My Helpers

Anthony and the boys have been such a big help to me with this pregnancy! I must be getting old because after doing something really active like grocery shopping or cleaning or the laundry, I have braxton hicks like crazy! So the boys and Anthony have really stepped up and helped out! A couple of weeks ago we had a ward party that involved having people sign up to be host families for other couples in the ward. We were among the volunteers. We had to make the main course for dinner and have everyone else bring a side dish or whatever we assigned them. It was a lot of work getting the house ready to be presentable and getting the dinner done, but my boys dove in that day and really helped! The picture that is above is of "my boys" fixing a sign that I bought at a craft fair in November that I wanted to have hung up for that day. They are so willingly to help whenever we say that we need to clean. Peter and Andrew love to vacuum and dust and mop. I just love all "my boys" so much and all the help that they give me.

Older? Wiser?

These were pulled from Anthony's brown hair. Click the image for an even closer look. (Sorry if it grosses anyone out.)

It's a....

Anthony and I went to the doctor yesterday and had our ultrasound! We were able to see the baby moving all around and thrilled at seeing how its legs and arms were forming! But the most anticipated picture was the one that is below!

I'm not quite sure how I feel yet about having three little boys! Life will not be dull that it for sure! Thank you all for voting!

A Quarter of Century!

When Anthony turned this old, I teased him all the time about being a quarter of a century old. Well, the tables have turned and it is now my turn! That's right! I turned 25 last Sunday! And maybe its just being pregnant but I feel very old right now! Ne ways... Anthony did a terrific job trying to make it a special day for me. We got up early on Saturday and went to JB's to have breakfast! Breakfast is my favorite meal and JB's is the only place with a buffet. I loved it! It was so good but I found that I really couldn't eat that much! We then did our customary Saturday shopping.

Peter loves BACON! It was the only thing that he ate! We were glad that kids ate free so that we didn't feel like we spent a lot just so he could eat Bacon! (That's whats in his mouth!)

Andrew liked the "hot dogs", or in other words, the sausage! Ahh! A man after my own heart! He also liked the fruit that was on the buffet!



Saturday afternoon Anthony and I went to the temple, which was wonderful! When we got to Anth's parents, they said that Peter had been crying the whole time about his ear hurting! We took him home and then decided that we probably should take him to get check. We soon discovered that he had a serious ear infection and that we had to go to Idaho Falls to get the prescription because everything was closed here!

After church on Sunday, I had a meeting and Anthony took the boys home. When I got home, he had made a banner with the boys that said, "Happy Birtday, Mommy!" (And no, I didn't spell it wrong! That is how it was spelled! Anthony explained that he didn't leave off the H but that was how the boys pronounced it!" Anthony then made cupcakes and a cake (which was very good) so that we could celebrate with his family later! It was quite the adventure to celebrate with that many people but it was alot of fun!

Monday, my family came up and we celebrated again! We had chicken garlic pizza and homemade strawberry ice cream and more cake! I am officially birthday out! It was awesome though and I felt so loved and appreciated!

Preschool

Peter started preschool two weeks ago! I know! I should have blog earlier but yeah...we won't go there! Ne ways... a friend in my ward suggested that we start a joy school preschool. I was a little nervous because that means that I have to teach five preschoolers for two hours at least three times! I'm not quite sure if my skills are up to grade! Ne ways... I thought it would be awesome for Peter! He really needs the socialization and it been really nice to have just Andrew for two hours on Tuesdays. Peter has loved going to preschool and can tell me what the letter P is and what sounds it makes! It makes me feel so proud! Andrew was a little put out the first day because he didn't get to go with Peter and he won't talk to me for twenty minutes...just grunted and shrugged. Ne ways... I get to do Presidents Day and I am getting really excited. Who better to teach about US Presidents then a History major who especially loves Early American history! I just hope that I do go way over their heads!

Busy!

So, we have had a pretty busy couple of weeks. My Grandpa died last Saturday and the funeral was last Tuesday. My mom, knowing that I need to feel busy and needed during a time like this (its how my dad and I both cope with stress, we go into turbo mode and begin to organize), gave me the assignment of doing an arrangement from all the grandkids. I was a little flustered about this because I have never ordered or none one! My mom suggested asking my very talented mother-in-law to help me. So I recruited my mother-in-law, and WOW! She did awesome! She took me to Porters where we got flowers and then to a craft store that had the fishing stuff that I wanted to put in it. All my relatives were so impressed that they were fighting over who got to keep the arrangement. My Grandma won out, but there are already debs about how gets when she dies! It was that good! So thanks, Diane! You are AMAZING!

I took some pictures when we were at the burial that I thought turned out pretty good. My way of saying goodbye.My dad is the only really active member in his family and so it was hard to watch all my cousins and relatives having such a hard time. It made me so thankful to know the truth that there is life after death and I will see my grandpa again. What peace the gospel brings!

I have also been busy catching up with my calling. Our Primary Presidency decided to do birthday spotlights this year. So whenever its some one's birthday we tell a little about them. Simple, right? It has been a little bit of struggle to get 87 birthday spotlights! But the kids really like it and it has been worth it! That and I was an overachiever in that I decided to get the whole year done by the end of January! Ne ways... we are also doing new Baptism gifts. We decided to take a picture of the temple and then transpose the child's picture on it as well. The first baptism is Saturday and this is how they turned out! What do you think? (And NO, Andrew is not getting baptized. I don't have the picture of the boy yet so I figured that this would work for now.)

Ne ways... I want to try harder to blog more. Call it my resolution for the year. I also want to make more comments on my friends blog,so watch out!

I Was on TV!

[Posted By Anthony]

Channel 6 news came to where I work (at PolicyTech) and intereviewed my brothers and took some other video. I am in one of the other clips (you'll see me in a silver shirt next to my brother in a blue shirt).

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