I wish I could have a baby girl!
I wish our basement was finished so we could move Riley downstairs and let Tyler have Riley's room so he wasn't sleeping on the couch anymore (or in our bed!)
I wish I could stay home and not work anymore.
I wish I had perfect kids!
I wish I was a better mom (so I guess this is why I don't have perfect kids!)
I wish all my kids slept through the night...there hasn't been one night in the last month, and probably year, where both Ryan and I got a full night of sleep without one of the boys waking us up! Guess I should be thankful that I have kids though.
I wish I wasn't so negative, but I know that I am the one who can change this.
I wish it was spring break and we were on our way to Disneyland (9 days to go!)
I wish I had a clean, organized, decorated house! Well clean and organized would suffice! I wish I had the motivation to clean and organize and cook and do laundry!
I wish it was Spring outside with 70 degree weather where we could all go outside and play.
I wish I could do my hair as cute as Shari does it when she cuts it!
I wish...there will always be something to wish for!
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Service Opportunity
So an old neighbor is in need of some help to collect recipes to create a cookbook for a fundraiser for her disabled daughter. The recipes need to be submitted by March 17. Please go to her blog, www.theselittlemiracles.blogspot.com to click on the link to submit a recipe! It will just take you 5 minutes! Also, if you'd like to pass the info on to others, she would greatly appreciate it!
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
The Latest Happenings
January was a tough month...very long, cold and not a lot of sunshine.
*Riley struggled at school - had more bad days than good days both at home and at school. We have put him back on a strict behavior chart and since that was implemented we have had 6 good days in a row. Hopefully it continues until he goes off track at the end of this month! He's done really well playing basketball and has really enjoyed that! He loves to read and is currently reading the Fudgemania series and Harry Potter.
*Tyler had an ongoing ear infection that still hasn't gone away. In fact we went to the ENT yesterday and they tested his hearing and he's not even hearing out of his left ear! So on Feb. 18, he will have tubes put in. He went back to Sheree's schools daycare and has loved being back in that familiar territory. He knows how to spell his name and can't wait until he's 5 when he can finally go to Riley's school! I'm hoping that when that time comes a year and a half from now, that he'll still want to go to Kindergarten! He's looking forward to his Valentine's party on Monday. And he has pink eye for the 3rd time in 2 months! Noone else in our family has gotten it...just Tyler!
*Then Brock got really sick with what we thought was just an ear infection, but in fact had pnemonia on his birthday! A week later he was majorly fussy until his first tooth came in! He is also now at Sheree's schools daycare and that was an adjustment. I really think he missed his other daycare. He loves to push things around to help him walk but he will rarely stand on his own and doesn't care to walk without pushing things. He's still not sleeping through the night and that is really frustrating Ryan and I.
*Ryan tries to get out each Saturday to ride his bike. The crits start in March and he's hoping to be able to do those on a weekly basis. Hopefully I'll be nice and let him! We did get some exciting news from my parents to start training Ryan to run the accounting part of my dad's business. It's funny cause it came after Riley had a really tough week and said he didn't like his school and wanted to move, so I said okay it's time for a change, lets move. Then that week my mom mentioned it in a phone call and I'm thinking ok, let's move. Well now Riley doesn't want to move, but only time will tell what comes of everything. The older our kids get, the harder it is to have us both working. Like I said before, it's hard being a parent. Seriously wonder if I would have done all this if I would have known how hard it was going to be. Here's to hoping February has more good days than bad! So far we're off to a good start!
*Riley struggled at school - had more bad days than good days both at home and at school. We have put him back on a strict behavior chart and since that was implemented we have had 6 good days in a row. Hopefully it continues until he goes off track at the end of this month! He's done really well playing basketball and has really enjoyed that! He loves to read and is currently reading the Fudgemania series and Harry Potter.
