The Heath Family

More Disney pics

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more Disneyland pics

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September- Trip to Disneyland

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The last week in September, we went to Disneyland again! Some may think we were crazy taking 11.5 month old twins with us. We also brought my Mom along with us to help. We had so much fun. We spent 5 days at Disney so we got to see it all. It was surprisingly busy though.

September- Twins 11 Months

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Shae got his first haircut

Twins keep getting cuter. Sydney started crawling now.

September

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School started. Peyton started second grade, Kai started first grade and ruby started Preschool. The kids and me have been waiting for school to start. Kai has adjusted just fine to all day school.

August

2010-01-12T14:37:00.000-08:00

I have some catching up to do. It seems so long ago. Our last summer outdoor activity was a very small hike to Snoqulamie Falls. It was the first time for the kids, they thought it was pretty cool.

computer problems

2009-10-08T05:57:00.001-07:00

My computer crashed and so I have not been able to post. Hopfully I will be able to figure something out. I have tons of updated pictures to put up.

Shae

2009-08-22T10:18:00.000-07:00

A week or 2 ago, Shae started pulling himself up to stand. When he does it, the look on his face is so funny. He looks so proud of himself. Again, Sydney is happy just sitting in one place.

Kyak Point

2009-08-22T10:09:00.000-07:00

Owen, Kai and Peyton

Sydney and Shae with Grandma

Adyson, Owen, Peyton and Kai

A few weeks ago we met up with some old friends and went to Kyak Point. My niece and nephews where there too. I had not been there is years and I had forgotten how nice the beach is and how fun it is. My kids really loved it.

Twins 10 months

2009-08-22T10:00:00.000-07:00

The twins are still doing well. They are learning to eat solid food better and pick it up themselves. Shae learned to crawl a few weeks ago. He is already getting in to everything. I am not used to that. He is my first kid that is everywhere and into whatever he can get his hands on. I may have to actually childproof for the first time. Sydney does not crawl, but seems like she could care less. She likes to just sit in one place and play with what is next to her. They are both sleeping thourgh the night now! 10-12 hours straight. I lost my camera for the majority of thier 10th month, so I do not take very many pictures of them.

July

2009-08-22T09:42:00.001-07:00

July came and went and I forgot to post. We had two birthdays. Ruby turned 3 on the 19 and Kai turned 6 on the 30th. For Ruby's birthday we had the family over for cake and ice cream then we went to the mall and Ruby got a build a bear and got her ears pieced. It was a lot of fun, I think Ruby really enjoyed herself.
The night before every ones birthday I always decorate. Well, the night before Kai's b-day was record breaking high temperatures. I was not excited about getting up and chairs and taping streamers up while dripping down sweat. I did it anyway, I could not miss even one year. I could not find the tape so I used some tape from work that we use to tape down IV's . It sticks to people very well, but apparently not to the walls. I was so upset all that sweaty hard work to wake up and most to the decorations were on the floor. Oh well, it was the thought. Kai did not seem to upset. For his birthday, we let him choose what he wanted to do. He wanted to go see Transformers with his Dad and his cousin Colin. I heard they had so much fun. He got a remote controlled robot. The weekend after his birthday we went to Zak's parents house for cake and ice cream. Kai requested a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and he wanted it to be big and tall. I made a three layer cake that started to collapse and fall apart. I was able to salvage the bottom two layers though. It worked out okay. I also forgot to take pictures of Kai's b-day. I dont know what my problem was that day :)

Twins are 9 months

2009-07-14T20:29:00.001-07:00

My babies are growing up! They just had a check up and they are both doing so well. Shae weighs 17 lbs 10 oz and is 29 inches long. Sydney weighs 15 lbs 12 oz and is 27.25 inches long. They are catching right up, they are only a little small for their age. Shae started sitting up now. They both are rocking on their knees, so I think they are going to be crawling soon. Shae got his first tooth a few days ago and Sydney is working on one right now.

