The first day of school went really well. The biggest bummer for Annie was that her bus is a mess and she walked in the house about 3 min. before the boys and couldn't talk my ear off before the boys walked in. Last year her bus got her home 30 min. before the boys so she talked and talked before the boys got home. She loved seminary and came home much happier than she left. She played the piano in seminary because everyone else was too chicken. She isn't the best piano player in the class but I'm very proud of her for stepping up and doing her best. I probably would have been chicken. She was actually excited to go back the next day, but don't tell, she didn't want anyone to know that. :) She likes most of her classes and seeing all of her friends. She said the 7th graders are really little. Wow isn't she still in 7th grade? Whoops - time flies!
The boys had a great day! They wouldn't stop talking about it! Especially Tyler! I think he likes his teacher just a bit. OK a ton! He said his nickname is Sasquatch aka big foot. He has the biggest feet in his class. Shocker! Not! He has always had big feet. In fact he has 2 different sized feet. I can wear his shoes!
Jack loves his teacher and school. He was annoyed at the kids in his class for talking while he's reading. Oh brother Jack! Those who know Jack know he's usually the disruptor.
Matthew also had a great day and is keeping up on his homework after 2 days. So far so good. :) He really likes changing teachers for each subject and all the fun things they have planned for this year. He even has a planner. I thought this was interesting/funny: the 6th grade teachers told the kids they are required to shower and wear deodorant every day. None of the 6th grade classrooms have windows. I heard from a friend of mine that it smelled awful in there 2 years ago when her son was in 6th grade. Poor teachers!
Bubba and Jessie survived being home alone with me. I survived them. We actually had fun, just the 3 of us. In other news we finally have re-painted our front door. It was white and peeling! Now it's red and pretty. The previous owners or builder had painted it with flat latex paint and it was peeling off and looked horrible. One more project done on this house - hundreds more to go!
Friday, August 21, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
First Day of School
The 4 oldest kids started school today. The house is really quiet now with just Jessie and Bubba here. We don't have a pictu
re of Annie, she left too early for us to be wide awake and remember to take a picture. She looked cute as always. The boys were up and ready to go early. Especially Jack, he's the most excited of all the kids this year. Jack's in 2nd grade, Ty's in 4th grade, and Matthew is in 6th. They seem to have great teachers so it should be a great year. Cross your fingers! I am!
Annie is in 9th grade. First year of high school. She was the least excited of all of the kids. She texted me to tell me she left her lunch on the bus. I hope the rest of the day went better. The thing she actually was excited about is starting seminary today. I'm sure she'll have a great year.
The house actually feels lonely today. I had to get the little ones dressed and breakfast today. Usually that's what the older kids do. I even changed 2 stinky diapers. (Thanks Cameron!) Maybe I do miss them. They have been a great help with the younger 2 this summer. But there has been no fighting or nagging today. Ahhhh heavenly for the next 45 min. Then all craziness breaks loose. I can't wait to see how their days were, and sign all the papers they bring home today. If they stopped with all the papers we have to sign and all the stupid homework, they could save an entire forest just from my 4 kids. There's an environmental issue they should tackle.
Football games start next week. We still don't know any details. Matthew is on the Bears and is a lineman. He does the hitting and protecting. Ty is playing QB on his flag football team. He has the ego for it! I mean confidence. :) Jack is starting butterfly chasing, whoops I mean soccer soon as well. Annie should be starting the tennis team in the next month just so I can run around a little more. It's a good thing I have the days to rest up for the all the practices and games coming up. I am really proud of them for all they do and excited to watch them. They are growing up fast but not too fast. :)
Speaking of growing up - today at lunch Cameron kept saying a word I didn't know. Then I realized he was folding his arms and saying "prayers". We aren't very good at praying for lunch but Cameron sure wants to change that. whoops! So I'm helping him pray and I say "bless the food". He looks up at me and says "bless Jessie's food too" while pointing insistently to her food. He never forgets Jessie. He adores her. Maybe he's here to watch out for her or maybe teach me what I'm forgetting. Probably both and a whole lot more. We love you Bubba! We love all of our kids and are very proud of them!
re of Annie, she left too early for us to be wide awake and remember to take a picture. She looked cute as always. The boys were up and ready to go early. Especially Jack, he's the most excited of all the kids this year. Jack's in 2nd grade, Ty's in 4th grade, and Matthew is in 6th. They seem to have great teachers so it should be a great year. Cross your fingers! I am! Annie is in 9th grade. First year of high school. She was the least excited of all of the kids. She texted me to tell me she left her lunch on the bus. I hope the rest of the day went better. The thing she actually was excited about is starting seminary today. I'm sure she'll have a great year.
