Easter Weekend

Faith E's Easter Egg Hunt

Cool Shades :)


Aunt Christy, Grandma Sue and Veda Voo

Ethan, Kurtis, Grandpa Gregg and Grandma Gail

Decorating eggs :)

Resurrection Sunday

Bobble Head Ethan

Bobble Head Veda

And our little butterball :)

Looking for eggs in the backyard

The kids with there cousins Britta and Brady

Our Family :)

Gotch Ya!

Well as you know, yesterday was April Fools Day, and every year I like to pull pranks on Kurtis :) I think there's only been one year that I didn't do anything to him out of all the years I've known him, and now that Ethan is getting a little older I think I'm going to need to start pulling some tricks on him too :)
1st trick: had shower head pointed at his face, so when he went to turn the water on, Bam, it would shoot him in the face ... unfortunately he wasn't as groggy as I was hoping he would be and ended up moving the shower head b4 he turned the water on, bummer!
2nd trick: I sewed the legs closed on his underwear and the arm holes closed on his undershirt, so when he came out of the bathroom to put on his undies he was so puzzled as to why he couldn't get his leg thru the hole and he almost fell over trying, I was laughing so hard, it was hilarious!!
3rd trick: I put a couple handfuls of cotton at the tip of his shoe, so when he went to put them on, he's like "what the heck is going on here!" I was hoping he would've thought his foot grew overnight :)
4th trick: put "fake" spilt wax on his wallet, which was right next to my scentsy, so I thought that he'd think wax spilt all over his wallet, but it didn't faze him :( I should have put it on his kindle, he probably would have fainted!
5th trick: I went to put a rubber band around the sprayer on the sink, so when he went to turn the faucet on it would spray him in the face, but the funny thing is when I went to do it, I noticed a rubber band already on it, HA, he thought he was going to get ME, nice try! So I just covered it very carefully with a rag, this is usually where we put our rags, and sure enough later on in the day he forgot to check to see if the rubber band was still there and probably didn't think anything of it since the rag was kind of covering the sprayer, he turned the water on and BAM, water in his face ... that one was too easy :)
I would say it was a pretty successful April Fools Day :)
This last Saturday, Kurtis and I ran in the Race the Rabbit Run, which was a hair over 3 miles. The run went thru the zoo, so the scenery was nice and there were a lot of fun activities for the kids afterwards. Kurtis did it in 33 minutes, which is great b/c he's not really a runner and he was so nervous about being last, he did good! Unfortunately I didn't look at my time b/c I was distracted with other things, but I was told that I came in 31st out of 300 runners, so that's not too bad. This was actually my first run outside in a year ... since I've started training for my marathon 3 months ago, I've been doing it all inside, and there's a big difference running inside on a treadmill verses outside on a road, soooo I am now doing all my running outside, not that you really wanted to know all that, but this is what happens when all three of my kids nap at the same time, I just ramble on and on :)

Irish Day

Too bad I didn't have any orange paint, I could of dressed them up as little oompa loompas :)

We not only have fun celebrating St. Patty's Day, but it's also my sister's birthday, so that makes it even more fun! Here's the birthday girl with a mischievous little leprechaun :)

I sent her on an Irish scavenger hunt ... here she is kissing the "blarney"stone ... I know, its a tombstone, this is billings, what'd ya expect ~:o

Another one of her stops was St. Patrick's Cathedral where two tall hats were waiting to give her an Irish blessing and her next clue ... Kurtis and Brady were so embarrassed to where these hats, especially since people were starting to show up for mass :)

Starting to hold his own bottle







My sister found these hilarious "nose" cups at the mall, I highly recommend them for your next get together :)




I found these sparkly shoes at the consignment sale, she loves them, and so do I ... I wonder if I can get those in a 10!

