What a day!!

I know that posts without pictures are no fun!! But I cant upload pictures everyday.

Today was fun for the kids! We walked Cayden to school today. Well Cayden and Kennadi rode their bikes and I pushed the stroller. They always have fun doing it, and I love to watch them. They amaze me. I watch Cayden on his big bike with no training wheels and he impresses me so much. He is really a big kid now. He rides his bike and has no problems. He gets nervous sometimes and just lets himself crash...ha ha but he always catches himself. He has always been a cautious kid. Then there is Kennadi, who scares me so much with how fearless she is. And it shows while she is riding down the street with her training wheeled princess bike. She goes down curbs and tries to go up them, and she goes down hills at full speed and is yelling WEEEEEE the whole way. Ya cayden would die if he started down a hill going that fast. She is crazy! My heart jumps everytime she looks like she is about to tip over, but she just leans up and straightens out. Its so funny to watch how different the kids are. Raised the same, but are completely different. I love these children so much.

It was so funny yesterday when I picked Cayden up from school. Kennadi was with grandma at dance class, so it was just me and the boys going to St. George. Cayden was telling me about his day at school when he told me about him and his little best friend, Connor, at recess. They had decided to run to the tree where the girls were playing. I guess one little girl yelled to them and told them to go away. Cayden yelled back NO to her, and she said "go away or do you wanna be kissed?" cayden replied " I sure do!" and then took off!
I had to laugh so hard at this little story he told me. They way he told me and all the little details he included. It was so funny! I cant believe they are already at it in Kindergarten. Cracks me up. :)

One more thing then I am done for the day :) I look at these big brown eyes that Quaid has, and I just cant believe it!! It may seem like not a big deal, but I have blue eyes, all my siblings and parents have blue eyes, and both of my other kids have blue eyes. It seems to me like all my life I have always looked into other peoples eyes and they have been blue. WIth the exception of cord I guess, and I think thats why I was so attracted to him. I loved the big brown eyes!! Dont get my wrong, I love that my older kids have eyes like me, because thats really all they have from me :) But I am loving these brown eyes on this baby! Its adorable, I cant quit looking into them! Just had to have a post about these brown eyes.

Girls night tonight!!! And its much needed. I am so happy that I have a few people that I can go and do things like this with. I am very thankful for them, especially since I went through a period of time where I really had no close friends to do things like this with. So now I am thankful everyday for these few people in my life :)

Alright I will quit with all the emotions...and go back to cleaning my house!

Private

Thought I would hurry and mention and here pretty soon I am going to be putting my blog as private for many reason! I want to feel safe about the info and pictures I put on here, but I still want friends, family, and even just acquaintances to be able to keep and see what our family is up to :) So, if you want to be able to view the blog, leave me your email address in a comment (if you have already not given it to me on facebook) Thanks!

Also, I am one of those people who love to look at a few certain peoples blogs just because they are so crafty and fun and cute! So if your one of those as well, your invited too :) And thanks for the inspiration!

Valentines day, and Quaids 5 months!!

So, I made it through my week of having cord out of town! And it actually went way better than I thought it would. I got to stay up at night and read in bed, which I LOVE doing but cant do when he is here. So even though I didnt like having him gone, that was something that was kinda fun for a week :) He came home on friday and we had all weekend and monday to just hang out and do what we wanted. To bad it rained and was not good weather all weekend!!

So I thought I would post a picture of my valentines day presents from my great husband! He is so sweet, and surprised me very much this year!!! I love the things he got for me. Including the rose :)

Also, on the 15th by baby boy turned 5 months old!! I cant believe he is this old already. The time has flown by, and been so much fun!! I have loved every minute with all three of my kids, but the third baby is really just so much fun. Everything is more relaxed and we kind of know what to do and expect, so we just get to play and hold onto every second, because I know how fast they fly by!! I love this little brown eyed boy so much! He has brought so much love and joy into our family. I am thankful everyday that I get to hold and squeeze him all day everyday. Being a mommy is so much fun, especially since I have these sweet, wonderful, funny, adorable kids to spend my days with!
Of course while I was trying to get a couple snaps of Quaid on his 5 month old day, Kennadi had to hold him and cuddle him for a while. This little girl loves her baby brother more than I ever expected. And when I pull the camera out (which I should be doing more often) She runs over to take picture with the babe.

Gotta Keep UP!

Just thought I would add a few pictures! Lets face it, I am not so great at keeping the blog updated. But since I never did a post on new years resolutions, I will mention that it is one of them! I really want to be better and taking a few minutes a couple times a week and posting a thing or two. I have also not been on top of loading my pictures from my camera to my computer, so these pictures of just a few of the more recent ones we have!!
Of course, the kids are all growing so fast that its ridiculous! Every day each of them do new things and are just so much fun. They keep me going and they are the reason that everything gets done around here. If it werent for them, I wouldnt clean, because nothing would be messy, and I wouldnt cook, because they are who I am usually cooking for. So they give me purpose :) Which is wonderful!!
SO for now, this is all. I will update soon :)

Thankful post :)

