Spring Fling

Just wanted to post a few of the pictures from Chance's Spring Fling Wednesday night. He did a wonderful job to spite the fact he was having asthma problems, poor littlt guy was tight through the entire thing. He was well behaved while the other classes did their thing and after watching some of those little kids I am very proud of him. Good Job Chance. He was a ARMY guy and the leader of the ARMY group. He made a very good leader.

Happy Birthday Jesse

Out of the five other kids in our family, I have to say I worry about Jesse the most. I really miss the good ol days.
Jesse is a wonderful Daddy to his two sweet little girls. I know that he would do just about anything for them.
Jesse's life has been full of trials some brought upon by none other than himself. He at time has not remained as strong as I know he could be but I love him anyway. We never had this wonderful relationship but learned a lot about him working with him at McDonalds. Something I wish I didn't know but never the less he is my brother and I love him dearly. At that same time we did have some fun times. He is a very hard worker.
I pray that someday he can find himself a good wife to settle down for and with. He deserves to have a good girl in his life, he just needs to look in "good girl" places.
I love you Jesse and I am so thankful to have you as my Big Brother. I keep you in my thoughts and prayers.

Happy Birthday Trisha

Through the years we have had our ups, Downs, In's and outs!! But have made it through it all. I am very thankful for our friendship and the closeness we share.
Trisha has a very special touch with small children. If you have a baby you can't calm down or get to take a nap hand them over to Trisha she'll get it done. She is a good mom to her boys. She has a ton of patience and that I am jealous of, I am not the most patient person around. She is always willing to help out when she can. Anytime I have needed a babysitter she is more than willing to help out even if she has something else going on. She is very talented, she is an artist, she can sing, she can sew, she is crafty, she is patient, she has an artistic eye, she can cook, she is very good at her job (bridal store owner,) she is easy to talk to, she is caring, she is a good photographer, she is thoughtful, she is compassionate just to name a few.
I want her to know how thankful I am for her in my life not only as a sister but also as a friend. I am so lucky to have her in my life. I love you Trisha!! Hope you have a wonderful birthday.

All By Myself

A Couple of weeks ago I was able to get out of the house to attend Enrichment Meeting. It was wonderful by the way, a lady came and spoke to us on Emma Smith's life, she did a really good job. The boys (all three) stayed home with their wonderful daddy. Ray is so good to keep the kids. Dakota is quite the mommy's boy so I know it is hard for Ray to keep him but he's a trooper and Chance is a good little helper. No kidding Dakota can look at Ray and start crying, so I am lucky Ray will tough through it for a few hours at a time, not many men would. Ray was awesome enough to have the boys all three asleep when I got home. The next morning when Logan woke up I had to laugh at him pajamas. Ray said he was so excited that he had gotten dressed all by himself he didn't have the heart to tell him not only were his pants inside out they were backwards which left this for a good chuckle. He does really good to get dressed but sometimes needs a little help as you can see. (By the time Chance was this age he was a pro at it. Guess we do tend to baby the younger kids.) Anyway just wanted to post his picture thought it was pretty cute. Logan did however get up set when it took his picture.

The Mom Song

I loved this. I am sure we can all relate to this as Mom's and as Kids.

Update

Chance has been working hard at school getting ready for the “Spring Fling” the theme this year is “Hurray for the USA” The kindergarten boys are divided up in three groups: Army, Air Force, and Marines. They are doing a obstacle course to the “Armed Forces” theme song. I am excited to watch the program. A couple of weeks ago Chance was sent home with another report card. He has been doing really good all year but this report card was his best yet. I am glad he likes school and hope that he will keep a good attitude toward it. I would be hard to see him struggle. He is getting burnt out here toward the end of the year but that's to be expected. It has not been too bad of a year. He has a really good teacher that takes her time with each kid. He sure is a special little boy. I am so thankful for him in our lives he is our little tender heart. He remindes me all the time to talk nice to and about people, he is always aware of other people and their feelings. I know he dosen't get that from his mom.