Fun in the Mud

2009-07-14T20:23:00.000-07:00

I was not very excited about it, but the kids were just having so much fun playing in the mud. It was so hard to get off. I had to scrub it off of them.

goofy kids

2009-07-14T20:20:00.000-07:00

My kids are the best of friends. I am so lucky that they all play so well together. It makes life so much easier. Sometimes they play the goofiest things. One of which is when they decided to pretend to be each other and try to trick us. It funny because they all look so much like each other, for a second I really did think that Kai was Peyton.

Hanging out in Seattle

2009-07-14T20:14:00.000-07:00

We went to the science center again. We had fun. We played around a bit and watched a little Imax movie about animals. We then went to see the water fountain that they turn on during the summer. (it is located near the Space needle). The kids were scared at first, but they jumped right in and had lots of fun. We were not planning on getting wet, so the kids went home in their soaking wet clothes.

Twins are 8.5 months old

2009-06-24T15:28:00.000-07:00

The twins are doing very well. Sydney starting sitting up about 2 weeks ago. Shae is close but still falls over. Shae sleeps through the night about 10-12 hours at a time, but Sydney wakes me up all night still. We are having so much fun with them. It is getting a little easier around here. We are all having a fun summer so far.

Idaho Trip

2009-06-11T20:48:00.000-07:00

Kai
Dawson
Shae, Zak and Sydney
Ruby

We also got to go swimming. It was a lot of fun to have everyone there together. The twins first time in a pool and I think they liked it.

Idaho trip with the Torres'

2009-06-11T20:34:00.001-07:00

Peyton, Sole' and Kai
Tyler and Cruz
Dawson
Sole', Peyton, Kai, Dawson and Jim
Zak and Ruby

We decided to take a spur of the moment trip to Idaho to visit Zak's sister Cecilee and her family. It took us 10 hours to get there, and I have to say, the kids were not that bad. The twins only cried a little. The Torres' invited us to go up into the Idaho mountains with them to go Quad riding. We had so much fun. It was only a short trip, but we sure enjoyed it. We also got to see Cecilee and Jim's 5 week baby boy Cruz.

Ballet recital

2009-06-11T20:28:00.000-07:00

Peyton had her end of the year recital. She did so good. This was her 3rd year of ballet.

Lake Stevens

2009-05-28T21:52:00.000-07:00

The weather has been so nice this week. It is not usually nice enough to go the lake in May. My sis and I live right by this lake, she called me today and dragged me out there with her. It is so hard to go anywhere with the twins. We went while Peyton and Kai were in school. Ruby had so much fun. It made me realize how much she misses out on because we don't get out much. She is easily excited. Sydney looked to tired to get her out of her seat so I did not have her get in the water. Michelle put Shae's feet in a little and he actually seemed to like it. (Notice in the background of the picture of Shae is my niece just about to fall over in the water. We were a little preoccupied with Shae that we did not notice her almost "drown".)oops...

Twins are 7 months

2009-05-27T20:17:00.000-07:00

This is a bit late, they are well into their 7th month. They are doing well besides the fact that they are sick more then they are healthy. They have a pretty yucky cold right now. Both had to be on antibiotics again. Shae has his first ear infection. They have both been kinda fussy and waking me up a lot at night. Other then that they are good. They are so much fun. In the past month they have learned how to roll over from their backs to their tummy's. They both prefer to sleep on their tummy's now. They look so cute in their crib. Shae is now 15.5 lbs and 25.5 inches long. Sydney is now 14.5 lbs and 24.5 inches long. They don't quite sit up yet, but they are working on it. I think I have adjusted well to having two of them, but I am definitely exhausted at the end of the day.

