fighting a couple of times. Carson was Spiderman (of course) and Emmett was Batman. They ran all through the house fighting bad guys, jumping off couches and showing eachother cool moves!!

2009-01-11T14:49:00.000-08:00

Jesus wants me for a SunBEAM!!

So today was Emmett's first day as a Sunbeam in Primary. I was talking to him about it while I was getting him dressed this morning. I explained that he wasn't in Nursery anymore and he was a big boy now in Sunbeams. He said he wasn't a baby for Nursery, but he wasn't big either. I wonder what he thinks he is then? He was so excited when I picked him up after church. He showed me his picture of Jesus he colored and his King crown he made!! When we got home I asked him to let me take a picture of him in his new crown so we could show Grama Cari that he is a big boy now! I put his crown on him and told him to smile and this is the face he gave me. I don't think he was excited about the picture! LOL!

Izabel is in CTR 6 and Grace is now in Senior Primary!! I feel so old! I can't believe she is going to be baptized this year!! She is pretty excited about it. I think she even gets to do it 2 days after her birthday!

2009-01-07T10:33:00.000-08:00

Last Day of Break

We decided to take the kids to Outer Limits on Saturday before school started back up. They love this place. They got to play games and ride rides. They could have stayed all day if I hadn't ruined the fun by having a job! haha

Grace being her goofy self.

Learning the ropes.

Izabel and Grace thought it would be a good idea to let Kingston go down the slide in the play area. I don't think he was thinking the same thing.

Kingston trying to escape the torture chamber! haha

Kingston playing some skiiball.

Emmett, Carson and Kingston riding their favorite ride, the Tonka dump truck.

Izabel and cousin Lauren being silly on the horse.

Emmett riding the sweet motoscackle game.

Izabel doing what she does best!! Winning candy! This is my favorite game too cause you win every time!!

2009-01-06T10:05:00.000-08:00

Emmett's new name

Emmett lately has been telling us that his name is not Emmett Pearson Hurst, which it is. He always says his name is Emmett, but drops the Pearson Hurst. He has informed us that his new name is Emmett Ninja Scary Sonic, or in 3 year old talk Emmett Minja Scawee Sonic. Sounds like a tough, fast name to me!! I remember always wanting my name to be Brittany when I was in Elementary School. Emmet is the first of our kids to want to change his name all together. Grace never did and Bel just wanted to change the spelling of her name to Izabel. Kids are so cute and funny!

2009-01-02T11:59:00.000-08:00

Up North

My parents live in the Coeur d'Alene area in Northern Idaho. They had all time record snowfall last year of 180 inches or so. This year they are already in 3rd place!! Dad was saying it had to snow about 2 more feet and then it would be the 2nd most snow recorded up there!! They have already had 10feet!! I wish I was up there digging then out right now. I love lots of snow. Of course when we lived up there for 2 years it didn't hardly snow at all.

Can you see the mailbox in the tiny hole? haha

My parents backyard. That is a 6' fence that you can barely see back there!! LOL!

2009-01-01T22:41:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!!

We got a small group of us together for New Year's Eve this year. It was a last minute thing. We were suppose to chaperon the youth dance, but then realized we couldn't find a babysitter. So we ran to the store for some snacks and played Rock Band all evening. We had a BLAST!!

Kingston was our singer! LOL!! He loves playing rock band.

And then some homeless mountain man wanted to play with us, so we let him join in.

Here is all of the adults ( minus me) that joined us on New Year's Eve. Emmett liked to help Shy sing.

The kids were great last night!! They all got along wonderfully and played lots and lots of games together.

And then some more games.

Happy New Year!!!

I especially like this picture because of Izabel's (this is how she informed me she is spelling her name now, with a z) panties hanging out of the bottom of the leotard! LOL!! Super stylish!

2008-12-29T10:57:00.000-08:00

Last weeks activities

Enjoy!!

Danny came over one night while I was at work and I guess Emmett loved playing with Kairi. He kept tickling her and making her laugh.

This was Emmett's way of "helping" Daddy shovel the sidewalk.

This is what Emmett looked like after he "helped" Dad outside. Standing in his favorite spot.

This is how Kingston "helped" clean up Emmett's snow mess he left from "helping" outside. Every time someone comes in with snow on their shoes he eats it. LOL!!

At Grama's house!! We went to spend Christmas with Marcus' family in Boise. Kingston was just checking out the toy room. He loved climbing on these chairs. He thought he was really something being so tall.

Grace's best friend when we are Grama Shanny's house. She loves Grampa's dog Maddy.

Cute picture of a dirty little face.

Kingston is taking after Grace and loves Maddy too. I don't know if the feeling is mutual yet though.

Me and Marcus went into town on Christmas Eve and the kids stayed behind and made sugar cookies with Grama.

Can you guess who this is? She looks so much like Kingston!! This is Lydia or Alydia as the kids call her. She is Tyler and Anna's baby.

Emmett talking on the phone to Santa. Grace patiently waiting her turn. "Santa" told us later that he was about to tell Emmett he wasn't going to get anything for Christmas if he didn't shut up!! LOL!! You cannot get this child to stop talking once he has started!

Emmett on Christmas Eve looking for Santa's sleigh.

The kids stockings before they got destroyed! haha Aren't the girls boots so cute?!

The kids patiently waiting to see what Santa has brought for them.