Brady and Josiah

Race the Rabbit

Ok all you runners and non-runners, mark your calenders
for March 31st. This is the first year for Race the Rabbit Run and
all the proceeds for the race go towards make a wish foundation.
It's going to be a 5k fun run at the zoo and the first 10 runners who
can cross the finish line before the designated "rabbit" will be given
a $25 gift card! There will also be bunny hop races for young
children up to 10 yrs old, and after the bunny hop races there will
be an easter egg hunt ... it's going to be a lot of fun :) Here's the link
so you can get more details and sign up ....
www.imathlete.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?fEID=12202

Pictures

You have to see this ....

If you have not seen the movie "Courageous" yet, you should
check it out, it is SO SO good! Make sure your husband watches
it too, I think it is so encouraging to men/fathers and reminds
us just how important there role in our children's lives are!

It's a Zoo!

I knew life was going to get a lot busier with 3 kids, but I didn't realize it was going to be quite this chaotic! I don't know how you other moms with several kids do it, but I really do admire you! It's so annoying that I can't get anything done around the house ... there's always a kid that has some kind of crisis going on; there hungry, there tired, there poopy, there fighting with one another, there throwing fits, there falling off of things or getting stuck in places, etc!
And I've never been one that needed a truck load of sleep, but 2 hours at a time doesn't seem quite enough ... so next time you see me and I suddenly go cross-eyed or I happen to pass out, you'll know why :)
Our little Josiah is not so little anymore. He probably weighs around 10lbs now and has the chubbiest cheeks :) The boy eats like a champ, which is about every 2 hours, hence the lack of sleep. He is such a good baby though, and has the cutest way of looking at you when your talking to him:)
Ethan loves his little brother so much. He's always wanting to look at him and touch him and says all the time "ohh, he's so cute" and today he even called him his sweetie pie :) Ethan has been making a lot of progress with his vocabulary, thanx to speech therapy, and now says things like "Don't look at me" "Veda stay out of my room" "I don't like you" " Don't follow me" .... hmm, I think it was better when I actually couldn't understand what he was saying. And yesterday his preschool teacher informed me that he has taken on the class clown role ... greeeat.
Veda is 16 months going on 16 years! She is so sassy, she yells at you when you tell her no, and slams into her door when she has to have room time, and hits you when she's ticked off at you and cries about everything as well as talks all the time ... she's our drama queen alright! One of the good things about 2012 is that we should be finding out whether we get to adopt her or not, hopefully by summertime. We've had her almost 9 months now and it's been hard not knowing one way or the other; it has for sure tested our patience! I am starting to get a tad anxious though, just wanting some kind of closure to this case.
So every January I like to make new years resolutions for myself. I think last year was to open our home up more to friends and family ... well that only lasted a few months being that I got pregnant and super sick and I pretty much felt like dying, let alone having people over for dinner and games! So my new years goal for this year is to become an Irish dancer :) Na, although that would be cool, what I really want to do is to run another marathon. I know, I remember very clearly what I said when I crossed the finish line the last time, and as I recall my sister even recorded it :) In my defense though, I was very delirious, and emotional, and EXHAUSTED! All I can say to those of you who have not ran a marathon is it's like having a baby .... at the time your thinking "Holy Crap, this hurts, I am so done having babies" and then BAM, 2-3 years later your pregnant again, you forget the pain of child birth, and even if you do remember you know the end result is worth it:) Well although I have not forgotten how hard and painful running a marathon was, the training part of it I did enjoy, and I was in the best shape of my life, which felt great! So I'm not promising that I'm going to run one this year, but I'm going to at least try.
Date: September 16th (I think), Months to train: 8, Miles running currently: 3, Time to beat from last year: 4 hours 41 minutes .... wish me luck!

So I usually try to put a handful of songs on the blog every month, but I'm only doing one this time.This is such an awesome song, if you haven't already heard it 50 times (thanx to k-love) then you should listen to the whole thing :)

Rrrr, matey!

Opening Christmas presents


Opening more presents

Baby J

Our little reindeer :)

He looks much longer than he really is

Brothers :)


Cuddling in bed