31 years old now

2009-05-22T15:07:00.000-07:00

I cannot believe I am in my 30's. Time seems to be going by so fast. I had a very uneventful, but enjoyable birthday. Zak took the day off and let me sleep in and he did my job for the day while I did... nothing. I loved it. Every year for Zak and the kids birthday I decorate the night before. So Zak did it this year for me. He used all of my leftover scrapes from previous birthdays. One of the streamers he used said "birthday girls first birthday". He did quite an interesting job....it is the thought that counts though . One year he bought Dora the Explorer decorations for me. Zak and the kids also made me a chocolate cake that turned out very yummy. All in all it was a good day.

Twins Blessing Day 5-10-2009....finally

2009-05-16T12:37:00.001-07:00

The twins were finally blessed! It took a few cancellation and misunderstandings, but it is all done now. It almost turned into a joke with how much of a deal it turned into to get it done. It seemed to be one thing after another. It was a wonderful day and experience. It made for a perfect Mother's Day for me. The babies looked so cute, thanks to Julia for the cute tie and bow (her twins will also be wearing them we they are blessed next month).

Best Friends

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Kai and my nephew Colin. They have been best buds since they were babies. They are only 6 weeks difference in age. He comes over about every other week to play with Kai.

Easter 2009

2009-04-14T20:36:00.000-07:00

On Saturday we went to a Primary Easter activity. The kids decorated cookies and went on an Easter egg hunt. It was fun for the kids. It also was raining as usual. The kids EAster baskets ere not very big this year. They just each got a big jug of bubbles, a puzzle and some candy. They seemed to be very happy with that. On Easter we had Zak's family over and my family over. Nothing to exciting. The kids wanted to do one more egg hunt, but it was pouring outside and very cold so we did a very small and rather pathetic indoor Easter egg hunt.

Pictures of the kids

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The twins are 6 months- April 6th

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I cannot believe my little babies are a half year old now. Time has really flown by. I am already missing the little baby stage. They both seem to be doing well. They are developmentally just like a 4 month old. They were recently evaluated, Sydney is a little further ahead in that she grabs and plays with her feet and can almost roll all the way over. Shae does not move around as much, but that is normal for his corrected age. Now that they are 6 months old, I started feeding them baby rice cereal. They both seem to be liking it. The other kids sure thought it was exciting when we first feed them. We took pictures of it, and as you can see, Ruby wanted to help by holding onto my hand.

The ZOO

2009-04-13T17:27:00.000-07:00

I was feeling a little wild last Monday and decided to go to the Zoo with the kids. We had just been out to Seattle and I vowed to not go anywhere for a long time, but when the weather was suppose to be in the upper 60's to 70's I just had to go. Weather like that this time of year is unheard of. I had the kids skip out on school and we went, with my Mom, of course. It was very tiring, but the kids had fun. It felt so good to be in the sunshine.

Twins

2009-04-13T17:20:00.001-07:00

I love to take pictures of my kids when they are sleeping. The Twins look so cute and sweet.

Spring break- first week in April

2009-04-13T17:08:00.001-07:00

Spring break was very uneventful. The twins had a few appointments this week so we could not really have much fun. On Friday we decided to go the the Pacific Science center. It was quite the adventure taking everyone out all the way to Seattle. Luckily I had the help of my Mom. I do not think I could do it with out her. Keeping track of everyone and feeding everyone was a bit of a challenge. After we went to the Science center we decided to stop off at at cupcake shop and have the kids each pick one out. It was very fun for the them and very yummy. At the end of the day I vowed to not leave the house with my whole crew again for a long time.

March

2009-04-13T16:36:00.000-07:00

I have not posted in so long! It seems so busy around here and my days go by so fast. Not much happened in March. We still had not left the house much. The weather has been strange, it snowed again a little. I forgot to take pictures of St. Patrick's day, but I did my yearly decorating, and the leprechauns turned our milk green and gave the kids stickers, pencils and lucky charm cereal. When the kids got home from school we did a little scavenger hunt that the "leprechauns did" that lead them to a plate of green sugar cookies. It was a lot of fun. I love holidays, even the dumb little ones.
The twins are doing well and growing fast. They got sick again this month though! Shae got a never ending cold and cough so he was put on antibiotics. Sydney also got a cold and a urinary tract infection and is having a few tests done to make sure her kidneys are okay. At their 5.5 month appointment Shae weighed 14 pounds and Sydney weighed 12 pounds 14 ounces.

