Kevin's almost a big boy!

Kevin went pee pee on the potty!! Time to have a party! I'm so excited.. Oh man, its the little things in life that get Mom's excited... :) This is the start of a great thing... only one kid in diapers!...and I know it won't be an overnight thing but atleast its a start!!

Count your blessings....

So I think I got bite by the negative bug so I am trying to look at the positive things in my life to get out of this funk.

1. I have two healthy boys that keep me busy
2. I have one wonderful husband.
3. I have a roof over my families head to protect us.
4. My husband has a paying job that he loves.
5. We have the gospel in our lives and I know why I am here.
***Just to name a few.


Things that make me smile:
Cuddling with my boys
The scent of citrus
Waking up Saturday mornings with my whole family in my bed
Warm baths
Clean sheets
Having a clean house (just not what I have to do to get it that way;)
Having the weather outside perfect for opening all the windows

So do you guys ever have the same issue... how do you guys begin to look at the positive again?

Updates

So, I have to update my kids milestones because I have become lazy and stopped writing it down elsewhere. Kevin put his shoes on by himself yesterday, the first time they were on the wrong feet, the second time he got it right! Well see if he understands the difference next time...
Cameron is now scooting on his butt.. right across the room, if he is sitting up he just scoots to get whatever he wants! He is also rocking back and forth to crawl foward... he is so close!

Baby food pics!

Thats right Cameron got to eat his first food yesterday! (other than the licorice and sucker grandma snuck him, and the crackers and cardboard Kevin snuck him) We started with peas because Kevin had so many issuues with the grains and the doctor believes Cameron has allergies (chocolate among them)

Here is his first bite!

"I'm not so sure about this..."

"OK I like it!" he ate really well, it took us months to get Kevin to eat that much. You could tell he had better control (he was also 2 months older) and liked it!

Spain Pictures and stories

So Tyler got to hang out in Spain over sping break and since he hasn't blogged about it I figured I would. Here are some pictures and stories that I can remember (plus they are in my words not his)

Here is a building that was began being built in 1882... it still hasn't been finished in over 120 years! its a Catholic cathedral that is being built with money that is payment from sins.

he got to eat at the "4 cats" named after Picasso and three other artists that ate there regularly

He traveled to Africa (Morracco) and got to ride a camel amoung other things

Here he is in the Mediteranian Sea (sp?)

Here he is being his cute self!

I thought this was a cool picture with the city in the background.

This is something called the city of science where they have alll kinds of cool science stuff.

Here he is in front of the Prado, Famous painings inside (no cameras though)

Here he is in front of the Don Quiote (famous spanish book character) statue.. He got to take a walking tour to see different spots that were traveled in the book

He got to see lots of cool archetecture! Including the King and Queens Palace! (above)

He got to eats lots of good food Squid sandwiches, bull tail, payaya, and (above) Churros served with mugs full of chocolate for dipping!

Art, Art and more Art!
Overall it was a great trip, he has a blast and remembered to write I love Cat in the sand at the beach! He says he misses it and wants to go back! The pictures look better big if you want to click on them.

Pictures, Pictures and more pictures

Kevin is in a wrestling phase and usually the closest person is Cameron, here they are laughing after I made Kevin get off of Cameron....Cameron loves the attention!

Here is Cameron with the Easter egg he found, and yes it did die his lips blue...

So its official Cameron is Crawling backwards butt up in the air on his knees and everything. He has been scooting on his belly for a while but now it is a real crawling acton. He was making his way aroundt he office yesterday but then I had to go change Kevins diaper. Then I heard Cameron crying so I headed back in the office and found this... he was stuck under the dresser and couldn't crawl his way out anymore... he was crying really hard but I thought a picture would prove it quite well.

Here are the boys with Grandma and Grandpa.. they enjoyed there stay so much!! Grandpa and Grandma took them to the park and everything!

Here is Kevin at the end of the slide.. grandma and grandpa let him go down time and time again I swear he gave me a look that said.. they don't rush me!

Cameron 6 month pics

Nope these aren't the Spain or the Easter pictures but these are Cameron 6 month pictures.


Look at those Wardle eyes!

Just plain cute!

I don't know how but she captured "Cameron"- He always has his hand in his mouth!

We just can't stop looking at him!

We are home!!!

You know vacation is a wonderful thing but it sure feels good to get home. The house kind of exploded last night with luggage and everything else that Grandma and Grandpa we gracious enought to give and lend to us. (Grandpa's and Grandma's are great!) Tyler got all the Spain souveniers out and laid them all out on the bed to show me what he got. Some fun stuff for the kids, and some cool earrings and a bracelet for me. We haven't uploaded all the pictures yet but they are coming soon. I will upload some of our Easter pictures too. Kevin had a blast finding eggs and Grandpa stumped me again on the last egg so I gave up and asked for hints... then he couldn't find the last egg either... I think Easter has to be one of my favorite holidays and mostly becuase my Dad really seemed to get invlolved in it. (not that he didn't in the others) but we always colored the eggs the night before and made a big thing out of finding the eggs before Church. I don't think he knew that he signed up for coloring eggs with my kids too but a tradition has begun.. Kevin hasen't had an Easter away from my parents house yet! Well pictures to come soon!

