The Goofball Six

sophie traces the kitty...

2012-01-29T10:13:00.001-08:00

Just wanted to add this funny video of Sophie!

Scrapbook page...

2012-01-29T09:23:00.000-08:00

Another goal for the year, 2 scrapbook pages a month! Hopefully I can do it, they don't take that long and I LOVE doing it!

Merry Christmas!!!

2012-01-17T21:42:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas! If anyone is still reading this (Hi Heidi). I am going to try to update better. I want to keep this record for my family. Aren't the kids darling? Kenna won't stop growing, Rylee is getting funny and whitty, Addie is adorable and loveable, Sophie is 100% a goofy nut, and Wes is my darling sweet infant who tells me "I love you Mommy" at least 3-4 dozen times a day! Not exaggerating! Love them all!

Hope you all had a good Christmas :)

Seriously! How gorgeous are these little people?

2010-10-03T19:27:00.000-07:00

These were taken in Lehi behind Osmonds furniture...fun place...

The children were a freakin nightmare, but I think I got a good one of everyone...

except Sophie...she needs like 2 hours on her own if there is any hope of getting a cute photo...

Anyhow, I love them...

and I love this kids too... especially on an individual basis...as a group they are rather overwhelming!

Happy 9th birthday Rylee!

2010-08-15T14:32:00.000-07:00

Happy birthday little Puppy Bit! Rylee is 9 years old! WTHeck? Seriously this girl grows up so fast. She has been such a good easy kid, I feel like I am missing out. She is darling, to skinny for her skinny jeans, spunky, so much energy. She plays piano, gymnastics, basketball, soccer, and soon to start dance up again...wheew! She loves playing outside, loves to play with friends, but most of all loves to play with sisters! Thanks for being so great Rylee! We did a family birthday this year. We all went to Lagoon (minus Wes thank goodness) For her birthday dinner she chose steak and mashed potatoes yummy! Love you Pup Pup. Mommy.

Hmmm...a funny story this year about Rylee. She was at walmart with Grandma and they saw some floral jumpers that Grandma had bought my girls. Grandma asked Rylee if she had worn hers and Rylee replied that "well, they kindof look like polygamist dresses." And Grandma says, "but they are Hannah Montana dresses!" To which Rylee replied "Hannah Montana is a polygamist????!!!" In shock! Funny.

Weston walks!

2010-07-29T07:39:00.000-07:00

Check out the little walking boy! Cool dude diapers too. SO Cute! Forgive the messy family room :)

Sophie traces the kitty

2010-07-24T21:44:00.000-07:00

This is good quality you-tubing! You won't be sorry.

We caught Sophie working on this art project yesterday.

FUNNY FUNNY FUNNY!

Happy birthday WESTON!

2010-07-23T04:00:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Little Baby Brother Buddy Dude. We ALL LOVE you. This has been a fabulous first year if I do say so myself. You have been a great little baby. You are happy. You sleep so good. Sleep in daily til about 9 am or later. On a bad day you may get up at 8:30. You eat more food than your older 3 sister's combined. You are just so sweet and you mama is in LOVE with you. I just want to eat you for breakfast lunch and dinner.

I just took these pics today. Don't you love his tiny dimple?

And look at that sad sweet face. I just want to smooch all his pain away. He has a little fever. Hoping he is good for his party.

My heart is broken too...SO sad you are a year old. Makes me super duper sad! I want to freeze you in time and keep you a baby!

Love you much!

Sophie turns three

2010-06-28T21:19:00.000-07:00

Happy 3rd Birthday Soapy!

Princess Party

Princess Friends

A little bit of Duck Duck Goose...

Lucky Misty chillin with the webkinz....

Tons of chicks! One day Wes will love the fact that he has 4 older sisters.

Happy Birthday Babie BO!

Weston and walker

2010-06-17T09:19:00.000-07:00

Weston walking on a walker. I think Addie or McKenna taught him. Super cute! He will be walking within a month...promise!

Kennas new kitty

2010-06-17T07:45:00.000-07:00

Kenna's new Kitty Misty. I love her! I bottle fed her at 6 am. So sweet!
kenna here! i love my new kitten she is so cute as you can see. infact i know she is really cute because my mom is alleregic to cats and she will feed it and will tell me it is really cute every time she sees it! she also will never give it back! she will hold it forever! i never thought she would wake up at 6 a.m. to feed her a bottle. she is so small we have to feed her through a bottle! i thought that is what my mom would hate! but she loves it! so do i she is a great friend i am going to keep her for ever and ever. i know you would too.

Weston at Bryce

2010-06-17T07:43:00.000-07:00

only 10 seconds...cute but boring if you don't love my kids... :)

Sophie jumps rope

2010-06-17T07:40:00.000-07:00

This is short but sweet. Pretty funny stuff!

Weston 5 months old....

2010-05-04T07:49:00.000-07:00

Cutest baby in town....la la lalala la....(a song we sing to him)

Love that smile! Still super bald like his Daddy..

This photo in the bucket melts my heart. Super adorable!

Dallan thinks he is too old for naked photos, um hello, he has at least 6 more months!

This is Weston at 5 or 6 months old. SERIOUSLY, can you get enough of him? I am super in love with him. I am testing if it is possible to give a baby TOO much affection.

Addie's EX boyfriend

2010-04-28T07:39:00.000-07:00

Okay, Addie has alot of boy's that have crushes on her. That is just the way it is. People LOVE her! Anyhow, this little boy Will LOVES Addie. Around Christmas time we sat behind this family at the school choir concert. Addie said "Hey, there is Will, can I go sit by him?" So she did. His Mom turned around and said to me.."Oh, this is going to make Will's day. He is in love with Addie! He talkes about her all the time. He is giddy about her! I have never seen him like this, he wants to buy her an American doll for Christmas!" He did leave her a little princess present on the door step on Christmas break. (No american doll! Jerk!)

Anyhow, I guess they became boyfriend and girlfriend in February. It didn't last long before Addie grew bored of him. I am not sure if he still thinks Addie is his girlfriend. We are hoping Addie will be that girl that has the boys liking her, but she won't really care to get serious with any of them. (Hopefully)

Poor Baby Bo!

