Miles-isms

OK - there are enough ways that Miles has said stuff that it is worth of a post:

"Are we going to stay in the cabinets?" (cabinets=cabins)

Thingers - for fingers

"Daddy do you have any thread - you know, for my pencil that clicks it out?" thread=lead

Share your "isms" from your little ones....

Leaves!

I came home from Young Womens the other night to leaves all over my front porch. I have to admit that I was a little frustrated that leaves were all over my porch and sidewalk leading up to the front door. Just one more thing for me to pick up or bug my kids to pick up.

But then Ladd said "you better not be mad, look at these pictures." And then I looked at them and loved those leaves on my porch.

My kids were doing this.....
That is Miles on the left side and his friend Julia from across the street...


Glad they were not watching this....

Gardening...

When Grandma Sue comes into town...

We have lots of fun
We go shopping
We play
We dont sleep a lot
We laugh a lot
Ladd and I get to get to go on a date
We get really excited...

because we love her!

This last time she came....we were on a mission to get our front yard garden bed re-landscaped.

I have been around a lot of rain in my life growing up in Washington, but I have to say...Kansas sure does know how to put on a rain and thunderstorm. They are pretty amazing and when it comes to raining....Washington has nothing on Kansas....
So when it started to seriously pour down rain..we had no choice but to keep going...
Like I said, we were on a mission and determined to get it done. Lots and lots of work.

Cant really see the rain...but its pouring and we were soaking wet by the time we were done.

Eclipse

I went and saw Eclipse last friday...I love it. Here are the pics with the ladies.




Jacobs dad, Gil Birmingham...I think is his name...still havent checked to make sure I am right was there. Crazy people yelling and screaming and jumping over ropes to see him...How old is he? 50? How old were the people chasing after him? 13 maybe? Weird! I dont get it!

Silver Dollar City

As I mentioned in a previous post...we had a great time at Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO...here are the pics finally.

I think this is my 5th post for the day...should be caught up now and filled my quota for the next 3 months :)

This was "Grandfathers Mansion" which made me sick.....everything is messed up in this house, the walls are and floors and ceilings are all messed up...you are walking up and thinking you are walking down or sideways or backwards. The kids loved it and went through it over and over....I could barely make it through once....I am getting old ;)



Their was this 4 story "treehouse" for the kids to play with and each level had these guns that shot balls...

Sawyer loved putting the balls in this "vacuum tube" that took the balls back up to different stories for people to shoot them back down with those guns.
Our cabin porch

Our cabin!
We loved the rocking chairs on the porch...
This is for the Grandmas....to see how much he has grown!
Sawyer loved this couch especially sitting on it all by himself...
The loft which the kids thought was the coolest part

Riding a bike without training wheels???

Isabelle as our daughter does not think we know anything as her parents. She told us she could ride her bike without training wheels...we told her we didnt think so...she said she did and we continued to go back and forth like this. So Ladd decided to take her training wheels off so she could show us how she could ride her bike without them...it lasted about 5 seconds...maybe not even that long and then they went back on.

Love how sawyer is half naked without shoes walking in the street....yes you can so tell he is my 4th :)

Last Day of School....

Principal who is sadly moving on to another school...He was the best principal!

Past 4 months update.....

OK...I am finally doing it.

Updating.
Starting with our trip to St. Louis 4 months ago...Really 4 months ago?
We went to the temple and then did some "tourist" stuff in St. Louis. Went to the arch and the most amazing Museum. I wouldnt call it a museum, more like one big GIGANTIC crazy playground indoors for adults and kids. I dont know how to describe other than to tell you to go there someday in your lifetime. It is worth it. The only bummer part was when we were in the bottom...as in underground in some "caves" with all kinds of crazy tunnels and nooks and crannies to explore...you can also climp up a 10 story spiral "freaken scary" according to my kids staircase in the middle of the caves and slide down a very scary rickety slide. As we finally we were at the top, we heard yelling at the bottom to come down immediately due to a tornado being on the ground. So we did and in comes the thousands...literally thousands of people into the "tornado safety area" which happens to be the really dark and hot and humid caves....great fun I tell you! So here are the pictures and if you ever have the opportunity to go to the "City Museum" in St. Louis...GO!







I am sorry...but I think she is the absolute cutest 4 year old alive....

In the "caves" waiting for the tornado to be over.....
Outside of the museum with this cool roof top playground that we didnt get to go on thanks to the tornadoes.

Conversation with Miles

Last night I was sitting on the front porch with Ladd and the kids were playing in the yard.

