Finally figured things out.

We finally got Jeremy's schooling figured out. He is signed up for a couple of night classes right now that scare me just a little. Sometimes he struggles going to night classes. He doesn't want to leave the family and the fun things we are doing. So looks like there will be an end to fun things here on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. :)

Daisha found out who her teacher is and that she has a few of her friends in her class. "Mem" took her shopping for her school supplies. They came home with a few extra things too...The joys of grandmas. So she is all ready to go. Thanks Mem!

We have been looking for houses to either rent or buy. We found out that we are on a month to month lease, we didn't know that. So we are just looking to see if we can find something bigger or something we can buy. We are just keeping our options open. I have a feeling that some close people aren't too happy with us thinking of moving so I just want to tell all our family and friends that are close...we are not moving to be away from you. We are not moving at all right now. But if we do move it will ONLY be if it's what is right for our family. If it's closer for Jeremy and his schooling, if it's big enough for our family, and if it's affordable for us. Right now it's just an option. Not every option is always a good one. We ask that everyone support us in the decisions that we are facing for our family. Thanks. We love you all!!!

Auntie

Ok, so I have been a bit of a slacker. I think I have good reason. We have been so busy finishing up projects before school starts back up. Daisha is going to be in first grade and Tucker will be going to Head Start. WOW...only 2 kids all day long. What a great day! :) I love 'em all they are just a lot of work so it's nice to get a break once in a while.

So the following picture is my neice on my husbands side. She is almost 8 months old. I had to post the picture because I am so proud of her for having her first lollipop. Yes I had a little something to do with it. Her parents weren't there when it happened and I'm not sure they were too happy when they found out. Oh well!


So with all that being said...I'm a great autie right? Well it's all going to happen again. My oldest sister Yvonne is having another baby. We are pregant at the same time...what a fun experience this is going to be. Beware husbands!!! ;) So my sister and her husband are very excited and anxious to find out if it's a boy. They both have 2 girls and they both want a little boy. I hope it all works out for them. Congrats Yvonne. I love you!!

My Birthday

So I am offically old in my book. I'm 27 now. Sunday was my birthday and it was an awesome day. The celebration started on Saturday. Laurie (my mother in law) came and picked up the kids. She took them to the store to get my birthday cake. They came back with a beautiful purple cake. (Purple is my favoirte color) Then Jeremy's uncle Bob and Jackie came over. Jeremy helped him pick out a lap top to take to Iraq with him. Then they stayed and had pizza and cake with us. What a great visit we had.



Sunday morning, as much I didn't want to I got up and went to church. After church Laurie and Greg came over and made me dinner. I love Laurie's potatoe salad. So as per my request she made that. It wasn't as good as she normally makes it beings she is in the middle of moving she didn't have all the ingredients, but still it hit the spot. Thanks Laurie!! After dinner we played a game of pinocle. Jeremy and I almost won. We didn't really finish the game but when we stopped we were only down by 30 points. That's the closest we've ever come to beating them...must be my birthday :)

My parents showed up with some browines...YUM! Then my sister came with some no bake oreo cake. It was all so yummy. We all just visited and after a while the kids got a little out of control so Papa Don took them outside. Next thing we know we see Daisha trying to ride her bike without the training wheels. She got scared and made Papa put them back on. But he tilted them so she wasn't really even using them. After about an hour she realized that she could do it and had him take the training wheels back off again. She is now riding a 2 wheeler bike with NO training wheels. My baby is growing up.

Tim McGraw

I forgot to post this but on Thursday of last week my mom and I went to the Tim McGraw concert. She won tickets on the radio...hmm, must run in the family. :) Anyways, she had "pit" tickets which is the standing room only area. My dad didn't want to go especially since he would have to stand for the whole concert so my mom invited me to go with her. We had a great time. Here are just a few pictures.

Lady Antebellum





My mom and me with Tim McGraw in the background. See how close we were. :)

Stressed out!

Well the stress has hit us pretty hard. We are looking into buying a house in this wonderful housing market we are in right now. Well, it's wonderful for us, the buyer. We will not be able to do anything until at least October but we are keeping our heads held high. With Jeremy having his own business we have to prove a steady income for at least 2 years blah blah. So we are just doing what we can.

On top of this Jeremy is trying to decide where to go with his schooling. He was going to be a teacher, and Spanish is the only class he had left to be able to graduate but the language is hard to learn so he is a bit scared. He is thinking now that he'd like to be a counselor. Hmm, that means he has to have his Masters Degree...which means another year and half of schooling. Oh wow! I was beginning to see the light. Now I'm wondering if there is a light or even an end to this tunnel we are in.

