Happy Mothers Day to me....

I'm going to attempt to make a quilt for my bed and I'm so excited. Just think of the hours of entertainment this little stack of material is going to give me, now if I can just find the hours. Today Josie asked if we could paint her fingernails and I said "If we have time." She looked at me like I was stupid and said "We do have time mom, lots, look at all our clocks, see the time." We see things a little differently. Oh, and I still don't have a pattern for the quilt so if anyone has some ideas please share!!!

My Little Vampire

I'm speechless and a little scared...

Bear Hunting Weekend #1

Landon drew out a bear tag this year and he is sooooo excited! So am I, doesn't bear meat sound delicious? Do you think it would be good for food storage. Unfortunately weekend #1 was unsuccessful, but Landon did get in some good exercise. I'll keep you posted with future hunts. If you look really closely you can see Hayden and Kaleb following all the hounds.
This was the long hike. They started at the bottom of the canyon and walked all the way up to this ridge.
Landon liked this tree and so do I

Random Thoughts

*I think I'm a real mom now, I cut off my hair. Yes, I've cut it 3 x's in 3 months. I usually average once a year.

*I work Mondays and Tuesdays. The weather has been beautiful on Mondays and Tuesdays for 3 weeks and sucks the rest of the week...go figure.

*I took charge and bought myself a mothers day gift this year....and it's early.

*Some of my favorite quotes from Josie this week:
"This is not a rocking chair...this is a bed." (while sitting on my bed sunday morning)
"Relationships" and a sigh
"Thanks young lady" in response to me helping her get in her car seat.
"Jesus is nice. Jesus died. Now he lives in the church, but I never see Him."

*I took my kids an a exhausting bike ride tonight....it was about 1/4 mile.

*I'm having issues with my braces. I thought I was almost done and I woke up this morning to a a diastema between my two front teeth. (Diastema: a big fat space)(ok it's small but come on)

*Cinco de Mayo has come and gone with not so much as even an arriba. Last year we partied hard, today I didn't even eat a taco or wear my cinco de mayo shirt.

I am in love with my Snuggle Peach Blossom fabric softner but I think they quit making it. I can't find it anywhere!!!!

I got released from Young Womens. It's sad, but now I don't have to feel guilty about skipping it on Wednesday night to watch the Jazz game.

Elder Wiser

Landon's youngest brother left on his mission recently and will definately be missed around here. Cole has always been so great with our kids and is always willing to help out. Landon and him have really grown a lot closer the last few years and I'm sure Landon will miss all of the wrestling. We are so excited for Cole and know that he will be an awesome missionary. Cole was set apart as a missionary at Larry and Patti's house and it was such a spiritual experience we are so glad we were able to be there and are so proud of him. We are praying for him everyday!

Elder Wiser

Cook out and Nana and Poppa's a few days before Cole left

Houston with Hannah

I was so blessed to be able to go and spend some time with my little sister Hannah and her family in Houston. I have missed Hannah so much since they moved back east a few years ago and now Jake got a job in Texas so I guess it will probably be awhile until we will live close again. I regret not spending more time with them when they lived in Logan. Anyhow, I took the plunge and bought the plane tickets to go. I had major anxiety about flying. Not really the flying part, but the part about me with two kids alone flying. Payton stayed home with Landon. He went to work with him everyday and was such a good boy. Now that I'm back he is really missing working with daddy. I missed them both so much while I was gone. Anyhow back to the airplane ride. Luckily Cole, my bro-in-law decided to go to SanDiego at the same time so I got him tickets that were similar to mine so he could help out at the airport. He was so great! Haylee slept almost the whole way there and Josie actually did great. She fell asleep 10 minutes before we landed and I had a hard time waking her up to get off the plane. When we got off the plane and were walking through the airport we looked up to see the Oylers waiting to greet us. Josie and Molly started running towards eachother and then hugged, it was so cute!!! It was really humid the day we got there and Josie kept saying "Mom, I'm sweaty" the whole day it was pretty funny. I thought Houston was great, it was so pretty and green, mind you it was still the frozen tundra here in Utah. The first night Jake and Hannah treated us to Mexican food, it was so good, I can still taste it!! The trip was well worth it and went way too fast. We had fun shopping, playing with the girls, staying up late , picnics, ice cream trucks, cooking, making tutu's (courtesy of Grandma Lynda), playing Wii, going to the zoo and holding eachothers babies. Thank you Oylers for letting me invade your house. And thank you thank you Landon for totally supporting me on this one....I owe you big time hello bear hunting! This is my favorite picture of the trip. Isn't Hannah beautiful and Annie so so cute!!!
Here's chubby wubby Haylee in her sun hat.

We loved having the warm weather. Hannah says it was chillier than usual but if felt good to us. Molly loved her whale pool. The water was so cold and she was shaking, but she didn't want to get out.
Annie taking a dip

Josie and I had our first experience with a Wii. Josie played racing cows and I kicked Hannah and Jakes behind in a game of bowling. Ya I got skills
Fun at the Zoo


The Oylers + Josie

Sista's and Babies

Love and Miss you Hannah!
Haylee and Annie

I'm back!!!!

So I don't know where I have really been, but somehow life has kept me soooo busy. Nothing too exciting....kids, travel (that was the most exciting), work. Tonight I finally tried out the whole Redbox thing. The kids watched Alvin and the Chipmunks earlier today and then tonight Landon and I watched Juno. So it's a pretty crazy movie, reminded me of good old Napoleon Dynamite. I must be overly emotional because I actually cried. Holly told me earlier today that it made her cry but I rarely have emotions about movies so I thought I was home free. And I'm sure we cried about different things. As most or all of you know the show is about a pregnant teenager and some other wierd happenings. But anyhow when it got to the part where she is actually giving birth I broke down. It was reminding me how hard the whole process of having a baby is and then to think of a little 16 year old doing it. Hello, I'm 27 and struggle. Teen pregnancy that is a scary thing and its happening...all the time.
Wow this is a wierd post. Well I'll post more and let you know what we've been up to.