Another Thursday Night

Thursday nights are always so boring to me. Ben has school so we are left to fin for ourselves. Last week I was brave and I took the kids to the mall all by myself with no stroller. When I walked in the doors, I thought "What am I thinking?" but surprisingly it was great. They each held onto one of my hands and we walked the whole bottom and the whole top with playing in the kids area in between. I was so proud of my little ones.

Tonight I didn't try anything fancy, just got them ready for bed and had them down by 7:30pm, which is nice. Now I've been tracking some of my stuff I have for sale on ebay (if you need any white scrubs, I'm your hook up) and checking email. But lets be honest now, what I will always end up doing is indulging in my nightly bowl of sweetness. It's just better when I know someone is doing it with me.

We got the kids a bunk bed this last weekend. They really seem to like them so I guess that is all that really matters. Having Sage in a twin bed has really messed up all our sleeping schedules but I'm sure that will level out as the newness wears off.

We are having a...

Little boy!

We are all so excited! Everything looks great with him. We (I guess mostly just me) are just settling in for the long haul ahead! By the way, Ben and I have the hardest time coming up with names so if you think of a name and you want to share it with us, we would REALLY appreciate it!

We hope everyone is having a great Fathers day! Happy Fathers day to all the great fathers in my life!! I love you guys!

Memorial Day in Mexico

We went to Mexico for Memorial day and of course we had a great time. Ben's parents have a little house right on the beach of La Salina which is a few minutes north of Ensenada. Occasionally, we get the chance to tag along with them as they drive over there. Thank you Grandma and Grandpa Shumway for taking us, your the best!

The first day was rainy and cold.
Westin and Sage being sweet for a second.
We were so glad that the weather was so beautiful the rest of the time. Not quite warm enough to get in the water but warm enough to play around it.
Grandma drew pictures in the sand of whatever Westin asked her to.

This is the best we could do for a family picture. The sunset is nice though.

Sage loved the sand, more than I ever thought she would. She was covered head to toe, if you know what I mean....

I love Mexico!!!!!

My kids need a pool!

Family Camping

This last weekend we went camping as a little family. We had so much fun!

We found a lake that we could fish in. We didn't end up catching anything but we had fun trying. The kids found mud and were playing in it and throwing rocks in the lake.

I'm pretty sure some even made it in Sage's mouth. Westin is a pretty good little fisherman. He knows how to cast his line and reel it in, it's so cute to watch him.

We were trying to get a picture of the view behind us, it was so beautiful. We camped right on the rim so you could see forever.

I was so worried about my kids being cold, I probably over did it but oh-well.

Westins love was with the dead trees laying on the ground and walking them like a balance beam. He could have done it all day!

Sage and Mom

Dad and Wes

Baby #3 is on it's way!!

We are so excited! Sometime at the beginning of November we will be having another one of these bundles of joy. Westin really wants a little brother. Everything he grows out of he says he is going to save for his little brother. Lets all cross our fingers that we don't have to disappoint him!!!

Dramatic Play

I watched my sisters kids one day during spring break and Morgan found the wigs...

Morgan
Sage
Colton

Everyone had to have a turn except Wes. He wouldn't have anything to do with it.

Sage came to me with this Buzz Lightyear costume dying for me to put it on her. She did not want to take it off for bed. I have such great and darling kids!

The last little while

If you have wondered or cared what we have been up to, get ready to be bored to tears....

We have been loving the beautiful weather. We are usually in the back yard, across the street at the park or inside with all the doors and windows open.

Ben dug Wes a tunnel under ground. Westin thought it was the coolest thing to dig with a shovel.

A few weeks ago, my siblings and I threw my Mom a 50th birthday party. It was a lot of fun and it turned out really cute. It was a Hawaiian theme because my Mom loves Hawaii.

I had the biggest nightmare getting my kids pictures taken the other day. Between the studio double booking, kids melting down, juggling both kids at the same time, getting them to smile and none of them turning out, it really sucked! I was determined to get some pictures since it is a huge hassle to get them all gussied up so this the best I got after working at it all morning.

