Little slow

Gosh I have been back for a week and havent blogged my trip of a lifetime.Well I guess not a lifetime because we are doing it every year.(sorry Mark) I went to San Francisco with my 7 wonderful friends. I have known these girls for along time. I still remember meeting them,It started with Carrie in kindergarten. Alli and I used to do gymnastics together,Kets, Rachel and Melinda went to Macarthur with me and same ward(Ketsy remember that halloween picture of us,you were an old lady with rollers or something) then I met Linds in 7th grade, she was the blonde "franklin" girl that lived down the ditch from my house,and last but not least was Raquel. I met Raquel for the first time sophomore year when everyone piles into a mini van after school to hitch a ride home. I think it was Chas's car. Correct me if Im wrong,you probably dont remember. You were seriously annoyed by all us cackling girls but secretly wanted to join. Just look at you now!! What would we do without your serious make up skills.Wow Im lucky to know all these wonderful girls. WE had so much fun. But my favorite was conversing with all the random strangers that felt the need to talk to us.and when Lindsay flagged down a guy and girl in a land Rover to hitch a ride to Ghirardelli so we wouldnt miss our sundaes. yes we fit eleven people in a land rover. it was hilarious heres the picture for proof. We rented bikes and went across the bridge. half rode on the pedestrian side so we continually got yelled at so we continued to ring our little bike bells in their ears!!That was a good time. We went to china town and pier 39 where Ketsy spotted Katie Couric and said "welcome to San Francisco" she was truely star struck! Hahahaah Love ya Kets! We did Kareoke of course with Dancing Queen and it was a wonderful trip. I came home to a completely in tack home with no dishes in the sink. That was great too. Mark did an awesome job he is definitely #1 daddy.Especially because I am leaving this week for girls camp. But we are flying his mom here to help out so he will be off the hook a little. I forgot to mention what a trooper Melinda was, she being 8 months prego and all. She never complained she was great.

Summer so far

Well we have survived 2 weeks of summer and it has been fun.Yesterday we saw Kung fu panda. It was cute but Olivia lost interest after a while.We have been swimming and playing like crazy. Heres some fun pictures. The first one was in the morning Owen went to wake up Olivia and layed in bed with her it was so cute. Has anyone else been suckered into buying these blankets off the side of the road??? Oh just me, well they are super soft and we got 3 for a pretty good deal. We got Caden a pirates one to go with his room. Another picture is what my little creative Caden came up with, he built a little town out of food from the pantry. Too funny.He has a beautiful mind. He also wanted to take some pictures, so mommy is actually in front of the camera. I love these little monkeys!

I forgot to post these a while ago. This was Cadens note to the tooth fairy,hilarious!! And Olivias preschool graduation. She sang some songs and it was really cute. We love Mrs. Nancy and will be back with her next year. So I had my big 10 year reunion this weekend and it was fun. Ketsy did a wonderful job. It blows my mind that people I went to school with are doctors and lawyers. It was interesting to see people,I mean it was "neat". I love my girlfriends and we had fun and loved that our husbands enjoyed talking to each other. Has anyone else heard that song from Juno on a commercial on t.v.????Weird.......

"O" Boy

This is Owens new obsession.Sitting in this spot to help mommy cook anything. This is where I stand everyday for a majority of the day making 3 meals for 3 munchkins. And Owen says "help" because he loves to sit on the counter. He is funny.

Olivias dance picture

Our Rock Star

Here's Caden playing "Sabotage" on Rockband. He has recently moved up to playing at the "hard" difficulty. At least the Ensign is in the background right??

Too fast

My little puppy is 18 months and going to nursery. I cant believe it. Those poor nursery leaders. He cries almost the whole time. I stand in the hall and hear him crying "mamamama" its sad.He will get over it soon hopefully. This picture with him in his pjs was so cute, he looks like a little warrior.His stomach is so big and hard he could knock anyone over:)He was a big pill yesterday and Daddy had enough of it. He does this little cry whinny noise when he doesnt get something and it is ear piercing.Well we have all had the stomach flu so maybe now we can get on with life and have a great summer with nooo sickness. Im excited for girls camp in july and my girlfriends trip in june woohoo!!That reminds me , we saw Baby Mama and it was flippin hilarious. We both were laughing constantly.Friday was a sad day for Mark. He sold his beloved truck:( I dont know what it is but we can sell cars.Just a couple of weeks on craigs list and it sold.Or maybe we have really good taste in cars and everyone wants them:) Anyways we decided that we dont need two new gas guzzelers and he can just drive a car off the lot for a while. Im taking bets how long it will last.Only 3and a half months until Gma and Gpa come home yea!!! Im dreading the month of june for my kids Ive got to get them in something fun or I will go crazy. Im anxious to start swimming though!!

