patricks

Patrick's Ice Cream Night

2011-10-16T21:18:00.000-07:00

The boys think that going to Baskin Robbins is the coolest thing EVER, all of the choices just makes them sooooo excited. We told them that if they had a great first day of school we would go. It was delicious and fun. I love Lincoln's intense ice cream face!

First Day of School 2011, Lincoln- Kindergarten & Jackson- 2nd Grade

2011-10-16T21:07:00.000-07:00

Lincoln all lined up and ready to go into class.Look at those bright blue shoes. He insisted on getting those shoes and they fit his personality to a T

The boys in front of the school sign

Walking up to the school. Lincoln was a little nervous and Jack now being in 2nd grade was a pro at the school thing. Jackson was so cute helping his little brother.

Jack the big 2nd grader

I was watching the clock the whole time Lincoln was in class waiting to go pick him up! This is such a great picture that I was able to get as he was running out to give me a hug after he was let out of school.

Lake Mead

2011-10-16T21:02:00.000-07:00

Jack and Linc with their buddy Sam James

Each of the boys took a ride with dad.

Coleman loved throwing rocks in the water. This kid is a maniac in the water, he thinks he can swim and will just jump straight in!

At the end of the day we went to the dock to feed the fish and there were millions of them...it was disgusting!

Jordan's Graduation, Kristine's Baby Shower

2011-10-16T20:56:00.000-07:00

Erin and I at Kristine's baby shower.

Pirate Island Pizza

So proud of my baby brother.

This is how we kept Coleman occupied all weekend.

LEGO week

2011-10-16T20:50:00.000-07:00

The week of Spring break I wanted to focus more on playing with the boys and less on housework. So that's what we did. We laid out a giant sheet in the middle of the family room and poured out all the legos on it. And they were there all organized in piles for the entire week. We had a goal to put together all of the Lego sets we had. Let me tell you finding all the little pieces that you need is quite the chore. I think we almost got them all, Justin and I would even work on them at night when the boys were sleeping, and our entire kitchen counter was full of them (we had to keep them up high out of Coleman's reach).

Jack truly is a LEGO MANIAC!!

Dr, Mom and Dad

2011-10-16T20:44:00.000-07:00

The boys were playing outside with dad and the hose. Lincoln was hiding in the garage and when Daddy came up to scare him Linc turned around and ran right into the open van door. It just sliced him open really good. Next thing I know Linc is screaming and there is a TON of blood. We put pressure on it and called a Dr. friend of ours. He told us that if we took him to the ER all they would do is super glue it together, since we did not have insurance and with him walking us through step by step, Mom and Dad fixed him up ourselves. We happened to have a new tube of super glue and everything. Lincoln was so calm and brave! Looking at the scar today I am quite proud of us, who needs doctors anyways!

Rebels Baseball

2011-10-16T20:37:00.000-07:00

So Lincoln insisted that he wanted to play baseball, so we signed him up with a few of his friends. He was kind of excited for the first game, but standing out in the field and waiting for his turn to bat got old real fast......He sure was a cute little Rebel though! I made this banner for the team

He sure knew how to get dirty in that red dirt on the field!

Lincoln Graduates Preschool

2011-10-16T20:29:00.001-07:00

Lincoln and Mrs. Erika

Lincoln had such a great year in preschool. He attended Mrs. Erika's lil' Academy. His best friend Samuel James was in his class. He learned so much and grew up so much this year. I was in tears during the whole graduation thinking about how big my kids are getting. I am so proud of my little LoveBug Lincoln!

Disney Piano Recital

2011-10-16T20:21:00.000-07:00

For the Spring Piano Recital, i decided to do a Disney theme. Mostly because I wanted to make these caramel apples that Ive seen at Disneyland. The kids loved playing the familiar Disney songs we all know and love. Jack played, "Yo, Ho, A Pirates Life for me". And of course he played it flawless. Each of my students got to take home a Mickey apple.

Jack wore his pirate shirt and insisted on wearing his Mickey ears, that we bought when he was 1yr old, so they were a little small....he didn't care, he was proud

Here is my spread of treats. Can you tell I had fun with this, Mickey apples, Tigger Marshmallow tails and Toy Story alien sugar cookies.

Super Mario Birthday

2011-05-27T22:29:00.001-07:00

The boys had a great birthday, since they are both born in May and since parties are a lot of work, I decided to do them together. The boys love the Wii and anything Mario so we went with that.

I had fun making all of the decorations and Mario and Luigi hats for all of our guest. We did have 3 girls from Lincolns preschool come and so I made them Princess Peach crowns.

One thing I did not want to stress about was the cake so I had my good friend Whitney make it and the boys were thrilled. Check out her cakes here

We had 16 kids come, which is not counting my 3 so 19 kids in all! It was madness! So I set up some stations, well that was the plan, mostly the kids all wanted to play the Wii station. Did I mention it was madness?

Jack and his friends from school

Here's Sam, Lincoln's best friend playing Mario Bingo

We ate pizza out at the park.

The whole gang!

Here are the Princess Peach girls.

Halloween

2011-03-26T21:34:00.001-07:00

Lincoln is "Mario riding Yoshi"

Jack- the "Jedi"

Coleman- cutest little Vampire you've ever seen! Well Jack and Linc were both adorable vampires at this age too!

Our family at the ward Trunk or Treat. Justin was 1st runner up in the ward Chili contest. His first attempt at chili was a success!

The Mario brothers clan, Chase Roe, Linc, and Connor Roe

Jack and his buddy Tyler from school. These two are the class clowns :)

Jenkinson Lake, Summer 2010

2011-03-25T22:56:00.000-07:00

For the last 2 years we have gone to Jenkinson Lake in Sly Park for a day of swimming and relaxing. Apparently this trip we also enjoyed the watermelon!

Uncle Bill

Cute Max

Grammy

Gramma

Laney Girl

Jack

Jake doing some fishing

Happy Gracie

Aunt Rebecca

Pappa

Look at that smile! Lincoln

Coleman and Mommy

Yummy!

Crazy Fun Cousins!

Photobooth FUN!!!

2010-09-19T23:40:00.000-07:00

We had a lot of fun on Shauna's computer this weekend. This is sooo funny and never gets old! Don't get me started.....don't even get me started!

Camping at Mt Charleston

2010-06-01T15:14:00.000-07:00

So the last time we took our memorial day camping trip with the Christensen's it was snowing so this year was MUCH better. We always have so much fun with them and hope to have many more camping trips together.

Justin brought his BB gun and we had a fun time shooting. I have literally NEVER shot a single gun in my life....it was quite fun. And with all boys I am sure I will have many more shooting opportunities.

All though it looks like I have incredible aim.....I didn't hit a single target (soda can)

Jack and Carlaya have been buddies since they were brand new babies...its so fun to watch them grow up. We always say they are betrothed.

Coleman was a stinker, not the best age to take camping. Trying to get him to sleep at nights, and just keep him safe and with us as enough to cure me from my "I want another baby" crazy thoughts.......for now :)

Lincoln and Noah playing monster trucks

We did a treasure hunt for the kids and after Jack and Carlaya wanted to do one of their own, it was cute.

Justin taught the boys the game, "Don't Eat Pete!".....big hit!

I have come used to the fact that Jack will be in sunglasses in all pictures....the campfire was too bright and he would not roast marshmallows without them. He was funny, the first morning when we woke up Jack says to Justin, "Wow, I'm hungry where are those marshmallows?".......Nice try Jack

Lincoln is 4!!

2010-06-01T14:42:00.000-07:00

Lincoln's birthday we had on Saturday so the boys first played soccer and then we went to Chuckee Cheeses for lunch and cake. He had a great day. He really wanted to get a goal on his birthday and he got a free kick, but kicked it right to the goalie. He was excited to get 4 kicks though.

DISNEYLAND

2010-06-01T14:11:00.001-07:00

So for Mom/Grammy's 60th Birthday we went to Disneyland. We had so much fun. Erin works for the ESPN zone so our tickets were basically free for 3 days at both parks, so thanks Erin it wouldn't have been possible without you and thanks Mom for having a birthday wish! Enjoy the One million pictures!

Like father like son

Erin and Jordan

Pirates ride

The Parade. While we were waiting Justin somehow talked Jack into having the crowd do the wave. So he would run up and down the street trying to get people to join him. It was hilarious and he actually got it going. so cute!

Jack and the map....he wanted to be in charge each step of the way

Peter Pan

I just love Lincolns face. He says he liked Space Mountain, but I think he was just proud of himself for riding, and glad it was over.

Look at that face. Coleman was quite the challenge in lines. He wanted to keep walking and would scream when we had to stop him.....Good Times!

SOCCER

2010-04-17T15:18:00.000-07:00

Anyone that knows us, knows that Justin hates soccer. So I just went ahead and signed the boys up without telling him and figured it would be easier to ask for forgiveness! We were getting tired of Baseball and Jack and Linc could play on the same team for one season, so I was excited, and then Justin actually got excited.

Today was there first day. Lincoln was thrilled when I picked up the uniforms and they were blue. He has wanted to wear it ever since.

It was pretty funny to watch and I must say that there is a lot more yelling involved than with baseball. Being the first game all of the kids were clueless. Jack was pretty good until he fell and then someone stepped on his finger. After that he played goalie and he did a better job than I thought.

