The Pictures...

Here they are... the pics! Marcie did an amazing job! I love how they all turned out! Check out her website here! Dan made all their longboards.

Pics of My Kiddie Ditties!

My cousin just took some amazing pics of the kids...and with their new longboards! I can't wait to see all of them next week. Here is a sneak peak. Thanks Marcie! I love it!

The Latest

Wow...time flies! Ruth is now 4 months old! She is so full of smiles and has laughed a few times. I am loving every minute of my time with her! She is such a good baby! She sleeps through the night and takes good naps during the day. She is a Mommy's girl. She is kind of fussy when I leave her with Hailey or Dan or even my Mom. She is getting close to rolling over. I don't think she will for another month. She hates being on her tummy, but I make her, to help her get stronger. It makes her mad :)

The kids are off track. They are looking forward to next year in school. They can't wait for the pool to open. Hailey met her new teacher, Mrs. Edwards. She is nervous and excited to go to a new school next year as part of the ALPS program. She has a lot of catching up to do this summer, because she will be basically skipping 6th grade math. I'm confident she'll do great, but she is nervous.

Abby was just in her UP WITH KIDS play, The Wonderful Witches of Oz. She had so much fun and we were so impressed with the costumes, music and all the kids who performed!

Hailey is going to be starting soccer this summer. She is so excited for it!

I'm doing my best not to be too stressed out keeping up with it all. I've been especially overwhelmed lately. The kids fight like crazy! One minute they are friends with each other and then the next, they fight like cats and dogs. I know that this is normal, but I hate it! I remember fighting with my brothers constantly!

On my other blog www.happyhealthystuff.com I've been tracking my weight loss. I'm trying to lose about 30 lbs. I hope to get there by Christmas. I want it to be a slow loss, so I don't have to do anything overwhelmingly drastic. My goals are to keep exercising, try to not eat late, cut out all sugar, except special occasions. I have cut back on eating meat and this has helped a ton! Besides I've grown to LOVE beans :) I'm trying to add healthy recipes when I can.

Face painting at my Aunt Teresa's block/neighborhood party in Logan when we visited a few weeks ago for my cousins Mission Farewell.

For about a week, Ruthie was sucking on her thumb constantly. This is a cute pic of that. She stopped and now sucks on her fingers. Hopefully she won't be a long time finger/thumb sucker like ALL of my other kiddo's

One Hawt Head of Hair!

I have to put a plug in for my favorite salon....RADIANCE. I have never liked my hair until I went here. My cousin owns this salon and she is so good at what she does! She studies hair and is so up on all the latest trends and styles. She also has a great eye for what looks good on people. My girls love going to her as well. She is so worth the price you pay for great hair! If you ever decide to check into this WONDERFUL place, let Tammy know I referred you ;)

Here are some pics of my girls and I :) Fun times!

Gotta love the hair "bling". SO CUTE! I got purple...how many 30 year old Mom's of 5 have purple in their hair...yes I'm weird.

Daddy's Blessing

Ruth Leah was blessed March 21, 2010 by her Daddy. It was a beautiful Father's blessing. She was blessed to choose the right, obey her parents. She was blessed to know that her family loves her very much. Daddy blessed us to teach her and guide her. He blessed her to marry well. He blessed her to be healthy. He thanked our Heavenly Father for her.

How grateful I am for my amazing husband that he has the priesthood. I gave a lesson to my Mia Maids on this same Sunday and my lesson was on the Priesthood. What a blessing it was to have prepared for this lesson and have Ruth blessed on this same day. One particular part of the lesson said this; "The Priesthood is a power great enough to control worlds, yet gentle enough to bless a newborn baby."

Below is a picture of Ruth in her lace tights. My Mother in law bought her beautiful dress and these tights were for Dan, so he had something to hold on to, LOL!

Isn't she so pretty?! I love it!

Guilty Pleasures

I have a weakness....

I'm sure you're dying to know what it is...

Teenager Music.....GURL!

I can't help but just LOVE Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez and the like. I have the radio stations plugged into my stereo in the car and on my ipod. "Party in the USA" is seriously, like totally my absolutely fav song right now. How can you not just put your hands up, nod your head, and move your hips to this song?! I can't. Like my brother Shawn says, you have to have some guilty pleasures in life, teeny bopper songs are mine. WURD.

Do you have guilty pleasures when it comes to music? Come on, tell me you love the Backstreet Boys, John Denver, Neil Diamond, or Bruce Springsteen...you know you do.

Roo

Ruth is sprouting before my eyes! This just isn't fair. I can't get the 9 months she's inside me to go fast enough and now I can't get time to slow down. What a sweet, angelic baby! She has been so much fun for all of us! In just the last week, she has offered us a few of her sweet smiles. She smiles the most when she's taking a bath. She loves baths! She opens and shuts her hands, holds her head up, and follows us with her beautiful blue eyes. She is getting used to sleeping in her bed. The last couple of nights, I'm proud to say half of the night she isn't with me, which is wonderful. I love sleeping on my flat (no baby inside, but plenty of chub left) tummy. It's heaven! I love snuggling with my man without a baby between us. It's bliss!

The girls just went back to school after being off track for three weeks and Joe is spoiled being able to hold her all the time. He is such a good big brother and takes such good care of Roo. I'm so blessed!