Finally My Mothers Day 2009

These are the kids that call me Mom. They are a great bunch with their own distinct personalities. I love them completely and would do anything for them. In the 7 years of being a mom I have dealt with every possible emotion imaginable about being a mom and have learned a ton. Some things I would like to forget and others I wish I could relive many times. I am so grateful to be a mom.

I received 2 bouquet's of flowers. One from Nathan and one from Preston. You can decide which is which. Nathan also made me a really cute card at school. The kids bought me presents at the $ store. Nathan bought me a fly swatter and a toy baton that he said is my magic wand. If they are not behaving I can wave it and say "Be Good" and they have to. I haven't used it yet, but I am curious if it works. Taylor bought me a pillow for the bath tub and a squeeze toy.

Our young women had a fundraiser and made corsages. Preston bought one for Taylor and one for me. She is showing them off.

Taylor and I modeling them before church. Nathan took the picture I think he did a pretty good job. I had a great mothers day. Preston made me breakfast (omeletes, bacon and orange julius) I got a nap after church and then we went to my Mom's to celebrate with the whole family. Happy belated Mothers Day to all my women friends whether you are a biological mother or a mother by heart.

Who needs a dog?

When you have a crawler in the house that likes to knock over the garbage.Then beg for scraps underneath the table.


The bonus is that this dog doesn't shed considering there is NO hair to shed.

Picnics and Gymnastics

I think we have started a new tradition. In the past week I have had 4 picnics with Natalie and Taylor in the middle of my family room. It started last Tuesday, Taylor asked me about 2:00 in the afternoon if we could have a picnic in the house. I agreed, but since we had already had lunch all we ate was an orange. To Taylor if was AWESOME to eat on a blanket in the middle of the floor. We have done it a few other times before, mostly when it has rained and so we couldn't go to the park. Now it is better to do it inside where the AC and fans are. I didn't realize it was going to be a new thing we did almost daily until the next day came. Taylor asked again if we could have a picnic. This time we hadn't had lunch yet so we ate cheese crisps and of course an orange. Every picnic since has been different main meals but we ALWAYS have to eat an orange too. I better make sure we have some in the house at all times.

The girls enjoying one of the picnics, notice the orange by Natalie's foot. Also Taylor thinks it is hilarious to make a goofy face like going cross eyed in almost every picture I take of her. It is hard to get a normal picture of her.

Taylor started a beginning gymnastics class last Friday. It is for kids ages 3-5. They pretty much just do an obstacle course over and over again where they jump over things, jump on a mini trampoline, roll down things, walk across a balance beam and overall have a lot of fun. The instructor does a really good job with the kids and helps teach them how to interact with each other in a polite and appropriate way while sharing and taking turns.

Family Resemblance

We have a pet turtle that came with our house. It is the least maintenace pet in the world. When we bought our house 9 years ago the previous owners said they had a turtle but they thought the neighbor kids took it. Well turned out the turtle was just hibernating for the winter and when we were doing yardwork in the spring time this turtle came out of the bushes. He comes out every once in a while (mostly after it rains or the sprinklers have been on) Sometimes during the summer I put a dish with water in it so he can cool down. Other than that we don't do anything. He just eats the bugs and plants in our backyard. Many of you probably didn't even know we had a pet turtle.

This is just a cute picture of Natalie in her trying to crawl pose. She is so close to doing it.