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My big boy is 6 today! Happy Birthday buddy! We love you! -He was so sweet when I cooked him Chocolate chip pancakes before school this morning! :)

Sept 8

So much for simplicity! Mini cupcakes for Kevin's birthday tomorrow!:)

Thought we had a medical emergency on our hands... nope just Kevin pickin raspberries in the back yard, had them squished all over his legs, looked like blood!

Aug 30

I wish I could just finish something.... Anything really, you know wash the dishes AND the counters, wash the laundry AND fold it, pick up the floor AND vacuum it... These kids are great distracters, I start everything and finish nothing! Lol!

Aug 24

Sure love watching my kids interact, Kevin and Cameron hold hands whenever we go out, and Cameron just told me "OUR baby is awake!" he sings to her non stop... one of his favorite songs (he made it up) "Baby Lorelei is a princess!" (repeat a million times over)

Aug 22

Kevin can officially ride his bike all on his own, take off, stopping, turning, all of it.. now I am little afraid he might take off and never come back,

Aug 19th

Well Crap! We have a thumb sucker on our hands!

Aug 8

Wow. Apparently the stops on the side of the highway grow exponentially with each child you add to the trip.

July 31

Pretty sure my baby girl is bored... She misses her brothers!

The boys r at grandmas this week, what should I do? Sleep when the baby sleeps? Sure! Clean the house knowing it with stay clean longer than 5 minutes? Sure! Go shopping without fear of losing a child while looking at prices? Sure!

July 26, 27

2 1/2 years cancer free!

July 25th

We put the boys to bed, 5 minutes later we hear Cameron.... "but Daddy, I can't go to bed, I'm nocturnal!" (nice try buddy!) smart little whipper snappers!

July 20

Lorelei us sitting in her bouncer and the boys are letting her kick them in the face, then they giggle wildly! It's hilarious!

I can't get enough of that baby smell and I just have to smootch those cheeks! Kevin has been watching me, cause he cant stop either! :)

July 18

Trying to get Lorelei to take a bottle, she wanted nothing of it.... Daddy's reply: "don't worry, I don't like the rubber ones as much as the real ones either"...

July 11

Kevin got put in his room, a minute later we hear "there is a timer in my room and when it gets to 10, its gonna blow me up, let me out!" I think he gets points for creativity!

July 10

Woke up to all three kids in our bed... It's a good Saturday morning! :)

July 9

Pandora ran all night last night... It got baby girl to stop crying, go to sleep, and stay asleep... I love you pandora!

July 4

It was a lot of driving this weekend, but the kids did great! We got to see family and Cameron has both legs casted... Whew!

June 26

Lorelei just giggled! :D

June 23

Every time we hit the store I have the boys pick out a few new things from the produce section, todays picks, kiwi, lemon, lime and yellow squash... i can't wait to see what their faces look like with the lemon and lime! :)

June 22

Best way to "hide the veggies" yet! I made homage popsicles out of v8 fusion!... They love them!

June 17

Finally! It only took til the middle of June to be warm enough for a T-ball game! :)

June 13

Seriously my three year old, calling from the kitchen "look Mommy, the knife didn't hurt me" it shows me you listened but didn't understand... (the knife was a butter knife thank goodness, but what he wanted was a CUCUMBER!)

June 13

She has been coo'in and smilin for three days strait, can't seem to get it on camera cause i am enjoying it too much to get the camera, but last night, she wanted to coo all night long... so not workin for momma! :)

June 11

its amazing how fast a man will fix the oven when you make him a salad for dinner! :D

June 10

Dearest son, shampoo wasn't meant for the toilet!

June 10

The boys have been hosed off in the back yard! It is officially summer! :D

June 8

It's interesting to listen to Kevin figure out all the natural disasters that have been happening.. Flooding, fires, volcanos, etc. How he would "fix" them, or what he would take if we had to evacuate.. The mind if a 5 year old!

Great day! The boys helped clean, they each took their turn vacuuming while the other one holds the cord, then switch(their idea, not mine!) laundry, dishes the whole thing! :)

June 7

A couple months ago, we found two Chrysalis on our apple tree, one fell off, so we put it in a jar to see if we could watch the butterfly come out..well nothing has happened and we figured we should throw it out, until Tyler picked it up today and saw a bunch of black things in the bottom of the jar! What was it? PRAYING MANTIS Nymphs- like 50 of them! They are great for the garden! Wahoo

Lovin that my kids can get there own breakfast now... They apparently got tired of waiting for me to finish feeding the baby, and figured out how to pour the milk!

