The Losee Family

funny randomness...

2010-12-17T10:48:00.000-08:00

So I watch two twin boys part time and one of the boys was filling his cup with water at the fridge. Once he was done I noticed he was wiping up the mess he had made, and then I saw him push down on the lever. So I asked him to stop since he was making a mess, and he said " I know, I can't help myself! ". Thought that was pretty cute!

almost forgot!

2010-11-25T15:45:00.000-08:00

I didn't get any pictures of Andee's birthday..I left my camara at home. Since it was James weekend with the kids, I drove over early in the morning to his apartment to celebrate her birthday. On the way over, her cake did a tumble across the floor in my car, which luckily didn't make that big of a mess, I think it was a mixture between the candles and that the cake was still a little frozen. So her thing is still coloring, so I got her that bin of markers and things at Costco, which she absolutely loved! That's all she does is color...then color some more. I really can't believe she is 6, I don't feel old enough to have a 6 year old. She reminds me a lot of me at her age, so lets hope she grows out of a few things..haha.

Happy Thanksgiving!

2010-11-25T15:25:00.000-08:00

What a great day! I took the kids to freestone park this morning and let them run around for a couple of hours. And of course I left the bread for the ducks at home..boo. Then I took them over to visit my mom's grave, which I've been trying to do once a week. It's days like today that I really miss her. And then we came over and had lunch over at my parents. I'm very grateful for my family and friends today. I feel very blessed to have them in my life. I don't know what I would do without them.

Nick turns 5!

2010-11-25T13:38:00.000-08:00

Well I can't believe Nick is 5! I feel bad now that I had the kids all in a row because they totally get a jipped birthday. We didn't do anything just went over to my parents and had a little party.

Brock turns 2!

2010-11-25T13:16:00.001-08:00

Halloween..

2010-11-25T13:02:00.001-08:00

Halloween was fun this year, a little overwhelming but fun. We went to our wards trunk or treat, then James took the kids around a neighborhood and so the kids got a ton of candy. Brock had a blast too. James said everyone loved his costume and especially when he said "tank you".

Tyler is 3 months!

2010-09-28T09:33:00.001-07:00

Well Tyler has been a fun addition to our family. He's been quite the little pill at times but he has finally grown out of that fussy stage and now he is in the non-stop smiley and cooing stage.. I love it! Brock loves his little brother, he loves helping with his bottle and his paci. We all love our little Tyler Floyd.

1st Day of Kindergarten!!

2010-08-11T17:54:00.001-07:00

So yes my baby is in school..so scary how time flys. And it's all day kindergarten...YAY!! She was so excited that she woke up by 6a.m. was ready by 6:30 and then asked me "Is it time yet?" for the next hour until it was time to go. Great way to start the day. Then when we got there, they had all the kids line up and then walked them into school. She was in a daze so I was a little worried she was going to have a freak out moment. But when she got home she said she had fun and met a lot of new friends. And my day was so nice and quiet most the time with just the 3 boys, so I'm definitely looking forward to this school year. Then at the end of the month, Nick starts preschool 2x a week!

Our little escape artist

2010-08-11T17:44:00.000-07:00

So the other night, things were a little crazy trying to get the 3 kids ready for bed, and after I got Andee and Nick ready, I couldn't find Brock anywhere, looked everywhere and finally I looked outside since this is his new favorite thing, and this is what I found:

On a different day before I started locking the door with the deadbolt, I couldn't find Brock anywhere and I found him in our next door neighbor's carport playing with all of his tools that he uses on his car...yikes!
So conclusion to all this I've just now realized...still haven't adjusted to 4 kids yet.. ha ha!!

Tyler 1 month!

2010-07-30T14:55:00.001-07:00

Well this has been quite the month. Tyler has been our fussiest baby. So for about a week and a half he would start getting fussy around 8p.m until about 4a.m. Kim told me about Gripe Water so now I can actually get some sleep since he's a completely different baby. At his 2 week appointment he weighed 7lbs 15ozs. Other than the fussy moments he's a really good baby. The kids love having a tiny baby around, especially Brock. He is so cute with him. He is always coming over and saying "Baby" and patting Tyler's head and then he brings me blankets to cover Tyler up with. I feel very blessed to have little Tyler in our lives.

Glitter Toes!!

2010-07-30T10:30:00.000-07:00

Kim started doing Glitter Toes, I had no clue what they were, but now that I do, I LOVE THEM! It only took about 40 minutes and it lasts up to 6 weeks!! So excited.

Crafts...

2010-07-30T10:24:00.000-07:00

Kim and I have been working on these blocks FOREVER and finally are done!! I'm so excited how they turned out. Now onto the next holiday..ha ha.

Mr. Tyler Floyd

2010-07-01T13:31:00.001-07:00

So he's finally here! He's the sweetest baby, you forget how good newborns are until you have one..so peaceful. So the story. My doctor called us at 5p.m to tell me that the test had come back mature and to head back over to get induced..yay finally! 6:45p.m I was started on potosin, by 8:00 I had my epidural, and I had moved from a 5 to a 6. My doctor was busy at home doing something so he wasn't going to be coming in to break my water, so the nurses would just keep upping the potosin. And then at 12:30 the nurse checked me and I had gone from a 6 to a 10 in just a matter of minutes so the doctor was called and so at 1a.m the bag of water of delivered and then I started to push, and Tyler was born at 1:15a.m. The best labor by far, my past two were miserable, so this one was heaven, no pain at all.

yet another update! hopefully the last before the baby comes!

2010-06-26T16:11:00.000-07:00

So I went to the hospital AGAIN last night because I was having consistent contractions. Did the whole routine, check me...no change, so they had me walk for an hour....check me again..no change= sent me home. I was having contractions every 3 minutes but they weren't getting painful. So I had them all last night, woke up with really bad ones, took the dogs on a walk and then we headed over to the hospital. I thought there was absolutely no way I hadn't changed because of the contractions I was feeling, but sure enough, no change. So since my doctor is on call all weekend, and he's sick of hearing my name, he said for us to just do a amniocentesis test and if it came back mature, he would break my water right then and there. So I said, what the heck, he won't be that bad. Even the nurse calmed me down and said "it's really quick, he pokes, gets the fluid, then he's out".... yeah right! He ended up having to poke me twice and both times fish around trying to find the pocket because the lady who was doing the ultra sound, wasn't good at communicating where the heck he was inside me! So he was blind.. and of course it happened to me. So once he was out I almost passed out and threw up because of the anxiety of the whole thing and then for 30 minutes had the worst cramps I've ever had. So, now I know, I will never do that again!

.......

2010-06-25T11:09:00.000-07:00

So I had my 37 week appointment on Wednesday and I was scheduled to see my doctor, well my luck he was out doing a delivery! So I had to see the nurse practitioner who is anti any sort of inducing, even stripping the membranes...and that's what I was hoping my doctor was going to do. So she just checked me, I'm at a 5 and 90% effaced (whatever that means). So last night I read that eating spicy food would make you go into labor, so we went and got a burrito with hot sauce on it.... yeah didn't work. Every 2 hours last night I had to drink milk because of my heartburn...yuck! So I guess my only option is more walking....

false alarm..

