Winnemucca Sand Dunes!

For Memorial day weekend we went riding in Winnemucca at some sand dunes and had a blast. We met Ryan and Rachel there who came out from Utah and Jasons Parents came out as well. The kids had a blast playing with AJ and Sarah whom they miss teribbly.

Adam going for a ride on the kids quad with daddy!

Wishing he could be one of the big kids and ride by himself.
He loved just sitting on the quad.

After a long day of playing in the sun it sure didn't take hime long to pass out!

What a big boy, he sure takes after his dad.

Adam sure loved playing with Sarah.

Sarah would take his lion and he would take her dolls.

It was sure fun to watch them play together.

Brianna is such a mom. She loved just walking around with Sarah

while she pushed her new dolls in the stoller that she got for her birthday.

AJ pretty muched mastered the quad this trip. He did well riding it all on his own. Here he is taking Mya for a ride.

AJ taking Brianna for a ride.

We got there Thursday night late and set up camp and went to bed.

When the kids got up us up at 6:00am they had a blast walking up the sand dune that was just behind our tent and sliding down it.

And of course Adam trying everything that the girls did.

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Look Ma! No training wheels!

Mya and Brianna decided to learn how to ride their bikes without training wheels. They both did great and picked up on it right away. Mya goes up and over the speed bumps now and goes off the curb and stands up when pedaling. Brianna was the brave one and went over the speed bumps first.

Here's a couple of videos:

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Pictures of Madelyn as Promised

So I promised my sister that I would post more pictures of Madelyn. So here they are. She just had her 4 month check up and she weighs 14lbs. 3oz. and is 23 1/2 inches long. She is our petite little girl and I think its great. I'm really going to miss the baby fase. They grow up way too fast. She loves to sit up and is very alert. She has figured out how to role from her tummy to her back and almost has conquered back to tummy except for that arm that just gets caught.
She is always so happy and smilely.

Day of Fun!

On Saturday we decided to make it a family fun day. We didn't do any work around the house instead we spent the day out with the kids. First we took them to Jasons work for a 10 year anniversary party. They had a bounce house for the kids and a bunch of booths set up. somehow we neglected to get a picture of the kids in the bounce house. They also had a couple fire trucks that came toward the end. Here we are standing in line for the kids to go sit in the fire truck.

Mya is our poser.

They also had a group come out from Sacramento to do some stunt motocross tricks on street bikes. This was very entertaining for Jason and Adam got a kick out of it too. The girls didn't like it because it was LOUD. This is just an example of one of the tricks that they did.

And here is the end result. This guy spun his tires until it blew and he also blew his radiator hose. They just did there stunts up and down the parking lot.

We then took the kids to the circus. One of Jasons clients gave us some tickets for free. I thought it was very entertaining and loved the opportunity to take the kids to it. The Elephants are quite amazing to watch.

The circus just ins't a circus without cotton candy. Adam just loved this. The girls also had snow cones. Lets just say that by the end of the day Mya and Brianna Had a tummy ache from all the sugar. They very rarely get treats like they did

The tigers were quite entertaining. Or as Adam says "giger". Such amazing animals.

Recent Events!

Yesterday my family stopped in for breakfast on there way to Provo. My not so little brother will be entering the MTC on Wednesday serving in the Mexico Guadalajara South Mission. It is always so hard to say goodbye for two years buy I know he is on the Lords errand.

Adam is quite the curious little boy and wants to experience everything. Especially when it comes to shaving like daddy.

Once again Adam also loves his baby sister Madelyn. Loves to hold her, lay down next to her and even sometimes sit on her. Luckily that doesn't happen all that often.

The girls love to help me clean the bathrooms. Hopefully this continues when they get older because I despise cleaning the bathrooms. Here they are cleaning there bathtub. Adam saw what they were doing and quickly ran to the kitchen to get a washcloth.

About a week ago Mya lost her first tooth. It had been loose for a couple of weeks and it finally got to the point where it was more of annusance for her and she let me pull it out. When she first discovered her loose tooth she came to me with Crocodile tears saying "Mommy my tooth is loose" I just had to laugh. I quickly consoled her and told her about the tooth fairy. She then became really excited. Her new nickname is toothless.

Happy Birthday Brianna!

Yesterday was Brianna's birthday. She turned 4 years old. We can hardly believe how fast time flies, and how big she is getting. Everything for her is Princess right now. So the theme for her little party was Princess. We just held a little family party for her after church. We took her out shopping on Saturday to let her choose the things she wanted.


