All Three babies!!

Just had to throw these in to, arent they so sweet and cute!!

Courtney 2 year old pictures

My sweet baby girl is growing up!! So Sad!! She is just so fun!!

Andrew 5 year old pictures

He is my cute little/big boy...that I love so dearly!!

HELP!!!

I am overwhelmed with all the duties it takes to be a mom!! Not a regular mom but a LDS mom!! Not that being a LDS mom is a bad thing!!! But I feel very responsible to teach them all the wonderful things about it!!

I wish that in the process of finding a wonderful man, that we would have talked more about how things would have taken place!! I do remember one night when Michael was in utah we were under the stars and talking about kids and what we were going to do when we were parents...it sounded to good to be true..but the truth is we didn't have kids then!!! Then I moved to Florida and the rest is history!!!

My parents were not really strict LDS parents and I always wish that they would have been better, well because they would take us to church and I would always hear amazing story about men and women in the church and I wanted that for my future family!!

During dating I knew what I wanted...(I took classes a uvsc on eternal marriage and I still have the book to prove it) but for some odd reason I dated men who weren't so confident, they ALL question the church! Don't get me wrong, I questioned it too, but I still love it and believe in it and want my kids to feel the same way!!

So anyway..Its really hard to find energy to do it by myself!! From prayer to study the scriptures, to family home evening, to church, to listening to general conferences so on and so on!! Then there is everything else, cleaning, being a mom to three little kids, actives, school, playtime, work, reading books, teaching, etc!!! I am tired and sometimes it just makes me want to quit!!

BUT I know its worth it and I do want my kids to know that Jesus is there and that he loves us!! I want to do the best job I can do for HIM!! He gave me these wonderful kids and I want him to be proud of me!!

It's hard when I am the only one who wants these things and then there is everything else!!!

but, I am a strong person and I can do it and I will do it!! Its that important to me!!!!

Great Grandparents

So as they were going to Utah they stop by and we all went out to lunch! My kids call them grandpa and grandma! It awesome that they have great grandparents on my side and that my kids will remember them! They are so cute together!

32 years baby!!

So Michael is now 32 years old! I got him a tool set, this yummy ice cream cake, and all the birthday love he could handle from the kids and me!!
32 things about Michael from my point of view!
1. He loves the show glee..which is weird to me
2. If there is a show that we both like, he gets upsets if I watch it without him
3. He loves Thursday basketball night
4. He loves Diet Coke..which is so bad!!
5. He is not a clean freak..which most dentists are
6. He loves his new google phone and is on it all the time
7. He loves movies and would watch them every night
8. Loves Raisin Canes, In and Out, and Carls Jr
9. He loves his job and wants to do a good job!
10. of course he loves his Kids
11. Loves me!
12. He really hates to be late to things!
13. He loves to read
14. He loves to sleep in, but who doesn't, right?
15. He has a love/hate relationship with our dog!
16. He really brushes and floss's every night
17. He wins at almost every game we play!
18. He wants to buy a new truck/car someday he is sick of driving the ford escort
19. He loved rap music when we where dating and now is into country music
20. His wife is still in her 20's...but not for to long
21. Michael doesn't like it when he talks on video camera
22. When we were first married Michael would tell people that we were going to have 12 kids
23. Hates talking on the phone for a long time
24. The first 3 years of marriage he slept on the left side of the bed and now he sleeps on the right side
25. Thinks that Courtney will always be a baby, I don't think that he wants her to grow up, at all
26. He loves hats and has like 10 of them
27. He always wears sunglasses when driving, always! (Not at night, of course)
28. He didn't kiss his first girl until he was 21 or 22
29. Michael drove from Florida to California in like 4 days
30. He is a great COOK and I wish he would do it more
31.He loves Nebraska football
32.He would love to travel to Italy someday

So here is one funny story about Michael
Andrew had gotten spotlight in church on Sunday and I was telling Michael about it
Well Michael started to tell me about a time where he was getting spotlighted (as a child), and when they started to talk about him and all the things he liked he said to himself " I have to meet this guy he sounds awesome" and he was a little disappointed that there was no others like him but was happy to be spotlighted! hahah I think its just so funny!!