2010-06-21T17:01:00.000-07:00

I went to the hospital again yesterday hoping I had done enough walking so that I would be dilated to a 5 and so they would have to admit me...well like always, my plan never works. When I first got there, I was still at a 4, so they had me walk for an hour, they checked me again and I was at a 5. A done deal so I thought....NOPE! Since I wasn't in any pain, they sent me home. I guess my agenda has more walking in it...a lot more!

Floyd and Barbara arrived late last night to pick up the kids, and they left this morning with my three babies! They are going to have them for at least 2 weeks and let me get on a routine with baby Tyler. I was so excited for the break, didn't think it could come fast enough until they drove off... I'm so sad! But I truly appreciate my in-laws, they are so great with the kids and I know they will be having the time of their lives with G-pa and G-ma.

update

2010-06-17T14:11:00.000-07:00

So I had my 36 week appointment yesterday and I'm dilated to a 4..... so hopefully little Tyler will be showing his face very soon!

Brock and trucks

2010-05-26T08:56:00.001-07:00

Just recently Brock is obessed with trucks. Over the past couple of days we've had construction guy's out front working on the sidewalks so Brock has been loving it. All the trucks he can think of just right out in front. When they were pouring our sidewalk Brock was running around the house saying "cool" over and over again. So cute!

Gilbert Water Tower

2010-05-25T13:16:00.001-07:00

They turned the water tower into a kid area and we've heard about it but never made our way over. Well we finally did and the kids had so much fun. They might have had a little more fun if there were other kids there, we were the only ones. Andee with complete ease runs through the water, and Nick runs through making sure he runs right where the water doesn't come up, and then Brock stays at a safe distance to not even get wet at all. So it's been fun, since it's only down the street from where we're at, and it's free, and it's like 100 degrees outside!

random cuteness..

2010-05-25T13:06:00.000-07:00

James thought he could lay down and read for a few minutes and this is what happened a few seconds later... what was he thinkin...

FINALLY!

2010-04-22T09:10:00.000-07:00

Well yesterday we finally went and found out that we are having another little boy! We are so excited! We took Andee and Nick with us, and as soon as the nurse told us it was a boy, Andee started crying. She wanted a little sister so bad. So the official due date is July 8th, but we're shooting for June 17-20th, so we'll see!

Freestone Park

2010-04-22T08:57:00.001-07:00

We met my best friend Kim and her kids over at Freestone Park and let the kids play and then went over and fed the ducks. I love this park, there's so much to do and so much space for the kids to run free. It ended up being a perfect day for the park because it was overcast, yay for Arizona weather!
Brock and Kamri

Andee, Nick and Kinsley

Easter

2010-04-22T08:45:00.001-07:00

We had Easter over at my parents house and the kids decorated eggs and had a egg hunt. Andee and Nick were racing each other around the yard trying to pick them all up before the other one did. Brock didn't really take much interest in it yet, but he had fun walking around with his basket.

The Phoenix Zoo

2010-04-22T08:09:00.001-07:00

Last month Floyd and Barbara came down for a quick visit. So we hadn't been to the Zoo since we had moved here so we went there and had a lot of fun. I had forgotten how big that zoo is, so big that by the end of it, you're all zoo'd out! But the kids had a blast, and the weather was perfect, so it made it all worth it.

We're alive!

2010-02-28T15:44:00.000-08:00

Wow, can I just say we are never moving again! Floyd and Barbara were so nice to take the kids for a couple of days so we could pack everything up, which was huge, I would have gone NUTS if they would have been there. Monday, the 15th we went and picked up the 6X12' trailer and I about cried when I saw that everything we owned was going to have to fit into it. Well we got the most important things in first then tried to get everything else we could. Alot had to stay behind for Floyd and Barbara to take to their house (huge thanks to them!). In the car everyone's legs were all out horizontal since we had the car loaded to the fullest. By the time we were done loading everything up, it was 10p.m. Then we woke up at 3a.m to finish the last minute things and then headed out at 4a.m. We couldn't go over 40mph or else the trailer would fishtale. So I spent the next 22 hours staring at my mirror looking at the trailer, making sure it was going straight (most stressful trip ever). But we finally arrived at my parents house at 2a.m the next day! We are staying at my grandpa's house, since he's living at my parents. And his house was still full of a lot of his stuff, so we've been spending the last week and a half deep cleaning and lots of trips to the Goodwill. But I'm finally feeling somewhat settled. The weather is amazing!

Recent news...

2010-02-10T12:03:00.000-08:00

Well for those of you who don't know yet, we're expecting again! We find out what it is the first week of March, so I'll be sure to let everyone know. My due date is July 10th. Andee keeps telling everyone, "My mommy has a baby girl in her belly". So we're definiely in for it if it's a boy. Also, we are moving to Arizona in a week or two! We are really excited for the change. We'll be going from 40 degree weather to 70...yay!

January....

2010-02-10T11:45:00.000-08:00

I was in charge of Mutual and found this really fun idea for Divine Nature. We did a "Temple Marriage Night". I talked with the girls about what goes on in a Temple and Civil wedding ceremony and why we should strive for a Temple wedding. Then I gave each girl a satin hanger and they glued ribbons of all the colors of the values onto the hanger then I had a handout that hung around the hanger that said: "Hang onto your values, hang onto your testimony, so that one day you can 'Hang' your wedding dress on me". And then we played a game to see which group could make the better modest wedding dress out of toilet paper and plastic bags. Then I brought all my wedding pictures, dress, and pictures of temples for display. At the end, we cut the wedding cake and ate the whole thing. The girls had so much fun. I was sure glad when it was all over!

Christmas

2010-02-10T11:23:00.001-08:00

Christmas Eve this year was really stressful. I had some things planned for the kids, and then a ton of cooking planned to do, so by the end of the day I had had enough. On top of over planning, Brock was sick, so he was fussy and clingy all day. So next year, definitely not over doing it. Christmas was great, we were really blessed from family and friends so that the kids could have a fun Christmas. So thank you everyone for everything.
Making and frosting cookies for Santa:

Opening Pajama's from both Grandma's:

Happy Birthday Liz!

2010-01-04T06:58:00.000-08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIZ! Hope you have a wonderful day!! Thanks for all you've done and still do. Love you!!

Happy Birthday Andee!

2009-11-14T19:39:00.000-08:00

Finally Andee had her birthday. She had to sit through her brothers bdays and wasn't very happy about it. So she finally got her day. I woke her up with a flower pancake, then she had a blast opening her presents. Ever since she went over to a friends house who had Barbie's, that's all she's talked about, so we got her 2, and that's all she did for the whole day, is play with her Barbie's. James took her out for a "Daddy Daughter dinner" when he got home from work, which she was looking forward to all day. The whole hour before he came home she would sit by the front window waiting for him. Then today we took Andee and Nick to see "The Christmas Carol", wouldn't say it was the best movie to take the kids to, a little creepy, but they still had fun. Then we had a little family party for her tonight, which she has also been talking about for the past month. So I can't believe I have a five year old, she's growing up so fast. We love her little sweet personality and feel very blessed to have her apart of our family.

