Baby Shower!

Last Thursday night, Hilarie with the help from my mom and sister-in-laws threw me a baby shower. And once again these girls went way overboard! I didn't get all that many pictures of the night, but I did get some.

We had the most yummy food! Chicken salad sandwiches (to die for), homemade oreos, veggies and of course a chocolate fountain with lots of goodies to dip in.

Hil working hard in the kitchen getting everything ready.

Adri, me, Audrey, Kingston and Heather

Ariane and Brandi

After all the cute clothes that I got, my little girl is going to be one of the best dressed kids in this neighbor! I can't wait till she is here and can start wearing all of these darling outfits. How much fun it was to get girlie things for a change. I am so thankful for my family and friends who came and for all of the wonderful stuff. THANKS THANKS THANKS

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is my sweet mom's birthday. She is one the few angels left on this earth. She is one of the most giving people I know. She would gladly give you the shirt off of her own back, if that meant that you were more comfortable. I have a lot to learn from her. She is one of the best friends!

Thanks mom, for being an great example for me and my family to look up to and to follow. I know the last few months with grandma haven't been the easiest for you. However, I do know that you have many people in Heaven looking down at you with huge smiles on their faces, So proud of what you are doing with our dear grandma. We all appreciate the things you do for her, including all of the little things. You are definitely earning yourself some bonus points.

I hope that you had a great birthday! WE LOVE YOU!

Happy Birthdays!

This past week we celebrated my birthday and Troy's. It was a week long celebration!

TUESDAY: Lunch with some good friends from our old neighborhood. Kay, Angela, my mom and myself all have birthdays in March.

THURSDAY: Troy got to celebrate his birthday at preschool! He was the special helper all day long. I made a poster all about Troy.



That night Good 'Ole Hilarie got all the neighborhood girls and my sister-in-laws together for dinner and a movie. I think only me and Amelia were in the theater that night though, no one else laughed but us (thanks Amelia for the laughs). Thanks Hil for planning it! You are the best!


FRIDAY: My sweet mom watched the boys for us, so Clint could take me to dinner!


SATURDAY: My Birthday! Clint surprised me with plans for the day. He took me to breakfast then we went shopping. That's right Clint went shopping! He bought me some shoes and some clothes, then we ended up at Carter's looking for baby clothes. I told Clint that we couldn't leave the store until he picked out a outfit for the baby. Deep down I know he loved it:) Oh Yeah, Clint got us a new camera for mine and his birthday. I LOVE it! Thanks hun for the whole weekend. I was spoiled. I Love you!

Tanner had a soccer game that afternoon and then we ended up at the park.

That night my family all went up to Litza's for dinner. My mother-in-law and her hubby came along with us. I have never seen a restaurant so excited to see anyone leave before. It was a rough night for all the kiddos. We went back to my parent's house for dessert.


SUNDAY: Troy's Birthday! The balloon fairy came again! Troy was so excited to wake up to a room full of balloons.


My parents had everyone over for breakfast. We had all of Troy's favorites: Bacon, Sausage, Waffles, Omelets and juice. Thanks Mom and Dad! He got so many great gifts from everyone. THANKS! I told him I would make his favorite dinner that night, but he insisted on Panda Express, so that's what he got.


I love you Troy Troy! You have the brightest little smile that makes your eyes sparkle. You are such a sweet boy always thinking of others. We don't know what we would do without you. Thanks for being our buddy. Happy 5th Birthday!

Troy

Some of the things that Troy usually says in his prayers:

"Please bless the dads and the kids at the dump, that they can get a house and everything."
(Apparently only men and children are homeless)

"Please bless grandpa's rhino and the four-wheelers."

"Please bless that the baby will be nice to mama. Please bless that the baby will stop pinching mama's bum."
(Every once in a while the my siatic nerve gets pinched and shoots pains down my one leg. Troy thinks it is the baby pinching my bum.)

Troy~Mommy loves the sweet prayers that you say and look forward to them everyday! Thanks for helping Carter to say his. Your are a great big brother to him. I Love You Buddy!

Carter

I always think that I will remember cute things that my kiddos say, but rarely do. Lately I have been writing them down.

Here are some of Carter's latest sayings:

Mom: "Carter, you are a smarty pants!"
Carter: "No I'm not."
Mom: "Mommy thinks you are."
Carter: "Carter thinks I'm Carter!"


"Mommies have dirl (girl) babies and Daddys have boy babies"


Troy: "Carter, do you want me to help you with that?" (Turning on the TV with the remote)
Carter: "No, I'm fine."
Troy: "You know how to do it?" (Acting shocked)
Carter: "Yeah. I can do it. Troy, I can also color."
Troy: "You can!" (Acting totally shocked)
Carter: "Yep"
Troy: "Good job Carter!"

If Carter is wearing a long sleeve shirt and I go to put a coat on him, he will hurry and pull away from me and say "Do you want me to have the best popcorn?" (what that means I will never know) I will respond with "yes" and then he will say "Then I have to do this." (He will then pull his sleeves down and hold them while I put on his coat.)

Mom: "Carter, Avery is coming over to play."
Carter: "Is she the little girl that has a bum bum on her pee pee?"
Mom: "WHAT?"

