12 weeks!

My belly has popped!!! I am 12 wks and 3 days and getting very excited that I finially look pregnant and not just thick around the middle. I am really trying to enjoy this pregnancy, since it will be my last one. (So sad). No strange cravings yet, just can't get enough oranges ( I can eat up to 5 a day).
Today I got a picture from my sister-n-law brittany of her big pregnant belly (due 1st of aug.) and Leland said
"Aunt bb is pregnant and you are pregnant, that makes you buddies" I love that little girl.
Keep ya posted as the belly grows!

are you kidding me?

I really do love this dog,but yesterday I almost killed her. Do you ever have one of those days when you just want to go to the mall and browse your favorite stores. Okay, well that was me and i was having a wonderful time spending money(brian says it is my favorite hobby). Then I get a call from lowes saying that my new fridge was going to be deliviered in 15 mins. So I rush home to only wait 2 hours for them to get there. At some point during this time Daisy got out and ran off. This is something she never used to do, but in her old age I guess she's just a little dumber than she used to be. I called and called like a freak out the front and back doors. I sure people in my neighbrhood thought I was crazy. Any way she didn't come back and 3 hours later, after driving around and yelling out the window, We come home to find her on the front porch covered in mud. ThankYou, like I didn't have enough to do now I had to give Daisy a bath.
There are times when I can not imagine my life with out this dog, Yesterday was NOT one of those days. For all of you who do not have a dog let this be your warning. Don't get one!

wheat

Okay I am so excited about my big purchase today. WHEAT! Yes I said wheat. I am now the proud owner of 1200lbs of wheat. This was not brian's idea of a exciting purchase, but hey I have fully embraced the food storage challenge and I guess now I am going to be one of those cute mormon women that makes bread every week. My next project is to grow a garden, yea!. I guess you can just call me Molly!

I want to talk!!!

Claire talking to Mama!!

One of the favorite activities in our house is talking to Mama(my Mom) on the phone. Claire has just recently gotten in on the action. Whenever I talk to my Mom, which is about 5 times a day (we have a problem, i know, but she always makes me laugh so we just keep on calling)Claire takes the phone and does her little sentences and nonsense and then when she is done she says"bye" and blows her a kiss. It is times like these that life seems the best, its the little things I hope I never forget.
The other girls favorite things to do with Mama on the phone is play: Lets guess what each other is wearing, The noisy game and they love to tell jokes. My kids love there Mama and I hope she knows how much their little "talks" mean to us all.

YUMMY!!!

Nothing says happiness like a big bowl of Icecream!!!

Icecream RULES!!
Leland in heaven, she gets her sweet tooth from her mother. When we go get icecream Brian often says "I can't finish mine". I have never had trouble with that and neither has Leland.

Spring Break!

This week was spring break and we set off on a adventure to Cascade, ID. For those of you that don't know it is in the middle of NOWHERE!!! (Brian's sister Brittany lives there). Honestly considering we had a 8hr drive the kids did pretty good.
When we got there we were amazed at how much snow they still had on the ground, try 5 feet in some places 5 FEET! The kids had such a great time with Ian (cousin). And Coleman had a great time with his Uncle Andrew, Coleman loves him so much. A couple of years back he told me he wished Uncle Andrew was his twin, how cute is that!
Here are the girls with Ian at the McDonalds playground. Now mind you we had to go a hour and 1/2 to get to the mcdonalds, all the way to Boise! Like I said she lives in the middle of nowhere. Anyway brittany and I took the little kids to eat and and to see Horton Hears a Who. And Brian and Coleman went out on a snowmobile. It was a good day all around!
When we went to the movie we were the only ones in the theatre so after the movie the kids danced around and had a blast. We wanted to get a picture of them and they lost their balance and you can see what happened. It was pretty funny!!



