Even though it was COLD today.......

Practicing to be like our hero....Handy Manny.

My new nephew Timothy Jadon.

Cousin Lukie and Sissy (Auntie) with Timmy

Papa and baby

Grammy and baby

Papa and Kai

Our Morning...........

On our way out the door.......
Coming back inside to reevaluate........

Triplets Update

God is awesome! My mom's friend just heard from Karla (the mom.) She said "many people must be praying because they were about to put a needle into the baby's lung to inflate it but when they took the xray to help navigate, they found the lung perfect again!" She said they even took two xrays! She was almost giddy with excitement.

Immediate/Urgent Prayer Request

As some of you know, my mom has been helping care for some triplets in Mission Viejo. They are 3 months old but were so premature that they are like newborns. Yesterday, one of the girls choked, turned blue and was rushed to CHOC. One of her lungs has collapsed. Please pray for Lila's survival and healing. Also, please pray for this family. Dad has been laid off with no severance or benefits, so they are really hurting now. They are a wonderful, loving family that need our intimate prayers. Thank you.

UPDATE: We just got word that the other girl Karli is now at CHOC too for "testing" of some sort. I think she was the littlest and most vulnerable of the three.

Tonight's bath.

Bill and Luke put on new non-slip duck adhesives to the bathtub tonight. We didn't realize that you cannot use the tub for the next 12 hours. No problem. Kai can get a bath in the sink and Luke can do the shower or wait until morning. Of course not! lol. Luke wanted to jump into the sink too. I can't believe he fit.

UPDATE - The ducks were a bust. They were floating in the tub last night with Kai!

Disneyland......you MUST know about this!

We knew Disney was supportive of families, but this is great. Today, we needed a child-switch-ticket. I can't remember if that is the exact name or not. Anyway, when your whole family waits in line but all of you cannot go on that ride you can exit out (like with the baby) and get this handy pass to go on it after the original party gets off the ride. What we didn't know was that the return ticket can be used at ANYTIME on the same day visit and it can be used for ANY TWO RIDERS. So if your tot doesn't want to ride over and over with mommy and daddy (like Luke did not want to today) go find a friend! lol. Make sense? No one looses out! Just head up through the exit lane and whalah!

Kai's 1st Haircut

So.....it isn't as straight of a cut as I thought it would be, but there is no sight of a curl or two so I trimmed up the little guy's hair. I really just wanted it trimmed over the ears and across the front.....kind of bowl cut, but we got layers instead. I can't believe tomorrow he will be 8 months old. He also had his 5th tooth break through the skin today. He is growing up way too fast.

On Feb. 11th my 3rd nephew, Timmy, was born. He has been in the NICU, but is doing so much better. Than you Lord for the answered prayers. I can't wait to hold him. I have only seen him for a couple of minutes. While my twin and his wife stayed with the little guy I kept the other 3 kids over night. Wow.....to go from 2 to 5 was a lot! :0) They were so good. And it seemed as if everyone had a blast and enjoyed it. Luke loved the slumber party. We should do it again. I know they would all love it. Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to snap more than a picture or two. But....here is Luke and Lauren. They were up at 6am chatting.........

Kai's new favorite thing to do......

Kai LOVES to play with doors these days. We often hear him crying....stuck in the bathroom because he has CLOSED HIMSELF IN!

Our 10 cent goldfish from Walmart

About a year ago I purchased 2 goldfish. One for Luke and one for his cousin Bradley. We named ours Nemo and they named theirs Ariel. I am sorry to say Ariel recently passed.....Anyway, I NEVER thought these things would grow to be so big or last so long. I have been telling Bill for a few months now that Nemo has to find a new home. I am no longer able to care for him the way he needs to be cared for. Tonight PROVED that! Picture this: I was done with everything. I had his glass fish bowl in the sink (this later saved him from going down the drain.) I was trying to use the net to put him back into the clean water when HE FELL OUT! I didn't know what to do, but I knew I only had seconds! I grabbed a spoon and tried to scoop him up. Every time he jerked I screamed. Finally, after about 30 seconds he gave up and I was able to get him into his bowl - without touching him. I was so scared. He is okay. And.......Bill is taking him into work - HIS NEW HOME. Sorry Nemo.