Grace with her new Hannah Montana sweatshirt. She got almost all Hannah Montana stuff this year. She was in Hannah Montana heaven!

Bel with her new Hannah Montana shirt. She got lots of Hannah Montana, High School Musical and dress up stuff.

Emmett got all sorts of superhero stuff and a lightening McQueen race track that he broke the second day he had it.

Kingston got a few baby toys. He didn't really need anything and already has a lot of baby toys from the other kids so this cash register was one of the presents from Santa. Hey mom, do you remember when Alex had one of these as a baby? I sure do!

Marcus' older brother Tyler and his wife Anna in their "Geek" shirts! haha

Some of the Grand kids opening their presents from Grama Shanny. She got the girls art sets, Emmett a truck pulling a trailer and 2 motorcycles and Kingston.........for some reason I am blank on what Kingston got, sorry.

Playing some family Rock Band on Christmas night.

And then after our extra long ride home because the roads were so bad, we had a surprise waiting for us!! There were 6 huge boxes (one for each of us) and a box of packaged deer meat for us at our front door! The kids were so excited and Grace said "we must have been extra good this year!!" . It was such a huge surprise. We are usually the ones on the giving end of things like this! I guess we are the "poor" family with the most kids in the ward now! haha We are assuming that our ward did it. If anyone that reads this knows who did this for us please thank them for us!! We thought our Christmas was OK without it, but this just put it over the top!! Thank you so much!!!

2008-12-23T08:48:00.000-08:00

Christmas Break

We are all off to Boise this morning for 4 days! So, I will see you all again around Sunday!! I am sure I will have great pictures for everyone to see!!

2008-12-20T10:14:00.000-08:00

When Marcus has no school

It is amazing!! Things get done when Marcus doesn't have to worry about school. I have been trying to figure a way to have a pantry. Our kitchen doesn't quite have enough space for all of our food and dishes together. We had one shelf in the laundry room for food and bathroom necessities. Then one day "poof!" it hit me! We have a stackable washer/dryer, so why don't we stack them and put more shelves in?! So, this is what Marcus did while I was at work the other evening. He stacked the dryer and put together the shelves. I was so excited when I saw he did this!! I didn't even have to help! haha Then it was my turn to organize the food. So, here is the finished product!! Do you like?

Keep in mind, this is the smallest space in the house and I think it is the best use of space!! haha It is only 6'x5.25', I measured.

We have washer/ dryer, 3-6' shelves, vacuum and laundry baskets in here and there is plenty of room to not feel cramped!! I LOVE IT!!

2008-12-20T10:08:00.000-08:00

Christmas Concert

The girls had their Christmas concert at the school the other day. They were so excited to sing in front of us!! I didn't get great pics because we were in the back, but I got a couple cute ones.

This is the only one of Bel without the antlers in front of her in her face! haha. She was most excited because this is her first concert for us!

Here is Grace always in the front row just like I was. She borrowed one of her friends silly Santa hats. They had actions to go with the songs and they all looked so cute!

2008-12-20T10:02:00.000-08:00

Emmett's favorite spot

Emmett has claimed the spot in front of the heater in the living room as his own. He sits there every morning and sometimes in the afternoon too. Maybe we should take the hint and turn the heat in the rest of the rooms! LOL!!

Showing us his "map". It is really the directions for Gator Golf, but he carries it around all the time as his map.

Made himself a bed in front of the heater.

And in the middle of the day.

2008-12-18T10:20:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday!!!

Today is Stephani's birthday. She is a great friend from work. She is one of the most giving thoughtful people that I know! I hope you have a great day off and a great birthday Steph!! I will miss you terribly at work!! haha

2008-12-17T10:54:00.000-08:00

Betamaxmas

If you click "Stephani" no "e" at the end, on the left side of the page there is a link to old Christmas commercials and shows. Yesterday I found a couple of fun cartoons for the boys to watch and thought it was cute that they were all cuddled together on the computer chair. Thanks Stephani!!

Watching some silly commercial from 1988. They liked it, they were even laughing!

Emmett had to pose for the picture of course.

Little Helper

Kingston has decided lately that it is his job to wash Emmett's hair when they bathe together. Emmett thinks it is hilarious that Kingston sits on his back to help.

Helpin' away!

Kingston wondering what all these white bubbles are on his hands! haha He looked at it like he didn't know where it came from.

2008-12-17T07:03:00.000-08:00

Finals!!

Today is the last day of finals for Marcus!! Then he get 3 1/2 weeks off! He took his first final on Monday and got an A of course. So that is one A in Anatomy and Physiology. Today he has finals in Chemistry and Calculus. He said to get a B in Chemistry he has to get a 27% on his final!! LOL So, I guess he will get an A for his final grade. I will keep you posted on his final grades! I love you honey!

2008-12-16T16:26:00.000-08:00

Licking the bowl

If you haven't noticed, most of the picture I take of Kingston are in the kitchen. That is because that is where he prefers to be!! I should just set up his crib in there. This child could eat and eat and eat. If we have something to eat that he can feed himself he will be at the table three times longer than anyone else. I'm surprised he doesn't have stretch marks on his stomach! LOL!! Well, here he is from this evening feeding himself.

He kept taking his roll, putting it in the bowl and then lifting the bowl up to reach the roll. I think it would have been easier to just stick the roll in your mouth, but I guess not as fun.