Coleman on a huge pile of snow on a walk we went on. Okay there may be alot of snow but on this day it was actually 65 degrees, which explains the short sleeve shirt.
Leland and Ian, what a perfect picture. Note: Ian is 6 months younger than Leland and as you can see a little taller.
My cute little pink snow bunny. She enjoyed the big mud puddles more then the actual snow.

like father like son

Here are my boys rockin' on guitar hero. Brian has been wanting this game for months and we FINIALLY found a Wii, and he went crazy. He has spent more time on this thing then Coleman, but coleman is quickly catching up. Brian just completed all of level 1 and is happily moving on to level 2. I am not sure why i am so proud of this, but he really thinks he is rock star so i guess that makes me his groupie.
We went to brian's sisters for spring break and they had to bring the Wii and share all the fun!

PS coleman just informed me that he has completed level 1 as well-sorry coleman I didn't know.

Toothless

Evelyn lost her first tooth last night. After I held her down and really got it ready she pulled it out all by herself!!! She was so happy to wake up and see what the tooth fairy left her- 3 whole dollars. I asked her what she was going to do with it and she said "pay her tithing" She truely is a joy to parent!

Broadway

Coleman went to the grocery store with me tonight and on the way there we were listening to the soundtrack to "Wicked" and he said to me " Mommy I love Broadway, we need to go back to NYC and go see another play together" to which I replied "I totally agree" He then said that his favorite one was "Beauty and The Beast" and that he wanted to see it again.
There are times when you just feel proud as a mother and this would be one of them. My son has a appreciation for music YEA!!!!!
By the way when we saw Beauty and the Beast Brian looked over at me about 20mins. into it and said "This is really bad right?" to which I said NO, are you crazy!! Coleman definitely doesn't get his love of the arts from his father. Brian has managed to teach him to love all thing Rock-n-roll, so hey I guess he will be well-rounded!

100 pounds

Okay it has happened Bear weighs in at 100 lbs and he is 6 months old. Honestly there are days that I wonder if I am a total idiot, I really do not know what I was thinking when I said yes to this dog. I would like to say that I was pregnant and wasn't in my right mind, but I wasn't.The only reason he is still around is that my kids love him and I am the NICEST,MOST AMAZING mom in the world. Don't think I don't tell them that everyday. I will have to say it has been really good for Coleman because it is his responsibility to do almost EVERYTHING for this dog, and most of the time he doesn't complain. The other day I told him to take the dog for a walk and he looked at me and said "Maybe Santa should have gotten me a nintendo DS" all I could think was "Hell yea he should've." I do need to say that this dog is awesome. He sleeps all the time and is sooooo good with the kids. I guess I kinda maybe a little love him, MAYBE!
This is a picture of our morning routine. Bear lays down to eat (I told you he was lazy) and Claire sits with him. She is crazy about his dog, she wakes up and can't wait to see him.
Here is Coleman and his Dog! They truly are buddies, all the neighborhood kids are always playing with him and it is so fun to see this giant dog be so gentle. I mean look at that face, how could you not love it!!!

Pregnant

Okay, I just had a pregnant moment I need to clear one thing up. The reason I am falling asleep all the time is because I am pregnant, I am not a narcoleptic!

Cat Nap!

It amazes me at how fast i can fall asleep, what is even more alarming is where I can fall asleep. Today I fell asleep at a stop light and the person behind me had to honk their horn(so embarrasing) I was also able to catch a few zzz's in the car-pool line, it was only about 10min. but was woke-up drooling. Brian says I have a light switch and can just turn it off anytime I want. Hey when you are a mom of 4 sleep comes whenever you can get it!

My darling Claire

What a personality, she has become so independent that it is driving me crazy. When ever she hears me say "Lets go get dressed" she runs to her room pulls 2 shirts off their hangers and prceeds to put both on her legs. I will have to say life is never boring when she is awake. And lucky for me she goes to sleep everynight at 6:30 (what an angel) and sleeps till 7 the next morning, and i don't even have to give her Benadryl. Now if I could only get the other 3 to follow her example.

This is only the beginning

Okay I finially started a blog, and yes so far it is easy. The only promise I make is that there will probably be missed spelled words and improper grammer, and I'm okay with that.
When I told Brian I was starting a blog he was a little confused as to where i would find the time to do such a thing. I asured him that I would still be the perfect wife and mother I have always been , ha ha.