Sleeping and more.......

Friday night we had a 'family' party, without me mostly because I went to a wedding reception, but the kids and Steve watched a movie ate popcorn and watched Josh be a silly crazy guy! When I came home Brooks was done and asked me to put her in bed. Generally when my kids make such a request I don't deny them their wish. So, she and I headed in and said prayers and off to sleepy she went. Well after a good book that is!
Yesterday, we had just a realaxing day. Brooklynn went to a Birthday party, Steve went with his friend for all you can eat Sushi (yuck) and I took a nice rest on the couch. When Steve came home we were enjoying a little TLC and in came Josh with a bottle of my lotion and a big proud grin on his face. The Lotion was all down his face and shirt and then when we got out hands on him, it was all and I me all through his hair. For whatever reason he think lotion goes in the hair. On further investigation and thanks to one of the family leaving the bathroom door open, he had gotten into Steve's deodorant, two bottles of my lotion and it was all over the place. There was even a little spit-up with lotion in it from his taste test. How did I react you ask? I had a good laugh. I am afraid I am a total sucker when it comes to Josh and he is just so darn cute that I couldn't be mad, well at least not for long!

How can you be mad at this cuteness? This was after he was de-lotioned!

After this incident and a family meeting about closing bathroom doors, I headed off to try and get the piles of lotion out of Josh's hair. When I was finished, Steve, Tyler and Brooklynn had disappeared. I soon discovered they were all in my bathroom with door locked and wispering. This is what I found when they finally let me in!

Tyler's second top tooth has been loose since his other one came out, but not super loose. So Steve told Ty they should pull it out and surprise me. Once again floss saved the day and out popped top tooth number two! Isn't he so dang cute! I love that TyTy. Just to brag a little bit about my cute boy, he is quite the smarty pants. Every Friday they take a spelling test and for the past three weeks he hasn't missed a question, yep 100% for three weeks in a row! This week his teacher picked him to be 'Miner of the Month' The school Mascot is a Miner (as in gold mines), so he gets his picture displayed in the school and recognized in the weekly news letter and who knows what else. I asked his teacher how he was picked and she said that each Teacher picks a child from their class based on how well they are doing, their attitude, who is excited about school, who really tries hard etc. We are very proud of him!

Now, onto more sleeping. After I tucked Brooks in last night and then a little later went to tuck in Tyler, this is what I found! What is she doing and how do you just become so tired that this is what happens?

Notice that the book is the same one both nights, maybe it is a really boring one!

Tooth Drama!

For those of you who know Tyler, you know that he does not handle the unknown well. He is very apprehensive and sometimes fearful of situations or experiences he has never before had. I will give you an example. Last summer, as in 2006, my mom and I took the kids to Disneyland and hooked up with Julie and TJ. All of the kids were most excited to go on Pirates of the Carribean, except Tyler, he was freaked out. Now, I am a most compasionate mother and if the kids are scared of ride I am more than willing to let them skip it, but not this one. After a lot of tears, a cell phone call to Dad, some encouragement from Uncle TJ and maybe a few threats from me the compasionate one, Tyler went on the ride and enjoyed it. See pictures below...






See the before and after shots.






Now fast forward to when Tyler lost his first tooth. It was pure drama and tantrums and many an exclamation of, "It'll hurt, it'll hurt." Even though the tooth, thanks to some good wiggling by dad was barely hanging on. And in the end despite a little blood all went well. The second tooth was easy as pie. Tyler came home from school, said mom will you pull out my tooth, I got ahold of it and out it popped! No problem.

Now the last two weeks or actually since school started Ty has been working on his top left tooth. Last week we got it super loose and once again he started some freak out because of the unknown. So we left it. All week we have been teasing him about pulling it out and everytime, he covers his mouth and yells no! At this point I think it is more for attention than anything else. So this morning, I got him to let me wiggle it and I somehow was able to make him promise that when he came home we could pull it out! He came home and after working on some flash cards I said, let me look at your tooth. I said, 'let's pull it out' and he said, "No!" and I said, "you promised this morning that we would." and he said, "I don't remember that!" With a big liar grin on his face. But alas, I won the battle today and out came the tooth, Janet style. I grabbed some floss, tied it nice and tight around what was left of the root and with Tyler's help gave it a good strong tug and out it flew! Tyler and I both gave a big cheer and a high five! And he even admitted that it didn't really hurt! The look of surprise on his face when I tugged on the floss was so funny! I loved it. So here are a few photos of my boy with a missing tooth and Brooklynn insisted on a picture of her missing teeth and who can resist taking a picture of her cute face so here they are, my toothless two.