Happy Birthday Nicholas!

2009-11-01T17:16:00.000-08:00

Wow, let me just say I'm so glad this weekend is over! I don't know what we were thinking with having all the kids birthdays within 2 weeks of each other. Two down, one to go. Nick had a good day, his favorite breakfast is pancakes, so he had a star pancake, and then had fun opening up his presents. Thanks Dad and Modena and Joseph, he loves the Captain Moroni and the Stripling Warrior toys! They've been playing with that all day. We got him a bag of "Cowboy and Indian" toys, so they play with those along with the other two, it's perfect. Brock had fun with his cake of course. Made a complete mess! So what a great day to end this fun weekend.

He was so excited to try out his new bubbles:

Brock's "Monster" cake:

Brock's gift from G-pa and G-ma Losee:

Happy Halloween!!

2009-10-31T20:10:00.001-07:00

Well what a day! This has been the longest day ever. Next year I will definitely do a few things differently. The trunk-or-treat got over at 6p.m. and then from there we went around the neighborhood. And then when we got home, I still had to make dinner and desert. We were eating dinner at 8:30p.m, so yes, doing it differentely next year. But it was a really fun day, did a ton of things, and the kids had a blast, so that's all that matters.

We started the day off with pumpkin waffles:

Carving the pumpkins:

Showing off our Halloween Cookie Bark we made:

Little Miss Grumpy:

SpiderMan!

Fun at the Trunk-or Treat:

Getting ready to go Trick-or-Treating...so exciting:

Our Spaghetti and "Oozing Eyeballs":

Dessert- Witches Fingers!

Happy Birthday Brock!

2009-10-30T19:10:00.001-07:00

What a sweet happy little guy. I can't believe he is one year old. Today I woke him up, and made him blue and green balloon french toast, first time ever having french toast which he loved. He had a blast opening his presents, and loved Nick and Andee helping. Thanks Dad and Modena for the cute bear book, he loves it. We're having his cake on Sunday, so we didn't have to have family drive out here twice. But he is such a joy in our lives, and we truly feel blessed to have him apart of our family. Right now his favorite food is hotdogs and peaches. He loves crawling really fast with his head down, sort of in "attack" mode. He absolutely loves playing with his brother and sister, always has a smile for them. Every time it's bath time, he waits by the side of the tub, going up and down, he can't hardly wait to get in, then when he does get in, he loves putting his face under the faucet while the water is running. We love you Brock! Happy Birthday!

Halloween Party

2009-10-30T19:02:00.001-07:00

The primary put on a little halloween party and the kids had so much fun. Andee is a BYU cheerleader, Nick is Spiderman, and little Brock is a tiger. They all looked so cute.

Pumpkin Walk

2009-10-16T22:11:00.000-07:00

Last year was the first year we went to Benson Grist Mill for the pumpkin walk and the kids loved it so we're making it a tradition. The kids have a blast running around with their cousins and collecting candy from the different vendors they have around. This year I caved and got the kids cotton candy and a snow cone, which was too much sugar for their little bodies to handle.

The Losee Gang

2009-09-13T10:23:00.000-07:00

Is was about that time for family pictures, it's been 2 years since we last took them and we all have had babies so we needed an update. But of course on the day of pictures something always has to go wrong, Andee had been sick with the flu so she wasn't up to par, but it's rare to get a perfect family picture with three little ones.

All the cousins

Update overload...

2009-09-04T18:49:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the 5 month block of nothingness. Our life here at the Losee house has been a little crazy. It first started with me having a miscarriage at 3 months along about 3 months ago, then James' job not doing so well, which then resulted in some major problems I won't even get into. But we're hanging in there, hoping all the stress and madness is coming to an end. So here's what we've been up to these past couple of months.

First Day of Preschool!!

2009-09-04T18:42:00.001-07:00

This year both Andee and Nick are in preschool = 2 hours of free time! I was a little worried they would be put in the same class and then shy little Nick wouldn't make any new friends, but they are in different classes so it worked out. But since Nick didn't qualify and so he's a tuition student, the bus doesn't come to pick him up, so I have to take the kids this year...boo. Nick's class is having a Pirate's theme so he came home with some way cute stuff for his first week, so he's pretty excited for school. And Andee is so excited to be back in her class with her teacher, she definitely missed it.

Parents in town!

2009-09-04T18:15:00.001-07:00

Andee and Nick spending time with Grandpa

Having a cookout up at Settlement Canyon

While we were up in Heber for our family reunion, we went and visited my grandparents grave

Up at the canyon

2009-09-04T18:04:00.000-07:00

I didn't feel like cooking one night so we decided to do a cookout. The kids always have a ton of fun cooking their own food and then roasting marshmellows. Brock of course enjoyed his cheetos and hot dog.

4th of July

2009-09-04T17:49:00.000-07:00

Andee and Nick at the Tooele Parade

We decided since the boys needed a haircut to give them mohawks for the day

Cute little kiddies waiting for the fireworks

6 months!

2009-05-01T13:03:00.001-07:00

So it's crazy how fast 6 months has gone by. I just barely started him on solid foods, which is going very slowly, he's not too excited about it. But so far he likes carrots over applesauce. I take him in for his "6 month" appointment in June, so we'll see how much he's grown. I gave him his first haircut the other day, he loved it! Thinks it's the funniest thing. I totally buzzed all his cute little hair off, now he's really bald, but I'm hoping it grows in thicker. I love how smiley he is, he always has a smile for his brother and sister and of course Daddy. If only he could stay this little...so sad to see him grow up.

WICKED!

2009-04-19T09:00:00.000-07:00

Last night Liz and I went to WICKED! And let me just say I was a little hesitant going because I hadn't heard a whole lot about it. But wow, it was amazing. The music was so good and the story was actually funny. So I was very impressed, I loved it!

Happy Birthday Addie!

2009-04-19T08:48:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Liz had Addie's birthday party. Andee had so much fun, they had a little tea party, ate cute mini cupcakes and butterfly cookies, had their faces painted, played dress-ups, and just had fun being girls. And to make the day even better, it was awesome weather..about time.

What the heck is this!?

2009-04-17T13:19:00.001-07:00

So yesterday this is what we woke up to. Do we need to remind Utah that yes it's the middle of April and there's no need for anymore freaking snow! We are all ready for spring/summer!
Here's Nick ready to go out and play in the snow

Here are my poor tulips...ready to start budding but too dang cold to do so!

Happy Easter!

2009-04-13T12:17:00.001-07:00

An Easter tradition is the kids have to go find their baskets when they wake up, so this year they had fun doing that. This year, my in-laws had everyone over for dinner at their house and then we played some Easter games and Barbara had some Easter stories for the kids. So we had a lot of fun visiting with everyone and having the kids play with all their cousins.

Brock is Rolling Over!

2009-04-13T12:12:00.001-07:00

While we were down in AZ, Brock started rolling over. At home I never have him on the floor since there's wood floors, and we're never downstairs, so this was the first time he was on a flat surface to practice on.

