The Wirthlin Family

Welcome Hailey Susann

2011-01-03T20:07:00.002-08:00

I thought I would finally post a few (more like a lot) of pictures of Hailey and announce to the blogging community that she is here. She was born on November 3rd at 7:53 pm. She weighed in at 6lbs even and 19 inches long. She is two months old today and I can not believe it. The time has just went so fast. I always have elderly couples stop me when I am running around places (usually Sam's Club) about to kill a kid or two and they tell me "Oh enjoy this time, it just goes so fast..... and then they go into a long story of how they remember when their kids were young and running around, and by the time they are done telling me their stories, my kids are no where to be seen and then I get a page over the intercom to come and retrieve a lost child at the service desk. Or the other one I always get is "Oh boy I sure wish I had their energy." And I think to myself, oh yeah, I'll give you their energy when I ring it out of them. Now I love all of my children dearly, and yes I know how I got them all, but there are some days that I wonder if I will make it to my next birthday or they will make it to theirs. But that sure was a long tangent when I was trying to talk about cute baby Hailey. So with all of that, here she is..... She is a wonderful baby. She is very mellow and loves to sleep. She sleeps very well at night, it's about time I got a baby who sleeps. She usually only wakes up once to eat. She know that for us all to survive, mommy has to get some sleep. I am trying to enjoy this newborn stage knowing that this is the last time, but man with five kids, there isn't much time to enjoy. So I guess I need to take all the elderly couples advice and enjoy this time because it goes so fast.

I couldn't believe all of her hair when she was born. All of the boys had platinum blonde hair and not a lot, but she has a ton of brown hair, and I love it. So she may look exactly like the rest of them, which is exactly like Mark, but now she has his hair too. I was hoping for a little of me in my girl, but to no avail, not gonna happen.

Enjoying our new princess

2011-01-02T20:54:00.000-08:00

I thought this was a really cute one of Jonathan. Although Hailey looks like a pirate, she sure is a cute pirate. Jonathan loves to hold Hailey all of the time, no matter what I am doing with her. But then he only holds her for three seconds and then he says, "I'm done"

My sister Laura gave the boys these shirts for Christmas.

They are pretty funny, they aren't ready to sell her yet. They adore her.

Here is Blake giving Hailey a ride in her new doll stroller. Who will get more use out of the stroller I do not know. I finally had to take her out because she was starting to bend the wheel on the stroller. I guess 8 or so pounds is to much for that thing.

Ryan opening gifts.

Blake loves to be with Hailey.

She is so good to tolerate all the "Love"

Blake is showing us his burn that he got when he fell on the stove the first of December. YIKES!

Kids Say the Darndest Things!

2010-04-22T10:24:00.000-07:00

I was sitting at the kitchen table last night and Miles was downstairs watching tv. Jonathan went downstairs and said "Are you watching Tinkerbell?" I proceeded to yell downstairs that it was fine, he could watch it. There was nothing wrong with Tinkerbell. Then a few minutes later Ryan finished dinner and went down the stairs, while he is walking down, Jonathan says, "Ryan, Miles is watching Tinkerbell." Ryan's response was "That is ok Jonathan for boys to watch Tinkerbell. Some boys are fairies. " Meaning that the tinkerbell show had some fairies that were male. It just made me laugh. Maybe we need to watch some more girlie shows at our house.
Then this morning getting ready for school, Jonathan and Blake were struggling over a book. And Jonathan says "Hey look we are playing," and Ryan says "No thats called fighting." Then Blake scratches Jonathan on the face and J says, "No, now that is fighting." I just have to laugh at the crazy things they do and say everyday. Love it! There is really never a dull moment around here.

Enough is Enough!

2010-04-12T20:03:00.001-07:00

Alright I think I have tortured everyone long enough with my white legs and my "way to short hair" So I am finally writing a post (for the second time, I might add) I had a really funny post and blogger did something to it, so this is the second time posting it and now I'm tired. So for my two fans I will post something new but all my funny comments and antics have gone by the wayside. But they should be back soon. Here are some recent pictures of the cute little guys.

I AM A MARATHONER!

2009-09-20T19:12:00.000-07:00

Well I did it! But for starters, I have the most awesome husband in the world (sorry ladies) He is absolutely amazing and I never could have accomplished this life long goal without him. The last 18 weeks have been a lot of work and he has done so much. Always watching the boys, running ice baths, making me eggs and being so supportive. I love ya babe! Second, My Mom and Dad are the best parents ever! (sorry everyone) They have been so interested and excited from the very beginning. My mom told me that she would be supportive of anyone who even thought about running 26 miles. They helped me so much and financially made it possible for me to do this. Thanks Mom and Dad!!! Thanks to everyone who came to the race and fought traffic and people to help support me, it really means the world to me.

