Time goes by

This is just some new pictures I took of Jack today. He and Danny were about to go for a walk and Danny wanted to make sure Jack was protected from the sun and wind. So this is a hat we got for Isaak and that all the boys have used. Including Bliss and Zade! I just had to put them up!


He will be 5mos on the first of September! I can't believe it!

Sick of the chub!

OK...so I was so disgusted lastnight as I was watching Dances with the stars. There was this girl on there who has 4 kids(the youngest is 6mos) and she is so tiny I could have picked her up. I know that most of it's genetics and I can't do anything about my inherited backside but man I get so tired of looking at my chub hanging over my jeans.

I have come up with the way I think things should be after having babies. I feel that with everyone you have you should look better than before each time. So after the first one your tummy goes flatter than it was before. The second your tummy is flat and your boobs don't sag. You know what I mean, they deflate then you have to just take the skin that's left and shove it up into a bra to fool people into thinking you have something. Then on the third one the tummy, boobs, and butt look just amazing! I'm doing 20 walking lunges a day and I still look like I shove donuts in my mouth all day. Then, after that, I feel there would be more justice to sacrificing your whole body and hormones for almost a year each time. I mean come on...men already only have to think about losing 10lbs and it's gone. Women already struggle with it. Then you add in how messed up things get after having kids. Oh, I could just vomit! Sorry having a rough week with my looks. It will pass I'm sure! But I still like my idea for getting back normal. It should be like a reward! LOL!

I work out everyday and walk a couple a miles 3 to 4 times a week and I'm just not losing it they way I thought I would. Then Danny comes home yesterday, after working out at the GYM...whole 'nother story about the gym. But telling me how everyone was complimenting him on his arms and crap. Just made me ill, wish he would just keep it to himself. This is just one of those things I don't understand in life.

My three sons!

Silly title, I know, but that is what my blog is about today! As Jack has gotten a little older and is beginning to show us a little of his own personality I have been thinking about about each one of them. Who do they remind me of? And, what do that bring that's all their own. I don't know why but it has been on my mind, so I thought I'd share. Feel free to put in your opinion of each of them too!


Isaak, is my Everest! Let me explain. He has been my greatest joy and pain as a child. I believe it comes from having to be the first in a family. He gets joy in satisfying Danny and I and joy in seeing us angry. And he has literally told us so! He's a nut! But I love him. Dealing with him often reminds me of dealing with Elizabeth at that age. He does NOT have an off switch on his mouth. Which he does NOT know how to filter! And he invites everyone he sees to our house to play. He goes over to friends house's and fights the whole time he's there then cries when it's time to leave. Beating up on Brett brings him joy and then he is heart broken when Brett refuses to play with him. When I need a moment of timeout of my own he will chase be back to the farthest corner of the house asking me 8 million questions...literally. But he is the smartest kid I know. He gets that from his Dad. Learning isn't learning for him like it is for me. Or most anyone else for that matter. He already knows it you just have to spark the memory. If that's not his Dad I don't know what is. He is logical to a fault... just ask my family. I'm sure they have all had many a conversation with him that they wish would just end. But I can't tell you what a tender heart he has at the same time. So can you see how difficult he can be. I have to take some of the blame here too. I know the drama comes from me. All my sisters can tell you about my drama! Anyway, that is my Isaak and I love him very much.

