Rock my babies

Jacob called and had to go to the Sun's game for work. (there should be air quotes around that somewhere) Anyway I thought we were going to be together so I quickly thought of some fun things I could do with out the kids. We ended up turning on the hose and jumping on the tramp. We also put soap on the tramp and made bubbles. We finished off the day with the boys running around trying to miss me from spraying them with the hose. The Peak playing out front with sprinklers with my little ones.

The Pit of my day was when I drove all the way out to Whole Foods for something in particular and it wasn't there. I had made this special effort and drove pretty far and came home empty handed. It was totally frustrating.

I Never want to forget to rock my boys. My boys since they were babies have been big cuddlers. Liam in particular got rocked to be every night untl Lilly was born! Now every once in a while Liam and Eli will ask me to rock them for a bit. Tonight was one of those nights. I took some time and just cuddled and loved on them. I know they love it and I love it too. So I want to remember that there is always time to rock and cuddle my babies.

The boys jump and play while Lilly talks away. Marley doesn't want to get wait to he's hanging with Lilly

Taught the boys one of my favorite things to do as a child. Jump on the tramp with sprinklers and bubbles.

Just keep swimming

My Pit is simple I did too much this weekend and I never took a nap. Now I am over tired .Really really tired.  tired

My is sad and simple Peak is it's over. I can now go to bed and get some much needed rest.

Jacob has been pulling some really late nights lately. He came home at 4 today! He came home with the intent that his little Eli was going to learn to ride his bike without trainer wheels. Jacob and Eli worked hard fora  while, but they still have some work to do. I Never want to forget Jacob's efforts with is son.He loves his children very very much.

Easter one of my favotire days of the year!!

My Peak today was quite a peak. Their is a couple in our ward who I personally think very highly of. They have raised 6 wonderful children. They are strong in the gospel and say such profound things at church. This couple also spoke today during the Easter program.While they both were talking I thought I need to learn as much from the couple as I can, because they are excellent people and I can learn a lot from them. I can not tell you how wonderful I think they are. Today after church I went up to sister Sarger and I told her how much I enjoyed her talk during sacrament meeting. She said thank you and then she thanked me for sharing my testimony. She continued to say I wanted to tell you I was talking to my husband and you remind us of our family when we were your age. I got teary eyed I felt like this was a confirmation that I am doing things right. I am headed in the right direction as a parent. I never want to forget this wonderful compliment.

My Pit was when I heard a story about my brother. He is in a dark place and doesn't even know it. I love him so much and want to help me, but I am honestly lost on how to do that. 

I never want to forget the cuteness of my family. This Easter was so nice a pleasant. I had such cute stories about Eli with dogs have brains, Liam with his funny voice and pride, to  Jacob and his I am so happy to sweating with stress. Oh and not to forget miss Lilly and her happy happy spirit.

All my loves on Easter Sunday

Didn't have someone to take a picture of all of us. so Jacob and I took turns.

Miss Lilly la rue was so cute and happy today. She's always so sweet but today she was extra sweet and fun

I'm not one for self portraits but have you ever seen someone look so tired. I love my family and this weekend was fun but I'm off to bed for some much needed rest.

I've gone Rouge

We signed up for the 10 k Rouge Runner and baseball with out knowing that Eli's first game was the same day as the race. I stressed for 2 weeks thinking I might miss his first game. I even thought about having him miss the game so that I wouldn't miss his first game (how messed up is that?) Anyway we got really lucky that it was an afternoon game at 1 pm. Linda and Cecil took him to see us and then drove him to his game while Jacob and I cleaned up. I missed maybe 5 minutes of the game and Jacob missed maybe 10. The Peak of my was was making both the run and the game!

My pit was I felt like I did pretty good at my run but the bones in my feet hurt really bad. I hope that this old volleyball injury doesn't prevent me from doing more events like this in the future.

I Never want to forget that we can always do more then we can think. I don't really like running so the fact that I just up and went and ran 6.2 miles this morning says something. I think the human body and mind is a wonderful thing and when you test it and push it...well it can do some pretty amazing things.

At the end of the race one of the last obstacles. Over 10ft wall and onto some cargo nets! Best obstacle dumpster diving worst buckets filled with rocks up and down a hill.

Then we raced off to Eli's first ever baseball game. I showed up and he was wearing his hat like this. Kid has got his own style.

