My little Family

Another addition

2011-03-07T18:02:00.000-08:00

Yep, we are having another boy this summer. None of my boys have ever been modest in their ultrasounds. They seem to be proud, even after they are born. I am due July 30th. The worst time for us to have a child, because Adam is so busy with work. But I guess this child is suppoused to be here, because we were not expecting to get pregnant yet.

We are all excited(even me) for another boy. We haven't picked out a name yet, we still have awhile though. I seem to be showing sooner with this one and i am finally feeling better. I had a rough few months but thankfully its over.

Harker

2011-03-05T17:39:00.000-08:00

I thought I would start off with with a post of each child. I am starting with Harker because his pictures were the easiest to find.

During the summer, this is usually what he is doing, at grandma's or at home.

The rest of the year, this is where you can find him the most. He loves baths, takes at least two a day, would take more if we would let him.

Fun facts about Harker

- He will be turning 6 on the 19th.

- Asked me the other day why I didn't wear makeup, then told me that he thinks it looks good.

- Loves to build with his lego's all day long

- Pretty much loves to build anything, like forts inside with blankets, or outside with whatever he can find.

- Loves going to school on tuesday and thursdays. He is also enjoying gymnastics on fridays.

- Has the most engry out of all my boys, never slows down even when he is tired or sick.

- When we are doing school, I never think he is listening and then he will surprise me and remember the things I have said.

- His favorite food is omlets and eggs in a basket. He loves steak and tacos. The other night he ate three taco bells tacos.

- Jesse's favorite thing about him is that he will wrestle and play with him.

- Porter's favorite thing about him is that he gets to take baths with him.

- My favorite thing about Harker is that he always makes the family laugh, and if you are bored, there is always something he will make up to do.

Pretending

2011-03-05T13:33:00.000-08:00

I am just going to pretend that it hasn't been over a year since I last posted. Stay tuned in the next week and I will hopefully start posting again. :)

I need your address

2009-11-11T19:00:00.000-08:00

I need the addresses from the first five girls who left comments on my giveaway. You know who you are..... Amanda, Paula, Carrol, Noelle wait I have yours, and Kristin.

Thanks

These are the reasons...

2009-11-11T18:32:00.001-08:00

These are the reason why I have not been blogging.

The boys have been keeping me very busy through out the day. We moved this last weekend, and so now Jesse is going to a new school. This school has all day kindergarten. He is doing really good with it. He really enjoys his new teacher. The first day I went with him and ate breakfast with him. His favorite thing is eating lunch in his classroom.

Harker goes to preschool. He loves it soooo much. The bus picks him up and drops him off everyday. That has been so nice for me. He has a hard time getting up in the morning but by the time he is on the bus, he is excited.

Porter is still Porter. He is talking a lot more. Today he told me that no no was a bad word. His favorite things to say are, " I am telling Daddy" while I put him in timeout, " that's a bad word", " I love you" and "hold me". He is still a momma's boy. He loves to be held and loved. He turned 3 in oct. I am hoping that the 3's are better then the 2's with him.

Michael will be 5 months on the 13th. He is such a wonderful baby. He is pretty much content watching his brothers all day. They love to sit and watch him. Even after 5 months, they fight over who gets to sit by him. He doesn't sleep through the night. For awhile there he was getting up every two hours but the last two nights he has gotten up twice. Hopefully he stays like that.

This is what else has been keeping me busy. This summer we thought about buying a house after our lease was up. We saw a lot of houses, put a few offers in, one got accepted, but then we didn't feel good about it. We saw this house and fell in love with it. It took awhile but we moved in last weekend.

We love it. Even with all the boxes around the house, we are really happy here. It has a fireplace on the outside as well as the inside. It has a huge backyard. We miss our old neighbors but are happy with more room. The house looks smaller then what it is. I love having a big laundry room. It also has lots and lots of storage.

I got a new calling a couple weeks ago at church. I am the new Primary secretary. I am so excited. The released me right before the baby was born from teaching the 10 year olds and I have been missing it. A couple times I would sneak in and sit and listen.

Hopefully I will find time to blog more. Thanks for all the comments on the post on what you do when you are feeling like a bad mom. Its been one of those months or two :) Heavenly Father has been blessing us like crazy. I am so thankful for the little and big blessings.

Have a great evening!

New web site

2009-10-21T19:11:00.001-07:00

Go check out this fun new web site. They are having a lot of giveaways.

http://www.themotherhuddle.com/

What to do?

2009-10-19T19:28:00.001-07:00

What do you do when you have one of those days or weeks when you feel like you are a bad mom?

Where have I been?

2009-10-02T16:54:00.000-07:00

The last four months have gone by so fast. I can't believe its Oct already.
I only have a second, we just finished making fudge and the boys are attacking the bowl. I just wanted to share a new blog I found,

http://mediocremom.com/

Should be fun for those with kids. I know my kids will enjoy the activities. I hope to write more soon.

Poor Porter

2009-06-27T22:37:00.000-07:00

Porter is having a bad week. Today, Adam and the three older boys got into a water fight outside. The front door got soaked and some of the water came inside. I didn't have a chance to clean it up, before Porter ran and slipped. He somehow hit the metal part on the bottom of the entrance and cut open his forehead. Adam took him to the er tonight and he had to get three stitches. Poor guy, hopefully next week will be better for him. He does fall down a lot and usually always has a bruise on his forehead.

Adam took the two older boys camping last night with my family. I stayed home with the two younger boys. I got a lot done with just two kids. It was really quiet in the house. Porter and I had fun, he helped clean the house and then we had some fun. We ate pizza and watched a movie. I did let him stay up latter, hoping he would sleep in, but no such luck. I also didn't sleep as good, because Adam was gone, I heard every single noise in the house. Adam and the boys had a lot of fun, they are already talking about next year and how they want to stay longer.

I am having a hard time getting my pictures onto the computer but hopefully I will get it done in the next few days and you can see more pictures of Michael. He is doing good. He must be going through a growth spurt because all he wants to do is eat. When we went to the dr, he had gained a pound already.

Scary Moment

2009-06-26T20:54:00.001-07:00

On Friday, I had to take Michael to the Dr office. I took all the boys and as we were leaving the office, Porter started trying to throw up. I stopped to help him and realized that he couldn't breathe. He was turning blue so I called for help. I had some people rush over to help, one guy yelled to call 911. By the time a nurse came to help, a guy came over and hit Porter on his back. Guess what popped out of his mouth? A matchbox car! Not a really tiny one, but the regular size one. I was so shocked that he had swallowed that. Thankfully he is ok and nothing serious happened to him. I am so thankful that I was at the Dr office and that I had people to help me.

Give away!

2009-06-26T14:37:00.000-07:00

There is a great give away at http://www.fabulesslyfrugal.com/2009/06/giveaway-rustic-tin.html

Go see what they are giving away

Michael Thomas

2009-06-19T13:46:00.000-07:00

Michael Thomas was born on June 13th weighing in at 7 pounds and 20 inches long.
He is so loved by his brothers. One night, he was in the room with his dad and his two oldest brothers. I walked in the room and he was in his bouncer, but there was a bowl by his face. I showed Adam and made a comment that we have to keep on eye on Harker and what he does to the baby. Latter that night, I was going to bed with Harker, it was my turn to pray, so as I was praying, Harker stopped me and said that he wanted to finish the prayer. He finished the prayer by asking that Michael would not throw up again, but if he did that he would get him another bowl to throw up in. It was so cute and just made my heart burst with pride that my little boy would worry about his little brother. I told him how proud I was of him, but that Michael is too little for bowls, and that next time just to tell mommy or daddy and we will clean him up. He was like ok, just like when I throw up in bed?

