Matt & Alex Yrungaray

One Saturday Afternoon

2011-08-23T10:39:00.000-06:00

We did a little photo session at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building on Saturday. I had some of my bridals taken there a little more than 9 years ago and the lighting always seems to be great. We were a bit rebellious, seeing as we has a naked 2 1/2 week old baby on some of the furniture, but he didn't pee on anything and we got a few great shots of Christian and the other kids.

Cheese ball!

Andrew starts Kindergarten this year... I will miss him!

Ethan is so big! He's going into 1st great this year

giving us some attitude!

So tiny and so sweet!

I think this might be my favorite, you can see right into his heart through these innocent, beautiful eyes.

BIG yawn!

So snuggley

naked baby on the furniture... watch out :)

He is such a happy baby... you can see it shine through him all the time!

Baby's first photo shoot

2011-08-15T21:22:00.000-06:00

While in the hospital a photographer came to our room and took some pictures of Christian. They post the pictures online for 2 weeks for free so we figured at least everyone could see some pictures of him if nothing else... well some of them turned out good and one in particular turned out great, so here are a few of my favorites.

This one is my favorite, eyes open and a smiley face. He is such a happy baby! He smiles all the time and even giggles in his sleep. I am so excited to watch his personality blossom as he gets bigger.

Christian Photos

2011-08-08T23:06:00.000-06:00

Welcoming Christian-Aden Salvador Yrungaray Into This World

2011-08-08T23:02:00.000-06:00

This is the mommy version of this story, there are three others that can be told... Daddy's, Grandma's and Aunt Jenni's all may be a little different, like any story, but here is mine.

I had a busy day, my mom and I took my kids up to play with their cousin Emeri and swim in the pool at Jenni's apartments. I had been having regular contractions all day long, but that wasn't anything new, I had been having them for weeks. I did have my mom drive home, just in case something changed quickly, but nothing did. On the way home we stopped at the pet shop and looked at the animals for a few minutes and headed for home. I was a bit worn out so I sat down for a few minutes and noticed that the contractions were staying pretty steady no matter what I did. That was a good sign that things were progressing, but I am able to make it through pretty much all of labor without much pain or anxiety, cause I took some awesome hypnobirthing classes when I was pregnant with Sam and learned how to relax and let my body do the work.

Well after cooking chili for dinner, Matt helped the kids get ready for bed and I read to them. I did mention to Matt that we should probably go in soon, but I had been to the hospital earlier that week and got sent home and didn't want a repeat of that so I wanted to hang out a bit longer and make sure things progressed still. Well after I sat down on the couch next to Matt things started to get more intense as far as strength of contractions, but they spread out a bit so I thought things might die down, like they had a few times before, and go away. But little did I know, or remember at least, that they call this the "rest and be thankful" stage where you get a bit of a break right before the baby comes...I wish I would have known that a week ago!

My water broke around 8:45 pm and Matt called my mom to come over right away so that someone would be here for the other kids that were sound asleep. I rushed back to the bathroom to clean up a bit and put something on to catch the fluid on the way to the hospital, while Matt packed up the car. My sister Jenni and her daughter Emeri happened to be at my mom's when the call came so they came over too to give support on my way out. I even was laughing and playing with Emeri in between contractions :) I headed out to the car a few minutes later and on the way there things got a bit more intense, which usually doesn't happen until the very end, like last 15 min of delivery for me, but I was just focused on trying not to yell too loud and wake up the kids, which I was failing at the being quiet bit, but they stayed asleep anyway.

As I got to the car I had a contraction, and there was no denying it, he was coming right then! I felt his head start to come out and I yelled bloody murder "He's coming now! His head is between my legs!" (My sister told me later that she didn't know anyone could yell that loud, and if you know my family, that is REALLY saying something. ) My mom called 911 right away and no one could remember the address to the house LOL, I was trying to tell it as I made my way into the house :) Matt and Jenni got me laid down a couple of steps back into the house on the wood floor in the kitchen. They pulled my underwear off (I was wearing a dress) and the baby swooshed out seconds later. Matt caught him, with only a tiny bump on the wood... :) and they turned him to the side to get the fluid out and he started crying right away.

The paramedics came soon after and helped us to make sure baby and mommy were both OK. They gave me a shot of some pain meds so that I could move to get on the gurney as my nerve in my back was shooting pain at this point, and both of us got some oxygen as a precautionary measure. Baby even got an 8 or 9 (the EMT couldn't make up her mind) on his apgar test. We rode to the hospital and we both still checked out great. We had our shortest hospital stay of about 30 hours and we were headed home.

I've had a lot of people ask me if I was scared, and the answer is NO! At the time there was no time to be scared, he was coming and I had three people there to support me. And now thinking about it, it's still not scary... because if it was going to happen it was the perfect way for it to happen, Baby and I were both fine, Matt was there to deliver his baby (how many dad's names are the attendant on the birth certificate?!?!) My mom and sister were there to call 911, support me, do all the running to get things, and watch my other kids. AND my other kids slept through it all. It couldn't have been a better situation. I know Heavenly Father was looking out for all of us, and now Christian has a super cool birth story!

Christian minutes old. Still at the house.

Me in the ambulance.

Christian and Emeri together from the moment of birth.

Our new bigger family.

Look at all the hands on this poor kid already :)

Jenni couldn't contain her excitement!

It's amazing how each kids reaction to meeting their new brother reflects their personality.

I love this picture!

Sam had to have her hair done extra cute for the first time her brother would see her.

On our way home... thanks Kathy for the BYU garb!

2011-08-08T23:01:00.001-06:00

Utah spring is here

2011-04-22T09:32:00.003-06:00

So it's been a long, long time since I posted but I thought with the new baby on HIS way, (to arrive sometime in August,) that I should get started again.

Spring here in Utah brings lots of rain and snow (BOOO) so we have been celebrating the sunny days as much as we could. So here is a few pictures of the kids celebrating their way.

first day of kindergarten

2010-09-02T10:14:00.004-06:00

E had his first day of Kindergarten yesterday. He was so excited and not once did he say he was nervous or scared, but Matt gave him a blessing in the morning and his comment was "Now I feel much Braver!"

When we got to school they started with all the kids in a circle, some of the parents stayed with the kids, but I knew it wouldn't help E or me to stay, but I sat down behind him for just a second and he said "Mom can I just have one more hug?" And he was good for me to leave. He is such a great kid I honestly have missed him already.

So a few people called to ask him how his first day was and he told them that he didn't learn anything he just had fun He told me he just couldn't remember but what ever they did do, it sure wore him out.... it didn't take long after getting in the car before this happened.

In conjuncture with the first day of school I have another give away from MyBlogSpark, and this time it is from Yoplait. We eat ALOT of go-gurts at our house. We especially like them frozen like a popsicle, it's a nice healthy snack. I was able to get this fun prize pack from Yoplait that has all sorts of cool back to school stuff in it. My kids just can't get enough of the pen fan especially. So to celebrate going back to school post a comment about what you like best about the first day/week of school. For me I like getting organized...I loved getting my calendar for each of my college courses and putting them, color cordnated, on to one calendar each semester. I did that some with my kids and google calendar this year. Seriously it thrills me... I know I am a dork. So share with me what you like best by Sept. 10th and one of you will win this.

2010-09-02T09:28:00.003-06:00

There is a cool program that could get my son's school $500,000 please go and vote for his school, each person can vote 5 times for his school and this can really make a difference for all my kids!

Sweet Sunday Mornings

2010-08-24T11:14:00.004-06:00

I love that Sundays is just a different day with a different feeling. I don't feel like I have to just keep moving, to get as much I as I can done, I can slow down a bit more and enjoy my family and my life a whole LOT more! Well Pillsbury would like you to tell them why you like Sundays and they are doing it in two ways.

I have a prize that I get to give away through MyBlogSpark and Pillsbury and then...
there is an even cooler contest that is going on directly through Pillsbury.

Here is what they have to say about the contest:
In an effort to recapture Sunday mornings as the ideal occasion to reconnect with family and loved ones, Pillsbury Cinnamon rolls is teaming up with Melissa Joan Hart, star of the new ABC Family sitcom "Melissa and Joe's," for the My Sweet Sunday Moment Contest, where you and your family have a chance to win a seven-day "week of Sundays" vacation to California, including a visit to area theme parks and Melissa Joan Hart's sweet shop, SweetHarts! Enter today by visiting Pillsbury.com/SweetSunday and telling Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls why your family loves Sunday and why you want more of them for chance to win. You have until September 2nd to enter.

It's not hard to enter you just go on the website and write a little about why you love Sundays, so get going and GOOD LUCK!

So for my contest, please make a comment about what you like best about Sundays and you will be entered to win a cool prize package that includes a new spatial, silicon hot pad, dish towels, and a Pillsbury dough boy doll (pictured below.) My kids love the doll and the spatula is especially nice!