Sydney

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Sydney is now 4 months old. She is a sweet little thing. She is a lot smaller and quieter then her brother. She is starting to smile a lot, I just can't seem to get it on camera yet.

Shae

2009-02-12T19:28:00.000-08:00

Shae is 4 months old now. He is always so happy and smiley. He is getting pretty big, at his last appointment he weighed 11 pounds.

Peyton 7, Kai 5, Ruby 2, Shae and Sydney 3 months

2009-01-09T11:42:00.000-08:00

I realized that I did not have a picture of all of my kids together so I took a few. Looking at all of them, I feel so blessed to be their mother. I have 5 beautiful children. I just feel so lucky, they are all such sweet loving kids. I have so much fun with them. I had been so scared to have 5 kids, but so far I am loving it. It is starting to get a little easier. I think I am just getting used to being sleep deprived.

Christmas 2008

2009-01-09T11:27:00.000-08:00

We had a pretty fun Christmas. The kids were so excited and said they all got what they wanted. I am not able to really leave the house much so this year I bought most of the presents online. I was really impressed and got some good deals, but I did not expect the crazy snow storm and a lot of the presents did not make it until a week after Christmas since the roads were so bad. I felt so bad, but my kids are so sweet and did not act like it bothered them a bit. I also "collect" discounted toys and games thorough out the year that I find for really cheap to use as birthday gifts and party gifts and was able to use a lot of those as Christmas presents instead. It all worked out very well, I had a lot more stuff then I had remembered. My kids seemed so satisfied that as we got some of the presents in the mail, I just kept some of them to give to them later.

I was so bummed because we were having camera difficulties on Christmas so we had to take the pictures with our video camera and so they are all fuzzy.

Ruby and her toilet paper baby

2008-12-23T20:22:00.000-08:00

My little Ruby has got to be one of my strangest kids. She entertains all of us and amazes us on a daily basis. She loves babies and loves to play babies and she has a ton of babies, but for some reason the other day she was pretending that this toilet paper roll was her baby. In the picture above she lay ed it down and put blankets on it and then started to "burp her baby". I need to start writing down all of the goofy things she does. This is just one in many.

Snow 2008!!!!

2008-12-23T20:10:00.000-08:00

It has been snowing and snowing and snowing over here for over a week now. I have been loving it. It is so beautiful. I think that most people around here are hating it though. I don't mind because I am stuck at home anyway. The kids have been having so much fun playing in it.

Twins 2 months

2008-12-23T19:31:00.000-08:00

I decided to keep the picture of the twins crying because that is a true representation of how they are. They seem to join in together in crying harmony quite often.

RSV (Respiratory syncytial virus)

2008-12-19T21:18:00.000-08:00

I have been trying so hard to keep the twins inside and the germs away. RSV is a virus that can be dangerous if preemie babies get it because it can go down into their lungs and cause breathing problems. To adults and older kids it is just a bad cold. RSV season just started over here and with our luck, most of us got it including Shae. Shae started coughing on a Thursday night and by Sunday he was having trouble breathing so we had to go to the emergency room. He was admitted and put on oxygen. There was not much they could do except watch his oxygen level and suction him out. I was so scared because babies can get extremely sick from this. Well Shae pulled through and is recovering well. He only had to stay at the hospital until Wednesday and he is doing much better. Kai and Ruby have been coughing non stop and now both have ear infections. Peyton just told me today that she thinks she is sick and unfortunately Sydney is now showing symptoms. I hope Sydney's does not go into her lungs otherwise we will be back in the hospital. It had been fun times here at the Heath house. 2008 as been one of our most challenging years.

