Saturday, December 11, 2010
Christmas Pics 2010
My sister, Brandee, took our family pics this year. We had fun and Brandee did an awesome job. Thanks sis! Hope you all enjoy. 
Monday, December 6, 2010
Catch Up
Sorry it has been a while since I have last posted. I don't really even think I can say I have been too busy, just not a lot to blog about I guess.
THANKSGIVING
This year for Thanksgiving we were at our house and my whole family came. There were 17 of us (8 being kids 5 and under). Brandee blessed her baby boy the Sunday before Thansgiving so that gave us a full week of playing with family. It was a blast. I have been trying to catch up on sleep ever since. We got to meet my sister, Melanie's fiance, Rj. They are getting married next September because he is in the Navy and his ship is leaving in Jan for 6 months. Also, my brother came and spent the week before everyone got there with us, family in Salt Lake, and friends in Rexburg. Right before he left he sent in his mission papers. Then a day or so before Thanksgiving he comes up the stairs and reads a letter he had printed off his email. It told him that he was going to the Jacksonville Florida Spanish Speaking mission and that he would be leaving DEC 29th!! It was a little over a month a way. Everyone around the table just stared at him for a moment and then we exploded with claps and cheers and hugs. It was awesome. I am so proud of all the things my brother has done over this past year to get him to this point. I am so excited to have a brother out on a mission!!!!!
THE GIRLS
The girls are doing great. Each week we talk about how big the baby is getting. They are excited. A while ago we asked them what they wanted a brother or sister. Brookelyn said brother because she alread had a sister and Kira wanted a sister so that she could be like Brookelyn (who has a little sister). Anyways, Arik told them that if we had another girl then he was going to move out. So when people have been asking Brookelyn if she wants a brother or sister she has told them that if she has a sister her dad will leave her. (saying it with tears.) She has been so scared that her dad will leave her if it is a girl that she has been crying when people say, "What if you have a sister?" It got really bad and I was starting to fear for the safety of our new little one just in case it is a girl. I told Arik he had to sit down and talk to Brookelyn. He did and things are better now. She stills wants a brother but now her reasons have numbers. Like then dad won't be the only boy and we already have 3 girls, do we really need another one? Brookelyn also got her first report card! She is doing amazing. She is at or above level in everything and her teacher wrote on her card, that is well liked in the class and a pleasure to have. She always wrote that Brookelyn has mastered everything required of her so far. YEP PROUD PARENT!!!!
BABY UPDATE
I am getting a belly and have to remind myself that I am much farther along with this one then I was with the other two. At Christmas with the other two I was still throwing up everything I eat so I am looking forward to Christmas Eve dinner with excitement instead of dread. I also am uncomfortable and am starting to wear maternity stuff. Thankfully my sister just pasted all her stuuf to me. See by the time I really needed maternity stuff with the other two I was just wearing Arik's shorts and shirts. Since I can wear his pants then it caused a problem. So Brandee saved me and I am a little sad that I can no longer fit in my clothes. I know, I know, it is a good thing but this is the one thing I really struggle with while pregnant. I am not weird about my weight or anything it is the fact that people can look at me and know that I am pregnant. I know it is weird but for some reason it is one thing that really bothers me while pregnant.
We go to the doctor on the 20th to have our ultrasound. NO we are NOT finding out what we are having. We have been surprised with the first two and see no reason to change it now. We are taking the girls with us and they are excited to see the baby. I am excited that we are going before Christmas so that we can show pics while with family.
Other than that we are getting ready for Christmas. We will decorate the tree this afternoon when Brookelyn gets home from school (I will take pics and post them). I have all my Christmas shopping done and wrapped. I am just relaxing and enjoying this time of year because it always seems to fly!!!
THANKSGIVING
This year for Thanksgiving we were at our house and my whole family came. There were 17 of us (8 being kids 5 and under). Brandee blessed her baby boy the Sunday before Thansgiving so that gave us a full week of playing with family. It was a blast. I have been trying to catch up on sleep ever since. We got to meet my sister, Melanie's fiance, Rj. They are getting married next September because he is in the Navy and his ship is leaving in Jan for 6 months. Also, my brother came and spent the week before everyone got there with us, family in Salt Lake, and friends in Rexburg. Right before he left he sent in his mission papers. Then a day or so before Thanksgiving he comes up the stairs and reads a letter he had printed off his email. It told him that he was going to the Jacksonville Florida Spanish Speaking mission and that he would be leaving DEC 29th!! It was a little over a month a way. Everyone around the table just stared at him for a moment and then we exploded with claps and cheers and hugs. It was awesome. I am so proud of all the things my brother has done over this past year to get him to this point. I am so excited to have a brother out on a mission!!!!!