The house actually feels lonely today. I had to get the little ones dressed and breakfast today. Usually that's what the older kids do. I even changed 2 stinky diapers. (Thanks Cameron!) Maybe I do miss them. They have been a great help with the younger 2 this summer. But there has been no fighting or nagging today. Ahhhh heavenly for the next 45 min. Then all craziness breaks loose. I can't wait to see how their days were, and sign all the papers they bring home today. If they stopped with all the papers we have to sign and all the stupid homework, they could save an entire forest just from my 4 kids. There's an environmental issue they should tackle.
Football games start next week. We still don't know any details. Matthew is on the Bears and is a lineman. He does the hitting and protecting. Ty is playing QB on his flag football team. He has the ego for it! I mean confidence. :) Jack is starting butterfly chasing, whoops I mean soccer soon as well. Annie should be starting the tennis team in the next month just so I can run around a little more. It's a good thing I have the days to rest up for the all the practices and games coming up. I am really proud of them for all they do and excited to watch them. They are growing up fast but not too fast. :)
Speaking of growing up - today at lunch Cameron kept saying a word I didn't know. Then I realized he was folding his arms and saying "prayers". We aren't very good at praying for lunch but Cameron sure wants to change that. whoops! So I'm helping him pray and I say "bless the food". He looks up at me and says "bless Jessie's food too" while pointing insistently to her food. He never forgets Jessie. He adores her. Maybe he's here to watch out for her or maybe teach me what I'm forgetting. Probably both and a whole lot more. We love you Bubba! We love all of our kids and are very proud of them!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
It has begun!
I'm just sitting here with Cameron on the couch. He's covered in italian dressing from dinner. I waited a minute too long to get him out of his chair and he dumped all of his pasta salad on his head. Ash is at footall practice with Tyler and Matthew. Tonight is the first crazy night of the season: 2 pactices at 6pm and 2 scouts at 7pm. Annie is at YW. They started at 6pm tonight too. At least the craziness was all scheduled for 6pm tonight. Jack and Jessie are out playing in the circle, at least that's where they should be. They can't get enough of playing with friends. So it's just me and Cameron. I think I'll wait to bathe Cam until Jessie is here too and maybe Ash so he can just bathe both of them.
One week until school starts! But who's counting. I have mixed feelings this year. I am excited for the routine and being alone with the little ones from 8am until 3pm. Some quiet time for me! Well sort of. Jessie won't take a nap anymore. But when you go from 6 to 2 kids it's bound to be a little calmer. When I clean it will stay clean for at least an hour instead of 10 min. I won't have to nag the kids all day just some of it. I can watch "Blues Clues" all day and "Curious and George" (it's "Curious George" but Jessie has added the and). I love to see what the kids are learning in school. The parts I'm not so excited about are: homework, no babysitters all day long, early mornings.
Homework rant: I understand Annie has homework and Matthew in 6th grade of course. But the amount in the lower grades is crazy! Some teachers we've had in the lower grades act like they'll fail if they don't turn in homework. Really in 2nd grade they shouldn't spend every second on homework and it shouldn't be the most important part of their education. I have 4 kids with homework every night and reading charts to do and extra projects. I feel like I'm homeschooling sometimes. Isn't that why I sent them to public school so I don't have to do so much work teaching them. Some teachers are great and keep homework in perspective. We had 2 last year of those teachers. The third made Matthew feel like a complete loser all year for forgetting his homework. He was a 5th grader. I'm sure no other 5th grade boy has forgotten his homework in the history of the world. What kills me is that they are so hung up on homework they aren't teaching them anything worthwhile. The teachers we've had who are homework nazis have taught my kids the least and had the boys hating school. Oh and leave me feeling like the worst mom ever! I had one teacher call and tell me Tyler, who gets 100% on every assignment and test (no exaggeration), was "way behind in school" because he hadn't turned in home work the past 2 weeks. (the homework he had was a packet turned in once a week) I wanted to keep him home on testing days so her scores would go down. If he's so far behind then she wouldn't want him on her testing right. He was in 2nd grade! Sorry to rant and rave it's a sore spot with me, obviously.
Overall I'm happy for school to start. I tried to hand pick the boys' teachers, so we will see what we get. Just one more week of long days of whining and nagging all day. Then we get it just when they're home from school. Whatever happened to kids just playing when they get home from school. And mom's giving 2 year olds baths. I'm such a slacker! :)
One week until school starts! But who's counting. I have mixed feelings this year. I am excited for the routine and being alone with the little ones from 8am until 3pm. Some quiet time for me! Well sort of. Jessie won't take a nap anymore. But when you go from 6 to 2 kids it's bound to be a little calmer. When I clean it will stay clean for at least an hour instead of 10 min. I won't have to nag the kids all day just some of it. I can watch "Blues Clues" all day and "Curious and George" (it's "Curious George" but Jessie has added the and). I love to see what the kids are learning in school. The parts I'm not so excited about are: homework, no babysitters all day long, early mornings.