*Tyler had an ongoing ear infection that still hasn't gone away. In fact we went to the ENT yesterday and they tested his hearing and he's not even hearing out of his left ear! So on Feb. 18, he will have tubes put in. He went back to Sheree's schools daycare and has loved being back in that familiar territory. He knows how to spell his name and can't wait until he's 5 when he can finally go to Riley's school! I'm hoping that when that time comes a year and a half from now, that he'll still want to go to Kindergarten! He's looking forward to his Valentine's party on Monday. And he has pink eye for the 3rd time in 2 months! Noone else in our family has gotten it...just Tyler!
*Then Brock got really sick with what we thought was just an ear infection, but in fact had pnemonia on his birthday! A week later he was majorly fussy until his first tooth came in! He is also now at Sheree's schools daycare and that was an adjustment. I really think he missed his other daycare. He loves to push things around to help him walk but he will rarely stand on his own and doesn't care to walk without pushing things. He's still not sleeping through the night and that is really frustrating Ryan and I.
*Ryan tries to get out each Saturday to ride his bike. The crits start in March and he's hoping to be able to do those on a weekly basis. Hopefully I'll be nice and let him! We did get some exciting news from my parents to start training Ryan to run the accounting part of my dad's business. It's funny cause it came after Riley had a really tough week and said he didn't like his school and wanted to move, so I said okay it's time for a change, lets move. Then that week my mom mentioned it in a phone call and I'm thinking ok, let's move. Well now Riley doesn't want to move, but only time will tell what comes of everything. The older our kids get, the harder it is to have us both working. Like I said before, it's hard being a parent. Seriously wonder if I would have done all this if I would have known how hard it was going to be. Here's to hoping February has more good days than bad! So far we're off to a good start!
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Riley's basketball game
So last Friday was Riley's first basketball game and it was AMAZING!!! Very nerve racking to watch as a parent but also entertaining to watch boys and girls learn to play the game. Riley made the first basket for his team! He did great running up and down the court, inbounding, rebounding, and passing to his teammates. He scored a second time as well! But the best part of all....NOT ONE INCIDENT WITH HIS ANGER! There were a few times that he collided with a boy from the other team but got up up and kept playing the game. He was so excited after...they didn't keep score but his coach said that they won by 2 points! He said that he can't wait until next Friday! We're hoping that we finally found a sport that he can be successful in! Here are some fun pictures from his game!
(He's number 25)
And poor Brocky...this day also happened to be his FIRST birthday and he doesn't look like he's feeling too good. He slept all night long and woke up with a 102.7 degree fever so we took him to the doctor and he has a double ear infection and pneumonia in one lung. Poor little guy! After several days of medicine he is doing much better!
(He's number 25)
And poor Brocky...this day also happened to be his FIRST birthday and he doesn't look like he's feeling too good. He slept all night long and woke up with a 102.7 degree fever so we took him to the doctor and he has a double ear infection and pneumonia in one lung. Poor little guy! After several days of medicine he is doing much better!
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Blessings in disguise
Riley decided he wanted to play basketball this season so Ryan and I reluctantly signed him up. You see Riley has not done well at sports at all...he can play the sports and is athletic, but he has anger management issues. It is embarrassing and disappointing as a parent to watch. It was during Riley's second season of soccer that we knew Riley needed help because somehow he could not process his emotions. So we quit soccer and went to therapy on Tuesdays and Thursdays in Salt Lake. The therapy did wonders for Ryan and I and Riley. So the next Spring we tried baseball which was okay. He had 2 incidences that I can remember so we tried baseball again the following spring and it was a complete disaster! So we didn't play baseball this past spring.