Lincoln....well he was pretty much about 10 yards away from the other players at all times, just spinning and in his own world. Later he just walked out of the game in the middle of it and was crying then yells to me, "Mom, no one is letting me have a turn to get the ball!"

First game, lets hope things improve as the season progresses

Easter

2010-04-17T15:06:00.001-07:00

This Easter was nice and relaxing. General Conference on Easter is the way it always should be. We stayed in our PJ's all day, and ate lots of good food.

Jack is getting much better at frosting the sugar cookies, and he is so proud of his work!

Coleman just peers over the table hoping he can get his hands on one.

Lincoln was really scared of the Easter Bunny when we were at the mall. We weren't even in line to see him or anything, he just spotted him and starting freaking out. The whole time we were in the Gap he kept asking me, "Mom is he coming?"....So when we kept talking about the Bunny coming to our house to hide the eggs and the baskets, he was NOT excited! So we had to tell him that the Easter Bunny was an actual cute little furry magic bunny. That night in his prayers he said, "Im thankful that the Easter Bunny is cute and little and soft like daddy's head".

Coleman is always on the move so its hard to get a good picture of him. He found some eggs though and had such a fun time!

Linc and I coloring our eggs. He dropped and broke about 3 in the process!

We had a ward egg hunt at the park and I just about died when Lincoln came to me and showed me his basket. can you tell what his favorite color is?

Of course Jack did all of his eggs in green

Sweet New Ride!!!

2010-04-17T14:56:00.001-07:00

So I loved our Passat but since Coleman was born I have not enjoyed having all 3 kids in a row in the back. So it was time for a change. I figured I have three kids, I'm thirty, there is one thing missing from this picture.........a MINIVAN!! That's right and you should all be jealous! Really, it feels like luxury to us. We got the Chrylser Town and Country. Justin was sold when he saw the plugs for his Xbox.

It is so nice to not only have more room for my kids, but room for friends. Not to mention the 2 TV's that can be playing 2 different movies at a time, or one playing video games, the other movie, all while I am listening to my ipod up front.....I told you its nice!

Both of these pictures are at Carmax getting ready to get the van. Thank goodness Grammy was there, because even with her, Lincoln jumped into a golf cart and it started rolling and almost hit our new van.....Grammy stopped it and saved the day.....my boys are WILD!

But so dang cute!

yeah we are officially in Love, my mini van and I!!

We're BACK!!

2010-04-17T14:50:00.001-07:00

If you have been wondering where we have been, the answer is I've been a very LAZY blogger. I'm sure mostly my mom was annoyed that I have not been posting pictures of her grandkids for her enjoyment, so Grammy, here you go. Get ready its been like 3 months. So I thought I would start with just some random pics.

I just love when all of my boys are together in one place......aren't they so handsome!

Coleman has learned how to flex and of course we all crack up so he continues to do it.

We are Still Alive.....BARELY

2010-01-27T17:29:00.001-08:00

It rained all for days last week, which we never see in Las Vegas. Justin and I were so excited for some weather that reminded us of home. That is until the rain cloud stopped directly over the Patrick family and started pouring!

It all started on Monday, it was just one of those terrible, no good, very bad days for me. By the time Justin got home from work I was just done! Unfortunately I had to go to the store to pick up some milk and other things....that's when I noticed my car key was missing. Now you must know this is a fancy car key we are talking about. A couple of years ago my purse got stolen and one of the car keys was in it. When we went to order a replacement key we found out the price was only $400.....yeah, we decided we would just stick with one key. Well as luck would have it, literally weeks before we want to get a new car, I loose the dang key. Tore my house apart, organized every nook and cranny.....no key, no extra $400 to get a new key.....AWESOME!

So I took Justin to work on Tuesday so that I could get some errands done by using his truck. That night as I leave to pick him up it was POURING outside, and dark, and I'm driving a huge truck that I am not really used to driving so I was being extra cautious and careful.....apparently not and I got into an accident, on a left yielding turn. I don't really know what happened besides I totally didn't see the car and next thing I know, CRASH....the kids are screaming, I start freaking out. Everyone was ok, we were lucky! Turns out the work truck does not have the current insurance card in the glove box so I get a ticket for $899, and a nice court date where I will have to prove the insurance, yada yada yada......AWESOME!

Wednesday morning I notice that Coleman has not touched his bottle. Have you seen this kid? This is not a normal thing. He is coughing, running a bit of a fever, runny nose, looking HORRIBLE....so I decided to take him to the doctor and of course, nothing is wrong, nothing they can do for him. Well come Thursday, he is still not drinking anything and will only eat mandarin oranges. When he woke up from a 3 hour afternoon nap all he wanted was to be held and then he would continue sleeping, plus no wet diapers all day. So my friend who is a nurse tells me that I better make it my mission to have this boy pee tonight or I will end up in the ER. Justin and I took turns holding him and forcing water down his throat with a medicine dropper.....for 6 hours, until he FINALLY peed.

So Friday morning I took Coleman in to the doctors again, this time he sent us to the ER to get him an IV and to hydrate him. Here he is all dressed in his hospital gown and playing...the calm right before the storm.
He then got the IV and a chest X-ray. By this point he was miserable and just laying there. We were told pneumonia, and then he was given some antibiotics.

After monitoring him some more, his oxygen levels were falling when he would sleep. When that started happening the ER doctor decided to admit him overnight.

Not something a mom wants to hear...and now I am starting to worry.

Once we got up to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit things just seemed to get worse, he spiked a fever of 103.7 and his oxygen starting falling while he was awake. By this time he needed some oxygen tubes down his nose. We were also starting a process of breathing treatments. In the mean time they were trying to get a mucus sample, but they kept getting rejected by the labs because there was blood in it. That night we learned he had 2 ear infections as well. Our poor little man!
Both grandmas were so supportive and also freaking out as well. Justin's mom was able to fly out to help us with the boys which was so nice.

So we spent the weekend in the hospital, from Friday until Sunday night. It was long, and I was exhausted. The ending result being that Coleman had Bronchiolitis, which they think was caused by the RSV virus.

He was soooo happy to come home, and so was I. It was so cute, he just started wrestling with his brothers as soon as we walked in the door.

Through it all we did receive some TENDER MERCIES, which I must note.....

1. My house is really clean and organized from looking for that key.
2. The truck is totally fine to drive after Justin took off the bumper so we are not completely car-less.
3. Mike Roe was literally minutes behind me after the accident so we stopped and took the kids so they were not in the middle of the road in the pouring rain.
4. The nice hot bath I was able to come home to that night.
5. Hospitals, medicine, technology
6. My sweet mom for waking up really early to talk to me while i was in the hospital, and everyone one else was still asleep.
7. Justin's mom for dropping everything to be here to help us.
8. My iphone, pretty sure I would have died of boredom if not for that thing.
9. Insurance, Coleman is the only one of my boys that has medical insurance right now......phew!
10. Pray, Heavenly Father is there, I can feel it. With everything that we have been experiencing I have somehow been able to keep pretty calm, and ok with it.
11. Wonderful friends who I would die without
12. Diet Pepsi.....big huge ones!!
13. Tax Returns, I just finished my taxes and Hallelujah we are getting a return!

Here's What Coleman has been up to....

2010-01-16T08:18:00.001-08:00

So Coleman is 14 months now, in other words.....INTO EVERYTHING!!!

Pretty much if he is not in his high chair or sleeping it is impossible for me to do dishes. He unloads the dishwasher as fast as I can load it. And his new thing, climbing on the door.

He is taking only one nap a day which means he has been awake for my piano lessons. I have gone through this teaching process with all of my kids and eventually they get it, but for now, he wants to bang on the keys as soon as he hears them. Fortunately most of my students come in sets of siblings so one of them can keep him busy.

Climbing...if we leave the bathroom door open he goes straight for the step stool to climb up to the sink, play with the toothbrushes and look at himself in the mirror.

This habit is the worst. He for some reason just wants to be behind the TV and is having a really hard time learning the word NO!!

And as soon as I open the fridge he bee lines for it. I thought it was funny that he knew exactly what to do with this can of whip cream.

Of course opening and getting into every drawer and cupboard. I know i should get the child locks but Jack figured out how to open real quick when he was a baby and I have never used them since, except for cleaners and pantry.

All I have to say is, It's a good thing he is darn cute! I mean look at this chubby little kid! I couldn't help but get the picture of him on that chair, its so funny to me.

Jack is ready for some Privacy

2010-01-16T08:15:00.000-08:00

I've noticed lately that Jack is wanting more time alone, without his brothers bothering him. The other day he made this sign and hung it on his door. Its a picture of a door that says under it, "NO COMING IN"

So its starting!

Target

2010-01-16T08:09:00.001-08:00

For everyone that knows me they know I LOVE Target, my mom loves Target, my sisters love Target, my friends love Target.........and so do my kids! Infact I will ask Lincoln what he wants to do today and his reply most of the time is, "Go to Target!"

Lincoln grabbed the dividers and said, "Look mom, I'm a Target alien!"

And when Jack brought this picture home from school I got a good chuckle. The assignment, draw a picture of what you did this weekend, and so naturally a picture of Target.

