Boys

My boys make me LAUGH a lot. Matthew is such a unique and fun child. He's always been in Ady's shadow a bit and most people don't realize he's around...including me. But the last little while he's been my buddy, He's been super helpful with Warren and Bennett. A few weeks ago Bennett and Ady had a sleepover at my mom's and Tanner had a sleepover at his friends house. SO it left Matt. He was seriously bummed to be left out but I explained to him that it was HIS time with Mom and Dad. He got to choose snacks, dinner and even whip out the new wii game before everyone. He talked non stop (and hasn't stopped since.) He got to play monopoly jr with Mom and WON. He was loving it. I also forget how grown up he's getting. He's going to kindergarten in the fall and we went to orientation. It's funny to me, when we took Ady and Tanner they were jumping off the walls wanting to go to kindergarten. Matt was too until we got in the car. He confessed he was scared and then the tears started. I was so taken back and didn't expect it at first. I went with him to the "kids area" and told him I'd wait in the back. He finally started to have fun so I stepped out to turn in paperwork. When I got back he was all smiles and told me all about it. I really hope the first day of school doesn't have tears.
So yesterday this character came downstairs and I couldn't hold back the laughter. I said, "Matt what are you wearing." Matt, "My pants, you told me to go get dressed." At first I thought he'd put Ady's capris on but no, they are Bennett's 2t pants. HAHAHA that skinny little man. He didn't even mind posing for some pictures...I still don't think he knows what was so funny. He wore these all day. Crazy guy! On a side note.....we go through tons of bread at our house....Matt could eat a dozen pb&j's a day if I let him. So the other day he decided to make himself toast for lunch, I was on the computer and he brought me this piece of bread and said, "Mom, why is the bread green?" He'd never seen moldy bread and I'm still not sure how it happened. We never have bread long enough to mold. The only thing I could think of that it wasn't rotated well and a new one kept getting put on top of it. hahaha the best part was it was warm because he'd all ready toasted it....why oh why didn't he question green bread from the begining?!?!


This guy refuses to take naps, has for a LONG time now. It's super annoying and he gets super cranky. He then will fall asleep at weird times usually after 5 or 6 and then sleeps for a little while and is up ALL night. grrrr, so after the kids went to bed he begged for a popsicle and this is how I found him....PUNK!!! Luckily he slept through Davis putting him to bed...not sure if he came in last night....I was super tired.

So Bennett is obsessed with shoes. He is very particular about which ones he wears. My mom bought him some a while back and the whole first day he refused to take them off.....even for bed. Davis laughed and said, you know he's going to want to wear them to church tomorrow....he did and we didn't fight about it. He wore them for a few weeks before I hid them and all he had to choose from on Sunday were his church shoes. I have learned to hide shoes so that he will wear the ones I want/need him to wear. He doesn't usually like his church shoes, but the last few days that's all he will wear....ugh. Guess they need to "go away" until Sunday. He also loves to be "pretty" he is constantly bringing me Ady's hair bows and such to put in his hair....the other day he came down wearing Ady's "fluffy skirt". It makes me laugh because he is such a BOY, I keep saying this is his sensitive side and he will learn to pick out cute clothes for his wife.

Thank You Katie!!!!

