Chicken Fried

This past May we took Hunter and Austin to Disney World, along with our friends the Russell's. They have four kids, the youngest, Carter, is five. We were at the pool one night and they had karoke going. Carter realized what they were doing and he wanted to go up and sing, with some egging on by Greg, of course. Carter said he loves Chicken Fried. So he went up and sang Chicken Fried in his cutest little five year old voice (I think he even had some little girls following him around the pool after he sang). He knew every word and was very proud to be singing. His dad is in the military and I thought it was a very appropriate song for him to sing. Katie, his mom, missed the whole thing because she left for a few minutes. That was a fun trip and we can't wait to do it again.

More pictures of our summer to come...soon.

Happy Birthday to 2 lil' Monkey's!!

I can't believe they are two!! Time flies!! Happy Birthday to my cute little monkey's.

E-mail fraud!

I can't understand why someone would want to delete all the email addresses that I had in my email account, but they did. Infact if you got an email from me yesturday about shopping, well it wasn't actually from me. I don't know how someone got my email account information. So I've changed my password, but I have a feeling that whoever got into my account could do it again no matter that I've changed the password. Thank goodness that a friend emailed me about what I sent and I was able to see that it wasn't something I sent. So I suggest that if you haven't taken extra security measures on your email account, you should!

If any of you reading this email have my email and have two seconds, could you just shoot an email out to me so I can save your address. You don't even have to say anything! Thanks.

Thank You!

I want you all to know that I didn't post about my miscarriage to get sympathy...because this time around I was almost expecting it to happen. But I posted because I knew that there are so many great people that would have something of their own to share or have some great advice for me.

Thank you so much for your caring words, cards and dinners (that was going the extra mile, Chablis!!). What a great support system we all have out there and what would I do without you all?

Good News...and...Bad News

The good news is we get to try again. The bad news is I've had another miscarriage.

We hadn't told anybody our news because of this very reason. I went to the dr's yesturday (Monday) thinking I would have a 10 week fetus growing inside me. When he measured it and asked "when was the first time you had a positive pregnancy test because this baby is not measuring 10 weeks". I knew then that things were not good. He told me that it measured 6 weeks and he could find no heartbeat. It was like dajavue all over again...even the time of year! With my first miscarriage the dr said that possibly I have low progesterone and so the next time I get pregnant to call him ASAP. So with the twins I called him immediately, they took my blood. My progesterone was low and so I was prescribed supplements. And my body held onto that pregnancy.

As soon as we got back from Hawaii I knew that I was at least 6 weeks. So I called the dr's, got my blood drawn, and again my progesterone was low. But the blood results don't come back for a week. So I think my body couldn't hold onto that pregnancy. That was the week I needed the supplements. I've had no symptoms of miscarriage, until today, which only confirms what the dr told me yesturday. The only hard part is that I wish that my body would show sign of miscarriage immediately. I have gone an additional 4 weeks thinking I am pregnant. Although, I was very leary this time around. So I go in on Friday to get cleaned out.

I called Greg when I got home from the Dr's. I was really stong until then. Then when I heard his voice I just couldn't hold back the tears. I think I only was crying because I have to go through the whole process with the hospital again and I knew Greg had a CE course that he had already paid for. I know I wasn't crying because I miscarried, because I have been so blessed with 4 healthy boys who make my life so happy! I put the babies down for a nap and just laid in their room until they fell asleep. I guess I did too because the next thing I know Greg is right in front of my face. I must say it scared the crap out of me. Again I started crying. I knew he was sad for me and he decided that he needed to be at home with me, not at work. Then he found a babysitter all by himself and took me out shopping and for dinner (we celebrated my birthday early). I have some pretty great friends and family that I know would have been very supportive about this whole thing, but I didn't realize how much I needed Greg for this moment. Thank goodness he was taking the CE course on Friday because his whole schedule was already cleared at work and he thought he had paid for the course, but they don't accept the credit card he gave them. It all worked out perfect, for the best. He gets to come with me Friday. Last time this happened he was only able to be there to drop me off. But then I had an amazing friend (you know who you are) that stayed with me and took me home. See I have such supportive friends here!

So life goes on and we try again as soon as the dr okay's it. I hope this isn't a trend...miscarriage, twins...miscarriage...????

Funny kids!

I have kept little journals for Hunter and Austin of lot's of funny things they have said/done when they were smaller, but I haven't done as well now that they are older. Here are some funny things they have said lately:

From Hunter-

Me: We are going to fast for g-ma tomorrow, so don't forget when you wake up.
Hunter: I'll tell Aust.
Me: No, he's not 8 yet and doesn't really need to fast yet.
Hunter: God doesn't care how old you are! G-ma will get more blessings if more people fast for her.

There's a part in "Evan Almighty" that Hunter really liked. Evan was talking to God and telling him that the things going on weren't in his plans for his life and God just laughed at him. Well, the next day Hunter came to me and said "in my prayers last night I told God my plans for me, do you think he's laughing at me? Because I know he would want to know my plans and think they are important" I didn't even think to ask what his plans were.

At scouts they have a little boy who is very crude and is on the verge of being asked not to come anymore. Hunter is getting frustrated with the situation. As we were driving home from scouts he was venting to me. So I said "Why don't you just punch him?" I just wanted to see what he would say. I got a very long lecture on how that goes against everything that he has learned at scouts. Sorrrrrrry!