Serious death bed

Holy cow I was hit hard with the stomach flu on saturday. I seriously wanted to die it was so bad.I dont think I have been this sick in years. I was having flashbacks of the kidney operation it was that bad. Thank goodness it was on the weekend so Mark was around. I had a few hours by myself and the whole house was trashed,I could not get out of bed and Owen would stand there and cry at me everytime I laid back down. It was sad.All night my body ached so bad I couldnt sleep. Sunday I just laid around while Mark took care of the kids.He was a good sport about it but I could tell it was getting to him by bedtime:) How will he survive with me gone at girls camp??? Well today I feel a little less like dying and more capable of walking around without my head exploding.Im thankful for two things my sweet Mark and that Olivia knows how to play Barbie.com!!

Okay Iam in a much better mood today. Hormones are a bad bad thing. So I had Bunko two weeks in a row because I subbed for one. And it was so fun. But the other night for my own I had the worst headache and was so desperate to enjoy myself that it wasnt that great.I thought I might be getting what Owen has but no(thank goodness) it was just from my day of cleaning up throw up that made me ill!! This poor baby has been miserable. Mark swears he has lost 10 pounds. He has thrown up off and on since sunday or maybe saturday I cant remember. Finally got him on evil antibiotics and we will see if things clear up. I need to get some more colloidal silver and give that to him. Caden had his first two t-ball games. So funny. I didnt realize it was such a joke. I mean yea they are 6 years old but they dont keep score????? I dont know what I was expecting from these little guys I guess Im ridiculous. Oh well. Im going to put them in gymnastics this summer so that will be fun.Olivia will love it Im sure:)Hooray for Grandma Connie sleepovers,Caden and Olivia are going there on friday. It will be just the three of us for the night. Some times on Marks day off we go out to breakfast just us and Owen and it is so fun. Not that I dont love and cherish my other missing children its just fun to pay attention to the baby and only him. I now truely understand what it means to be the spoiled baby in the family.

FAIR WARNING!!!!

If one more person tells my husband they saw his wife driving "like a bat out of hell" Iam going to start driving around with my pellet/bb gun and shooting anyone I recognize!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There you go.

Love love love the Porters!! Thanks for having a great family picnic. We all had a blast talking and playing with family.What a coincedence that my lesson the next day for YWs was about loving our extended family. I felt truely blessed as I was teaching my class, that I have a wonderful family on both sides. Unfortunately my family doesnt really do anything with "extended" family very often. But my goal is to change that this summer when my parents get home. I love how Marks family is close to aunts and uncles and cousins. My whole life I have just had 4 brothers,3 sisters,spouses, grandchildren etc etc. There was always a full house. But now I think we need to branch out a little on the family tree. My mom always knew how much I loved family get togethers(being the youngest) so she would always have sunday dinners with everyone. I looked forward to it so much. As I got older and everyone started moving out I was lonely. I became an aunt when I was 7 and loved all the kids. I miss those days.... With 25 grandkids, its a little chaotic to get together now but I still love it. Why do we have to grow old to really appreciate your siblings and parents. My poor parents. I cant believe they have survived. They are really special. Blah blah blah Im rambling. Easter was good we went to Lacys house for dinner and did an egg hunt. Kids loved it. Im slacking big time with pictures so hopefully I will get better. Poor Owen is hacking sooo bad today so Im home from church with him. He is so sweet I hate to see him suffer.

Rage In The Cage

This is the video of our "Brother from Another Mother" fighting at Rage in the cage a few weeks ago. He was amazing and we had a blast. Good Job Cody!

spring break.........Whats next???