So now we're trying basketball. So far the practices have gone well, until this past Friday night when they had pictures after practice and Riley had to line up with his team. Well lines are just not good for Riley at all, and we don't know exactly what happened, but his coach brought him to us stating that Riley punched another boy. Why the heck can he not keep his hands to himself!? He had a really rough week at school too and I don't know if its cause he was off track for 5 weeks and had a hard time adjusting but I am sick and tired of the physical violence this kid does and am so frustrated by it! Well his coach is a seminary teacher and a stake high councilman and his son is in Riley's 2nd grade class. So we talked to him and told him Rileys situation and that the coach needs to be the one to discipline him during a game if anything happens, etc. So after pictures, the coach took Riley aside and talked to him for a long time and Riley listened. We asked him what he said and he told us that he needs to say his prayers every night to Heavenly Father and ask for help controlling his anger when he gets mad and that if Riley can do this and not have any issues during a game, then the coach will have a treat for him. Bribery does wonders for Riley and I think he liked the attention his coach gave him. Well today at church we ran into the coach and he asked Riley if he remembered what they talked about and if he has followed through. It really is nice to have a coach that cares for my child and who took a few minutes to try to help. Ryan and I have been very frustrated all week with Riley's behavior and this was an answer to our prayers! It was also a nice reminder that we can't give up and to keep praying for help and that answers will come! It has been amazing to see Riley's progress since we first started having problems 3 1/2 years ago. It isn't cured yet but it's tons better than it once was and I can't give up as a mom even though there are problem days and things happen at school that are out of my control. We also can't forget those simple things that we need to do on a daily basis like read our scriptures as a family and have family and individual prayers. I know that my Father in Heaven loves me and cares about me and my family and our needs physically and emotionally. Being a parent isn't easy and I can't give up!
Riley's first actual basketball game is this Friday and I'm sure a few prayers on his behalf to be a good sport and control his anger would really help!
So now we're trying basketball. So far the practices have gone well, until this past Friday night when they had pictures after practice and Riley had to line up with his team. Well lines are just not good for Riley at all, and we don't know exactly what happened, but his coach brought him to us stating that Riley punched another boy. Why the heck can he not keep his hands to himself!? He had a really rough week at school too and I don't know if its cause he was off track for 5 weeks and had a hard time adjusting but I am sick and tired of the physical violence this kid does and am so frustrated by it! Well his coach is a seminary teacher and a stake high councilman and his son is in Riley's 2nd grade class. So we talked to him and told him Rileys situation and that the coach needs to be the one to discipline him during a game if anything happens, etc. So after pictures, the coach took Riley aside and talked to him for a long time and Riley listened. We asked him what he said and he told us that he needs to say his prayers every night to Heavenly Father and ask for help controlling his anger when he gets mad and that if Riley can do this and not have any issues during a game, then the coach will have a treat for him. Bribery does wonders for Riley and I think he liked the attention his coach gave him. Well today at church we ran into the coach and he asked Riley if he remembered what they talked about and if he has followed through. It really is nice to have a coach that cares for my child and who took a few minutes to try to help. Ryan and I have been very frustrated all week with Riley's behavior and this was an answer to our prayers! It was also a nice reminder that we can't give up and to keep praying for help and that answers will come! It has been amazing to see Riley's progress since we first started having problems 3 1/2 years ago. It isn't cured yet but it's tons better than it once was and I can't give up as a mom even though there are problem days and things happen at school that are out of my control. We also can't forget those simple things that we need to do on a daily basis like read our scriptures as a family and have family and individual prayers. I know that my Father in Heaven loves me and cares about me and my family and our needs physically and emotionally. Being a parent isn't easy and I can't give up!
Riley's first actual basketball game is this Friday and I'm sure a few prayers on his behalf to be a good sport and control his anger would really help!
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Visiting Santa
We had our ward christmas breakfast last Saturday and had a surprise visit from Santa! So here is our cute picture of our 3 boys and for once, our baby isn't crying, but maybe it has something to do with his weapon, the fork in his hand, and of course he was protected by his 2 great big brothers!
Wow, Riley's only 7, but looks too big to be visiting Santa! Wonder what he's telling him.
Tyler's not shy at all and was excited to go see Santa...gotta love the 3 year old picking his nose!