Now the big day. I woke up at 3:30 even though the alarm did not go off until 4:30. I nursed Blakers one last time and said a huge prayer that he would be okay. I got up, put on sunscreen and aquaphor (to prevent chaffing) and got dressed. I wanted to run in shorts and a tank top, but the race started at the top of a canyon and so I dressed in my outfit and then put pants and a sweatshirt over the top, so I wouldn't freeze in the canyon. I then put on my number and my chip timer that went around my ankle. My dad got up at 5:00 to help me and make me breakfast. It was so awesome. I got choked up saying bye to him and then I went out to get into the car and my neighbor had made me a good luck sign and balloons. another tear jerker. After I had made sure I ate and had everything ready to go, MD drove me down to the park, where I had to load a school bus to go to the starting line. I got to the park at 5:30 and waited for a half hour to load the bus. It was so fun to watch everyone and see all sorts of people. This is where it would of been so nice to have someone with me, to be able to talk and enjoy it all with. When we got to Hardware ranch (40 mins later) Everyone was standing in line for the porta poddies. There were at least 30 of them and a ton of people. While in line, the buses were leaving and they were taking all the clothes, so I had to get into my shorts and long tshirt and it was freezing!! Low 30s. Then the gun went off while I was still in the bathroom line, I started to panic and someone said it was the wheelchair gun. So I hurried and went to the bathroom and I was coming down the hill, and the starting gun went off. It was so neat to be up above and see the whole sea of people start to move. So I ran down and stood to the side of the start line and fixed my ipod, turned on my watch, took a deep breath, and jumped in and ran across the starting line. (the race is timed on the chip timers and so my time didn't start until I ran across the line, even though it was about two minute after the gun went off.) It was still dark out and the sun was just coming up behind us and it was so amazing. I loved running in the crowd of people and listening to everyone and just the excitement I had was so overwhelming. The hard part is to not start out to fast because I didn't want to die at the end, but I just started picking people out who were about my same pace and watching for them. The first aid station was at mile 3 and it came so fast I couldn't believe it. I finally ditched my gloves and longsleeve shirt at mile 7 and that was like taking off a sweaty five pound weight. We ran in the canyon for the first 14 miles and no spectators were allowed in the canyon, so it was just runners. The canyon was so beautiful, it was just changing for fall and all of the beautiful colors were starting to show on the trees. It was very serene and nice. Then the wind started to pick up at our backs towards the mouth of the canyon and push me and that was a nice boost. When I reached mile 13, I was there at 2hours 10 minutes and I couldn't believe it. I was like ok I am already halfway, let's do this. I still had tons of energy and I felt awesome! When I came out of the canyon the whole street was lined with people yelling, and cheering and it was so great. It really was so nice to have people cheering. I was coming up on mile 17 and I saw a kid who looked like Miles, then I thought it wasn't Miles and then that it was(he was carrying a huge stick so I knew it was him) and then I saw ryan trailing along and then Mark, Jonathan and my dad. I was able to say hi and good to see you as I ran by. It was so great to see them and it gave me a great boost. I still felt really good and I was really happy with how it was going. I couldn't believe how fast it was going by, they had mile markers and it really just broke up the race by helping me tell myself to make it to 18 and 19 and so on. I saw the boys, my dad, and mark a little after Mile 20, and this is when I was entering uncharterted territory. I had only trained up to 20 and that was a hard run, but at a little after 20 I still felt pretty good. I only had 6 to go and I was going to make it. I ran passed my friend tessa, who had rode her bike on every long run, and I told her she should of rode in this one. I kept waiting to hit the well known wall, and it wasn't coming, I hit mile 23 and I was tired, but my body felt good, my knees and hips werent hurting at all and that was so nice. Everyone was starting to walk a ton at this point and I knew if I did I wouldn't start again, so I was weaving in and out of all the people. My Dad and my sister Becky were at mile 24 and I wasn't so talkative then, I was only able to muster up a smile and that was about it. This is where I had to start talking to myself and saying that the pain would only be a minute but the memory of this race would be forever. I finally came to the 26 mile marker and I had to turn the corner to finish the last two/tenths of the race. The street is lined with people and the big finish line thing is there, I could hear all of my family and friends cheering and I saw mark's red shirt out of the corner of my eye, but I didn't even turn and look because it was all I could muster to keep myself going. I gave it my all and finished in 4 hours and 27 minutes and I didn't walk once!! When you go over the finish line the announcer tells your name and that was cool to hear my name called. You walk down the runners chute and they take off your timer and put a medal on you and then send you for a picture, and I am sure that one will look great! Then you walk into a runners area that has tons of gatorade, water, chocolate milk cheese, crakers, fruit and then I saw the fat boy's so I took three ( I only got a few bites, because my boys ate the rest, of course!) I waited in the runners area until MD came and found me and I went out to see my family. I felt so good, I felt so happy and it was the sixth most memorable, amazing day of my life! I can't believe I did it, I accomplished something I have wanted to do my entire life and I can't wait to do it again!!

About Time...

2009-09-14T15:37:00.000-07:00

I was going through my journals a few sunday's ago and I realized, I haven't written in them since two months before I got married. OOPS! I guess I am going to have to rely on memory for the last nine years. So with that on my brain, I figured I would post a little for posterity about a memorable time to me.
I am running 26.2 miles on Saturday in my first Marathon and I have a little anxiety of the whole thing. I ran 20 miles three weeks ago and I was able to complete it in about 3 hours and 20 minutes, and I didn't have to walk at all. That will hopefully keep me in my time goal for the marathon. This is the highest mileage that I will go in my training. So the last 6.2 have me a little nervous. Luckily that will be when there are a lot of people around to help motivate me. I have to remember that my body is ready, it better be, I have had 18 weeks of 25-40 miles a week, I hope that I can pull out the mental toughness. When I ran 20 the first 15 miles of the run went fairly well and then my body just started to get really tired. About Mile 18 my legs were really aching and I was starting to lose it mentally. My friend who rides her bike with me, was soooo helpful and kept me going. I was a little disappointed because two weeks before I had ran 19 in the pouring rain and I had an awesome run but I guess there are good runs and bad runs and I hope Saturday is a good one. Too bad I won't have anyone with me on Saturday, just the ipod. When I finished the 20. I was so happy and relieved to have it done. And it felt great to know that I could do it. Mark tells me " come on you've run 20 what is another 6.2, and then he goes oh yeah, six miles is far!!" So this will be where I define myself, and show what I am made of. This is a dream/goal I have had my entire life, so I am so excited to see what comes of it. My Mom and Dad will be coming from Wyoming (since they have been the marathon sponsors) and my two sisters and one brother and mark's sisters family, it will be so nice to have a lot of support. Thank you everyone, it means so much to me!!
My big fear is leaving Blake for so long, I have to leave around 5:15 and I probably won't get to him until noon. I have been trying to cut back the nursing but I think he is on to me and he wants to nurse 24/7. But I know MD is very capable and with my family here they can deal with a grumpy Blake. Miles keeps asking me what I am going to get when I win. I keep telling him that I am not going to win, my goal is to finish and then I will get a medal. He keeps going, "Oh mom, you will probably win a lot of money, maybe you should start running a lot to make money." Oh the determination of children and the belief that you can do anything. Thanks Mi! I will be posting more this week because I want to document this event somewhere and since the journals aren't cutting it this will have to do.

Hey Alex....

2009-08-24T13:49:00.001-07:00

This one is for you, Alex!!! HA HA, (like the cutting board)

My Baby is One!

2009-08-21T13:08:00.000-07:00

July 21st, 2008

July 21st, 2009

Blake didn't know what to think while everyone was singing to him

Mesmorized by the candle

This is about as close as he got to his toys all night, all of the boys kept taking everything away from him when he wanted to play with it. It was making his mommy a little grumpy!

Blake's second birthday celebration

This time he knew exactly what to do with the cake!

We celebrated Blake's birthday twice. On his actual birthday, I was in Wyoming with my parents and so Mark didn't get to celebrate Blakes birthday with us. So we did another party in Logan for his birthday with Becky and Shane and the gang. I am always up for a party and Blake sure enjoyed it. I didn't get to throw my big first birthday bash for Blake this year, so I am still going to do his big Luau next summer, so Mark got off the hook for having to cook a pig this summer, but that just gives me another year, to make it all the more magnificent! (and think of some more fun things for Mark to do!!!)

Well my baby is now one and I can't believe it. The time goes so fast and he is so amazing. He has been a wonderful addition to our family. We all love his personality and how he just adores all of his brothers. He has started to talk and I love this stage, he says ball, more, and the boys all say he can call them by name, yeah I know it is amazing to hear him say Jonathan! He is not walking on his own yet, and that shows that he will be a very obedient son, because I have been telling him all along to take his time and he is doing just that. What a good boy! We love you Blake!

Miles is a 2nd Grader!

2009-08-21T12:20:00.001-07:00

Miles started second grade on Thursday August 20th. He was so excited to go back to school and be the big second graders at school. Miles' school is only K-2nd, so he is the big man on campus this year. Everyone was ready to go to school and were very sad when they didn't get to go. Ryan does not start until next Thursday and Jonathan goes after Labor day. So the next few weeks are full of "do I go to school today?" Miles really loves his new teacher and had some of the same kids from last year in his class. I am so proud of him and I can't believe how big he is getting.

