turkey and trees.

 We were lucky enough to be asked to do desserts for turkey day this year! we had so much fun. Here is jason holding the cake balls getting ready to put them in the freezer, he had so much fun helping to make them.

 Here is alli helping out! Abby and the boys were playing wii, so they were too busy to help!

 My and my sis on thanksgiving, LOVE HER!!! and of course my daddy in the background.

 Zach sneaking a roll, (thats my grandma in the back there)

 getting ready to eat!

 mmm, everything is soooooo good.

 joey ready to dig in.

 Ok, now this has a story behind it, kind of a crazy one, it started with the boys bringing up my totes up from the basement, joey stepped on one of those stupid glue traps to catch mice, (no more mice here btw) it turned upside down, got all over the carpet, and made a mess, then jason went downstairs to see what all the commotion was, then stepped in the glue with his church pants which happen to be too long. so we stripped him down to his undies, and he just went like that the rest of the day, so I apologize all our tree decorating pics are with jason in his undies!!! Here he his showing off his new "socks".

 Alli and underwear boy putting ornaments on.

 Abby and underwear boy finding just the right place for the ornaments.

 My babies, someday I will get a pic where noone is pulling a face, lol.

 Then we snuck into the kitchen for some hot cocoa, the perfect ending.

Zach loves hot cocoa!

mmm, mmm, good :)

Ok, so I have my darling sister to blame for this one. She sent me a pic of this that she made, and of course it looked delish, then alli told me she was having a party at school the next day and she needed to bring a treat, so this of course came to mind, since it never left, and fyi, the original recipe called for regular popcorn, but I had these pops so I used them.

 mmm, mmm good, so you take your popcorn add whatever carmal sauce you usually make, (if anyone wants my recipe just let me know) then you add 1 c. of chopped up halloween candy chocolate bars, bake it for 10 min. then add another cup of chopped up candy bars, then enjoy, way too good.

 And then I made these, caramel cheesecake snickerdoodle sandwiches. ooooh yea.

and thats how this happened, lol,, I finally have a belly ;) Well I have made it to 28 weeks, some days it seems to go by soooo slow, then I look back and think wow, that was fast, and even crazier the end of this pregnancy is coming faster. And I'm not ready, we are clueless about a name, need lots of things for him still, and yet the time just keeps going by. I officially have 12 more weeks, but as we all know my other babies all came a month early, so I need to get ready. The fun part is I start going in to the dr every 2 weeks now. He is keeping a real close eye on baby, the migraine meds I am taking have a tendency to make a baby smaller, so not only do I get an ultrasound every appt with my dr. he is ordering an ultrasound with his tech every 2-3 weeks to check on the babys growth. so I am getting to see my little ones personality a lot. Today he must be either frustrated, or ready to meet his brothers, both his hands were tight in fists, lol. He wouldn't show me his face today, but everything else still looks great! (and still a boy) so I will keep you updated!!!

I wanna be locked up!

Lately I have been very negative (I've noticed this in my posts, so sorry about that) I am really not that depressed, and I have to say, my kids keep me going, I find something to laugh with or smile at several times a day. Well I came across this poem a while back, and it talks about exactly how I feel.

I want to be locked up

(thoughts from a harried mom, who is beginning to think some time in  a minimum security, white collar crime prison is looking pretty good.)

I want to be locked up
Away from everything,
Free from all the craziness
A mothers day can bring.
No planning, shopping, cooking
Three healthy meals a day,
Served up with love to finicky kids
Who throw most of it away.
No constant interruptions,
Dirty laundry on the floor,
Driving everyone every place,
Sibling rivalry (Its war!)
No one asking me to do things,
Getting mad if I forget,
Me giving up my very self-
I'm the family marionette.
Prison sometimes looks appealing
(or maybe the looney bin),
I get free time and three square meals;
With nothing to do, I win!
I want to be locked up
For freedom, time and such,
There's just one obstacle for me;
I LOVE MY KIDS TOO MUCH!!!
by Joanna Fuchs


So there ya have it, I guess I'm not going anywhere, lol.

happy halloween!

 Happy Halloween! I am so happy that the weather stayed nice for trick or treating! It made it a whole lot funner! Here are my munchkins all dressed up. Zach is dressed up as zach, joey is dressed up as zak bagans from the show ghost adventures, alli is my cute little hippie. Abby is a witch with a butterfly on her face from her school party. And jason even though it is the same costume all night, he went from an alligator to a dinosaur to a dragon.

 Getting ready for the trunkortreat.

 abby is ready to go!

