A mom, a dad, and 5 little chillins..oh, and a dog

My sweet little man!

2011-02-19T10:40:00.000-08:00

I feel bad, it has been so long since I have posted anything. My baby is growing like a weed. He is such a joy. We love this little guy so much! He has had ear infections for the past 2 months and we finally had to get tubes. The last 2 pictures are when he was in the hospital. The picture on the left shows his gut. Jared loves to take pics like this. FYI he is a big boy, he is 20 lbs and he will be 5 months on the 23rd. Can you believe it? 5 months!! What a sweet boy!

My cute little Talker!!

2010-12-29T09:29:00.000-08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRVOR1-tcOs

JJ's baby blessing and smiley boy

2010-11-13T19:11:00.000-08:00

JJ was blessed this past weekend. We did it at our house because they were having a special stake conference. It was great! All of our family's were there, minus my parents :( That was hard. My mom and dad sent his blessing outfit from Mexico, so it felt like they were kind of there (not really though) Jared gave him a beautiful blessing and it was wonderful!

He has also recently started smiling and I really am pretty sure there is nothing cuter then a smiling baby. Love it!!

a laugh a minute

2010-11-12T11:35:00.000-08:00

Shelby constantly cracks me up. As we were sitting here eating lunch, she turned to me and randomly said, "mom if anyone barges into our house, you just let me take care of it." I laughed and said, "well Shelby, what would you do?" she answered, "Just kick him in the face" I am so glad we are in good hands.

hALLoWeEn

2010-11-05T16:11:00.000-07:00

We had a fun Halloween. We went up to Logan to be with my sister and her family. Logan is a place I have never been to. It was beautiful!! We enjoyed it very much! It was tons of fun and can't wait to go up there again!!

One neat story!

2010-11-03T23:37:00.000-07:00

I have to share quite possibly one of the neatest things that happened the other night. It was Halloween night the kids were watching some Halloween show on the Disney channel. I was upstairs with Jared. When the kids were done with the movie, Shelby came upstairs to go to bed. She proceeded to tell me the show they had been watching scared her. (Joquelle later imformed me that it was not at all scary, but it must have been to a 5 year old). I told Shelby she would be fine and that I would leave her door open and leave the bathroom light on. After she had fallen asleep I had gone into her room to pick some dirty clothes, I was fixing the blinds which were turned the wrong way (yes I am OCD) and I woke her up. She looked and me and began to sob uncontrollably. I asked her what was wrong and she said through her tears, "He is gone, I want to see him, but he is gone."

"who is gone, I asked"

"Jesus" she answered, "He was here and I want to see him, but now he is gone"

I asked her if she has been dreaming and she said yes. I was dreaming about Jesus. I told her to go back to sleep and that maybe she would see him again.

In the morning I asked her about that "dream" I asked her if she was able to see Jesus again. She told me that she "dreamed" of him all night long that she saw him over and over again.

She then told me that she had prayed before she went to sleep because she was scared.

Heavenly Father answers prayers.....Even to 5 year olds!

JJ's pics

2010-10-25T18:16:00.000-07:00

I have such an awesome neighbor who took these pics for me. I love them. I could have posted a million more, but I chose some of my favorites!

Blah!!! Boy do I feel ungrateful!!

2010-10-18T17:48:00.000-07:00

I don't understand life really. I look at my life and honestly things could not be more perfect. In the last month my husband has had not one, but two promotions at work. He just got offered a job in HR with his company, which is such a blessing. He started a masters degree a little while ago and I have to be honest I was nervous about it. He hadn't really been using his bachelor degree. I didn't want to spend more money for more school, but he told me that he felt really good about it. I supported him and he couldn't have been more right.

After just having been made a supervisor, they posted a job for an HR Business Partner. They NEVER have openings in HR. He told me he was going to put in for it. I told him that made me nervous, I didn't want people to think he was ungrateful, he had just been made supervisor! He did it, and I am so glad he did!! I know he will do great and he is super excited!!

Then there is our beautiful new baby. He could not be any sweeter. It is safe to say that we are all in love with him. It is true that he is a newborn and doesn't sleep the best, but hey what can I expect.

Anyway, with all this goodness in my life...I still feel Blah!! Maybe it is because after a few weeks of feeling somewhat skinny with that baby out of my body I realize that I am so NOT and I have lots to lose. Maybe it is that my mom and dad aren't here and have not seen my baby in person and won't until he is 3 (unless I am able to go to Mexico with him) Maybe it is because on of my best friends (my sister) just moved to Logan and I can't stop by her house any time I want. I don't know, I guess I am just venting. I feel guilty for feeling Blah, but I do. I know I can be a major pessimist, that is definitely a weakness I have. I am trying to get out of this funk. Sorry for the lame-O post, but I just had to get it out!!

I can't get enough!!

2010-09-30T10:40:00.000-07:00

As if you cannot tell I kind of like this little guy! I can't get enough of him!! He has been under bili lights for the last 2 days so none of us have been able to hold him NEAR enough!! He still is young, but is so content and sweet, he rarely cries. He is so calm.

Meet JJ Ryder Nielsen

2010-09-26T09:26:00.000-07:00

Here is our newest family favorite!! Boy do we love him!! 9lbs 7oz! 20.5 in. long.

I do have to share the story of his name because it is actually a cool story!! When I first got pregnant Jared decided he loved the name JJ. I was not absolutely keen on it and would tell him we would see. He got the kids all on board with the name and that is what they would call him. We decided when I was about 6 months pregnant that JJ was not the name and were thinking of several others. Trevor and Shelby refused to quit calling him JJ.

On our way to the hospital we had decided that his name would probably be Ryder. I told the Dr. that and he said he really liked it. After he was born the Dr said, "so is his name Ryder then?" I said, "I don't know Jared, is it." The Dr then said, "Do you guys like BYU football" we told him that we did and then he said, "this kid is big, he looks like a running back, you should name him JJ" I could not believe it! I told the Dr. that is what Jared wanted to name him. I took it as a sign and low and behold, his name JJ Ryder Nielsen. I have to admit I absolutely LOVE IT!!

Tomorrow!!! I cannot wait!!

2010-09-22T07:18:00.000-07:00

Well tomorrow is the big day!! Baby boy will make his appearance into our family. We could not be more excited. I have to admit that I am a tad bit nervous, but that is natural. I cannot wait to meet him and hold him. I will definitely post pictures. YAY!!

Ms. Shelby Lynn... first day of kindergarten

2010-08-31T11:26:00.000-07:00

I have to admit. I am SO glad that I am having another baby in a few weeks. I am not shy about the fact that I enjoy it when my kids are in school. I am not one that cries when school starts, I would describe it more as shouting for joy. I just think that it is good for all of us, meaning the kids and myself to have that in their lives. Today however, was different. I sent my youngest to kindergarten and it was not easy. With my kids being so close together I dreamed for this day.. I thought that is the day that life will be GREAT. I was sorely disappointed. What a great lesson to enjoy the moment. Trevor is the sibling just older than Shelby and he is in 3rd grade. She has been my little sidekick for a few years now. I will miss her!! She is so much fun and I feel like I have gotten to know her well. I am excited to get to know this new baby. He will be my little pal for years to come!! The sad thing is I will have to go through this again in 5 years. You better believe I will cherish the time I have with him before school starts.