Miles and Jonathan with the class frog

Miles at his desk, looking good

I have been wanting to start some fun first day of school traditions, so this is one I found and I made everyone their name out of pancakes, and then we got a delivery from the Magic school bus, and the boys got some fun school supplies. And the night before school, Mark gave the boys father's blessings for a new school year and that was very neat. I think we had a fun start of school and I think the boys really liked it. Now we have to do something fun next Thursday when Ryry goes to Kindergarten. He told me after we went to Back to School night, that he didn't want to go to school anymore, he just wanted to skip all the grades. Oh Ryan!

Jonathan wanted a picture in Miles' classroom and was ready to go to his classroom

Run Mommy Run

2009-07-13T14:22:00.000-07:00

Well we are going on a three month stretch of no blogging, so I thought I would end the hiatus! We have been very busy the last little while, so instead of trying to play catch up, I will just start from the present.
I have decided to post about my CRAZY idea to run a marathon is September. I have always, always wanted to do one and I figured now was the perfect time. So this past Saturday, I ran 15 miles and wooo weee, it was a duzie. The first seven miles were fine, but then I started to really drag and I had to go to the bathroom sooo bad, so luckily I ran by a park (three miles later) and was able to find some relief. Mark and the boys came out in the car when I was about three miles from home, and I was sooooo tempted to jump on in. But the boys were so excited to see me and were yelling and cheering for me. It was really great and it gave me the little boost I needed to make it home. This saturday I run 11 and then the next is 17, so I will give some updates later. After I ran on saturday we jumped in the car for a six hour car ride to my parents and I felt like I was 90 years old when I got out of the car. I guess to much of a good thing can end up killing you! So we shall see.
The boys and I will be at my parents for the next two weeks and we will be celebrating Blake's first birthday while we are here, I can't believe he is one!!!!! So we will put up some pictures while we are here.

Easter Egg Time

2009-04-11T13:32:00.001-07:00

We decorated easter eggs this morning. Miles wanted to do it the moment he woke up, so we had to stall him until we had at least had some breakfast. Everyone had a great time and wanted to do more eggs, but I told them that until they were willing to eat all the of the eggs they dye, they would have to do less. So now we will be eating eggs for a week. Miles said he is going to eat all 8 of his eggs tomorrow for Breakfast, I will let you know how well that goes.

Miles and his cheesy grin

ryan still waking up

Jonathan had so much fun and kept wanting more pictures.

here the cheese is again.

I had to get a picture of Blake enjoying the easter egg party,

although he only enjoyed the spoons.

Blake just got his first two teeth several weeks

ago, so he was checking them out again.

and Miles has just got his first loose tooth and he couldn't be happier

It seems like once a week since he has been in first grade he has asked if he has a loose tooth and now finally he does. He told me that he can't stop thinking about his wiggly tooth and how he always needs to be eating apples. So cute!!

Happy 40th Mom and Dad!

2009-04-11T13:10:00.001-07:00

The Happy Couple!

Jonathan and Blake in Grandpa's chair.

The massager was on and they were loving it.

Jonathan dressed himself, hence the halloween shirt.

Oh well at least he was dressed.

Blakie and Aunt Laura

Before the Shave....

After the shave... Looking good Michael

Jonathan really wanted to sit in the high chair at dinner,

he looks pretty happy about it

Blake and Grandpa

Mark and Blake enjoying dinner!

Jonathan is much happier sitting with Sarah

Ryan and Josh

The naked warriors...

I guess Miles and Ryan were hot on the way home. So off came the shirts.

We went to Wyoming for my mom and dad's 40th wedding anniversary celebration last weekend. We had a really good time. It was fun to be together with everyone in the family and make some fun memories. It is a six hour drive to Worland, and all of the boys (even Mark) did a wonderful job in the car. We had a really good time. It made it worth the trip. I can't believe it has been 40 years. That is a long time. WOW! Good for you two mom and dad, I am sure it has all been wonderful and sweet.

Cookie Time

2009-03-24T10:43:00.001-07:00

I love to bake and cook. I love to try new recipes. I am obssesed with food blogs. So usually once or twice a week, we make a new treat. I think that my helpers like to help make the treat more than they like the finished product. So here are my helpers enjoying their favorite part of helping in the kitchen.

Science Fair

2009-03-21T09:15:00.000-07:00

Miles participated in the Science Fair at his school on Thursday night. He had so much fun and really enjoyed doing the project. He loved having people come and interview and ask questions about his project. It is so fun to watch your children grow up and enjoy doing it. He is so great, it was great to watch him interact with other people and see him explain what he did. He is already thinking about what he wants to do next year. Way to go Miles!

Blake is 8!

2009-03-21T08:45:00.000-07:00

Blake is growing so fast. He is 8 months today. He is sitting so well and I love it. He can sit and play with toys and stay entertained a lot longer now that he has a different perspective on the world. No desire to lay on his stomach or crawl whatsoever and that is SO FINE with me. I love this stage where they just sit and don't go anywhere. Once the crawling starts it is all over. I have to teach him how to use the stairs and babyproof again. So I am quite enjoying the sitting stage. I have put pictures of the last three months since I never posted them.

Blake at six months

Blake at Seven months

He is sooooo cute in the bathtub. He loves it now. The first four months he absolutely hated it but now he can't wait to get in when the water turns on. He always puts his feet up on the side of the tub and is so cute. Love it!

I am always behind the camera, so I had MD take a picture, so that my boys will now that I was actually around throughout their lives.

Blake at eight months

First day of eight

Love ya little blakester!

Got It!

Notice Blake's nicely fried face. Yesterday being the first day of spring, we went to the park and spent time outside, Oh yeah, who didn't even think about sunscreen. Jonathan says that the sun has hurt him, he has a sun hurt. Yep and so does Blake's brand new skin. Mommy of the year award right here. but that is the only time that will happen, I learn very quickly these days.

Finally A New Car!

2009-02-19T14:50:00.001-08:00

Now this car has been in our family since December 31st, but this is finally my time to blog about it. (This is for you Laura!) My sister pointed out that I had said I would do all of these blogs and post a lot more and I wasn't, man I hate when I get called out on something. She said that she was checking every day and no change and then checking every few days and still no change and then every week and STILL no change, so she said she wasn't checking anymore, so here's to you girl, I am posting about things that should of been up along time ago. Thanks for the jump start!! Ok back to the car, we bought a GMC Yukon XL and I love it. At first I was a little overwhelmed by how big it is, and I was so sad to give up the electric doors of the Oddessy but this has been great. I love that I can actually sit in a seat when I need to be back by Blake and not sitting between the two seats (legal of course!) and I love the room it has, I can fit all the carpool kids plus my own. It seats 9, so it has been nice. I have gotten over my fears of parking in the garage and backing out of the garage, and parking next to other cars, but I am yet to parallel park the thing, and that may never come. Oh well, it is good to walk from the back of the parking lot or some where else. What is so great about close parking spaces.