2010-04-22T07:37:00.000-07:00

I am a bad bad mother, with all the no blogging. I haven't made a scrapbook page in about 9 months either. It makes me sad. I will be better...

POOR SOPHIE had an accident. She rode her little yellow little tikes toddler car from in the kitchen down into the garage, 3 steps down and landed on her face. I am not sure if it was the steering wheel, or if it was the pavement. But she was face down screaming. I was unloading groceries in the garage at the time. I swooped her up and there was blood EVERYWHERE! I sad her down to find out where it was coming from, her mouth. Her 2 front teeth were moving around like crazy. I called the dentist and he let me come in immediately. They were all super sweet with her. She even fell asleep on the dentist chair. He had to pull the one tooth, and the other should make it through. SO SAD

This is her sweet face as she was healing. Puffy lip, big upturned nose. She reminded me of a whoville.

Sorry for the gross photos, but here is the real view!

And a profile. She looked really funny for a couple of days. I kept laughing at her. Her sister's said it doesn't look like the real Sophie. But she has her sweet face back now. She will just be toothless for about 5 years! SAD!

Funny part: When we got home from the dentist. We walked through the garage. Sophie saw the little yellow car on its side at the bottom of the stairs where she crashed. She pointed her little finger at the car and creased her brows and yelled at that car. I couldn't understand all her curse words, but at the end she yelled "BDB!" (Since I am a good mom, I don't say "bad" to Sophie, I just spell out B-A-D in angry letters. Apparently she still understands the meaning, because she says BDB to her sisters and me when we do something bad too.) Really made me laugh when she did that car. Every few days she says "BDB little car!, heh nice a BO!" (be nice to bo)

Time for an Addie post...

2010-01-18T14:48:00.000-08:00

This girl is FUNNY. She makes us laugh all the time. I took all 5 kids to gymboree in the mall the other day. Being such a daunting task, I bribed the girls. As we walked into the mall I said "If you all behave in the mall, I will let you go on the carosel after." Addie was super excited and yelled "I'll be the have-est...!" Funny, and makes sense.

Okay, so Addie has this ability to make all little girls want to be her best friend, and all little boys to fall in love with her. So we went to the Rosamond school chior program (BTW, the symphony performance was so funny, Dallan said we are going to it every year for the rest of our lives whether or not we have a kid in it.) and we sat behind a family that had a boy from addie's kindergarden class in in. Addie asked if she could sit by him, and we let her. His mom turned around and said "Will will be so happy Addie is sitting by him. He is SO in love with her. He is giddy about her. We went christmas shopping to by her a christmas present, and he wants to buy her an American doll!" It was cute.

Last little story, she came downstairs the other day and had tears in her eyes, but she was smiling. I said are you sad? She said "I am in LOVE..." and went on to tell me about the boy she and Eliza chaase around all of kindergarden recess...they were happy tears. FUNNY

Heather makes top 20 clips for 2009 on The Soup

2010-01-01T19:13:00.000-08:00

Heather and Megan's Oprah clip made the top 20 clips for The Soup in 2009. Check out this shot of Heather and Joel McHale.

Weston 3 months old...

2009-11-18T13:35:00.000-08:00

Cute Weston. I said 3 months even though he is 4 months in a week. I am really really really sad about him aging , breaking my heart daily. I promise I still take photos of the girls, and intend to make them scrap book pages in the future!

Updated Weston pics...you will want to see

2009-11-05T23:02:00.000-08:00

I figure if I am up late with the little dude, I could make a blog post about him. Look at that face!!! I told Dallan that I could probably be arrested for the amount of times I kiss him a day. Hundreds at least (I am not exaggerating.)

We are all so in love with this little guy. He is super sweet. This is probably only one of 3 (if that) nights I have come downstairs with him at night because he was being sad. He is asleep in my arms right now. He first slept through the night at 1 1/2 weeks old. And probably 90% of the nights now he goes at least 6-7 hours. Neither Dallan or I feel we have lost much sleep over him.

Addie wants to marry him, and we fight over who's boyfriend he is. (Mine!)
I thought I wanted a boy for Dallan's sake. I was perfectly happy with all girls. I thank my lucky stars I have him, and am so glad we got this little guy. I just didn't know how I would love on a little boy. Dallan said the same thing, he didn't know how much he would "adore" him.

The heart breaking thing about this 95% height boy is that he is growing up so fast. It breaks our hearts daily. I keep dressing him in 0-6 months stuff thinking that will keep him a baby. He is only 3 months old, and I am about to break out 9 month stuff. LOVE HIM!

Don't you love her face?

2009-09-18T08:47:00.000-07:00

Isn't she precious?

Party of FiVE

2009-09-18T07:12:00.000-07:00

Here are a few of the first photos of all five. It is a little riduculous trying to get them all cute or smiling, oh well, I will keep trying. Funny kids.

Little dude scrappy page...

2009-09-03T10:59:00.000-07:00

Just a scrappy page of our little dude. I like this page alot. It is different from alot of my recent pages that I really load up with embellishments.

New photos of Weston...

2009-08-11T15:47:00.000-07:00

Don't you just want to smooch him! I do it all day long, he is my new boyfriend.

If you are on the fence about having another baby, Dallan and I highly recommend it.

He is the best baby we have had. Rarely cries, sleeps SO good, just nice quite and sweet!

Hey Mom! A baby!

2009-08-04T21:56:00.000-07:00

This is a pretty funny movie of Sophie holding Weston just a few days after he came home from the hospital. I think all who watch it will find it to be worth their time!

Poor Weston...under the lights...

2009-08-03T18:57:00.000-07:00

Poor Weston has some really high jaundice numbers. He was at an 18.8, they hospitalize if babies are at 20. He has been in this little suitcase for almost a week. He is at home, but we are supposed to keep him under the lights as much as we can. His number has dropped to a 12.8, and I guess 8 is normal. We have to go to the lab at the hospital almost everyday which is a little bit of a pain in the butt, but hopefully not much longer.

Oh and the purple lips are because of thrush...that funny violet medicine. Works wonders! And the eyes have to be covered up while he is in there because of the bright lights. He could go blind! I was so paranoid about his eyes, that one afternoon I needed a little nap so bad. He was in the lights, and I put my hand on his chest so I could feel if he stirred at all and would wake up. Something startled me awake, and I guess I was in a pretty deep sleep. I looked at Weston and in my head, his crusty black umbilical cord was his eyeball, and there was two of them. It was horrifying, because I was awake! I thought I had burned his eyes out! But my brain registered after about 3 seconds, and he hadn't moved an inch during our nap.