Our Tree all decorated

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Christmas Tree

2008-12-11T09:58:00.000-08:00

We broke tradition this year. We normally go to a tree farm the day after Thanksgiving and cut one down, but because of my sister we were not able to nor did we have the desire to. I did not want to wait any longer, I wanted to try to maybe change the mood around here and try to get a little Christmas spirit going on. The tree farm is only open on the weekend and it was Tuesday so I convinced zak to let us just go to Home Depot this year. Zak had the hardest time he did not want to has he said it "shop" for a Christmas tree, but he agreed that it might help us all to get into the spirit. It was very strange to hunt for a tree at the Depot, but we were successful and all agree that this tree might be our favorite so far.

Heather

2008-12-11T09:33:00.000-08:00

Last week my older sister Heather passed away. We were very close and I will miss her deeply. This is a very difficult time for me and my family. It has not fully sunk in yet. We have set up a blog for Heather and would like anyone who knew her to please write something they remember about her. We will eventually make it into a book and give it to her kids.

The address is heathersmemory.blogspot.com

Today is the babies due date!

2008-11-29T20:26:00.000-08:00

I cannot believe that today is the day they were due. I feel like I have already had them for so long now. They are such sweet babies. I feel so blessed. I have never been more tired in my life before. It is definitely harder then I thought it would be. I really do love it though.

Kai

2008-11-29T20:20:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to put an updated picture of Kai up. He is getting so big.

Peyton finally lost her front tooth

2008-11-29T20:16:00.000-08:00

More pictures of the babies

2008-11-20T13:59:00.001-08:00

These are just pictures of the babies room and when they got to be in the same bed. They look to cute together.

They are home!

2008-11-20T13:39:00.000-08:00

I am really late to post, my life has been turned upside down. Shae came home first. He only stayed for 3 weeks! They say most often the girls come home before the boys do. I felt bad for Sydney, here she is all by herself and its all Shae's fault. She was born early because of him and she ends up staying longer. Sydney stayed one week longer. It was actually nice to start out with one baby because I did not fully know what was in store for me with 2. It is so much harder then I thought it would be. It is non stop day and night. I think it will eventually get better, hopefully. I sure love it though. I look at them often and feel so lucky and blessed.

Halloween

2008-11-20T13:23:00.000-08:00

I am late to post this, but here is the pathetic Halloween picture for this year. This is really all that was taken. I love Halloween, but I was not able to devote any time or thought into it b/c to much was going on. I was very happy with myself that in past years I bought costumes on sale after Halloween because I did not have to buy any this year. Peyton was a witch, Kai was an astronaut and Ruby was nemo. I was able to go to our wards Trunk or treat because it was the week before Halloween, but Shae was home with us on Halloween so I did not get to go. Zak took the kids out without me. I was sad about that. Instead Shae and I went to the hospital to visit Sydney.

Shae and Sydney

2008-10-31T14:42:00.000-07:00

I tried to hold them together a lot because I felt bad that they had to be in separated.

Shae Russell

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Time: 10-6-08

Weight: 3lbs 12 oz

Length: 17 inches

These pictures of him break my heart. He looked and acted like he felt miserable.

Sydney Joan

2008-10-31T14:23:00.000-07:00

Time: 10-6-08 @ 2:11 p.m

weight: 3lbs 13 oz

length: 17.25 inches

She looked more peaceful then Shae did when he was first born.

At 32.2 weeks I had the babies!

