This Lazy susan he gets into all the time. I thought I had everything put up, but he got into an ovaltine bottle and it had the foil on it, but he took his finger and poked a hole in it and spread it all over the floor. Then he was licking the floor and laying down in it and rolling in it and swimming in it. It was so funny I took video of it, because Jon wasn't there when it happened. he watched it later and was laughing so hard. It was funny. I love that kid so much it is a good thing he is so cute, because he is a little stinker. he gets into everything. You should see our christmas tree. It is top heavy we had to put all the ornaments on the top of the tree because he pulls them all off. and we have some beads and he grabs the beads and trys to pull them off the christmas tree.

My little mischievious christian He gets into everything.

Trying to help mom with the dishes^

He loves to put things in his mouth too. Doesn't he look cute with that play carrot sticking out of his mouth.

Thanksgiving

I am a little slow at keeping up with the blogging. but here is our picture from Thanksgiving. Dang that's a big family. We had a nice Thanksgiving.

Thankful for so many things

I haven't done very well will my posts. I am just so busy I look at everyones blog so I can stay updated, but I just don't take the time to write. Usually because Christian and Everlee want to be in the computer room with me and there is too many things they can get into of Jons so I can't usually stay in here too long. But I wanted to tell you of some of the things I am thankful for.
1. my wonderful husband that works many long and hard nights and days for this family
2. My wonderful children that Heavenly has blessed me with
3. A wonderful mom that helps me out so much. Don't know what I would do without her
4. The gospel
5. Sweet potato pie.( i only make it at thanksgiving and christmas because it's so yummy I would just pig out on it all the time if I made it more)
6.All my family and friends
7. my beautiful home ( even though it is dirty most the time, maybe some day I will do better at keeping it up)
8. my scriptures
9. My health
10. my love for fitness and being healthy
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. And we all have a wonderful christmas holiday.

oh yea I tag anyone who wants to do it.

words to live by TAG

Heres 10 things i think you should live by

1. always give each child their own routine before bed and love them.
2. always say your prayers with your hubby before bed.
3. Stop and smell the roses (even I have a hard time with that one)
4. Make a journal for your kids and try to write the cute stuff they do everyday.
5. Pray ALWAYS
6. get on the floor and play with your kids.
7. Go on a date more than once every 2 months with your hubby.
8. laugh a lot
9. Tell your kids how great they are and compliment them often.
10. read your scriptures and love your heavenly father with all your heart , mind, and soul

CRAZY HAIR DAY

Jackson and Billy had crazy hair day at school.
Christian thougt they looked pretty funny.

Look at those crazy kids. They are great kids. Have lots of fun in life, and are just always doing right. so proud of them.

Pumkin Patch

Jocelyns preschool class went to the pumkin patch for her fieldtrip. It was really cold that day.
She thought it was pretty funny to see the guy with the pumpkin head, but when he took it off and asked if anyone wanted to try it on she didn't want anything to do with it. but he did put it on my head. I didn't have anyone to take a picture, but I would of liked to see what that looked like.

Look at my cute little angel.

Clean for a minute

well today I complained about my messy house and how frustrated I am with it always look so messy, but I got a second wind after the kids went to bed and I cleaned my main floor really good and mopped it. It looks so pretty. I just want to stare at it for a long time, because I know when everyone wakes up in the morning my pretty house will be gone. And I know I will go into other rooms tonight and they will still be a mess, but when I get my main floor cleaned and mopped it makes me feel so good. I just wish it could stay that way for longer than just tonight. But at least it got done. I wouldn't trade my kids for a clean house. I love them so much so it's just nice to have it for a minute.

MESSY HOUSE

My house is always so messy it drives me crazy. I just wish I could have a maid it would make my life so much easier. Even if I get the great room straighten up so at least people can come over and my house will be half way descent, I still go into every other room and it is a mess. And I think every day " I need to get to that today and I need to get to that thing today". But it never happens there are children to deal with everyday. I told JOn last night I hate going into another room, because it looks so messy, but I can barely keep up with the laundry and keeping the main floor picked up if I took time to do these other things then I would really be neglecting my kids. And my wonderful husband just said" Just love the kids and don't worry about the house." but it still drives me crazy to have such a messy house all the time. I wish I could figure out a way to organize my time better and keep up on everything. Does anyone have any good ideas of how to organize things better in your life to make it easier to have a clean house and still be able to spend the time with your kids?

