LOVE THIS BOY......

Happy Birthday Quincey!!!!

I know you are all probably thinking it is about time you blog about Quincey's birthday, (cuz I that is what I am thinking)! I guess better late than ever. Quincey invited both third grades for her birthday, and we had a webkinz treasure hunt and spun the wheel of wow to earn prizes. We had a great time even though it was raining like cats and dogs!! We Love You Quincey, hope you had a great birthday!!!

having fun at Grandma & Grandpas......

Happy Birthday Cooper!

I can't believe that Cooper is 2 already! He didn't feel

really good on his birthday, so we just had a small little

party. He is really into cars(the movie),

jeeps, motorcycles and trucks, so that is what

he got. The day after his birthday, he made his dad take

him and his toy motorcycle on a ride on

the street bike, dirt bike and the jeep. This kid is

ALL BOY!

Asparagus

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Better Late than never

Ok so I have started to work on a new project...... I am going to print my blog into a book. I don't really like any of the programs that are out there, so I am custom designing each page. Yes it is going to take forever but I hope it will be worth it. I am going to start with the year 2008 and see how that goes. I am kind of hoping this will take place of my scrap booking. I post everything that I would scrapbook anyway, so I hope it works!

Recently when I was taking my nieces baptism pictures, Quincey brought to my attention that we never did any pictures with her baptism dress on, since it still fits her we got a couple of pictures. I starting thinking that if I didn't do it, she would probably be my only kid that didn't get pictures done for her baptisms. I am so glad I did, because now I will be able to stick it in my 2008 book.

So tell me what do you think?

Spring!!!

The weather has been beautiful for the last couple of days. I thought I would get a picture of my cute little flowers before we get 3 inches of snow this weekend! No I don't know if it is really going to snow, but mother nature has been kind of tricky!

Lexey's baptism

Yesterday my sister and I hung out and did a quick little photo shoot of Lexey for her baptism. This is the invitaion I came up with. Hope she likes it!

WhAT tHe hEck!!!!

I don't usually like to be negative on my blog, but I think I might be having a midlife crisis and I need to have a venting session. Lately I've been so irritable, angry and just plain pissed off. The sad part is I truly have no reason to feel this way, and I am not usually like this. I think that part of it is this.
It seems that as a mom I can't have two seconds to my self, whether its:

when I am asleep in my bed(Faith is always right next to me or on me.)

I can't go to the bathroom by myself without 2 watchers

I am usually never in the car by myself(always listening to what my kids want or watching a movie)

can't keep a water bottle to myself (I always catch my kids sneaking a drink and sliming my bottle)
can't take a shower or a bath without an audience

just bought a new cd the other day and my kids have already lost its case(you can never keep anything nice)

can't eat my dinner without kids wanting a bite of mine

I think I need to take a well earned (girls) vacation. I could care less where I go, but I am feeling like I need a day or two to my very own self. I think the only reason I am not completely crazy is that I take a mini vacation to the gym just about everyday. I love it! It is my time to think what I want & do what I want. (and to get rid of the fat I somehow got)

I know I sound a bit selfish, but sometimes venting helps you come back to the real world so sorry for the all this.
I would not trade my kids for anything in the world!!!!! I love them to the moon and back!!

On another note, I had the best dinner tonight. At Costco you can buy a pre mixed salad in a bag, and it comes with the dressing, feta cheese, cranberries, and almonds. Anyways I slice up some strawberries and opened a can of chicken and it made the best chicken salad. For rabbit it food it tasted pretty dang good!

And so it is over..... glad in a way and quite sad in a way. Of course I was just a mom sitting in the back but enjoyed every bit of it. I think this will be one of many plays we are involved in...

Goodbye for now!

Faith and Cooper...

sometimes these two are best friends...... and other times not!

Crafts

Uncle Trevor and Aunt Kara came to visit this weekend. Nate and Trevor went to Sun Valley to do some fly fishing so us girls hung out and did some girl things. (including Cooper) Quincey and Gracie are painting the first letters to their names, Faith is painting a little bunny, and Cooper got into the Halloween paint when I wasn't looking and decided to paint his face.

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This is the magnet board/picture frame I made today. It turned out really cute. I think it looks way cuter in real life. Thanks Kara for the fun!!!!

Spring Break

This year for spring break we have to stick close to home because Quincey and Gracie have dress rehearsal for the play. Its been kind of hard thinking of fun things to do to keep the kids busy.

We had perfect weather this evening for a hot dog roast (or maybe a smoke out)so that was our fun activity for the day. Tomorrow we are going swimming and then taking a little road trip to Idaho Falls with Nate. I kind of wish we could say we went to Disneyland or on some fun trip for spring break, but it has been kind of nice just hanging out at home with the kids.

How do you cook the perfect marshmallow for a smore??? Yum Yum Yum

Piano Lessons

Quincey and Gracie have been taking piano lessons for the last couple of months from Grandpa Kent. The picture of Gracie is a little bit deceiving. She usually is not smiling this big when she has to practice the piano. (I am sure as she gets a little older she will start to like it more) On the other hand I think Quincey enjoys practicing and learning new songs. I hope they stick to it forever!!

Every time it gets quiet in the house and I can't find Faith she is usually upstairs getting into Gracie's makeup that she got for Christmas. Not only her makeup, but for some odd reason she always has to wear her dresses also. This is what she came up with today. (Some makeup and a little peanut butter)

Coops new Hot Rod..

Is this not the cutest car and kid in the world. Uncle Jerry sent this car to Cooper the other day and he just loves it. I thought he would love to get his picture taken in it but he was getting so mad at me so I had to bribe him with candy. (Like always) I'm sure he was thinking why is my crazy mom making me get my picture taken in just my diaper in my Hot Rod!!!

Okay so which one do you like better?

It's hard to be THREE!!!!

Faith is having the hardest time transitioning from baby to big girl. She is not tired enough after lunch to take a nap, but she is begging to lay down just for a minute at about dinner time. After lunch I have to trick her into watching a movie, sometimes it works and other times it doesn't.

The sad part is that Cooper is not far behind her. His sleeping pattern is also changing. He use to love to go to bed, and now when it is time he cries this really loud fake cry and yells no no.



On another note, we had a play day the other day, and this is Gracie and Jaceys way of having fun. The sad part is I think they thought they looked fabulous.

Yikes I am scared for the teenage years ahead of us. I can see myself right now telling Gracie "You can not go out with all that makeup on, get upstairs and wash some of that of before you go...."