Happy Birthday Jonathan

2009-02-18T18:57:00.001-08:00

Jonathan turned 3 today! I can't believe it. But he is for sure three. I am going to have to talk to the pediatrican tomorrow about how my three year old only knows one word "No!" and I am a little concerned. Jonathan is a wonderful boy, he absolutely has his moments but he can be so polite and fun. We had a great day today. I told him what did he want for his birthday breakfast and he told me his lightening McQueen cake, what flavor did he want, he didn't want a flavor, he wanted lightening McQueen, so needless to say, I finished the cake and we were able to have a party. He didn't really grasp the whole birthday thing, until Aunt Becky brought him over a gift and then he really cheered up. He was quite excited to be able to get presents and cake for "His birthday" He loved staying in his jammies all day because birthdays are the only day we do that, Ha Ha. But it was a nice excuse for his birthday. We Love You Jonathan!

Cake decorating is a lot of work, but Jonathan loved it, didn't eat the cake, but sure enjoyed the frosting. Don't you love the cake pan, I forgot to move it to the plate before I started to decorate. Oh Well!

Little Blakester!

2009-02-01T19:47:00.001-08:00

Have I said how much I love this little baby boy! Man he is so awesome. He just turned six months and I can't believe it. Our whole family has been better since he has joined it. He makes all of us happy, when one of the boys is crying or throwing a tantrum, he laughs at the silly faces they make and it totally difuses the situations. He will smile at anyone who wants to talk to him or hold him (except the pediatritian) and he just makes my life brighter. The boys were taking turns carrying him around tonight and he just let them haul him around. He loves to watch every move they make, and he just waits for them to come talk to him. He loves to laugh and play with them. I sure am thankful and blessed to be this little guy's mom. We love ya, Blake!!

Super Hero x3

2009-02-01T19:28:00.000-08:00

After tying so many blanket knots to make super hero capes, I finally decided to dust off the ol sewing machine and make some velcro capes ( that I don't ever have to tie again!) I wish that sewing was like riding a bike and I could always keep up on the skill, but that is not the case and I knew once the boys saw that I was making these capes they would not leave me alone until I was finished. For example, Jonathan and Ryan were home when I started and they both asked me ten minutes after I began, when their cape was going to be done. None the less they are finished and they all love them. I thought Miles might not want one because he is "older" but no he was very adamant about wanting one. They have been very fun and I love to watch them in them. They have been super hero capes, super cleaner capes, super wrestler capes, super big brother capes, etc. etc. And they have only had them since Friday. So cheers to the capes and I guess I better make one for Blake now, before I put the sewing machine away!

Off they go!!

Christmas Morning

2008-12-31T12:57:00.001-08:00

Christmas morning was a blast. It was great to watch the kids get so excited with what Santa brought for them. Opening presents was fun, watching Jonathan figure out that everytime he got a turn that he opened something new that he liked. At one point he opened a present and said "Oh cool a box" he just hadn't opened it all the way.

The boys enjoying the present opening

ryan loves beef jerkey and so he was so happy when Santa brought him his very own.

Jonathan ready to take on Ryan the Incredible Hulk

Blake sure is cute

Ryan and his new pirate ship

Bring it on!

Jonathan enjoying his gifts from Santa

Christmas Eve 2008

2008-12-31T12:34:00.000-08:00

We spent Christmas in Worland with my parents and family and we had a fantastic time. Christmas Eve dinner was delicious and the day was very hard for Miles because he just couldn't wait. We were planning on going sledding but it was -7 outside so we decided not to go. Mark and I and my brothers Michael and Brian took the boys to see The Tale of Desperoux. It was a cute movie and that took up a few hours. I love Christmas time and watching my boys get so excited and inpatient for Santa to come. We had a great Christmas and I think the boys really had fun.

Blake enjoying his present, wrapping paper.

Jonathan opend a cool Diego toy on Christmas Eve

Miles got a great LightSaber from Brandon

Ryan the Hulk. Luckily Santa brought two more sets, so that everyone can at least protect themselves. Especially Jonathan.

Merry Christmas!!

Grandma Noble

2008-12-29T20:36:00.000-08:00

My Grandma passed away last night and it has been a sad day. I am so grateful for her and the wonderful memories with her. My life is better for knowing her. I love her and will miss her.

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly!

2008-12-29T19:55:00.000-08:00

I have decided to make some Blogger resolutions since I spend so much time looking at them, I might as well make our family one a little better. #1. At least five posts a month, it will probably end up being five in one night, but at least five. #2. Change background often, man I was so sick of those frogs. I finally figured out how to do it and I don't have to get Mark to do it. #3. Add comments to people's blogs, I look at quite a few and now I need to tell them what a great job they are doing. #4. Try to post about birthdays and holidays at least in the same month. So with that said, here goes the first post for December, let's see if I can get four more in this month.
We went to my parent's house in Wyoming for Thanksgiving, and had an absolutely wonderful time, great company, awesome food and a beautiful newly remodeled house to enjoy. Then we left for home on Saturday morning, right on time, I might add. Twenty minutes outside of Worland, we pass a flashing yellow deer sign, so Mark and I both heightend our senses and started watching for deer, no less than 50 yards from the sign, a giant, yes I said giant, buck was in the other lane, and we didn't even have time to break. So we hit him and he went flying and we then slowed down. The boys didn't even know we had hit anything, Ryan asked why we were stopping. So the good part here is that every one was completely uninjured and we were only 20 minutes from my parents. They graciously let us borrow their van to get home.
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The bad part here is that We found out a few days before going back at Christmas that they were actually going to total the van and so that meant that we had no way to come home from Christmas (and having to get a new vehicle). So my parents let us take their van again. Leaving my mom without a car for almost five weeks. (Thanks so much Mom!) We went and cleaned out all of our stuff from the van, at Christmas time and it was really quite sad. I wasn't ready to quit having the van. So I feel sad everytime I see a silver oddessy. Mark told me he does to, so I am not as crazy as I think. Now we are on the hunt for a new vehicle and we shall see what comes up. To be continued.....

The Ugly...

Happy Halloween 2008!

2008-11-15T19:51:00.001-08:00

Dumbo
Clone Trooper

Vampire

I love Halloween. I love how excited my boys get about dressing up. I love going trick or treating. Or helping my boys go trick or treating. I love to see all the different types of candy that the boys get and then I love the 50% off candy the day after!! Ryan ended up being really sick with the flu on Halloween and so I was afraid he wouldn't be able to go out. But he really wanted to go, so we put him in the double stroller and pushed him right up to the door and then he walked up to get his candy. He made it about two blocks and then he didn't have any more energy. Poor guy! So I took his bag up with me to the rest of the places we went. I told the people that I had a sick little boy in our stroller, they probably thought it was all for me. OH well, what we do for our kids. Jonathan was so cute, he loved going to each house and getting candy. After each house he wanted to open up his candy and eat it, so we kept having to put it into his bag and remind him that there was more candy. It was a beautiful night and not cold at all. I don't think I will be ready when we actually have a really cold Utah halloween.

