Get Away

Kolob Canyon.
(We had never been and it was beautiful)

Ohhhhh, it was sooooo nice to get away for the weekend. (A weekend was no where near enough...) Its becoming a tradition with my Vegas sister's family to go down and take advantage of their condo in St. George. I thoroughly enjoy it and my kids get to spend time with their cousins they miss so much (i.e. Kyle and Will).

Eric brought some of his climbing gear and although we never actually got "rock climb", the kids got hang from the swings. I'm sure that was plenty for Kyle at least.

At the beginning of the Emerald Pools hike at Zion's where we did ALL 3 miles with ALL of our 7 kids! People on the trail thought we were amazing. Pffft...

Da kids.

Bones

My boys did a seriously great job hiking. I was proud of them.

My sister's cute, BIG family. And no, I'm not just referring to her CHUNKY baby! ;)

Reagan and her all out CUTENESS.

Jacob Hamblin's home in Santa Clara. I'd never been there before but now I want to live there. So pretty.

Beautiful boy.

Beautiful girl.

Emerald Pools hike.
Don't let the paved path way fool you. This nice easy walk was only about 1/4 of the hike. The rest was scrambling over rocks with two years old's.

My sweet family. Megan is in the backwards papoose.

Noah found a comfy spot for WOODy to rest. Appropriate.

"Do we look cool" -Kyle

Kyle's best buddy, Will. I miss this kid.

Megan had to enjoy watching everyone else swim. Maybe that's why she look sad...

The weather was perfect.

Picture taken just for me.

Journal Jar Monday

Not sure I'm liking this weeks question but I pulled it out so answer it I must.

*What is your shoe size? What size clothes do you wear?*

Everyone knows I have great big size 10 feet. And as for clothing, I wear a size 4...barely. I'm having to squeeze my rather plump post-pregnancy bum into those 4's... working on it. I guess I should be grateful my feet haven't gotten bigger too!

Journal Jar Monday's

Yesterday in YW's one of our wonderful teachers gave a, well, wonderful lesson on journals. She gave us a really cool handout that has me inspired. It's a little jar filled with little slips of paper that have different questions on it; questions about your hopes, aspirations, goals, thoughts etc.

I've decided to answer one of these questions at random every Monday. It will be fun to look back on these one day.

*What is something that always makes you feel sad? Why?*

I think I am an overly anxious person. All too often I think about something happening to one of my children or my husband. This inevitably makes me very anxious and sad for OBVIOUS reasons. It is my worst nightmare! When I have these thoughts it helps for me to remind myself that I have a testimony of eternal families and then I feel all better. :)

Gees, how's that for a sad start?

Uppidy date

...We got our first giggles out of Megan this past week. Unfortunately one thing never makes her giggle twice. So you never know whats going to do it. One time it was wiping puke off her chest and the next was taking off her shirt!

...I literally crippled myself playing my first game of Futsal (indoor soccer) with the ladies of my ward. It was fun but also kicked my butt.

...Megan's blessing (see post).

...Noah has decided he wants "nuffing" for his birthday and in fact doesn't want a birthday. He's content with his Scooby head and Batman. Strange child.

...Kyle and Noah say "Look Ma, no cavities!" Yay! Noah still struggles to let the dentist do anything but then again that also goes for getting his hair cut or seeing the doctor. And unfortunately, the kid cannot be bribed.

A Blessing of a Day

Our baby girl was blessed this last Sunday, May 2, 2010.

She was so beautiful! I love her in white. She looks like a little angel.

Her Uncle Von commented that during her blessing she looked as if she was glowing.

Megan was surrounded by wonderful priesthood holders that consisted of her Daddy (of course), Grandfathers (including one Great) and uncles. I love this picture and these men.

(Adam would probably want me to mention that he didn't wear jeans to bless the baby. He's just lost so much weight he couldn't wait to get out of his suit pants.)

Megan's Grandparents

Papa and Nana Hind

Grandma and Grandpa Shiflett

And the "Greats"

Grandma and Grandpa Martin

Grandma Hind

I LoVe my family so much. I am a truly blessed lady.

More of my little Angel...

2 Month Stats

Our big girl just keeps getting bigger.

Height: 25 inches (97%)

Weight: 12 lbs. 15 oz. (95%)

Head: 16.2 inches (95%)

*Make that 12 lbs NOT 15 lbs ...duh.

EASTER

Fooled YOU!

I had a lot of fun "fooling" my family this year. Particularly the boys.

We had meat loaf "cupcakes", jello "punch" and pound cake "grilled cheese sandwiches". They were totally fooled by it all. It was fun to see their surprise. Kyle totally ate it all up (no pun intended) but Noah seemed kind of disturbed by it all. It was pretty funny.

Weekly Update

...Experienced my first Wal-mart temper tantrum scene, compliments of Noah. Now that I have three kids my control has dwindled. No more Mister Nice Guy! You run and hide from me? No more fruit snacks for you! Now every time we go by the baby dept. at Wal-mart (which is where the trouble began and fruit snacks discarded), Noah tells me "Let's go and get my fruit snacks."

...Counting calories for the first in my life... Gotta fit into my summer clothes again.

...Noah has decided he wants to be "little" because little boys don't have to be potty trained.

...Went up to Rock Springs this last weekend to see my brothers two little girls, Emma and Holly, perform in the colleges production of "Music Man". It was SO nice to get out of town and even nicer to see those two cute girls on stage.

Staying in the hotel was the highlight of Kyle and Noah's trip. They decided it would be cool live there. Who doesn't want to live in a teeny room with no kitchen or play space? Oh and don't forget the Disney Channel!

The only pic I got of the whole trip...

From the Mouthes of Babes (Noah)

Today we asked Noah after church what he learned, not expecting much. His response, "We learn about Jesus. Jesus dieded and come back alive. The bad guy take Jesus clothes. The bad guy tie up Jesus. Jesus in jail and and and they putted Jesus on a cross. Jesus fall in the water." We think the water part was because the nursery teachers had a picture of Jesus walking on water.

We asked Noah where he learned this "My friend told me" and then added "Jesus is our Super Hero." Noah's teachers know Noah well enough to adapt the lesson for him to understand. To Noah a Super Hero is the greatest thing anyone can be. Calling Jesus "our Super Hero" made him understand what he did for us.

Thank you nursery teachers. You probably don't understand what an impact you make on little two year olds that can't even sit still during the lesson, but apparently you do.

-Adam

Super Addiction

Noah and Kyle are, in a word addicted...to super heroes. Anything with a picture of Batman, Power Rangers, or Iron Man is something worth having. The boys have everything super hero from videos to undies and we recently had a Batman Christmas.

Noah is especially obsessed since he cannot be without his "little Batman" and/or "big Batman".

The obsession sometimes gets in the way of eating, but he works through it.