Really diggin' in to reach the roll.

And then thinking he is so funny. This is his smile now. Don't let him see your camera or this is what you will get!! LOL!!

2008-12-16T12:39:00.001-08:00

Christmas Spirit

I don't know about any of you, but I am having a hard time getting into the Christmas spirit this year. We have watched Christmas movies, listened to Christmas Cd's, made Christmas treats and it is even snowing outside!! I'm just not feeling it this year. We are headed to Marcus' parents house on Dec. 23rd, maybe they will have more Christmas cheer there. What are some things you and your family do during Christmas? Maybe we just need to do something new!

2008-12-15T08:32:00.000-08:00

The past couple days

Kingston and Emmett got new Transformer pj's and matching robes the other day. I wasn't going to buy anyone these this year, but while I was working in the boys department I happen to notice they the right sizes left in these ones and couldn't resist! Emmett was less than thrilled to wear the robe so I could take a picture, but Kingston thought it was pretty cool. He looked like a little old man! LOL!

Discussing their new Transformer pj's and robes.

Kingston eating with bed head! I love it when babies have bed head. It is so cute!

Marcus got a bunch of boys toys for free from a lady in town and this ski ball game was one of them. Emmett has a good time with it. It even makes noises and tells Emmett he is on fire! haha I came into the living room and he said "Mom!! I am on fire!!"

It is Marcus' turn!!

Emmett and Isabel were practicing spinning on the ground playing their guitar and drums, just like Jack Black. Emmett is obsessed with Jack Black.

Emmett showing off his sweet guitar skills! LOL!! He is such a goof sometimes.

We also went to my work Christmas party last night. Grama Kathy was kind enough to watch our rug rats! Thanks Grama Kathy! We had a good time without kids! We didn't win any of the door prizes, but all of them were cheap and cruddy anyways. They really skimped this year on the Christmas party. Gracie wasn't feeling good, we think I poisoned her with dinner on Saturday! oops! She is really sensitive to things, more so than anyone else. This means no school today. She was pretty sad because she has been working on 100% attendance this year. She even went to school with strep! SHHHH Don't tell anyone. I gave her the choice to stay home or go and she chose to go! I would have totally stayed home when I was little! She is feeling better today, but is still pale. SO, that is about the last week here. Kids being kids, mom and dad working/school.

2008-12-12T08:24:00.000-08:00

Ladies Man

I had to get some bigger pajamas for Kingston out of the garage yesterday and found this shirt. I had forgotten about it!! So, now it is nice and tight on his big belly so it makes the shirt that much funnier!! LOL!!

2008-12-10T08:27:00.000-08:00

Advent Calendar

The kids love the Advent calendar that mom made us a few years ago! Marcus' mom gives us a disposable one every year also so 2 kids get a treat everyday. Kingston like to play in them because unfortunately this one is low enough for him to reach. He decided it was his turn this morning with Emmett. He ate the entire candy too! I did a taffy type mint candy so everyone could eat them. He only gagged on it from shoving the entire thing in his mouth a couple of times!! LOL!!

It was Emmett's turn for a candy this morning and Kingston kept trying to sneak one. Lately when he sees we are taking a picture he makes a silly face. Hopefully you can get a good family picture for us Shelby with all these silly face makers!!

The boys after they each got a candy. Can you tell Emmett is happy about his findings! LOL!

2008-12-09T21:04:00.000-08:00

Guess what we did this evening!!

Marcus, his brothers and my Dad are big fans of Glenn Beck. I have heard him a little bit and he is pretty funny. He had a new book come out recently called "The Christmas Sweater" so we bought it and I am almost done reading it. It is pretty good, but sad. If you are feeling emotional, don't read it!! This evening at Deseret Book Glenn Beck was there doing a book signing. We got to the mall at about 5:45pm and there were tons of people in line. I immediately didn't want to stand in line because you would think that it would take forever, right?! It only took 30 minutes and we were right up in the front! We got 2 books signed, a vinyl letter board and Marcus shook hands with him and had his picture taken, which we were suppose to do, but were sneaky and quick!! haha It was a pretty fun evening. We got all of the rest of our clothes for family pictures next month. Be ready Shelby! Ran a few other errands and ate at IHOP. I think this is my favorite place to eat. We enjoyed spending some time together since it is so few and far between!! Thanks Shy for babysitting!! We love you!

2008-12-08T13:17:00.000-08:00

It's that time of year.

It is that time of year again.....to elf yourself!! LOL!! I don't know why these things are so funny, but they are. I hope you enjoy!

http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/8KcjIzAX1qGy/95uKeBm5Ce5GH1HdWBND5jut

2008-12-04T10:46:00.000-08:00

What Kind of Pajamas Are You?

You Are Flannel Pajamas
You seek comfort above everything else. You rather feel good than look good.You are a very relaxed person, especially when you're surrounded by your favorite things and people.You are a homebody. Home is the place where you can truly be yourself.You are likely to wear pajamas a lot. In fact, you often change into your pj's the minute you get home!

Another quiz from the same site.

2008-12-04T10:32:00.000-08:00

What Color Crayon Are You?

You Are a Purple Crayon
Your world is colored in dreamy, divine, and classy colors.You hold yourself to a sky high standard, and you are always graceful.People envy, idolize, and copy you without realizing it. You are an icon for those who know you.And while it is hard to be a perfectionist, rest assured it's paying off!Your color wheel opposite is yellow. While yellow people may be wise, they lack the manners and class needed to impress you.

