Blake

So last night at dinner Blake said we had a sub in art today. I said oh, so. She showed us a book and it had things inappropriate. I said what was it, he said "no" it's inappropriate. He then told me it was a naked blue lady and it showed her boobs. He was really worried about this. I talked with his teacher, she went and looked at the book and told me the name. Here is the picture that he was so worried about.

It's not as bad as expected, but I'm really happy that he felt that it was inappropriate. It shows that he is listening to the words that are taught to him.

I've been Tagged

she is going to KILL me!

This picture is of my sister in law,

Sabrina, back in May of '05.

We are at our old house and

I think we are celabrating Father's Day!

So the rules are simple...

1. Choose the fourth folder you store your pictures in on your computer.

2. Select the fourth photo in that folder.

3. Explain the photo.

4. Tag four people to do the same.

I tag shelley , Marie , Julie and Teresa

Scary month

A week or so before Christmas Alexus came to us with this bump on her neck, Chuck and I were both REALLY worried, so we took Alexus in. The doctor was very blunt and said that it COULD be cancer, but that she didn't think that it was.She thought it was just some fatty tissue. She told us to watch Alexus, and if she started to act strange,more tired, bruises, not her normal, or the bump got bigger to bring her in immediately. If it wasn't gone in 3 weeks that we should bring her back in then they would start tests. I got this very yucky feeling. I felt like we were up for a crazy couple of years. On the way home Alexus started to ask questions.

A - What is cancer? Me - it means your sick

A - What would I have to do ? Me - take some medicine

A - what if it doesn't go a way and they have to do surgery? Me - well we will deal with it then.

A - I'm scared about the surgery part I have never had anything like that before.

I tried to tell her that everything was going to be fine. By no means was I going to go all the way into what cancer REALLY was and what could happen. I thought that if we have to go down that road I would tell her then. I made sure that I stayed away from the computer. I knew that I could really freak myself out.

The next night some great friends changed their plans and came over so that Dave and Chuck could give her a blessing. I still felt yucky about everything. The next day I felt okay to look at the computer and then I also talked with Chuck's mom. She told me that she had, had some bumps, and that they had gone away. I felt more and more like it WAS just fatty tissue and that everything was going to be fine.

Now almost 3 weeks later the bump is almost gone. I know that the blessing helped. It is amazing the things the Lord can do. We are so Blessed.

Carly and her sleeping positions

At the end of September Carly started climbing IN and OUT of her crib. That is when we decided that is was time to take the crib down. These are some of the places that we found her in the next couple of weeks! She is now in a regular bed after we found one for a great deal online!!

My crazy husband!

There was a ton of snow on our back deck so, Chuck told the kids that he would give them hot coco if they would do snow angels in there bathing suits, so Alexus ran and put hers on, Then started to think about it. Blake said that he would do it in just his pj bottoms. Neither of then really did it, but both sort of tried. Well Chuck decided that he would show the kiddos how it was really done and here is the result!

This what the snow angel looked like afterwards.

SNOW EVERYWHERE!

I normally like the snow, but now that we live on this big hill, I'm not so fond of it. I wouldn't mind a little bit, but a foot and half is TOO MUCH! Kids kids seemed to have fun in it!

I can't believe I let her do it AGAIN!

Alexus wanted her hair cut! Not trimmed, not just a little either! It still looks way cute, but I think I like it longer, but let me tell you this hair cut is EASY!!!!!!

Blake is 7

Blake and his lego cakes

Blake had a LEGO birthday party. Everything that we did had to do with legos. They had a great time! I even made a Lego Birthday cake. Thanks to Krista it was easy! If you ever need a cake for anything she is the woman!!!! Let me know and I will get you in touch with her.

My bestfriend

This is my new best friend!

For the last 6 weeks I've been working my butt off. I wake up every morning at 4:45 and go and workout before Chuck leaves for work! I love it. I love coming home and still having some quite time before the kids wake up. For those of you that don't know I'm NOT a morning person, but I've done a great job. I've lost some weight, but what is even better is that my clothes fit better and I have energy! I can't wait for spring so I can start playing softball again! There is a little update on my life!

Tagged again, by Jill

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 are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog!

3 Joys
1. My family
2.My friends
3. SLEEP

3 Fears
1. My kids or Chuck dying. I don't want to find another man!
2. Getting cancer or something awful like that.
3. Something happening to the house, it burning or someone breaking in. I would never feel face again

3 Goals
1. Read 1 book a month
2. To lose weight
3. finish painting the kids rooms

3 Current Obsessions/ Collections
1. WORKING OUT!!!!
2. How I look! I cannot have black on black if they don't match. This is my mother's fault. Everything HAS to MATCH!!!!!
3. Like Jill, I must have a clean house in order for people to come over...at least the downstairs. If you have not seen my house before then I will clean everywhere else too so you can see it all! Even the closets!

3 Random surprising facts about me
1. I had all 3 kids with NO drugs!!! I can handle that kind of pain, but can't handle a needle!
2. I got kicked out of Ricks college, but if it wasn't for that Chuck and I would've never have gotten together
3. I have funky feet, not stinky, but my baby toes curl under. I think it was from dance when I was younger.

