Is there something suspect about a little boy who wakes up at 7:30 shutting all the bedroom doors and goes outside? I think so. I don't really know why he did it. But by the time we got dressed and followed him outside he had rescued another rabbit from the cats. He was holding it by the ears! This one was bigger and in a bad way. There was no letting it go to scamper off and survive. So we had to get V back in the house so M could return the cat's meal to them. I just don't know about him. I think it is super sweet that he is so caring of animals. Which is funny because he won't touch turtles, alligators, or lizards. I like that!!!!!
He thinks he is just like the grown up boys. He wanted to help poor cement so bad he sat there telling everybody who would listen to him that he was ready to work. He finally was able to go up by the cement truck by my dad to help tell the cement truck where to go. Then in between trucks he got to get a shovel and try and move the cement.
Here is one of my favorite things that he has done rescently. NOT! He got ahold of a pocket knife and stuck it up his nose. Yep you guessed it he sliced his nose. You can see it. But he didn't need stiches. Thank goodness! I do not need a hospital trip every year around his birthday. I told M lets not have anymore boys. He has way too many scars and owees.
In dropping off the kids so I could do birthday shopping for V he informed me, while holding his sleeping bag, that he was having a spend the night at grandma and grandpa's house. Poor kid. That was unable to happen. The grandparents had to get up early and go to work and Reno. At least there is going to be more cement pooring today.
Friday, August 17, 2012
Friday, August 10, 2012
All About V
Can I tell you that V is a very funny boy? Did I tell you that he punched Daddy in the groin? That was funny. Ask me about it sometime. He has been keeping us on our toes thats for sure.
Exibit A. He caught a baby cotton tail and brought it in the house. It was squiling I thought it was the show I was watching. Then I thought he was torchering? one of the cats. No he had a babby bunny in his hand. And I quote "It was in big cats mouth and I took it away and it is my pet baby bunny." So I go back to the bedroom where M is at and we take them both outside where we release baby bunny. It promptly runs up M's pant leg. V was very conscerned he wouldn't get baby bunny back. I convinced him that the mommy bunny would miss her baby. Sooooo...
Exibit B. He finds a birds nest in a tree where he wants me to get it down so the bird egg will hatch in his hand and he can sleep with it at night. Ummm NO!
Funny story! He spent the night at Nama and Papa's house. While there Papa shot a badger. A badger right out there in the middle of the field. In the desert. Well the next day at church Roger Sorensen got up and bore his testimony with music. I leaned over to M and said his name. Well V heard that and informs us that Papa had shot a Roger!!!! I thought I was going to start laughing right out loud!!!!!!
Exibit C. He cut his hair. Just one snip. Right at the front of his hair. His bangs if you will. Right in the middle of his forehead. At the scalp. I ask you what am I supposed to do with this boy? Ah but he is sweet.
Exibit A. He caught a baby cotton tail and brought it in the house. It was squiling I thought it was the show I was watching. Then I thought he was torchering? one of the cats. No he had a babby bunny in his hand. And I quote "It was in big cats mouth and I took it away and it is my pet baby bunny." So I go back to the bedroom where M is at and we take them both outside where we release baby bunny. It promptly runs up M's pant leg. V was very conscerned he wouldn't get baby bunny back. I convinced him that the mommy bunny would miss her baby. Sooooo...
Exibit B. He finds a birds nest in a tree where he wants me to get it down so the bird egg will hatch in his hand and he can sleep with it at night. Ummm NO!
Funny story! He spent the night at Nama and Papa's house. While there Papa shot a badger. A badger right out there in the middle of the field. In the desert. Well the next day at church Roger Sorensen got up and bore his testimony with music. I leaned over to M and said his name. Well V heard that and informs us that Papa had shot a Roger!!!! I thought I was going to start laughing right out loud!!!!!!
Exibit C. He cut his hair. Just one snip. Right at the front of his hair. His bangs if you will. Right in the middle of his forehead. At the scalp. I ask you what am I supposed to do with this boy? Ah but he is sweet.
Friday, August 3, 2012
July and August 1st!
I was just outside and I realized that it is August already. It feels like August. You know? It may not be any hotter temperature wise than July but it is just hotter. There is a change in the air. Today feels like a get out there and do something summery kind of day.