 Jason tried to give me a mean face, I just think its adorable.

 These next pics are jj and brian. My dad works at lowes, and he gets those cute little "kid projects" that jason LOVES to do. so here they are making the monster box.

I guess his neck itched, and he used the only thing he had. funny kid.

pregnancy woes and painting

So I had my 6 month checkup today, with the gluecose test. That test always makes me feel ucky. But I did it, and I am on the borderline, but they are letting it go anyway. Yea!!!! I can still enjoy my occasional sweet, or more than occasional. Baby is doing good, his growth has slown down a bit, so the dr is keeping a close eye on him. but so far pretty good. And I figured I don't have any pics of me pregnant with my other kids so I thought I should start taking some pics :) I know im not that big yet, I have what I call a spine hugger, I am totally uncomfortable because he is hugging my spine all the time. And there is not all that much room to eat! I take 4 bites of dinner and I get full, sometimes I wish my belly would just pop out so I could eat, lol.

 Another lovely aspect of my pregancy is I needed to get reading glasses. The dr is sure my perfect eyesight will come back after baby is born, hopefully! we shall see.

 Ok, here are my ugly house pics, this is the poop brown color that was in my laundry room and bathroom, pretty gross huh.

 laundry room

 bathroom. I know they are out of order, I am brain dead today, the after pics of bathroom and laundry room are down below.

 the boys painting their room. Needless to say, they did one wall, and I finished the room! Crazy boys.

 Jason decided he wanted to help the big brothers.

 After :) Not too bad huh. the blue is so relaxing. This is zachs little corner.

 and this is joeys corner. thank goodness I have a picture, cause it has never been this clean again.

 My kitchen, I painted it the same yellow as my old house hoping I will like the kitchen a bit more if the color was the same.

 Bathroom after pics. so clean and fresh!!!

 laundry room, I had to leave the poop brown color because I couldn't move out the washer and dryer, in fact to get them in we had to take out a door frame, so I painted the top half and added the border, it helps soooooo much!

 And finally alli's room, yes the green is as bright as it looks, maybe even brighter! It is such a happy room.

So far that is it, I still have to paint abby and jasons room, my room the family room, the movie room, and the living room, plus 2 more bathrooms. but all that overwhelmes me, so one at a time right. if anyone feels like painting, feel free to give me a call, lol. I take any and all volunteers, well except teenage boys.

pics of my munchkins!

We went for a sunday drive yesterday, mostly because I needed to get new pics of the kiddos, with 5 in school now, we just can't order the school pics, they have gotten way too expensive, so I the very ameture photographer that I am, went and took my own. They didn't turn out too bad. Of course with kids as cute as mine, its pretty easy :)

 Not the best picture, butI loved how they looked hanging out over the water.

 I had to throw this one in, I'm sure the boys won't like it, but I thought it was pretty cute!

 And we couldn't leave out the littlest one! Here he is waving at everyone.

 And my upside down baby, with his long legs.

life is sometimes a big headache!

Ok, so I haven't posted in a while, I thought I would catch everyone up a little. The move was and is a bit much for me, I am surviving, but wish I could feel settled. I feel anything but!!! I am missing my friends, in fact I ordered a big order of french frys for lunch the other day to honor my idaho friends :) I really miss all of you! I have been very busy painting and organizing and reorganizing, on top of running kids everywhere, and dealing with pregnancy and headaches. Which leads me to what I did yesterday.... but to back up a bit, my OB refused to treat my headaches, which is a little frustrating, so I went to a chiropractor, which has helped a bit, usually for the day I go and the next, then I went to a neurologist yesterday for more help. She put me on a new "safe" med, which happens to make me sick, and also gave me 2 cortizone steroid shots in the back of my head. Which hurt like crazy, and have a 50-50 chance of even working, and it only works for 1-3 months, but I only have to make it 4 more months till I can go back on my regular meds that I know work. so I will hang in there, and go day to day! but so far baby is fine! (and still a boy ;) 
Brian and I have a new calling in the ward, we are teaching sunday school, the 15 and 16 year olds, SCARY!!! I still havent figured out what to do with my own teenager. what were they thinking???? I hope I don't ruin them all. If all else fails, bring treats right? speaking of treats, for this time of year, I have a new favorite treat, (I have made it twice) look here and try it out. http://picky-palate.com/2011/10/06/double-chocolate-pumpkin-cake-with-pumpkin-spice-buttercream/   soooo delish! anyway, sorry if this turned into a blubber fest, I have been taking pics of the rooms I finish, so I will post them soon!