First at bat. When running to first his hat fell off. He of course ran back to get it then turned back around heading for first.

Today was a fun fun day. Started off running the rouge runner 10 k with 25 obstacles. Loved it! So much fun!

After baseball we finally colored some eggs. This year we did some volcano eggs. it was awesome. The boys liked it. Check out Liam's bright blue hand.

 Then we finished off the day with an egg hunt for glow in the dark eggs! It was an awesome fun day. Now mommies tired time for bed.

Always Plan a head

Today's Peak is a realized Lilly is moving on to her next phase of sleeping. She is usually sleeping until 4:30 or 5 eats for about 20 minutes then goes right back to sleep until 7 or 7:30! I can do this schedule. With that being said it makes me sad because my baby is growing up and I fear precious time and memories are slipping through my fingers.

Today we booked a hotel to stay in so that we can do our 10 K tomorrow My mom and dad are watching the boys tonight and I was supposed to drop the kids off at 4pm at their house. I didn't get there until 5! I am a very punctuational person and I always say if you're not early you're late. Well today I was very very late. My Pit was running late

I hate to be late. So I never want to forget what I learned is whenever we are going somewhere that requires me to pack multiple people of the family I need to start early.

Poop

I have been trying to teach myself to sew. My first official all by myself sewing project has been some bows I made for Lilly. After buying all the stuff I realized this was expensive and I had the idea that I will just mkae all the stuff and then what I don't want I will sale and hopefully make back my money. I finished my bows a while ago and I am proud to say I think I can sew pretty straight.I have been meaning to sale some of the bows and today I finally posted them on a website to sale. Within minutes I already sold a bunch. My peak was today when I made back all my money and then some!

Today I set out to get Lilly an Easter dress. I have been so excited that I get to buy my little girl her first of many Easter dresses. I have been keeping my eye out for the perfect dress or at least one in her size that I think is crazy pretty. I haven't found one yet. My pit was today I went to a lot of stores and still haven't found one. I am starting to get really nervous. 

On our way home from the mall Lilly fell asleep. When she falls asleep in her seat I carry it in and put her down in her seat in her room. After a few minutes I heard Lilly start screaming. Normally when she wakes up she just makes out one little sound and I get her. I picked her up and saw that there was a tiny bit of poop coming out of her diaper. I figured she went to the bathroom and the messy diaper woke her up. I cleaned her up and changed he clothes cause one little drop got one her outfit. Later that night I went in her room to clean it up before I put her to bed I moved her car seat to the corner and then started dressing Lilly for bed. The boys came in the ask me a question and my attention went to the floor. I saw a big puddle of poop on my carpet. I looked at the boys and I looked a Lilly and I thought where the heck did that come from and how did that happen. I then realized that was where he car seat was sitting. I then looked at the seat a realized her diaper leaked more then I thought. When it leaked it perfect shot in the tiny hole where the seat belt goes and puddle of poop was probably sitting in the frame of the car seat until I moved it! I  Never wanna forget the comedy I found in the moment. Also not to forget to check for the because the whole thought of this really creeps me out.

 Eli wanted to sit in the stroller. I didn't want to put Lilly in the baby Bjorn so this was his solution. Fine by me.

Teach them

The Peak of my day was Jacob and my dad did some wonderful things for me. First they picked up the tramp at Jacob's parents house. Jacob's parents have a small tramp I have wanted to put in our front yard for the boys to play on. Second, I decided to buy that smaller dressser and make it into like a mini little mud room.section in the toy room. They were kind enough to pick up the big heavy dresser and take it to Joanna's.

I thought Jacob's working late days were behind us for a little bit but nope poor guy keeps working later and later. I hate it because I never get to see him. His kids see him even less than I do.At least he has work keeping him busy when so many other people are struggling right now. So this pit is actually a blessing too.

Every night we read the kids Scriptures with them. Right now we are reading the New Testament. This week I am reading the Easter part whihc was perfectly timed with Easter this week. I love that I am putting a focus on what is truly special about this day and not about some crazy made up bunny. I want my sons to know about the Atonment and to have a testimony of it at a very young age. I can not tell you how my heart will have so much joy if I can make this happen for them at a young age. I Never want to forget to teach teach this and keep teaching this to my children.