Family Pics!!!

We got our family pictures taken a couple weeks ago and i think they turned out pretty cute! Connor was kind of a pill, he doesn't really like doing family pics, mostly because he has to hold still for longer than a few seconds, but i still think we got some really cute ones!! Thanks Annalee, your the best!!

Things i am thankful for...

As most of you know this past year has been one of the hardest ones for me. I have been through alot, and it seems like just when i think things are starting to look up, then i am hit with something else! I know that i won't be dealt more than i can handle, and i think that everything that has happened has made me a stronger woman. I know that i wouldn't be where i am now with out the help of my family and friends!! My dad has been there and helped me through more than i would have ever imagined, we have become so much closer over the past year. I always tell him thank you and that i love him, but some how i just don't think i could ever say it enough! The other day i had to ask him for some money to get some Christmas gifts for the boys, and it was one of the hardest things i have ever done, not because i was afraid he would say no, but because i hated to admit that i needed help. And i joked with him and said sorry, i bet you feel like a ATM, and he said "No, i feel like your dad". How cute is that!! It almost made me cry! I love my mom and dad so much, and i truly appreciate everything they do!

I also want Sam and Broc to know how much i appreciate them and all they have done for me. Sam helps me out with the boys so much, i don't know what i would do with out her!! She is always running the kids around for me so that i don't have to leave work, and i hope she knows how much it really helps me out! I love you both and i love little lou lou, she always knows how to make me smile!!

I want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!! I know i am a couple days late, but its been kinda crazy!! I want all my friends and family to know that i love them, and i am so happy they are in my life.

Crazy 8's...

I was tagged by Lana...

8 TV shows I like to watch:
1. Grey's Anatomy
2. Desperate Housewives
3. Private Practice
4. American Idol
5. Prison Break
6. Las Vegas
7. Miami Ink
8. The Doctors

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. Melting Pot
2. P.F. Chang's
3. Jakers
4. Chiz's
5. Outback
6. Texas Roadhouse
7. Johnny Carino's
8. Olive Garden

8 Things that happened yesterday:
1. got woke up at 5am!
2. made pancakes with the boys
3. worked!
4. went to lunch at mongolian grill
5. went to Winco
6. played Wii fit
7. helped Seth with his homework
8. took a bath and went to bed!

8 Things I'm looking forward to:
1. watching the Twilight movie on Friday!
2. Christmas
3. My office Christmas party
4. putting up my christmas tree!
5. Thanksgiving
6. Christmas shopping
7. No work for a week after christmas! : )
8. Family pictures

8 Things on my wishlist:
1. A new car
2. a new house
3. a new ipod
4. money
5. new clothes
6. to loose weight
7. vacation to somewhere warm!!
8. some lovin' ; )

I am taggin' whoever wants to do this survey!

another sleepless night...

Well i took Connor to the doctor yesterday morning and he said that he doesn't have the stomach flu. But he wasn't sure what was going on, so they are going to run some tests too see what they can find. They are thinking it's some kind of bacterial infection in his stomach. So of course Connor acted pretty good all day and then at 1am he started throwing up again! Poor kid! I know that the lack of sleep is making me exhausted, i can't imagine how he feels!! So hopefully i will know what is going on later today!! Thanks for every ones comments!! I will keep ya posted!!

My sick little bug...

Poor Connor has been so sick lately, it started about 3 weeks ago, he threw up a couple times and then he acted like he was getting better so, i thought it was just the flu. Well then a couple days later he was running a fever and would just hold his head and cry, so i took him into the doctor and they told me that he had an ear infection. So after five days of fever, crying and no sleep for either of us, he started acting better. So i thought, finally we are over this!! Then last Friday night he spent the night at his Grandma Robin's and he started throwing up again! So i took him back to the doctor on Saturday and they told me, he just has the flu. Which i didn't think that was what was going on, but hey, i didn't go to med school, so i figured they know more than i do! Well he threw up all weekend and then acted better on monday, so all week he acted pretty good. And then i woke up at 3am this morning to him throwing up AGAIN!! So he threw up all morning and then acted fine until about 8pm and then it started all over again! I feel so bad for him, i just wish he could talk to me and tell me what was going on! So first thing tomorrow i am taking him back to the doctor and hopefully we can find out what the heck is going on!! Because i am having a really hard time believing that he just keeps getting the flu!

...::tRiCk-Or-TrEaT::...

On Wensday night I took the boys to boo @ the zoo, we had a blast!! Sam, Broc and Lexie came and we met Carie, Brinley, Colby and Ryder there. The kids so much fun!! and they got a ton of candy! And of course we couldn't get all the kids to look at the camera at the same time so this was the best we got! : )

Connor picked his costume out online, i tried to have him get something "cute" vs scary, but he wanted this one! I think he looks pretty cute! ummm...i mean scary! Seth was batman and he looked awesome too, unfortunately for me he would never let me get a pic of him! So i am hoping that Sam has one!! The boys had fun trick or treating i took them to all their grandpa's and grandma's (which by the way is ALOT!) They got tons of candy and got to see alot of their cousins! Then the boys got to spend the night at grandma Robin's, she kept all the grandkids and they had a sleep over! So we had a pretty good Halloween, but i am happy its over! I am exhausted!! : )

mmm....apples!

