Too Far Away

Ever since we left Utah Hannah has been asking to play with her cousin Easton. Every time she asks its usually when were in the car going somewhere or getting ready to come home from somewhere that we've been, and each time we show up to whatever place it is were going to she realizes it's not Easton's house or Easton's not there, she burst into tears and cries out, " I want to play with Easton!" It is the saddest thing, I try to explain to her that Easton lives too far away to play with......




They pretty much were together the whole time we were in Utah they definitely had their good times, but definitely had their bad times too. I think the saying is, "To much of anything can be a bad thing!" Especially when your dealing with a three year older.

But in the end they were always happy to see each other and he's Hannah's new best little bud!

Sadly, I think it is finally sinking in with Hannah that Easton is too far away to play with, yesterday she told me, "Easton lives in Utah Mom, we can't play."

Crazy Nails

While in Utah we had a nail painting party with Laci, Pauline, and my girls and I. Laci had so many fun new colors that it made it hard for us to choose just one color so we decided to have them all. Laci was a good sport and painted all of our nails.....

Emily with one coat on and three more to go.......
Hannah's showing the finished project, she LOVES getting her nails done!
Ashley showing off hers.

This is one of the many things the girls love about going back to Utah they get to get all pampered up, they topped this day off with a day at Grandma Hobbs' hair salon where Grandma and Aunt Susan did their hair.

The Big Surprise

In January as most of you know we had a big surprise, after feeling physical and mentally done with my child bearing years Mike and I both decided that are little/big family was complete. At last I was able to get rid of anything that Hannah had outgrown/didn't use anymore. But to my surprise Heavenly Father had a different plan for our little/big family and blessed us with one more little baby......after letting the big news settle with me for a little while I eventually told my family of our big surprise and then asked Mike when he was going to tell his family, he then told me that he wasn't going to tell them, that they would find out when we went back to Utah in June, he thought it would be a fun surprise. This idea didn't shock me both of his older sisters did they same thing, his oldest sister Michelle thought it would be fun to surprise their sister Rayma that was on mission with her growing belly when she returned home from her mission, and his other sister Rayma surprised us a year ago when we went home for a wedding with her growing belly as well. But in the meantime that meant that I couldn't blog about our news.

So finally June got here and we were able to share our Big Surprise with everyone not only was it a big surprise that we were having another one, but in May we found out it was a BOY. After 4 girls we felt pretty confidant that we knew what we were having, but Mike and I were both blown away to find out that we had broken our pattern and were having a little boy!! Mike and I both welled up with tears in the ultra sound room, not only did we find out that it looked as though we were having a healthy baby, but also a baby boy. I laid there thinking after she told us it was a boy, " Wow this is going to be sooooo different not only do we have 4 girls, but they are all girlie girls, no more bows, cute frilly outfits, baby dolls, and dress up. Bring on cars, bugs,..... and whatever else little boys like??"

Some of Mike's family after a couple of glances at my belly and hearing a few snickers from some of us that already knew I was pregnant, finally asked, " Is there something you want to tell us?" and others that definitely noticed I was rounder but were to polite to ask found out by this invitation to the shower that my mom and little sister threw for me:

There was a couple who had four kids, And thought that they were through. Until one day the stork came by, And said, "I have a surprise for you!" You see they were quite startled by this new surprise, Everything was going fine until they realized, We have no diapers, they did say, no clothes or bottles too, Binkies, Onesies, we gave away, for we thought we were through! An "Oops" shower we will have to celebrate this baby! Please come and have lots of fun, please don't tell me maybe. Tons of goodies we will serve to keep us full of joy, So come and help us welcome this surprise baby boy!