Homework rant: I understand Annie has homework and Matthew in 6th grade of course. But the amount in the lower grades is crazy! Some teachers we've had in the lower grades act like they'll fail if they don't turn in homework. Really in 2nd grade they shouldn't spend every second on homework and it shouldn't be the most important part of their education. I have 4 kids with homework every night and reading charts to do and extra projects. I feel like I'm homeschooling sometimes. Isn't that why I sent them to public school so I don't have to do so much work teaching them. Some teachers are great and keep homework in perspective. We had 2 last year of those teachers. The third made Matthew feel like a complete loser all year for forgetting his homework. He was a 5th grader. I'm sure no other 5th grade boy has forgotten his homework in the history of the world. What kills me is that they are so hung up on homework they aren't teaching them anything worthwhile. The teachers we've had who are homework nazis have taught my kids the least and had the boys hating school. Oh and leave me feeling like the worst mom ever! I had one teacher call and tell me Tyler, who gets 100% on every assignment and test (no exaggeration), was "way behind in school" because he hadn't turned in home work the past 2 weeks. (the homework he had was a packet turned in once a week) I wanted to keep him home on testing days so her scores would go down. If he's so far behind then she wouldn't want him on her testing right. He was in 2nd grade! Sorry to rant and rave it's a sore spot with me, obviously.
Overall I'm happy for school to start. I tried to hand pick the boys' teachers, so we will see what we get. Just one more week of long days of whining and nagging all day. Then we get it just when they're home from school. Whatever happened to kids just playing when they get home from school. And mom's giving 2 year olds baths. I'm such a slacker! :)
Monday, July 27, 2009
Bear Lake Pictures 2009
Here are a few of our pictures from Bear Lake 2009. We went there with Eleisha's family for a family reunion. We had a lot of fun with cousins, sibling, parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, etc. Thanks Grams & Mark & Liz for a great time!
Saturday, July 18, 2009
We've been busy busy busy
This summer has been nuts! Especially since Ash and I were called to be Ma and Pa Oviatt on our stake Trek. CRAZY! I'll write more about that later. There is just too much to tell and I don't know where to start right now. Long story short - it was exhausting, long, hilly, and awesome! We loved it! We saw miracles everywhere and now have 9 new kids in our extended family. Our family motto was "Enjoy the Journey" and we did.
Annie has been playing tennis all summer in the Central Utah Tennis Association. She just finished this week and took 2nd in the tournament! Yeah Annie! She's getting better the more matches she plays. Best of all she's enjoying it a lot.
Matthew, Tyler, and Jack have been riding bikes, playing, playing, playing with friends. Jack was the only one to take swimming lessons this year. Saved us some $. He's doing great. The other boys can swim well enough that I don't have to spend $100 every summer on swimming lessons. Matthew and Tyler start football camps in a week. They can't wait. Jack starts soccer in a month. Gee another Fall full of sports for Mom. Great, I'm so excited. (For those of you who don't me I am being totally sarcastic) Plus Annie will being doing tennis on the school team this fall.
Jessie and Cam continue to grow up. They are not babies anymore, but toddlers. AHHHHH! Cam turned 2 in June and loves pulling Jessie's hair and hitting her. They wrestle all the time. Jessie is still potty training. We are sooooo close yet soooo far away. She might be more stubborn than the boys. That's stubborn! Cam is talking up a storm. He imitates everything everyone says and does. It's funny! He cracks us up most of the time. Jessie is continuing on her princess path. Not always the cute part. She'd rather wear a dress and dress up shoes than anything else. Especially a princess dress. Where did that come from? She has to distinguish herself in this house of boys.
I know I complain a lot about my kids but I love them and am very grateful for them. I even missed them on the Trek. :) My parents and Natalie babysat them while we were gone. THANKS! The kids had a really fun time without us. Next week we are off to Bear Lake with my family. We can't wait! There is even a tennis court for Ash and Annie. Just 4.5 weeks left of summer break. I have mixed feeling about it. I like having babysitters home during the day and no homework to do. But I miss my quiet time with the little ones. Plus sports start again once school starts. I'll need my quiet time to get thru the fall sports schedule.
FYI - Here's the kids grades in school for this fall:
Annie 9th grade 14 years old
Matthew 6th turns 12 in Dec
Tyler 4th turns 10 in Dec
Jackson 2nd turns 7 in Aug
Jessie Princess at home 3 years old
Cameron Bubba at home 2 years old
(no preschool for one more year! YEAH!)
Annie has been playing tennis all summer in the Central Utah Tennis Association. She just finished this week and took 2nd in the tournament! Yeah Annie! She's getting better the more matches she plays. Best of all she's enjoying it a lot.
