I haven't posted for a while and my sister Rachel told me it was time so, I figured I would do a picture post. These are some of the pictures I have taken recently, thinking, aaw, this would make a good post and then I don't post anything. So, here is for randomness.

Sickness!

These are 2 of my sickies. Reagan is on the mend and I did not get any pictures of him, but these 2 have been fevered for 3 days and been throwing up a little. Right now the worst is the cough and congestion. This last week has been pretty pathetic at our house. Reagan missed 4 days of school. He was really sad because he wanted the perfect attendance award this quarter and when I told him he could not go to school, his reply; "Well, there's always 2nd grade."

Reagan's 7th Birthday

Apparently I missed posting Reagan's birthday. He turned 7 on March 26th, 2 days after Tyler turned 31. I can't believe how grown up he is (he meaning Reagan, not Tyler). We did just a small family party and then on Saturday we went to Monsters vs. Aliens, we all loved it.

Crazy Idaho Weather

So, Idaho weather is infamous for being weird. This picture was the beginning of April, the girls had a blast and with Tyler's help they even built a very nice snowman. And yes, that is Mollie pulling Elise on the sled, she wanted her turn, one day, she might sit back and enjoy being pulled, but for her the fun was the pulling. But see the falling snow...

...this picture was the very next day, Spring had returned, and that was what was left of our snowman.

CRAZY!!!

Funny dad!
This is my favorite. From the time Reagan was a baby, Tyler has taken the kids' baby blankets and tied them around his head just for kicks and giggles. Sometimes, it bugged the kids, but most of the time, the kids thought it was hilarious. Well, Mollie has 2 blankets and so whenever Tyler puts a blanket on his head, Mollie wants her other blanket on her head. So we see this quite often at our house, my 2 little pink headed pirates. One of those weird, yet endearing things that make me laugh!

Easter Fun!

Happy Easter 

Park City Weekend

For my mom's 60th birthday we gave her a girls weekend in Park City. Rachel's husband, Matt, hooked us up with a sweet condo for a sweet deal.

Our home for the weekend.

We headed there on Friday afternoon and came home yesterday afternoon. My sister Carrie wasn't able to join us (she is 7 months pregnant and lives in Michigan) but the rest of us were there. Dad and EJ even joined us after Priesthood session on Saturday night. Melanie went home to watch Conference with her family, but came back Saturday night with her two girls. We had a blast! Even with all the snow in April, we loved it!

We...

...watched conference.

...hung out in the hot tub (those of us who could).

The few who braved the cold (it snowed Friday and Saturday) to get in the hot tub. Melanie, Jenna and Alyssa (Melanie's daughters), and Paula and Jacque (not pictured)

...had a yummy dinner at Ruby Tuesday and then enjoyed home-cooked meals the rest of the time.

Yummy dinner! We seriously talked about the salad bar the rest of the weekend - ya, it was that good.
Jacque, Melanie, Paula, Mom and Rachel

...went shopping and got spoiled by my Mom (wait wasn't this her birthday present?!)

Some of us at the outlets.

...watched cousin Stephenie in the Making of Twilight.

...talked.

...arm wrestled - isn't that what all girls do on their girls nights? - and found out that Jax is incredibly strong.

Jacque and Melanie, "Bring it on!"

They paired up the pregos...it was a fair fight - especially since we couldn't stop laughing.

...visited.

Dad, Paula, Melanie and Rachel

...chatted.

EJ got in on some of the fun! Ya, what's up with the hair dude?

It was a very nice weekend - And to top it all off, when I got home, Tyler had been preparing homemade Chile Rellenos and Carne Asada tacos with homemade corn tortillas. He even made homemade Green Salsa. Can I just say yum, I'm swooning!

Musings

I am sitting here at my computer as tonight is my live online office hours, but just like every week, not a single student has logged in, so alas I sit here and wait. I even offered extra credit this time to come and say hi and ask me a question. I guess they are all doing so well, they don't have any questions (LOL).