So anyone that knows me good, does this really work? Am I really purple? I got this off of Marcus' cousins wifes blog! LOL! Thanks Cami H. I like things like this. Click on the title at the top and try it!!

2008-12-03T10:10:00.000-08:00

Reverence

We try to say family prayer every night. Marcus is better at remembering than I am since I am rarely home in the evenings. They taught Kingston to fold his arms and bow his head. He usually lasts through the entire prayer like that. Unless it is at the dinner table then he lasts about halfway before he starts eating. He is wasting away to practically nothing so I can understand how he can't wait through the entire prayer to start eating. LOL! This is as far around his big belly he can get his short little arms! haha

Kingston likes to "help" anytime we are in the kitchen. He thinks if we are in there then we must be getting him something to eat. When I get in the fridge he comes running so sometimes I will just leave it open and let him play. This particular Sunday he thought the fridge needed to be rearranged. He kept taking the things in the door and putting them on the bottom shelf.

And then taking them from the bottom shelf,

And putting them back in the door. He would have done this for hours. I don't know what his fascination is with the fridge, but Isabel use to be like this also. She would climb in and play. It is amazing to me how much Isabel and Kingston are alike and then how much Grace and Emmett are alike. Weird how that works.

2008-11-30T15:11:00.000-08:00

My baby brother

I don't think I have ever written anything about my little brother. His name is Alex and he is an amazing musician!! I constantly ask him to burn his music on a CD for me, but I have yet to see one. Here is a link to his myspace page. He has a few songs on here that I think you will really like. He has more just not on his myspace. He write all the music and lyrics, plays guitar AND sings!! I wish I had that kind of talent! Anyways, I love you brother and you are amazing!! He calls himself "The Beautiful Somewhere" so enjoy!

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=315746186

2008-11-30T14:15:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving Day

We had thanksgiving at the Wootton's house this year. We love going out their. The kids love being at Grama Kathy's and it is so relaxing and peaceful feeling no matter how hectic it is around you. I think that is just what comes with being a "Grama's house". There was about 30 or so people there and we had a great time. I even snuck in a nap! hehe I didn't hardly ever see the bigger kids because they were outside most of the time and Kingston just wandered around watching everything.

Kingston was as happy as could be to eat and watch other people walk around the kitchen. He kept sticking his finger in this roll and waving it around. He is such a good boy.

Shelby, Joe and "their baby" Kairi! LOL! I think you need one more Shelby.

Marcus finished Twilight and then we went and went to the 8pm show!

Just a bunch of family eating. There was at least twice this many people there. Poor Kathy and Lynn, I hope there house wasn't too terrible looking after we all left!

Isabel thoroughly enjoyed her thanksgiving rolls.

Kingston had fun playing peek a boo.

My parents stayed at our house from Thursday to Sunday. The kids loved having them here. We went out and did a few things together as a family. Nothing too much though. We did not go shopping early the day after thanksgiving and it was kind of nice. We went out about 11am but went to second hand stores. Goodwill had everything 50% off!! We found a few cute things there. Isabel had fun shopping with us. None of the other kids wanted to come. After Shy got off work we had all the kids open birthday presents from my parents. She thought this would be a better way to not forget anyone all year long. On Saturday afternoon we had a little Christmas. All of us opened presents from Dad/Mom and Jennifer/Alex. Everyone had so much fun with all of their new treasures. Sunday we all had to get up extra early to be a Danny and Shy's ward by 8:15am. Danny blessed baby Kairi and did an excellent job. She looked so cute in her white gown. All of the out of towners left around noon. Now it is time to start getting back into routine just in time to have Christmas break! haha Routines are hard to keep! I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I know we did!

2008-11-26T11:49:00.000-08:00

Babies babysitting?

I never thought I would know a little kid to love babies as much as Isabel does, but! I think we have met her match. I was babysitting Kairi the other day and Kingston was fascinated by her. He never tried to hit her or push her off my lap or was jealous that I would hold her and play with her. He would just join right in. He liked to sit on my lap with her and hug her then talk to her, back and forth forever. It was the cutest thing ever!! We had her for about 6 hours and he never once got sick of her being around. I would change her diaper and he would be right next to her trying to share his toys. There was one point we were sitting on the couch watching cartoons while I held both of them and Kingston looked over at her rubbed the top of her head softly, smiled and then went back to watching cartoons. I took the cutest video of him hugging her and talking with her, but I can't get it to download onto here, must be too big. What sweet babies we have!

Sleepy baby after playing with Kingston.

Kingston loved hugging her. I don't think I have ever seen him hug anyone as much as he hugged Kairi. It was so sweet.

Kingston loved looking at her and talking to her.

I laid Kairi down for a nap and Kingston stood there and just watched. He did try to scale the side to be with her, but it didn't work.

2008-11-26T11:29:00.000-08:00

More "Gingerbread" houses

Marcus really wanted to do a gingerbread house together and enter it at the Mystique. So, we looked online and he decided on a log cabin. Kind of funny, there is no gingerbread or graham crackers on the entire thing. It is made of cardboard. The rules said everything VISIBLE must be edible. We are pretty proud of it! I will let you know if any of our houses win!