Matthew, Tyler, and Jack have been riding bikes, playing, playing, playing with friends. Jack was the only one to take swimming lessons this year. Saved us some $. He's doing great. The other boys can swim well enough that I don't have to spend $100 every summer on swimming lessons. Matthew and Tyler start football camps in a week. They can't wait. Jack starts soccer in a month. Gee another Fall full of sports for Mom. Great, I'm so excited. (For those of you who don't me I am being totally sarcastic) Plus Annie will being doing tennis on the school team this fall.
Jessie and Cam continue to grow up. They are not babies anymore, but toddlers. AHHHHH! Cam turned 2 in June and loves pulling Jessie's hair and hitting her. They wrestle all the time. Jessie is still potty training. We are sooooo close yet soooo far away. She might be more stubborn than the boys. That's stubborn! Cam is talking up a storm. He imitates everything everyone says and does. It's funny! He cracks us up most of the time. Jessie is continuing on her princess path. Not always the cute part. She'd rather wear a dress and dress up shoes than anything else. Especially a princess dress. Where did that come from? She has to distinguish herself in this house of boys.
I know I complain a lot about my kids but I love them and am very grateful for them. I even missed them on the Trek. :) My parents and Natalie babysat them while we were gone. THANKS! The kids had a really fun time without us. Next week we are off to Bear Lake with my family. We can't wait! There is even a tennis court for Ash and Annie. Just 4.5 weeks left of summer break. I have mixed feeling about it. I like having babysitters home during the day and no homework to do. But I miss my quiet time with the little ones. Plus sports start again once school starts. I'll need my quiet time to get thru the fall sports schedule.
FYI - Here's the kids grades in school for this fall:
Annie 9th grade 14 years old
Matthew 6th turns 12 in Dec
Tyler 4th turns 10 in Dec
Jackson 2nd turns 7 in Aug
Jessie Princess at home 3 years old
Cameron Bubba at home 2 years old
(no preschool for one more year! YEAH!)
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Teenagers
I don't think Annie realizes how lucky she is to have cool parents, (mainly a cool mom though.) She is in "Love" with a boy and mom is making dad be nice about it. It is fun to tease her though, and the boys are merciless viz a viz her boyfriend.
It's so fun having a teenager though. :)
It's so fun having a teenager though. :)
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Annie's 14 years old!
This is a lot late! You see, Annie's birthday was on April 18th. She got a camera for her birthday. So she took the SD card (that had the birthday cake pictures on it) out of my camera and put it in her camera. Such a teenager! Go find your own SD card! I just barely found her camera and took it back. So I've added a few of her pictures to the blog! She photographed all her presents and lots of herself but I didn't post them all.
She had lots of boyfriends. It took a while to blow out 14 candles. I think she did that on purpose!
Dinner - Grilled shrimp. peas and Daddy's garlic rice. Not so pretty on the paper plate. But it was yummy!
The cake - Tennis of course! The cupcakes look like tennis balls and spell out ANNIE. The tennis balls are lemon heads and the net is wafer cookies. You just can't tell from this picture!
Annie's new tennis racket! She loved it and it didn't cost us $150 like the one she wanted! Yeah Costco!
Miss Annie and her camera! This was one of the silly pictures on the SD card. Annie should be happy I only put one on here!But seriously, we love our Annie! She's a great young woman! She's smart & cute She loves tennis, Twilight, Facebook, making posters and handouts on the computer (inDesign), keeping her room clean NOT, and her little sister Jessie! She also loves her brothers but some days are better than others. She adores Cameron. Annie was one of his first words. He said "Annie" whenever he wanted something. I do too! or so she thinks. :)
Ash and I are really proud of her! We are above all very grateful for her! I've known Annie almost as long as I've known Ash. (I've known Ash 15 months longer, but that's another story!) We knew she was waiting to come here and she came ASAP! The song Ashley thinks of when he thinks of her birth is "Today is the Greatest Day" by The Smashing Pumpkins (I'm not sure of the exact title but you get the idea). He was so happy he was crying. (We have proof) He wouldn't let her out of his sight. He followed her everywhere, leaving me alone, but he loved his new little girl and felt very protective of her! He still is! I'm just grateful he still doesn't turn off all the lights in the house so it won't hurt her eyes. He really did that! Just think Ash 2 more years and she can date!
