Just wanted to share the good news!

We had an ultrasound a couple of days ago that told us we were having a perfectly happy, well proportioned little baby. Everything was working properly and I think we may even have another thumb sucker. I am working on getting the video on U tube so that everyone can see. We also found out the gender...any guesses? Come on....is it a boy or a girl? Or maybe we found out we were having two....oh goodness no...then I would also need a nanny :) We are having a healthy little....GIRL.

We are all very excited, (we would have been no matter what) but as Michael said, "At least we don't have to change our mindset". Yes...I would like for Michael to have a little boy, but darn it he is so good with his girls. And they simply adore him so why mess with a good thing. Plus, a little confession of mine, I have issues with changing boy diapers. I know, I know, it changes when it is yours, but I really think it would take some serious adjustment for me. So we are preparing for a little girl. Michael has even agreed to a name I like...MIRACLE! The girls are thrilled to have a real baby in the house and were very excited to find they were getting another sister. Laney promises me she will hold the baby all the time...that is going to be her job. So if I take the feeding job...does that mean that Chloe gets diaper duty? J/k Yeah...wouldn't that be a great sight. She is already trying to change herself. Thank goodness for Natures Miracle!! (It's a cleaning agent) I personally think it would be easier to just skip the diaper and go on the potty but I haven't quite talked her into that yet.

I am really getting excited for the nursery but I have to get my behind in gear. Time is running out. We are going to repaint the crib so that it is black...which will probably lead to the furniture also being painted. I am going to attempt to make the bedding...cross your fingers. I can't really find what I want so why not make it? Ask me how that goes in a few months :) We also are going to repaint the room, thankfully Michael is supportive on that one. I can start the painting project, but I am not so good at finishing. And we are also looking for bunk beds. So if anyone knows anyone trying to get rid of some....you know who to call. And of course, we need to get her some little outfits. Chloe was a little rough on the clothes area, so that gives me an excuse:) And while we are paining, I thought we should paint the bathrooms too. So what do you think. Is it do-able in 5 months? SURE...why not? Actually we are limited to the good weather so the paint fumes can air out. So maybe less...but Michael is superman so I am sure he can do it!

So wish us luck:)

New Things...

This week I have to say was a crazy one. Have you ever overbooked yourself without knowing it and thought to yourself...."Why do I do this?" I do have a calendar and a planner, but do you think I look at them when I commit? Or I think I am superwoman that can do everything. Well, that was the case with this particular week. Not that you really want to hear about my week but there are a few things that I am proud of...one being my new experiment. We threw a baby shower for my sister-in-law on Wednesday. My sisters and I were happy to do it, but we all are alike....we think we are superwomen. So I thought I could bake everything for the party, my other sister thought she could go to the shower, her son and daughter's play and bring the main course, and my other sister thought she could go shopping for the gift last minute and have a perfectly decorated and cleaned house! Yeah...that pretty much sums us up. But you see, we can't just get my sister-in-law just ANY present. I have a reputation to uphold here! You see, I usually try to make something for each of my family members at least one time of the year, whether it be for their Birthday, christmas....you get the idea. But I have yet to make something for Yulisa. So this was my chance. I have had it in my mind that I want to make a diaper cake. I mean...how hard can it be? So after some serious talking into...I coersed my sister to go along. My oldest sister steered clear and did her own thing. So I went out and got the diapers, but my sister wanted to do the other shopping. (She has a nack for shopping...its just her thing) So Laney, Chloe and I started rolling diapers. 94 to be exact. And when Daddy came home, he started rolling diapers. It was a family affair. And at 9:30 at night the night before the shower, my sister came with the other stuff. I threw the cake together and have to say....I am dang proud of myself. I know...that is bad to say. But come on...it is CUTE! And it has all the baby neccessities. And while waiting for the baby, it will look awfully cute in the nursery. I even made her some headbands and some jewelry. She will look adorable :)


So here is a picture of that.



The next thing that I am awfully proud of is me hubby! Saturday was another day I definitely overbooked. We had Stake Relief Society Temple day on the same day as our Ward Halloween party. Which wouldn't be so bad, except that we, the RS presidency, had to set up a miniature golf hole that we committed to doing and we also had to fix a soup. So I got up at 6:30 in the morning, an unusal thing for me and got ready. I have to say though, I felt something brewing that morning and knew I was in for something the next day. (It sooned turned into a bad sinus infection...ugh!) Any how...I was able to go to breakfast with the ladies and then spend a delightful morning in the temple, which was long overdue I must say. When I came home, the girls had been bathed, fed, dressed, hair done, teeth brushed and were out playing with the neighborhood kids. Michael was out diligently working in the yard cleaning it up and preparing the little island for the tulips and daffadils I was going to plant. So even though I wasn't feeling so hot...I went out and planted those because of his thoughtfulness in weeding it and getting it ready. But I then had to leave again to get the hole ready. While I was gone, Michael fixed his Green Chili Chicken soup that we love so much in mass for the ward and when I got back, we got the kids ready and headed off to the party. It was great to know that I could rely on him to take the kids when I needed to get some stuff done and it was really great to have a morning off and go to the temple. He even took the girls out to breakfast...which of course they had a blast.