Meeting Reese #2 or Reese with an 'S'

For those of you who don't know my best friend Kendra had a baby girl a few weeks after my sister Julie and named her Reese. Julie refers to Kendra's Reese as Reesey2. It helps to clarify. Anyway, this weekend I was so happy to not only see Kendra, JD, and the kids but Reesey 2! The Dockstader's came for the weekend to finish moving out of their house and settle all their stuff in Fresno. :(

Although, it is so sad that they are gone for good, it was wonderful to see them and spend some time visiting and holding the baby. She is so very cute! It was great to see them all and to have the kids pick right up where they left off! Asey and Brooklynn were adorable and Tyler and Tyce acted really cool, but I know deep down were thrilled to see each other. It was a treat to have them back for a few days, even though now I miss them more than ever.

Joshy was so interested in the baby. It was funny because he isn't interested in much other than a ball and Elmo. But while I was holding the baby he came over pointing and attempting to talk and I asked him if he wanted to hold the baby, he couldn't put down his toy fast enough. He would hold her and rub her head (She has some pretty great hair!) and then push her away and then I would take her and he would reach for her again. It was pretty cute!

I must put in a disclaimer for Kendra, the baby has some baby acne, so please disregard it!

Asey and Brooklynn

Tyler and Tyce, you can see how impressed Tyce is!

Miss Reese, she is such a sweet baby!

Tyce and Josh playing Play Station - Tyler was at school.

Miss Reese again with her eyes on - she has the bluest eyes!

And Finally Josh holding the baby and so pleased about the whole situation!

Now all that I need is too get my hands on Reecey 1 or Reece with a 'c'. Hopefully it will be in only a few weeks!

Tyler is 7!

Tyler turned 7 yesterday! We just had a little family party last night. I also took cookies to school for his class. I think he had a great day!

Wow, I can hardly believe how fast it has gone. He is such an amazing boy. He is very smart and so handsome and such a BIG helper around the house. Since he was a little boy I have often asked him, "How come I am such a lucky mommy?" His reply is always, "Because Heavenly Father and Jesus sent me to you!" He is so right, he is a blessing in our home. Here's to you by big 7 year old. I love you!

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Wait, I'm not dead yet!

Here is what my obituary would say. Why is this so funny!

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Crash, Boom, Bang!

Yesterday started out as any regular Sunday. I got up with the kids, we got ready, we went to church. Then in order to pick Steve up at the airport, after his lovely weekend playing golf with the boys, I left church with Josh and left Brooks and Ty to go to primary. I picked Steve up and brought him and Joshua home and then headed back to church so I could go to YW. All sounds pretty normal except that I don't usually pick Steve up from the airport. So, on my way back to church I was driving down the street with 3 or 4 stop signs. Now, you have to understand people here in Central Cali totally suck at 4 way stops. They never know when it is their turn, they will wave at you for 5 minutes to go first when really they should have gone, to say the least it is annoying! Well, I pulled up to a stop sign where they are putting in a light. There was really no one there, one other car and I stopped first so I went through. All of a sudden I realized a car was coming at me from the right and they had obviously not stopped at the stop sign. She grazed my front right bumper, bounced a little and then I t-boned her. It was pretty bad, not terrible, but bad. I can still see her face when she realized that we were going to hit. After we smashed, I sat there thinking to myself, "But I am on my way back to church this isn't supposed to happen." Thankfully Steve was home and came to my rescue and to handle all the car stuff since I was driving his car.

I am ok! My neck is stiff and sore, but I am thankfully not hurt worse than that. It is amazing how something like that makes you super grateful for everything you have and helps you realize how quickly things can change. I also learned or reconfirmed how wonderful all our friends and our ward here is. Steve ended up picking up the kids from church and from just one small conversation in the hall, we had phone calls within minutes of everyone getting home from church and a member of the Bishopric was at our house to make sure everyone was ok. I also had 3 or 4 calls from my great friends checking on me. How blessed we are here!