Queen Bed

At about 4 o'clock this morning, Eli came into our room because he had had a bad dream. I let him climb into bed by me as I always do when he has bad dreams. Then about 15 minutes later I heard our door open again. This time it was Isaac making one of his seemingly endless nighttime visits to our bed. I quickly told him that he couldn't get in our bed, thinking that there wasn't any room. I then remembered the time and that Chris would be getting up shortly so I let him climb in too. There we were, all 4(1/2) members of our family, trying to sleep in a queen size bed. Needless to say, it didn't work out well. Chris ended up getting up before his alarm which is hard to do when it goes off at 4:30 a.m. I then tried to get the boys to actually go to sleep while Chris was getting ready for work. With the way my boys like their dad, it's nearly impossible to get them to not pay him any attention. As Chris was leaving Isaac popped up and told me he needed to ask dad something. I told him to run out and see if he had left. Of course he didn't want to do this on his own so I accompanied him. Isaac ran into the living room where Chris was standing by the door ready to leave. Isaac ran up to him, gave him a huge Isaac hug (which are the BEST) and a kiss and quickly went back into what is apparently thought of as the family bed. Amazingly both boys went back to sleep and slept until after 7. If I remember right, I didn't get out of bed until closer to 7:30 which doesn't happen often. It's nice to sleep with one of my little boys on each side of me. All three of my boys is quite a tight fit. I think we need a king.

For some reason the last few weeks I've really not had anything to blog about. Usually I get several thoughts a day for posts but lately, nothing. There hasn't been much going on around here. We are just waiting for spring so we can get outside again. I did take some pictures of Talus trying to sit up the other day. This one is my favorite.



I think it's hilarious.

Bye, until I find something else to blog about.

Shrek

Lately my boys have been on a huge Shrek kick. It is the only movie that they want to watch. While I enjoy that movie (or did) it gets old quick. I've been singing "Welcome to Dulock, it's a perfect place..." for days now.

Yesterday Eli was playing at a friends house. I called over there to see how things were going and his friends mom told me that while they were playing with Hot Wheels Eli said his car was "the fastest car on the whole damn planet." She even asked him to repeat it to make sure he had really said what she thought he said. Sure enough. Luckily this mom is a friend of mine and this is a house that Eli plays at a lot. She told me that she didn't say anything to Eli about it because she was trying really hard not to laugh.

Tonight when I was putting Eli to bed I asked him about it. I asked him if he remembered what he said and he didn't. I reminded him but said "whole damn earth" instead of planet. Apparently that sparked his memory because he promptly corrected me. I asked him where he learned that and he said "Off of Shrek. Donkey says that parfait is the best thing on the whole damn planet." Yep, I had forgotten that part. So not only is the movie annoying me but it's also teaching my 5 year old to swear. I should probably pay more attention to what I'm letting them watch.

Quote of the Day

Said by Chris

"Isaac, I said you can't do that. You don't put butt paste on your shoulder."

Snowshoeing

We went snowshoeing today. I can't remember the last time I went snowshoeing. We had a lot of fun. It's a good thing too because getting ready is always such a hassle. Of course kids don't cooperate and it isn't easy to get everyone all decked out in snow clothes. It's easy to realize why we don't do things like this with our kids more often. But then as we were out enjoying the mountains I was thinking, "Why don't we do this more often?" I really think it is a great thing for kids to experience nature. It teaches lessons in life that kids need to learn. Not to mention I think it's fun. It takes patience which I seem to lack most of the time but if you can get past all of that it really is fun. Plus I felt like a small piece of my pre-children self returned. I guess I haven't snowshoed much since the kids came along but it was nice to reconnect a little with the person that I used to be.

Eli did really well. He put the snowshoes on and went at it, climbing up a hill right by the car before Chris and I even had our snowshoes on. He continued to do great the whole time and was even running all over.

He even put his snowshoe back on all by himself when it came off. No whining or crying for help. Actually he wouldn't let me help him, he wanted to do it all by himself.

Don't let this adorable snowshoer fool you...

This is how he spent most of the time. Either on my back or Chris's shoulders. He was able to walk in the snowshoes just fine and did for some time but he got tired easily. It was easier for me to carry him than keep waiting for him and put up with the whining.

Resting and having a snack.

Joy in the Journey

In the spirit of this talk I have decided to focus this year on finding joy in my daily journey through life and motherhood. There is always so much negative to focus on and sometimes it's hard to take a moment to enjoy the small joyful moments that life gives us.

I made another blog and this year I plan on posting about my joyful moment each day. I'll add pictures as much as possible. If you want to follow it click here or you can check it out on the blog list on the right.

Happy New Year

Our Holidays

We have had a good holiday season this year. My sister got married on Dec. 22nd so we were luckily enough to have my parents in town for about a week. My mom brought a gingerbread train kit that she put together with the boys. They had fun making it and are still having fun eating it.

Unfortunately Eli got sick the night before the wedding so we weren't able to go. I was bummed to miss it but couldn't really leave a sick child for someone else to take care of.

On Christmas Eve we headed up to Sandy for a short family get together with Chris's family. His sister, Heidi, flew in from Seattle and surprised his mom. Then we came home and did our Christmas Eve reading of Luke and opening new pajamas. Here are the boys in their new train pj's.



(Yes, Isaac did scratch Eli's face all up that morning.)

We had a great Christmas morning. Eli didn't wake up until 7 which was awesome. Unfortunately I woke up at 5:30 and couldn't get back to sleep because I was waiting for the one of the boys to come in and wake us up. We opened presents and played with new toys and then went out to Santaquin to Lena's house where we opened more presents and played with more new toys. All of Chris's siblings were there. Heidi never gets to come home for Christmas because of her job and was only here for a day this time so it was great to all be together.

And I just had to add this adorable picture of Tal to add to the holiday spirit.

The sickness that Eli had spread to Chris and I at different times so the week between Christmas and New Years was slow at times. We are all feeling better now.

We opted for a nice quiet New Years Eve at Chris's parents house in Sandy. (As quiet as anything can be with our children there.) We put the kids to bed about 9 and stayed up playing games. Most holidays get much more enjoyable once you have kids but New Years Eve just isn't one of them. At least not for me. I am glad that it's a new year and to look forward to new adventures.