This is the picture that greeted me when I was done at the temple. If that doesn't make your day, well....



Chloe was our little Tinkerbell. That's what she wanted to be and she looks almost just like her. It was perfect for her. it was also hard to keep that pixie still for a bit to take a picture...Jeesh!




Laney chose to be Aurora this year which also fits her. I love having these little princesses. It is fun to see them spin and have so much fun. Plus when they see another princess they get all excited thinking they are the real one. No matter that they are only say...3 or 4 feet tall! They are wearing the dress, they must be them!







Little goofballs!

Nostalgic...

Michael often teases me that I am extremely Nostalgic about some things. Mostly things having to do with my family, which I do agree. I mean, obviously there are some memories I would NOT like to revisit, but some I cherish. I don't know if you are like me, but just a smell or sound might send me back. There are two places in my life that for some reason, (I think I know that reason) I am extremely nostalgic about. Just the smell after it rains will send me to Park City among the pines. Everything smells so fresh and clean. Certain textures of snow will send me back to the slopes where we used to all ski together. My mom absolutely loves Park City and I think she passed that love to us kids. Michael knows that if a chance ever arrived that we could get a time share there, I would jump in a minute. I would love to build the memories I had up there with my kids and leave them with a little piece of my "heaven".

Another place that I love is Bear Lake. I remember waking up in the morning to the sound of jet skis on the lake. Still to this day, if I wake up to that sound, I magically go back there when I was a little kid. I remember playing the game of who can see the lake first, when we came over the mountain top, I still get teary eyed every time I see it. When my mom asks why we love it so much, I can't really tell her. I don't remember specific memories, I just remember being happy. I knew Dad loved it there and almost became a kid himself every time we went. I remember it being fun and our family was together every time. We built good memories there. But I mostly remember it in the summer because that is the only time we went up. But now my mom and dad have a place that can handle the winters there and we are able to go up at every season. I still love it up there, our activities just change. This time, we went up in the fall and saw all the different colors. We were able to go on a 4-wheeler ride that was awesome! Chloe just loved it. I try to tell Michael we need some 4-wheelers cause Chloe will do anything to get on one :) But we did have a fun time. I even got one of the 4-wheelers stuck in this thick clay. Luckily my brother came to join us because he had the wench! So I will let the pictures do the talking...but I would like to be able to pass on some pieces of my "happy" places on to my kids and let them know how much I loved it and why. And hopefully they will have their own memories, happy ones that will take them back with a simple smell or sound.
The kids loves a good ride! And is even patient with the helmet rule.


Look closely, you might see Chloe slipping during the wheeley...crazy dad!






The 4-wheelers were looking pretty bad after my little "incident". What a good brother ey? Michael wouldn't even come close to me for fear he would get stuck :) To his defense he did have my daughter on the back. It was pretty yucky. They needed a bath bad....we were in luck! There was a great big one right by us!

Josh and Yulisa when they joined our adventure.

And just some scenic views of the Lake in the fall. You can see why I love it there. It is beautiful.

Search and find..

So football season has begun and usually I really dreaded...I mean really dreaded it. But now I appreciate it. It is something my husband loves to do (even though he doesn't do it as much as he may like to) and it opens up some time I can do something I enjoy :) I have started scrapping again. Well not exactly, I like to do just fun pages with the pictures so I can frame more than one. Recently, I was lucky enough to take some photos of my friends twins. So I just played around with them and made some pages, so don't get confused. These are not my twins :) But, true to the title of the blog, there will be a suprise in one of the pages so look close. But they are adorable twins, hope she doesn't mind if I post them. So here are a couple that I did.

And here is a page of the girls. Finally I got some time to do some of them. Granted this isn't my best page, but I was under some time restraints.

And here are some pics of the girls new favorite past time thanks to Dad. He taught them how to stand on their heads. I don't know how he managed to show them, it gives me a headache just looking at them. But they have a blast doing it. So Grandma and Grandpa...you just might get a show during your visit.

Well, that's all for tonight. So did you find it? The suprise that is. If not, here is a hint, count how many angels there are:)

In case you still can't find it, Michael and I and the girls are expecting another little rasband in April. We are extremely excited and a little intimidated. We will be outnumbered. But not really because the little one will have 3 mothers:) Laney and Chloe are very excited, especially that they can talk about it now. They have kept a pretty good secret if you don't mind me saying. And have been practicing on their holding techniques. They get it right 90% of the time...we will have to work on the other 10.

Christmas list

So Grandma Ro asked us to make a list of Christmas desires of our little ones and you wouldn't think this would be so hard. I have been working on this for about two weeks. It's not that there isn't anything out there that they want...its NARROWING it down. In fact...I am starting to really dislike commercials in the morning. I am tempted to quite tv...I know...very brave statement, but COME ONE already. They know how to get those little girls I tell you.