(It took me forever to figure out what he was talking about. The last time Kelly and Avery were over, Kel took her to the potty and I guess Carter had followed her in there and watched. Since we only have boy babies in this family, that is all he has seen. So when he saw Avery he didn't know what to think. Things are going to change when his sister arrives.)

I love little kids and all the funny things they say!

Valentines Weekend!

My Valentines weekend started out on Friday afternoon with my four favorite Valentines surprising me with flowers! I got a dozen red roses and a dozen white tulips. So pretty! Later on, Tanner (my tender heart) got all dressed up and took a single red rose and a card over to my mom. My mom's eyes filled up with tears. Tanner is such a sweetheart and is going to make the BEST husband someday. He is always doing little things like this on his own.

That evening we got to babysit my sweet little nephew, Bentley. He was so much fun. Tanner got to be the big helper that evening and feed him his bottle while Troy and Carter helped me feed him his cereal. We love you Bentley!



Saturday morning, Clint surprised us with breakfast in bed. Quite the surprise, he is usually the one who sleeps in. Thanks hun! My sweet mother-in-law watched the kids for us that afternoon while we went out to dinner. Outback=Yummy!

The rest of the evening we delivered all of our Valentines and then watched my cute kids excitedly run to the door to get theirs. They once again were spoiled by my parents and my brother and sister-in-laws and their cousins! Thanks Guys!

Clint did our Valentines shopping for the boys and got them their own pair of Four-wheeling pants! They are the cutest things ever.


All in all we had a great weekend!
Happy Valentines Day!

Honest Scrap Award

My little ol' blog has won itself an award. I can hardly believe it!!

The award is "Honest Scrap"

The rules of the award are :

1. Choose a minimum of 7 blogs that you find brilliant in content or design

2.Show the 7 winners names and links on your blog, and leave a comment informing them that they were prized with "Honest Scrap." Well, there is no prize but it is fun!

3.List 10 honest things about yourself.

Ten Honest things about me....

1. I LOVE my family more than anything! (Troy is sitting here with me and I just asked him tell me something about me. He says: "You're pretty, You're nice, and I love you." Who wouldn't love to have kids to hear those responses!)

2. No matter how warm it is, I have to sleep with a blanket. I also love wearing socks to bed.

3. I love finding good deals!! When I walk into a store, I always looks for their clearance section. Sometimes I find myself buying things just because it is a good deal. I think I am alot like my great grandma that way. She had a room full of stuff that she would find good deals on.

4. I love being able to stay home with my kids, however I look forward to my date night or my girls night out!

5. I am scared for my kids to get any older. There are so many bad things in the world: drugs, alcohol, peer pressure, sex, abuse. I don't want my kids to have to deal with any of it. Can't their stay younger and innocent forever.

6. After three boys, I am a little scared to have a girl. Life around here is about to change! What is life going to be like with 4 kids?

7. I LOVE cookies!

8. I love to blog! If I had a better camera, I would be taking lots of pictures and posting all the time. Good thing I don't huh?

9. I met Clint when I was in high school. We worked together at good ol' RC Willey. We dated for three years before getting married and will be married 10 years this May! I lOVE Him!

10. I am having a hard time believing that I am going to be 30 this year! Can I really be that old?

I tag: Wendy, Emily, Martha, Adri, Angie, Steph, DeAnn
Good Luck Guys and Congrats!

Yesterday, my boys wanted to go snowboarding/sledding at the park across from our house. Even though the hill only has about a 15 ft. stretch of snow left, they still had a blast! I loved watching them giggle as they went down the hill.
The weather was perfect! I am soooo ready for the warmer weather.

I kept catching Carter eating the snow. YUCK!

Yesterday, was my Aunt Lisa's birthday. She passed away 5 years ago this February. She would have turned 50 years old. She loved birthday parties, especially her own! So my mom, my boys and I, along with my Uncle Bob and Aunt Jo went to the cemetery where she is buried with some balloons and some flowers.

We all got to let go of a balloon and say "Happy Birthday." Carter and Troy were really excited to let a balloon go up to Heaven for Lisa! We watched the balloons till we couldn't see them no longer. At one time the balloons made a "L" formation in the sky. We all joked that it was Lisa's way of saying thank you!

And a special Thanks for that someone out there who sent these flowers to my sweet grandma and for thinking of her on this day! They are beautiful!


We miss Lisa dearly and think of her often.
We love you Lee!

It's Easter in January!

The other night, Tanner told the boys that if they went to bed right away the Eater Bunny would come and hide eggs around the house. I pulled Tanner aside and told him that it wasn't Easter yet, so he couldn't say that to them. He turned to me and said "Don't worry, Mom." And then he jumped in bed with the other two.

About 20 minutes later, Tanner came out of his room and said "Mom, the boys are asleep." He then got a bucket of plastic eggs that he found in the basement earlier that day and started to fill them with all of the leftover Christmas candy that we had. He excitedly hid the eggs throughout the house and then went to bed.

The next morning, he woke the boys up and told them that the Easter Bunny had come and left eggs for them to find. He was so excited following them around and watching them open the eggs.

Tanner is such a sweet older brother. I am very glad that Troy and Carter have such a great brother to look up to. I love my little dude!