picture update

I downloaded some of Cali's pictures today. We are together a lot so her pictures usually are just what I would have taken.

Here the are the kids at Burger King in Idaho City. By the outlet mall in Boise. We stopped there for lunch on the way down and on the way back this time. We usually stop at the McDonalds in Baker but we thought the kids could use a change of location. Plus this playland was big and usually empty. Tyson would help Robert and Jack would help Carolina. It was a great time.



I didn't want to leave out miss Grace...she is so cute. And so good on trips. She is such a happy little girl (she is 1 tomorrow!!).
This picture cracks me up! My mom and dad sleeping after Linh and Isaac's wedding. They were soooo tired. I love that my uncle Tom is sitting with them. He is watching a game of some sort.
Here are all the sisters...minus Sam (sigh). We took Linh to Mimi's for an informal bridal shower a couple of days before the wedding.
It is hard to tell what this picture is but when we went home last time every room was filled. (having Ike and Justin married is new for us...usually single boys have to find a couch somewhere...we are running out of single boys). Cali and I were considered a couple and we shared the bed while Carolina, Oli Tyson and Jack slept on the floor. It was crazy. It was really hard to get up in the night because there were kid arms and legs everywhere. It is my old room from highschool...so it was fun to be back in there. I have so many memories in that room.
Rob and Carolina playing Cootie at Grandma Connie's.

sunday nightmare

I don't know why it is but Sunday mornings at our house are always hectic. We even have church at 1:00. I don't know why we can't get our act together and just have a nice relaxing morning before church. Today, I was awakened by a telephone call telling me that I had a meeting for Young Women's that started at the exact time of the phone call. I hurried and got ready and at least made it there to meet with our class presidency. Then I came home...reviewed the lesson I had to teach...chastity...great. I don't feel old enough to be giving this lesson. "at least I only have to teach the mia maids...they are still relatively young" I told myself (only to find out that I was going to also be teaching the Laurels...oh well...the lesson went okay...I think). Then the chaos began. I started ironing Oli's and Cortney's shirts (I have a thing with wrinkles...I hate them). In the meanwhile we were trying desperately to get Rob to take a nap for at least 1 hour before church starts. No such luck....he had a poopy diaper. Oh well no nap I guess. I quickly curled my hair and got halfway done putting on some make-up (oh well no mascara today). Cortney and I got the kids dressed...but I couldn't find ANYTHING that fits Rob. Why does he grow so fast?? Oh well....I put him in some jeans to wear hoping a nice shirt would dress it up a little. Oli on the other hand had to wear camo shoes and white socks with his black church pants. At this point I was pretty stressed out. I ripped out the 3t clothes looking for something...anything for Rob to wear...to no avail...and the house is a mess. Cortney and I are trying to get to church a 1/2 hour before it starts so we can get our temple recommends updated to the new kind. We got in the car frantically and I hate to say it I wasn't being very nice. Luckily when we walked into the church I felt so much better...just to have made it there. I seriously feel like Satan sometimes makes church so awful so I won't want to go. Does that make sense? Someone seriously came up to me after sacrament...and granted she was being sooooo nice but she said "if you need any help with your kids during sacrament I can help anytime...since I don't have any kids yet". That is how bad Rob was during sacrament.
Oh well. Sometimes that is the way it goes. It was nice getting there on time though. luckily the day turned around because we went up to SLC to Cameron's house. Mom and Dad Boice were there along with Heather, and children...and Tyler and Nicole too. We had a great dinner and it was so nice to just hang out with them. My kids love love love their Boice cousins. Seriously Oliver is obsessed. Even though his cousins are quite a bit older than him they are SOOOOO good with him and they always totally include him. It was a nice evening. Then once we were home I waited until midnight so I could clean clean my house and make up for me throwing everything around this morning in panic. So next week...Saturday is the day we get ready for Sunday. I am seriously going to set my kids clothes out and get them all ready in advance. I don't want to have to be so frantic and stressed. And maybe just maybe they will get there with matching socks and combed hair....

