no good excuse

Athought i have plenty of excuses for not posting a blog i really don't have any that are good =) wow since january so much has happened.....where to start lissy started walking on feb 1st and hasn't stopped, she's a pro at running and is soooooo sassy...not sure who she takes after=) she's still very small at 21 lbs. but she is growing more and more lengthwise and she is super smart =) she's a regular little monkey climbing and hanging on things, she now sleeps in her very own big girl bed in the kids room, which i wasn't ready for=( she just decided one day that she wanted to sleep there and hasn't looked back. Josh is the fastest runner in his class =) he is sooooo proud of that=) and he is loving 1st grade, he is super excited for his birthday which is coming up next friday and he won't let me forget about it. He loves reading and seems like a natural when it comes to spelling. Mary is loving 3rd grade and she too is also loving reading, we got the percy jackson series from a book order and she is loving reading it=)she is awesome at math and science and has impressed the teacher with knowing almost all of her multiplication tables(i think that's what they're called). She was baptized at the end of May and mom and dad were able to make it down which was so much fun=) she loves reading the scriptures and is working hard on her articels of faith. I got a new calling in march, R.S. Secretary i love my calling it has helped me get out and meet new people and it is a lot of fun=) i got my tonsils out in August and mom came out and helped me with the kids for almost 2 weeks =) i appreciate her help more then she'll ever know=) david is doing good, still working at sears as a delivery man, he's constantly looking for a new job but unfortunatly like before , everyone wants 3 or more years experience. Well i have a monster headache so hopefully i post more later=)

we're here

ok,ok, i know i've been a slaker lately. Well so much has been going on and at the same time i don't really have much to say=) We had an awesome Christmas, the family got a Wii and the kids have had so much fun playing it =)New Years was kind of sucky, we just let the kids play the Wii till they fell asleep. Felicity is starting to TRY to walk, she has really good balance and can stand in the middle of a room forever but after 2 steps she just drops to her knees=( her 2 top teeth are finally coming in, in fact today one finally broke through, you can see the other one it just won't break through=( I got a new sewing machine!!!!!! which i love and have used almost as much as my old one =) it's amazing how fast and quiet this new machine is =) I am also teaching myself how to knit =) My friend Susan knitted an adorable hat for felicity and i think that it's so awesome looking that i had to try it, i am almost done knitting a scarf for Joshua, i have to say knitting is much easier and faster then crocheting, at least it is to me =) Mary and Josh are amazing with their little sister, they are so good at helping her walk and they're so patient with her when she climbing on them and pulling their hair and head bonking them, i couldn't have asked for more awesome kids.

~Wii~

~Wii games~

Felicity was so tired at the end of christmas day, that she passed out

here is a picture of Ferlicity enjoying a chocolate covered spoon for her birthday=)

here is joshua with his awesome pj pants =)

here is mary modeling her apron and her mp3 player and her pj pants=)

Felicity's Birthday and more!

OK i know I've been lazy the last couple of weeks, sorry... So last Thursday was Felicity's birthday=) she was so funny all day long. I know this sounds weird but it was like she knew that that was her day of course it helped that i kept breaking out singing "Happy Birthday" everywhere we went and i gave her everything she wanted...which was mainly she wanted to be constantly held while i tried to cook and clean. I can't believe she's one already, my how time flys...of course it might be harder for me because she's still so small=) i took her to the doctor 2 weeks ago and with 3 jackets and a wet diaper she was 18lbs 14oz but when i took her in for her one year immunizations a week later she was 17lbs. 8oz., it's amazing how much weight jackets add to you=) she is still in the 5% for weight but she's now in the 25% for her height and her head is in the 85%....you can say she has a big head but i would like to point out that it actually looks small, we'll just say her brain is big=)

I also took family pictures last Sunday, now please forgive felicity for her wild hair but she pulled it out and wouldn't let me redo it=)

Chocolate Show! Thanksgiving! & more!

