St George Trip....

I have no pictures.

Dave and I went down to St. George this last weekend to the funeral of Vern Ferguson, Dave's grandpa (Karen's Dad). It was a wonderful funeral. Grandpa was such a nice man. It was my pleasure to have known him. It was a very emotional weekend. The thoughts and idea that Grandpa is not with his wives (Donna, died about thirty years ago and he married Phyllis, who passed away January 2009) and also his siblings and our dear Karen. It was very nice to see Karen's siblings and their kids. Grandpa looked great, very peaceful. Grandpa was in the service when he was a young man. He said he "didn't want to miss the big show". They had the Veterans at the graveside to do the salute. Also, the folding of the flag. It was a very nice thing to experience. We are grateful to have met Grandpa. We know we will see him again!

I wonder what the "reunion" is like on the other side.

LOVE YOU GRANDPA!!!

It was SO wonderful to see Bill and Joan and their kids, as well as Janice and her kids. I just LOVE that we are able to see them (regardless of the circumstances). They are wonderful people and can't wait to see them again.

Baby Kicks

I am LOVING every movement from this Baby Boy. He moves all day and a TON at night time. I love to see my belly jump or squiggle around like there is a little alien in there. I see his ultrasound picture on the fridge every day and I just love his little face already. When my belly bumps into something I quickly feel a little kick back in response, so cute!

Its really such an amazing thing to be pregnant. What a miracle!

Only 14 weeks left!!!

Awwwww !

Yesterday the kids were playing and as it often happens one of them hurt the other ones feelings. When I went to see what had happened I found this... Milli was holding on to Mylo as tight as possible. Leah had hurt Milli's feelings, poor baby! I went to grab the now bawling Milli and she said "NO!". She just wanted Mylo to give her hugs and make her happy. SO cute, although a little hurtful to see that someone else was doing a fine job at making her happy again.

That was not the only instance my kids melted my heart this weekend.

On Friday we had been invited to go bowling with Sarah, Dave's sister (and the Trevino side of the family). We were looking forward to it all week. When Friday came around Mylo was NOT feeling well. With Dave being out of town I couldn't just leave a sick child at home with a sitter and still make Leah happy by going. Anyway, breaking the news to Leah was not a good experience. We have missed out on so many fun things due to sickness that this was frustrating. I could see Leah's disappointment but at the same time I couldn't leave a sick Mylo at home, he wanted his mom to care for him. So after much discussion and trying to convince Leah that we could still have fun night at home, Mylo says "its OK mom. You can get me a babysitter so you can still go...". My heart broke for him! He was willing to give up his mom, in order to see Leah happy. I was so touched my his words. A few seconds later, Leah comes up to Mylo, tears in her eyes and says, "Mylo, thank you so much! You are such a nice brother. You can have and keep my new Rex." They had both given up things they wanted. Leah had worked hard to get her new Rex toy, yet the love she felt from her brother moved her to give it up.

I just love my kids and I love to see them love each other!

Avocado Lime Banana Shake

Ingredients:

1 ripe avocado (peeled and pitted)
1 lime, quartered
1 ripe banana
2 cups fresh spinach
2 cups white grape juice
ice (enough to fill blender)
sugar, to taste

Directions:

Place all ingredients in blender finishing with ice. Blend until totally smooth. Add sugar as desired. (I used Splenda). Strain into pitcher or individual cups. Garnish with thin slice of lime and enjoy.

Source: I got this recipe while visiting my local Costco. It was SO tasty! I love all the healthy things in it.

Our Heavenly Father's Love

Today, my emotions are at the very surface. Through it all I feel the love that my Father in Heaven has for me and my little family. My testimony is strengthened and my heart is, Oh so full! I see his hand in all aspects of our lives. I feel so blessed!!!! He is so good to us, even when we are falling short on our end.

Every thing I think about today makes me cry. I will blame some of that to my hormones that are going crazy today!

But the truth is that I simply feel so SO blessed! I wish I could pay it forward in some grand way, but I am not sure how :) All in all, I feel it and I wish I could scream it from the top of Elephant Rock, but I can't get up there right now, my expanding rear end doesn't allow me to that right now... so I will settle for saying it here :)

Sugar Crystals

Leah came home one day wanting to make sugar crystals, since a boy in her class brought his to school. After some research on how-to we did it. It was a SUPER easy science experiment :)

This is Leah holding her sugar crystal that sat on the window sill for about 5 days. It got really big and really "crystally". It has some great crystal formations.

