Happenings

Dylan went face first down a slide and lost with the gravel. Hannah figured out how to use the table as leverage to brace her walking boot under the edge of the table and then pull her foot out.... she then limps away smiling. Matt took me to see Beauty and the Beast on stage. It was lovely! Levi is great at running, swimming, spelling, and math. Dylan just started swimming lessons and is thrilled! Riley was having issues sleeping. I would put him to bed vertically and find him in the middle of the night horizontal with half his body hanging off the bed.... No wonder he wakes up repeatedly. Soooo, we turned his bed so he is horizontal and it has proven to help with his sleeping thus far. Good ole' Feng Shui.... I created a schedule that if followed helps me to have gym time, scripture time, dedicated kid time, chore time, dinner prep time. 3 days in and I'm on a roll!! Hooray!

Dylan is 5

Dylan turned 5 and waited expectantly to go to Kindergarten. Apparently I failed to prepare him for a 5 month wait before real school. He loved the cards he got, a cool pirate ship, and the game Battleship. Thanks to everyone who called or mailed him something! Pictured is Riley playing Battleship with Dylan outside. It was a beautiful day and the boys wanted to play out there. I try to say yes to them when it really doesn't matter. Hannah got her cast off and now has a walking boot. Seeing as how she walked on her cast anyhow I'm glad she has permission to walk on it. Her double break is healing nicely. I'm amazed at how fast children can heal. Like the other picture of my friend and kids at McDonald's? That's how I keep my sanity sometimes.... that play structure helps a lot. All is well with us. The weather has been gorgeous and we've been outside more. The kids have been getting along and being nice. Hooray!

A week off from school??

We had the entire week off from school for President's week. Off we went to Southern California. My siblings took great pictures of my kidlets (but I don't have those pictures yet). I had a great time because I got to visit my dear, dear friends and sit and talk and talk and talk and not feel rushed. Meanwhile, my children ran amuck and had a splendid time. It was a lovely visit. We saw both sets of Grandparents, lots of cousins, and had MANY playdates. I failed to take pictures at all the friends houses that I visited and I am sad about that. So here is what you get... It was a nice week and I enjoyed it thoroughly.

Be of Good CHEER!

Today my goal is to remember that I always wanted to be a mother and to enjoy my children. That requires me to focus on them.... so that's my goal today while being of good cheer. Doesn't that sound lovely? I'll take it 15 minutes at a time. My children taught Hannah to say "stupid" and "Pee Pee". They laugh hysterically when she says those bad words. Any suggestions on how to get them to stop? Currently I'm ignoring her when she says them and try to get her to say "Purple" or "Spinach" or something. Matt got the big job with the big mattress company. He'll be traveling to Washington, Oregon, and all over CA while they open new stores in the malls. It's fantastic for him and his company just sad that I'll see less of him. He's a hard worker and I love him. I'll try to post pictures later of our lovely life. Bye!

Happy New Year! (2 months later)

Hi. Apparently someone reads this. What's new with us? Ummmmm.... well, I was informed that I had a mustache and not the popular kind. I have now entered the old lady world of shaving. Dylan had a substitute teacher that had a full on beard and she was female. I don't want to be like that.... The boys are all busy as ever. I struggle to keep up with their energy. Hannah broke her ankle and is awfully ornery and unhappy a lot of the time. It's made doing anything difficult. Hopefully she only has the cast for 4 weeks. Let's hope. Matt has been busy with work and will potentially be even more busy. That's good for his business. He'll also be reffing for soccer. I vow to have more playdates and visit the gym for sanity. That's my goal. I can't believe it's the middle of February. We rearranged my living room, gave away our jungle gym of a treadmill (let's face it... the kids used it more than we did). We also continue to plan away at the remodel of our kitchen. Hooray! That's my life. Comment if you read this please. Thank you.

Long time no see!

Hi. It's been a while since I've been on here (the blog). Hi. Sorry.

We've been getting ready for Christmas but before that we went down south for a funeral and then Budd and Roxanne came up and visited us. The kids were so so so excited to see both sets of Grandparents! Yay!

I loved visiting with my grandma and having my kids enjoy her and being (thankfully) respectful and calm-ish around her. Yay!

Matt's older

Hello! Matt had a birthday and is now 34. Happy Birthday Matt. He got a cheesecake since he prefers that over my dry cakes (he prefers it over anything, really). He got lots of themed ties and was delighted with those since he sort of collects ties. We got him an ice cream maker. Other than that we just keep busy. The picture of Matt with the fox (it's not a wolf... it's a fox....really) was taken at his office. Unfortunately the fox stayed on the wall and he is no longer in that office. He's back home! Hooray!! It's easier now that the younger boys go to preschool. Matt can actually get something done. That's what's new with us. Oh... the picture of D & R is so cute because they were being too quiet. Upon finding them Dylan was helping Riley with his homework. How cute is that???