The Hair

We have been growing Kendra's hair out for quite some time now. It has gotten really long and dark! Somedays we want to cut it all off but for the most part we love being able to do lots of fun things with it. One of my favorite websites is www.girlydos.blogspot.com She always has really great ideas and shows you all of the steps too. This one is the beach hairdo. She looked like she was ready for a sunset wedding on the beach with this one.


This hairdo is my ultimate favorite. I remember my mom doing this to my hair when I was a little girl. I call it the princess braid, or the crown because it goes all of the way around. You can actually pull this hairdo off without very long hair but since Kendra's is so long it turns out really nicely. And of course, she always has to have that flower in her hair too top it off




I know that short hair is so cute and so many times I have been this close to getting it cut off, but I always seem to talk myself out of it. She will have plenty of time to have short hair, for now we are loving it long.

Catch Up

I have been meaning to post some pictures for a while now but just haven't been able to find the time or the energy. A couple of weeks ago we went golfing for family home evening. The kids had a blast and I learned that I am NOT a golfer.

I call this my picture of my GAP kids. I didn't even ask them to pose. I was sitting down on the grass with Preston and told them to look at me and this is the picture that I caught. These two are too funny!

Preston really suprised me by actually staying INSIDE the golf cart. He loved it and had a blast pretending like he was driving.

We let the kids golf on every other hole. Kendra had to use Ethan's clubs so it was a little hard because they were so short but Josh tried to help.


Ethan did great, of course, he is such a natural. He hit the ball better than me and he is only 4! The funny thing was that I went home so frustrated and ready to never golf again, but by the next day I was calling Josh and telling him that we needed to get a babysitter so that the two of us could go golfing so that he could teach me. It is just one of those sports where there is ALWAYS room for improvement.

Spilling the Beans

Just thought that I would let everyone know, Josh and I are expecting our fourth child. I am due Febuary 15th so I have a ways to go. We are all very excited, especially Kendra. The fam is hoping for a girl, but I want another boy. I didn't think that I would ever say that, but I would love another boy. I have been sick the last couple of days so I am sure that I have about six weeks of morning sickness ahead of me, jut once couldn't I have gone without it! Other than that I feel good, just really tired. Josh thinks that I am pretty crazy for wanting to go to bed at 9:00 every night, but I just can't even keep my eyes open. I will keep ya posted and maybe, just maybe post a picture or two of my growing belly, (so much for loosing weight huh?)

Daddy

I know that I am a day late, but what the hey. We had a great Father's day! I got up early and made a nice big breakfast. This is pretty much a Sunday tradition in our family, (at least it is when we go to church at 1:00pm.) I let Josh sleep, but Preston woke him up with his wonderful screaming. We played Old Maid with the kids and just enjoyed eachother. After church we had Kevin and Mandy over and we ate a delicious dinner and then played games. Kendra and Ethan hadn't seen their friends Eli and Owen in a very long time and were SO excited. They had a blast and I don't remember any of them crying and I only found about three water spots throughout the house.

Now to talk about my hubby, I am lucky to have a husband that does so much! Josh is a great dad and has come A VERY LONG way in the last 7 1/2 years. Josh is always willing to help me out around the house, he rarely complains, he is a great cook, he is a pretty good Mr. Fix-it. What is really great about Josh is that he understands that his role as a father is the number one job in his entire life. He honors his priesthood and leads our family. He knows that his responsibility is to provide for his family and not just monetarily but is so many other ways. I am eternally thankful to have Josh as the father of my children.

I have to add that I was raised by a great father also! I wish I had a picture of him to put on here, but I don't. When I think of my childhood my memories are filled with thoughts of my family. My mother, my father, my siblings and extended family. My family was the center of my life and always has been. My dad is a great teacher and I distinctly remember many long talks with him. He taught me to work hard, to love the Lord, and to love and cherish my family, he is always encouraging and tries to see things from another's perspective. My dad was gone a lot when I was young, he worked A LOT of hours. But I have never doubted his love for me or how much he always WANTED to be with his children. I know that he worked hard in order to provide for us and he too understands his eternal role as a father.

I am grateful to have two wonderful father's in my life and I thank them for all of the love and support that they give me in ALL that I do.