Logan is Logan. He’s gotten hooked on a new movie “Flash” is about a horse (what else) it’s an oldie but a goodie. He would watch it 10 times a day if he could. Grandma Kay gave it to him out of her video store, he was so excited; more so than at Christmas. He’s our little worker. He goes out with Ray every night to do chores come snow, rain, sleet, hail, light or dark he has to go with Ray. I guess he has to make sure daddy knows what he is doing. Last Sunday he managed to embarrass the holy heck out of me. We were at Ray’s parent’s house having lunch to celebrate Cole’s birthday. Dakota started to get fussy, I made the comment that it was getting time for him to eat too. Logan perked up and as loud and proud as can be announced that “Dakota gets to eat moms boobs!” not something you want said in front of you father and brother in laws. It was a good laugh but I turned every shade of red possible. I wonder what his primary teacher knows?? I am sure I don’t want to know. He is naughty but I am so thankful for him in our lives and that he is healthy.


Dakota is growing like a weed. On April 1st he rolled over for the first time. It did bring tears to my eyes! (What a baby) I want him to stay a baby I am not so sure we will have more. Earlier that afternoon he was getting close to rolling so I held him a lot but it happened anyway. Poor little guy has been so sick. He was at the Dr. again last Wednesday and we had chest x-rays first thing last Thursday morning. Thankfully the x-rays were clear. By Thursday night, after being medicated for just 24 hours he was feeling better. He is doing a lot better this week. I am so ready for warm weather so these kids can stay well. Just last night (8th) we had Dakota laughing. He had not laughed yet so it was quite a big deal for the boys they thought it was pretty cute. Chance and Logan are both very good big brothers. I know it won't be long and he will be running around with his big brothers. He is yet to get any teeth which it good. Chance and Logan both had a tooth maybe two teeth by the time they were 4 months old. Dakota is 4 1/2 months and no teeth. I am glad maybe his teeth will be better then his brothers. He sure is a sweet baby, don't know what we would do without him. Each child brings a special light to our family and we are thankful we have been blessed with 3 happy, health boys.

Rollin' and Talkin'

Dakota rolled over for the first time on the 1st. By the time I did this video he was getting pretty good at it. The two older boys would get ticked when they were on there tummy but Dakota loves his tummy.

A Day At The Ranch

Day At The Ranch

One day during Spring Break we went to the Ranch with Grandma Kay. The boys had a really good time. They love to spend time at the ranch. Logan is in a comfort zone there. Chance loves to be there too. I love this time of year with all the babies. The boys kept Uncle Carl busy while we were there. He is so paitent and good with the boys, answers all 100 questions they ask. We all had a good day.

Flu Bug

Logan woke up yesterday morning with the stomach flu. Puked off and on all day. It was all he could do to lay still all day. He was going nuts. He would get up and act fine and it would hit again. Thank goodness he made it to the bathroom or the trash can everytime. That is one thing this mom can't do it clean up throw up. Anyway the reason for this post it this morning Logan wanted to go outside at 7:00 AM and see the new twin goats. He said, "Mommy I feelin' better better my sickness runned away." It was pretty cute.

Stones

Here about a month ago, I had a sudden pain in the side of my back. Scared the heck out of me because it was all of a sudden there. I called my sister-in- law who is thankfully a RN. (Thank you Tiff for your patients will all my questions lately.) I am sure she could hear the panic in my voice while I was talking to her. Anyway she suggested I go to the ER. I was scared enough that I was willing. I thought I had appendicitis's. Thankfully it was not my appendix I had a kidney stone. WOW they HURT. When I was younger I remember my cousin getting them bad, my dad has had them, and my little sister has had a few, so I knew about them and that they hurt. I will have more pity on people now. I actually passed the stone in my urine sample in the ER. They went a head and did at CAT SCAN and it didn't show any so hopefully I am in the clear for a while. I had to follow up with my regular Dr. a few days later which was a good thing because I had not been feeling well for about 3 months or so. It gave me the chance to talk to him about the problems I have been having. Us mom's don't worry to much about ourselves but we should. I have been so down and tired, had some plumbing problems I don't care to discuss. (Thanks again Tiff for your advice, sorry you had to hear about it.) I was sent for some blood work and had some tests done. Heard from them last week that I have MONO. Again I had heard of this but didn't think much of it. Well it stinks. I can't sit down to nurse Dakota with out falling asleep most of the time. I am just soooo tired. But this to shall pass; hopefully sooner than later. I guess they can't do much for it.