Last Day of School!!!!/ Jeff's BDay!!!

Well, it's the last day of school!! YIPPEE!!! Jackson was pretty excited. I decided to celebrate with him, so I got up this morning made him blueberry pancakes and sausage and hot cocoa. Plus he's been asking since he learned how to ride his bike if he can ride to school. So after breakfast for everyone, Jeff attached my bike trailer and the kids and I rode with Jackson to school! That ride made me realize.....I'm outta shape!! Plus I gotta ride back at noon and ride with him home! Good thing the school is pretty close!!! The kids are loving the trailer though. Brooklyn was singing to us the whole way.

Today is Jeff's birthday...32!! He chose the Texas Roadhouse for dinner. I think everyone from the my family and his parents will be there so we'll be quite the crew! I'll take pics and post them. I ordered him a cake from the cake queen Paula, so I'll post pictures of that too!

Jackson has offically started with TBall and Football practice now. So we're staying busy with practices for each twice a week. It's good to keep him active though!! He gets into much more mischief when he's bored!!

Perfect Attendance.....

Today Jackson had an awards assembly at school. He received a perfect attendance award. He hasn't missed a day all year. Good Job Jackson!!! The last day of school is next week, the 29th. I think we're all excited for summer break! Hope everyone has a great Memorial Weekend!



So this is a really bad picture apparently.... Guess I need to read up on my new camera!!! Anyways....he's in there....

Brooklyn Alyssa......

We've been "tagged" by our friend Brylee. So here are a few things about Miss B that you may or may not already know.

1. She has 6 teeth and loves to smile to show them off

2. Her favorite color is PINK....ok, maybe that's moms favorite color?!?

3. Her favorite snack is Cheerios

4. She had an allergic reaction to peanut butter a couple weeks ago. Let's hope she grows out of this one!

5. She weighed 6 lbs 10 oz at birth, went home in preemie clothes

6. She now weighs 22 lbs and wears size 18 months!!! Wowzer!!!

7. She likes to sit in her high chair and dance to the music

8. She's in love with Ethan at the babysitters house......he's 13!!!

9. She loves her brothers very much and flashes them that pretty smile whenever they come near!!

10. She will not sleep without her James Blunt CD going or the country music station

11. Her Woobie is a pink stuffed cat and a pink Eyore blanket made by grammy! She takes it with her everywhere and it's always over her face when she sleeps!!

12. She has a serious temper and frequently "yells" during the day if you're not doing what she thinks you should be.....DIVA??

13. She is our Brown Eyed Girl for sure!!! We love ya B!!!!

We tag Paxton Mitchell, Nixen Herem, and Braedon Kelley

Busy Bees!!!

Well, it seems like every time I get a chance to blog, I start by saying how busy we've been, but we have honestly been busy this week again!!

Last weekend was my home health weekend, so I was gone a lot. But I did make it back for a couple hours around lunch time on Mother's Day to see the kids and Jeff. They had together picked me out a new hot pink camera and the new Stephanie Meyer book The Host. Great choices huh? So the pictures on this are courtesey of the new camera.

Kaden was sick on Tuesday with a sore throat and fever, which he so kindly has shared with Jeff and I.

Friday afternoon, the kids and I took off to Twin Falls. We stopped at Shoshone Falls for an hour or so. I had never been, so it was neat to get to see something for the first time a long with the kids. They were really bummed that we couldn't go swimming in it though. We had a snowcone in the shade and then went to my Aunt Susie's house. Her oldest child JD had a music recital for graduating on Saturday so we stayed over and attended that. I drove quick into Boise Friday night and picked up my Uncle Randy for the get together. It was a great time seeing lots of family members at once. (Great seeing you Amber and Jeff! Love the baby bump!!)

Today I ran my Uncle up to Idaho Falls to catch an early morning flight. Then came home, made breakfast (including Cosco strawberries!!! Love them!!) then Jeff and I packed up the kids and went back to Idaho Falls to go to the zoo with Jeffs brother Scott, his wife Traci and their boys Nathan, Kyler, and Tristan. So it was a great day with everyone together! The cousins always love seeing each other!

Hope everyone is doing good. School is winding down to an end of course, so there are a few activites that Jackson has the next couple weeks. I'll post pictures as I get them.

Have a marvelous week!!

So Proud!!!

Well.....Jackson did it!!! He learned to ride his bike without training wheels!!! He has a serious perma grin, and so does mom!!!! Way to go Buddy!!!! He was a way quick learner...only took a couple times of me letting go of him to get the hang of it!









This is of Kaden on his scooter....he didn't want to be left out.....

Whew....Another Week!!!

Another week week just flew by!! Man I swear I wake up and it's Sunday and before I know if it's Friday again! So I worked Mon-Wed. this week. I also work this weekend at home health, so I'll be pretty busy the next while. Next week I work an odd schedule. I took Saturday off so I can attend my cousins graduation in Twin. It'll be fun to see extended family again!! So I work Mon Tues, have a class Wed night, then work Thurs. Whew....makes me tired just thinking about it!