Things we have been doing...
Going to the outdoor swimming pool. V loves jumping off the side into the water. He also doggie paddles. He thinks he is big and should go down the big water slide. It is cute. Need to go as a family so Mike can take him down. E likes to walk back and forth across the shallow end of the pool. You have to hold on to her or she slips and goes down under the water.
We had a family reunion a month ago and it was busy!!!! My brother and his wife stayed at my parents house for about month so there was lots of cousin time.
We have ridden in the dump truck with daddy. Until E gets tired and fussy. But she is happiest when she sits on daddy's lap and can stear. She even got to ride with grandpa in a tractor. The whole time she was hitting the shifter button making it go faster. Took dad a while to figure out that it was her that was causing it speed up.
We spent an evening out at Sand Mountain. V went up and down up and down up and down. Even I made it to the top. M was good and kept on eye on E and made hotdogs for all the other kids. Which by the way E loved crawling around in the sand. She likes to pick up dirt and set it on things like chairs and wood and your leg and shoes.
We haven't done any big things. I would like to take the kids to grimes point though. Climb around the rocks and see some hyrogliphs.
We had some friends in town this last weekend. They where on their honeymoon. So M did up the best ribs I have ever eaten. Yummy I will share what he did later.
Then there was cousin's birthday. Let me tell you V wanted to keep the present he had picked out. A lego blocks loader. We had to go back to wal-mart so V could get his own. Only he got a combine. Yeah I am that kind of mother! But we had ice cream cake and a good time talking.
Lets just say that there have been several nights this summer where the kids have been out till past 10!!!!!! So they fall asleep on the way home and all we have to do is transfer them to their beds.
Jen left for Guatemala. Sad times. But she is have a great time. She loves it. The next year and a half will fly by. Next week she will have been out for a whole month already.
Ok something I have discovered with the two children. They love playing together for the most part. V is good at making E laugh. But boy is she jelous! If V is on my lap for any reason for any amount of time she comes over and starts pushing on him to get him to move. It includes yelling at him and sometimes hitting. I can see this as a problem when we add a third one into the mix (eventually! No this is not an announcement! Sheesh people contain yourselves.) E has started to walk. She really did it at the family reunion. She had to keep up with the older bigger kids. She can drink out of a cup by herself. She usually does pretty good. There is still spilling. But she doesn't just tip it up as far as it will go which causes her to get soaked. She loves popcicles. But then who doesn't?
Side news. We went to reno and picked out a bigger car. We needed it. We now are the proud owners of a 2004 Mercury Mountaineer. Equivelent to a Ford Explorer. Like excactly alike twins. But we can fit 7 people at a time. Yay!!!!!
V is constantly coming up with new things. He is always asking to go to the dairy cause he needs to work. He has his work shoes and then he has what he has dubbed his going to reno shoes. He has even refused to wear certain pants because they are work pants. Who knew? His favorite color is orange and his favorite letter of the alphabet is U but he gets the h's and the u's mixed up. And if he writes the letter u it turns out more like an n but that is ok. We are just starting to work on it. For his birthday he will be getting workbooks. Then this next year he will learn to write his name and recognize the alphabet and at least be able to write some letters and numbers.
He has had grandma as his sunbeam teacher and loves it!!!!! Unfortunately she has been called as the stake primary president. Hmmm.Well change is good and it happens to everyone.
BBQ Spare Ribs ala Mike!!!! (I just came up with that.
Thaw out ribs. Cut off the back side fat and trim the sides and the one long side. It helps trust me. Season with salt, pepper, onion and garlic salt. You can also use a rib rub if you have one you like. Do both sides.
grill for about an hour on medium heat. Not cooked all the way. Take off the grill. In tinfoil combine brown sugar, honey, and butter. Actually Mike just dumped them one on top of the other. Place rib rack on top wrap with tinfoil. Place back on grill on low heat. Letting it cook for about 2 more hours. If you want unwrap the tin foil and spread bbq sauce about 1/2 hour before it is done. These ribs didn't need any sauce. And man where they good. They were crispy and sweet. Oooh my mouth is watering just thinking about it.
We had potato salad, killer dip, and Grilled corn salad to go with it. Let me know and I will throw in the killer dip and grilled corn salad recipes too!!!!!
