Wow ok so I have totally been neglecting this blog. I am sorry. Its been a hell of a couple months. Between holidays and birthdays, daycare, and sports I feel as if I am drowning at times. So here is a update on everyone.

Marc is doing well. He has had to work alot in the past couple weeks due to inventory which thankfully he is done with now. I felt as if I didnt have a husband there for a while. He would leave for work around 5am and get home at around 430 go straight to the bedroom and crash until dinner. Other then work Marc is doing good.

Me I am just trudging along. Its been crazy busy around here trying to get things organized for christmas and all the birthdays we have. I am home most of the time just becuase I hate the snow and hate to drive in it. Life is the same ol same ol for me. Nothing new. I am still trying to lose weight but cant get past 170. I made it to 168 one month then shot right back up to 170. Dont know what to get past that hurdle (maybe work out if I had 5 minutes).

Hunter is now a big 10 year old. He turned 10 on November 19th. cant believe its been 6 years since I met him. He was this little boy who no one could understand with a thumb stuck inthe mouth and a blanket in tow. Now he is getting almost as tall as me loves his indoor soccer and is just the normal pain in the butt all 10 year old boys are (he started a field on fire aaahhhh good thing we got it out lol). He is doing good just going to school, playing with friends, and doing indoor soccer.

Haylie is well Haylie lol. She is into this whole making bead necklaces and braclets pretty sure she can sell them. She loves to help out with the babies and has actually babysat for 15 minutes for me here and there when I have to run and get Dakota from school. She is her happy go lucky little self like always. She has been running around the house singing songs and getting everyone excited for christmas. She is also gearing up for her very first orchestra concert on thursday. She now plays violin. I am excited for this.

Isaac has been doing well. He is a happy 8 year old who loves school and cant wait for that bus to come in the mornings. He is still opinionated about everything. If you ask him what he wants for dinner its ALWAYS one of two things mac and cheese or spaghettie. He is loving this time of year and will spend alot of his time watching the christmas lights.

Jackson what to say about Jackson. He has been my biggest head ache latley. He is fully potty trained now (other then at nights) so that is a bonus. In the past 2 months he has ripped up the carpet out of both his and Isaacs rooms, tried to rip up hunters but just managed to rip apart the room and break every hanger there was. Rip apart my computer room twice and push Zander down the stairs once. He is non stop jabbering and is just the general pill he knows how to be.

Zander my baby is 1. How the hell did that happen. I swear it was just yesterday I was bringing him home from the hospital and here he is litterally running all over my house. He loves to play in my cupboards and rip out everything he can. He had a great birthday this last saturday (he turned one yesterday the 13th). He got alot of fun new toys. After he got the cars open there was nothing else to open in his mind. I tried to take the cars and wow that kid has a temper lol. He got some sorting blocks, some cute pudgy cars, a activity table, cloths and his favorite a tent with a tunnel that he LOVES and basically lives in.

Well that is us for now. I will try to be better about posting and I might try to get back on here and post some pictures later today when the babies are all napping (fingers crossed they all do it at the same time). I hope every one has a Merry Christmas.

OK so I have been really bad about updating this blog. So here is a quick update. Marc is FINALLY done with softball minus the tournament this weekend. Hunter is playing comp soccer for fusion and is goalie and is doing really well. Haylie is playing on a rec team and is loving it. She doesnt play much but still loves it mostly the making new friends part. Isaac and Jackson are really enjoying there new school. This week is spirit week and so far they have done weird hair day, funky hat day and today was mad eyebrow day? Yea I know weird. Zander is walking more then crawling now and is all over the place. He has also learned how to escape by pushing the gate at the bottom until he pops is open. I am doing ok. Trying to find more kids to watch and may have a few part timers but that is it. Well that is us in a nutshell for now. I will try to post more on another day.

