Hiking

We took a Saturday and went hiking. We had a lot of fun doing the "River Walk" in Zion. It was the perfect day. Not too hot, not too cold. We had a yummy picnic and then off we went. The kids LOVED the shuttle. Paige did the grossest thing ever. She licked the bar on the shuttle. Don't ask me why. I have more trouble with her than the younger ones doing gross things like that. It took us 2 1/2 hrs, kids in tow, to do it, but it was so worth it. I had a great time.

4 year old

4 months ago......

Four months ago I had this little baby......where did he go?
He no longer is sleeping through the night (STINKER). He is rolling over and would rather practice that or catching his feet than sleep. He is "talking" now and it is so cute. He is my most happiest of kids, for the most part. He is over 17 lbs now and I wish it would slow down. he LOVES rice cereal and MUMS

Katie turns 4!!

I would like to say how happy I am for Katie. She turned 4 on March 30th. She was so happy to just do whatever. We started the day with a nice walk. she LOVES walks. then I took her and the boys to pick up Paige and off we went to Mcdonald's to get a kids meal. They got Dragons from the movie, "How to teach a Dragon". Which BTW was one of our presents to her. We took everyone to that movie on Sunday and they absolutely LOVED it. We saw it in 3D and it was SO fun. Any who, we then went to an Easter Egg hunt with some mothers in the neighborhood (Katie's Joy school friends). After a Quick nap we made blueberry muffins with homemade frosting (Mom didn't buy frosting and she pitched a fit). Then for Dinner Katie picked out Steak and Potatoes, her favorite meal. It was present time. She got work books, cost. paper, Princess and the Frog shirt, sparkly pants, stringing necklaces, and some hair things from Mom and Dad. Paige gave her Princess and the Frog DVD and Joey gave her some "sewing" farm animals.

Hopes and Prayers answered, at a cost

Nothing comes for "free" in this world. John's work has picked up and I never see him anymore. When he comes home he gets right back on his computer after the kids are in bed. He usually winds up falling asleep working and coming to bed either when I wake him up or when he just randomly wakes up. I feel so bad for him. He is working so hard and still he loses some jobs because it is so competitive out there right now.

I miss him getting home at a reasonable time. I miss being able to talk to him whenever I would like. But it's a good sign that I can't. Maybe it will stay picked up and we can afford things again.