The boys will fight over who gets to sit by him or hold him. The day I got home, I had to lay flat on my back all day, due to some problems I was having from my epidural, and the first thing Harker told me was that he was going to take care of me. He would not leave my side for the longest time.

Porter is very protective of all of Michael's things. He will not let any of the boys use his blankets or touch his hats. He will grab them from them, and say NO, this is the baby's, and then give it the things to me.

Jesse also loves holding and taking care of the baby. If the baby makes any noises, he will hurry and tell me that the baby needs me.

I am bouncing back a little slower then normal, but doing good. I have been spoiled by my parents and friends from church. I have meals brought to me everyday and sisters in the ward watching my kids during the day while adam is at work. Adam was able to take off a few days and help out a whole bunch.

If this post doesn't make sense, its because I have been sleep deprived. :) I will work on posting more pictures soon.

Ants

2009-05-12T21:06:00.000-07:00

The boys have decided that they like ants now. They are going to take care of some ants that they found today. They gave them some food and something to drink, plus a little pit of shade.

When it was time to come in, Harker wanted the ants to sleep with him. Don't you think they would like an ant farm?

Changing body and sweet deal

2009-05-12T20:58:00.001-07:00

I can't not believe this, but after being pregnant four times, this is the first time I have ever gotten a picture of my stomach while I was pregnant. I always put it off and then its too late. In this picture I am 34 1/2 weeks pregnant.

Have I ever said I loved Albertsons? Well I do, especially when they have their double coupons. I was there for quite awhile, but it was all worth it in the end. This is what I got

-8 boxes of cereal
- 2 ritz chips
- 4 Ritz crackers
- 1 wheat thins
- 1 Capri Sun
- 1 Saltines
- 4 A1 Sauces
- 2 Graham Crackers
- 4 Bagelfuls
- 2 Huggies lotions

I only paid 19 dollars for all that! I save over 90 dollars with all my coupons. YEA!! The best transaction that I did was the two huggies lotion and a box of cereal for, you are reading right, 1 penny. That was the best one.

I also went to Walgreens and got a blood sugar monitor for pretty much free. I just had to pay tax, which was 1.24 and then I got 5 dollars Register rewards to use on my next purchase.

I had a great shopping day today thanks to Shannon for sharing her double coupons with me and my sister.

Helping Daddy

2009-05-12T20:56:00.000-07:00

Last night, my car wouldn't start. We figured out that the battery was completely dead and needed a new one. This morning, I asked the boys who was going to go outside and help daddy put the new battery in the car. All the boys got excited. Porter ran off and came back with a size AAA battery and handed it to Adam. It was so cute.

Sad day at church

2009-05-12T20:54:00.000-07:00

Harker came home from church on sunday and had a really sad face. I asked him what was wrong and he said his primary teacher had to leave early today. He said " I think she left because she didn't like my shirt"

Fishing

2009-05-12T20:45:00.000-07:00

On the first saturday of this month, My sister, her kids, my mom, my kids and I went to a family fishing event. We had a lot of fun fishing with the kids. Thankfully there was a dad next to us that helped us out A LOT. Jesse and Harker both caught a fish. Porter had fun watching and he got to try a few times. We had some funny moments, Grandma thought she was the expert at fishing and tried to show us how, but ended up throwing the pole into the pond. Thankfully Kyle went and got the fishing pole out of the water. We also had a whole lot of bites, but if we had been better fisherwomen and boys, we would have had more fish.
Thankfully there was volunteers to clean out the fish for us. I couldn't get a picture of Harker with his fish. He ran away when it got out of the water.

Good bye

2009-05-12T20:42:00.000-07:00

Because of the accident, we got a rental van for about 11 days. They were wonderful days, with being able to push buttons for doors to open and the kids loved pushing the buttons. But it had to go back, which is ok, I was worried that the kids would make a stain or something in it.

Help needed

2009-05-05T21:40:00.000-07:00

Yesterday,as I was struggling to get dressed, due to a growing stomach. Harker, who is 4, said " Mom, do you need help? I can teach you how to do it."
Thanks Harker for making my day.

A little slow

2009-04-30T21:33:00.000-07:00

I know I promised to write a blog over a week ago, but I have slacked off a little. Life is crazy and it doesn't seem to slow down very much, even when I cut things out of my schedule.

The end of March, it was our sixth anniversary, I surprised Adam with a night away in a really nice motel. My parents watched the boys for us. We went out to dinner and did a little bit of shopping.

Then came April. Its been such a hectic month. I started off with a plane trip to Idaho to get a tooth fixed. Thanks Rob. Then the next day our water heater went out and had to get that fixed. Then the following day, Harker, Porter and I were in a car accident. Nothing too serious, we are enjoying a rental van right now, and I am not sure I want to give it back. I am loving the doors that open with a button. Then the next day after being in the hospital for four hours and getting lab work that took another four hours, I get the most wonderful call ever. I have gestational diabetes. I get to check my blood sugars about four times a day. Its not as bad as I thought it was going to be. The first day was hard to get enough blood, and after four or five times, my father in law stopped by and helped me out. My mother in law is diabetic, so she has given me lots of good advice. I have had to cut out a lot of my favorite foods, junk. I have to be really careful with carbs, so bread and pasta's I have to limit my amounts with that too.

Because I have GD, I have to start weekly monitoring of the baby at the hospital. I went in today for my first visit. It went good till the dr came in and said that I was contracting quite a bit. I had felt a couple, but didn't think much about it, because they were having me keep track of every time I felt the baby move. She said that I was contracting between every 2-5 minutes. Hopefully, we will be able to keep this baby in for another four weeks. I am 33 weeks now. She checked me and said the baby was high and I am 50% effaced.

Adam's b-day was on the 21st. He turned the big 28. The kids really wanted to get him a bratz doll. He is always teasing them that he will get them my little pony or bratz dolls for Christmas.

I have hit a lot of good sales lately with my coupons. Have you ever heard that saying, it goes something like the money is burning a hole in my pocket? That's how I feel about coupons lately. I hear of a great deal, and I want to load up all the kids and run to the store to get it right when I hear about it.

I hope you are all doing well. I have slacked on the post because I wanted to put up pictures, but it doesn't look like its going to happen. So maybe the next post will have a picture.

I promise

2009-04-18T12:34:00.001-07:00

I promise to get a good post in this weekend. I have lots to cover like a car accident and diabetes. It will happen and I finally have thought of an idea for my gift that I am going to make for those five lucky people. So, now I just need to find some time and energy to do it. BUT it will happen. So stay tuned for a great post.
But remember, I have till Christmas to get the gifts done :)

Too funny

2009-04-13T20:18:00.000-07:00

This is so funny! The guys remind of me of Harker, he has such a weak stomach. He throws up if someone else throws up. When we have the stomach bug in the house, I never know if he is sick or not because he throws up when he sees anyone else. Adam loves to tease him, he will get chocolate and say its poop, and then throw it in his mouth, which then Harker starts gagging and runs to the toliet.
Hope you enjoy this video!

Harker turns 4!

2009-04-04T13:19:00.000-07:00

My little man turned four on the 19th of March. I know this is a little late. But at least its getting done, right? We had a great day planned for him, but Jesse got really sick a couple days before, and then Adam's work schedule changed, so we had to cancel Chuck e Cheeses, and do something at home with the family. He still had a great day and kept telling me what a fun day it was. He got a new bike and a lot of paints and crayons. He loves to color and paint, so the grandparents spoiled him with fun things to do. We kept trying to get him to play games with us, but he wanted to paint all day long. He would sneak away and we would find him on the kitchen table.

