My little brothers

When Jerek & I got married they were 14 & 12. So I felt like I gained 2 more little bros. They lived in Boise, we lived in Boise. We went to their track meets, piano recitals, soccer games, birthdays. And they got to come stay in our house, eat our sugar cereal, and play Risk. I remember the first time I left Emmalee with them. She had a poopers. It took the two of them, lots of wipes, and fighting off the impulse to throw up, but they did it. We still laugh about it.

Now they are gone. Graduation, missions, and now school. Before leaving again, we had another late night of games, food, and fun. The next morning they ate my sugar cereal, and played "dragons" with the kids. My kids love them and call them 'Master'. It was just perfect. I secretly hope they don't find a special mate and have children of their own.

Then we can still have our game night.

Exercise for the day:

taking 2 children shopping (yes, that is exercise), mow the lawn, mud the garage (i'm in charge of the screw holes), sand my cabinet doors, & sand my table (gotta work those biceps and triceps!). whew! Needless to say, I slept well last night. Now on to a new day of endless exercise. . . .

I've been BUSY

I have a lot of catching up to do. . ..
But I've been having fun with paint and nails and wood and putty.
Such busy fun work.
I really do love working on our house. We recently finished an addition which ended up taking us 3 years. And I miss it. . . . I miss it so much I just keep thinking of more things I want to do. We did have a few projects we started before our remodel and we are now finishing those up. YEAH! I LOVE it! I find it to be such gratifying work. I work hard on it and then it is finished and it feels and looks good. So the opposite of house work where you work so hard and it looks good for a day or two. And then you have to DO IT AGAIN! So frustrating!! Right now I'm working on my kitchen.

I'll give you a sneek peak. . . .






It's going to look so AWESOME! Look forward to a future post of a finished project. . . .

in a couple of weeks. . .

:)

love where i live

I love waking up to this:

(don't mind that big ol' blue thing on my porch. . )

Right out my back window, or my bedroom window. I can lay in bed watching the hot air balloons float around in the sky. Or sit at the table eating breatkfast just watching. Every spring and fall, in the mornings. I absolutely love it.

"my little princesses"

LOVE THESE GIRLS!
I can't believe how much Addi LOVES Brooklyn! Always asking for her, telling me she wants to go to her house, putting her name in songs (to the tune of "twinkle, twinkle": "brooklyn, brooklyn, little brooklyn") and even praying for her. The other day they played dress up and it was so CUTE! Walking around in their pretty dresses and of course the pretty shoes! Needless to say, they have fun together.

Easter

It was COLD! But it was worth it cause we met the easter bunny.

learning to ride

It was finally nice last night so we took the kids on a walk. When we get home Addi jumps on her trike and starts going. Last I knew, she didn't know how to pedal. I was so impressed! Then after a bit, I look over. .. ..


and she's riding this! And then. . .


no trainig wheels! ok, not really! She is growing up so FAST though!

Family Night

Em did the lesson the other night for Family night. It was on protecting ourselves. She came up with it all by herself. And Addi was happy to be the model.

new hairdo

I LOVE having my hair played with. (I will even pay my kids to do it!) Here's my new do that Blake was inspired to put together. LOVE IT!

Ski Day

We finally took the kids up skiing. After an exhausting afternoon, I remembered why we only take them once a year.


Emmalee is an awesome skiier! Look at that formation!


Having a good time.

Crazy hair day

Em loses another tooth

What a cute smile!



(This is the first one I took. I told her she had to open her mouth cause it didn't look like she lost anything!)

February. . ..oh yuck!

I decided that I HATE February! This month is a curse to our family! For the last 3 years we have been sick in this cursed awful month!! Well, the month started out good with our family trip. Then Em got sick, missing a week of school. (On top of the week she missed for our trip.) Ended up having a sinus infection. Blake has the most horrible cough! (yes, still has it.) Addi had a fever, cough, stuffy nose. . .thought she has an ear infection, but decided to wait out the fever one more day and she was good to go. I was the worst of all. Sunday, in bed, ALL DAy... . .so sick with fever. I had no energy at all. I don't mind being in bed all day but who was to take care of me??? Kids are screaming, fighting, playing, so loudly I can hear them through every wall and door in the house. Addi is SO whiney when she is sick (so for 4 days straight!) and just wanted her sick mom. And I just wanted my mom.....Monday, I still had a fever, plus a sore throat, Plus a huge headache, PLUS a very painful neck. It was a designated movie and pajama day for the kids. By Wednesday, I was alive and back to being the mom. I'm so GRATEFUL for good health. . . . And that there are only 3 more days till March!

Things I learned about my kids on our trip

Emmalee LOVES California Adventure! Disneyland. . . .not so much. Her favorite ride? Tower of Terror & California Screamin'. And I was more than happy to go on all those rides with her. Look at that smile!


Addi likes to walk around an airplane. She does NOT like to sit on an airplane. She also 'adopted' a grandpa on the airplane. And was very upset that he did not continue with us for the rest of the trip.


ALL my kids LOVE the carousel.


Blake will throw a fit even at the 'happiest place on earth'.


We LOVE Disneyland, even in the pouring rain!

fashion diva

Surprise!!! We're taking you to. . . . .

DISNEYLAND!! "Disneyland?" "Yeah, would you like to go?" "um, yah." "Ok, cause we are leaving right now (seriously) to get on a plane." Pause. "Right now? (finally the smiles) We're going on a trip together?" "Sure." BIG smiles and a BIG hug! Just the reaction we were waiting for. Then. . . the jumping up and down screaming "DisneyWorld! DisneyWorld!!" "Um. . Disneyland." Dissappointed face. "Oh. . . Okay." Continues the jumping up and down "Disneyland!"
Then Blake. "Disneyland is closer? (closer than DisneyWorld) So we just can walk there?" "No we are going to get on a plane and fly there." "I LOVE flying on an airplane! (He's never been, that he would remember.)"

Here's our week of fun!