These are the pictures of the boys and i making dried apples. They had so much fun helping! Seth would peel the apples and i cored them and they Connor got to turn on the food processor (with mommys help of course!). It was so funny because almost as fast as i was putting them on the trays Connor and Lexie were taking them off and eating them!! So i finally had to tell Connor to help mommy put them on the tray, they were cut in round slices and i would cut them in half and put them on the trays. Well Connor couldn't quite figure out how i was doing it, so he would just take a bite out of the slice and then put it on the tray!! It was so funny!! so i just had to take pictures of Connor's apples!!

Open up and say.....Awwww....

So one of my biggest fears is the dentist, yeah i know kind of a silly thing to be scared of, but the drilling noise and the smell drives me crazy!! So i waited WAY too long to get a cleaning and one day i had a really bad tooth ache so i went in and had a cleaning and found out that i needed some cavities filled and not one...or two...but THREE root canals!!! So i have been frequenting the dentists office! I have also decided to try the gas, and well if you haven't tried it, you should! It just makes you relaxed and not realize how long you have been there, i love it! So anyways i have learned a big lesson with this one! So my advise is to go to your six month cleanings now matter how much you dislike it, putting it off just causes bigger problems!!

My little boys are growing up...

On Saturday the boys stayed at my mom and dad's house, they love going to grandpa and grandma Douglass's house! Especailly because they get to ride!!! My boys LOVE to ride! Luckily my parents have pretty big yard so they can race around their house. And usually me or my dad gives Connor rides on the fourwheeler while Seth zooms around on the motorbike. But when i got to my dad's house he was working on the little fourwheeler, and when i asked him what he was doing, he said i am gettin' the fourwheeler ready, cuz this weekend i am gonna teach Connor how to ride!! It is so cute watching my dad teach them how to drive the fourwheeler, he hooks a rope from his fourwheeler to the little one and follows them around and when they aren't paying attention or ar going the wrong way he stops and so do they! : ) Connor likes to go fast, so he was full throddle the whole time and my dad had to keep slowing him down! Connor did really well, he only hit a few trees and tipped over once! haha...not too bad for a 3 year old! : )

Put some Windex on it....

So the other day i was cleaning my house when Connor started yelling for me. So i went to see what he needed and when i got to him, he just wanted to show me a little ant that was on the kitchen floor. It was so funny because he was freaking out, you would have thought it was going to eat him or something! Then he looked up at me and smiles and runs off. Then i hear the cupboard doors slam shut and he comes running back with the bottle of Windex and starts spraying the ant!!! I just started laughing, and then i noticed a bunch of little blue stains on the kitchen floor and realized that this was not the first time he had attacked the ants with the windex. So if you have an ant problem try windex!! : )

Connor's school open house!!

Yesterday was Connor's preschool open house! It was so fun to meet the teacher and see the classroom. Connor loved it! He didn't want to leave!! I am so excited for him to start, i think it will really help with his speech! So now Connor will go to speech twice a week and preschool twice a week. So hopefully he will be talking in no time!! He also gets to ride the bus to school which i know he will love! His aunt Sam and Lexie came with us to the preschool and Lexie loved it too. I think she would be going to school with him if she had her way, they are quite the pair!! : )

Seth's 1st day of school!!!

Thursday was Seth's first day of school, he was so excited!! He is in 1st grade, and he got to meet his teacher and principle the night before at back to school night. Which his awesome aunt "bob" had to take him because i had the flu! Thanks BOB!! He gets to ride the school bus this year, he was so excited! It was kinda sad seeing my little boy leave on the school bus, he is getting so big!! I was so proud of him he got on the bus and waved bye to me, like he had done it a thousand times! It was so cute!! Connor was so upset to see him go, he wanted to go to school too!! I had to take a picture while Seth was waiting for the bus and i told them to smile and Seth said we can't smile because the sun is blinding us!! It was so funny, so i had to post the pic above!! : ) Seth said that he has a "awesome first day!" He made some new friends and loves his teacher! He also thought that school lunch was the coolest thing ever! I can't believe that he is already in first grade, he is growing up so fast!!

Camping!!

We went camping last weekend in Driggs, along the Teton River. We had a blast!! We went on a really fun fourwheeler ride to pack saddle lake. The boys loved it!!











There was also a swing there and Broc made the mistake of daring me to try it so...i did. I was really fun. Then of course broc had to try it to so that i would stop calling him a wuss!! : )

Connor's 3 years old!!

Well i haven't posted anything for a while, we have been super busy! Connor turned 3 years old on August 9th!! I can't believe how big he is getting!! He got to have his birthday party at our family reunion and he had a blast!! After every present he opened he would say "mommy mine" it was so cute. He couldn't believe that they were all his! He is going to be starting preschool on the 29th and he is so excited! I am sure he will have so much fun, he loves to play and meet new people. I think it will also help alot with his speech problems. He is still going to speech twice a week and he is starting to talk alot more, i love it!

Spray Park!

Me and Sam decided to take the kids to the Spray park in Rexburg on Friday. The kids had a blast!! Okay except for Lexie who didn't want anything to do with the water. But the boys loved it!