Here is the grand masterpiece. First place for sure! haha

My sweet tree. It took forever for this sucker to dry and stay up! Do you see the little bears to the left also? hehe

Here is our awesome chimney! We used pinto beans for the rock effect.

2008-11-25T08:45:00.000-08:00

Gingerbread house contest

The mystique in town is doing a gingerbread house contest/fundraiser so we decided to participate! The kids were overly excited saying their was going to be the best and they were going to win the "trophy". They have different age groups and best overall prize is $1000!! I'm sure one of the local bakeries will win that prize, but we are doing it for fun, not for the prizes.

Grace putting the finishing touches on her gingerbread house. She did such a great job.

Isabel hard at work on her gingerbread house. She did pretty much the entire thing by herself, even all the frosting!

Grace's gingerbread house finished. She is adamant that hers is going to be the best house there and she is going to win! LOL! She is so funny.

Isabel's masterpiece completed! Isabel kept telling Grace that is she wins the "trophy" she will share it with Grace and Grace will share it with her is she wins.

2008-11-22T09:34:00.000-08:00

Girls Night Out!

It finally happened. The day we have been waiting for for about 6 months now. We had an excellent girls night out and went to see "Twilight"!! It was so ridiculously busy and movies were all sold out! I am glad I got my tickets a few weeks ago online! Me, Jeni, Shy, Liz and Shelby all had an awesome time. We had to wait in a line outside of the theater room for 45 minutes to get in. We were one of the lucky groups that got to all sit together!! I went into the movie not expecting a lot because I have already read the books ( a few times) and know the books are always better than the movies. I think the movie was better to me because of that. It had a little bit of everything in it. Romance, Comedy, Action. It was pretty well balanced if you ask me. There was some not so good acting in it, but that will get better with each movie just like in Harry Potter. The only thing that Shy didn't like, but I thought was funny, is that all the dumb high school girls that were there would clap and scream when Edward came on the screen! LOL!! We were at a movie people! Not a play!! LOL! It will definitely be a movie I buy and I can't wait for the next one to come out! I hope everyone else out there liked it as much as I did!

Here is me, jeni, shy, liz and shelby just before the movie! We were so excited!

2008-11-20T11:24:00.000-08:00

Twilight!

I have decided that I can have a little break between Christmas backgrounds to have a twilight background. I am so excited to go the movie tomorrow I feel like a kid on Christmas morning!! I am glad that I will be going with some of my favorite people too!! Jeni, Liz, Shy, Shelby and I are all going to be in Twilight heaven tomorrow night at 7pm!! Yippee! I will give you my review on the movie this weekend, like it matters what I think of it! LOL!

2008-11-20T08:56:00.000-08:00

New Hairdo!!

Isabel has took it upon herself to figure out how to put her hair in piggy tails. She was so proud of this hairdo when she came in to show me. You can see it on her cute little face. She has this thing for one back ponytail. I think it is because her hair has taken so long to grow and she always wanted one just like Grace's, now she is obsessed with them. Now everyday after she takes a bath she has to put her hair in a back ponytail by herself. She is getting so big!

We measured her hair the other day too and she only has 4" left to grow it out before she can donate it! She was really excited about it!

2008-11-18T14:28:00.000-08:00

Guess who we got to babysit!!

That's right! We got to watch Kairi for a couple of hours last week! It was fun to have a tiny baby in the house, but at the same time I am glad we aren't having anymore!! She was such a good girl. She ate, burped and was cute. Isabel was begging to hold her while I was feeding her. She loves babies. I think she is the only one of our kids that enjoys being around them even if they are crying. Bel held her for about 30 minutes and even put her to sleep for a cat nap! What a good little babysitter she is going to be.

Bel and Kairi enjoying each others company. Kairi kept grabbing Bel's shirt and pulling on it. Bel thought that was funny.

And fast asleep. Bel was content to watch cartoons and hold her. She didn't want to get up and play with the rest of the kids at all! She is so sweet.

2008-11-18T07:46:00.000-08:00

Cami made me do it!!

I have been wanting to put on a Christmas background for a while now, but thought it was too early because it isn't even thanksgiving yet! I checked Cami's blog yesterday and she had a snowflake background. I think that gives me the OK to put a Christmas background on my blog. Thanks Cami!!

2008-11-14T12:08:00.000-08:00

Spicy Cinnamon Rolls?

So, I decided I needed to make cinnamon rolls today because they are yummy and my favorite. I made the dough, let it rise, rolled it out, spread the butter and sugar on and started to sprinkle the cinnamon on until I got a whiff of it!! It wasn't cinnamon, it was cumin. I am giving myself the benefit of the doubt because they were in similar containers and they are the same color. I am glad that I smelled the cumin before I sprinkled too far! I was going to bring some to work for Danny and Tyson, I will just make sure they get the spicy side of the rolls! LOL!! Just kidding I got it all off.......I think ;)

Here is the sneaky little devil!

2008-11-14T11:06:00.000-08:00

Boys will be Boys

I didn't know a Rubbermaid box could be so fun until a couple days ago. We have been decorating for Christmas (yes, already) because my parents will be here for Thanksgiving and we are going to have a little Christmas with them. We thought we would make it more festive and have it all christmasy. The boys played on the this wreath box for a good hour. Kingston would crawl up on it and read a book or drink his bottle. He took a couple of good tumbles off of it too! Yesterday I didn't think you could have such an elaborate fall off of a box that is 6 inches off the ground. He did several twists, flips, twirls, bends and crunches off the box before he hit the ground. I couldn't help but laugh!!