I had a conversation with Miles and it went like this

Miles: "Mom, do you think I can stand on the back of the bars (he has those bars on his bike that kids can ride on while he is riding his bike) of my bike while riding it and not hold on to my handle bars?"

Me: "Um, no way and dont even think about it."

Ladd: "Dude thats the craziest thing ever to do, there is no way you can do that and dont even think about it, I would NEVER do that, that would be so stupid, you would crash so hard!"
(And Ladd was once a serious mountain bike rider)

A few minutes passed by while the kids continued to play and I noticed Miles standing there by his bike thinking.

Then he came up to me and REALLY quietly said "Mom, you never told me I couldnt do that" in which Lauren replies, "He does it all the time" and Miles says (very concerned he is about to get in big trouble) "but you never told me that I couldnt do all my bike tricks."

He was right, I never told he couldnt do bike tricks (I thought this bike trick was scary) so how could he get in trouble? Instead I ask him to show me but to wait first so I can get my camera and cringe at the same time.

This is what Ladd and I saw (in disbelief)

This kid continues to amaze me!
And yes, the bike is moving...
Seriously??? How he doesnt crash I dont know!

And to think that we didnt know if he would ever be able to walk or run or crawl. I am still convinced his neurosurgeon gave him super powers!!!!

I love him! He is the best!

Its been a while...

Yes I am alive.....

I cant seem to find the time to post. Life seems to be passing me by and my kids are getting older without my permission. I need a pause button!

We have been busy. I have lots of pictures to post....

We went to St. Louis about a month ago and had an awesome time. Went to the temple, ate good food and went to this awesome museum that cant be explained- its like one big playground that you can spend 2 days there and never get bored. You just have to go there.

The kids finished school on the 21st of May. I cant believe the school year is over. Seriously...time is going by way too fast.

We just got back from a vacation to Branson, MO. Never in a million years would I have thought I would take a vacation to Branson, MO. But we had so much fun. We went to Silver Dollar City amusement park which is like a miniature Disneyland and those who know me know how much I love Disneyland....its more down to earth and not commercialized. Based in the 1800's and has over 100 demonstrations....glass blowing, wood carving, basket weaving, etc. And the park is clean and the workers are awesome! It was fun going on roller coasters with the kids now that they are old enough to go on them. Lauren went on a roller coaster that went upside down 4x and it was her favorite ride. Our most favorite ride though was a roller coaster that starts off going 60mph from the beginning...crazy fun!

We stayed at some cabins and it had a loft with 3 beds for the kids...the kids were in heaven and it was better than Disneyland when they saw the loft. They would have been happy just staying at the cabin the whole time.

Anyways, I dont have time to post the pictures right now ....but here is one from St. Louis that our friend Matt edited for me until I am able to download the rest of my pictures....or get the motivation to do it ;)

He is One!

My baby turned 1 a week ago...What???? Serious? Where did the time go? He has been nothing but a joy to all of us. I love watching the kids interact with him and get so excited about the littlest things he does. I love watching his daddy be so in love with him. My favorite is to look over and Ladd while I am making dinner and see him holding Sawyer and Sawyer snuggling up to him. Ladd is so in love with him as I am too.

He isnt walking yet and I am in no hurry to have him walk.

He is such a good baby. He is very laid back compared to my first 3 energized kids. It is kind of nice to have a calm quiet baby who is just happy to just sit and play with a toy.

Happy Late Birthday my sweet Sawyer!



I love this picture of all of us in the background and Sawyer with a huge smile while opening presents....

I didnt know I had a shutterfly account

Yesterday I was trying to get some pictures sent to target for my Sis-in-law Anne to print for their family get-together....it was sort of a replacement since we couldnt be there...one day we will get out to Utah for a family gathering...

Anyways....I didnt know I had a shutterfly account but when I tried to make an account, they already said I had one....here are some pics I found on my account.....

Ladd's Graduation from Chiropractic School and me due to give birth to Miles in 3 weeks....


At Ladds brother, Thanes wedding...I LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture of Miles!

Also at Thanes wedding
When I saw this picture, I LOST it! My dad looks so sick....but at the same time so precious and shows how much he LOVES his Grandchildren....I know he is very aware of each one of them!
My 4 beautiful sisters! Taken at our last family gathering before my dad past away....
Ok....So Isabelle thinks this is her....but it is Lauren!
This little boy was such a cute baby boy! I am so in love with him....Miles melts my heart!
Here we are at the zoo and I looked down at Miles and couldnt figure out what happened to him. I thought he was having an allergic reaction to something and then found the zoo map all wet...he had been eating it!
This is one reason why I miss Washington! It is sooooooooooo beautiful! This is Mt. Raineer