One of my goals.......STOP going to Target!!! This will help me save a lot of money $$$$

Jackism's

2010-01-15T19:20:00.000-08:00

Lincoln was cleaning up and said, "Oh here is my lego man, I need to get it in its box."

Jack's reply, "put Lincoln, you need to put it in the box"

Then he looks at Justin and I am says, "Lincoln always do's his words wrong!"

Stinky Pete the SUNBEAM!!!

2010-01-15T16:31:00.000-08:00

Lincoln was so excited to be a Sunbeam, he got to wear a white shirt and tie just like daddy and Jack. I loved these pictures of Jack helping him button his shirt.

So far Lincoln is doing Okay in Primary. I think with me being in there every week its really hard for him not to come to the back of the room and talk to me, or stand up and demand my attention as I am trying to teach Sharing time....it will get better, I hope, he is loving it so far.

Shaving Like Dad

2010-01-15T16:24:00.000-08:00

Aunt Erin almost got the boys some Shaving Kits for Christmas. They asked daily if they could shave, and still ask daily. It was just too cute! Jack is concentrating so hard.

Christmas Morning

2010-01-15T15:40:00.000-08:00

The boys woke up around 7am which was perfect.....except for Coleman, he slept through most of Christmas morning since he was awake half the night! As you can see they were very excited to see what Santa Brought them. Uncle Jordan and Aunt Kristine got them these Nerf guns that they choose to open on Christmas Eve, and they slept with them and brought them out with them.

Jack wanted a remote control dinosaur and he got one! He must have been really good this year. It is really cool, but a tad bit creepy, you can pet it and it reacts to you, it will walk up to you and sniff you and stuff. Jack was thrilled!

For like 6 months + all Lincoln would talk about was this Batman Bat cave. Whenever he was asked what he wanted for Christmas it was the first and only thing out of his mouth. Even when we showed him Toy Catalogs and I would say, "Ohhh do you want that cool toy?", No I want a Batman bat Cave......Good thing he got it or Christmas would have been most definitely been ruined.

Coleman finally joined us and discovered Santa left for him a Little Einsteins ride on toy, which he has enjoyed ever since.

Aunt Erin surprised us all and bought the boys a Wii!!! They were so excited! When asked who his favorite Aunt is Lincoln said, " Aunt Erin, she bought us the Wii"......so come on Aunties if you want to be loved you know what you have to do :)

After we opened presents at Grammy's house we went back to Grama and Papa's house where we had a fun Christmas will all the cousins....Of course I left my camera at my mom's so I am waiting for some of those pictures.

We really enjoyed our visit. Jack especially was really sad to leave and said to me, "Mom I want to move here so I am play with my cousins all the time!" Broke my heart, the boys had SOOOO much fun playing with their cousins everyday.

Christmas Eve

2010-01-15T15:16:00.000-08:00

We headed home to California for Christmas this year. We haven't been for 3 years so it was about time. We loaded up the truck (thankfully because we had A LOT of stuff to bring) and we off for a nice long week of vacation.

It was funny because just as we passed Bakersfield on the way Jack says, "Oh here come the trees, we must be in California"...which is so funny and a bit sad that he never sees real trees here in Vegas.

We spent Christmas Eve at Grammy's house and did the normal traditions that I have done my whole life. Movie, Candlelit dinner, open one present etc.

The boys were so excited to leave out cookies for Santa that they made with Aunt Erin. Lincoln has on no pants, i had the cutest matching Christmas PJ's and of course he spilled red juice on them, so they were in the dryer quickly before he went to sleep. I wanted to be sure he was in his cute Christmas PJ's for the morning pictures ( it was very important for me!)

Here they are all tucked in their beds. Daddy read the story of Christ's birth and then they went right to sleep without any argument of course. They were tracking Santa online all day.

My mom's house isn't very big and we were all there, except Aunt Shauna (sad face) so our family took my moms room (thanks mom) and we talked Uncle Jordan and Aunt Kristine into having Coleman in their room..........Unfortunately Coleman woke up around 3:30am and was wide awake even after his bottle. I didn't want the whole house to wake up and especially not the kids so Coleman and I went for about a 45 minute drive until I saw him yawning and getting sleepy again......NOT FUN!!! He NEVER does this and of course would pick Christmas Eve to do so....Who knows maybe Uncle Jordan snores really loud :)

Also while we were there we went to the temple and Justin baptized my brother Jordan for my grandpa on my moms side. It was a really special experience especially to see Justin and Jordan, Im lucky to have strong priesthood holders in my life and for examples to my boys. The spirit was very strong in the temple that day and I think it lit a spark in all of us to do more work so thanks mom for that opportunity.

Christmas Craziness!!

2009-12-15T12:44:00.000-08:00

So things around here have been crazy. I had a piano recital and a Christmas party for friends. We've been trying to buy a car, and basically i am stressed to the MAX!!! But in 4 more days it will all be over because we will be on our way to California where we have no responsibilities and we can just have FUN with family!

So our ward Christmas party was a Polar Express theme. They had breakfast, then read the book, got their Tickets and boarded the train that took them to the "North Pole" where we had a really legit Santa Clause. Then they made a candy train. Really cute and really fun and right up my boys alley. Justin and I made a train out of a refrigerator box for it and when the kids came downstairs to see it you would have thought it was Christmas!.

Coleman looks as large as the kids.......because he practically is! Wearing size 3T PJ's in this picture. Apparently those PJ's were sized for tiny doll children.

Then we made a Giant Gingerbread house, which took us almost a week to finish, it was intense and HUGE. The boys started with their very own gingerbread men.

So this is what Coleman has been up to. Driving me crazy by constantly taking the ornaments off the tree and bringing them to me so proudly.......Ahhhhhhh, its annoying, but he's so dang cute!

Happy Holiday's

2009-12-06T19:00:00.000-08:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Jackism's

2009-12-04T13:11:00.000-08:00

So right now Jack is telling me all about his future.

He is going to marry his friend Carlaya (in his words, "Carlaya will be the mom to stay at home with the kids while i am at work")

He is going to have 3 kids, one boy and three girls......at first it was three girls and then he thought about that for a second and said, "just one boy mommy, don't worry i will still have 2 girls for you"

He is going to be a train conductor and live in Utah so he can be Uncle Jordan's neighbor, and he said, "we will visit Las Vegas so you can watch my kids mom, like Grammy, you will be their Grammy"

His house is going to have all blue paint downstairs and his kitchen floor is going to be all kinds of colors and his carpet is going to be green. Dark blue upstairs and brown in all four rooms...........

Oh man this kid is funny. He also informed me today, that "I don't like Lincoln anymore, he always wants to be like me and i don't want him to....he just bugs me, and I want to be alone!"

He is growing up so fast and I am starting to see that he wants a little more privacy, so as soon as Coleman is big enough we will give him his own space and own room. He will sit at his "work desk" (Justin's drawing table) for hours just drawing pictures and coloring, totally a miniature Justin. I have been trying to spend more one on one with him by taking him to Starbucks in the am (like 6am) before his brothers and dad wake up (did you know their kids hot chocolate is only $1)

I'm in love with this little guy!

My Baby is ONE!!!

2009-12-01T11:16:00.000-08:00

I cannot believe that one year ago I was in Utah on Black Friday shopping in Target and this little guy decided to come. He was 5 1/2 weeks early so we were quite surprised. For the first month we were worried about him gaining weight but now we worry no more! Coleman is so much fun for our family. He is walking all over the place and eating us out of house and home!

We love you Coleman....HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

***He fell and hit his head smack in the middle of his forehead on the door jam, it was the HUGEST goose egg i have ever seen!**

We are Thankful

2009-11-23T20:00:00.000-08:00

What a difference 2 years makes right? My mom had this first picture on her blog and its so crazy to look back. I think Lincoln kind of looks a lot like Coleman. We made another turkey out of fruits and vegetables for our family night.

I couldnt resist another video

2009-11-19T19:21:00.001-08:00

this little man is a maniac in the tub. just give him a few inches of water and he is sooo happy, its hilarious. His best moves are his belly flop slides, i captured a few here.

My Baby is walking!!!

2009-11-19T15:22:00.000-08:00

Coleman has been taking steps for weeks now but this last week he had finally gotten it down. So cute to see such wobbly steps, and he is so proud of himself. Now he just needs to learn how to stand up on his own so he doesn't have to crawl to a table or something.........Im scared for my Christmas tree!

Batter Up!

2009-11-10T17:54:00.001-08:00

So its another season of baseball. This season I really love Jack's team, "The Dolphins"....Justin, not so much. Half of the team are girls and all of the parents are teachers, so they are all very non-competitive and just want the kids to have a good time. Jack LOVES it and so that makes me happy.

Before and after each game they do this cheer.
"Who are we? The Dolphins!
What do we play" Baseball!
What do we do? Our Best!"

My Rant.....

2009-10-30T14:20:00.000-07:00

Does anybody watch "The Rant" on the Las Vegas News station? Its so funny to Justin and I to hear people get all hot and bothered about things. Well today I have a lot on my mind and I am just feeling like ranting. I will probably delete this post shortly but, i just need to get it out! So here we go, my RANT....