June 4

Drug (or is it dragged?) the kids along for my walk tonight...:)

June 3

I think I won the "let's see how much I can get done before the baby wakes up" game... Pretty sure that means I am gonna loose the "actually getting to sleep tonight" game...:)

June 2

My first post-baby jog! Just over 10 minutes, just under a mile and a half, non stop,...feels good!

Windows and doors open! Boys outside digging a hole to China, and I am conquering the laundry and dishes! Wahoo! Lovin the sun!
May 31

She us one month old and slept 8 hours last night! She must have more tricks (trouble)up her sleeve than I ever thought possible! :)

May 27

Quote of the day, my three year old talking about my three week old " mommy, Lorelei needs her own computer" we obviously have too much technology around this place... I blame my husband! :)

May 23

feeling really grateful that I have been blessed with three kids...:)

May 21

Took a road trip today to Pocatello, Lorelei traveled great! Makes trips easy when the kids travel so well!

May 17

So I totally pictured taking Kevin to his 1st tball game differently, I thought we would stop for a snow cone afterword, nope, this is Idaho, we came home and made hot cocoa! It was cold

May 16

Just love walking out of the laundry room to find my boys trying to move the baby on to their laps, each pulling opposite directions... I think it is a pretty good reason to never do laundry again.(ps. She slept through the whole thing)

May 11

Sleep just wasn't on the agenda last night... Good thing she is so cute! :)

May 10

Ahhhhhh! I am officially alone with THREE kids... Not so sure about this...:)

May 9

Best hubby and kids ever! Thanks for makin my day! Drawings, breakfast, and flowers! Thank you guys... Plus, the baby slept pretty darn good too!

May 8

She slept for 6 hours! 6 hours at a week old?! I think I am in love!

May 7

My baby girl is a week old tomorrow! Holy Cow that was fast!

May 4

I think I am pretty good at this mother of three thing... if you can look past the whole, my boys never got dressed, the only thing I cooked them was a couple pieces of toast and I took two naps...lol! Thank goodness for great Husbands and Moms! :)

April 29

...and her name is: Lorelei Lynn!

It's all coming back to me: the whole, "I'm tired but man this baby is cute, oh they smell so good, but man, they crap a lot!" thing... I missed this! :)

April 28

I am the proud momma of a baby girl! 10 lbs, 22 inches long, today at 12:38pm.

April 27

Ok Peeps, I am now 5 days away from my due date ( I am due Friday) I am now taking guesses as to when she will show her beautiful face...Closest wins as long as you don't say AFTER my due date! ;)

I broke Tylers smolder...(name that movie?)

One hard boiled egg is missing... I think we might be going to plastic eggs in future years.

April 24

Hit the produce section today, brought home two new things, and the boys loved both of them... fresh pineapple.. big hit, and a coconut, that took some time to get into it, but the boys thought it was great!

April 22

Seems like the boys won't leave this baby girl alone,and she isn't born yet, I wonder if they will like her as much when she comes out?

April 21

Seriously uncomfortable! I want this baby out!.... please?

April 18

So I really really wanted a egg sandwich... kinda a weird thing, but I got off my rump and made it, wasn't what I imagined it to be... I hate that! Now all I want is Easter candy...:)

April 16

Registered Kevin for kindergarten, took the family to play tee-ball at the park, and had a gardening enrichment... The day only could only had been better if I had given birth! :)

April 12

just found a foot wide mud/dirt/water trail from the guest bathroom, down the hall, past the kitchen table and out the back door... apparently when I told them to not turn on the hose bib outside, they thought, there is water it the bathroom!

seriously, I think this little girl is practicing her right hook on my bladder.. I have to "go" like every 5 minutes! TMI?

April 12

Just doesn't seem right to attach weights to my three year old ankles...

Tyler is painting the nursery and Kevin is enjoying vacuuming the floor... keep up the good work boys! :)

April 9

Eating a pregnant woman's chocolate... I really thought he knew better than that!