First Day of School

2010-08-24T07:56:00.000-07:00

Here they are! My sweet little kids on their first day of school. Well 3/4 of them anyway. The 4th will be starting kindergarten next week. They were all so excited. I have to admit the older they get the more nervous I get for them.. Brett is starting 6th grade. That means jr. high next year and that really scares me!! Joquelle is going into 4th and Trevor into 3rd. Its hard to believe how old they are getting. Time truly flies. I say that constantly, but it keeps continuing to amaze me.

new haircuts

2010-07-15T15:57:00.000-07:00

Here are my cute little girls! They just got haircuts and are looking cute as ever. I just love them to death.

St. George...now that was a good time!!

2010-07-06T14:09:00.000-07:00

One of the highlights of this summer has been when we went to St. George and took the kids to Tarzan. We really had a great time. It was really windy the day that we we went, but ended up being ok. We also went swimming and played at this fun park that is down town St. George. We shopped and spent way to much money on good food. (one of my personal favorite things to do) It is always hard to come home when you are having so much fun!! I would really love to go back and do it again... Maybe some time.

This summer can die for all I care!!

2010-06-26T09:41:00.000-07:00

Wow!! Can I just tell you. I am not usually one to complain on my blog (just in real life). But honestly, sometimes things seem a little to much and I think I am at that little to much point!!

So far this summer.......

week one.. Trevor wakes up way sick, has to go to the doctor, has strep throat. Shot....all fixed done!

week two.. I already blogged about it, Shelby and her lovely stitches.

week three... We actually had a nice little vacation to St. George....I will blog about it, with pics, i will!!

week four... had to take my glucose tolerance test for gestational diabetes, now have to take the 3 hour test since it came back high. Brett broke his arm!! and now I have strep. 10 days of antibiotics for me.. not to mention I feel like CRAP!!

The hardest part in all of this is that my parents left to go into the MTC on Wednesday and actually are flying to Mexico right now was we speak. I have not had my mom to talk to at my beckon call!! This has been really difficult!! I know it will be a great thing, but it is not easy for anyone!! We met at a park for a few hours yesterday to say good-bye. It was rough. I admit that I am a baby, but wow, 3 years is a long time!!

Here is to hoping the rest of this summer improves.. I guess it can't get much worse.

Shelby's stitches out

2010-06-14T14:54:00.000-07:00

Here she is!! No stitches!! It actually looks pretty good. The doctor said he thought this would heal well. I am so glad! She has been such a trooper!
For some reason the doctor thought she would like to keep her stitches (kind of odd I know) he put them on this tongue depressor and then put tape over them. Kind of weird, but whatever. Anyway, after we left the doctors office we had to stop at Walmart. Shelby asked if she could bring her stitches in the store with us. She always asks if she can bring stuff in the store and often I tell her no because "I don't want them to think you stole them" After asking if she could bring the stitches in I told her that would probably be ok. Then Shelby said, "yeah, I don't think Walmart sells stitches on a stick." It made me laugh. I just love her!!

Trevor's Baptism

2010-06-06T13:21:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was a fabulous day! Trevor was baptized by his dad. It was such a great day, with so much of our family there. Trevor is really a great kid!!

On the other hand, today was not such a great day!! We were getting ready for church this morning. I was in the tub and Jared had just worked the night shift and was sleeping. As I was sitting in the tub I heard all kinds of commotion. Jared then came and yelled through the bathroom door that Shelby was hurt and we needed to go to the hospital. I threw on my clothes and went to see what was wrong. She had hit her head on the dresser and had a gaping hole in her head. I tell you what, even though I am a nurse, it is a whole different story when it is your own kid. I freaked out!! We had to go and get 10 stitches put in her head. It was sad... I wish I had taken a picture of her dress it was of course way bloody and we just took her that way. The best part is when she told the doctor she looked like a vampire!! This girl cracks me up. She is just always keeping it real! I love the way she posed for her picture.. I am glad she is ok, but I did not love that experience!

My Awesome Family!!

2010-06-02T12:12:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of my whole family...There are a billion of us and it is SO fun!! The sad thing is, we had this taken a few weeks ago and it is already outdated. Another little baby boy was born yesterday to my brother Thomas. I am so grateful for every last one in this picture.. I love them all!!
This is my parents and all my brothers and sisters with spouses.
And then the original 10. My parents, my four brothers and me and my 3 sisters. I have a great family!!

Happy Birthday and Congrats!!

2010-05-27T09:55:00.001-07:00

It was Brett's 11th birthday!! He is growing up so fast, it is hard to believe! We let him stay home from school (even though it was the second to the last day of school) We took him to lunch at smashburger Yum--OO!! He got this bike for his birthday and is very excited about it. Hopefully it will give him something to do during the summer.
What a handsome chap..if I do say so myself!!
My sweet little baby (for a little while anyway) She will be in Kindergarten next year. Crazy!!
Shelby and her teacher Miss Katie. They did so many fun things this year. It has been a great school year all the way around. It is hard to believe I will be having this baby a month after they go back to school. The summer always flies!!

Happy Birthday Trevor!

2010-05-12T10:18:00.001-07:00

It was my 3rd child's birthday a few days ago. This boy is as sweet as they come!! I just love him to death. For his birthday he wanted a Nintendo DSi. I had told him and told him that that was to much money and that he would not be getting that for his birthday. We surprised him BIG time. He was SO excited when he opened up his presents and he indeed got a DSi!! His reaction was priceless. He deserves it. Such a great kid. We love you Trevor!!

Some great news!!

2010-04-15T11:02:00.001-07:00

I know the three of you that read my blog already know that we are expecting another baby, but there may be a few that don't. It is actually a pretty neat story that I wanted to share.

When Shelby (my youngest) was about a year old we were playing at the park. I saw a little boy running across the play ground and I had a feeling that there was another little boy that needed to come to our family. I immediately put that out of my mind and could not believe the insanity of the crazy thought!! We were absolutely DONE having kids! I had 4! 2 boys and 2 girls. About as perfect as you could get, NO stinkin' way I was having another. You could ask anyone, I had told them. I told Jared about this ridiculous thought that had crossed my mind and we both laughed.

I started nursing school. With 4 kids, going through nursing school, another baby was the furthest thing from my mind; but a funny thing happened, after I finished, I started to think about it a little bit. I still was not going to have another one, but I have to admit the idea did creep into my mind every now and again. Then the dreams started. I had several dreams that I had another baby BOY. This really got me thinking. I thought about it, but once again, NO WAY!! This went on for several years. It would come into my mind, I would think about it a little bit and then it would go away and I would move on. Jared was not at all on board with the idea of another. He had not had these dreams, but he told me if I felt we needed to we could. I would immediately say no, the last thing I wanted was for him to not want one, but do it just cause I did.