Art or is she trying to say something?

I picked up my little 3 year old Lauren, from pre-school the other day and she had this drawing! Then I asked her some questions, "Who are these people?" I laughed so hard!! Then I asked her "why does daddy have a sad face?" and she told me "its because he is mad at mommy" hahahaha I love that she has the eyebrows and everything!! Well I guess I better not make daddy mad at me anymore!!

Mothers Day!!

Happy Mothers Day!!! I had a wonderful day!! On Saturday I called for the carpet cleaner guys to come!! Its so nice to have the carpets clean, between the kids and dog it was time!! So I made Micheal and the kids clean with me!! Although we just stuff things its nice to have a clean ground, now we need to go thought it and organized it all!! Then on Saturday night we got to go out on a date and see the new Iron man which was awesome!!!
Then on Sunday Michael made yummy pancakes and they were delivered to my room by my kids yelling "Happy Mothers Day!!" They were so excited to see me and give me big hugs and kisses!! I felt so grateful to have such cute kids!!! Then we got ready for church and the RS made this yummy lunch it was so nice, it just made it a very special day!! We had a little lesson on prayer and it really made me think that we need to do better as a family to get prayers done before we leave in the morning!! Anyway Michael made dinner and it was YUMMY YUMMY and we went to bed at 6, I was so tired and I needed sleep! It was a great day!! I am so lucky to have my babies!!!
Happy Mothers Day to all you moms out their you are all a great example to me!!!

VENTING!!!

On Sunday May2nd, to get the kids out of the house I took them outside to play with the kids in the neighborhood! As always I go out there and watch them! The only times they go outside by themselves is if they escape without my knowledge and within 5 min. or less I know where they are! Well my neighbor has two girls and our kids love to play together! So their dad was outside washing the car and doing yard work while our kids were playing! I sat their and watched the kids play! Well for some odd reason I didn't see his wife get into the car and she started it (which I didn't hear) and she started to back up!! I am still surprised that she knew we were outside playing and didn't even look behind her car to see if ANY kids were behind the car! The min. I saw my kids behind the car my heart started to race!! Oh my gosh she is going to back up and hit my kids!! Then the dad stopped his wife, pfewww, that was a close one!! Then the dad look straight at me and starts yelling at the top of his lungs at me!!! He said "this is going to be the first time I say anything and the last...WATCH YOUR KIDS!! He told me to get off my ass and watch my kids! So I was already up at this point and trying to get my kids out of the way! Then there was still a bike behind his car and I was trying to get it and he was saying to me "don't worry about a bike worry about my kids" at this point I was sick of him!! I told him to clam down and I am watching my kids!! I told him that I would do anything for my kids and things happen! Well he sssshhh me away and didn't even let me talk anymore! What a CREEP! What a JERK! If any thing he should of yelled at his wife...because if she would of hit my kids I could sue her for everything! My kids weren't even on their property at the time they were on the sidewalk!!! And I WAS watching my kids and I saw the whole thing!!!!
I admit that I am not a hover mom..I feel like with three kids I couldn't hover over them all at the same time anyway, plus my kids have learned that they can do a lot by themselves and are very independent!! I believe since they do a lot more that they don't get hurt as much!! I do believe that when cars are around that you should help kids get out of the way! I live at the end of the street and we don't have a lot of cars around!! Anyway I just felt like the guy told me that I was not a good mom! Well I know that I am not perfect an anyway, but I love my kids and I would do anything for my kids!! I would die of them!!! Everyday I have with them I feel so lucky!!! They are awesome and I am so proud of them!!! I picked to be a stay at home mom because I don't want anyone else raising my kids! I feel like I do the best I can do and everyday is different and hopefully I will learn from day to day! But my love doesn't change!!! With the lord's help my kids will be blessed and I know that everything will be okay!!!