I look forward to everything you all have to say!

Good luck, you have until Sept 1st to comment.

New Nephew

2010-04-11T09:39:00.002-06:00

My sister in law Brooke and my brother Alan welcomed a new baby into the world at 12:24am this morning and I got to be there with them. Many of you might remember that I did Hypnobirthing for my last baby , things were amazing, but not exactly what we planned. Brooke had a really bad first birth experience and after using Hypnobirthing I told her about it and wanted her to try it this time around. Can I tell you she was AMAZING!!!!! She was working on the baby coming on and off for two days now and progressing slowly. She relaxed and let her body do the work for her. At 11:05 last night she was watching a movie with her Mom and Alan and her water broke. Instantly everything changed, the baby was coming NOW!
They had asked me to be there to support her birth because I knew what she wanted and could clearly communicate that to the nurses and staff. Well really there wasn't time to do much with that but Brooke stood up for what she wanted and exactly 25 minutes after getting to the hospital Baby Boy Cannaday came into this world with a "anticlimactic End" as the midwife said. In other words it was perfect, NO screaming and yelling, no harsh words, or anger, just a little panting and this beautiful baby was here! Brooke did kept herself relaxed and comfortable and he entered the world exactly as Heavenly Father intended all his spirits to arrive, quietly and comfortable.
I am so grateful I was there to witness this spirit come into this world, so peacefully and lovingly.

Greek Goddess

2010-03-31T15:14:00.004-06:00

Yoplait and MyBlogSparks gave me the chance to feel like a Greek Goddess for a little while this week. They sent me out this great package of things that help you relax and feel like a goddess, plus coupons to go get some of their new Greek Yogurt for free. They are also tying this into the new Clash of the Titans movie that is coming out soon.

I have to admit that we eat A LOT of yogurt at our house, (almost every morning for breakfast), so I was excited to try a new kind. The only thing that I don't like about this yummy treat in the morning is that I get hungry again soon after and need to eat something else. Well this was NOT the case with this supper tasty new kind of yogurt. It felt like I was eating something hardier but tasted GREAT then, I wasn't hungry again until lunch and let me tell you I can't remember the last time that happened.
I tried the vanilla honey and the blue berry. If you are looking for something that is as sweet as your typical flavored yogurt you are looking in the wrong place, but I found the fact that is wasn't so artificially sweet and tasted like...well...yogart, to be very refreshing and fulfilling.
I have to admit that I will be headed back to this end of the yogurt isle again this week to get me some more!
AND Yoplait and MyBlogSparks is letting me give away another package like mine to someone who adds a comment here to my post. So the question I ask you is...How do you find the inner goddess in you?
Oh and I almost forgot, here is a link to a coupon for $.30 off so you can try it today, and everyone is a winner.

For me to remember

2010-03-01T23:07:00.002-07:00

So this post doesn't have any cute pictures to go with it yet (they are on Matt's phone and I am too tired to try to get them off) but I wanted to at least document the cute moments that have happened in the last 24 hours.
So last night I got the boys to bed but S didn't want to go down yet and I am not consistent about making her go if she's not acting ready, so I let her stay up a little longer than usual and it was worth it. A few minutes after her and I sat down she crawled down off my lap and headed over to Matt who was on lying on the floor. she got right in his face bent down and kissed him on the nose with a noise and everything. I was so super cute. Then she came over and told me in her little way that I needed to give Daddy kisses too, so I did and then she told me to go back and sit down, and she crawled back over and gave him more noisy kisses. Those moments are worth all the times I get up with her every night!
Then we have had some trouble with E and whining all the time and boy today was no different, after dinner he thought he just HAD to have a bath. Usually this wouldn't be a problem, but we were cutting it close to bed time and he really NEEDED to go to bed on time tonight, he was so whinny! Matt had just got home from the gym so he was going to take a shower so I asked if he wanted to get in the shower with his dad for couple minutes, hoping this would be faster than a bath... well A LOVES showers so he jumped on the idea, so E said he would try it. LOL I went into the bathroom to help A out and E in and S started stripping off her diaper (all that was left after taking off her clothes that were dirty from dinner a few minutes before) She sat on her potty chair for a few minutes then it was her turn...she tried to walk in then chickened out so Matt picked her up and she screamed the whole time. Matt tried to distract her in a few ways, but she just wasn't having it.
then came pj time. I figured out the other day that there were some pjs in the boy's drawers that were way too little for them so I tried some on S tonight and they fit...well :) Unintentionally I pulled out a white shirt and blue shorts for all three of them. It was super cute to have them all matching so well. and they loved it even more than I did.
I wanted to remember these moments so thanks for letting me share them with you!

a very thoughtful boy

2010-01-30T16:30:00.002-07:00

I have been up most of the night four of the last eight nights...with sick kids. It makes for one tired Mommy, but it looks like everyone is feeling well today and yesturday, so hopefully we are in the clear.
The point of this post isn't that I'm tired, but that my son E is super sweet. The night I was up with him (he threw up every 10-15 min all night except for one 2 hour span) I was throwing up for the umteenth time and he said "I'm sorry, Mom." and I asked why and he said "for keeping you up all night I know you are really tired." and he said this while his throwing up every drop of liquid left in his stomach. I just hugged him and told him it was worth everything to be is mom. I know it didn't sink in because he said it a few more times that night, but it was nice to see how compationate my little man is.

First Steps 1 of 3

2010-01-25T21:36:00.002-07:00

First Steps 2 of 3

2010-01-25T21:28:00.002-07:00

I love how she falls down. Also, her brothers love the camera and filming their sister. I try not to forget to cherish their giggles and laughs.

First Steps 3 of 3

2010-01-25T21:21:00.002-07:00

Up Close and Personal

2010-01-25T20:55:00.004-07:00

Up close and personal with the cast of these few shorts films, E was the Driector, A the Producer and Baby S the film's Star

Extreme Baby Climbing

2010-01-25T20:42:00.003-07:00

This climb is so dangerous and daring that before S accends notice she blows a last kiss to her mommy. At the top of the peak, notice the strange silly billy goats.

Family Home Evening

2010-01-24T19:15:00.003-07:00

Tonight we had an amazing FHE about Families, both physical and spiritual, given by our 5 year old E. He has really enjoyed primary from the start, but this year he is really soaking in every word of it. He is really good at remembering FHE, but I usually give the lesson, but this time he asked me to get a few things for him, a ball, a family picture, a picture of Christ and some paper dolls. (all things that were part of his lesson today) Then he gave the whole FHE all by himself. Including assigning an opening and closing prayer and song. During his lesson he told us how we were born as spirit children first and our spirits look like our physical bodies. And how we have a Heavenly Father. Then he told us how great it is to be in a family here on Earth. I could here the exact words that his teacher must have said to him the last couple of weeks just pouring out of him. I couldn't have given a better lesson. Then he took the ball and asked a question and then tossed it randomly to each member of the family and they had to answer. A had to add his two sense at the end and Baby S entertained us while dancing to "I am a Child of God" and "Jingle bells." Really we are so blessed to have the beautiful children that we have. They are great examples to us. And They help me to learn so much everyday.

2010...so far

2010-01-17T21:01:00.002-07:00

Baby S has taken a few independent steps in the past few weeks, but this afternoon she just decided to walk across the room from her Dad to her Mom. Its so much fun to see her explore this world. Her new words are pretty, bow, shoe and osmosis (okay she hasn't said that one yet).
Matt has a new calling as primary teacher for the CTR 6/7 and loves it! He is also playing basketball with the Elders in the Stake's tournament ( I know what you're thinking...He can run? Okay so Ive put on 50 lbs since high school but truthfully I can still ball with the high schoolers that play. ) Anyway I have a lot of fun playing and I look forward to it every week. Ive realized that exercise can be such a great stress relief. Work continues to be very challenging but enjoyable. I love the fact that I work with my very favorite people in this town and no one else.
The boys love school and surprise me everyday with their grownup observations. Alex and I are looking at Schools for them next year and we are leaning toward a open classroom approach Charter school.
Alex is excited about a party that she is throwing next month and has some fun things planned.
2010 has just started but I know it will be one of our best yet. I remembered something we used to do; making dream lists and going dream building-gotta get back in that habit

olympics I can do

2010-01-04T10:51:00.002-07:00

I get to pass the torch for the Digital Scrapbook Memories Olympics this year, so here it is, if you would like to enter to win a package for their retreat this year you can pass this image along too and go here to enter to win.