1. Online bill paying, you have to use it. It saves me so much time and money on stamps and you can choose the exact date the bills are delivered....but every couple of months it seems there is some sort of a blunder (by me) and when it happens its like major panic. Like when I paid $1,500 to the power company instead of $150, or like this month when I schedule all of my bills to be delivered on the 5th of November (payday) except I miss changing the date on one, and of course that one is a mortgage payment.....whoops! I go to check our account and it is in the negative because that bill which should not of gone through until the 5th has just paid.....yeah not good!

2. Driving with dogs in the car...Okay so every time I see people driving with their dogs, the dogs are crawling all over them while they are driving.....NOT SAFE PEOPLE! If you have a dog and you do this, I still love you, and sometimes I wish I could have the same love of animals that you do (I said sometimes I wish that, most of the time i just think animals are nasty....I know i am cold!)

3. My house...oh my house, it is a serious cause of stress for me. No matter what I do this place is a pig sty. And I try, I really try...obviously not hard enough. And I used to pride myself at how good and clean my house looked. I give up! And that makes me feel like a failure. Of course it doesn't help that my couches have been back ordered and I have had camping chairs and an air ma tress in my family room for the last week, or that my carpets are horrible! I am grateful for what I have....that's why it should be cleaner...and the laundry and the dishes NEVER stop!

4. Food.....my boys are starting to eat more and more. My grocery bill is almost doubling and our income is the same.....problem! And I know it will only get worse, everyone always says, "just wait until you have 3 teenage boys!" I know, i just hope and pray Justin is bringing home more bacon. Maybe that is when my food storage will come in handy!

5. Speaking of teenage boys...last night at our wards "Trunk of treat' I made a comment to my friend how I hate the ugly nasty older boy costumes, they are so junky. Then she says to me, "Well you better start liking them because that is your future!" And it hit me....crap that is one bad thing about all boys....nasty Halloween costumes.

6 About Halloween. I think the economy has affected the quality of candy coming from people. My boys hardly got ANY chocolate for mom.........darn!

7. Coleman is sick and has been extremely clingy today...Problem, he weighs like 30 pounds and my arms are dying!!!

8. Our one outing of the day was going to the Redbox to get some movies for the kids...they get all excited, i get all excited that they will be occupied for a couple of hours. So we go to the first one, its says something like "Performing maintenance" so we drive to another one....same thing. Not to mention they are right in front of Mc Donalds so now the kids want happy meals. This guy that was there said he just came from another location too and same thing. So I come home without any movies, mad kids and nasty happy meals.

Ok that is it.....as if that hasn't been enough. With those thoughts, i hope you are having a great day!

Trunk or Treat

2009-10-30T10:12:00.000-07:00

So as you can see we went with the Toy Story theme this year and the boys were thrilled. Coleman even stayed in his outfit the entire time and seemed to enjoy it. We always have a blast at our ward trunk or treat and this year was no exception. It is like the Halloween event for the kids. Jack and Lincoln made there rounds as quick as possible and then headed straight back to the car to hand out candy, they were so excited to do that.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Primary Program

2009-10-27T18:12:00.001-07:00

Here is Jack as we were leaving for church. He was really excited for the program. We kept the program really simple this year which is a think why it was such a success.

Jack's part was, "I am created in the image of God, which means I look like Heavenly Father." He had it memorized and said it pretty fast and slightly in a baby voice...but that's okay he made up for it in the singing department. Jack sang his little heart out to EVERY song and he knew EVERY word...yeah he was that kid, the one who is slightly off key and singing loudly.....it was really cute, he was also trying really hard to smile as he was singing which made it even more hilarious to watch. We were very proud of him!

I can't believe that next year Lincoln will be up there too!

Pumpkin Patch

2009-10-27T18:04:00.000-07:00

The boys on the little train ride.

Lincoln in the bounce house.

My "little" pumpkin! (not much little about this kid!)

The boys with Grammy

So the closet thing to a real pumkin patch here is in the K-mart parking lot, but the boys could care less. They had a blast. Grammy was in town so that was a lot of fun.

Discovery Children's Museum, SLC Utah

2009-10-27T16:51:00.001-07:00

Justin had a business trip to Salt Lake so the boys and I decided to tag along. While we were there we went to this fun children's museum and to say that we loved it would be an understatement. We spent all morning there and then went back that night while Justin was working. They had all sorts of fun things, and my favorite part was the children's city where the kids could shop, dress up and just play like they were adults sooo fun!

I now wear underpants and I am PROUD!!

2009-10-27T16:43:00.001-07:00

So now that Lincoln is potty trained I swear every time I turn around he is stripped down to just his underwear. He is frequently showing everyone that he can his "awesome" characters or whatever he happens to be wearing that day. Here he is at the park. I was reading a book and i tune around and see this cute little kid just playing...i guess he was hot!

The other day at Jack's baseball practice, Lincoln and one of the other kids brothers were playing at the park. One of the parents comes up to us and says..."Ummm your boys have taken off their clothes".....Lincoln said they were playing water slides.

I am hoping the cooler weather keeps Lincoln's clothes on. But i am sooooo happy he is not wearing diapers. Two down one to go!

I couldn't resist! The Boys were laughing so hard.

2009-10-20T17:53:00.000-07:00

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Jackism's

2009-10-20T14:11:00.000-07:00

Last night we were sitting at the table ready to eat dinner,I brought out a pitcher of lemonade and set it on the table. Next thing we know we look over and Jack is drinking from the pitcher.

Me- "Jack what are you doing?"
Jack- "I learned it from daddy."
Justin- "Jack only daddies can do that"
Jack- "Well daddy I am just practicing to be like you!"

So funny, and of course I just gave Justin that look of, "see you better watch it, Jack wants to do EVERYTHING you do."

Homework

2009-09-11T14:32:00.001-07:00

So we no longer have tears in the morning about going to school. I think he is finally used to the schedule.......Phew!

I am loving hearing all of the things that he is learning in school, all of the little sayings that his teacher must say in class, like, "is this my kindergarten best?" and "One drop, not a lot" (when applying glue) and singing LOTS of songs. Which is perfect for Jack because for those of you that know him, you know he is like a little jukebox. So I am really happy he is learning songs to help him remember how to spell and read words. He also started telling his friends and Lincoln, "you cannot talk when someone else is talking"....I love that one.

I'm so proud of you Jack, you are growing up WAY too fast! He just brought home is first little thing for a school fundraiser and, Oh Crap...its cookie dough and all sorts of sweets!

Rain Gutter Bookshelves

2009-09-06T16:08:00.000-07:00

**excuse the mess under the bed, I was to lazy to pick that up after I took the picture....but there you go, this is my real house!

Kiley and I made these rain gutter shelves the other day, We got the tutorial here. They were super easy and I am so excited about them...The boys can now finally see all of their books.

Girls Trip

2009-09-02T13:10:00.001-07:00

So I have desperately been in need of a get away with no kids involved, so when I heard that "Legally Blonde" the musical was in LA, last week, I knew I HAD to get out there. So I called 3 of my closest friends and we went....just like that. Thank you to our husbands for not even questioning it and staying at home with all of the kids.

Here we are at the Pantages theater, excited for the show....Which by the way that theater is so old and AMAZING, so ornate and just neat.

Shauna recommended this small little quaint restaurant called "Toast". We were really hoping to have at least one celebrity siting, when much to our surprise, there she was.....THE Kim Kardashian eating at the same place, and here is the picture to prove it......Ok so maybe we missed her by 10 minutes....can you believe that, 10 minutes, we were bummed. So yeah this picture is slightly doctored...Justin isn't the only one in the family with photoshop skills! We were so funny and star struck that she was even there, our waitress showed us her signature on the ticket and everything. Funny story when we were leaving we wanted to take this picture and the lovely girl we asked was a total B. When Kiley asked for one on her camera she said, "Can i please just take one!"....Oh people are so nice!

So you may say, "Oh please the Kardashian's are not even celebrities"...so this is why we are such close friends, we all watch there show and we even considered going up to Calabases to go to DASH (their store)......so yeah, she IS a celebrity. I would have been happy seeing Heidi and Spencer!

Here we are inside the theater. I was in heaven seeing that show. And i really think that Heaven will be like one HUGE musical with all of us singing and dancing....I love it, it was really hard for me not to bust out and sing all of the songs at the top of my lungs. I may or may not have been humming though!

We made a stop at Ikea on our way home...Kiley got a bed for her daughter and so we were a bit scrunched on the drive home, and when i say we, I mean not me...I was driving!

Look at that smoke, there are crazy fire there right now, at night the sky was all lit up from the fire. Strangely I didn't smell it though. And there is the famous HOLLYWOOD sign on the mountain. I did start singing "Unwritten" and pictured us driving in a convertible (from the Hills, if you aren't as cool as me to know that)

Michelle, Rissa and Kiley at Brittany Spears star....Naturally we picked the most talented celebrity. we went to the Hollywood and Highland mall, where the Kodak theater is. I had no clue there would be so many freaks there in costume, to try and get people to take pictures with them.....The Joker, from Batman....so creepy!

All and all, a great trip....girls are you on for next weekend?

Oh Crap!

