Gavin's 3

He loves to wear my glasses

He loves vanilla cake with chocolate pudding

He loves the vacuum

Opening presents

2 months old. I love his chunky cheeks.

Coming home from the hospital.


I can't believe the baby of our family is now 3. Or as he sais "W". Soon we will be out of diapers and completely away from the baby stage. It's a whole new chapter for me and one I'm struggling with. I feel cheated with the baby stage with Gavin because he was so BIG from the beginning he grew out of stages to fast. At 3 months he was over 20lbs and I couldn't carry him anymore in the infant seat not to mention he didn't fit in the seat so we had to switch him out to the 1 year old seat rear facing. He never fit into a newborn outfit or a newborn diaper for that matter. He's now 41lbs and only 3 pounds lighter then Josh who is 6. He brought so much love into our home and we all adore him so much. He's such a funny kid and such a delight to be around. He's so sweet and tenderhearted but he's also rough and tough and loves to wrestle with his brothers. 1/2 the time the older boys end up in tears because Gavin is so strong and it really hurts when he hits.
I love this little guy so much he's such a great addition and completion to our family. Happy Birthday buddy.

Sea World again???

Ok so clearly we LOVE sea world. We especially LOVE it in October. The weather is perfect, they have it decorated for Halloween and we went on a day where there was a big foot ball game so we didn't have to wait in lines. PERFECT. Gavin got to go on his 1st roller coaster. Shamu which he called the Shampoo roller coaster. He was so excited to go on it. But once we got up the 1st little hill he clawed me to death to get out. It was pretty funny. We also went through the Haunted forest. With my kids nightmares we have never let them go. But at 4:00- 5:00 it was Family friendly so we figured we'd try it. Josh was telling the kids behind us how it's not scary at all then we walked into this big black pit that sucks you in. I've never seen him jump so high and squirm to get out of there. I was holding Gavin while Ryan was trying to get Josh in. After he said. "that wasn't scary at all it just was stinky so I didn't want to go in." It wasn't scarry at all during the day but I could tell at night it would scare the pants off just about anyone. They really go all out there.
Josh went on roller coaster after roller coaster in the little kid area while Ryan took Trevor on the big one. Steal eel. He's been dieing to go on. Ryan said he was fine until the hit the 2nd hill and then he looked at him with huge red eyes. Giving the look of (I can't believe my parents would let me go on this, I'm going to die) But after he couldn't stop talking about how fun it was.
We made the older kids endure the live Sesame street show for Gavin. Gavin just sat there silently. I'm not to sure what he thought. But as soon as it was over he yelled. "Bye Elmo." in a relieved voice. I think the larger then life characters kinda freaked him out. All in all it was a perfect day. We had such a great time. I have the best little family. They are all so much fun to be with. It doesn't hurt that my husband is pretty amazing too :)!!!

He did it :)

He did it. Trevor got his Orange belt. Wounded and all :)!!!! Good job Trev. Hopefully that arm will fully heal soon.
I'm pretty proud of my boys!!!

A whole lot of Construction going on.

When we moved here the one thing that we loved is the Fall-Winter-and Spring season. The weather is PERFECT. We loved eating out on our patio in Seattle the only problem was we couldn't do it very often. So what brought us to this neighborhood was the outdoor kitchen option the builders had. Only we feel in love with a house that didn't have one. And our patio was a waste. We couldn't even fit a table on it. So finally Ryan and I decided to break down and bite the bullet and build our out door kitchen. Seeing how our grill blew away 6 times and our kids fell on our slippery tile it was time to do something. We had a record heat wave this summer with no rain and wouldn't you know it the week we start construction it starts dumping. Ya that's our luck. So it's going to take alot longer then we had hoped and it's a lot Messier. But hopefully it will be so worth it.


The patio extended and rocked. And the ripping down of the old roof is complete. .

These guys were crazy they were up here while it was dumping on them only standing on a 2X4.


And while they were here rocking in the patio I had a idea. I've always HATED our fire place mantel. And they do these awesome rock walls here. So I talked them into rocking ours in. Note to anyone thinking of doing rock work after they move in. (it was a HUGE MESS) I've mopped the floor 7 times and the dust still isn't coming off. It's driving me crazy. But I can't wait until it's finished. It's already 1,000 times better.

Goodbye ugly mantel.


Hello GIANT mess.


AHH our beautiful new fireplace with a hearth. Now we just need to get the Mantel. I hope it's here tomorrow. So no more construction workers come in with their big muddy boots.