Just so nobody thinks she's perfect and will be translated soon - She always has a messy room, and has been known to talk back to her Dad, roll her eyes at her Mom and kick her brothers. But other than that she's "practically perfect in every way." - Monga Mark (and Mary Poppins)
Ash and I are really proud of her! We are above all very grateful for her! I've known Annie almost as long as I've known Ash. (I've known Ash 15 months longer, but that's another story!) We knew she was waiting to come here and she came ASAP! The song Ashley thinks of when he thinks of her birth is "Today is the Greatest Day" by The Smashing Pumpkins (I'm not sure of the exact title but you get the idea). He was so happy he was crying. (We have proof) He wouldn't let her out of his sight. He followed her everywhere, leaving me alone, but he loved his new little girl and felt very protective of her! He still is! I'm just grateful he still doesn't turn off all the lights in the house so it won't hurt her eyes. He really did that! Just think Ash 2 more years and she can date!
Just so nobody thinks she's perfect and will be translated soon - She always has a messy room, and has been known to talk back to her Dad, roll her eyes at her Mom and kick her brothers. But other than that she's "practically perfect in every way." - Monga Mark (and Mary Poppins)
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Spring Break or Christmas Break ?!?
This is Spring Break 2009!
It snowed for 4 hours straight today! Annie took these pictures at our house. Annie did a great job with these pictures! Hopefully we'll get one good weather day for Spring Break.
The birds are even confused!
Should we just put up the Christmas Tree and lights?
It snowed for 4 hours straight today! Annie took these pictures at our house. Annie did a great job with these pictures! Hopefully we'll get one good weather day for Spring Break.
The birds are even confused!
Should we just put up the Christmas Tree and lights?
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Bubba's stuck!
I thought this was a funny picture.
Annie was home sick from church and had the babies with her at home. (they had yucky noses and couldn't go to nursery.)
Cam got stuck in the rocking chair arm and Annie ran...
Annie was home sick from church and had the babies with her at home. (they had yucky noses and couldn't go to nursery.)
Cam got stuck in the rocking chair arm and Annie ran...
to get the camera.
She did get him out and even fed him lunch afterward.Good job Annie!
No Cameron's were hurt in the making of these photos or this blog.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Princess Jessica's Birthday
On March 12th Jessica turned 3 years old! She was so excited for her "happy birthday". We asked her what she wanted for her birthday all she said was, "pink". Then I realized she meant her cake. She wanted a pink birthday cake! So I made her one! It's Sleeping Beauty her favorite princess. Annie baked all the cakes I needed. Jessie loved it! We actually didn't cut the cake until the next night because nobody wanted to cut into it. 
She loves ponys! She was a bit spoiled!
Jessie got new pink clothes and pink shades from Annie.
We also asked Jessie what she wanted for her birthday dinner. "Pink" was her answer again! So we made a pink dinner. Ash made pink pancakes, bacon, and ham. We drank strawberry milk, and had fresh strawberries on the side. Jessie loved it! We also had lots of pink balloons that are still all over the house. The next morning it looked like a pink bomb had gone off!
She loves ponys! She was a bit spoiled!
Jessie got new pink clothes and pink shades from Annie.
We also asked Jessie what she wanted for her birthday dinner. "Pink" was her answer again! So we made a pink dinner. Ash made pink pancakes, bacon, and ham. We drank strawberry milk, and had fresh strawberries on the side. Jessie loved it! We also had lots of pink balloons that are still all over the house. The next morning it looked like a pink bomb had gone off!
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Annie finally decides to start growing up.
(From Ash)
I've been taking Annie to school in the mornings because she hates standing out in the cold waiting for the bus. Lately at Young women's, she's been learning about how to put on make up and doing her hair and etiquette and basically how to be a grown up. For those who don't know, Annie has always rather played basketball or football with her brothers and the neighborhood kids than to play with dolls or put on makeup or anything girlie.
So yesterday morning, we are getting ready to leave and I tell her to go and get in the car, and she says, "Ok, I'll just be one second while I go put on some mascara." I don't think she even knew what mascara was a year ago, and now she's putting it on before school every morning.
She used to say, "boys are gross, eeewww," and now if you ask her about boys, she just giggles.
April 18 she turns 14 and then can start going to stake dances and she just keeps getting prettier and prettier. So I just have to make sure I'm bigger than any boys she brings home, which shouldn't be a problem for a while. :D
I've been taking Annie to school in the mornings because she hates standing out in the cold waiting for the bus. Lately at Young women's, she's been learning about how to put on make up and doing her hair and etiquette and basically how to be a grown up. For those who don't know, Annie has always rather played basketball or football with her brothers and the neighborhood kids than to play with dolls or put on makeup or anything girlie.
So yesterday morning, we are getting ready to leave and I tell her to go and get in the car, and she says, "Ok, I'll just be one second while I go put on some mascara." I don't think she even knew what mascara was a year ago, and now she's putting it on before school every morning.
She used to say, "boys are gross, eeewww," and now if you ask her about boys, she just giggles.