THE GIRLS
The girls are doing great. Each week we talk about how big the baby is getting. They are excited. A while ago we asked them what they wanted a brother or sister. Brookelyn said brother because she alread had a sister and Kira wanted a sister so that she could be like Brookelyn (who has a little sister). Anyways, Arik told them that if we had another girl then he was going to move out. So when people have been asking Brookelyn if she wants a brother or sister she has told them that if she has a sister her dad will leave her. (saying it with tears.) She has been so scared that her dad will leave her if it is a girl that she has been crying when people say, "What if you have a sister?" It got really bad and I was starting to fear for the safety of our new little one just in case it is a girl. I told Arik he had to sit down and talk to Brookelyn. He did and things are better now. She stills wants a brother but now her reasons have numbers. Like then dad won't be the only boy and we already have 3 girls, do we really need another one? Brookelyn also got her first report card! She is doing amazing. She is at or above level in everything and her teacher wrote on her card, that is well liked in the class and a pleasure to have. She always wrote that Brookelyn has mastered everything required of her so far. YEP PROUD PARENT!!!!
BABY UPDATE
I am getting a belly and have to remind myself that I am much farther along with this one then I was with the other two. At Christmas with the other two I was still throwing up everything I eat so I am looking forward to Christmas Eve dinner with excitement instead of dread. I also am uncomfortable and am starting to wear maternity stuff. Thankfully my sister just pasted all her stuuf to me. See by the time I really needed maternity stuff with the other two I was just wearing Arik's shorts and shirts. Since I can wear his pants then it caused a problem. So Brandee saved me and I am a little sad that I can no longer fit in my clothes. I know, I know, it is a good thing but this is the one thing I really struggle with while pregnant. I am not weird about my weight or anything it is the fact that people can look at me and know that I am pregnant. I know it is weird but for some reason it is one thing that really bothers me while pregnant.
We go to the doctor on the 20th to have our ultrasound. NO we are NOT finding out what we are having. We have been surprised with the first two and see no reason to change it now. We are taking the girls with us and they are excited to see the baby. I am excited that we are going before Christmas so that we can show pics while with family.
Other than that we are getting ready for Christmas. We will decorate the tree this afternoon when Brookelyn gets home from school (I will take pics and post them). I have all my Christmas shopping done and wrapped. I am just relaxing and enjoying this time of year because it always seems to fly!!!
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
So excited and the dentist (not related)
So Harry Potter is coming out next week. I found this background on my friend's blog and loved it so I added to mine. I am going to the midnight showing with my sister, sister-in-law, and brother. Marti, Brandee, and I started going to the midnight showing of the Twilight movies and then decided to do the Harry Potter movies. It is something fun that I can do with these girls. Others come and go with us but the three of us have been the consistent ones and the movies and the outings with them are some of the best times for me. So I thank them.
We all finally went to the dentist. We have had dental insurance for two years and final went. (Sorry Robyn I know your shaking your head reading this :)) Anyways, Arik went in the morning with Brookelyn and then I went in the afternoon with Kira. DO NOT go to the dentist while pregnant. It was so painful and the nurse felt so bad that she told me to come back in two weeks and she would finish once my gums healed a little bit. I am one of those girls that gets pregnancy gin. I don't know how to spell it but the infection on your gums.
Kira was looked at while I was getting looked at and Brookelyn went with her. The nurse (or whatever they are called) told me that they would do as much as possible but that little ones usually don't let them do a lot. Well, not Kira. With Brookelyn there she did everything, the xrays and the cleaning, the whole package. The dentist then told me that he wanted to use them as poster patients. Not just for 5 and 3 year olds but adults also. They never cried or whined and did everything that was asked of them. Yep, I was so proud to be their mom. They are so cute and good.
I will post Halloween pics soon. I know it is almost Thanksgiving.
We all finally went to the dentist. We have had dental insurance for two years and final went. (Sorry Robyn I know your shaking your head reading this :)) Anyways, Arik went in the morning with Brookelyn and then I went in the afternoon with Kira. DO NOT go to the dentist while pregnant. It was so painful and the nurse felt so bad that she told me to come back in two weeks and she would finish once my gums healed a little bit. I am one of those girls that gets pregnancy gin. I don't know how to spell it but the infection on your gums.
