Summer in full swing.

Summer is in full swing! Sleeping in and watermelon! This year I had to miss out on going to girls camp. I was so bummed. Everyone understood but was pretty disappointed. I did get the opportunity to go to the ycl late night and share a spiritual thought. These youth in my area are absolutely amazing. As members of The Church of Jesus Chirst of Latter-day Saints these girls are faced with some hard stuff. Society tells them they dress and act wrong. They stand for truth, strengthen, moral integrity, and God.  All things that don't hold in today's world. I was so glad to be able to speak to them and hopefully they were able to feel the love that I have for them. 

I also got to go up to the 4th year over night hike. I of course didn't hike but I got to hangout with the girls and listen to their stories and learn more about them. 

We live in a beautiful place. The mountians are beautiful. We aren't a big camping family but we love to go up for the day and come back to our own comfy bed. The clouds next to the mountainside during the sunset is a piece of heaven. Nature is amazing. The girls went off to girls camp. I got them on the bus and cried on the way home. They got snowed on the first night and froze but everyone came down at the end of the week saying it was the best year of camp ever. 

While wade has been away a lot we have spent a lot of time with grandma. She has been busy building things for the baby. She has made a car seat cover, nursing blanket, super cute burp cloths, and Baby #3s whole crib set! Gotta love moms

Shaylie has been a huge help. She loves going shopping for the new one. Anything my mom needs, she will go get it. She has been in tumbling which she loves. Briggs has loved having her home. Most of the time they are best little friends. More adventures to come!

Let the summer 2014 begin!!

School is out! Shaylie loved school year and loved Her teacher mrs Robinson. 

She was a great experienced teacher that really worked on shaylies confidence. She struggled at the beginning which trying out words. Her reading is awesome but she was scared to try out new words in fear she would get it wrong. By the end of the year she can pretty much read anything. 

Briggs is so happy shaylie is home. It's getting hot so we decided to go to the splash pad in Provo. Ps it's the best thing  ever invented. You don't have to get in the water completely but you can still get cool and everyone is happy. 

Everyone is happy win win. 

I figure while I'm still able to do stuff i will. Well we couldn't let the fun stop there. My mom has a grandparents pass to all things thanksgiving point. The best for me for sure. Grand kids get in for free and us adult half price. We thought it would be brilliant to take all the kids 5 under 7 to the brand new musesum of curiosity. Did I say it was brand new. Also known as the busiest place ever. I get a little up tight it places that lots of people. 

The kids had been dying to go since they have been watching it being built from grandmas house. I knew it was only a matter of time before they would become unbearable to live with without taking time. Ps all the kids act like siblings so it's not always easy. 

They had so many things to look at and play with, they loved it. Thanksgiving point was brilliant when they decided to build that place. They will make billions. They have so many great family activities there. All the kids had a blast. They were so beat by the time we left they pass out before we even hit the freeway which is about a mile away from the museum. 

So all in all we have had a great start to the summer. I'm personally loving sleeping in! 

Fun with grandma.

It's been not secret that I've been cranky this pregnancy( hopefully he will be sweet) so with that being said grandma has helped in more ways than one. I was feeling better than normal so we decided to go to Togos. Because we have one in utah!!! A little piece of home. It was awesome. I did sneak a little piece of turkey in my avocado sandwich. (Big step for me) so that was my treat. The kids wanted to go to scheels. I had never been so I wasn't too opposed. It was huge! The kids were amazed at the Ferris wheel inside. But neither of them wanted to go on it. Too high. Briggs got a fear of highest from his dad. Wade has definitely grown out of that good thing. 

The best part was all the photo spots

They had a bear, a jeep, and other stuffed creatures. We took lots o pictures. They can be the best of friends and the worst of enemies but they love eachother. I'm so glad they have eachother. My kids have been such a blessing for me and now I get to have one more. Wade has been traveling and while he does I've been trying to have new adventures for them. I hope they stay close. As close as they are in that picture. Love those people. But here is the funniest part of the day. We were walking around and there are these soccer short dudes and someone had panted them all! I was dying laughing.

So I asked the guy in that department if that was normal and if it is then I wanted to work there. They all laughed and reclothed them. Someone has a great sense of humor!