Things we have been doing...
Going to the outdoor swimming pool. V loves jumping off the side into the water. He also doggie paddles. He thinks he is big and should go down the big water slide. It is cute. Need to go as a family so Mike can take him down. E likes to walk back and forth across the shallow end of the pool. You have to hold on to her or she slips and goes down under the water.
We had a family reunion a month ago and it was busy!!!! My brother and his wife stayed at my parents house for about month so there was lots of cousin time.
We have ridden in the dump truck with daddy. Until E gets tired and fussy. But she is happiest when she sits on daddy's lap and can stear. She even got to ride with grandpa in a tractor. The whole time she was hitting the shifter button making it go faster. Took dad a while to figure out that it was her that was causing it speed up.
We spent an evening out at Sand Mountain. V went up and down up and down up and down. Even I made it to the top. M was good and kept on eye on E and made hotdogs for all the other kids. Which by the way E loved crawling around in the sand. She likes to pick up dirt and set it on things like chairs and wood and your leg and shoes.
We haven't done any big things. I would like to take the kids to grimes point though. Climb around the rocks and see some hyrogliphs.
We had some friends in town this last weekend. They where on their honeymoon. So M did up the best ribs I have ever eaten. Yummy I will share what he did later.
Then there was cousin's birthday. Let me tell you V wanted to keep the present he had picked out. A lego blocks loader. We had to go back to wal-mart so V could get his own. Only he got a combine. Yeah I am that kind of mother! But we had ice cream cake and a good time talking.
Lets just say that there have been several nights this summer where the kids have been out till past 10!!!!!! So they fall asleep on the way home and all we have to do is transfer them to their beds.
Jen left for Guatemala. Sad times. But she is have a great time. She loves it. The next year and a half will fly by. Next week she will have been out for a whole month already.
Ok something I have discovered with the two children. They love playing together for the most part. V is good at making E laugh. But boy is she jelous! If V is on my lap for any reason for any amount of time she comes over and starts pushing on him to get him to move. It includes yelling at him and sometimes hitting. I can see this as a problem when we add a third one into the mix (eventually! No this is not an announcement! Sheesh people contain yourselves.) E has started to walk. She really did it at the family reunion. She had to keep up with the older bigger kids. She can drink out of a cup by herself. She usually does pretty good. There is still spilling. But she doesn't just tip it up as far as it will go which causes her to get soaked. She loves popcicles. But then who doesn't?
Side news. We went to reno and picked out a bigger car. We needed it. We now are the proud owners of a 2004 Mercury Mountaineer. Equivelent to a Ford Explorer. Like excactly alike twins. But we can fit 7 people at a time. Yay!!!!!
V is constantly coming up with new things. He is always asking to go to the dairy cause he needs to work. He has his work shoes and then he has what he has dubbed his going to reno shoes. He has even refused to wear certain pants because they are work pants. Who knew? His favorite color is orange and his favorite letter of the alphabet is U but he gets the h's and the u's mixed up. And if he writes the letter u it turns out more like an n but that is ok. We are just starting to work on it. For his birthday he will be getting workbooks. Then this next year he will learn to write his name and recognize the alphabet and at least be able to write some letters and numbers.
He has had grandma as his sunbeam teacher and loves it!!!!! Unfortunately she has been called as the stake primary president. Hmmm.Well change is good and it happens to everyone.
BBQ Spare Ribs ala Mike!!!! (I just came up with that.
Thaw out ribs. Cut off the back side fat and trim the sides and the one long side. It helps trust me. Season with salt, pepper, onion and garlic salt. You can also use a rib rub if you have one you like. Do both sides.
grill for about an hour on medium heat. Not cooked all the way. Take off the grill. In tinfoil combine brown sugar, honey, and butter. Actually Mike just dumped them one on top of the other. Place rib rack on top wrap with tinfoil. Place back on grill on low heat. Letting it cook for about 2 more hours. If you want unwrap the tin foil and spread bbq sauce about 1/2 hour before it is done. These ribs didn't need any sauce. And man where they good. They were crispy and sweet. Oooh my mouth is watering just thinking about it.
We had potato salad, killer dip, and Grilled corn salad to go with it. Let me know and I will throw in the killer dip and grilled corn salad recipes too!!!!!
