Hanging out at home

Home sweet home

It doesn't happen very often at our house that we have an entire day to just hang out at home. These days are so cherished & welcomed. I love that the kids will get pillows & blankets and lay out in the living room. We hung out watching movies and playing games. So fun. We even had a pillow fight.

Con Con as we like to call him being silly

Jakey & Marli are best friends. They enjoy playing with each other and their likes are so similar. Marli is so easy going and what ever Jake wants to watch or do is fine with her. I walked in the living room and had the biggest smile when I saw them laying so close to each other & just enjoying being with each other. I told them this makes mom so very happy to see them loving one another.


What's this I spy? Jakey Hugging Marli's Thigh! Hahaha

I made this Winnie the Pooh blanket for Jacob when he was born. Conor loves it & sleeps with it. He rubs it on his cheek & tells me blankey. I can't believe he is 17 mo. old. He went from having 8 teeth to 15 practically over night. Unbelievable!

Conor loves his older brother & sister very much. You can most often find him in the middle of whatever they are doing.

I was thinking next year we have to go some where for spring break and thaw out...then I see these little munchkins just loving being home and not having to go anywhere. A lot of our neighbors went to Disneyland or Disney World for spring break. The kids keep asking me when we can go. I told them when Conor is three!?! We'll see!

Treats

Conor's new thing is to come get me & tell me he wants a drink or treat. Sometimes when I don't go with him right away he'll stand in front of the fridge or pantry and whine or whimper like a little puppy.



I recently picked up a couple of these new sippee cups that have straws that swear they are spill proof. Conor loves drinking out of a straw. Whenever we go out to eat he thinks who ever has a drink with a straw it's automatically HIS drink. I was pleasantly surprised when they really are totally spill proof.


Marli LOVES ice cream sandwiches. We ran out awhile back. She kept begging me to pick up some more. She was so happy the other day when I came home with a whole bunch. She was watching t.v. & had ice cream on her cute little face. I had to get a picture of her when I repeatedly asked her to go wash her face & she was so into her show she didn't even notice I was right in front of her.


I guess I didn't do very good getting a picture of her with her eyes open eating her treat.

Jakey joined Marli enjoying a ice cream sandwich. He thought it was so good he was licking his fingers which he never does. I thought this was so hilarious.

This picture cracks me up. He's looking at me like " Ma what do you want? Can't I enjoy my snack without you taking my freaking picture"?

Oh Sweet Mama

Ry drove out to work today. He left work a hour early. He called me at work around 4:00 asking what he could do to help. I was surprised he was in town before 5:30. I told him he could give my mom a break & pick up the kids. He got them dinner and headed home for Halo family night. His buddies & their kids are all playing Halo live tonight.
I knew I didn't need to hurry home so I took the opportunity to have some me time. I went to Barnes & noble and picked up a couple books I've wanted for awhile. I love their bargain & clearance tables. Then I went to Gandolfo's and went inside for once instead of the drive-thru. I was visiting with the owner and told him I had never been inside. We always go thru the drive thru. He got my order together and told me to bring the kids in anytime he has candy for them and we both laughed. When you have three little ones you just don't go in anywhere if you don't have to.When I got home tonight the first person to greet me was my beautiful daughter. She yells"Oh Swwweeet Mama". I laughed & said were did you hear that? She says hear what? Sweet mama? Her response"What? Well ya are"! OK! As I'm carrying in everything from the car she asks"So, What'ya bring Marli"? I smiled and said Oh nothing. Then she runs over to the kitchen table and See's that I didn't finish my sandwich from gandolfo's. She exclaims"Oh mom your the best! You brought me one of those yummy sandwiches"! She gobbles it up. I asked her how she was doing. She looked at me very seriously and said"Good, Real good,actually painfully good"! What does painfully good mean. "Oh ya know" then she gives me two thumbs up. I gave her a huge hug and kiss. She definitely lights up my life.

Marli and I were looking at a couple blogs tonight. She says "Oh! I miss them too much. Plus that one! Oh I love my family! My whole family".

Marli completely cracks me up. She has her own language & her own world. I think that is is awesome what a free spirit she is. She lives in Marli*Land & lets us come visit from time to time. Instead of a Barbie world it's a Marli*World at our house. We wouldn't trade it for anything. She's a total sweetie pie.

Too Much Fun In Utah

Ryan & I took the kids to Utah to see my brother Kyle his wife Lesley & my adorable niece Ella. My parents came with us and we had way too much fun. We didn't get out of town until 10:30 because the new DVD player Ry bought the night before at best buy wouldn't work(best buy doesn't open until 10:00). We met my parents for breakfast at Smitty's. Marli rode with my parents. Jacob & I watched Beverly Hills Chihuahua on the way down. It was so fun to hang out with the boys. Conor was watching the movie too which totally surprised me because he NEVER watches t.v. I'm hoping my SIL Lesley post some pictures on her blog. I brought my camera and didn't take a single picture on our trip.