Christmas

2009-12-26T22:23:00.003-07:00

We have had an eventful Christmas break. We left after school on the 17th and headed down to see Mom and Dad Y, and Ben and Allison's family. We packed our time there with fun family activities including a snow ball fight in 70 degree weather, looking at lights in downtown Riverside, two great dinners out (one with kids and one without), and a couple great dinners at home, decorating sugar cookies with Grammy, and lots of just hanging out and playing. Sabrina, Kevin and Kaleb also came for part of the weekend and it was so great to see them (I think my boys are still small until I see them with their other cousins and then they seem so big!)
We miss the Yrungaray side of the family so much! It is so nice to get together and have no drama and just feel loved and appreciated for who you are!
We came home on Tuesday and ran into some snow on the way so it took us several more hours than usual, but I was so grateful that Matt slowed down so much and really drove carefully! (thanks Mom Y for reminding him of how important this is ! :) )
Wednesday we tried to rest and get things finished up for Christmas, but we were so beat that there wasn't a lot done.
Christmas Eve we went over to my Dad's house for dinner and family time. Dinner was good and we had a great time with each other. We also got some fun things from my dad and got to give him some Christmas ornaments my boys made for him to start his tree.
Christmas morning we opened presents here with our kids and got to enjoy just sitting around for awhile. I also made these amazing cinnamon rolls that you leave in the fridge over night so they are super easy in the morning, plus they were super yummy. Then we headed to my mom's house for more opening of presents... my mom made each of us a snugly :) and we exchanged a few gifts, then we played rock band the rest of the evening. It is a fun game and it's fun to be silly with each other!
Today was another recovery day. we didn't do much of anything, but we will have to get back into routine next week, so that my kids will not be so whiny (it was a tragedy every few minutes this morning...it was tough to be the patient one!)
We are so grateful for the season! I am so grateful for my Savior and Redeemer. I am grateful to have the gospel in my life and to give that gift to my children. I am so grateful for ALL of our family and friends. We pray for all of you and hope you can feel our love. You bring joy to our lives that can not be expressed in words.
PS sorry for the lack of pictures, but I don't want to dig out the camera right now, I'm too comfy on the couch right now :)

Halloween

2009-11-07T21:37:00.004-07:00

This Halloween was tons of fun. It was a beautiful warm day and evening which made it easy to have a long trick or treating and ALOT of candy. My mom made some great costumes (as always) and it was fun to celebrate a fun day with so many friends and family.

My niece (Girl E) and and Baby S were both Tinkerbell this year, my mom made them matching costumes and they thought it was so fun to match!

My brother Jon wanted to be a mummy this year, his costume was the coolest mummy I have ever seen! and baby S just loves him, even in the scary costume.

Ralleigh was some sort of Jedi, with chains across the face as a detail, he has a great imagination, that my mom is so awesome to help come to life for him. E was Optimise Prime, my mom made the body suit, but I made the boxes that made it into the transformer, I say this because I think they came out pretty cool! I made the templates for the autobot and the flames from scratch... and it turned out awesome if I do say so myself :) A was CocCoke an imaginary character that he has been talking about for a long time and my mom once again brought to life. According to his latest description it had 10 arms but 6 were enough to make him happy. It turned out way cool, and he loves it so much that he has worn it for PJs every night except for one (because it was being washed) since Halloween.

Here is a better look at all the arms on CocCoke.

All in all it was a great night, we Trick or Treated at my mom and my dad's neighborhoods and Trunk or Treated with my ward. We got to see everyone in their costumes and LOTS of treats!

Candlestick Ward Relief Society Super Saturday

2009-11-01T11:55:00.006-07:00

My ward is having a Super Saturday soon and I wanted the sisters to be able to get on line and get the information. So for those of you that are not in my ward I hope this gives you ideas for your own Super Saturdays one day, and I promise I will have pictures from Holloween soon!

Candlestick Ward Relief Society
Super Saturday
November 21st
10a.m. to 1:30p.m.

We will have quilts set up for everyone to work on and visit. Please signup to let us know we will have the pleasure of your company at for lunch at noon, even if you do not want to do any crafts! (we need to know how many sisters to prepare for.)

Please have money in by November 8th, make checks payable to Linda Jensen

1. Joy Christmas Blocks
Cost: $3.75 add $1 for candle
Time to make: 45 min
Supplies you bring: none needed

2.Explosion Picture Box
Cost: Free
Time to make: 45 min
Supplies you bring: You may bring three 12”x12” and one 8.5”x 11” scrapbook card stocks. Or you may use what will be provided. (these can be made to match any color scheme so if you have one in mind please bring what you would like to match that.) You may also bring any embellishments you would like to use.

3.Casserole carrier
Cost: $.75 (this covers the wood that will be used)
Time to make: 45 min
Supplies you bring: 1 yard quilted fabric and 1 yard matching bias tape

4.Glass Etching on Casserole Dishes
Cost: $1.50
Time to make: 15 min plus dry time (the older your dish is the longer it takes for the etching cream to take.
Supplies you bring: You bring your own dish to etch, we provide the stencil and etching cream.
**Please specify exactly what you would like your etching to say.

5.Seasonal Tiles (this is to complete the set of holiday decorations that Alex started with the valentines day LOVE tiles)
Cost: full set (includes 12 seasons and holidays) $15
Seasons (spring, summer, fall and winter) $5
Holidays(new years, Easter, St. Patrick’s day, forth of July, Halloween, thanks giving and Christmas) $8.75
Valentines set (LOVE) $1
Time to make: 45 min per set
Supplies you bring: none needed

6. First aid carry pack
Cost:$1.30
Time to make: 15 min
Supplies you bring: you will provide you own first aid supplies to put into the carrier

7. Foam picture frame (pictured with matching explosion picture box)
Cost: $1.25
Time to make: 45min-1hour
Supplies you bring: 2 squares of 14”x14” fabric (matching or coordinating) and 18” ribbon and any other embellishments you want. Many of you would have this sitting around already

8. Soap dispenser
Cost: $1.50
Time to make: 10-20 min
Supplies you bring: none needed

9. reusable ice pack
Cost: $1
Time to make: 10 min
Supplies you bring: none needed

10. microwave produce cooking bag (perfect for cooking potatoes)
Cost : $1.25
Time to make: 10 min
Supplies you bring: none needed

If you would like you may sign up for the craft by leaving a comment here or emailing Kris Campbell and then getting your money to Linda Jensen.

Please come have a great time with us crafting, eating and visiting!

End of Summer Sillies

2009-08-25T13:50:00.009-06:00

Well we still have a couple of weeks for summer vacation as the boy's preschool doesn't start until the second week of September. So we have been trying to take advantage of the time we have left as much as we can.
Today we are doing a silly project we are still in the middle of (they are still cooling). We took a bunch of broken crayons and peeled them then broke them into pieces and melted them into new swirly ones. The full instructions are on my friend Launi's blog. We used one of those "water bottle" shaped ice cube molds and lined it with foil to make sure they would come out easily. So far they look really cool!

***update, the crayons turned out awesome, they took about 25 min in the oven, but when finished they were about the size of the large crayons, so they worked really great! One note though is to make sure you don't even get a pin whole in the aluminum foil or you will get a mess, in the mold and it stains!

My sister Jenni comes over every Wednesday night so while her hubby Braeden plays basketball with Matt. Well this always ends up being a really late night for my kiddos, cause who wants to go to bed when your craziest aunt is there to play? This will have to change a little after school starts cause none of us will be able to sleep in on Thursday mornings like we do pretty often right now. Well last week we were all playing in the living room like normal and I hear baby S gag on something (this happens often cause she likes to stick her fingers down her throat for some strange reason) This time there was something crazy in her mouth that made us all laugh so super hard! She spit it out right after these pictures (she wasn't suffocating, or anything, it was just SOOO big for her mouth!)

We play a lot of dress up at our house because we have all the old Halloween costumes that my mom has made over the years and they are REALLY cool! Well this time E used a pair of padded pants that the crotch had warn out of as a shirt... I couldn't stop laughing! (Sorry the picture isn't great, but if I go and edit all the pictures I don't get the post done... so I am posting it even though it's a little dark and blurry)

My boys used to love to wear goggles all the time, and I have some great pictures of especially E, but Baby S does NOT feel the same way about them, but I had to see, so here is a couple of pictures of my attempt at putting goggles on her. As you can see she was much happier once she got them off of her face.

One more silly thing I don't have a picture of... we haven't been camping yet this summer and we have been missing one of the things that you have to have when you go camping especially so... we have been making smores in the oven. We start with one graham cracker and pile up the mini marshmallows on each and put them under the broiler for 1 minute. (watch up close!) When browned pull them out and sprinkle them with chocolate chips and smoosh the other graham cracker on top and enjoy.

Matt took me on a great adventure and we took lots of pictures for our anniversary, but that is going to have to wait cause not it is nap time and I have to go... so until next time.