 

Hogle zoo time

School was out and it wasn't too hot so Brooke me and mom decided we would take the kids to the zoo! I hadn't been to the zoo for at least two years and they had expanded it a lot. I grew up with the San fransico zoo so anything else is kinda weak but the hogle zoo is really coming up in the world! They got lions! 

We first went on the train that takes you around the safari park(brand new) we are out numbered by boys so the train was first lol. Briggs loves trains. Every time he sees the fronterunner train he screams. 

Believe it or not it wasn't too packed. But I had forgotten how many hills there are at that zoo. And when you look like this.....

It's not super fun. Something in me was telling me I better do fun stuff now because I'm going to lose time later. Shaylie loved the elephants. Most of all I think she wanted to eat icecream but the elephant exhibit was pretty good. The kids got to pet some animals and a little show. Everyone got along! Success! My favorite part would have to be gaining the trust of baby girl shaylie. She is scared of a lot of stuff right now. Anything that is unknown is scarey for her. She pretty much terrified of reptiles. Especially snakes. Poor thing freaked out when we going to go into the smaller animal exhibit. She can read so it's not like you can lie and tell her there aren't any snakes in there. So I talked to her and told her there is no way I would put her in harms way. I told her how much I love her and I would hold her hand hand the whole way through. It took a whole but she caved. It's been deferent since then. I can talk to her and she listens(at least when it counts) I feel like we have a stronger bond. Briggs on the other end is fearless and makes me nervous because he is really independent. 

It was a good day

Spring break

I'm trying to catch up on posts. I got so behind so now I'm trying hard. I try to be a fun mom sometimes lol, so I decided we would go to waffle love. Now if you haven't been you need to!!! It's probably the best dessert waffle in the world. My kids can eat a whole waffle by themselves. By the way they are huge. 

So I had a craving and the kids totally benefited! Wade has been gone a lot so we play a lot. I figure we need to do fun things before I can't be fun anymore. I'm getting bigger by the day. Still haven't been able to eat meat. Lots of Mexican food. 

I had an opportunity to help with the shaylies schools spring carnival. I had to organize the volunteers. I'm amazed at how many people won't help. In school, church, and anything else people don't help. It's always the same 10 families, at any place or time.(small rant) anyways the carnival was an amazing success, it brought the whole neighborhood together and made a ton of money for the school. I know we won't be here forever but I definitely need to be involved  in our neighborhood.  If everyone decided to jump in and make where they were at right then a Better place it would make a huge deference! My mom took them to the carnival and they loved it. Briggs really like the petting zoo which surprised me because Briggs is kinda scared of all animals right now. 

Shaylie got to perform with her after school jazz and hip hop after school program. Shaylie was great and had all the moves down pat. She had missed the last practice to go to center stage's company tryouts. Which by the way she did awesome and wasn't even scared. I'm not a huge fan of competing at this age but in utah if you don't start now you'll be behind and won't even be able to make the high school dance team which in my mind is the goal. Shaylie is blessed with the dancing talent and I hope I can let her go as far as she wants to but unfortunately it cost a ton! 

Lastly shaylie wanted to have a lemonade stand sooooo bad. I finally caved. It's just hot and I feel like I have to be out there the whole time. Call me over protective. 

They decided to be out there all day long. Believe or not she made $20. She thinks we should just do otter pops next time. That's what everyone wanted anyway. I don't blame them. All that money was put in the Disneyland jar. We are on jar two. Hopefully we can go in February. Take all three babies! Well that's all for now! 

Costa Mesa!!

So when I was about 13 weeks prego my parents got tickets to this benefit concert that Mike Garson was having in Costa Mesa California. Mike told my dad to feel free to bring the family. Wade and I jumped at the chance! We asked wades parents if it was okay for them to take the kids for a couple days, bought tickets, and booked the hotel! Double date vacation with the parentals! It was one of the best weekends ever! 

I didn't have much faith that the trip was going to go well when the morning of our flight the flight was cancelled and we had to take a flight a little later. But we got there, a little late but we got there. 