2009-09-02T09:28:00.000-07:00

Coleman is CLIMBING

Jackism's

2009-08-26T21:23:00.000-07:00

For some reason Jack did not want me to park and walk him up to the Kindergarten gate this morning. He wanted me to just let him get out in the drop off lane (which eventually we will do, but its only the 3rd day of school!) So as I park and turn off the car he starts huffing and puffing and then he said this,

"Mom, listen, Jesus wants 5 year olds to walk by themselves....not with their moms!"

So yeah...nice huh, what is happening here? He's 5!!! And then I ask him how school is...he can't remember, or he tells me that he got to play on the playground. Already he is being a typical boy and not offering any info.

3 Teeth

2009-08-24T13:53:00.000-07:00

3 new teeth have turned my sweet little happy angel baby into this....

He has 2 on the bottom and one is coming in on the top, just one so he is a little off balance...

"When its time to pass the test........KINDERGARTEN its the BEST!

2009-08-24T13:01:00.000-07:00

Getting ready for Jack's big day. He had his choice between, maroon, navy, white and gold shirts to wear...this was his choice! not sure if I am a fan of the whole uniform thing yet.

Being silly with Linc

It was hard to get a good picture of Jack...I think he was getting a little nervous.

Here he is following the class walking into the school.

He forgot his supplies so I "HAD" to follow him in....darn!

He sat by his friend Oakley from our ward.

This was Lincoln's reaction outside after he couldn't go into school with Jack. He will miss his buddy in the mornings. Don't worry he felt much better after he came home and stuffed his face with the cake mom made last night (while I was teaching piano of course! He always knows the right time to strike)

I did pretty good, a little teary but mostly excited for Jack. Last night when Justin gave him a blessing, I was dying.....my baby is getting so old. I just love Jack, he really is my perfect angel and still my baby!

***title of this post is a reference from Kindergarten Cop....not sure if anyone but my family will catch that.....oh and also we chant it almost every night on our way up to bed....have for years, not sure why, they kids have it memorized...the whole thing***

Lincolnism

2009-08-21T14:33:00.000-07:00

I always sing this song called "Dim the Lights" to my kids at bedtime. It was passed down from Justin's mom, and from her mom etc. Well yesterday I was trying to take a nap with Lincoln and he started singing it to me. It usually starts like this,

"Dim the lights little Lincoln....."(or whichever child i am singing to)

Here is how Lincoln sang it to me,

"Dim the lights BIG MOMMY"

Pretty Stinking Funny!

If you think your kids are the cutest.....

2009-08-17T21:14:00.001-07:00

Think Again!

Coleman's New favorite passtime

2009-08-16T18:36:00.001-07:00

Seriously, how cute is this kid? Coleman loves those little bitter biscuit cookies and they make such a huge mess so this is my solution. I have been sticking him in the sink while I clean things up and finish up dinner. He loves it!

Oh yeah and he got his first 2 teeth on the bottom this week and he has mastered crawling...Big steps for the Cole-Man this week!

The Roe's

2009-08-16T18:28:00.000-07:00

Michelle and the boys came to visit us this last week and we had so much fun. Our first order of business for Michelle and I was to hit up Target...and we did....with 5 kids, ages, 5, 4, 3, 2, and baby...no pictures of this event....not pretty, but we had to do it. Michelle lives in Lake Havasu and there is no Target. One day we went the the pool and we also went to Chuck e Cheeses. Michelle and I spent way to much time playing a new game I bought, "Blokus" so fun! We miss you guys already...move back soon!

Safari

2009-08-16T18:20:00.000-07:00

The boys new thing is to pretend they are on a Safari, out in our jungle of a backyard...Here they are looking at the map that Jack made for them to follow on their adventures. According to Jack at the end they will find a special book....no clue where that came from.

Also notice Jack's shirt? Its from his new "Big" school...He loves wearing it.

Both of them will full their backpacks with all sorts of toys to be prepared for their adventures....you never know when they are going to come across darth vader and need a lightsaber!

I have no idea what this brush is for, but it seemed really important. I love days like this when they are best friends and playing so well together.

Jackism's

2009-08-11T15:36:00.001-07:00

The other day someone kept calling my cell phone over and over again. Like 20 times in a row. So i finally answer and it is some lady speaking Chinese or something. And even when I said I can't understand, she kept jabbering on, and then would call back again when we hung up. So we were laughing about it and then Jack says,

"I hate it when people always speak Spanish, It's weird and annoying!"

Then we were watching some Shark Week show on the Discovery channel and they were disecting a shark....They were showing all of the meat, and I said to Justin, "Do people eat shark meat", he said yes and then this little gem came out of Jack,

"Eww that is disgusting, I am NEVER going to eat animals that are dead!"

We said, well what about chicken and hamburgers, they are from cows,

"Mom hamburgers are circles...not cow shapped."

We changed the subject real quick, the last thing I need is a kid who won't eat Corn Dogs, Chicken Nuggets and hamburgers!

Oh Wow, What a day...

2009-08-06T13:10:00.000-07:00

And its only 1pm. I wanted to get out of the house and do something fun today so I thought I would take the boys to the pool. When.....
#1. I can't find Jack's swimsuit anywhere...I call Justin he thinks it got left in Utah. So Okay I will stop at Target on the way to the pool. So I go to grab my wallet and....
#2 Wallet is no where to be found...GREAT! I am tracing my steps and realized I may have left it at the movie theater yesterday, so I have all the kids in the car and I am freaking out. I call the theater and they have it...Pheww! So I head there, then the plan is Target then finally the pool. When.....
#3 I look back in the car at Jack and he doesn't look so good, so I ask him if he's Okay and he just says, my tummy hurts. Two seconds later he's BARFING! So I get the the theater, clean him up, my friend Kiley was near by so she stopped to sit with the kids so i didn't have to get them all out, which was a good thing because by now Jack is just left in his underwear. I get me wallet and then we head back home.
#4, Lincoln has a total melt down when we pull up and he realizes, this is not the pool. I was able to revert his attention with peanut butter and apples, his absolute favorite snack. So I come upstairs to get a second to myself while the boys are eating and then Lincoln comes up.....
#5 COVERED in peanut butter.

AWESOME DAY!!!

Utah

2009-08-05T12:38:00.001-07:00

After California we got in the car and headed to Utah for a little Patrick family reunion. My sister-in-law Melissa and I decided to leave early Wednesday morning so that we could just get there. So we caravaned and it was HORRIBLE! It took us 13 hours with the time change and driving that long by yourself is a challenge. I love Justin and I take advantage of the fact that he normally drives and I can nap because I actually fell asleep at the wheel and almost killed my family! Yikes, I will never take that risk again!

The first day there we went up to Snowbird and to the Alpine slides there. It was beautiful!! Here is Grandma with the little ones that couldn't ride, Eliza and Coleman.

Papa went down with Lincoln.

I went down with Jack

Jack pulling the slide up.

Here are the boys waiting in line for the slide.....absolutely gorgeous (the boys and the scenery)

Lincoln and I going up on the ski lift....my favorite part.

Jack rode up with Papa

As we were leaving Snowbird we were walking by a little stream. Jack was saying it was a river and then he said, "I think it's going to lead to Jordan's flow" (from the Baptism primary song)

We also went to the Ochre Temple open house. It was one of the most beautiful temples I have been through. When we went into the sealing room for a little explaination Papa was holding Coleman and luck would have it they say right in front of the mirror that you can see your reflection forever...well Coleman got a kick out of watching himself and was laughing the entire time. It was really loud, but really stinking cute!

When we were about to go in I was explaining to Jack that this was like his favorite song, "I love the see the Temple...I'm going there someday"..... His reply was, "Yeah mom, but I don't think we're going to feel the Holy Spirit"...it was cute, of course I told him that if he was reverent he could.

Trying to get a picture of the 3 boys is nearly impossible. We took professional family pictures while we were there and I sure hope I can manage to get a decent one.

The first night after our long car ride we stayed with my brother Jordan. I was going to let the kids stay up but Jack was exhausted, I thought this was cute.

Daddy FINALLY arrived on Friday night, man was I happy. No more 2 weeks apart from him for a LONG time!
This is while we were waiting to take pictures, Coleman was practicing his smile with Daddy. I promise Justin does not have that many chins...its the picture, but it was too darn cute not to post.

The boys had so much fun playing with ALL of their cousins. This was them the whole way home from Utah....well that is after Lincoln threw up TWICE!

And now for some AWESOME news, well to me at least. Coleman can now hold his own bottle! YEAH my life is now a little easier.

Grammy's House

2009-07-26T17:52:00.001-07:00

We went to the zoo and rode the fun little train.

And the castle park....the boys favorite!

Splash Park

2009-07-26T17:47:00.000-07:00

We went to a fun park with some of the cousins.....Lincoln is not pictured because once again he decided to hide out and do his own thing....I am beginning to think he is not much of a water person.

Coleman and cousin Delaney

Wow is this kid chubby.,...and dang cute!

Jack and cousin Dawson

Sly Park Lake

2009-07-26T17:38:00.001-07:00

Last Saturday we went up to Sly Park and played at the Lake All day. Jack had a blast....Lincoln not so much. The weather was beautiful and also so was the scenary. When we where driving here to California, Jack says to me, "Mommy why are there so many trees here in California?".....sad I know!

Jack and his cousin Max

Coleman and Aunt Melissa

Coleman and Pappa

Jack and cousin Delaney..they are 3 weeks apart and so cute together.