Oli "play" fighting with Carson...looks pretty real to me.

I love how serious they look

It seems Carson was the victor.

Pretty Leah

Tyler and Nicole...we were glad you guys were there.

halloween carnival

Tonight was our ward Halloween party. Our ward is funny...any function I have been to, all the food is gone by the time we get there. We were literally 2 minutes late and all of the chili was already gone. People were attacking what was left like vultures (me included). It was fun though. The kids looked cute. Almost everyone there was dressed up. I barely had time to finish Oli's costume so I didn't have time to find anything for Cortney and I (although someone asked if Cortney died his beard black...hahaaa people never believe that is his real beard color). Last year at this time we went to our ward thing and we didn't know one other couple. This year we knew most. What a difference a year makes.
I had my friend Sarah take a picture of us...we never have a picture with all of us. Not the best...but hey were all in it.
Rob, wasn't sure about wearing a costume. I told him he couldn't get candy without it...that changed his mind.

jedi mind tricks

for the past two days I have spent all my time sewing 2 sets of this costume. Oli and Jack are going to be Jedi's. That is the main reason why I haven't posted. I am nearly done. Why do I have to try and sew costumes? I always think...oh this will take no time...no time at all. Then two days later...I have two sets of pants and 1 1/2 robes. To make matters worse...I am a hood short of enough fabric. So off to Joanne's for a second time. arrgghhhh. The jedi costumes you can buy are the cheap polyester ones...the cape doesn't billow when you jump off the couch. I saw them and thought...i can do better. Well we will see. I should be completely done tonight for the ward party. I will post pictures. I just know that Oli will wear this all the time playing....so I wanted it to be right. You would be amazed what you find when you google Jedi Robes. I love star wars fans...I really do. One website said and I quote..."What looks good on a Hayden Christensen ain't gonna work on a Danny Devito." Ain't that the truth honey ain't that the truth. Rob I think will be a bee (tights and all...it really is too cute...not manly though at all) or Mickey Mouse. Now it would all be perfect if I could figure out how to give Oli a Jedi braid....
So I finished...just in the nick of time. Man...it turned out pretty dang cute if I do say so myself. the pictures don't do the costume justice. Oli was so happy. He stared at himself in the mirror for like five minutes once I put the costume on.

we made it...

just so you know. The drive was great. We left at 6:00 Oliver slept from 8:00 on...Rob didn't sleep but sat in the back quietly the whole time. We are having a great time. I love it here. Although...it is always colder than I remember. (why didn't I bring any shoes that you wear socks with...or a jacket...)

Rexburg or bust....

the beautiful tetons
Grandma Berta...my kids can't wait to see her.

So the kids and I are heading to Rexburg. Cortney is went on a hunting trip with his friends from work. He looks forward to this trip all year...infact last night he told me he is looking forward already to next years trip. He says every second of it is fun. So while he is off being a man...I thought I would have some fun too. So I am packing us up and driving to Rexburg. We haven't been to Rexburg in FOREVER. Cortney is just too busy in the summer time. I always want to go up but I haven't personally driven further than Salt Lake since I got into that really bad car accident (my cousin kristy was driving) on the way home from my grandpa Earl's funeral. There is something about rolling over and over in a fast moving car, with your baby next to you, that really spoils driving. It really made me see how fragile life is. So this will be hard for me. When we go to Moses Lake Cali drives every minute. I help the kids the whole time and she drives. She knows how freaked out I am so she drives. That is one of the reasons we have been going so much...we fill every seat in her van (also the fact that their have been one million family functions...weddings, reunions, farewells, more weddings). It won't be long before we have too many kids to ride together. It just saves so much money...and for me I don't have to drive. So wish me luck. I know I can do this. The drive to Rexburg isn't very long. I know exactly where I am going...so I won't have to stress about getting lost. I can do this. It is crazy that it has taken me this long (the car accident was three years ago). I am soooooooooo excited to be in Rexburg. It is my second home. I love it...and we always have a great time. I can't wait to see everyone...and my kids are SOOOO EXCITED. Can't wait!

