Christmas begins...

its Starts with bringing in the Christmas tree

Then we do a little decorating.... And of course we can't forget the lights! and decorating the kid tree! they had so much fun getting it all out!

Thanksgiving weekend in Rexburg

Who would have thought Rexburg could be so fun?? I guess Ryan and the other 12 people that live there! it was a lot of fun. we may have just found a new Thanksgiving tradition. Our family and Jacob and Deidre went and spent Thanksgiving with Ryan and Annalyn, played a lot of "tank" on the wii, Went shopping on black Friday, cut down our very own Christmas tree and even got to see Tim and Kristen a few of the days. Its handy having siblings live near each other!
Tim, Kristen and Amelia came with us to cut tress down. Time got the fun job of lugging the girls around!

Kailey and Carter warming up in the truck

Carter wasn't exactly fond of the sled ride

At the end of the trip Jacob wanted to sled out... so we attached him to the hitch and he got a really long fun sled ride. It was hilarious to hear him laughing the entire way. I'll have to upload the video we got. classic

Jacob, Deidre and Me hanging out in the mountains. I wore regular shoes, unlike the other ID Veterans. Needless to say: my feet were FREEZING!!

We brought Anna with us, because it's easier than finding a dog sitter. so Shaun hitched her to a sled and Anna pulled him. This was the best picture i got. Anna was surprisingly fast and strong pulling Shaun.

Jacob wore this Awesome "Joseph" coat. It may be ugly but it kept him warm.

Jacob and Deidre were supposed to go home to Cali, but last min went north instead of south, so we were all happy but we knew mom wanted them there so they were "sad"

Shaun couldn't keep a straight face when Jacob decided to be in the picture.

Kinda better

well, today i actually don't feel too bad. but lets not jinx it! apart from being in the hospital last week and not eating anything or being able to hold anything down hasn't been too fun. But seeing as I successfully slept from Sat night at 9pm until Monday morning at 7:45, (when i had to get up to babysit.) i feel a little better, today i actually did a load of dishes! that is HUGE! I even ate lunch, i know, you can all applaud me later. i am hoping that now I'm in week 12 this will all just be a memory, and i only get better from here on out. We are headed to good Old Idaho to celebrate with Ryan and Annalyn. Hopefully it wont be freezing there, but its Idaho, i don't know why i would expect anything less than freezing-ness. So off to Idaho we go tomorrow!

wishing for warmer days

Is it so wrong to want days like this?

Where you can just lay outside on your trampoline and look for shapes in the clouds where its warm enough to not need a jacket?

And when you look up you see this?

Or when you swing you see that your little boy i swinging in the big swing and not falling out?

I have not exactly had the best days recently. I have been exhausted and sick and feel nauseated all the time. This pregnancy is so different from my last three. Before i was like why not get pregnant? now am doubting if i will get pregnant again! i just want to care that my house is a pig sty, or that i haven't eaten a dessert in almost 2 weeks, or taste food and not wonder if it will taste as good on the way back up. I would like to care that my personal hygiene has gone down the drain. but I don't and i don't see a way out. Yesterday as I cried to Shaun from being overly emotional and afraid for him to go to Mexico today he was like "it's all for a baby" yeah that doesn't help. i have 3 that didn't do this to me, why this one? anyway. not my best days, just a little complaining.

not a backpost

well, my camera is broken and I took a bunch of pictures on Shaun's Camera but apparently i am "not responsible" enough for his camera so he's taken it until i prove myself worthy. LAME. so its a word post.I will backpost pictures later. Things have been good here, OK not really, i have been sick for the past few weeks, making a baby is tough work! I'm sure some of you who are friends with Ryan on facebook saw his lovely outing of my pregnancy. NOT COOL RYAN! but its true, I'm officially crazy, #4 is on the way. Yes it was planned, and yes we get pregnant quick. the due date is June 13th. (almost 2 years to the day from Carter) I'm about 9 weeks, so not far at all. We're excited and a little nervous. It will be a lot of changes. 3 hasn't been too hard, but my job makes me stay at home so i don't get out too much, and when i do i usually have Shaun or someone and that someone may have a different opinion. ( I went to breakfast with Lexy and she said what my mind is always thinking "I feel like I'm always counting to see if I am missing 1" I am continually counting to 3 in my head. so far they are always there) 4 means a bigger car, kids sharing a room and we were already outnumbered but now even more so! all i can say is bring it on! I may be biased but I'm pretty sure i have awesome kids! Kailey helps me all the time and is a second mother to Jordan (she tells me all the time when I don't feel good "mom, you can get mad at dad whenever you want when there is a baby in your tummy" funny thing is I haven't been mad at Shaun. He could be mad at me because he has had to pick up my slacking on the House cleaning, but that's anther story. Jordan is a stinker but that's just her. and Carter loves to give me "ugs" and snuggle with me, so no complaining.
I will have 3 June babies! unless this one comes end of may, that could be cool! anyway, so I'm Pregnant!

my lil stinker