Happy anniversary to me

What a great 11 years! Sorry mom that we got married the day after Christmas! That was really the only day.

Just chillin

Here is a picture we took before church yesterday.

When Emma is in the tub she puts her hands behind her head like she is relaxing.

David really wants to come in the back door...nope, sorry, you have to go in through the garage. Some rules are just worth sticking to. Thankfully he has never stuck his tongue to a pole. I wouldn't put it past him though!

Pause button

Sometimes I wish life had a pause button. The other day I was in the kitchen chopping bananas to dehydrate (one of Aaron's favorite things) and Becca was sitting at the table doing a little math game, David was sipping hot chocolate because he had just come in from playing in the snow, Emma was in her chair cooing and laughing and Sarah was playing in the snow. There was nice soft Christmas music in the back ground. --PAUSE-- some time the times in life that we want to remember are these, plain, old, ordinary days doing plain old things.

SIGH--unfortunately the kids will grow up, hopefully into beautiful and responsible adults.

Once a year update

As 2009 is dwindling to a close, I thought I would post an update on all of the kids.

Sarah, age 9, loves reading, playing in the snow and hanging out with her friends. She is coming out of her shell and growing up into a beautiful young woman. The other day I looked at her and thought, she looks so grown up! She still has her moments of emotionalness, but who doesn't.

Becca, age 6, loves playing with her friends and making other people happy. She is just a bundle of sunshine. She is really nice to let David tag along (most of the time).

David, age 3, loves to wrestle, rough house and do anything that has to do with being a boy. He is so different than the girls it is amazing! He still likes to read with mom but would prefer playing alligator - a game the kids invented where you run back and forth trying not to get eaten by the alligator.

Emma, age 9 months, loves to play peek-a-boo and get carried around. She is a mild mannered baby and loves to be played with.

Aaron is still trying to build a practice. He loves his new iphone, watching eye surgery and hanging out with the family.

Julie loves being a mom. Some days are tough, but all in all they are GREAT! I would love to start exercising, explore with my cooking and find more places to take the kids.

We have loved going to the zoo, aquarium, Thanksgiving Point, hiking, sledding, and playing with extended family. We are so blessed to be in a great neighborhood with awesome friends.

update

The nurse just called back with the results of my pregnancy test and they were negative. No miscarriage. Whew. It could either be my fibroid or just a fluke. If this starts to be "normal" for me then we will go from there. He said to wait one more week and he thinks that it will just work out on its own!

Really though this whole experience has taught me how blessed I am to have a good healthy body. I have so much empathy for my friends who have gone through a miscarriage!

overheard

The other day I was in the kitchen and Emma was in her high chair and David was talking to Emma and I hear,

"Emma, Emma...made you look."

I thought it was so funny.

journaling

This week was kind of weird. Tuesday night I had kind of a bad stomach ache and I thought it was from all the nuts and chocolate I had eaten that day. Wednesday morning I woke up around 5 in a puddle of blood. I went to use the bathroom and blood was pouring out. Aaron changed the sheets and I took a shower it was weird but I didn't call the doctor. That day I was fine but the next morning I woke up again with terrible pain and a lot more bleeding. There were huge clots and I was changing a plus tampon every 5 minutes. I didn't think that I could be having a miscarriage because I have an IUD. I called the doctor and they said that there is a 1 in 3000 chance of getting pregnant on the Mirena IUD. I went yesterday for some blood tests (which I still haven't heard back from the doctor's office.) They wanted to see if I was in fact pregnant, if so they will have to see if I passed everything. I don't know if it was a miscarriage, but I feel bad for all of my friends who have ever had one! I wasn't even expecting it and I did get sad thinking that there was a possible baby in there and it didn't survive. Yesterday I was just really weak and dizzy. I just tried to keep hydrated. I called my friend Andrea and when she asked how I was doing I just started to cry and she said that she would be right over. She took David and Emma while I went to the hospital for blood work and then when I came back Emma was sleeping so I was able to take a shower and rest.

first snow

When my parents were here for Thanksgiving we went to see the lights on temple square. We are having a hot chocolate break. They are just cute huh!

yesterday was the first real snow. Sarah was begging to play in the snow before school and being the mean mom I told her we would play AFTER school. We went the the park and lasted about 45 minutes before Emma got a little chilly. It is amazing how the kids think they can't walk to the park and have to ride in the sled. really. I put Emma's pumpkin costume on to keep her a little warmer.

slacker!

Sorry I have been such a blogger slacker! Sometimes I wonder where all my time goes...

Last weekend we had Aaron's sister and her family here. The kids had a blast and we realized how much I was like her husband and Aaron was like her...we had fun playing LOTS of games.


We had such a great Thanksgiving. We spent a lot of time with my parents and sister and her family. We had great food, lots of fun and the kids loved getting together too! Back to LOADS of laundry, a dirty floor and lots of dishes...oh, that is what I have been doing.