All Because Two People Fell in Love.....

2009-07-26T17:32:00.000-07:00

Justin's Parents had their 35th wedding anniversary while we have been here in California. Together they have 14 grandchildren so we took them to the temple to get some cousin shots. We love you Grandma and Grandpa!

I Love to See the Temple

2009-07-07T14:16:00.001-07:00

Michelle and I needed to go to the distribution center today, so we thought we would make a day out of it and take the boys for a picnic lunch and walk around the temple grounds. The boys were so good and were walking around with their arms folded...so cute! They kept calling the Angel Moroni the trophy on top of the temple :)

Chase, Jackson, Connor and Lincoln
these boys are so adorable ! so cute
These guys are moving at the end of this week which makes me so sad....we won't even talk about it! :( The boys will really miss their best friends...me too!

Lincoln stopping for one QUICK smile....not easy to get a good pic of him these days.

Coleman had fun too! By the way this outfit is 24 months....Lincoln wore this when he was 2 for pictures......yikes. The doctor told me it was time to switch him out of the infant carrier too...so he is in the big boy seat riding backwards.....growing way too fast! not sue why his collar is popped in this picture...not intentional.

For a long time now Jack's favorite song to sing at night time and in primary is "I Love to See the Temple" so I thought it would be cute to have him sing it in front of the temple. Obviously we need some help with some of the ending words. Yeah I know i am an idiot and had the camera turned when taking this video.

I am excited to take them to the Sacramento temple in a few weeks!

Out of the Mouth of Jack

2009-07-06T10:42:00.000-07:00

"Mom, Lincoln is just cute, and I'm really, really, really cute!"

"Mom, why are there bad words on earth?"

Our Little Acrobat

2009-06-26T11:03:00.001-07:00

So Coleman has been doing this for quite some time now. He can hold a back bend for minutes...seriously like this for a long time. And this is pretty much how he gets around, he bends back and the pushes off with his feet. He has a pretty mean bald spot in the back because of this mode of transportation....hopefully he will crawl on his stomach soon.

The Circus

2009-06-22T20:02:00.000-07:00

So we went to the circus again with some of our great friends, The Roe's, The Christensen's and The Knights. Thanks to Camille, who has gotten the tickets for us 2 years in a row now, its become a fun tradition. All the boys could talk about is how they were going to see the elephants poop ( I think last year the elephants were sick or something)...after the circus was over Jack said to me, "Its over....but we didn't see the elephants poop!"

The Christensen's used to live across the street from us and Jack and Carlaya were such good buddies. We don't see them as often as we would like but Jack still says that Carlaya is "his girl" so he was excited that she would be there. And of course his best buddy Connor.

The boys during intermission. Isn't this picture adorable? Coleman was sleeping darn it!

We had a great time, Jack especially loved the Magic tricks, specifically the one where the man was cut in half. And Lincoln loved the Tigers and the elephants.

We can't wait for next year!

Coleman and Jack Playing

2009-06-09T08:10:00.000-07:00

One of Coleman's favorite things to do is to roll around with Jack.....he LOVES him!

Recognize this man???

2009-06-08T16:06:00.000-07:00

This is Gilles Marini from Sex in the City Movie, Dancing with the Stars.......Ok well the paparazzi took this photo of him wearing a "Skeletal Metal" Cross and

THE SHIRT THAT MY HUSBAND DESIGNED!

I think this is really cool! I realize that he is not like a huge A list celebrity, but that will come. Justin designed this shirt for U2.......I think he needs more money!

Does anyone else think this is cool? Or am I just a crazy wife?

LEGO Party!

2009-06-01T15:38:00.000-07:00

Last Friday we had Jack's LEGO Birthday Party....Here is a picture of the invite.

I made giant LEGOS out of shoe boxes by for decoration and the kids loved building with them, i made about 17 and am planning on making more to build forts and stuff....really fun for the boys.

Here is my attempt at a LEGO cake...not professional but Jack was thrilled!

We gave each of the boys small LEGO sets with a balloon to take home. If you can see in the background I also made a LEGO banner to hang that matched the invites....Justin was mad at me for this one, I just can't help myself!

Here is one of the things they built together.

Jack and his BEST FRIEND Connor.

I missed the blowing of the candles but here he is right after.

We played LEGO games like, "who can build the highest tower", "hot LEGO" with a giant LEGO, "who can find the most green LEGOS", etc.

Here is the group minus one friend who left a bit early. It was really fun to watch Jack interact with his school friends.

All and all the party was a success.......not again for a couple of years!

Jack's Big Week

2009-05-27T10:23:00.001-07:00

Jack turned 5 on Monday....I cannot believe it. We had pizza instead of cake that night, since he took cupcake cones to school, and we are having a party on Friday. The boys thought this was hilarious to use a pizza.

Jack had school on his birthday, which he was happy about because that meant he got to bring cupcakes and wear this special birthday hat.

He got a bunch of Legos for from us and his Grandma and Grandpa...he was thrilled and hasn't stopped building since.

We made this pencil vase to give to Jack's teacher at the graduation.

I realized this morning that we were all in blue tones so I thought it would be a good time for a family picture...unfortunately Jack was not cooperating (remember how I said before that you would think the kid was blind, he ALWAYS thinks the sun is too bright) This is the best we got.

Jackson and Mrs. Whitney, after he gave her the flowers.

The graduate

Daddy was proud!

And we still have his LEGO Birthday Party on Friday, a Primary Activity on Saturday, and his last baseball game and party.....Oh Boy!

DISNEYLAND

2009-05-21T15:51:00.000-07:00

We had a great trip to Disneyland. My mom and sister came with us and were a HUGE help. Disneyland with 3 small children and 3 strollers would have been tricky with just Justin and I.Here is Coleman on the Sword in the Stone. We have this exact picture of all of the boys on their first visit to Disneyland.

Grammy wanted one good picture.....this was the best we could do!

Justin and Jack on "Toy Story Mania" it was our first time on this ride and it was a blast!

We ate at a new place called "Celebration Round up" it was with Woody and the "round up gang" it was a BBQ place by the Big Thunder Mountain. We thought we would give it a try so we went and put out name in. It was a restaurant type setting so we thought we would just get seated and them so the prices and what we wanted to order. Well after they bring our drinks we asked how this worked and they told us, "well we bring out chicken, ribs, corn beans, corn bread, coleslaw and dessert.....its $30 per adult and $13 per kid..." I almost had a heart attack but by this time the boys were already enjoying the show and we were starved so we thought...Oh well, lets enjoy. And we did! Probably won't next time...unless Justin gets a raise!

They brought out these fun cupcakes in ice cream cones for dessert. The boys were excited can you tell? Right after this however there was a small earthquake. Justin and mom felt it, but I was too occupied with Coleman. So they shut down all of the rides to do inspections. It was right about the time that the fireworks were going to start so with everyone in the park off of the rides it was a MAD HOUSE!

Jack up in Tarzan's Tree house

Justin likes to spin really fast on the teacups. I HATE this ride so I was happy to stay with Coleman. Lincoln wasn't a huge fan of spinning fast so Justin had to let up every once in a while until Lincoln forgot about it...and then he would do it again.

After standing in line for the Roger Rabbit ride, they told us that Coleman had to sit on the seat, he could not be on our lap. I thought this was too cute!

Coleman loved being in his stroller just laying down and being pushed around. He was an angel the whole trip.

Here we all are (minus Justin) on the train.

Hunington Beach

2009-05-21T15:45:00.000-07:00

We stopped by Shauna's house on our way to Disneyland to pick up my mom and decided to have a picnic at the beach. Jack LOVED it, and Lincoln was scared of the water, but loved the sand.

Just Because He's SOOOO Cute!

2009-05-15T15:14:00.001-07:00

Lincoln's Birthday Party

2009-05-12T15:21:00.000-07:00

So I made this cool rainbow cake, Lincoln was thrilled, and Shauna decorated it.

Of course I made all of the capes and Lincoln refused to wear his.

We got his giant superman cut out, here Jack is posing with him. The dang thing is still in our house and everytime we move it it scares all of us to death....its life size.

My 3 little superheroes in their capes. I had to snap this quick, as you can see Lincoln is trying to take it off.

Mothers Day Paintings

2009-05-11T11:25:00.000-07:00

So for Mother's Day I helped Shauna do these painting's for my mom of me and my siblings when we were kids around 2-5 years old.

Here is Shauna, the 3rd

Jordan, my youngest brother

Me, my preschool picture, cool hair right? I had that bowl cut most of my growing up years.

And here is Erin my older sister.

Mother's Day

2009-05-10T18:31:00.000-07:00

So far my Mother's Day has been terrific, it started off by waking up at 4am to feed Coleman :) that was fine......Then unfortunately we have 9am church so sleeping in and breakfast in bed is not a Mother's Day option, maybe next year. I should have opened my cards and gift BEFORE my make up because I was bawling like a baby.