E and his kids

2009-08-12T08:57:00.002-06:00

E has told me a few more things over the last couple of days that he will do when he goes up.

While climbing down from the table (he was for some reason standing on it)
"When I grow up it will be OK for my kids to put their feet on the table"

While E and I were cleaning up one BIG mess and E asking to do another project already and me saying not right now he said," My kids will be able to make lots of messes and I will clean them all up"

At a random time he said "my kids will get to eat LOTS of candy and get to build a tree house"
(we have been working on plans for the later.)

I love him so much! I am glad he has awhile before he really grows up, cause he is going to be one busy guy!

talking

2009-08-03T22:48:00.003-06:00

Baby S is starting to do some really awesome things. (well new really awesome things) The last couple of days she has really started to get a move on. She rolls and scoots to get anything she wants, usually something she is not supposed to have. She has really started to try to mimic sounds that you make. She says DA DA (usually very loudly) often... and she is talking about her dad. She says mmmmm when she likes something she is eating or when she is thirsty. She claps when she likes things or when ever you say "yeah for S" And this morning Matt was making kissing noises and she made them bake before laying one on him and if your really lucky she will give you a real, rap her arms around you and squeeze, hug.
BUT the inspiration of this post is her newest trick.... She signed "Milk Please" tonight!!! We have been working with her for a few months to try to get her to ask for Mommy milk instead of crying and tonight she signed it and hollered to make sure we (Matt and I) were both watching. I'm so so so excited for her to start communicating clearly. I'm so so proud of her!!!

Mmmmm...brother!

2009-08-01T15:48:00.003-06:00

Baby S has learned how to play from her brothers, mom and dad, and one of the silly things that we do is "eat" each other. Well she has started to do it all the time to those that she loves! So I was able to catch her "eating" A the other day and both of them laughing and laughing.

And here is her face after she was "caught"
I love my kids! And they all play together so well... most of the time :)

Another E comment

2009-07-19T21:52:00.002-06:00

E had another "when I grow up" saying after feeding his lone gold fish named spiderman.

"When I grow up I'm going to have LOTS of fish and you can come see them if you want to."

I love this boy, and it's going to be fun to watch him grow up! :)

2009-07-19T09:12:00.002-06:00

E has said two more things lately about what he is going to be like when he grows up.

He told Matt the other day
"when I grow up I'm going to be NICE to my kids."
This was obviously when he didn't think Matt was being nice.

And
"When I grow up my kids will get ice cream from the ice cream truck ALL the time!"
This was right after the ice cream truck disappeared around the corner as we were catching the kids so they couldn't run after it.

I don't know if anyone else will find these as funny as we do, but I want to make sure that there is a documentation of all the things he says about being a grownup so when he is one, we can show it to him. :)

Beach Bum

2009-07-16T22:42:00.004-06:00

I know it's been a long time since we posted and I'm sure you all want pictures and I promise they will come. I take them but getting them on here just seems like so much work. BUT even without pictures I had to post a conversation I had with E yesturday.

So to preface this E and A have been talking a lot about what they are going to do when they grow up. They even argue whether or not they will let them visit at their houses. They talk about who they want to marry and a lot about where they want to live.

E: "Mom would you be sad if I lived far away from you when I grow up?"
Me: "Why would you want to live far away from me?" (he has been talking about having a house right behind me lately)
E: "So my kids can play at the beach all the time."
Me: "oh, OK."
E: "Ya, I'm going to live by Grammy, in California."

Matt and I both LOVE the beach (it's our happy place!) but I don't know how I raised a beach bum in UTAH! :)

Beach bum

2009-07-16T22:42:00.001-06:00

S near her 7 month birthday

2009-07-05T22:13:00.005-06:00

I feel bad as I think of all of the cute kid moments that I have missed with the videocamera. Seeing them grow up so fast makes me think that I should have the videocamera glued to my hand at all times. So, this afternoon after church as We were making dinner I grabbed the camera to catch S chewing on some bell pepper sticks ( S is cutting her 2nd tooth, front bottom, so she likes to have a cold whatever on her gums). Oh and by the way, poor S got bit by a mosquito a few times on the forehead yesterday during the BBQ and fireworks. Also at the end is one of my favorite clips of E when he is about 18 months-He's so cute!

Park City Fun

2009-06-28T20:05:00.006-06:00

Over the weekend we were able to go to Park City and learn a little and have a lot of fun with Matt's company Edward Jones. Well doing some of our free time we went on an excursion to the Swaner Ecocenter. There was a festival going on and we had a great time. There were a bunch of free crafts for the kids to do (that is why I wanted to go to begin with, my kids would NEVER get board of crafts, really, NEVER!!!) We spent an hour there first then went to get Matt from the hotel after his meetings were over then had some lunch and came back. My brilliant husband brought his camera with him so we got a few shots of our budding artist.

E had a pallet of all the colors of the rainbow and he used them to fill in wherever there was white showing on the mural that kids had been working on all day. The ladies in charge were very grateful he came along because he really added alot of color to a few places that really needed it!

A had a cup with yellow and orange that he mixed together and made "peach" then found every place that he could to put it! I put it on flowers, in a fish and in a few other places, but then he had to find a place to paint a peach since that is what the name of the color was that he had made. It was so fun to watch them work and work and work on things! They really would have painted all day, but the ladies were ready to close up the booth so they had to stop after about 30 minutes of nonstop creativity.

S was such a good sport she chewed on a carrot stick most of the day and was happy to smile at everyone that told her how cute or pretty she was. We get comments on how beautiful her eyes are everywhere we go. I have to say that I am often mesmerized by them myself.

This is my favorite picture of the day! E really wanted to climb the wall but is afraid of heights. A really wanted him to succeed and stood their encouraging for a long time and then decided to give him a little more help, so he started pushing on his bum...I thought it was so sweet and E went higher with his brother's help than he had done all afternoon.

It was a great weekend filled with making new friends and learning how to do our jobs better (Financial Advisor for Matt and Spouse of a FA for me). Edward Jones really does rock! What other company encourages the spouses of their employees to be a part of their carrier. We are so blessed!

Way cool!

2009-06-18T20:53:00.002-06:00

Now that I have a girl I am looking forward to all the girly things like extravagant hair dues, fancy clothes and nail polish (I have done this one once for Jenni's wedding). But it made me really nervous about the chemicals in it. Well a friend showed me a site that makes biodegradable, non smelly nail polish. So I want to share the info. Here is link to a sit you can win some of this awesome stuff! I can't wait to get some myself!!!

Oh and my favorite colors are

Ice cream dream

Glass slipper

A good morning

2009-06-16T11:56:00.002-06:00

This morning I went and worked out with a swim team. I kept up pretty good and learned a lot from the coaches and other swimmers. And not to mention a great workout. Not to mention coming home hungry and ready for a nap. I wore goggles for the first time for real too. I am going to be doing this twice a week for the rest of the summer, so that I can learn how to swim properly, and I am off to a good start.

Oh did I mention that the next oldest person on the team was 13 years old...yes I was more than double the age of everyone there. And 8 years older than oldest coach (which just happen to be my sister).
This is going to be a fun summer (if I don't swallow too much water!)

The power of the internet

2009-06-06T09:44:00.004-06:00

I have a good friend who had a tragic thing happen a couple of months ago...she lost her baby at 37 weeks to a cord accident...I heart aches for her still, but she is trying to turn her tragedy into a positive for others. She has set up a website to to help a friend of hers out and I would love to have all of you go there and read the story. It helps me to be VERY grateful for my 3 beautiful babies that I have had so easily.

I know that if we spread the word through our blogs we can really make a difference for this family!

DSM Birthday

2009-06-04T23:34:00.002-06:00

My favorite Digital Scrapbook Site is having a HUGE sale and I just wanted to spread the word.

New Pics

2009-06-02T09:44:00.004-06:00

I visited California for the Weekend and got guff that no recent photos were posted of S, E and A (hey that spells sea :-)) Anyway here are a few new pics.

pictures and stories

2009-05-29T13:37:00.004-06:00

I owe everyone some pictures after almost a whole month without them. I have some fun stories that go along with them... we will see how far I can get today...with the crazy kiddos that I have.

So first of all the other day E got out a banana a butter knife and a cutting board. I'm sure you can add it up, when I asked him what he was doing he said "I'm being a chef" Well he ended up making Banana Pie. Here is his recipe as far as I can remember (I wrote down the exact recipe, but the notebook it was in has disappeared, so here is my best remembrance)
One banana cut up
add 1 tsp water, stir
add 1 ice cube, stir
add juice of half of a lemon, stir
add 1tsp salt, stir (yes there was lots of stirring going on)
add 3 squirts of whipped topping (we had some in a can), stir
add 1 tsp powder sugar, mash bananas
add 2tsp brown sugar, stir
chill for 10 min
get out of the fridge add 3 mounds of butter (I liked that measurement!), stir
chill for 2 more minutes
add the juice from the other half of the lemon, stir
pour into a pie tin and bake for 16 min in a "hot" oven
(it really baked for like 35, cause we kept taking it out and he said it wasn't done yet)
Then chill over night
add some wiped topping on top

Here is what the finished pie looked like, and the proud boy of his first ever recipe.