He's counting to 8!

Thats right! Kevin can count to eight... a few months ago he counted to 7 but we could never get him to repeat it for us... well now he is repeating it over and over. I had him lay out some cookies on a cookie tray tonight and he counted as he did it. One two three... It was so cute.. So then I thought he was done but he decieded he would stack them, (frozen dough) and count them again. Well by the time I got the camera out, he saw me ans smiled and stopped counting.. isn't that how it always is... but Grandma and Grandpa both heard it so its official!

It's official...

The house is on the market... Sign in the yard, flyers, lock box on the door. Now I have to keep the house clean... any tips? Nervous... yes... but suprisingly content on the decision. I'll post pics later.

He got in...

So I ran to check the mail this morning.... and no the official you got in letter from USU still isn't here... but the BYU one came! He got accepted to all of the schools he applied to! Woohoo! He still can't decide where to go... Honestly I have no idea where we will be going. Somedays it soundsl ike we are headed to Oklahoma and then the next day it sounds like Utah State I wonder if this letter from BYU will change anything. Well I best get going, The boys are being to quiet for anything good to be happening.

Sickness sucks...

So I woke up yesterday and knew it was all coming. Cameron had a slight fever, and both of the boys noses were running. Cameron wouldn't let me put him down. And of course I realize that my reactions to things are not as they should be. I was sluggish to respond to things and when things went wrong I was so much more likely to blow up then normal. So I knew were were all getting sick, well we are all officially there. I woke up this morning to both boys in my bed, I'm not sure how that happened but Cameron is still asleep, he never sleeps this long. I am stuffed up and have a sore throut (how do you spell that?) and just want to go to sleep. Kevin unfortunatly has more than enough energy, its like he knows I am sick and don't want to get up to go after him...
This is the wrong time for sickeness, I am supposed to have the house picture ready for the realtor this weekend and then Tyler is headed to Spain, you usually don't want to go to a foriegn country being sick.. poor guy.

On a better note, Kevin found an ornament that has Jesus on it and wants to play with it not stop, its glass so I can't let hime play with it. But he keeps say "Jeeci, Jeeci" So I asked him if he wanted to color a picture of Jesus, he of couse did and is now coloring a pictures I printed off google images. Well, Cameron just woke up so I better go.

A to Z

I thought this was cute so I stole it...

A: Attached or single: Attached

B: Best Friend: Tyler

C: Cake or Pie: white cake without frosting or spice cake with cream cheese frosting

D: Day of Choice: Saturday or no school days.

E: Essential Item: Diaper bag.. I can't go anywhere with out size threes and fives, wipes, and an extra outfit for each of the boys... what can I say they are messing?

F: Favorite Color: sage green or silver

G: Gummi Bears or Worms: sour worms

H: Hometown: P-town, Washington

I: Indulgence(s): Ice cream.... and food storage.. I know it is funny indulgence but I save my money for food storage... it males me feel good.. lol

J: January or July: July... it usually means some sort of vacation.. january just means wrestling season :(

K: Kids: Two active, boys.

L: Life is incomplete without: my three boys

M: Marriage Date: July 17th

N: Number of Siblings: one brother

O: Oranges or Apples: apples

P: Phobias or Fears: not being able to help my children in an emergency

Q: Quote(s): "Study dilegently. Pray earnestly, Serving willingly" President Thomas S. Monson
"Where you are is the place to searve" By somebodies wife... i don't remember.

R: Reason To Smile: my boys

S: Season: Summer.

T: Tag Six: Kristi, Jen, Mark and Tammy,and who ever else wants to!

U: Unknown Fact About Me: I can't wait to go back to school.

V: Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animal: I don't think of myself as an oppressor, but I do eat meat.

W: Worst Habit: Letting the boys wake me up in the morning instead of waking up before they do....and laziness( Thhose two fot together quite nicely)

X: X-Rays or Ultrasounds: Ultrasounds are so much more fun.

Y: Your Favorite Food: Icecream and chicken enchiladas

Z: Zodiac: Leo

Big Day...

So today was the big canning day... of course I forgot my camera but luckily someone else remembered: see here at Bump on a Blog. It went way quicker than expected and we only had a few bumps along our path that I need to iron out on Tuesday. I didn't see anyone leave without at least one smile, I had plenty of people learn how to use the canner, and I even had one person say that this was very exciting and a good motivator and that they would be taking advantage of the cannery next month... so, all in all it was a success! (now I just have to figure out if I should do it again)

He got in!

Tyler got notified by email today that his acceptance letter to Utah State is in the mail.... Party! We went and got Dairy Queen to celebrate. (in this family we celebrate with food) Now we are just waiting to hear from BYU... Now he actually has to make a decision...hmmmmm.