School Awards

Child number 1. His award was for Citizenship. His teacher was not there so it is a sub in the picture.


Little Miss K also got an award for Citizenship the same day as her big bro. And since he is the historian for the school he was able to be there for her awards. She also got a prize for the most laps jogged in the jog a thon the week before. A jumprope, little junks and a gift certificate to Chillis!

Way to go Kids!

Cub Scout Awards

So Child Number one is in Cub Scouts. He really enjoys it. Daddy and I not so much. But a friend of mine said a few Sundays ago, "You better get used to it. You have to many boys to not like it." So my attitude is slowly changing and we are getting used to it.


Here he is receiving an award. I can't remember which one. Wolf I think.

So when the boys get an award the moms get a pin. It is placed on the mom upside down. So then your scout has to do something good to get the pin turned the right way.
We are proud of you Nano!

Baby A at four Months!

So I know that these pictures are old since he just turned 7 months Saturday, but hey they are still cute.

Kaylie's Dress

So my wonderful friend showed me how to make this dress. I love it and I sewed almost all of it without her help. I still have fabric to make her another one but need to find the time.
I even made a matching hair clip!

Packing for 6

So we are going on a trip and packing for six was a big challenge. WE are excited to go visit Auntie Barbie and crew.

baby A is now six months old! Wow. That went by way too fast. He is such a happy boy and wouldn't my luck be that as soon as we are on a "schedule" we are going on a trip. So much for that. When we come back we begin training again. He weighed 15 1/2 pounds and is 26 inches long. We also discussed acid reflux. Maybe that will help his crankiness as the day wears on.

Well we are off. I'll post more about our trip later!

PS Hubby gets to go to Priesthood Session I am sorta jealous that We can't go to a session together.

I Let Him Cry it Out

So last week was very hard for me and my new bundle. He cried A LOT! Cried when I put him down, cried when I held him.. just cried! I even took him for a drive at 10:00 at night to get him to go to sleep after trying for 30 minutes! So last night I cried. What am I going to do on Monday without my Dear Hubby to help hold crying baby?

Well Dear Hubby said "Let him cry."

But he's my baby and I can't.

Well I did.

I got him to sleep put him down and within 15 minutes he was awake. I laid him back down, put his blanket on and gave him his pacifier. I left the room.

No crying. Could it be he actually just went back to bed?

No such luck. Crying and screaming began after 5 minutes. He cried for 20 and then slept for 2 hours! A record for him. Wow! Maybe I should let him cry it out more often. He woke up happy and didn't fuss so much the rest of the night.

He is my fourth baby. I should know what to do. But with him he is just so different then the rest.

As I write he just slipped off to dreamland in his Daddy's arms and for me it is bounce, sing, walk, bounce, take a walk, take a drive, cry it out, then he sleeps.

New Month, New Resolve!

So I am still new at blogging. I think I am missing some functions though. Like changing the font and changing the size of my font and such. But That is fine. I can still write and post pictures!

So now that March is here I have a new resolve to be more organized. Can you believe it ME more organized!! This from the girl after living here for 2 days knew exactly where to find child #1's birth certificate and immunization card to register him at school! But with 4 kiddos and now staying home instead of filling the minds of fun Kindergarteners all day, I need to manage my time and days better.So I have been following my sister in laws blog - justorganizeyourself.blogspot.com. She has wonderful practical ideas for cleaning and maintaing the cleanliness.
So Last night I wrote out my MIT's Most important tasks:
1. Scriptures
2. Prayers
3. Exercise
4. Dinner
These are the things I HAVE to get done. If I get these 4 things done I can't beat myself up that nothing else got done.

I also wrote out my MM's: Minimum Maintenance (minimum things that have to get done to keep it smooth among the Madness)
They include: Quick Tidy Rooms, quick clean the kitchen, laundry, etc. My children are included in some of these as their daily chores. We even wrote out our daily routines. :)
Now the Trick: Start doing it!