Crazy Month!

Well, Chad and I took off last weekend and went to Idaho Falls to visit Chad's sister Kristie and her husband Jake and their new baby Mason. He is such a good baby, and they are doing great as new parents. I was telling Chad how impressed I was with Jake as he is so involved in the baby and is such a good help...so seriously good job Jake! And Kristie is a natural! It was a fun break. My parents had the kids and they said that it all went great until they tried to take them to church and bring them into nursery (as nursery leaders is their calling) and then they said it was a bit overwhelming. With 9 am church we have struggled with that same thing and I have recently come to the conclusion that we will make it so sacrament then we will head home (well the boys and I) I wish I could stay but nap time is non negotiable and I just end up in the hall the entire time anyway! Sacrament is our main reason for going right!Chad and Mason.
So this picture has a funny story. I was trying to hold Kyson and take a picture with him while holding the camera. Well, both my hands were in use and right in time, Ky reached up and stuck his fingers into my nose...that is perfect timing!
So I am obsessed with my kids blue eyes and thought I had to put a pic of Kael up...
Cali swimming with Chad, D.J. and Holly and trying to get her to stop being afraid of the water. She was a little fish last summer while we intermittently lived at my parents house and now she is afraid..so this is a brave moment for her!
I told Cali she could pick her favorite picture and this is the one she chose. She said "we have mustache like grampa."

Wake up Time!

So I have found that having a routine is the only way I can survive. We eat at the same time each day, we nap mostly at the same time and I am the boring mom who rarely ventures out because its not worth ruining the routine...and if we do it is the small window between naps! This picture is my favorite part of the routine and it is a picture of Wake up time! If Cali wakes up first as soon as she hears her brothers she loves to run into their room and she climbs up into one of their cribs before I can even get into the room. Then all three jump as high as they can and just giggle. I usually move the odd one out into the play zone crib so they can all jump together for a few minutes. My boys love to jump and this is my favorite part of the day...no crying..all giggles and smiles!...rare.

A Brave Day at the Pool!

So we ventured to the pool today..yes I had help...it was 3 moms to 7 kids, but it seemed like I need 3 moms for my 3 kids alone in a place like that.

This is a pic of Cali and friends playing bunny hop on the chairs.
This is Cali pretending to be asleep.
Cali and Luke posing!
Smile big..Kael isin the back, Kyson has the bottle.