Kira was looked at while I was getting looked at and Brookelyn went with her. The nurse (or whatever they are called) told me that they would do as much as possible but that little ones usually don't let them do a lot. Well, not Kira. With Brookelyn there she did everything, the xrays and the cleaning, the whole package. The dentist then told me that he wanted to use them as poster patients. Not just for 5 and 3 year olds but adults also. They never cried or whined and did everything that was asked of them. Yep, I was so proud to be their mom. They are so cute and good.
I will post Halloween pics soon. I know it is almost Thanksgiving.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Cool things happening
There are some cool things that have been happening around here.
First, we are happy to announce the newest addition to our family. Coming May 6, 2011. I have not kept a secert about us being pregnant ever and this time we made it through a whole trimester (okay a little earlier for family like last week or the week before.) I have been sick and way over emotional but Arik has been awesome and the girls are really excited. They kept the secert for 2 weeks which was great!!
Second, this past weekend I got to go to Rexburg for BYUI's lit conference. I was able to meet Brandon Mull (author of the Fablehaven books). I talked to him, shook his hand and everything. Then at lunch this guy sat across from me and my friend. We looked at his name tag and it was Brandon Dorman (the illustrator for the Fablehaven books and many other books). We ate lunch with him talking about callings, his kids and my kids and everything. It was so cool and totally awesome. Both guys are so down to earth and great! It was a very cool experience. Not very often do you get to meet a #1 Times Best selling author or illustrator.
First, we are happy to announce the newest addition to our family. Coming May 6, 2011. I have not kept a secert about us being pregnant ever and this time we made it through a whole trimester (okay a little earlier for family like last week or the week before.) I have been sick and way over emotional but Arik has been awesome and the girls are really excited. They kept the secert for 2 weeks which was great!!
Second, this past weekend I got to go to Rexburg for BYUI's lit conference. I was able to meet Brandon Mull (author of the Fablehaven books). I talked to him, shook his hand and everything. Then at lunch this guy sat across from me and my friend. We looked at his name tag and it was Brandon Dorman (the illustrator for the Fablehaven books and many other books). We ate lunch with him talking about callings, his kids and my kids and everything. It was so cool and totally awesome. Both guys are so down to earth and great! It was a very cool experience. Not very often do you get to meet a #1 Times Best selling author or illustrator.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Last Night
Last night I was not feeling very good. There is a bug going through the schools and I work with middle school kids who have all been sick lately, so no surprise I got sick. I went to bed early telling the girls if they needed anything in the middle of the night to call for their dad. Arik smiled because NEVER have they called for dad before.
So I was sleeping and all of the sudden I hear, "DAD!!" "DAD!!" mixed in with some crying. I laugh and hit Arik. "They are calling for you." I told him. He rolls over and says, "I am going to yell at them." I laugh again and tell him I will get them. I start down the stairs and here Brookelyn yell, "Dad come quick, NOW!" I go a little faster and hear Kira crying. I just think that Kira fell out of bed but then Brookelyn tells me, "She just threw up." She had leaned over her new bed and threw up on the ground. I grab her and take her upstairs to clean her up. She asks if she can take a bath and if I were covered in gross stuff, I would take a bath too. So I turn on the water and Kira strips down.
At this point, Arik walks into the bathroom and asks what happened. I explain and he says, "What can I do?" I tell him to give Kira her bath while I clean up her floor. I decided if I give him the easy part then he will keep helping. By the way, I have the GREATEST husband in the world. I go back downstairs to clean up the mess. It smelled gross so I tell Brookelyn she can sleep upstairs on the couch. No mother would let thier child sleep in that, right? So she grabs her stuff and goes upstairs. I clean up the floor and am heading upstairs when Brookelyn tells dad her stomach hurts and she runs into the bathroom and throws up in the toliet. This is one of the great things about Brookelyn. Ever since she was two she has thrown up in the bathroom which is so very nice for me. Arik helps her and finishs with Kira while I get Brookelyn's bed ready. We then pump up an air matress for Kira and she sleeps next to her sister. They didn't want to be separated.
We all get back in bed. Kira tells me she wants water. I tell her to get it herself and she tells me, "But I am sick, mom." So I get up get her and Brookelyn a drink and go back to bed. An hour later Kira throws up again. I cralwed back into bed, tired and still not feeling well myself. Arik rolls over and says, "Can I help?" I start crying and say, "Thank you so much for helping earlier. You are the greatest." He says, "Yeah, whatever." and goes back to sleep. He really is great. What would I do without him.
The girls are feeling better everything is just coming out the other end now which is okay since they have made it to the bathroom all day. I think it only lasts 24 hours so we are on the mend. But, what a night!
