Will I or won't I?

One of my wonderful sister in laws posted a really sweet post on her blog about enjoying the now because she'll miss it when its gone. Ever since then when a particularly hairy situation arises I ask myself, am I really going to miss this? I've started thinking about all the things I will and won't miss. Here's a few, see if you can add any to it. Won't Miss battling over dinner - I never knew eating could be such an issue. whining - sometimes it seems like the only manner of speech. tantrums - at times they are comical but for the most part I could really do without. diapers - I know it comes with the territory but some days it seems like they never end...and I only have one in diapers right now! Will Miss cuddling - I know they are going to outgrow it eventually hugs and kisses - again, they'll probably outgrow these too being the most important person in the world to them - the day their hearts get broken and they turn to someone else will be a very sad day putting them to bed - another thing they'll probably outgrow being beside them for every new discovery - Ethan's only in preschool and sometimes its so sad to miss out on that; hear about it after the fact I know there are many more I'll probably think of after I've posted this. Motherhood definitely has a lot of ups and downs but the ups make all the downs worth it.

Blowing bubbles

"Bubbles, bubbles...who's got the bubbles?"

My splendidly fantastic SIL took these pictures. They are too cute to keep to myself. You can check out her photo blog here.

Barf fest 2008

Sat - Drive to Utah. Ethan has had a fever but nothing else so I shrug it off to growing pains. Steve has been fighting a cold and it seems to get worse on the drive. Luke has dual ear infections. Luke throws up 3 minutes before getting to Sherrie's house, Steve catches it in a bag...thankfully. Luke throws up again 3 minutes before getting to hotel in Utah, no bag for catching. After being in the car for 10 hours this is the icing on the cake. :) Thankgoodness we have a washer and dryer inside our room.

Sun - Steve stays in bed all day, Ethan still has a fever, Luke seems to be fine. I find out that my sister's baby was throwing up yesterday and today its her two year old but figure we're not staying together so we should be ok. Steve feels better enough to drive out to Salt Lake and we visit Brittany and Tyler and Reilly and Sean....thanks guys!!

Mon - We make it out to BYU. We all got some shirts and went to the Eyring Science center to show the boys the fun stuff. Ethan still has a fever but it seems to come and go. The boys both take their naps (Steve got one in too) at Mae and Clay's place in Provo. I was shocked they actually slept on the floor under our jackets for blankets. Luke used Zane's paci. Then we met up with the Pelos and Hewards for some tasty Cafe Rio. Thanks guys!!!

Tues - Wedding extravaganza! Ethan seems to be feverless. Congrats Raquel and Greg, you are an adorable couple. Thank you Britt and Reilly for watching all the kids, you two are such troopers. We leave for Mesquite around 3pm.

Wed - Ethan pukes at 3am and again around 3:30am. I puke at 6am then again a few hours later. We get brave enough to pack up and head home and make it back around 6pm. Ethan pukes again at midnight.

Ethan stayed home from preschool and didn't get to play in the first tball game but we all seem to be doing better. New resolution, if any members of the family are sick before a trip....the trip is CANCELED. I wanted to try and see more people (the Funks, the Parks, and the Emerys) but with all the sicknesses it just didn't seem feasible. I'm so sad but hope you all are well.

Here's the one and only picture I remembered to take.

Chicken Tacos

Ingredients: 3-4 Chicken breasts, depending on size 1 20 oz. bottle of salsa lettuce, shredded 2-3 tomatoes, chopped shredded cheese corn tortillas Refried beans (black or regular) sour cream (if you like it on your tacos) Directions: Put chicken breasts in crock pot and pour salsa over it. Cover crock pot and set on high for 6-8 hours until chicken is cooked through. Once chicken is cooked, shred the chicken with a fork and stir everything together. About 5-10 minutes before you're ready to sit down, lightly fry your corn tortillas in some vegetable oil. You don't want them too browned or they won't bend easily for your tacos. Also, warm your refried beans in a bowl in the microwave. Then set your table and assemble your tacos. They are soooo tasty and easy to make!!!

