Happy Halloween!!!!

Farrah rounded up the kids and took them out to a "trunk or treat." You can see our little cowgirl and lion. Raegan had a blast and learned what to say REAL quick. I was able to take Raegan to a couple of houses later in the evening. I just knocked and she did the rest. Enjoy!!!

If you are surprised...

so am I...we finally did it! We purchased a camera! How pathetic am I. I was soooooo excited that the first time I was able to use it I took like 45 pictures. It is Sunday, and it sure was a SUN-day. It was beautiful outside so our family took advantage of it and took a little jaunt to the park. We wanted to wear the kids out as well so that we could all get a little Sunday afternoon nap in (you know all of you reading this cherish those when you get 'em)...and we certainly wore them right out. They both fell asleep on our walk back as you can see in the pics. Anyhow, our lives as of now really haven't changed much. Shawn is nearing the end of his season. His team has been improving and its been fun going to all his home games and seeing Shawn in action. He and his team have been on the road a ton this year that its been weird to see him all day yesterday and all day today. Its been great...Rae keeps saying, "you no go to work today, you stay here with me". Shes kindof a daddys girl:) And as for us (me and the 2 little rugrats), we are chuggin' along with all the ups and downs of everyday life. Rae is so into being a little mom to all her babies. At the end of the day as Im cleaning up I happen to find her babies 'tucked in' all over the place under anything thats soft and blanket like...on the bathroom rugs smothered under huge towels, in closets barely covered under beanies, on all the couches, beds, and cushions of all sorts all over the place...its pretty cute! Once I found a baby with its mouth stuffed with POPS, the cereal. I laughed pretty hard as I cleaned it out. She's also on this new kick of making our hair pretty. She gets all of her bows out, her little comb, and sits on top of the couch with either Shawn or myself between her legs as she rips our hair out and jams bows till they stick...its lovely:) Shes quite a riot huh. As for Evan, well, he is pretty much the sweetest kid in the world. He idolizes Rae already. Anytime he sees her he laughs. He's also the toughest kid too. For any and all those who know Rae understand exactly what I mean. He is so fun and so precious. He's just a bundle of joy, smiles, and laughs. He loves being held high in the air and rough housed around...he really is a boy. I love watching him grow and learn and can't wait to keep watching! Thats it for now and I'm sure it won't be long till there's more:)

FINALLY...

Im sure is what most of you who view our blog from time to time are saying to yourselves. Well, take these pics for what they're worth. They are pictures taken from my cell phone, sent to my email, downloaded onto my computer, and now....here they are. So, until we purchase a new camera (which may happen in the next life time...kidding Shawn:) this will have to do. The one of Rae pretty much sums up her obsession lately...her baby dolls! She plays mama all day...and she is ever so gentle, which may surprise most of you. She speaks to them as if they truly have a beating heart. They are her best friends. She takes her favorite one with her to the park, McDonalds, volleyball games, car-rides, church, and anywhere else we venture off to! IT IS HILARIOUS! At McDonalds, we each held a hand on her baby as we crossed the street to enter, then inside, her baby hogged a real booster seat as Rae so kindly smashed her up to the table, fed her some nuggets and fries, changed her diaper right in the middle of the play gym, and sang her 'You are my sunshine' in Evan's car-seat. I was dying, and so were most of the other adults there except for the ones who had to hold their toddlers while eating cause Rae's doll occupied the last booster! Pretty funny huh. Anyhow, as for Evan, he is my bright and shinning light of my life. His smile takes me to another world. He is laughing now, and it is the absolute best. He must remember Rae from Heaven cause when we go to get him out of his crib (or any time he sees her for that matter), he looks directly at her he gets so excited and smiles so big he actually slams his head back down only to pop it up again and repeat the cycle...it is priceless. Love you all and I apologize for the novel. Till next time...and hopefully I have some real pics (hint...hint...Shawn)!

Freeway accident

For those of you that don't know already, I will explain the delay and neglect of a new post for so long. We were on our way home from Alpine when we met Brooke at point of the mountain to pick her up for the USU volleyball camp, when Shawn took out my backpack and placed it on top of the car to fit Brooke's stuff in. We got in the car and off we went. On the freeway as we rounded the point of the mtn., Shawn saw one of Rae's bottles fly off the top of the car out of his rear view mirror and realized he may have made a big mistake...he left the backpack on the top of the car...OOOPS! Well, that was probably the one bag NOT to leave out because it happened to have my laptop, camera, chargers, work, and other stuff in it. We quickly pulled off to the side and reversed until we were parallel with the backpack...and it was actually ok for a bit, until a huge truck just crunched it right under our noses. It was a pretty painful sight as you can imagine! SO, there ya are. No camera, no pictures. We are in the process of buying one, but until then...I apologize! Thanks for your patience....and to be continued....

