Beckstrom7

Update

2011-11-08T09:13:00.000-07:00

Wow so its been a very very long time since I updated. Wince I last updated a lot has happened. We moved from Utah to Texas. We love it here and have really enjoyed it. The trip here was a little crazy. Marc flew down to go to interviews and came home and said we had one week to pack my 6 bedroom home and find a place unseen in Texas to live. I was able to find a 4 bedroom apartment within out price range. We packed everything and left Utah (me in tears along with my family). We left Utah about 8am on friday morning and got to grants NM at about 7pm Friday night. It was a long slow drive. I was following Marc who was driving the U-haul. We had dinner with the boys grandpa and then Marc and I crawled into bed for a few hours of sleep. We woke up at 1am and loaded all the kids up and headed out. We had to be to our apartment by 3:30 saturday afternoon in order to sign papers. If we didnt make it we had to wait until Monday. We got about halfway through texas and relized we were not going to make it because the U-haul was to slow. Marc sent me on ahead. Can I say how scary that was. I had no map or anything just Marcs instructions. I had never driven anywere alone like that before. I did make it at 3:30 on the dot thank you to Marcs brother Jaren who lives in Texas just 10 minutes from our apartment. We got the papers signed and were able to move in. Thank you to all the guys in Jarens ward we were able to unload the whole truck that night and not have to worry about it. So far were loving it here. Now I am going to update you on everyone lol.

Marc is working as a temp. worker for Dell on there assembly line. He is trying to get hired on full time with them doing tech support. He works nights and we all hate it. He leaves at 3pm and gets home at 2am. He then sleeps until 10:30 when I have to leave for work. I get home and see him for 2 hours before he is gone again. The kids dont get to see him except on weekends. We all Hate it.

I am working in Jacksons school as a lunchroom monitor. I love it. I am trying to get hired full time some were in the district so that I can have the same time off as my kids. So far no luck.

Hunter is in the 6th grade now which in Texas means middle school. He is taking band and learning to play the clarinet. He loves it. He also found a soccer team here and just finished up the season. He plays defender.

Haylie is also in the 6th grade and loving school. She is taking drama and LOVES it. She is my happy go lucky girl that has been a big help. She even babysits for me now.

Isaac is in the 5th grade and loving his school. He had to get glasses and looks awsome in them and will finally keep them on. He loves his teacher and for the most part is a happy kid.

Jackson is in the 5th grade and is also loving school. We have had some behavior issues but he seems to work his way out of them pretty ok. He is still a very active kid.

Zander is almost 3 (were did my baby go). He is fully potty trained now (yippee) and a very busy guy. He never stops. He quit taking naps when we moved and still doesnt go to bed until about 9:30 every night. He loves to draw and dance. He also loves to play on the computer.

I tried to upload videos of the kids but its not working. I have to get ready for work so I will try again later.

Stuffed Tuna shells (Step by Step)

2011-10-13T20:25:00.000-06:00

OK yes I know I havent posted in FOREVER. I am posting this for a friend of mine Nina. I will post an update (there is a lot) later tonight after kids get to bed.

STUFFED TUNA SHELLS

Ingredients

1 box LARGE shells
2 jars alfredo sauce
3-4 cans Tuna drained (if you dont like Tuna I am sure you could used cooked shredded chicken or even canned chicken)
2 celery stalks
1 small yellow onion
Salt and pepper
Shredded cheese

Preheat your oven to 450 and spay a 9x11 dish with cooking spray.

Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add your shells (stir every so often so they dont stick to the bottom)

While your pasta shells are cooking chop your celery and onion (i used red onion because its what I had normally I use yellow) and put them in a medium bowl

Add Tuna

Add one jar of Alfredo sauce, salt and pepper and stir.

When your noodles are cooked pour them into a colander and rinse with cold water.

Take a spoon full of your tuna (or chicken) mixture and add it to the inside of a shell. Place in your baking dish,

Continue until your dish is full and you have no more mixture (I usually have extra shells. I have yet to get it down to exactly how many to cook and I do extra in case some tear while cooking).

Take your second jar of Alfredo and pour over the shells and spread with a spoon until there completely covered.

Top with shredded cheese.

Place in your preheated oven (I have au gratin potatoes already in there.)

Bake for 20 minutes.

Remove from oven and enjoy. There that easy.

Wow

2011-02-27T10:15:00.000-07:00

OK so its been a while. Here is why I havent been updating or posting new recipes. IM MOVING. Its been a little hectic. We have put our house up for sale. We had to paint the basement and finish up some things down in the basement, had the carpets cleaned, boxed up a ton of stuff. Its been busy. In 1 week we have had about 10 showing of the house. We have another tomorrow. You ask well why are you moving and were are you moving to? We are moving because we just cant make ends meet here. So we have looked into moving to Colorado but they are the same as here as far as cost of living and wages, we looked into New Mexico. Not really the place for us. Then we looked into Austin Texas and loved that idea. Cost of living is cheaper and wages are higher. We have only heard good things about it down there. So we put the house on the market and Marc is looking for a job down there. As soon as he finds a job he will find a place for us to live and off we go. I amexcited but scared all at the same time. So that is why I havent been on much. I will try to get on more now that things are started to slow down a bit.

Creamy Pesto Chicken and Bow Ties

2011-01-30T11:34:00.000-07:00

Not a great picture sorry.

2 TBS butter
1 lb skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into cubes
1 can (10 3/4 oz) condensed cream of chicken soup
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup prepared pesto sauce
3 cups bow tie-shaped pasta, cooked and drained

1. Heat the butter in a 10 inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook until it's well browned, stirring often.
2. Stir in soup, milk, and pesto sauce into the skillet. Heat to a boil. Reduce the heat to low. Cover and cook for 5 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through. Stir in pasta. Cook until its hot.

My family gave this a 4 out of 5 stars.
It was very rich in flavor and super easy to make. This will definantly be a regular meal here.

