All Three Crazy Kids!

Sometimes I forget! If you do it for one, you have to do it for ALL! After nap time, Anna reminded me that her and Luke didn't get photos taken, so here we are! All three of my crazy kids!

Jake's 3 year photo shoot

I haven't really done a great photo shoot of Jake in a while. Today he was all fired up and ready to be the king of the camera! All smiles, but REALLY fast paced! If these are a bit blurry that could be why! He is excited to be 3 next week!
On a side note, I am feeling better...although I feel like I have a BAD smokers cough! The kids stayed well through the whole thing, so we are all thankful for that!

Under Construction!

We have painters here trying to fix our mess of a house from the nonwashable flat paint that it was! This is a very hard time for me as I am more sick than I think I have ever been! My temp. is over 103 and I think that this is what it must feel like to be on deaths door. I am, unfortunately, stuck being the mother of all three rouwdy kids. Anyways, here are some photos from this morning, Luke trying to climb on their ladders and the kids trying to be normal in the morning with all the extra "stuff". Even though I was barely able to move I forced myself to get the kids out last night...Anna to church and the boys and I to the wrestling meet briefly. All the outlet covers are off, forcing my house to be a fire and electrical hazard for the boys. Pray for me, as I said I feel like someone should just put me out of my misery.

Snow Day Frenzy!

It was a snow day today in our neck of the woods, we got over 5 inches of snow! (and I guess we are supposed to get up to 6 more tonight!) It was our first snow day of the year and the kids were so excited to be out in the snow. Daddy has been home sick the past few days so he couldn't join in the fun. We tried pulling sleds around, but Luke kept falling out! Jake and Anna just went nuts! It was fun and they actually played for over 35 minutes before I MADE them come in to eat lunch!

Mommy's Helper?????????

I got a load of the kids clothes out of the dryer and put the basket on the chair real quick while I helped Anna with something....this is what I found!!!! My little helper throwing clothes all over the place!!! He was all smiles and pretty proud of himself I might say! P.S. Happy Birthday Grandpa G.
On a side note, we took Jake's binkies away on Monday night, today (Wednesday) I found him with one in his mouth!!! He was pretty excited to show it to me! Then he said...."I found it by myself" Little sneak! I guess I had better throw all of them away, huh???

What We Did Today.....

The kids have been crazy today, it is getting difficult to keep them entertained (even with all the new Christmas toys). So, here is a "nice"glimpse into our day today. Keep in mind, Anna HAD to do this puzzle alone, so she screamed and cried about 30 times in the process, all because she HAD to do it alone! The boys actually were fighting most of the day, although the photos don't show that (which is probably a good thing!!) And the one of Luke racing towards me...well that is Luke! P.S. Happy Birthday Grandma G.

My Twins??

Calli Jo came over for some photos, so I thought I should include my boys in the project as well! Grandpa and Grandma Rottier bought them a couple matching shirts this Christmas (which I am always a large fan of!!) So, here they are in their Cars shirts! They have Diego ones too, will have to try to post that one too! Nearly every time we are out in public now we get asked if the boys are twins. They are the exact same weight now and are just about 2 inches...maybe 3 apart! I feel like I need to just start saying yes to get people off my back!!!

My Pretty Girl

Anna decided she wanted to do a photo shoot today. I was so excited to honor this request. Thank you to our favorite friends in Colorado for the pretty headband!!

Happy New Year!!!

Our Rottier Christmas was today. Just a few cute pictures to show you!



Cousin Elin

Cousin Calli Jo

We hope everyone had a safe and happy New Year. I worked last night, so brought in 2008 with sick babies in the Neonatal. On the home front, our children enjoyed the company of the our Rottier family on New Years Eve. It has been a wonderful few days seeing Dave, Heidi and Elin. They live over 5 hours away in Illinois (so we don't see little Elin very often). Today was our "Christmas" with the Rottier family. The kids had a lot of fun. Jake was thrilled to get such great shirts that he about ripped off his clothes he was wearing to change!!! On an added note, "GO BLUE!!!!!!" I am WAY SUPER EXCITED THAT THEY WON THE GAME!!!! O.K. I am better now! Our family wishes everyone a very blessed and safe 2008!