Boys

I have been listening to my boys play today and they have said some pretty funny stuff. I just thought I would share.
Jonah to Simon: "Be quite man, you're blowing my bubber" (instead of cover)

Again, Jonah to Simon as they were playing star wars with empty wrapping paper tubes.
"No Simon, I just cut off your arm. That means that you have to put your arm in your shirt and hold your light saber with your other hand."

They have also been playing Santa Clause and pretending to bring presents and put under the tree.
Too funny!

Starving Luke

So, my little Luke who the doctors say is under weight, never stops eating! Lately it has been so funny because he recognizes the words breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack and food very well. I will ask the boys what they want for lunch and Luke will respond "MEEEEE". He doesn't know what we are having and he doesn't care he just wants some. He also is always going around eating off of everybody else's plates if they leave their food. My poor nephew Jakob has had his dessert eaten for him the last two Sunday's because he has left it at the table for a half a second. The poor kid just never gets enough to eat!

Happy Birthday Simon!

Well, today is Simon's birthday! He is 4. Time goes by so quickly! It seems just yesterday that we found out that we were going to get him. We were so excited and the the 3 months of waiting for him to be born started. That time went very slowly. It seems more slowly then the last 4 years have.

The funny thing is that he refuses to believe that today is his birthday. I kind of don't blame him. We have been celebrating his birthday all weekend, so I can see how he is confused. We decided to wait and give him his present from us today, so that he would feel like we did something on his actual birthday, but he really doesn't care. I think he will when we give him his gift, but right now he doesn't. We had a great weekend. On Saturday we meet Simon's birthmom Jessica at the Mayan resteraunt and had lunch with her.

Then we all went to Chucky Cheeses to let the boys play. We took them to the mall after that to let the boys see Santa, but the lines were way to long so we ended up just getting ice cream and visiting more. Simon had so much fun with Jessica. She gave him some playdough and some matchbox cars. He has not stopped playing with them for days.

On Sunday we had a family birthday party for him. I made him a monster truck cake. It was fun to make! I named it the Slim Monster. That is what we call Simon alot of the time, because he is always picking his nose. It is decorated with "slim" or lime green frosting. He loved it!

He has grown up to be a very fun boy. He makes us laugh every day with his cute smile and laugh. Of course that is between his very frequent fits that he throws. He is just 4 after all. He has a few choice words that he likes to use (which I will not mention) that have frequently gotten him into trouble and he is definitely the "Drama Queen" of the family. But we still love him! His favorite things right now are cars, monster trucks, forts, tractors, anything with wheels or anything that he can build. He loves tools and we often find him with a screw driver and several wall plates from off the light switches. Here are some pictures of him over the years! We love you Simon!

Just one more!

Just one more post, I promise. I just wanted to share this about my boys. We got a whole bunch of boxes of food storage delivered to our house a few weeks ago. It was Travis' grandma's that we got because she passed away. It was sitting in our front room for a few days because we didn't quite know what to do with it yet. The boys figured out really quickly what to do with it however. Make a space ship out of it naturally!

They stacked up the boxes and cans and played in it for two days straight. It was so fun listening to their little minds work and hear what they had to say about space. It was fun to watch their imaginations at work. After they were done with the space ship, they decided to take a few of the boxes and make glidders out of the boxes. This kept them busy for at least two more days.

Happy Birthday to me!

Ok so, my birthday was Dec. 1st but I haven't posted about it yet, so I thought I would. It was a fabulous day, a fabulous week actually. Probably the best birthday that I have had in a while. On Monday we hadn't planned on really celebrating, (we were going to wait til the weekend) but Travis stopped at the store and got something to make for dinner and some "presents" for me. We had decided that I wasn't going to get anything for my birthday this year, because money is tight and I really wanted to go out to dinner instead. Anyway, Travis cooked dinner while I relaxed. He also helped the boys make some wrapping paper and wrap my presents. I was in the other room and after the presents were wrapped Jonah and Simon kept bringing them down and showing them to me and saying, "This is not a present, it is just something we worked on." and "We cannot tell you what is in here, but it is good!". It was pretty fun to see them so excited.
We had dinner, complete with fancy glasses and sparkling cider, and then the boys each gave me a gift. The first was a package of chocolate licorice. The next two were Hot Tamalies and Jr. Mints. Then Travis pulled out a Red Box movie for us to watch. It was Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. I have been wanting to see that, so I was very excited. It was nice to know that even though we wern't planning to do anything special that night, that Travis still thought about me and wanted to make it special for me anyway. He did a great job!
The rest of the week was fun. We went to the Desert Star Playhouse for Travis work party on Thursday. That was alot of fun! Then on Saturday, I went to lunch with my girl friends. We went to the Olive Garden as usual and then did some Christmas. This is a Tradition that we do every December for two of our birthdays. I very much look forward to it! Travis meet me in Lehi and then he took me to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner. We meet some friends there and it was alot of fun. After that Travis took me to Sears. He had a gift card there that he got as a gift and decided to get me a present after all. A new pair of very much need pants!
On Sunday I got spoiled all over again. We had a family party for me and I got many of the things that were on my birthday list from my wonderful family. I also got my favorite birthday cake. Peppermint hot fudge sunday cake! Fabulous!