lunch

Cortney and I ate lunch together everyday for 5 years. I would leave work and meet him at his work...or up on campus and we would dine. It was so fun. Now three years later...and two kids later, we hardly eat lunch together. You know...it is real world time. He can't leave work a lot of the time...and then I have two crazy kids. Today though he came home. We sat and ate together. Rob went to time out 3 times (for fighting each time...he pulls Oliver's hair so hard). The kids both bawled when he left. It was really good to see him but I can see why he doesn't come home for lunch. Hahaaaa.

a long drive and a big blessing.

Phewwww....we made it. Yesterday morning Cali and I awoke at 3:50 in the a.m. to get our kids in the car and on the road. Everyone thinks we are crazy for waking up so early...but I dare you to try and find people who travel with their kids as well and as often as we do. Not to brag of course...okay...a little bragging, but hey, it is really hard to drive with 6 kids under 7. The kids were soooo good yesterday. We usually stop 1 time for gas and potty and 1 time for lunch. (sometimes we pull over and let the boys go on the side of the road) Yesterday though...Oliver had a bad tummy. So we stopped 2 times in Oregon for potty breaks. Besides the two extra stops...the kids were amazing. I am not kidding. It was the best drive we have had so far. Almost all of the kids slept in the morning while it was still dark. Then again after lunch they all slept for 2 1/2 hours. It was awesome. It for some reason takes 1 hour longer to drive back. It was a great...but long day. In my family we love the call of the open road. One thing is for sure...it was my last time visiting before my parents leave. It was sad. I love Moses Lake. It was really sad for me to leave there. And really sad for me to see my parents house empty. (they are packing up big time...I think they have a total of like 20 days total that they will be in Moses before they leave) Ryan and Nena Earl will be house sitting.

Oh...I almost forgot to write about the big blessing. Oli threw up a couple of times last night. What a blessing it is that he didn't throw up in the car. Cali and I have been there before. It is pretty traumatic for the other kids...not to mention stinky.


So this weekend was great! Isaac and Linh's reception was awesome. My cousin Nena decorated...SHE IS THE MOST AMAZING PERSON. She really is. I can't believe she could make a church look that good. (please see her blog cousins ryan and nena...in my side bar for pictures...it is unbelievable. You have to click on the link she has for more pictures in her entry for the weekend...it's worth it) She had a huge white parachute covering the whole ceiling...with tons of those round paper lanterns. The food was great and I got to see alot of people I love. The next day we had Mike's farewell. That kid is awesome. Will be in the MTC Dec 12th to Feb 4th. My parents get in the MTC on Feb 1st so they will be in there together. How awesome is that?? What a great thing.

memories

So I am here in Moses Lake. I love it here. I know I say that everytime. My mom and dad are getting ready to go on their mission. My dad has like 12 days left of work. It is really freaking me out. My parents are everything to me. It will be a really hard 18 months...that goodness it is 18 months and not 2 or 3 years. So because they are getting ready to leave my mom has been cleaning out and throwing out or storing everything. We had a whole bunch of pictures that I hadn't seen. Here are a few.
Me sam, cali and Dad. At a daddy daughter campout. I totally remember this trip. I had so much fun. I love my sisters...and I am so lucky to have them be close to me in age.
Here I am lounging with whom I am pretty sure is my uncle David in my grandparents pool. Cali is in front doing her happy pose. I love this picture of Cali...I get to see this happy face...almost everyday. I also love david's short shorts and his old school soda.
Me and Zac...I hardly have any pictures of us together. Here I think I look so much like Rob.
Now this picture has always been one of my favorites...I used to stare at and think how pretty my parents were.

