A Day Out With DAD

On a Thursday afternoon I get a phone call from my hubby and he said that he had to go to a meeting on Friday for work in the morning and then he would be off for the day. He thought it would be a great idea for me to meet him in Salt Lake with the kids when he was done and we could go to the ZOO. The kids and I were all very excited!!! We don't get to do a lot of outings with dad in the summer because he is sooo busy. So this is our fun day out.

Little miss Hollywood

This is the closest I have ever seen the Rhino it was cool. He is a big GUY!

Jordyn and Cory thought the Rhino was pretty cool too.

How does she measure up?

The giraffes are my favorite you get to see them so close up. This one made me laugh at his awkwardness. I wouldn't know the struggles of being so tall.

My Three BIG Apes:)

Thanks DAD for the wonderful day we always love playing with you.

AND THE DOCTORS SAYS.........

This last week I had my ultra sound. Everything looks good and healthy. We saw two arms, two legs, all the vital organs, and drum roll please...... a little(sorry Cory, a huge) male private part!!!:) So my little baby girl gets to stay queen of her thrown. She will be surrounded by boys but hey I survived it didn't I? I actually really enjoyed having all brothers. I never had to share my clothes, my room, my bathroom, and my girly toys (well that I knew of maybe Ryan was stealing them when I wasn't' looking ;)). But, now I have to pray more than ever that Jordyn will be my best friend, because she is the only other girl, so we've got to stick together. Part of me wanted another girl because as Tiffany says I need to experience what sister are. The other part of me is ok with another boys because lets be honest I always was more comfortable around boys. Either way the decision is made and we get to be blessed with a healthy little one THAT I am thrilled about! Now the hard part is to think of a name and to make Jordyn's room gender neutral or half and half. I may have to talk to my Sis Kathi to rack her creative mind. I'll have to put up pictures later when we figure it out. But, ta ta for now.

My little Rembrandt

I had to post this picture of Ty's artistic abilities. You may not be thinking it is anything great but, I think it is wonderful. He just turn four years old and I was very impressed by his details. They have fingers and toes and most of them even have five, they have belly buttons, ears, I mean come on I still draw in stick figures. I just thought it was well thought out and cute so I thought that I would share:)

******Ashton's Birthday******

I know that I am a total slacker, Ashton's Birthday was almost a month ago and I am just now getting this on my blog. Hey better late than never right? This year we gave Ashton a choice to either have a big family party or to get a big gift and he chose a gift. I think he made a good chose because he really needed a new bike. This was the bike he had before and if you can tell it is very small for my BIG six year old.

Yeah this is his new bike that Grandpa and Grandma Slade pitched in to get and it was daddy's job to get it put together. This was way after bed time but he was too excited to wait so he talked Cory into putting it together.

How many men does it take to put a bike together?

No Birthday is complete without a icecream cake YUM!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY BIG SIX YEAR OLD!!!

(Where does the time go?)

Survival Mode

Sorry that it has been awhile since my last post. The last month I have been on what I call survival mode. As you can see by the little baby ticker that I am pregnant with our fourth child (yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!). With every new child there comes a wide range of emotions... excitement, fear, a prayerful heart, nervousness, love and many more. But, in the beginning it is feelings of nausea, exhaustion, being overwhelmed, and feeling like a horrible mother because my other three kids kind of survive on there own in a way. So to say the least my blog has been put on the back burner until I can get past the worst of it. I am not there yet but, I am hoping to see the bright light very soon:) I am due in September and if this baby is as healthy, energetic, adorable, and fun as my other three than I will feel very blessed and overjoyed.

MY BIG FOUR YEAR OLD

My baby boy Ty turned four years old on February 13th! We decided to take him to Pirate Island because we have not been there yet and he thought it sounded like a lot of fun. It turned out to be a BLAST!!! We invited everyone in the family that wanted to join us and to our surprise we had about 30 people there. One of the gifts he got was a Bumblebee outfit he has worn it every day since.

Doesn't Ty Aunt Brooke look hot in her Pirate Hat! His cousins Logan and Beckham loved the place too they kept raiding the souvenir shop it was so funny.

Isaac looking on as Ty opens his gifts.

Here is Grandpa and the boys playing games it was hilarious Grandpa had just as much fun as they did. We ended up with 977 tickets in the end and around 600 or more were from Grandpa. It was a really good day lots of family, lots of fun, and the food was way better than Chucky Cheese, we will definitely do it again sometime. Happy Birthday to my (little sorry big boy) Ty!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME :)

January 29th was my 32nd birthday (scary that I would admit that huh?)! Life for the last couple of years have been overwhelmingly hard. Some of the hardest in my life but, I am sure not the last of hard times. But, you know what I have survived and continue to survive so yeah for me. I digress, I didn't want to go into a sob story. The reason I said that was so I can explain that for my Birthday all I really wanted was to do something fun, relaxing, and something that got my mind away from life. I got exactly what I wanted!! The day of my Birthday was pretty normal mom stuff. I did get a lot of nice texts, a visit from my wonderful in-laws, some calls, and some horrible HAPPY BIRTHDAY songs (you know who I am talking about Ryan lol). In the evening Cory and I went to Tepanyaki's for dinner ( my favorite) with my parents and we were going to go bowling afterward but, it was too long of a wait so we bought ice cream and went back to their house to play games. It was very enjoyable. We got a baby sitter for a change so it was a relaxing night. The only down fall was I didn't get to spend it with my brother Joe. His Birthday is the same day and I think other than his mission this was the first time we didn't get to see each other. It's ok though he had obligations and it get harder and harder the older we get and the bigger our families get. I did miss him though but, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JOE also!! I hope he had a good day too. Plus my Birthday didn't end there the next day I was spoiled by a couple of life longs friends. My two friends that I have known for about 21 years took me out to lunch at RED LOBSTER (another favorite), they got me a really cute necklace, and then we wandered around the mall for a little bit. Once again I didn't have my kids I love them but , it was nice to be without them for a few days. Then one of the most wonderful things of all was usually when I come home (when dad is in charge) the house is... to say the least a disaster. This time it was spotless!!!! Cory spent the time I was gone cleaning the whole house toilets and everything. It was beeaauutiful:) I know that to someone else my Birthday didn't seem like a BIG party but, I thought it was perfect. I had loved ones around me and it was very peaceful and stress free. So THANKS to all who thought of me, I luv ya!:)