Austin

Austin had a great year at school this year. He loved his teacher and making new friends. He kept begging me to ride the school bus and eat brakfast at school so I finally let him and I think that it spoiled me. I decided to keep some of the memorable things that he did at school this year but a lot of the artwork was just too big and getting too handled too much so I decided to just take a picture of it, so here it is...

He was in the Fruitland Spring Fair this year and was soooo excited to be in the parade. Here are some of him singing and some of the parade. The theme this year was Dr. Suess Is Loose In Fruitland and the Kindergarten kids were The Cat, In The Hat Turns Orange and Black. It was cute...

He obviously got toothless this year...

And this is Austin during our family trip to Preston. Austin loves it here. He is such a free spirit and here at Grandma's farm, he can roam and play with the animals. His favorite horse is and old horse of the family's named Brownie. The day that we were leaving, he made his mom and dad cry as he had to pet each horse and talk to each one and tell each one goodbye with little tears in his eyes. It broke our hearts. The last picture of the baby horse was actually born the day that we got there.

Which is which?

Lets see who can get it right?

Catch some rays today?

.....apparently WE did!



OOOOHHHHH! My poor baby!
So we were at the park the first couple of hours of the afternoon and I brought hats and Jake just kept taking his off. After the first couple of times of him taking it off I just didn't worry about it. Apparently I do need to! After the park we spent the rest of the afternoon and evening working in the yard. It wasn't until I was just about done mowing the lawn that I noticed poor Jakey's skin. Later in the evening I went to scratch an itch that I had on my arm and just about went through the roof. I also got some rays. I guess it is already time to break out the sunscreen!

Easter 2009

We had nontraditional easter baskets this year. We loved these little wagons! We thought they made perfect easter baskets! The Easter Bunny still found them to put candy in! We had a good Easter and hope yours was wonderful as well!

Stuart Little

A couple of months ago we rearranged the house a little bit and we have all three boys sleeping in one room. This has actually worked much better than I had anticipated. The boys like to be read to before they go bed but I was really having a hard time getting them altogether to read and I was tired of reading the same book three times because they would each pick the same book. So I finally decided that since they are all in the same room, that I would read to them after they were in their beds. THEY LOVE IT! It also helps them calm down and they get the time that they want with mom.

We have quite a few books, short kid stories, but I decided to start a longer book to see how they would do with it. I saw Stuart Little and decided with that one. They have had so much fun listening to the story line and I am surprised at how much they understand. Jeffrey asks lots of questions which is good, it lets me know he is listening. Austin is VERY good at remembering what chapter we are on. Jake likes to just babble in his crib. :) We are having a very good time with this. We will let you know what our next book is!

Top 10 Things to do Instead of going to bed

10. Look at your blog and decide you want to change it, but aren't sure how to impliment the changes you want.
9. Find a website that walks you step by step through making the changes you want.
8. Play Mafia Wars on Facebook.
7. Play myFarm on Facebook.
6. Send super Flair to your Facebook friends.
5. Spend 2 hours fine tuning the code that was supposed to make your blog look the way you wanted just by doing a simple copy and paste procedure.
4. "Accidently" fix the problem you are experiencing because of the copy and paste procedure you performed.
3. Spend the next hour figuring out the "accident".
2. Google HTML and perfect your changes.
1. Make a blog post about what you did instead of going to bed.

Pictures

Check out the new slideshows. Yes, they are from Halloween and Christmas. Give me a break, at least you get to see them!

Messing Around

I've been messing around a little with the design and what not of the blog. If you notice something that is different and like it, tell me. If you notice something and don't like it, tell me and I will do my best to change it back. Although I make no promises about being able to get it back to how it was. Further, if there is something you would like to see, tell me and I will do my best to implement it. Keep in mind, I have a very limited skill set. Thanks for viewing.

Dangerous 4-letter word

"MINE" Yes, our little Jakey who is now almost 20 months old has now learned to say the word Mine. With two older brothers, this word is very valuable to him. :) With his cute little personality, he has definitely used this word to tease everybody a lot and he makes us laugh. Other words to go with this one is Elmo and More. Elmo does definitely go with the word Mine. He says, "Mine Melmo" which is so very cute. But we are pretty bias. He says "Mo" for More which we all love too.

Jake also has also started with an obsession with Elmo. We got him these Elmo pajamas for Christmas and it has been no big deal until two weeks ago. One day he just woke up and started saying "Elmo". He saw these pajamas and insisted on wearing them. Holy Cow! He did not want to take them off! Yes, he got to wear them all day. Austin got a big Elmo for his birthday when he was 2 years old that we still have and so Jake has claimed this as his own now. Also, we were walking through Walmart and he spotted these Elmo slippers. WOAH! The world was going to end as he knew it if he did not have these Elmos. Yes, we gave in and he got the Elmo slippers. So he is all decked out in Elmo now. I know, I know I keep promising pictures and sooner or later they will come and I will get one of him in his Elmos :)

Question...

So I was doing the boys' laundry the other day and I was taking the clothes from the washer to the drying, I was just chuckling at the funny things that are left in their pockets that are at the bottom of the washer or end up at the end of the dryer; rocks, chapstick, toys, pennies, just stuff they found around the house or outside. This also got me to remembering when I worked at a dry cleaners in Pocatello. It was part of my job before doing anything else with the clothing, that I check all the pockets of the clothing. It is funny the things that was found. One time I stuck my hand in a pocket and felt something totally weird and I totally freaked out. The hilarious thing is it was only a coushe (sp?) ball but it was the scariest feeling when I did not know what it was.

Anyway, so my question is, what is the funniest, scariest, most interesting, whatever thing you have found in the washer or dryer after doing laundry?

For Your Birthday?

Yesterday, Jeffrey and I were handwashing the pots and pans that could not fit in the dishwasher. He kept begging me to let him use the scrubber to help wash. I should have let him do it but I was in a hurry so I just wanted to get it done. His job was to rinse the soap off in the next sink. Jeffrey is always full of funny comments and out of no where he said, "I wish I could have a scrubber for my birthday so I can help wash the dishes." I couldn't help but smile and giggle inside. I guess the boy really wants to help!

Trying to get back

Sorry I haven't been on here for awhile. Life decided to happen even more quickly than it was before and I have been trying to get used to a new schedule.

For those that were wondering, I did not fall off the face of the earth :) I picked up another transcription job and so just busier than ever. It is definitely hard to keep up with it all and not feel burnt out. I really like my new job that I have. I am now typing for some local providers and also typing for a company based out of Salt Lake City who have an account with the Universtiy of Utah, so I am doing a couple of accounts there also. I really enjoy it! I am just trying to figure out how to balance it all now.

I need to get Josh to teach me how to download pictures so that I can do that too. We have cute pictures clear back from Halloweed that we need to get on here.

More to come soon!