The Smell of Throw Up... NOT SO GOOD!

What a day... I mean month... or maybe 2 months!

Okay since the end of August someone in our house has been sick! It started with Micah catching some disgusting virus that lasted for 10 days... I got to enjoy taking care of a high fever, constant throwing up, and then the worse came... canker sores all over his mouth! YUCK! He could barely eat... had to miss preschool... and absolutely hated every second of it. Poor little boy!

Oh wait... poor little girl! HALIE got it next.

Then JEFF.

Then ME!

40 days of attack from this awful virus, one right after the other!... Needless to say we all have been slowly feeling better!

So, I woke up yesterday and thought to myself... Yeah! Today is the first day my mouth doesn't hurt!

Well I thought to soon!

Today started out as a normal Friday, preschool, errands, diet coke (my daily sanity), out to lunch with the kids, and then... FOOD POISONING STRUCK! Halie came out of her room covered in ... warning this may become graphic... hot dog chunked throw up! Sorry to be so descriptive ... but one day my kids better thank me for this!! So Halie's throwing up... then Micah says "mom I think I am tired." Anyone that knows Micah knows he is never tired unless he is sick! So I knew it was going to hit him next! AND IT DID!

Needless to say I have done 8 batches of laundry... mopped the floors twice... and I am in the process of pulling out my carpet cleaner. If I can get Micah up off the living room floor and into his bed we will be in business. He keeps popping his head up and asking... "Mom am I better yet?" "No honey, not yet... almost though"

Cause heaven knows we have had our fare share!

mIcAh's FiRsT gOaL!

MICAH'S BIGGEST FAN!!

Micah scored his first goal a few weeks ago... which was great because my whole family was there!! He did awesome! He is playing 100% better than last year... which I guess isn't saying much since he didn't play at all last year... but he is doing awesome this year!... He plays most the game... every game... he is in kicking the ball... and kicks pretty good I must say!... He is having a blast... and before we go to every game he says... "I want to make 4 goals... cause I am four!" What a fun time of life right now! I am trying to enjoy every cute moment with my kids... they grow so fast

A Breakthrough...

Today as we were watching conference.. or atleast attempting with the kids... Micah said the cutest thing!

Ever since President Hinkley died at the beginning of the year Micah has had the hardest time coming to the realization that we have a new prophet President Monson. In fact at the last conference I remember Micah saying "President Hickley is still my prophet not President Monson!"... We tried to get him to like our new prophet, we even took Pres. Hinkleys picture down and put a new one of Pres. Monson up to see if it would ease Micah into our new prophet!

Well today we had a breakthrough. As President Monson got up to speak Jeff said there is our new Prophet Thomas S. Monson! ... and Micah watched intently... and after a few minutes he said... "MOM... I THINK I LIKE OUR NEW PROPHET!" It was so cute and sweet... he then explained to us "CAUSE GORDON B. HINK-OLY DIED AND SO THOMAS S. MONSON IS OUR NEW PROPHET AND WHEN HE DIES WE WILL GET ANOTHER NEW PROPHET... THAT'S JUST HOW IT WORKS MOM!"

Yesterday as Micah talked on the phone to my mom I heard them discussing why dad and grandpa were both at a meeting (preisthood session) She then explained that when Micah turns 12 that he will hold the preisthood and be able to go to the priesthood meeting with his dad and then on Sundays he will be able to pass the sacrament... in which he replied... "I HAVE BEEN WAITING MY WHOLE LIFE TO PASS THE SACRAMENT GRANDMA!"

I am grateful for a little boy who loves the gospel already. He absolutley loves primary... LOVES learning all the new primary songs, and enjoys going to church every week. I look forward to the day that he can pass the sacrament to our family at church. He is such a good boy, I love you Micah!

cAmP oUt...

I wanted a small cute little kids fire... Jeff made the Blaze of death fire... oh boy!

Talk about Static! She looks like one of the crazy models!

Now this is the life!

Halie's New Sleeping Bag!

Well... kind of! So we attempted to have a campout in our backyard... John and Kate Plus8 just did it with their kids... so they inspired us! What a fun family evening activity! Well lets just say its 10:30 the same night of our camp out and we are all inside... and I am blogging so it didn't go over as planned!... Everything was going good... we lit the fire ... roasted marshmallows.... played in the tent... made shadow animals with the flashlight.... read a story.. sang camp songs... and then when it was time for bed... Micah was not about to sleep outside! He thought animals would come in our backyard (which is impossible because it is completly fenced in) ... he was afraid of the dark... he thought Halie was afraid of the dark... he made up so many excuses of why we needed to come inside that finally we gave up and came inside! Well.. maybe next year we will actually sleep outside on our campout! Micah you are so funny!

My attempt at a collage...

GOODNIGHT HALIE!!

So as of this past weekend I decided to re-decorate Halie's room because it is time for her to move out of her crib and into a BIG GIRL BED!... I got her this new bedding from Pottery Barn... made her a headboard... so everything was going good... the first two nights and nap times were great.. untill to day when she figured out that she could get off the bed by herself!! SO TONIGHT SHE GOT OUT OF HER BED A FEW TIMES... I KEPT PUTTING HER BACK IN... I HAD TO RUN TO THE STORE SO I LEFT JEFF TO FINISH PUTTING HER TO BED. EVERYTHING WAS GOOD TILL HE THOUGHT HE HEARD A NOISE... HE WENT DOWN THE HALL ... HER DOOR WAS SHUT... HE THOUGHT SHE WAS STILL IN THERE... BUT HE LOOKED OVER AND INTO MICAHS ROOM AND THERE HALIE WAS SNUGGLED UP NEXT TO MICAH WHO WAS DEAD ASLEEP!... What a little stinker!! She just loves Micah... it was so cute... WHY DIDN'T JEFF TAKE A PICTURE!!! GUYS :) THEY JUST DON'T THINK LIKE MOMS!

Halie and Her TUTU

I took these pix for Halie's newly decorated "big girl" room! We moved her in to a bed and out of her crib and so far so good... she has slept in there for 2 days... and hasn't climbed out of her bed yet... knock on wood!!