OK so as you may or may not know my sister has her own business. She makes the cutest things. Well she is being featured on another blog so go check it out. enter to win and you may just win 20.00 worth of free stuff. http://www.makeitandloveit.blogspot.com/

Sorry slacking on posting

Sorry its been crazy busy here. So to update everyone. I started to try to lose weight. I have gone down to watchingn 2 kids instead of 3-4. Haylie, and Hunter are doing soccer. Hunter has soccer practice tuesdays and thursdays from 6:15-8:00 and Haylie has soccer pactice on thursdays at 6:30. Yea I know. It gets better. Hunters games are saturdays and Haylies are saturdays and mondays. Marc has softball tuesdays and thursdays (see I told you it gets better) at diffrent times. The twins are in school finally and loving it. The older two are back in school thank goodness. Zander is 9 months old. Holy crap were has the time gone... oh yea it flies when you are running running running. He is growing big. He weights 19 lbs 1 oz. He is taking steps here or there. He will not sit still and he is a happy joy to have baby. So you ask how do I do it all? I dont know I swear some days I am going to go insane. So yea sorry about the jumbled up mess but as you can see I have just a few minutes to post anything anymore.

Let it begin

So before I had zander I weighted 140lbs well after I had him I weigh 175 uuugggg. I so need to loose weight but needed motivation. Well a old friend of mine is doing a biggest loser competition so I decided what the hell I will join. I am going to blog about my progress here http://wheresmysixpack.blogspot.com/
Also if you want to join in the fun also you can by going here http://biggestloser2009.blogspot.com/
I really need motivation to get this extra weight off. I would like to all in all get back to the 140 I was pre Zander. That means I need to lose 35 lbs. My plan and goal is to go to the gym mon, fri, and sunday. I know odd days but there the days we DONT have anything else planned. All other days are fully booked with soccer, softball and misc. other crap that comes with having 5 kids. I hate going to the gym but I am going to push myself to do it. I am also going to start to really watch what I eat no fast food. I also will continue with my weekly hikes as long as the weather permits. Maybe just maybe I will get lucky and be the biggest lose and win the cash prize at the end. Who knows. Wish me luck and check out my blog if you want.

Chic-Clips hair

OK so I am totally in love with this site. Its called chic-clips. She makes awsome bows and does awsome hair. I have used a lot of her diffrent hair styles on Haylie and I love it. Please check it out. http://chic-clipshair.blogspot.com/

OK here are some pics from the last few days. Some (ok most) are of the kids I watch at the park. We go every monday. Then the rest are just som ethings going on here at home. Haylie and Hunter started school today (yeah) so I have a few minutes of quiet time to post while the babies are naping. Now if the 25th of August would get here we would be set with kids in school lol.




Isaac and Jackson playing witht he wood chips at the park.

Zander swinging. He loves the swings

Addison swinging she does not love the swings

Ayden Swinging. He begs to be on them at all times. I normally say no becuase that is all I end up doing.

Kai one of the boys I babysit swinging at the park

Marcs softball team took 2nd place.

Zander laughing at me because I told him he could not have my laptop cord.

Zander Swinging his sword.

The busy life of the beckstroms

Yea so its beyond busy most days here. Between a little man who has started to crawl and cruise furniture to softball and soccer. I never have a minute of peace (ok maybe a minute or two but not much). Marc is almost done with one league of softball but he is starting in another. Now we will have softball tuesdays and thursdays. Hunter is joined fusion for comp. soccer. He has practices tuesdays and thursdays and his first game will be sometime in august (most likley the weekend we are going to be gone on our family reunion). Haylie is wanting to do either soccer or softball she hasnt decided yet. Hers will be in the fall. I still have my monthly girls night out that I love and look forward to. I have also been trying harder to loose weight. So far I am down 5lbs. I attempt to walk 3 miles each night but most nights it just doesnt happen because were to busy. I do go hiking every weekend with a friend and if she cant go I take the kids and drag Marc off the couch. School starts back up in 1 week for the older kids (so cant wait for that day) and the twins wont go back until August 25th (that day is not coming fast enough). That is pretty much out life right now. Here are some of the pictures from the past little bit, Enjoy and I will try to update again soon.

Mr smiley in his walker. Watch out for your feet when he is in it. He likes to run them over.

He was going for a cord. He has a larg love of cords and will go anywere for one.

Hunter and Jayden my friends little boy on our hike at birdsong trail in Ogden.

yea its sideways and small. Guess that is what I get with my camera on my phone. Here is Baby Z in the backpack on our hike to donut falls up big cottonwood.

Here is Zander doing his newest trick of climbing into baskets.