April 6

Best baby shower ever! Thanks girls!:)

April 5

so apparently tonights craving (without me knowing it) was carrots, I just downed a 1lb bag of baby carrots! oops!

April 4

Does my 5 year old really need a cup for T-Ball?... my husband says its important!

April 2

After a 4 hour stay at Labor and delivery I am home, I t was just a Bladder infection that put me into labor.... most painful thing ever!

I know this baby thinks she is funny, but waking up before 5 with contractions is not a funny April fools joke!

April 1

Kevin lost his first two teeth today!(bottom front) Tyler pulled the first out and a couple hours later I got the second one out! Poor kid won't be able to eat anything!

March 29

I officially have an outie, first time ever! Thank you baby girl....

March 26

Trains and three year olds... We took them to the train yard, best mom ever!

March 24

Baby blanket is done! AND before the baby is born... 2 out of 3 ain't bad!

March 23

Current craving: simply salad pasta salad.... Random.

March 23

First day of Cameron's physical therapy at home... I can tell, this is gonna be fun! (sure hope it helps!)

March 9

So we got our tax return back... What do we do? Hit McDonalds AND Burger King and we ordered outside of the dollar menu!!!! Big spenders!;)

March 4

tonights craving: Doritos, can't decide if I am wanting ranch or nacho cheese....

Had a baby apt this morning, only measured a half a week big... (really?, a half a week?) so me and Cam stopped by McDonalds for $.50 ice-cream cones!!!!

February 23

Tyler and Cameron are making cookies, after every ingredient "its time to put the chocolate in!" I think Cameron is a little excited about the chocolate!

February 20

music to my ears, my three year old: "mommy, I'm hungry for carrots!" Ok! go for it dude!

February 19

Grateful that my three year old slept in his own bed again last night, and that I get to be a mom to kids that like to hold my hand for no reason, it just makes me smile!

February 17

In the words of my beloved Sis-in-law, I am feeling a bit like "a beached whale" ... :) and in the words of a close friend, I'm "waddling" so I must be on a remote island somewhere part whale, part duckling! :)

February 14

We had our second ultrasound... this baby is still a girl!

February 10

This baby is messin my hormones, I cry at EVERYTHING! Really? an episode of Vampire Diaries? come on

February 10

Current craving: McDonalds fries

Feb 9

Tyler was in charge of "game day food" him and the boys are getting artistic with their "cookie pizzas": freezer rolls, spaghetti sauce, mozzarella cheese and pepperoni... you can't beat a pizza made with you own two grubby little hands! :

Feb 6

Dearest Child, I thank you for trying to "clean up" but when you drop yogurt on the kitchen floor please don't just throw a towel over it and call it good, it brings visions of Adam Sandler movies to my head...

Feb 3

Kevin got teary-eyed when talking about going to college, he says he wants to take me with him, and when we said that he probably wouldn't want to take me with him then, he got all sad!

Jan 30

Poor Cameron keeps waking up with growing pains, he cries cause his knees hurt! I sure hope this growing spurt ends soon!

Jan 30

can't get enough tropical trail mix, the dried papaya and pineapple, cranberries, golden raisins, banana chips, almonds and macadamia's... heavenly!

Jan 28

so I just took apart my vacuum with my three year old "helping" me, I would like to apologize to my Mom for all the times I "helped" her take apart her vacuum.

Jan 20

slow and steady seems to be losing the race today... the never ending energy of the boys seems to be outracing my cleaning resolve!

Jan 19

the "scrabble junior" cheeze-it's I bought for the boys are a big hit, they are alwyas looking to spell their names and stuff! So much fun!

Jan 19

Haha! Kevin just told me to swallow one of his toy geckos so that "she" will have something to play with!

Jan 14

Had some horrible dreams last night, one of the worst, someone asked to see my baby bump and when i lifted my shirt, I had udders! like 8 of them! so not cool...

Jan 14

hangs head in shame, my craftiness eludes me again...;p

Jan 12

we have been going through the boys baby stuff in preparation to get the boys ready for the new one... in the process of showing them videos of themselves, i noticed a couple things: 1. my house was really quiet when it was just Kevin, and 2.my floors were really clean back then...hmmm...

Jan 9

Being a mom to a girl is dangerous, making crafts for this girl, (that I never would have made for my boys) I burned myself 4 times!