Finally, this last winter we had an awesome experience at church.. I won't go into that, but I just know the Lord is aware of us. We knew we were supposed to have another baby. This was not an easy decision seeing that my baby is 5. I, however, knew that I would never regret having another child, but I would regret NOT having one. We found out in January that we were expecting and then yesterday,,,,,,,The best news of all.......This baby, the one that had filled my dreams for the past 4 years, is indeed a boy! And NO one is more excited than his daddy!

living planet aquarium

2010-04-09T11:14:00.001-07:00

This week has been spring break. I wish I could say that we did something amazing like go to Disneyland or something, but not so. The highlight of the week was going to the living planet aquarium and then out to eat at Outback. It was a fun afternoon and the kids enjoyed it. I cannot believe where the time goes. School will be out in a couple of months, and then summer, which honestly I could NOT be more excited for. I am ready for warmth.... I don't think I am alone on this one!!
The penguins is a new exhibit at the aquarium. It was pretty awesome!

Trevor and the Shelber Lynn

Shelby catches the bouquet, well sort of..

2010-03-15T10:06:00.000-07:00

We had two weddings this weekend. Jared's sister got married on Friday and my brother got married on Saturday. When Jared's sister threw the bouquet on Friday I asked Shelby if she wanted to try and catch it. She did not know what was going on and said no. She then asked me what that was all about. I told her that the bride throws the bouquet and it is supposed to mean that whoever catches it will get married next.

I guess that sounded pretty good to her because at my brothers wedding reception, she was ready to catch that bouquet. She had been waiting all night. When she went to throw it Shelby was right there in the front waiting to catch it and she was SO nervous. The bouquet was thrown and Shelby did not get it. Her hands immediately went over her eyes and she started to cry. Luckily the girl that caught it saw that and took it right over to Shelby and gave it to her. Shelby was so relieved that she would now be able to get married...apparently she thought if she didn't catch that she would be alone forever. She has been carrying around the flowers all weekend. So CUTE!!

Happy Birthday to the love of my life!

2010-03-04T11:10:00.000-08:00

Today is Jared's 33rd birthday. I must say, I pretty much hit the jackpot with landing this guy. I am so lucky to have him and appreciate him SO SO much!! I couldn't be any happier! Happy Birthday Baby! I love you!

Ultimate bitter sweet...

2010-02-23T13:30:00.000-08:00

My dad was called as the mission president of the Mexico, Mexico City Northwest mission, for 3 years starting in July.

Tommy Robert Tervort, 60, and Paula Stone Tervort, eight children, Mexico Mexico City Northwest Mission, Elk Ridge 4th Ward, Payson Utah East Stake. Brother Tervort serves as a counselor in the Utah Provo Mission presidency and is a former bishop and counselor, ward Sunday School teacher, gospel doctrine teacher and missionary in the Mexican Mission. Registered investment adviser representative, IAI, Inc. Born in Payson, Utah, to Glen Lee and Nona Reece Tervort.

Sister Tervort serves as a visiting teaching coordinator and is a former counselor in a stake Young Women presidency and ward Relief Society president and counselor. Born in San Diego, Calif., to Conrad Gerald and Elizabeth Kay Walker Stone.

I am So excited, yet so sad! It will be hard to have them gone for 3 years, but will be such a great experience for us all!! Good luck mom and dad! We love you!!

CJ Miles and Wesley Mathews at Energy Solutions,,,This was AWESOME!!!

2010-01-17T07:25:00.000-08:00

We had the coolest opportunity. Jared's work had put together a clinic at the ESA with CJ Miles and Wesley Mathews. There were only about 30 kids total in this little clinic and they were all kids of US Synthetic employees. It was such a neat experience. This clinic included 4 rotations of working on different basketball skills. They also had a Q&A session with Miles and Mathews and then each of them was able to have a picture taken with them and the bear and have their shirts signed. They also provided a little dinner. My kids were in heaven!! I must say Jared and I were as well.

The rest of my new pics....Love them!!

2010-01-13T17:23:00.000-08:00

These are the rest of my family pictures. There were SO many that I just loved, it is not possible to post them all!! This will have to do.

Happy New Year!!

2010-01-04T21:31:00.000-08:00

Birthdays X 2

2009-12-31T08:02:00.000-08:00

The week after Christmas I also have 2 birthdays in my house, yes i realize that was fantastic planning ~ or lack of planning but it is all good. My Joquelle turned 9!! I cannot believe it. They just keep getting older, it does not stop. It seems like time just keeps going faster and faster. When they were young I just kept wishing for them to get older so they could get their own drinks or get themselves dressed~ now it seems I am trying to hold on to time as I realize in the blink of an eye they will all be gone. If we could only be happy with the present!

Then my baby turned 5! Same story! I just love these girls to death. They are best buds and Joquelle is such a good little mom to Shelby. They get along so well. I love my girls!!

Merry Christmas and sickness all around

2009-12-30T13:09:00.000-08:00

Christmas this year was fantastic. The kids are really getting fun!! They all took turn opening their presents and were excited about everything they got. Jared took great care of me. He always does the cutest things! I am a lucky girl!!

The day after Christmas Jared and I woke up at 3 am sicker then dogs!! It was horrible!! Each of the kids, except Brett, have taken their turns with this awful sickness, thankfully it didn't last to long.

New Family pictures

2009-12-05T14:23:00.000-08:00

We just had new pictures taken. These are just a few of my favorites. There are more to come.

Thanksgiving 2009

2009-11-26T02:41:00.000-08:00

Sometimes I take things for granted, ok all of the time I take things for granted. I have so much to be grateful for.. As I have started working in the home health field along with my job at the hospital, I have learned so many things that I knew I should be thankful, but just did not really realize how truly great a blessing they really were.

1. I am SO thankful that I have family whom I love so much and that THEY LOVE ME BACK!! I have seen some very sad cases of some very lonely people who want nothing more than a call or visit from their family. I appreciate and love my family SO much.

2. I am thankful for my husband who treats me way better then I deserve! If anyone really had any idea what a wonderful husband he is to me, I fear there would be some extremely envious wives :) It makes me sad to see spouses treated poorly.

3. I am thankful for my Health!! Sometimes I complain because I have to work, but how thankful I should be that I CAN work.

4. I am thankful for a warm home. I love that it is a place my children can feel safe and know that they have food to eat, clothes to wear and especially parents who love and adore them.

5. I am thankful for my testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ and the peace it brings to me in a world, where often times, there is very little peace.

Happy Thanksgiving to all..

It's "ring" day today at preschool

2009-11-12T22:11:00.000-08:00

So I have to apologize as it seems I blog an awful lot about my youngest, Shelby, but one must realize she is home with me most of the time~ If only they had such thing as a blog when my others were younger.