Adam surprised Harker with a pinata. The kids were so excited when the candy started falling out. Adam told the boys to go hide the candy in their bedrooms. Not a good idea, but when I find their stashes, its in the trash. I think they have forgotten where they hid the candy.

Harker loves Hulk. All he wanted was Hulk things. We weren't able to do candles on the cake, due to sneaking fingers. By the time we went to sing, the Hulk toy was taken off and some cupcakes gone. Its wasn't just the kids who snuck the cupcakes.

I keep thinking he is a little boy, but he is getting so big. He is such a care free boy. He loves life and loves to play. He makes our family laugh. He loves to tease his brothers and his dad. We love you Harker!

Create

2009-04-02T19:37:00.000-07:00

I have always wished I was more creative or artistic. I really enjoy this video and hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Recipe Blog

2009-03-27T22:08:00.001-07:00

The recipe blog has finally been started. If you want to join, let me know. I need your email address. Thanks to Hillary for finally starting it, I am a little slow. The blog is http://foodswapgirls.blogspot.com/

I belong to a dinner swap group. Its been so great. What happens is, I make the main dish for the other families in my group one night. Then three other nights of the week, someone else brings me dinner. We are posting our dinners on the blog.

Sorry I haven't posted a lot lately. We have had the cold bug in our home lately, and now that everyone is better, Its my turn for it. I will be posting more latter.

Bouncing

2009-03-12T20:27:00.000-07:00

Porter loves to bounce on this ball, I can not remember whats its called, he calls it bunka bunka. We had bought if for Harker, but Porter loves it the most. Actually he doesn't really let anyone else play with it. When we got it, he got right on and knew what to do. He goes all over the house on it. One day he was cold and tried doing it with his blanket but it wasn't working as well. Enjoy the little video clip. I tried to get him to wait till I was far away from him, and then have him come to me, but it didn't work out like that.

Update

2009-03-11T19:43:00.000-07:00

I know, I have slacked off on my blogging and I wrote that I would let you all know about the walgreens deal. Sorry, its taken so long to post. I did go on Monday to Walgreens to get diapers. The first store I went to, I got to the aisle and the there was a girl getting the last of the diapers. It was ok, we started talking and hopefully I have made another coupon friend. I went to the next store and took the last of the diapers. For those of you in my area, Walgreens should be getting more diapers tomorrow morning. They said to come around 10.
So my first purchase, I bought three packages of diapers, used three coupons for five dollars off and also bought some toothpaste. It came out to around 19 dollars. I got ten dollars register rewards back.
Next purchase, bought three packages, used two five dollars off and one three dollars off. I also bought a king size candy bar for the kids to make them happy. I used my ten dollars register rewards and it came out to around 11 dollars. So pretty much all that stuff with tax was about 31 dollars. Its such a good deal, if you have kids in diapers or know of someone, don't pass this deal up.
Then the next day, I heard of another deal at walgreens that I couldn't pass up. I got all that's pictured below with tax at 4.83!
The two bottles of conditioner, shampoo and hair spray were free. I used coupons to get them free. The hair color was less then two dollars and Harker had a dollar of his own and wanted pop. Another great deal not to pass up on.

My pregnancy is going good. I am a little over 26 weeks now. This baby is such a kicker. Sometimes I feel like there is a monkey in there, he is moving so much. It feels like he is swinging from side to side. I was told that I was going to have to have a nurse come in weekly to my home and give me shots. For those of you who don't know, I tend to have my babies early. Today they called and told me I was approved and they would start next Tuesday. I was pretty bummed, I really don't care for shots, who does though? Then latter on the Dr office called and said that if I wanted to, I could keep taking my medicine daily and not get the shot. I was pretty excited and said OK! Hopefully this baby boy will stay in there long enough that we won't have to deal with another preemie.

The other boy are doing great. Hopefully in the next few days, I will get some pictures taken and then I will blog about how cute they are. They are so excited about this baby. I keep getting kisses on my tummy through out the day.

Do I really want to share this?

2009-03-03T13:18:00.000-08:00

Sometimes I am a little selfish and don't want to share, and this is one of those times, But I can't. This is such a great deal that I have to share, so that you all can reap the rewards. Right now at coupons.com you can print out coupons for 5 and 3 dollars off huggies diapers. Next week at walgreens they are going to go on sale for 10.00. So go over to happilyaverage.blogspot.com and she will walk you through on how to get them for 3.33! I am so excited for this sale. We were planning on using the coupons today and just going over to target to buy some, but now I will wait till next week and stock pile on my diapers. Hey I may even go and hit a few walgreens. We have like at least six Walgreens here.

Laundry Soap

2009-02-23T20:13:00.000-08:00

Sorry about that last post and the size of the font. When I realized what I had done, it wouldn't let me edit it. I still have not gotten batteries to take pictures, but I did make the homemade laundry soap last week, and I am loving it. It does not have any smell to it, but I did go and buy some essential oil, sweet orange, and it gave it a nice smell. It wasn't that hard to make and its super cheap. I bought everything for less then eight dollars and I could have double the recipe for that price AND I still have tons left of the powders. So want the recipe?

Here it is: ( I just copied and paste her directions and pictures, from grocerycartchallenge.blogspot.com)

Homemade Laundry Detergent

I double this recipe and make it in a 5 gallon bucket but I'm going to post the original recipe and you are welcome to double it on your own if you like.

What you'll need...

1/3 bar of Fels Naptha soap
1/2 cup Borax powder
1/2 cup Arm and Hammer Washing Soda
a bucket
water

(If you live in my area, the ONLY place I've been able to find all the ingredients is at Win-co.)

First, grate 1/3 of the soap and put it into a saucepan. (I use my food processor to grate it finely so it melts quicker.)

Add 6 cups of water and heat until the soap melts.

Add the washing soda and borax, stirring until it is dissolved.

Pour 4 cups hot tap water into your bucket.

Add your soap mixture and stir it together.

Add another 22 cups of water and stir to combine.

Let the soap cool and set up for about 12-24 hours. The finished product jells up. It won't have a normal consistency. Part of it will be like jello and part will remain liquid. It's all the same thing and dissolves in the laundry tub. No need to try and break it up.

Each load takes about 1/2 cup of laundry soap.

And to let you know the purpose of each ingredient....

Borax cleans, deodorizes, disinfects and softens the water.

Washing soda cuts grease and neutralizes odors.

Fels Naptha is a stain remover.

Really easy, and I found everything at winco too. I have been tweaking on the fabric softner still and I think I found what I like. I am still on the second batch, and the spray bottle works GREAT! I do use more squirts then what she told me, like 15. But Adam now is happy with it, so that makes it even better. He even was excited to make the laundry soap. He watched the kids while I made it. I was a little nervous to make it while I was alone with the kids. But next time, I will do it when he is gone, it was so easy.

Random Things

2009-02-21T08:32:00.001-08:00

Sorry I have not been putting any picture's on my blog lately. My camera decided it only likes certain batteries and whenever I go to the store I never seem to remember to buy them.
The boys have been so cute lately, that I wanted to share some of their little doings.

Jesse
- He is so excited for this baby. Its been so fun, when I was pregnant with Porter, Jesse and Harker were still little and they really didn't care about the new baby. But now that they are older they are always asking and talking about this new baby. Jesse is so excited that he can hold it and he wants to be able to carry him around. I am not sure about that yet, but he showed me how he can carry him with his arms.
- Jesse is such a pleaser. He wants everyone to be happy. Even his brothers, well mainly Porter, he doesn't seem to mind when Harker is angry, but with Porter he spoils him. Porter will be throwing a fit and Jesse will give him his toys or things he has made.
- Right now he is into telling me that Daddy is the Sir of the house and we have to listen to him. We are not sure where he got this Sir thing from, but its so funny. Adam wants to play with it and tell him that when he is gone, Jesse will is the next Sir so mommy has to listen to him.
- We were playing with a cousin at McDonald's the other day and one of his school mates showed up and he got so excited. Then loudly he said, She doesn't listen to the teacher. I hope that the mom didn't hear that.