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Baby turns 1
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Health
Is it just me or does everyone experience weird things with their children's health? For me it has to do with E's weight. She was a big baby almost 9lbs. And then she dropped weight drastically. So then it was trying to get her weight back up. And she was doing great. Until 6 months. Then she had a cold for almost 2 months. Then she got an ear infection. So her weight was 16lbs. So we went back a month later and she had gained a pound. But while we were there a man, an grown man had pertussis. aka whooping cough. Well neither child was up to date on thier shots. So we went and got them. And I learned that symptoms can take a few weeks to show up. Well E started showing signs of whooping cough. I took her into the clinic and it was nothing. But then V had a lump show up on his groin. So a few weeks later aka two days ago we went back for another weight check with E she gained another 12 oz. yay. She now weighs 18lbs. But I also had the Dr. look at V. She sent us to the hospital to get an ultrasound on him. STAT! I loved it we where in and seen in about 10 minutes of walking through the doors. Luckily it was lymph nodes. I was concerned that it would be a hernia. That would have taken surgery. So now after all of this E has a runny nose again. I realize that kids are almost always sick. But I don't like it. Let them be well. I am just very greatful that they are minor things and nothing too serious. We are truely blessed that way!
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Menagerie
I don't live in a house. I live in a menagerie. Inside and out! Cows, birds, and rabbits. Inside there are kids, dog, and cats. I don't want to say I am overwhelmed, but boy do they keep me on my toes. E is growing so big. Her favorite games are peek-a-boo and smacking daddy on the forehead and then pulling his hair. Cracks me up! She is learning to blow kisses but will only do it for daddy. Or with daddy. She also likes to clap if people are clapping on t.v. E also loves to hang upside down. Her favorite person in the house besides her daddy and brother is the dog. In fact she just loves dogs period. She will pat her leg and say dog at the same time. She loves to hold your hands and walk around.
V has discovered birthdays and birthday cakes. It doesn't help that lately I have been watching Cake Boss on Netflix. So now he keeps talking about his castle cake. Oh BOY!
They both keep us laughing all the time. And if they aren't tired or hungery they are both really sweet. I am so glad that sunday will be mother's day. Even though I know I won't get a present from them I still know that without me my family will be lost. Oh speaking of family. I had an epiphany the other day. I thought it was clever. "I put the Mily in Family." Love that.
V has discovered birthdays and birthday cakes. It doesn't help that lately I have been watching Cake Boss on Netflix. So now he keeps talking about his castle cake. Oh BOY!
They both keep us laughing all the time. And if they aren't tired or hungery they are both really sweet. I am so glad that sunday will be mother's day. Even though I know I won't get a present from them I still know that without me my family will be lost. Oh speaking of family. I had an epiphany the other day. I thought it was clever. "I put the Mily in Family." Love that.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Growing bigger!
So sweet little girl is growing up. She can crawl and pull herself up on things. One of the sweetest things she does is lean her head forward so you can bump foreheads.
I realized today looking at V that he is looking less like a little toddler and more like a big kid. I know he turns 4 this year. Some things that he has said that are funny.
Gophers are yummy. You will cook them and I will eat them. Gophers are nice. The traps get the gopher bellies. Its sharp.
I need to go burn weeds with daddy and grampa.
He has also managed to pick E up and get them both on the bed and couch on two seperate occasions. He grabs her under her armpits with this arms around her chest. Of course she thinks it is great fun.
I realized today looking at V that he is looking less like a little toddler and more like a big kid. I know he turns 4 this year. Some things that he has said that are funny.
Gophers are yummy. You will cook them and I will eat them. Gophers are nice. The traps get the gopher bellies. Its sharp.
I need to go burn weeds with daddy and grampa.
He has also managed to pick E up and get them both on the bed and couch on two seperate occasions. He grabs her under her armpits with this arms around her chest. Of course she thinks it is great fun.