Shelby loves girly things~ she is all girl. The more girly and pink and lacy, the better in her eyes. Shelby loves my wedding ring. She is always asking if she can wear it. Having already lost a wedding ring, thanks to Brett, well and me for leaving it on the dresser, I am very cautious about my ring. This morning Shelby once again asked me if she could wear it. I of course told her no. Being the persistent little thing that she is, she asked again, I told her no. "Please please please please mommy, can I wear your ring?" NO! Then I see the wheels start turning.... "But mom, it is ring day at preschool" Wow!! She almost had me on that one. I almost believed her. :) One of these days in the not to distant future, I have a feeling she might get me.

Brett and Sharpay...how romantic

2009-11-08T15:13:00.000-08:00

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A zombie, a D-will, a cowgirl and a vampire....Oh my

2009-11-02T05:26:00.000-08:00

Halloween this year was fun. I have to admit that I am not really a fan of Halloween. It is definitely not my favorite holiday, but I remember loving it as a kid, as do my kids, so I enjoy it for them. Because it was on a Saturday this year, we dressed them up a few times. They did not have school on Friday, so they dressed up Thursday for school and then Saturday for a party at my moms and trick or treating.

My mom has a had a little party since the kids were small, I say little, but really it is not. It is huge!! The reason it is so big is the number of people in my family. I come from a family of 8 kids and you can imagine how quickly the nieces and nephews come. Let me figure it out, currently there are 26 grandkids with one on the way. It is constantly changing and therefor not easy to recall at any given moment. It is chaos, I will admit, but SO much fun!! I would not have it any other way and the kids have SO much fun with all of their cousins, as do I with my brothers and sisters and in-laws.

We went trunk or treating with Amy and Jamon at their church. I am sorry, but once again, I love it because you get a lot of candy FAST, and I am all about fast!! The kids are happy and we were able to still go and see Jared's parents and visit. It was a good day!

I had to throw in the picture of the pumpkin that I carved. If you can't tell it is a picture of a boxer. I have never really attempted to carve anything but your typical eye, nose, mouth pumpkin, but I found a template for this and gave it a whirl. I think it turned out well and the kids were thrilled. I was their hero for a day with this one. It made it all worth it. They love their dog!!

Yearly trip to the punkin' patch

2009-10-18T21:35:00.000-07:00

This weekend we took the kids to the pumpkin patch. It is one of our traditions. We rode the wagon out to the pumpkin patch and picked out our pumpkins. We then bought ourselves some pumpkin donuts and cookies. They were SO tasty!! It was such a nice weekend!!

The Jazz open practice and Where's Shelby

2009-10-13T22:48:00.000-07:00

So today we went up to the ESA to watch the Jazz play in their open practice. It was a lot of fun and free, so who can beat that. The kids, especially the boys, are always just thrilled to walk into the ESA and see their team, it is fun to see their faces light up when they see the players and of course the Jazz bear.

They were interviwing the players before the scrimmage and we got to see that, they also had a rookie dance off which was funny as well.

My favorite part, I have written before how Shelby has this thing with Jared and I. She does not like the fact that we kind of like each other. I simply wanted to get a picture of Jared and I at the game and all we got was these pictures of us with Jared trying to keep her out of the picture. Oh this girl is so funny, but so crazy!! I love her though!

GO ATLANTA FALCONS!!

2009-09-28T17:39:00.000-07:00

I would like to announce that we are the newest fans of the Atlanta Falcons. This may seem quite random and I have to admit that it is, but I must explain. We are HUGE sports fans and I absolutely LOVE football. We follow BYU and college football, but I always feel left out on Sunday and Monday night when all the NFL teams play because to be honest with you there is not really an NFL team that we have preferred to watch. I told Jared that we HAVE to have a team. I didn't really care who. I came up with the idea that we would choose an NFL team by picking one out of a hat. Obviously it is apparent that the Atlanta Falcons won and now we are their biggest fans, GO MATT RYAN!! (I just learned he was their quarterback)

Don't be surprized if next year we are the biggest fans of a different team. It may become a new tradition to pick our team yearly. It will be our tradition. But for now it is the Falcons!!! GO FALCONS!!!

Watching lots o' kids

2009-09-19T14:21:00.000-07:00

This weekend we have had the pleasure to watch my sisters kids. She has 6 kids, so as you can see 6+4=10. 10 kiddies! That is a whole lot of kids. These kids are so cute. There are 5 girls and then finally a boy! The kids have so much fun together. The first 4 kids are almost identical in age as our kids. Brett and the cousin his age are three months apart. Joquelle and the cousin her age are 5 days apart, Trevor and the cousin his age are one month apart and Shelby and the cousin her age are 5 months apart. They love playing together, it is so much fun for them!

Shelby and Preschool and more evidence I need a new camera

2009-09-11T19:36:00.000-07:00

Here is the Shelber Lynn on her first day of preschool this year. She loves to go to school! I wish you could see her face a little better and that the picture was not so blurry!! I am bound and determined to fix this problem one way or another!!

Kids first day of school

2009-09-10T14:57:00.000-07:00

Well, I guess the first day of school is always a great place to start. I have also come to the conclusion that I really need a new camera PRONTO!! This one is old and works only half the time, plus, it has gotten where the pictures are blurry, or maybe the photographer is a major moron! Here are the three oldest and they are getting SO old!! I guess that means I am too! :( Brett is in 5th grade, Joquelle in 3rd, and Trevor in 2nd. Shelby is in preschool and just had her first day. I will post a picture of her as well.

Maybe a blog has some worth...

2009-09-10T08:46:00.000-07:00

Ok. So I think maybe that I should blog...Hello I am an idiot. I had decided I was done, that there was really no use for it, but the fact of the matter is that you write down little things on a blog that you would not remember otherwise. I am not a very good scrapbooker, I want to be, but I am not. I figure if I am going to be on the computer anyway, I might as well be doing something somewhat useful, like working on my own blog instead of reading others. Well, here is to a new start. I will attempt to update somewhat since I had not posted anything since February. More to come.

2009-02-21T18:30:00.000-08:00

These are one of my favorite things! My running shoes. These shoes have run hundreds of miles with me. I have had these shoes way longer than you should keep a pair of running shoes. I have had good intentions of buying a new pair, in fact I have tried several on, I just can't seem to find any that I love quite as much as this pair. Each time I put these shoes on, they bring back a lot of memories...But it is reallt time to retire them .

Healthcare Worker vs Mother

2009-02-20T13:04:00.000-08:00

I am tired. I am always tired!...No I am not pregnant! My work schedule is such that I work every Saturday and Sunday night. It works great for my family and I just get my days over with and am home during the week. However, during those 2 days of work I usually get a combined 6-8 hours of sleep. I then go back to my regular sleeping schedule. I am always so tired that I never have had a hard time switching schedules, whenever my head hits the pillow I fall asleep, no matter what time of day it is, but that is just the problem. If I am sitting at home on the couch, I fall asleep, if I try reading a book, I fall asleep. If I try to enjoy a movie~whether on video or at the movie theatre~ I fall asleep. It is quite a miserable feeling. It is interesting that just a couple days like that will screw me up so bad! The other interesting thing is how dang fast the days off go. It seems like just when I am getting back to normal and feeling a little better it is time to go again.

