Mowing the Lawn

After yesterday's adventures with the weather, today turned out to be pretty good. The boys got to play outside for a little bit before they took naps and then a little more with daddy when he got home from work. They decided since it wasn't raining, it would be a good day to mow the lawn. Daddy got his mower ready, the boys got theirs ready too. It was so cute to watch Sebastien follow daddy's path and Manti just stood by to supervise. He still isn't a big fan of the noisy lawn mower. I am sure Troy will be thrilled to pass off that chore in the next few years. For now, I get to capture the cute moments of the three of them doing yard work.

Keep up the good work boys, the lawn looks GREAT!

3 Years

I really cannot believe that three years ago today our little Sebastien joined our family. I will do another post all about his birthday but wanted to do this one for today...



This is my boy, born May 14th, 2007:


Here he is today, May 14th, 2010:

28 Weeks

I am officially 28 weeks pregnant! I had another appointment today-kid free. Troy came home to watch the boys for his lunch break because I was suppose to do the "wonderful" glucose test. The doctor told me I could do it when ever it was convenient for me. My thought...."hmmm, will it EVER be convenient?? " :) It was a crazy experience getting to the doctor's office today. I left the house 15 minutes early and was still ten minutes late. Oops! Construction and parking all over town has made a quick/easy trip a lot more complicated. It took me 10 minutes to find a place to park.

When I walked into the office I saw a nurse hurry to the front desk and in a not so pleasant voice ask the scheduler "is my appointment here yet?" I knew she had to be talking about me. I just stood there until she was done ranting and raving. She turned and looked at me and in her "lovely" voice said, "are you checking in?" I said I was and she quickly snapped back with "well, what's your name?" As soon as I told her she continued on with her poor attitude "your appointment was at 11:00, you are late!" To which I replied, "Yes I know, I have spent the last ten minutes trying to find a place to park." She turned and walked away. I didn't know if I was suppose to follow her or what. After a minute or so the scheduler just smiled and told me to have a seat, they would be right with me. I just didn't understand why the nurse was so upset and then walked away for five minutes when she had my folder in her hand. What a great start to this appointment...

Anyway, enough about the unfriendly nurse, today I found out:
*I gained 3 pounds in the past month
*My urine looks good (I always think it is funny when they come in and say that)
*My belly is measuring 29 1/2 centimeters (To those who have had a baby, wouldn't that make me 29 1/2 weeks pregnant? I always thought your belly was suppose to measure exactly how far along you are?)
*The baby's heartbeat sounds GREAT! She is still moving around like crazy.
*I am now on the 2 week schedule for appointments. I can't believe I am already to that point.

Oh, and I must comment on the doctor I saw today. She was a little scary and looked NOTHING like her picture in the waiting room. Can we say BOTOX!!! She congratulated me 10 times in the 3 minutes she was in the room and as she flipped through my medical history says "well, I don't think we have anything to be concerned about. Your past pregnancies look great." (She flipped through 2-3 pages at a time.) I wish I could read that FAST. Ha! Ha!

Case Lot Sale Madness

Yesterday was our base case lot sale and it did not disappoint. I always LOVE the great discounts. You definitely have to have a lot of time to spend there and PATIENCE! The doors were to open at 12:00PM so I thought we should probably get there at least 30 minutes early. Troy's shop is across from the commissary and at 11:10 he called me and said, "There is already a huge line of people, get the boys ready." We found our place in line at 11:15 and began the waiting game. Luckily for us, the weather wasn't too bad. It of course was very windy but at least it was not too cold, raining or snowing. The boys had a blast running around in the grassy areas while we waited 45 minutes for the doors to open.

I thought for sure once the doors were opened the line would move fast and we would be inside quickly. WRONG!! We did not get inside until 1:00PM! Isn't that just insane??

(This was the line of people behind us, we had moved up quite a bit at this point and you still can't see the end.)

(All of the people in front of us waiting and waiting.)

The line was moving very slowly and half way through we were beginning to get annoyed, tired and hungry (well, I guess that was just me). At that point we only had three things on our kart and I was ready to just throw in the towel and go home, but then we got to all the really GOOD deals. Before we knew it, our flat bed cart was quickly being filled up. Even the boys loved riding on the flat bed.