Scrappy pages of Weston...

2009-07-31T15:13:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple pages of Weston. I premade the pages before I had him and had a little more time. So I just had to pop the photos in. They turned out pretty cute if I do say so myself. Poor little guy has been living under lights for 4 days in his own suitcase sized tanning bed for his jaundice. He was at a 18.8, they hospitalize them at 20. So we have him down to 13.3, but normal is 8, so he will be in the lights for a few more days. We still get him out and love on him, but try to get all his sleeping done in the bed. So I will get more cute photos out as soon as I can take them.

Weston Dallan joins the Goofball Six (Seven?)

2009-07-24T12:22:00.000-07:00

Weston Dallan was born Thursday, July 23rd, at 4:30 PM. He weighed in at 8 lbs, 12 oz, and was 20.5 inches long. Mommy and baby are doing great. I'm sure mommy will be posting much more info and many more pictures, but here are a few pictures of the little one modeling some hats that mommy made for him. There is also a little video of Addie announcing his arrival. Stay tuned - more to come.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BO!

2009-06-22T11:05:00.000-07:00

Sophie turned 2 two days ago. We call her Bo. Sad, I didn't want that nickname, it reminds me of a redheaded stepchild boy in a trailer park, but it is what it is. It fits her now for sure. She may look adorable in these photos, don't let her fool you ....

She hit her terrible twos about 3-4 months ago. And she is textbook terrible! She has become an artist, filling our walls and couches with beautiful drawings and we rarely catch her in the act to bust her. She hasn't made it through nursery one time! (This never happened to her older sisters, I am not one of "those" mom's)
I can't take her out. Last week she cried for 35 minutes strait in walmart. My Mom comes with me often just to help me get groceries! It is that bad.

We still wouldn't trade her. She is SO cute! She doesn't talk much yet (shocker). She says... mama, dada, bamper (scamp), she askes for "NaNa" (nightmare before christmas.) side (outside). She asks for num a num....which is any food, but something really good like candy may get an extra num a num a num numm. Cheese, baba, nigh night...Oh she is good at sleeping. Has always been. My best sleeper by far. She sleeps in even! She goes to naps and bed on her own. Rarely cries. And she sleeps longer than the average 2 year old, probably because when she is awake she cannot sit still for a second. We LOVE baby BO!

Sad, sweet story...

2009-06-17T13:54:00.000-07:00

This sweet little Pup and I were hanging out the other day just talking. She had overheard me earlier on the phone talking about the confirmed case of swine flu the renters in my parents house had. She didn't realize there were renters in the basement of Grandma's house, and we had been at Grandma's house for several hours that same day. I saw her face connect there was swine flu at Grandma's, and we were just there. Her eyes glistened up and she said "I guess heaven and earth are both good places to live...." I realized what she was saying, that she had been exposed, and thought she would die. She was coming to terms. It broke my heart. I gathered her tiny body in my arms and explained to her she wouldn't die. She was probably not even exposed at all. So sad, and so sweet. It breaks my heart and makes me tear up how sweet she is...

On a lighter note... A month ago Addie said to me, "Mom, my name is Addie right?" I said "well that is your nick name, your real name is Addison." She have me a funny look and said, "No Mom, Addison is my username." FUNNY!

Our California Vacation...

2009-05-26T08:24:00.000-07:00

About a month ago we went to Southern California for our family vacation. It was SO fun! We stayed at Juan and Tracine's house (which is about 2 miles from Mom and Dad's old cali house in Trabuco Canyon) The first day we went to the beach just for a couple hours, then on to disneyland. The girls had SO much fun at the beach I wish we had planned a few full days here. Addie wanted to leave theme parks to go to the beach. We were so full on our schedule that we never got back! PS the kids were great on the drive, including Sophie, who whined a few times, but never really cried! (I think it is totally worth the money to have a DVD player installed in the car for sure) Look how cute these girls are in the dresses I made!

This little girl LOVED the ocean. She was so excited. She wanted to get all wet. Sophie would get a little nervous when the waves came up on the shore fast and loud. But she would be giggling and giggling the whole time. The water was pretty cold and it was only about 70 degrees, which was great for the parks, but a little chilly for the beach.

The ocean may have been Addie's favorite place of all. She LOVED it. I still feel guilty we didn't get back. But we want to get to cali once a year, especially when we have family there to mooch off of. (thanks tra and juan)

This is about as good a pic I got of Kenna and Rylee. They wanted to go deeper and deeper. I planned on these dresses for cute photos at the beach, not swimwear. Oh well...

This was day one. I hope to have day 2 up within the week!

GIVEAWAY at Fresh Poppy Design!

2009-04-13T14:14:00.000-07:00

We have another giveaway over at our quilt site, Fresh Poppy Design you may as well enter right? And we would still love if you posted about it on your blog, or even better, put our button on your blog for us. It is getting really cute with tons of crafts, not just quilts. Thanks!

Ta-da! Another giveaway! Aren't they the best? The giveaway is for THREE handmade fabric headbands! We really love these ourselves, espeically for the days you don't have time to get totally ready, you can feel a little cuter with som adorable fabric on your head :) And, pardon me, they're so FUN!

Here's the deal....if you post this on your blog for us, you'll be entered in an additional FIVE times! And you can use any of our photos if you wish when referncing us.

We will use random generator for the winner on Friday April 17th. Also, when we reach 51 comments, we'll do an additional drawing for three more! So tell your friends for more chances!

Please leave a comment and tell us your newest craft adventures or what you wish you were crafting! As for us, we're going to be pro knitters very soon :)

1st Place Mom....ME!!!!

2009-03-31T22:11:00.000-07:00

Check it ya'll. I am first place Mom! Kenna made me a trophy! Isn't it the cutest most creative trophy you have ever seen? I am super famous!

Cute Kenna presenting my prize. Because I am 1st place Mom after all!

She babysits Sophie for me all the time! Sophie LOVEs her. Sometimes she gets paid $1 per hour, sometimes she does it just to be kind to me and Sophie.

