3 Men & A Little Lady: August 2014

Saturday, August 23, 2014

{Wedding Bliss}

My sweet friend Carrie Ugapo got sealed in the Redlands Temple to Lyle. The met when he served as a missionary in our old Banning ward in California. He was from Samoa and Carrie and him hit it off immediately! They are such a cute couple and I am so glad I was able to celebrate their special day with them. I love getting to go home to California to visit!

It was great to see my CA neighbors

I was able to stay with Darcy and spend time with her soaking up the sun at the beach!

I love sweet Audrey

I wish I could pack Darcy up in my suitcase and take her home with me! She is one of my closest friends and I miss her so much.

It was fun to see Lynn and catch up with her.

The weekend was filled with eating chop suey, devouring Melina's yummy cupcakes, dancing the night away, going to the temple, playing at the beach, and staying up and talking most of the night....It was Perfect!

However, I was ready to get back to my crew at home!

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

{Our newest additions}

No these are not Anna and Elsa, the kittens we got a couple of months ago. These are Sven and Olaf, brothers from the same mom of Elsa and Anna.

Each of our kids felt like they needed their own cat and since they are outdoor cats, I didn't care. Besides look at their cuteness!!!

They don't love Leo....

But he sure likes to tease them!

The dogs and cats now outnumber us. I think we need to stop bringing home four legged creatures for awhile!

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

{Pre-K here we come}

Mya is entering her 3rd and final year of preschool!

She is attending at Wingate along with a bunch of her church friends and could not be more excited to go!

She was asked to complete an "All About Me" poster for the first day.

She was eager to do it by herself, which is a complete opposite from her brothers!

Mya is in preschool with her best friend Brooklyn, which makes her even more excited to attend.

Sarah, Berklie, Brooklyn, and Mya

And then we have Cooper, who will someday be glad he is the only boy in this group of girls from church!

Mya quickly sent me on my way and I was grateful for her courage as she started at a new school. She loves to learn and play and I know she'll have a wonderful year!

I will miss her like crazy though!!!!

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

{The Boys are Back in School}

Summer break has come to a close and I am okay with that! My kids might not be ready, but mom sure is! I have a list a mile long of house projects waiting for me.

Mya is ready for them to go back too!

These brothers might annoy her, but they will always have her back!

My social Ian couldn't wait to be hanging out with his friends.

Owen had a rough time starting school last year, but this year was easy breezy! I'm glad he has friends to make him more at ease.

Owen is ready to learn!

Drew was too busy playing football to stop and take a picture outside with his friends, but I did snap one of him from the hallway. I can't believe this is his last year at elementary school.

I LOVE this picture! The Bishop sent it to me on the second day of school. These are all boys from our church that are in 4th grade. It makes my heart happy to know Ian is surrounded by good kids who will hopefully all support each other in Choosing the Right! I hope their friendships last a lifetime!

8:15-4:30 Oh, How I have missed you!!!! I am so grateful for wonderful teachers and a great school to watch over my angels during the day! Let the projects begin!!!

Saturday, August 2, 2014

{Swinging in the 40's}

My friend Leia celebrated her 40th birthday with a 1940's theme party! The night was amazing!!! We had dinner with fabulous drinks served to us, we danced and learned the Charleston, we played cards, and we had too much fun in the photo booth! It was definitely a night to remember!

Our 40's attire!!!
Gina and Jill (sisters)....They know how to party!

Birthday Girl Leia!!!

Sweet Stacey

The costumes were so much fun!

Tara and I photo bombed the sisters!

Who knew an empty frame could be so much fun!

I sure am grateful for new friendships!

They say the cutest things.....

Mya, my little girl, said in her prayers last night, "Please help us to be strong and healthy like the Hulk!"

Owen almost ran straight into a woman as we entered a dark parking garage. As I told him to watch out, he quickly yelled, "Well she's all black!" Coincidentally she was African American! She was wearing a black dress, which is what he was referring too!

