wet rats

it poured today. i have been a mean mom lately. i decided to let them play cause thats what a nice cool mom would do. :)

they were soaking wet. i stripped them on the porch before i let them back in. Maddux said "that dog is barking at us cause we not supposed to have naked bum out here"

News

Getting ready to move here. And probably spend alot of time with the cows and the wind turbines. Not looking forward to driving 30 min to the nearest wal-mart. There were literally 8 houses on the market in this town and 0 rentals. We contemplated building, but decided to just buy an old fixer upper. (pictures soon) Planning on putting our house on the market this week. The market has dropped and looks like we will be losing money on it. Sad day. :(

I absolutely despise moving for a various number of reasons. But I feel guilty about complaining too much about getting a better job. Looking forward to my husband hopefully working less hours and getting payed more. Come what may and love it, even with the stinky cows and the annoying wind. Right?

Motherhood:-An-Eternal-Partnership

Motherhood:-An-Eternal-Partnership

obviously what i needed to hear. i believe he does answer prayers.

feeling poeticly inspired

this girls driving me crazy, completley insane



i say her name at least 50 times a day

she doesnt seem to give a hay


she punched her little brother

my words go in one ear and out the other



she screams when i try to fix her hair

doesnt she understand she looks like a bear



she thinks its cool to roar

and throw trash on the floor



this girls driving me crazy, completely insane

i know this poem and my blog are most definantely lame

Vacation

Minus all the traveling, one week flew by.




This is DIA.The airplane ride was the best part of traveling, the car ride to the airport H-E-double L.

Oh beautiful Utah mountains, it was so nice to climb you.

Until the kids got tired and we carried them. Alex was using Jessicas braids as a horse. It was great.

oh mountains, oh mountains, how i miss you.

bodey sort of hated this backpack. i ended up carrying him down. pat carried maddux and jadyn, his arms were sore for days.

a guy along the way saw our group and all the kids and he politely said "your never going to make it to the top"

we proved him wrong!

grandma and jadyn. so cute. :)

a little family pic at the top.

this is the farm. shes doing laundry, and she liked it. of course i had to take a pic.

faith making butter

maddux loved the chickens and the train ride.

bodey tried to capture this duck. he was unsuccesful.

i am trying to convince pat we need a goat! i am trying to convice pat of alot of things. but the goat battle i am planning on winning.... you'll see.

grandma valories house is never complete without a horse ride.

this picture of this case tractor is all for you Jim!

Bodey got into grandmas sugar bowl. And look at that sugar bowl, I made it in pottery. Yes I am so talented- it's lop sided.

How could a vacation be complete without a little baseball?

Maddux was in heaven. There are no pictures of Pat, but he was in heaven too.

maddux, luke and shay.
sadly thats all i have. why wasnt i taking pics?

i ran into everyone and loved getting to see some old friends.

cache valley and everyone there, i love you. vacation i love you, i am so sad you are over.

Oh Maddux

Im afraid he has been spending too much time with his sister. The worst part is I think he enjoys all this more than Jadyn. Im not sure if I should laugh or cry?

I found a white pair of flip flops that used to be Jadyns and I told him he could have them. He said "No, white is a girl color!" He dresses up as a princess but he cant wear white flip flops. A couple days later him and Jadyn decided to paint them blue. They decided this by themselves and found paint but couldnt find a paint brush so they just decided to paint them with their hands. One big mess. But I did have to laugh at this one. At least they took the project on outside.

Confessions

I have a confession. I kind of love Kansas.



Before Kansas, I had never expeirenced lightning bugs. They are completely harmless. And slower than slow even Maddux catches them.



And watching them light up all over the yard is very cool.

If only I had a good camera and the patience to capture them actually lighting up.

I have another confession. I like the heat, even the humidity. And i love our water park that just opened in our town.

And another confession. Im a very bad mom and I accidentally let my 2 year old get a very bad sunburn today.

And I have to share Jadyns confession. She said "mom at my first t ball game every one kept yelling at me to run home, and I thought they really meant run to our house, and I didnt know where it was, and I almost started crying."