Olivia turns 5

My little princess is 5! Im so lucky to have this little stinker. She is pretty emotional but she is also great at making me smile. I think she is way too much like me:) so I am definitely in for it,I keep warning myself. But for now I will enjoy the ups and downs and cherish her little smile. Also I love her because she likes to sleep in until 10:00 if I let her.It does make the morning hussel and bussel a little less. If we have another baby someday she will be the best helper she loves taking care of little babies. She also loves playing with older girls like her cousins and neighbor, she can keep up with them no problem. Everyday she asks me how old she has to be to have a boyfriend and to get married. I try to push the whole college thing but she aint havin it!!phew girls are tough! But worth it.

my little student of the month

Rock on!!

We sold our rockband on Craigslist so we could get the wireless set. So of course we had to do a little rockin out last night.Caden is so good at drums and Olivia even tried it but she mostly dances and sings in the background. We have a lot of fun doing it especially in the game room. So come over and try to beat cadens score I dare ya!:)

hot diggitty dog

The other night i wanted to go with my friends to the gym,so i left mark to do hot dogs with the kids. They went outside around the fire and did marshmallows too.He is a fun daddy. The next day Olivia told me how much fun she had. Its amazing how little simple things like hot dogs,make kids happy and a great memory.

crazy hair day

This was Caden on crazy hair day for school. I thought it was hilarious. He was so funny....looking:)

anything

Gosh I thought I should post something since I have been soo lame lately. I had my birthday and it was truely special. My mom had a luncheon for me and my family at her house and then I had a pedicure and then came home to be lazy and watched 27 dresses and ate popcorn. It was a good day. Oh and mark got me an Iphone!!! Which I am in love with. They are really amazing. So besides getting one year closer to 30 it was a good day!!My kids picked a few things too. Olivia loves bouquets of flowers so she got me some pink ones.Caden picked out some chocolates and some bath stuff. And owen got me a new shirt:)We have been busy having ufc and super bowl parties in our theater. I told Mark its my turn to have my family over. Because it always ends up being his(whom I Love)but my family needs a little love too.Now its finally february or already I should say. olivia is counting down the days until her birthday. And I mean she is obsessed. She was stuck on going ice skating with boys and girls(I know Iam in trouble with this little girl) but I think I finally changed her mind. I was trying to get her to do a pajama party but she wasnt too thrilled because "will and Landon cant come" They are her two future husbands, she really likes them. So as of yesterday she was liking the idea of chuckie stupid cheese! which is okay less work for me.But princess parties are so fun. Anymore ideas are welcome... Anyways Mark and I had our anniversary. It was low key but we have been needing and wanting to go on a trip together anywhere but it hasnt happened. Mark is planning a scuba trip to catalina end of march with couples but it sounds like no wifes want to go so Im ousted out and its a guy trip. Soo lame!I should just tag along. But I get to go on a girls trip in march so I guess its only fare. Oh I wanted to journal about my little "O" He was sick a while back and it was so sad but sweet how he wanted mommy.He would just lay in my lap and watch movies or books.I get the joy of rocking him for 5 minutes or so before he goes to bed naps and all. And I just treasure those minutes of hugging him and cuddling with him. If I try to put him in bed he says "rock" its so cute. and when he is ready he says bed. I think its been good for him to go to bed happy with his red blankie that he loves. he is cute but he is pretty stubborn too. He likes to help with the dishes and of course baking. He says a lot of words now and I guess I need to start talking potty to him. I cant even imagine how great it will be to have nooo diapers:)woohoo but im dreading the training. Someone told me that their grandma did all the training with her kids and it went great(hint hint) So Caden is doing flag football, and its been fun,i think, he doesnt get a whole lotta action on the field yet but he is learning and next year he will be great. I put him in the older age group by accident so he plays alot of 3rd graders. So thats frustrating. But its a good experience. He does little league next month. And I just signed Caden and Olivia up for gymnastics. They really like it. And its fun for me to watch. So we are busy but its good. Thats my update:)

snow trip

So Mark has been wanting to take the kids to go play in the snow so we went on his day off. We drove up just pass Strawberry to the gravel pits. It was sooo much fun I want to go again. The kids did sleds and tubes. And I cant believe how brave they were. Olivia kept going up the hill higher and higher and she got going so fast.It freaked me out a few times but all she did was bite her tongue thank goodness nothing more.Owen cried for the first 15 minutes,who knows why.and then he started liking it.So throw in some dunkin donuts and a snowman and it was a heck of a good time:)

Nativity

So we did the annual nativity with the oberly/pearce family and then we did it with the Merrill family. It was all soo much fun:)

We went to see santa at frys last week for a free night with santa party. It was fun and close and free:)Owen freaked out of course and didnt want to be close at all to the jolly man. He is pushing away from me in this picture I had to laugh. It was the saddest looking santa I have ever seen. You could totally see the beard strap on his cheek and his black eyebrows it was hilarious. In my head I was picturing Ralphie in the bunny costume totally tortured by wearing it and thinking Caden is probably feeling the same way about "santa". Does anyone else feel stupid or bad about duping your older children into believing?? I mean when do we tell them? Caden already asks too many questions and I hate lying. I finally told him the tooth fairy wasnt real with this last tooth he lost. I could see the wheels turning in his head but he didnt ask about santa. except how was santa at every frys Mom?? Arggh anyways I think 8 years old is the magic year to know what all us grown ups know. So Olivia was Mary and she was beautiful and perfect:) Gma and Gpa Merrill came to watch and that was great to have them around for this stuff finally. The countdown is on 5 days left......

December

Its been too long since my last lame post. We had a great turkey day going over to the Pearces with Marks family and then hanging out with the merrills too. The Lanes were here from Cali so that was fun to be with them. They were brave and took our 2 oldest to grandpas cabin in prescott for 2 nights. woohoo that was fun just going around with little O. He is so sweet by himself. We have been busy going to movies watching them at home and other christmas shopping fun.(I say fun but Mark not so much) I just love the holidays because of all the traditions that are so fun to do. We did gingerbread houses with my family and we will be doing enough nativitys to last a year:) olivia landed the role as Mary so she is excited about her school program. once again Iam stumped on what to get the man who buys himself everything. I hate doing the whole cliche of shirt and tie and slippers blah blah blah. I wish I could be really creative and think of something really great but I dont want to shock Mark too badly. We are trying to think of where to go for our anniversary. So that will be fun to get away with no kids. Anyhoo just trying to survive this joyous season and loving being with family. I dont have many pictures of myself but heres one of me and my great sister who had her birthday this week. Im grateful for her as an example to me.

For reals its almost Thanksgiving?? I cant believe it. Things are just moving along here in the oberly home. Caden had a great birthday. My dad had a great birthday party too. That was fun. Oh and Twilight is in 2 days Hooray! Im excited to see it. Im a woman of few worsd today so that will have to do for an update:)

Murder mystery dinner party

Halloween was a success. The kids had a blast going around the neighborhood. I finally got Cadens bedding for his room. I made the comforter(sort of) and I think it is so cute. Now everyone cant stop talking about christmas!