See you Soon

my house is clean
the bags are packed
I'm ready to go on my little get-away to California- thanks IHC for paying for spouses to go!
i'll miss my kiddos, but they are way excited to play with cousins and Grandma!

Loves to all!

Ouch

So little Ry took a tumble down my basement stairs today. She cried and cried and had a bloody nose for a while, but finally the tylenol kicked in and she feel asleep in my arms. Poor girl! When she woke up she was much happier, but has a nasty little nose and some big bumps! I thought it may be broken at first but it looks better now.

The picture actually doesn't make it look too bad.

This week Sean was out of town and Tues. night Tayler and I got SOOOO sick! I think it was probably one of the worst nights of my life and being pregnant certainly didn't help. I felt completely helpless- especially when Tayler started and I needed to help her and make her better. It was awful, but thank heavens it was only the 24 flu this time! The next day, Wed., I stayed in bed all day (in between baths) and my friend came over to fix my kids something to eat. Tayler started feeling better around 11:00 in the morning, but mine hung on until that night. Thurs. morning I felt so much better, but had no energy! I lost 5 pounds in one day and was scared that I may be way dehydrated so I called the PA in our ward that works at an OB clinic and she got me some meds to see if I could keep fluids down. It worked and all was well! Sean came home last night around 11:00 and it is so nice to have him home, even thought we still haven't seen much of him. He did stay home so that Tayler could see him before he went to work. When we thought she was awake he went into her room and she LEAPED (literally) out of her bed and wouldn't let go. I think there is kind of a special bond there! :)

He told her that he would take her to do something really fun tonight so we have been brain storming!

I am so excited for my trip in a few days. It will be nice to sit and be lazy! I can't wait.

Anyway, have a great weekend everyone!

Whirlwind...

I am excited that my little brother and his wife and sister have decided to join the blogging world! Welcome aboard campers!

This weekend we had a fun dinner out with just our little family on Friday night. The girls behave so well that it makes it enjoyable (of course or we wouldn't do it or just do take-out!)

Saturday after work we started cleaning out all of our files from the loft. I have 3 big bags of shredded paper and more to go. It will be nice to have it organized. I really want to get painting it soon! That is #1 on my agenda.

So these are some pictures from the little baby I watched last Tues. and then today again. Tay and Rylee loved him. Rylee sat and read him several stories in her own cute little way

and Tay just wanted to hold him. (which he loved- can you tell??) Do you think we are ready for a baby or what? Tay will actually be a huge help so I am excited! I'm not sure what I would do without her. She's such a babe!

Rylee's new favorite thing is to make funny faces. I couldn't capture a really good one, but she is so funny! She laughs and laughs- it is pretty fun! She does it all day long. So our basement is on it's way to completion!! This was delivered in my driveway today. I can't wait! Sean is excited for his theater room finally. It will be fun to have the extra space. It's going to be loud for the next couple of weeks. They told me that they start at 6:30 a.m. Oh boy.

Happy Monday everyone!

Quiet, nothing to do sort of day

After yesterday it is re-FRESHING to have NOTHING on my agenda today, except for

• getting my bathrooms upstairs cleaned
• putting away my laundry;
• and making dinner

That is it!

This morning we woke up late, stayed in our pj's, watched Tayler's Barbie movie, cuddled in bed, and made milk shakes. It was wonderful. I love my 2 little one's so much. We have such great times together. When I have so many kids over everyday I tend to lose patience with my own and it's totally unfair. New Year's Resolution #1! I really need to work on that.

Yesterday was crazy!! 2 little girls came in the morning from 9:30 until 12:00 and then 2 little boys (18 months and 3 months) came from 1:15 to 5:45. My phone also rang at 8:30 a.m. to watch another little girl for a few hours. I politely declined letting them know everything else I had to do. I have to start saying "NO" That is my new goal, but it is so much easier said than done. I just think, did I stay home to watch other people's kids every single day (with no pay ever while they are working?!) Sorry to complain, I think I am just plain worn out! If it was once in a while it might be okay but it is at least every other day, if not every day! I guess I should be flattered that people trust me to watch their kids, or just a succor and am totally being taken advantage of! Hee hee! Okay, now I feel better.

Right now Rylee is napping and Tayler is at pre-school. Love life! The sun is actually shining (not that it is any warmer), but it feels good.