I keep thinking that I need to get on here and do some blogging, then when I have the chance and do, I cant really think of much to blog about.
Since Thanksgiving is almost here, I thought maybe i would would go through some of the things that I am most thankful for. First, I am truely thankful for my three wonderful children. They keep me going everyday and I love it. They are the loves of my life, and I couldnt imagine anything without them. Each of them are so uniquely special to me, and I just cant get enough of them. Its funny because I have a hard time leaving my kids to do anything or go anywhere, and its really because I just enjoy being with them all the time. I dont feel like I really need to leave them or go somewhere without them. Of course little breaks are great, but I always end up missing them. They keep me laughing and happy all the time. I am so thankful that I am a mother!
I love my husband so much, and am thankful to him for so many different things. He is the reason that I am a mother, and I love him for that. Also, I totally lucked out on this guy! I know that sounds funny but really, when we were dating and first got married I really didnt know about some of the qualities he had that I would need in my life. He is such a hard worker and a very dedicated person. He is always working to provide a good living for his family. I have never met anyone else that tries so hard to give their familys the things they need. He is fun to be around all the time, and such a wonderful person and father. He reminds me on a daily basis why I fell in love with him. Everyday. Its wonderful. I could not possibly ask for a better man to be married to.
I am thankful for the house that we have that has become our home. I am thankful for the house that we ended up finally being able to buy, after going through so many potential houses. This really was the perfect house for our family and I love it!
I am thankful for my job, and the wonderful people there...and for cords job as well.
I am thankful for my mother.Its been a long time but I can fianlly say that I have a good, wonderful relationship with her. She is now the best friend that she use to be to me, years ago. Love her!
I am thankful for my older brother and one of my best friends in this world, Blake. He is always there for me when I need him, and he makes me feel like a good person :) I love my big brother!
I am so very thankful everyday for cords family members. Without them, my kids wouldnt have known a family their whole lives. I am thankful for everything they do for us,all the presents for the kids and family dinners and dropping by just because. They are absolutely wonderful people!!

I know there is so much more that I am thankful for, but for time sake, this is it. :) Hope everyone has a great thanksgiving!!

So blogging has been on my mind the past couple weeks, I have just lacked the time to sit and actually do it. It seems like everytime I sit down to do something, I hear a bang or a cry or someone yell my name. Its endless. Atleast I dont get board.

Last Sunday, Nov. 7th we blessed Quaid. It was really great. Cords cousin who he has been close with growing up gave him a wonderful blessing. I always thought that babies for some reason never cried during their blessings, that some higher power comforted them or something. Wrong. Quaid fussed at about half way through the thing. It was still great and very special. He looked absolutely adorable in his little suit. I could not actually button the top button, due to his sudden weight gain and massive cheeks :) Everyone was lovin on him. I think that he was actually loving all the cuddles he was receiving from various relatives and friends, because he rarely got fussy.
One thing I was expecting to happen, which didnt (thank goodness) was that he didnt get gassy during the blessing. He is really a grunter. My aunt referred to him as a grizzly bear because of the little growls he always makes, and while making them he usually farts. In fact, its something that happens when we are shopping or are around people, and they of course look at me, because something so small could not make the noise. But he does. So I am thankful I didnt have to deal with that :)
When something special is happening, its usually cords family who is always there. I love everyone of them, but for this special occasion I had family members who were able to come. It was wonderful to see them there and know they came just because they love us and wanted to be apart of a special time. Thanks to the few members of my family that made it :)

The past couple days, I have been dealing with sick kids, sick husband, and not feeling so hot myself. I was thinking this morning that this is really my first big challenge since becoming a mom of three. Its been kinda nuts at times. Of course sick kids want their moms. So I have been holding Kennadi while trying to bounce Quaid at the same time. Im atleast glad that cayden got sick before us all..and therefore is getting much better while the rest of us are peaking. So he is a big help to me. That sweet little guy.
I hope we all feel better soon, and things can settle down a little bit.

Family Pictures

This past weekend we decided that we had better try and take some family pictures. I really wanted to wait until I fit into my prepregnancy jeans before we took them...but Quaid is getting so big, so fast that we needed to do some while he was little. A bunch of the pictures we took actually turned out really good. Cords sister took them for us, and she did a great job! Thanks aunt toni! :)


I cant beleive how big Quaid has got in 5 weeks. Yesterday he was offically 5 weeks old,and I just love to sit and stare at him. He is seriously precious. He looks like the other two kids did when they were babies, but then he also has a little something that is uniquely him. He is just the sweetest thing. He doesnt cry unless he is hungry or wet (or in the bath) and he loves to just look around and stare at Cayden and Kennadi. He sleeps when I need him to (sometimes things get crazy around here) and he seems to be pretty patient with me even. Its funny that I will know he is hungry, but I am in the middle of making dinner for the kids or bathing Kennadi or something...and he seems to be able to get by sucking on his binki until I can sit down to fed him. Such a good little guy! It seems like he is super long now....and getting very chubby. I knew he would become chubby, because thats just what seems to happen with my babies... but he is suddenly long. I guess the more kids you have, the faster they grow up. And I am even trying to savor every moment!!

This weekend is the deer hunt and Cord and the kids are really excited to go to the cabin and go hunting for the few days. I....well I am excited to get out of the house...but I dont know that I will be able to stay at the cabin from friday until wednesday like cord plans. That may be just a little to long to be cooped up there. I wont really be able to get out and do to much since Quaid is still so little, but I think we will all have a good time. I hope the weather decides to be good. According to the news...we might get some snow. That would actually be really fun as well! I hope we remember to bring the hot chocolate mix. I will have to post pictures once we are home. Hopefully cord gets a deer...I'm thinking that he thinks he will for sure...so I pray it works out.