So instead of giving this list of exactly what the girls want I am just going to give an idea of what they like. They love to sit around and play with they My Little Pony Ponyville sets. I didn't think Chloe would, but she does. Cuz really anything Lanes does, she loves. Works out great when they share :)

They newest and greatest of the commercials for the ponies is the carnival set.

And they would really love this...but Grandma don't fold to the pressure. It is only a mere $359!!! Can you charge that for something? But of course they might need some more ponies to add to the fun :)

The girls also love princesses!! They love to play them, they love to watch them...you name it. The new thing out now is a pony for each princess that actually walks...I tell you, when will they stop? But of course they saw that on the tv. They love to play with these dolls, but they have itty bitty shoes. But it makes the girls happy. And Laney keeps talking about a princess castle. I am at a loss, but if you find one, she would love you.

They love Dora...still. That little loveable girl always has a home here. Apparently there is one you can take in the bathtub that has caught their eye...what could be funner?

And they absolutely LOVE dolls. You could get them accessories...clothes have been the big thing lately but I can't really find any so I resorted to getting a pattern...yeah..which me luck.

They love books, movies, games, puzzles, PJ's, etc. They are so easy to please. You could get them a soccer goal and they would love it. One of the many things I love about these sweeties. Now if you want to be SUPER Grandma what they REALLY REALLY REALLY want is a swingset (Mom kind of wants that too). But not just any swingset...a Lifetime one. Hey...I thought everyone gets an outrageous item on the list! Hope that helps Grandma. The girls can't wait to see you in a month!

P.S. The pony stuff was on sale at Amazon if you want to take a look.

Disneyland ..we came...we conquered!

Sorry, the next few blogs are kind of a recap because I was so "lazy" this summer and didn't get to it. But in my defense, I still wrote about it in word with the intent of blogging later.

June was a very fun and exciting month for us....let me tell you. A month could not be more fun packed! It all began with a trip to California. Who wouldn't want to spend a few days with the breaking waves in the background, just relaxing and reading a book? And even better, to spend a few days with disney princesses? We had a great time relaxing on the beach for the first day. The girls just played in the sand and ran from the waves. I myself went for a quick boggy boarding escapade....and escapade it was. Too bad I don't have pictures to document. Bri, Whit, Madyson and I went out to catch some monster waves. But we were finding that where the life guards wanted us to stay wasn't the greatest places to catch the waves. So we meandered out to where the surfers were. If they could be out there....why couldn't we? Which may I say...the waves were much better out there (probably why the surfers were out there.) But before long, we see a yellow lifeguard boat coming towards us, telling us to get in. Bri of course just turns around, if she can't see them, they can't see her right. And what do I do when confronted, explain. We were just out there because the waves were better. That didn't fly...they wanted us to go in. So we caught the next wave in and had a blast. So much so...we went out again. We didn't intend to go as far...but when the waves a come a callin' you have to answer. So again, the yellow boat comes and says, "What did we tell you girls? Get in now." And just to accentuate that, they had a lifeguard swim out from the beach. How insulting...I had caught every wave in...did they think I was incompetent...so I said...the waves are better here and we can catch them in. Did that work....NO. They made us go in....what kill joys! So I thought that was enough humiliation for Michael for one day. It's not easy for him having me for a wife...but I love him for it.

I don't really want to bore with details...but the trip was so fun. We spent two days in Disneyland and California adventure....very needed. The girls had a blast and we really enjoyed ourselves. We saw a lot of characters and even ate with the princesses! The girls loved it and according to Chloe....Rella is EVERYWHERE! She loves that lady:)

The kids past some of the time watching videos. Apparently Chloe felt she had phone calls to make, people to talk to...no wasting time. And Laney just loves cuddling up to Kaleb:)

We also taught the girls to play, I don't know what it is called, but you catch the ball with the stick with a net. They had a lot of fun trying to get that down.

See what I mean about relaxing on the beach...oh if I could have the beach in my backyard!

The girls enjoying the beach. They played well together which always makes a mom happy!

Sundays were a little difficult for us. The kids didn't quite understand why they had this big ocean to play with and they couldn't step foot in it. So they just got as close as they could without us telling them otherwise.

And here are our princesses! We had lunch with them so they all came around and visited the girls which made them so happy! And then of course you would sometimes get lucky enough to see them around the park.

And of course the princess fair where they teach the girls how to be princesses!

Some pics of our rides and the fun the girls had at Disneyland.

The girls playing around while waiting for a prade. A pic of the family in Pooh-vill. A panoramic of California Adventure...the big white building is Ariel's grotto (where we went for lunch).

We thought the boys might appreciate this guy. But someone forgot to tell us that this parade sprays you with squirt guns. Luckily we came prepared.

We had a blast at the theme parks, but I must say, by the end of the second day, we were definitely all tuckered out.

Here is a farewell pic by the beach.