She is mine!

I just love these pictures of Emma.
Walmart's Portrait Studio did a great job.
She is such a Pretty girl, and I can't believe she is mine!

the weather... and our drama..

I can't even describe the weather right now...
Okay I can.
It is like a slushy snow storm.
This morning we awoke to 4 inches more of snow.
And it is still snowing.
Having a little mini van with balding front tires we figured church was not happening for us.
We decided Jeff and Matthew should go and He planned on taking his 4-runner.
The rest of us watched Noggin on TV. I sat looking out at the snow, and I decided we could all go. We should all go.
Right before Jeff left to take Matthew to church, we decided to give it a go. Jeff would have to make 6 trips in the 4-Runner. All of us taking a turn. We would bum rides from ward members to get us all home. But we were determined to go to Church.
We heard the plows driving down the street and with a relief knew it was okay to drive the Van to church.
We only decided this 20 minutes before church. But we made it and we all were glad we went.
As Church finished, the sun came out and the rain came down.
It rained off and on the rest of the day.
But Now as I type the snow has return with a force.
and now we are in fear of the power going out.
I am gonna try and take pictures of the snow tomorrow.
I can post the pictures, so you can see...the drama...
that is... if the power is still on.

I updated the pictures

I updated all the picture slides on my blog.
I hope you enjoy them.
I know I do.

Oh my aching back!

So the beginning of this week Jeff put his back out.
Long story short... he was shoveling snow at work.. ( I know, why don't they make the inmates do it) the shovel was not a good shovel and then the next day he had to assist in tackling an difficult inmate to the ground.
His back was fine, very sore, but fine until Monday morning when he went to pick up Emma in her car seat, that is when his back went out.
After a doctors visit and getting paper work set for work he is off work and at home sitting around taking cat naps.
Lucky dog.... okay so he is on meds and can be in a lot of pain, maybe not so lucky.
But if only when my back went out I would have the free time to sit around and do nothing.
I really do feel bad for Jeff and I am trying my best to help him in every way.
he works hard in a deplorable place, just so we have all the things we need.
I am just slightly jealous.
When my back hurts I still have to function and take care of people and work.
Maybe I am having sympathy pains for Jeff, because my back is killing me.
Oh, baby is crying, I guess I need to get back to work.
Can I take a break today?
I guess not.
I am the mom.
We don't get breaks.

Once there was a Snowman....

Snowman, Snowman....
Once there was a Snowman tall, tall, tall!
In the sun he melted, melted, melted.
In the sun he melted small, small, small.

The kids made a cute snowman with my niece Mia.
oh so cute!







today it doesn't look so good.

Sledding down Willard hill

We went to a place in town called Willard Hill. it isn't exactly in town. it is about 20 minutes away.
My parents came up for a visit and brought along my niece Mia. She wanted to play in the snow.
We had a blast.
And my mom...a grandmother of 19...went sledding down Willard Hill with the boys and Mia.
Matthew is a pro. Nathan mostly hung with Mia and Grandma. Caleb was a sledding maniac!!!
And there was no stopping Sammy. He would go higher and higher.
Too funny. Last time we went he wouldn't even go down with out mom!
Talk about fun!!!!!
I was brave enough to try a few times myself.
It was fun.
Jeff put his back out at work and couldn't venture on the hill, but he watched Emma sleeping in the van and attempted to bring her up over to us but his back just couldn't do it.
here are a few pictures of the fun.
I will post more later.
Anyone wanna go?
We are gonna go again next week!

I love having a girl.

Tonight as I folded the cutest part of my mountain of laundry, it didn't hit me that I had a girl, like it usually does.
Folding her precious little pink striped footed pajama's and matching up her tiny little socks is my favorite part, maybe my only favorite part about folding laundry, And I didn't even notice.
Emma has been very cranky these last couple of nights.
Squealing like a girl.
The highest pitch screams.
Those screams I used to laugh about, because she was a girl, because I actually had a girl, now just make me run to her so it will stop.
But just a few moments ago, I went to move the clothes from the washer into the dryer and I found a little tiny white hair clip.
Shaped like a little bow.
My heart melted.
I have a girl.
I have a girl in my house.
I have a girl and I just love that I do.
Just seeing the little bow shaped hair clip made my very unproductive day all worth while.
But now, what I wanna know is how it got in the washing machine.

Last Name Game

LAST NAME GAME
It's harder than it looks!Here is what you do. Use the 1st letter of your last name to answer each of the following... They have to be real places, names, things... nothing made up! Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same 1st initial. You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question.

1. Last name: bigney
2. Famous artist/band/musician: Beatles
3. 4-letter word:bond
4. U.S state: sorry no "B" states in the U.S.
5. Boy name: Ben
6. Girl name: Brianna
7. animal: Bear
8. Something in the kitchen: Bowl
9. Reason for being late: bawling baby
10. Body Part? butt
11.Drink? berry punch
12. Something you shout:? bogger butt
13. Something you eat? Bread

I got this game off my friend Danielle's blog - try it and see what you come up with!

SNOW!!!!!! We Have SNOW!!!!

What a winter wonderland!
The storm we got all prepared for came and dumped snow on us,
but it wasn't as scary as it was suppose to be.
No power outage.
The boys were very upset about that one.
They wanted to use the new flash lights we got them.
Here are just a few of the gorgeous views from
our back yard and front yard.
BRrrrrrr.... it is cold.

School is starting soon!!!!

I love my kids but I am looking forward to them being on a regular schedule.
And I am getting sick of Guitar Hero in the back ground and my floors dirty all day!!!
I love school.