Miles and pumpkin Blake

He makes a pretty cute jack-o-lantern

Pumpkin Carving

2008-11-15T15:21:00.000-08:00

We had a great family home evening carving pumpkins, well Mark actually did almost all of the carving. I did carve Miles' after he drew what he wanted. But Mark cleaned out all the junk inside and then went on to carve them all. It is really funny to watch my kids reaction to the stinky stuff inside. None of them wanted to even touch it. Jonathan wouldn't even try, he couldn't even get near it because of the stinky smell. The other two at least tried to dig out a few spoonfuls. Overall, we had a great time. I love this tradition and some day everyone will be able to carve their own and Mark can judge the carving!

Blake next to his pumpkin
The finished products, didn't Mark do a great job!

Mark Carving Jonathan's pumpkin

Jonathan enjoying pumpkin carving from the bedroom

watching Little Einsteins

Mark carving Miles' pumpkin

Ryan was distgusted by the inside of his pumpkin

Once again, Mark carving pumpkins

Way to go Dad!!

In a Galaxy far, far away........

2008-10-24T20:04:00.000-07:00

In a Galaxy far, far away....

there were four clone troopers

who defended their home from

all evil doings.

Some were small but all

were strong.

There was not a weak one among them.

They defeated all the evil ones

and came home safe and sound!

Now guess which one is which.

Some loved the clone trooper helmet much

more than others but it was fun indeed.

Happy 7th Birthday Miles!!!!!

2008-10-24T19:50:00.000-07:00

I can't believe that I have a 7 year old, that makes me feel old and that time is just zipping by me. Sunday was Miles' birthday and we had Shane and Becky over and it was a great day. Miles got everything he wanted and was very happy. He got his DS and an Indiana Jones game and the Star Wars Legos that he loves. Then he got some great jammies and a clone trooper helmet that is really fun to play with. Happy Birthday Miles. We love ya!

Star Wars Party

2008-10-24T19:38:00.000-07:00

Those of you who have ever attended one of the birthday parties I have put on, you may have noticed that I have a tendency to go a little overboard. But I love throwing a good party that is for sure. So this year Miles wanted a Star Wars Party, so in June, I started mulling around my ideas for a great party. But Miles really wanted a Nintendo DS for his bday and that was a pretty big bday present and so I told him that he could have one friend to dinner and a movie and the DS or he could have a big party. Fortunately he chose the one friend which turned into three. It was the easiest party ever. Mark took all of the boys to see WALL-E and I stayed home with Blake and Jonathan. My job was to pick up pizza and make chocolate light sabers (see I can still stick with the Star Wars theme!) and make goodie bags. They came back from the movie, had pizza and cupcakes and we sent them on their way. I loved it, so stress free and Miles loved it. I guess those big grand old parties aren't so great, but don't worry I am already planning the Luau for Blakes first Birthday! I always wanted a summer baby so I could throw a fun Luau. Poor MD is going to have to find a place to dig a pit for the pig! Ha, but everyone is invited. So small bdays are fun but I love the big ones just as much

We Did It!!

2008-10-24T19:15:00.000-07:00

Well Jonathan has been somewhat poddie training for a while, but with Blake being born and all, I just went a little slower than normal. But we can finally say that "We Did it!!" I consider my kids poddie trained when at home they go without telling me or when we are out and about they can actually tell me they have to go and Jonathan has passed these two milestones. Not to say that he hasn't or won't continue to have accidents but overall he is going all by himself. Congrats Jonathan. Now I am back to only one in diapers and that is a nice feeling overall, especially on the pocket book.

Family Time

2008-10-14T12:59:00.000-07:00

I finally got some pictures of everyone and wanted to put them up. I got a picture of Miles finally, since he always is hiding when the camera comes out. Then we took some family pictures, as best as can be expected. I think these are some pretty cute boys, but I am definately very biased on that. Oh well, my blog my opinions, right!!

FINALLY he sleeps.... If you have seen several blogs ago, you will understand that this is a VERY busy little two year old. On Sunday, he didn't have a nap and was laying next to Dad and fell asleep, even before we could get his arms into his jammies. Oh he is soooo angelic when he is sleeping! Ha I don't let it fool me though.

Blake's Blessing Day

2008-10-14T12:43:00.000-07:00

We had Blake given a name and blessing in our Sacrament meeting on October 12th. It was a very special day. We had a lot of family come, despite the bad weather, and helped make this a very nice day. There was tons of yummy food and great company, so Blake won't remember what happend on his special day, but I will and it was nice to get so much love and support.

Well I didn't even get one picture of my family all together, so I will have to piece together several to see everyone. Except Miles was hiding out in all of them.

"Dirt Clod Heaven!!"

2008-10-03T19:30:00.000-07:00

Miles and Ryan didn't have school today, so we went to our friend Sara's new house and played on all of the big hills in her backyard. These boys were in heaven. Miles kept calling it his dirt clod heaven. They had so much fun climbing up and down and throwing the dirt clods down the hills. Ryan and Jonathan loved sliding down on their backs and then running back up the hill. Needless to say, their shoes were filled with dirt and they were very dusty. But it was worth it because they were entertained for a long time and they had sooo much fun. I am coming to terms with dirt because my boys love it so much that I will have to learn to like it, one way or another.

Definately a busy body!

2008-10-03T14:06:00.000-07:00

Here are some shots of Jonathan doing what he does best, get messy and pretend. I wanted him to try on the Dumbo costume to see if it fit for Halloween and then he wouldn't take it off. He will probably be tired of it by the time Halloween comes, so I grabbed a few pictures now, so in 20 years when I get to scrapbook, I will have a picture of him at halloween.

AAAAGGGHHH!!! 2 year olds

2008-09-04T15:02:00.000-07:00

This is all that is going to be said....

These pictures were taken less than 24 hours apart!

6 Weeks Already!!

2008-08-30T19:22:00.001-07:00

Our Little Blakester is already 6 weeks old (on Monday) I can not believe it! The time is going so fast. It is so hard to enjoy and absorb every moment of a new baby. Dr. Sear's states in one of his books that babies are only newborn for four weeks and that is so true. He is changing so much and starting to really actually notice other people and the boys eat it up. Jonathan always wants to hold "it" He always says "Let me hold it, baby blake." And so I always do, so he feels part of new little brother.

Our next door neighbor took these pictures for us and I think he did a great job and he was free, which is always nice.

Jonathan jumped in and got a really cute picture, so I had to add him in also.

Blake Tyler

2008-08-05T15:16:00.001-07:00

Blake Tyler makes his blogger debut!!! I have finally gotten a minute to post the pictures. He was two weeks old yesterday and he is just a gem. He was born July 21st at 10:25 pm. He weighed 6lbs 11oz and was 19 1/2 inches long. He was the easiest labor and delivery yet. A great one to end on. I was only in labor for two hours and then I pushed for ten minutes. So it was very surreal when he was here so fast. He is fitting in quite nicely with all of the noise and chaos around here. He still sleeps through the yelling and noise. Hopefully that lasts....

