Future Rock Star??

I tried to teach him how to make the rock on sign but he couldn't do it. So I am doing it in the corner. I guess it is about time I make an appearance in my blog.

I have a renewed obsession. Before my youngest sister left for her mission we would play guitar hero ALL the time. I would go to my parents house and play with her or she would bring the game to my house and we would play. I was addicted, we would totally ignore my kids while we played. I know I am a bad mom. We played everyday. She has been gone for almost 18 months and I haven't played it since. For my birthday my mother in law gave me this game. It had been sitting in the box for a long time. Last weekend I was bored with having to sit on the couch or lay in bed because of my knee surgery. So last Sunday when everyone was sleeping, I opened the game and played for about 4 hours. I had forgotten how much I LOVE this game. But I can't play so much, not so easy to have free time with 4 kids. So my third child has also become obsessed. He wants to play "tar hero" all day long. And when I tell him no he throws quite a tantrum. He will walk around the house all day with the guitar strap around his neck, holding the guitar and making sound effects. Maybe this will pay off in a few years when he is a big rock star and he can pay for my retirement. So I am okay with the tantrums for now.....

Much Ado About Nothing

Tonight we had a family Valentines day party. We had heart shaped pizza and let the boys bring out their pillows and blankets and watch a Charlie Brown Valentine. Charlie Brown always gets the shaft.

Jackson

Walker

Coleman

Landon is supposed to be sleeping.

I know that it has almost been a month since my last post. Sad thing is that I really have nothing to write about. I am too lazy to call my sister so she can tell me how to make my blog private like she did. I am also too lazy to figure out how to do it myself. It has been a boring few weeks. The cold weather makes me ornery because my kids go can't go outside, and they drive me crazy. I turned 32 a couple of weeks ago, yahoo. (that is me being sarcastic) Turning 32, not so great. I am having surgery on my other knee this week. Same problem from the surgery in October, just the other knee. That is always something I so look forward to. I am living a pretty exciting life.. My kids on the other hand.....We got a Wii for Christmas. It is fun to play. However, Jackson and Walker LIVE to play the Wii. They are addicted, but they will only play one game-MarioKart. They play every chance they get. They are getting pretty good. Troy and I don't really play with them anymore because I HATE to lose, especially to a 6 year old. Jackson has a notebook that he keep track of every race, and what place he takes. I think its a little OCD. Walker just cries and blames the TV if he loses. But it keeps them busy during the cold weather so I can't complain too much. Walker has tennis shoes that he can't put on by himself. This week I got so fed up with putting them back on every five minutes. That we went to Target and bought some shoes with velcro that he can put on himself. I also bought some Thomas bubblebath for Coleman, his new obsession is trains. Well, as I was helping Walker try on his shoes Coleman told me that his pants were wet. I looked up just in time to see him pour the entire container of bubblebath all over the floor. I was so mortifed and mad! I had to pay for a nearly empty bottle of bubbles. He is such a handfull. But Walker can FINALLY put his shoes on himself. That has given me a little more patience during the day. Today I went and got a pedicure, it has been a long time and was so awesome. But I chose to have dark red nail polish on my toes. Ever since I got home Coleman has been following me around telling my my toes are "owies". He thinks my toes are bleeding and is very concerned about my health. Cute, but after three hours its getting a little annoying.

I HATE the cold

Is it bad that it has taken me almost 32 years to realize that I HATE cold weather? I used to like it because I would sit in my bed all day and read. But for some odd reason I don't have that luxury anymore. I think I can 't do that anymore for 4 reasons......Jackson, Walker, Coleman and Landon. Troy and I went to St. George this weekend, it was 60 degrees and no inversion. We golfed all day Saturday and I realized that I never wanted to come back to SLC. I want to be able to wear flip-flops all year long without my toes turning black from frostbite. I hate that when I have to drive the carpool in the morning it takes the entire trip for my car to get warm. I HATE that my kids can't play outside with the bad air, because it makes my house seem about half the size. I hate that when I need to take dirty diapers or the trash out in the morning I can 't open my gate because it is frozen in the ground. I just realized that this post makes me sound really mad, I am not. I am just really really ready for summer. 5 months and counting......

Private....

After hearing from some friends, and having my sister tell me about the things happening on her blog, I am also considering the private blog option. So if any of you actually read this boring blog about my boys and how crazy my life is. Let me know so you can continue reading.....

Christmas Jammies

Walker's Birthday Party

Landon's First Christmas

MORE presents...

Coleman wants a cupcake!!