Josh's 1st loose tooth.

Yesterday Josh lost his first tooth. He was SOOOOOOOOO excited. It has been wiggly since Friday and it was driving him crazy. I was afraid he was going to go to school and have everyone touch his mouth so I convinced him we needed to pull it. He was so brave. I got that little humming bird floss er and put it right under the tooth and it just flew out. In Kindergarten he kept praying and praying to lose a tooth because they give you a book and a special box to put your tooth in but he never lost one. He was so sad. Every night he would pray for his tooth to fall out. He's so cute when it was out he said "finally, I guess it just take a while to have my prayers answered."
He was excited to find some money under his pillow this morning. I love how excited Josh gets about things. He's such a character.

Orange belt, cast off and swine flu.

We've had quite the week. Tuesday Trevor got his cast off. His arm is still broken as he snapped the funny bone in 1/2 but the two sides of the bone have sealed together so he's now just doing therapy to heal the rest. He still can't move it or do activities for 6 weeks but at least that HUGE cast if off and he's can start the true healing process. He was so glad to get it off and itch his arm. It was driving him nuts. And he was so excited to get back to school to show his friends. Unfortunatly Thursday Trevor came home from school with a slight fever and sore throat. Knowing that a few kids in his class were diagnosed with Swine flu I took him in to the Dr. And sure enough he got it. Poor kid can't seem to get a break. He's been pretty miserable as I've had to confine him to the media room away from everyone else. But I hooked him up with alot of movies, x-box games and eating with the t.v tray. (he loved that.) But it's still hard keeping him down.
And Lysol has become my best friend as I spray down anything he touches. Saturday night was the worst. He couldn't breath. He was so afraid he was going to die. It was one of the worst experiences I've had. Holding my son reassuring him that he wasn't going to die. That millions of people had swine flu and recovered just fine from it. The darn media hype on this and fear from everyone talking about it. I don't think we don't realize the affect it has on our kids. My heart just ached for him. I can't stand to see my kids in any kind of pain. It's amazing how much I love this little boys. And how being a parent is the most wonderful thing that has ever happened to me. But also the most frightening thing as I'm constantly praying for these little guys to stay healthy and safe.
I think we are on the mend and both Josh and Gavin haven't had any symptoms. So hopefully they will be free from this.

Another unlucky break for Trevor was the graduation in Taekwando Both boys were white belts and we able to try out for their orange. Trevor was pretty heart broken that he couldn't go. And I was pretty heart broken that I didn't get to go see Josh compete.

But Josh did it. He Loves Taekwando and is really good at it. He knocked me to the ground and it actually really hurt. He really gets into it I love it.

A bountiful blessing

Gavin all dressed up in his rain gear. And Josh is right behind him getting ready to dance in the rain.

Our backyard. It's starting to flood.

Ryan's car starting to get covered in water.

So we have been in a huge drought. All the lakes are low and we are on water restrictions. Our stake president asked everyone to fast and pray for rain. Wow did we ever get what we prayed for. It's been raining off and on for the last few weeks and Sunday it was a huge downpour. The bad news is we just started on our new out door kitchen (I'm so excited for) and it's a huge mess. And now has to be delayed another week. Not to mention our lovely builders didn't unclog the street drains so our house was in grave danger of being flooded fast. Ryan looked out and saw his car under water and decided he should move it, then we noticed we no longer had a sidewalk and the water was rising FAST. Luckily a nice neighbor came by the help him pull off the sand bags and clear out the drains. It's crazy how fast the water rises. But the boys LOVED the adventure and now we are all good (HOPEFULLY). What a amazing testimony builder these storms have been. And nothings better then a Texas sized thunder storm. WE LOVE THEM. (well when they are not late at night and keep us all up.) But the beauty is unbeatable!!!

I HATE SCORPIONS!!!!

I got bit by a Scorpion on Friday. Saturday I got really sick and couldn't stop throwing up. I'm not sure if I got the flu or if I'm allergic to the Scorpion. It was so freaky. The thing attached to my shorts and I couldn't get it off and it's tale got me twice. My leg is all swollen and bruised where it got me. It's so gross. Now I'm even more afraid of the things. And we are infested with them in our house. It's driving me crazy. I vacuum almost every day and mop all the time not to mention scrub everything else. But still they come. We have the pest control come out all the time and he just can't seem to get rid of them. I'm so annoyed. I just pray the boys don't get bit and that my legg doesn't fall off.