First off I got an e-mail from my mom, thanks mom! I have the best mom EVER! Then I went downstairs and Jack gave me his present that he has been WAITING to give me, it was a hot pad that he said, "this is to use when you make cookies" with him name and hand print on it. He also gave me a card with an interview that his teacher did with him. Here it is

What is your mom's full name? Mommy Patrick
How old is your mom? 16
What is her favorite color? Red
What does mom like to wear? Flip Flops
What does your mom wear that is pretty? her pretty green dress
What is your mom's favorite TV show? she likes to watch Cars with me
What is your mom good at cooking? chocolate chip cookies and peanut butter sandwiches
What is her favorite thing to do? watch shows and kiss me
What do you like to do with your mom? snuggle and play with her
What things does your mom not like? dinosaurs
What do you do that makes your mom happy? I can make her laugh by doing funny faces
What does your mom do that you love? Kiss me!

When I told him I wasn't 16 he said, "Oh Whoops!"

I love Mother's Day too because I don't have to do anything. Justin spoils me and I seriously don't lift a finger.....LOVE IT!

I love my kids so much, Jackson is so sweet, for the most part he is ALWAYS good, he helps with the baby and ton. I love seeing all that he does in school, I love watching him play baseball. He is just growing up so stinking fast, but I am loving every second of them.

Lincoln is so darn cute I just want to squeeze him all the time. He has the cutest little voice, and says the cutest little things. As I have mention he can be a little mischievous at times, today he drew me a lovely mother's day picture on the carpet with green and red........but we love him, every bit of him! He is the best cuddler in the world and my heart just melts when he says, "Mommy will you please snuggle me?"

And Coleman, the best way to describe him is a DREAM. He is just a DREAM child. Picture the easiest little baby and that is him. He is so chubby, so Happy all of the time, he sleeps through the night and has for over a month.....DREAM come true!

I think I am one of the luckiest moms in the world. I LOVE my boys, all 4 of them! I am surrounded by handsome little men all of the time. I am thankful for a husband that works so hard to support the family and that I can stay at home. Its the best job!

Brain Dump- Warning this is LONG

2009-05-06T13:39:00.000-07:00

I have had a lot going on lately and so like my sister, I have decided to dump it all out here.

***I HATE having a rental......NEVER do it! Its been almost 4 years and 3 different tenants. One out of the 3 have been great. So here is the story....

Early last month my renters said they were moving to Alaska and April would be there last month in the house. We had some friends that were interested in the house and as I was scheduling a time with the current renters they were giving me such a hard time about letting us show the house...

Last week I called her up and scheduled a time on Friday, the 1st of May, to pick up the keys. Our new renters needed a place ASAP and so I told them the 1st would be fine, they could start moving stuff into the garage. Well a couple of days before this I get a nasty little message from my renter basically saying that meeting at 8am on the 1st is not going to happen. I called her back and informed her that it wasn't an option, the had paid for April only and so I was being generous even giving them until 8am on the 1st. She wasn't happy, but I didn't really care, just business right?

Well when I get to the house with my 2 friends, the carpet cleaner on the way, guess who is still in the house....yeah, I was not happy. So I called Justin and he came over, we decided that we would move there stuff out for them and continue on with the carpets and cleaning. They were not happy with us, but again i didn't care! The house of couse is filthy, which brings me to my next rant......

Why is it that white trash people have to have so many damn ANIMALS! Its sick really. When I went upstairs to clean up and move out their crap I went to open the master bedroom closet and out jumps a freaking CAT, scared me to death. What the hell, I never knew they had a cat, minor detail they forgot to tell us I guess. Well right then I knew we were in for it....the new renters moving their stuff in that day are allergic to CATS!!!

The house was mot clean at all, We spent 5 hours cleaning it, it looks GREAT now! My friends comes to move her stuff in , we exchange rent for the keys and everything is good. I go home and an hour later get a call, "Megan, I don't know what to do, I was in the house for not even an hour and I am broken out in HIVES!".....So to stop this story here, they decided not to take the house and now we have an empty house and no rent money$$$ LOVELY

*****Teaching piano with the boys loose in the house is not working. Yesterday during my lessons Lincoln colored all over our white carpet in the loft with a dark green marker. Also right before lessons came, I saw that the upstairs bathroom toilet was clogged with #2...Gross I know, i didn't have time to clean it so I locked the door. Well pretty sure one of my students opened it up for Jack to go pee, well Jack decided flush it and plunge it, well it all came up and soaked the bathroom floor. Also at the same time Lincoln got into my toothpaste and Justin's cologne.

*****Speaking of Lincoln, why is this child obsessed with spraying, cleaners, hairspray air freshener, this child will most likely ingest some sort of poisonous substance in the near future. It doesn't matter how high it is or where I put it away, he finds it.

**** I am doing canvas paintings for our wards "super Saturday" why do I ALWAYS give myself extra projects.... I can't say no, I think its impossible, unless I am talking to my kids of course. I wanted to give a lower price thinking I could use my 40% off Micheal's coupons, which is a good idea, but I put buying them off until this week and you can only use one coupon per visit per day, so i am running in buying canvases everyday, as well as my girlfriend and I will be doing the same for all of the paint....AHHHHH

****Lincoln's birthday is saturday and the party should be fun. Here are the invites we did

Our theme is Super Heroes, so I made capes for all of the boys with their initial.

Here is the invite, that Justin made, cool right?

We put that invitation on top of a box, put the cape in the box and delivered them.

Today I bought a life sized cardboard cut out of Superman to take the boy's pictures with, it should be fun and I will post lots of pictures.

Okay I hear spraying downstairs....Surprise, surprise.

Baseball

2009-04-19T16:04:00.000-07:00

So Jack had his first baseball game of the season yesterday. He is one the "Tigers". I made the team banner again, it turned out pretty cute, i think i will be a team banner pro before we know it! This season he is playing in the 5-6 year old league . So he is the youngest one on his team, we thought it would help him a lot playing with the older kids. Oh by the way do you like that his team color is white? I think its weird and after last night I think I am going to have to stock up on stain remover (why in the world do they have to play on that red dirt, it is so hard to get out!)

It was quite a warm day, Coleman was so cute in his shorts (which barely fit him, he is growing out of 9 months clothes and he isn't e3ven 5 months yet, I guess i have to shop this week!) Who is the strange grandpa holding him? Who knows just some stange grandpa at the game watching his grandson, asked Justin if he could hold Coleman. It was pretty cute.

We were so proud of Jack he did fantastic, it was such a difference from last season. He played right field (didn't see much action out there) but he was in ready position and saying "hey batter batter". And he didn't have to use the Tee once! He was up to bat 3 times, the coach pitches to them and they get like 5 tries to hit it before the Tee and he hit it every time. Everyone was shocked.
It was pretty funny after the game they stood in line and gave the other team high fives and told them good game, and then both teams huddled for their cheer. Well, Jack got confused and went to the other teams huddle. With Jack being so young the coaches are really good about keeping there eye out for Jack so they noticed he was missing and were calling for him telling him he was with the wrong team. Jack just looked back and waved for them to come over. It was sooo funny, I wish I would have had my camera.

Happenings

2009-04-15T12:32:00.001-07:00

Look at this little nugget!

Lincoln has been in potty training limbo. He can't decided if he wants to do it or not and neither can I. This day he went in the toilet pretty much all day. When he does wear underwear (which is VERY rare, he is normally naked, he is a major exhibitionist) he insists on wearing them backwards so he can see the picture. Today he wants NOTHING to do with being a big boy.

Jack has started a new baseball season. This time he is on the Tigers and the league is 5-6 year olds. With Jack turning 5 next month he is the youngest on his team and it is a HUGE difference from the 3-4 year old league. He did really well at his last practice and I think playing with the older kids we will see a big improvement.

Easter

2009-04-15T12:23:00.000-07:00

The boys both got huge chocolate bunnies, i remember getting these growing up and loving them so I had to do the same for the boys. Its a good think the chocolate is bad or I would have finished both of them off.

Hunting for Eggs, We did it inside this year, it had been windy and our backyard was covered in trash. The Easter bunny came to our house while we were at church. With 9am church there was no way we could do it all before. Lincoln was petrified of the Easter Bunny, he is not a fan of characters and when we saw him at the mall Lincoln refused to even look. We had a few screaming matches between the boys because Jack would say the Easter Bunny was coming and Lincoln would say he wasn't and start screaming. We had to convince Lincoln that he wouldn't see him. Hopefully this fear doesn't last long.

The boys had so much fun coloring the Easter eggs.

Jack was just fascinated that the eggs were changing colors.

Out of the mouth of my boys

2009-04-08T10:53:00.001-07:00

Here are a few of Lincoln's new sayings, that we hear ALOT

Every night about 5 minutes after we put the kids to bed Lincoln comes down stairs and says
"I need some juice, I'm too thirsty"

Also frequently walking around just saying the number "69" or "69 hundred".......no clue!

"This is the best easter I've ever learned about"

and my favorite is that he has started calling me a "Bad mommy" when he gets in trouble.

and when anyone says a prayer he will say, "that's a really good prayer" but he wants to be the only one who says amen, or at least the one who says it first so then he will yell, "no I say amen not all you guys!"

And now for Jack

He had some really good ones this week while my mom was here. They were talking about the color of his eyes and how he got them and then he said this to my mom,
"Grammy can you go to your church and ask Jesus to give me green eyes"

and when playing video games, " I can beat Bowser all by myself, not very many 4 years olds can do's that"

after peeing like 5 million times he says, "Mom that is what happens when i drink a lot of juice I get Pee sick"

I know there are many more funny things that my kids do and say, they crack me up on a daily basis.

