Graduation

Callie graduated on Wednesday night and I just wanted to tell her how proud of her I am. She is the baby of eight children, and there is a ten year gap between us, so I have been able to watch her grow into the person that she has become. I could have only hoped to be as talented and spiritual as she is when I was her age. She has been one of my best friends for almost all my life and I am excited for all she will accomplish in the future!! I know that she will go far musically, she had a solo during graduation and was by far the best one there, I am not being bias, she really just becomes someone else when she is performing and it is almost magical to watch! I love ya sis and just wanted you to know how much ya mean to me!! ( the last picture is of Callie on prom night, where she won prom queen.)

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Hectic week

So Zack has been cutting his eyepoint teeth this week, and I mean the whole week. It has been MISERABLE!! Willey had to work overtime monday night and Tuesday night, so I was in it alone. He started with the throwing up and all that comes with that and a super high fever. It was a long couple of nights!! And I was determined that by Monday he would be totally off the bottle, which made things probably ten times worse!! And then Wednesday was my sister Callies graduation from high school and we were having her dinner at our house. So of course things couldn't run smoothly, Zack had to end up getting a temperature of 104.0!! So I had to take him into the Dr.s to make sure it really was just teeth, and after two and a half hours of sitting in there, they told me he was fine, no flu or strep, just a little bit of a red ear. I was so upset, why didn't I listen to my motherly instincts and just keep him home? Whatever. The night ended up going ok. Everyone got fed and had a good time and my dear sweet Willey stayed home with all the boys so I could see Callie graduate. Now it is Saturday and Zack is just finally getting back to his normal self which I am so thankful for. And I am glad this week is OVER!!!

Fathers and sons

So the Fathers and sons outing was this last friday, and ALL of my boys were super excited (especially Willey). So they got everything together early Friday morning and they left about 1:30 in the afternoon. Now it only takes about 45 mins to an hour to get where they were camping but Willey insisted that they get an early start! He left Zachary here because 2 mischevious boys was about all he can handle. So Zack woke up from his nap and went from room to room looking for Josh and Ryan and when he didn't see them he would get a sad look on his face, it was so sad and I knew right then that no matter how much his older brothers torture him, he really loves them. So Zack and I went and did our nightly walk with my sister Callie and then hung out at home, just a low key relaxing kind of night. Saturday I got an early wake up call from my mom at 6 am (thanks mom ha ha) and she invited Zack and I to breakfast, which was so good. Then I cleaned house, anticipating the arrival of my campers. They did not get back until almost 2! And they were FILTHY. I just had to laugh when I saw them walk through the door. The first thing out of Josh and Ryan's mouth was, "Daddy let us shoot his gun at a captus, (cactus) and then we told him we wanted him to shoot the captus for us, and he did ha ha ha". So it must have been really funny seeing daddy shoot the cactus because they just laughed and laughed. And then Ryan went straight to bed. He was so tired I just let him. Josh then proceeded to tell me about his first real camping trip. He loved playing with all the kids, and especially the fire. His dad told him not to put sticks in the fire, but he didn't listen and ended up burning his lip. He told me he was just trying to taste the stick to see if it was still hot. Ha ha. So I guess overall it was a really good time for all of them. I will be looking forward to next year when all three of the boys get to go.

Never a dull moment

So I decided that I have some of the funniest kids ever, and I have the pictures to prove it. Ryan does some of the funniest things like his faces that he does. He is usually pretending to be Iron Man, one of his favorite "heroes". The one morning I couldn't find him anywhere, and I noticed that the back door was unlocked, and found him outside with his dog Rocky, it was almost just too cute! Then last but not least he walked upstairs one day with his face covered in marker and said " see I have a beard just like daddy"!! I laughed so hard, and RAN to grab my camera.

Now as you can probably tell Zack is a little obsessed with hats! Willey is not happy that I #1: Took a picture of Zack with his cousins pink hat, and #2: That I am posting it on my blog. But he is just so dang cute. He love to pull the hats way down on his eyes and the he has to look way up high so he can see. Its so much fun watching the joy that he gets out of something as simple as a hat!!

And then theres Josh, who is just a crack up, he loves dress up ( another thing that Willey would rather me not mention, ha ha), and he found this old wig that my mom had and was just walking around the house with it, just like it was the most normal thing to be doing. Now Willey gets bloody noses very easily, so he has a wad of toilet paper in his nose a lot, and its kind of hard to see in the picture but see the white thing hanging out of his nose? Yep he walked out and announced that he had a bloody nose, but he had taken care of it and he had shoved toilet paper up his nose, they really look up to their dad and want to be just like him. And lastly, this is the face that Josh makes usually when I am taking pictures, lovely smile son, you will get all the girls with that one!!!