Oh well, as hard as it can be, I really enjoy my job. ~Even if it is CRAZY busy this time of year with all the RSV and fun going around. I am grateful especially, that I have this job. Especially in this economy. It is nice to have a job that I can work as much or as little as I like. I get such satisfaction in helping, especially the kids I take care of.

I had an interesting thing happen this week.. Brought things into perspective for me. It is an interesting difference~ The life between a healthcare worker and a mother. I deal with sick kids on a weekly basis. Kids who are sick and need IV's, kids who need blood drawn for tests, kids that have to get catheters put in them, spinal taps, C paps, all kinds of medication....and heaven forbid, kids that just aren't doing to well have to be transported to a higher level of care. As a healthcare worker, I have sympathy for the parent sitting, watching their child be tortured. However, I also understand the things that are being done are necessary in order for this child to get better. Honestly, it is not my favorite thing to give a newborn baby a scalp IV, but I know that it is necessary, so I do it..I don't really think about it.

I have been pretty lucky. My kids are relatively healthy. None if my children have ever had to be admitted to the hospital. Shelby had been sick for over a week and I finally decided to take her to the doctor. She had strep (I thought so) The Dr asked me if I wanted to give her a 10 day treatment of an oral antibiotic, or a S.H.O.T-spelled out of course. I told him the second one. Shelby had absolutely NO idea what was coming. It did not help when the nurse came in and I told her she would be getting a shot, Joquelle screamed and freaked her out even more.. Shelby got the shot right in her hip.. She screamed and cried and looked at me like "mom, how could you" my kids have had shots before, but in that moment..My heart really went out to all the mothers of the kids I have had to take care of. It is a HARD thing to watch your child go through pain and believe me....I have had to do much worse to many kids.. To all of the children I have ever had to be mean to, I am sorry~ To the mothers....I feel for you and I am REALLY sorry..

Valentines Day.....Bah Humbug!!!!

2009-02-14T21:25:00.000-08:00

This post might seem kind of weird. I have to admit that maybe it is... Today is Valentines Day...Today is also the day that Jared and I decided would be the last Valentines Day that we celebrate...I don't know what it is, but Valentines Day NEVER seems to work out for us. It seems that every time we make plans to go out, something comes up..This year, Shelby has been sicker than a dog..Jared had made plans to take me out..He always does, however, they had to be cancelled. I am fine with that, believe me there are worse things in life to worry about. We can always go out another day. Now for the real reason for this post......Its going to get pretty sappy now, those who don't like sappy may want to log off now....

I don't need Valentines Day. I don't need a day where my husband can bring me some flowers and tell me he loves me. I am the luckiest girl in the world because he tells me he loves me

EVERYDAY. Not just once., not just twice....most days probably 20 times (this really is no exaggeration) Not only does he tell me he loves me he compliments me WAY more than I should be. I would really love to find someone in this world that knows her husband loves her more than I know mine loves me!!! I try to give my husband the same kind of love..In this, I know I fall short. I have the best husband in the world and he truly is my BEST BEST friend!!! I could not be more grateful for him....With that said, good-bye stinkin Valentines Day!!! We don't need you! No more worries about whether we will be able to go out, or get each other the right gifts...I LOVE YOU JARED!!

Ms. Shelby.....a little jealous...

2009-02-10T11:08:00.000-08:00

So its safe to say that my little 4 year old is a little jealous. What is she jealous of you ask? That would be the fact that my husband loves me. She doesn't like it when we hug or kiss. When Jared gives me a hug you can bet that Shelby will be hugging us both at our knees. When he kisses me she needs a kiss as well. Last week when Jared told me how beautiful he thought I was, Shelby started to cry and say "dad doesn't think I am beautiful." Jared had to reassure her that he thinks she is and to never think any different! This has been an issue that seems to be progressively getting more and more intense..

Sunday was the icing on the cake. Jared and I were sitting with the kids in Sacrament meeting. Jared was holding my hand during the sacrament. He had been holding it for a while when all of the sudden he whispers my name and nods his head down to our hands. Shelby, who was sitting between us had somehow slid her hand in between our hands so that we, in essence, were holding hers. We had not even noticed and we were laughing so hard.. She is such a funny girl..

Hawaii......Holy fun!!!.

2009-02-02T01:38:00.000-08:00

I must say that Hawaii was so so much fun. We took so many pictures and so did my family. We all sent each other our pictures and it is fair to say I have way to many. I also posted way to many. I couldn't pick just a few because I want to document all the fun! I wouldn't anyone for logging off now..but I am saving me some memories, so here we go!

We hiked Diamond head. It has a fantastic view of Honolulu. This is a picture of me and Jared, my brother Daniel and my sister Andrea and her husband Aaron. It was beautiful. These pictures do not do justice!

Me and Jared in front of Hanuma bay. It is a very popular site to go snorkeling. Jared LOVES to snorkel. It is one of his favorite things in the world. Personally, I am not such a fan. I find myself closing my eyes because I do not want the fish to touch me. I am such a wimp, I know!

We had lunch at a Vietnamese place. We did this because my younger brother went on his mission to Cambodia and speaks Vietnamese. He loves to go and talk to the people and wanted to eat some food from the mission. The bowl below is a dish called Pho pronounced "Fu" is that awesome of what. I personally did not try Fu, but I did have another dish. I was so proud of myself. Generally I will not try anything new. It was pretty good.

We went whale watching. It was awesome. You can't get to close to the whales, there are laws against it, but we saw them fairly close.

Jared was spoiled. He got to golf at Turtle Bay not once, but twice. He also loves to golf so this was quite the treat for him. They have 2 courses there and he was able to golf both of them.

On the last day that we were there we went deep sea fishing. It was also fun~boy that word gets a little redundent! Me and Jared, Andrea and Aaron and Daniel all went out for 4 hours. We only got one smaller fish. The thing that stinks is that we had hooked a Marlin. We could see it jumping out of the water, but the dang thing got away. That was the one fish we were all hoping that we could catch. It was still a really cool experience. I would do it again in a heartbeat. Daniel got quite sick~I don't know that he would!

Below is a picture of the boat we rode in with the fishing poles attached.

These pictures are of Jared and I in front of the entrance to get into our hotel. We stayed at the Marriott Ko Olina Beach resort. This is actually part of my parents time share. It was an awesome place to stay. It was a little outside of Honolulu so it was not right down in all of the congestion. It has it's own private beach so it is far less crowded. Also, they are like little condos so you have a kitchen and everything. It was great.. I really liked staying there. One of my favorites!!