tagged

what I was doing 10 years ago.
Senior year of highschool. I was having a blast. Since it was fall I was, of course obsessed with highschool football. And doing drill team. Skipping tons of school. My boyfriend had just started college at BYU so that was, um stressful...but still fun. I loved high school. I was also working at pizza hut at the time...well if you can count waiting tables 2 hours a week working. But it kept my parents satisfied. I oddly enough did a presentation for my english class on "where I will be in 10 years". I came to the presentation, with pregnancy padding...i thought then I would be pregnant with my second child, and putting my husband through medical school. HAHAA. I actually was joking then. My life now seems better than what I had dreamed up for my presentation. I don't think I could stand the stress of medical school...plus I need a lot of attention. I was going to pull out my highschool diaries and let you know exactly what I was doing 10 years ago...but I will spare you.I stole this picture from Laura's blog. I wish I had a scanner. Man. Laura and I at Pizza Hut...the night before she left to college. We went to all of our "spots" to get pictures before we left. It was a sad night....so sad for us to be separated.

What I was doing 5 years ago
I got pregnant with Oliver almost exactly 5 years ago. 5 years ago Cortney was almost finished with College, and we were getting ready for our new life. We packed everything we owned up and got ready to move to Bend Oregon (we had visited there before 2 times and had fallen in love with it). We were going to spend time being snowbording bums. Then one night I told my mother in law..."I am sooo tired all the time I need you to get me some multivitamins" her response was "you don't need multivitamins you need a pregnacy test". Having a baby was the last thing on my mind, I was shocked when she said that. I took a pregnancy test the next day with Cortney there during my lunch break. We laughed hysterically when we saw that, sure enough I was expecting. That changed our lives. We knew we wanted to have a lot of children we just weren't going to start just yet. Oh well...sometimes I think that our Heavenly Father knows what is best for us. What a huge blessing. I didn't get to be a ski bum...but hey the tradeoff was way better. I stole this one from Roberta's blog. This is Cort and I at my Mom in Laws. I am crocheting a baby hat for our soon to be boy.

What I was doing 1 year ago.
Almost the same as I am doing now. Ohh wait...one year ago we bought this house and moved in. One year ago I started getting medicine for my RA....and my life changed DRAMATICALLY. Rob started saying "Uh-oh" and "ball", Oliver put a mini M&M up his nose, Rob started standing up. Isaac got home from his mission, Sam found out her twins were boy and girl, Cameron and Cortney put in a sprinkler system in our yard. Cali and I took 5 kids to the doctor to get a flu shot (that was interesting). That is what I have noted on my caladar. What a great year. Our family at Whitney's wedding Sept 30th ?? last year.


What I was doing yesterday.
Well since it is 1:00 am yesterday was Monday. Strike day. Cali and I went to a couple of stores. We hung out for most of the day. I made chili for dinner. We spent time hanging out as a family. Then we put the boys to bed and Cortney and I watched a couple of our shows. Then I did the dishes and that is about it.

5 places I'd rather be
1. Rexburg...I am having serious Boice withdrawls
2. Moses Lake (oh hey I am going there on wednesday...one last trip before my parents leave...Isaac and Linh's reception and Michaels farewell)
3. Maz....as always....my happy place
My family in Maz...2003 Christmas
I can't wait to go back we are going this year again...although Jason and Kae Lynn won't be there because they are having a baby...and Mike goes into the MTC Dec. 12th. We will miss them.

4. An island somewhere...reading.
5. A cabin in Lava hotsprings with all my peoples

5 fave treats...
we have been over this before. I LOVE FOOD. enough said

What I would do with million dollars.
hummm.
I am pretty conservative with money. Pay off our house. (or maybe up grade...but not too much) We don't really have other debt...besides a little bit of student loans. Then I would invest...in what I have no Idea..
Oh...and a long cruise. that would be good.