Blake 5 days old and a little yellow
I don't think it could get any crazier than this!!!

Fingerpainting pictures

2008-07-19T16:21:00.000-07:00

I wrote about these pictures in the blog below, blogger was being difficult and would not let me post them in the last blog!

Waiting for Baby (project #1)

2008-07-19T16:01:00.000-07:00

Well since we have nothing to do here but wait, I decided to take on a fun adventure (for the boys anyways) and they did some edible finger painting yesterday. They had a really fun, messy time, but they loved it. Cleanup wasn't to bad, but I probably won't be doing projects like this everyday.

I went to the Doctor again Friday morning and decided that I did not want him to induce me. I will give some background from Dr. visit on Wednesday. He came into the room and the first thing he said is, "so do you want me to start you today?" Well being that for the last three pregnancies I have been told by several Doctors, that once you have a c-section that you can never be induced with pit again. So when he said this to me it really through me for a loop. So I spent the rest of Wed. and Thursday anaylizing what to do. But it came down to the fact that getting induced carries a lot of risks for us and also the whole thing would be purely selfish, as hard as it is, there was no reason to rush this little guy along. So today is the due date and here we still are. Ryan keeps telling me that after lunch or dinner I need to go to the hospital because it is time for the baby to come. These days seem long but in the scheme of things what is five days. I go back to the Dr. on Tuesday, if he still hasn't come and then I have to figure out if I will be induced or just scheudle a big C! So enough said. I feel great and don't really have any physical ailments to worry about so we will just hang out. The Dr. did say something quite funny yesterday about how he couldn't really feel very sorry for me because I looked to good, I needed to look "shot" for him to do something. And as I was leaving the Doctor's office, I saw a pregnant mommy who definantely looked shot and it made me count my blessings.
Well blogger is acting up Again and I can't get my pictures to post, so I will send them some other time. This happens all the time to me!!

Baby Update!

2008-07-14T16:08:00.000-07:00

Well we still only have three boys right now. At my last Dr. visit, there had been no change (last Wed.) so I thought, "why do I even come and torture myself like this!" But he has my due date as Saturday the 19th, so I am going with that one. But who knows, we are finally all ready to go and prepared for baby. Clothes and car seat are washed and crib and cradle are set up and waiting to have a baby to hold. Now I am just taking up time with cleaning walls, scrubbing floors and polishing the hard wood. Ya know all the normal day to day things I usually do!! So hopefully by the end of the week we will have some new baby pictures to show. But my Dr. will automatically do a csection next week if baby hasn't come by then. So keep your fingers crossed that he comes before then. But until then I will keep up with my cleaning, Mark refused to let me climb up on the roof and clean the skylights, (I don't know why, Ha) so I will stick to scrubbing the siding on the house. Till baby comes, I will be adding some old posts that I have been wanting to put up.

Our New Baby to be

2008-06-20T14:48:00.000-07:00

Well there hasn't been much discussion about our new baby boy that will be joining our family very soon on this blog. And maybe that is because while he is enjoying the safety of being on the inside, it is hard for some of us to come to the realization that he will soon be on the outside. AAAGGGHHHHH!!! I get somewhat nervous thinking about having four little ones running around. I know that our family will adjust and welcome him (whatever his name may be!!) with many open arms. I have had a wonderful pregnancy, luckily without any of the annoying side effects and so I am ok with still being pregnant. I am starting to get the jitters because like it or not he is coming sooner rather than later. I was having Ryan feel him move the other night, and he said "Mom, I am tired of having my hand on your belly!!" I laughed because I thought it is probably true, he really doesn't care about my belly, he just wants the baby here. Being that this is most likely the last time I will be doing this, as always, coming to a close in a chapter of your life is always hard. So why not make it harder I say and go out with a bang. So I am preparing myself to do this completely drug free. Many may laugh or think I am stupid or crazy, (I think Mark may think so...) but I say "Why Not" I have to give it a try. We have nightmare insurance here and so cutting out all those things will significantly lower our out-of-pocket expenses. So for the last six months I have been reading every child birth, labor and natural delivery book, our library and the internet has to offer. So with that said, we shall see!!! I am probably jinxing myself to another Csection with actually posting my thoughts. But I am not closing out any options, I am just preparing myself for what I want! So in less than a month, we shall all know what the outcome will be, all that really matters is that baby is healthy and strong!

Ryan's Pirate Party

2008-06-20T14:21:00.001-07:00

Ryan decided last year on his 3rd birthday, that when he turned four he wanted a pirate party. So he was so excited when it finally came true. We had a really fun day and I think Captain Ryan had a blast. We made treasure boxes, then went on a really fun treasure hunt that Mark put together and then we played a few more pirate games. Then we had a treasure chest pinata that the kids all used their new swords to break open. The kids really loved the pirate cake that the gallery maid put together. All in all it was a great party, low key for mom (aka gallery maid) and really fun for everyone who came.

I put this in because the background is absolutely gorgeous

Ryan wore his eye patch the entire party. I thought it was cute he wanted to stay the captain the whole party

Arrrghhh Matey
Ryan helping finish up the pirate cake!

Great Photos from Aunt Jill!!

2008-06-20T14:00:00.000-07:00

While on our visit to California, My SIL Jill was so kind and tooks some wonderful photos of our boys, family and me! She did a great job and they all turned out so cute. Thanks Jill, we love them!! The family one is at the top of our blog page, and of course, Ryan is picking his nose like usual! GROSS!! I always said I wouldn't have a kid who picked his nose, but Ryan sure enjoys tormenting his mother with his lovely habit.

Before and After

2008-04-30T14:31:00.001-07:00

BEFORE

AFTER

This project is one of the many reasons I love owning a home. We can do things to it and make it better. Mark has been hard at work in our front yard. When we bought the house there was a big landscaped part right in front with lots of different plants and LOTS of dirt. Don't get me wrong, I really loved it and was sad to see it go, but it had to go. So to simplify our lives and the mud problem (our boys are addicted to the mud) Mark leveled out the area and placed sod there, with a tiny space for a flower bed. Then we wanted to put up vinyl railing and he did that a couple of weeks later and it looks amazing. He did a wonderful job and it is so nice to have a husband who #1 Can do almost anything and #2 Likes to do them. So Kudos to Mark and all his hard work. Unfortunatley his "Honey To Do" list just keeps getting longer and longer, even though he crosses things of of it all the time.

Big Shoes to Fill.....

2008-04-30T14:04:00.000-07:00

Ryan and Jonathan love to put on Daddy and Mommy's shoes and wear them all around the house, so I had to get a picture of them one morning. They were too cute to not get a picture.

Putting our family on the blog has been fun and as I look at other blogs I realize that I may have some big shoes to fill, to make our blog better than it is but I have decided that this is our spot and I like it the way it is. It gets our point across, pictures and words, that is all we need right now.