Yard saleing on Saturday was the best. I found this great headboard and footboard still in the box for $80. It's perfect for us!

Raise your hand if you like my new Kathy Van purse. I've asked my family like 15 times already. Westin always raises his hand. I've been searching for a great one and I finally found it, for a great deal of course.

Sage is such a girl, I thought these pictures were so funny!

I made a tu-tu for Sage

and she hates it...

She won't even try it on for me. I'm so sad. It might have somethng to do with the fact that she has been sick pretty much all week long. Does it not feel like as mom's we debate whether or not to take our kids to the doctor all the time. We are sick of getting told that "it's just a virus, theres nothing we can do for you"! I had yet another one of those experiences this week. The fact is is if you don't go, you will drive yourself crazy wondering if they have strep throat, ear infection, or something else unforseen. Oh-well, she is getting better now. She can live without her pacifier now about 4 hours a day instead of 0.

We also had a playgroup with our ward this week. It felt like a good opportuity to set up our bouncy Westin got for Christmas. I hauled it over to the park and set it up all by myself. I was pretty proud.

P.S. thanks to my cousins for teaching me how to make this tu-tu without sewing, you guys are great! It was totally easy and this picture doesn't do it justice.

High Chair sleeping

While I was in here reading all your blogs I went out to where my children were in the kitchen (surprisingly pretty quite) and found this. Morale is I guess every time it's too quite in the house and you think they are into something, that isn't always the case. (more often than not, it is, at least with boys)

The Strides of a 1 Year old

On Christmas day, Sage finally started walking at 16 months. Both of my kids have taken a long time to walk. They are just not risk takers like that. Some kids just decide to do it on their own. Not the case with mine. I think they would never walk if I wasn't constantly prodding them along.

I also got the courage to pierce her little ears. I've wanted to do it for a long time but I just never have. She only cried for a minute and then she was fine. They look so cute!

Chirstmas morning and so forth

We all had so much fun with Christmas this year. The kids were so cute and loved everything they got, of course. We spent Chistmas Eve with Ben's family and Christmas day with mine. We got to see so much family, it was great! Sage got a new kitchen from Grandma and Grandpa Kempton. Every kids who sees it, loves it!

Ben was off work for about 10 days so it was so nice to have him home with us. We were busy non-stop doing things. Like painting these.....


Let me just tell you how much work that was! But I totally think it was worth it. I love my new cabinets.

Our Santa Visit

Why do we make our kids sit on Santas lap when they don't want to? So we can have pictures like this I guess...

Family Picture

Thanks to my cousin Jenn for taking these pictures for us. She always does a nice job. I think we decided not to send out a Chirstmas card this year so enjoy here!! We hope everyone is happy and healthy at this holiday season!

No One Wants to be a Blog-Poser....

Ben's birthday was on Tuesday and he happened to get the day off of work! So we headed up north for a day and enjoyed the rest and relaxation very quickly. On our way back down there was quite an accmulation of snow from last weekend. We had to pull over and play for awhile.

Happy Birthday Ben!! We love you so much!

We are so excited for Christmas! Wes is learning all these new Christmas songs, it is so darling. Sage thinks all the lights are so cool, she just keeps pointing at them!!

2 things

The break down of Westins new best friend-

1. the helmet - a 25 cent find at a yard sale, can't goon the bike without it!!

2. the horn - his dad couldn't resist the addition.

3. the streamers - neighbor girl brought them over last night because she knew he needed them.

4. the training wheels - probably the most expensive part of the whole project. A must have!

5. the bike - 5$ at a yard sale from the boys down the street.

He is in love!!!

I love winter grass. This is our first year planting winter grass and isn't it so pretty?? We don't have our sprinklers on a timer so the watering has been a labor of love, that I have mostly done. Having the things you plant grow is so touching! I love it.