Tyler's latest hat of choice

Tyler loves loves loves things on his head.  This is the latest.  He will pop up from around the corner with it on and just laugh.  It's so cute!  And yes I watch him closely.  There is no risk of suffocation here.

Life's unexpected turns

I have been somewhat hesitant to post this but there is enough people that know the first half of the news...it just makes it easier to tell the rest this way.

A month ago, to my complete surprise, I discovered that I was pregnant.  I had my first doctor appointment on Monday and discovered that I was pregnant with twins approximately 9 weeks along.  Twins don't run in my family and I was both shocked and excited.  The ultra sound also revealed that I would more than likely miscarry.  I was scheduled to come back for another ultra sound in 9 days hoping to see growth.  Today I miscarried, even though my doctor prepared me to expect real labor pains, I was rather surprised by them.  I've been contracting  since 7am and still going.  However I think it's beginning to finish up which is a good thing.  Today has been full of a lot of emotion.  Knowing that they were twins really makes the loss feel greater.  The good thing, hard as it may be, I know that's it's all a part of God's plan and I take comfort in knowing that.  I"m also grateful beyond words for the three beautiful sweet boys that I have.

Jeremy's insight into Ketchup

Jeremy:  I like tomatoes!.............Guess what?  Ketchup is inside tomatoes! 

Me:  We use tomatoes to make ketchup don't we?

Jeremy:  Yes.  You get a tomato and it makes one ketchup.  If you get more it makes more!  The store guys make tomatoes.

It's that simple.  So forget what you know about salt and sugar being the prime constituents of Ketchup.  Jeremy's got it all figured out.

What's been in my fridge?

Yesterday we were on the go all day.  It started with a doctor appt and then a quick trip to the store.  We rushed home so I could get Tyler down for his nap before we went to the potluck lunch.  After the potluck lunch we went to the park and stayed for about 4 hours.   The boys had a blast but by the time we were headed home they were tired, hungry and filthy.  I decided I was going to give them a bath before dinner.  We went strait upstairs and into the bath, everyone except Jeremy.  I had Riley and Tyler completely clean and he was still MIA.  I called him again and finally he came.  Once everyone was out and dressed we went down stairs.  I opened the fridge trying to decide what I was going to scare up for dinner.  This is what I saw.  I had to take a second look because I knew I did not put that cheese away that way.  Take a closer look!

Do you see the bite marks?  I can only assume that it was Mr. Mischief (AKA Jeremy) at work.  I'm guessing that this was the cause of his delayed bath.  Niiice!

The ever cheerful Tyler!  Let me just say that he is such a delight!  He brings so much joy to our lives.  

Jeremy cracks me up!  I love the ensemble he is sporting below.  It's a combo of Batman and a jedi.  Niiice!!

Riley sporting his oh so cool glasses handmade by.... you guessed it, HIMSELF!

Children's Museum

Every chance he gets....

this is where you will find him.  For some reason he loves standing on the table.  He must just like seeing the world from a higher point of view.  So I spend a lot of time taking him off the table.

Jeremy takes pictures

Every night after we read scriptures with the kids then we put Tyler to bed and pair off and give the boys 10 minutes of special time.  Then we switch, read to them, and put them to bed.  This way they both get time alone with each parent every night.  On this particular night Jeremy wanted to play potato heads and then he wanted to take pictures himself.  When Jeremy has the camera this is what we get.

Riley's 6th Birthday

I know I know I'm posting this over a month late.  Better late than never.  Riley's birthday fell on a Monday, since his party wasn't until Saturday, we had a little family party.  I made this cake and the boys decorated it.  At this point Riley was still planning on having a lego party.  

The really sweet thing is that Riley wanted Jeremy have his own candles on the cake so he could blow some out too.

By the time I went to the party store Riley decided that he wanted a Ben 10 party instead so that's what we did.  We had the kids try to balance a balloon while they walked down the hall, trying to keep it from falling to the floor.  They loved it.

We played Bingo, 

colored Ben 10 pictures, 
ate cake, and opened presents.
Success!