Mommy moments

Sometimes it is really easy to get so caught up in the crazy everyday run around that it is easy to forget why we do what we do. My kids are really good about giving me a good look at what this is all worth. I decided that it would be fun to share a few of these moments...

In the morning we have the same thing happen every morning, Sunshine wakes up about 6:30am everyday. She then wakes up little man and they play. They get restless and want to eat breakfast. However I make them wait for Princess G to wake up. She sleeps longer and I only like to do breakfast once. And Princess G needs her sleep. Well this morning was no exception to our normal routine. However when Princess G woke up she came into my room to cuddle. (I was in bed enjoying New Moon :) After we cuddled for a few minutes I said lets tease the other kids just a little. So we covered Princess G under my covers and I called in the other kids. I asked them if we should just go ahead and eat without Princess G. They got very excited and said yes (of course) Then I asked if they loved Princess G. They got very excited and said yes. Then Sunshine came running over close to where we were hiding Princess G and said "Mommy she is my very bestest friend" That made me so happy. She still had no idea that we were hiding Princess G under the covers. It was so honest and sweet, and she said it with such excitement. I decided I would remember this through the day when they start fighting. After sunshine said this I removed the covers and the girls came face to face, then Sunshine got even more excited and they hugged. This is what makes it all worth it.

Yesterday, was another fun moment. Our back door has been sticking and very hard to open for awhile. It seems to have gotten worse the last few weeks. It is so bad that Sunshine has not been able to open the door on her own. That has made it really hard because Little man and Princess G will run out side close the door and leave Sunshine behind. She is then left at the door crying, because she wants out, or in. Then I drop what ever I am doing and get the door for her. Well I have been saying that we really need to fix the door. It is driving me crazy. You have to slam the door to close it. I hate the slamming doors. So I decided I need to do something about it. Alan thought our house had settled and the frame had shifted so that it would be difficult and expensive to fix.I decided I should just look at it to see what was going on. I opened the door to look at the hinges, it looked as if some of the screw were loose. I thought well that would be too easy. I grabed a screwdriver and tried to tight a few screws. The screws turned out to be striped. I pulled out a screw it turned out the screws are only 3/4 inch screws. I am not contractor or anything. However that seemed way to little for something you use everyday. I went and found some much longer screws and replaced just one screw. I then closed the door. Much to my surprise and excitement it closed all the way and quietly. Yeah for Mommy. I decided to replace all the striped screws in the top hing as well as a few others in the other two hinges. The kids came down and wanted to go out side. They opened the door and were very excited Mommy the door opens and closes. I said I know i fixed it. They then started running around the house yelling "Mommy fixed the door, Mommy fixed the door" It made me feel good. My little cheerleaders. The best though was when Sunshine got up from her nap, I said to her to go let the dog out. She said mommy I can't open the door. I told her I fixed it go try. She runs over and opened the door. She got so excited she said "Mommy I opened the door with one hand" Her excitement was so cute. I love how kids get excited over the little things.

Ok, one more story and I am done for now. Last week we were leaving the park and the girls were talking about a very large fly they had sen at the park. Princess G asks Mom do flys bite? I said no they are just ugly, Sunshine then pipes up and says yeah and they're ugly too. I thought I was going to die laughing. It was so honest and matter-of-fact. Kids are so sweet and fun. i am glad I can blog these events. I think of it as a great journal. I am not sure who reads our blog, but I decided it really doesn't matter I am really grateful I am able to do this.

Sunshine

The other night we had put the kids to bed and started enjoying some quite time. I was reading Twilight and I am not sure what Alan was doing? We kept hearing Sunshine. We kept taking turns telling her to go to bed. Neither one of wanting to get up. Finally we thought we had won the battle. I decided I was ready to put my book down and get some sleep. Alan and I got up to turn off lights and lock all the doors. I started up the stairs to find Sunshine sound asleep. I had to take some pictures. I thought this was too cute.

Little Man turns 7

We had a very fun filled weekend. Little man turned 7 and we had two Birthday parties. One on Saturday for his friends and one on Sunday for Family friends.

The theme Little Man picked was Army. So we did a little boot camp. It was so much fun. When we gave out the invitations we gave every boy a pair of camo shorts to wear to the party. All the boys showed up to Fort Mortensen ready for boot camp. We checked in all the boys by weighing course, them and measuing thier height. We then gave them their equipment, Helmets and dog tags. Then they did their fitness test. One we where sure that they where all in top notch shape we did a obstical followed by a water battle. It was so much fun. Little Mans favorite part was that it was all boys. Even his sisters where not there. We went out to dinner on Saturday with Little Man and the girls. We let him decided where we would eat. He picked Red Robin becasue he knew they would sing to him. It was pretty funny. He kept looking around for them to come sing to him. We had a good time.

Sunday we did it all over again. This time though it was mostly adults. Much easier on me. We had family friends over for dinner. I enjoyed visiting with our friends. And as I have done for the last 5 birthdays I made homemade pizza, Little Mans favorite for dinner. Then of course we had cake and Ice Cream again. I made two identical cakes. One for each party. However Saturdays cake was two layers and Sundays was 3 layers. Little Man got some great toys. We havn't seen him much now. He is busy playing with his Pokemon toys and his tamagotchi. He bought the Tomagotchi with his birthday money. He felt so grown up getting to pick out his own toys.

