I give it a TEN!

Our day that is.
What a fun day we've had today. I can't even remember the last time that Taylor and I had a weekend off together. Taylor was scheduled for his last orientation shift at the Hospital today but was taken off because He's got to get his license renewed. I am so glad because today has been so good for all of us.
We all slept in until 8 this morning, which is a total luxury to both of us. Then after some french toast we all sat down to decide what we wanted to do for the day. We had lots of suggestions from the choir, but in the end, Jungle Jim's won out.

The girls Love Jungle Jim's, and I usually save it for a reward for something they've worked for, but today was a perfect excuse, if only because we were all together for once.

(sorry about the pictures, we used Ali's digital camera)

Mattie Liked the roller coaster alright, until it stopped and started going backwards.. that totally freaked him out and he wanted nothing to do with it again.

(please excuse my Ultra cheesy grin)

The Girls However LOVE the roller coaster and rode it many times

Megan was So cute 'Ms Independent'. she chose a seat all by herself away from the other kids and with her arms in the air She giggled and screamed enjoying every minute of the ride.

Daddy tried another ride with Mattie, but he still wasn't impressed. (and after Taylor squeezed himself into that thing! sheesh)

Ski ball.....

My all time favorite too.

And Check out how cute Meg's outfit is in the background..

Look how big he is!!!

And Finally something a little more his style!!

I have to also note, that Megan used one of her last tokens to treat Mattie to this ride...

She's been so sweet lately.

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We've spent the evening here at home eating Banana splits, and watching movies.

Taylor's been a busy bee working on the paper mache valentine boxes for Ali and I.

(I'll share those when they're done)
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Okay, so on another note.

My Poor Honey Taylor had a bit of an Accident at work last night (UPS).

He was apparently trying to un wedge a package from the conveyor belt and nearly knocked himself out with a pole.

Look at his poor nose! Its twice its regular size!

Hope you all had a good Saturday too.

More Christmas

The Girls are home!!!!! hooray! We've missed them SO much. After many hugs and kisses, we dove right into the presents. They were thrilled with their gifts and just look at this mess!

Aunt Merry and Uncle Craig got the girls dress up tutu's with hair pieces. Megan wasted No time going from one gift to the next

Ali is such a rockstar with her new Ipod shuffle and her microphone and speaker White Christmas in Utah and home made snowflakes (rubber cemented to the window!) (that was from Craig)

We spent the evening at my parents house opening loads of presents and eating the best Turkey dinner I've had in a LOoonng time!

the girls are still over there finishing up a game of "life" with Craig and Steph.

(Taylor and I brought Mattie home to put his tired butt to bed)

The girls were so Happy to be home, and this has been an absolutely wonderful Christmas!

Here's' just one more of Ali belting it out on her microphone at my parents house.

This is one of the many outfits 'Aunt Stephanie' bought her

from "Justice for girls"

Gingerbread houses

We Made our Annual gingerbread house.
I always take the easy route and buy a kit. Call me lazy, I say Save me the stress!
Craig helped too. It was a great mess of fun!

Fire Alarm!

I was awakened from a dead sleep early this morning by an annoyingly loud ring. I sat up confused and looked at the clock thinking it was my alarm. It was 12:30.. not my Alarm.. As I woke up a bit more I realized that it was the Fire Alarm in the hallway outside our bedrooms. I glanced to the spot next to me and noticed Taylor was not in bed. I jumped out of bed and opened my door.
There was smoke, it was loud, I was scared.
I ran into the girls’ bedroom as they were sitting up in their beds confused but waking up very quickly. Their room was filled with smoke. My eyes darted around their bedroom wondering if the cause of the smoke was in their room. I was relieved when it wasn’t.. I encouraged them to come on, and quickly ran to Matties room where I scooped him out of his crib.
We headed toward the stairs.
More smoke.
I wondered if I was going to be rushing my children through a fire to get out of the house..
Through Thick Smoke and choking breaths we hurried down the stairs.
That’s where we found Taylor, standing in very smokey kitchen holding a very charcoaled pan of Ramen noodles!
He had apparently fallen asleep while making himself a midnight snack.
It was a very short but tense situation, me gathering my children in thick billows of smoke ready to carry them outside to safety.
Sleeping afterwards was not easy for any of us. After the excitement wore off the smell and remaining smoke in the house kept us awake longer.
I’m afraid the smell has still not improved.
This morning I asked Ali about it.
I said “well At least we know our smoke alarms work”
her reply….. “And that Heavenly Father is watching over us!”
I whole heartedly agreed.