Ok so I tag: Marcey, Sabrina, Shelley, Julie and Teresa

Carly is 2

Carly is 2! She is so stinkin cute. During the day she had some friends come over and had cupcakes. They were so nice they even brought a present "mama tato" Mrs. Potato Head, and "princess" a Little people princess. She loves them both. Then that night family came over and had cake. She loved opening the present and had such a great time. Thanks to everyone that celebrated with us.

Nathan

I was looking at you tube and came across this. This is my brotherand his friend Erik! I love that he can sing. It's so great to see him in action. I love you Nathan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj5fENNnkxU

School Started

Alexus

Blake by his door!

Alexus is in 4th grade and Blake is in 1st. They both were really excited to start school. Blake had a tough time with school the first week. He would cry as he left the house almost every day. He said that school was to long to many recesses and that he missed me. It was a big change from half day kindergarten. The first couple of weeks he was exhausted!Now everything is great. They both do really well in school. Blake keeps surprising me with how well he does with everything. I knew that he was smart, but I think that he needed some better self esteem, now he feels better about himself and you can tell, poor boy!

Another bites the dust! One more to go!

Last Friday Chuck flew to Houston for his youngest brother's wedding. We all wanted to go, but it was to much $. I couldn't ask my parents because it was my mom's last FREE weekend before school started. He had a great time being with his family. He said the temple was great and the reception was beautiful.

Houston Temple

How Rick made it feel like you weren't in the church!

Seth being SILLY!

Britt, Martin, Ava

Chuck, Rick, Joyce, Seth , Katie

I was really happy that Chuck made it out of there on Monday morning. Gustav was hanging around down there and they didn't really know what was going to happen. He made it home safe and sound. Houston didn't get much of anything.

Sunriver

From Chuck's dad's house we headed to Sunriver. We had never been there, but Chuck had some classes there for work, so we went. We had a good time. I forgot my camera when we went swimming and biking, but the kids had a great time. We stayed at the pool for 4 hours and had a blast. Carly loved going down the slide. The kids did really well in the water. I hope that we can go again next year.

This is a picture of the kids up in the loft in the place that we stayed. We wouldn't let them go up there until just before we left. We were worried that Carly would follow them up there. You can see that there in NO railing. To scary for me!

Grandpa and Grandma's house

We went to see Grandpa and Grandma's new house. (Chuck's dad and Alma) They are moving to Chiloquin, Oregon. About 30 minutes north of Klamath Falls. Out in the middle of now where, but it is so pretty there. We had a good time. There house is almost done, just a few finishing touches left.

These are the windows looking out toward the back of the house!

The back yard

Waving to the "Train friends" that drive by everyday. You can see the water there too!

Alexus holding a crawdad that they caught!

Looking back towards the house from the river.

Blake doing some fishing!

Happy Birthday Alexus

She is 9 years old. I can't believe that she is 9. There are days that i wonder where the time has done. It seems like I blink and another year is gone. On her birthday we had family over for cake and ice cream and opened presents. It was nice to be with everyone.


The next week she had some friends over and they all went to Oaks Park.
They had so much fun.


The crew!


Riley, Kayla and Alexus


Natasha and Mel

Thanks to everyone for celebrating with us!

Happy 10 Years baby!

We went to the beach and stayed in this little place, it was okay, but dinner was amazing! We went to this place named Bennett's' in Grayland, WA. From the oust side it looked OK, but the Food was great. I will go back there just for the food. I had the BEST stake that I have ever had!. The best stake before was from Bobby Flay's restaurant in Vegas. Chuck had wild coho with some strawberry glaze. He said that it was so good. We both had clan chowder too. The base was really smooth and the clams weren't chewy at all. The clams were the perfect size, not to big at all. To top it all off the chef came out and talked to us. He wanted to make sure the food was really good. He was really nice. He said that they make 80 gallons of clam chowder a week. WOW !

What do you remember about me?

A couple of friends did this and it was fun to remember back to being young!
I mean really young like 1st and 2nd grade!

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

Scary

We had a scare about a week ago. Blake had been at the beach with my dad. He woke up the next morning and his hip hurt . It was a little stiff. It continued to get worse that day. When they got home that night it hurt to much to walk! I gave him some Motrin and took him to bed. The next morning Alexus woke me up, Blake was crying, his leg really hurt. So off to the doctor. They didn't see anything wrong, it was weird for a young boy to have hip pain. He sent us to the hospital for x-rays and blood tests. Chuck met us at the hospital, I was sure that Blake was going to freak out about getting his blood drawn. He didn't at all. He sat on Chuck's lap and even watched the whole thing, he is much better then I. The x-rays were easy. Everything came back normal. So they said keep with the Motrin and if it hurts more, get red or swollen or he gets a fever go to the Emergency room. I was a little worried about the whole thing but this same thing happened to Alexus when she was 18 months old. They did the same tests and it was the same outcome. I guess I have strange kids!