Here is his reaction when he tasted it...LOL

We were all brave and tasted it, since everything he added was "edible" but to say the least it wasn't very appetizing!

Finally

2009-05-20T22:31:00.002-06:00

I got to see baby S roll over for the first time yesterday, and she did it from her back to stomach then stomach to back to get a toy (can you say trouble!) Anyway it was fun for me to see her make this milestone. She did it several more times today... she gets off her stomach as fast as she can, she really hates being on her tummy right now!

she did it AGAIN!

2009-05-13T16:44:00.002-06:00

My sister Jenni and my little brother Jon were here this afternoon to play with the kids. I had to leave to take care of A for a minute and while I was gone she roller from her tummy to her back with ease. It's no fair! oh well maybe one day :{

my little stinker

2009-05-12T19:26:00.002-06:00

My beautiful baby girl has been very close to rolling over for some time now (she just can't get over that arm). We have been cheering her on and watching her very closely making sure that we do not miss this very important moment. Well we did...I was sitting on the floor with her just talking while my boys took a bath. I needed to go check on them so I left her laying on her back in the middle of the room and when I came back she was on her tummy eating her blanket like a puppy. I can't believe she did it in the only moment she has been left alone on the floor ever. Hopefully we will have a repeat show later tonight for all of us to see. We love you baby S.

my boy and his ring

2009-05-04T08:22:00.003-06:00

A good friends little boy is in love with his CTR (choose the right) ring. She blogged about an inspiring event that happened to them with a their boy and his ring. Keeping that in mind here is what happened with my boy (A) and his ring.
My boys came down with strep so they had very little energy and wanted to eat very little for a few days. Then came yesterday. I don't think I have EVER seen them this hyper! They woke up being crazy they wanted to eat way more and they were so so so loud (a good sign that they no longer had a sore throat). When nap time came around (yes they both take naps still... they need them) they were still very hyper, but grouchy from also being worn out. I was reading for an extra long time trying to help them calm down when all of the sudden A started to throw up everywhere. He had been throwing up with his fever but that was long gone, so I was very confused until I looked at the puddle he had just made on his sheets and there was his CTR ring in the middle of the mess. Yes my child almost swallowed his pointy, sharp ring. Luckily he didn't get it down his throat too far... it would have really hurt coming up and I'm so glad he didn't swallow it cause those would have been funny but expensive X-rays...
So after a month of having a practical joke up as my last post this is what it took for me to get back to my blog and post again... shame on me.
PS after we got him cleaned up they both went right down for there nap :)

a BIG suprise!

2009-04-01T09:09:00.004-06:00

Ok so all of you know that we got pregnant with A right after E (13 months apart is pretty close!) Well we are REALLY going to top ourselves now! I haven't been feeling very well for awhile and I just thought it was a touch of the flu, but it just wouldn't go away so I took the old pee on a stick test... it came back positive, can you beleive it, again, you would think we would have learned how this all works, but apparently not and in a VERY big way! We went to the Dr yesturday (not knowing when we had gotten prego, without even one period between Baby S and this suprise) Well we got a BIG BIG BIG suprise we are having TRIPLETS!!!! They measured at about 9 weeks, so we are due in mid November (more fall babies!) I know it is really early to be telling everyone, but this is just not something we could keep a secret, especially because I will be showing in no time!

Here is an ultrasound picture, it was a really great one for this far along!

Today was so fun... if you haven't got it yet, this post was a joke! I hope every one had a great day! I had many fun phone calls from a lot of you, and a lot of great comments and emails. I have to say it was sure fun! Thanks for playing along with us! We love you all!!!!

Last post for today

2009-03-24T13:47:00.004-06:00

The last/first post you will read is just some random pictures that I thought were amazing or funny.

I just thought this picture was amazing... It really shows how beautiful our little girl is! She has the most beautiful blue eyes I have ever seen and they don't seem to be going anywhere. She is so happy and spreads it where ever she goes. We get stopped all the time so that people can tell us how beautiful she is. (I know it's a baby thing, but I would like to think it happens to us more than the average :) )

This picture is a funny story... So when Jenni and Braeden opened their wedding presents they let my boys help them. There was one present my boys particularly loved because it had fun movies and all sorts of candy... plus it came in a cool monster bag. This green thing on E's head is the tag from that bag.... it is very fuzzy so he thought it would make a great pillow, so on his way to bed he taped it to his head. I thought is was just too funny not to photo! He is so creative and funny.

One day Baby S was just going crazy in her bassinet (the one that all the Yrungaray babies have slept in) The picture is the best quality, but it captures how silly she was being at that moment. She loves to watch people and then entertain them, especially if they are acting sad or upset at all.

Matt's b-day

2009-03-24T13:40:00.003-06:00

Matt's 30th birthday was a fun day for all of us! We let him sleep in and made him pancakes with strawberries for his breakfast in bed. Then we let him go to the gym and later that afternoon we took him to see Inkheart. It was a fun movie for the whole family. After the movie we tried a new Chinese restaurant for take out. We had dinner at home as a family and then we had a strawberry cheesecake trifle for dessert. We lit all 30 candles and after Matt blew them out we were afraid that our over sensitive spoke detector would go off (we spent the next 5 minutes opening windows and fanning the detector) I couldn't help taking a picture of all the candles and Matt with his beautiful babies on his special day.

2009-03-24T13:29:00.003-06:00

St. Patrick's day was fun. We ate a lot of green food and took a walk to the library.

Baby S joined in the fun with her rainbow blanket... she didn't really get the rest of the fun.

I was pretty proud of the shamrock pancakes that I made along with green eggs and green milk for breakfast.

We will have to write an invitation to the lepercons to come visit our house next year like they did at Zach's this year.
(Side note A has 5 cups because he has 4 of them that he got full of water by himself and the 5th is full of green milk. He is a very interesting child!)

a few weeks

2009-03-24T13:19:00.004-06:00

We seemed to get a present from Jenni's wedding too... we all got an awful cold from someone :( It took a couple of WEEKS to get over it but during that time there was a lot of sleeping/resting that happened.

A fort

2009-03-24T13:04:00.002-06:00

So I am going to go in some sort of order here. We have been up to a lot lately so we just haven't had time to post much of anything especially pictures so I am going to post some of the ones that I took just because I thought they would be good blog posts and maybe someday I will get to scrap book them.

One day the boys were so cute playing house. We built a fort with the pink sheet and chairs

then we put their table and little chairs inside so they would have a kitchen .
They did watch a movie while inside which was so much more fun because of the fort

and then they had to put their dollies to bed.

Baby S sat there and watched her brothers in awe and looked very confused at everything looking very pink. It was a fun afternoon.

2009-03-09T11:43:00.001-06:00

I got a link to this website from another that I visit often I thought it would be fun to share. They have give aways everyday.

a late night treat

2009-02-27T00:00:00.002-07:00

Tonight Matt and I got to go with my sister Jenni as she went through the temple for the first time. It was really great to have her there with the rest of us, I am so excited for her and her soon to be hubby Braeden. I can't wait for him to officially be a part of the family! Well going to the temple is always a GREAT date, but when you have a brand new baby it doesn't leave anytime to have a treat on the way home before you have to get back and feed the baby again. So tonight I was craving a hot fudge sundae and I knew if I didn't have one before bed I would crave it for breakfast in the morning. So I found a recipe for hot fudge sauce and caramel sauce (this craving came later) and got to work. I don't have any pictures, cause both sauces are best served warm... thus fast melting ice cream, but I did want to post the recipes, cause they turned out great!

Hot Fudge Sauce
2 cups sugar
5 T. flour
5 T. cocoa
1 12oz can evaporated milk
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1 t vanilla

Combine sugar, flour and cocoa in medium saucepan. Stir in evaporated milk and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 5-10 min, stirring constantly to desired thickness. Remove from heat and add butter and vanilla. Serve warm over ice cream or cake.
Yield 16 servings
(this sauce thickened when standing. Add additional milk or cream to thin when reheating)

Caramel
1/2 Cup margarine or butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup

Combine margarine, brown sugar and light corn syrup in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir well. Boil until sugar dissolves. (don't boil longer than needed, it will harden too much on ice cream if you do)

We put pecans in with the two sauces for our own version of a "Pecan Mud slide" Matt said it was the best ice cream he had had in a long time, which means a lot, cause if you know us... you know we LOVE dessert!
Have fun... we did, it was a great end to a great night! (now I have to drag my husband who is snoring on the floor to bed... that can be a task somtimes :) )

Our little blessing

2009-02-15T21:19:00.004-07:00

Today we had an amazing day with our family. We blessed our beautiful daughter and then enjoyed the company of most of our immediate family (we missed you Yrungarays and Mangums!) The blessing was beautiful, just like our baby girl. I can't wait to see all that she becomes in this life, it is so exciting to know a little bit of what a special spirit we have in our home. I wanted to post a few pictures of the day and it turned out to be more than usual but I hope you can see how beautiful she is and some of the people that share our love for her.