As you will notice, I have not posted for a while, and then I have posted a lot. Well I have come to the conclusion, that this is the way our lives work around here, we are going, going, going, and then I have a few minutes and I will take them to do some posts. But I have decided to not feel guilty about not posting for a while, even a long while, because this is suposed to be fun and when I worry about it, it is not fun. So with that said, there will probably be many posts at once and then none for awhile and that is OK!! For those of you reading, I hope you will endure with our craziness and just enjoy the posts when they come. There I feel better!!!

A failed attempt at Easter pictures!

2008-04-30T13:55:00.000-07:00

Jonathan was the first one to the living room for pictures and he was smiling and happy, but he had to wait so long for his brothers that he was done and as you will see we did not get one good Easter picture. So I have come to the conclusion that maybe we will do individual pictures for the next few years.

Miles, Ryan, and oh there is Miles again. But no Jonathan
Mark finally had to force Jonathan to at least get in the picture and he is doing his best to not be cooperative. So none the less, we will try agan next year and hopefully we will succeed

Soccer Time

2008-04-30T13:45:00.000-07:00

Ryan the PeeWee Soccer Star

(yes he does have shorts on under that shirt)
Miles is all ready for his first game.
He scored three goals in a row, his first game, and he was sooo excited. It was so fun to watch him do so well. His coach told him that he should tell his M/D that he earns a dollar for each goal. I decided to X that one quick, since he has scored every game since then. If I start it with him, I have three more boys to follow, so Nah we will just go to icecream once in a while instead.

Who is this Masked Monster?

2008-04-30T13:27:00.000-07:00

Most people are probably wondering what kind of mom lets her son put underware on his head? "GROSS!" Well I guess I do.... Ryan loves to be the underware monster and put them on his head and chase us all around the house. (He actually started the game with Mark, so I guess he is the one who lets our son put underware on his head.) But one morning, Miles wanted to take pictures and so Jonathan and I were posing and "the underware monster" kept getting in all of the pictures.
Miles was trying to scare the monster from his picture, but the monster doesn't scare easily!
He brought the camera to me so I could take pictures of him. I guess he wants this documented for history, so I am all for it.

Here is the "underware monster" unmasked, he sure is cute, even for a monster!!

Boys Love Tea Parties Too!!

2008-04-04T12:26:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, I was inside cleaning blinds (YUCK!) and Miles and Ryan kept running around taking the table and chairs outside, getting stuffed animals, and Miles came in for something to put the fake rose in that they found across the street in the field. Then they came in and invited me to their tea party. It consisted of YoGos, Peanut butter crackers, fruit snacks, Minties candies and Capri Suns. It was so cute and fun. They were so proud of themselves and we had a great time enjoying the sun and our fun little "tea party" Although our family will be full of boys, I will still get to enjoy a tea party once in a while.

I have been tagged

2008-03-25T20:08:00.000-07:00

I guess getting into the blogging thing, I have to follow the rules and I finally saw on my friend Shari's site that she had tagged me to answer these questions about myself, (by the way, her blog was from about two weeks ago) so here goes, don't laugh to hard, or I guess get a good laugh if you need one.

I've been tagged...

1. What was I doing ten years ago?March 1998 - I was finishing up my last semester at BYU getting ready to graduate and start a teaching career.

2. Five things on my to-do list today:

a. return books to library

b. go running

c. clean my bathroom

d. go to Sam's Club

e. call about carpet cleaning

(all done except clean my bathroom, surprise, surprise.)

3. What snacks do I enjoy?

Any thing that looks or sounds or smells like a dessert or sweet thing. I love fruit and am really trying to have veggies be something I like to snack on.

4. What would I do if I were suddenly a billionaire?

Do some remodeling on my house. Hire an interior decorator to decorate it. Have a house cleaner or maybe even a live in housekeeper. Send all my laundry out for cleaning. Have a chef to cook three days a week, I like to cook to much to give up the other four. Hire a personal trainer. Take a lot of fun vacations. Move back to California? I would have to think on that one. Buy my family all something they really want or need and can't afford.

5. Three bad habits:

a. I start so many projects and not follow through, it drives Mark crazy.

b. I am a huge piler. I start to sort things out and then get distracted and leave big piles of stuff.

c. I love to be spontaneous but with 3 and a half kids, sometimes I don't think thing through well enough.

6. Five Places Where I lived:

a. Fountain Valley, California

b. Worland, Wyoming

c. Rexburg, Idaho

d. Provo, Utah

e. Logan, Utah

7. Five jobs I have had:

a. Migrant head start teacher

b. Consultant for Sears Home Repair Services

c. Server at Galaxy Diner

d. School Teacher

e. Preschool Teacher

8. Five things people don't know about me:

a. I always read the obituary page in the newspaper.

b. I talk to my sister almost every day during the week

c. I made a family crest in my communications class, when I was a sophomore in college saying, I wanted a family of five boys! Well almost there, WHAT was I thinking.

d. I am scared to death of spiders

e. I am obssesed with looking at food blogs.

So there you have it!

It is finally warming up!

2008-03-11T17:33:00.000-07:00

Today was a beautiful day. It was in the 40s, yipee!!!! The boys were outside all afternoon and having a wonderful time. I really like having a small snowpile that they can play on and still be warm. I can handle that amount of snow. But the warmth can't last to long, we are suposed to be getting storms from Wednesday to Sunday. Oh Man.....

Miles and Daddy's trip to Beaver Mountain!

2008-03-11T17:19:00.001-07:00

Miles on the Lil Doggie snow hill
Miles tearing up the mountain
Look how small that snowboard is, so cute.....
Dad and Miles ready to head home.

Mark took Miles up to the local ski resort on Saturday to give Miles a chance to learn how to snowboard. They only did the hill that used the rope tow, so that Miles has a chance to figure it all out before they go on the big slopes. It took Miles a little while to figure out the tow rope, so Mark got his exercise walking Miles up the tow rope each time. Finally he felt comfortable doing the rope tow on his own and so Mark was able to snowboard with him. All in all, they came home happy and said it was a lot of fun. So the two of them will definitely be going again. Now we need to get Ryan going!!!

Happy Birthday Jonathan!!

2008-03-11T17:06:00.000-07:00

Waiting for his presents
A new Thomas toy... He was so excited
Like the two candles!

February 18th, 2008
Jonathan turned two. He really didn't care all day, until we started to sing Happy Birthday and bring out presents. Then when he saw his toys, he was very excited. He really liked to blow out the candles and eat cake. We have had two awesome years with this boy and he is so fun and cute. I am hoping he can just bypass the "twos and threes" not fun stage. Happy Birthday Jonathan!

IT IS A BOY!

2008-02-27T19:32:00.000-08:00

WELCOME Baby Boy Wirthlin #4!!!!!!!

The 4D images were cool, yet a little scary!
There is no question there!

Mark and I went for my 20 week ultrasound today and the first thing the tech said is "oh you came on a good day, I am having a girl day. Monday was a boy day and today is a girl day." Well we proved her theory wrong! I had a bitter-sweet moment for two seconds and now I am back in the "yeah baby mode". This boy is going to need all new clothes anyways after three boys have went through everything. I guess I haven't got how to parent boys because I keep getting more chances. Mark said "now we have to think of another boy name!" So that should be interesting. The baby was healthy and everything looked great. He was quite shy and didn't want his picture taken. For that reason, we did not get a very good profile, but of course, he looks exactly like the other three and their profile in the ultrasounds. Maybe I need to get a girl dog so I am not so out numbered.

