Don't know how to feel about this

The kids found my pants last night and Jacob thought it would be funny to put them on and dance around the house. Yes, he was funny... at first... then things got more funny when Neil decided to put BOTH my kids in my pants, each of them on a pant leg. Now, the question is... should I be upset that my kids can BOTH BOTH BOTH fit in my pants? Man my pants look big when your kids are standing in the legs of them.

I walked in the pantry and what did I see....

No, not popcorn popping, but a tower of Spaghetti O's looking back at me.

This is just an example of my typical day with Paige. I think she is in there throwing something away but when she does not quickly return, I get suspicious and go looking for her. I find her in there turning our food storage into the playroom and building a tower with the cans of Princess Spaghetti O's. You would think the child does not have any other toys to play with. She has a whole room dedicated to toys. It is toy heaven!! We even have real building blocks, but the poor girl thinks canned goods are more fun.

Oh well, what is a mom to do? As long as she was quite and staying clean, I will let her carry on.

My scary Monsters

Our ward had a trunk or treat last week and these are some pictures I took before we went.

Jacob insisted on being IRON MAN this year. I do not even know who he is or what he does... oh well... others seemed to know. What planet have I been on?

Paige is a witch...AGAIN... I know... she is going to be a witch again next year too. Poor girl. Nothing about her character, I just have three witch costumes so that is what she gets.

She is a cute witch though.

9 HOURS!!! 9 HOURS!!!

Yes, you heard me... Kallie slept 9 9 9 9 9 HOURS!!! I am just a little excited about it!! Oh course I woke up at around the 5 hour mark waiting for her to make a sound and tell me she was getting up and wanting to be fed. Then I woke up again at the 6,7, and then got worried at the 8 hour mark. So, I was grateful for the extra sleep but it was not real great sleep because I kept an ear open for Kallie to make a sound.

I hope this is the new trend!

Annual Pumpkin Patch

It has become a family tradition for us that we take a trip to the local pumpkin patch. The kids get to pick out "their" pumpkin to take home and display on the front steps.

This year we went down to the Red Barn in Santaquin. If you have not been there.. it is a fun place to take the kids. At this patch, you get to take a hay ride down to the field where all the pumpkins are sitten hoping to be chosen.

Paige found her pumpkin right away. Poor little pumpkin... it was disfigured and discolored and did not even have a very good stem. But Paige loved her little pumpkin and that is all that matters!!

Jacob got a nice round, perfectly orange pumpkin with a great stem. Funny... these pumpkins are alot like their little personalities. Paige is crazy and goes against the grain with most things and our Jacob tends to be a perfectionist and likes things just the right way.... um... interesting.

We took my mom and dad with us this year. Not as exciting for them I am sure, but my kids loved having them with us on our little "family tradition."

*** Yes, this is the best picture we got of the kids... none of them have the kids looking at the camera!! Paige is holding her poor discolored pumpkin but the one Jacob has was for picture purposes only. He found "his" pumpkin later.

Tagged

So I guess I do not check my sisters blog enough.. I guess I got tagged almost a week ago... so here you go.

All you have to do is go to your 6th picture album folder, pick the 6th picture and post it. After that, tag 4 friends.

This pictures was taken June '07 - Paige was almost two years old. We were at Jacobs Tee Ball practice in the Spanish Fork High School gym. Look at those eyes. Do they not say "What can I get into next?"

Now I am supposed to tag four people. I tag Rachael, Paige P., Traci & Monica.

Paige Update...

Know what happens when you take all your clothes off and go to sleep that way?

You end up running a fever and getting a runny nose!
Trying to talk reason to a three year old is pointless! I have tried to tell her that when she takes her warm Pj's off and stands there in the cold, she is going to get sick. Still, she looks at me like I am speaking greek and I am the one who is crazy.

So now I have a little girl who has gotten sick... need I say... TOLD YOU SO!!

THREE YEAR OLD FOR SALE... REAL CHEAP

WHY WHY WHY? Why is it that a child can not just go to bed and stay in bed? WHY? Is it because that child has turned the terrible age of THREE? I can hardly keep my eyes open today. Paige had a record number of times out of her bed. Usually, if she struggles to go to bed she will at least stay there once she falls asleep... but not last night.

Here is a summery of my night.