Now, Brett! He was a blessing beyond belief. Danny and I had just lost a baby/pregnancy and were waiting for me to get back to normal. I was sad, and dealing with Isaak being in the hospital having breathing trouble. I was really stressed at the time being a new mom. Isaak was only 9mos old. I hadn't been ready to have another baby but losing it made me feel guilty for not being ready. I didn't know how to feel. It was the end of the first trimester so I know it was early but I had already started to think of the baby. Anyway, I was just ready to focus on Isaak. When I went back to the doctor's office I had not gotten back to normal and the doctor was concerned. So he did an ultrasound and found nothing, so he told me to take another pregnancy test in a week and then come back. Well, I waited a week and there it was...the second line. Brett was on his way whether I was ready or not. And life just works that way sometimes. Brett was and is my cuddle bug. He is the one that always wants mommy and it makes me feel less invisible in the world of motherhood. I don't mean to offend anyone with this comment I mean it as a compliment but Brett is Sara (my sister) remade if I have ever seen it. He is a kind little kid but don't mess with him he can easily take you out. AKA..."Jennie, come to my room for a minute!" or taking out grandma on the from porch. Also, the clothes! Sara what ahead of her time with fashion. Some of those outfits were too funny! Holdyn and Brett have inherited her flare for walking their own path when it comes to clothes! I am thankful they are that way! He was the blessing I wasn't expecting and I'm glad he came into our lives!

Finally, Jack. He is definitely the third child! As being the third child myself I see it in him already. He loves his older brothers so much but they are so close that they sometimes forget him. Not on purpose or to be mean but they are so close in age and have so much fun with each other Jack gets left behind. Literally, they will beg for me to put him in the room with them and they will talk to him and love him them run off and forget he was there. I go in when they come out to see Jack just sitting in his seat wondering where everyone went. Don't let that fool you that boy has a temper and the lungs to let you know. If you mess with him at all while he is happy and content he will scream at you until you can calm him down and get him back to contentment. He never wants to cooperate but when you give up on the whole thing...like feeding him, he screams. Never had an eater quite like him. He has terms already and is only 5mos old. My sisters have said he is the baby that would have come after Elizabeth, had my parents continued having kids. I can believe that! He does look a lot like Biz and that's cool with me.

I love my boys, no matter how stressful they are. And my husband too, for being there and helping me with these crazy boys! I am truly blessed!

This time of year

As most of you know this is my favorite and least favorite time of the year. I love the leaves starting to change colors. The crisp Fall smelling air, and the cool mornings. It's just great! Maybe it's because I'm a Fall baby that I love it so much. But, the rest of my family just suffers through it. All the boys and Danny are so allergic this time of year we literally spend a small fortune on Dr.s visits and prescriptions. Even with the allergy medicine they take on a normal basis it can't stand up to the runny noses they are going to get. Which causes sinusitis and ear infections they boys are going to get. So that is why there have been so few posts lately. Jack just got back from the Dr. again yesterday and Brett needs to go now. Danny goes next week and will probably have to go the to ENT this fall too. Anyway, I'm not complaining I have gotten use to it. But I just wanted to explain why I haven't commented much or posted at all! I hope everyone is well and I look forward to all the Family Holiday's that are on their way! Oh, and my Birthday!

The Purple Bumbo!

OK, this goes out to all those people who are bargain shoppers and get all those GREAT deals. And wonder...why doesn't Emily do that more often. After today I can't stay silent anymore. So I have been on a hunt for a bumbo seat for Jack. All that boy wants to do all day is sit up and this chair would allow him to do that. The thing is that there are only a few months he needs a chair like this cause by 6mos he should be doing well on his own. He is 4mos now! So I got a free pass to a consignment sale here in town and got to go a day early to the sale. Before the public was allowed in. I got there on time and went directly to the baby seats and stuff. There were no seats. I did not give up. I looked all over the place just in case some one sat one down deciding they didn't want it anymore. No, luck...so I asked a worker there. She said there should be three over here. I said no, I looked there . We walk over there and she says..." They were just there." So I leave thinking, well there is a consignment store near my house I'll call them. So I do and they say, "OH, we just had some and they sold." Then I think surely I can find one on craigs list or the paper. I find one and call about it. Guess what they said..."We just sold it." So I gave in and bought one at the store. I spent $30 more than I wanted to but if I keep waiting and trying to find one Jack won't need it anymore.

