Just a Few Pictures of my Kids

These are just a few pictures of things we have been doing, Harley had a program in her class where they all sang, I had to be sneaky on taking pictures because she kept getting mad if I took her picture. She also stood in the back so I couldn't take them. Luckily Jason was able to leave work early so we could both be there. The picture of Gunnar was when we went with Novalee on her field trip to BYU for the Christmas around the World program. I was so tired that day because I had Gunnar with me I couldn't ride the school bus to BYU but when I got there they made me park in a completely different parking lot and had to walk to the building. Not a great day to not bring a coat too. I think Gunnar just had a sweatshirt on too. It was freezing! Then we also were able to go to Disney on Ice again. It was the princess on this time and it was so fun! We had spilled slushes on us and Gunnar almost had an accident because he didn't want to leave to go potty but luckily made it on time. We were close to the ice and the kids came home happy. The picture of Novalee's hair is how we did her hair for the Christmas program at the girls school. Harley didn't want a picture but we did the same hair to both girls. I did take video but I didn't download any videos yet to my computer and plus the program consists of Gunnar pulling the camera down to see through the camera.

Quick Update....also known as may be too much info

We have been so busy lately. There are so many things on my to do list but yet I seem to be spending my time not getting anything done. Jason and I have both been swamped with homework and are both looking forward to next semester where we are both only taking 6 credits. We still have lots to do to finish up this semester. At times I have felt overwhelmed by it but I keep telling myself what is the worst that is going to happen? Jason hasn't had too much work with his sports job which is good because the one at Dixon has been more time consuming working with kids that can't be in a regular classroom. I haven't had time to help at the school a lot which makes me so sad. I can't even get enough energy half the time to walk upstairs to Novalee's room so usually I just walk her to the ramp by Harley's room so she can go upstairs. I miss playing with the kids in the classrooms and letting Gunnar have fun with the other kids. I know he misses that one of his friends in Harley's class moved and he was really sad about that.
I have so many pictures that I need to download along with videos but our new camera that we got in September has so many different things I still need to look up to figure out before I want to download them to the computer.
I have been feeling incredibly guilty lately for the things that I haven't been able to do with my kids and for my kids and I feel so lucky that they have great teachers this year that understand and give me too much slack on my part. I am really excited though because I am starting to do one on one time with each of my kids each day which has been fun. I am glad that we started doing it and Jason takes the other 2 while I am doing this.
I am counting down the days which at time goes by too slow for this baby to get here. He is constantly kicking me which the dr found to be really funny last time we went. Next week I am in the third trimester which seems to have taken so long to get here. I don't know how many of you know how this pregnancy came to come to our family. In case you are wondering, Jason and I have been praying about this for a long time. I didn't want a huge age gap between this baby and the other kids but we never had the strong impression to start trying. So last May, we realized that Gunnar would be 4 before I even had another baby. We started trying which meant I had to stop taking this prescription that I had been taking hoping to lose weight (it wasn't working) going off that was so hard and I was sick for over 2 weeks where I couldn't walk very well, and was so lucky that my husband was able to be home with me. We had only been trying for 2 weeks and I had the strongest impression that I was pregnant which didn't make sense because after 4 years, I thought it would take at least a year and but still we had promised each other that if nothing happened within the summer we would stop trying. I took a test at my dr's office that was negative, (helping with the withdrawls) the following week, I took 3 tests and they were all positive. Obviously this baby knew the time frame that we had set and wanted to come to us. At times, it has been scary but for the most part I am so excited to have him here. I can't wait to meet him. There was a time where the specialist that I was seeing told me that we might have to induce early but as of now all the problems have cleared up. I can't wait for our last little baby to get here and we can continue and grow as an eternal family!

Fall Break

The original plan was to go to AZ but, things happen and we didn't think the trip would be a great idea right now. Anyways we did something fun everyday and the kids had a blast!

We started off the fun week by getting the kids some cold weather clothes. That is something that Novalee loved to do. There was only school for 2 days so on Wednesday, we went to Cornbelly's. It was so cold but the kids wanted to go so bad! We got there right as it opened and they didn't have any of the little activities open! Gunnar did find the big lizard called "The Creature" and he went through that a few times. Then after trying different activities and waiting for the face painting booth to open, we went through the corn maze. We got lost, we lost Jason, and then gave up and cut through to the end.