All said and done we had a great weekend. It was a lot of fun to see Little Man spend time with his friends. Let me tell you when you have 6 boys in your house at one time you realize that most of the stuff you kid does is the same thing that all little boys do. i.e. talking loud, funny noises, jokes that are not funny to adults but sure to crack up all kids. We really enjoyed our time with our kids this weekend.

No more toddlers

We have now hit a new stage in our lives as parents. All the toddler toys are gone out of our back yard :( I was on craigslist the other day (one of my favorite sites) and saw a post that someone was looking for a play house. They have two boys ages 2 1/2 and 1 and wanted a play house for them. We had a play house that we bought 2nd hand 3 years ago. Our kids have long ago lost interest. I thought what a great way to pass it on and make a little cash :) always good. I sent a message and got a very happy response. In the conversation I was asked if we had more toys they would buy those as well. When they came to pick up the play house they picked up almost all of our other toys. We are very happy to see them go to a family that will enjoy them. However as I watched them drive off it hit me, I don't have any more toddlers. It is a new stage for us. It is a bit weird. Little Man And Princess G both now ride two wheelers and we even let little man go out and ride his bike with the other boys who live on our street. Little Man turns 7 this weekend. I think all of this is hitting all at once so I am a bit sad. I am sure I will get through this. Well I hope you all are enjoying your kids what ever age or stage they may be in :)

Public once again.

I have taken off the private mode. I have made some changes to the blog that we feel will keep our blog and our family safe. So once again we will be public. Happy reading to our friends.

This picture has nothing to do with anything, but it is cute.

June was a bit crazy...

Anya's Baby ShowerLas Vegas is HOT, HOT, HOT!!!!

Best Friends

June was a really fun and crazy month. I went to Las Vegas twice, then to Utah and on to Idaho. I was able to lots of great friends & family. I had a blast. The kids really enjoyed making new friends, seeing old friends, and playing with their cousins. Well let me recap ...

I went to Las Vegas for Anya's baby shower. What a great time. I am so excited for my very best friend and the baby girl that will soon join her family. Randy and Anya are really excited and have waited a very long time for this sweet little angel to come to their home. Celebating with her friends and family in Las Vegas was really wonderful. While I was in Las Vegas all of my family was showing up for our family reunion. It happened to be the next weekend, the same weekend as Alan's family reunion. So I was going to miss my family reunion to go to Alan's. Well as luck would have it all my family arrived early. I flew home on Sunday and decided to pack up the kids and the dog and drive back to Las Vegas on Monday. Hence my crazy month.

Las Vegas was so much fun. In addition to seeing my family, I was able to visit lots of great friends. I was able to see Lisa and enjoy a very Hot Vegas day in her pool. Thanks Lisa. Then I was able to visit with Audrey and see her very cute family. We had a very nice visit. I was even able to finalize plans for my 10 year high school reunion. It is always fun when you are able to get more then you plan on done. After a nice and Hot few days in Las Vegas, I once again packed up the kidos and the dog and drove to Salt Lake City. I made a short stop in St. George to visit another friend. (it is very nice to have friends all over)

Salt Lake City was my favorite place. It is where Alan joined us. (yeah I forgot to mention that Alan was not with us in Las Vegas) We where all very happy to be together again. Me more then anyone. Being a single parent is very hard. Alan's family reunion was very nice. He has a very large family. I met some of his first cousins for the first time, and we have been married for almost 8 years. I think I have met them all now. I will let you know. After two days in Salt Lake, we once again loaded the kids and the dog and now Alan and drove with his family to Bosie, Id. Actually Alan and his dad drove in our car with the kids and the dog. I drove Laura (Alan's little sis) in her husband's car. She can't drive a manuel, and I needed a road trip with out fighting kids. I was more then happy to drive for Laura.

Now we where in Boise, we spent the week visiting with Alan's brothers and sisters and our niece and nepews. We enjoyed play settlers of Catan, shooting off fire works, and just relaxing. All said and done we had a really nice trip. We where even able to get some nice family pics and some nice pictures of the kids. The time then came to drive home, yeah back in the car. It takes two days to drive back home. We left Boise and drove to West Vally and had dinner with an old roommate of mine. It was so nice to see Merri and her husband Ellis and their adorable baby boy. After enjoying time with Merri we drove to Provo to visit with one of Alan's old roommates, Damen and his wife Sybrina and their 3 kids. It is great our 3 kids and their 3 kids pretty well match in age. So once we got there we didn't see any kids until it was time to go. We left after a short visit and drove to Price, UT for the night. On Sunday we made it the rest of the way home. Finally!!! My bed, my house, my air conditioner... life is good.

This week we have been trying to catch up on sleep and life. It was a lot of fun and I am glad we went, however I am very happy to be home. Well to those of you still awake and reading this, Thanks for your interest. To those of you reading this and we missed seeing you on our trip (Amy) sorry.