Cream cheese Chicken Cresent rolls

2011-01-24T08:58:00.000-07:00

My friend Toni gave me this recipe. (I forgot to take a picture so I stole one from off the internet lol)

2 Chicken breast cooked and shredded

1 pkg Cream cheese

2-3 pkgs cresent rolls (it depends on how full you fill them)

Mix the shredded chicken with the cream cheese.Salt and pepper to taste. Put a spoonful on a cresent roll. Roll it up and put it on a backing sheet. Continue until you have no more rolls. Bake at 350 degrees for about 11 minutes or until the cresent rolls are lightly brown.

My family gave this a 5 stars. I made 24 of them and we ate every last one of them and could have eaten more. Definantly a family favorite.

I have seen a few variations of this recipe. Mine is the simple one. I have seen recipes that call for 1 small onion diced, 1 tsp milk and one egg. If you want to go with the added things. Add the onion to the main chicken mixture. Once you have your rolls stuffed and rolled mix the milk and egg together and spread it over the rolls.

Super Burritos

2011-01-24T08:46:00.000-07:00

OK this was a yummy easy recipe. I got it out of one of my new Better Homes and Gardens New cookbook 15th edition. It was pretty easy to make.

Ingredients

1 pound lean ground beef

1 cup chopped onion (1 large)

1/2 cup chopped green sweet pepper (1 small)

1 clove garlic, minced

1/4 cup water

1 tablespoon medium or hot chili powder

1/4 teaspoon ground cumin

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup cooked rice

1 4-ounce can diced green chile peppers, drained

8 10-inch flour tortillas

1-1/2 cups shredded Monterey Jack or cheddar cheese (6 ounces)

1 cup chopped tomato (1 large)

2 cups shredded lettuce

1 recipe Guacamole or frozen avocado dip (guacamole), thawed

Bottled salsa (optional)

Directions

For filling, in a large skillet cook ground beef, onion, sweet pepper, and garlic until meat is brown and onion is tender. Drain off fat. Stir in water, chili powder, cumin, and salt. Cook about 5 minutes or until most of the water has evaporated. Remove from heat. Stir in cooked rice and chile peppers.

Meanwhile, wrap tortillas tightly in foil. Heat in a 350 degree F oven for 10 minutes to soften. (When ready to fill tortillas, remove only half of them at a time, keeping remaining tortillas warm in the oven.)

Spoon about 1/2 cup filling onto each tortilla just below the center. Top filling with cheese and tomato. Fold bottom edge of each tortilla up and over filling. Fold opposite sides in and over filling. Roll up from the bottom. Secure with wooden toothpicks.

Arrange burritos on a baking sheet, seam sides down. Bake in a 350 degree F oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until heated through. Remove and discard toothpicks. Serve warm burritos on lettuce with Guacamole and, if desired, salsa.

Makes 8 burritos

I say my family gave this recipe a 4 out of 5 stars. The only thing I personally didnt like is it didnt have enough flavor for me. I think next time I will add more of something just not sure what lol.

Chicken Pot Pie

2011-01-21T15:18:00.001-07:00

Ok So I have decided to make my family expand there eating horizons. I bought 3 new cookbooks. I am going to pick 2-3 meals a week to make them that they have never had. When I do this I will post them here with the recipe, a picture, a star rating of up to a 5 and if I would do anything diffrent the next time. Here is the first one. This is not from a cook book. This is something I decided to just throw together out of stuff that was in my house.

Chicken Pot Pie

2-3 Carrots peeled and diced
2-3 potatoes peeled and diced
1 small onion diced
2-3 boneless skinless chicken breast cooked and diced
1 cup frozen peas
1 large can cream of chicken or celery soup
Chicken broth (enough to cover the vegetables while they cook)
salt
pepper
Bisquick

Take the potatoes, carrots and onion and put them in a pot; use chicken broth to just cover the vegetables while they cook. When your vegetables are tender add the chicken, peas, and cream of chicken or celery soup and salt and pepper to taste. Pour into a baking dish. Make the bisquick according to the package for biscuts and drop by the spoonfull on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until the biscuts are golden brown.

My family gave this a 4 out of 5 stars

Christmas

2010-12-27T09:35:00.000-07:00

Well it was a quiet Christmas here this year. The 4 older ones went to Ouray Colorado with the boys mom and her family (Yes even Haylie went). They had a blast. They went sledding, played in the creek, Had a great Christmas. Just enjoyed the time away from home. It was a long drive that is for sure. We met half way in Green River. That is 3 hours one way for both parties so the kids had to do 6 hours in 2 diffrent cars. Both times when we went to drop off and pick up we left Zander with either my sister or my mom so he didnt have to indure the long treck. He doesnt do well with long rides.

As for here at home. It was quiet with just Zander. We didnt even get up until 9am. Zander had a blast opening all his presents. His favorite by far was the marble track.

I got a new ring for christmas. I only recieved half before christmas as the other half is on backorder. I copied the picture from the computer can you tell lol.

I also got pots, plates, bowls, dish towles, bath stuff and shirts. Yes I asked for all these things. I enjoy cooking but like to cook with good things lol. Marc got a new drill, saw, flashlight and drill bit set. Oh did I mention I also got a NEW LAPTOP woohoo. Its about dang time. My old one is in pretty sad shape. Marc will still use it to do his fantasy sports stuff on but that is about all its good for.

Its been a long week with the kids going and coming and the long drives. Also all the prepping for christmas. I am just glad its all over with. Now I get to spend this next week with my family. I have taken the week off work. Marc is going to take off wednesday and thursday. I need to recharge my batteries.

I hope everyone has a wonderful new year.

