Our week

We usually don't have much going on in our lives, but this week we finished up swimming. Wesley has been struggling with keeping his face in the water, but on the last day of lessons, he figured it out and he was able to float on his back and his stomach. I was so proud of him. And he was so glad that he was able to do it. He kept looking at me and giving me thumbs up!!! He is such a good boy and so loving. He is starting kindergarten in three weeks, and I don't know if I am ready to let him go


Andrew! There is so much to say about Andrew. I never believed in the terrible two's or having a two year old that was hard. I personally think that three is so much worse. However as crazy as life is with him, there is so much to laugh about at the same time. Last week after church I came down to start dinner and he was standing at the counter. He looked at me and said "Hot Chocolate" meaning Chocolate milk. He had gotten the milk out, got a cup and spoon and opened the quick that was on the counter from breakfast. And he made himself Chocolate milk. And the crazy thing is he only spilled a drop of milk. He was so happy!!! Yesterday I wanted to take a bath which doesn't happen that often. So I locked the door took advantage of time to myself. About 10 minuted into my bath, I heard Andrew outside the door trying to unlock it. Less than 5 minutes later he was standing in the bathroom yelling "I did it." The little stinker had gotten one of Berlyn's headbands and picked the lock with it. So there goes my privacy. He is too smart for me.

Berlyn is turning into our little Missionary. She has a friend that lives across the street and they have started talking about church. This little boy is very interested in what she and Wes are learning. So Berlyn has invited him to church. His dad is in Afghanistan right now, so his mom is going to ask him if he is ok with that. So she might get to bring a friend to church in a couple of weeks when we get home from Utah.

Macady is now five months old and grabbing everything. She is so sweet and the happiest baby. We just love having her around.

28 Years Later

Here is a picture of me in a dress my mom made me when I was two years old. She kept it and it is in excellent condition. I put Berlyn in it when she was a baby and had to laugh that she wore it at about 5-6 months when I wore it at the age of 2. But my mom claims that we wore our dresses short back then or we could just say that I was really little and I have huge babies! Unfortunately I don't have a picture of Berlyn in it, but here is Macady wearing the same dress and she is 5 months old.

LUCKY!!!

I just want you all to know that I am the luckiest girl in the whole world. There was a package in the mail today addressed to me. I thought it was going to be a free diaper, but nope wasn't that. I am the lucky recipient of free TAMPONS!!! I can't believe it. I feel like I have won the lottery!!! I wish you all could get free tampons too!!!

Tag Your It!

Ok, so my good friend Nikki tagged me. What the heck is a tag and what do you do with it? The only tag at my house is freeze tag or cartoon tag or good old regular tag your it!!! So with a little help from Nikki, I think I have figured this one out. So here it goes.

How to play this game of tag.
Post these rules on your blog:List 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 random surprising facts about yourself. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
3 Joys
1-my family 2-chocolate 3-sleep
3 Fears
1-Losing my husband 2-someone breaking into my house (which really isn't going to happen on a military installation) 3-not making it to the celestial kingdom
3 Goals
1-understand the Book of Mormon more fully 2-going overseas 3-getting a tatoo! (ok so I couldn't think of a third)
3 Current obsessions/collections
1- chocolate, oh but that is always an obsession 2-homemade ice cream 3-Betty Crocker Warm Delight!!!(the brownie with peanut butter chips is the best)
3 Random or Surprising facts about myself
1-I pierced my ears for the first time at the age of 28 2- I hate wearing nail polish, it makes me feel too girly 3- I have curly eyebrows that I hate!!!
I now tag: Chardell, Amber, Julie, Rachel, Noel
oes.

Oh What Do You Do In The Summertime...

Oh, what do you do in the Summertime when all the world is Green?
We go out and get wet. It is the only thing to do here so we don't die of heat!

Old Tucson Studios

The Kids and us decided to take a small trip to Old Tucson Studios where they filmed a lot of movies like. Young Guns, Tombstone and a ton of old Spaghetti Westerns.

Bowling is fun to do!

Since Alex came home this week, the kids have been begging to do stuff that I refused to do without him. Such as go swimming and go bowling. The really want to go to Chuck E Cheese's, but we are trying to hold off on that one. So we went swimming this week and had a great time, even Macady liked it. And today we went bowling and had a lot of fun. This was Andy's first time and he thought it was great to be able to throw a ball. Berlyn was getting mad that she wasn't doing as good as last time, but the funny thing is we haven't been bowling since Andy was a baby. All in all we had a good time and enjoyed being together as a family again.

AND THE WINNER IS

well the scoreboard says it all. (The sad part is we were all trying)

We Made It

After two and a half months, Alex has finally come home. We all made it. No one died, or got injured due to their mother going insane!!! We are all so glad that he is home and the kids won't leave him alone. Macady loves him and just smiles every time she sees him. Andy is still getting used to him, but should be good in a few days. Alex graduated at the top of his class!! Way to go Alex. Ok, so he was also the bottom of his class, seeing as he was the only one that graduated! But anyway, he did awesome and got distinguished graduate for getting higher than 95% for the whole course.