For those of you I haven't told yet...I am having my own little "issues". We are expecting another baby. My estimated due date is March 2011. We found out about 2 weeks ago. The idea of another baby is finally sinking in a little more and it's growing on me a little. At first I was very scared and worried. And with responses I got from some very important people made me think I can't do it. I feel like having 4 kids is a daily struggle what is 5 kids going to be like? But I have also had many people tell me that everything will be fine and I am a good mother and things will work out, but I still have my doubts. I feel like I need to share this story with you guys...

When I was getting ready to have Jillian a year ago the doctor asked me since I was having a c-section if I wanted him to just tie my tubes in the process. I thought hard about it and I told the doctor I am not sure but we were thinking towards yes. He told me if I am not 100% sure that I am done having kids then not to do it. So we weren't 100% sure so we decided against it. I had a feeling that there is one more little girl out there for me. Well, when I found out that I am pregnant I thought for sure this has got to be that little girl that is still waiting for me. Oh I hope this is the girl. I will let you know when I find out. :)

Well, I think that will do it for today. I hope everyone is well. Please leave comments and let us know how things are going for you. Love ya all.

Toby Keith Concert

I won tickets on the radio last week for the Toby Keith concert. The concert was last night. I was so excited for a FREE date with just Jeremy and I. Turns out Jeremy bummed out on me. He isn't really a fan of country music but I told him he had to go with me anyway. Long story short and lots of feelings left out of the story I ended up taking my mom. She was originally going to be our babysitter for the night, so I knew she didn't have any other plans. We had a great time. I actually enjoyed Trace Adkins better than Toby Keith. Here are a few pictures from the concert.

Trace Adkins

Trace again

Toby Keith when he first came on stage.

Toby Keith doin' his thing.

These guys were my entertainment for the night. They are the back up singers and instrument players. They were definately havin' a good time. They were dancing and playin around. They were very entertaining.

On our way back to the car we tried to take a short cut around the outside of the building instead of the inside where all the people were. Well we ran into all the trucks for the singers. We had to go around all the trucks, but we got a great memory from it. Thanks mom for going with me. I had a blast!

Jillian's 1st birthday

Jillian's first birthday was a blast. We waited until 6:30pm to have the party so that everyone could be here for it. Some family members were working. But then we ended up missing some other family memebers. Sorry everyone. It's so hard to work with everyone's schedules. Thanks for understanding.

Anyways, we spent the day just having a good time together playing on the trampoline and playing with Jillian's toy from us. Then finally everyone starting to show up for the party. We had a great time opening presents and having cake. We got her a carebear cake. She loved the cake and when we were done she loved playing with the little carebears that were on top of the cake.

We put the sprinkler on the trampoline to cool everyone off while we waited for the birthday party time. In this picture Daisha is doing a flip.

A group picture on the wet trampoline.

Jillian wanting so badly to get into her birthday cake.

"Finally I get to have my cake. But what is that thing glowing on the top of it?" Jeremy had to help her blow out the candle.

Oh Yum my first cake. And the pink stained EVERYTHING!

Finally Pictures of 4th of July in McCall

Bryton in the sand

Tucker in the sand

Daisha playing in the water

Byton saw the bewie in the lake and said "can we go touch the basketballs?" It was very cold and windy that day. So we saw some sitting on land and let him touch them.

Tucker, Daisha and Bryton on the bears in the middle of McCall.

We have to have a campfire if we are in the mountains. We had smores. I do not like my clothes smelling like fire so I tired to wrap up in a blanket, but it didn't work too well. I ended up having Jeremy buy me a new hoodie since mine stunk after the fire and it was the only one I brought. And I definatley needed one. It was cold in the mountains.

Jeremy on the 4 wheeler. I had to take over driving after not very long because I wanted to go FAST.

Bryton Rob and Tucker on the 4 wheeler. The boys would not let anyone else ride with Rob. He is their favorite.

The girl team...Jillian me and Daisha. Jillian liked the 4 wheeler. I couldn't believe it! She must be my girl. :)

After a long day of 4 wheeling we had to relax in the hot tub. Jillian loved it!

We had to run to the store and get some ice cream. We were just in the mood for some. Jillian had her own cone for the first time. She loved it. Boy she sure is growing up fast.

We went in the hot tub every day we were there so I thought we had better had a family picture.

Waiting for the fireworks to start. What beautiful scenery that is!

I tried to get some good pictures of the fireworks with the lake in the picture. Don't think I did so well but here's a couple of them.

Happy Birthday America!

Jillian's first fireworks. She loved them. All of them. Here she is doing her "ooo" face.

4th of July fun in the mountains

We are in McCall for the 4th of July. We are having so much fun! We have been just enjoying the fresh air up here. Sheree and Rob are here too and they brought up their 4 wheelers, so we went 4 wheeling with them. I want one of those! That will be our next investment. :) They are so much fun! I will have to post pictures when we get home because the memory card isn't the right size for the lap top. Anyways, I will post pictures later.