And we have success. Little stink pot.

Once again sorry small picture camera phone. This is donut falls it was our hike we did this last sunday. I love the summer time and hiking.

Dead Body Friend

OK so I am part of a group called cafemom. Today I ran across this post and just went hhhmmmm. I loved it so I am sharing it with you all. Enjoy. (I know random thing to post but hey its a post.)

First let me say; I do not have a dead body (that I am aware of) on the premises, nor have I ever had one. Please continue reading, this post is not as morbid as the title insinuates. I think you will be surprisingly pleased...
I was thinking today about friendships. I have been blessed with some very special friends over the years. There have been certain seasons in my life when just the right person has been placed in my path...and when that period has passed, the friendship fades just like the changing colors of the season. There are other friends, however, that are cemented into my life-true forever friends.
I totally believe in kindred spirits. I do not think "age" has to put an end to those long conversations that continue late into the night. The kind filled with girlish giggling and heartfelt dialogue; whether in person or on the phone with a bosom buddy. Women need those strong friendships, like the air we breathe. We need someone to raid the chocolate stash with when we are PMSing. We need someone that we can share our deepest secrets, hopes and dreams. Someone we can ask advice or turn to when a need comes up. Please do not think that I am suggesting that we take away from our marriage relationship. But, even my husband would agree that a "girlfriend" is a requirement for his sanity...
And the ultimate friendship would be-a dead body friend. I just recently heard this term and absolutely love it! A "dead body friend" is someone that you can call up in the middle of the night/early morning and say, "I've got a dead body at my house..." Without hesitation, no questions asked, this person will come running.
I will pause a second while you contemplate who you would call...
Hopefully most of us will never need help to dispose of a body, but we all need friends that we can call in a moment of crises. Someone who will get out of bed in the dead of night, drop everything in a heartbeat, or do whatever is required to lend a hand in a time of need.
What is a girl supposed to do with a dead body? Call her "dead body" friend!
I'm grateful that I have some very special dead body friends. I hope they realize that I would do the same for them as well. I am pretty sure that I will never have the need for body removal, but it is nice to know I have someone to call if a serious problem ever arises.
So, do you have a dead body friend? I pray you do! Why don't you let that person(s) know today...you don't necessarily have to mention the dead body part(lol)-just how much that special someone means to you.

Moab, 4 ladies, no kids, lots and lots of fun........ Here are some of the better pics of our campground, us messing around, and a few of us on the river. This was my mom, sister Adrienne, sister in law Shannon and I on our weekend get away with a group called women in the outdoors. After this we have decided to make a yearly event of girls weekend.

Sparkle toes thank you Adrienne for the great surprise.

From top to bottom Adrienne, Shannon, Mom , me

Adrienne in her Union suite we found at one of the stores and yes it has a flap in the back

Our "Tent". It was massive. I want one lol.

Here we are "saving" Adrienne from scratching my dads truck. It just got repainted after someone had scratched it at his home.

And finally here are a few of us going down the river

Finally I think I can add pictures. I have been having issues with uploading pictures not sure what it was but hopefully this will work. Ok so my family (mom, dad, sisters, brothers etc...) all got together to have our pictures taken. Here are a few of my favorites.

