Tagged

This was enlightening and very funny. Thanks for tagging us Isaac and Erika.

1. What is something mom always says to you? Don't eat your shirt.

2. What makes mom happy? When I don't eat my shirt or take my shoes off.
3. What makes mom sad? When I eat my shirt and take my shoes off.

4. How does mom make you laugh? By saying funny questions.

5. What was your mom like as a child? A baby.

6. How old is your mom? 26 (thanks for knocking 2 years off)

7. How tall is your mom? 21

8. What is her favorite thing to do? Play with me.

9. What does your mom do when you're not around? Yell for me.

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? It will be for your baby.

11. What is your mom really good at? Loading the washer and dryer.
12. What is your mom not very good at? Giving me things that I want.

13. What does your mom do for her job? Load the dishes and the washer and dryer.

14. What is your mom's favorite food? Sandwiches.

15. What makes you proud of your mom? When we play games together.

16. If your mom was a cartoon character who would she be? I don't know.

17. What do you and your mom do together? We play games, and read books, we do lots of kinds of things together.

18. How are you and your mom the same? We both have feet.

19. How are you and your mom different? Our hair aren't the same.

20. How do you know your mom loves you? Because we do lots of fun things together.

I am glad that Jacob thinks we do lots of fun things together. I try. I guess we will tag Alyssa.

Camping Trip

We went on a spur of the moment camping trip this last weekend. Randy called me on Friday morning and said he wanted to go camping. I wasn't really excited about the idea, I had things I wanted to get done over the weekend. But, I went along with it because I thought it would be fun for the boys. Randy's brother Jason and his family went with us. It turned out to be a fun adventure. We found a great, although a little primitive (no bathroom), camping spot. We roasted hot dogs for dinner. That is really the best way to eat a hot dog. We also had yummy s'mores. Needless to say, we used a lot of wipes. The kids had a blast with their cousins. Adam did really good. I carried him in a sling and he just slept. At night we bundled him up and he slept in his car seat. I couldn't believe how cold it got at night. I had a hard time sleeping because I was so cold. It is the middle of June for goodness sakes. Luckily the kids seemed to be warm enough, at least they didn't complain.

Nathan and Alayna, cheesy kids
Isaac and Jacob

On Saturday morning we enjoyed a pancake and bacon breakfast and the packed up. We wanted to go fishing, but we had a hard time finding a lake that wasn't frozen over or that had a shore that wasn't covered in snow or mud. We did finally find a nice spot a Trial Lake. Jacob caught his first ever fish. We go fishing all the time at The Cove, but he has never caught a fish on his own. Jason talked him into kissing it, he said, "It is very slimy." Then Alayna wanted to kiss it too, apparently she thinks it is fun to kiss fish. Nathan had to follow along. Anyone who has ever kissed Nathan knows that he likes use his tung, kissing a fish was no different. You might want to think twice if he ever wants to kiss you. Jacob ended up catching another fish before we left and Isaac caught one. We had a lot of fun. I am really glad that we went, even though we didn't get any work done a home. My honey-do list is getting longer and longer.

Randy with Jacob and his first fish

Jacob and Isaac fishing

Joy School Graduation and The Best Present I Ever Got

Okay, I am a little behind in writing this post, but hey, I am a busy mom of three, I do what I can. A week and a half ago, on May 29, we had Jacob's Joy School Graduation. For those of you who don't know what Joy School is, it is basically a home school preschool. It focuses more on, well, teaching our children joy, than anything academic. It is a really cute program and we had a lot of fun with it this year. We had a little graduation ceremony in my friends back yard, complete with mortar boards and diplomas. It was just a short program, the kids sang some songs and we talked about some of the fun things we did during the year. My favorite part was that Jacob buttoned his own shirt. He missed a button and it was like that the whole evening. These kids are so cute. We are going to miss Joy School, especially the part where Jacob got to go do something for two and half hours twice a week.

Our Joy School Class-Emily, Sonia, Makailey, and Jacob

I have the most wonderful Husband in the whole world. He is so kind and thoughtful. I love him so much. Ever since we moved into our house five years ago I have wanted a new washer and dryer. We got our washer and dryer for free from Randy's great uncle Everett. They weren't a matching set and they were very clunky, but they got our clothes clean. But, every time I have done laundry for the last five years I have secretly hoped this would be the time the washing machine spins itself to death. I was very close to buying myself a new set when my fridge broke and I had to buy a new fridge. Then Randy had to get dental work done, which cost as much as the new fridge. Then the water heater broke. My hopes of getting a new washer and dryer went down the drain. Well, Randy got a little bonus at work and the first thing he did was surprise me with a new LG front loading washer and dryer. I got them last week. They are beautiful. I love them. They are so quiet, and they don't use a lot of water or laundry detergent. And, they provide hours, okay, minutes, of entertainment to my little boys who think it is cool to watch their cloths being washed. I do have to admit that even with a beautiful new washer and dryer doing laundry is still, well, doing laundry. Too bad it doesn't fold the cloths too. That would be something. Randy also bough himself something with his bonus. A new flat screen HD TV. It is really nice. The picture we get is incredible, and it is just hooked up to an antenna in the attic. Our old TV was a hand me down from Randy's grandparents. It was almost dead so they got a new one and since we didn't have one we took it. That was also five years ago. I think he felt the same way about the TV that I felt about the washer and dryer, just hoping it would die so we could get a new one. So, now I feel like we have taken another step into the 21st century with these fancy new things. I am so grateful for the things we were given and they lasted so long. But I am also grateful that we are doing well enough that we can take a step up from hand me downs.
Last thing, Adam is now two months old. Isn't he cute. They change so fast. He weighs 10 lbs now, and he is just starting to smile. We all love him a lot.