My cousin Carinne's little baby Asher had his second open heart surgery Monday. The doctors were able to do a "full repair". He is now recovering. This is a hard time for his mommy and daddy. Keep a prayer in your heart for all of them.

funny

Addie is in the kitchen getting her and Weston's cereal. (She very motherly like that...)

Weston is complaining because he wants apple juice in his cup,  not milk.

Addie: Just drink the milk!
Weston: (whiny) I want apple juice.
Me: Is there a problem?
Addie: Weston's just being a little freek!

How can I NOT laugh at that.

She'll make a great mom someday! She just needs to learn to not say what she's thinking so much. I kindda have that same problem! :)

Tagged by: Jewel

1. What is your favorite candy bar, and why? Snickers...love the sweet chocolate+caramel mixed with salty peanuts. When I was pregnant with Connor, I had a bag of little ones hidden on my sock drawer. They got me through many bad moments.

2. What is your greatest accomplishment, to date? Being mom to my four kids. Really...birthing them was a big accomplishment in and of itself  let alone the raising them part. I know I am not a perfect mom, but I am trying. If I can get through a day without feeling overly frazzled, that it is a great accomplishment too!

3. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? Right now...I'd love to live somewhere green...but I haven't visited enough places to know where at for sure. I loved Alaska and could see myself living there in the summer...but probably not so much during the dark cold winter. We drove from Vancouver Canada to Seattle and I could really see myself living somewhere in that part of Washington too. I don't know. When it all comes down to it, I want to live where ever Brandon has a job, where we can afford a home and where my kids can grow up with good influences and without too many restrictions.

4. If you were a vehicle, what would you be? Something practical...like my minivan. It isn't fashionable to drive one, but it's the most practical car for me...I am the same way. I look at what is practical and not fashionable...for the most part.

5. What is your dream date like? (the activity, not the guy--you've already got him!) My dream date is ANY date! If we could just get a babysitter for free...that would be awesome!

6. What is your earliest memory? I remember going to pick up my brother(s?) from preschool...and I remember being in their preschool classroom when they had a police officer visit. I was under 3 years old.

7. If you could have anything to eat right this moment, what would it be? Breakfast. My typical bowl of cereal.

8. You have an unlimited credit card, and you have one store to use it in. What store do you choose? Maybe Costco...they have lots of great stuff there!

Westy's 3!

Birthday suits aren't just for birthdays!

Weston put on our lion costume the other day. He'll love me forever for capturing it and sharing it with  you!

My terrible two year old just turned three! Weston's birthday was fun....at least he seemed to enjoy it! The kids all woke up super early. They were so excited for it to be Weston's birthday!

Weston got to choose what we ate for all 3 meals yesterday! We started off with pancakes (mickey mouses, cowboys and ballerinas for Addie). He wanted chicken pot pie for lunch. I knew I wouldn't have to to make it from scratch, so I bought the little frozen kind at the store. Addie gobbled it up, Weston poked at it and didn't eat it. Then we had pizza for dinner which is always a crowd pleaser!

So this is a little bit of what Weston did on his birthday! He played cowboys...Grandma Flake came over and brought him his card+money+M&M's...he watched a Caillou show with me...had his cousin Trevin spend the afternoon with us (I am pretty sure this was the best part of his day!)...ran through the sprinklers...played cowboys some more...decorated cupcakes...and hopfully felt super special and loved. He didn't get any spankings (not like I spank my kids a lot....but I do threaten them often with it) but, he was doing something naughty yesterday and I told him, "Weston, you can still get a spanking on your birthday!" and he said, "No, not on my birthday. I'll get a spanking tomorrow." :)

We love this little guy. He can be a knot head sometimes, but can't we all? He's sweet and gives me hugs and kisses. During dinner we always go around the table and say what our favorite thing was that day. Weston will often tell me that his favorite thing was seeing my "beautiful face".

This past year Weston has really grown up! He's potty trained, doesn't use a paci (Well...sometimes he will steal Connors) , he is a good friend to his sisters and as gentle of a big brother as a two year old can be!

We had Grandma Flake and Trevin over for dinner+cake and ice cream. Trevin helped open Weston's presents. I wish I had video taped that. It was cute.

This is about as good as it gets when it comes to my cake decorating skills! It's cowboys and indians!

opening presents

LOVE this! I got this Toy Story back pack on clearane for $5! I didn't know that it had a hidden hood! What a bonus! :)

          Thank you for giving me permission to post this Honey! You're the best! :)

 Our little Con-Man is now eating rice cereal once a day!

I have been mixing in a formula for sensitive tummies and it seems to be helping him to not spit up as much. Just had to throw a picutur in of his cuteness!

Last year at this time, I was about 9 weeks pregnant with Connor. I am so happy we have a baby! I love my kiddos! I was thinking yesterday that if we didn't have Connor, then my baby would be 3! That just seems so old!

validated

We were shown this video by a speaker at our ward's Women's Retreat today. I had to come home and find it online because I missed the first part of it today because I was feeding Connor. It's 16 minutes long....but I think it's worth the time.
Click HERE!

video

We bought a FLIP  a few months ago (our anniversay present to eachother)... I LOVE that thing! It's great for videoing things spontaneously...which is great when you have kids! And it fits right in the diaper bag.

Here's a little clip. We were waiting to go on the little train ride in Durango. I don't know who the other people in the video are...but I don't think they'd mind me sharing footage of them. :}

I have a bunch of other videos too....but blogger takes a while to upload...so you'll have to stay tuned for those!

i can't resist...

This happened today....when it was too early for kids to be up....(in my opinion)

Weston comes in.

Weston: Mommy, I want to dream about something.

Me: What do you want to dream about?

Weston: I want to dream about loving you.

he can be so sweet.

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Connor's 4 month stats

25th-50th % for head
90th for weight
90th for height
17.4 pounds
26 inches tall
He gained 3.5 lbs. in one month! That's a new record for my kids!

kid pics

There are SO many fields and patches of sunflowers around here this time of year! The highway is pretty much lined with them in some places.  Vandee (Brandon's cousins wife) wanted to have her kids pictures taken in a field of sunflowers...and I liked the idea too...so last night we met up, found some flowers and took some pictures. Okay, so it really wasn't that easy.....because these sunflowers are really a weed....and they grow with other weeds that have "pokies" and thorns on them...and they scratch you and your kids want you to carry them...and you feel sorry that you had them wear flip flops. BUT...we all survived and had dinner and ice cream together afterwards!

I had edited these....but I somehow failed to save the edited copy....BUT...they're still pretty cute unedited...I have pretty cute kids that's why! :) Connor was a hard one to photograph...I think I will have to do some more of him. He was enthralled by all the sunflowers and wouldn't look at me and he had his "I am concentrating" look on his face the whole time.

waking up