So I was sleeping and all of the sudden I hear, "DAD!!" "DAD!!" mixed in with some crying. I laugh and hit Arik. "They are calling for you." I told him. He rolls over and says, "I am going to yell at them." I laugh again and tell him I will get them. I start down the stairs and here Brookelyn yell, "Dad come quick, NOW!" I go a little faster and hear Kira crying. I just think that Kira fell out of bed but then Brookelyn tells me, "She just threw up." She had leaned over her new bed and threw up on the ground. I grab her and take her upstairs to clean her up. She asks if she can take a bath and if I were covered in gross stuff, I would take a bath too. So I turn on the water and Kira strips down.
At this point, Arik walks into the bathroom and asks what happened. I explain and he says, "What can I do?" I tell him to give Kira her bath while I clean up her floor. I decided if I give him the easy part then he will keep helping. By the way, I have the GREATEST husband in the world. I go back downstairs to clean up the mess. It smelled gross so I tell Brookelyn she can sleep upstairs on the couch. No mother would let thier child sleep in that, right? So she grabs her stuff and goes upstairs. I clean up the floor and am heading upstairs when Brookelyn tells dad her stomach hurts and she runs into the bathroom and throws up in the toliet. This is one of the great things about Brookelyn. Ever since she was two she has thrown up in the bathroom which is so very nice for me. Arik helps her and finishs with Kira while I get Brookelyn's bed ready. We then pump up an air matress for Kira and she sleeps next to her sister. They didn't want to be separated.
We all get back in bed. Kira tells me she wants water. I tell her to get it herself and she tells me, "But I am sick, mom." So I get up get her and Brookelyn a drink and go back to bed. An hour later Kira throws up again. I cralwed back into bed, tired and still not feeling well myself. Arik rolls over and says, "Can I help?" I start crying and say, "Thank you so much for helping earlier. You are the greatest." He says, "Yeah, whatever." and goes back to sleep. He really is great. What would I do without him.
The girls are feeling better everything is just coming out the other end now which is okay since they have made it to the bathroom all day. I think it only lasts 24 hours so we are on the mend. But, what a night!
Friday, September 24, 2010
Kindergarten and Preschool
First, let me explain something. At registration we were told that there might not be room for Brookelyn at the school we live TWO BLOCKS from. So later that week they call me and say she will be going to a school about 10 to 15 minutes away. They let me know that school starts at 8:20 and the bus will pick Brookelyn up at 7:12 to be transferred to a different bus at a different school. I was a little upset. First, she would have to be on the bus for over an hour and then they expect a first time bus rider to get off at a school and then get on another bus. I decided that I would take her to school everyday. (Just one of the many blessings from being a stay at home mom this year.)
Brookelyn is excited because she does get to ride the bus home. (only twenty mins.) She thinks it is cool. She goes to school all day every other day (Tues and Thurs) and then alternates Mondays. (Yep lets totally mess up all the 5 year olds.) Brookelyn has to ask me everyday if she has school or not.
Here is a picture of her first day. She got a Hannah Montana Backpack with a lunch bag to go with it. After school the first day she told me that it was so awesome to eat lunch in the lunchroom. :)
We signed Kira up for preschool because this is the second year that she has watched her sissy go to school and she wanted to also. She got a Tinkerbell backpack and when I dropped her off the first day she started to cry and I asked her what was wrong. She said, “You forgot to pack my lunch like Brookelyn now I can’t eat.” I then explained that she doesn’t eat lunch at school and that day I took her out with it was over. She is too cute. I love her faces when I take pics so there are a couple. 
This last picture is of Brookelyn. She told me she wanted to get dressed and then she came up looking like this. It was so cute.
Brookelyn wanted to take a picture of Kira so I had her go pick her up and get her picture. Kira was not interested in the picture but she still is a cutie. 
We are liking school and there is an hour on certain Mondays that I am completely child free!!
Much needed update
Okay, I know I have not blogged in a month and there has been a lot that has been happening with us I have been so busy and really haven’t had time to blog so here is a little update on us.
Life is busy. I am coaching volleyball at a middle school and also coaching both Brookelyn and Kira’s soccer teams. That keeps us busy all week long and on Saturday for a couple of hours.
My online teaching job started and that has been interesting. I am also babysitting my sister’s kids when she is at work. Then my neighbor’s babysitter kind of quit on her so I am now watching her kids twice a week also. Crazy I know!!
School started (that is in another post)! Here are some random pictures from the past month.
Brookleyn took this one all by herself. 
Notice the knee highs on Kira with my dress shoes. It was cute and she had my sunglasses too. MaKynzee just had my flip flops on but they both looked cute.
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