April 18 she turns 14 and then can start going to stake dances and she just keeps getting prettier and prettier. So I just have to make sure I'm bigger than any boys she brings home, which shouldn't be a problem for a while. :D
Friday, February 20, 2009
Same old same old
It's been almost 3 weeks since I posted anything. Nothing major has happened around here lately. Just the same old same old! Here's what the same old is:
Basketball - Matthew & Ty have been playing basketball every Saturday. Ash is coaching Ty. It's been fun and dramatic! Matthew is doing great and getting into the game and see his height as a true advantage. Tyler is a natural. He's still learning a lot but he has good instincts and follows the ball really well. The drama part comes from one game 2 weeks ago. Ash and the other coach called the game because of yelling, bad sport parents. It was the only game I'd been too and brought the little one two. It was everything I hate about city league sports! All amateur sports with parents involved I should say. There is actually more to the drama but I don't feel like rehashing it again. Let's put it this way: Ash handled it great, city totally supports him, parents support him, except one set who think their child does nothing wrong included using bad words that I don't want to repeat. Use your imagination and I bet you still don't know the worst thing he said! Enough said.
Annie - As if basketball wasn't enough we have Annie in tennis every Saturday. She rocks! The Spanish Fork High coach is teaching her and says she's doing great! She's going to be 14 in a couple of months and boy is she acting her age! Texting, crushes, rolling the eyes at everything, sarcasm above and beyond, music, embarrassed by her Dad (not her Mom yet). But we love her and we'll keep her for a little over 4 more years -yikes that sounds way too close!
2 more Saturdays and we are free from sports for a while!
Jack - muddy mess! Loving school! Is the most responsible son I have at turning in homework. I know, I'm surprised too! Must play or he might die! What's new.
Jessie - acting like a 2 year old! Tells me, "Bubba is my best friend." So cute yet such a princess! (you know the spoiled little girl type) She was brought to me during nursery because she was taking toys away and hitting. So a bully princess! That was 2 weeeks ago and she hasn't visited me since. Hopefully it's a phase! For all of you who wonder if she talks, she does. She's talking more and more. She's a lazy talker like Matthew. When she really wants something she speaks loud and clear. One day she wouldn't give Annie a hug. A little while later I was doing my hair in my bathroom and in comes Jessie. Clear as a bell she says, "I made Annie sad Mom." I did a double take to see was talking. She felt really bad. I told her to go tell Annie she was sorry and give her a hug. She said, "thanks Mom" and ran to find Annie. She turns 3 in 3 weeks! She's really excited for her "Happy Birthday" as she calls it. Her favorite new song - "Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam". Of course "I Know You" from Sleeping Beauty is also sung a lot!
Cameron - starting to actually love nursery!!! He cried Sunday when we left him but it was more of a "oh yeah, it's nursery I'm supposed to cry" kind of cry. He calmed down really fast. He's also talking more and more. Favorite words - "eat, mac n' cheese, more, food". I'm sensing a pattern! He loves to eat! Ash went into nursery Sunday, to bring one of his primary girls to her mom (the nursery teacher) to go potty. He walked in and Cameron yells "Daddy". Cam runs and gives him a hug the runs back to the table to finish his feast of goldfish crackers, and raisins. He didn't even care when Ash left because he was eating!
Me - cleaning up, laundry, laundry, laundry, kids, kids, kids, hurting, etc. I'm loving being the Primary chorister! We learned "How Firm a Foundation" this past month. Challenge! But they learned it faster than I thought they would. It sounds great! I especially loved teaching them the word "omnipotent" last Sunday. The Sunbeams just starred at me. Next month is an new song I've never heard before this year. I'm trying to learn it so I can teach it to the kids. It's about building eternal families. The little boys will love it because the first line is "I am a builder working each day to build my family". It's got a builder beat too. In January we also learned a new song "The Familiy is of God". The song is based upon the Family Proclamation. Not all Primaries are learning this song. I love it! Senior primary knows it pretty well. I get chills when they sing the chorus!
Ash - working as usual. He's the best support I could ever have! Just for the record he has NEVER come home and asked what I'd done all day because it looks like I've done nothing! Smart man! He's doing a great job teaching primary. We've actually had some parents request him as a teacher for their kids. He's teaching half of the Primary presidency's kids right now. He loves to laugh at me when I mess up singing and he's so helpful is pointing out the words I've messed up. That's ok I make him do as much as possible to help me. He had to sing in Portuguese for one singing time.
That's about it. We are anxious for Spring around here. Can't wait for the GIANT snow drift in the backyard to melt so we can play in the muddy lake in our backyard! It should be dried out by June.
Gotta go make lunch. Cameron is bringing me food and plates. I think he's trying to tell me something. What could he want?
