It is SOOO wonderful when...

your pre-pregnancy jeans slide up over your hips and you can zip AND button them.
How refreshing! I am definately not back to my normal body, in fact I still have 11 pounds to loose, but yesterday and today I was able to pull on my jeans and do them up and I didn't look like a stuffed sausage in them. It feels so good to make some progress. Now if I can get organized enought to get a schedule to where I could go for a run, I know the fat would melt like butter off my body. Until then I am happy that I am slowly buy surly losing the weight.
What a GREAT DAY.

Did the heavens open up on my house this sabbath day?

Does my little Easton know something I don't know? Well I don't know. Today I was feeding Gray in the rocking chair and Easton came and sat on the arm of the chair next to us. He was loving and kissing him and then he said, "Mom when we get our nother baby then I will have 2 babies." Me WHAT??? Another baby we already have a baby, our baby Gray. Then Easton says to me, "I know I know but then you will get another baby in your tummy. If you go to the temple. " So I said well I think heavenly father has sent us all of my babies. And then Easton looks at me square in the eyes with his hand on my cheek and says, "but when you go to the temple then you will get a baby sister mom, heavenly father will get a baby sister in your tummy when you go to the temple."

Wow...is he wise beyond his years? I don't know, I am feeling like our family is complete! Maybe he is right and heavenly father has something else in the works...but as of now I think our family is perfectly complete.

It was a shocking thing for me to hear becasue I am feeling done. Lately I have been having nightmares about being pregnant...with multiples. I love beinng pregnant but when it becomes a nightmare and you wake up in a sweat, I think it is time to follow my instincts and know my family is complete. If the good lord has a different plan so be it.

Simply wonderful

LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE!

Easton's last day of pre-shcool

Eastons pre-school class and Ms. Carol. Only 3 girls Devon, Brooklyn and Taylor 6 boys Easton, Hunter, Ben, Mason, Gideon and Ian. It was a great year, we met a lot of new friends and learned a lot of new exciting stuff. Easton has learned the ABC's, colors, shapes, dot to dots, numbers, he is really good at writing the letters E, T, M, S, O and A, the numbers 3, 2 and 1, and remembers interesting facts like: the name of our President Barak Obama and being able to recognize him on tv or in pictures, and also that insects have 3 body parts and spiders are NOT insects. I have been really impressed with all that he has learned and retained.

some of the new babies on the farm.

feeding the goats...No fingers lost just a couple bites.

School is out for the summmer! Easton had his last day of school and it was really fun. Mrs. Carol took us to the carver petting farm. The kids loved it and I loved it. I got to go 1-on-1 with East we had a special "date" together. All the animals had recently had their cute babies and the kids got to hand feed them. They got to hold a lot of them and go for a horse ride. They had quite the assortment of farm animals: Pigs, cats, dogs, goats, lambs, wild horses, bunnies, fish, turkies, chickens, cows, ducks and geese, and lama's. We had a special day together. Goodbye Mrs. Carol we sure will miss you next year when we move up to the 4-5 year old class. We think you are great!

MASON is 2

Mason had the best surprise for his birthday...candles that keep relighting. He loved it.

A fun filled weekend is what we had for Mason's birhtday. It was over Memorial weekend so it was a huge party for 4 days. We went camping and had 2 parties. His party on his birhtday was at our house with my family. He loved his fish cake (he really likes fish), loved the kids, and LOVED the binoculars Shawnee and the boys gave him. We ate dinner, opened presents and then watched our favorite Sunday show America's funniest home videos.

Party#2 was in Logan on Monday with Garet's family. We all met at Grandma Cloteels house, which is always a treat, had dinner, opened presents and played. I decided to make a different cake it could be the only PINK cake I ever get to make. The best part for Mason was the candles that don't blow out. He loves to blow and LOVED that they just kept relighting. He was so cute he would blow, clap, say YEAH! And then poof they would light again. His little face would light up every time the candles would relight.

We had a great weekend it was so fun to party party party.

THANK YOU FAMILIES for being so fun and wonderful!

A fishing we will go, a fishing we will go....

This marks the first of many fishing trips and boys trips to come. All the boys went fishing to Ennis Montana. Or as Easton would say Mon-A-HAN-tana. Grandpa Ru couldn't wait to take the Little boys fishing so they headed up to Montana for opening day. Rulon, Garet, Easton, Mason, Dalton, Chase, Hayden, Parker and Kathy all went FISHING! Actually we all were suppose to go but it ended up that all the girls had prior commitments and the boys really wanted to fish opening weekend. I guess opening weekend for fishing is like being to the first day of a great sale (like the nordstrom half yearly sale), the early bird gets the worm! Kathy was a sport and went along so that she could take care of the little boys while the big boys went out on the river for half a day. Thanks to all of you for making it a MEMORABLE, exciting trip for my little boys.

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These are a few of my favorite things...

(sing to the sound of music) Campfires and hot dogs followed with smores. Blankies and nap times I never get bored. Playing and laughing and wrestling too these are a few of my favorite things.

snakes and snails and puppy dog tails. Acting so silly shh I will not tell. These are a few of my favorite things.3 little boys smelling yummy and clean.
Grandma's and Grandpas and cousins and friends.
Aunts and Uncles to play and pretend. These are a few of my favorite things.

Once I remember I slept through the night. Now I just hold my sweet baby tight. Dancing and singing and riding our bikes these are a few of my favorite things.

Little hands chubby and cute, 10 little toes running about. Looking at the stars and the moon... these are a few of my favorite things.

Bouquets of dandelions and weeds, become my most beautiful things. Piles of rocks and pockets of sand, muddy clothes and dirty hands ...these are a few of my favorite things.

Crying and fighting followed by hugs and kisses. Sweet little whispers" i love you ,your the best est"... these are a few of my favorite things.

Laundry,more laundry, did i mention laundry. Mountains and mountains of good ole' laundry. No matter how hard i may try, there is always more laundry piling up high.

Cleaning and cleaning is so much fun, until i see what the boys have undone. The dust is growing taller than i can see, lets forget it and play hide and seek...these are a few of my favorite things.

Nature and hunting and stories to tell, the boys always have an adventure to share.

They really are so much fun, if only I was 21...

Feelings of doubt and fear, are chased away when my little ones are near. Praying that I will not yell today. ..These are a few of my favorite things.

Hoping and wishing they will obey, I am sure we will all go to timeout today. Heavenly father you know me so well.... thanks for giving me all of my favorite things to share.

The list can go on and on my friends, But I am so thankful that I am a Mom. Wishing and cheering and dreaming is fun and I wouldn't trade my life with anyone. For these are a few of my favorite things.