We got is la and when to downtown Disney and got lunch at the rainforest cafe. It was awesome and relaxing without little people. I missed them terribly but I thought it was awesome to have an adult conversation. The concert was later that night. It was amazing! Mike Garson is an amazing artist. It was about healing though music.  

We had a prefect view from the balcony. My parents sat on the floor. Bruce did a terrific job of composing the music for the concert. He was so funny, when we got there he wanted to introduce us to all his musical friends. He loved having family there. By the time we got dinner at 1230 at night my body was toast. On came the sickness. 

The next day we went and had an amazing lunch at the beach. I had a carving for clam chowder in a bread bowl. It was the best meal of my life!!!! Wade and dad had chapino(?) wades new favorite seafood. There is something about the beach. It calms my soul. Everything is right and awesome. It was perfect weather and with the smell of the sea I was heaven. It was exactly what I needed. Being sick for weeks and then I get there and I feel good. It was so nice to be able to hold wades hand and walk along the water(cheesy I know) we never get to do that anymore. 

After the beach we drove by knots berry farms. I haven't been there is years. I don't even remember going. So we saw it was half price after 4 and so we went in to ride some rides! It sounds crazy and it kinda was. Wade rode all the big coasters while I waved and screamed back at him. It felt like dating again. In that moment I said out loud, "man I love him" my mom said " well I hope so" Walking with him hand in hand though a theme park I remember that there is just a me and him. Yes I was carrying our third and we had two at home but wade and I have a relationship. It was a much needed reminder. We get so wrapped up in our lives. Kids, church, work, school, dance.....they all come before our relationship sometimes. So I think we need to go on a weekend date at least twice a year. Lol. Having my mom and dad with us made it fun. Acting like teenagers and playing around with out responsibilities. It's a good thing they are super young at heart. The last day we spent some time at downtown disney and we were super tempted to go in. Knowing my kids would never forgive me we decided not to. We went to a really expensive mall and ate more clam chowder in a bread bowl.(best ever!) and we had to head to the airport. I was so happy to hold my babies when I got home. Having a great best weekend ever but also coming home to realize that my life is amazing with two amazing kids, a husband that I love, and a baby on the way. Life is good. 

Easter oh Easter

So Easter is my least favorite hoilday. Not that I'm saying I hate it or anything but it's just not my favorite. Sundays are always crazy for us and Easter is on Sunday. Plus it's a hoilday that we either have to split the day between two families or just go to one house and only see one side of the family. This year my grandpa Hamilton came out to spend the holiday with us which made the holiday a hundred times better. The Saturday before Easter we spent time with wades family where we ate and did a Easter egg hunt. 

So pretty much the kids were super happy. The Easter egg hunt at the peacocks is always nuts because it's such a big space. You have eggs at the barn, in the field, the backyard and front. The kids love it. 

The kids also loved dying eggs. Unfortunately wade wasn't around but we got to do them with grandma and grandpa so it was ok. 

My kids love to eat hard boiled eggs. We had lots to eat. Shaylie likes to eat them plain with salt and pepper. Briggs like ôthem in egg salad sandwiches. So no eggs go to waste at my house. 

Easter was chill. Which is always needed. Egg hunt, dinner, and hanging out with family. I got a great family picture. 

So in saying all that... Easter was awesome and we all had a great hoilday !

And then there was 3

Last time I wrote I didn't know what we were having but now I know!! It's a...,,,,boy!!! I know I'm super surprised too! I thought because of how sick is been that it was a girl but nope it's definitely a little boy. Briggs is thrilled to have a little dude to share a room with. 

Oh course shaylie is a little bummed but she quickly said, " you can have a baby girl next time!" Wow so much easier said then done. I can't think of the next one when this one is still not born. Poor little bug wanted a sister so bad. 

After we found out he was a little dude, wade left to go out of town and we went shopping. I got really cute outfits for all three kids! I'm so excited to dress them all up

I can't believe how big my kids have gotten. I'm glad there is space between my kids because they will be great helpers. Shaylie is already a huge help. She helps me clean and get things ready.  Briggs is still learning. Patience is not a skill of mine but I'm trying hard to teach him to help and be nice. 

Well here he is!!!!