Picture time

Preston is ushually nothing but trouble. Ethan was so sweet and cuddly and content to just sit most of the time. NOT PRESTON! This is him with the treasure that he found in the garbage. I KNOW, GROSS! I had just shared this yogurt with him and then threw it away. Well, apparently he wasn't done, he walked right over and while I wasn't looking made a mess with what was left which, thank goodness, wasn't very much. If you can tell, he also smeared it all over the dishwasher and in his hair too.

Ethan's favorite way to watch TV. He likes to think that he is a monkey, he is so silly.

Aren't they so adorable. I fell in love with these outfits and HAD to have them. I didn't get them in the picture, but the have cute matching brown leather sandels too.

ATTACK DAD!!!

It has been a while since I posted any pictures on here so I thought that I better get with it. Tomorrow Josh and I are speaking in church, didn't I JUST do that? So yeah we have had a super busy week and we speak tomorrow on top of it. Doesn't it always work out that way? Right now I am simply procrastinating, my very favorite thing to do.

On another note, I have also started working out. I have been needing to get my butt in gear for quite some time, but just hadn't quite made it that far yet. Sara, the girl that I carpool with, offered to give me her eliptical as she had gotten a treadclimber for christmas so I was pumped, it is my favorite machine! So I have been getting up early, and then also getting on it in the evening after the kids are asleep. It has been good for me and I feel like I have more energy during the day. I hope that I can keep it up, when I build up a little stamina and don't look so pathetic I am going to start running in the morning. I saw an old friend of mine last Sunday and she looked AMAZING! And she just had a baby about 5 months ago. She has totally inspired me, yes Emily, I think that you are awesome. She works out and eats healthy and I am totally jealous :) So I am on a mission to get in better shape. I am determined to loose a few pounds before Josh and I have another baby, so I would say that is pretty big motivation. Well, I hope that everyone is enjoying the summer, even though it has been in the sixties and rainy here for weeks!

Summer, Summer, Summer

I don't really have anything that I wanted to share but I thought I would wish everyone a happy summer. Last week Ethan Graduated from preschool. He was very excited to graduate and we'll see how busy he keeps himself this summer. One of his preschool teachers had been very attatched to Ethan and had a really hard time saying goodbye to him. Miss Melanie was her name and her husband was actually Josh's 6th grade teacher. Kendra is in her last week of school and will be done on Friday. The kids are very happy that summer is almost here and Kendra keeps chanting, "Summer, summer, summer" apparently it is from High School Musical 2. I am just hoping that the kids don't drive Josh CRAZY this summer. I am going to try and have activities ready for them to do, I know that it is going to be so hard for me to be working while they are at home. It isn't so bad when they are gone at school all day, but now they will be home and I won't get to take them swimming and to the park and all of the fun stuff that we would normally fill our hot summer days with. Oh well, someday Josh will be done with school and then I will never have to work again. (That is what I keep telling myself at least.) If anyone has any good summer activites that I can prepare ahead of time for the kids to do at home I would appreciate any ideas.

The dentist

So after ten years I finally got my wisdom teeth pulled yesterday. In high school I was suppossed to get them pulled and then my parents were switching insurance and jobs and then pretty soon I was pregnant and married. After that we were the ones switching insurance and jobs and not having any money. Well we finally bit the bullet and I got them pulled. I did it yesterday because of the holiday weekend so that I would have more time to recouperate without missing work. They put me under and that had to be the greatest thing ever. Even the IV didn't hurt! Every time I have a baby they just about kill my arm and hands trying to get an IV in me. Well apparently the needle was MUCH smaller and I seriously didn't even know that she had put it in. I had a hard time waking up after they were done and I was dizzy most of the day yesterday but the teeth themselves came right out without any problems and I feel pretty good. I thought since we had put this off for so long that they would be bad, but they wern't at all, what a relief! My mom came over last night while Josh worked and that was wonderful. Just having her here helped me a lot and she even cooked, did the dishes, and started laundry for me, I LOVE THAT! Thanks mom! I don't know if it was because Grandma Card was over but the kids were going CRAZY. I don't think I had seen them like that in a long time, but it could also be because of the rain. It has been raining here for about four days and it is suppossed to keep raining for about three more or so. I LOVE IT!!! It is coming at the perfect time of the year too. So we will be busy spending our holiday weekend doing NOTHING and hopefully healing fast!