Some of my favorite items:

Dishwasher soap (90 washes)-original price $9+change Sale Price $1.99

Lysol disinfecting wipes(3 pack)- original price $9+change Sale Price $1.99

Air Wick plug in refills (5 pack plus warmer)-original price $7.99 Sale Price $1.99
(Those who know the story behind our "stinky" house, know these will come in handy!)
Case of strawberry pop-tarts (12 boxes of 12 pop tarts in each box) original price $19.99 Sale price $9.00

Jasmine Rice (my favorite!) 20 pound bags for $12.63 (A couple weeks back I saw a 5 pound bag of this same rice at Safeway on sale for $12.65) Great for food storage! Cereal (family size boxes) on sale for $2

Gatorade (18 pack) $6 - these are great for Troy to take to work.

Green Giant canned veggies (12 cans for $5, buy 2 packs of 12 get 1 free)

Juicy Juice boxes Original price $5.65 Sale Price $3.65

Our big stack of coupons!

After 4 hours of standing in line and shopping, we saved $180.00 and I have to mention how well behaved the boys were. There was no fighting and only one episode of crying at the very end because Manti wanted to walk and I said no. He fell asleep the last minute of the drive back to the house and didn't move a muscle when I carried him to his room. My task now is to reorganize the pantry and garage to figure out where we can put all the stuff we bought, FUN for me! :)

Movie Night

This past Friday the base movie theatre was showing "How to Train Your Dragon". We had been talking about taking the boys to see it but never made it to the theatres. I always struggle with paying the money to see a movie with the boys because Manti doesn't quite have the attention span to sit through a whole movie yet. At the base theatre we paid a total of $4 to get in, yay! It was also PJ night and Sebastien got to wear his "Dragon on the loose" shirt, he was so excited. We saw lots of friends from church there too, which made it even more fun.

Sebastien loved the movie. As soon as it ended and we were walking out to the car he started saying, "I don't want to go home. I want to watch the Dragon movie AGAIN." We tried explaining we didn't have the movie and he would have to wait until we could buy it. He was not satisfied with that answer. Manti did pretty well, he lost interest with about 15-20 minutes left in the movie. I am blaming that on the fact it was way past his bedtime and his STINKY diaper. He kept grabbing my hand and saying "come mommy, home." We ended up walking around for the last few minutes so we didn't disturb everyone else around us. It was a great family activity and I hope to do it again soon.

Song

A few weeks ago we had an amazing sacrament meeting where both Troy and I felt great. That doesn't happen very often-not that church isn't great, just that were are usually trying to keep the boys from fighting and it gets hard to listen. I am sure all you parents out there can relate.

One of the speakers began his talk with a song and this song has now become something we listen to on a daily basis. I am so thankful we were at church that day!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOboih5CogU

Not Much Going On

I have been struggling lately with finding things to blog about. There hasn't been too much excitement around here so I am just going to post random pictures of what we have been doing.


When the weather is nice, the boys are outside most of the day. They love kicking balls, playing baseball, bubbles and going to the little park behind our house. Our Cheyenne weather is still UP and DOWN! We have had a few days in the upper 60's which has been wonderful but then the temperatures drop quickly and it's too cold to play outside. We are all extremely anxious for spring/summer.

Lately the boys have been asking me if they can just lay on the couch when it gets close to nap time. I think it is so cute when they lay down on their pillows and share a blanket. They usually fall asleep really quick and then I move them upstairs so I can get things done.

Manti has been falling asleep in his high chair a lot too. I notice it more on the days when they can play outside in the morning, he plays so much he just poops out as soon as his tummy is full.

One day Sebastien woke up from his nap a little early and came down stairs. He climbed up on the couch and fell asleep again about five minutes later. I couldn't help but laugh at the way he was sleeping. He is a lot like me when it comes to sleeping, he can sleep anywhere and in any position.

I went to a baby shower last weekend and decided to make another diaper cake. I always have a hard time deciding how to decorate them and made so many changes to this one. I thought I was done at this point and then right before I was leaving to go decided it was missing something. I ended up putting four more flowers on the top of the cake, around the bunny. I thought it was cute and was happy with the way it turned out.

I know I have posted before about how much we enjoy having the missionaries over. The boys love them and we do too. Last Sunday we had to say goodbye to both of them as they were both be transferred out. We were sad to see them go but are very happy for the chance we had to get to know them and have them in our home.