Carlyn's Preschool graduation

I didn't ever put these pictures up and I wanted to because Carlyn asked me to.

 

 

 

 

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Some of these are quite old, but I still love them and wanted to put them up, for out of town family mainly. Some are from Easter and some other things we did in the spring.

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Catching up a little, 3 months old

We sure love our happy baby Charlie. He just turned 3 months old!

This is what happens when you have older sisters. They think you're their little doll.

I love that smile. I could just look at it all day. He laughs now too. So cute!

This cute picture was when we had our neighbor Jax at our house for a couple hours. He loves Thomas too and brought Darren's pillow and blanket out on our floor. Darren didn't want to share, but we talked him into it. They were so cute playing.

I've been trying to be better about things and I've been making my bed. I got on Rick's case one day when he said he'd make it after sleeping later than me and Carlyn said she wanted to make it for me. She did pretty good, but I had to help a little.

Our kids were recently at a doctor's appointment (for a study) where they had to have their blood drawn and then have a shot. The whole appointment took about 3 hours! We decided to take them to Chuck E Cheese's to compensate for the crappy day. It was hard on me too. BTW, if you sign up for the Chuck E Cheese club they give you coupons and it really wasn't much money for us to go. Their favorite is still the carousel.

Darren is absolutely terrified of this truck. It goes up and down. I'll put a video on if I get the time. I might be a mean mom because I thought it was hilarious!

Another ride

Annie looked so big doing this game.

I'd have to say this is Rick's favorite way to work. :)

Mini Cheer at Hunter High

Murray friends don't be insulted, we have a family tie to Hunter High. Chelsea is my sister-in-law Belinda's almost sister-in-law. :) She's a cheerleader at Hunter High and they were doing a mini cheerleader clinic and Belinda really wanted the kids to go so she set it up. It was adorable. I'll get a video on if I can get Rick to download it. They did a dance and then a cheer. Too cute.

Carlyn and Anneliese with Chelsea.

This sweet cheerleader, whose name I never heard, was buddies with Annie. Annie's never been in dancing or any classes and was really shy. This cheerleader helped Annie so much and she did the dance really well. Thank you so much, whoever you are!

Can you see Annie in the middle on the right? She didn't want to go too far from her favorite cheerleader friend.

Carlyn is in the middle with the long pants. She was a doll and I think she'll be a great cheerleader if she wants to be.
The kids with Josh and Belinda. They are getting married in October and we love them both! They were exhausted by then, especially Annie who was a little sick.

Carlyn's First Day of Kindergarten

Carlyn is loving school, but she is having some issues since starting. She's exerting her independence and being really sassy, but I think its from being really tired. Its a lot to get used to.

Carlyn's kindergarten breakfast. This was her request and I was happy to make it. I messed up on dinner though because she wanted lasagna and I didn't have sauce and she told me I messed up her kindergarten day and that I didn't care at all. I reminded her of the breakfast and she later took it back, but it was a really big deal. I'll learn from that mistake.

Just before Daddy took her to school on the motorcycle. He wanted to take her, but I feel like I missed out. I didn't cry this way, but I might have if I'd taken her.
Carlyn, Daixa, and Emma. Three of the several neighborhood kids that are in the same class. Look at those pretty girls!

Camping

We went camping about a month ago and these are some of the pictures. We went camping by Heber City and borrowed my parent's tent trailer. I wouldn't have gone and taken Charlie otherwise. We were really lucky that the kids slept really well, but the weather was terrible for the first day and night and half a day, so we stayed an extra day. I always pack way too much so it wasn't a problem. My brother Mathew went with us and we had a great time.

The girls eating at the table.

Charlie weathered it quite well.

Darren and Daddy being goofy.

That is hail on the ground! Our camp chairs were out and Rick and Mathew sprinted to get them under cover of the trailer and got soaking wet. I remembered later that I had ponchos. Oops.