5 fave tv shows... ( I am only going on what is showing now)
I have no idea...I love too many.
um...
30 rock
the office
man too hard...pass...

strike

sometimes...i go on strike. i just don't want to do the things i a supposed to do. i don't want to do the dishes...or the laundry or straighten the house. today was one of those days. i just didn't feel like doing any of those things. i didn't even get rob dressed for the day. the only problem with a strike when you are a mom...is that no one is hired to come in and do your job. no "scabbers" come (as i think they were called on newsies). i wish. wouldn't it be nice to just be on the internet searching for a new ringtone while someone else does the dishes. now i know you are thinking..."what about cortney...why doesn't he do the dishes?". well the answer is simple...his job is hard...he works long hours doing hard work...plus while i was sitting on the couch on strike he was mowing the lawn.
This could be Rob on a typical strike day. Notice he has drawn all over his tummy. I actually took this picture a week ago. I had to capture how french cut his little diaper was. He had been trying to slide it off...so it is really lowriding.

so instead of getting a break...the dishes piled up, the laundry piled up and i was a mess all day because i can't stand it when my house is messy. ahhhh. so the strikes over. i just loaded the dishes and tomorrow i will be better.

lava

I just spent a glorious weekend away. We went with a bunch of friends (todd, tiff, cali, joey, celeste, darrin, sam and christina) to Todd's family's cabin in Lava Hot springs. It was so fun. We have gone a couple of times over the past 8 years that I have been married, and everytime it has been great (missed you sean and amber). The first time we went we had no children at all. The second time combined we had 9. This time there were 16 kids there. It was crazy. Not only were there 16 kids but it SNOWED all Saturday. We had planned on spending the weekend with the kids mostly playing outside without us. Instead we were inside all day with crazy kids running all over the place...playing princess and football. Our kids are growing up though and when we went last time it was 9 babies or toddlers. Now it was a lot of older kids that can play well and work their own stuff out...feed themselves....and go to sleep just fine in a strange bed. So I will have to say that 16 was easier than the 9 we had 3 years ago. I am sorry but there is hardly anything better to me than getting away with some of my best people out there...and getting snowed into a cabin. I loved it. We ate yummy food the whole time, talked and laughed until we cried, watched movies, played games, the boys took the kids for rides on the four wheelers, and we went to the hot springs. Best of all I spent almost the whole time in my pj's cozied up on the couch. I of course missed Sean and his long johns, he is the only one like me that tries to get everyone to stay up the whole night. I never wanted anyone to go to bed and I was sooooo sad leaving this morning.

Special thanks to Todd and Tiffany....I know it is really hard for them to set something up like this last weekend. Being in charge and all. I know that they have a lot of things they have to be responsible for and I APPRECIATE IT!! I am so thankful my girlfriends all have husbands I adore. Marlo said (or something pretty close to this) once to one of the husbands as advice before he married into our group..."Never try to get between these girls...you'll lose". I feel like all of the husbands are my really good friends...we are lucky.

Somehow Cali and I both forgot cameras (man there is so much to pack up for just a weekend trip...sheesh). Oh well. It was a great time though. And now we are back to start another week. Cortney is down at the course right now because there is a broken sprinkler head (come on people....can't this wait untill tomorrow?? we have tons of tv to catch up on).

Man Lava Hot springs is so beautiful. I have been looking at real estate there. Sometimes I think I would love to live in a small town but...what would I do? Maybe it would be nice.

haze

So the last couple of days I have been sick. I can't accomplish anything because my head is in an allergy induced haze. My eyes are itchy and my nose is itchy ahhhh. On top of that I have a little cold.