Great gift idea.........

My girlfriend Kristy gave me these frames as gifts and I JUST LOVED THEM! So...I think I am going to start giving them out as gifts as well! I gave my first one this past weekend to my friend Julie. I even went to the owner's house to pick it up! Her website is http://www.akmeengraving.com/. The best part of all about it is, SHE CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT! You just email her some ideas or suggestions about the theme or what the people/person likes and she will send you a proof. When I was at her house she even had a frame that had a picture of people throwing snowballs and the clip art was the cutest reindeer throwing them across the bottom of the frame. Anyway.......check it out!

Working on the yard

So we built our new porch right before Halloween and we finally put in some plants. Okay...so Bill put them in and no I did not get dirt on my hands! lol. But.....Luke was there to help daddy and Kai ate some on our family's behalf as well! Now we just need the patio furniture to get out into the stores so we can pick out some seating!

Luke is 3! He just had to go to Chuck E. Cheese!

Summer clothes and flip flops! Can you believe it is January?

The beginning of birthday fun!

Luke got to spend the day with Grammy & Auntie Eryn @ Disneyland.

I can't believe 3 years has already gone by.....

Shopping.....

Today after church my girlfriend Ali, my boys, and I went to the Cabazon Outlet Center. I was on a mission to find a new purse! A few teachers showed up with Christmas gifts after the break that caught my eye big time. I am a sucker for a COACH purse. Sadly enough, nothing seemed to work out for me this trip. I prefer bucket size purses that not only hold my junk, but a sippy cup, a diaper, wipes, and a few snacks too! Sort of a toddler/mommy version. On our way home I called Bill to report in that I hadn't even spent $1 and he said he was so happy that I had had some discipline! haha. Not....I just didn't find anything, but okay.....will leave it alone at that!

Often times I don't have much to say on on my blog, but.....a very dear friend from high school named Julie has tagged me to complete a task.

Here's the deal:
Pick the fourth photo from the fourth folder in your computer.
Post it and tag four other people.

Here it is!

The boys....Bill, Luke, and Kai!

Classic.

Guess where mommy is.....not sleeping in her bed that is for sure!

I tag Irene, Kelly, Kim , and Alison.

Two weeks of vacation and its.......OVER!

I can't believe Christmas break is already over. I must say, I am quite relaxed. I didn't do a whole heck of a lot. I did manage to pretty much clean out every room, cabinet, and drawer in my house. I seem to always be giving things away. I love to. I have no desire to hold on to things "hoping" they will get used some day. My theory is why not let someone else use them instead!

We did get to spend some time with both sides of the family, went to Disney with our passes, and we got to go to the mountains together as a family.

New Year's was a bust, but when you turn in early to bed every night like me you don't really care much! :0)

Our greatest addition this year has been Kai joining our family and my personal biggest struggle is dealing with an almost 3 year old. I am trying daily to encourage and raise a kind, respectable, and loving little boy. It is hard work. It will be interesting to read a post next New Year's to see how this endeavor goes throughout 2009.........XOXO.

My New Year's Resolution is to have more one on one time with my husband. We both love and adore our children and basically one of us is usually with them. We need to start to make time for us: the foundation for our family. Hopefully I can post a picture soon about a date night...or maybe small steps....an outing! Even a trip to Cold Stone would be a getaway at this point!

I LOVE ALL OF MY BOYS SO MUCH!!!!!

Sledding

Some of Christmas 2008

2nd Cousins.....Matthew (3 mo.) and Kai (6 mo.)

Santa brought Luke a new big boy bike

And Kai a new pony

2nd Cousins (Kai, Luke, Bradley, Matthew, and Ollie - puppy)

Our Family

We got our tree this past weekend.....Kai was asleep through the whole thing!