Preschool

On March 27th I had the chance to go to preschool with Zach for the morning. It was so much fun and Zach was really excited to for me to go. His preschool teacher has all the parents come in during the year and participate in what their child does at school. Well I went and had such a good time and loved seeing all the things that he does at school. Mrs. Snyder does such a great job with the kids and teaches them so much I am sure hope that I will be able to find Carson a preschool as good as that when it is his turn to go. So at school we start out reading books until everyone gets there, then we do show and tell and then we do excercises and then we take a rest and we do the days of the week the calander and then we go over some of the artists that they have learned about and we do our work. When I was there we were talking about Penguins and the different kinds of penguins that there is and so we did a work sheet on that. Zach can now point out what some of the different penguins are. After we are all done with our work sheet and Mrs. Snyder goes overs it with us and makes sure we have done it correctly we get to have some play time and then we do drama. The whole month of March they were doing Thumbelina. Zach was Grundle which is a frog and I was one of the jitter bugs, a lady bug jitter bug to be exact. After Drama we go home. Oh I forgot one thing before we have our play time we have snack time and who ever has their parent come in that day they get to bring the treats so we brought Scooby Doo fruit roll ups. So here are some pictures from my time at school. I don't usually post pictures of myself and I didn't like any of the ones of me and so I only posted the two of me. I wore a really bulky sweater that day and when i looked at the pictures I didn't like them to much but anyway we had other then that and here are the picture.

Here we are doing some of our excercises and I posted this one for a reason. Look very closely at this picture and tell me what do you see wrong about my outfit that day. Jen knows so don't say anything Jen. I felt like such a dork when I realized what I had done.

I don't know what happened to this picture because I turned it so that it wasn't going to be like this but it posted this way anyway. This is Zach doing the calander and counting how many rainy days there were in march. The lambs are the sunny and the lions are the rainy. Look at all those lions.

Days of the week.

Here we are playing with the girls. Zach did play with the boys at first but then he chose to play with the girls. I think that playing with Madison has been good for him because he plays good with the girls as well as the boys.

Grundle the Frog.

Grundle and the Lady bug jitter bug.

Fun Times

So I know that it has been a while and I am going to have alot more post but I thought that I would start out with this one because this was the first thing that has really happened that was exciting. Well I finally did it, I went and signed the kids up for soccer. Madison has been asking me for the longest time to sign her up for soccer and I finally did. Zach didn't want to play at first but I made him do it anyway because I thought that he would have a lot of fun. Zach wanted to play basketball but it wasn't basketball time so I kind of convinced him to play soccer. Soccer was his third choice, he wanted to play basketball then he chose baseball. Well he wasn't old enough yet to play tee-ball so we are going to wait until next year and sign him up for that then because then he will be five. Anyway the kids have been having alot of fund doing this and I am glad that they are playing. I am officially a soccer mom. Anyway here are some pictures of the kids playing soccer. I couldn't get very many good ones of Zach because he was hard to take pictures of while he is playing. He is number six.

Zach waiting for his turn to play in the game.

He gets so excited when he gets the ball.

Madison getting a chance at the ball. She is a little shy when it come around so this is a good picture.

Madison is number 9.

She is going after the ball.

My little Missionary

As you can tell Zach is holding the Book of Mormon in his lap. Well ever since he has changed classes at church and is now in CTR5 he has been so excited. The first sunday he got a CTR ring and he had to wear it everywhere and tell people that he didn't even know that he a CTR ring and that it helps him choose the right. It is just the cutest thing ever how he has no problem telling people that. So when we were getting the house painted he had to tell the painter about how he is now in a new class and it is call CTR5 and that he got a CTR ring and it helps him choose the right. The painter just listened to him as he talked and said that his ring was pretty cool. I love how he just tells people all about choosing the right. We are now having the basement worked on, we are putting a bedroom down there, and yesterday he even told the workers down there about his CTR ring. Well this last Sunday his teachers gave all the kids a Book of Mormon and ever since he got home on Sunday he has not let it out of his sight. He carries it around with everywhere and I mean everywhere. He carries it around the house and he takes it in the car with us when we go somewhere and he just thinks that it is the greates thing ever. Last night Larry had inventory and so the kids didn't get to see him but for some reason Zach couldn't go to sleep last night and so long about quarter to ten I went up and just had Zach watch some t.v with me until Larry got home. So Larry got home about ten fifteen and Zach had his book of mormon with him and he got into bed with Larry while I was checking on the other kids and when I came back into our room Zach had asked Larry to read him a story out of the book of mormon, I thought that was the most precious thing ever. So Larry found one and started reading it to him but you know it doesn't have pictures in it so it was a little hard for him to pay attention and so then I went and got our kids version of the book of mormon and Larry read one out of there as well. Anyway I just has to share this posting with you because I just think that it is the greates thing that Zach loves to carry his book of mormon around and tell people about what CTR is. He has such a great spirit about it, I love it. I know that when the time comes that he will make a great missionary.

Zach watching some t.v with his favorite book.