The kids are a lot of work not in their own environment, but it's been worth it. The fireworks are tonight and I am very anxious to see the kids' expressions when they light them off. Well, I told everyone I would try to stay on top of posting on here, so here's a post and check back in a couple days for pictures.

A FUN day out...Saturday June 26th

We started the day out by going to the park. Then we went to my parents' house and went swimming. After a long day outside we were all tired and hungry. Rob and Sheree had everyone over to their house for a BBQ. YUM. The day tunred out to be one of the best I've had in a long time, dispite all sunburns.


Jeremy posing like he is a receiver. Looks great hun, good catch. ;)


Jillian wants to play football with the boys!


Tucker trying to convince his dad to just get in the water, it's not that bad. Come on Jeremy get in.


Bryton shows us he can jump off the diving board...and he's only 3...NO FEAR!


Daisha being the ICEE model. Our family loves icees!

Waited too long

Well I definately waited too long to post. We have done so much fun stuff lately. I have lots of pictures to post today so they may end up being posted at different times. So here it goes...


We turned Jillians car seat around. She loves to be able to see out the front window and all around. My baby is growing up.



Our first attempt to swim at my parents' house. How crazy is that. June 19th and that was the first time we got in the pool. It's just been too cold before that. What a summer. I hope the warm weather goes later in the year since it took so long to warm up.



Papa Don (my dad) showing off his hand puppet to the kids. We call him Critter. My dad always loved to show him us when we were kids. We always reacted like Jillian did...a little scared.




I just wanted to show off my beautiful children. Don't they look wonderful?!



Daisha had a friend sleep over. They thought they were going to sleep out on the trampoline but within about 45 minutes of laughing and giggling they were inside because they got scared. And then they didn't end up falling asleep until 3:30am. Girls!

11 months old...yesterday

Well, I am a day late but better one day than one year. :) Jillian turned 11 months old yesterday. YEAH next month we get to have a birthday party. I can't wait! Our little Jilly Bear, as you can see in the pictures, pulls herself up on to things getting herself in trouble sometimes. But she's a blast to have. She finally got her teeth through. She has 2 teeth on the bottom that are very sharp now. She is growing up too fast!

Today on our trip to the DI (thrift store) we found some packs of 35mm film. You know the old school way of taking pictures. So I bought it for Daisha and let her use my old camera that I got for a graduation gift from high school. She is having a blast taking pictures of everyone and everything. Once she finishes the roll and saves up enough money to get it developed I will scan a few and show you how she did. (It might be a while before that happens though).

Well we have another sick child. And he is awake so I better tend to my work.

Startin' to get HOT!

Today it was a little hotter than it has been lately. We were all happy about that...hot weather means SWIMMING! It's not been hot enough to swim in the big pool but just the blow up pool will do for the kids. They had a great time playing with their cousin Krehl. He came over to play today while his mom (my sister in law) had some "me time". Hope it was enough of a break for her.

We are...or should I say I am getting anxious for my other sister in law to come home from her vacation to Missouri. She comes home tomorrow. I am so excited. She's a great friend! We have some great moments together. I miss her, and of course her baby Maddi.

Well tonight is the Bachelorette. Gotta go get the kids settled down so I can watch my "girlie" show. :)

Another day as a mom...

I just wanted to post something so I stay on top of this stuff. I don't want to leave anything out. The last couple of days hasn't been so great for our family. Daisha out of the blue got sick. Throwing up and a fever. As a mom that is the worst feeling in the world. To have a child sick. So needless to say, I am not going to add any pictures with this post. Didn't think you would appreciate a picture of her throwing up. ;)
We have been having my sister and her husband over almost every night playing cards. Tonight she made her homemade lasagna. It's so yummy! I had to say that cause her husband it out of town and that is his favorite meal, and she made it for us while he was gone. LOL! Sorry Rob.
I guess other than Daisha being sick things have been great. Hope everyone is enjoying this not so warm summer. :)

The boys...

Bryton is 3 and he is very much interested in all the Toy Story movies. Bryton is our little ball of energy. I think he is still in the terrible 2 stage. He is always getting hurt, falling down and fighting with the older kids. Bryton loves to collect pezes like his mom. He is definately a momma's boy. He is always telling me he is on "my team". He's such a cutie.

Tucker is 4 and he is a joy to have in our family. He recently had to get glasses. They are just for reading, but the doctor said if we can get him in a habit of wearing them now then when he gets older it won't be so hard to do. Poor kid, he has his momma's eyes. Tucker is very into Transformers. He loves to play xbox with his dad, but we use that only as a reward.

We recently bought a big 14 foot trampoline. The kids love it! They are always outside playing games and jumping on the trampoline. The best purchase our family has ever made. I will try this next week to take some pics of them playing on the trampoline.