So here is my blog for today. This last weekend I left Marc with all 5 yes 5 kids from morning until sunday evening. I went to Moab with my mom, sister, and sister in law to go river rafting with a group called women in the outdoors. We had a blast. We got there friday evening (after stopping and getting glitter toes done) and set up camp. I am sure that was a site to see. 4 women trying to set up this massive tent (it has 2 rooms and is about the sixe of 2 4 man tents put together with some spare room). Once we got that set up we headed to town to look around for a bit and ended up buying alot more then I should have. We then went to dinner at a mexican restraunt that was great food. We stayed up talking in the tent then went to bed in preperations for a day on the river the next day.
The next morning we were up early and having a continental breakfast with the group. We then all (34 ladies total) loaded onto a bus and van and headed up river. My sisters, mom and I ended up some how in a raft with just us 4 and our guide. There were 3 big rafts (1 of them the people rowed and the guide just steered) and 4 duckies (inflatable 2 man canoes). We had a blast on the river all day. We did end up having to save one lady who was flipped out of her duckie. We had a yummy lunch half way down. We then got back to camp and went for a ride around town for a bit. After that we went to camp and showered and had a great dinner.
We stayed up late taking some great pictures that will never see the light of day again and just having fun. The next day we packed up (once again great entertainment watching us disasemble this massive tent and get 4 bikes back on the truck). We then went and had breakfast at Dennys then took some more great pictures on the way home. All in all great trip. We plan to make it a yearly event to get out kid free for one weekend each year. Though next year we want to take an extra day as we felt it wasnt enough time to do all we wanted.
The kids are all doing great. I have pulled the twins from school as I am tired of all the crap going on there with the teachers and my kids. I have been called to many times to go pick up Jackson then get there and he is fine and is fine all day at home. I am actually looking forward to public school for them now. It terrified me at first but in the long run it will make my life much easier. We are also 95% positive they will be getting into a new school called Karey Sue (spelling) that is for disabled children only. It has better teacher student ratios, the boys will be able to be in diffrent classes and it has a swimming pool.
Hunter and Haylie have 3 1/2 weeks of school then they are out for there really long 4 week summer break and then on to the 4th grade they go. Wow were has the time gone. I remember just yesterday them being in my preschool class together. I cant believe how fast this year has gone and how fast all the kids are growing up.
Zander is now almost (on the 13th) 6 months old. He is a rolling fool. If anyone wants to voluneer to come change him feel free. You let go for even a second and he is rolling away. He still isnt sitting up but he just has a rotund little butt. I think he will be crawling by weeks end though. He has leared how to turn himself then roll to get were he wants to go. He is also going up onto his hands and knees and rocking then shooting himself forward. He is starting to army crawl a bit but likes rolling better as its alot faster.
Well that is us for now.

So we did our first camping trip with a baby this past weekend. It wasnt to bad. I think the twins were harder then Zander. We go up to hyrum lake each memorial day weekend with Marcs parents and there square dancing group. So basically its us in a tent and then about 30 trailers all filled with old people lol. The kids have a blast. There is always one other family there that has a girl the same age as Haylie and Hunter. They have a blast hanging out together. We got up there friday at about 3pm. We unloaded the van (I am still amazed we packed 7 people and all our crap into a minivan). We set Haylie and Hunter and Isaac up in the motor home with Marcs parents. We then got the tent set up and the play pen in it for Zander. Who knew you could fit a queen size blow up mattress a play pen and another sleeping bag in one 4 man tent lol. Later that day after dinner my old friend from elementry school Betsy came by to say Hi. She lives in Logan so we try to get together when I get up there. That night was not so fun since Zander is really picky about the tempature of his bottles. I had to boil water then heat up two heat pads and put it all in a insulated bottle bag and hope it stayed warm until feeding time at about 1 am. Luckly it stayed just warm enough. If it had not I would have been making a very late night trek across the campground to the showers to get warm water. After Zanders 1 am feeding though he would not go back to bed in the playpen so he ended up sleeping in the bed with us. Not fun. I like my bed lol. Between him and Marc I had about 1 foot of space to sleep in. We were all up by about 6am. That day we hung out, took a few walks, went to the lake and the kids played in the water (can we say bbbbbrrrrrr) had a great potluck dinner and hung around the campfire making smores. That night went pretty much the same as the first. Sunday we were going to head home and its a good thing we did because it rained all day sunday. So overall a pretty good trip, The kids had fun. It wasnt to bad and I dont think Zander got put down once between all the old ladies and Haylie and her friend Crystal. I would have taken pics but I couldnt find my camera. I plan on finding it by the time we leave in August to go camping once again. Though that time will be much easier as we will have Marcs parents motor home. The thing is huge lol. Well I am off to make lunch for a couple hungry kids then hopefully they will all take naps and I can relax for a bit. I hope everyone had a great memorial day weekend.

I guess its time to post again

So yea I am so not good at posting. I have a hard time remembering to post. I do check out everyones blogs though. So here is an update on me and my crazy busy family.

