Yikes! Its been forever!

Alright, i have some serious time to catch up on! My last post seems to be over a year ago! hmmmmmm....thats sad! Alright heres a QUICK recap of the last year, and here's hoping I can keep this up better! (wink*) Of course everyone is a year older (and wiser hopefully). Camping trip after camping trip, our garden, raising chickens, BBQing and family have kept last summer full and fun! Snowmachine trips and holiday parties and school has kept our winter fun and busy. Morning sickness has been slowing down the begining of 2011 BUT a bundle of GIRL to meet around August 18th 2011 will surely make it all worth it! let the naming games begin! I'll be posting pictures here soon. And here's hoping I can do better at keeping my blog up to date! see ya soon!

Sledding Pictures!!

I diddnt take a ton of sledding pictures, the kids zooomed tooo fast down Papas hill, they were blurry in the pictures, BUT here some fun ones that looked good!

James

Samantha

Ian

What do you get when you add a....

dad, his sons and a HUGE SNOW BIRM?????


A SNOWCASTLE!!

This is a 14x20 foot snow castle complete with a slide (see samantha on the left laying on the sled) The stairs on the Right, by the shovel, go up to the top level that wraps around the back. Then there is a doorway between Josh and I that goes into a room that is probably 5x9 Ian and Isaac are sitting the the wall that goes into it. Can you see Grandma Elaine in the back? :)

The kids want to play on this ALL DAY...they LOVE IT!!! Josh wants to make this into a family tradition every year.....he is already planning on 3 levels for next year....what fun!

Snowmachine Weekend!!

Spring break was great we went out to Grandma and Papa Iveys "Green Cabin" for 4 days. We had a blast, it was soo fun just getting away and sledding with the kids and hanging out with the family.

Josh even made a 4 man totem pole going sledding. James Ivey in the front then Ian, Isaac and Josh. That was great!! There was sooo much sledding out there this weekend! Everyone had soo much fun!

The kids also LOVED the little kid snowmachines. It was too fun to watch them drive around the feild by the cabin. Here Samantha crashed into this tree and got her ski stuck. She had such a great time driving around.

Isaac.....

and Ian Loved their turns on the 120s too!

Isaac even got to try driving Grandma Elaines machine....He did great. Next year he will "HAVE TO HAVE " his own machine i'm sure.

This last week Josh bought the kids a little .22 rifle called a Chipmunk. Josh and Isaac took it out to do a little practice shooting. Isaac did great and loves it. Its just his size.

More pics soooon!

Kids are great!

Sooo for this last school year Isaac has been going through the math curriculum called MathUSee. Great program by the way. The other day at swimming I went to pick Isaac up and noticed that the chalk borad next to the part of the pool where his lessons are had a few math problems written and answered on it. I asked him if that was him writting on the board (looked like his hand writting) and he said Yes. Seems I get him to swimming a little too early and he sits there ready to get in the water and does math until his lesson :) Thats great, he could be doing worse.

There is a little math game we like to play, he asks for it all the time. Heres how it goes...

I say "Isaac if I am 6 and together we are 9 what are you???" "3" Little intro to algebra....He gets it right all the time!

I'm so proud of him he really is doing great at math, he just loves it!

Ian has been surprising me more and more lately, today he wrote/drew a card for my dad (whos birthday party is tommorow) and has amazingly great penmanship for a 4 year old (at least i think so). The other day while playing a math game, the one I mentioned above, with Isaac, Ian chimed in and answered one of the problems. I guess it pays off to hang out with Isaac durring school :)

Samantha and Zoa are getting to be such great buds. Right now Samantha and Josh are off snowmachining on a daddy daughter weekend. Zoa and I were sitting here at the computer checking on my blog and she started getting fussy so I played the video of Samantha singing and she INSTANTLY stopped crying and started jumping and smiling HUGE, Zoa sure does LOVE Samantha and Samantha Loves her!!!

I am having such fun with my kids right now. Lately they have been really good and fun to be around, I feel so blessed!

My Private Blog

Sorry everyone, for some reason I felt the need to go private. I hope this isn't an inconvenience to you. I've got some cute pictures i'll be posting here soon.......see ya then!

Halloween 2009

Here's one of my favorite pictures! Love it!

HAPPY GIRL!!

Zoa Mae Ivey

2 months old!

She sure is a SWEETIE PIE!!

ZOA MAE IVEY

YEA!! ZOA MAE IS HERE!!! She got here at 11:06 am on Sept 25, 2009. She weighed 7'13" and was 20 inches long. She is doing great!!



Sorry but i couldnt get this one twisted right...but here she is. She sure is a sweet little girl.

Isaac and his new favorite lady!! He said over and over again yesterday "Mama you did a great job!!" he thinks she looks so much prettier than he ever imagined!! he is a fun boy!

Ian and Zoa! We think these two look the most alike, Ian Loves that!! He just LOVES ZOA!

Samantha and Zoa! Immediate new (princess) Best Friends. Samantha is LOVING this little girl!! Samantha is soooo excited.

