Yeh-Yeh's Visit

We went to Arlington last weekend and brought Yeh-Yeh back with us for the week. The kids love their Yeh-Yeh. We've had so much fun, and Mommy could get used to having an extra set of hands around. We've been to the park, the zoo, did some gardening and just played in the back yard. Mommy also got to take some naps this week, which has been sooo nice since Mommy can't remember the last time she got to take an afternoon nap.

The kids really like having Yeh-Yeh around. They won't even leave him to go to sleep in their own room. They insisted on sleeping next to Yeh-Yeh so Mommy and Daddy made some pallets for them on the floor. They've been sleeping on the floor all week.

Today we went fishing at Hafer park and the kids played a long time. We also went to Best Buy and bought Mommy a netbook. Mommy is now blogging on her netbook. The keys are small and take some getting used to, but it's really not too bad. Mommy and Daddy also finally took our loads of recyclables to the recycling center. It's been a busy but fun day. Joseph actually said that he was tired and needed to go to bed when we got home. That's pretty amazing since he normally says he is not tired and does not want to go to bed.

Well, our fun little week is coming to an end. Sadly, Uncle Michael is coming to pick Yeh-Yeh up tomorrow. The kids will be so sad to see him go. Audrey is especially attached to Yeh-Yeh. She prays for him every night She is so cute! Here are some pictures from this week.

Yeh-Yeh put flowers in Audrey's and Katelyn's hair.

At the Oklahoma City Zoo

Star Wars Obsession

Joseph is obsessed with Star Wars. He loves the legos, the Lego Star Wars video games, the figures, light sabers, etc. Mommy is not sure how it all got started. Apparently several of his friends have the Lego Star Wars games. Mommy had a friend of hers watch Joseph one afternoon while she took the girls to a doctor's appointment. Joseph would not stop talking about the game. Mommy made the mistake of asking the friend what game Joseph had played at her house and then getting him one. Joseph's cousins and Uncle Andrew also love Star Wars so he is in good company. Oh well. Mommy has to say that she prefers Star Wars to Star Trek...sorry if there are any Trekkies that follow this blog.

Mommy and Daddy have fueled Joseph's Star Wars obsession by buying him toys and video games, watching all 6 movies with him, and by throwing him a Star Wars themed 4th birthday party.

Anyway, here is a cute picture of Joseph with his drawing of Jabba the Hutt.


Joseph and his favorite present...Lego Star Wars for PSII


Some decorations Mommy and Daddy made for Joseph's party.


Playing light sabers with Daddy.


Uh oh...Joseph lost an arm...

You said what?

So we were at breakfast the other day and Joseph randomly said, "I don't like your husband!" Mommy said, "What did you say?" Joseph said, "I don't like your husband!" Mommy said, "You don't like Daddy?" Joseph said, "I like Daddy." "I don't like your other husbands." Mommy was laughing so hard. Mommy said, "I don't have any other husbands." Joseph just kept saying he didn't like my other husbands. He wouldn't explain what he meant. Mommy told Joseph that Mommy and Daddy are married and that Daddy is Mommy's husband. Mommy called and told Daddy what Joseph said. Daddy laughed.

Audrey's funny word of the day is "delicious!" She always tries to drink the bath water and Mommy and Daddy tell her not to do that. The other night, every time Mommy told Audrey to stop drinking the water, she said, "delicious!" It was so funny that Mommy couldn't get mad at her.

Joseph said something pretty funny to Daddy the other day too, but Daddy said Mommy had better not post it...lol. Kids do say the darndest things...sometimes in inopportune places...like a public restroom...lol (Mommy will leave it to your imagination what Joseph might have said...ha ha)!

Growing like Weeds

Kids really do grow like weeds. Katelyn is already 5 and a half months old! Audrey just turned two recently and Joseph will be 4 years old on monday. Mommy doesn't know where all the time has gone.

Audrey is going through the terrible twos and she's pretty terrible. Her screaming and stubborn attitude is driving Mommy and Daddy insane. Joseph has entered the whining stage, but other than that, he's a fun kid and a great older brother. Katelyn is as sweet as ever. She smiles whenever she sees Mommy and Daddy and seems to be in a perpetually good mood. If only they were all so sweet most all of the time!

Our Little Angel

Everyone loves Katelyn!

Our Little Aggie
(Bib courtesy of Aunt Neva and Uncle Robert)


I love my swing!


What kind of trouble can I get into next?

Cheese!


Brrr...We thought it was spring!

Week in Review

This last week was crazy. Mommy and Daddy were sick sunday and monday with some kind of stomach bug. Joseph complained about not feeling well and threw up once monday morning but seemed fine after that. Luckily Audrey and Katelyn didn't ever get sick. Daddy had to go to Tulsa for a few days for work so Mommy and the kids didn't see him at all on tuesday. Tuesday was a long day for Mommy because she still wasn't feeling 100%.