Marc
Marc started softball so we are busy with that quiet a bit. He has games on tuesdays and wednesdays. So far its been cold cold cold to go watch. If the stupid wind would stop it wouldnt be so bad. He has done ok. So far I think he has one 1 game and lost 1 game on the tuesday games and he lost his first game on wednesday. He really enjoys playing and I am glad he has something to get him (and me) out of the house.

Me
Work work and more work. That is all I do. I am losing one kid because his mom joined the army and is going to boot camp and tech training for 19 weeks. During that time he will go stay with his grandma. I also gained another little boy who is 11 months old. I know I am crazy for watching so many little ones.
I have really enjoyed my friday nights out with Marc bowling. We are trying to find a bowling league but its hard to find one that works around our other things. I am not doing bad. I bowl about 100 each game. I just need to stop rolling my wrist and I would be good.


Hunter
Busy boy that he is. He has soccer games on some mondays and almost every saturday. He also has practice on tuesdays and thursdays. So far he is doing great in soccer. He is always a defender and its a great spot for him. We are not to sure about his coach as he is a pretty negative guy. I understand that they need to let the kids know what they are doing wrong but a positive thrown in every once in a while wouldnt hurt either. Tryouts for next year are in april and hopefully he will get on a diffrent team.

Haylie
What can I say Haylie is Haylie. She now wears glasses (and looks dang cute wearing them). She was telling me for about 2 weeks she could not see well far away. Sure enough she has to wear glasses. She picked out her two favorite pairs (americas best 69.99 for two pairs). She is also getting ready for her spring concert for choir. She is always singing songs around the house. I am still trying to find her a dance class that fits with the rest of our crazy life. Hopefully I will find one soon.

Isaac
Well he is doing better in school. Not as many bts or bto (bites to self or bites to others) so that is a bonus. He is also spending much less time in the time out booth. We are working closely with the school district to get him placed for next year. I had a meeting with them on thursday after they observed him in his class. I guess there is a new place being built and we are hoping he is palced there. The ratios are closer to what he is used to. Plus the majior bonus is there is a swimming pool inside that they use alot. Keep your fingers crossed.

Jackson
AH my crazy wild Jackson. He is also doing a little better in school. Less time out booths which is good. We are also working on getting him placed for next year. Same goes for him as was for Isaac. Also in the new place they have a better chance of seperating the boys into diffrent classes which is almost a must since if one flips out the other just HAS to join in.

Zander
My big junkie monkey. He is doing well. At his 4 month appointment he weighted 14.5 lbs and was 24 inches long. He is growing like a weed. My sister loves to sing the chunkie dance song to him which he loves and dad hates. According to Marc his name is not junkie monkey, chunker or any other chunky type name his name is big guy. He eats like a pig and loves almost everything. He isnt a big fan of green beans or peas but if you add some carrots or better yet yams then he will eat them. Now if we could just get him sleeping through the night......

So also this weekend we did our walk now for autism. Can we say bbbbrrrrrr. It rained and rained and rained then stopped for a but then rained and rained some more. The kids all had fun as they had a bunch of blow up bounce house type things and alot of booths that gave away free stuff. Also when you did the actual walk they basically loaded you down with tons of stuff. I think we walked away with 2 full size bags of chips and about 30 singel serve marshmellow maties containers. The shirst my mom did turned out awsome. I will post pics as soon as I get them from my dad as I am stupid and left my camera at home.

Well that is my life in a nut shell right now. Now I am off to watch Australia eat some double stuffed mint oreo cookies (thank you Adrienne for getting me addicted), and then off to grocery shopping. hhhmmmm maybe I will buy paint and repaint the twins rooms today so that it actually looks nice again. After scrubbing so much poop off the walls it looks pretty bad (and we hope they are done with that fase).

Yea yea I am slacking once again. So its been a busy busy month. But isnt it always. I have been just trying tomake it day to day without screaming some days are better then others.
Soccer for Hunter has started for the spring season so we are doing 2 practices a week plus 1-2 games a week usually on saturdays with a few mondays thrown in for good measure. So far he has had one game to a elite team and lost but did awsome during the game.

Softball has also started. We had a tournament last weekend were poor Marc played 5 games in 2 days. The first day we got there and it started to rain and did so for about 15 minutes. After that it warmed up and everything was good for the 2 back to back games. Saturday was a little colder and I was only able to stay for the first game because the kids and I went to my parents for there easter party. Marcs team lost the first game, won the second and lost the third on saturday (they lost both games friday if I am remembering right). Needless to say Marc is very sore.