Jan 4

so I asked Cameron "has anyone ever told you how cute you are?" he answered back "yes, and they like to kiss me, too!"

Jan 6

nothing can make my day a little less crappy than an unsolicited kiss from my favorite three year old!

Jan 4

Cameron and I were supposed to run to wal-mart this morning to grab some margarine, but we took a vote and it is too cold! so we are snuggling with blankets up to our noses in mommies bed instead! I like this choice much better

Jan 3

Welcome back to my life leg, foot and toe cramps... O how I have missed you....not!

Jan 2

well, we went shopping for a new baby outfit, this one is... PINK! the tech was 85% sure this babe is a girl! :)

Dec 27

Cameron's surgery went great! We are home and doing great!

Dec 21

weird baby craving: homemade French fries/potato chips and milk... yep you got that right! (and I don't even like fried foods)

Dec 16

Well the curl is officially all gone, I actually had to "do" my hair for the first time in 2 years!

Dec 15

Mr. Independant (my 3 year old) just walked over pulled a block of cheese out of the fridge, pulled a fork out of the drawer and set himself down at the table, he is now chowing down on a large block of cheese.... he is his fathers son! :)

Dec 13

Kevin is 6!

My big boy got up this morning in the best mood! We had a special breakfast of chocolate chip pancakes before school and then he happily went off to school! I will be taking mini cupcakes to his class later this morning and then tonight when Daddy gets home we are going for a bike ride! He is so much fun and is growing up so fast! He is loving school and is happy to go everyday! He may have gone to recess instead of music class yesterday and the teacher had to hunt him down, but I Think it was a honest mistake. He is growing up so fast and this is a very fun stage! love ya babe!

1st day of school

4 month Apt.

Lorelei is 15lbs 13 oz and 25 3/4 inches long. Head is 16 1/2 inches. Which they said is 50% for height and weight... don't think I have ever had one so small! (its very surprising cause she seems so big to me!)She has taken her shots like a pro... sure hope her brother can do the same next month!

At 2 months she was 12 lbs 13 oz and 24 inches long and head was 15 3/4 inches.

At one month she was 11 lbs.

At two weeks she was 9lbs 6.5 oz and 22 inches.

4 Month Pictures

She posed herself on the belly pic, crossed her legs and hands and smiled big!



I got her Pictures taken today, for free! Love it... She is 4 months old and growing too fast.

She smiled at 2 weeks
Laughed at 2 months
Rolled over at 3 months

She is so much fun!

Help! I'm stuck!

Lorelei's baby blessing

Today was Lorelei's baby blessing, it was great to have so much family!

2 1/2 years clean!

This past week end was my 2 1/2 year checkup. Me and Tyler and Lorelei flew out late Friday after meeting up with my parents in Boise. They went off to a week of spoilage at my parents and barely even said goodbye. we flew off hoping to have a good little traveler on our hands! She did amazing! We spent the weekend with Tyler's dad and Sisters family. they on Monday morning I headed to Stanford. Lets just say it was way to early. My blood sugar came back 101 (borderline prediabetic) and I feel asleep in the petct, first time I have ever done that! went and got my blood work done and then drove back to get Tyler and Lorelei for my doctors apt later on. Mind you after my Petct I wasn't allowed to hold or nurse Lorelei, very tramatic for me, and she sure didn't like to take a bottle at first, but we all got through it! We went and showed Lorelei off the the nurses in the ITA and then to Doc Advani. My blood work came back good and my PetCt was clean! We flew back that night and Lorelei was wonderful, slept the whole flight! We have been enjoying a very quiet hose since we got back, Lorelei is bored and is wondering where her entertainment is, (she smiles and laughs every time we get to see them on the webcam) and I miss my boys! We get to go get them on Friday! and the baby blessing is coming up! Aug 7, so I better go get to cleaning! One nice thing about the boys being gone, everything I cleaned yesterday is still clean! wahoo! :)

8 year anniversary pictures

I love the daddy daughter one!


8 years babe! And these crazy kids are all we have to show for it! :)




I have to say these are my least favorite anniversary pictures we have ever taken! Apparently 3 kids under 6 makes for a very interesting experience! The first picture was the best one and it went down hill from there. Want some proof how much fun this was? See below.