Aren't they the cutest girls you ever saw?

Love you McKenna, thanks for my well deserved Trophy. You are the best oldest daughter any Mom ever had...sorry other mommy's!

A few Scrappy Pages...

2009-03-26T08:41:00.000-07:00

Just thought I would post a few more of these. I get in these scrapbook moods and make like 10 in a week. Then I won't do it at all for months. Anyhow, I LOVE digital scrapbooking, if you haven't converted yet, I highly recommend it. And for those of you that do, Costco is definitely the best price. And you can put three on one 12x36, for $5, which makes them like $1.67 each. The only thing is you can't submit those onilne, and they have to be 200 resolution and under 10 megs or they won't load on their computers. I was concerned about the lower resolution, but I promise you can't tell or I wouldn't print them like that. Hopeyou like! I will post a few more soon!

A giveaway!

2009-03-14T09:39:00.000-07:00

Hi guys, just wanted to say that over on our Fresh Poppy Design we are having a giveaway! All you have to do is leave us a comment here, and in 2 weeks we will use a random generator to select a winner!!! We have been doing alot of work on this site, and post some really cute crafts (you don't even have to be a quilter!)

The winner will recieve 3 Fresh Poppy Design quilt patterns, nearly a $30 value! You can select the three patterns you would like. (Check out our slideshow on our sidebar for our patterns.)

Just click on our Fresh Poppy Design link on my sidebar and it will take you there! Thanks for visiting and good luck!

Addison...silly girl

2009-03-07T06:49:00.000-08:00

When Grandma Lighten brought the girls to see me and Sophie at the hospital the second day (we were at seperate hospitals...but Addie didn't realize that.) Anyhow, as soon as Addie got into Labor and delivery unit, she ran up to the reception desk nurses, and raised her arms up high and asked very loudly "where is Sophie-a-Dophie?" Of course they had no idea who or what this little girls waas talking aboaut, but Grandma got a hold of her and brought the girls into my room.

When Addie did see Sophie in the hospital the second time, she had been moved into the room with lots of babies, that were alot less critical. I took Addie in, and she said "babies! lets count them...one...two...three..." the nurses were loving Addie. Then I pointed out Sophie, and Addie got all excited and pointed to her feet. She said "look mom, (pointing to one foot)feet....(noticing she had another)TWO FEETS!" (as though she thought there would only be one). Funny girl.

Okay, I told Addie some funny stories last night about when she was a "baby". She giggled so hard, and wanted more stories. I don't want to forget this stuff, so I will add more funny/sweet things to the blog that may be random and irrelevent to you , but mean the world to us...

Alright, if any of you all play your kids webkinz accounts, if your webkinz gets sick, you have to take him to Dr. Quack. So one day our real dog Scamper had a check up at the vet. So all day I told Addie we were taking Scamp to Dr. Quack and she was really excited. Finally we get to the vet that the doctor came in. Addie was SO disappointed! She kept saying "where is dr. Quack?" I said this is the pet doctor. She kept asking for Dr. Quack (which kinda threw the doctor off.) Rylee and I were laughing at Addie at this point, because we realized she honestly expected a giant duck doctor to come treat scamp. It was really funny, because this was like 6 months ago, and I had assumed that addie was intelligent enough to understand there is really no real life giant duck doctors practicing medicine on dogs!

Then there was the time Dallan was out of town...Addie was about 2 and a half. At about 3 am, house pitch black and quite. Addie came into my room with a gallon of ice cream, woke me and said "mmmm, I cameam." I heard Scamp out of his crete disoriented in the hallway. So basically she woke up in the middle of the night, went down stairs in the dark, thought it would be a good idea to let scamp out of his crate, grab some ice cream, and bring it up to me thinking I would be proud of her! It was really funny. I think I gave her a bite or two and snuggled her back to bed.

This one is good. When Addie was about 3 she was a nudist, everyone in our cul de sac had seen her all nude at one point or another. One mid morning, I was taking a bath, and McKenna calmly says "Addie ran outside adn is naked." So I quickly get out of the tub and dressed as fast as possible. Addie had run accross the street and down one house. They had a nice harly davidson parked diagonally across their driveway. Guess who was on it all nude! It was the funniest thing I had ever seen. I would have run home for a camera, but then I thought that the neighbors had thought I was staging the photoshoot. I do have that photo in my head, and it will never fade for sure!

The other day at dinner, I made jello with peaches for dessert. (I rarely make Jello), so Addie was curious about what it would be. When she finally got her dessert she looked at me seriously and asked "mom? Why is this Jello made out of rubber?"

baby update...IT'S A.....?

2009-02-10T09:34:00.001-08:00

It is true! I went in for my regular 15 week appt. yesterday. The NP couldn't find the babies heartbeat, so she sent me to ultrasound. I haven't ever in my life been so scared of an ultrasound, not for the heartbeat, because the doctor said she knew she found it for a second, but for the gender check. I called Dallan really fast to have him come over because I knew they should be able to do a gender check. The ultrasound showed a boy!!! We were in shock! I cried, Dallan couldn't even believe his eyes. I made her take like 8 different photos for proof, when I went back upstairs to the doctor I had 2 nurses and my doctor confirm (even though it is obvious!) So of course we have been on a high since this was the last. We came home called EVERYONE, told Addie, she was so excited. We figured she would think it was old news by the time the girls came home from school so that Dallan and I could tell them in the evening together, but the second kenna and Pup walked in from school Addie ran to them..."stisters! Stisters! my Mommy has a baby boy in her tummy!!!" It was so cute, the girls were super excited!!!!

Naturally later that evening I went shopping. I promised Dallan I would only buy one or two special outfits, but you know sometimes you find more like 15 or 16 special outfits, what are you supposed to do? I will post this pic later.

THat is all. We are excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm PrEGnANT!

2009-01-19T09:54:00.000-08:00

Hi all. I am such a bad blogger, and poster on others, so I am not sure if any of you will even read this. But maybe my title will get a few. Dallan and I are expecting another baby. Due July 31st. We thought life wasn't crazy enough with 4 so we should go for 5. I know it is uber mormon of us, afterall, 5 is the new 9 right? Yes it was planned, and it is not a try for the boy. We both knew we had to want another little girl in our family to even go for it. I am not going to pretend I don't want a boy, of course we do, but 5 girls would be fun too. I feel insane now, but no turning back. Sophie has reached that real life monster age, and in our defense, she was a sweet little angel from heaven when we got pregnant. So I will be insane for a year or so but then it will be fun right?