Tonight we are having a neighborhood night of giving where kids can give presents to "Santa" so he can give them to those who need them more. We are going shopping this afternoon...should be fun!

Cutie, sweats and sweet

Andrea took more adorable pictures of Emma.

Sarah loves to wear sweats. I have bought her jeans and have told her that I really don't like her to wear sweats to school because it is sloppy and she can't learn as well, but it is her choice...so she wears them to school. fortunately she is growing out of her sweats and they are beginning to get holes in the knees...bye, bye sweats. The other day we went to a play and she had sweats on then put boots on (it had snowed earlier that day, but we were going to a PLAY not sledding) I tried to explain to her that her attire was not really appropriate...any suggestions?

And now the sweet. The other day when we were reading in the scriptures we were reading about Christ's Crucifixion and Becca was explaining to David that they drove nails through his hands and feet and put a crown of thorns on his head. David was so sweet and said, we have to save him. Sarah then ruined the moment when she said, (in her DUH voice) he has been dead over 2000 years. I thought it was cute that David thought he could save Jesus.

Emma's latest tricks

Cheeks are for kissing. Don't you just want to kiss those cheeks! Emma is admiring David.

trick or treat

Last night I took the kids around the neighborhood and we had a great time! At the first few houses David kept holding his bucket thinking that the longer he stayed the more candy he would get. I would have to remind him to say thanks and tell him we were moving on. Usually the girls (Becca and two friends) would be at the next house before he would be off the door step. We went to a house that was serving hot chocolate and fresh popped popcorn they had a movie projector playing Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. How fun! The kids were tired by the end of the night but had a fun. Sarah went with 3 of her friends. That was hard to let her go by herself, but she had fun and felt big. They gave up before we did so she has less candy then the little kids, but she is okay with it. They are all really good about sharing their candy.

The picture of Aaron and Sarah is from a Halloween father daughter activity where they won a prize for the best couple.

Happy Birthday to my beautiful 9 year old!

This year she wanted german chocolate cake and good strawberry ice cream like we had at Aunt Megans house (Bryers NOT the cheepo stuff I keep in the freezer). A little about her...

She loves to read, help when she can, cook, please others, take care of Emma, play outside. What I love about her... has a sweet and sensitve nature & strong desire to acomplish good things.

Catching up...

Last week we had fall break and we had a blast! First we went to the scarecrow festival with some friends (lots of bouncy toys, rock wall, trampolines, carnival games...fun for everyone)

On Friday we went to a dairy and pumpkin patch with my sister. The dairy was REALLY stinky, but I was fascinated by the cow carousel. Then at the pumpkin patch David picked a tiny pumpkin, Becca a white pumpkin and Sarah a huge pumpkin.

Then the kids stayed with Amanda and that night Aaron and I went to see our friend in Jekyll and Hyde. I didn't realize how horrible of a story it was. My friend was Jekyll and Hyde. He was amazing!

The next morning the kids were still at Amanda's and Aaron had to work so I made applesauce. I got loads of free apples from freecycle so I went to work. I have about 30 quarts. I have about 15 more I am going to do next week and I am going to dehydrate some probably tomorrow.

Aaron is out of town until Tues so hopefully we survive.

Tomorrow we are going to Chuck E Cheese for Sarah's birthday. I talked Amanda into coming so it won't be too bad...

Oh, David

Tonight when David was saying his prayers he said, "Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for nothing." and then started to laugh. I couldn't help but giggle. I tried to explain that we have A LOT to be thankful for but he was set on nothing.

He loves to have me smell his breath after he brushes his teeth but he comes up and says, "Smell my bress." (which sounds an awful lot like a woman's body part)

Our friends are really into Star Wars and their 3 year old was talking about Yoda and David said, "Yoda drinks soda." haha. He also uses his life savor.

Pictures, pictures, pictures

We went up the canyon on Saturday to take pictures. My friend Andrea took them. We have 100 to choose from. Aaron's glasses didn't look dark, but in some of the photos they are
:( I still like them though! I haven't cropped them at all, but here they are. Did blogger change the picture layout??

so excited

Tomorrow we are going to get our pictures taken. It is the first time we will have family pictures (other than at family reunions.) My friend Andrea is going to take them. We went up there today to see what the lighting was like and I just got so excited.

Made me smile

I was going through some photos and these just made me smile. The last vacation before school started.

playing around with the camera at the garden

I have loved having a pass to the garden. Whenever I get a pass to something I have to make it worth my money. David and I went there on Thursday just to walk around. We saw a huge bull frog and took the family back Friday night for a picnic and to try and find more frogs. A few weeks ago Sarah found a ton of tadpoles so we were trying to see if they had changed into frogs. We only saw two and they were tricky to find, but the kids were excited to see them. I just got a new camera so I thought I would see what it could do. The one with David in a tunnel is the entrance to the secret garden. Love it!