I love my kids!!

Saturday was our Brimhall Family reunion in Mesa, and it will most likely be the last time I see my grandpa. He is in his 90's and has lived an AMAZING life, and it has been an honor to be his granddaughter. The boys all enjoyed seeing thier Great-Grandparents but Ryan had a particular interest in him. My Grandpa is an old cowboy, so naturally he wore his boots and cowboy hat and Ryan just wanted to be right next to him, the whole time! My grandma later told me that Ryan walked up to Grandpa and wanted him to pick Ryan up on his lap, well my grandpa had to tell Ryan that he couldn't pick ryan up he was too heavy. So Ryan thought for a moment and said, "thats alright, I can climb", and proceeded to climb up and sit himself right next to grandpa. I am so grateful my children have been able to know their Great-Grandparents.

Our Anniversary

On Saturday was Willey and my 6th Wedding Anniversary! I just can't believe that it has been six years already! It seems like yesterday that Willey was calling me and we were making plans for our first date. And How I knew it was crazy for him to tell me two weeks after we knew each other that he loved me, and how even crazier it was that I felt the same way. I won't ever forget when we first started talking about getting married and I was so nervous about the thought. All it took was a quick prayer, and this incredible warmth grow throughout my body for me to know this was the real thing. That Willey was going to love me and cherish me for the rest of eternity!. And we faced some really hard things right off in our marriage, and willey was my rock and let me hold onto his faith that everything would be alright. I just love that man of mine so much and want him to know it. We have three adorable boys, who I hope grow up to be as great of a man as their dad. Love you much Willey...forever and ever

So I am glad that its almost summer but I am really annoyed at how early the sun is coming up!! My boys got up at 4:30 this morning and were ready for the day to begin, well I should say that Ryan (3) is the instigator of almost anything naughty that goes on in our house. He has been getting up after I am asleep and getting into the freezer and eating ice cream! Willey came home Monday night to find one carton of ice cream (which was almost new) half gone, and then last night, willey came home to find another carton of ice cream outside of the boys's bedroom door almost gone, and Ryan in bed sleeping with chocolate all over his face. I just have to laugh to keep from going insane. So this morning I was totally not ready at all to get out of bed, but I didn't want them getting into something else, so I got up with them and they ate an early breakfast and around 8 my dear husband let me go back to bed, so I would be a bit more patient with everyone! So I just want to say thanks to him for being a great husband and seeing when I have reached my boiling point and Dr. Jekyll is disappearing and Mrs. Hyde is about to show herself. haha. So now I am off to bed and have hopefully outsmarted my children by sticking a plastic spoon in between the doors on the refrigerator. We will see in the morning, but hopefully not until at least 6:30!!

So My sister Marcie has helped me with 90% of the decorating in my house and I am just so grateful to have a sister who is so creative in that area, because I am not so much. These are our latest projects that we have done and it was so much fun watching my house totally transform with just a few little things into a home.

Marcie is moving at the end of June and I just wanted to tell her thanks for all her hard work and great ideas. I am going to miss her being just a minute away. Thanks marcie, love ya tons.

Ok, so my friend Jessica helped me figure everything out about blogging so now I have no excuses. (Thanks Jessi!!)

So alot has gone on since I tried to start my blog and its all been just everyday things nothing really major so I will just start with the things that are going on in our lives now.

The boys have been growing like crazy!! I don't know if this is normal how fast they seem to be sprouting up? Josh has grown almost 3 inches since February and I can't keep up and he is totally ready for school, he is a little obsessed with numbers. He has to count EVERYTHING and how many girls and how many boys and how many chairs, I mean everthing. He is just getting so big. Ryan has FINALLY gotten potty trained!! 2 down 1 to go YESSS!!! And Zack, well what to say about Zack, he is so full of personality and he is our free entertainment. He loves food and loves to eat all the time. He has also grown 2 inches since February and is 32 pounds and only 17 months! He is also tall so he doesn't just look fat ha ha. The above pictures are Zack telling us he is done with his dinner. Its really funny until you have to clean him up. ha ha

So I have been having a hard time getting into the routine of balancing life. I am finding that being the mom, chef, personal trainer for myself, wife, housekeeper/maid, chauffer, any character from Star wars Clone wars that I am assigned by the boys, financer, dog trainer, disciplinarian...(etc)... it all gets to be a bit much so I could defintely use some good advice on this.