We are excited, pregnancy is the same as usual, sick, barfing, super tired, but I am armed with a limited supply of Zofran, and that drug is amazing! If anyof you have any left over from your pregnancies, I will buy it from you seriously.

ANyhow, jsut wanted to spread the word. I am 12 weeks along. And I will report when I know the sex in a couple of months.

Sophie!

2008-12-31T08:09:00.000-08:00

I will do a Christmas post soon, hope this photo of Sophie will tide you over!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADDIE BEEK!

2008-11-11T10:26:00.000-08:00

Addie is 5, cutest 5 year old ever. Here is her halloween costume. She was three things again t his year, monster, tinkerbell and elephant, she wanted to be a cheerleader last minute, but we couldn't find the costume.

We love our funny Addie. Always being goofy. Never shy. Loves attention and spotlight. Has 1,000 friends. She is super popular in our hood, it is funny. Two of my favorite funny memories are not caputured on film or video. One, when she was 2, she ran across the street butt naked in the middle of the day. Climbed on top of a harly davidson that was parked in the neighbors driveway. And tried to ride it. I didn't even know she had escaped for a few minutes. I think everyone in our cul de sac has seen her nude. Second memory, at her Aunts wedding a few weeks ago. No children were invited except the neices and nephews. There was 6 kids total. ANyhow, if you have heard that cha cha slide hip hop line dance, Addie was dancing in the middle of about 20 adults trying her best to do the moves. She was so serious and had her cute bootie moving. She was the only kid out there. I wish I had it on video, it was SO cute!

Happy birthday BEEKIE!

HAPPY birthDAY mCKennA!!!

2008-10-29T11:33:00.000-07:00

MKenna turned nine yesterday. Can you believe how grown up she is? Crazy! Her favorite Color is still purple. She loves Spongebob and Hannah Montana. She loves her sisters best, and her Cousins are her bestfriends, and her next door neighbor Jade. She is One of the tallest girls in Class. She is a perfeCtionist. Her room is the Cleanest in the house. She is worried about her grades and piano praCtiCe and is worried if everything is not just perfeCt. She still plays soCCer, but dropped gymnastiCs and danCe for now. She is the niCe girl, sensitive, sweet, obedient, great girl. We love her. MCKenna, thanks for letting Mommy Come on your field trip yesterday. It was so muCh fun to spend time with you and not worry about anyone else in the family. We don't spend enough one on one time together, and Mommy will try to be better with that. You are the best 9 year old EVER!

Matching hair...gorgeous wild gang

2008-10-03T06:26:00.000-07:00

Hi all, I don't post about my older girls as much as Sophie, so I left her out of this one. This haircut has SAVED me! I used to do their hair long, and had to do it everyday. When we got 4 girls, I knew that had to end. So they all have this cute bob. I don't have to do it very often (like in the photo) We just have to comb it out in the mornings...so easy, and super cute.

We call these girls "wild gang" now. McKenna and Rylee have been obsessed with Labyrinth (circa 88?) for months! It is a really pathetic movie with David Bowie and Jennifer connoly and a ton of muppet people. They have watched it at least 100 times. They have a crush on David Bowie and will aske me questions like "Mom, who is more famous? David Bowie or Hannah Montana?" Hmmm tough one. Then they are really let down when I have to answer Hannah Montana, but only by a little, don't worry, David Bowie is super famous! Anyhow, there is this song called "wild gang" on there, and we realized we need to be calling them wild gang because that is the best way to describe these girls!

We did it!

2008-09-11T22:25:00.000-07:00

Our moment is here. We are so excited, every night I am going to bed with a silly grin on my face. WE HAVE PATTERNS! Everything is packaged, our quilts are in the store, and we are just so excited for this weekend. This weekend Material Girls Quilts is having a trunk show and will be featuring FIVE of our quilts. Our, for those of you who don't know, is my dear BFF sister Heather. We are designing quilt patterns and we are called Fresh Poppy Design. So, please check out our blog, I am listing detailed information regarding the trunk show and our quilts/patterns. AND if you love us, or me, or her, PLEASE tell your friends and family about us and link our blog to yours!!! Thank you! Go to our quilt company blog and add us to your list...even if you never come visit us again, you all have lots of friends, and they may just check out who is on your blog list. www.freshpoppydesign.blogspot.com

Child Neglect....

2008-09-05T22:26:00.003-07:00

This is the other morning. See here in Utah this year we skipped Spring, and apparently Fall. It was about 55, and Sophie got out back with Addie. She was playing in the puddle left from sprinklers. Addie went and got the bath toys and they had lots of fun. When I finally got it, Sophie was screaming from stinging cold fingers and toes...Oh well, fun while it lasted.

Red Neck Addison

2008-08-21T10:10:00.000-07:00

"Hi, My name is Addison, aka Beekers. My mom thinks she knows what is cool, but it is my first week of preschool and I want to impress. I will leave this hat in the car and take it out only when I need to look really cute. Mom doesn't like it for some weird reason, but I know what is cool!"
Okay, this started with the Andrus Family reunion auction. Addie desperately wanted to win something, she had her eyes on this Bass Pro Shops trucker hat. Finally when they came up to bid on Addie yelled $2! Nobody outbid her (shocker). I thought it would be something I could sneak in the DI pile in a week or so, but no, this is her favorite hat. She wears it quite often, and pulls it out when she needs to look really cool. I take pride, and plenty of money in dressing my girls cute. I put her in her cute flower pink gymboree dress for her 3rd day of preschool, then when she hops out of the car, she has the hat on. I think of making it a fight, but figure if she doesn't know she looks like a dork, then the other 4 year olds won't either. Plus, I will really make fun of her for it one day...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYLEE

2008-08-13T07:30:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

My dear sweet Puppy, have a super happy birthday. You are the best 7 year old in the whole world! What we love about Rylee is her super sweet personality. She is always happy. She is a wonderful and VERY loyal sister, sisters above friends for sure. (that make us really happy.) She is long and lanky, maybe gained a pound last year. One of her funny stories when I couldn't help myself and said Rylee your legs are SO skinny! And she got all offended and said "No, Look how big my knees are!" ( I don't think my knees were ever the biggest part of my body.) She gets strait A's in school, is doing round off 3 back handsprings in gymnastics, plays soccer in spring in fall, and is a dancing queen! Anyhow, if you comment, add a RYlee story or memory if you have any.