2008-10-31T14:15:00.000-07:00

I finally have a minute to post. It has been a crazy month! My baby boy's heartbeat kept going down and the doctors could not figure out why and they were concerned that he may not be doing very good so I had to have a Cesarean section. I was so scared and have had a hard time dealing with them having to be born. In the end the babies are doing very well. I think the doctors made the right decision.

my new residence

2008-10-01T11:30:00.000-07:00

I am now at the hospital. :(Everything is okay so far, my doctor is just being cautious. The boys heartbeat drops sometimes and they do not know why. It seems to have gotten better so I am hopeful that I will not be here until the end. My doctor does not think I will be going home anytime soon though. I am so bored!!! This is hard to cope with. I am so grateful for my family and all of there help with the kids, it seems to be working out okay so far.

30.3 weeks prego

2008-09-23T19:13:00.000-07:00

Everything is going pretty good so far. I am still on bed rest though.

Ruby

2008-09-17T16:09:00.001-07:00

I don't take very good pictures and I realized I have not taken very many of Ruby and she is growing up so fast.

First day of school

2008-09-17T16:09:00.000-07:00

I am a little late in posting this, school started two weeks ago. I had to go to the hospital for a few days and am now on bed rest. Everything is fine, I just have to stay down and take medication to control the contractions. So far so good.
I have kind of had a hard time with school starting this year. My sweet Peyton is gone all day now and I miss her. I was also so sad to have Kai start kindergarten. He seems so little to me. I think it is the pregnancy hormones making things worse because I have been so emotional about it.

26.2 weeks pregnant

2008-08-28T17:43:00.000-07:00

3 days before I had Ruby

2008-08-28T17:33:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of me 3 days before I had Ruby. I have now reached the point where I am as big as I was when I had my last baby. At my last appointment my cervix was shorter so I was put on a partial bed rest. I am suppose to take it easy and try to lay around as much as possible. Other then that, all is well. The Summer weather left last week. It has been 60's and raining. At least it makes it easier to lay around and not feel bad that my kids are missing out on anything. School starts next week and the kids are so excited. I will finally take more pictures of them and post it when school starts.

24.2 weeks pregnant now

2008-08-11T14:39:00.000-07:00

I had an appointment today. Both babies are head down! I hope they stay that way. I am now measuring 33 centimeters! I am exhausted all the time the now. I barely walk and I am huffing and puffing. Other then that everything is going well.

Kai is now 5!

2008-08-11T14:13:00.000-07:00

July is birthday month. Kai turned 5 and we had a day full of fun. He had mentioned back on Mother's day when I got breakfast in bed, that on his birthday he wanted breakfast is bed. So Zak made him his favorite bacon, eggs and pancakes and we gave it to him in out bed so he could watch cartoons while eating it. He was so excited and so cute about it. He wanted to see a movie so we went and saw Walle with his cousins. For the party he chose to go to Chucke E. Cheese. It was better then I thought it would be. Kai had so much fun. He is such a shy little boy, he did not like being sung to or getting all the attention form Chucke and the staff.

Ruby turned 2 !

2008-08-11T14:03:00.000-07:00

My little girl turned 2. We went to a place called Jungle Playland. The kids had lots of fun. Ruby is such a unique and funny little girl, I feel so blessed to have her. She is so full of personality, and herself.

Today at 20 weeks

2008-07-12T14:59:00.000-07:00

I am so scared at how big I am going to end up.

Twelve weeks pregnant

2008-07-12T14:54:00.000-07:00

This if when I started to show. I normally dont show until 4-5 months.

I am back.....

2008-07-12T14:39:00.000-07:00

Its been way to long. Most of you know, but since the last time I posted I found out I was pregnant with twins!! I was so sick and miserable I barley made it of the couch or out to the bathroom. I am feeling pretty good now. I would like to post more often. We will see how that goes. We have been enjoying out summer. We have been just loving the sun and frequenting the local parks and spray parks. We recently found out that baby a is a girl and baby b is a boy. We are excited to complete our family with one of each. Above is a picture of the twins both in the breech position. They both weigh 9 ounces.