2010-12-16T07:58:00.000-07:00

Well look I am blogging again are you suprised? I sure am lol. I am in my busy season and not sure I like it lol. I have not finished my christmas shopping (plan to do that tomorrow when I have no kids). I need to make my chrismas treat for neighbors and friends. This year I am doing Oreo truffles, cinnomon almonds, chocolate dipped pretzels and maybe christmas shaped brownies. I am going to work on those this week possibly even today (but I doubt it)

We have been very busy latley with everything going on. Hunter is finishing up Soccer for the year. He starts back up in January. I think he has one more game then he is done for this year. Haylie is done for the year for drama. It will resume in January also. Haylie also has choir which is ending tonight. Her concert is tonight at 7 if anyone wants to come watch. Jackson has a meeting today with the school board to talk about moving him back to Kari Sue since he behaviorly is not ready for Heartland. He also has a Dr appointment today to make sure his leg is healing right. Needless to say today is a busy day. It also started bad. Hopefully it ends good. I fell asleep sleeping last night (I read for an hour before I fell asleep). So my alarm didnt get set. Zander was up twice last night. I woke up to Jackson screaming at 6:55. Yea the bus comes at 7:05. I rushed the boys to get them ready which is never good. They left both mad. I doubt were going to have a good day at school today. I havent even made it to the shower yet today.

I am getting ready for christmas with 1 child. I have almost everything I need for the older kids. I just need to buy a few boxes of crackers and cookies for the twins. Then some stocking stuffer stuff and a couple more things for the Z man and Marc. I doubt we will get lights up on the house but that is ok by me this year. We did get everything else out so the tree is up and so is all the decorations. I am still not sure how this christmas is going to be we will have to wait and see (hey that rhymed lol). In a way I am looking forward to the break from the bigger kids. But on the other hand I am going to miss there excited faces Christmas morning as they rip into there presents. I know Zander will love opening his. He loved opening his birthday presents (got mad a few times when friends tried to help). So that will be fun to see him enjoy it for the first time.

Well I better fo shower before I have to get my day going. The kids are watching cat in the hat so its relativly quiet. The trick for me is to sneak into the bedroom to shower without alerting Zander. He is pretty sure if ANYONE is in the shower he needs to be in it also. I swear he is the cleanest kid there is.

Merry Christmas everyone. I hope you get what you want. I will probably not post again until after Christmas (maybe even the New year) but who knows I might just suprise you all.

2010-12-05T13:32:00.002-07:00

Once again its been a while sorry. Its been busy as usual. Its been a month since I last posted. Alot has gone on. I have more kids to watch now. Marc still hates his job. We have actually talked about moving. Just not sure if I really want to. I also dont know if emotionally it would be good for me. I am having a really hard time right now and have just become really depressed. We have no money. I dont know what we are going to do. Christmas this year is goig down the drain and fast. The 4 oldest kids are going to NM with the boys mom and her family. There even taking Haylie. They wanted Zander also but I dont think he would do well. He had a hard time when I was gone for a few days and he was here with dad. Marcs family tried to change up christmas eve and do it on the 11th. They did change that back but now Marc is unhappy because of all the drama. Just feel kinda ba humbugish. Ok now onto kids.
Hunter is doing indoor soccer and doing pretty well with it. They are playing up a age group so that makes it harder and there playing teams that are alot tougher. He got to see his real mom wich he loved. Its been good for him. He did have a rough day after spending the night but I think that had more to do with the fact that they stayed up late watching movies and eating junk food. He doesnt deal well with lack of sleep and alot of junk. Its ok though. He needs that every once in a while. He is really psyched about going to colorado for christmas.
Haylie is doing great in drama. She loves it. We are trying to save up for both of us to go on a trip with them to Mexico on a cruise ship. Just not sure its going to happen as we dont have the money. She has been kind of bored since her best friend moved. I wish she had more friends but our neighborhood is more boys then girls.
Isaac has been doing well in school. He enjoys it and is happy. He has his moments but for the most part he is doing well. His teacher is great and I am happy for that.
Jackson, what to say about this kid. Well lets see. He is doing horrible in school. He just wont listen has been throwing fits and spends more time in the hall then in the class. They want to move him back to Kari Sue. I would love that but Marc wants to try meds first so that is what were going to do. Jackson also broke his tibula and fibula on thanksgiving. He is in a cast right now and may need surgery. We will hopefully know soon. He was sledding when it happend. He is doing awsome with his wheelchair. He is also doing well scooting around the floor on his bum to get up and down the stairs to his room. Over all doing good other then school.
Zander. Holy cow has the kid grown. He turns 2 on the 13th. He is a stubborn bull headed funny little boy. I swear he is OCD. We went and got his hair cut last night and anytime hair would land on the cape in his lap he would knowck it off. If there is paper on the floor it goes in the trash. When were done eating he takes our silverware and plates and puts them in the kitchen (on the floor unless there is a big sister or brother there to get them on the counter). I love the kids even though he can throw a great tantrum. I love the little dude though.
Well I have been doing alot of cooking and baking as of latley. I just havent posted it sorry. I will post this awsome recipe that I have fallen in love with. Its easy and simple to make. It can be changed up in so many ways. (Like for christmas I am doing mint and using candy cane crushed up on top). So here it is oreo truffles yummy.

What You Need
1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1 pkg. (1 lb. 2 oz.) OREO Cookies, finely crushed (about 4-1/4 cups), divided
2 pkg. (8 squares each) BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, melted

Make It

MIX cream cheese and 3 cups cookie crumbs until well blended.

SHAPE into 48 (1-inch) balls. Dip in melted chocolate; place on waxed paper-covered baking sheet. Sprinkle with remaining cookie crumbs.

REFRIGERATE 1 hour or until firm. Store in tightly covered container in refrigerator.