Rylee's letter to toothfairy...& update

2008-08-01T11:01:00.000-07:00

Here is Rylee's letter to the tooth fairy last night.... (had to add a cute photo of pup)

Dear Toothfairy sorry to destreb (little heart picture) I wan't a 50 dollar bill for me and 50 for my sister because she took it out. if you don't have a fifty for my sister at least give her one dollar. Please put them in a bag that say our names on them. Love Rylee and McKenna. Toothfairy I wan't to keep my tooth but still git the money.

PS The toothfairy left $2 (that whore!) I don't know if Rylee split it with McKenna.

PSS Sorry if I offended anyone by saying whore, I use it WAY to lightly! I have probably called all of you whore at one time or another...

Hannah Montana 4th of July!

2008-07-16T14:43:00.000-07:00

Stadium of Fire 2008!

Alright, I know you have all been waiting for this post, just to see me in my Hannah Montana shirt. (hey, the kids thought I was awesome!). We all have on Hannah Tana shirts (as addie would say).
We drove down with our cousins, (rich lisa and kids) Here they all are on the cougar outside of the LaVell Edwards BYU stadium (I think that is what it is called?)
This is how freakin far away we were. The girls LOVED this whole night. Super fun!

And here she is, the girl you have all been waiting for (Miley Cyrus) . If ya'll didn't hear, these tickets sold out within 25 minutes. People were crazy like it was a Hannah Montana concert. Then people were paying TONS on ebay. We were one of the lucky few who got through, so we bought what we could get, then it the end, I had a friend back out of some, and when I went to sell them on ebay, it was so oversaturated, that we didn't even get face value! it was only on 3, so I won't be bitter, but still sucked!
This is how big she was to us... We were rather far away, but with jumbo tron and binoculars, it was fine. Dallan has a super crush on Miley Cyrus, so he was disappointed. Rich (my brother) has a huge crush on Glen Beck, who was our presenter. I have a bit of a crush on both of them to be perfectly honest...TMI?
And of course the fireworks, great show lasts forever. Sophie woke up for them and was rather impressed. She didn't really smile, just stare really wide eyed.

Sophie's first steps!

2008-07-08T09:44:00.001-07:00

(Make sure to click on this pic, it is huge and funny)
I am officially announcing today as Sophie's first steps. SO CUTE! She looks like a Weeble Wobble, funny. I was practicing with Addie, but she would only walk to me, not Addie. We were in the hallway upstairs, Addie and I facing eachother and stood Sophie up (which she has been doing the last couple weeks on her own) Then did the whole (insert high pitch voice) "come here Sophie!" First time was 3 steps, second was five, then last was 7 steps! Then she turned her legs into jello and wouldn't do anymore. Dallan and I will practice tonight!

This photo has nothing to do with the steps, but I took it a couple of months ago and think it is super cute! (and I like to post pics with my blog posts!)

Party Time!

2008-06-23T14:47:00.000-07:00

We had a combined Sophie Sawyer birthday party. We went to LIberty Park downtown. Lots of cousins came. Crazy but fun. Sophie had a good time. This is her adorable party outfit that I made :) (do you think adults would look cute in those pants?)

Here are the little BFF's. We made them matching "S" shirts.
Don't fly away baby bof. We went for her 1 year check up, and she is down to 10% percentile weight, and only 75% height. I don't think we ever had a 10% baby!
We stripped down for the cake. She loved it of course, and it made a little of a mess. Dallan and I carried her over to the drinking fountain to clean her off. We think people thought it was the sickest blow-out ever!

This is a funny photo of Addie explaining to Dallan exactly how to kill the bumble bee on the ground next to us. She wouldn't do it, so she gave this great example to Dallan just how to do it. FUnny girl!

These are the fabulous matching outfits that Grandma LIghten made for these little babies. Don't you just love them? Cute clothes for cute kids.

Sophie recieved a madame alexander vintage looking baby doll, playschool ball party, and glow worm from us. Grandma Lighten got her a book and this outfit and a fun ball toy, Grandma Andrus send a music guitar toy. Domgaards got her a piano, Laura got her a cute butterfly. Sawyer got her a pull along Dog toy. She got plenty of gifts, enough to rewrap for Christmas! Thanks everyone!

Happy Birthday Baby girl!

2008-06-18T20:22:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Sweet Baby Bo. We are all in love with you. You have been the funnest baby. We have all had so much fun with you this year. You gave us all a scare at the start, but everything has been so fun having a tiny baby around the house again. You are a hit with the girls and cousins. Everybody loves you. Your red hair is fading (sad) but your blue eyes are still striking! You make your mama happy. (except that you don't say mama, only dada). You have 8 cute chicklets in your mouth. And you are 95% height, 50% weight, a long and lean. You sputter your tounge and spit when you get frustrated or mad at us. Thanks for being our Bofie McBoferton.

Spring Dance Recital

2008-06-18T05:18:00.000-07:00

It was a four hour dance recital! But it was super cute! Check out these girlies. Addie got super tired and irritated during it, and kept trying to sit with us. It ended at 10:30 for goodness sake!

Addie and BFF cousin Morgan are in the same class. Morgan watched Addie through the entire 2 dances because apparently Addie knew all the moves. They were very funny!

Pup was fabulous, knew all her moves, and kept those tiny legs moving!
Kenna was angelic. She made grandma cry! She was a head taller than all the other girls in her class.

Goofball from Outer Space....

2008-06-12T20:52:00.000-07:00

I need to interupt our trip...There is a reason we call her "Goofball from outer Space." Addie is the funniest girl ever. Almost everything she does our says is really funny. Most the time she tries to be funny and make us laugh, but she was serious with this. Tonight Dal was in the garage with Addie loading up the car. Addie saw a huge moth hovering under the light in the garage. She got all excited and said "...it's it's it's....it's a fairy!"