Our AZ trip

2009-04-13T12:01:00.000-07:00

So since it was Spring Break for Andee I realized it was the perfect week to get away since I didn't have Mutual either. It was a lot of fun, and the kids love to see their grandparents. One of the days, the kids colored eggs and have fun doing that. I even was able to spend some time with my best friend since high school, Kim Carroll. She showed me how to make bows for Andee's hair, she cut and colored my hair (such a good job Kim!) and we just gossiped about the good old days...always so fun. So anyway, very fun trip, it's always good to get away from the everyday routine.

Our Brockster is now 5 months!

2009-04-03T13:29:00.001-07:00

I took him into the doctor yesterday and he weighs 18.5lbs- 45th percentile, and he's 27" long- 75th percentile. So he's a growing boy, who loves to smile and giggle. We love him so much!

A few more..

2009-03-27T19:30:00.000-07:00

And here is our precious Brock. In this picture he's 4 months, I'll soon be posting his 5 months. Time flys. He's so sweet and such a joy to have.

These are our new couches that we got over Presidents Day weekend, we got a smoking deal on, also we got our dishwasher then too. I forgot to mention that but I had been washing all the dishes by hand for 5 months and then James put in the dishwasher. Which was a stressful moment all together considering James isn't quite the handyman yet. But he did it, no water leakage or power outage!

I decided since I had so much paint leftover I just better paint our room, since it was this weird yellowish-golden color. Love the new color now.

Twilight Party

2009-03-27T19:17:00.001-07:00

Liz invited me to a Twilight Party a girl in her ward was having and it was so much fun. It was hilarious how a bunch of older married girls go crazy over EDWARD..ahhh.

Longest Post Ever..

2009-03-27T18:35:00.001-07:00

Well it's been a week since we've been back from Arizona and considering we were only there for technically 2 days, it took me a week to get back to normal. So here's a few pictures of what's been going on lately.
I came downstairs one night and this is what I found....Andee had dragged the potty in so she could continue with her show...wow.

This is Max's favorite chew toy, so this is what it looked like after he got to it. And what's really bad is, that was the only pacifier Brock took, so yes I had to wash it really good and still use it or else it was bad news. So at church I got some pretty confused looks until luckily a lady in the ward has a friend that works at the nursery in the hospital and got me some new ones!

We finally got the kids some bikes. Andee does so good..Nick still learning.

Well Nick has tested our will not to kill him these past couple of weeks. First, I came downstairs one day to find Nick had taken a bag of shredded cheese out of the fridge and used it as confetti to the entire downstairs. And it was EVERYWHERE! In the couch coushions, behind and under...wow. Then on top of that, I had one of my Costco size soaps out, and he tipped that upside down and spin around the room...so I had soap mixed in with cheese. I leave some books in his room so at night if he can't sleep he can look at some books, well in the morning I found this book that used to make a buzzing sound when you flipped it open, with the motor completely ripped out of the book with the wires hanging out. Then just recentely, James needed a more reliable car for his new job, so we bought him a brand new car, well it was parked out front, near the parkstrip where there's rocks. The kids love to use the rocks as chalk but this one day, Nick decided to use it on James week old car. He took it to 3 different areas on the side, and scratched little circles in it. James took it to the buffer hoping it would take it out....nope. So now his 2 week old car needs a new paint job... I hope my 3 year old isn't the only one doing these things!

I found a set of 4 chairs at the DI and decided it was time to re-finish my table since I've hated it and wanted to buy a different one. So here's the before and after pictures. If you can't tell, I distressed the table and chairs and the bench, took me forever, afterward I promised myself never again, but I'm glad I did.

So I got another crazy idea in my head to redo my kitchen. I was looking through a pottery barn catalog and saw the cute idea. This first picture is me thinking to myself "what have I done...". I started to rip it off the wall and realized I needed help so this is what James came home to the other night..hehe pretty funny. And again if you can't tell, I distressed my cabinets too. So I ripped out 2 cabinets out which makes my kitchen seem so much open now, I love it.

Over the weekend....

2009-02-01T09:00:00.000-08:00

So we had an eventful weekend. I'm so glad Liz called us up last minute to go to the circus, it was a lot of fun. I took a trip to IKEA, which had a domino affect, I realized I needed some shelving for my scrapbook area, and since I was at Home Depot, I thought "since I'm here" I might as well get some more drywall to finish the laundry room. But now that it's all done, I never want to put up any more shelves again, so not fun.
Andee helping with dishes

Kids eating cotton candy at the circus! They had so much fun at their first circus.

Brock turned 3 months! He weighs 13lbs.

Before:

After:

My new scrapbooking/sewing area:

Last project...for now

2009-01-16T07:12:00.001-08:00

This was sort of a last minute impulse. On my way home from Mutual I drove past a house that I could see the inside and her living room was painted brown and looked so good. So all that night I couldn't stop thinking of painting. I woke up, hurried and got Andee off to school, then ran over to Walmart. James was shocked when he came home, but thankfully he likes it.
LIVING ROOM:
Before:

After:

More House Projects

2009-01-14T11:01:00.000-08:00

So on Saturday I decided to start taking the wallpaper off and I started on the smallest area possible. Shortely after figured out that wasn't going to work so I thought just covering it up would be an easy fix. 10 hours later, and 3 trips to Home Depot later I was finally done. Doing the beadboard was the most frustrating and hard project ever imagined! Never doing that again.
THE KITCHEN
Before with wallpaper:

After with beadboard:

ANDEE'S ROOM
Her room has been done for awhile, just never gotten around to taking pictures

THE LAUNDRY ROOM
While I was at Home Depot I figured since I was there to get a sheet of drywall and do some more walls in the laundry room. Also turned out to be not a very easy project. Trying to hold up the drywall sheet and hammer at the same time...not a good idea. I hit the tip of my finger at full force and split it open..not fun. And then putting the puddy stuff on the ceiling, it was flopping everywhere. But it's done and that's the important part. Now there's just 2 more areas that we can do and the laundry room will be some what of a normal room.
The two walls I did:

The walls and shelving my Dad did when he was in town:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIZ!

2009-01-03T22:00:00.000-08:00

Well it's actually tomorrow, so I'm a little early. And I'm not saying how old because it's an unspoken number since it's 1 year away from the big 3...0!Haha. She's already getting depressed and it's still a year away. I can't believe we're getting so "old" yet we still look like we're in high school. Liz and I have come a long way. When we were younger she would always give me the hardest time for having small boobs and being a tom boy. I remember one time we got into a slapping and pulling hair match over I think clothes! But then I also remember when I was 7 or 8, she left a invitation in my room saying that I was invited to a sleep over that was being held in her room, and we were going to stay up late doing our nails and playing games. That's something I will never forget, I have the best big sister. When I was being homeschooled and had no friends, she would take me to her high school get togethers, I thought that was the coolest, hanging out with high school kids. She was always looking out for me. She's my best friend, she's always there to listen to me vent about my drama. I love you Liz. Hope you have a great day and thanks for all the good fun times.
Liz age 4

Disneyland January 1992

Waiting in line for Space Mountain

Us at Young Women in Excellence, I think I'm 13, Liz is 17

Wow...lovely, us in England on the day we're leaving

Her wedding day, September 26th, 1998

Twins?

