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).