I am trying to find something fun for Haylie to do. I am thinking some type of music class. She loves loves loves music. Hopefully I will find something today. That is my goal for the day.
Isaac and Jackson have been off and on with there attitudes. Some days are better then others. they are having issues at school but I think they are just bored and wanting 100% attention. Other then school there pretty good. There out for the week for spring break (happy days for me uuuggg).

Zander is growing big. He is on formula now and i swear he is porking on the lbs. Right now he has a cough that doesnt sound good so we are watching that. He also started to eat foods. So far he loves yams, bananas, and pears, does ok with potatoes and really doesnt like peas. He eats all day every day I swear lol.

Well here are some pics of our past few days (easter type pics)

Snow snow and more snow cant it just go away

I am so tired of this stupid snow. It started sunday night and hasnt stopped since. It has been a huge headache for me. To start with monday on my way home from dropping the boys off at the bus stop I got into an accident. What a pain in the butt. It wasnt bad. The little 17 year old who had no clue how to drive on the snow lost control of her car and ended up sideways across my lane. I tried to stop and slid 20 feet before bumping into her car. I did nothing to my van but dented her car door (passenger side). Well it took the cops 45 minutes to get to us. Then the cop goes and tickets me becuase as he put it " I had to site someone so I decided to site you with following to closely". Yea the girl that LOST CONTROLL OF HER CAR got nothing. So far our insurance company says that they are leaning towards 50-80% her fault. Which means I am going to pay 50-20% of the the damage to her car. They are waiting for the police report (that I am going to fight) to decide just how much at fault I am. I think its BS that she lost control of her car and i slid 20 feet before tapping her and she gets off free and clear. UUUUUGGGG

Ok so on to the rest of my life. It is soon going to pick up here. Marc has the polar bear tournament in 2 weeks (the same weekend I have my girls night out woohoo cant waite). Then in 2 weeks after that softball begins. So does soccer. So basically tuesdays, wednesdays is softball, fridays is bowling, and saturdays is soccer uuuuuggg busy busy life.

Well that is all that is happening right now in ouor lifes. Dont forget to help out with my walk now for autism.

Walk now for autism

As you may all know I have twin boys Isaac and Jackson who have autism. Well every year they do a walk to help raise funds. This year I have decided to walk and have recruited my mom and Adrienne so far and hopefully anyone else that would like to walk with me. Below I am posting a link to my donation page (please help by donating any amount small or big) and also something to help you better understand what it is I am doing and what i am doing it for.


donation link http://www.walknowforautism.org/utah/trekkinitforthetwins


Walk Now for Autism, the nation's largest grassroots autism walk program, is Autism Speaks' signature fundraising and awareness event, taking place in communities across the United States, as well as in Canada and the United Kingdom. Powered by volunteers and families with loved ones on the autism spectrum, this successful grassroots fundraising effort not only generates vital funds for autism research but also raises awareness about the increasing prevalence of autism and the need for increased research funding to combat this complex disorder.
What is Autism?
Autism is a complex neurobiological disorder that typically lasts throughout a person's lifetime. It is part of a group of disorders known as autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Today, 1 in 150 individuals is diagnosed with autism, making it more common than pediatric cancer, diabetes, and AIDS combined. It occurs in all racial, ethnic, and social groups and is four times more likely to strike boys than girls. Autism impairs a person's ability to communicate and relate to others. It is also associated with rigid routines and repetitive behaviors, such as obsessively arranging objects or following very specific routines. Symptoms can range from very mild to quite severe. If your child is diagnosed with autism, early intervention is critical to gain maximum benefit from existing therapies. Although parents may have concerns about labeling a toddler as "autistic," the earlier the diagnosis is made, the earlier interventions can begin. Currently, there are no effective means to prevent autism, no fully effective treatments, and no cure. Research indicates, however, that early intervention in an appropriate educational setting for at least two years during the preschool years can result in significant improvements for many young children with autism spectrum disorders. As soon as autism is diagnosed, early intervention instruction should begin. Effective programs focus on developing communication, social, and cognitive skills.
Facts about Autism Did you know?
1 in 150 children is diagnosed with autism 1 in 94 boys is on the autism spectrum 67 children are diagnosed per day A new case is diagnosed almost every 20 minutes
More children will be diagnosed with autism this year than with AIDS, diabetes & cancer combined Autism is the fastest-growing serious developmental disability in the U.S. Autism costs the nation over $35 billion per year, a figure expected to significantly increase in the next decade Autism receives less than 5% of the research funding of many less prevalent childhood diseases Boys are four times more likely than girls to have autism There is no medical detection or cure for autism