2010-11-02T20:24:00.003-06:00

So I am horrible about posting. Right now I could care less. Yes I am in one of those moods. I am not even sure this will make it to my actual page. I am not even sure anyone ever reads this anyways. So not much has changed in our house. Hunter is still doing soccer (suprise suprise), Haylie is now doing drama (fits her really well), Isaac is having issues in school hell he is having issues with life itself right now. If things dont go his way he freaks. Jackson is having issues on the bus. He thinks he needs to tease and bug everyone. I also heard that his teacher thinks he needs to go back to Kauri Sue. I personally think both boys need to go back. Zander is almost two. Cant believe that one. He is into everything. He is a climber. I cant leave anything out that he can stand on becuase he will and he will get into the water. Marc is still working. I am still watching kids though I have lost alot of the kids I watch. I am down to 2 part timers and one almost full timer (though that will change to 2 when her mom has her baby in december).
As you can tell I am in a bitchy mood. I NEED to get out of my house kid free. I swear I always have atleast one kid with me at all times. For the past two nights I was supposed to get out. Last night I was supposed to go to Bunco but it got canceled. Then tonight I had planned on going to geeks who drink (a bar does trivia you answer with your group and drink while doing it). Well I guess they already had there team of 6 so I was tld they didnt need me. So I am stuck here are home AGAIN with all the kids. I guess I am just kinda blah. I feel likeI never get away and I am on burn out. There are alot of times I just feel like crying. OK so that being said......
I am thinking of turning this into a cooking blog. I want to try making new things. I made french bread for the first time today. It was really easy and I enjoyed making it. Alot of that had to do with the fact I had a friend over to talk to. So if anyone is reading this would you be interested in reading this if I started posting recipes I find and make?
OK I am off to finish watching my shows eating my chocolate trying not to cry. Maybe I should just cry and get it over with. That will have to wait till kids go to bed though. Dont wanna scare anyone.

2010-08-15T21:14:00.003-06:00

So I noticed it has been all to long since I last posted. Sorry. Its been kinda busy here. We are going into soccer season which means my weekends are shot and so are half my nights. Thank goodness softball is done. So in the past few months here is what has been going on. We bought a big tent and attempted to go camping for the first time as a family with no extended family. It would have been awsome had Jackson actually slept. The little snot did not sleep AT ALL. We ended up going home a night early. We did get in some good fishing a small hike great times around the fire. We even had a suprise visit from my sister and brother. They were looking for some were to have a picnic with there families and saw Haylie going potty while we were fishing. They came and crashed our campsite and had dinner with us. Great times by all.
Hunter started soccer and we have practice all the time. His coach is great. Marc and I are team managers. Its been ok. A little hectic at times but ok. He has played 2 practice games against other teams. The first one they lost the second they won. They also just had the Murray Max tournament. They had games thursday (won), Friday (won), saturday morning (lost but made it to the finals), and saturday afternoon (lost and came in second woohoo). The last two games were against a premier team. That means a team that is way higher up then we are. They had a tough morning game but that afternoon game they held there own and did awsome.
The twins turned 9 yesterday. Yes 9. How the hell did that happen? I remember getting them when they were 3. Now they are 9. It makes me feel so old. They had an ok party. It was smashed between soccer games. We had a couple friends over and alot of family. The twins and Hunters grandparents came up from New Mexico and were here from friday to today. Love them. They are such great people. The twins got alot of new cloths, and of course there phone books. My parents will be taking them over night in a couple weekends and taking them to a splash park as there present. Its something they do with all there grandkids instead of presents. They take them out and have special one on one time with them.
Haylie is Haylie. She has started school (as has Hunter). There teacher is a very young (22) year old who seems very good. So far the kids love her. They are already off track (can I cry lol). Haylie wants to do choir again this year. I think she is giving up on the violin. She just wasnt into it. She has her best friend Tresure who if they are sepereated more then 2 days they die (almost literally its kinda funny to see the withdrawls).
Zander is growing fast. I cant believe my baby is 20 months old already. He is almost 2. He loves being outside and would live out there if I let him. Its a great fun time getting him on the house. He loves to play with his big brothers and sister. One of his favorite things to do is wait until one of them sits down on the couch then he pounces on them. Such a little stink pot lol. He doesnt want to sit in a high chair anymore. He has to have no tray and sit in the high chair up to the counter with the big kids. He has also outgrown his crib. He had been climbing out of it. Instead of fearing an injury we took the crib down and he is now in a twin bed with a rail. He looks so tiny in it. Serouse were is my baby lol.
Marc is plugging along at work. He is finally done (for now) with softball. He would have loved to play another season but couldnt find a team. He hates work (who doesnt). He is thinking about going back to school. He would love to do either occupational or physical therapy. It would be a long road but well worth it in the end.
I have been working on losing my baby fat. Not happening so far. I workout every morning doing a crazy workout series called Insanity. I have so far not lost any weight or inches. Kinda getting discouraged but hopefully with my new coach I can start to see some results. I have got to get my diet under control. I think that is my biggest problem. I do great for a few days then I fall. I try to eat well but its hard. My problem is I skip meals then eat big lunch and dinners but nothing else all day.
Well I am tired of typing so I am going to end it here. This week is going to be busy as we have soccer practice and we are going camping friday.

Its been a month (maybe more)

2010-05-27T19:13:00.002-06:00

Yes I am horrible at keeping up. What can I say a famliy of 7 keeps me very very busy. We are goiong camping this weekend. Kind of excited for that. We bought a big new tent to go campng with. Hopefully that will make life easier. Before it was all but Haylie and Hunter in a 4 man tent. that means Marc, Isaac, Jackson and me plus a airbed and a playpen for zander. Now we have a 10 man 3 room tent. Yippee. I plan on draggin my family camping more this summer. I miss camping. Hopefully this weekend goes well. We will have to see. Isaac is just getting over (ok he still is) sick. He has the flu and has been running a fever. He is rather grumpy and running a fever. It all started with Zander a few weeks ago and has run through all of us except Jackson. Though non odf us had it for more then one day. Isaac is going on day 5 poor kid. Hopefully he is over it by saturday. Well that is us so here is the quick good, bad, and ugly of my family. We will go by age.