Wednesday was Mommy's birthday. It was the 12th anniversary of Mommy's 25th birthday! Someone asked Daddy if Mommy was 25 (Mommy wishes!). Joseph said he didn't want to be old...nice of him to make Mommy feel good. Actually the kids were pretty bad on wednesday. Audrey and Joseph fought and screamed and cried most of the morning. Audrey hit Joseph (which is not unusual) and Joseph chose to hit her back (which is unusual). Joseph has been pretty patient with Audrey, but Mommy figured one of these days he would smack her. Nice of him to do it on Mommy's birthday. Mommy was exhausted by the time she put the kids in their room for quiet time. Mommy cried and wondered why she had kids at all (just a temporary moment of insanity).

The afternoon was better. Joseph helped Mommy make a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. We did it from scratch using Granny's recipe. Poor Joseph accidentally grated his finger while trying to help Mommy grate carrots. Mommy washed his finger and put on a Spiderman bandage. Joseph liked the bandage. Audrey decided she needed one too for her invisible owie ;)

Daddy made it home around 7:00pm. Mommy wasn't sure when Daddy would get back from Tulsa so the kids and Mommy already ate dinner and had cake. Mommy's friend and her family dropped by and sang Happy Birthday. Mommy got a Cricut Expressions machine for her birthday. Even though she has no time for scrapbooking, Mommy has wanted this machine for a long time. Daddy is way too nice!

Thursday Joseph and Mommy played with the Cricut while Audrey and Katelyn were napping. Joseph loves the Cricut too. He keeps asking to do more crafts. Friday was Mommy's turn to host Joy School (preschool co-op) so we had a full morning. Friday night Mommy got to play with the Cricut and decorated the cover on Katelyn's scrapbook. Mommy is very behind on the scrapbooks. Joseph's covers from birth to 6 months, Audrey's just has her birth information and 1 picture, and Katelyn had nothing at all until Mommy just finished the cover. It will be a miracle if Mommy ever catches up on the scrapbooks.

Saturday was a busy day. Mommy cleaned house and cooked. The neighbors were nice enough to come watch the kids so Mommy and Daddy could go to a geology banquet at OSU. The CEO of Devon Energy spoke. It was interesting, but Mommy doesn't like talk about more drilling and increased energy consumption. Mommy is all about conservation! Anyway, it was nice to spend an evening with Daddy. The neighbors said Joseph and Audrey and Katelyn were all good which is nice to hear. They are pretty good kids even though they drive Mommy and Daddy crazy every so often.

Vacation

Daddy took vacation this week, but he still had a lot of work to do for grad school and for his job. So, since Daddy was busy, Mommy took the kids to Arlington to visit Nai-Nai and Yeh-Yeh and Uncle Michael for a couple of days. Aunt Hollie also brought her kids to visit so it was a full house in Arlington. The kids had a lot of fun.

Mommy and kids came back late wednesday afternoon. Thursday we babysat for some friends while they went house hunting. Friday, Daddy and Mommy took the kids to the zoo for some fun. Mommy forgot it was Spring Break this week so the zoo was crowded. We still had a good time. Mommy can't believe the week is almost over! Mommy needs a vacation now.

2nd Birthday!

Today is Audrey's birthday! She is now 2 years old. Time certainly flies quickly. Mommy can't believe her little girl is already two! Mommy wanted today to be a nice day, but it didn't turn out quite as expected.

The kids wanted doughnuts with sprinkles for breakfast. Plus, Mommy thought it would be fun to take the kids out to pick up a few things like bubbles and sidewalk chalk. Audrey loves bubbles! Anyway, while backing out of the driveway, Mommy had a lot of things on her mind and forgot about watching where she was going. Mommy high-centered the car on the driveway. Mommy had to pay the tow-truck man $65.00 to get her car off the concrete side of the driveway.

Mommy was very frustrated and upset so she decided not to go out, but Mommy's neighbor said she should go ahead and go since it was Audrey's birthday. The kids had doughnuts for lunch instead of breakfast. We did get bubbles and sidewalk chalk and cupcakes to celebrate Audrey's birthday. Audrey also picked up a new book. Mommy and Audrey read the book over and over again this afternoon before quiet time. We'll officially celebrate Audrey's birthday this weekend since Mommy forgot it was Audrey's birthday a while back and signed Daddy up for ward temple night.

Audrey and Joseph enjoyed the doughnuts and cupcakes. They played with the bubbles and sidewalk chalk outside even though it was rather cold today. We had a nice dinner and cupcakes afterwards. Then Daddy had to leave to go to the temple.

Overall, it was still a good day though it started off rather badly.

The birthday girl this morning. Mommy got her breakfast in the front room so she could watch cartoons instead of breaksfast in bed...too messy!

Poor car resting on the raised concrete side of the driveway...one wheel hanging off.