So the past few weeks have been busy=) first i would like to say i will never ignore anyone carrying a carseat, diaper bag and a carry-on bag at an airport ever again...I say that because i was carrying a laptop bag, camera bag, diaper bag and an infant carseat through both Denver and Salt Lake City international airports and although i got several weird looks no one offered to help=)believe me it's not easy,... so Felicity and I flew to Salt Lake City to suprise mom and go to the chocolate show with the girls=) it was a lot of fun suprising mom...we made her cry...=) but retarded me didn't take any pictures of the chocolate show and all of us who went but i did get some cute ones of Will and Felicity.... I really enjoyed visiting with Suzi and her girls, Aly, Shannon and mom =) For Thanksgiving david the kids and i spent it with The Cheeks and Warrens and cait's family =) we had a lot of fun the kids and i made rolls and homemade cranberry sauce and and yummy "That's It" salad and then on saturday we decorated for christmas=).

see the size difference?

bathing together



Mary and Joshua helping me make rolls

felicity with a pickle....we couldn't keep them away from her

Chansens deep fried turkey...which was delicious

Cait and Nikki and their baked turkey which was also very delicious...Mmmmm

here are the homemade rolls that the kids and i made
here are the kids =) they wrote and performed a little play for thanksgiving=)
Mary, Josh and Felicity helping with the tree =)
So I came out this morning and this is joshua decorating my tree...can you tell me what he's decorating it with??? if you guessed star wars toys you'd be correct=)

what i've been busy doing

felicity, joshua and david patiently waiting to cheer on mary during her music program

Mary during her music program

felicity being silly

what my tire looked like on mine and dads adventure home from cedar

delicious apple pie that i made because rachels was so epic

The Cheeks

cait's preggo belly


<3

Busy, Busy, Busy month!

So this last month has been super busy for me. First off Mary had a little accident at target and now has a little scar across the top of her nose=( long story short, she tripped and face planted into the bottom of a shelf the thud that accompanied it scared me half to death but i was more scared/terrified then her. the pictures are on my phone so you'll have to wait for those ones. Then in the middle of the month i threw my friend Cati a baby shower and i have to tell you i was very proud of the cake that i made=) i made homemade fondant and if i do say so myself the end product turned out good, i had to get creative when trying to make the brown polka dots and yeah, i just can't help but be very pleased. I then traveled to Utah for a baby shower in cedar city for Cati and so i could switch cars with mom and dad=) i had a good visit with Adam and Rachel and tasted some delicious apple pie that Rachel had made, yummmmm, and have been wanting more ever since.I was very pleased that Jake's babies decided to arrive while i was there=) so cute! although i didn't get a long visit with mom i really enjoyed the time we had to visit and i KNOW that Mary, Joshua and felicity didn't want it to end=) Dad was awesome and decided to drive home with me, which i have to say was such a blessing. Dad was certainly inspired to drive home with me because with felicity throwing up and Joshua doing the same i never would have made it home..not only that but, we also had a little adventure. The vans front passenger tire broke 3 lugs and lug nuts and without dad there i wouldn't have had a clue as to what was wrong or how to fix it. We made it to eagle Colorado before we realized that something was very wrong=( but in a way i have to say it was also a blessing because it was snowing really hard in Vail and summit and there was a lot of traffic and we would have run into it if we had kept going. Anyway we spent the night in a hotel there and the next morning we decided to try to make it to the Costco or auto shop about 4 miles back we drove really really slow and just before we made it to the light to turn into Costco and the auto zone we broke another lug/lug nut=( but the lord was once again watching over us because the lady that helped dad in auto zone said her husband did some mechanics and could help us. So while the kids and i walked around Costco sampling food=) dad and this ladies husband worked on the van=) he had all the right tools and knew what to do he was an angel in disguise. We then started our drive again and once again i couldn't thank dad enough for coming with me...he drove through the snow which i hate driving through=) so Thank You Dad!!!! although he wasn't here for long i really REALLY enjoyed spending time with him and was sad to see him go. Then after 2 weeks for fall break for the kids went back to school...for 2 days, before they had 3 snow days={ and just as fast as the snow came the snow melted away...just in time for Halloween=) Felicity was a bat, Joshua was a knight and Mary was a gypsy=) we had an awesome trunk or treat with the ward over here and an awesome party with the cheeks=) that's all for now!




David's pumpkin Mary's pumpkin

Laura's pumpkin Joshua's pumpkin and Felicity's pumpkin

all of them together( sorry for the mess)

my awesome kids all dressed up

bobbing for apples at the cheek Halloween party

just to show you have deep the snow was getting

the cake i made for Cait's baby shower

the top view of the cake=)

New Family Pictures

Grumpy Felicity

All my kids=)

My beautiful daughter, Mary

my handsome son, Joshua