Screaming baby. Cranky 5 year old abd 3 year old not looking! Fun! :)

All ready for church

Wink wink!

Good morning!

Our little love bug

Solar oven

Kevin watched a show and picked up the idea of using the sun to cook
food. So he came in grabbed a box and started building... Later when
we were BBQ, Kevin had to cook his hot dog in it, not enough sun, So
Tyler cooked it on the BBQ, wrapped it in foil and Kevin cooked it
with the power of sun, he ate it! Here he is showing it off!

Lorelei 1 month pics

We got her pictures tonight at Sears, can' t believe she is a month old now! Here are some of them, not the greatest, but what can you expect from a 1 month old?

The baby story...

So on tuesday the 26th about 6 pm, I started having contractions, they were painful enough to notice, but far enough apart that I just kept cleaning/organizing, Tyler got home and I kept asking him what time it was, he had no clue, but that was when I was having contractions, they started a hour apart, then got closer, about half hour apart, About 9ish I told him that I was having contractions, we just kept cleaning, put the boys down and called Jen to warn her that we weren't ready to go in, but it was looking like 3am might be an option. She said let her know if we needed her, about 11, I was still having contractions so i figured i should go to bed before they got too bad. I slept from 11:30 to 4:30 and then woke up with stronger contractions, at that point we started timing them, and they went from 2:30 minutes apart to 8 minutes apart depending on if I was sitting up or laying down... so we kept timing them until about 8 when we went and woke up the boys and got them ready and dropped them off at Jens, They were so excited, Kevin went to preschool like normal and they got to hang out with Jen and Tegan the rest of the day...
Me and Tyler got to the Hospital about 9 and I was dilated to a 5! Wahoo, less than 2 hours later I was at a 7, they broke my water and from that point on the contractions were bad and were right on top of one another, less that 45 minutes later I asked what my pain medicine options were, they told me I was at a 9 and only an intrathecal (sp?) And at the point I knew that the anesthesiologist was never going to make it in time, it was too late. So in no time flat, they were calling the doctor in and I was ready to push. No drugs. Once she was born (after about 15 minutes of pushing) I looked at her and all I could say was "she is huge!" Once they weighed her in the nurse asked the doctor how heavy he thought she was, he said atleast 9, She was 10 lbs! So much for the doctors telling me I was having at 8.5 lb baby. So the hardest part of labor was only 3.5 hours.. so much better than the Cameron that drug out forever .Other than the cramping getting worse with each pregnancy (which I didn't believe was true until this baby) After lots of vomiting on my part from the pain, We are both happy and healthy. She is the most "newborn baby" I have had, neither Kevin or Cameron slept as much as her, and she is happiest when she is laying down, not being held! She is crankiest between 2 and 4 in the morning, but we are working on that. She is eating great and the doctor says her eye development is ahead, (just like the boys was). I am getting used to all the pink, and saying how "pretty" she is instead of "handsome". My Mom and Dad drove in town that day as a surprise and my mom has been here since. We are adjusting well, and they boys adore her, no jealousy yet, and they just can't get enough of her. I keep finding them where she is, with blankets trying to cuddle, always kissing her, and of course Cameron can stop touching her face!
We love her to pieces! And yes, I will post pictures soon!

Sooo behind..

I am so behind on this blog... We had our baby girl a week ago!

Lorelei Lynn
born on April 27, 2011
12:38pm,
10lbs 22 inches long..

I will post pictures, for now, I must sleep!

False Alarm...

I woke up this morning a little before 5 with contractions, and the pain seamed to get worse and worse, by the time the boys woke up around 8 I was vomiting, I told Tyler on my way there I was thinking of getting an epidural with this one cause it hurt so bad, I have never had one before so He knew something was up. when we get there she checks me and I am only at a one, but I mentioned me urine sample and it started them looking at it, turns out I have a bladder infection which was painful and causing contractions too. They already had me on fluids for the vomiting and nausea drugs, then they brought in the pain pills and last the antibiotics once the labs came back in, they sent me home with more antibiotics and pain pills, and told me they were glad I came it, and that I should come back if anything else goes wrong. I have to say I was shaking and had chills, and was begging for pain meds, my poor boys thought they were gonna get their sister and all they got was one very tired momma! Thanks goes out to Tegan for taking the boys on such short notice! Love you!