I also haven't posted because Cortney has been out of town. I missed him so much. I am so crazy, that I didn't want to post that he was out of town because what if, some psycho read my blog and came and killed us all, because he knew Cortney wasn't here to protect me (sorry that was a long run on sentence). I know, I am crazy. I have been a scaredy cat my whole life. I hate being home alone. I wondered why I am always so scared, but then Cali and I watched a rerun of 90210 a couple of days ago...the one where a creepy guy breaks into Donna's apartment and David has to save her. Well that is why I am scared. On tuesday night Oli came into my room and said he couldn't sleep because the computer was on in the front room. So that freaked me out because the computer comes on if you move the mouse or something. So he moved into my room (Cortney was gone why not...I love a kid in my bed when Cortney isn't there). I then of course had to check the house for intruders...otherwise I wasn't going to be able to sleep the whole night. So I get up my hair is a crazy mess...I go and get a golf club...and I hold it up...ready to strike if necessary. I went from room to room...I didn't find anyone, obviously. I knew no one was there but it still scared me. The whole time I was thinking of Donna from 90210. I was pretty freaked out. So then I locked Oli and I into my room (sorry Rob) and slept with the golf club next to me and my cell phone ready to call someone.

So the golf course owner took Cortney (plus the super Brian, the pro shop guys and I think a couple of guys from Orem Parks and Rec to San Clemente for a couple of days. They golfed and golfed and also drove down to Mexico and golfed a course there.
This is at one of the golf courses.
Another at the golf course. Cortney LOVES the ocean.
This is the house they stayed in. It was right on the beach. Cortney slept outside because he wanted to be close to the ocean.
All of the people that went.

I don't know more about the pictures because Cortney only got home last night around 1 in the morning. I am SOOOOOOO glad to have him back. Yeah. Now I just have to get through his hunting week later this month. sigh...

no fair

I just got Rob dressed and he happens to be super matching today. He has on red and grey track pants and then his shoes are red and grey. Oliver said as I put on Rob's shoes "No fair I want shoes that match my outfit.". Hahaaaa. He is so funny.

soooo cold

Isaac and Linh were married today. It was awesome. It was also SOOOOOOOO COLD! They were married at 9:00 and it was in the 40's but the wind was CRAZY. Cortney and I have done pictures for a lot of winter weddings. This was worse than a nice snowy day that is for sure.

We went to the temple last night for Linh and Michael's endowments. All seven of my siblings and all of their spouses were there in the temple. What a feeling that was. Plus both of my grandma's and two sets of aunts and uncles. I loved it. My dad was seriously in heaven..."it doesn't get any better than this"...as he always says.

All in all the wedding was great. I am so happy for them. I am also glad to have Linh in the family. She is going to be an awesome sister. They left this afternoon for Disneyland (she's never been). We had a nice luncheon at Cali's and then we went home and took a long winter's nap. We were soooo tired (I was up at 6:30 to do linh's hair, and two of her friends too). Then at 6:00 it was back to Cali's for the BYU game. Ohhh what a great game...it sure makes things easier when we win. When we lose everyone is really grumpy, and no fun. It was a great weekend...filled with family and friends. I loved it.

It was too cold to get very many pictures. Cortney will take some more later when they get back. Also we had to rent a camera while we wait for his new one to come in....that was interesting.

Here is the whole group...minus Cort (man there is something about extreme cold and wind that makes people not very photogenic)
Ike and Linh trying to stay warm.
It was so hard to get her whole dress in a picture and still get his head. He is 6 foot 7 and she is like 5 foot 2 or something like that.
She looked awesome.
I just put these on...but Cortney is the one that edits pictures so these aren't edited yet. We should have some good ones...despite the weather.

grown

Today we woke up and the house was pretty freezing. I personally looooooove it when it gets cold out. But...today it is in the mid 50's so that means for a mom...warm clothes and shoes with socks. I tried to get Oliver dressed and he didn't have any pants that were even close to fitting him. No shirts either. Rob on the other hand has tons of Oli's old clothes. So after I dropped the boys off at school (a whole new concept for me) I stopped by the mall for a little fall time shopping. (ohhh I love shopping for kids...that means no trying on for me...yay) Oliver has a total idea of what is cool and what isn't. He picked most of the things that we bought. (with in reason of course....i found the good deals and let him pick colors and graphics) Then when we got home he told me "take a picture of me mom". So I did. He is so grown up. I can't believe it. It really seems like yesterday that he was born. (I know everyone says that but it is true). I had to put on some pictures of him when he was little. (he looks exactly the same to me.) I wanted to put a cute picture of him crying but he didn't want me to put them on.



