My 100th Post!

Well it only took just over a year to reach my 100th post and it is going to be all about my favorite little man, Brock! Brock has taken up an addiction to reading. There are a lot worse things you could be addicted to so I think I am ok with it. He has been reading at night with a little book light. He was using mine but ran the batteries dead and so we got him his own for Valentines day that uses rechargeable batteries.

He read Around the World in 80 Days in 3 nights and has also finished Swiss Family Robinson and is almost done with Robin Hood. Yes he is reading an abridged version. He had been reading for about 3 to 4 hours a night! We have had multiple discussions on setting limits especially on school nights. Jason claims I have no one to blame but myself considering when I start a book that is really good I can't put it down either and will read until the wee hours of the morning.

Here are some pictures of my book worm:

We Are Having a Baby. . .

Girl! We had our ultra sound today and we are having a healthy baby girl around the 11th of July. Brock's thoughts: "Dad we are really out numbered!"
Jason's thoughts: "I can't buy a gun to protect all these girls because I might use it on myself." (of course he was kidding)
Nicole's thoughts: "I did not sign up for this."
Mikele's thoughts: "Rachel is a really cute name" (Earlier today she was suggesting Terance or Cooper. That was before we new it was a girl)
Kassie's thoughts: "I have a baby in my tummy too!"

We didn't get very good pictures. These are obviously legs and feet.

"Big & Lil" Sister

For Valentines Day I found these cute necklaces that I had to get for Mikele and Kassie! With Brock is school all day, Mikele and Kassie have started to play more together. They both have strong personalities so it is not without confrontation but they are becoming better friends and playmates.



It is hard to read their necklaces but Mikele's says "Big Sister" and Kassie's says "Lil Sister." Also if you click on the photo it will get bigger and it is easier to read.

Humm?

Well I am going to let this photo speak for itself.

When she was looking in the carton at the milk she was saying, "I can see it!" She loves her milk! (her eye is pressed to the top of the carton)

My Kids Are Ready For Spring!

So it was actually kind of nice outside. You still needed gloves and coats but a lot of the snow had melted so my kids played outside on the swing set after school today. I think my kids have spring fever! Then again so do I!



Don't worry, the ground is covered with snow again!

Happy Birthday Jason!

Yesterday was Jason's 33rd birthday. I hope he had a good day. Kassie and I took balloons and Vienna Finger cookies (his favorite) to him at work. She was really funny about it. She really wanted to get him balloons and then as soon as we got them all she could say was "share?" When we dropped them off she handed him the bouquet of balloons and immediately asked for one. Then she informed him he needed to share.

We had lasagna and garlic bread for dinner (no vegetables it was Jason's birthday). Then Jason blew out his candles, opened presents and we had chocolate cake and ice cream. After the kids went to bed we relaxed watching one of his favorite shows NCIS, looked at some houses online and went to bed. Pretty low key but that is what you get on a school night.

One geek gift. He wanted this little jewel to hold his iphone while driving. It attaches to the vent in the jeep so it is sitting right there next to him and easily accessible.

Oh baby! Jason wanted and received a waterproof jacket. All of his jackets are great if it is not raining. Otherwise he is soaked.

Kassie always says, "Happy To You!" It is really cute so I don't know that we will work on adding the "birthday" part.

Well, I hope he had a good day. I sure do love this wonderful man of mine!

Say Good Bye To January!

Well as we wish farewell to another month all I have to say is good reddens! January has consisted of:

1. Potty Training (still a work in progress. Kassie does great if it doesn't involve poop!)

2. Sick kids: Kassie has had a cold/soar throat/stuffy nose/fever and a ear ache. Mikele and I caught the same cold and I lost my voice at my Album Retreat.

3. Cold and Snow: We have had plenty of snow and freezing weather. We even enjoyed a good week of "Red Air" days caused by the inversion. (That would be when the cold air gets trapped between the mountains and hot air is above it keeping it trapped. The air then fills up with pollution and it is murky and bad to breath.)

4. Lots of showings but no takers. Although the traffic has picked up on showing our house we haven't got any offers yet.

Well after all that whining I did get away to my scrapbook retreat which was GREAT! A good post must have pictures and I only took 5 pictures this whole month. Not a lot of picture worthy events.

Kassie has a chocolate Oreo covered face. It is her treat of choice when she goes to the bathroom. I don't mind because she is happy to share if I go potty too. In fact the night this picture was taken Jason got in on the action as well and got a cookie.