This picture below cracks me up. Jared says this is how I am every time he tries to kiss me. That is SO not true!

My sister took this pic of me and Jared at the Polynesian Cultural center.

Here are all of us also in front of the hotel.

More pictures of us fishing.

The one and only fish that we caught. Jared had the pleasure of reeling that baby in (above) lucky him!

Here we are in front of Pearl Harbor. We had been there before, but I had forgotten how tragic this was. My grandpa passed away this past year. He was a survivor of Pearl Harbor. I think maybe that is why it had a little more meaning to me. I really enjoyed it.

The whole crew... Left to right. Ryan, Colette (brother and sister-in-law) Nathan and Christina (brother and sister-in-law) Mom and dad. Andrea and Aaron, Jared and I and Daniel.

Me and Dan just chillin in the car.

Me Andrea and Dan at the Swap meet.

Me Dan and my mom at the Polynesian Cultural Center.

Jared and I the Polynesian Cultural Center.

At the swap meet Jared got his teeth whitened. Now if that does not look high tech I don't know what does. A lawn chair under a tarp, what more could you ask for? I am really praying they don't fall out.

Me and Dan once again, fishing before he got sick!

Pearl Harbor. I am sorry these pictures are all in a pretty random order. One of the most eventful parts of our trip was the flight home. Our flight went out at 11:40 Friday night. About an hour into our flight they came over the intercom and announced that there was a problem with the fuel gage and that they did not feel comfortable flying over the Pacific Ocean and they would have to turn around. We went back to Honolulu and they cancelled our flight. They gave us each one hundred dollar vouchers and put us up in a hotel. We got to spend an additional day. To be honest with you I was pretty ready to go back at that point. I missed my kids!!! We were so happy to see them when we finally got back.

wasting time at work

2009-01-20T20:18:00.000-08:00

You know that it is going to be a long night at work when you are looking at the clock and it is only 9:30. This means I have, oh....9 hours left. No big deal. Tonight I am orienting someone. This basically means I can just sit here all night. Yes, she is doing all my work. Doesn't get much easier then that. I am getting way excited to leave for Hawaii in a couple of days especially cause it was 6 degrees this morning.. which is PURE insanity.

I just wanted to update on Brett's game last week. He had another great game with 20 points. I am just so proud of him. He really does a great job and enjoys it. I just really love to watch his games. As excited as I am to go to Hawaii, we will be missing 2 of his games and that will be a little hard. I think I will see if someone can record them for me.

Trevor also started his "camp" he is just such a funny kid. He has such intensity and just loves to play anything competitive, however, you have to watch that kid because he tends to get a little mad at times.

I am going to be MIA while in Hawaii...I really don't want to worry about anything. There for I will have to update when I return, pictures and all. So long friends.

First Jr. Jazz game

2009-01-12T11:25:00.000-08:00

Ok..So Brett had his first Jr jazz game. Since this is my blog and I make the rules I say I can brag, and brag I will. He did AWESOME!! I was so dang proud of him. He had 30 points. Now you may think, wow, he must have shot 14 million times. This was not the case he took very smart shots and just did so well. He also played great defense. There was one boy on the other team that was doing a great job as well. Brett was assigned to defend him, Brett held him to only one basket while he was defending him. He is a little hustler and a scrapper.. I love it!!

You have to understand how much our family enjoys basketball. We watch every Jazz game and look forward to them all. Trevor starts Thursday, he is doing more of a camp. That will be fun for him. Saturday mornings are going to be fun for the next little while. I will update with each game~ Great job Brett!!

Fun things to look forward to..

2009-01-07T12:40:00.000-08:00

Now that the holidays are over, I feel like I can focus on other things. I am so excited for a few things that are coming up. First, Jr Jazz starts this Saturday. Brett and Trevor are SO excited for this. Joquelle doesn't love to play so much, but does enjoy watching.. This may change, who knows. We went last night and bought them new basketball shoes. They keep trying them on to see how they fit and brag about how well they are going to do with "their shoes". I love to watch them play. It is a fun family thing to do on Saturdays. Second, in just over 2 weeks my husband and I are going to none other than Hawaii..!! Yea, I love Hawaii. We are going with some of my family. I have to say that the thought of going and laying on the beach with the weather that we are dealing with right now, could not come fast enough!! It will be so much fun.

I am planning on running a half marathon in April with my sister and brother. This will be fun and challenging. I have gotten back into running and so has Jared, it has been fun running and watching him find the joy in running as well. He wants to run in a 5k in July and win his age division. I am much more content with just finishing. I have been running outside as well as on the treadmill. My big plans are to run a full marathon in October with a friend from work. I hope I am able to accomplish this. I know it will be challenging, but I have always wanted to do it.

Joquelle's Baptism

2009-01-04T23:16:00.000-08:00

My daughter Joquelle got baptized this past Saturday. It was fabulous. She was able to be baptized with her cousin. It was such a special day. We had all of our friends and family come over to our house and have treats afterward. It was fun to visit and talk to everyone. Joquelle's cousin gave a talk as well as her uncle. What a great meeting. I can't believe my second child is baptized!! It makes me feel so old. Joquelle is such a special girl, we all love her so much.

Lynner Lynn's Birthday

2008-12-31T11:06:00.000-08:00

My sweet little BABY is 4. She had a birthday this week as well. I feel horrible and gulity. I had to work the night before and was pretty tired and crabby the whole day. We really did not do anything to exciting. We were going to go sledding, but the snow melted a little and it was kind of slushy~or maybe that was just my excuse. I will have to make it up to her in a big way. I realize that she is only 4, but the pressure we as mothers put on ourselves is pretty tough.

I really love this little girl. She always brings a smile to my face and makes me laugh when I need to. She brings me back to what is important in life. I can't believe she is growing up SO fast. I LOVE LYNNER!!!

Marley and Me.........Wow who knew?

2008-12-28T18:25:00.000-08:00

My sweetest little daughter turned 8 yesterday. She is going to be baptized this next week and is so excited. So for her birthday, she decided that she wanted to go and see the movie Marley and Me. SPOILER ALERT***** if you intend on seeing this and do not want to know anything about it stop reading**** We took the whole family.....Now just a little FYI, if you have a dog that your kids like I might not recommend this movie...Lets just say her birthday turned out to be a little sad. The movie is about this dog that this family grows up with and loves and the dog ends up dying. My kids went out to the car. They cried and cried. It was a big reality check what would happen if I got rid of good ol' Sharpay. I think I am pretty well stuck with a dog. The thing that really got them going was my PURE stupidity and lack of filter at the mouth. When we got into the car they immediately started to cry and what did I say, "kids you do know Sharpay will die some day~" Wow stupid me... That really got them going. I think I traumatized them and it is a birthday she will never forget~ We should have seen Bedtime Stories.

Crazy Crazy week!