Marc is doing softball 2 nights a week. Mon, tues. This keeps us hoppin. He is enjoying it. His monday team is better then his tuesday team. His monday team is more competative. His tuesday team is in it more for fun. I go to as many games as I can. He still doesnt like work much but he continues to go every day to support his family. He is thinking of going back to school to do something that would benifit children who are disabled. He is thinking ocupational therapy or physical therapy. I think he would rock in either one.

Me. HHmmmm lets see. I am going crazy. I swear I am. I work all the time day and night. I am still doing daycare though I hate it. I would love to not do it but we cant afford for me to stop. Its been very stressful latley as I have a few kids that are handfuls. I am also still selling avon though not doing well. I need more clients (hint hint). I run from place to place. I swear I live in my car. I am trying to be more organized but alas I suck at it. I need to get my sewing room into some sort of order so I can put all my avon down there instead of on my bedroom floor stacking in boxes. I am working on rounding up all the extra garbage in my house so I can do a yard sell next weekend. I wanted to do it last weekend but it was rainy of course. I think that is my biggest problem. The damn rain. It depreses me. I need sun. I am also starting to write a month worth of meals. I started out by asking Marc, Hunter and Haylie for there 5 top meals. I then added a few of my own. Made tuesdays leftover night. And just tossed the other meals on diffrent days. Its made it a little less stressful when its dinner time. It also means there is no more asking me 20 million times whats for dinner. Its on the fridge for all to see. I shop for 1 week of groceries at a time. I need to do 2 but just cant seem to do that.

Hunter. He is still doing comp. Soccer. He is switching from fusion to razia though. His whole team is switching with him. I am hoping it will be a good move. Its a better soccer club. He is still goalie and loving it. He is almost out of the 4th grade how crazy is that. He has something like 7 weeks of the 4th grade left then 3 weeks of summer then he is a big 5th grader. He is a somewhat active boy. I am trying to get him to be more active. He would prefer to play video games or play on the computer. I am banning all that come warm weather. As of right now he gets one hour of that type of activity a day. Over all he is a great kid doing great.

Haylie. Oh haylie. Lol the girl is got an imagination that is for sure. She is always putting new signs on her door. This week its about school. She has a list of rules. Go into her room and she has "tables" set up with paper and crayons. She just needs students. She is also now taking private violin lessons. She had her concert and was not ready for it. According to her violin teacher she is just not brave enough. She needs more encouragement. She also needs to practice. She found a great friend named Tresure. The two are hooked at the hip. They dont work well when not together. Tresure even 9 out of 10 times goes with Haylie to he dads. She is also almost out of the 4th grade. Were did my little baby go.

Isaac. He is doing awsome. He will be going to a regular public school next year in a cluster class. You ask What is a cluster class? Its a class inside a regular public school with kids with multiple disablitites. They have decided he is to advanced for were he is at. I tend to agree. I am still scared of what he will achive in this new setting though. He is loving watching his dad play softball when we get a chance to go. He is loving school. He gets on the bus at 9am and gets off it at 5:15. Goes downstairs and watching his channel 27 until dinner comes up to eat and back down he goes. Alot of the time we will be asleep when we go down to put him to bed. cute kid. Maybe he should teach his brother lol.

Jackson. Uuuggg Jackson. He is my hyper child. He is always going. Never quit. He has as of late been facinated with staring at the sky. Not sure what he sees up there but he will stare out the window for hours. He also will be going into a normal public school but in a cluster class. The boys will be in diffrent classes. They have a 3,4,5th grade class and a 4,5,6th grade class. So the only time we might run into trouble is the 6th grade when they will have to be in the same class. Jackson is loving school though he has his problems. He cant be quiet going down the halls. He is loving the swimming pool and riding the bus. He loves his bus driver and his aid. So do I they will be missed.

Zander. My cute not so little baby. He is growing up to fast. He loves to "help" clean. I bought him his own play vacume and he follows me were ever I go with that stupid noisy toy. He also has his own lawn mower that he mows the sidewalk with (he wont use it on the grass). He is talking more and more. I am always hereing "mom" anymore. He doesnt do well when i am gone. What can I say I have a mommies boy. Marc and I went away to vegas for 2 nights and he didnt deal well. When we got home he wouldnt leave my side for days. He is still hesitant with nana when she comes. Wonder what the poor kid is going to do when I go river rafting in a couple weeks. He will be home with Marc. I am sure he will survive but maybe not well lol. He also learned a new trick. He climbed out of his crib twice. Hopefully he doesnt do that again anytime soon. Still cant belive how big he is getting and how fast.

Its been awhile again.....

2010-04-01T20:21:00.002-06:00

So its been a while since I updated. Its never easy for me to take a few moments and type. I am actually typing as I watch one of my favorite shows fringe. There has been alot going on but at the same time not alot going on. We are all just as busy as usual. Doing the usual things. Softball will start in a few short weeks. Soccer has started though we had to postpon our first game becuase of weather and the field not being open yet. The kids are all doing great in school. We within about 2 weeks saw all the teachers from both schools. They are asking that we put Isaac and Jackson in a cluster class. This means a class room in a regular school. They will have one teacher and 12 students. All the students in the class will be disabled in some form. The diffrence is that they will be with regular students also. There school feels that they are to advanced for were there at. We are a little hesitant because of all they get at the school there at. They did promise us that if it didnt work out then we could switch them back. I think that is the only thing that is making it so we agree to it. Another thing going on with the boys is the annual walk for autism is coming up May 1st. I have raised $200.00 so far on my own and my friend who is walking with me and is on my team has raised $95.00. Our team goal is $400.00. We are over half way. I just wish I could hit my goal. I am also hoping it doesnt rain this year. Last year it was cold and wet but very fun. Haylie and Hunter had AWSOME report cards. Both are doing really well in school. The only down fall there is spelling. We really need to work on spelling. I cant believe this school year is almost over. I think they go off track one more time then they are done for the year. Its nothing big though as they only have a 3 week summer lol. I really cant believe they are almost in the 5th grade. Were did my babies go? My baby Zander isnt much of a baby anymore. He is getting to be such a big boy and very head strong to boot. If he wants somthing nothing can stop him until he gets it. Today he wanted to see the dogs so he started to push and pull me all the way through the kitchen to the window then he moved a stool and grunted at me to lift him on to it. He is way to smart for his own good. I only wish I could get him off the damn bottle. Potty training is not far off I am sure (and thankful for). He is getting big fast. There are days I want another baby and then there are days like today were I dont want half the ones I have. Marc is doing well. He is not loving work but who does love there work really? I wish he could find a job he enjoys and was happy at but at this time there is nothing out there that pays even half of what he is making now. He is excited for softball though. I hope to make it to some of his games but with the day care that can be hard. We did get a little weekend getaway to vegas that was fun. I was stupid and forgot my camera and so we bought a crappy disposable and of course most of the pictures didnt work. It was alot of fun and much needed. Its been a hard year this year emotionally. Just with the day care and everything else going on there are tmes i have felt over whelmed but its getting better as the kids get older. Well I am sorry about the ramblings but its just how I felt today. I will try to be better with updating I really will.