Introducing Hailey Joan Nielsen

2008-03-17T19:39:00.001-07:00

About 3 weeks ago my little brother had his first baby. They live in Oregon and I was unable to go see her born, but my Sister in-law Lacey bravely made a trip up here to come visit and show us the baby. She is a fat one, she weighed in at 9 lbs 11 oz . Very cute and very sweet.

St. Patrick's Day

2008-03-17T19:29:00.000-07:00

Gotta do a little decorating on St. Patty's too. The kids love it. Once again these are very old decorations. They need a little help though. Today and the past week have not been very fun. My kids finally got the stomach flu that has been going around. So I have been a vomit cleaner all week. Peyton was the last one to get it. She started yesterday with it and was a lot better today but I did not let her go to school and she was so sad to miss St. Patty's at school. Her and I made a Leprechaun trap as a school project that she was looking forward to use. It is so cute and funny to me how kids are. She really thought she was going to catch a Leprechaun.

Chuck E. Cheese

2008-03-04T19:38:00.001-08:00

Yesterday we went to my nephew Deacon's birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese. We have not been there in a long time. My kids had tons of fun. It was hard for me to keep track of all the kids. I kept losing Ruby.

Children's Museum

2008-03-01T19:41:00.000-08:00

Today we decided to go to the children's Museum.It is such a cute place where the kids can run around and explore things. We are lucky to live about 10-12 minutes away so its not like it was a big adventure, but we were bored and wanted to get out. I was very proud of myself because I actually remembered to bring my camera. The problem is I noticed the battery was dying so I charged them today only to later find out that they are not rechargeable batteries :) So I only got 2 pictures of the kids. The one with Ruby yelling is a pretty accurate portrayal of how she is quite often. She spends most of her day yelling and telling me what do to as well as her siblings. She is so much fun though. One of my favorite ages is 18 months to 2 years old. That is when they first really start to show their personality.

Valentine's Day!

2008-02-14T15:04:00.000-08:00

I have always loved Valentine's Day. Every year since I have been married I decorate the night before so my family can be "surprised" on Vals Day. I save the same decorations year after year. Sometimes I like to mix it up a bit and add something new. A lot of the decorations you see in the pictures, like the cut out hearts, are the same ones I have used since the year 2001. Yet my kids still act and seem surprised year after year. I am guessing that when they are 16-18 years old they will probably tell me that it would be okay to stop this tradition. My kids are having so much fun today. Peyton especially has been so excited about going to school and passing out her valentines. Ruby's been enjoying all of the chocolate. She has been stuffing her mouth. I don't think I even gave candy to my other kids when they were her age. In the picture I posted of her, she just climbed up on the chair and helped herself. She had so much in her mouth she started gagging.

Ice skating

2008-02-05T13:07:00.001-08:00

Last week we went ice skating. We had lots of fun. We have only gone a few times before. I am impressed with my kids because they fell and fell and fell and they just kept getting back up. I, thank goodness, did not fall at all. It sure is harder then it looks. I have come to the realization that we are a very boring family and that I am a horrible picture taker. This is all I have to blog in the past month. We really did not do much and well the truth might be that I just did not bring my camera with when we did go out. I am going to try harder.

December 2007

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I was not ready for Christmas this year. Didn't we just have it? Sure felt like it. It was hard for me to get in the spirit of it. We went to my Sister on Christmas Eve and had a little family party. Zak and I wanted to jazz it up a bit so we dressed in some holiday attire. Unfortunately they do not sell Men's holiday sweaters so Zak had to wear a Women's sweater. We also both wore matching mock turtle necks with a Christmas present picture on the side of the neck. I have to say, we looked adorable and very festive. Yes, those are reindeer earrings I am wearing with bobble eyes on them. I also felt that wearing socks over my nylons and a pair of tennis shoes with my skirt really added to that edgy flare and look I was going for.