And here he is today. 4 years old. So grown.

four

We are watching a Stone and Nathan for the week (we used to live in their parent's basement...don't worry they make it worth our while). I actually love watching them. They are pretty good...and we are so used to eachother, since we did live in the same house for 2 years...so things are always relaxed. Everytime I watch them I always think...I can't wait for my family to be like this. I can't wait to have old kids and young kids and lots of them. It feels like it will take forever to get there. Stone is 12...he is so good with my younger kids. He takes Rob wherever he wants...he gets him drinks and helps him do stuff. I know that if they were real siblings that maybe they would fight more and such. But...I remember loving my little siblings...I used to love to take Mike everywhere with me. I still do. Today we played outside for a while.
It drives Rob crazy that he can't do all of the big boy things everyone else can do. He begged me to put on his shoes so he could ride the scooter...once he got out there he couldn't figure it out. Cort took him for a ride.
The cruised all over the neighborhood.
Oli is starting to learn to ride a skate board now. He has the scooter down (and has since he was two) I really need to go buy some kneepads and elbow pads.
Nathan riding the 4-wheeler
Here Rob is crying because dad is too tired to give him any more rides.
Stone took Rob on rides after that...notice his big tear on his cheek.
Stone and Oli.

So I am watching them until friday...It will be a long week mostly because...
1. I am not used to getting up and getting kids dressed, lunches made and on the bus before 8.
2. I am also not used to HOMEWORK...I hated it when I was little...I think I still do. It is hard for me to make them do it. They like to whine a lot.
3. Piano practice...they have to do it everyday. Man...I thought getting them to do their homework was hard.

We are happy they are here though. And for a week I get to have a big family.

book club

Last night we had book club. I was going to take a picture but I forgot my camera last minute. We met at Macaroni Grill. It was so fun. We were all dressed up and sans kids. What a great feeling. We talked and laughed for two hours and then it was time to get back to the real world. I love my girls. It is crazy because I have known the three of them my whole life (cali, celeste and tiffany). We are lucky right now to live by eachother...we know that. It was a wonderful evening though.

Once I was home Cortney and I watched Survivor...yeah for survivor. I love that show.

one week

Isaac and Linh are getting married...
Here is their announcement...Cortney took the picture and I did the editing with the words and such.

I am very excited for them. She is a really cool girl. It is going to be great going to Mazatlan this year because we have Angelique and Linh, who are new to our family. Vacations are the best way to get to know someone...they really are. I love them both already though.

It is weird having Isaac around because he looks SOOOOOO much like me. When I look at him I feel I am looking at what I would look like if I were born a boy. Weird. My friend Sarah met him yesterday...she said "he looks exactly like you".

Poor Rob

Today I had one of those "bad mom moments"...you know the ones where you feel like, man I should have been watching him a little closer. Cali and I are having a stressful day for some reason. 1st we woke up early and went to albertson's for their quaker sale. They have cereal and granola bars for a dollar. I spent $50 and saved $148.00. Yay for me! Then we came home and I worked on Isaacs wedding invites that I have to get printed today. Ahhh that is stressful for me. Then we also are working on ORIGAMI for Cali's activity days tonight. All of those things combined equal...a lot of crazy kids running around partly dressed (they REALLY wanted to go swimming)...with their moms semi ignoring them. I heard Robbie crying and went to check and he was behind one of our cars....this is what I saw....
I freaked when I first saw him. I thought his leg was cut off or something. Ohhhh, thank goodness he had just semi fallen into a hole we have on our driveway. Once I saw that he was okay...I ran into get my camera. Cali wiped his nose because he had some super snot from crying and having a cold. I know I should have gotten him right out but I know later in his life he will appreciate this picture.
Here is the picture of the hole.