So this last weekend was pretty busy. First on Friday night Haylie and I had a fairy tea party to go to. We go every year with all the girls in my family. Its done at the provo library and you have to get in line really really early a couple weeks in advance to get the tickets (thank you Adrienne and my mom who do this every year). The tickets sell out in an hour. The girls all love it. They have a fairy king and his court, ballet dancers, and a tea party.

Then on Saturday we were all going in diffrent directions. The twins were staying home with Becky our respite care worker. Haylie and I went to see the draper temple with my parents, Marc and Hunter went to softball practice. After the temple and softball practice Haylie and I met marc and Hunter at nickle mania and we played there for a bit before heading to the mall. While at the mall we stopped at build a bear which is one of my kids favorite places. I dont go often because the cloths are expensive. I let them each pick out a new outfit for there dogs. Hunter picked a military outfit with sunglasses, Haylie picked new jammies with a bed roll. After the mall we headed to Hunters soccer game.

They did great the first half and was tied 4-4 at half time. Then it went all downhill. I think the end score was 10-4 not us uuggg. Hunter really needs to practice ball controll.

When we got home Hunter was wearing his glasses from build a bear. well we decided to try them on Zander, they fit just right and he looked so cute.

Sunday Haylie had church, Marc and Hunter went to go play poker, and I stayed home with the boys.

So there is my weekend and here are a few pictures.

My sister is in so much trouble !!!!!!

Ok so my sister tells me to go to this site called picnik.com. Its a photo site. Well yea i am addicted now. But look at these wouoldnt they get you addicted. They took me all of 5 minutes to make. Now if I could just figure out how to resize photos when there in the layout so they fit I would be all good.

Can I cry????

So we recieved some good and bad news this past week. Lets start with the good news.

We had been having a hard time paying ouor morgage as we had to refinance a few years back and ended up with a really high payment. Well we did a loan modification and ended up getting it and slashed our morgage by 400.00 woohoo. Great news there.

Bad news. Saturday we recieved what we were hopeing was the acceptance letter to pingree for the twins. Instead it was a letter saying they were NOT accepted. I could cry. Pingree has been the best thing for our twins. We now have to put them into public school. Dont get me wrong I have nothing wrong with Public school in general but there special ed programs suck rocks. Last time we had the twins in the preschool program they called DCFS on us. So needless to say I am not looking forward to going from a ratio of 2 kids to 1 teacher to 4-6 kids to one teacher. I also know they will not get as good of a program. More or less it will be babysitting. So that is our bad news.

As for the rest of my life and my family everything is going ok. Hunter is still doing futsol. Marc is gettting geared up to play softball. We have now gone to 2 practices and can Ijust say BBBBRRRRRR. Haylie is wanting to start dance so I really need to find her a god class. Zander is getting over a cold and had some constipation problems but we are all good now and I think I am going to have to give him Water from time to time to help with the constipation. I am living life from day to day. I changed my day care hours on friday from 7:30 to 6:00 to 7:30 to 5:00 that way Marc and I can go bowling on fridays and also it gives me a small break. This weekend will be a busy one for us. I am actually closing at 3:30 so that Haylie and I can go to the annual Fairy tea party at the Provo library. We look forward to it every year and have a blast. While we are at the party Zander will spend some papa bonding time with his Papa. My dad cant waite. I am just hoping he will be ok since I have only left him for an hour tops with Marc before. Well I am off to deal with kids (the twins have no school today aaahhhhhh).

