What? 7 months already?

Rylee at 7 months. We love you baby girl!

Rylee with her cousin Kenadee on a girls shopping spree!

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Cousins at war!

It never fails! You put Kenadee and Corey in the same room, they will be fighting in a matter of minutes. Yet they get excited to see one another. Go figure. I just couldn't resist taking some pictures of these two. I got to watch Kenadee for 15-20 minutes the other day. I got my camera ready. I didn't encourage this, I just knew it was going to happen. So here is the love they share for one another. Usually there is some hitting and pushing going on, but these will have to do.



Fighting over the same toy!
Kenadee pulling Corey's shirt trying to get the toy.

This is what happens when Corey and Kenadee play together. Someone wants something and they want it now, someone has to tease someone, and then they begin to hit and push until someone starts to cry.

They end up in time out! This time just happened to be Kendaee's turn. Sorry Ken.

Then they hug and make up.

But this sweet moment only lasts for about......... a moment. what can you do?

What was I thinking??????

Just before Christmas I walked into "The Village Christmas Shoppe". My two older sons were at school, leaving me with my two little ones, Corey (who is a BOY) and Rylee ( who is a girl). For those of you who don't know, "The Village Christmas Shoppe" has lots of breakables including dept. 56. You know the expensive little figures and villages. I know! The fact that there are breakables in the store should have made me think twice, but I didn't. Oh, and I forgot to mention, I carried Rylee into the store in her car seat while Corey walked. I didn't have my stroller with me. I know, I know! Another big clue to stay out of the store, but I didn't. So in I go, and in goes Corey, my BOY! What was I thinking? I don't know if all boys are the same, but my three boys are, and by the third boy I should know better than to bring one of my boys into a store such as this one. But I did and now I own this! A broken dept.56 figure. I am happy to say that I didn't get mad at him. I just sighed as he gave me his cute little smile. That smile reminded me that he didn't even know what he had done. He loves cars and when he saw this car he just had to play with it. He was trying to show me the "cool car", as he called it, when it slipped out of his hand and hit the ground. So from now on, I go alone! Which means almost NEVER, because when am I ever alone. Oh, umm, NEVER! P.S. I am not bitter! Just a mom living a CRAZY life. Which in some crazy way I love.

6 months old!

So Ry loves to sit up while she takes her bath. I just love her rolls. When she was born she was so stinkin small and now she has these cute chunky legs, bummy, arms, tummy, neck and back. This is the only time chunky is cute. This piture makes me want to go and kiss her, but she is asleep right now so I won't go and kiss her.

My poor baby with an ear infection and a nasty cold, that she got from her brothers. Thank you brothers.

The princess on her king size bed. Not really, she has a crib. She is loved but not spoiled. Well, maybe a little, but only for now.

Christmas Vacation! And lots of SNOW!

Boyd and Dallin with their cousins Neal and Miller. Playing in snow out infront of ou place. Dallin. Life is so much fun for this kid.

My cutie pie Corey!

CRAZY Uncle Matt riding the motorcycle in the snow.

Matt, sledding down the street out in front of our place.

Matt, just having a good time!

Emma ( a good friend of the family) and Dallin being cute while making our christmas cookie house.

The 3 monkey boys.

Rylee with our good friend Josh. Rylee is wearing her new flower from Maile and Josh. This flower is a Maile Special! Thanks, I love it.

Corey in the back, Me, Chey, a friend of Chey's, and Miller. This was a greqt day. We found a great place right near my parents house to go sledding. We went for a while. I am loving the snow this year more than I thought I would. I must be getting used to it.

Cousin Chey, Dallin and cousin Miller getting ready to go down the hill.

Cousin Ren, Boyd and Me. Boyd and Ren looked like they were having so much fun. We never had to help Boyd at all with sledding this year. It was really nice. I like having them get older so I can play with them and not just be mom all the time.

