Things you DON'T want to hear

"Mom, M just puked in your bed!"

I was taking a shower and E comes running in to share that wonderful news with me. Thankfully Bill was still home so I didn't have to clean it up. Ah, sick kids, how nice. Between Bill and the girls someone has been sick almost every week this last month. Poor tiny P hasn't been to school all week.

Thankfully I have managed to stay healthy, keep your fingers crossed. I will be 39 weeks on Monday. I want to have this baby, but DO NOT want to bring a baby home to a house full of sick people.

Things to do before baby gets here:

-Get laundry caught up- check
- Get the baby stuff washed and ready-check
- Get my hair colored-check
- Pack my hospital bag-check
-Get my bills paid-check

**I still need to get a pedicure, and I plan to do it this weekend. It is difficult to do though with 3 girls in tow. I have to have CUTE TOES!

Wish me luck!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Both schools celebrated Valentine's Day on Thursday because there was no school on Friday.

M & E were so excited to hand out valentines and even MORE excited when they discovered that in return they got valentines with CANDY!

Here is tiny P all decked out in her Valentine attire with her bag of valentines to hand out at school.

I have no idea what/if anything Bill and I will do for Valentine's Day, at this point we have no plans and no babysitter. How times have changed. I remember being in high school and being so envious of all the girls who had boyfriends and walked around with their balloons and flowers on display. It seemed like such a big deal back then, now it is just another day. :) Too funny!

Sleeping Beauty

Tiny P and a friend got to go see the play Sleeping Beauty on Sat. It was put on by a community theater group. All the actors are students at local schools. After the show the actors sign autographs. We had a great time.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHAE-O THE GREAT!

Happy Birthday to my younger sister Shae-b!

Things I love about Shae:

1. When we were growing up she was always more outgoing and brave than I was. She would always ask for more ketchup, get directions or do anything else I was too scared to do.
2. She once sang "Somewhere over the rainbow" to an entire movie theater, because we dared her to.
3. My girls LOVE their Aunt Shae-b. She is always fun and energetic with them. She even lets them watch Enchanted in her "big bed".
4. She is good at saving things. When we were little she had a "candy drawer" where she kept all her treats. We knew that if we wanted a treat we could find one in her drawer. :)
5. She is up to date on fashion, and is willing to give her older less fashionable sister advice. :)
6. She is tough- she once ran a half marathon with me in the rain without really training so I didn't have to do it alone. :)
7. She is CRAZY! You can always count on Shae for a laugh, a funny face, a strange outburst or a funny story.

Happy Birthday- We love you!

December Recap

Tiny P got an award for being an "Amazing Artist". She was very excited. She gets her creative talent from her dad, NOT her mom.

Santa came and brought lots of stuff. The twins got robes and slippers, now they don't have to steal from their big sister.

P with her Pet Shops, another popular item.


Santa also brought scooters. At first it was a bit controversial because the twins scooters had three wheels and P's only had two. We had to explain that was because she was OLDER she could handle the more ADVANCED scooter. :)


Ariel also made an appearance Christmas morning! She also makes daily appearances after nap time, after breakfast time and any other time she feels like it.


We got to hang out with family, that was great.


Me and my cute girls.


M and E now have degrees in Nursery Sciences and have moved on to graduate degrees in Sunbeams.
Do you think this top is "church standard"?

** Oh and in case you care...I just bought a few new strands of lights and put them over the ornaments and broken lights. **

Lights OUT!

We got our tree this weekend. We came home and I put the lights on and then we decorated it. It was comical because all the ornaments the girls put on are at the very bottom of the tree, sometimes multiples on one branch (I secretly moved them later). Since I am tall, most of the ornaments I put up are at the top of the tree, again, I balanced that out later. Everything looks great. This morning before church I turned the lights on so we could admire our work. A little bit later the lights were out, I thought Bill turned them off, he thought I turned them off. I changed plugs, nothing. I put other lamps in that socket, they work fine. So... I have a beautiful tree all decorated and NO LIGHTS! I REALLY DON'T WANT TO DE-DECORATE (is that even a word) THE ENTIRE TREE to put up new lights and then re-decorate. Things could be worse, I know, but I am still sad.

What should I do???

THANKSGIVING WEEKEND

We started the day by going to Bill's parents. A bunch of AZ Bullock's were visiting and so was Bill's brother.

Poor cousin Josh got ATTACKED by my girls. That guy has A LOT of energy! I wish he lived closer!
Then we headed to the Slack's for Thanksgiving dinner. Ronda always makes such yummy food. The girls had a great time going on the trampoline. Here are Chase and Bill looking very excited.
Me (very pregnant), Shae, Pat Pat, and Breezy


The next day we went to the beach with Bill's family. You gotta love it when you can go to the beach in November. Bill went surfing and the girls made friends and found creatures in the tide pools. It was a good day.


Here we are after a long day of fun on the beach.