2010-02-08T14:01:00.003-07:00

Do you ever have one of those just shoot me type of days. well that is about what I have had for a few months now. I think the kids are all going stir crazy being stuck in the house. I am going stir crazy being stuck in the house. We have all been pretty busy with school and soccer and just life in general but I guess that is what happens with you have 5 kids. I started to sell avon and love it so far. I actually just walked around the neighborhood today putting up flyers on doors for the new lipstick we are starting to sell. Its such a nice day out today. All the kids are good. Isaac and Jackson continue to love there new school. Haylie and Hunter are loving school. They have there 4th grade science projects to do in March. When they go off track this time they will be doing snowboarding lessons. Marc is still working but not enjoying it much. He gets to have two furlough days a month (yippee for me uuggg). That has really hit our pocket books hence me selling avon. Zander is getting to big and is a crazy little man with such a great personality. Well that is about us. I just thought I would stop real quick and do a fast update.

2009-12-14T07:59:00.002-07:00

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.

2009-10-07T14:42:00.002-06:00

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.

2009-09-16T11:23:00.002-06:00

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

2009-09-14T10:23:00.002-06:00

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

2009-08-31T07:45:00.002-06:00

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

2009-08-19T18:56:00.002-06:00

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/

2009-07-27T12:48:00.004-06:00

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

2009-07-21T09:57:00.004-06:00

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

2009-07-01T09:16:00.001-06:00

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.

2009-06-20T19:42:00.004-06:00

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

2009-06-20T19:36:00.002-06:00

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.

2009-06-09T08:54:00.002-06:00

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.

2009-05-26T10:41:00.002-06:00

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

2009-05-03T09:35:00.002-06:00

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).

2009-04-14T13:59:00.003-06:00

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

2009-03-25T09:52:00.002-06:00

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

2009-03-18T20:33:00.001-06:00

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

2009-03-17T09:34:00.002-06:00

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 !!!!!!

2009-03-12T10:22:00.003-06:00

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????

2009-03-09T11:36:00.002-06:00

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).

2009-03-01T19:57:00.002-07:00

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.

2009-03-01T17:48:00.001-07:00

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

2009-02-23T14:24:00.007-07:00

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.

2009-01-21T10:22:00.001-07:00

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.

2009-01-18T14:15:00.004-07:00

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.

Baby Zander

2008-12-18T07:51:00.004-07:00

Well he is finally here. On saturday december 13th I went into the hospital at 7am. I had an elective induction. They had me checked in and hooked up with pitocin by 830. By 930 I was having some pretty good hard strong contractions. The nurse asked if I was ok with my water being broke and I said I was ready as long as I had my epidural first. I had to waite until about 1000 for the anastealagist (yea cant spell it). He came in gave me my epidural and then the nurse broke my water at about 1030. Everything went fast from there. I dialated to a 10 within about 30 minutes but then when they checked me they relised Zander was face up not face down like he was supposed to be. They had me roll on my left side hoping he would roll which he did. As soon as he rolled I had to push there was just no if ands or buts about it. I started to push at about 1200. His head got stuck coming out and they couldnt get to his heartbeat so that worried the doctor a little and she had me just push with or without a contraction. He finally made it into this world at 1240 pm on the 13th. He weighted 7lbs 1oz and was 20 inches long. He scored a 8.9 on the APGAR scale. He came out screaming and healthy. I was just happy to have it done and over with lol. So that is the birth of Zander. He is doing well. He sleeps for 3-4 hours at a time then nurses like a champ and goes right back to sleep. I basically only get up once a night to feed which has been nice. The older kids all love him and have been having fun holding him. Here are some pics of him.

zander will be here tomorrow yea !!!!

2008-12-12T10:43:00.003-07:00

So I went into my doctor today for my 38-39 week appointment. Well we were talking and I told her how miserable I am. I hurt all over and have been contracting alot mostly at night for 2-3 hours then they stop. Then the next day I feel like my tummy is bruised. Well she said she was working this weekend and "changed" my due date to the 20th so that I can be induced tomorrow. I am so excited. I really didnt want to waite another week and with the way this kid is going he is happy to live in there for the rest of his life. I am dialated 3+ (basically just above a 3 almost a 4) and 60% efaced. I have a very ripe cervix and his head is really really low. I am hoping I can get in in the morning early but who knows with the full moon tonight (fully believe it brings on labor and the doc said in the past few days theyhave picked way up). I will try and update again after Zander is here and post pictures but as you all know it may take a bit to get to it. I am excited to have him here finally and even more excited to have a week with no kids lol. Is that a bad thing? All my kids will be in school and I am closing my daycare for a week so I will have 1 whole week just me the baby and Marc. I am beyond ready for that alone. I am also ready to find my feet once more. It will be nice to be able to put my socks on and not feel like I am going to pop. Well that is it for now. Wish me luck for tomorrow and I will post again as soon as I can.