Basketball - Matthew & Ty have been playing basketball every Saturday. Ash is coaching Ty. It's been fun and dramatic! Matthew is doing great and getting into the game and see his height as a true advantage. Tyler is a natural. He's still learning a lot but he has good instincts and follows the ball really well. The drama part comes from one game 2 weeks ago. Ash and the other coach called the game because of yelling, bad sport parents. It was the only game I'd been too and brought the little one two. It was everything I hate about city league sports! All amateur sports with parents involved I should say. There is actually more to the drama but I don't feel like rehashing it again. Let's put it this way: Ash handled it great, city totally supports him, parents support him, except one set who think their child does nothing wrong included using bad words that I don't want to repeat. Use your imagination and I bet you still don't know the worst thing he said! Enough said.
Annie - As if basketball wasn't enough we have Annie in tennis every Saturday. She rocks! The Spanish Fork High coach is teaching her and says she's doing great! She's going to be 14 in a couple of months and boy is she acting her age! Texting, crushes, rolling the eyes at everything, sarcasm above and beyond, music, embarrassed by her Dad (not her Mom yet). But we love her and we'll keep her for a little over 4 more years -yikes that sounds way too close!
2 more Saturdays and we are free from sports for a while!
Jack - muddy mess! Loving school! Is the most responsible son I have at turning in homework. I know, I'm surprised too! Must play or he might die! What's new.
Jessie - acting like a 2 year old! Tells me, "Bubba is my best friend." So cute yet such a princess! (you know the spoiled little girl type) She was brought to me during nursery because she was taking toys away and hitting. So a bully princess! That was 2 weeeks ago and she hasn't visited me since. Hopefully it's a phase! For all of you who wonder if she talks, she does. She's talking more and more. She's a lazy talker like Matthew. When she really wants something she speaks loud and clear. One day she wouldn't give Annie a hug. A little while later I was doing my hair in my bathroom and in comes Jessie. Clear as a bell she says, "I made Annie sad Mom." I did a double take to see was talking. She felt really bad. I told her to go tell Annie she was sorry and give her a hug. She said, "thanks Mom" and ran to find Annie. She turns 3 in 3 weeks! She's really excited for her "Happy Birthday" as she calls it. Her favorite new song - "Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam". Of course "I Know You" from Sleeping Beauty is also sung a lot!
Cameron - starting to actually love nursery!!! He cried Sunday when we left him but it was more of a "oh yeah, it's nursery I'm supposed to cry" kind of cry. He calmed down really fast. He's also talking more and more. Favorite words - "eat, mac n' cheese, more, food". I'm sensing a pattern! He loves to eat! Ash went into nursery Sunday, to bring one of his primary girls to her mom (the nursery teacher) to go potty. He walked in and Cameron yells "Daddy". Cam runs and gives him a hug the runs back to the table to finish his feast of goldfish crackers, and raisins. He didn't even care when Ash left because he was eating!
Me - cleaning up, laundry, laundry, laundry, kids, kids, kids, hurting, etc. I'm loving being the Primary chorister! We learned "How Firm a Foundation" this past month. Challenge! But they learned it faster than I thought they would. It sounds great! I especially loved teaching them the word "omnipotent" last Sunday. The Sunbeams just starred at me. Next month is an new song I've never heard before this year. I'm trying to learn it so I can teach it to the kids. It's about building eternal families. The little boys will love it because the first line is "I am a builder working each day to build my family". It's got a builder beat too. In January we also learned a new song "The Familiy is of God". The song is based upon the Family Proclamation. Not all Primaries are learning this song. I love it! Senior primary knows it pretty well. I get chills when they sing the chorus!
Ash - working as usual. He's the best support I could ever have! Just for the record he has NEVER come home and asked what I'd done all day because it looks like I've done nothing! Smart man! He's doing a great job teaching primary. We've actually had some parents request him as a teacher for their kids. He's teaching half of the Primary presidency's kids right now. He loves to laugh at me when I mess up singing and he's so helpful is pointing out the words I've messed up. That's ok I make him do as much as possible to help me. He had to sing in Portuguese for one singing time.
That's about it. We are anxious for Spring around here. Can't wait for the GIANT snow drift in the backyard to melt so we can play in the muddy lake in our backyard! It should be dried out by June.
Gotta go make lunch. Cameron is bringing me food and plates. I think he's trying to tell me something. What could he want?
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Good Job Tyler!
Today Tyler bore his testimony in Sacrament Meeting. He just stood up and went up there with no prodding. He did a great job but our favorite moment came afterwards. He came back to our bench and Jessie pops up out of the blue and says," Good Job Tyler!". She came up with that on her own. Annie turns to me and says, "That's for the blog Mom."
Today was are having our family Super Bowl party. It's just Ash and me and our kids. Nobody else is invited. We eat and eat and watch the game. Our kids really look forward to it and really like watching the game now. Ash always make hot wings and we eat a lot of junk. It's only once a year so go Cardinals! That's my personal choice. I always like an under dog! Matthew and Ash don't care they like them both. Annie and Ty want the Cardinals. I think the Steelers will win. Oh well, the 7 layer bean dip is really good!