From Aust-

On St. Patrick's Day Aust made sure he was in green. Later that night he was really worried about taking the shirt off to get into his PJ's. He asked me if it was okay to take his shirt off since St. Pat's day ends at 6pm. Who knows where he got that idea!

I will admit that I am not the best cook. I burned meatballs one night (I think of the Shania Twayne songs about her burning her food, and they still eat it) and I think it put fear into Austin. He likes food, but not burned food. So I was attempting meatballs again a different night and he wouldn't leave the side of the stove and every few minutes he would yell to me "mom, I see a burn from the meatballs!" I am thinking he saw steam.

The other night he was making a journal for himself. I don't know what motivates him, but I am glad he does stuff like this. As he was making it he told me "mom, I am making my own diarrhea!" I couldn't stop laughing at that one!

From the twins-

I heard them playing in my toilet. I was on the computer and didn't want to walk 10feet to get them out. So I yelled "come out of the bathroom and shut the door!" Next thing I know the door is shutting and they are coming out! That means when they ignore me...they are doing it on purpose!

Hunter's short essay...really cute!

Hunter asked to type a paper for school (3rd grade, didn't have to, just likes to use the computer) and after he printed it out I asked to read it and he told me not right now. Well, he forgot to delete it after he printed it. This is really cute. He has always liked to write and draw. I have a nephew, Ethyn, who Hunter totally reminds me of. Ethyn also likes to write books. So here it is....word for word his own typing...oh, it is from when we went to Disney Land in 2007.

It is titled "The Matterhorn"
“RRAARR” “AAAAA” “Come on, you’ll love the ride. Just because people are screaming- it’s not going to be scary”, Dad encouraged me. This all started when my family went to Disney Land. The first ride I saw was The Matter Horn. It looked like a mountain and was tall. My Dad kept encouraging me to go on it.

“All right, I’ll think about it”, I told Dad. If I go on it, I thought, it might be freaky. And I don’t know if it’ll be fun. But if I don’t go on it, I won’t know what it’s like.

So I told Dad “Okay”. I went on the ride. “RRAARR” I heard it again. Then I saw a pair of bright red eyes. And then I saw a hairy white body. It was a mechanical Abominable Snow Man. “You were right, Dad, this is fun”, I admitted. I felt good about going on The Matter Horn. “I know, I’m always right”, Dad told me.




THE END

Isn't that cute! I am glad that he is learning that dad is always right.

It's still cold...

Two weekend ago's was the beginning of the Ididarod. It's where you kind of cheer on all the participants in the race. I think there were 80 participants, but we only made it through the first four. It was five degrees and the babies didn't love seeing the dogs as much as I thought they would. Greg was on the phone most of the time...surprise, surprise. So we left and went down to see the snow sculptures. I let the boys pick out their most favorite and we all got a picture by it. In my body I feel like it should be spring, but alas it is still in the 20's-30's. Soon, right? I guess when you have a really cold winter, then you have a very nice summer. I hope that's right.


Snow squirrel from Ice Age

Hunter & Aust with sled dogs in the background. (Hunter and Austin shaved their heads while we were in Hawaii. They tried cutting it by themselves and really the only thing to do was shave it off)

A lady thought it was funny that I was feeding Ryder his sippie, but he couldn't move his arms, she thought that we needed a picture of it.

Sweet little Peyton

Hunter, Aust and Greg (on phone)

Aust is now missing his two front teeth. When his first tooth was loose daddy numbed it, tied a string to it and the door and out it came. Today he came home from school with one buck tooth. It looked too horendous that Greg held him down and pulled it out. Not on the top ten list of how to take out a kids tooth, Dr. Harr!

Greg thought this would be funny...Ryder, not so much.

Ryder and Peyton playing in garage. They were in heaven with brooms, dustpans, hats and shoes to try on.

Peyton fell asleep on Greg. I am not sure if Greg has noticed at this point. Peyton sure is a daddy's boy!

Aaaagggghhhhh!!!!!!!!

Hunter and Austin never had a chance to crawl out of cribs. They were sleeping in a big bed and adjusted just fine. The twins have started climbing out of their play pens. I am not ready for this. I put them down for naps and 45 minutes later they are finally asleep. I went in every two minutes and put them back in their cribs, before they could destroy the room. Finally after just about giving up (yesturday I gave up, and after awhile they were quite so I checked on them and they were both asleep on the floor, amongst all the disaster) I decided that I would lay in Austin's bed. That way they would see me in there and wouldn't try to get out. Worked like a charm. Within a few minutes they were dead asleep! Now what do I do? Do I put them in a big bed since they can get out anyway? I used to love nap time because they were so good at laying down. I am sure this is just another phase that will end soon, right?

Hawaii 2009

Our trip to Hawaii was amazing. I think we utilized every minute. We were wide eyed every morning around 6am, ready to go, even though the boat wasn't docked yet. We visited Maui, Kona, Hilo, Kaui. We tried to do lot's of fun things, in case we never get the chance to come back. On Kaui we got to spend some time with Jason and Ann Reed. That was fun! Sorry about so many pictures, but I really couldn't choose and I still have so many more that I didn't put on the slideshow.