Now he is being shy.

Finally Finished

Larry and I decided at the begining of December that we would have the house painted (well the living room and kitchen done) and that we would get the laminate wood looking floors in. So all of it wasn't supposed to start until after Christmas but the painter said he could come before Christmas and that it wouldn't take him that long to do it. Well then the snow hit and and he couldn't make it out which is understandable and so he didn't finish it until after Christmas well actually after the new year then shortly after that we had or floors put in. I love the colors and I love the floors. It make the house feel alot more clean actually. It was hard to go from having such a light color in the living room and kitchen to having darker but I love it. I got new curtains as well. Anyway here is the finishing of the everything. Next is the basement and i will take pictures of that as well.

Our entry way.

This is looking in from the kitchen where the table is and that used to be all carpet, a light colored carpet.

This is looking in from the living room and the wall is actually supposed to be brown but it looks like a purple brown but I still love it. The other walls area light Kacky color with a tint of green it it.

This is taken from the kitchen if anyone has every seen our house those walls used to be red. It wasn't a bad red though. All of the kitchen was red except for the purple brown wall.

This is from where the table is at. I know I need to clean my fridge off.

So we love our new floors and paint and eventually we want to change out the appliances and put granite couters on and I would like to put can lighting in as well in the living room and kitchen to make it a little more brighter because our lights really are not that good, but not this year I think that I am done doing some remodeling for a little while, we will see though, Larry has the remodeling fever he wants to do alot more and I actually would as well, but all in do time.

Christmas

So here are my pictures from Christmas. The kids and I went up to my mom's the day before Christmas Eve and then Larry came up Christmas Eve Day and spent the next couple of days with us until we had to go back home. Anyway we had a great time and we had a great Christmas. On Christmas Eve we have a big get together with my family, meaning my cousins aunts and uncles(even the ones not on the compound there) and we always have a ton of food more then we ever need. We first eat then we have our program where we have musical numbers from people and whoever else wants to do what ever they want, then either my dad or mom tell the birth of Jesus. Usually my dad reads it out of the Scriptures but mom did it this year different. She just used pictures for little kids so they would listen. Then we play our white elephant gift exchange and that is always fun to play because someone always brings pickled pigs feet, don't ask me how they get them but I think that it is my uncle doug who usually brings them. Then after that we usually just visit some more and people usually start to leave a little after. Now that I am thinking about it, we usually do the birth of Jesus at the end. Anyway here are some pictures of Christmas Eve and Christmas.

Me and my little sister Haley, you are lucky I try not to post pictures of me because I don't ever like them but I decided I would do this one. This is Christmas Eve before everyone got there.

Carson trying to get out of Haley's arms to get to me.

Madison wanted to read a story for the program so she read the story of the nutcracker, I thought that is was going to be along book but it was actually quite short. She wanted my mom to sit by her not me.

Zach helping my mom by holding the pictures for her while she tells the birth of Jesus.

This was everyone while we were playing our white elephant game. There was even more people behind the camera. You can see my grandpa picked his present and he is holding it up he got a game(connect four).

Christmas morning the kids helping hand out presents.

This is a quilt my mom had made for me by my aunt. My sisters and I all got one. They are all personalized for the person. Mine was peonies and my mom called it "Mother Earth".

These are pita pizza's my mom makes them every Christmas morning. They are the best they have a sauce and then artichoke hearts, ham and olives and then you bake them.

Madison got books for Christmas and she loves to read and so she started reading one that morning.

We left on the 26th and came home and then had Christmas with Larry's dad and step mom and his brother and his family and his sister and her family. Larry got these boxers from his brother and sister-in-law it has xbox360 all over them and then on the front it says "game"then on the back it says "On" for "game on". Larry plays xbox with his brother on line quite a bit so it is a great present for him.

I had other pictures from when Larry's family came but they weren't that good, the kids did not want to cooperate when I wanted a picture. I wish that I could have posted some of those but I will tell you that Madison got High School Musical boots which she loves and whears them all the time. Zach got a Star Wars light saber which he loves as well.

A Special Day for Madison

On Saturday Madison was baptized. It was such a great day and Madison has been looking forward to to for such a long time. She has always wanted to be baptized and Madison was one of those children who did not want to go under the water and get her face wet, she wasn't really afraid of the water I just think that she thought that if she went under something would happen to her so over the summer she was talking about getting baptized and how she could wait and I reminded her that when she gets baptized that her whole body would have to go under water. She said to me that she knew and so in our many trips this last summer she decided that she was going to start swimming and going under the water so that she was prepared for her going under the water for her baptism. From that first time she went under the water at a pool she now loves to go under the water and she is actually getting pretty good at swimming. So anyway she was so excited for Saturday to come and to be baptized is was so great to see her do that, I am so glad that she decided to be baptized. Larry did a wonderful job. Madison actually got to be dunked twice not because her dress came up but because larry forgot a word in the baptism prayer and you know what I really didn't notice it sounded right to me. So Larry did a wonderful job being that it was his first time ever baptizing someone. When I went to go and help Madison get dressed she says to me "mom that was the greatest ever when can I do it again."