2008-12-27T19:29:00.000-08:00

I love Christmas, but I have to admit that I am glad when it is over. The thing is, that during this week I not only have Christmas and new years, but 2 birthdays as well...I know good planning on our part. It is a little crazy and hectic, but GREAT all the same.

One of the things that we have kind of made a tradition is to draw names and exchange slippers on Christmas eve. This is a picture of all of our fun slippers. We decided to do this one year when Jared discovered the "joy" of slippers. He had never owned a pair of slippers and we bought him some. He talked about how great those slippers were every day for a year. When it was about time for some new ones, this is what we decided to do...That way we could all enjoy slippers.

This other picture is of the kids with some of their favorite presents. I know that some people take way to many pictures, I on the other hand never take enough. I took some video, but will just post this and call it good. We had a great time and the kids were so happy. It was fun to see their joy. My husband is so good to me as well. It was great!!

One week and counting..

2008-12-18T12:04:00.001-08:00

One week till the big day.. I am so excited for Christmas this year. It is interesting that as you become a parent, you feel the same excitment for your kids as you did about Santa coming when you were a kid. We are giving each of the kids a gift that they are absolutely not expecting. I can't wait to see their faces. It will be GREAT!! I have had to hide the gifts at my sisters this year. I have a particularly curious child who loves to look for gifts. I had a bag of them in the basement under a bunch of other stuff until I could get them to her house....He found them....Little turkey..I have never been able to understand why kids want to ruin their Christmas. Maybe it is a boy thing, my husband says that he did the same thing..Me, well I knew where the presents were kept, but what would be the fun of peeking.. It would spoil my Christmas and not be near as fun. Whatever.

We have gotten a lot of snow the last couple of weeks...I do not love snow. I often wonder why in the world I live where I live because of this. Usually I can tolerate it until at least after Christmas, but I am already SICK and tired of it. This could be because until this point we have been spoiled enjoying beautiful weather.. At least we are guaranteed to have a White Christmas.

Disco Fever...........Watch for a good time!!

2008-12-13T19:22:00.000-08:00

San Diego..Summer 2008

2008-12-12T14:14:00.001-08:00

I really wish that I had blogged before this point..I feel like I have a lot to make up for that I want to get written down. This summer we went with Jared's family to San Diego to stay in a beach house for a week. It was so much fun!! We went to the beach nearly everyday.. Jared and the kids loved to boogie board. I tried it, it kind of kicked my butt this time, so I didn't do it so much. We also went to the wild animal park. In this last picture the kids are petting---Honestly, I have no idea...Some animal.. Don't know if I would do the Wild Animal Park again. Am I a Debbie Downer or what??

We also went to the San Diego temple and the kids got to see that.. They loved it, it was beautiful. It was such a relaxing trip and we had SO much fun..

Who's daughter is this?

2008-12-11T11:21:00.001-08:00

So I go to pick up the Shelbs from Preschool today. As she walks out, she has a look on her face similar to the one above. I am looking at her thinking "what the heck is wrong with her?" As I approach her, her teacher comes over and says "she is mad at me?" and I said.. "Shelby, what did you do?" She wouldn't answer....So her teacher proceeded to tell me that Shelby choose not to help clean up today...She got in a little bit of trouble and was not given a sucker because of this , I told her that was what I would expect her to do..I thanked her and we got in the car. As we drove home I tried to explain that when her teacher asks her to do something...She needs to. The only thing that she said to me was "why...My teacher is mean now...." I don't mean to brag or anything, but honestly, the kids have been pretty good. I really have never had to deal with any dicipline problems. I think this little child may just make up for all of them.. I realize this is not that big of a deal.. But this girl has serious potential.. Please, everyone pray for me..

Is it just me??

2008-12-10T11:55:00.001-08:00

What the heck!!! Please tell me this kind of stuff happens to other people besides me. Jared has a work party tonight. I have literally been looking for something to wear for the last week. Today I finally found something. I dragged Shelby into the 500th store...Tada..I found something..I went to the check out; pround of myself it had only taken 2 hours (today)... I had went home and did the final try on with skirt and all. As I put on the shirt I had bought, I found this!!!!!!!-----------

What???? It so figures!!! It SO figures. Heaven forbid it be easy.. If you call easy spending about 10 hours shopping in the last week....I am a little mad.. I guess I should have been more aware, but I was just so excited to be done, or so I thought. I live 35 min. from this store. Its not that easy to just jump in the car and take care of this.. What will I be wearing to Jared's work party tonight? Who knows? Back to square one.

Just a little side note.. This is not the only time this has happened to me. It has happened a few times. I wrote a post a little while ago titled "always a step behind" along with the kids, things like this cause that!! Wow ...Lame...

Heaven forbid, Can't forget Pay Pay, aka Sharpay

2008-12-08T15:00:00.000-08:00

Here she is, our dog..Yes we have a dog.. Never in my life would I have thought I would say that.. We got her in June.. Jared plotted the kids against me, what choice did I have. One night while I was working Jared and the kids got on the subject of dogs and how fun it would be to have one...To play fetch with, to take on walks, the list went on and on. After that, the kids absolutely HAD to have one. A subject I had to hear about 15,000 times a day. For me to say no, I would have been the worst mom in the world. I even offered to have another baby instead of the dog and I was serious. They chose the dog. I gave up the fight. One deal I made...I will not...will not...have to feed her, give her water, or pick up the crap. It will get done, not by me, of course, or she is gone. I must give the fam props, they have done well. Truly she has been fun for the family. We like her, she will never be in a family picture- I HAD to put my foot down on that one- believe me, they tried.. She is a good pup. Her name is Sharpay, after the girl in high school musical. I did come up with that, I guess they gave me that cause I let them get her.. As for the baby I promised I would have instead of the dog..They want to take me up on that offer now, YEA RIGHT!!!! Sorry Fools!!!

Shelber Lyn Lyn Lyn Lyn Lyn Lyn Lyn

2008-12-08T12:12:00.001-08:00

Last, but not least, my sweet little Lynner. This girl is my buddy. She hangs out with me all day. Just me and her. She always says, "It's just you and me mom"

I was so excited that Shelby was going to be a girl, I felt like I could be done having kids. Two boys and two girls, doesn't get much better than that.. The doctor started me with her as well. I went in, they started me, and she was born 4 hours later.. Shelby was HUGE when she was born 9 lbs 5 oz. I will never forget the look on Jared's face when she was being born... As she came out and he could see her head, he got this look of terror on his face. I looked at him and said, "what, is she ugly?" and he said "No, She is HUGE" He was right. The kids loved her right away. They all wanted to hold her constantly.

Shelby is our little comedian. A day does not go by that she doesn't ask me, "how are you doin little fella?" or some other random thing. She has a thing about headbands. She loves to hold them and play with them. Weirdo.. Can't go to bed without her headband. Whatever makes her happy is a ok with me. Maybe I should try it.

The title of this post, this is a nick name I gave this very lucky little lady. Who would'nt want to be called that on a daily basis? You know you would.. I love Shelber!!!!