2008-12-30T19:25:00.000-08:00

I was just curious, so I went back to look at some old pictures of Nick when he was 2 months, and look how much Brock and Nick look alike...wow.

2 months old!

2008-12-30T18:40:00.001-08:00

Brock is such a good baby. Well besides the fact that he still is eating every 3 hours, through the night. Definitely ready for that one to be over with. But other than that, he just eats and sleeps. It's so fun to watch them grow, and to start cooing and making noises. It's things like this you forget when you have 2 older ones. I'm definitely enjoying all the little things more with Brock than I did with Andee and Nick. I was always too anxious to see them grow up.

Mattress disaster...

2008-12-30T13:56:00.000-08:00

So we were blessed and surprised with some money that was left over from the account when we bought our house, we got the check 2 days ago. So James and I had a whole wish list put together of all things we wanted to get with this extra money. Well my main thing was to go and stock up on more food storage at Cosco. So James had to work for 3 hours last night, so he watched the kids while I ran into Cosco then while he was at work, I ran down to our bank, in Lehi to deposit this check. Well, on my way back to get James, at the point of the mountain by Ikea I noticed this truck next to me who had 2 king size mattresses in the bed of his truck. I was in the fast lane, and he was next to me, speeding up to pass me. Well, at the point of the mountain its super windy... so right as we hit the turn of the road, all of a sudden, well I saw it in slow mo, but the mattresses flew out and hit my car!! Keep in mind it's 6p.m, so right at rush hour, so I can't really go anywhere. So complete disaster. So the mattress hit the door then flug and hit the back window. We were so lucky that the auto shop was actually able to fix it today all in one day! I'm just glad it wasn't as bad as it could've been. If I was going any slower, it would've flown out and landed right on me. So for those of you that ever need to haul any type of mattress in your truck, please tie the dang thing down!

This will have to be for another day, when more money falls from the sky

Before: Just picture the window shattered with a huge hole in the middle
After: Good as new!

Christmas Day! Merry Christmas!!

2008-12-26T17:28:00.000-08:00

The kids woke up at their normal time and acted like it was just any other day, asked for "hot cereal" (oatmeal). So we had to remind them that Santa came to our house last night. So they had fun opening their presents and then playing with everything. We woke up to a blizzard and since we go to the Losee's for the Grandparent presents, we had to leave early enough so we arrived on time. So we had a nice relaxing day over at Floyd and Barbara's visiting with everyone. And as usual, Barbara went crazy with everyone's presents, she got all the kids (James and siblings) food storage stuff, so I was so excited to come home and get it organized into my storage room. So I hope everyone had a good Christmas!

Christmas Eve!

2008-12-26T15:59:00.000-08:00

For Christmas Eve this year we went over to Liz's to have the kids cut out cookies and frost them for Santa. They of course had a blast. I found this yummy recipe for a ham, it ended up being a very time consuming ordeal but the ham was so good. James had to work until 5p.m so we waited to do the gingerbread house for him, but by the time dinner was done, and clean up it was too late. Then we opened up p.j's and then all snuggled on the couch and watched Polar Express. I was so shocked that this year Andee could've cared less about the movie, but Nick watched he whole thing without saying a word.

Daddy Daughter Day

2008-12-26T15:45:00.001-08:00

I'm a little slow at updating, but this was clear back on the 15th. Andee's preschool invited a parent to come help with gingerbread houses. It happened to be James day off so he went to go help. Andee was so excited to go with her Dad, James said he was the only Dad there. After they were done at the school, they went out to eat, so that was really fun for Andee to spend some time with just Daddy.

Parents in Town

2008-12-10T18:09:00.000-08:00

My parents and Joseph came into town last week for Aubree's baptism and Brock's blessing. It was such a good visit, Liz and I put my Dad to work since we didn't marry Mr. Handymans. He put shelves up, fixed my toilet by getting me a new one, finished a wall in my laundry room, fixed doors... pretty much you name it, he did it. Thanks Dad so much for all that you did, words can't express enough for how much that meant to me. My parents were nice enough to watch all 6 kids so that Liz and I could go see TWILIGHT again!! yay!! And make a Cosco trip, and do a little clothes shopping, so that was really fun. So it was sad to see them go, but this time it won't be an entire year till we see them again.
1 month old

Little Brock in his blessing outfit

All the cousins

TWILIGHT MOVIE!!

2008-11-23T19:16:00.001-08:00

Oh my heck so the week before the big day I went and bought the soundtrack and seriously listened to it 24/7, well minus me sleeping. And then I had the hardest week probably because I was looking forward to my girls day so much. So when the big day actually got here I couldn't wait, we got there an hour before the show started, and we had reserved seating. But we were all just ready to get away and see EDWARD!! So oh my heck, absolutely LOVED the movie. The scene where it was Edwards first time being shown, I got teary eyed...wow, can we say obsessed!! The audience was hilarious, everyone squealed and screamed when they first showed him and when the movie started so that made it so much funner. So yes, going to see it again tomorrow with James, but I'll have to be carefull not to squeal out when I see Edward...oh dear. The part where he plays Bella's lullaby...ahhh..so good! Anyway, all of you girls who haven't seen it yet, GO SEE IT!

Family Photo Shoot

2008-11-23T19:07:00.000-08:00

Let's just say Liz is amazing! She endured doing all of our photo shoots and lets just say my kids aren't the greatest with sitting still and listening to directions. So thanks so much Liz!! They turned out fantastic.

Andee Turns 4!!

2008-11-23T18:57:00.001-08:00

Ok, so things have been crazy around here trying to get used to having 3 kids so this update is really over due. Her birthday was on the 13th and was so much fun. At school all the kids in her class colored pictures and put it into a card for her. Then that night we had Liz's kids and Grandpa and Grandma Losee and then a surprise visit from Brynn and Casey. So it ended up being a really fun night, nice to see everyone. Thanks Dad and Modena for the book! She loves it.

Just in case you can't tell, it's a crown cake and it was the biggest pain to make. I had to trace each crown part one by one with a template I got off the internet, then cut out each one with a knife. But it was fun once the day was over.

Nick Turns 3!!

2008-11-04T09:53:00.000-08:00

This year was sort of different since Nick and Andee were over at my in-laws house. But Floyd and Barbara brought Nick over so we could celebrate his birthday with him which was so nice of them. The first thing they both said when they came in was "where's baby?". I've never seen Nick so excited before. He loved blowing out his candles and opening all his presents. Andee was almost as excited, she was trying to help him open his presents and she even took her turn blowing out his candles. Thank you Dad and Modena for the book! I've been wanting to get something like that so I can bring it to church. And thanks Barbara and Floyd for all the Cars things, he's going to have so much fun.