Ok I think I am happy with it now. I dont know we will see lol.
So quick update. Haylie had her 9th birthday party (cant believe she is that old). She then had her cousins McKae and Kira sleep over. The next day we went to the park and Marc practiced softball. The twins did really well wich was a shock to me. Its been a busy weekend but that is ok. Maybe next weekend I will have a chance to relax a little more.
We are having to do a human rights meeting with the twins school again. This time for Isaac. Basically what that is is we meet with the teachers, directors, and social workers to come up with a plan to help with all his aggresions. We already had one with Jacksons teachers and such. We are actually going to ask this time if we can get some sort of meds for Jackson as he is out of controll. Isaac is managable still. I hate medicating my kids but when you cant do anything because of there behaviors then something more has to be done.
Zander is doing well. He shocked me and slept longer last night then he ever has before. He went to bed around 8pm which is also when I put the twins to bed (marc was down the street playing poker at a neighbors and Hunter was with him Haylie was at her nana and papas for the night) and I climbed into the tub (aaaahhhh). Well Zander woke up around 12:00 which is about an hour after I went to bed. I put his binki in and he went right back to sleep. He slept until 4:00 am. I am hoping to get him to the point were I dont have to get up at 12 and stick the binki back in and then have him sleep until 5:30 which is when I have to get up during the week anyways. That would be great lol because that would be a full nights sleep for me. I am not sure I would know what to do if that happened lol.
Other then that things are just going along. Marc and I are going to start bowling every friday night since I am now closing my daycare on fridays at 5 instead of 6. Its something both of us feel we need. We need a night out away from most of the kids (Zander goes with us). Its also something we enjoy doing.
Ok well I am off to play some games online. I will update again soon.

I am changing my layout so if things look weird hopefully they wont for long. Though do have to cook dinner real quick and right now I am not happy with this layout. UUUUGGGG

Ok so I am just going to make a random post so that it looks like I may still be alive. First off its been a little busy. Hunter has had futsol (indoor soccer small ball lots of fun). We had a tournement a week ago. The twins have been sick (gotta love kids that dont know to move after they puke on themselfs and will lay in it for hours eeewwww I know TMI). Zander has had a cold but is getting over it. He also had his 2 month check up. He is in the 50% for everything but head which he is 40%. He also got 5 shots aaaaahhhh he ended up with a fever for 2 days but other then that was a trooper. Haylie is almost 9 (tomorrow) and I cant believe that she is getting so big. I swear she was Zanders age just yesterday. Marc is gearing up for softball (oh yea). He will be in two leagues this year. I swear I never have time to have just mommy time. I am supposed to go out with my moms group once a month. Well I cant even do that alone because mr Zander wont let me leave for more then 1 hour at a time at night so he comes with me. I am going to try to leave him this month we will see how it goes. We also had our pictures taken as a family here are the horrid results. (I am not happy the girl was a unimaginative person who had no idea what the hell she was doing).

After this was done Zander had a photo shoot with a lady from my moms group. Look at the diffrence.

Ok and last but not least as some of you may know my mom and sister run a business doing custom embroydery. I think you should all check out there site. Its called sticheroos and there is a link on the right. It will send you to there blog which in turn can get you to there website. They run specials all the time and contests so keep checking with them and you may just win something cool. Ok I am done now. I am going to go clean my house before my DSPD case worker gets here.

OK I cant help it. i was going through all Zanders cloths the other day taking out what didnt fit and finding what did (cant believe he is into 0-3 month cloths). Well I found this cute pair of overalls. I love babies in overalls and had to put them on him today. He looks so big in them. I also weighted him yesterday he is now 9lbs 7 oz.

Well its been a month. I cant believe how fast the time has gone. Zander is doing great. He is now 8lbs 6oz at his appointment a week ago. He has also gained 1 1/2 inches. He is very healthy and eats like a pig. He wants to eat every 2 hours during the day and then every 4 at night. here are some pics of him taken yesterday and today. He has some cheecks on him now lol

Haylie Hunter Isaac and Jackson are all doing well. We have been pretty busy between school and life itself. Hunter starts futsol on saturday. For those that dont know futsol is indoor soccer. We had to hire another respite care worker because we keep losing them lol. The last one just couldnt handle it and quit. Hopefully this one will work. well its feeding time. I hope everyone is doing well. i will post more later.