The next day we woke up and went to the zoo since we wanted to be there when they fed the animals. We made it with perfect timing and the kids just stared at the animals while the ate. The baby animals were out and playing and it was a lot of fun. If you notice in the giraffe picture. The 2 were outside and then the one just stuck its head out too. We also had to get as many pictures as we could of the wolf for Harley.

Friday, we stayed home for most of the day, then for dinner we were invited to our friends house for games and dinner. I had been looking forward to it all week since my friend makes the best Thai food. I was reminded while playing spades that I am not very good at it yet. I still had lots of fun and the kids ran crazy through the house with their friends.

Saturday, we went to the Scarecrow festival. It is put on by school as a fundraising project. They had over 10 blowup slides and jumping thins. The kids could have spent all day there! They also had the long waited face painting booth that Novalee had been waiting for and pony rides. We also got to go fish and get fun prizes. Gunnar spent the day following Logan around and after we hit the little craft store there buying fun decorations for Halloween and Christmas, we went to eat at this hamburger place down the street.

I can't find my picture of the other activities other then the zoo but I did take some. Maybe on the other camera. We had a blast and I had to spend the next day resting from all the fun things we did. Check back later for those pictures!!

Pictures of Gunnar on his birthday

After not planning a big party for him last year, I was going to be a better mom this year, however that didn't work. He kept talking about all his guests that were going to come and all the presents he was going to get. Then the morning of the "party" I realized I should have invited more and planned more for his party. Luckily he didn't seem to notice that he only had one friend come with his 2 sisters. (I had invited 2 but with their siblings it would have been more like 6 kids) Once again I felt like a failure as a mom but the party was during conference sessions so as soon as it was over, we went and saw Toy Story 1 and 2 in 3d. I am so lucky that Gunnar is such a happy boy despite my flaws as a mommy. So next year I can't make the same mistake 3 times in a row!!

Halloween 2009

Novalee was Cinderella, Gunnar was Captain Hook, and Harley was Ariel

I couldn't get Novalee and Harley to smile for pictures at school, well really at all. Despite my constant crying and oversensitivity, the kids had a blast. They came home with tons of candy that they don't want to share and were exhausted by the time we got in.

What Harley Thinks...........

Harley really likes to come to my class with me on Mondays, my teacher has 4 different classrooms and teaches from St George. Its a Parenting class, its really interesting.

Last time she came with me, I had her fill in the blanks on a piece of paper.

We have had such a great month! We did so many fun things and we are going to have a blast this weekend! Not to mention Jason and I both have math tests today to take but we will forget about that small bump today while we have fun! I will put the pictures up of our fun month hopefully tomorrow but for now know that today wi th the school parties, we will be eating lots of junk food!

We are having another....

BOY!

Sisters!!

I am so excited right now! I feel like such a proud mommy! My kids have been getting along so good today. I know it might change tomorrow or in the next 5 minutes but I am so proud of my girlies. Novalee has been reading to the Harley and Gunnar, I went in to my room and Novalee is reading her home reading book to Harley. They have been working as a team and I am loving it. I know they won't always get along but I am so loving things with my kids right now. My girls are becoming awesome people and I feel so excited for them as they are learning new things and learning how to work together as a team. They love to hear stories from when I was younger with my sisters and the silly things we used to do.
I should mention though how awesome my sisters are. Crystal is AMAZING! She is so strong and I know that I would never be able to do half of what she does. She works full time, goes to school, and still has time to be an awesome mommy to her 2 great kids who may I mention are so awesome. She is always willing to help others with what time she has and does it with a smile! I wish I had at least half of her strength.
Bonny is an awesome sister too. While she lives in Canada she is always willing to listen to me vent online and is such an open person. She knows how dorky I am and still listens. She loves my kids and I know she misses all her neices and nephews. She is creative and bright and loving.
I only wish right now I was closer to my sisters but I know that we are all either far away or incredibly busy. I do wish I had a better picture of us three together but that will have to wait until "Jaws" is born.

Gunnar had a birthday!! Lots of Pictures of my Boy!

Well my little big boy turned 4! WOW! He had an Ice Age cake and got some fun toys and books. Can you believe he is 4! He is my little friend and its just Gunnar and Mommy all day. I learn so much about having fun with him. We play hide and seek which doesn't work too well since he tells me where to hide and then pretends to look for me. He told me that when he is big like Daddy he will carry me since I am really heavy. He is my little boy and I love him!

I will download the pictures of the party off my camera later. I can't figure out how to download videos to full screen but maybe if I read the instructions more I can.