Uncle Dave, Cousin Kenadee and Aunt Brittnee. Brittnee didnt go sledding once. Chicken!!! Just kidding. She cant she is pregnant!

Corey being cute again. He had a lot of fun sledding this year. The last time he went sledding was 2 years ago and he didnt enjoy it very much. This time he was going like crazy. He even went on his own.

My baby Rylee with her cousin Bear. They look like they have no idea what the heck is going on. Or maybe they are scared of the loud family they have been born into?

Rylee with her Cousin Kenadee.

Rylee was giving Ken kisses. She kept doing it over and over again. She has only really done that for her Grandma Nikki and sweet Cousin Ken.

Look at me I'm 5 months!

I finally got a picture of her smiling. She does this kind of smile each morning we go in and get her out of bed. She sure loves attention. In this picture she is trying to sit up by using her elbows. She is really a mover. I hope she isnt an early walker. We will see. I just love her, and my boys too.

Its only 10 am!

So its only 10 in the morning and I already have a headache! My kids tried to play the stupid xbox before school, which is a no, no in our house, then they tried to eat crackers for breakfast and got mad when I told them no. All 3 boys would not leave Rylee alone so she was crying. None of the boys were dressed and we only had about 20 minutes before we had to leave for school. Then as we were going out the door Dallin had a break down because the gloves (that he used last winter) were all of a sudden to big. My neighbor has heard me yell at least 2 times by now, so she probably thinks I am a horrible mom. (She has 2 boys and I never hear her yelling! Maybe she will trade a boy or 2 with me?) So we actually make it to school on time, by some small miracle! So I am back at the car and I put Rylee in first and then move the stroller to the back of the car (where it cannot be seen from the driver seat) take Corey out and put him in his seat. THEN, no I did not back up, I just drove away and left my stroller there. Somehow from the time I took Corey out of the stroller and put him in his seat I forgot all about the stroller. Maybe it is a really good thing I took Rylee out first or she probably would have been sitting there watching me drive away. So I get home and take the kids out of the car, still have no idea that I left the stroller back at school, and my friend drives up and tells me she has a Christmas present for me. She goes to the back of her car and takes out a stroller that looks just like mine and I say to her, "hey we have the same exact stroller." What a DORK I am. She looks at me and starts to laugh. Then tells me that she watched me drive away from the school with my poor stroller sitting there all alone! Then I start to laugh when I realized what I did. Again, it isn't even noon yet and I feel like it is the end of the day because I already have a headache. Usually I don't get a headache until the end of the day. Wow! I would love to go back to bed. The bright side is that I still have a stroller, that I did not back up over, and a friend (Mele) who takes care of me! What would we do without friends and family?

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Corey, what a ham!

I was waiting in the car for Boyd and Dallin to get out of school today. While the three of us (Rylee, asleep in the back, Corey and myself) sat in the car I started to think about how fast time has flown by. It seems just like yesterday that Alex and I got married then moved to Sun City, CA and then had Boyd. I hate to admit it but, I cannot remember much of Dallin as a baby. I remember having him of course but in the middle of moving to Utah some how I forgot so much. Not to mention I was pregnant with Corey while in the middle of our move to Utah. The move to Utah is a story in itself, one I care not to relive, EVER! Anyway, with all these thoughts in my head I decided to pull the camera out and take some shots of Corey before I started to forget all of the memories of him growing up. So here is my little camera shy monster. Enjoy!!!

I love you soooo much Corey. May I never forget all of the memories you, your brothers and sister give to me. Love Mom.

Family Pictures

Our good friend Josh Alfaro took some(no, actually he took many) pictures of our family. This is a big deal for us. Alex and I have been married for 8 years and we have never had a family picture of us or our family. So I finally got my way. Here are some of the fun pictures.

Rylee with her cousin Kenadee. We love you Ken!

Thanks so much Josh for the pictures and thanks so much Maile for helping with our wild boys. We love you guys.