MoM...

This is to my Mom, whom I miss so much everyday.

Even though you are just a phone call away, sometimes it seems too far.

Last night was the scariest night of my life, (yes scarier than my "near death experience" and you know... I didn't think ANYTHING would top that!) I can't explain how many things went thru my head. I was so helpless. I have thought about you all day, I have cried tears of joy knowing you are fine and laughed as I realize I may have overreacted (just a bit :). I have thought about how lucky I am that I can write this and you can read it. I can't imagine life without you. I am so thankful for you, for what you have taught me, given me and the way you molded me into who I am.

I am happy, happier then I have ever been. I have met my soul mate, the 1 I live for, who I couldn't love anymore. I have 3 of the most amazing boys in the world. I have an awesome Family but most of all... I have you.

Love you Forever, Love you for Always...

A little of this & A little of that...

I really have nothing to blog about, sad huh? I guess I can tell you a story about each 1 of the kids...!
JADEN:
Last week I realized my "oldest" baby is getting BIG. I was hanging laundry and his shirts kept falling off the hangers... I had to move all his clothes from the baby/kid hangers to adult hangers. I know this may sound silly but it really was sad!
JACK:
Beware, this is nasty...not something I'm proud of but it's worth journaling for future torture!
The other day while sitting on the floor next to Jack's bed I could here him
breathing in & out, in & out through his nose. I looked up at him just in time to see the BIGGEST booger ever moving in and out each time he sniffed. Most Mom's would do the same... reach up and grab it without thinking, just then he said "AWWWE Mom, I was gonna eat that." I almost puked, not only did I just hear my Son (whom I swore would NEVER EVER eat a booger) say he was going to eat that BUT I had that BIG boogie between my fingertips! SICK!!!
JENSEN:
Our little Jensen is getting smarter and smarter every day! He is FINALLY off his binki and starting to express himself verbally! His latest thing is to move our Kitchen chairs out, climb up and sit in the middle of the table! It's cute but dangerous, so we have been telling him "No, No" constantly. He even looks at the chairs and we tall him "No." Well yesterday he wouldn't stop, everytime we took him off the table he would get right back up and do it again. The funny part...Ben decided that every time he did this he was going to spend 1.5 minutes in timeout. It was so funny watching Ben get him off the table and take him up to timeout over and over for a good hour. Ben was trying so hard to be stern and teach him a lesson but it just wouldn't work!
Well, I hope that my stories kept you entertained...I told ya it was just "a little of this & a little of that."

Love, Me

St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day is always fun in our home!

This year I did the normal...dress they boys in their GREEN shirts (bought specially for this day) paint their hair GREEN and remind them Lucky Leprechaun is sneaking around all day! I usually send them to school with a GREEN treat but this year I wasn't feeling too good so, they got to take Easter candy to school! Anyway the day went on as any normal St. Patrick's Day...BUT when it came to dinner, there was NOTHING normal about it! Everything was GREEN! We invited Ben's sister Lydia (My BFF), her Husband Stephan and their Son Byron over to par take in the festivities.







On the menu... GREEN eggs, german pancakes, hashbrowns, sausage and a special GREEN drink (Lime sherbet & sprite).












After dinner we found out...that sneaky little Lucky the Leprechaun had been at our house.
He left a letter and a clue for the kids telling them where to find their pot of GOLD (Popcorn, GOLD candy, bubble gum and a bouncy ball). The kids loved it, I think our little Byron might be a bit too smart for his on britches though... he looked at all of us with a smile and said "you hid it."
Because I wasn't feeling well, I didn't take too many pictures... DUMB huh?!

California

So here we are...back in Utah! I loved every minute of California but I must admit, I am a Utah baby!

I am going to post a quick run down of what we did for your entertainment and my memory! I took 147 pictures (too many to post) so I will post some of my favorites to go along with the day! ENJOY!

Wednesday: We flew out at 4:30.

Jack was so excited to get on the plane!

Missing 2 boys...!

Jack was the only kid on the plane flying out so, he was invited to meet the Pilots and see the cockpit!
I just love this innocent picture!

We got to California at 5:30, we were so excited to see Jaden and Grandma Marilyn we didn't get the camera out! We left the airport pretty quick, checked into our beautiful hotel and went to dinner. We had plans to do lots of things the first night BUT we were all so tired we called it a night around 9. The boys stayed at my Mom's house every night but 1...it was a nice break!

Thursday: I was a bit messed up with the time change, (I know only 1 hour, lame huh)... so I got up at 4:30am, got some coffee and sat by the pool til Ben woke up! My Mom picked us up and we were off to breakfast!

After breakfast... off to DISNEYLAND!!!

As I said before... I took WAY too many pictures, these are ONLY A FEW of my favorites!This is the most tired PIRATE I have ever seen. This was the only night Jack stayed with us and he was so easy, he didn't move all night!

Friday: Again... coffee outside by the pool early in the morn ALONE! Then off to spend the day and night at the beach! We played in the water and sand all day, the boys LOOOOOVED it!

Then we had a fire, my Mom made us the best tin foil dinners. We even roasted marshmellows and made smores! It was so yummy, fun and relaxing!
Saturday we went fishing, played in the pool and to a nice dinner! (I'm so done adding pictures, if you want to see more check out my facebook!

Sunday we went to breakfast, went to the swap meet and off to the airport!

What we've been up to...

We are preparing for our trip to CALIFORNIA, only 2 more days!
I can't wait to go to Disneyland!
Jaden left last Sunday the 22... yes, that's right...8 days ago. We have missed him so much, he is having lot's of fun but is getting (in his own words) "really HOME SICK." He has been to SEA WORLD, the BEACH, LEGO LAND and tomorrow... KNOTTS BERRY FARM.


With Jack spending the weekend with his Dad and Jensen not coming over til Saturday we have had a peaceful few days!However, we always look forward to having our babies back in our arms!

My Friends and Me!!

Candace, and I have decided to make it a monthly things to go get a pedicure!

It is so much fun relaxing, visiting & laughing.

This time we invited Mindy, she is due to have her baby in 2 days... we were hoping the massage would start her labor BUT no such luck!

How cute! Mindy... I think Krue might be a basketball!!

On to the BODY PIERCING... Yes, that is what I said!!!

Ben decided to get his nipples pierced professionally (not like when he was a kid and did it himself then sported his Mom's jewelry!!!) So, off to the Nail Jail we went!

I took this picture thru the door knob hole, I was feeling so sneaky!

Aunt Shauna is looking at him like "are you sure you wanna do this?"
Rylee is ready to get this done!

I'm not sure about this picture BUT they Ben looks like he is up to something!! LOL

Rylee explaining to her Mom that "it's not a big deal."

It really wasn't at the time BUT they sure hurt that evening!

Last week Jensen Ding had DOUBLE ear infections AND... Hand Foot & Mouth virus. He felt horrible!

Resting in Daddy's arms, the safest place in the world!

The other morning, I went upstairs to check on Jensen and this was what I found...

How freakin' sweet is that!!

In the down time, this is what my silly A$$ boyfriend does...!

He is addicted to this PS3 game called Call of Duty, it's a war game. Whenever he sits down to play it, he say's "Babe?...I gotta go to war."

What a nerd!!

So, that is what we have been up to the last few days.

I will post again when we get back from CALI!!!!!!