The kids are doing good. Jackson got signed up for flag football this week. That should be starting the beginning of June I think. I love watching football!! I'm a total side lines mom, although.....my mom tends to yell louder then I do!! I may have to work on that this year!!! T Ball will be starting about the same time, so there will be sports pictures on soon! Kaden has calmed some this week. I think he sensed his death was near if he kept up his antics, so he backed off. Brooklyn had a well baby check up yesterday. She weighs 21 lbs. and is 27 inches long. I swear she weighs 30 but I guess the scale doesn't lie!! The Dr was asking me does she crawl....no, does she pull her self up....no, does she pick up her feet to walk if you hold her hands...no. I smiled at him and said..."Listen Doc, she just mastered the whole rolling thing...a princess can not be pushed. He laughed, said she is totally fine with everything. He thinks her size has a lot to do with her being behind on things. I told him I'm not worried. I like that she is immobile!! I have to chase her brothers around ya know!!!

I did get a call from Jeff on Monday while I was at work. He went to pick up Jackson from the bus....Guess what...no Jackson. Hmmmmm So I called around to a couple friends, no they hadn't seen Jackson. I called the school, talked to his teacher. A search party was sent out at the school. Everyone looking. Jeff called me fifteen minutes later or so. Said Jackson had walked home from school with a couple sixth graders from the neighboorhood!!! It's like 6 blocks!!! WHAT!?!?! So I called the school called off the search party after apologizing profusely!!! I swear these boys are going to give me gray hair!!! But, he was safe and hopefully has learned a lesson!!! RIDE THE BUS!!!

Hope all the moms out there have a super wonderful Mother's Day! To the two special moms of Jeff and I.....Thank you for all of the love and support you offer us everyday! We love you both very very much, even on the days we don't say it! Have a great weekend everyone!!



(Thanks Aunt Deb for the clothes!!! Don't they look cute!!!)

The Madness Continues......

So remember I asked for my sweet 3 year to return to me today?!?!? Yeah....not gonna happen. He has so far today.....smeared toothpaste all over the bathroom mirror, tried to wear my contacts, but dropped them in the garbage. (Do you know how much contacts are?!?!), got into my tinted moisturizer and used it like hand lotion, and played his game boy in the closet after pushing all of the towels out of the way.... Good Grief this kid has to stop!!! BUT, he has also crawled in my bed this morning, kissed me and said I love you, insisted that we wear our matching Red Bird shirts (until tinted moisturizer magically ended up on both of us), squeezed me around the neck and said Mom, I like you..... So I guess that'll make up for the mischief today.....







This is Miss B at lunch today.... that explains the messy face, but she was very happy and singing so I thought I'd try to capture a smile. It worked!!! She is so hard to get to smile sometimes! Plus, if you blow up the picture and look close, you can see her earrings!!!

Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!! I'm at the hospital tommorrow, but it's all good cause my mind needs a break from the madness named......KADEN!!!

OOPS!!

Ok, so I just realized that my pictures and my descriptions didn't match up....please switch them in your mind as you read them!! I just don't have time what with the 3 year old demon living in my house and all to switch them around!! So sorry.......... I'm sure the moms out there understand!!!

Life continues......

So boy my blogging has slacked big time lately! Sorry everyone! Let me just catch you all up on life. Not much has been going on. Saturday was an absolutely gorgeous day. The kids played outside, Jeff mowed the lawn even! They had all the trampoline parts out and were going to put it together. So here's some pics from that day.......




Sunday after church we went and had dinner at Jeff's folks house in Marsh Valley. Jeff's mom was flying out Tuesday to go to North Carolina. Jeff's sister, Melissa had a baby last Thursday.... a baby girl!! Yeah! So Wanda was very excited to be able to see her second granddaughter! Sophie Nicole is precious! I'm so glad that now Brooklyn has a girl cousin on the other side of the family too!!



This is a pic from yesterday....It was cold and windy so the boys couldn't go outside, so we hauled out the crayons and markers instead! It was a big bummer to the boys cause we had been to the park a couple times after dinner this last week. So much to their dismay they had to stay indoors yesterday....




And this folks.....is what we woke up to this morning!!! What the?!?!? SNOW!!! Come on!!! Jackson couldn't believe it! He walked to the window and said mom why did it have to snow??? I said son I'm asking myself the same thing! So my flip flops were replaced today with tennis shoes.... My toes are NOT happy!!!

Not much else is going on around here. Kaden has though decided that he is going to be a terror at the age of 3 instead of 2. Yesterday I came out of my room after getting dressed and he had so kindly made Brooklyn a bottle....with a quarter of a formula container!! Come on!!! Today he has already dumped out a container of salt all over the kitchen floor, dumped hand soap all over the bathroom counter, and wrote in my kitchen everywhere a three year old can reach with a magic marker!!! Grrrrrrrrr I have been scrambling to clean up every mess he makes today!!! I'm hoping he will go to bed tonight and wake up to be the sweet calm boy he was a couple days ago!!

I did try to take a pic of Miss B and her earrings, but it never turned out right. I had her pictures taken again at the studio yesterday, so I'm hoping that in one of them will be a good shot and I'll post that!