Larry did a great job on her confirmation is was such a great blessing that he gave her, he even got choked up while saying the blessing. We had alot of family there my whole family and then I am so glad that Larry's brother and sister-in law came and there children and then his sister and husband and there boys and then his mom and step-dad. I am glad that they came and saw Madison be baptized that meant alot to us and Madison.

So we had a great day and Madison and I glad that all of you get to see our pictures. There aren't alot that I put on there but I think that you get the point. I didn't want to put to many pictures up. Enjoy the pictures.

Madison and my mom.

Madison and the bishop

Madison and Larry

Simple Things

As Larry and I were laying in bed last night watching t.v there was this commerical that came on, it was a cleaning commercial to be exact. Anyway it was for the toilet. I clean the bathrooms every Friday(sometimes it is Saturday but I try to do it every Friday so i don't have to worry about it on Saturday), well anyway on this commercial is is for Scrubbing Bubbles and it is a toilet Gel cleaner and you stick in on the insided of your toilet and everytime you flush it cleans the toilet for you. So as I saw that commercial I got excited because I hate cleaning toilets especially with boys in the house, I said "oh wow' and Larry just laughs at me and and I ask him why he is laughing and he says that he just can't blieve that I get that excited over something like that. Well I got it today and I am going to try it and see how it does but of course what did I do before i stuck it in the toilet I cleaned the toilet. Now don't think that I stuck my hand in the toilet it has a hand wand that comes with it to stick it in there. I still washed my hands afterwards because well it is the toilet. So anyway the whole reason of this post is that it is just kind of funny that as you get older and you stay at home with your kids that how these silly simple things can just make you happy.

I'm Finally Back

Well I am finally back blogging. It has been a while and I actually had stuff to put on there last month but I just got lazy and didn't do it so now I have just put some pictures up of some the things that we have been doing or things that are exciting to me.

Well first I got this jolly jumper for Carson and I thought that he would like it because he loves to stand.Well he liked it this one time and do you think that he liked the later on that day or even the next day. NO he did not he will not go in it. So this is when he liked it and Madison wanted to get in on the picture with him and I think that it is really cute. He loves his big sister.

Second Zach had a feild trip to a Craven Farms with his preschool class and this year I got to go which nice because last year Larry and I were on a business trip and I wasn't able to go with him. So I went with him and it was such a cute farm they had some really neat things for the kids there. It was a little cold that day so Zach decided that he was going to wear his Batman hat and gloves and he is wearing his Pirates of the Caribean Coat. He is so funny.

They cookie they get when they get in the barn.

Class picture in front of the pumpkin Cinderella.

I don't why I put this picture on but there was something obviously that he didn't think was right. He is our serious one.

I finally to to carving pumpkins with the kids the Wednesday before Halloween and it was alot of fun. Zach was not into the guts in the pumpkin so guess who got to carve his pumpkin and get the guts out, that is right me, but the kids had a good time anyway. This was the end result.

This was Halloween night. It was so nice because it wasn't as cold as it has been in the past, the kids didn't even have to wear coats over there costumes. We went with our friends and neighbors across the street and we had a great time. Even though Colleen and Adam and the boys weren't here we had fun, it did feel a little strange with out them though.

No he is not a dog he is a cow. The gloves don't go with it but I wanted his had to be warm and those were the only gloves I had for him.

Oh my goodness now it is on to Madison birthday. I can't believe that Madison is 8 now. She is going to be baptized on the 29th of November and I can't believe it. The time has just flown by. She is truly growing up so fast and it makes a sad. I look back at pictures of her when she was little and I think to myself I can't believe that she was ever that little.

The darn cake was too close to the side of the box and smudged the edge. I was a littl mad.

Out for lunch with Larry's family

Webkinz

Now Carson, he is now officially 6months and is growing like a champ as the doctore would put it. He had his 6month dr. appointment on Wednesday and the doctor said that he was in the 95th percentile in height and the 75th in in weight. He also told me by his calculations he thinks that Carson is going to be 6foot 2. I couldn't believe it when he said that. Well I guesse I could because if anyone has seen my dad and my other sisters then that is definatley where he got it from is from my dad. I am shortest out of my sisters and my dad is 6foot. My mom is my height. So he is going to be a big boy. I think that Madison and Carson are going to tall and I think that Zach is going to be as tall as Larry. Anyway Carson is doing good he is still a bit whiney but I must be getting used it because it doesn't seem that bad. I am still looking forward thought to when he can walk and talk and things like that. If he could walk now he would just be off playing with his brother and sister be just gets so excited when they are running around and playing and you can just see it in him that he just wants to do the same things. Carson still has to be entertained all the time though which makes it a little tough to do things around the house. He isn't so bad if you just bring him into the same room so he can see what you are doing and you talk to him.

So all in all everyone is doing good and we are having a great time. I hope that everyon enjoys the pictures.