So I had parent teacher conference with Cadens teacher. He is doing wonderful in class. She said he is a math whiz and writing sentences beyond his grade. I am so excited. What a relief to know he doesnt have any learning problems. She also said he isnt playing as rough as often as he used to.Such great news. This week has been break from school and Im having an emotional break. Seriously these kids are sooo demanding when they are all together. I cant seem to get anything done around here. I figured if I can keep on top of the dishes and laundry I can make it until next monday and finally clean!! Caden wants some entertainment constantly and it makes me feel bad when he is sad after i tell him no about something. We were going to go to mexico for a couple of days but couldnt find a condo and decided to save the money for my new car. We sold my tahoe after 5 hours on craigs list. I couldnt believe it. So Im driving Marks truck now and that means the kids are all right next to each other,so thats a little annoying. But Targets open so now I dont have to drive as far for stuff!! Hooray! Grandpa is babysitting for us tonight and I cant wait to go out on a date. A much needed break from the little munchkins.

Happy 4th!!

Happy birthday to my sweet and feisty little princess Olivia. Four years ago today she brightened our lives with all shades of PINK. She was a wonderful baby from the start. But now I have to say she is a little stinker most of the time but we love her to pieces. She really enjoys preschool and dance class. Everytime we take Caden to soccer she asks when is it her turn to do soccer??? Its so funny. She loves playing with Owen and its so cute to watch them play pretend.She has a tender heart and likes to share with her friends. For instance, in our truck is a huge pile of the sonic mints because Mark goes 12 times a day and nobody but her eats them so she took one on the way to school and tried grabbing fists full for her friends. She totally loves Barbie and all makeup. She is my sunshine!!

Being sick when your not really sick is really sick ,you know ? really!

Wow life has just been a blur lately. Is anyone else sick of being sick?? My kids actually, I have been well. We didnt do anything that exciting on v day. My honey did get me some flowers and of course he got a massage. We picked up cheesecake factory to eat at home so it was a quiet evening at home. But friday we saw Jumper. We thought it was okay. Probably better as a rental though. I took Caden to see Spiderwick chronicles and it was good but pretty scary. I dont really think SOME kids could handle it under 6 years old but what do I know. We had a fun family get together at the Huishs. Christina made a ton of yummy homemade pizza and dessert pizza. It was delicious!They also got a new huge square tramp so that was a big hit with the kids. I enjoyed visiting with some cousins from california that I havent seen in many years. Over all a great day!! Back to school today hooray!!

Hooray!!!

My two super brushers have no cavities! (Well one super brusher and one lucky stinker!) Olivia is a pill about brushing her teeth but now she has a brushing chart and she is excited! I guess there are some advantages to having HUGE gaps between your teeth. We had a fun little super bowl party last night- Go Giants!Not that I really know whats going on in a game but I did enjoy the commercials. Mark liked the talking babies and I liked the gigantic pigeons. They were pretty funny! So Im reading the twilight books AGAIN and getting obsessed. Its so fun to read them but pretty soon you start thinking like Bella ( untouchable cliff jumping motorcycling Bella) It cant be good! My friend Melissa made me the playlists for the books and I love them. Except Eclipse, Im reading that right now so I need to make a cd. This is the longest afternoon of my life these 2 kids keep screaming at each other. Its too dang wet outside to play. Aghhhhhhhh what do I do to survive this time of day????

Thanks Brooke Eagleston Photography for these new pictures of my sweeties!

Happy Day for me!!

I had my birthday last weekend and it was great. I got to enjoy all my favorite things in one day, shopping,friends,ice cream, dinner with family and then a movie with my Mark! He really pulled through for me on this birthday. (i was a little worried after not getting ANYTHING for our anniversary) but he gave me exactly what I wanted ,money to go shopping and a sweet card. Thanks honey! Oh and he sat through a movie that was totally a chick flick just for me, thats love! This is a picture of my sweet Owen and his new favorite thing, After I get the kids off to school I usually try to get stuff done and so I put him in this spiderman chair with a cracker or something and he will sort of watch a show. Its so cute how he gets excited and climbs into his chair when I tell him to. He is one of my favorite things too!