We are so excited, she came out just perfect!! ZOA MAE IVEY!

My princess Samantha Singing her FAVORITE song.

Here is Samantha Singing Families are Forever. She absolutly LOVES to sing this song!

She started out wanting to be sung to every night and so I would sing different songs to her. This one and I am a Child of God and The Popcorn Song have been the ones she asks for every night.

It was very cute on the trip down the gulkana this summer she sang this song at least 5 times a day. She LOVES to sing and I LOVE listening to her sing......

24 days to go!

Heres some good news.....In 24 days I will be holding my 4th baby! We are going in the 25 of September for a c-section!! I'll be getting some fun pictures up of Zoa Mae Ivey as soon as I can! We cant wait to meet her!

Adoption day WAS GREAT!

My Sister in Law and Brother in Law adopted their 2 little foster boys yesterday, June 17, 2009! The court part was so great hearing that Becki and Nick are Mom and Dad from here on out to Alvin and Paul brought a tear to me eye. I cant help myself, they are such a cute family! The BBQ afterwards was great there was a ton of people! So much love and congrats from everyone! The whole day was SO GREAT!

I am SOOO Happy for them. My kids have offical cousins that are here to STAY! we are so happy to have them in our lives!

CONGRATS YOU GUYS!!!

I love summer!

Sorry i havent blogged in a while, i was just thinking how much went to the wayside as soon as it was fun to be at the parks all of the time.....hmmmmm.

Summer is going great we have just been doing everything fun outside as much as possible. The other day we were out at parks (2 different ones) from 10 am till 3:30 pm i got red but not burned and the kids went to bed early that day! It was a blast! Weve also headed out to willow and camped at Bilbo and Elaines house, always a blast to stay with grandparents!

Isaac started T-Ball and absolutly LOVES it. He cannot get enough of it. His team is the Red Dragons. They pretty much just hit the ball and run a base. But getting the hang of where to run is the begining. Ian and Samantha just play in the woods and under the bleachers the whole hour. They all Love it!

Here's Samantha at my Moms house playing with all the garage sale stuff...Silly Manta, that stuff is for sale!


Summer is looking like a low blogging time with a TON of fun things to blog, so i'll try to do my best. Have a Great Summer!

What kind of shoes are you wearing???

The cutest thing happened the other day I just have to share with you. We are trying our hardest to get out the door quickly for swimming lessons but every kid cant find something. So i'm getting a little short with them. Then Ian (my 4 y/o) comes out of his bedroom with one flip-flop on and says "MOM, I wound one whip-wop but i tant whind my other whip-wop!! Tan you heop me whind my odder whip-wop???? PLEASE!!!!" Oh, how can you not laugh at that!!! That turned my whole day around! I just love that his alphabet only has about 20 letters! I just love how much (and how) he is talking!!

cover your kids eyes and ears!! WARNING EASTER BUNNY SPOILER!!!

So the last few Easters have not been good. Either I have a puking child for 24 hours during Easter or seriously I remember that it is Easter at midnight the Saturday night before. Yea, that happened but I have really good reasoning to have forgotten.

Last year I bought baskets that seem durable and have a cotton lining so this year we are going to fill them with kid made "grass" and the Easter eggs that we decorate and put them out on the couch before bed. (this is kinda a Christmas stocking theory) Then the Easter Bunny will come by and take the decorated eggs (my sister in laws idea) that we put in the baskets the night before and hide them for the kids to find in the morning. Then he will fill them with fresh fruit, spring colored packaged breakfast bars or mabey homemade muffins?? (i heard that since the puking child may have been a result of too much candy in the morning and a flu bug at the same time sweets wont be the only thing in the basket, too tempting with no alternative!) BUT he will be putting some treats in to be enjoyed later in the day BUT not too much. He may also put books and good toys in and mabey a movie, all Easter themed of course.

This helps with the few problems i do have with Easter....

Cheap ugly baskets that get thrown away or broken before the next easter, having 2 sets of easter eggs 1 set the kids helped decorate and one set that is decorated that the kids dont know about that "the bunny" leaves, And last but not least too much candy. That is always one thing i over do every christmas and Easter with my thinking that only one handful of candy will make the basket look empty.

So there's my new Easter Ideas, I am so excited to do this! With Easter being almost 2 weeks away i'd better get working on this!! I'll deffinatly be taking pictures and will add them to this post after Easter! See you then!

Being pregnant is...no fun.

I don't know many women who love to be pregnant. Seriously the first trimester is no fun. My poor daughter the other day was pretending to puke in the toilet! Why do kids always pick your least flattering experiences to imitate!??

I cant wait for the 1st trimester to be OVER! I love the middle of pregnancies, you start to look pregnant and you can do anything!

What does a Snow Angel look like?

Joshs parents took Isaac and Ian out to their cabin for a little vacation (Isaac and Bilbo were there for 10 days and Ian and Elaine joined them for the last 4 days) While they were there Bilbo and Elaine showed them how to do snow angels. They had a lot of fun. Then Bilbo saw Ian fall face first instead of back first. He rushed over to Ian and helped him up. Ian was crying by now. He asked him "what are you doing, your suppose to fall back first?" Through tears Ian says "but I wanted my snow angel to have eyes! (sob sob)"

that boy is just too cute!

