Grandma Sam Comes to Visit!

My mom moved away to Washington this past year. She came back to visit during spring break. We had a lot of fun. We went with our family to The Monastery in Mesa. This is an awesome place we love to go to a lot when our family gets together. The weather was perfect, and we had so much fun! Grandma Sam and my kids.

Dave and Jake and Isaak chowing down.

Jake may have a wet ear!

How many peanuts can Jake fit in his mouth? 47 actually.

Grandma Sam and Natalie

Grandma Sam and Isaak Ray

Did you know Isaak is a master at dancing? He doesn't care who is watching, he has the moves!

WE MISS YOU GRANDMA SAM!

A Monkey Inappropriately Named...

So Natalie has this sock monkey that is her absolute FAVORITE thing she has. She takes him everywhere.. What did she lovingly name this monkey? DIABETES! In public people look at us funny when she tells me Diabetes is her best friend. *rolling my eyes* I am worried what she is going to name her children!

Vent Ahead!

Ever have one of those days where you wanna run down the street screaming? This week for me has been one of the toughest I've had to endure in awhile! On top of being incredibly busy with trying to find Dave a job, kids' school stuff, football practices, fundraising, church stuff, by the way I have to give in talk in sacrament this sunday too..my kids have played on my heightened stress level and have been atrocious to say the least. Well, I should give credit to Jakob, who has remained calm this week, and has been trying his best to help..and Isaak who cant help it is going through some changes in result, he is atypically moody! One minute he is angry the next he is crying and sobbing, and then the next he is ferociously happy. It's kinda fun to watch the changes, but I can do without the mood swing whiplash! Next we have Princess Natalie refuses to sleep in her bed, and goes through the same routine every single blessed night. AS SOON as I mention that it is time for bed she says "but..I'm hungry!" Mind you, we JUST ate dinner an hour or two before. Then, its "I want to play my DS!" Sometimes I do let her lay in bed and play her DS for 10 or 15 minutes since she has afternoon kindergarten and she doesn't have to get up early for school. Then its "I cant go to sleep because I am scared!" So I make sure her night light is on, closet doors closed..etc etc..I go get in bed and not two minutes later I hear little feet shuffle into my room. Sigh..."I'm still scared mom." At this point I am exhausted, and sometimes let her sleep in my room on the floor with all her blankets, just because I am tired and I have no fight left in me to drag her back in her room. I think I am developing bad habits. But whattaya do?
Colin...hehehe..I can FEEL the gray hairs sprouting from my scalp. What he did the other day was pretty much the most appalling..disgusting..rude thing he has ever done. When I asked him WHY he did it, what do you think he said? "I DON'T KNOW" I really despise that answer. When I am done seeing RED, I may find some humor in it..but right now I am still a little ticked off, so we will let that story rest until later. All I can say is..That this reminds me of him..or at least what is going to become of him if I don't lay the law down right this instant! So, the little punk is grounded for a week. He loves to play outside with his friends across the street so this really is a good punishment for him. Besides the initial freak out the day of this incident... which reminded me of this: I calmly told Dave he can't choke out Colin in front of the neighbors! Joking of course..he wouldn't really choke him out, but I can tell this image was going though his mind! So this week has left me curled up in a ball sucking my thumb..so I reeeally hope next week is not another week of pure pandemonium!

Home Sweet Home

We moved into a new house at the beginning of this year! We have been looking for a house in this neighborhood for quite some time. This is close by the kids' school, and Jake and Isaak can walk to their bus stop to ride the bus to their schools. We have great neighbors, and lots of friends close by! We love it, and it is a perfect fit for us! Dave and I have been spending our time making our house a home.

Rest In Peace Perry

Perry a.k.a Agent P born July 24, 2011 died December 12, 2011.

We are very sad, and with heavy hearts had to put our puppy down last week. He suffered for about a week having Parvovirus. We did multiple treatments on him at the vet hoping he would pull through, but things got worse and worse he ended up with pneumonia as well, and his lungs were failing. This is something that I never want to go through again. We will miss him. He was like a kid to us, with a huge personality. I hope he is up there in doggy heaven running through a field of flowers and laying in the sun. Rest in peace Perry!

Isaak Gets Called Up for the All-Stars!

Here is Isaak and 4 other teammates that got chosen to play in the All-Star game. They chose 25 out of 600 players to play on this team, and it is so cool to think that 20% of those players came from Isaaks team. He is very excited.
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Jakob's Bowl Game

Jakob's team won their last game of the season! It was a tough season this being their only win of the whole season. Jakob stuggled in the middle after being in a car accident and very sore, but decided that he was going to give 100% to his team each time no matter if they win or lose and stick it out til the end. He did just that, and I am so proud of him deciding to do that. He played some awesome games, one had us laughing because he blocked a field goal with his head! This last game he interecepted a pass, had a few sacks, and a few tackles for losses, and was just a huge part of almost every play. You could really see that he played his heart out. At the end of the game the coach handed out a medal to a player that grew to be a huge leader through out the season to Jakob. As you can see in the picture Jakob had a grin from ear to ear. Happy that his coaches noticed that he played his heart out, helped call plays, and talked to the coaches on the sidelines of the things that he saw that could help. The season ended in a bang for him. I am so proud to have a son like Jakob. He is very strong minded and truely a leader.