Harker
- Harker really is the silly one in our family. Everyday he says and does things that crack us up. I went into the bathroom the other day and someone forgot to flush the toilet I asked who did it and he said " I did, I want to stink up the house so that we can go visit Zachary" Zachary lives about four hours away.
- He also is really excited for the baby. He told me the other day that he wants the baby to sleep with him and Porter in their room so he can talk to him about Jesus and Hulk.
- The other day we were at Burger King and I was getting refills on the drinks, Harker came with me and then he said "Lets talk" So we sat down at the chairs and I asked him what he wanted to talk about. He said " Donuts" He then proceeded to tell me about his favorite donuts.
- He can't decide what he wants to be when he grows up. It has been a cook man for a long time, till his cousin Zachary told him Policeman eat donuts, so then he decided he wanted to be a policeman. But then when we told him cookmen can make donuts, he decided to go back to wanting to be a cookman.

Porter
- I am not sure where to start on Porter. He is still definitely a momma's boy. But it seems to be getting worse. I know that I need to be thankful for this time with him because someday he is not going to like me and will want to be with his friends or anywhere else but with me. But really does he have to follow me into the bathroom and watch me go? I have to sneak away to use the bathroom sometimes. He would rather sit on my lap while I check my emails, then watch his favorite movie.
- Porter is my daredevil. The other boys tend to be a little leary of things, but not Porter, he loves to copy his brothers. He wants to ride Jesse bike so bad, but there are not any training wheels on them. He loves to play superhero's with them. The play area at Mcdonald's or Burger king does not scare him. He goes into the area's where Jesse and Harker will not even play in.
- He is into growling at Adam and I when he is mad. I think he is trying to scare us so that we won't change his diaper or put him in his car seat. The other day we were at the park by the library and Adam got the car and moved it closer to the sidewalk. I told the boys that we had to leave or daddy might leave us. The boys took off and as Porter ran he had to growl and say no daddy and then growl again.

While I am sitting here writing this, Porter is on my lap.

2009-02-13T11:50:00.000-08:00

The first five...

The first people to leave a comment on this blog will receive something made by me.
However there are some limitations

1. I make no guarantee that you will like what I make.
2. What I create will be just for you.
3. It will be done this year.
4. You have no clue what it is going to be, poetry, shoes, bags or a little invention of my own. I may bake something and mail it you . Who knows? Not you that's for sure!
5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

Here the catch, if you choose to do this. You must post this on your blog and be ready to make something for five people too. This will be fun! When you receive the fabulous item I make you, you must post a picture of it on your blog.

Update on Fabric Softener

2009-02-13T11:39:00.000-08:00

I have really liked using this new recipe. I do not smell the vinegar, but Adam keeps saying he does. But whats funny is, the things he is smelling are not the things I have used it on.

The one thing I have noticed is that I went through the batch really fast. It only lasted a few days, but I did do nonstop laundry those two days. I might have used too big of a rag, a washcloth size. So I emailed Gayle, who I got the recipe from and this is her reply.

Are you wringing it out good before you throw it in? I haven't made a batch in so long that I can't remember how much it makes. I do know that I switched from soaking it in the solution to just putting it in a spray bottle and giving a small rag about 6 squirts. I've been using the same bottle for about six months and it seems to get all the static out.

I think that I am going to go get a spray bottle today and make another batch and do what she has been doing.

Anyone try it yet? Do you smell the vinegar?

I am cheap

2009-02-11T13:18:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I will admit it, I am cheap. I love to find cheap things or cheap ways to save money, just so that I can have some extra money to go out to eat. I found a new recipe to save me even more money now. Its home made Fabric softener. I love it. I found it at grocerycartchallenge.blogspot.com. Its great. You all should try it out. Here is the recipe.

Homemade Dryer Sheets

2 cups of water
1 cup of vinegar
2/3 cups of any hair conditioner

Mix in spray bottle and stir. Don’t shake, this will cause foaming. Soak a cloth rag and ring it out until slightly damp. Then throw it into the dryer with your load of clothes.

This can also be used as a liquid fabric softener in the rinse cycle.

I use dollar store conditioner so this mixture costs me just a bit over a dollar to make. I've been able to get almost 50 loads out of one batch. I keep this stored in a tupperware container by my dryer with the rag already in it so all I have to do is squeeze and add it to the load in the dryer.
Simple and cheap with none of the wax from the store bought sheets that wear your clothes out.

Yesterday, I was hoping to make it to the dollar store, but only made it to Target. I just used Suave for the conditioner. It works really good. I don't smell the vinegar on my clothes. Adam is a little bit apprehensive. I should have waited a week to tell him, but oh well.

So if you try it out, tell me what you think.

In a few weeks when I am out of laundry soap, I am going to attempt to make home made. I will let you now how that goes.

New blog

2009-02-09T14:34:00.000-08:00

I have been wanting to start a new blog where I and others can post recipes that they like. Does anyone want to join me in this blog?

Family Prayer

2009-02-08T20:23:00.000-08:00

Tonight during family prayer, Harker prayed that Mommy wouldn't poop her pants.

We have been blessed with boys that love to pray and most of the time they are so funny that Adam and I have to hold in our laughter. Jesse usually prays for Harker that he will be good. Porter mumbles some baby talk and then one of us will help him, he does has amen down pretty good.

This time it should work

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

The last trailer didn't work, but this one will

Movie Review

2009-02-08T12:30:00.001-08:00

I watched a really good movie the other night with Adam. It was called Fireproof. Have you guys heard of it? Its a Christian based movie with Kirk Cameron in it from Growing Pains. Its about a couple that are struggling with their marriage and are close to getting a divorce.

I hope you all will take time to rent it, even if your marriage isn't falling apart, it will make you realize how lucky you are and that it is so important to always work on your relationship with your spouse.

I am not one to watch movies a second time. But I think with this one, I may even go and buy it. The only movie collection we have is the kids. If you have seen it, what did you think?

Here is the trailer for those who haven't seen or heard about it.

Tag

2009-02-06T14:32:00.000-08:00

I got tagged again. Since I have already done this tag, I just chose a picture. I don't have many pictures of me on here so I thought I would do one of me.

1) Choose the 4th folder where you store your pictures on your computer.

2) Select the 4th picture in the folder.

3) Explain the picture.

4) Tag 4 people to do the same. No cheating (cropping, editing, etc.) Have fun!!

This picture was taken Feb 2006. Adam and I went on a trip to Ocean Park. We rented some mopeds and had so much fun. Its been three years since we have gotten away just the two of us. I guess it time again, before this baby is born.

I now tag Melissa, Enkio, Jenny and Mandy.

Update on potty training

2009-02-04T19:54:00.001-08:00

Finally, I only have one kid in diapers. It has been almost four years, since I have only had one kid in diapers. Harker is doing so good now. He just one day decided he wanted to be a big boy. He even said he wanted to wear underwear at night. He is dry all night long and may have one accident a day, if that. We did try something new, some of you might think this is mean, but it is working the past two days and he hasn't had an accident since this. Adam went to the store and brought home some girl pull ups. He told him if he had an accident he would have to wear girl pull ups. No accidents. He is such a boy and wants nothing to do with girl things.
Now in less then just 19 weeks we will have two kids in diapers again.

Reason to not go to bed

2009-02-02T22:04:00.000-08:00

Me: Jesse why are you up?