It is a good thing 2 year-old are so cute or they wouldn't make it! Actually I really like kids when they are 2. They are full of fun antics and curious about everything.

Brock's friend brought over the game "Zoo Tycoon" well I don't know if I should thank him or curse him because EVERYONE in my house who can use a computer is addicted. Jason and I lost track of time and stayed up until as late as 3:00 am playing. The addiction is contagious because we shared the game with my brother Calvin and he was up until 6:00 AM playing!

Kassie fell asleep at the table after church last week. I guess she takes after Mikele. Those two can fall asleep anywhere! She is so sweet and peaceful when she is sleeping.

This last picture I am pretty proud of! I was putting a layout together for my classes this month and Kassie was very interested. She even helped me sponge some of the pieces. I love that my girls like scrapbooking with me. It is fun to have them involved.

2009 Came in with a ROAR!

What a crazy couple of weeks. We started the month off with potty training! I have potty trained all of my kids the week after Christmas because I am home I don't have car pool and usually we are done traveling for the holidays. Kassie started off really well and then we experienced major constipation! It was brutal! But thanks to a little product called MiraLAX she is doing better. She will only go on the regular toilet which is great not to have to clean out the little potty but she also wants company every time she goes. She isn't having any accidents but a lot of false alarms. She even stays dry through her naps and the night Then poor Kassie caught a bad cough and cold and is just not feeling well. So today we are hanging out at home while Jason, Brock and Mikele are at church.
Brock is back in school and loving it! I was able to go help his class make brownies on Friday. We had such a fun time. Brock is just a great kid. He says the funniest things too! Before Christmas he told Jason that he .needed to talk to him privately. He was so excited about this great idea he had. He told Jason, "Dad you need to go to "Jared's" and buy mom a bracelet or necklace!" If you are not from Utah this might not make sense but "Jared's" is a jewelry store and their advertising slogan is "he went to Jared's." Brock was so excited about this amazing idea!
Mikele is also very excited to be back in preschool. She is zipping through their reading program. I am so proud of her. The teachers think she is great because she is friends with everyone and is so easy going. She got knocked down at school and the teachers expected her to cry or get upset. She just got up and continued with what she was doing. She is full of life and energy and is my big helper. She has her "mom voice" already. Watch out! The other day she chastized Brock. This is what she said, "Brock does it look like you cleared your plate and glass from the table? No, so get down here and fix it."
Well there is a little update from our neck of the woods. I don't even have any pictures to post because I haven't taken any. I will be better with that!

Christmas

Well it is amazing. Every time I get my blog caught up I turn around and I am behind again. So after enjoying reading about all of my friend's holidays, I decided it was time to get my pictures posted.

We decided to go to Rexburg to Jason's Mom's house for Christmas to that we could see Heather and Andrew and Jon and Daryn (sorry you two couldn't make it because of the weather). The kids were especially excited to play with Heather and Andrew and Mikele needed her "Buddy" fix (Uncle James is so great with her!) We had a great time relaxing, eating and enjoying everyone's company.

On the way home we went through Brigham City and met up with all of my family for a yummy dinner at Maddox. It was so good! Thank you Grandpa and Grandma Hobbs. The roads were not that bad just slushy and any time someone passed us on the freeway our windshield would get sprayed with dirty snow. The wipers were not working that great so we planned to pick new ones up after dinner. Well about 10 miles outside of Brigham one of the wipers popped off and so we had no wiper services the rest of the way. Brock was convinced we were going to crash because we really could not see out the front window. It is all about the memories!

So you have to love the print on Grammy's new office chair. Mikele picked it out. Jason tried to get the boring black chair but after Mikele burst into tears declaring that the black one was boring and that Grammy needed the pretty flower chair Jason gave in. At least Grammy will always think of Mikele when she sits in her chair!


Kassie was all about the unwrapping. She was excited about what was inside too but she quickly moved on to the next gift that needed to be unwrapped!


Heather is pretty popular at our house. We were glad we were able to spend some time with all of you!

So Santa was sure to bring Jason and Brock legos. As my sister-in-law said, "Who doesn't like legos?" Brock got the castle with the good guys and Jason got the troll war ship or in other words the bad guys. They had a nice little war after they finished constructing there sets.

Santa

So we did are traditional trip to the mall. Kassie still not a big fan of Santa. Then on then on the Tuesday before Christmas, Santa made an unexpected visit. I answered the door and with his robust "Ho Ho Ho" Santa startled me. He thought it was pretty funny.