Emmett being a bully and pushing Kingston off the box. He thinks it is the funniest thing to knock him over.

Sweet revenge! haha Kingston may be short, but he is a tank. He did end up pushing Emmett off the box this time a couple others and laughed about it.

Walking around in circles and laughing about it. These boys are weird.

Kingston's silly face.

Emmett and his silly faces. Always.

Emmett went to jump onto the box and Kingston held the picture out at the same time, so this is the facial expression Emmett made! haha

Emmett kept asking me to take pictures of him jumping on the box. He thought it was the coolest thing! LOL

2008-11-13T14:02:00.000-08:00

Sleepy baby

Last night was a normal frustrating night of trying to get the kids to all go to bed good and quite coming out of their rooms. Kingston and Grace fell asleep right away as always, but Emmett and Isabel just couldn't seem to get the wiggles out. By the time they were all asleep, Kingston woke up! He does this a lot, but usually we can get him to go right back to sleep. We wouldn't have it last night. So, he came in the living room with me and Marcus to watch a movie. We can't remember the last time we watched a movie together, or even spent time at home together for that matter. It was about 10:45pm and I noticed Kingston had got down from the couch and disappeared! I checked in his room and he must have decided he had enough of the movie and was laying on his bedroom floor trying to go back to sleep! LOL!! It was so cute. I put him in his crib and he went right to sleep. He is so cute and cuddly.

How do you like my new accessory to the left of the page? LOL I though it was hilarious!

2008-11-12T11:24:00.000-08:00

Blogger vs. Others

I just want everyone out there to know that I have had a myspace and a facebook. I think that both of the site are terrible!! It is just a jumble of mess!! You can't understand what anything is or where anything goes. I think I do pretty darn good on a computer and I can't stand other blogging type sites!! I love Blogger because it is so user friendly. Marcus is a computer whiz and he even agrees with me! Blogger is definitely easiest and most organized by FAR!! I just thought everyone should know that.

2008-11-12T08:21:00.000-08:00

Spiderman

So, Emmett loves spiderman as most little boys do. He has lots of spiderman stuff. Here is a mask we found at DI for .50 cents. He also has a glove that use to be Ethan's . I think that is cousin Carson's favorite when we comes to play.

Every time we go to DI it never fails, he finds some sort of Spiderman vehicle. He now has an entire collection! I paid less for all this than one would have cost brand new! I bet all this was only $4 all together. I love DI! He has a jeep, doonbuggie, 4-wheeler, 3-wheeler (not pictured), helicopter, monster truck, glove and mask. Him and Kingston play with these treasures all day long and have so much fun with them all! Boys are so fun.

2008-11-11T07:46:00.000-08:00

Not old enough

So, I have been letting Grace walk to the bus stop at the end of the street now for about a month. There are a lot of other kids and mom's (from out ward) that use the same bus stop at the same time so there is a lot of foot traffic. I thought she was old enough to maturely (since she acts like she should be 16, not 7) walk to the stop and pay attention to other kids, adults and cars. She does have to cross the street which stinks, but I thought she had learned her lesson from this past summer when she was hit by a car. She was very fortunate that she pretty much walked away from the accident. I got a call this morning from one of my friends and she informed me that Grace almost got hit by a car AGAIN this morning!! She was riding a scooter AGAIN, that I was not aware of and waited for the bus to pass then darted out to cross the the bus stop. There was a white car that came up behind the bus and Keri said it was really close. I did realize after Keri told me about it that the car today and the car this last summer were both white. I wonder if it is a coincidence? She said that Grace was physically shaking afterwards. I'm not sure what we are going to do about this. You want your kids to be safe and teach them the right things to do, but what happens when they don't learn? This may sound terrible, but sometimes I wish she would have gotten hurt a little more with the first accident so she realized that it was a serious thing and not everyone just walks away from something like that! One thing is for sure, she won't be riding scooters anymore!

2008-11-10T15:12:00.000-08:00

Where's Waldo?

The kids all took turns and hid in the bears to see if Grama could find them. They had alot of fun! I can't wait to see how big our Christmas bear pile is when the kids are teenagers!! I will let Grace post the rest of the where's waldo pictures on her blog.

We were too late to pile up the leaves in the backyard and jump in them before the lawn mowers got to them so Grace came up with the next best thing!! Jumping in a pile of Christmas bears!! I know, Emmett looks naked but I can assure you he has tiny undies on!

Grace gave it a test run to make sure it was safe! haha

I was afraid we were going to have to go to the ER when the girls were jumping! They were jumping towards the TV stand, that probably wasn't the best idea. Nobody got hurt though!

Look at the look on Emmett's face!! LOL!! He is probably thinking "I can't believe I am getting away with jumping off the couch!!" haha

Kingston's turn!! We had a hard time taking pictures of the other kids because he kept getting in the way and jumping in also.

2008-11-10T09:36:00.000-08:00

Sorry for being gone so long!

I bought this sweatshirt at walmart after Halloween for $2.50! I was rather excited because I wanted one for Emmett. This one claims to be a size 4/5 but I think it is bigger. Is was acting like a robot and saying in a monotone voice "I am a robot". I think he wore this everywhere for 3 days!