Jesse: I can't stop looking at you

Me: Why?

Jesse: Because you are so pretty.

He is going to be a ladies man.

Breathe Right Video

2009-02-02T10:21:00.000-08:00

I thought this was funny. Hope you enjoy my sense of humor

Blessings

2009-01-26T14:35:00.001-08:00

Count your blessings
• The penis of a rhinoceros is 2 feet long.
• The penis of a mosquito is a hundredth of an inch long.
• The praying mantis bites her mate's head off while he impregnates her.
• Elephants are pregnant for two years.
• Many animals give birth to a dozen or more babies at a time.
• Your baby won't be born with hooves.

A clean house?

2009-01-25T20:35:00.000-08:00

It always happens, you clean your house really good one day and the very next day, it gets trashed. Ok, maybe its because I was able to lay in bed for four hours today reading and then taking a nap. When I got up it was a disaster!

Adam and I need some help, do any of you have any good names for the baby? For those of you who are related to us, we like to use family names, but can't think of any good ones. So what can you guys come up with?

One more thing, why is it when you are pregnant, your sense of smell works overboard and you can smell everything?

New Web sites

2009-01-19T14:10:00.000-08:00

The past few days, I have found some fun new web sites that I wanted to share with all of you.

The first one is http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/. This lady in 2008 used her crockpot every day. I don't think she would just used it for dinner, but for a desert of something. Its been fun to look at her recipes she has used. I love my crockpot, so I am excited to used some of her recipes. She used new recipes and after everyone she writes if they liked it or not.

Thanks to Marie for this next one, http://happilyaverage.blogspot.com/. This one is another lady, who blogs about using coupons and sales. Its not a boring blog. She makes it fun and interesting.

Then the next two websites I have found just by googling them. I have been wanting to make chore charts and I found these two first right off the bat.
http://www.dltk-cards.com/chart/ This one I liked because I was able to custom make them. I could even use my kids favorite superhero on them

http://www.freeprintablebehaviorcharts.com/ I liked this one because they had alot that were already made for like potty training and keeping your bed dry at night.

Last night we had family home evening, and we talked about chores and pulled out the chore charts and the kids are so excited to do them. Harker keeps trying to go pee today and he gets mad when he can't go, they get stickers when they do their chores.

Does anyone else have any fun websites that they like?

My great deal

2009-01-16T12:32:00.000-08:00

Today I went grocery shopping and this is what I came home with, and I only spent 5.60.

I am so proud of myself. I saved 35.25! Ok, so the big box of oatmeal, was free, but I did get it while I was out. I was over at my in laws, printing off coupons for the other oatmeal, and she gave the box to me, because they do not eat it. But still, I got a great deal at Albertsons. The cereal was on sale for 4 for 5 dollars. They take other store coupons. Red apple had a coupon for 6 dollars off, so I used that and the cereal was -1. I had to buy more stuff, so that I could get the great deal. The oatmeal was 4 for 5. I used coupons and got three dollars off the oatmeal, so then it was only 2 dollars for the oatmeal. The bag of apples were 1.69 and the banana's weren't on sale, but Jesse said his brothers would like those.

Thanks to my friend Jenn and the yahoo group, tri-cities savers, I was able to do this.

Potty Training

2009-01-16T11:57:00.000-08:00

I really really do not like you, potty training, You were easy with the first one, but not with Harker.

Why does it have to be so hard? Jesse was so easy. Harker, not so easy. Actually, its been a real big struggle. We have been trying but have had no success. We were doing really good with Harker, before Christmas, and then he got a stomach bug and now he is back to pullups, or having accidents in his underwear. His response? It just comes really really fast, and I can't stop it. Then the other day, he tells me, "mom, when I turn four, that's when I will start using the potty." Four???!!! I don't think so. If I let him go around naked all day, he usually makes it to the toilet for number one. Number 2? He waits till he is in underwear or a pullup.

So does anyone have any ideas? We have tried treats and things like that. He does seem to do really good with praises. He always says afterwards, " are you so proud of me?" and of course we are. I just have this feeling, Porter is going to be potty trained before him. Maybe I should start on him too. Ahh I really dislike potty training, ( I am trying not to say hate, so the kids don't hear me say it.)

The results are in!

2009-01-13T11:27:00.000-08:00

What a morning. First of all, I had the worst nights sleep. I couldn't sleep due to kids waking me up every hour or so. To top it off, when I would get them back to sleep then i would realize that I had to go the bathroom. Also, due to some pregnancy problems, I was worried that maybe something was wrong with the baby.

Our first plans was to take all the kids with us to find out what we are having, but then I started thinking that it did not sound like a great idea having Porter in the room with us. He is such a mommy's boy, that he would have wanted to sit on my lap the whole time. He is so funny, but it does get annoying sometimes. Like this morning, I was laying in bed with Adam, all Adam has to do is touch me and Porter will freak out. "My Momma!" He will not let people touch me or let me hold the other boys. So with me laying down on a table, I think that would have scared him a little bit. So thanks to Lee and Gloria, I called them an hour before, they watched Porter.

Then on the way to the ultrasound, Adam bought me a Pop, a large one and kept making me drink. We were running a little late and he said if I didn't drink up, he would drive slower. I of course did not want to be late, so I kept drinking. Let me tell you, when they say full bladder, I definitely had a Full bladder.

We get into the room and Harker decided that he did not want to be quiet. He kept singing and reciting the three little pigs. I was hoping that they would tell us what we were going to have, so that Adam could take the boys out of the room and then they wouldn't be so loud, but that wasn't the case. They had a student in the room, so she had to explain all the details to her. So that took it even longer to find out what we were going to have. Just like right now, how I am trying to drag it on and on about what we are going to have.

I just have to say that most you who voted, I was right, I have to put that in, were wrong. Shasta, you were right, its another boy. Can you believe that? Four boys. I think we are all excited, except Jesse. He really wanted to have a sister. Maybe next time. But not for a few more years. So now we have to think of a name..... Any ideas?

I thought this was funny

2009-01-12T16:41:00.000-08:00

A lady about 8 months pregnant got on a bus. She noticed the man opposite her was smiling at her. She immediately moved to another seat. This time the smile turned into a grin, so she moved again. The man seemed more amused. When on the fourth move, the man burst out laughing, she complained to the driver and he had the man arrested.The case came up in court.The judge asked the man (about 20 years old) what he had to say for himself.The man replied, 'Well your Honor, it was like this, when the lady got on the bus, I couldn't help but notice her condition. She sat down under a sign that said, 'The Double Mint Twins are coming' and I grinned. Then she moved and sat under a sign that said, ' Logan 's Liniment will reduce the swelling,' and I had to smile. Then she placed herself under a deodorant sign that said, 'William's Big Stick Did the Trick,' and I could hardly contain myself. But, Your Honor, when She moved the fourth time and sat under a sign that said, 'Goodyear Rubber could have prevented this Accident'... I just lost it.''CASE DISMISSED!!'

Boy or Girl?

2009-01-10T08:52:00.000-08:00

Tuesdays the day! We find out what we are having at 10. We are going to take the boys with us too. Jesse has been asking everyday, "when are we going to go see the baby and find out what it is?" So take the poll and vote what you think its going to be.

If you receive my emails for this blog, and do not want to receive them, just let me know and I will take you off the list.

Snow

2009-01-03T17:36:00.000-08:00

We have had so much snow lately. For over two weeks we had a whole bunch and then it melted away. I didn't think we would get anymore, and then one morning we woke up to more. If you triple whats in the picture, that's what we had for the two weeks. We were stuck in our house. Adam was out shoveling and the kids wouldn't go out there so I did. We made a snowman for the kids, and then they decided to come out and take pictures with us.