Josh is just a big KID!

I finnally figured out what type of parent I am.....I am a single mom with 4 kids (not three). So for the last year (ish) we have been trying real hard to get the kids to stop playing with thier toy tubs. It is really annoying when they dump ALL the toys everywhere just to play with the toy tubs. So one day a few weeks ago I heard a ton of laughing and saw Josh run out to the kids room . He looked satartled when he saw me and was laughing. Of course I am still in mom mode (i have been policing toddlers all day) And say "why is the toy tub on your HEAD??" Josh says "were being Mushroom People!!.......and besides the tubs were already empty!" Umm, yea, I now know why the kids are still dumping their tubs!

He is the funnest amount of carzy and the best amount of parent when needed! he is the BEST!

The Boy and his Scissors!

I just found this among my posts that i started but didn't finish, so here you go.


Every fairy tale need is a princess and a villain. Here is the villain.

He's a cute one, but some times his imagination gets him into loads of trouble, I think that its because he is a crazy, fun loving boy. Its a fact that he has even driven a toy ride on car straight off the top bunk. Seriously when he hit the floor he shook his head and looked a little stunned because it should've been pain free, but that story is for another day!

Along comes the princess.........Of course every princess has prefect hair but thanks to our villain, she does not. He decided a haircut was in order so to the chop shop she went. Ian grabbed Ian sized hand fulls from her head and snipped off about 4 Ian sized hand fulls out of her hair! I was pretty sad to come back in the room from switching the laundry to find clumps of princess hair everywhere!! It was rough!

I am happy to inform that her princess hair is S-L-O-W-L-Y growing back. And there will be a happily ever after until the villain strikes again.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope your day was great, Mine was wonderful!

In an earlier post I said that I wanted to enrich our lives and learn the true meaning of thanksgiving. Well we had a few learning times about being thankful and about the Pilgrims and Indians so many years ago. We also had a wonderful thanksgiving FHE the Monday before the joyous pig out day! We talked about the 10 lepers and how only 1 came to give thanks, more should have. We also made a thankful tree at FHE! It was alot of fun. I made a TON of leaves and we wrote things we are thankful for on them. What the kids were thankful for was the cutest part. They were thankful for things like....Castles, the Wii, Wall-e, the Rocketeer, Family and Primary Teachers! Then we taped them to the tree! It really turned out GREAT! The kids really LOVED this part.

Ohh and don't look too close at the door, It has been sanded but not painted. Here's just another one of my projects that will get done......someday!

The ABC's of Me!!

I've been tagged by my friend Kathryn. (well she said on hers anyone who wanted to, and i want to, so here we go!)

A- Attached or Single: Attached
B- Best friends: Josh (my husband), Erika (my sister), Becki (my sister in law)
C- Cake or Pie: Chocolate cake and Pecan Pie come in close!
D- Day of choice: Saturday, Big Family Day!
E- Essential Items: Family, Friends and Chocolate.
F- Favorite color: really any natural color especially Sky Blue like today!
G- Gummy Worms or Godiva Chocolate: Id Have to say Godiva BUT I Want to say any European brand (lindt, toblerone, rittersport! YUMMMM!)
H- Hometown: Palmer, AK
I- Indulgences: going out for sushi or thrift store shopping
J- January or July: July, for all the fun out door activities and not having to bring coats everywhere we go. Josh would say January for the snow machining!
K- Kids: Isaac 6 years, Ian 3.5 years, Samantha 2.5 years and Josh 28 years!!
L- Life is incomplete without: Christ, Love, Family, and laughter!
M- Marriage Date: August 4, 2001 WOW its been 7 years!
N- Number of Siblings: 3 Sisters (Shana, Paula, Me and Erika)
O- Oranges or Apples: Oranges!
P- Phobias or Fears: Moths, I know weird! But they are so hairy and fat and gross! Oh and Heights!
Q- Quotes: I'd have to say that currently a fav quote is "Raising Kids is like being Pecked to Death by a Duck!" My cousin Ambriah said that once and I have LOVED it ever since. Often it applies to me and other times, not so much!
R- Reasons to Smile: Anything I am grateful for!
S- Season: Fall! Love the colors!
T- Tag Friends: Anyone who wants to do it.
U- Unknown Fact About Me: Someday I would love to have a Stained Glass Studio in my home and sell it at my dream booth at the Fair!!
V- Very favorite Store: LOTS! Micheals, Value Village, Fred Meyer, CTMH.com, walmart, etc.
W- Worst Habit: Playing on the Internet and not doing my chores! like now!
X- X-ray, Ultra-sound or Mammogram: none of the above, they all sound annoying. All i have had of those is an xray.
Y- Your Favorite Food: Tator Tot Casserole, Asparagus Chicken over Rice.
Z- Zodiac: Libra