Even robot's brush their teeth, see! I'm tellin' ya, he wore it everywhere!

Many times the house is quiet and I go searching for the kids, this is where I find them. In Grace's room coloring or playing school. I love times when they are all getting along and having fun like this.

It is about that time of year again!!! Here are all the kids in their new Christmas pj's I bought the day after thanksgiving last year. Do you remember that Danny? LOL!! I'm not sure if Danny will be accompanying me this year for early morning shopping! He got hit in the head with a shopping cart by a mad woman last year! LOL

Karly made up a game before they all came over for dinner on Sunday. Here are all the kids learning how to play.

2008-11-01T10:38:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween!!

Halloween is my favorite holiday!! I wish we had the money to go all out in decorations for it, but we don't so we do what we can. The kids were really excited to go trick or treating this year. Last year we didn't go house to house because we got so much candy everywhere else. Emmett asked about every 30 minutes all day "is it time to trick or treat?". We went around our neighborhood to a few houses then to Danny and Shy's house. Then we met all of our cousins to go door to door. We were only out for about 45 minutes when all the girls started whining about being tired!! Bunch of babies!! LOL!! Isabel was the first one to say she didn't want to trick or treat anymore!! The candyaholic!! They didn't get nearly as much candy as they did last year, but that is OK with me. I think that people are getting cheaper and cheaper every year also! We had a great time though. After this we went to Liz and Morgan's house for a party. They had a haunted house that ended up making 2 of the girls cry and Emmett and Kingston didn't even want to go in at first. haha! Then they danced in the living room to Halloween music with a strobe light and we had cookies and mud cups and pumpkins rolls for dessert. They did such a great job!! Thanks guys!!

Ethan went as a vampire hockey player. Marcus came up with this one last minute. I thought it was pretty good for short notice!!

Grace went as a cowgirl. Her and cousin Karly ended up looking like twins! It was cute watching them gallop around together.

Isabel went as the purple dragon. The costume was a little snug but this is what she really wanted to be.

This is our ninja. He was so excited to be a ninja he even had sweet ninja moves!

Kingston was a monkey. He hated his costume, but about half way through the night he gave up on whining about it.

Baby Kairi on Halloween. She had the best candy!! Big candy bars!!

Just having a little snack during the party! LOL!!

The girls waiting on the couch for their turn to play the games.

Me and Emmett in googlie glasses. These were one of the prizes at the Halloween party.

Me and Bel is googlie glasses!

2008-10-28T18:23:00.000-07:00

Straight look

Well, after school I straightened her hair to see just how even I cut it. It wasn't very even at all!! LOL!! She does like me to straighten it some days so I figured we needed to make it look nice. I took her to Walmart and had them even up the back and blend it some. It looks a lot better than it did! She said she wants her hair like this for school tomorrow cause it is like her friend Ellens! She just loves the hair!!

2008-10-28T18:12:00.000-07:00

Halloween FHE!!

Tonight was pumpkin carving FHE. The kids have been looking forward to this all month. We waited to long this year because it seems like every other year we get too excited about carving them and do it so early that they are shriveling up by the time Halloween comes around. All the kids had a great time, and Kingston even joined in on the festivities!!

Marcus whistlin' while he works!

Grace and Bel getting started.

Emmett has always hated touching pumpkin guts! haha

Kingston liked helping scrape the pumpkins.

Aren't they scary!?

2008-10-28T08:35:00.000-07:00

Locks of Love

In Kindergarten, Grace heard about Locks of Love from someone at school and came home telling me she wanted to do it. I didn't even know if she knew what it was, but of course Grace being as smart as she is told me the entire process and indeed confirmed she wanted to help this great organization!! Here we are, 2 years later, and she still asks "is my hair long enough yet?". So, Sunday night we measured her hair and sure enough!! It is 11" and they only ask for 10". So yesterday after school she immediately showered and made her hair nice and clean. We put it in a ponytail and chopped it. She was so excited to do this. We read on the website that 80% of the hair donations come from kids wanting to help other kids!! Isn't that amazing? http://www.locksoflove.com

Here is the paper she had to fill out to donate. I had her do it herself since it was solely her decision.

Here is her long hair soon to be short!!!

There goes the ponytail!! The entire time I was cutting her hair she kept giggling and saying "it's so cute!" She is a hoot!

Pretending to miss her hair already.

The final product!! She loves it so much!! The only complaint was last night she couldn't fall asleep because the back hairs are so short she said they kept poking her! LOL!! She is such a doll.

2008-10-24T08:12:00.000-07:00

Hats and Bats

It just happened to be brown day in Isabel's class on Monday (every Monday is a different color) so she got to wear Grace's hat Grama made her. And i just happened to find this cute skirt a few days earlier at DI for $1 that matches perfectly! Yay for me! This hat is my favorite!! I love the flower and the colors.

Here is the one mom made for Emmett. He requested a black one. Can you tell he has stretched it out a bit?!

Isabel was making the stuffed animals more comfortable this morning so they could watch cartoons. LOL!! She is funny to watch. She is wearing another one of the hats mom made. This one is my second favorite!