It turned out to be a fun surprise, but I'm thankful that the little secret is out so I can blog about the rest of my pregnancy, we are are so excited to start this next chapter in our lives and to welcome this little baby boy(hopefully, or she'll be stuck in a lot of boy clothes)

All You Need Is Love

This years theme to the girls dance recital was " All You Need Is Love"
They both did an amazing job and it was fun for them to get all dressed up!
Madisyn's song was "We're in the money"
Emily's song was "Good day Sunshine"
Emily's song was " Supercalifragilistic"
Madisyn's song was "Golden Slumbers"

Maddy and Emily want to take a break from dance next year and try something else, I'm pushing for Ice Skating but will see what they choose.

Hannah Michael

Happy Birthday Hannah. I can't believe my baby is three, man does time just fly by!
We are planning a big party for Hannah while were in Utah, but as for today Mike and I are going to let her pick out a present and take her to lunch.

Here are some "All about Me"

Hannah loves to sing!

Hannah is are big helper at home she loves to get any article of clothing for any member of our family and patiently holds it tell your ready to put it on.

Hannah cannot have her pants cover up her belly button if they do she asks, "Where is my belly?" and then adjusts her pants a little lower.

Hannah favorite songs are Five little Monkeys and Wheels on the bus.

Hannah loves playing with friends and ask daily, " Mom can I go play with the kids?"

Hannah is very shy and it takes her a little bit to open up to people.

Hannah loves her cat O' malley or (aka) Gary and always says, "Mom, he is such a good boy."

Hannah loves sweets and tries to eat them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Hannah is our snuggle bug, she loves to give hugs and kisses.

Hannah is very caring and when anyone gets hurt she is there to give them a kiss, just yesterday Maddy hurt her finger and was crying, Hannah kissed it better and was confused when Maddy continued to cry and Hannah said," Maddy don't cry I kissed it better."

We are so happy for her sweet little spirit and all the fun and love she brings into our home.

Happy 3rd birthday Hannah!!

I'd settle for a slow down.

Its been a crazy busy week!! On Thursday I cleaned four houses, got home had enough time to change my clothes then had to head to the oral surgeon to get a wisdom tooth pulled.
Turned around the next day to get the girls off to school, go clean another house, get home with enough time to eat lunch and change my clothes and then head out the door to take Ashley to her Ortho appointment(seriously is this girl ever going to get her braces off??) on the route to getting Ashley from school I got a call from Madisyn's school saying that Maddy had bumped her head and may possibly need stitches!! So after picking up Ashley we head to Maddy's school. We get Ashley's appt. out of the way and then head to the doctor where they find that Maddy does indeed need stitches. From there we head home to pickup Emily, Hannah, and Mike to head to Anoka High School where Madisyn and Emily have dress rehearsal for their dance recital. Once their rehearsal is over we head to Apple Bees for dinner, YUM!!

On Saturday Shad and his kids came down so Shad could help us with the final steps for our sand point. (Yay, free water to water my lawn!!) I had the hard job as supervising, it was rough but someone had to do it. Thanks so much Shad for all your hard work, Mike says he wouldn't be surprised if you change your number and accidentally forget to tell me. Austin, Ashtyn, and Sydney talked their dad into letting them stay the night, which everyone was excited for when he said "YES"!
We then started the 2 hour hair and makeup session for Maddy and Emily and then all headed to the girls recital. Finally after picking up pizza we returned home at 9:30 to eat our dinner.

On Sunday we managed to have a mini party for Hannah's birthday, before I needed to start the hair and makeup session for tonight's recital and Mike leaving to run Shad's kids home

As stressful as the last four days have been I wouldn't have it any other way, because before to long all wonder where all the years went.

Cashing in!!

This Mother's day I got my beloved coupon book from Maddy, this is something I receive every year from one of my children, and is for sure one of my favorite gifts!! This year the book consisted of the following:

A spa treatment
Clean the table
Do nails
Random
Make breakfast
Make lunch
Make dinner( can use 3 times)
Make anything
Set table

Now I'm not one to put the coupon book in the drawer as a forgotten keepsake, every year I'm pretty good at using my coupons, and tonight when I was using one of the coupons( making dinner) Maddy informed me that I could use my coupons as much as I want, SWEET I think I'll take her up on that offer!!