Well, what does that have to do with my bargain shopping...well, that is how it always happens for me. There must be something about me that someone somewhere thinks its fun to mess with me. I have sisters and a multiple best friends who always manage to find those great deals. I just get knocked down and out. So I think I officially give up. By the time I would get what I needed I wouldn't need it anymore. So I'm just going to sell my over priced stuff and hope to make up for the extra money spent.

I know you are asking yourself what does this all have to do with a PURPLE bumbo. Well, after a week or so of hunting down this chair I break down and go to the Wal-Mart I hate here in town. I think...I only need one thing and I can run in get it and get out. Granted I have to take all three kids but I thought I would put Jack in the cart. OH, no! They wouldn't help me get a cart with a baby carrier on it so I have to carry Jack to the back of the store to get the chair. I finally find the chair...in the color I want and go to check out. While the older boys are pushing all kinds of buttons on the self check out illes that aren't being used I manage to get them all up there and check out with barely one hand(holding Jack still) and head out of the store. Well I have no cart so I'm carrying the seat and Jack and trying to keep the boys near me. I drop the box with the chair and discover (litterally just after I pay for it) that it's PURPLE. So I go to a casheir and say...I just bought this can I go get the right one. She says NO and that I have to go to customer service. I said "Are you serious"? She says Yes and I told her forget it we'll live with the purple one. And I walked off. These are the days of my life. Whenever I try thrift and stuff this is what I get. So now Jack and Danny will just have to learn to live with a purple bumbo seat for a couple of months. I'm through!

A Family Request

Hey, So this is mostly for my mom and sisters. But everyone else can read too. I have decided I want a family wall in my house. So I was thinking about getting pictures from everyone. You know couples then kids separately. Then I got to thinking even more and I have this idea. I was planning on putting up mine and Danny's wedding picture then other pictures of the boys. So I want to do that with everyone. Now, that everyone is married I would love to have a wedding picture of each couple then I have some of all the nieces and nephews. So if I could get a wedding picture from all of you. I don't mean one of all the family just you and your spouse that would be awesome! Lacy, I know you have some I saw them last week. Just email me a good one and That will be awesome. Biz, same with you. I'm not sure if Sara has her's on a cd but I figured with Blasen as a husband surely she does. Jennie and Mom I don't know about either. I know I don't have a CD I had to scan one or ours in to have it on my computer. OK, well that is all and I appreciate you reading it. Let me know if you need any help getting it taken care of and I'll do what I can. Love you all!

My crazy Days!

So now I'm home and the boys are back to being as silly as ever. Just before I left Brett had another unique idea for playing. Here's the picture!

He is such a nut! He was riding and singing cowboys songs. I about wet myself!

Then today when we got up Brett said look at the birds mom. And so I came to the front window and this is what I see.


I had a flashback to watching The Birds when I was a kid. I was just waiting for them to see us and start flying straight for the windows and door. The kids thought it was great! Anyway, to my final piece of news for the day. Jack started baby food today...Applesauce mixed with his cereal. He loved it and here's the picture to prove it!

He was also crying most of the morning...that's why he looks so rough. He conked out after the food. Love you all! Hope to hear from you!

My return from the Valley!

OK, I have some major blogging to do. I just got back from a trip to Utah to visit Lacy and Alicia. When we arrived on Saturday evening Lacy picked us up from the airport and we headed to her house. David was there waiting and too excited to see Jack. But every time any fluids came out of Jack I thought David was going to lose it! It was too funny. Then on Sunday after church David gave Jack a buzz! He was excited to do that too! Here are the pix from Lacy and David's.


Now, onto Labor Day. We woke up and went to Salt Lake to meet up with my best friend Alicia. It had gotten cold so we bundled Jack up. We went and saw the movie in the Joseph Smith Memorial building and then walked around the whole town. We had so much fun and I loved laughing with each other. Here are our pix. We were tired but had fun!



So I know this is hurried but I still have more blogs to do today! I loved visiting and I love you girls out there and miss you so much! I hope you can come visit me soon!