And we can't forget to add that Santa had a very southern accent, so this was our first encounter with a Santa from the South Pole! Hmmm...maybe that's where Santa vacations during the "off" season. Let's hope the boys were good this year and get what they want from Santa!
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Thanksgiving
This year for Thanksgiving, we ventured down to St. George to visit Ryan's family. We were hoping to leave Tuesday after school and work, but weren't able to because of the weather. So Ryan worked a little on Wednesday and then we left at 3:30 on the long drive. We actually only had to stop once in Fillmore to eat and gas up and it was 5 degrees! The boys were amazing and it's nice to bottle feed Brock now so it was easier to feed him in his car seat. We got to our condo at 9:30 but didn't get to sleep until midnight! Thursday was pretty much spent in Hurricane at April and Brent's house and we had a nice quiet Thanksgiving there. Then Friday we went to Marci, Darren and Cassidi while watching Cassidi's soccer game. It was fun to see them.
Here are some fun pictures.
Brock sure is growing up. He is still crawling everywhere and mostly using the army crawl. Just this past week he has started to get up on his knees and crawl, but always seems to go back to army crawling. He loves to pull himself up but doesn't really take many steps, but that's okay, cause I'm not ready to have him walking!
Riley is off track and got to spend some days with just Grandma April that he loved. Then he spent a couple days working with mom and was kind of bored at her school. He loves reading and does a really good job entertaining himself. He's excited to start basketball this coming Friday! He also did a fabulous job at his school choir concert this past Thursday night. It was way fun to watch and even Tyler stayed still and watched the entire concert!
Tyler is still Mr. wild child but he is slowly learning to mind better and play softer. I think he just needs attention and we're trying to give him that one on one time. He loves to sing and that's his favorite part of daycare each day and he knows most of the songs for his christmas program. He's had an ear infection the past week and had a hard time hearing for a couple days but now he is back to normal!
Only 2 more weeks until our 2 week christmas vacation. We feel really blessed to have all of our needs met and numerous wants as well. Despite the occasional cold, cough and runny nose, we are pretty healthy, have plenty of food to eat, have a nice warm house with nice warm beds to sleep in at night, etc. We are grateful for everything and need to try to focus our attention on what we do have and not on what we don't have. AND on what our kids do well and not on what they don't do or all the fighting. Maybe if we try to focus more on the positives, they'll outweigh the negatives and hopefully some of the negatives will somehow go away! Easier said than done and I can always hope! :)
Here are some fun pictures.
Brock sure is growing up. He is still crawling everywhere and mostly using the army crawl. Just this past week he has started to get up on his knees and crawl, but always seems to go back to army crawling. He loves to pull himself up but doesn't really take many steps, but that's okay, cause I'm not ready to have him walking!
Riley is off track and got to spend some days with just Grandma April that he loved. Then he spent a couple days working with mom and was kind of bored at her school. He loves reading and does a really good job entertaining himself. He's excited to start basketball this coming Friday! He also did a fabulous job at his school choir concert this past Thursday night. It was way fun to watch and even Tyler stayed still and watched the entire concert!
Tyler is still Mr. wild child but he is slowly learning to mind better and play softer. I think he just needs attention and we're trying to give him that one on one time. He loves to sing and that's his favorite part of daycare each day and he knows most of the songs for his christmas program. He's had an ear infection the past week and had a hard time hearing for a couple days but now he is back to normal!
Only 2 more weeks until our 2 week christmas vacation. We feel really blessed to have all of our needs met and numerous wants as well. Despite the occasional cold, cough and runny nose, we are pretty healthy, have plenty of food to eat, have a nice warm house with nice warm beds to sleep in at night, etc. We are grateful for everything and need to try to focus our attention on what we do have and not on what we don't have. AND on what our kids do well and not on what they don't do or all the fighting. Maybe if we try to focus more on the positives, they'll outweigh the negatives and hopefully some of the negatives will somehow go away! Easier said than done and I can always hope! :)
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