Baby S was blessed with two wonderful Grandmothers that she is named after. She was also born with ivory skin that they share as well, which is a change from the dark skin our boys got from their dad. It was so nice to have both grandmas here together to share this day

My mom made an amazing blessing gown for Baby S. In this picture you can see a little of the detail on the top.

Here is a great picture of Baby S and her Grammy. It was so great for them to finally meet this weekend.

We both feel so blessed to have our baby girl in our family. She is SOOO beautiful, if I do say so myself!

I love this picture because it shows you how much my boys love her. They fight over who gets to hold her and see her all day, EVERY DAY!!!!

I can't wait to see what else she will bring to our family as time goes on! It was really a great day!

I'm sure I will laugh...some day.

2009-02-11T12:57:00.003-07:00

So the last couple of days have been really challenging. My boys still have nap/quiet time everyday. They need it but I think I need it even more, exept for days like these. A couple of days ago they were having quiet time because they refussed to take a nap. I heard a snapping noise that sounded a lot like scissors, but they don't have any in their room. So I sent Matt in to see what they were up to. Turns out I was right they has scissors. I ask Matt what they were cutting, thinking the worst could be books or one of their blankets which I suppose could have been worse in some ways but better in other ways. Instead what he showed me was a whole handful of A's Hair. Yes his brother gave him a lovely hair cut. According to E they were cutting up string and A got a piece in his hair so he cut it out for him... then his hair looked a little long in the front...according to him it was getting into his eyes...so he clipped it a little there and went from there. I'm glad we went in when we did, cause it was sort of fixable, (except for the bold spot in the back) we didn't have to completely buzz the whole thing all the way to the scalp. Even though it is the shortest his hair has EVER been (seriously he was born with WAY more) here is a little before and after getting the Mom fix for you. PS I swear I usually wipe my kids' nose when it runs, at that moment I was a little distracted by the situation :)

But that wasn't the worst thing that has happened during quiet time in the last few days. Yesterday the boys were being really crazy (I swear some days they wake up and take crazy pills) They went down for their nap and I was hopeful that they would actually sleep, but I couldn't monitor them as closely as I would have liked because I needed to nurse baby S right after putting them down... Anyway they took all the books off of their shelves and made a huge mess, so quiet time turned into clean up time and they weren't suppose to come out until they had cleaned up their mess. I was once again feeding the baby when I heard a big thump... not a good sign with them. I put the baby down so I would have both hands free to save anyone that needed it, and of course she started to scream. So in a rush I went into their room and found a very different scene than I had ever before. E was sitting on his top bunk with his legs hanging over the edge, under the safety rail, and A was on the floor in his sleeping bag. I asked what was going on and E said "my claws just couldn't hold on anymore" I was confused for only a second. After asking a few questions this is what had happened... and may I add they are not even supposed to be playing on the top bunk AT ALL.
They were both on the top bunk playing and A had brought his sleeping bag full of toys with him. They had put the sleeping bag over the safety rail hanging down and E was holding it and A climbed into the sleeping bag, yes he climbed over the edge into the sleeping bag. E could only hold on with his hands for so long and he dropped his brother. I don't know how high up he was but I'm sure E couldn't hold on for very long so I'm guessing from at least half way up and he had a bunch of hard toys in the bag with him, AND he dropped onto a pile of books. He was ok, in fact it was maybe a little scary that he didn't get hurt at least a little bit because this is the conversation that happened as I escorted them out of their room E,"Mom it didn't heard him. Did it A?" A,"No, IT WAS FUN!" Needless to say I took the sleeping bag away and it will be awhile before they are allowed to be alone in their room while they are awake!

Oh Boys!

2009-02-08T12:29:00.002-07:00

It is so fun and crazy to be the mom of boys. I really don't get them sometimes, but I think their dad gets them a little more (since he is a boy too.) I enjoy watching them play together, three boys just wanting to have fun (especially when they leave me out of it :) )
Baby S got an immunization on Friday and is feeling a little sick from it so she just wants to be held and sleep yesterday and today. I don't mind do this for the most part, but it is hard when the boys need entertaining.
This morning they decided make up a new game. They went and got all the pillows they could find (they amazed me they found 5 just in their bed room) They then buried their dad in several "force fields" (blankets) and then piled his "bombs" (pillows) in front of him and then let him take shots at them. They thought it was so so so funny. I wish I had a picture of how buried Matt was under all the "force fields."
They are so simply entertained... sometimes.

2 things I learned today

2009-02-02T13:58:00.004-07:00

Everyday E wakes up ready for the day to begin. He is usually happy, hungry but most of all LOUD! AND he needs company. So he comes to get me, or Matt (on the weekends) He knows all the most annoying things to do (our biggest pet peeves) For me he will touch my face and repeat "can we get up now, can we get up now, can we get up now" over and over. For Matt he will tickle his feet and poke him in the ribs. He has even turned on the light a time or two (he doesn't do that very often the consequences are harsh.) Needless to say I have a hard time getting up some mornings. When I was pregnant it was painful to lay down for very long, but hard to sleep sitting up and now I am up several times a night with Baby S. PLUS I am a night owl, so I stay up way later than I should because I finally get to do something in the quiet and I don't want to stop.

So the first thing that I learned (or finally realized) today is that the most annoying thing for a parent that is a night owl is a child that is a morning person... no matter how much you love and appreciate them once you are awake.

The second thing I learned today was that my favorite Digital Scrapbooking site, Digital Scrapbook Memories, is having a really cool contest to win a free stay and classes for their retreat in May. I am way excited about the retreat and already have plans to go, but to go for free would be even cooler. I went last year and had a blast, and learned so so much, PLUS I won some cool software and a very expensive photo printer... so I encourage anyone who has been wanting to learn to digital scrapbook, or has been doing it forever to come check things out and come play with us in a couple of months.

Baby S Blessing

2009-01-28T16:48:00.003-07:00

I did a little photo shoot with Baby S last night and I scrapped my favorite one. This picture makes my heart sing everytime I see it. It really shows who our Baby S is in the inside.

Baby S update

2009-01-22T13:32:00.005-07:00

Baby Sam is getting so big! She doesn't like to take naps in her bed but she does like to sleep in her swing, without it moving. I just thought she was so sweet right then. (she wears more blue than the average baby girl...big brother hand me downs)

Baby S took her first bath in her tub (she has been showering with her Daddy since she got home, but Mommy really wanted to scrub her this time) She really liked it she didn't really do a whole lot, but the lack of screaming was a sign.

I liked this one cause it looked like she was going to deck someone if they got too close.

One of the things that I have wanted to blog about is that S is smiling (mostly at Matt) and giggling (mostly at me)now. It is so fun to have her play with us a little bit! This is the best capture of a smile so far...it's a little blurry and the smile is starting to fade, but it's fun to capture it a little.

Creativity at work

2009-01-21T16:56:00.003-07:00

While Matt was working on the handrail the boys were playing outside in what was left of the snow. I looked out the window and this is what I saw. I laughed so hard at how much fun they were having with scraps. They called their sculpture their forest and several of the neighbors commented on it.

A new hand rail

2009-01-21T16:39:00.003-07:00

Here is the pictures that I promised of the new hand rail. It turned out great. I wanted to have square spindles so Matt humored me. We are thinking about adding a little detail with some horizontal pieces between the spindles, but we will post if that happens. For now here is Matt working late at night, and the finished product.

Another benefit that came from getting the rail done is that now we have a coat closet. We have already filled it with coats, hats, gloves, shoes and a diaper bag. It's so so so nice to have place for these things now!

A lot to blog about

2009-01-20T22:26:00.004-07:00

It seems that the more I have to blog about the less I blog... so here are a few things in words and pictures will come soon.
For anyone that has been to our house you know we haven't had a hand rail since we moved in. It's been dangerous, but we have lived with it...well not anymore. Matt took his Saturday and got'er done. It looks great (pictures soon to follow of the rail and the sculpture the boys made with the scraps)
Baby S is gorgeous and is growing so fast! Her eyes continue to get bluer and I wish I could get the cool silver ring that shows up around her pupil in the light. (if you have read Host it's just like that)
OK...I know there is more but I am drawing a blank, so hopefully I will remember when I look at the pictures.