So anyone that knows me well, knows that I am not creative. I am not stylish or a good decorator....it's okay I know it. But, I do know how to cheat on occasion. I am okay at copying something....but coming up with it, no way. So when Ady came home from school on Monday with an invite to a birthday party, I groaned. I hate spending $5-10 on a toy that you know is going to be put away, broken or thrown in the heap of other stuff. So after a few days of stress and just before I broke down and ran to Walmart, I remembered my friend's blog....she'd just made some cute embellished flip flops for her daughter, so I looked it up and to my joy she had some cute jewelry she'd just made her daughter for Easter....score!!!! So I called her up and begged her for her secrets. Since she's not only creative, but super kind she told me her secret...thanks Katie, you are amazing and wonderful!!! So off I went. I dragged Matt, Bennett and Warren to 3 different stores, collecting my goods. Katie then checked up on me to see if I needed help (see what a great friend she is....) she then came over and gave me some much needed advice. Her cute daughter even made the final decision on what type of fabric flower (I think creativity runs in the genes, so maybe Ady has a chance.) I am super proud of my finished product.....oh and since I am super crazy and realized I not only had no wrapping paper at 10 pm tonight and no cute gift bags, I scrounged through my "crap" I mean craft closet and made this fun bag to put it in. The super cute necklace....can I say I love the "Bead Farm" in Gardner Village....I so wish I had more time to spend there without 3 crazy boys under foot....big thanks to Matt for entertaining Benno outside since no strollers were allowed. This darling necklace cost me about $1.50 the necklace was all ready done, I got to choose the flower and they put it all together for me...oh happy day!! Since I couldn't just give this little girl a necklace, I grabbed more flowers and then went to the fabric store and got some cute fabric. I was super nervous because I am not so talented in the matching/cuteness area. But I think I did pretty good. Sorry they are a bit blurry but they are hairpins. Last but not least the cute cute flip flops. I am so in love and want to make me a pair. I have tons of fabric left, since I didn't know how much to get. So all in all this present (minus the bag since it was all leftover from other projects) was $7 ($10 if you count ALL the fabric but I only used a small portion of what I bought.) How cool is that? I think I am going to have a happy 6 year old tomorrow....and a sad one if I don't get Ady's done. I bought extra for Ady so she can match.....what 6-year old doesn't love matching with a friend?!?!!

Sweet Blessing

I have to say that I am so grateful that I have a Heavenly Father that loves and watches over each of his children. I truly believe this and know that miracles do happen. Tonight was one of my worst fears. I was getting ready to go to mutual. The kids were super excited to go to the neighbors house so I sent Ady, Matt and Bennett off...they of-course wanted to walk. I yelled to Matt and Ady to make sure Bennett got to "E"s house safely, that they were to watch him. I went back inside to grab Warren and the rest of my stuff. I headed out to the car. I didn't see the kids anywhere and assumed they made it to "E"s house. I popped Warren in, got in the car and switched it to reverse....seconds later I heard a horrible scream...slammed the car into drive....park....and rushed to the back of my car to see Bennett on the ground screaming. Without thinking too much and shaking uncontrollably I grabbed him and layed him in the front seat. I got to "E"s house just as her son and husband pulled up. I yelled to her son to open the door and in a panic yelled to "E" that I'd just hit Bennett with my car. She rushed to him, we noticed his foot was swelling, his pants were torn and he was screaming. She ran and grabbed Warren out of the car and I headed to the ER calling Davis on my way. He cried most of the way there, he was shaking like he was cold. I was shaking. I silently prayed over and over.....first thanking my Heavenly Father that he was alive and second that his feet/legs would be okay. I rushed him into the ER where they took him back immediately. After a quick look over they said he was okay, but they wanted to do a full x-ray to make sure. They were pretty sure his ankle was broken, but not sure on his leg or foot. Davis arrived soon after...luckily at this point I was a bit more calm, more sick to my stomach that this had happened. To make a long story short, the Dr came back in and told me that the xrays came back and amazingly nothing was even broken. We were so incredibly blessed tonight. My Father-in-law had come to help Davis give him and blessing. I'm also sure he was there for me. As they were doing xrays I stepped out of the room with my Father-in-law. He smiled at me and said, "I know exactly what you are feeling. I ran over Trevor (one of the twins) many years ago. Thankfully he was okay, nothing broken just bruising." We had a nice talk and when we went back in we had a nice talk with Davis, since Davis remembered it. We also realized that today was the Twins birthdays. I KNOW without a doubt in my mind that we were blessed to have everything turn out okay on their birthday and we are so blessed to have them serving so faithfully on their missions. Thank you Trevor and Scott for being so faithful, I know by your service our family was blessed today. I am so grateful for the gospel and a kind and loving Father in Heaven. I am also grateful for the YW Camp Challenge to read our scriptures and pray morning and night. I know that because of this my life has been blessed. I Love You Bennett....Mommy is sooooo sorry!!!!! Get better soon.