November 2007

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I know it is only November, but we got our tree nice and early. We often experience what I like to call "tree drama" every year. I really wanted to avoid that this year. I have to admit that we usually have the drama because of me. Every year I try to find a way to get a cheap tree. It is so hard for me to spend so much on a dumb tree, especially here is Washington when they are everywhere! I try to go to new places and we end up getting lost or it gets dark by the time we get there or the trees are crappy or Zak is suppose to meet us there and its dark by the time he arrives or they end up costing even more money. We always wined up going to the same place we always go. No joke, this happens every year. Never fails. This year was going to be different. I still had to have us just check out one place, but the difference was this place was only a few miles from our house and our old faithful expensive tree farm was a lot further a way. So I convinced Zak and we went. Well those trees were crappy and even more expensive. Zak was so bugged he just wanted us to get one and go. I just couldn't do it, I told Zak I was wrong and that I was sorry but we had to leave and I promised I wouldn't try to go somewhere different anymore. We went to where we alwyas go and got a pretty nice tree and we had a good time and spent a fortune.

October 2007

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I love Halloween. Peyton wanted to be a princess again. She was Belle. Kai was Jack Sparrow and Ruby was a lady bug. We had a pumpkin carving contest with my sister and her husband. Its kind of cheesy, but I had lots of fun.

September 2007

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My little girl started Kindergarten! It was actually hard for me, I shed a little tear. Peyton was so excited to ride the bus. She had been talking about wanting to do it for years. So we all went out to the bus stop with her and waited and waited and the bus never showed. Peyton was so sad and I was mad because I wanted to capture that moment on camera. The bus came the next day and I took pictures then, it just wasn't the same :)

August 2007

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Last summer was not really summer. We had some of the worst weather I have ever known. Usually you can at least count on August being sunny the majority of the month, but it was not! It rained a lot and was cold. We did not go the lake as often as I wanted to, but we were able to go a few times. We found out this month that Kai needs glasses. He looks so cute.

July 2007

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We went to visit my family in Oregon. My little sis had her baby. We stayed for a while, it was a lot of fun.

June 2007

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June was a busy month. There are too many pictures to choose from. We had the privilege of having the Aldridge's at our house again. They stayed with us for quite a while. It was lots of fun. During this month Peyton learned how to ride a bike without training wheels, which was very exciting.

May 2007

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We took a road trip to Utah to visit with Friends and family. It was exciting to take the kids to Temple square for the first time and to visit with old friends.

April 2007

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This is probably the last time we were able to say that Ruby was fat. She used to be so chunky and now she is tiny. In this picture she is 9 months old. And, I am not sure what that is on her face.

March 2007

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We went to Whistler, Canada with the Dumas'. We had so much fun with them. It was a memorable trip.

Febuary 2007

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The aldridges came to visit this month and Julia helped me finally get rid of the sky mural in my dining room.Yes, that is a bird painted up there. It was so hard to get rid of that, I was so attached.

January 2007

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It actually snowed! You never know here in Washington, sometimes it snows a lot, a little or not at all. I always hope for a least one big snow storm. It snowed enough for us to at least build this awful looking snow man.

A look back at 2007

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It was a fun year. Everyday I love being a Mom and I love my kids more and more. Life is getting very busy for us, but I am enjoying every minute of it. I can't believe how old my kids are already. Peyton turned 6, Kai 4 and Ruby 17 months. They are so fun to me. I do have some hard days, but I try to remember that this time goes by so fast so I need to enjoy every minute of it, and I do! I want to include some Pictures throughout 2007 that represent that year.

My New Years Resolution!

2008-01-02T19:58:00.000-08:00

I am finally going to do it! I am going to join in on all of this blog spot business. This is one of the many things I want to do different this year. I have felt pressured by friends and family to start one up. I guess I am ready now. Lets hope I can stick with it. I am hoping it will help me be better at capturing pictures and moments of my family. I am also thinking it will be a great way to keep in touch with all of you that don't live near us. But, please give me a break while I learn how to do all this fancy stuff. I really don't know what I am doing.