Brock Lewis Losee

2008-11-01T10:39:00.001-07:00

He arrived Thursday night at 11:26p.m. My doctor broke my water at 7p.m. and I was dialated to a 7, and 30 minutes later we found out that my platlet count was too low for an epidural. So of course I go into panic mode because I don't do pain. The anastysiologist decided just to do a spinal block but it only lasts for 2 hours, so they gave it to me hoping I would go really fast. But of course it never goes that way so at 11p.m. it wore off. Let me just say for you girls that volunteer to go all natural..what are you thinking. But it ended up being a really neat experience, my doctor pretty much had me deliver him by myself. Once his head was out, and while I pushed, I was pulling his body out. Then I cut the cord, so I'm glad in a way that for my last baby I experienced this. And it was such a relief to see that he was healthy and perfect in every way, considering he was born 3 weeks early, same as Nicholas. So we are absolutely in love with our little Brock and feel so blessed to have him join our family.

Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-24T14:39:00.000-07:00

Today Liz found out about this pumpkin patch so we took the kids over to check it out. It was really fun, they had a hay ride, a hay maze, and all kinds of different fun booths. So the kids had fun.

Aubree and Andee on the hay ride

Update with the Doctor

2008-10-24T10:23:00.000-07:00

I had my 36th week appointment yesterday and I'm dilated to a 4 and his head is clear down at my cervix. So Dad and Modena you might be hearing from me soon!

Tagged by Liz

2008-10-24T09:49:00.000-07:00

8 Things I’m passionate about:
My family, keeping everyone in line
Keeping my house clean/organizing
Scrapbooking
Getting me time
Trying new recipes
My dogs
Anti computer games
Spending quality time with James

8 Things I want to do before I die:
Travel the world
Do volunteer work in Africa with orphans
Write a biography on my mom's life
Take an interior design class
See my kids make achievements through life
Pay off our house
Read all the books that are on my list
Go through all the temples in the U.S

8 Things I do now:
Laundry
Blog
Scrapbook
Take my dogs out for pee breaks 3 times a day...ugh
Clean
Split up fights between my kids
Make dinner, starting to be one of my favorite things to do
Take hot bubble baths

Things I can not do:
Play the piano
Apologize
Pray in public (sacrament meeting, extended family)
Just relax and let my kids make messes
Stop yelling at my kids
Math
Stop nagging
Make bread

8 Things I often say:
"Seriously!"
"You have got to be kidding me!"
"Not in the mood!"
"I love you."
"Are you serious?!"
"Go potty"
"Worthless animal!" (that's when I find a huge pile of turd in my living room)
"You piece of s***" (again when I find a huge pile of turd)

8 Favorite foods:
Chocolate anything
Steak
Steamed broccoli
Bean burrito from Taco Amigo (only in Pleasant Grove)
Shrimp
Lemon merang(no clue with sp) pie
Lettuce wraps
Gourmet hamburgers..hehe

8 Things you may not have know about me:
I cook and do my hair standing on one foot
I love to sleep in
I love TV
I love watching the Animal Planet
Never been back east
I hate needles so I hate shots
I love being in control, with finances and bills
I absolutely hate bad breath, I refuse to kiss James if either one of us has bad breath

8 People I think should do Crazy 8s
Julia, Jillyn, Brynn, Kim, Elyse, Ashley M., and Holly

Canyon Fun!

2008-10-20T09:33:00.000-07:00

Gardner Village

2008-10-20T09:15:00.000-07:00

Our annual trip to Gardner Village. The kids love going and spending time with their cousins. But Liz and I decided that next time we are coming alone so we can actually go inside the shops.

some more projects..

2008-10-20T09:06:00.000-07:00

I decided I better get all my painting projects out of the way before the baby comes. So I've been busy these past couple of weeks finishing the rooms up. Now I'm in the process of getting Andee's room downstairs all finished.
Before:

After:

Before:

After:

Now I just need to find curtains..

Tagged by Liz

2008-10-06T14:29:00.000-07:00

1. Kitchen Sink

2. Toilet

3. Laundry Room

4. Fridge

5. Spouse & Kids

6. Favorite Shoes

7. Favorite Room

8. Dream Vacation
Not really sure what it is, I would be happy with any kind of vacation. Either somewhere with a beach or to Europe
9. Closet

10. Self Portrait

Umm not today : )

So this is a tag where you take pictures of things that are happening right now and what they look like right now. I tag Kim, Julia, Jillyn, and Elyse

Weekend Project!

2008-10-05T15:49:00.000-07:00

Before:

After:

Well I started looking through my decorating books and got an idea to re-do my kitchen. So I ran down and got some paint and started sanding my cabinets. I'm so glad I have a husband who just smiles and sits back and lets me go through with all my crazy ideas. Now that it's all done, I'm really excited for the outcome. To make it complete, I need to take the wall paper off. And new countertops...so probably for my 40th birthday that will be my present to me.

2008-09-26T11:58:00.000-07:00

So here they are Dad and Modena, I didn't take a picture of the downstairs bedroom because it's a mess. Currently being used as a storage room for baby stuff. Or the upstairs bathroom just because there's nothing too exciting about a bathroom.. But there's plenty of projects still to do and I will update as we go.

Our Home

2008-09-26T11:57:00.001-07:00

Little bit crazy around here...

2008-09-25T14:00:00.000-07:00

So sorry it's been awhile since our last update. We finally got our internet hooked up so I can finally feel apart of the world again. We moved into our home September 13 and we are absolutely loving it!! Our neighborhood is very involved with everyone so everybody is real nice. And we absolutely love our ward! So we're really excited to raise our kids here and get to know the area more. And it's really nice only living 15 minutes away from my sister, that's a first in ten years. But I've been promising my parents some pictures so I will update with some pictures tomorrow once I get the printer set up.
Pregnancy is going great! I'm 32 weeks already, time is flying by. I feel pregnant but I'm not mentally ready for this little guy to come out yet, so I'm glad there's still a few weeks left. On Friday I went to visit with my new doctor who is going to be amazing! She is really young, and actually a mid-wife, so if any complications come up, she won't be able to do much but I'm not worried.
James and I have never had our bed on a frame, so we decided it was high time we get one. We also have had the same mattress since we first got married which was a $150 mattress...need I say more. It was all delivered on Tuesday so since then, I've been having the best sleep ever! They also delivered my dryer so for the past 2 days, that's all I've done, it's been so nice.
So to sum things up, life is going fabulous!

update

2008-08-28T08:13:00.000-07:00

Well my realtor and I had plans to look at about 5 homes yesterday and the first home was the keeper! As soon as I walked in the house it was sold. Comparing this home to all the other homes we had looked at, I was totally shocked. So I'm so glad that other house fell through, everything happens for a reason. The sellers accepted our offer last night so we're really excited. Our move in date is September 18th but my loan officer is trying for sooner.

Cousin Reunion!

2008-08-28T08:06:00.001-07:00

Avery, Hailey, Nick, Andee, and Aubree; missing: Addison and Austin

Our cousin Kevin's wife Paula was in town with her kids so we all got together at Thanksgiving Point. It was so good to see her since I haven't seen her since our wedding. They are really the only ones we still keep in contact with that are on my mom's side. I was so mad since I wasn't able to stay very long, I had to meet up with my realtor later that afternoon. So hopefully there will be a next time soon!

