Sunday, October 5, 2008

Introducing my new Niece...


I forgot my camera when I went to Idaho to see my new niece this weekend so these are taken with a Camera phone but she is so beautiful! 3 weeks early, she weighed 6lbs 8oz and 191/2 " long. She has no name yet but a full head of hair! You can't even see her scalp! It made me sooo excited for my own baby! I doubt mine will be so small( jax was 3 weeks early and weighed 8'4) but it will be so fun to have a little one around again! Congrats Holly, Jim, and family!

Yellowstone Park




We just spent 4 day in Yellowstone and it was beautiful weather! Scott and I had not been since we were kids so it was great to go and see our children experience it! We saw so many animals! Buffalo, elk, deer, birds of every kind, and many others!

I'm a teacher now!!

I'm sad I didn't get a picture of how handsome Jesse was in his new suit and Hair done(mom's way)haha! This picture is after he was ordained a teacher and we had dinner with our families at the park behind our house. Notice in the picture jesse still has his dark church socks on and his BYU shirt that grandpa Willis bought him the day before at the UCLA/BYU game and a pair of Camo shorts! I laughed so hard but honestly he doesn't really care! As long as he has clean clothes, he could care less about fashion! I am so proud of him and the decisions he is making. He and his friends went to their first stake dance and he danced with girls!!! I feel so old! He is trying so hard to make good choices and is always the first to church to make sure he is fulfilling his priesthood duties. He lays in bed every night reading the new era's, ensign's, and friend. If we want to read them then we know we have to go to his room to find them. So far having a teenager has been fun!( you might need to remind me of this in a few years! lol) His friends are at our house constantly, playing rockband in the theater! Jesse is lead singer and it is hilarious! You couldn't pay me to sing on that game! It sounds like I have a rockband practicing in my basement and makes my whole house vibrate! Jesse, I love you so much and you are such a great example to your brother's and sisters and your family!

Monday, September 8, 2008

Jax's first day of preschool..


Scott took the pictures so they aren't maybe the best but here is on his way to school in dads jeep and then giving his teacher his very first homework! My others were so excited to do homework for the first time but I had to fight Jax to color his! I think he has heard his brothers and sisters complain to much about homework so in his head he KNOWS homework isn't a good thing! He loves school and hanging out with all his friends and mom likes the little break twice a week..:)

My Camera was found!!!


Just a quick note... I thought I had dumped my camera in a dumpster in the Uinta's but my husband found it in one of his jacket pockets! Yeah Iwas so happy! My pictures for 3 months were on there so it was a happy day. I thought I would post a pic of this beautiful place we went camping!

Growing and growing and growing....21 weeks



ok so don't laugh to hard...notice my face is not it one picture because it was a REALLY bad hair day! I had Scott take these pics tonight because I have been really bad at documenting any of my prego bellies! I don't have one Picture with any of my other kids! Sad thing is I'm not as skinny as what I was with my others. At 20 weeks I already weighed what I weighed when I delivered Jadyn. Yes, I shed a few tears but Owell what can I say I'm not in my 20's anymore and this is NUMBER 5 pregnancv for me! I can't dwell on it so I just buy cute prego jeans( notice the cute seven's..lol) As long as you have cute clothes you feel skinnier, right? Honestly, I'm so in love with this baby! He kicks so much and is so much more active then my others were! I have been feeling him kick since 14 weeks! I feel so grateful to be a mom again, even when we thought we were done! I love that Heavenly Father knows whats best for us and our family and I think there are so many awesome spirits that need to come to earth right now and this was just one of them! Its crazy that I can be so in love with a baby that I haven't even seen or held in my arms but I feel like I know him already. My kids being older this time around have really enjoyed sharing this with me. Jesse told me the other day

Jesse: "Mom you are getting really big!"
Me: (sarcastic) "Thanks Son!"
Jesse:(innocently) "No mom really, your legs are bigger, your stomach is bigger, and even
Your boobs are bigger!"
Me: "Jesse! You don't say that!"
Jesse: " No mom, you look really good, I promise!"
Me: " Jesse, you don't ever tell a girl she looks bigger ANYWHERE, it doesn't matter
how nice you are trying to be...she will feel bad."
Jesse: "Sorry, but I do think you look good..."