I know it is time to put another entry in my blog when I have people calling and telling me I am a slacker. So I will post now while my Ohio State Buckeyes are holding their own against Texas. At least they are keeping it closer than they have the last two years. Those of you who are die hard Buckeyes will know what I am talking about. My whole family was in town for the holidays and that took up a lot of free time. If you are ever bored go to a Texas Road House restaraunt and tell them you need a table for 19 and watch the look of panic in their eyes. I actually laughed out loud because I thought the hostess was going to start to cry. Anyhow, we did a lot with the family. We ate out a ton, ate TONS of junk food, went skiing, went tubing and played lots of games. My kids only cousins live in Colorado and they only see them 2-3 times a year so they had a blast. Jackson made them play all kinds of weird games that he made up but they loved it, so I can't complain too much. But really, what kind of kid thinks it is fun to play "illegal fireworks" by jumping out of bean bag chairs. And what kind of kid choreographs 6 kids jumping on and off of them in time. That would be my oldest child. And yes, sometimes I am a little concerned about him.

Walker also celebrated his 5th birthday on New Years Eve. That kids birthday lasted almost a week. Starting last Tuesday with his family party and ending today with his birthday at preschool. I am sure glad I don't have to worry about another birthday for 2 months. I was not born to host parties, I am anti-Martha Stewart. So those of you who enjoy it, call me and you can cater Jackson's birthday in March. Walker wanted a transformer birthday and so he invited 6 friends and we went bowling. I will owe my sister for the rest of my life for helping me control 6 boys with 8 pound bowling balls. Minus a few accidents with the balls everything worked out. But for those of you who have small children who eat everything off the ground, I am sorry to say that they do not grow out of it by the time they are 5. I caught Walker sitting on the ground putting peanuts in his mouth. And I have no idea where the peanuts came from.

New Years Eve was really fun. I told Walker on his birthday when he turned 4 that he could stay up until midnight on his next birthday. I am obviously very nieve because I thought he would completely forget about that. He reminded me a few times during the year, but everyday of December he told me. It was actually really fun. We had some good friends come over to play games and the Wii. All of my boys made it until midnight. And then Troy and I got to stay up even later cleaning up throw-up from all the junk my kids ate that day. Happy New Year to us. Someday the red vomit stain will come out of my new brown carpet. I love my boys. I hope you all had as much fun over the holidays as I did.

Boston Brother

My brother who is famous because he was a contestant on the Price is Right came to visit a couple of weeks ago. Even though he totally tanked on the show, we still accept him in our family. I haven't seen him since January and this is the first time that he has seen Landon, so of course I had to take some pictures. (Sorry Renee he made me post these because he knew you would be incredibly jealous.) He showed up the night he arrived in Utah to visit for awhile. And to kill time because he was staying with my parents and they were still out of town so he couldn't get into their house. But my boys were SOO excited to see him. My brother has a talent of getting my boys very wild and crazy. Funny how this always happens right before they are supposed to go to bed. He chases them nonstop and then leaves my house with a smile on his face because he knows he has just made my job of putting them to bed impossible. However, I always have to laugh when he is here because no matter how many stories he hears he never believes how wild and crazy my boys are. When he was here he would just look at me and ask if they were always so full of energy. Yes Matt, they are like that from the time they wake up to when they fall asleep. And I laugh at the look of awe on his face.

Catch Up

So I havent posted for ever so I guess this post will be a little bit of catch up. I have learned in my 6.5 years of parenting that there are some things that I don't love doing so much. But if your kids love it then you will do it no matter what. We did one of these things on Monday night. We took our 3 oldest boys to ride the Polar Express in Heber. They were so excited that Walker couldn't stay in his seat, and you could hear Coleman screaming choo-choo above all the noise. Once on the train there are elves, chefs, and Mr. and Mrs. Claus. You get cookies and hot chocolate. They read the polar express story and finish just in time to arrive at the North Pole to see Santa. On the way back to the station Santa visits all the kids on the train and gives them a bell just like in the story. Some kids scream when they see Santa, Coleman just pretended to be asleep. The boys favorite part was the lame jokes the elves told. Really not funny at all. But Jackson and Walker will be repeating them for the next two weeks. Which makes those jokes even less funny. By the third year this train is okay, Troy just calls it the most expensive cookie and hot chocolate ever. But the boys LOVE it so we will be there again next year. Coleman was so excited to ride the train! I made the mistake of telling him last week that we would be riding a train. He asked me everyday when we were riding the "choo-choo". So now he still asks and I tell him aren't riding it anymore. He throws a HUGE tantrum complete with screaming and flailing limbs. Needless to say if this continues for the next 365 days we will not be riding a train EVER again.