This is something I am TOTALLY looking forward too. On the 31st I get to go with Sean to La Jolla, California. He was invited to go on the "Broker trip" this year with SelectHealth, and they pay for the wives to go and do all the fun things too, like eat, get massages, go on sight seeing tours, etc. I am SOOOO excited to go. It will be so nice. It is from Wed. morning to Sat. morning. Long enough to relax and then come back to my kids. I can't wait!!

Anyway, I best get started on my chores. 1 is already done.. so 2 to go. XXOXX

Happy Birthday Jen

I am doing this post tonight since tomorrow will be semi-crazy with several sets of kids I am tending.. UGH!!

Anyway, I wanted to wish my:

FABULOUS

TALENTED

BEAUTIFUL

INSPIRING

LOVING

CARING (and on and on)

SISTER

a wonderful and HAPPY birthday!!!!!

I love her more than I could express! Your package is in the mail!

LOVES and HUGS

Weekend happenings

Friday I was called into work at about 4:15 and stayed until after 7:00. They were so busy at the Dental Office that they needed some extra help. It was crazy!

Saturday Sean bought a car while I was at work. He really wanted this Saturn that he had test driven Thursday night, so after he got the financing from the bank he called the guy. Well, he told him that he wasn't going to sell it anymore. Seriously? Why do you list it then! Anyway, he found a good deal on a cute little Mazda so he bought it. I'll take a picture and post it later. I haven't even really looked inside it or anything, but he said it was nice. I'm just glad that he finally found one and bought it.

After they got home we went to the mall for lunch. I was so tired that I just wanted to go home and sleep instead of shop. We came home and took 3 hour naps. It was heavenly!

Sunday was a good day. My brother Brent and sis-in-law, Ashley were in town so we went out to my Mom's house to see them. We waited until Sean was done with meetings so that he could go out with us! They were here because Ashley's grandma passed away last Tuesday. She luckily got to see her grandma before hand which is amazing.

We had dinner and then had a chance to visit for a while. It was great to see them. Hopefully we can make it up to Seattle sometime to visit for a few days!

While we were sitting downstairs talking, Grandma and Tayler came running in laughing because they had put fake teeth in. It was funny! We all had a good laugh.
Tayler loves to joke around. She has such a funny little sense of humor.

It is still freezing here! Last night when we were driving home at 10 it was 2 degrees. I feel sorry for anyone with a job outside. I hope that everyone had a great weekend as well!

LOTS OF SNOW

So yesterday we had another storm roll in and it produced some snow! Tay was so excited when she woke up! Unfortunately, I had to go to work so the sledding had to wait until I got home. Sean went to test drive a car last night so when I got home I decided to shovel our driveway (since I have no idea how to use the snow blower). Well Sean came home when I was about 1/2 done and I was excited because he could just snow blow the rest, but apparently I was doing it the opposite way so if he used the snow blower it would take him longer.. so we continued shoveling. Seriously, who would have guessed that there is a correct way to do, I was just proud of myself for doing it. Luckily he showed me how to use the snow blower and the "direction" to go so next time I will break that bad boy out instead of breaking my back. However, it was good exercise.

Afterwards, my legs were numb and I was shaking because I was sooo cold, so when he took the girls sledding I opted out! I stayed home curled up in my fleece blanket with some hot chocolate watching Grey's Anatomy! It was heavenly!

I wish that I would have gotten pictures of the girls in their snow gear. The snow outfit we used for Tayler (which is now Rylee's) was like a sumo suit. The poor girl couldn't even move in it! It was pretty hysterical to watch. Sean and I were laughing pretty dang hard. Tayler loved sledding down the hills at the park, but Rylee wasn't so fond of it. I need to get her some regular ski bibs so she can actually move. Sean said that she fell down and seriously couldn't get back up.

Today it is FREEZING outside! The wind cuts right through you!! I think I will stay in the warmth of my house for the rest of the day!

Happy Friday!

Changes....

So Saturday after I got home from work, Sean and I (and the girls) spent the afternoon at the car dealership.

This was the result:

I know it looks huge and it is, but I LOVE it! I thought that I wanted just the Yukon, but when the 3rd seat is up there is NO space to put anything in the back. There isn't room for a stroller or groceries (well a little, but not much) so we went for the XL. It actually is smaller than my truck so it doesn't feel huge to drive it and it's not so high off the ground. I am really happy with it. It is leather, with all the upgrades, and has a DVD player which Tayler loves. The minute she saw it she said "yep this is the one I want."