For all the Digital Scrapbookers in my life

2009-01-10T08:59:00.003-07:00

A shout out to all the digital scrapbookers that I know and love. I wanted to let you know that my favorite digital scrapbooking company is giving free online classes. It makes it really convenient cause you get to sit (or hide from the kids) at home and learn some really cool techniques for Photoshop Elements that are just for digital scrapbooking. I love the teacher. We have become friends through the forum for Digital Scrapbook Memories and she is an amazing teacher that explains things better than I have had anyone else explain them with Photoshop. I wanted to give everyone the heads up in enough time to make sure they can make sure their hubbies have the kids for those couple of hours so you can really pay attention :). Here is the link to the post on the forum for more information and to get signed up for the webinar.

PS most of the techniques translate very easily to the full version of Photoshop (that's what I have) but if you have any questions you can always go on to the forum for DSM and there is always someone there that can answer your questions!

lack of sleep

2008-12-29T11:43:00.003-07:00

Baby S got a cold from someone on Christmas, so she has been fussy (for her) the last couple of nights and all she wants to do is eat, well be latched on at least... all night long, so I am pretty tired but I feel so blessed to have her, and so blessed that Heavenly Father gives us the gift of loving our brand new babies unconditionally. I haven't for one second been frustrated with her that I have been up so many times a night, but if I had to do it with either of my other kids, I think it would get old :) I just wanted to post some pictures of her with her eyes open so everyone can see her beautiful blue eyes (we hope they will stay that way, but she has a long time before the color is permanent)

I am so blessed to have the kids and Husband that I do, I love them all so much and hope that my gratitude for them is obvious to the Lord.

Getting Chubby

2008-12-22T22:03:00.002-07:00

S gained another 8 oz. this week and she is getting into to her routine of eating, sleeping and being awake to take in the world. Its fun to she her cheeks, arms and legs chunk up.

My Angel

2008-12-11T21:37:00.004-07:00

These are some of my favorite pics of my angel from the hospital and at home. The first pics is of my angel and my 2 devils:-)

S playing

2008-12-11T21:33:00.002-07:00

Tonight S was fun to play with her eyes (which some say she got from me) were wide open and she seemed to enjoy the sounds around her.

Video for Mom Y

2008-12-11T21:29:00.002-07:00

Sorry everyone for the long delay in pics and videos. S is doing well and tonight for whatever reason she was wide awake and just looking at us as Ethan and I held her. It seems to me that she hasn't been this awake since birth. Anyway enjoy!

2008-12-11T21:24:00.002-07:00

This is a shot of Baby S and her cousin E. E was born 3 1/2 months ago to Brooke and Alan. The room was full of chaos as all of Alex's family was packed into the room along with our boys-adjust your volume before viewing:-) Its nice to have friends and family come to see you and your new little one. (S was 5.5 hours old)

5 hours old

2008-12-11T21:14:00.003-07:00

This is a short video of Baby S only a few hours old, followed by another clip of Jenni holding her 5 hours after birth.

Our baby is here!!!

2008-12-08T18:48:00.003-07:00

Ok, so after all that whining baby girl S came at 8:03am on Sunday Dec 7th. She weighed 7lb 13oz and 19.5 in long. We had a long labor but it was actually fun. We used Hypnobirthing andwe were able to do it all up until the last 5 minutes and then I had to get an epidural so my body would finish relaxing so I could let her out... (long story but it worked!) I am doing wonderful! I did better than either of my other delivories physically too and I am up and about better than before as well. Baby S is beautiful and so sweet. She is nursing like crazy and makes the pretties noises. But I know everyone wants pictures so here are a few of the ones we have so far and I know there will be ton to come.

I am huge :)

2008-12-05T11:52:00.002-07:00

I was talking to my friend a few weeks back and she was saying that here sister that was pregnant with twins at the time was huge... she didn't have a measurement, but she did say that when she was 37 weeks with her twins she measured 50" and man was she SO HUGE... well I measured myself and I am .........53". I only have one in there and I am at 38 weeks, but seariously...I have only gained 5lbs with this pregancy too, so I know it's not my fat that is adding to it (there is still some there, but a lot of it is gone now) Anyway if you can't tell all I can think about is this baby right now. A lot has to do with the fact that I have surges (contracts) all day and they are hard to ignore but my mood is getting better by the minute and I think I'm going to turn on come music and dance for a while, it makes me feel better AND my baby loves it! Hopefully the next time I post won't be whinning about wanting her to come, but that she is here and how beautiful she is. I am so so so excited to have another baby here! I love her so much already and I can't wait to give all those people who love her too a turn to hold her!!! I love you all!

Here I sit

2008-12-03T23:08:00.002-07:00

OK, so here I sit on the couch wishing that I was in the hospital having a baby. I had Andrew already by this point in the pregnancy and Ethan was only a week away from now... so hopefully she will come SOON. I have been up almost all night now 3 night out of the last 5 from all the contractions that I have been having and I am getting worn out! I know it's worth it but she really needs to make some progress soon or my patients is going to run out... not really I can't do a lot about it. (I have tried A LOT of the tricks they tell you to try) I know I'm not even to my due date yet, but I also know that every day that goes by she gets bigger... and with almost 9 lb babies already, I know she shouldn't be tiny.
Anyway I just wanted to whine a little, I can't wait to snuggle her, and share her, and smell her. And I can't wait to see her with her Daddy, brothers and all the other people that just can't wait to see her. I feel so blessed already... I just can't wait to see what she looks like and finally meet her face to face.

Family update

2008-11-19T10:38:00.002-07:00

OK, it's been awhile since I wrote anything, and I really want to keep up with this, but it never happens... so here is what we have been up to lately.
Matt's office is finished and he is still working on getting settled into not working at home, and we miss him very much! We all cherish every minute we get with him! He's busy but we know it's for all of us that he works so hard.
E turned 4 last month and is getting so big. He is going through a fit through faze right now... but we love him in spite of it. He is a big help when he WANTS to be and he is obsesses with writing and drawing pictures. He would do it all day everyday on any piece of paper he can get his hands on. He played fall soccer and loved it! He didn't get the whole concept very well, (he was on the wrong side of the field most of the time, while the rest of the kids were far away) but he really loved it and looked forward to the games every time!
A turned 3 last week (Matt and I can't believe that our baby is 3 years old!) He is very kind and the best snuggler. He comes and gets in bed with me every morning for a little while and snuggles and goes back to sleep with me. This morning I layed there away for a long time just enjoying the moment, knowing that I won't be able to do that much after the baby comes, which could be in as little as 9 days... Andrew is so kind hearted and gives into his brother every time, but watch out if you start a physical altercation with him, he will get out his claws... which is a habit we are trying to break.
Alex (I) am almost 36 weeks prego and it seems like that is a factor in everything that I do right now. Some ladies in my neighborhood and I were doing a neighborhood preschool where we switched off who's house it was at and who was the teacher. It has been so much fun, but I am just too tired to teach anymore and so it is on hold for now. Hopefully it will be at someone elses house for December and we will see if we keep it up after that. My boys have learned so much and I have seen them grow... I really hope that we can work it out to keep going. I have been trying to get all my Christmas projects done before the baby gets here, but I have only begun, plus we need to clean out the baby's rooms so we have room for her things here. I have so much to do and so little energy to do it with... but hopefully we will be able to work together and get it all done soon.
We all had a fun Halloween and I have a few pictures, but there not on the computer right now, so I will have to post them later. I promise I am trying to keep up with the blog, but as all of you know, life happens, and there seems to be a lot of living going on over here!

A's concern

2008-10-22T16:04:00.002-06:00

The other night I was cooking dinner and A was helping me to prep things in a chair next to me. He started asking me questions about our baby that is coming soon. I told him that the baby had to grow for awhile longer in my tummy. He looked at my tummy then at my back and with the deep compasion and concern that he often shows he said "Mommy, your back SNAP." I giggled and gave him a big hug and kiss and told him that I would be alright and my back wouldn't break.
I have defenately felt very pregnant the last few days as all my maturnity clothes no longer cover my tummy all the way and my back is beginning to ache... but I'm feeling great on the whole and can't wait for our baby girl to come, (but not too soon)!