A wonderful time with my hubby

this is a picture of our cabin. it was so pretty up there. we didn't want to come back.

Our vacation was wonderful. I had that bad day on my birthday and I was so excited to go away for 2 nights all alone with my husband. we have never been away for 2 nights since our honeymoon. And then our 1st anniversary we went away for one night before Jocelyn was even born. So it was a very needed time away. we were going to go 4 wheeling on Saturday , but it snowed pretty hard the whole day. so we watched chic flicks( which is unusual for Jon , because he's not really into chick flicks) and we even took a 3 hour nap. no interruptions it was wonderful. And we had a lot of intimate time too.( that was awesome noooo interruptions). I felt like Jon and I got so much closer. I told him I feel like I even love him more since we got back from the trip. He said he could tell, because I have been really lovey and been telling him I love him a lot and just feeling really happy. He is such an amazing husband and I am so lucky to have him. If you guys haven't had a night out with your husbands you need to. It totally rejuvenated my love for him. I feel like a newlywed again and it is so wonderful.

Bad day ( birthday )

Well let me tell you about my birthday. Well first I have to start with what happened last night so you can get the whole picture. Christian and Ever were playing in the cupboards like the always do when I am cooking. they like to pull everything out of my cupboards. but hey it keeps them busy while I am cooking. Then next thing I know I look over I Ever has poored brownie mix( It was opened and I didn't even realize it was in there) all over the floor I just sighed and then laughed. They started spreading it all around because it was really soft so they played in it and I thought oh well at least I can get dinner done I will deal with it afterwards. Jocelyn saw what they were doing so she thought she would play in it too. then she licked her hands and realize it was sugar and it tasted really good. so she started licking the floor( she is addicted to sugar) and JOn saw her and said Jocelyn what are you doing? I started laughing got the camera out and started taking some pictures because you have to have those memories. Right? Alex was supposed to sweep last night. but he had too much homework. so I woke up this morning to a very dirty house the floor was all sticky and gross. Not a way you want to wake up on your birthday( where's my maid for my birthday present) .I worked out this morning and Jackson came out singing me happy birthday. then he gave me this really cute card he made and he made me an award for being the very best mom. He is so thoughtful. I love him so much. Then nobody else wished me a happy birthday. JOrdan and I got in a fight this morning because he was being so grumpy to me. I cried and told him I don't you think you love me. But after he got out of the shower he gave me a big hug and made me feel a lot better. I gave me a picture of a bird he drew for me. When he left I had to mop that filthy floor. but guess what I actually got it done. JOn came home for lunch and bought me a really cute sexy outfit for my birthday. We are going away for the weekend and we were supposed to go ride 4 wheelers and stuff , but it's going to rain all weekend, so I guess we will be inside a lot. That's ok I need some time alone with my wonderful husband. My mom comes home today. Yea I am so excited. see I have some positive things to say Jaimie. Am I doing good. All in all I feel much better now. And I have a wonderful family which I am so thankful for. I am 35, but I feel great I am not old yet.

Handsome boy

Before After

Wow!! you can see his eyes. Everyone has been teasing him that he doesn't have eyes. I finally got a minute and took him down to go get a haircut. He actually didn't fight me about it this time. Does he look so handsome. He will be 14 in a month. I can't believe he is that old allready. He's a good boy.

always into mischief

my litte christian he is such a cutie, but he is always trying to find something to get into to. Jocelyn was not like that at all. I never had to worry about putting locks on cabinets or anything. but Christian has to get into everything. today he got into my lazy susan where the oatmeal is. he took it out pulled off the lid and was playing in it and had it all over him and in his mouth. He keeps me real busy, so does everlee. between the two of them I am always picking up after them instead of cleaning new things. my mom comes home in 3 days can't wait. I miss her a lot. maybe I can get some projects done around the house. like christian and Jocelyns room painted. Christian is in JOcelyns old room, so he is in a girl room, because I have never painted or moved any of her stuff yet. kids don't let me accomplish anything. love them so much so it is worth is anyway.