This is my favorite. I just love Carlyn and the expression on her face.

It rained from dinnertime Friday until about noon Saturday with a few breaks in between. Since we didn't get to have our smore's the night before we snuck out during one of the breaks and had dessert for breakfast. It was great.

While Rick, Mathew, and I played a game we gave the kids cards and they "played" a game of their own. It was really cute and they did pretty well being cooped up.

Charlie Blessing

I wanted to put some pictures up from the last few months. I'll just have to do it when I can. These were from Charlie's blessing about a month ago. Our family
Mom and the kids

I love the expression on his face.

One of the best pictures I have of him smiling also happens to be in his blessing outfit :) He was about busting out of it.

His great grandma Hilton. Look how happy he looks. He knows his grandmas (and grandpa) love him. Grandma always says she doesn't look good in pictures, but I have to disagree.

Hurt feelings

So I have something I would like to blog about but I won't because I don't want to be rude. Let me just ask, if someone did something to hurt your feelings would you tell them? I had an issue come up and I'm really hurt and frustrated about it. I'm actually afraid to say something because I'm too emotional and I don't want there to be a falling out over it, because that doesn't really need to happen. Does that even make sense?

Bad hair day

Sorry about the blurry picture, but this one gets it best. We went swimming last night and when he woke up this morning his hair was sticking up in the back and straight down in the front. :)

Happy Birthday little man

Darren 2 years ago

Today my little man turned 2. Its hard to believe sometimes. Until I look at him, that is. He's so big and he's really grown over the summer. I've been meaning to put a post about him since before the baby was born. His favorite word is still no. Always no, never yes, though he will nod his head if he really wants something. He says so many new words everyday. We call him our little parrot lately. It is so much fun watching him as we talk and interact and seeing his face when you know he's understanding or just catching on to something. It is just great.

He's got enough energy for several kids and enough curiosity for even more. He loves to play in the water and pour it between cups and it ends up all over the floor. He is all boy and loves balls, trucks, dinosaurs, trains, etc. We had a little party for him with my family last Sunday and with Rick's family today. He has the greatest smile and expressions and he's really sweet most of the time. He's also quite rough sometimes but he looks at me like he doesn't understand why he's in trouble.

He got a couple trucks, some tools, and some Tonka Wheel Pals sets and didn't stop playing with them until bedtime. He's just a doll and we love out little D. Happy Birthday baby boy.

D opening up his tools

Good morning birthday boy

He was so cute blowing out the candles. He was actually too soft and had to do it many times! He loved to be sung to so we did it all day. When we had the house full tonight he looked at each person as we sang and when we said his name his face lit up with the biggest grin. It was adorable.

Going Private

Please give me your email if you would like to read our blog. It sounds like it will take me quite awhile but please leave it anyway. :) Thanks!

Question

Okay, so alot of my friends are going private on their blogs. Rick is telling me I need to as well. I don't want to but mostly because I don't know how or what implications that makes. Can you tell me about that, those of you who have?

3 Not Fun Things

Here are a few pictures my mom took of us on Father's Day. Look at that baby! He's already quite a bit bigger, especially his cheeks.

My favorite. Look at those loving little brothers!

So life has been fun and crazy around here with 4 little kids. I feel so frazzled and tired all the time but I love watching the kids play and learn and grow. Here are a few less than fun things that have happened this week.

#1 Darren has developed sores in his diaper area to the point that I wanted to take him to the doctor. So I called and made an appointment for the next day. Annie had a fever and acted sick that night and ended up throwing up late that night so I took her to the doctor with us. Turns out Darren's is a fungus aggravated because he's in diapers so she suggested potty training. He loves the underwear and sitting on the potty, but refuses to go on the potty. I should be glad though because he'll come running to me saying, "Pee. Pee," and takes me to the spot on the floor where he'd just peed. Oh well, its a step. We're just trying to change him as often as possible and he puts up a fight so that's really fun. Annie ended up having a kidney infection! Poor kid had only mentioned in passing that her side hurt as she went running off. We caught it early but it is still bad enough that we have to be really careful. She had to have a big shot Thursday and today and will again on Monday. Poor kid. It is actually e coli caused by improper wiping which means I have to fight with my strong willed 4 year old and not let her do it herself. TMI? Sorry. Its just been a blast around here. When we went home and told Rick about the shot I said, "Daddy, Annie was so brave." She said, "No I wasn't Mom. I was very freaking out!"