1st Day of Preschool!

2008-08-26T08:40:00.001-07:00

Finally school has started again! Andee absolutely loves preschool! And riding the bus. Last year when you would ask her what she learned at school that day, she always responded with "Bus!" So hopefully this year we'll get more out of her. I was really hoping that she would be going 3x a week instead of 2x since she really needs it. So this year she goes every Tuesday and Thursday and she's in the morning shift, which I'm really excited about. Last year she had the afternoon shift and it seemed like from the time we woke up till it was time for school, it took forever. And then it was right in the middle of the day so I could never do anything on those days. So yay for morning shift!

Update!

2008-08-23T14:46:00.000-07:00

Well a lot has been happening! We finally got the green light to buy a home! Yay, we've been waiting for 4 years to hear that. So it took us 3 full days and we finally found one that would fit our needs. It's a way old house, but it's on a third of an acre lot, so it's perfect for the kids and dogs. Since it's an old house, we had an inspection done on it and the results weren't surprising because of the age of the home, but we're still waiting to hear if we have the green light from our lender or if we have to fix some things before moving in. If we get the green light, our move in date is August 29th!

We have sold all our puppies but one little girl..so I told James if she's not sold by Friday..it means we get to keep her! But we'll see, I don't know if we can fit 3 boxers and 3 kids into our small little home.

Pregnancy is going great! He's quite the mover, it's crazy sometimes my whole stomach is moving and bumping all around, pretty funny. I'm 27 weeks, so almost there...sort of.

Nick was stung by a wasp on Wednesday, right under his eye, so his poor eye swelled up pretty big..so sad. But that was his second time getting stung in just the past couple of weeks. The first time he was stung it didn't even phase him, but this time he cryed for a little bit. Andee was stung about 2 weeks before Nick and was hysterical for 3 hours! Barbara and I started to think maybe it was something besides the wasp sting since she was having such a bad reaction. Pretty sad.

Breaking Dawn Party!!

2008-08-02T08:46:00.000-07:00

So at last minute I was able to talk James into letting me go to the Breaking Dawn Party with my sister at Barnes and Noble. And I'm so glad we went! It was the best night I've had in a long time. First we met at Joe's Crab Shack to start our evening. Then we went and stood in line to go take pictures with "Edward"! and "Bella". It was hilarious to see the people that dressed up in their prom attire, vampire attire, along with the two red marks on their neck..hehe. So at 11p.m. we headed over to Walmart to go stand in line to buy the book. When we got there, the way the set up was, it looked like we were the first ones there, so we stood there thinking, right on we beat everyone here, then we looked around the corner...hehe very funny. The line wrapped all the way around the store. So we waited for an hour, ate some cake the store was passing out, and laughed histerically at everything since it was way past our bedtime. There was one point that Liz and I were balling since we were laughing so hard. Then the moment arrived, 12:01a.m.! It took 15 minutes for us to get our books and buy it and then we took pictures once we got IT. First we took a picture with Liz's camara, and I realized after that I was holding the book backwards, so for my camara, we were both laughing histerically again, peeing our pants.... literally..hehe. So in all, it was a great night. I even woke up before the kids woke up this morning to start reading! So far, amazing!

Liz's friend Melanie came with us and she was so much fun

Us with Edward and Bella!

The ridiculous crowd outside of Barns and Noble

Yay!

Happy 4th

2008-07-05T09:08:00.001-07:00

For the 4th, we have an annual Jackson get together (Barbara's side) and then we all go over and watch the fireworks. This year the fireworks were amazing but only lasted for about 20 minutes. Andee got really scared again, but not as bad as last year. She was sitting with James brother Darin, and he said she was shouting out all the colors of the fireworks... poor guy. And Nicholas loved them.

The firemen were giving out these little footballs to all the little kids

The necessities of the fireworks... glow sticks

PUPPIES!

2008-07-04T11:56:00.000-07:00

Well all I can say is I'm glad they are finally here. Last night was the longest night ever, besides when I had Andee and Nick. I started noticing that Mary was acting different around 8p.m. So I hung out outside thinking it was going to be any minute... I went inside around 10p.m. Then I checked on her at 10:30 and she had had her 1st little pup, good thing I was there because she didn't really know what to do. Then I stayed with her until 3:30a.m. after the 5th puppy was born, thinking she was done. But I woke up at 5:30 to find one that didn't make it : ( and probably would have if I was there, so it was sad. Then she had her last puppy at 6:30. So yes, 6 puppies! We were only expecting 3-5 because this was her first litter. They are so cute, I can't wait for them to get a little bigger...and even cuter.

Look at that face...

IT'S A....

2008-07-03T17:10:00.000-07:00

BOY! We are so excited to have another little boy. Nicholas so needs a little brother around so he stops playing dolls and dress up with Andee. We're naming him Brock Lewis.

..camping

2008-06-29T15:15:00.000-07:00

So James and I decided to go camping for our anniversary. And we had a blast. It didn't start off very good though. We first went up AF Canyon since we heard there was a LDS owned camping site that it didn't matter if you had a reservation or not.... well you do. We got there around noon so we were the only ones there. Just as we got our tent set up and one of the sleeping bags out, a man came and asked us what ward we were from, so we told him, and he said, well, you're in the wrong spot, you're going to have to leave, we have 12 wards here tonight. Yeah, very sad. So we drove up the Canyon a ways to see if we could find a different spot, but everything was full. Floyd had told us about a spot down past Eureka, so we decided to try it out. It was an hour drive down there, then we got lost and had to call Floyd a couple of times to get the directions again. Finally we still didn't find "his" spot so we just pulled off the little road where we found a fire pit. It ended up being a really nice spot, reminded me of Arizona camping. Minus all the cow poo and flys it would've been ideal. But it was still really fun, the kids had so much fun. And they went to bed SO good, which I was really worried about. We forgot pillows so James and I didn't sleep as well as the kids, we decided for the next camping trip, we are definitely investing in a air mattress.

Our 1st Family Campout!

2008-06-29T15:13:00.001-07:00

Thanksgiving Point...again

2008-06-22T18:47:00.001-07:00

It was so nice on Friday, it wasn't crowded at all

Nick still doesn't like going on the Pony ride. He talks about it on the drive there, and there as soon as he gets on the pony, he wants off.

Cousin Party

2008-06-22T18:41:00.001-07:00

While the girls scrapbooked, the kids had a blast playing in the pool and jumping on the trampoline. They spent about 4 hours in the pool, which made it a very relaxing day for me. I was able to get 8 pages done with no kid interruptions!

Nicholas still not getting in the pool...

