I know, I know I am a SLACKER!

Hello to anyone who still checks in to see if we are alive! Just for the record, we are. We are getting closer and closer to the arrival of our third little boy. And to be perfectly honest, it couldn't come soon enough! The last few weeks are by far the worst for me. I just had my computer fixed, so I am not able to update any pictures just yet. I will post some of Christmas when I can pull those off the camera.

For the most part there isn't anything really new around here. Jeremy is currently in Brazil on a business trip and should be home in a week or so. I just got back from Wyoming with my kids. My grandfather passed away and we made the trek to Cody Wyoming to pay our respects. As we were driving down the freeway I jokingly offered to play "I Spy" in the Wyoming wasteland of brown and my kids eagerly agreed to play. (I however wasn't really in the mood, it was a joke!) So I started with something brown, they immediately guessed the dirt, which was correct. We then struggled to play for about forty five minutes until i convinced them to play something else! It was a LONG forty five minutes! The funeral was lovely and I was able to see all of my cousins whom I haven't seen in years. So, all in all it was a good trip.

We are getting ready for the pinewood derby on Tuesday, Jax and I have been working on his car and we are eager to race this week. Zak and Kas want to build on too, but I told them we would have to work on theirs when their dad gets home. Jax wanted some flames on the hood of his car, so I got creative and was able to somehow manage the flames and he looked at them and said, "Wow mom, you have Grandpa's blood in you!" My dad is a very talented painter and my children are impressed with the art work he is able to create.

We are keeping busy and looking forward to March. I will post again very soon!

Here are a couple of the pictures from the family photo shoot we did the other day. Our friend Karen did such a FANTASTIC job! We cannot wait to see the rest of the proofs! Let us know what you think...






1. Take the kids to school.
2. Pick out outfits for the family pictures and get them ironed.
3. Take a bath.
4. Get everyone ready for the family pictures. (Which I will post as soon as I can)
5. Making dinner and wrestling my kids into bed.

5 things I would do if I were a millionaire.....
1.I would do something boring with it, and invest in safe investments, if those exist anymore.
2. With the interest though.... I would take my family around the world doing service projects for those less fortunate then ourselves.
3. We would payoff my parents house.
4. Start my own decorating and construction company.
5. Save for my kids missions and college.

5 places I have lived..... (I only have four.)
1. Spanish Fork
2. Orem (apartment)
3. Orem (First home)
4. Lindon

5 jobs I have had....
1. McDonald's (First job!!!)
2. Storehouse Market, cashier
3. Zions Bank
4. Executive Secretary
5. LAST THE BEST.... Mother to my FANTASTIC children.

So, now I tag Rachel, Stormi, Krista, Alyssa and Karen.

Rules: Each player answers the question themselves. At the end of the post the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment letting them know that they've been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person that tagged you know when you've answered the questions on your blog.

Have fun!

Father and Sons Campout 2008

Now for those of you that know my husband, or my father in law AT ALL, know that camping is NOT their thing. Jeremy loves to be outdoors, fishing, hiking, riding four wheelers, roasting marshmallows and hot dogs with the best of them. But when it comes time for sleep, he is ALL about the nice warm, clean, comfortable bed, after a hot shower of course! So for him to take our boys on these campouts year after year is a sacrifice that he is happy to make for sharing this experience with his boys. He is such a FANTASTIC father and I am always impressed with his selflessness when it comes to our children.

Needless to say, it was not a peaceful night! The tent was on a slope and so all night long they needed to readjust. The air mattress had a leak and slowly seeped out the air all night. Not to mention the other tent dwellers! Now my children are the FUNNIEST sleepers, all of them. For some reason they always end up sideways in bed without their blankets covering them. So as you can imagine camping with little legs kicking you in the side as you are uselessly trying to sleep. Zak obviously had too much to drink because he needed to relieve himself every hour, ALL night long. All in all it was a success. The boys had a fabulous time, including our nephew who was able to join them as well. THANKS DAD AND GRANDPA!

Playing in the car....

I love to goof around with my kids. One day we decided to have an "Ugly face contest" and take pictures, judge each other and pick a winner. I would have to say Kas took the cake. You decide.

Ready to join the blogging nation.....

Well, hello to all of those who have encouraged me to start, or to continue a blog. My dear sister in law has been doing this for years. I attempted one, and soon lost my ability to even access my page, because I forgot my passwords! (Pretty embarassing huh?) But I am going to attempt this again, because I think it is a really fun way to keep in touch with friends and family.

We are a month into school now, the kids are settling into a schedule and really love school. Jax is in the Spanish Immersion program in his school, in the third grade, and Kas is excited to start the program next year when she enters second grade. Zak just started his first year of preschool and he LOVES to go to school and make all the fun projects they have planned each day.

We have been trying to make up for lost time, starting a pregnancy in the summer is hard on the other kids! Mom is always sick and wants to be in bed, and they want to run and play, go swimming etc. So I have tried to redeem myself with fun outings the last few weeks, now that I feel better. We went to the State Fair and Jax lived on all the "puke-a-coasters" with his very good friend. I was nauseated watching them from the side lines, but he loved every minute of it. My husband kept the other two fully entertained with the giant slide in the back of the fair.

Since then we have had the school carnival and college football started, and I took Jax to the game last weekend. Kas and Zak get to go with their grandmother this weekend.

I am hoping to post some new pictures soon and I will hopefully keep on top of this site and not lose my passwords... lol.

Halloween 2007

Well, what can we say? We LOVE Halloween. We try to have a theme, but this last year the kids all wanted to do their own thing. Zak is OBSESSED with the color green, its his favorite, so when he say the green dinosaur costume his Muzzy had, he was determined to wear it! Kas got the Barbie costume for her birthday and was sold on that one as soon as she opened the gift, and Jax is doing Jiu-jitsu and loved the nijia mask. I have to dress up, so we chose a tiger. Makes sense right. Well, I am trying to be better at this blog thing, but I can't promise anything.... yet.