I was having fun going through a friend's older blog posts today and she had this quote posted and it just rang so true I had to post it as well:

I think I need to type this up and put it on my fridge or mirror or something. Maybe on the dashboard of the van:)

"The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache." ~Marjorie Pay Hinckley~

As my friend Kim said, "I mean really, doesn't that just sum it all up?"

I love my daddy!

Can you tell? He loves me too and loves getting to experience my first smiles!




Just a couple cute ones of the boys waiting for the car to warm up to go to church. Owen has started rolling over too from tummy to back:)

Happy 4th Birthday NATHAN!!!!

I can hardly believe Nathan is four. He has been DYING for it to be his birthday for months now and finally yesterday was the "big" day. We had big plans of Chuck E Cheese, but after a blizzard outside and over a foot of snow (with more in the forecast this week) we decided staying in and ordering pizza and enjoying cake and ice cream with great friends was a better idea.

Here are a few pictures of his big day!



The snow that kept us home. This is the top of our patio table out back. Some places were even deeper depending on wind/drift. It is definitely winter here!


THE Diego Cake. We normally make them but with so much going on I threw in the towel and ordered him one. It was exactly what he wanted Diego and Baby jaguar. He was thrilled!

Me with Nathan blowing out his candles....blurry but cute



Nathan on his brandnew bike. It is a Tonka Bike with construction stickers and he LOVES it. Ian brought it in and he jumped on it and rode through the house of course smacking into the wall and knocking paint off....oh well easy fix I just wish I had it on camera!







Nathan in all his attire. Note the knee pads. He cracks me up!

Me and my snow bear

Yipee for snow days! We got a couple inches early this morning and it was/is supposed to snow off and on until tomorrow supposedly getting a few inches. When I took Jacob to the bus it was coming down and I was praying Ian would get a call before he had to head to work saying "don't come". He got up and shoveled and just as he was leaving the call came! Yea for answered prayers and yea for snow days!

Jacob got home from school and ate and we bundled up the kids to go out and meet Kinley and Kayden to play. I figured I would put Owen in his little outfit (if even just for pictures--I know I torture the poor babe) and we all went out. Owen hated it and lasted just long enough for the pictures and said "hi" to the girls and back inside the two of us came to drink bottles and cuddle while my three "big" boys had a blast in the snow. Its like powder really light so they had a blast "digging for treasure" on the playground equipment and playing with the girls. Ian of course did not take any pictures so I only have the ones of me and Owen I forced him to take:) But Valerie was taking a bunch so hopefully I will get to see some.

One other GREAT thing about today is Owen slept from 10pm to 4am this morning and then went back down from 5 to 7:30. I got some good sleep! Of course now he won't nap more than 20 minutes today and is a crab but I will take it:)

I am so thankful to have an afternoon of us all home safe and warm to spend some time together. Tomorrow is Nathan's birthday! I am in shock a bit that he is already four. Look for some footage of that in the days to come!

First Jeans---ahhhh how cute:)

I went to dress Owen this morning and we were not doing anything at all today but thought he would look cute in jeans so I dressed him and had to get some pictures:) The funny thing was I dressed all three boys and realized they pretty much matched. It gave me a good laugh. As you can tell the boys LOVE him more and more each day. They are both great helpers, especially Jacob.




Owen has good enough body control now that I can sit him on the couch and lay him back on Jacob and Jacob will feed him for me so I can blow dry my hair actually eat myself! I am so very thankful for him.

Random Cute Photos

Here are a few random pictures from the past few days. Owen is starting to enjoy laying on the floor playing and he even loves tummy time so the boys of course want to crowd on the blanket with him:)




Here are a couple of shots of Owen with mommy and daddy. Ian was sick to this stomach yesterday and laying on the couch with Owen and I thought it was just so cute:) And then the one of me and Owen Jacob took (note the finger mark:) I had put the hat on him because I thought it was a cute hand me down from our neighbor and Jacob wanted to take a picture (he loves taking them)


These last two are from bath last night. Owen LOVES baths. I was having a fun time playing with him. If you look closely you can see his mini mohawk:) He is really starting to fill up the bath seat. He loves to kick the side of the tub and is to the point where I am starting to really have to watch to make sure he does not flip himself out of the seat. He is definitely my baby! Loves the bath:)

Poor Baby O....

I wanted to share this picture I took of Owen. He was making the funniest faces and I could not resist a picture:) Ian says I am cruel but this one cracks me up and I had to share. Don't mind his baby acne:) His birthmark makes it seem even redder than it really is.

So, after WEEKS (literally) of Jacob and Nathan being sick and us trying to keep Owen healthy he finally got it. The poor baby is pretty miserable. He is so congested and has a cough. The mucus has led to yucky diapers and throwing up. I took him in the morning to make sure its JUST in his head and that his ears and chest are okay, and they are. The Dr told me I could give him a bit of Tylenol especially at night to help him feel better. Hopefully he will get rid of it soon. He is such a sweet baby and it makes me sad to see him not feel well.

On a positive he is growing! (as if I did not know this already since I am already setting aside clothes to be packed up!) He weighed in at 10lb6oz and was just over 23 inches tall today. It is his length that is making him grow out of his clothes!

So if you think of us send a prayer his way that he will feel better. On top of this somehow Jacob and Nathan caught some stomach bug. I spent a fun night last night being projectile vomited on by Owen only to clean up and have it done by Nathan and this time after his eating chili...FUN STUFF! SO Nathan was up a few times last night sick but is fine today instead Jacob woke up throwing up....never ending. Jacob is annoying happy though and hopefully the worst is over for him too. It seems to be some 12 hour thing. I just pray Ian, Owen and I do NOT get it. I don't even know where they got this other than when we went out shopping. Can I lock them up and make them wear masks when we go out??? Or do you think people would think I am strange?