Getting ready for lunch

So cute

Father's Day Weekend

2008-06-17T06:41:00.000-07:00

We had so much fun this past weekend. We started off by going to Thanksgiving Point, which we had never taken the kids before, and they had a blast. So we'll definitely be going more often from now on. Then on Saturday, we decided to take the kids to see "Kung Fu Panda". The theater was packed with families so I was thinking to myself I'm sure my kids weren't going to be the only ones acting up. But they actually did great. Nicholas towards the end got really antsy, and James had to stand up with him but Andee did so good! And it was really funny when the turtle dies, Andee said out really loud "Oh no, turtle dead!" But I was surprised that she knew what was happening since it wasn't obvious. I have no idea how she picks up on those kind of things. And then for Father's Day, James got a laptop that he adores. After church we went for a little stroll at a little park that's really fun for the kids to run around, but Sunday ended up being a really hot day, so we only stuck around for 20 minutes. And then James being the great husband he is, let me take a nap when we got home.

How cute is this, and no they aren't posing. I was just really lucky to catch them in the act being cute brother and sister.

A Day at Thanksgiving Point

2008-06-16T15:45:00.001-07:00

Finally Pool Weather...sort of

2008-06-10T10:35:00.001-07:00

Yesterday was finally a hot day, well so I thought. The pool was still a little cold so Andee only wanted to stay in for 10 minutes, and Nicholas absolutely refused to get in. James was teasing him by splashing water on him so he was yelling "No, don't!" and it was pretty hysterical. I was able to catch a few good pictures with him in the act.

Mr. Grump

Too much like his mother..

Nick's Plant

2008-06-06T18:14:00.001-07:00

Nick got this plant in Nursery and it actually grew! This is the first time that I haven't killed a plant. So I think I was more excited about it than Nick was. I left it in the cup a little long as you can see, the cup has a crack in it, but I was a little afraid that transplanting it would kill it.

Nick digging the hole for his plant

The final product, let's hope for the best...

Sandbox Fun

2008-06-06T18:08:00.000-07:00

Barbara decided to dig out one of her garden areas and put in a sandbox for the kids. And they absolutely love it! Andee at first didn't want to get in because she was concerned about getting dirty, but she finally got over that fact. Nick of course jumped right in belly first.

Winnie the Pooh Party!

2008-06-06T17:48:00.001-07:00

Barbara put together this fun party for all the little cousins. She got everyone their Pooh attire and had all sorts of Pooh activities for the kids, and they had so much fun. Losee cousins: Andee, Nick, Bryce, Gavin, Aliva, Baby Roxi, Whitney, and Weston

Playing "Hide n' go seek" with pooh, tigger, piglet, and rabbit. They each took turns hiding the little figurines and then they would all try to find them. This was one of the favorites.

Grandma reading a Pooh story

Eating lunch on all Pooh things of course

It was so hard keeping Nick out of the bean box. This is one of his favorite things to do at Grandma Losee's house is play in the bean box, so he didn't like the idea that while they were playing the "Hide n' seek" game, he couldn't get in.

Random pictures

2008-06-06T17:46:00.001-07:00

May

2008-05-29T08:29:00.000-07:00

Since May is almost over I need to give a month update. Sorry I haven't posted any pictures, my computer has issues and James doesn't have a memory card slot. So I just need to get down to the store and buy one... So anyway, this month was pretty busy. The kids went to their first dentist appointments, and came away with no cavities! I for sure thought that Andee was going to have atleast 6, but luckily none. And I was so surprised at how well she did, she just laid there, watched her movie and obeyed orders, so I was very glad. Nick on the other hand wanted nothing to do with the moving chair, but he did let Blair (James uncle is our dentist) look at his teeth.

Mother's Day was wonderful. James got a little excited and celebrated it a week early thinking it was then, but he got me 2 new books to tide me over till Breaking Dawn comes out, and then he had the kids each bring me a gift with a card. And that Saturday I was having a prego emotional day so the cards were the cutest things I've ever had, balling my eyes out over them. Then the following week, for the real Mother Day, James went and got me 4 new books since in that past week I finished the 2 he got me. One of which was the "Host", which I'll have to admit at first I didn't like it because I was expecting something completely different but towards the end I absolutely loved it!

Andee gave her first talk 2 Sundays ago in primary. Which was the cutest thing I've ever seen. I couldn't stop laughing though because she surprised us all when she walked right up to the podium and started jabbering away. James couldn't get her to stop. You only could get a few words out, like "family", "prayer" and then of course "AMEN!" but holy cow it was so cute.

We've had a lot of fun at our Den meetings. This month we made a catapult and a toolbox that the boys absolutely loved. I'll have pictures later.

Mary, our boxer, has only 3 more weeks left in her pregnancy. We figured she'll be having them around June 24. Our anniversary is the 27th, and then my ultra sound will be on July 1st or 2nd. So it's going to be a busy week, I'm so excited!

This past weekend the kids and I went to stay over at my sisters house so they could enjoy a weekend get-away. The kids had a lot of fun playing together. Nick was my little pill though, picking fights with his cousin Addison. Since she reacts to him, it was like a game to him to see how mad he could make her. So let me just say, we had a lot of time outs..hehe. And now Andee is having Addison and Aubree withdraws. Whenever I say "lets go outside" she always says "Addy's house?" and then has a pout party. It's pretty cute.

Only 64 days till Breaking Dawn is released!!!

update

2008-05-07T12:39:00.000-07:00

Well I haven't posted in awhile so I decided I'd better let everyone know what we've been not up to.
First of all for those of you who didn't get it from my comments, yes I am pregnant, due November 19th. And we're really excited to have another little one around but I'm just really nervous, 3 little ones, kind of scary. We find out the sex at the end of next month so I'm really excited to know. But I'm pretty sure that's it going to be a girl, we'll see. And I'm just glad that my morning sickness is over. It lasted 1 month too long. This was the worst morning sickness combining all 3 pregnancies. I was sick all day every day for 30 days, so yes very glad it's over.
Nicholas is no longer in his "Kids on the Move" program, he graduated since he's at his age appropriate level. Those of you who don't know what that is, Kids on the Move is a program where they come to your home and help your child with motor skills, and cognitive skills.
James got accepted into the American Express internship program, so he started that on May 1st and is really excited for the new opportunities it's going to bring. He finally has a normal shift now, 9-6, which is the first time in 2 years he's had that, so I'm excited.
The reason I haven't posted in awhile is my sister got me into reading the "Twilight" series and holy crap, it has consumed me. 86 more days until the 4th book comes out, I'm so excited! I'm reading all 3 books over again to pass the time. And Liz and I are already making plans for December 12 so we can carpool to see the movie!! So excited.
So Max our dog, only has one testical, so we figured that's why we haven't had any puppies from Mary, because she's over a year now. But we soon just realized that she hadn't gone into heat yet, and last Friday we got some evidence that we may be getting puppies in a little bit. And sure enough, she has very definite nipples, so yes, we will be having Boxer puppies. I was so hoping we would be in our own place by that time, but it's looking more on the no side of that. So poor Barbara and Floyd, they've had to deal with 2 boxers barking, now they'll have a few more. But I'm excited, because I told James I want to keep one of the puppies, and of course he's definitely not excited about that, so we'll see.
And sorry no pictures, we haven't really done much outside since Utah still is having a really cold spring. So hopefully that will end soon and we can go outside more, or else I'm moving to Arizona.