This morning the girls drew pictures of the event for show and tell.
Here is Megan’s’ interpretation of it..

Weekend Away

We had SO much fun in Vernal over the weekend. I haven't had a chance to sit down and write about it yet, so this is a little late. We went down for MJ's blessing, and Angie had asked me to do some family pictures for them.
We drove out on Friday. The car ride was a little hairy due to the fact that our Little guy does not like the car for any long period of time. I let Taylor drive because last time we drove down to Vernal, I received my first speeding ticket in 14 years!
Ali was so excited to see Coryne (her best friend)

and Megan was even more excited to see that they had kittens running around.

Meg spent a good portion of the weekend toting around this one. She's inherited my allergies however and by the end of each day, her eyes and nose were so swollen I had to dose her with Benadryl. She didn’t care. she loved and snuggled her anyway. When we left Monday she asked if we could bring her home with us.

The girls have wanted a cat for some time now. We're considering taking one from their next litter, but we'd have to put Megan on Singulair.. Don't know if that’s worth it or not... We've got some time to think about that one.. I personally could never own a cat in my lifetime, but there ARE 4 other members of the family that seem to like the idea

The kids rode Tigger their horse. We tried to get the kids to feed him apples from the tree but Megan saw all the frothy mess coming from his chomping jaws when we showed her how

to do it and absolutely refused to share in that experience. (Meg's acquired a germ phobia.. weird considering she still collects and plays with worms,snails, and mud!)

Jumped on the trampoline
and even got to play in the water (after Megan's pleading for two days)

then crashed each night exhausted (and drugged)

It was so relaxing. They were so good to us, and I really felt at home in their cute house.
I had so much fun taking newborn pictures of the tiny 7 pound little MJ, and I just LOVED taking their family pictures out in the green green field.
I think I would have stayed another week, if I could have. I wish that Ang and I could hang out more often. we just don't get together enough
Oh, and before I left, Angie asked me to help her set up her own Blog. Check it out.. I am so excited to see what she has in store.

Weekend away.

Presenting MJ.........remember her mommy a few weeks ago? (check out my flickr if you don't remember)

2 1/2 weeks new

We've had such a fun weekend here in Vernal...

the kids don't want to leave..

horseback riding, trampoline jumping, friends, food and fun!

more later..........

We'll be driving home this afternoon..

Happy Fourth Of July!

Here's to family, fireworks,and matching outfits!



We spent the afternoon at Taylor's family's house. His family is HUGE. He has 7 siblings , with 13 (going on 14) nieces and nephews. It was a busy little barbecue! Lots of kids running and food flying! Its nice to visit with everyone. we don't do it expect for Holidays.


It was a good day.
Hope you all had a good one too.

Mother's Day 2007

What more could a Mom ask for , than to spend a beautiful Sunny Mother's day with her wonderful, sweet, and only sometimes naughty Little ones?


A tiny example of the typical day in the life with my 5 year old. Today was no exception....
Megan couldn't wait for Ali to get off the toilet and apparently thought it was a good idea to relieve herself instead in the garbage can......... like I said...only SOMETIMES naughty!





Taylor is outside as I write this finishing the trim on the house.. YEAH! what a huge difference a can of paint makes! Its so hard for him to get projects done during the week when he's home with the baby, so he's taken advantage of it this weekend while we've both been off work together. Feels good to cross some of the things off our list.





Well
Baby's asleep.. Girls are on their way, and I'm off to my bed for a little Desperate Housewives!

Hope you all have a lovely Mother's day.

Love ya Mom!