What is that?

So, the other day Coby says:
"Babe, do you know what this stuff is on the floor of the garage?"
I said:
"Nope..." "Boys, does anyone know what this is, did someone spill something in here?"
(I really didn't expect a logical or honest response from 2, 4, and 5 year olds...)
But, Quint shrugged up his shoulders and with a no nonsense tone he said:
"Yeah, I peed on the tire..."

(Duh...)


Preface:
Yes, I have had my boys pee on the tire in a parking lot, on occasion, after I had packed all 4 young kids back into the car from being in the store too long, and then one says, "I have to pee!"

So, of course, I was laughing hysterically, and Coby looked on confused and disgusted.

Daddys vacay with baby girl

I finally got the rest of our pics from our Florida Trip put on the computer!

Pensacola, Florida

Coby had the opportunity to attend a Physical Therapy Summit (Training Conference) in Florida this last weekend and he invited Berklie and me to go with him, and when I said I couldn't leave the boys he told me he'd already talked to his parents about taking care of them in Denver... wow! We are so grateful to Coby's mom and dad for taking such good care of the boys while we were on this trip... (except it made them not want to come home with us after! they absolutely loved it there!)

We stayed in a hotel right on the beach, I mean literally we walked out of our hotel, across the HUGE pool area and onto the beach...barefoot! It was awesome!
Berklie loved the Beach, she was just so content and happy... and ate her fair share of sand!

She also did awesome on the plane... she didn't really sit in this chair, except to wait for takeoff, (everyseat was full) and we just loved to have time to just hold her... that doesn't happen too much during the day around our house!

Beach Baby

Berklie's first Day on the Beach

I look Forward to this day

every 3 HUNDRED and 64 days of the year.

It's the ONLY day, I don't feel guilty for anyone in my family doing something for me.

(don't get me wrong, I couldn't do this whole Motherhood thing with 4 little ones, if it weren't for Coby, and he takes good care of all of us. and my kids, are awesome... they all do stuff all the time for me to try to alleviate the heavy pressure of being mom, however, on Mothers day, I don't feel guilty for letting them do it (It = dishes, diapers, or any dirty work.)

"The easiest part of being a mother is giving birth.

The hardest part is showing up for it each day."

February 7th brought Blessings and SuperBowl Sunday, Aren't they the same?

THANK YOU to all of our awesome family that came from far away to celebrate this beautiful day with us... and THANK YOU Kacey for the beautiful cake! and to Gramsy Lynette for the yummy soup (for the superbowl bash) and desserts (for both parties), and if you click on the layouts you'll see everything she did, ie: dress! We know we are so blessed to have had you all here!

This is our second Blessing that fell on SuperBowl Sunday... so you'd think that we believe they're both ranked as blessings....

"The Easter Rabbit and the Res-er-ekson"

Wait... I don't get it... Don't worry, there's gonna be a bunny...

Our Easter FHE.

During the lesson- they all were nodding their heads, like they already know all about it...

Then all of a sudden the light went on...

Quint: "wait! so Jesus is ALIVE!?"

Keedon: "well, where is he!?"

Cambel: "Candy in da eggs!"

Exactly. Makes sense doesn't it?

(Kendra, up top is our Easter Pic attempt, after about 800 shots)

(for some reason, our boys have always called it the "easter rabbit"... hmmmm..)

He'll never look his age, but acts it!

He Turned 4, can you believe it! He has always been our kid with the biggest and most articulate vernacular, and now he cracks me up all the time!

Happy Birthday to the most possitive, funnest and happiest little blonde boy in our family!

We love you sooooo sooo much Quint and if I could wish anything for you,

it would be that your light never dims.

You brighten our lives and think everything is fun...

4 Things We LOVE about you

1) You always laugh, always. You even laugh when you're in trouble. You have the biggest brightest smile, and you smile and shrug your shoulders up when you don't understand something.... or you're being mischevious.

2) You are so good to share, if someone wants something, you ALWAYS share.

3) You are such a good listener... in fact you even, always ask if I think you're being a good listener today... "am I listening today, mom?"