The snow was perfect for making a snowman.

Porter will not wear a coat. Its a huge struggle every time we leave. For awhile, I couldn't even get boots on him. Now he will wear boots, but its still a HUGE fight over the coat.

My wonderful and loving husband.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

2009-01-02T10:44:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I am a little late with this post, but I do hope you all had a wonderful christmas and a happy new years. This first picture is on christmas eve. The boys got batman pj's with capes. They were running around all night pretending to fly.

The boys went to bed so good that night. We were shocked. They were so excited. When we first got up, Adam went in to make sure everything was ready while the boys and I stayed in my room. Jesse could hardly contain himself. Growing up, my dad would have us walk out of our parents room, youngest to oldest. So we decided to do that. Jesse couldn't stand the waiting.

Once we got in to the room, I took this picture and then somehow my camera got put to the side and I didn't take anymore pictures. Harker loves his Hulk tricycle.

This was my present. I am so excited. I actually got my piano early, the day after thanksgiving. Adam's mom found this at a second hand store. I have been wanting a piano for a few years now, but didn't think we would get one for a few more years. When Adam told me, I wanted to cry. I played the piano for about eight years growing up, but its been awhile, so I am alittle rusty, but its coming back. I don't think Adam realizes what a special gift this is to me. I don't think that he is ever going to be able to beat it. Lately, I have been in a rut with my testimony. I just felt like I wasn't going anywhere with my relationship with Heavenly Father. I had been praying for something to help me. So then I receive this wonderful gift. The only piano music I have on hand is church hymns. So as I play and read the music, I realize how much I love our savior and how much I need him in my life. Its really hard to explain but I am so thankful for this wonderful gift.

We were really blessed this year to have two secret santa's. Because of all the snow we are receiving, Adam is not able to work. We were secretly given some money, and we also were given from someone, lots of presents and dinner. I hope they realize how much it means to us. The kids loved everything that they received. Thank you

Update

2008-12-30T20:41:00.000-08:00

So, I still haven't gotten revenge on Adam yet. But now he has two more people involved. I was taking another shower, maybe I should just stop taking showers, and Jesse came in and opened the door and threw a snowball at me. After that Porter followed and threw one at me. But Porter was nice about it and said sorry momma, and then proceeded to get another snowball. I need a good idea.

Pay back

2008-12-19T20:58:00.000-08:00

Since we have been married, Adam and I have always played this little game where when the other is taking a shower, we try to pour cold water on each other. Other times, we have wasted all the hot water so the other gets a cold shower. Adam has also thrown ice water on me.
When we lived in our apartment, we had a shower curtain and you couldn't see the other person. I was lucky enough most of the time to see his hand and move in time. I would fake a scream, so he thought he got me.
This is where I need help. Today I was taking a nice warm bath, when all of a sudden he runs in with a bucket of snow and pours it on my legs and stomach. Ahh.. it was so cold. So I need to pay him back. What should I do? Any good ideas?
What if I wait awhile so he forgets, get him on a day when there is no hot water and pour snow on him? I kinda need new ideas.

The big 5!

2008-12-17T16:10:00.001-08:00

Yesterday, My little man turned the big 5. I can't believe he is already five years old. He had a great birthday. He went and did some errands with mommy in the morning, which was a little boring, but after that he went to school. His dad picked him up early and took him and his brother, Harker, to go see Bolt three d. He had a fun time at the movie. Then we had a little family get together that evening. I asked him what he wanted for dinner, and he said he wanted tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. That is his favorite. So we had that for dinner and then had cake. Jesse got a lot of fun toys. Him and his brothers have been playing really good together with his toys today. He has been sharing really good.

So five years ago and two days, Adam and I were in Seattle. We were going to spend another night there, but decided to come home. We got home, and decided to do a little bit of shopping. So after that we came home and got in bed, and like five minutes latter, my water broke. I didn't think much about it, except oh I am going to have my baby. But I was 34 weeks along.

We arrived at the hospital and they had me hooked up to the iv and then told me to get some rest. I don't know about you, but whenever I am hooked up to an iv I have to pee all the time. So I was pretty much in the bathroom the whole time. At least Adam got some sleep, right? So latter that day, when it was finally time to push, I had to push FOREVER!!! THREE HOURS! He was born. He weighed 5 pounds and 7 ounces. He went straight to the NICU. I wasn't able to see him for a few hours, till the epidural wore off. But after that I was able to visit him whenever I wanted. I stayed in the hospital for two days, and when I was released, Jesse went to the Peds unit, so I was able to just move down the hall and be with him. The rest of the time in the hospital was not fun, due to not very nice nurses, but 6 days latter after he was born, he came home.

We love Jesse! He is such a great son and big brother. His brothers adore him. He is my serious boy. Does not like to be teased at all. He loves school and loves being 5.

Why I love my Husband

2008-12-14T20:51:00.000-08:00

I really have been blessed to have a wonderful husband. Heavenly Father knew exactly what I needed in a husband. Someone to love me, but then also to help me be a better person and call me on my b.s.
Here are just a couple pictures of why I love him.

I am really bad at getting my kids to work. Most of the time, I would rather just do it myself, because I can get done faster. But he is so good to take the time to teach my kids to do things. In this picture he is helping Jesse fold clothes.

So I know that I am strange, and that's why I love Adam, because he is weird with me. After Halloween, he went and bought the colored hairspray. So one night when the kids weren't staying in bed, he got out the white hair color and sprayed his hair. He went in the kids room and pretended to be Santa. The kids got a kick out of it. He told them that they needed to go to bed and to stay there or He couldn't come on Christmas.

Adam is always doing wonderful things for me. Since I have been sick, he has taken over on the laundry. That has been such a big help for me, because for those who know me, know I hate to fold and put away clothes. They will sit on my couch for most the the week.

I truly have been blessed.

Freaking out

2008-12-12T18:33:00.001-08:00

Ok, so I have had the same address book since before my mission, 2001. I have so many important addresses, from Virginia in this book. And its missing!! I am freaking out. Even though, I am not even close to have my christmas shopping done, this is more stressful. I can't believe I lost it. I saw it about a month ago, and now is missing in action. Hmm I am still searching. I have been looking high and low. So for those of you who served in Virginia, I may be needing some addresses. Thanks

Address

2008-12-12T13:24:00.000-08:00

Do I have everyones address? I am hopefully sending them out the end of the weekend or monday. Please email me your address, if you want a christmas card
Danette

Family Pictures

2008-12-10T21:39:00.000-08:00

This summer we got family pictures taken. We had it planned so that we could surprise my parents on their 40th aniversary with a big picture and frame. Their aniversary is in Nov, but we were all together in Aug, or maybe it was in July, but we were all together so we got these pictures taken. Doesn't my parents have a big family? They had five kids and in June, they will have 21 grandkids. They already have one great grand child from my nephew Josh and his wife Mary.

At the same time, we got family pictures taken. I really didn't like how ours turned out. But oh well. Here is a few of the ones I thought looked the best.

No seatbelt

2008-12-10T10:56:00.000-08:00

Adam wanted me to put this on my blog, to remind you all to wear your seatbelt. For those of you who don't know, he teaches drivers ed.

The Bridge

2008-12-09T21:40:00.000-08:00

This is such a great video, but make sure you have some tissue's near by. Its about five minutes long.

A kitchen fire

2008-12-05T20:45:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine send this video. I am so glad she did, because just a couple of nights ago I had a kitchen fire. Since I watched it, I knew what to do. I probably would have done something dumb, and could have gotten hurt or even ruined part of the kitchen. Thank Michelle for the video. Its a great video. Watch it.

Why do I love you?