2008-12-05T12:50:00.002-07:00

Ok so I went to the doctor today and was finally checked. I am dialated to a 3 and 50% efaced. When she was trying to check me she said Zanders head was in front of my cervix so she had to reach behind his head and pull the cervix forward (can we just say ouch). She says with how many contractions I am having she doesnt think I will make it through next week. I am hoping to maybe make it to sunday. I think I could handle having him on my birthday lol.
As for the rest of us we are all doing good. Hunter and Haylie have been out of school for 4 weeks and go back Monday (its not coming soon enough). Isaac and Jackson are doing good. They have been pushing there limits with everyone latley but that is not unusual they get some wild hair up there buts and decided to be really annoying and cry about everything.
Marc has been getting up at the butt crack of dawn (ok before dawn 430) every morning to go in to work at 5 for inventory. They decided to cut corners this year and instead of closing for one day and having everyone help they have 4 guys come in early in the morning and do a small amount each day. It will take about 3 weeks to get it done this way and they have to work around the workers that are pulling things its a pain in the butt according to marc.
Christmas is coming fast and I am almost ready. I have a couple more things to get and wrap. I am not so patiently waiting for my Wii to get here (it was shipped today woohoo). I plan on trying it out before wrapping it. We bought it online before the masses. We also got the wii fit and the new shawn white game. I am sure hunter will be in heaven as will marc.
Well that is about all on the family. I will try to update this again but it might not happen until after Zander gets here.

Another update

2008-11-08T14:59:00.002-07:00

So this will probably be all jumbled but that is just how my brain works anymore so deal with it lol.
I went to the doctor yesterday and everything looks good. Zander is growing great and his heart is 130 which is right were it should be. I am 34 weeks now so 3 more weeks and I am in the safty zone to deliver at anytime (woohoo). I am having alot of braxton hicks so both the doctor and I feel I wont go much past the first week in December. We are more or less ready for him to come. We were able to get the computer room painted downstairs and between my mom and a friend we have enough carpet pieces to carpet the computer room and the playroom (though it will be patchwork but I could care less as long as its warm). We are working on that today after the BYU game of course (cant interupt football are you crazy lol). Once we get the carpet down we can move all the computer stuff down and start actually putting the nursery together. I will also be moving all my daycare stuff downstairs so I no longer have to chase kids out of the kitchen and other areas they are not allowed in. The older kids are doing good. Haylie and Hunter are off track for the next three weeks (oh yea uuggg). Isaac and Jackson are doing well. Jackson is FINALLY pooping on the potty (he gets a phone book when he does). Isaac still isnt interested. But atleast its one more out of diapers. so basically that is my life as of now in a nut shell.

My day from hell

2008-10-24T15:11:00.003-06:00

Ok so to start out today I got Isaac and Jackson up to go to school. Well Isaac for some reason started to flip out for no reason what so ever. He threw a fit all the way to the bus stop. Needless to say I was more then happy to see him get on that bus and be off. Well I go to get back in my car put it into drive and move a foot before it sputters and dies AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH. So I try to start it again. Same thing sputters and dies. So I call Marc and he comes to pick me up. We call a tow company and have them tow it to a shop. They say they will be there in 1 hour. Marc then takes me to my doctor appointment. Everything is going great. I did gain 5 yes 5 lbs in 2 weeks. Not sure this is good but hey atleast I am gaining weight. Well after my appoinment we stop by the church were my car was to see if its been picked up (its been a little over an hour). Its still sitting there. I call the tow company they say the tow guy will be there in 15 minutes. So Marc takes me home and heads back to work. Well he passes by the auto shop were the car should be by now (it took up a good 25 minutes to get home) and the car is not there. So I call the tow company and they say the car was just picked up (2 hours after I first called). Well I then call the auto shop and let them know the car is on the way and they said they would run a diagnostic and call me and let me know. Well they called and they said it would cost 1,425.00 to fix. No way in hell. So we call somewere else and they tell us 800.00. So yeat again another tow fee and another diagnosis. We still havent heard from them but hopefully it will be better then the first. The bad news is we were supposed to go to Pleasant Grove for Hunters soccer game tomorrow and then to my parents house in provo tomorrow night. Then on sunday we were supposed to go to Marcs parents house. Well we cant all fit into Marcs car. So now my dad who is flying in from Charlotte NC after a business thing will pick up Haylie at 11pm tonight and take her home with him. Then tomorrow one of my parents will bring her home. Then on sunday Haylie will go with her dad while the rest of us go up to Marcs parents house for dinner. So luckly we got that all worked out. But once again AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH why is it that when I think I can get ahead I get screwed by a car.

So I was told I was slacking.....

2008-10-03T22:33:00.005-06:00

My answer yea yea deal with it. Its been a little crazy here. We are almost done with softball thank goodness. We have one more game tuesday then that is over. Soccer still goes on for a while. Here are some great pics of Hunter playing soccer.

Life has been good just busy. Between soccer, soccer practice, softball ending, the daycare, achivment days, the twins bus breaking down, and just life being pregnant I haven been on much. I am getting huge and that scares me lol. I am afraid this kid is going to be a big baby but I am hoping I am wrong. I dont know you tell me. You all saw the last picture I posted so here is one I took a few days ago at 28 weeks. (dont mind the huge but it seems to grow as much as the baby does I swear)

So there is what I have been up to. (Are you happy now Jade lol). I will try and get better at updating but like I said dont know how well it will work.

What has happened this past week....