Surgery Day!

2008-02-21T19:29:00.000-08:00

Well we all survived the double trouble surgery day. Both Miles and Ryan were excellent. We got there around 7:45 and left the hospital at 10:30, so it was quite quick, but there was a lot of waiting and they both did excellent. They were only back in the operating room for no more than twenty minutes each. The nurse told us before hand to expect them to be a little crazy when they come out of the anthestetic, that they may even be a little possesed. I just kind of chuckled about that, but boy she sure wasn't kidding. Ryan came back first and he was OUT OF CONTROL!!!!!!!! He needed to drink before they could give him pain medicine and he wanted some apple juice. So the nurse brought him a nice cup of apple juice with that fun crunchy ball ice and a straw and he wanted NOTHING to do with it. He refused screaming, kicking, flayling around, because he wanted his apple juice in a box. So the nurse called the cafeteria, nope only in bottles, she brought one of those in and he still absolutely refused. Then the nurses came up with the idea of a milk box with the apple juice in it. That came in and that was the end all. He knew immediately that it was a milk box. There was a picture of a llama on the back and he kept saying over and over "See it is a cow," So for the next 45 minutes, he kept saying "IT IS A COW!" I wanted to take a picture of the scowl he had on his face but I didn't dare. Because meanwhile as all of this was happening, we kept trying to get him to stop crying and calm down and I would rub his leg or touch him and he would sit up and call me names and tell me he hates me and spit at me. All I could do was laugh, because it was so out there. Luckily Mark was holding him and trying to hold him still and he kept him from crashing to the ground several times. He sat in his underware and wouldn't let anyone touch him. Finally we were able to put clothes on him and get him some pain medicine (still with nothing to drink!) and leave the hospital. After picking up Jonathan, where was the first place we went..... the grocery store to get some juice in a darn box!!!!!

Miles came in quiet as a mouse and stayed that way the whole time, he got a little edgy and cried until they brought him some medicine because of the pain, but he was very calm and I was so glad that I was holding him. But tonight they are both doing wonderful and they say that they can hear so clear and great now. So the surgery was a success and I am glad it is done. Good Night!

Webkinz World!

2008-02-21T19:18:00.001-08:00

Miles has been after me to put up the picture he took of his webkinz animals. So here they are. We were introduced to the world of webkinz in October, when Miles really wanted one for his birthday. So he got a lion named Leo and then at Christmas he got a reindeer named Dasher and for Valentines Day he got a Black Lab named Cupid. Does he like the theme names or what. When you buy these stuffed animals, they come with a code that you use to sign up you animal on the Webkinz world website. Once they are registered, it is basically a life that you create for this animal. You have to earn money by playing games or doing trivia, and then you have to feed, house and take care of these animals. So what did Ryan get for Valentine's Day... a Koala that he chose to name Hippo!! So now we are always checking our animals and making sure that they are fed and asleep when they need to be. Now I don't ever have to get my kids an animal, they have the cyber pets! Side note on pets: Yesterday we were driving down the road, a road that has fields on both sides and of course, a church on the corner of the street. And as we were pulling up by the church, a huge rodent crossed in front of us (the size of a small possum). Come to find out it was a huge Rat!!!! So then Miles kept talking about getting a rat for a pet all night, he came up to me and asked me what I think we should name his rat and I told him Dead Meat, and he didn't think that was to funny. That is the only way a rat will be in my house, Yikes!!!!

Bad Ears!!!!

2008-02-17T18:49:00.000-08:00

Those of you who know my boys, know that there is not much of me (Carrie) in them physically. They all take after their handsome Dad. So greatful for that!! But their are other things that my boys have gotten from me that are not so great. My bad ears for one!! I had horrible ears as a child, tubes 3 or 4 times and I think my loud talking is definately a cause of all the scarring HEE HEE! Well most of you know that Ryan has had tubes twice, so now on Thursday of this week, he is going in for set number three!!!! But right there beside him this time will be good ol Miles!!! Miles had an ear infection the saturday after Thanksgiving and we took him to the Dr. that day and got him on an antibiotic, and sooooo five antibiotics later and almost three months, he STILL has fluid behind his eardrum. So the ENT said the only way to get rid of the infection is to put in tubes. Come to find out the number one reason they put tubes in is because an infection doesn't go away. Miles is very nervous and scared about the whole thing. Ryan doesn't really say much either way. Keep them both in your prayers this Thursday as they will both be getting their tubes that day. Keep me in your prayers that I can stay sane helping two boys recover from the anthestetic. UGH!

"I Love You" Breakfast

2008-02-17T18:27:00.000-08:00

My fun dishes I don't get to use very often

Ryan decided to have a healthy breakfast of chocolates
Jonathan decided to have a lollipop for his healthy breakfast.

Every Valentine's Day, our family has a special breakfast. We have crepes and yummy toppings. This year, Ryan and Jonathan decided the candy that was by their plates looked better than the crepes, so they had that. I guess that is my fault for putting it by them. We have a lot of fun reading our fun "I love you" cards from each other and looking at our little gifts. It is a nice sit down breakfast that we all enjoy. The one breakfast a year, that I set the table instead of throwing out bowls or plates for people to catch their food on.

SLEDDING TIME!!

2008-02-13T11:32:00.000-08:00

With all of this snow we have been getting, I finally took the boys out to go sledding, last friday afternoon. We had so much fun. The boys loved it and we lasted longer than I thought we would. We finally had to go because silly Jonathan would not keep his gloves on. Miles used his "snowboard" the whole time and the rest of us used sleds. It was a good time and hopefully we can all go as a family soon.

Almost TWO!!!!

2008-02-12T18:44:00.000-08:00

Daddy and Jonathan in the famous box fort, Dad built for the bday party.

Well Jonathan turns two on Monday and I can't believe how fast the time goes. He is definately a big boy now. His personality is starting to really shine. He loves to sing, and do anything the older boys are doing and he is DEFINATELY a train guy. Good thing we have a million left over from Miles. So we are adding to the train collection for his birthday. He talks up a storm and is quick to give hugs and say sorry. What a fun kid!

I have to figure out how to turn pictures
Jonathan's first time sledding, he loved it.
Posing in his bath robe... Such a cutie!
Happy 1st birthday! February 18th 2007

Here or There??

2008-02-06T11:46:00.000-08:00

I am wondering right about now how nice Hawaii would be to go and visit again. But I think I am the only one in the family with that wonder. Don't get me wrong, I love the snow and all, but it just keeps coming. Miles and Ryan absolutely love the snow. If we could get Jonathan to wear gloves, then he might stay out longer than 5 minutes. We are really enjoying the season changes and I am ready for another change. I want to see some green. Oh well, this will be a lot of moisture in the spring. Happy Day!