Amanda's Baby Shower

So as all of you know, all of my sisters are either pregnant or have had a baby within the last few months. So, it's Amanda's turn. Jeannie drove Becca and me to the baby shower. She lives in Winslow. It was actually a great road trip and a nice break from the boys. Road trips are obviously not the funnest thing for us since the accident, but we got there safe and got home safe! And... I'm so glad we went.

Here we are with the adorable pregnant one, LOL! Jeannie, me, Amanda, and Becca.

And here is Suzy. She's the only child we brought with us. She did so good the whole time. She was a perfect angel in the car. She is so adorable!
This is all of Amanda's family that was there. I don't know every one's names, sorry.

Kinzie is so excited to be a big sister!

Yay for presents! I can't believe how much stuff she got. As she opened each present, I kept thinking... ooh, that will be nice for when I have a girl. Hint hint Amanda! It was a great trip and it felt so good to be able to support my sister! She has made so many trips to Mesa for Becca and me. Oh my gosh did it make me baby hungry though. ;-)

Kisses from Ben!

Ben had a little breakdown because I put a video of Isaac on here the other day. So... here is a clip of Ben doing NOTHING! But atleast you get a kiss at the end!

Thinking, once again!

This last week was full of major breakdowns and disappointments. I am not intending for this post to be depressing or (woe is me) and Grandma Tannie would say it. I feel as if my body is falling apart. I have chronic diseases that i have learned to live with over the years. Since my surgery this last month, I have had nothing but issues when it comes to keeping feed down/maintaining my blood sugar levels. I have had a lot of prayers said on my behalf. I had a Dr. appointment today and was really just hoping with everything in me that i would have some answers as far as to what is causing my pain. I started feeling sorry for myself, thinking "Why God are you making my body go through this and not giving them the answers they need to fix it." The more I reflect on it, the more I realize how irrational I am at times when I'm not feeling good. Once again, I am trying to focus on my blessings. Yes, I am living with a chronic disease (diabetes) which causes some other complications at times, but i am a healthy diabetic. I am responsible with keeping my blood sugar where it needs to be. That is definitely a blessing. Much of the time, my health does not keep me from being a good wife and a good mom to my little worms :-) So my goal for the rest of the week is to not dwell on all the things going wrong with my body and just try and wait in patience. I know...easier said than done. Your prayers are much appreciated and I am sure that they are part of what will keep me going this week. I have a test on Thursday and another one on Friday, both on my stomach. I am just going to put my faith in the Lord and rely on Him. After all, "the son of man, hath descended below them all. Art thou greater than He?"

Field Trip to the Library

So Isaac's preschool class took a fieldtrip to the Library last week and Ben and I came along.
Here's a picture of the story reader...she was awesome. I almost felt like a little kid listening to her read some
stories. She definitely had all the kids attention

Here's Isaac looking at books.

And the two little worms acting like crazy boys in the library.

Love my little Isaac and my little Ben. Such sweet boys!

My New Dishwasher!!

Hooray for me!! I have a new dishwasher! And BTW, before you judge me for making my 5 year old wash the dishes... HE ASKED! Lucky me. FYI, to hear the video, you have to go to the bottom of the blog and pause the music on the play list.

Easter and Babies Blessings

Happy Easter to everyone!! This was the best Easter we have had in a long time with lots of family from out of town! My dad was able to make it here from CO and my sister was able to come from Utah. All for the special event of baby Suzy and baby Lily being blessed on Easter Sunday. I apologise in advance for the number of pictures! It's hard to narrow them down when we had such a great day!

So here are they boys hunting for Easter eggs outside! They had a blast!

My sweet little Benny Boo

and here's how Tom spent the morning, LOL

The Easter Bunny came!!

Ben and Isaac ate some much chocolate, it literally made them sick.

more Easter egg hunt pictures

Ben and Sydni workin together! Aren't they so cute?!

Isaac, the proud finder of many eggs with prizes inside!

Ben found some eggs is what we thought were easy places for him.

Sydni with all her eggs!!

Brennan and Isaac

Easter evening, we all met at the Barney's for the big event... the babies blessings. They were both so completely precious. Here is my little Lily pie in her blessing dress. She is now up to 8 pounds!

And here is little Suzy Q in her beautiful blessing dress!

Our place settings for dinner.

This is my brother ray (youngest of the boys) holding Ana and Abigail. They all love getting a ride from Ray. Ana and Abigail are Becca's oldest daughters.

the family starting to gather for the blessings

an attempt at a family picture. Kinda hard when there's 50 or more people they are wanting to squeeze into one picture. Especially when some of them are crazy little kids.

My sweet little family in our Easter outfits! Aren't the boys just so so so adorable?!

This is me with my little Lily pie. Notice how beautiful her blessing dress is.

Ha, ha, this is what I attempted to eat for dinner. Not quite back to 100% since my surgery last week.

our huge family eating!

one of two tables, LOL. not including the 3 large kids tables!

Me holding my miss Suzy Q! Didn't get one of her before they changed her out of her blessing dress. I was kinda bummed.

Isaac, just takin it easy.

Ben outside playing with the cousins after the blessings!

My dad holding little Lily pie!

Half of the siblings we could scrounge up for a family picture, LOL. Oh well

And half of the sisters. At least we got the best ones in the photo, JK. Anyhoo, this is me (left), Becca (middle) and Katie (right). I just have to say real quick how much i really do love my sisters. they mean everything in the world to me and are such a huge support. They make my life better. I love you all, even the one's not in the picture!

Here are my sister Becca and me with my Dad. I love him dearly and am so thankful he was able to make it down for the blessings. It really is very rare when we get to see him, but it's always a treat.

Awwww, and me and my dadio. Love you more that words can say! It was a great weekend visiting with family, remembering mom and how much she would be loving having all these new babies around, getting teased by the older brothers, etc. We couldn't have asked for a better Easter!