Christmas Decor

Well, so far these are the only Christmas decorations up in our home.

We have purposefully done this. (Actually that is not true. The boys somehow found this in the storage room today and pulled it out by themselves. Otherwise I wouldn't have them out. Thank goodness nothing got broke. I decided that if they went to the effort to find them, then I should have them out.) Usually our house is all Christmasy the weekend after Thanksgiving, but this year we just don't want to have to deal with it for to long. Considering that this is the normal state of our house these days...

(because I have three little boys that get into EVERYTHING! and I am very busy just trying to keep up with things) I just don't want to have anymore things up that I have to be constantly vigilant about. It is just not something that I can handle right now. We will probably just get out one of the Christmas trees a couple days before Christmas. I know sad huh?
But instead of getting more stuff out, we have decided to take the time to go through things and re-organize. We have been working really hard to get closets cleaned out and things moved to different places. We have had so many things without places since we moved here because our basement was not done. Now that it is, we are moving things around. It has gone well so far, but we have a lot to do still. I cannot wait until it is all done!

Thankful

With Thanksgiving upon us I have been thinking a lot about my blessings. I have so many to be thankful for. This year has not been an easy one financially for anybody and we have not been excluded from that, but the Lord has looked out for us and blessed us tremendously! We have had many people bring us clothes. I have not had to buy any clothes for the boys. We have also had people give us money for my schooling which has been so helpful. We seem to always have food in the house even though we haven't done much shopping. One of the most amazing things is that I have had a gift placed upon me that I have never before had quite like this. It is that I am able to look into the pantry and see the food we do have and make a meal out of things that I never thought possible. I have never been good at that and I have been very good at it the last few months. The food was also not only eatable, but it tasted good! We have also had many opportunities that have come to us that have allowed us to make some money here and there and come up with the money that we need. The Lord has certainly been looking our way and we are so grateful for that! We are grateful to all the people that the Lord has directed our way to help us as well!

We have been blessed with health and strength to accomplish the tasks that we have taken on. We have been blessed with learning and our home has been touched with the spirit more often.

Happy Thanksgiving!

One of my favorite Christmas songs

I cannot find it to add to my playlist so I thought I would just post it. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGrhzCgy_bg

Tagged by Kim

Where is your cell phone? I think it is on the floor under the piano, not sure though.

Where is your significant other? At work.

Your hair color? Blonde? I am really not sure right now.

Your mother? Caring

Your father? Twinkly

Your favorite thing? Boys that don't make messes and break things.

Your dream last night? I don't usually remember my dreams

Your dream/goal? To finish my zoning classes and start really helping people, and to become better at homeschooling

The room you're in? The kitchen

You're hobby? I like to read, scrapbook, watch movies, cooking, play with my boys and hang out with my girl friends, make craft projects and try to be creative when I have time.

Your fear? My husband or children dying and heights

Where do you want to be in six years? Right where I am now only hopefully with one more child and more money in the bank.

Where were you last night? At my mom's house eating dinner and talking

What you're not? Good at keeping a spotless house

One of your wish list items? Another baby

Where you grew up? Mostly Sandy, Ut

The last thing you did? Cleaned up Luke and his crib because he puked in the middle of the night

What are you wearing? Pajamas

Your TV? An old big screen tv that finally works again after like 4 months of it not! Yay!!

Your pet? Our dog Bo, or Bobofet, or Bodog, or something like that

Your computer? A nice little laptop that I bought last year. I love it!

Your mood? Nervous for how this day is going to go. I have so much to do and am not sure how Luke is going to be.

Missing someone? Not yet, Travis has only been gone for an hour and the boys have been good so far.

Your car? A green 1999 Pontiac Transport with a Chevy grill and so many scratches and dings in it that you'd think it was a demolition derby car, but hey, it is paid off!

Something you're not wearing? a bra

Favorite store? Roberts or Joann's or some place crafty like that. Or else Seagull or Desseret Book.

Your summer? Kind of stressful because I spent a lot of time worrying about homeschooling and what I was going to do.

Love someone? Mostly 4 wonderful boys

Favorite color? Blue

When was the last time you laughed? Yesterday, I laughed a lot but I cannot remember exactly why. I think I was in a mood.

Last time you cried? I cannot remember

I tag everybody that wants to do it!

Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread

So, as part of my quest to live a healthier life I decided that I was going to start making my own bread. After learning and researching I decided that I was going to make sourdough bread because it doesn't have yeast in it which can be very bad for your hormones and for kids with ADHD. I got a sourdough start and I made it, then last night I whipped up the dough and let it rise over night. I got up this morning and was so excited to form it and bake it. It really was not that much work. Quite easy infact. I pulled it out of the oven and I was so proud of it. It looks so pretty.


I let it cool and then we sliced it open to taste some. Yea, it tasted like dog food! I am so bummed! I didn't add any sweetner to it so maybe that is the problem. I think I will try it again this weekend and see. Now, what to do with the bread?