Notice the Barbie. I made her a Barbie cake. The cake is the dress part. It didn't quite turn out like the picture but hey it was my first try. To me it looked more like a pink Volcano with a Barbie sticking out of the middle.

Here is the finished product of her Barbie cake. It was a complete surprise for her wich was probably the best part. Notice the Princess crown, with earings and a ring, and a Princess watch. That is what she chose for her presents.

My Mom and Mikey came for a quick visit on Friday afternoon. My Dad was unable to be there but we still had a great time with them. Brianna got to open her present from them. She has wanted skate shoes since Mya got some for Christmas so she got a pair from Grandma, Grandpa and mikey. Thanks for coming we enjoyed the time spent even though it was short.

Christmas 2008

We were lucky too be able to travel back to California to spend time with family. We spent a total of 9 days their for Christmas. Everyone was there from both families and we had a great time. The kids had a great time playing with there cousins and it was so nice for me too continue to recover.

Here's Mya, Brianna and Adam after opening the traditional Christmas Pajamas on Christmas Eve.

We had the great opportunity of blessing Mady while there for Christmas. It was great for us to be able to have all of our family there. Including my youngest brother Mikey and Jasons youngest brother Jared. They will both be leaving on missions in 2009.

Here is our latest family picture.

Update

Sorry for not posting for a long time. I'm beginning to realize how little time I have to myself to do things. So here's an update on each of us starting with the oldest ( I guess thats me).

I spend my days cleaning, vacumming, doing laundry, doing dishes, breaking up fights, feeding a hungry baby every 2-3 hours, trying to keep my kids from killing each other, making dinner etc... By 7:30 we're reading scriptures, saying a family prayer and the girls are in bed. Then I feel like I can finally relax a little. Adam stays up with Jason and I so he can have some alone time too wrestle with dad. I'm recovering well from the horrific experience with the birth of Madelyn. But have another surgery Next Monday the 2nd to have the stent removed.


Jason is gone most of the day at work. I'vebeen lucky to be able to have him here in the morning to help get the kids breakfast so I can sleep in a little longer. He gets home about 7:30pm. He is looking for another Job right now due to hours being cut back at work. (no its not because of the economy either) He's been a great help with the kids.

Mya is now in CTR 6 in Primary and loves being the big sister. She recently gave a talk in Primary and did great. She is a very shy girl in large crowds and is also very very sensetive. So therefore we have lots of crying and whining associated with Drama in ours house. Between Mya and Brianna they cry and whine more that Adam does. She was so excited at Christmas when she opened up Heely's that she's been begging for. (Here she is opening up her heely's)

Brianna is now in Sunbeams and she is finally loving it. Her first sunday in sunbeams she cried and wanted to go to nursery. By the next week the Primary presidency was telling me that she will be fine in primary. I got too experience how Brianna is in Primary when I was there too help Mya with her talk. She has a comment for everything, and talks all the time. We now are trying to teach her to raise her hand and wait till she is called on. She asks every sunday if she can give a talk. Here she is just after she opened up her motorcycle helmet at Christmas. So now she and Mya have a helmet to go with there quad they got for last Christmas.

Adam is such a lover boy. He loves Nursery and doesn't every want to leave. He is finally learning more words although he still doesn't talk very much. His big thing now is too yell to get attention. He loves to chase Mya and Brianna all day long. He also loves to hold Mady. He does really well with her. He tries to sit on her every once in a while but for the most part he is pretty soft with her. Thanks goodness. That was my big concern.

Madelyn is such a sweet baby. She is happy and patient (thank heavens for that). She is a great sleeper at night too. She goes 6 hours on an average at night between feedings. She is awake alot more and smiles alot. Although she does look alot like Brianna did as a baby she definately doesn't have Briannas temperment. We are very grateful for that. We love Brianna but one of her is enough.

Our Funny Boy!

So I've been telling my family for a while that I would be posting this so after a month of not posting I'm finally getting around to it. Here's the story. A couple months back Brianna was pretty sick with the stomach flu, and after she had thrown up I had to give her a bath. Meanwhile Adam comes in saying Baba (Bath in his language). I was telling him that he couldn't because Brianna was sick and she needed to be alone this time. I then had to go get the shampoo from the other bathroom to wash Brianna and this is what I found when I returned about 30 seconds later.

I just love the inocent look on his face. Like he's saying "what did I do?" I guess thats what I get when I try to tell him no.