2008-09-15T13:01:00.002-06:00

So its been a busy week for us. Marc has softball Mon, Tues, and Wednesday. Hunter had soccer practice on tuesdays and I had my doctors appointment on friday.
So Marc is doing well with softball. Both teams he is on (one plays mon, wed the other tuesdays) are undefeated so far. He will play again tonight. The team he is on tomorrow if they beat the team they are up against they will have the best reccord. Both teams that play tomorrow are undefeated.
Hunter had his second game of the tournement he is in for soccer on saturday. It was a 1-3 loss for him. He had a hard time playing becuase he was not feeling 100%. Hopefully next game will be better.
I went to the doctor for a regualr checkup on friday. I had to have my glucose test (check for gestational diabetes). They also checked me for chicken pox (all done by blood work both tests) becasue I have never really had them though I was thrown in a bed with my brothers when I was younger and they both had or got them when me and my sister didnt. Well everything went great. I am measuring 26cm which is right were I shouold be. I am weighting right on also. Then today I got a call and I was worried that I failed the glucose test and would have to do the 3 hour test. Nope Everything looked good. I also was told I am immune to the chicken pox woohoo. But thenthe bad news I am anemic (sp). I am now going to have to try and rememeber to take iron pills oh yea.
Haylie and the twins are both doing well. All the kids are just going to school and coming home to play and go to bed.
So that is about were I am in life right now. I will try and update again later.

My big Belly

2008-09-06T14:23:00.003-06:00

Ok so I have decided to finally post a picture of my belly. This is me at 24 weeks. I never got this big with Haylie so its kinda fun to see my belly grow.

UUGGGG

2008-09-03T10:14:00.003-06:00

Ok so this week so far has been a living hell. To start the week out Marc had monday off. Well the boys went downstairs to "play" and when Marc went to check on them they had moved the couches and thrown all the toys all over the whole basement. Marc then notices that one of the older kids has taken a dvd out and not put it back in its case (one of his biggest pet peeves). Well neither of them would confess. He gets mad and goes to go downstairs to work on the computer room. He trips and twist his ankle on the way down the stairs falls and rams his knee into the wall on the landing. Huge hole now. At this point Haylie knows she is in bigger trouble and knows she needs to confess so she does and gets in trouble of course. Marc then spends the next few hours in the computer room getting it taped and ready to mudd.
Ok now on to Tuesday. The day was ok just busy as usual and I had to make a run to American Fork to pick up a shirt for Marc's softball game that night. Well Marc takes Hunter to soccer practice and I was going to meet him at the softball fields because our respite care worker couldnt get here until 7. Well at 7:30 Marc calls and says he needs to go to softball and Hunters soccer practice goes until 8:00. My respite car worker was here so I left to go pick Hunter up from soccer practice and then head to the softball game. Me and the older two kids get to the game and Hunter wants to practice baseball with some other boys there. He asks Marc for the car keys because his glove is in the car. Marc gives him the keys then goes to play softball. Hunter 5 minutes later comes up to me and lets me know he has LOCKED THE KEYS IN THE CAR. UUUUGGGGGG. So I ask Marc when he is coming in from outfield if he has another set at home that I can run and get. Of course he doesnt and blows up because his damn keys are locked in the car. So I get out my dex on the go from the van and $60.00 and 45 minutes later have keys in hand for the car. Hunter is mad because we told him he has to pay the money to get the keys out. So he is all pouty and just not a fun kid to be around. After the game I am holding a friends 3 month old baby while he is smoking and all of a sudden we hear heads up and before I could move here comes a softball straight for me. Luckly Marc was close and caught it before it could hit me or the baby. Then when I go to get the kids in the van Haylie is starting to get in the back and once again we hear heads up and a softball misses Haylie by literally 1 inch and hits the side of my van and leaves a nice little mark.
So that is how my week has gone so far. Not to mention the kids I am watching have been on one and do nothing but fight. One cant stand to let the other touch the chair or the couch or the floor or anything else. The other one has learned his favorite word "mine" uuggg. Everything is his. And they scream and yell and fight over everything because of it.
So basically what I am saying is "Is it saturday yet so I can go on my moms night out before I just loose it all together?"

Its about time

2008-09-01T21:53:00.000-06:00

So I have been told many times by many people to start a blog spot. I am finally doing it. I cant garantee how well I will do keeping it updated but I will definantly try. As of right now life is busy. We are in the middle of adding another room to our basement so we can move all the computer stuff down there. Then I can start decorating the babies room. I still have no idea what I am going to do there. I wanted to do frogs but Marc vetoed that one. He things its just stupid and wimpy.
Hunter is doing great he is very active and in the middle of competition soccer. He has so far been playing in a mexican league (his team is not a mexican team there just playing in that league to get practice). He is doing great at that and is a defender. The only problem we have is he wont practice. He just started 3rd grade and is in Ms. Stowells class. So far he seems to be enjoying it.
Haylie is just Haylie. She is finally riding a bike thank gooodness. She wants to start dance but I just dont have the time to get her into a class and get her there. I will work more on dance for her when sports settles down a little. She also just started 3rd grade and is also in Ms. Stowells class. She loves the 3rd grade and is loving being able to walk to school now instead of ride the bus (they are going to a brand new school 3 blocks away).
Isaac just started the 2nd grade (wow its seems like yesterday he was in preschool). He is still in Sarah H. class and loving her more and more as are Marc and I. He is doing so well in school and right now is keeping all the teachers on there toes trying to see how far he can push them. For some reason he is wanting to figure out how the tv works and will stand there and stare at the tv for a while then look behind it. Its very cute that he is getting curiouse about this type of thing. Hopefully he just doesnt decide to try and take things apart to see how they work.
Jackson is all over the place like usual. He just started 2nd grade and has moved upstairs with the big kids. Its amazing how fast they grow. He is is Markells class this year and from what we hear she is a great teacher. Jackson is pushing his limits to no end with me. He has relised I dont have the energy or the mobility I used to have and has started to take full advantage of it.
Baby Zander is growing bigger by the day. He has decided its great fun to move all night and sleep all day. He also likes to put his feet in my ribs and leave them there. He is right on track for were he should be and will be here in 3 short months. Uuuggg that is not enough time.
Well that is were we are at for now. I will try to keep this updated but like I said its hard. I will try to write once a week but some weeks are better then others.