Dr. Day.....

Yesterday was a windy cold day! We only left the house in the morning to run to the Drs office for Brooklyn and Kaden. They are both doing fabulous! Yesterday was little rough due to shots though! I seriously contemplated putting my head in the toilet and flushing so I wouldn't have to listen to Kaden crying anymore! He cried for an hour straight about his owie leg!!! Death by three year old is what the headline would read!! Kaden weighs 38 lbs now and Brooklyn weighs 20 lbs and is 27 inches long. Guess I better come up with another car seat for her. I'm just not sure how to squish in a bigger seat to our little car! We better start shopping for a new vehicle. Let me tell you how excited I am for another car payment! HA! Well, today is grocery store day..Yippee!! Nothing like shopping with 2 kids, but I just don't think I can put it off any longer! We'll be eating cereal 3 meals a day if I don't.........

Brrrrrrrrrrrrr

Our poor rat terrier Molly just HATES the snow!! I opened the front door this morning to let her out and she popped her head out the door and promptly turned around to come back in the house! I finally coaxed her outside, thankfully! Its snowing here today and supposed to continue through tomorrow. Tonight we have swim lessons. The boys are just loving it and I'm just loving that they fall into bed and go right to sleep after! I'll post some pictures if I can sneak in tonight and snap some. The rec center has some nazi rule about parents staying in the room behind the glass, but I'll see if I can get in. Hope everyone is staying warm in this chilly weather!

Pics by Grandma

We went to Blackfoot today and spent the afternoon with Kassandra, Paxton, Tessa, and Grandma. I had to see some patients in Blackfoot tonight at bedtime, so we went up early to have pictures taken and eat dinner wtih them at Rupe's. Rupe's is a burger joint a la 50s so the kids always enjoy it! Plus the adults love the killer burgers, so everyone walks away happy!

The kids did great smiling. We even got a rare shot of Brooklyn sort of smiling. She's a pretty stoic kid, so to catch a grin is good! This is a picture of her in a dress that my mom wore when she was about this age.

Those brothers just love baby sister! We all think she's pretty great! Our gift from above.......

A rare moment when all the kids are sitting still and looking at the camera (sort of)...... There is never a dull moment when you get all five of these kidos together. Someone is usually always crying, or screaming, or yelling, or fighting, but it's such a great blessing that we can live so close by that the kids can grow up together. Built in best friends I say........

A Blustery Day

Sunday today......and it is a windy Sunday at that! The wind has been blowing all morning and now this afternoon too. It snowed just a skif while the kids and I were headed to church, but it didn't last long. Now is just windy and cold. A good day to stay in side and curl up with a good book I say.......

It seems like everyone I know is talking about the Twilight series...... So my curiosity was peaked and I read the first one. It was seriously delicious! So, now I'm onto the second one! I am loving every minute of it and hope that the second and third are as good as the first was! So...thanks to everyone who recommended them! I am just love love loving them!!!

I work the next 3 days at the hospital and then the weekend at Home Health. Never an idle moment in my life! I'm going to relax today and just read. The boys are busy with Gameboys and Jeff is finding some sports show of some kind to keep him entertained I'm sure. He's very excited for the Super Bowl next Sunday. The culmination of the year in football. I say BORING!! Darn I have to work!

Hope everyone has a spectacular week!

A hoe hum day

Today is Friday.....my last day off since I work tomorrow.....It's going to be kind of a bummer day because I have a funeral to go to this afternoon and then a wake to go to tonight. This afternoon's funeral is for a girlfriend who lost her twins at 24 weeks gestation. Soooooo it won't be much fun at all!!! Tonight will be another sad night...its for another girlfriends dad who passed away..... Double yuck day!

But, later this afternoon I get to see my friend Nicole, so I'm sure she'll put a smile on my face! We don't have anything exciting planned this weekend. The kids get to spend tomorrow with their dad, so they always think that's fun!

Is it just me, or is January not a super depressing month? Christmas is over, money is short, the weather is definetly blah! AUGH!! I can hardly wait for spring! I need flowers and sunshine badly!!!

Maybe my next blog won't be so sad sounding! I'll work on that! No worries, we're all doing super fantastic!!! Hope all you are too!!!!

Busy Busy Busy

Whew!!! I'm tired just thinking back over the last few days! It's been pretty busy. Mainly just because it was my weekend to work at home health so I haven't been home much. But today is the start of 3 days off so I can catch up on lots of things! Today I took Kaden for an eye exam. I have been finding him with his face right up next to the tvs lately and he keeps telling me that he can't see. So I figured since we have eye insurance, might as well get his eyes examined! I'm happy to report that he can see great and doesn't need glasses! He was just foolin his mama. That mama is such a sucker sometimes! Hahaha He did so great at the office and I couldn't resist taking some pictures!

Everyone else is doing great. Jackson has grandparents night at school tomorrow night so he's pretty excited about that! He has his reading level tested at school last week, so he's happy that he can start picking some more advanced books to read! Then he goes to school and takes a test on the computer when he's have finished it. He thinks that pretty neat!

Brooklyn has started offically on fruits and vegies and is loving everything she tries! It's so fun to see how excited she gets when she is sitting in her high chair! I'm getting her 6 month pictures taken today, so I'll be sure to post some when I get them!

I get to have lunch with a dear friend tommorow who I haven't seen since May. She moved to Las Vegas, but I'm happy to say she's back so I'm excited to see her! Love ya Nicole!

Hope everyone is doing as spectacular as we are!

Big Girl!!

Well, she did it! Brooklyn learned how to roll over from her belly to her back finally! And she also laughed! Jeff figured out what to do to make her do it! I was beginning to wonder if she even had a sense of humor at all. I tried to tickle her last night and she burst into tears! But, at least now I know that she can belly laugh and it was so wonderful to listen to! I kept making Jeff repeat what he was doing so I could hear her do it for longer!

Not much has gone on this week. Jackson did have an award assembly at school where he received a few awards for having perfect attendance. He was pretty excited about that. Too bad I missed it....I was working.

Tonight we're going out to dinner with my sister and her family and my mom for my mom's birthday. She chose Apple bees and we haven't been there in awhile so it wil be a fun time I'm sure. It's always wild when you take children out to eat at a restaurant!

Hope everyone is doing great!