Me and the boys went grocery shopping together the other day. Usually if they are good while shopping and I have a couple of extra quarters I let them do the claw machine. He had 2 chances and of course when he says "mom I want to do that game" he means "mom will you win me a toy?". So, we tried for a football and missing then tried for batman and hooked him by his head. It looked like he was in some sort of torture devise the way the claw grabbed him. He was so excited about this cause "he" has never won when it is his turn before! He was also excited about matching his batman! haha

I think he is in love! LOL!

2008-10-22T09:34:00.000-07:00

Boys at home

I know I have done this before, but here are some pics of the boys at home this last week.

Wrestling in the bathtub. Emmett has taken a liking to wrestling Kingston anywhere and everywhere. Good think Kingston is built like a tank! I like Kingston's Spongebob teeth in this pic! haha

Emmett showing me his toe drawing skills. He was rather proud of this talent!! Marcus bought him this speed racer color book at the $1 store and he was coloring while watching the movie.

Kingston constantly turns on the radio and dances. He loves music and groovin' to it!

Emmett and Kingston playing cars on the TV stand. I think Emmett has been playing cars on this ever since he was tall enough to reach! He is just showing baby brother the ropes!

I gave the boys a hostess cupcake to share and they did so good together. Emmett is always willing to share food with Kingston no matter what it is. His toys is another story. We are still working on that one.

Enjoying his treat.

I don't think Kingston could have opened his mouth any further to shove this in!! LOL!!

2008-10-20T08:30:00.000-07:00

Weekend events

Sorry everyone, you will only have to endure one more weekend of tee ball pics after these. It is almost over!! YIPEE!! It is fun but it will be nice to not have to go somewhere every Saturday morning. Grace getting ready to belt it out of the park!!

It was so funny, my parents and sister were here this weekend and while Isabel was playing she would constantly look over saying " Grama!!" and then wave. It was like she had to keep making sure she was still there. She is the one that has had the hardest time with living far away from grama. She is her cookie buddy!

Emmett with his bongo head giving us the thumbs up!! Mom told Emmett to copy what she was doing while giving the thumbs up and listened like such a good boy. She had her hand up shading her eyes from the sun, so Emmett did the same!! LOL!! We were laughing about that. When he was standing next to his coach in the field he copied everything his coach did. He was crouching down, so Emmett crouched, he stood up so Emmett stood up. He makes us laugh constantly.

Kingston wanted to try out the drums first when we were playing rock band. Even though I really dislike video games, this is one that I think is a fun family one.

Grace on bass, Emmett on drums and Marcus on lead guitar.

Here is the skull cap girl band. It was fun to watch mom play cause she usually wouldn't. I think it was getting late and she was getting loopy! hehe Grace and Isabel are surprisingly really good at this game. Bel is awesome on the drums and Grace does great on the guitar!!

Danny insisted on this picture. I almost gagged when he showed me Kingstons face. Ya, that's right, it is a big stringy booger from the tip of his nose up to his forehead! SICK!

2008-10-15T15:05:00.000-07:00

After school treats

OK, so I didn't end up making snickers parfaits. I made single serving chocolate cream pies with slices of snickers on top!! Aren't they so cute?!

Here is the masterpieces!! haha

Kingston taking a taste of Isabel's. She is always willing to share with little brother.

The kids all enjoying their special treat!!

2008-10-14T11:56:00.000-07:00

Treats

Me and Emmett made the girls a special treat for after school. "Homemade" Halloween cookies. These are as homemade as they get in my house!! haha I love how all little kids like to put the cookie dough so close together! hehe I think we will make the girls some snickers parfaits for after school today!! YUM!

Emmett put all the cookies on all by himself. Do you like the nice row he had of them? haha

Emmett putting in the cookies all by himself. It is nice being able to spend extra time and to do extra things with Emmett now that the girls are in school.

Gracie playing in the last remains of the snow from this weekend. It was kind of fun to have it snow just enough to play in and then melt away!!

2008-10-13T09:41:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday Annika-16, Ryan-29 and Aunt Celeste-aunt age!! I would have posted this yesterday, but didn't have time!! We had a birthday dinner for Ryan at our house last night. We had roast, potatoes, carrots, salad and rolls. Thanks Hon for cooking last night, it was delicious!! The kids made Annika birthday cakes out of play dough so here you go!!

Grace had to do a peace sign she said because Annika likes the peace!! LOL! After these pictures she proceeded to teach me step by step how to make the same cake as her. What a great teacher.

Emmett wanted me to take a picture of him blowing out the candles. Doesn't his look like a masterpiece!! hehe

Rhuivnyin was at our house this weekend to see our new addition Kairi. She said that her birthday cake for Annika had hat candles on it! hehe

Last but not least!! Isabel!! She took the longest on her cake to make it just right for Annika. It had lot of sprinkle decorations on it. She was so proud of it!

So there you have it!! Annika go more birthday cakes in one day than anyone I know!! We love you! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Mom, if you want to see more pics of Kairi look on Shelby's blog!! She took great ones!! I looked at mine and none of them turned out that good, sorry.

2008-10-11T13:35:00.000-07:00

Crazy Weather

So last week we were enjoying 60-65 degree sunny weather and what did we wake up to this morning? SNOW!! It just lightly dusted the ground and then snowed a bit more around lunch time, but didn't stick. I am exited for the colder weather and having to bundle up, but I'm not sure if I am ready for another windy Pocatello winter. It was fun to light our holiday smelling candles and drink hot chocolate today though!!