In LOVE with this baby!

2009-04-08T10:43:00.000-07:00

I'm probably shooting myself in the foot with speaking too soon, but Coleman has slept through the night (10-12 hours) 3 out of the last 4 nights!!!!!

At the Park yesterday, LOVING this weather

We tried rice cereal for the first time and he did really good.

It is so easy to get a smile out of this guy. He is so easy and will just lay on his mat for hours, so unfortunately he gets ignored at times (I know i already have guilt, we are busy) so when you go over and pay a tiny bit of attention to him he just grins and giggles.

4 months
I am soooo in love with this kid, he is so good, so cute and so GOOD!!!

Coleman and Mommy

2009-03-25T14:34:00.001-07:00

The Faces of Lincoln

2009-03-25T14:33:00.001-07:00

Happy Birthday Auntie Shauna

2009-03-24T14:06:00.000-07:00

Shauna and Lincoln eating their "pupcakes" I love you Shauna....meow! -Lincoln

My mom sent me some fun pictures of Shauna when she was little....always accessorizing

Thank Shauna fr being the best Auntie, "Your Pretty" -Jack

We love you Shauna and hope you have a Happy day!

Happy Birthday Daddy

2009-03-24T13:58:00.000-07:00

Happy 28th to my Sweetheart. I have known Justin since he was a little pup, 15....and I can't believe how time has flown. I love this guy, he is the BEST dad and husband. I also love when his birthday comes because it doesn't seem like I am that much older than him. LOVE YOU HUN, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

The Faces of Jack

2009-03-24T13:16:00.001-07:00

Jack's Masterpiece

2009-03-23T12:19:00.000-07:00

This weekend Jack has been loving drawing the Winnie the Pooh characters, Pooh, Tigger and Piglet if you can't tell. I realize that they kind of all look like cats, but i was pretty impressed with his attention to detail. And this is without help and without even looking at a picture, all from his little mind. Ever since I bought him a pack of markers this kid just sits at Justin's drawing table and draws and draws for hours.

Last Week

2009-03-23T09:54:00.000-07:00

As I mentioned in my previous post, Lincoln has been showing some interest in using the potty. On Friday he went 3 times in the toilet so we all went to Target and let him pick out some underwear. This picture is funny because he wanted to wear it backwards so he could see the picture like in his pull-up. As soon as we put them on he peed.....oh well i am not stressing he isn't even 3 so i am just going with the flow on this one. Not the greatest picture but one to document.

In one of the little houses at the park. Of course we were with their best buddies Connor and Chase. (well i should specify Chase and Lincoln are enemy's at the moment, you can usually find them punching, pushing or screaming at each other)

Spring is here in Vegas and so we hve been going to the park ALOT! Jack thinks he's blind and insists on wearing his sunglasses whenever he is in the sun, even if he is wearing a hat.

Lincoln totally posed for this picture, isn't he like seriously the cutest little rascal!

Okay is it just me or is jack getting to be a big KID! So weird. Last night when we were putting him in bed he says to us, "Oh I don't need my elephant anymore, Shauna gave that to me when i was a baby, but now I'm a big boy and I don't need that!" I almost cried. This is him last week after school, they had a Dr. Seuss week and he brought his favorite book and made a "Cat in the Hat" hat....his preschool is so fun. Oh and did i mention i registered him for Kindergarten...crazy!

Lincolnisms

2009-03-20T13:23:00.000-07:00

This morning, Lincoln lifts up Shauna's bra and says,

"This is for girls....and its beautiful!"

Later today he was walking around naked (no surprise) and he comes up to me and says,

"Mom something is changing"

I asked him if he needed to pee and he said yes so we went to the toilet and he went....WHAT?? I was shocked and very excited. So i guess when we are home he will be naked for a while. Maybe he will be out of diapers sooner than i thought!

Coleman, Almost 4 months.

2009-03-18T10:12:00.000-07:00

Coleman is smiling like crazy now, he is HUGE in like 6 months clothes. By far my biggest baby! I think its the formula. Also he is by far my easiest baby....and he slept 10 hours two nights ago...hes done it twice now.

I think by now I am getting used to having 3, we love him so much. Jack still prays, " Thankful that Coleman could come out of mommies tummy"

Stinky Pete

2009-03-18T09:48:00.001-07:00

So some how after watching Toy Story 2 a thousand times we came up the the nickname for Lincoln of "Stinky Pete" I think because we called him Stink a lot, you know it rhymes with Linc. Anyway he has been trying really hard to live up to that name. Its funny because depending on when you ask him he will tell you that's his name. I'm sure the cashiers at the store think I am a wacko for naming my kid that.

I decided that I should document all of his craziness so he will believe me when hes older. In the top picture I was downstairs and realized Lincoln was quiet, so I call his name. When he answers I ask him what he was doing, he says "I'm cleaning Mommy"....Oh Crap I better get up there fast. He has recently discovered the laundry room and the detergent. A lock for that door is on Justin's to do list. So now I have liquid laundry detergent dripping out of the cracks of my dryer.

**Note, the last time he got a hold of my BLUE liquid detergent, he decided to pour out the entire (New) bottle all over the carpet.***

Again here is a new found love of Lincolns. its like he has a radar on him that knows when mom forgets to lock the garage door. When i notice hes missing I go out to find this! Oh man my newly washed car now has his cute little footprints and hand prints going up the windshield.

We just LOVE our Stinky Pete! He sure does keep my life interesting......I'm sure there will be many more of these post to come.

Big Brother

2009-03-05T11:20:00.000-08:00

Happenings

2009-03-04T14:14:00.001-08:00

This is how you can find Lincoln these days. No matter what I do I CANNOT keep a diaper or pants on him......And I know I should potty train him but I am not quit up to it YET! I thought this was a cute picture of him eating his cereal and I know some day I will laugh at this phase.

I was trying to get a picture of Coleman and of course Jack had to make his way in there. You can still always find Jack touching Coleman's head, and now that Coleman is smiling Jack loves to talk to and tickle him.

We need a new computer, Justin fixed our apple but the thing is so old that it needs all of these updates to even make it function, so.......hopefully i will have a new computer shortly...hopefully, this will take A LOT of nagging!

My dryer is still not working, going on 3 months now with a dryer that won't get any heat, so laundry is the death of me.

We have been paintings ALL weekend/week. My house looks like a bomb went off and it is driving me nuts, but it looks sooo good.

I know everyone blogged about this but the Bachelor made me sooo mad. I knew what was going to happen but I didn't think it would make me so mad. Jason is a horrible person. I made Justin watch the After the Rose and he just kept saying, "You can't do that!" We had a fun little get together and all of us were screaming at the TV.

Nothing is really happening around here. I am getting a little bit more sleep which is good. Justin has been so kind to me when i wake him up some nights to do a feeding....the bottle is great.

Jack's School Valentines Party

2009-02-11T11:35:00.001-08:00

He was very proud of this heart that he made, but was very clear that it was for Daddy and not for me. On Monday he came home from school with a sealed envelope that he wrote, :"To Dad" he was very clear that we needed to take it to dad at work. So Justin opened it and it was a picture he drew of a robot and then on the back he wrote, I love you! It is so fun to see him growing up. We love you Jack!

Here he is with his loot. On the way home he said, "Mrs. Whitney said I can eat this all when i get home and I don't have to eat lunch first"

we made these valentine candy necklaces for his classmates

Coleman Facts

2009-02-10T10:20:00.001-08:00

Loves to hang out with his brothers in the morning on mom and dads bed.

Has a favorite spot on the couch where you can find him every night enjoying prime time television. Here he is watching some Biggest Loser with Shauna.

Bottle-LOVES
Binky-Some
Poop- 10 wipes (is this normal for formula fed babies)
Spit Up- Some, Thank goodness he is not as bad as his brothers!
Sleep- Still wakes every 3 hours to eat.....he is killing me

Smiles a lot now. Mostly when you kiss him or touch his cheek you can get an instant one.

When his eyes are open they are WIDE open. His eyes are for sure blue.

Oh Lincoln!

2009-02-05T12:38:00.001-08:00

Lincoln for some reason has a fascination with shaving. As you can see in this photo. He came down stairs last night with cuts and blood on his face, but he was not even fazed. I went up stairs to see where the razor was and it was a total mystery to me where he cut himself. Well than this morning as Justin pulled his razor out of the medicine cabinet there was blood all over it. He totally shaved and then put it right back where it belonged. This was his 2nd attempt at shaving.

On a side note yesterday as he was smiling in my face and being super cute I noticed he has chipped his front tooth! Oh Lincoln, you are so 100% boy and CRAZY!!!!

Coleman's Blessing Day

2009-02-02T15:52:00.001-08:00

We blessed Coleman yesterday at church. It was just our little family, and Shauna represented our extended family. It was a special day and I felt just a special spirit as Justin blessed him. He talked about how Coleman should follow his brothers and how much his brothers love him.....so sweet. Jack was so excited that Coleman got to go in the front and be blessed, he was just grinning from ear to ear and when Justin held him up after the blessing Lincoln started clapping. I am so blessed to have my boys in my life (that includes my favorite boy, Justin!)