2008-12-03T16:33:00.000-08:00

The kids lately have been asking "Mommy, Why do you love me?" So I have to come up with new things all the time, which isn't hard sometimes, because they are always doing cute things.
So after Harker asked me why I loved him, I asked him why he loved me. He told me he loved me because I am cute, I have big PoPo's, which in Harker dictionary means boobs, and that I have a baby in my tummy.

We had a great thanksgiving. On wednesday, we went to over to the Tacoma area to my sister in laws house. We stayed there till Friday. We had such a fun time. We played lots of games, and I won all of them but one! First time ever winning in Scrabble. I was so excited. I chickened out on the friday sales, I was too afraid of the crowds over in that area. My kids got to play with their cousins, and I didn't see my two older boys that often since they were so busy playing. On the way home, they crashed and slept most of the way. Then we came home and spent some time with my side of the family. All in all, it was a great weekend. Hope you all had fun.

A twist of a tag

2008-11-29T23:06:00.000-08:00

> Welcome to the new 2008 edition of getting to know your family and friends. Here is what you are supposed to do, and try not to be lame and spoil the fun. Change all the answers so that they apply to you.
HERE ARE MY ANSWERS . . .
1. What is your occupation right now? Stay at home mommy
2. What color are your socks right now? Not wearing any.
3. What are you listening to right now? Christmas Music
4. What was the last thing that you ate? an orange
5. Can you drive a stick shift? yes
6. Last person you spoke to on the phone? my mom
7. Do you like the person who sent this to you? yes law
8. How old are you today? 29
9. What is your favorite sport to watch on TV? nothing really
10. What is your favorite drink? water or orange pop
11. Have you ever dyed your hair? yes
12. Favorite food? Mexican
13. What is the last movie you watched? This is sad, Blues clues
14. Favorite day of the year? one of my kids or husbands b-day
15. How do you vent anger? Clean
16. What was your favorite toy as a child? my Nintendo
17. What is your favorite season? Fall
18. Cherries or Blueberries? Cherries
19. Do you want your friends to e-mail you back? sure if they have time
20. Who is the most likely to respond? I have no idea
21. Who is least likely to respond? everyone
22. Living arrangements ? living with my husband and three kids
23. When was the last time you cried? A couple of days ago
24. What is on the floor of your closet? Shoes
25. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending to? My family
26. What did you do last night? Went to Old country buffet with family
27. What are you most afraid of? losing a loved one
28. Plain, cheese, or spicy hamburger? Cheese
29. Favorite dog breed? I really do not have one
30. Favorite day of the week? Sunday, the only day Adam has off and its the sabbath
31. How many states have you lived in?5
32. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds
33.What is your favorite flower? Daisies

I got this as an email, and I thought it would be fun to put on my blog. So instead of emailing it to you, you can just read it on my blog. You should do it.

How Cool

2008-11-29T22:46:00.001-08:00

Something cool that Xerox is doing. If you go to this web site, www.LetsSayThanks.com you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq . You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of the armed services. How AMAZING it would be if we could get everyone we know to send one!!! This is a great site. Please send a card. It is FREE and it only takes a second. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the soldiers received a bunch of these? Whether you are for or against the war, our guys and gals over there need to know we are behind them.

Tagged again

2008-11-23T20:50:00.001-08:00

The idea of this tag is to go into your 6th photo album and take the 6 picture and explain and then take the 4th photo Album and take the 4th picture and do the same.

I am not sure where we were, some type of festival in downtown Pasco. They had the bounce houses and then this one, where you go inside and they have a fan going and like 50 balloons everywhere. The boys loved it. Harker is on the left, then Nova Bleazard, their best bud, and then Jesse on the right. It was so fun to watch them try to catch the balloons. They didn 't want to leave. I think it was summer of 06. Jenny, you will have to correct me on that one.

I have already posted my fourth picture on the last tag I did. So now I tag Jenny, Eliza, Mandy Law and Andrea Tucker. Have fun

My day off

2008-11-19T20:21:00.001-08:00

I had such a fun day today. My dad came and got the two younger boys for the day. So then afterwards Adam and I took Jesse to school. My mom goes and volunters at Jesse school on wednesday's, so after school she took Jesse home and I didn't have to pick up the boys till dinner time.
Adam and I were able to go on a much needed date. So what did we do? We went to the mall. I got a much needed haircut and was able to do some returns that have been sitting in my bedroom for a couple months. We walked around and had some samples from Hickory farms. Mmm their cheese and sausage is so good. Then we got a sample from See's candy. That was good too. We ate lunch in the mall. I got some Thai, it looked really good. But when I started eating it, I remembered the last time I had eatten Thai, I was pregnant with Porter and got really sick afterwards. So I ate Adam's lunch instead, and he is eating my lunch for dinner.
Then afterwards, Adam went to work and I took a nap. I got up and ran some errands and then went to my parents for dinner. It was a great day. I am hoping that my dad does that again. He said the kids were really good and didn't even fight. Porter laid down for him really goood at nap time, he didn't even cry.
So if anyone wants to treat me to another day off, I am all for it, just let me know when and I will work around your schedule. :)

Only 3 more days till Craftware House Sale! Last year, was a sale to remember, not that there was really good deals. We all had the stomach flu, and I didn't realize that I had it till I got to the store. It wasn't fun, but I did get some cute things. So this year, hopefully I will get there early, so I can get a good place in line and win something with their door prizes. I will let you all know how it went.

For those of you who are wondering, my pregnancy is going good. I am ten in a half weeks. I am still sick, but not as bad as I was a couple weeks ago. I am able to do more now. I hope you are all doing well.

Hair cuts

2008-11-09T21:44:00.001-08:00

On Saturday, I told the boys that we were going to go to my friend Jenny house to get haircuts. They were excited because they LOVE Jenny's Son Nova. So we got ready for the day. I decided to take an extra long shower, it was nice. The kids were doing good. They would come in and talk to me, and then go play. So I thought nothing was wrong. Oh boy were they up to something. Little did I know they were coming in to get the razor to cut Jesse's hair. I got out of the shower to find Jesse looking like this.

They cut the middle of his bangs, and then latter I noticed that they cut off his side really short. I have never had a problem with the kids trying to cut their hair before. We had a long talk about how only daddy or Jenny can cut their hair. I stink at cutting hair.
They never got to Harker or Porters hair. But when I was taking a picture of Jesse, Harker wanted a picture taken. He just had lunch, so thats why his face is dirty. But his face is always dirty.

They really needed haircuts, so I am glad they did it today when we were able to go over to Jenny's. I will add picture of their new and improved haircut latter.

I am only that far along??!!

2008-11-04T18:31:00.001-08:00

So, I have been really lazy lately on writing on my blog. But I have a good excuse, I am been so so sick. I haven't been able to do much lately. I am sick 24/7. With the boys, I just remember being sick at night, but with this one I am sick all day and all night. I think Heavenly Father makes me forget how sick I get with each pregnancy so that I will get pregnant again. WELL, I am not forgetting about this one. I will remember, I have it in writing here on my blog. Adam has been so good. Usually when I am feeling good, he has it easy and hardly lifts a finger when he is home, with the household things, but he has been doing the dishes, cleaning toilets and all the things that make me sick. And he doesn't complain about coming home to a messy house, which has been messy for a few weeks.
So today I went in for an ultrasound because my last period was different and I was really hoping that I was at least ten weeks or so. But no. :( I am only 7 weeks and 4 days. Oh I was hoping to be closer to my second trimester so that I didn't have to put up with this sickness much longer, but no. I can do it though. Its not like I am the only one that has ever been sick with their pregnancies right? I probably don't even have it as bad as other people, I am just a wimp. :)
Ok, one more complaint and then I will stop complaining about this wonderful experience that I get to have. I LOVE to sleep on my stomach. Thats how I sleep. I thought that since I didn't have a huge stomach that I would still be able to sleep on my stomach but no, it makes me sick to sleep on my stomach. Oh how i miss the days of sleeping on my tummy.
Ok, enough of the negatives. The boys have been so cute lately. Here is some of the things that make me smile.