New hair do

Here is my before and after pictures of my new hair do. I tried to find a picture of by myself for the before pictures, but I am never in any pictures because I am always the one taking the pictures. but I found one with my cute little Jocelyn. So I was sick of my hair and needed a change and some color. It was so much fun being pampered and having no kids bugging me for that time. so what do you think. Oh and by the way I am 2 weeks into p90x I have went from 138.5 lbs. to 134.5 lbs. and 28.5 % bodyfat to 26.5 % body fat. I am so excited. and feeling great.

Christian's One

cute cakes!!! my husband he is the expert cake maker. he always decorates for the kids. I bake them and he decorates, because I am not artistic at all.

christian eating his cake he really dove into it and loved every bite of it. He pratically finished the whole cake.

Christians favorite place to be

My baby boy is a year. he turned a year on September 18th. We had his big birthday bash on Saturday the 20th. There was a lot of people that showed up. I Can't believe it's been a year since his birth. Time goes by so fast. He's not walking yet still crawling. But he is started to say little words like Love, oh oh, mom, dad, bye bye, and he says the boys names. I love him so much I am so glad Heavenly Father sent him to me. When we were originally thinking of having another baby I was going to do all the tricks like I did with Jocelyn because I really wanted a girl again. But christian was a surprise so we didn't get to try to have a girl. then when we found out it was a boy I wasn't dissapointed just kind of hoping for another girl. but God knew what he was doing by surprising us we needed little christian in our life. God knows better than us. I can't imagine my life without our little cutie.

Heres us at temple square my favorite place. look alex is actually in the picture it's amazing. everlee is passed out in the stroller. it was a long day for the babies

Jon and Billy. Oh for those who hasn't seen jons bald head now you have. Whats the verdict on the bald head

Temple square

We stayed the night in a motel. And then on Sunday we went to Temple square. They have a really neat museum across from the temple on the west side. We went and spent a lot of time there. They have a kids section and the kids had a lot of fun there. And then we went to temple square and went up to the Christ. I love that room. It was a nice weekend. glad we got away

family fun

At the zoo

Jocelyn is feeding the parot some money to help out at the zoo.

About 2 weeks ago we all needed a break and we were going to go camping , but it was supposed to be chilly up in the mountains so we decided not to instead we went to salt lake. Saturday we went to the zoo. It was alot of fun and we went to Joes crab shack for dinner. Jocelyn ate squid and octupus legs, because we got some calamari. she was funny she called it octupussy legs. she even liked it. our kids love going there because the love to get the calamari. they think it is so neat to eat squid and octupus. but geez it cost us a pretty penny for our whole family. 105.oo dollars with tip. Theres a lot of things we could do with that. but then it always costs is alot to go out with our big herd.

ripped in 90 days

okay i just bought this video system with nutrition help. I started it last week . its called p90x you might have watched the infomercial(is that right spelling). well anyway if I do it I am supposed to get ripped in 90 days. so I hope so I have been feeling really good lately and eating practically every 2- 3 hours to keep my metabolism burning. And you have to work out 6 times a week. And they are hard. I really love it though. I have to get up at 6:00 in the morning in order to do it , because I have to do it before the babies wake up. But for the last few days christian thinks he needs to wake up at 6:00 in the morning too. I think my kids just want to drain every minute of my own time from me. I thought for sure if I got up that early I would be able to do it before they wake up because christain usually doesn't wake up til 7:00. hopefully it's just a fluke thing and he is going to go back to his normal time because I really don't want to start getting up at 5 am. because I am commited and I am on a mission to get ripped in 90 days. :) I took before pictures and I would post them but I don't think you want to see me in my sports bra and shorts. So I am excited about this hopefully I can do it. right now I haven't craved sugar at all. and I am feeling great. when I started I was 139 and 28.5 % body fat. and I weighed this morning and I was 137 and 27.5 % bodyfat and I can tell I am not as flabby, so I will keep you updated on how I am doing, and you need to cheer me on and keep me motivated.