Anyway, we are excited. We traded in both our car and truck. It was hard to see my truck go. I loved that thing, but the good news is that this one actually fits in my garage. YAHOO!!!! It's so nice to not have to go out and start it for 5 minutes before taking the kids out. Sean is going out looking for a car this week, but has his dad's in the meantime since he is out of town. We want just a little commuter car that gets dang good gas mileage since he drives almost 70 miles a day round-trip. Any suggestions??

The big question is: Why did we do it??

Here's the answer:

Yep #3 is on the way. I am almost 10 weeks so my due date is the 9th of August! We are excited and hoping that maybe it's a boy (even though I don't think I would know what to do with a boy?!!) We'll see in a couple of months. Tayler is hoping for a boy and this pregnancy is a little different than my other 2 so we'll see?!

We had to get our fridge fixed today because it stopped working and possibly have to replace the whole control board again in the oven. Seriously, what is with our luck. I have been getting dry ice to keep our fridge cold.

It will be nice to have it working again, but paying $300 for something that should still be going strong - since it has only been 3 1/2 years- is a bite! Oh well, welcome to being a home owner right?

Have a fantastic week everyone!

Rylee's party and snow fun

We had a fun night on Rylee's birthday. My mom came up early so she played with the kids while I finished baking the cake. Then we put up streamers and balloons! Thank mom for your help.

I didn't have time to make dinner so Sean brought us Cafe Rio! Yummy! The reason I didn't have time was because I had to watch kids all morning and part of the afternoon so I only got the cupcakes done in the morning. Well the first cake I made dried out because my oven decided to "power fail" and I that's why I didn't hear the timer. What a mess. I swear our appliances suck!! Now our fridge won't get cold.. UGH! I guess they only last 3 years and then die. I guarantee I will never buy a Whirpool oven again. I am totally unimpressed with them. (Especially since it has been replaced already and we have only been here 3 1/2 years).

Anyway, sorry about the tangent! On the 2nd attempt for the cake the oven did function properly the whole time and so everything worked out okay.

Everyone came at 7 and so we opened presents, had cake and ice cream and did the pinata for the little kids. Rylee loved every minute of it. Thank you for all the presents everyone!

Yesterday, it wasn't suppose to snow until the afternoon/evening, but it snowed all day!! I think we got about 10 inches! Tayler was so excited to finally use her snow clothes that we bought her. When I got home from work I got her all bundled up and sent her out with Sean while he was snow blowing the drive way. Then I changed and headed out to play with Tay. Rylee had fallen asleep on the floor so we left her inside (Tay covered her up and put a stuffed animal by her-she's such a cute big sister). I stopped and bought a sled on my way home from work. I can't believe we didn't have one?! It was so fun to be outside and pull Tay around. Tonight we are going to attempt the snowman!

Today is just cold and snowy so we are going to find things to do in the warmth of our house :)

Have a great weekend everyone!!

Happy Birthday Rylee

My little Rylee is 2 today! I can't imagine life without her. She is such a wonderful part of our family and she makes us laugh so hard! We love her so much and have enjoyed the two years that we have had her so far!

Tonight we are having cake and ice cream for her, but Tayler was concerned that that was all we were doing so we got a DORA pinata as well! It should be fun! I'll make sure I take a lot of pictures of the evening.

Happy Birthday Rylee!!!

Happy New Year!

Welcome 2007!

We have had a wonderful week between Christmas and New Year's. Sean has gone into work, but only worked a few hours each day. It's been so nice having him not in school! I am sad that his next semester starts next week!

On New Years Eve we were just going to stay home, but our neighbors, The Pratts, invited us over to their house to hang out. We had a good time playing games and hanging out. All of us made it until midnight too! (even little Rylee)-- however, right at midnight she was out. Here are some pictures from the night:

Kirsten and Jane

Me and Rylee Pot Pie feeding our faces

Tay and her Daddy

Sean and I

Tay and Sean outside watching the firework show

The next morning we had a New Year's Brunch with the Hansen's and then took long naps because we were all sooo tired from the night before and waking up early! Sean and I traded going to the gym, made pizza's, and watched the Boise State game. It was a great game to watch. I didn't think they were going to pull out the "WIN", but they did. The Neville's came over to watch it with us.

This morning it was back to normal activities. Tayler had dance class and I went to Home Depot to get our money back for the oven we purchased.

Now it is lunchtime and naptime for my girls, and laundry and dishes for me.

I guess I should go set some goals too!!! Happy New Year's everyone!