#2 As we were stopped at a convenience store on Pioneer Day I saw someone drinking beer in his car. He got out and threw away 2 cans and popped another. I told Rick and we called the police. Nobody better be drinking and driving in my neighborhood. Its just something I feel strongly about. Well, we were almost to our friend's house and had to turn around and go back to talk to the police. They said he wasn't acting intoxicated but could tell he had been drinking and would try to get him to walk home. I hope it all turned out okay. I really wasn't trying to get him arrested, I just didn't want him to drive again. That was an experience that I could have done without.

#3 Maybe I'm the only one who has done this but has anyone else done a huge shopping trip and then forgotten their wallet? I've only done it once or twice but today when I got to the register I couldn't find my wallet. I couldn't figure out where I could have left it but called Rick and he couldn't find it either. Just at the point when I'm starting to get worried, Carlyn and I got back to the van and my wallet had fallen out of my purse in between the front seats. Whew. Crisis averted. They checked all my groceries and had suspended the transaction so I just had to go back and swipe my card. Not too bad, but I'm really glad that my wallet wasn't missing.

Annie

My little Annie is now 4 years old. We had a fun day at Lagoon after an unexpected call that morning. We had a blast and I'm still recovering but I wanted to put a quick post about my sweet Ann. She's a hoot when she's not screaming her head off. One of the sweetest things she does is to sing I Love to See the Temple. It is just adorable. She's quite verbose when she wants to be and come up with some really funny things to say. Carlyn was saying something to her yesterday and Annie yelled back, "You're trying to make me be a bad example." Today in the car we didn't hear anything until a loud, "I am not a Mr. Bossy Pants," came from Annie in the backseat. I know she says a ton everyday but Charlie is ready to eat his own arm off so I'd better go feed him. I'll have to post more with some pictures soon.

Charlie

Our sweet little one joined our household on Friday, as most of you know. I'm so happy to have him here. :) I did enjoy feeling the baby but I was very excited for that day. I got really nervous at the thought of another kid and the surgery and the whole thing. Even if we hadn't decided that our little family was complete after this one, I would have decided after that C-section. I'm not sure what it was about it, but as I laid there waiting for them to start the surgery I started getting really serious and kind of freaked out. Thank goodness Rick was there to hold my hand and he sensed how I was feeling. I held it together until it was over and then there was a little boy there to keep my attention. Thank goodness for that too! It was exciting to not know until then the baby's gender. I heard Rick say, "Bonny, I see some dark hair." Then I heard a baby crying and Rick saying, "Bon, its a boy." I was really surprised because it was perfect.

Anyway, I'm feeling pretty good, but I am very sore. It has been my best recovery so far, but I only just made it home from the hospital, so we'll see. Charlie has been a really great baby who only cries when he's hungry. He was 8 lbs and 21 inches. He's so skinny he just looks tiny. Anyway, enough talk. Here are some pictures.

Baby Charlie

Grandma got him to smile and I was lucky enough to capture it.

Big sister Carlyn loving her brother

Big sister Annie loving her brother while big brother doesn't want to share little brother.

Darren walked straight up to Charlie and held him like this. It made Rick emotional because it was very sweet.

We had a little trouble with his blood sugar and Daddy was giving him the bottle, which he really didn't like. Let's face it, Mommy's milk is better :)

Our cute little family!

Me and Charlie. My 4th little angel.