4) You love to make people happy, and you love to be in the spotlight.

For his "Family" Birthday dinner he requested pizza and Fries. (so we had lunch at McDonalds)

and a Pizza dinner at home with a

PIRATE PARTY

which is what he's been asking for since his last Birthday!

(Thank you Kacey for making his Birthday cake!)

Where a kid can be a kid

The boys had their first "Friend" Birthday Party.

We combined their friend party because they have mostly the same friends at this age (4 and 5).

They chose Chuck E. Cheese... so fun.

My mom came out and helped with everything and they loved it, they thought it was a party all weekend! Thanks mom! They got presents in the mail from Grams and Poppy, Aunt Cristy and Cassy, Grandpa George and Grammy and Nanna and Macey, Connor, Jolie and Tanner and Ava... Thank you all for making their Birthdays so fun and exciting! They love getting stuff in the mail!

I tried squishin him down...

But, the bugger just kept growning! I can't believe he's 5 already!

Happy Birthday to the Best Big Brother, Oldest Son, Funny Boy, Loyal Friend

and smartest 5 year old!

5 Things about Keedon (that we love!)

1)He organizes his toys and keeps them well hidden (sometimes in his footed

jammies, that he has on!)

2)He's very technical. ("you forgot the outline, mom, but, that's ok")

3) He's a very hands on learner (I explain something a thousand times over, but, as soon as he does it, or sees me do it, he will then explain it to me, as if he just discovered something I didn't know!)

4) He's always been the compassionate one (He is his brother's and sister' keeper... too much so sometimes)

5) His reward and punishment is TIME. (loves having dude time with mom and dad, watching football, is his favorite...and he can't stand being ignored or disappoint us.)

and a bonus:

He still has that amazing laugh!

(Yes, I brokedown on the Spongebob party, he wanted it.. funny thing is he never watches Spongebob, doesn't know anything about the show, which is encouraged... he just wanted to party Spongebob style...maybe it's the silly eyes that spell F-U-N to him!)

Some funny things he's said lately:

~while running down the small incline at the Idaho Falls Temple he said "I'm going down da hell! (hill)"

~Middle of the Night potty run he says nonchalantly, "I'm going potty everyone!"

~Thinking everyone just keeps growing he said "mom, what does Jesus do with u when you grow huge, huge like a huge giant?" (following that with a conversation about why we don't see all these giant people)

~About Santas Elves "what are those green things with Santa, like goblins?"

"mom, check out all my coupons, (they were chuckycheese ones), can we go to Kaceys n I will show her how much coupons I have!" (Kacey is our coupon queen bff)

We love him so so so much, and we are so proud of Keedon! He keeps us laughing and is a big helper, especially when we don't ask him to be, they are his proudest moments, and mine too!

Birthday Fun:

Quint finishing off his birthday donut... (yup, that's my kid, only eats the frosting!)

The Relay race track dad set up to test out Keed's new scooter
and the Spongebob Family Birthday cake and celebration...

Don't you love Cambels look in this pic... it just says "when are we gonna eat it, already!?"

PS: Keed just kept asking "did Berklie get me a present?" and when he opened the one from her, he hugged it, and said "oh, I can't believe it! Berklie!" He is her best buddy.

We live for these smiles

"Mom, I gave Berklie a gold fish and she didn't cry!"

This, Keedon told me after I caught him giving her a cookie and told him he shouldn't...

and maybe thats why she was backed up for 7 days... and then woke up to this... who knows!

Here's Cambel trying to clean her up...

Almost all clean, but totally happy!

(This whole process is one reason I don't get anything else done!)

Why Don't I update this more...

Cuz we're having fun.... we're playin' piratesplayin' Mr. Potato Head
Sledding...

Fixin' the crib that Keedon "worked on", by taking out the screws, and then Cambel was able to break the whole side since it had no security...
trying to manage all the piles (and this is only 1 of the 5 pics I took!)
and Chasin' these fun guys around!


Hmmm....that's only a small fraction of what we've got goin' on around here....