So, I decided to put this time to use blogging. I had my 20 week ultrasound yesterday and all appears to be good. We didn't get very good shots this time, the baby was not really wanting to make much of an appearance. This is the best one and you can see the baby sucking on its fist, so that is kind of cute. Like all of my other pregnancies we have chosen to not find out the sex of the baby, we like the surprise in the delivery room. (Or maybe we just like to be annoying). The baby is weighing about 12 oz. so Dr. Smith said it was kind of like a Diet Coke. That's funny.I have included a key in case you look at this and go, "WHAT?"
I am feeling really good. I get frustrated with myself that I have not kept up as good of a running schedule as I told myself I would, but at least I am trying and I have done more running and exercise these last 5 months than I did with all 3 previous pregnancies put together, so that is a plus. My goal is to not gain as much weight as I did with Mollie, wow that was a lot, and so far so good. I am just really glad I am not hungry around the clock like I was the first 4 months. I would wake up 2-3 times a night starving and if I tried to ignore it and not eat, I ended up getting sick, so I ate. But like I said, not so much a problem now.

I am very anxious to have some warm weather to go running in, I hate the rain. Keep your
fingers crossed. Come on Spring, you can make it!

Tomorrow I am heading to Park City with 4 of my sisters and my mom for a weekend get-away, can't wait. I'll be sure and post pictures upon my return.

Happy Belated St. Patty's Day

I didn't get around to posting a St. Patrick's Day wish yesterday, so this one is a day late, but may the luck of the Irish be with you today as well. I would love to say it was because I was out and about having so much fun, but it was a mood thing, just wasn't in a blogging mood. The girls were all decked out in green, Reagan is not pictured because he was wearing Khaki pants and a blue shirt. He wanted to trick everyone into pinching him, so he wore hidden green. I asked Tyler if I had to fall for it and alas we figured it would be the nice thing, so I pinched him and he thought that was the best thing ever. In return he got to pinch me 10 times, Ouch. Oh to be 6, (well almost 7 again).

The girls and I did have a little hair day and did fun stuff with green elastics and hair bows. Sadly, I have to post it because we didn't go anywhere so, it was an "all dressed up an nowhere to go" kind of day. I am so glad I captured this side shot of Mollie, because although in this, she hadn't done anything wrong, this is the look we get when she has messed up, like getting into my make up or spilling something. It is hilarious. I think she figures we will jsut go away if she hides long enough behind her hands. We usually end up having to stifle laughs becausse she will briefly peek out to ssee if we ar still there.

Elise has been asking for me to do the Flower again on her hair, so I obliged and it was so cute with the big green bow on it. Loved it. (Hair bows courtesy of 'Lil Critters)

Bad Day!

Have you ever had a day when you just think it might be better to have stayed in bed? If the answer is no, then stop reading here. If the answer is yes, then I would imagine you will understand and take pity on my pathetic self.

Ok, I am in that really obnoxious pregnant stage where my pre-pregnancy clothes don't fit and yet maternity looks absolutely ridiculous. So, today I wore some of my, completely-non-flattering-comfortable-fat-pants and a long sleeve cotton tee, baggy. I look frumpy, but I was doing laundry and cleaning so who really cares, right. Well I had to run to Smith's and the cashier asked me if I work at Walmart. AAAGGHH, I don't even shop at Walmart, I know I look frumpy, but really a Walmart uniform is that what I look like? Needless to say this outfit is officically banned from public.

Well, I tried to get over it, and the rest of the day was going ok. Tyler came home and we decided to go look at some homes, as we are currently house hunting, (a whole entire other headache) and so we all jumped in the car and headed out to see what we could see. Upon our arrival home, I noticed glass near Tyler's truck. Yes, his driver side window has been compeletely smashed in, glass inside and out and everywhere. I so did not need this.

Ok, I am done complaining, and I think I am going to go sit in front of the tv, and sulk. Hopefully a better day tomorrow!

Survivor and Amazing Race

So those of you who know me, know I am a huge reality TV fan. Not dumb ones, like Wife Swap, but the cool ones like Survivor and Amazing Race. Well, I am in heaven, they both just started their new seasons in the last 2 weeks and so Thursdays and Sundays are my favorite days. Tyler and I watch together and every episode consists of conversations such as, "When we do this race, we would choose this task", or "I can't believe she just said that, when I am on the show I would do it this way...". Last night Tyler even asked, "So, how well would it work to go over the things we did right and wrong after a challenge? Would it work to re-hash the challenges?"
So there is a peek into my love of reality tv life. Now you know, if I don't answer my phone on Thursday or Sunday, it might be because I am in the middle of my favorite show.