Trev the Bev

2008-12-07T18:36:00.000-08:00

Clearly there is only one word to describe this little guy...INTENSE....Everything that he does, he puts his whole heart into it.

When I was pregnant with him we lived in a different state away from our families. My doctor told me he would start me. However, they did it THE worst possible way in history. They said that when they had an opening at the hospital, they would call. This could occur ANYTIME. So, needless to say we waited around all day. When they didn't call we decided to take the other kids over to Jared's cousins house in case they called during the night. Needless to say I did not sleep a wink!! I layed right by the phone waiting for it to ring. My dad kept calling me to see if I had heard anything as they were going to come as soon as I went in the hospital. My dad finally took the bull by the horns and called the hospital. They called me 10 minutes later and had a bed for me.. My dad has a great way of getting things done. Nine hours of labor and #3 was here..

Trevor is my little bud.. He is the only one of my kids that will still "snuggle" with me. I LOVE IT! I can always count on him to give me some love.. He loves sports, but hates to lose..I have to admit I hate it when he loses too....This is when all heck breaks lose and the world comes to a complete end...here comes the intensity. There is none more caring than this one.. I love you Trev!!

Kelly Bell

2008-12-06T20:44:00.000-08:00

I love this girl...Wow, were we blessed with her. She is so sweet and is so obedient. Joquelle was born 2 days after Christmas. Mel and Brad were getting married on the 28th and lets just say I didn't make it to the wedding. I went to the doctor on the 27th and after that visit the doctor sent me over to the hospital to have here. I was in labor for 4 hours and she was here. My mom and dad were waiting for her to come so that they could get to Mel and Brad's wedding dinner. They were nervous because they had to leave at 4:30 and wouldn't you know it, she was born at 4:21.. She was so obedient even in the womb... Joquelle was the smallest baby (however, she was a week early) As a toddler though, she took the cake.. She was huge and I loved it.. You would never know it now..skinny little thing.

The name of this post is Kelly Bell because that is one of her many nicknames. Don't ask me why.. Kind of a random name, but it is her. Joquelle will do about anything she is asked without complaining. She loves her little sister and her little sister loves her. She takes such good care of her. I appreciate her so much.. I love you Joquelle!!!

reminiscing about old times...

2008-12-05T08:03:00.000-08:00

Since I just started blogging and I have been horrible about keeping a journal, I thought I would write down some memories while I can still somewhat remember...

My first baby... Brett. We were young, just 22 when he was born. We were so excited to have him. He was three days late, my water broke. I was in labor for 9 hours and life has never been the same. When my water broke I was home alone watching the Jazz game. Jared was to be home any time. When it happened I called him and he answered the phone in Spanish.--take note he doesn't really speak Spanish. I was not in the mood. I told him what had happened he said he would be there in a few minutes. When he got home he had to jump in the shower, he was mowing lawns at the time. He was so excited and could not stop smiling. I was scared to death and wanted to throw up. The labor went perfectly and he was SO CUTE!! I couldn't believe it.

Ever since Brett has been able to talk, he has never stopped asking questions. This kid loves to learn... He wants to know how every thing works and why... He is fascinated of the workings of anything and everything. When he was younger he loved garages and would watch them open and close for hours, wondering how they worked. Even now, he loves sprinklers. Different I know, but he loves to watch them. He knows all the different types and how they work.

He also loves to worry..Oh oh... Don't know where he got this certainly not from his mother... He worries about way to grown up things such as the price of gas and whether or not the car's oil got changed. In that way, we are way to much alike..Someone following me around reminding me of the things that I need to worry about...

I absolutly love this kid.. He is sweet and cares about people so much.. I love you Brett!!

Always a step behind!

2008-12-04T12:54:00.000-08:00

I had quite the eye opening experience today.. I am not really sure why it was so eye opening, but it was. I have always been one that is on time to everything.. In fact, early to everything. I always had everything that needed to be done, done early, with a bow on top and a casserole in the oven. Yes, I may have been named woman of the year. However, It seems lately that no matter how hard I try, I am just a step behind.. Running like a chicken with its head cut off! The sad thing is there is nothing that makes me more crazy and more stressed then being late, just ask my husband. If we are running late for something,I turn into a monster. Well lets be honest, this is no different than any other day. What has happened to me? Oh yea....four kids!!!

Living oddly similar lives...

2008-12-02T23:38:00.000-08:00

I guess this is the life of a blogger. Laying in bed at 12:30 at night, not being able to sleep, with thoughts running through your mind and having this uncontrollable urge to run and type it all down.... My uncontrollable thoughts...stupid really. I was thinking about the blog posts I have seen in the last couple of weeks.. Many of them, and I mean many, seem to have a common theme. This would include a vampire and shopping. First the vampire, it seems every woman on this planet has a secret love affair with a make believe vampire named Edward..So much so, that many of them stayed up in the wee hours of the night to go and see him on the big screen. Don't lie and say you didn't scream when he came on. Now, I have to admit I was there as well. I am being honest when I say that I don't have a love affair with Edward, in fact, I was more of a Jacob fan...People from work were going and I was invited so I went.. It was good..Didn't get any pictures of me at the theatre. This is a whole other issue.. The camera. IF and that is a big IF I remember it, the batteries are dead 90% of the time, so what is the point anyway?

The next, shopping, BLACK FRIDAY!! I love this as well. It has become quite the family affair. This year 6 of my 8 siblings went. We finally convinced my older sister to go..I think she is hooked. Me and my younger sister went about 4 years ago for the first time and after seeing a woman deck another woman for a remote control hummer, we were hooked. What more can I say, It has taken convincing, but little by little, the other siblings are seeing the light..Oh the fun of grand traditions. The whole point of this post? We are all living oddly similar lives!

Me blog, I'll try..

2008-12-02T11:25:00.000-08:00

You know, I can't figure it out. I really really want to become a great blogger. I would love to have the blog that has a million hits and thousands of followers because it is just that good. Problem is, I am not. In fact, lets be honest... I flat out suck. Jared keeps telling me, "Jody, you need to blog. You would be good"..Really? Thats funny because I can't think of things to blog. We went and even bought a lap top so I could blog in the wee hours of the night when it is slow at work. The only thing that came from that....I like to look at other people's blogs in the wee hours of the night when it is slow at work. It is not that things don't happen in our family. It seems life is pure chaos. Wouldn't it be good to write the chaos down.. I think so.. Maybe I will try..

2008-10-13T18:50:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago we went and had family pictures taken. I was very happy with how they turned out.

2008-10-13T18:48:00.000-07:00

Ok.. I think I maybe figured this out a little bit. Here is a cute little picture of the kidos.

Our Family

2008-10-13T18:43:00.000-07:00

It has truly been my goal to figure out how to work this blog. We just got new family pics and I wanted to post them. We will give this a whirl and see if I can make this work. Everyone please cross your fingers!!!