List

1. We had a visit from the Vegas Rasmussens last week. It was so much fun to have them here all week. We hope they move to San Diego so we can see them more often. We went to Prehistoric Pets, the beach, the park, Anna took our family pics, and I got Anna hooked on the "Fishers of Men" series. Anna shared a super easy recipe with me that I made again last night and I love it. I'm gonna have to post if for you all. Thanks for hanging out with us last week guys!!

2. Milk has become my favorite drink these days. I just can't get enough, weird huh?

3. We are heading up to Utah for my cousin's wedding and I have been craving Cafe Rio for a week!! I'm plotting our traveling course to hit as many Cafe Rios along the way as possible. :) Mmmmmm......They REALLY need to bring them down to So Cal. Other highlights I'm looking forward to: seeing Brittney, seeing my cousin get married (obviously), visiting the good ol' alma mater, and seeing Josh and Mari and Hewards.

4. I scheduled my ultrasound for the end of May. I am so excited to see who is right on this poll of ours. Will the boys take it? Or will the shocker be a girl?

5. My old roommate Shar and her family are in town for Disneyland this week. I got to see them yesterday when they stopped by. It was such a good time to see her and Paul again. Shar doesn't look like she's aged or changed at all since our days at BYU, lucky girl!! She has three handsome children. They live in Alaska right now and I think they are so brave. Here's a picture of Shar and I with our kiddos. What happened to my eyes? I have no idea but I look a little crazy.... oh well.

7. Going to be switching to private mode again so please give me your emails if you want me to put you on "the it list." hahaha.....

This is what happens...

when I leave my children home with their father while he's trying to play Xbox with his brother.

My sister in law and I went out for a little bit and I came home and ended up finding this little surprise in the corner of our playroom. You can see the empty box and the evidence of all the munched on strawberries that my sister in law had bought to make a yummy dessert with. I have one word for you.....Luke. Its no wonder Steve and Allen were able to play their video games. Hahaha.....

Happy Birthday Ethan!

Famous Quotes from a Two Year Old

Quote #1: Setting the Picture: Its Ethan's birthday and Clay and Mae are over to celebrate. Luke is crouching behind our recliner flipping through some magazine in the basket there. Clay is sitting in the chair. Clay: Luke are you going poop? Luke: Yeah (A few minutes pass) Clay: Luke, that smells delicious (said sarcastically). Luke: Clay, my poo's not delicious! Quote #2 Luke's latest development is that he says "I can't say the words" when he doesn't know the name for something or how to put his sentence together. Yesterday we went to the Aquarium of the Pacific for Ethan's birthday and on the way there Luke was talking about it but he forgot the name of the place we were going (Aquarium). So he said to me, "Mom, I can't say the words." This little boy makes me laugh!!

Let them eat cake....

Ethan's fourth (did I really just say that? has it REALLY been four years already? I can't believe it.) birthday is quickly approaching. We are trying out a tradition that my sister in law does - every other year is family only birthday celebrations. Since Ethan's birthday is on Tuesday, his first day back to school after "spring break," I'll take some cupcakes and party decorations in for his teacher to have a little party during their snack time. Then we'll have a special dinner and birthday party with family that night. We've planned to take Ethan to the Aquarium of the Pacific for his birthday (that's the trade off of no friends birthday party) so that will happen sometime during birthday week. I think he and Luke will LOVE the Aquarium. I'm so excited to take them there. He chose a racetrack cake this year. I think the picture looks awesome but I'm unsure of my ability to reproduce it. We'll see how it goes. I have a good friend in Texas that just made a spectacular skateboard cake for her little guy and she was afraid of how it would turn out. Hers was amazing so I'm hoping for similar results. I mean how hard can it be, right? Cake, frost, throw some M&M's on the side, crumble some cookies for the track and voila! Ehhhhhh....

Quote of the Day

Me: Do you have a big heart or a little heart, Ethan? Ethan: Big Me: What's in your heart? Ethan: Um, crackers and cheese aaannnnnnddd....I want popsicle!