- Harker was cuddling with me, and asked me if I was still sick. I said yes, and then he put his head on my tummy and Yelled, Baby stop making mommy sick.

- One morning as I let Porter out of his room, we were walking down the hallway, and he said Owie mommy and lifted up his foot. I picked him up and we sat on the couch. I felt his foot through his pjs, and there was a toy car in the foot part of his pjs. So as I unzipped his pjs I found a stash of toys. Blocks, big cars, little cars. You name it. I think he thought that since he had the toy room to his self, that he should hide the fun toys from his brothers in his pjs.

- One night at the dinner table, Jesse told me that at church they said that they aren't going to have halloween or christmas anymore. I have no idea where he got that, I am still trying to figure it out, but then he asked me if I was mad at our church.

- Whenever Harker gets into trouble, he tells me that Growing boys have to do that. For example, he was drinking a pop in the van, and all of a sudden I heard pop pouring. I looked back and he was pouring his pop all the ground. I got after him and his replied was, "growing boys have to do that."

- I know I have alot for Harker, but he tends to be the one that does funny thing alot. He loves to be naked. His aunt Gloria was watching him at the park while I was at the dr office. He decided to take his diaper off. Since he doesn't have a diaper on, his pants won't stay up so he kept taking his pants off. He loves to be naked. One more funny thing about Harker, he told me he loves messy houses.

- There cousin, Kyle was baptized on Sunday. It was so cute, the older boys went up front to watch and afterwards they came up to us and the first thing they both said, That was so awesome.

I just love how the boys are so pure and Innocent. I was teasing Jesse that I wasn't going to share some crackers with him, and he told me that it makes Jesus sad when we don't share. Got to love them. Hope you are all doing well. I do read your post, just don't have enough energy to write comments.

Can I really handle it?

2008-10-19T23:54:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I am not good with keeping secrets. Really I am horrible. Usually I give Adam his presents before his b-day or christmas. So now I am going to spill a secret that I thought I would keep for a few weeks, or even a month, but it doesn't look like its going to happen.

WE ARE PREGNANT!!!! So am I excited? I don't know. I know I should be, but.... can I handle four kids five and under? Really? I don't know. I guess this is where my faith has to kick in. Heavenly Father must really want us to have this baby, because we sure were not trying at all. We weren't stopping it, I was just hoping that it would take awhile to happen.

I was hoping to lose some weight before we got pregnant again, but nope I love to eat all the time, so it didn't happen. I am hoping to eat healthy and excerise alot. I guess we will see. :)

I am not really sure how far along I am. My last period was really weird so I am just going to wait till I have my first dr appt on the 27th. But maybe I am farther along then I think, that would explain some unexplained weight gain. Hmm I am hoping.

So back to the faith thing. I know I can handle it. Its just going to be really hard and stressful. I also have really good friends and family near by that I know will help out the best that they can. If anyone has any helpful hints, please share. If you live by me, please excuse my messy house. I have been lazy. :)

Maybe it will be a girl. But don't you think four boys would be fun? I love my boys. I was going through their clothes and it brought back such good memories. Their cute little pj's. I don't know how to raise a girl. They seem to be too moody and emotional. I think one moody and emotional girl in a house is enough.

Hope you are all doing good. Love you all!

Picture Tag

2008-10-19T23:43:00.000-07:00

This is a fun little tag that I saw on a friend's blog... and although I wasn't tagged, it looked fun and thought I would do it and pass it on: So, go to your 4th picture file and and post the 4th picture in that file and tell us what it's about:)

This picture kind of explains itself. Its not the best picture of me, but oh well. It was actually my easiest labor so far. Oh, I guess you would like to know what baby it is. Its Porter Allen Haroldsen. He was my biggest baby at 6.6 lbs. I know, big baby. My other two were premies. I kept telling adam and the nurses that i needed to throw up, but they were like no, you need to push. So finally they gave me that little bowl and I threw up, and out poped Porter. He was such a good baby in the hospital. He slept all the time and the nurses always wanted me to wake him up to feed him, but I was like umm, no I like this schedule of every four hours. But of course, once we got home it didn't stay that way. He has been such a joy in our home. His other brothers love him so much. They fight over who is his favorite. Of course, I have to jump in and tell them that I am. :)Which is so true.

So now I tag Annie (Eniko), Marie, Rosie, Carrol, Jenny and anyone else

Camping

2008-10-05T21:39:00.001-07:00

In July, we went and rented a cabin at a church's camp ground, Camp Zarahemla. We had a lot of fun. They have some canoe's that you can use. We also brought along a raft. Good thing we had a pump or it would have taken for ever to blow up. I didn't sleep very well. The beds have the plastic wrap on it, so everytime someone would roll over it would wake me up. The kids and Adam had a lot of fun. Adam gets to pretend that he is Bear, from man vs wild. This first picture is of Jesse in the canoe.

This is Jesse and me.

Porter loved camping but he hated putting on a life vest. He threw the hugest fit I have ever seen. He was rolling all over the dirt, but we wouldn't give in and take it off of him. After the ride, he was still mad till he stole a little bit of his Dad's pop. I couldn't resist taking of picture of him, then afterwards we took the mt dew away.

Here is another picture of how dirty he got. It was a lot worse then it looks.

So the day we were leaving, Adam was like lets go out one more time, but we can each go out alone. So I thought ok, I will go out first. So I get out there and the current was a little strong for me( I am a wimp) and was really struggling trying to get the canoe back in. About a half hour latter, and a lot of prayers, I finally got the canoe were adam could pull me in. I was pooped. So Adam decided to go out and show me how to do it right. He goes out, and then all of a sudden he turns around and heads back into shore. As he gets close, all of a sudden, him and the boats tips! At first I was like umm what do I do? So I grab my camera for this oppertunity to take a picture. He started screaming for me to help him. I didn't know what to do, so I ran to the dock and was like do you want this life ring? I didn't want to get in the water because I was afraid the kids would try to follow me. Then all of a sudden, as Adam is trying to swim and hold on to the canoe, he realizes that he can stand up. :) I did feel bad because the water was freezing cold and he lost his shoes. But I thought it was funny, because he thought he could show me up. The water was alot stronger then it looked and so thats why he came right by in to shore.

Afterwards I thought, you know what if something did happen to Adam and it was really serious? What would I have done? I am not sure what I would have done, but I am so thankful that Heavenly Father blessed us on that trip and that no harm was done.

Finally

2008-10-01T19:29:00.001-07:00

Ok, so here goes. I am finally starting my blog. I have wanted to do this for awhile, but didn't know how to start or what to do. So I am just going to jump in and find out. I could really use some help from all of you, who knows what you are doing. I think what took me to so long to start, was just like scrapbooking, I thought I had to catch everyone up on all thats going on in our life, and that just overwhelmed me. So maybe alittle at a time. Here is a few of my favorite pictures of the boys.

This was from the begining of the summer. This park also has a water park with it. We went to go play and they had just turned the water on for the summer. Harker can't ever keep his clothes on, but I was able to get him to keep him pull up on.

This was Jesse first day back to preschool and Harker's first day. We decided to take Harker out. He ( and dady and mom) weren't ready for him to be gone. Next year he'll go.

Such a big boy

Jesse thought it would be fun to ride his bike with his swimming goggles on. It was so funny, I had to get a picture of him.