We've come Back Home.

Okay so we moved back into our house on Monday. It was a good move-very fast...we just decided last Friday to move and packed up everything on Saturday and then left on Monday. It is so great to be back in a house and I almost cried when we walked in the door, I was so happy. Joe had a job interview yesterday and is at another one as I type this so that is promising. Things are really looking like they are coming together for us here in the place we consider our "home". My friends from our ward had the house ready for us when we got here with sleeping arrangements and breakfast-which was really nice since we got here at 1:30 a.m. and were sooooo tired after the 9 hr drive. My roses got a good dose of TLC yesterday from me and are looking a lot better. Hopefully my yellow ones come back completely. Did I mention I am so happy-if you ever need an instant high-just live in 900 sq ft with three kids for ten months then move into a house twice that size..it does a lot for ones constitution. We were very sad to leave sister in law Jess and her family though. We were hoping to be able to do alot of fun things with them this summer and wish her the best on her mini-iron man--although I may still come up if i can afford to-so I can cheer her on. She will do awesome. And on a final note the winner of my blog giveaway is "Angie and Jake" I know a certain little girl will be excited for some more hair decor!!

Whitney's Birthday

Whitney turned six years old yesterday!!! It was a crazy day for everyone. Brooke had had her six month shots the day before so was a bit cranky all day. I was going mad trying to get everything arranged for her party-and ofcourse Whitney was so excited. Dad gave her the first present when she woke up-a brand new bike. Whitney's party was a little sad as really only two of her friends made it and her cousins-she started crying. And ofcourse, Brooke was fussy and crying and to top it off- Amber started puking. COULD a CHILDS BIRTHDAY GET ANY WORSE??? After we came home, daddy took her out to ride her bike and then I took her over to her best friends-who couldn't come to the party due to lack of transportation. She spent about an half hour there, opened her present from Madison and I left with the feeling that her birthday might have not been such a horrible mess after all. Thank goodness-it was a rough day for everyone-especially Daddy-but that is a story for a future post--so stay tuned!!! Thanks to my friends Ginger and Jared who decorated Whitney's birthday cake.

100th post giveaway

So I have seen other people do giveaways and thought it was about time i did. And I can't believe it has taken me this long to actually get to my 100th post, but here I am. Well if i lived where everyone else did, then I would give away a few free ballroom dance lessons for you and your designated partner. But since I don't I will be giving a pair of matching hair bows similar to this-sorry for those of you that only have boys-i am sure they would make a great gift to someone. Just post a comment and then I will draw a name out of a hat (the old-fashioned way of randomly picking someone)to decide the winner. Deadline is midnight June 21.

Make room for the Babies

So in my ward, we had three women give birth in the last ten days. The mothers room was packed-actually it's just a little part off the bathroom with one rocking chair in it and a folding chair. We had to add two more folding chairs and were sitting elbow to elbow nursing our babies with one lady on the floor-and there were still four other nursing moms not in attendance. So my question is this, with 9 nursing moms(and 2 more due in sept)would you ask for a larger temporary mother's lounge to accomadate the growing mass of new mothers? And who do you ask that kind of question to?? Have any of you had a similar situation in your wards??

Whitney graduates from Kindergarten!!

Whitney had her kindergarten graduation program today-it was alot of fun to watch all of those 5-6 year olds singing. Most were overexcited and only a few bashfull. Each of them had a part in it- Whitney got to do the chicken dance with Isaiah. Here is whitney doing her chicken dance during her kindergarten program(she is in the black/red dot dress):

Now she is on to first grade (She is in the backrow in the middle):

Feet Fascination!!

Brooke :Counting my piggies.

Look what I can do!!


Feel that stretch!

Cute Hair bows!!!

I just wanted to share with everyone about these hairbows that you can buy online. My girls love having their hair put up in their bows and it has really made doing their hair easier and I feel that their hair always looks nicer with them in. Really makes getting three girls ready for church a whole lot less stressful. Well if you have girls you know what a hassle doing their hair is. So look and enjoy-I have a link to the website listed under my links too!http://lordscrafts.blogspot.com/

Saturday outing

This is another example that nothing really interesting is happening in my life at the moment.

We took the girls to a white elephant store on Saturday and bought this stomp rocket for them to play with. Their cousins have one and they really enjoyed playing with it so we got them one of their own to fight off their boredom. I think White elephant stores are a little on the crazy side myself-their two main ticket items are toys and guns. Is that strange to anyone else? Later that day I got a new phone -a pink one. I know I never really thought I'd ever get one a different shade other than black but well it's happened. Sometime it's nice to feel a little feminine-and the girls love it. Although I do laugh whenever my DH uses it.... A little like GIJOE using Barbie's phone.

Memorial Day Weekend.

We went down to my parent's home this last weekend for memorial day. It was a nice visit and April came up as well so I really enjoyed spending time with her-and the kids did too. I was able to stop by my best friends to say hello and the girls got to bottle feed some calves that she just got. They loved that-and petting the horse she is boarding at the moment. We also got to visit with some cousins that I haven't seen in years so that was a nice addition to our weekend too! I took some pictures of our little holiday:
Here are the girls swinging over by mom's house..I love the one of Whitney-
And Here is Amber mowing the yard with Auntie April--that lasted about five minutes until grandpa found out...I guess we still can get in trouble when we are adults..

Next is the pictures of all of the famiy assembled at grandpa's grave on Monday. We displayed the headstone that all of the grandkids + her sons got together to purchase for our grandparents. It was a neat suprise for my grandmother and it turned out very beautiful. I posted it so those that weren't able to come down could see it.

Too Funny Not To Post

So yesterday I was outside visiting with a friend who was walking by our apt. Joe had ushered the girls back inside because Amber needed to go potty. Then about two minutes later Amber comes barreling outside with her pants down to her ankles screaming/crying and running away from Joe. Apparently she wanted help wiping and Joe wasn't qualified in her opinion. It was so funny watching Joe catch up to her and try to grab her and save what modesty she had left. I couldn't help but laugh. Thankfully my friend has kids herself and knows how it is...Otherwise it could have been emb arrassing. I still keep running the scene through my head because it was that hilarious. My next thoughts after funny were: i wish i had my camera and I hope this never happens in public again-especially at church...could you just imagine?? Aahh Good Times.

Night Parade!!

Tonight we took the girls to a parade with their cousins. Whitney made this sign and held it up through about 90 percent of the time -It says "go" about 15 times on it.. I asked her who she was cheering on and she said the whole parade..it was funny because alot of the parade participants that walked near her shook her hand or gave her high fives...

And then there was Amber who jumped up and down more excitedly than any other kid around her-you'd think she was opening birthday presents. She would wave both hands in the air and whenever a band came by she would march with them and pretend to play either a trumpet or trumbone-I think she would switch. Here is a picture of that (and whitney holding her sign up):

By the end of this 3+ hr parade we were all looking pretty tired as you can see in the next photo:

Try not to laugh too hard!!!

Blue Eyed Beauty!!!

Okay so I have told my sisters about my daughter Brooke's blue eyes and haven't been able to post a picture of them yet that does them justice but I found this picture that does the job close enough; They are a very deep cornflower blue-so pretty -and a little out of the ordinary next to her two brown eyed sisters. Aren't genetics fun!!