Our Tenth Anniversary

2008-06-12T17:22:00.000-07:00

For our tenth anniversary My hubby and I went to Europe. We went to London to stay with Grandma, and to Paris. Fun trip!!! can't wait to go again. If all this bores you then up yours and you can check back in a couple weeks as I log our trip :)

The second day in England my dear Uncle Andy drove us out to Lincoln. I met my 2 cousins for the first time, Scott and Rick and we went to the Lincoln Cathedral.

This Cathedral was completed in 1092! It is fricken huge! For several hundred years it was the tallest building in the world! Old history! Speaking of old history, my dear husband told my Grandma she was older than ANYTHING in America! (well she is 89...i think) Grandma thought it was really funny, but when she told people, they gave Dal a mean look.

Me and Dal...ahhhh...

The castle has some super gorgeous stained glass windows...

Here is Grandma is Ricks funny hat.

We had to climb hundreds of these tiny stairs to the top of the cathedral. It was narrow and painful, but pretty awesome! Dallan couldn't even stand through alot of it.
This is the view of Lincoln from the top. Look at all the cute houses!

And Jane Austin movies are for real! The country out here is gorgeous and just as it looks in those charming british films. So cute!!! I want to move here one day.

My Daddy's history...so cute!

2008-06-07T10:42:00.000-07:00

This is where my Daddy was born, Essex, greys England. This was the location of his pre-fab. Built by German prisoners. Grandma thought it was the most beautiful home ever. This is where my Dad cried and cried for the first 2 years of his life, (he had an undiagnosed digestion issue) and one time grandma shut the door so he couldn't follow him out, and he screamed and screamed but grandma thought nothing of it because he always cried. So when she came back in, his finger waas nearly chopped off in the door and she had to race him to the hospital, (I think a friend drove her in his city bus). And Grandma sadly told me of a time she smacked him super hard it left a mark because he cried so much. Grandpa got mad and told her never to hit him again. She still feels guilt. Dad lived here until he was 5.

This is where Dad lived until he moved to America. Grandma still lives here! 60 years! It is 1100 sq feet. This is where Dallan and I stayed on our visit. In twin beds, so romantic!

Here is where my Daddy went to elementary school Culford Rd. Primary School. Dene Holm school..This is not where he and his classmates swam naked, that was for the older boys when they went to Palmers Endowed school for boys ...pervs I know, but that is what truly happened! I think that this is where they placed kids in the desks by their scores, so the smartes students were in the front of the class in desk 1, 2 and 3 etc. And Dad wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer at 51 of 53. But the girl he liked was Penny #7. So during that first term in school year he improved his grades enough to number 19, then next term to 11, then when the boy in #8 acted up one day, the teacher told him to switch places with my Dad, so my Dad made it to #8 in a year just so he could be close to her. Penny was his first girlfriend, and everytime the teacher turned to write something on the board, Penny would turn around and kiss my Dad...ahhhh!

This is where my Dad went to his first church meeting. In a little room above a Pub. He joined the church when he was 15 years old. A funny story was his first testimony meeting while he was still an investigator. He saw people randomly getting up and giving their testimonies. He thought everyone was going to have to get up, so he thought he would get his over with. He listened to a couple of people's testimonies, and basically picked a few things from each to use in his own. They were all so impressed with the new investigator!

And this is where my Daddy played cricket matches. He played for school and with his dad and brother. One day during a school match (not this location)his little brother Andy paid for a city bus to come watch my Dad play, got off the bus and proudly sad down to watch his superstar brother. My dad looked up and saw Andy, and in the middle of the match my dad ran over to the game and told Andy to leave right now. He didn't want anyone to know it was his brother! So sad! (and funny). Andy is still hurt!

Horrible BLogger!!!

2008-06-07T10:40:00.001-07:00

I am going to do my best to be a better blogger. I apoligize to my loads of friends and fans and promise to do better!!! Keep checking in the next few days as I will update with our europe trip, the girls recital and Beekers fab haircut!

Sophie's nursery finished!!!

2008-02-09T20:20:00.000-08:00

>This has been in the works for several months, but it is officially finished!!! Sophie's nursery is done! This is on the crafty girls blog, because this is one GIANT craft project, nearly everything in here I made myself or with the help of others. Here is the full photo...

The cute chandelier was a gift from Mommy, and I spray painted it pink, it makes a huge difference in the room, I want one for all my girls. The photos on the wall I took myself, I made the toole canopy with a hoola hoop and Sophie's left over bedding fabric.

I made all the Bedding (minus the sheet) Dallan's mom made the crib skirt, Dallan and I painted the crib pink. The perfect rug is from Costco (only $50).

Dallan and I did the wallpaper and trim. I have never heard so many cuss words come out of my sweet husband's mouth!

My Mommy made all these pillows from my left over quilt fabric. Bless her heart. I would never have done them. I was so burned out on the Sophie quilt that I finished a month before she was born...as fast as I could!

Here is Sophie's quilt, it is still my favorite quilt I have ever made. (I have only made 4 I think) but I LOVE everything about it. I want to keep it away from her so she doesn't ruin it, but I let her sleep with it because she looks so cute in her crib with it...

My Mommy and I made this window treatment for Addison, but when I did Sophie's bedroom, it matched perfectly with the wallpaper. So I kept it for SOph.

The very last detail, this lamp. I made the roses out of coffee filters. (I know you all think I must have tons of spare time on my hands) Anyhow, I loved how it turned out. Hope you all like this room. Lots of hours, blood, sweat and tears went into finishing it.

Cute Angel Sophie!

2008-02-03T00:35:00.000-08:00

Alright, It has been a while. Nobody will read this because I suck at updating my blog. But if you do, look at my cute baby! I guess we can make redheads! Who knew? I was setting up for a photoshoot today, but threw baby Bofster (sophie) down for a few shots, and how cute is she? We all adore her! She is in the process of a quick weening schedule due to the 2 tiny teeth she has been using as she nurses. SOphie is sleeping through the night like an angel. The girls still can't get enough of her. Anyhow, just had to post these photos at 2 am. I was trying to sleep, but these photos kept popping up into my brain and I had to come play with them. (A touch OCD). Alright, goodnight!