cleaning machine

Okay call me crazy. Jon took Jordan, jackson, and billy to the scout jamborall tonight and wont be back til tommorow. Alex stayed home because he is too old for that group. so I was thinking all week I was going to go get a couple of chic flics and watch them after I put the babies and jocelyn to bed. because jons not much into chic flics so whenever he is gone with scout stuff I like to watch them. but instead I had alex watch the babies for me while I scrubbed out my two refridgerators and then after I put the kids to bed I started scrubbing things down like spring cleaning and then I ended up mopping my main floor. it looks really nice , but now it is 11:30 pm at night and I'm ready for bed. I guess no chic flic for me this time. I usually am too tired to do anything at night, but I glad I had that extra energy it feels good to have the main floor cleaned. At least it will be clean until they all get back tommorow. at least I can enjoy it for a day.

3rd day of school

Today Was Jocelyns third day and no crying today. she cried the second day for a minte but today she sat down andsaid goodbye with no tears. I was so happy. We are supposed to start carpooling with 2 other kids. we are going to do it by week. so I am doing it the first week. which is next week so I can make sure she is still doing ok. and then I will have 2 weeks off. Maybe I can accomplish something in those 2 hours I hope so.

after school i promise we would go get ice cream and feed the ducks for her being such a big girl. I babysit my friends little girl kaycee so we went all together. it was nice because it was only 70 degrees yesterday so it was perfect to be outside.

scared of 1st day

I don't know what is up with Jocelyn these last few days, but she has become really clingy to me. She has went to nursery so good for quite awhile and then I took her sunday and I haven't taken her for a long time, because I'm in the primary presidency. and she decided she wanted me to take her. and when she went there she screamed bloody mary and she didn't want to go. finally I just left her there and she stopped. then monday on labor she wanted to go to her friend Kaycee and she loves to go to her house never has had a problem staying there. and when we got there she cried because she wanted me to stay. so I was really worried about school. So we got up Tuesday we talked about school and she wore her preschool shirt Busy bees and she was so excited. said her teacher Missa lisa( thats what she calls her)has a shirt just like hers. She was so excited. Jon came home and gave her a fathers blessing so she wouldn't be so scared. We did a little video on her and video taped her on the way to school no problems right??? until we got in the school then she grabbed onto my legs as hard as she could and started crying. I took her to her teacher and told her she might cry for a minute, but she would be fine. I left and that was it. When I went to pick her up her teacher said she cried for a second and stopped. I knew she would be fine , but I just don't know why suddenly she is acting like this. Hopefully after going to school a few times she will be fine.

Jocelyn meeting Miss Lisa

We went Thursday the 29th to meet Jocelyns preschool teacher Miss Lisa. She is so excited. She tells me she is going to learn her abcdefg's. I said yes. She is getting so big it makes me sad.

Yellowstone Trip

Just before school started we went on a trip to yellowstone. I hadn't been there since I was little so I didn't remember much. None of our kids had been there. It was kind of a quick trip. We left Thursday the 14th in the morning didn't get there until 2:00 pm, because we had to make a bunch of potty breaks for Jocelyn. It was fun. We did a lot of walking around the babies were pretty good about that. But there was just too much to see. We headed back on Sunday so really we only got 2 days there and 2 days driving. we wont go again til our little ones are older. But Jocelyn was so cute she kept on saying Look at the hot pots. They were really cool and of course we saw Old Faithful, but that was the least exciting out of all of them.

School starts

Well we justed started school we have kids in Every school this year. Alex is a sophmore so he got to go to highschool this year, JOrdan is in jr high as an 8th grader, and Jackson and Billy is at the top in elementary in 6th grade. They were excited about that. And even Jocleyn starts preschool on Tuesday with her teacher Miss Lisa. She is so excited. I miss having the boys home to help out with the babies while I shower or try to accomplish something. but it will be good to have routine again. My mom is moving in with us in October so at least I will have her here to help out while I try to clean the house.