Today was are having our family Super Bowl party. It's just Ash and me and our kids. Nobody else is invited. We eat and eat and watch the game. Our kids really look forward to it and really like watching the game now. Ash always make hot wings and we eat a lot of junk. It's only once a year so go Cardinals! That's my personal choice. I always like an under dog! Matthew and Ash don't care they like them both. Annie and Ty want the Cardinals. I think the Steelers will win. Oh well, the 7 layer bean dip is really good!
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Good job Cameron!
Maybe I'm jinxing myself by posting this, but Cameron was pretty happy in nursery today!!! Some crying at the beginning but then he was playing and happy. He started to get upset again but then it was snack time so he quieted down real fast. Feed Cameron and he is happy! When I went in to get him his teacher said, "I think he likes us now." It's a load off my mind. I love nursery leaders who endure to the end. Next week he'll probably scream again. But this week was good. We'll take it!
Follow-up on the blowing out Christmas tree lights blog: Cameron still loves to blow things out. I found him in the kitchen trying to blow out our gas burner on the stove when I was boiling water for his mac 'n' cheese. He was about 3 feet away from it, not close enough to get hurt but he was blowing so hard I thought he might pass out. I've found him doing it a few times now. Only 5 months until he can blow out his birthday candles.
Follow-up on the blowing out Christmas tree lights blog: Cameron still loves to blow things out. I found him in the kitchen trying to blow out our gas burner on the stove when I was boiling water for his mac 'n' cheese. He was about 3 feet away from it, not close enough to get hurt but he was blowing so hard I thought he might pass out. I've found him doing it a few times now. Only 5 months until he can blow out his birthday candles.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Long Time No Blog
Wow! It's been a long time since we've posted anything! Now we are so far behind I don't know where to start!
Let's see, we are all is good health at the moment. Ash is still working hard (he's at work right now!). Cameron hates nursery. He cried/screamed the whole 2 hours last week. Bummer for him because his parents aren't coming to get him. We have new callings. I am now the Primary chorister. Ashley is teaching CTR5. He taught the same kids in Sunbeams at the beginning of last year. I am excited and challenged by this calling. We are learning a brand new song that I don't know. It's fun though and I have to be creative, which I love.
Basketball season has started for Matthew & Tyler. Ash is coaching Tyler's team. Saturday mornings are crazy! 2 basketball games and Annie has tennis. I just stay home with the babies. One of these Saturdays I'll get them to the games, but chasing them off the court for an hour is really exhausting!!! The kids are having a blast, so it's worth it. They especially love it when their Uncles, Aunts and Grandparents come and cheer them on. We know it's hard to make it, we just think it's great when they come. Grandpa Mark has been a big help getting them to games and cheering them on. I think that's his favorite reason that we moved to Spanish Fork - he's close to their basketball games.
We now have Indiana Jack and Princess Aurora at our house, aka Jack & Jessie. She says he's prince Philip but he says he's not. So we have the adventures of Indiana Jack & Sleeping Beauty. Right now it's the battle of the princess DVD or the Indiana Jones DVD, who will win? Oh, Jessie wins with the old take the hat off his head and run away trick. Now Mommy has to go and save the princess! That's life at our house!
Let's see, we are all is good health at the moment. Ash is still working hard (he's at work right now!). Cameron hates nursery. He cried/screamed the whole 2 hours last week. Bummer for him because his parents aren't coming to get him. We have new callings. I am now the Primary chorister. Ashley is teaching CTR5. He taught the same kids in Sunbeams at the beginning of last year. I am excited and challenged by this calling. We are learning a brand new song that I don't know. It's fun though and I have to be creative, which I love.
Basketball season has started for Matthew & Tyler. Ash is coaching Tyler's team. Saturday mornings are crazy! 2 basketball games and Annie has tennis. I just stay home with the babies. One of these Saturdays I'll get them to the games, but chasing them off the court for an hour is really exhausting!!! The kids are having a blast, so it's worth it. They especially love it when their Uncles, Aunts and Grandparents come and cheer them on. We know it's hard to make it, we just think it's great when they come. Grandpa Mark has been a big help getting them to games and cheering them on. I think that's his favorite reason that we moved to Spanish Fork - he's close to their basketball games.
We now have Indiana Jack and Princess Aurora at our house, aka Jack & Jessie. She says he's prince Philip but he says he's not. So we have the adventures of Indiana Jack & Sleeping Beauty. Right now it's the battle of the princess DVD or the Indiana Jones DVD, who will win? Oh, Jessie wins with the old take the hat off his head and run away trick. Now Mommy has to go and save the princess! That's life at our house!
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