A couple new scrappy pages...

2007-12-14T08:20:00.001-08:00

Here is 2 more pages. We are all trying to do a page a week to stay up to date. Even with you crazy photography schedule in december, I am still managing to do it. I LOVE it, let's be honest. This is addie's birthday, and Sophie just being cute!

Goofy Ears!

2007-12-10T14:54:00.000-08:00

Check out these 2 babies, cutest ever, 2 days apart and both with goofy ears. For several months Megan and I tried to tell eachother that it must just be a newborn thing and their ears will go back in place, but now we just fact the fact that our babies have goofy ears!! they are totally BFF!

Glow worm Sophie

2007-12-10T14:51:00.001-08:00

Alright, I know it is mean to make fun of your own baby, but come on! Check out her glowing ears!!!

McKenna's Baptism

2007-11-04T19:28:00.000-08:00

Thanks to everyone who came to McKenna's baptism. We had almost all of both of our families here. Some traveled long and far and we really appreciate it. It was such a special day. McKenna was a sweetheart. She told me during her confirmation that she cried, and I asked her why, she said "tears of joy." We love you all and thanks again for being here to celebrate this day. Grandma's, put your orders in for photos you want, and sizes. I used my neighbor's gorgeous yard again for Kenna's photoshoot, I think I got some really good ones.

Halloween

2007-11-01T09:12:00.000-07:00

This Halloween was fun. The weather wasn't too cold. Sophie was a rock star with spiky blue hair. She was super cute. She didn't get any candy. McKenna was a princess, she designed her own costume (bless her heart), she told me that nobody could guess what she was, I think she felt kind of bad. Rylee was Cinderella at school, but made a last minute decision to go as a skeleton. Addie was a monster all day, her eyes were goth. Then she made a last minute decision to go as tinkerbell, but her makeup didn't wash off, so she was a goth tinkerbell. One of her neighborhood friends told her she was dirty, and she started bawling. Addie is rather social for trick or treating, she ran into all her neighborhood friends and had to chat for a while. She is pretty popular in our neck of the woods. She also yelled TRICK OR TREAT and HAPPY HALLOWEEN to everyone, very funny. We had our neighbors go with us too. It was fun.

I am ashamed to say this is not my porch, it is my neighbors, it is always gorgeous here so I had to take a pic. Show off's!!!

Lake Powell

2007-11-01T08:54:00.000-07:00

We went to the lake in September with some cousins and grandparents. It was super fun. We try to go at least once a year. Next year we will go earlier in the summer so it is warmer. Good times.

Grandma and Addie sleeping on the beach...tender

Rylee taking her turn on the tube. Funny stuff.

Kenna getting thrown around behind the boat. So funny!

Sweet sophie chilling in her carseat, it was a cold morning. She was happy!

Rylee's birthday invite

2007-09-10T10:09:00.000-07:00

This was RYlees birthday invite. It was a fun and crazy party. I think there was 19 children! Lots of cousins and some neighborhood friends. Next year we are doing a family party, that is what we told Rylee, so she wants to do it at the Lake. (that is what rylee wants) So hopefully grandma and grandpa say yes.

Some Sophie pages...

2007-09-10T10:06:00.000-07:00

Here are a few SOphie pages. So sweet Sophie. The 4 faces of sophie are pretty recent pics. Maybe a week old. Hope you like. She is fantastic, she is a pretty great baby, pretty easy to take care of. And super adorable.

Some more scrappy pages...

2007-09-10T09:59:00.000-07:00

this is cute Addie playing in the Sun in her Dora hopscotch. She was having a ton of fun. Can you imagine quintuplet Addies!!! I would go crazy and die! One is plenty.

Another...

2007-08-24T18:49:00.000-07:00

Cutest Accessory...

2007-08-24T18:17:00.000-07:00

Okay, I just LOVE this pic of Sophie in my living room. She is the best little accessory. She is doing good. Only wakes up once during the night most nights. She is actually a pretty good little baby. She does go from being perfectly happy to super pissed off in seconds, but overall she is happy. She is smiling alot and cooing alot. The girls have fun with their new toy baby doll.

A few more...

2007-08-09T12:01:00.000-07:00

Here are a few more scrapbook pages, I am at times Obsessive Compulsive with my crafts, or else ADD...I either do ton's of pages for like a month or two, then I don't want to touch it for months and months...it works this way with all my crafts. Maybe I am bipolar...who knows, hope you like these pages.....This is a pretty picture of Addie I really like. I just took it. THe other is Sophie and Sawyer. They were abotu 2 and a half weeks old and we wanted photos of them together. They were both hungry and angry (if you can't tell) Sophie is trying to nurse and Sawyer's fingers, he didn't like it. Then Sophie got mad from not getting any milk. It was really funny. We will attempt photos of them together soon.

Sophie's first Scrapbook Pages

2007-08-05T21:19:00.000-07:00

Here are a few scrapbook pages for Sophie. I haven't done any hospital pages yet because I am still emotional about it all. I will start to work on them before I forget the details. Hope you all like these.

Sophie's Blessing

2007-08-05T21:04:00.000-07:00

Sophie was blessed today. Thanks to all the family that was able to make it. It was a special day. Sophie was very well behaved during her blessing, sacrament meeting and the little social we had after. She was gorgeous in her "not white" dress. (Dallan had issues with it not being white, but I won.) Dallan said some really sweet things in her blessing, and we were both able to bare our testimonies. We are really grateful for all the help, meals, babysitting, gifts and prayers giving in our families behalf during the time Sophie was sick in the hospital. Thanks you everyone.

Sophie Slideshow Posted

2007-07-09T22:23:00.000-07:00

You know that Heather has had the shutter of her camera humming ever since she got Sophie home from the Hospital. She has put together some of her favorites in a slideshow, that you can download and run. Find it at www.HeatherAndrusPhotography.com/Slideshows/SophieSlideshow.exe

Email Heather and let her know what you think of the pics!

Sophie Hospital Pictures

2007-06-28T22:04:00.001-07:00

Here are a few cute pictures of Sophie from the hospital.

Sophie Bonus Footage 6-25

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Sophie Update 6-25

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Sophie Update 6-24

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Sophie Update 6-23

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Sophie Update 6-22

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