Crazy Busy

The last few weeks have been crazy busy around here. Girls Camp is just three weeks away for me and trying to get all of that planned and done as well as keeping up with the house, yard (especially since it is spring now and Scott still can't do much with his knee), school work, and taking care of three kids daily needs has proved to be quite the task. There hasn't been much time for blogging. So here are some goofy pictures of the kids to keep you all happy.

I love that when they are five they really think they are funny.

Is he drunk?

Don't you love the black bean soup handle bar mustache?

Look at me go!

I have never been much of a sewer. Let's be honest, I am more comfortable with a nail gun than I am with a sewing machine. All told, I've made a pillow case and pajama bottoms (which did not turn out) in seventh grade and I've sewn my kids pants into shorts. When my Relief Society offered a sewing group to make aprons I thought I'd give it a shot. LOOK! They actually turned out really cute! I made one for me and two of different sizes for Annicka.

Look who is Potty-trained!

So this last Monday I decided it was time to potty-train Park. He is three and a half and I have been putting it off long enough. I guess I just REALLY hate changing poopy underwear. Poopy diapers are one thing, you can roll it up and throw it away. Poopy underwear on the other hand is a whole other realm. You first have to try getting the said underpants off without getting it all over their legs and then washing it out...bleh! Anyway...it was nice at the beginning of the week and on Monday Park spent most of the day outside pants less and diaper less. He peed on the carpet once and by lunchtime he hadn't peed again and hadn't had any successes. I was on the verge of giving up for the day and I decided to wait until after he and Annicka had eaten lunch. I put their lunch on the porch and let them eat outside along with Park's training toilet. I came in and was doing some school work on the computer when Annicka came running in. "Mommy! He did it!" She was just as excited as he was! Sure enough he had peed in the toilet. There was no turning back now. He had one more accident that day and two poopy underwear's the next. On Wednesday he finally pooped in the toilet after I could tell that he needed to go. Let's be honest, he was trying to hold it in with his hand. After that poop success he hasn't had any accidents, he has even woken up dry every morning and is sleeping in underwear too. YEA, PARK! We are so proud of him and he is very proud of himself. He finally got to play with his Mater car!

I am a handy woman!

On Friday it was my goal to clean out the garage. When I went out to start, I was looking at all of the things on the floor and thought, "I really need some shelves." Scott had bought some wood for the purpose, but he didn't get to it before he had his surgery. And I wasn't going to wait another couple of weeks until Scott could do it. So right then and there I decided I was going to make the shelves myself! I figured out how I wanted it to work and I did all the measuring and pulled out Scott's chop saw and nail gun and went to work. When I was ready my neighbor Summer came over and helped me hold it up while I screwed it into the wall. I actually made two shelves, there is a larger one standing against the wall that will eventually get put up also, when Scott is well enough. Summer and I decided it was too big for us and to let the men do it. This is the finished product!

Let's go fly a kite!

Saturday was a perfect day for kite flying.

Park flew his kite for all of about 45 seconds before he let it go, here he is running away from it.

The kids all watching me fly Park's kite.

Easter Sunday

Easter was a good one for us this year. These are the kids getting their Easter baskets that morning.

Mom! Take a picture of this!

Doesn't that look just say, "Thanks for letting me eat chocolate for breakfast!"

After conference was over we went to my Grandparents chapel for dinner. My uncle, who has ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease just got a new wheel chair and was giving all the kids a ride.

We are so grateful for the plan of our Heavenly Father and for Jesus Christ who made it possible for all of us to overcome death and to one day be together again as a family.

Easter Egg Hunt

This last week we had a ward Easter Egg hunt. The kids loved it. Scott was at a Young Mens Stake basketball tournament so he wasn't able to make it.

Can you tell that Park didn't want me to take his picture?

Indie totally knew what to do with the eggs!