After carefully chipping it off the bottom of the jar we were able to pull her crystal out. She was obviously very pleased with her project.

I just LOVE Mylo's face as he is showing off his crystal. Those sausage fingers are too cute :) He too was very proud of his project, however... it did not turn out as cool as Leah's. We did his too fast and the sugar crystal formed on the bottom and sides of the jar rather than on the string. still it was fun to see how different they were.

This is Mylo's tiny sugar crystal that was left on the string :) Still he thought it was pretty cool.

Both Leah and Mylo ate their sugar crystals, which were not tasty at all! But they loved the to see the crystals grow every day.

Happy Day Boo!!!!

(Picture was taken by Mylo July 2009, in Sun Valley, ID)

Happy B-day Dave!!!

Not sure what to say other than we love this guy! He does every thing he can to make us happy, EVERYTHING!

He has earned Best Father of the Year Award when he had to clean out Milli's nasty mess a few weeks ago. However, way before that he earned Best Husband Award when he helps me live my dream of being a stay-at-home-mom (that doesn't really stay-at-home).

He is encouraging when we are doing or trying something new. He is kind and sweet to all of us. He makes up when I fall short. This sounds so cheesy, but he completes me (jajjaaaaa). I love to see Dave with our kids. He is so sweet to them and a very affectionate father. He is spiritual (although most people don't get to see this side of him), he is funny and has a great laugh!

My wish for him is that he can live his dreams! I pray (for all of us) that this year brings him much success. Love you Dave!!!!! Your the BEST!!!!

Migraines!!!

Migraines have been a regular occurrence with me, ever since I got pregnant. I have had this before with my other pregnancies but never this bad. I have them at least once a week and it puts me out (and behind on things) for a couple of days. I can hardly sit at the computer or read a book. I am not sure why I am getting these migraines all the time, but the only solution is Excedrin Migraine and a Diet Coke. However, on Saturday I got one so bad that, that didn't even work. I had a massage but still my headache remained for the rest of the day and into Sunday. It was hard to look up at the teacher during the lesson. Even since Saturday I have had constant tunnel vision and its NOT cool! Taking a nap helps and I try to never skip on that, plus it helps me be a little more patient with my kids :)

What works for you guys when you get a migraine? I feel like I might need to try some more things other than just rely on Dt. Coke.

Dave in Norway

Dave is in Norway for work (yes, his job is very tough!) We always miss him when he is gone. But we are able to still talk through skype or just emails. I love technology!!!

Miss you Dave!!! TONS!!!

The kids are being GREAT! Love you!!!

Baby Update...

First of all, I hate a post with no pictures. Its not fun for me... but my other computer with the pictures is giving me some SERIOUS issues. I just hope I don't loose all my pics.

The baby is getting more mobile and he has been practicing his karate kicks for when he has to beat up his older siblings :). Dave has felt the baby move several times. I think its awesome to share that with him. The last few day s my belly has felt big. I am hoping that will help me not eat as much since I have gained more weight than I would have wanted at this point.

We have been having a really hard time coming up with a good name for this baby. Our other kids had names well before this point. But we are undecided. We keep "trying" names during the day and calling the baby that name, but nothing seems to fit just right. The kids feel like they should have a say in the decision and I think... they will have their turn with their kids, so let me do with mine what I want! :)

I am excited that we only have 17ish weeks left. That just seems crazy! Soon it will be 10 weeks left and in the blink of an eye he will be here. Time is going by really fast! So much to do and so much to move around in the house and organize I feel like I need to tackle at least one project weekly. Then trying to keep up with the house. I am completely out of breath if I do to much so, I need to pace myself.

This has been an enjoyable pregnancy (as my others) after the scary first 17-19 weeks were I feel like its not going to work... but I feel blessed to have this opportunity again. I can't wait to meet this little guy. I wonder what he will look like, white or brown :). All we need is a red head in the family and we can be TOTALLY multi-cultural looking.

For now I will keep loving my big belly (and rear end :))