Oh 14 year old boys... he is famous for his innocent diarrhea of the mouth. Just always saying whats on his mind! The girls are so excited! The other day Jax got mad at me and turned to me
and said: "I'm not going to be nice to your baby!"
Later he came and told me he was sorry..lol I was trying so hard not to laugh! I love my family and there craziness!!!


P.S. I was scratching my belly like crazy right before we took these pictures so I tried to put
lotion on and rub the marks out and they still show...makes for funny shots!

Sunday, August 10, 2008

We girls are way out numbered now...

You can see his cord right above his little weiner so no mistakes!!!!!
She had a hard time getting a profile shot because he kept biting at his hand and putting his thumb in his mouth! It was so cute! This is really such a miracle baby!!! I feel so blessed!
So i'm so impatient and my dr. wasnt' doing an ultrasound for another month or more so I went to fetal foto's to see the sex of our baby! The room situation was stressing me out and I just feel I need to be prepared because we have so many kids and not as many bedrooms(they won't sleep downstairs)! Jax has been telling us all along it was a boy and grandma said the same thing so it wasn't a shock but the girls were a little dissappointed! It has been really hard having a different dr. with this baby when I was used to having an ultrasound every month and I hadn't had even one yet. It gave me so much piece of mind! Now its time to start picking out names!

Girls Camp..

These are the amazing leaders I worked with! I couldn't have done girls camp without them!

I haven't posted forever!!! I have been in a little bit of a depression because I accidentally threw my camera away with all my pics at mirror lake up in the Uintas! Luckily I have picture the other leaders took, so here are a few!!
We made hair extension pieces at camp and couldn't resist making them for our bishop and brother Kerr...
I loved these girls I worked with! They were so amazing and loving and I grew so much spiritually!

Angela and I were lighting this stove and it wouldn't light... finially this huge flame came up straight in my face! I looked in the mirror and all the tips of my eyelashes and eyebrows were white! Good laughs! This calling was such a blessing for me right now. I have never had a harder calling but also never had such a rewarding calling. It was crazy! I missed out a little by not being able to go on hikes and obstacle course(dr.'s orders) but I didn't have hardly any morning sickness and didn't throw up even once! This was with 4 to 6 hours of sleep every night and running around like crazy! One of the missionaries told me there were healing powers up there and I so believe it! I was throwing up like crazy before camp and I got home and it started again. The best is it made my first trimester go by so fast! Its been good for my family to have me back so that we could finially use our 7 peaks passes and go camping!

Saturday, June 28, 2008

On my way to girls camp with baby NUMBER 6!!!!


This has been me the past month....getting ready for girls camp and having fun morning sickness! We have been so blessed with this little miracle and our family is SO excited! The lord has really blessed me with "less" morning sickness then usual, the strength to serve, and a husband willing to give me many priesthood blessings. I head off to girls camp on Monday and I'm excited for the fresh mountain air. I think it will feel amazing! Every smell in my house makes me want to vomit right now! Scott says I could work for the police sniffing for dead bodies because my nose is extremely sensitive to smells! I will post fun pictures when I get home!

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

I'm a BAD Blogger...






So Life around my house lately consists of Girls camp meetings..planning girls camp...buying things for girls camp...worrying if everything will be perfect for girls camp...feeling inadaquate about girls camp(How do I teach first aid when I don't know it myself??)...and more girls camp meetings! So I have been so consumed by this that I have not posted in awhile and truthfully it might be another while after this!
So this is what has been happening...
Babysat my parents new puppy(Belle).Brutis wanted to play with her so bad but could have swallowed her whole if he wanted. I went to Idaho for 2 days this last week so that my sister and mom could help me make journals for...GIRLS CAMP! That is my cute sister, Holly, who is 17 weeks prego, working in the small "sweat shop" I had going in my mom's kitchen. Needless to say, I don't sew, but no worries I put them right to work and let them have two, 15min breaks! Thank you Mom, Holly, Jenny, and Tammy for all your help! I took Jax with me to Idaho and he, along with all of the granchildren, LOVE Belle! He had her all wrapped up in a blanket and was bouncing her like a baby...so motherly...he would be such a good big brother...
Then on Thursday we went to Jesse's choir concert and this was the only picture I could get closeup of him while he was running around. He loves choir! I can't believe how he is growing up! He will be 14 in just a few months and it seems like just yesterday he was born. The best is his voice is changing and has gotten deeper but he is still trying to grow hairy armpits! I think he counts every hair and his goal is to be hairy like his Uncle Tyler!