Farrah and the Window

On Friday while recruiting in Minnesota, Grayson got a call from his wife that I needed to come home ASAP. Farrah was in the ER for cutting herself while breaking the basement window. I was told by Grayson that Farrah locked the keys in the car and broke the window to get back inside. I was not told that Evan was locked in a running car with no AC. So of course, Heather as my witness, I get mad at Farrah asking her why she just didn't call a locksmith. She informs me that Evan was locked inside our car without AC. She proceeds to tell me that she went to both neighbors and neither were home. She checked all doors and was then getting very frantic and Evan is screaming as well as Raegan as she follows mom around. Farrah grabs a rock and throws it at the basement window. Nothing!!! So she finds a bigger rock and still nothing so she decides to hold the rock in her hand as she pretty much punches through the glass. This allowed Farrah entry into the house but it was not without some serious consequences. Then she climbs inside, although she is not sure how she did it, and tells a screaming Raegan to stay where she is and do not follow mom. Raegan was hysterical but she didn't move as Farrah went inside and got the keys, phone and towels to stop the bleeding. She received two nasty gashes on the inside of her arm. One right on the inside of her wrist and the other on her forearm. Doctors checked all her arteries and everything looks okay other than being sore. Luckily Grayson's wife was on her way to meet Farrah for dinner so Farrah called her and Lenoni sped to our house and rushed them to the ER. As she climbed or jumped through the window, her leg got scalped and you can still see the skin on the glass in the pictures. Crazy!!! The pictures don't do it justice and I have looked at the scene 10 different times and I cannot figure out how Farrah got through that window without more serious injuries. The window is like four feet off the ground and those boxes were just old boxes that we used for moving and maybe have a few holiday decorations in them. Everyone is ok, but Raegan has talked about mom and the rocks about 100 times today. ps. Sorry about the long posts and horrible sentence construction. Oh well...you get the point!!!

Here are a few pictures from this last week. My dad and a few sisters came up while Shawn was out recruiting and we made a day trip up to Bear Lake in the Motorhome. Everyone knows that Raegan likes "big trucks", so she was in heaven actually riding inside of the beast. Bear Lake is beautiful and the kids couldn't get enough of the water, rocks, sun and the Motorhome. You can see in one of the pictures where Raegan is exhausted after a day at the lake and then you see where she just passes out in the back of the Motorhome with Kobie and Alix. The other picture is at the Logan Pool and you can see that Raegan is going to enjoy having Aunt Becca around next year since Becca is going to go to Utah State. Most of you know there was a little incident that made Shawn come home a little earlier than expected. We will post pics and story here shortly.

To all the mothers I know...

I just have to write a note to all the mothers out there that I know...how do you do it? Really, adding just one more little angel into the mix makes for a crazy busy life! I can't even imagine 6 or 7...like my own mother. I have such an appreciation for my mom and all the moms I know. I know Im sleep deprived and house bound right now and that will all change, but I have to say being a mom is the most rewarding and incredible yet difficult job in the world. Shawn called me yesterday and I was just bawling. I have this daughter named Raegan who has now learned how to be destructive and throw a temper tantrum all at the same time and it seems she does them most when I have my hands tied up with Evan...hmmmm...I wonder why:) Anyhow, I was trying to feed my screaming and starving baby and Raegan decided to throw one of her fits by opening and slamming the shudders on our window. They were just banging off the window and I new any moment the window was going to shatter, so instead of ignoring her fit like I usually do, I got up and grabbed her arm away from the window and told her to sit on time-out. She threw herself on the floor and started screaming all in the meantime, my poor starving child is screaming in my arms looking for his food. I got Rae up off the floor and led her to the stair (her time-out) and as I was walking back to the couch, I gashed my knee so hard on our coffee table, and for those of you who dont know, I thought I was going to look down and see a screw or two oozing out from my surgeries. I finally made it to the couch and had to take a 10 second breather, then I broke down sobbing and at that moment, I knew that wasn't the end and that is why I am here now writing to all the other mothers that are laughing and crying with me right now, cause I know you have all been there, done that and I admire each one of you! I often wonder how my sweet little girl is still alive:) Oh I know how, she makes me crazy...yes...but she makes me laugh so hard, out loud, to myself, all day long. Yesterday, just real quick cause I know this is already a novel, I sat down to read "Dinosaurs" with her...her favorite book...and just randomly I asked her to read it to me just thinking she would ramble. But, to my surprise, SHE HAD THE WHOLE THING MEMORIZED...I was laughing my head off! I had no idea I had read it that many times to her...pretty funny stuff! Anyway, thanks for listening and reading if you made it this far. Evan is growing so much and I thought I would post some new pics, even though they probably all look the same! We are all happy and healthy here, just chuggin along trying to enjoy the sun as much as possible. The one pic of Rae on the steps with all her babies was taken cause she made me sit out in front with her for like 45 minutes to wait for the big truck to come get the garbage. She's obsessed with the garbage man, and she is a serious pack-rat...can't go anywhere without her blanky or babies:)

FINALLY...

a day of fresh air. I have been house-bound for almost a month and I was getting a bit stir crazy...so we were out and about a bit today. It was so refreshing and great to enjoy the sunshine and fresh air. I think my poor little hermit daughter had a wonderful time too, which made me happy. If Im house-bound, so is she and we were ready to breathe some fresh oxygen! We all made a trip to the aquatics center here in Logan and as you can see Rae's favorite thing there is the slide. I think Shawn enjoyed it almost as much:) I got to play a little with Rae in the pool, but I mostly hung out in the shade with my little guy. Anyways, we all had a ball. Enjoy the pics!

Just a quick update

So, here we are. Not much new around here other than our little guy who's not going to be so little much longer so we are just trying to soak up as much cuddling as possible. Here are a few pics of him and Rae. By the way, my little terror (that would be Raegan for those of you who dont know) has really sweetened up with Evan. I peek in on her when I know she is sneaking up on Evan and she just stands there and looks at him, sometimes gives him a soft kiss on the head. It is a wonderful and big change from smacking him when she thinks Im not watching. I told Shawn someone needs to invent some kind of 10 foot crate I can use to wall him in, but I dont think thats necessary, atleast for now...though I still keep a close eye on the two, only to make sure Rae doesn't try to hold him and carry him around like another one of her dolls...which she has attempted to do already.