Words can not even begin to describe how much I love my brother Kyle and his family. I love hanging out with them. No matter what we do we always have so much fun. On our way to Provo we stopped in Draper at the

Draper Factory Stores12101 S Factory Outlet Drive Draper, UT801-571-2933. Ryan got a leather vest & leather gloves for riding his Harley. He was pretty happy. I got the kids some super cute Summer clothes.

One of my all time favorite stores is Osh Gosh. I used to always dress Jaxon in their clothes. I got Jakey & Conor some cool matching outfits. They both thought it was cool that they had twinner shirts and pants and jersey's and shorts.

We met Kyle,Lesley & Ella for dinner at this amazing Brazilian restaurant called Tucanos Brazilian Grill . Oh my this place was so good. We all ate way too much. I saw on a cooking show last week about this Brazilian lemonade it looked so yummy. I was so excited when the waitress asked me if I wanted to try their specialty drink. It was the lemonade I wanted to try. It was so delicious.

I have never been to Ikea so it was on our wish list of places to go while in Utah. I love this store. It has all this stuff that you never even knew you needed. They have a play land for the kids to play in if they are potty trained. Jakey & Marli loved it. They had all sorts of fun stuff to jump & climb on while we all shopped. They give you a pager like when you go out to eat in case your child needs you. They give the parents a hour to shop. I was late picking the kids up it was more like a hour and 15 min. the girl said they tried to page me. Apparently my pager didn't work. Whoops!

The kids wanted to go to Chuck E cheeze. After Ikea I rode with Lesley to Hobby Lobby. Ryan met Kyle, Ella and my parents at Chuck E's. When they were ready to leave we stopped by to help load them all up. We went to Johnny Carino's for dinner. Only because the Cheese cake Factory had a two hour wait. Lame!

After Dinner we said our goodbye's and we had to head back to Provo to pick up Ry's pillow he left there. There was a girls basketball tournament in Provo and I talked to a bunch of the girls that were staying at our hotel. Their team was from Chicago. I told them we were from Idaho Falls, Id. and Chicago had nothing on us we are the windiest city.

The new Cabella's in Lehi was also on our list of places to see. They had a trailer out front with all these animals that were killed by poachers. It was called the Poachers wall of shame. The store was awesome. The kids really liked seeing all the animals and fish. They have this huge aquarium that is in a tunnel. There were some funky fish in there. Jakey said this one fish looked like a walrus's grandson. They had a pond of fish and they were all big. I was talking to the guy that worked there about what kind of fish were in there. He was telling me they were mostly trout. Once they got to a certain weight they would transfer them to the big aquarium. If they were too little the big fish would eat them.

Ryan was on a serious mission to find the Cheesecake Factory on the way home. It was going on 9:00 and he found it. He took Marli in to go potty and came out with three different kinds of cheesecake. We saved them for the next day when we got the car cleaned out and laundry all done it was our reward. We had a really fun trip. Thanks Kyle & Lesley for putting up with all of us.

Time To Reflect

This last month has been a very momentous one. Huge changes have occurred in my life. Both professional and personal. I have taken the time to reflect on what I can do to simplify life. I'm grateful everything has worked out so well. I was completely stressed out with my boss selling the practice. I had the flu and was down in bed for over a week. I'm feeling happier now than I have in years. Life is Good. I have had so much fun hanging out with girlfriends this month. I went out every night the week of 15th. I had dinner with friends...lunch with friends...went to Confessions of a shopaholic. I'm so grateful to have family to help me and give me a break from life. I'm especially grateful for my health. It's hard to maintain a 100 MPH when you can't stop coughing and your entire body aches. So happy that is behind me.
Marli after church
Bath time fun








Little man Conor following dad around the house

Life is Hard....Marriage is even Harder! I'm so grateful that Ryan & I are committed to this marriage. We are committed to each other & to our children.

Ryan & I went to the L.A. Guns & Skid Row concert on Feb.19th. It was awesome. We went with two couples that Ryan works with. My Mom had all three kids sleep over at her house. It was such a fun night. The music brought back so many memories. It's what Ry & I listened to & partied to when we were dating. We let our hair down (figuratively speaking since Ry shaves his head) and head banged and just had a really fun time. Sebastian Bach was fired from the band. The singer Johnny has been with the band for ten years. I thought he was as good as Bach.



The kids & I have had a blast on our Imac. Jakey & Marli will both go down get on the computer and go to their favorite game sites. Right now its penguin club.com.