7:30 - put all the kids to bed... including Kallie
7:45 - Paige has her light on and is changing her clothes
8:00 - Paige has her light on and is changing her clothes... again!!!
8:15 - Paige needs to go to the bathroom... again
8:30 - Paige needs a drink
9:00 - All kids are finally asleep
10:30 - I feed Kallie for the last time and I go to sleep
11:45 - Paige wakes me up by standing next to my bed (put her back in her bed)
1:00 - Paige come in my room and wakes me up (put her back in her bed)
1:30 - Kallie wakes up and wants to be fed - feed her and put her back in bed
1:45 - Paige AGAIN wakes up and is naked standing next to my bed (put her back in her bed)
5:30 - Paige wakes up and is standing in the loft NAKED and crying (put her back in her bed)
6:00 - Paige is at her door crying NAKED (put her back in her bed)
6:30 - Kallie needs to be fed
7:15 - All kids are up and in my room

Also, what is with Paige needing to undress herself everytime she gets out of bed. She tells me that she takes her long, footed, zipper up PJ's off because she is cold!!! DUGH!! Put your stupid PJ's on and you will not be cold. Then trying to talk reason to a three year old at 1:00 in the morning is pointless. Kallie had a bad night too!! I think they were conspiring together last night to see just how far they could push me before I lost it. I am going today on little sleep and I am not a nap person. There is too much to get done in the day to sleep. I will just have to wait until tonight to recover.

Anyone what a three year old?

Make sure you always get your half!!

I recently read this article about a couple in cambodia who were ending their 18 year marriage. As part of the divorse agreement, they decided to cut their 20-by-24 1/2 foot house in half. So, the husband came with some of his family and cut it in half and walked away with his half in pieces, leaving her half still standing.

So, lesson to us all...make sure you always get an equal share of your half!!!

LDS Prophets warn us of the dangers facing America

First off I want to say that I am not one to focus too much on the negative things in life. I do not like to create panic or worry in others and this is not my intention in posting this clip. I was just poking around youtube last tonight and found this. I found it interesting and important enough to share. We are all aware of the troubles facing us today and with it comes my growing concern. As a family, we have tried to prepare ourselves for whatever may lie ahead. We have been making a strong effort to get our food storage in order. We are trying to prepare ourselves and our household for whatever may come our way. We have been told for over 40 years to get prepared for the approaching storm. I do not feel that people need to be filled with fear, but I do think it is important to be prepared. I hope you find this as insightful as I did.

See... I can pray for a car

Every morning I turn the TV in my bedroom on for the kids to watch a quick cartoon while I get myself and the baby ready for the day. When I turned it on this morning, I was greeted by a female preacher on some Christian Worship channel. This was not the last program I had watched the night before, I assure you... it must have been some early morning sermon. Anyway... the lady was talking about prayer and if we pray hard enough for something we will be blessed enough to receive it. I believe this to a degree, but what was odd here was that she was pertaining this to cars...

she says..
"I have some wonderful letters here from faithful people who had wonderful proof that they get what they pray for.
So and So writes... (I do not remember the name)
"I was in need of a car. My old one was just not working anymore and I needed a way to work. So, I prayed for a car and I was blessed with a car. In fact, the best car I have ever had."
So lets all pray for cars. If you need a car, let us pray for you so you can get that car. Get onto our web site and tell us if you need a car. In fact, tell us what kind of car you want even. We can all pray for you to get your car."

So, you see... if I pray then I will get that new SUV I have been wanting. All I have to do is tell this lady and I will get my car.

It's tough to be three

Paige is definitely starting to show signs of being smack in the middle of the "terrible three's!!" This little girl has sass and ATTITUDE!! You know it is bad when she tilts her head to the side while shacking her finger at you and tells you what she is and is not going to do. She definitely thinks she is in charge.

A few days ago she was asked over and over again to clean up a mess she made. After repeatly asking, Neil put her in her room for a "time out." This is what we found when we came back to check on her a few minutes later.












She had fallen asleep under the babies crib. Yes, I left her there. She needed that nap!!

It has been too long since my last post... I never take a week!! I guess that means that nothing much is happening around here.

We have had a move out at one of our duplex's and yes... they left us with a mess to clean up!! That is what has been taking up all of our time. We have gotten another tenant lined up but it has taken us a while to get it "rent ready."

Also, we sold our long time loved vechile. We had our explorer for 7 years and was a great vechile for us. It will be missed... Neils brother Jared bought it from us. I know that it will be well taken care of and loved. :) SO for now, I am driving the latest van we have bought. I am trying to talk Neil into a new vechile for me and am not having much luck.

So... that is about it... I know very boring