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Poor baby
Poor E. So far in her little short life has had a cold that has lasted 2 months, an ear infection, a yeast infection because of the antibiotics for the ear infection, and she only weighs 16 pounds at 9 months. Her doctor would like to see her gain weight. Can she just catch a break? Other than that she is awsome. Super cute and funny. She has learned to crawl faster when she thinks you are after her. Favorite game? Vernon tackling her and making her roll from back to stomach. She can't get enough of it.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Late and overwhelmed. AND BUSY
Wow Christmas was my last post and now its March? So I am a little late on updating. But let me see if I can mention everything with out repeating something I have mentioned earlier. First E is crawling and she has cut 2 teeth with a 3rd on the way. She had an ear infection and all three of us have had colds since January. I love her she is starting to look less like a baby and more like the toddler she will become. She says two words dada and dawhee(doggy) she loves the dog so much she just laughs at him and wants to go to him. Of course she loves her big brother too. She wants to do what he is doing.
M has been busy lately hauling manure. And V won't be left out of it at all. He is ready to go every morning with daddy to dump cow poop as he calls it. In daddy's cow poop truck. He loves to help grandma watch the gates. V has successfully potty trained!!!! It was a little iffy there for a while. He is obssessed with all things Transformers. He would watch them for hours on youtube if we let him. It doesn't even have to be in english.
M and I are working on getting the yard looking nice and prepping a spot for a garden. Right now we need to burn weeds and haul dead trees and limbs. There is still nothing hanging on our walls but one day my mom helped me put up a saying "eternal family in progress" I love it and I am going to fill the rest of the wall with pictures of family.
Ok so E just woke up and I need to go get her. More to come!
M has been busy lately hauling manure. And V won't be left out of it at all. He is ready to go every morning with daddy to dump cow poop as he calls it. In daddy's cow poop truck. He loves to help grandma watch the gates. V has successfully potty trained!!!! It was a little iffy there for a while. He is obssessed with all things Transformers. He would watch them for hours on youtube if we let him. It doesn't even have to be in english.
M and I are working on getting the yard looking nice and prepping a spot for a garden. Right now we need to burn weeds and haul dead trees and limbs. There is still nothing hanging on our walls but one day my mom helped me put up a saying "eternal family in progress" I love it and I am going to fill the rest of the wall with pictures of family.
Ok so E just woke up and I need to go get her. More to come!
Friday, January 27, 2012
Christmas Finally
Christmas was exciting this year. I couldn't wait for V to see his presents from Santa. Which he almost didn't get, because he unwrapped all the presents under the tree! But he was so happy to see a big boy bike under the tree christmas morning. Until he looked in his stocking and found a little transformer. After that the bike was second best. After church we went over to my parents house and the kids opened their presents from Grandma, Grandpa, and his aunts (who spoil them ruthlessly.) Then we headed out to Nama and Papa's house to have dinner not that I can remember what we had. But it is important because it is one of those meats they serve at restraurants like prime rib. But it wasn't that. Then we opened presents and there was more spoiling of the kids.
E- got her new wardrobe for her next size in growth. Love it. The only things I will have to get her as she grows is pjs. I will post a pic of her clothes laid out on one half of the couch and V's on the other half. She also got a porceline doll from Grandma and Grandpa
V- got books and a quiet activity book, cowboy boots from John Deere, an John Deere lunch box, a motorcycle, a gun that lights up and has a removable silencer on it, lots of pjs, a Mater face shirt, a Mater sweatshirt, and a puzzle.
M- Got a 5 drawer tool box to put most of his tools in, because it isn't big enough for all of them. Movies and a bullet kit of some sort. Just shows you how little I know about guns.
As for me- M surprised me with a silver bracelet in my stocking. I was so surprised. I also got a rice cooker, dishes, pjs, a leather hair clip that Nama made, and a new wallet.
E- got her new wardrobe for her next size in growth. Love it. The only things I will have to get her as she grows is pjs. I will post a pic of her clothes laid out on one half of the couch and V's on the other half. She also got a porceline doll from Grandma and Grandpa
V- got books and a quiet activity book, cowboy boots from John Deere, an John Deere lunch box, a motorcycle, a gun that lights up and has a removable silencer on it, lots of pjs, a Mater face shirt, a Mater sweatshirt, and a puzzle.
M- Got a 5 drawer tool box to put most of his tools in, because it isn't big enough for all of them. Movies and a bullet kit of some sort. Just shows you how little I know about guns.
As for me- M surprised me with a silver bracelet in my stocking. I was so surprised. I also got a rice cooker, dishes, pjs, a leather hair clip that Nama made, and a new wallet.
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