Owen told me today, "You are the best mom I ever had! I love you all the way up to Jesus!" He also loves kissing and told Kenny, "I just want to stay home from school and kiss mom all day!"

Drew lost a tooth at school when he bit into his apple. He felt the tooth inside his mouth as he was chewing and when I asked him about it, he said, "I didn't realize it was mine and I wondered if it was one of the workers!"

While at church, a teacher asked the kids what happened to Jesus right after he was baptized and brought up from the water. Ian enthusiastically raised his hand and said, "He asked for a towel!"

After a long struggle with my boys, to get them inside, bathed, and into bed, I yelled, "I am done, go to sleep!" Owen looked up at me and said, "Mommy I'm sorry you're sad, but the problem is that you don't beat up Drew and Ian. Just beat them up and I will be on your team!"

We are not a family who eats beans, so when Drew went to a friends house to play and eat dinner, he was hesitant to eat the burrito that had refried beans in it. When I picked him up he said to me, "Mom she put mud inside the burrito!"

Aunt Connie pleaded with Owen to shoot his daddy with the gun instead of her and his response, "No, he's the best daddy i've ever had!"

I begged the boys to quit fighting and Drew looked at me and said, "Its not Mothers Day anymore mom!"

Owen got kicked in his "man hood" and said, "Oh, I hurt my Tenders!"

Drew asked this morning, "Mom in 2011 can we get a cat?"

Everytime I feed Mya prunes, Owen comes up to me and says, "Me like chocolate mom!" I give him a bite and his face turns to total disgust.

Owen ran up to me after wrestling the dogs and said, "Me see Cassie's boobies!"

While I was nursing Mya, Drew walked in and said, "Is she done drinking from your boob?" I replied, "No and it is called a breast, thats the proper way to say it." He looked at me puzzled and said, "No thats the Spanish word for it."

Kenny opened the fridge and said, "Something in here stinks." Ian looked at him and said, "Dad, sometimes I toot over there!"

Last night as the boys were saying good night to Mya, Drew looked up at me and said, "Mom, Mya has a boy haircut!"

Drew was reminding me about how when we saw macaws in Hawaii, that one of the macaws was chewing on a woman's hair. He said, about the macaw, "Thats not very nice, it's not choosing the right."

My favorite word Drew and Ian used to say when they were toddlers was, Laddie- for water. I thought it was such a cute word. Owen comes to the fridge and points his little finger and says, "Wa-Wa" for water. So cute!

Last night Kenny went in on a call to deliver a goat and Ian came into our bed. He climbed in and snuggled up beside me, he usually snuggles into Kenny. I asked him why he was snuggling with me and he said, "I can snuggle you because daddy isn't here mom!" He is such a daddy's boy.

Ian is such a daddy's boy. The other night Kenny had to go to the clinic and Ian was sobbing for him for a good twenty minutes because he wanted to go too. When I asked him why he was so upset he replied, "I just want my daddy, he is my favorite boy!"

Birthday parties celebrated in California are usually BIG! There is always a huge jumper, pinata, food for the whole family, and tons of presents. Well we went to a party last night and the boys spent 2 hrs. jumping in a big jumper. On our way home we saw another party going on that had an even bigger jumper with a slide attached. Ian asked, "Can we go to that party too?" I replied, "We don't even know who those people are. " His response, "Well lets just go ask them their names."

As we prepared to go to the Glenwood Springs pool in Colorado with Kenny's four sisters Drew impatiently said, "Come on girls, you're taking too long!" Kenny told him, "Get used to it, this is what men do, wait for girls to get ready."

Much to my dismay I found black ink all over our white sheets on our bed. I of course went straight to Ian and asked very sternly, "Did you write on my sheets with a pen?" With an innocent look he replied, "I was just trying to write my name."

Drew was watching me as I divided my hair into sections with clips to straighten it. He looked up at me and said, "Wow, you look beautiful!" Then when I was completely done with my hair he said, "You're a cute little mommy!"

Ian was dipping his finger in Kenny's contact solution and then touching his eye. I asked him what he was doing and he replied, "Just putting my eyes in mom!"