Bunkbeds

2008-09-28T20:55:00.005-06:00

I got the urge to finally work on the boys room, Alex awhile (about a year) ago put in curtains and shelves in their small closet (after I reframed a section of wall that was torn up at the time that they rewired our main electrical panels). However we still lack doors on the closet to be able to keep most of their toys contained in their plastic tubs. So as some of you may know when all of the toys are available to kids they all come out of the tubs and the mess is complete. Maybe the answer to clean kids rooms is to have very few & easy to clean up toys. So this weekend amid all of our activities and pukie kids (A) I decided to buid a cool set of bunkbeds. Its build from pine and stained a dark mohomany. The wood is also distressed to add a rustic feel to it. I especially like to stairs (not ladder) -a special thanks to Big Al who taught me how to lay out the treads. The room is a construction theme and someday I hope to add some storage and or other construction items just below the stairs and at the end of A's bed. E sleeps on top and A on the bottom. The boys love the room. "its a cool jungle gym", they say

Baby news

2008-08-01T21:44:00.002-06:00

Ok, so I can't get to my scanner and I can't get the movie to work, so I am just going to spit it out without photo evidence, for now anyway...
IT'S A GIRL!
So she was so cute, she moved around and kicked me the whole time. The tech had a great time with her being photogenic, so we got like 30 pictures along with the normal DVD.
We are so excited to add a little girl to our home, and E is almost as excited as I am to go shopping for baby girl stuff!
(According to him "It's soooo cute!")
I hope everyone is well, we love you!!!

Trips, trips and more trips

2008-07-31T12:57:00.003-06:00

Ok, so after we got home from Washington we went to Colorado to visit my grandparents (on my mom's side) and a bunch of aunts and uncles and cousins. The boys had a great time meeting everyone and I had a great time catching up! Matt was in Arizona at the time for training so he missed out, but we had fun without him anyway :). The boys spent most of the time outside. My grandparents watch my cousins' kids one is two and the other 5 months old. The two year old is a little boy named Corey and my boys got along great with him! They played on the swings, in the blow up pool, the sand box and with the bubble machine (my grandma has a great yard for that age!) I got to meet my little cousin who was given Danica for a middle name after me... what an honor! She was so cute and she inspired me to start scraping again after a dry spell. The last pictures is 4 generations, my grandparents, my mom, me and my boys... what a fun memory!

PS. I don't have most of the pictures on my computer, so here are the best ones I have, I'll have to get more from my mom.

PPS. We have our 20 wk ultrasound tomorrow, so stay tuned for a baby update! (any guesses, boy or girl?)

fun game!

2008-07-10T12:28:00.002-06:00

My favorite website is having a fun contest that is tied into the Olympics. So here is the torch and if you are interested in playing along, here is the link to the forum.

Washington

2008-07-10T09:57:00.003-06:00

So the boys and I came back from Washington early Monday morning. It took a few days to get back into things, and now we have caught an awful cold, but we had such a great time! We went with my dad, my sister Jenni and my little brothers. We went to see part of my dad's family. The Moore family was so great! We all felt so loved and appreciated! I spent a good portion of the weekend on laying on the couch, cause Jenni broke my toe on accident (no one's fault, but at least it wasn't my fault this time!). But they had a huge party for one of my Dad's cousins one night (they even had a DJ!) A was a dance freak! He really had a good time with it! Here is a picture of him doing the Macirana (sp?) with some of the older girls.

The Homestead

2008-06-30T08:14:00.002-06:00

We spent the last few days at the Homestead Resort in Midway, UT (near Park City). We were there for a summer conference for Edward Jones (Matt's work). The work part really wasn't much of the time up there and that was even enjoyable! The sad part is we took the camera, but didn't take a single picture. I tried to get one from the Homestead website, but they are all on slideshows, and I don't know how to pause them to copy the pictures. Anyway it was beautiful and the boys and I spent most of the time playing on the playgrounds, swimming and "going on adventures" (as E says it). We really didn't do anything really exciteing, but we got to meet some great people and relax.

We have so much going on the next few weeks! Two family reunions, another trip to colorado, and Matt has a hike in Zions and a work training trip. So hopefully we will be able to update soon enough with all of what happened between now and then.

I hope the 4th is great for every one!

Ben's request

2008-06-20T22:59:00.003-06:00

Here is one of the angles of the front yard makeover, a cool reflection picture of A playing in the gutter after a car wash. Look for the flag in the picture. There is also a nice pic of E. Enjoy!

p.s.-Lots of posts tonight, dont forget to scroll down. Bye!

Happy Father's Day

2008-06-20T22:52:00.004-06:00

Alex got me this really cool bathroom mat and I had to show it off. Can you tell what it is? Now before I hop in the shower in the morning I can catch a few sets (waves). If I get good enough again maybe I can compete on the local circuit. Jealous anyone?

Tribute to Mom Y

2008-06-20T22:29:00.002-06:00

I was strolling down memory lane tonight so I had to jot it down. So, here it goes: One evening while I was weeding just above the back yard brick wall Mom came out of the house and asked with a slight smile on her face, "Do you want to go and get a new pair of shoes?". A sort of odd question but the real thought on my mind was she probley wants to get me some wierd sale shoe from Payless or something. I was in the 6th grade and fashion was becoming more and more important to being "in" or socially accepted. In either case, I was nervious about what shoes she might have in mind. I must have seemed hesitant because Mom clarified what she had in mind by dropping the words "Nike Air". Now she had my attention. At that point in my short life I had dreamed for a Nike Air shoe. All of my friends had Jordans ($120) or some other cool Air shoe. Mom went on to say that she saw an ad and to come and see it (Hence the Big 5 ad). I saw the ad and I was jumping up and down inside-they were perfect. They were mid-tops, white and gray, swooshes on the side and "AIR" in large letter on the back of the shoe. I remember going to school the next day to find another kid just got another pair of new Jordans ($150), but it didnt matter. My Mom somehow knew that a $39.99 pair of shoes would last me more than a few months, the memory of how My Mom loved me would last 15 years. Thanks Mom-Love Ya!

8 is not enough

2008-06-17T00:11:00.002-06:00

This post is especially for my Sister in Law Allison, who reads new blog posts at the speed of light... so here goes. Baby Yrungaray #9 is on it's way... we are due December 19th. (for those of you who don't know us that well, I am not having my 9th... it's my third, but it is the 9th for their side of the family) I am feeling fine, I'm actually into my second trimester and I can't believe how fast life is flying by this time around. E and A are way way way excited they talk to the baby all the time and give it snuggles. My side of the family has known for a while now, (cause I'm a reallybad lier/fibber and they figured it out) but we wanted to tell they Yrungaray side until Mom and Dad got here so we could tell them in person.
So here is the challenge, Allison, you have to get pregnant before we have our baby so that there is a Yrungaray girl pregnant at all times for the next while... like a crazy relay race... what do you think? (that means your next after that Steph) LOL I love you girls and I hope we are all blessed with lots of kidos!

Congrats Bri & Kevin

2008-06-01T22:40:00.002-06:00

Sabrina and Kevin are the proud new parents to a beautiful baby boy. He was born Saturday 5/31/08 @ 6:30 am. Congratulations! He is so cute!!!

Surf's Up

2008-06-01T22:18:00.005-06:00

Happy Birthday John (May 16th, 1960-j/k) and thanks again for inviting us to come along with you to the new FlowRider (stationary wave) in Ogden, UT. It is very similar to the wave we used to ride at Pharo's in Redlands, CA. My buddies (Aaron, Ben, Brian, Mark) and I used to be able to do dropknee, dropknee spins, cutbacks, belly-spinners, rolos (although kinda lame on the flowrider) and I even pulled off a dropknee board shuffle (180). We used to have such a good time when the waves at the beach were small to nothing. It was the perfect summer alternative to small beach waves. Memories, memories....

Alex's New Caravan

2008-05-29T18:24:00.005-06:00

Today we picked up our new (to us) Dodge Grand Caravan from a dealership in American Fork. The Van is a 2003 Dodge Grand Caravan with 83k miles, it is marron, has the normal power features which includes a DVD for the boys, all in all its a great find. The reason for the new addition to our family was that last week Alex was in an accident the left her fine (although a little sore and shaken up), but left the car totaled. Was searched high and dry for a great deal for what we wanted and found it. Alex does a great job on the net finding those hidden treasures. Great job babe! Here are a few pics. -Matt
p.s.-The second pic shows the custom b-ball hoop out the top of the roof. That is not error, we got it installed so that we can shoot hoops on those long drives to Cali. Sweet huh?

The Yard

2008-05-25T22:56:00.004-06:00

Here are the before and after pics of the yard. We finally laid sod this week on Tues 5/19, it was the hottest day of the year (90 degrees) but it was great to have it done. A neighbor and Big Al helped in the afternoon and I was gratful since I had been by myself for the previous 5 hours (the sod gets pretty heavy by then). We still need to work on the flower beds but we do have some of the plants for them. Alex after the sod was down said, "the yard looks so much bigger". It does look larger and the green to me seems so vibriant. Anyhow enjoy the pics.-Matt

Ayudame!

2008-04-14T21:21:00.002-06:00

Ethan's language classes have finally paid off. This morning he got stuck underneith the kitchen table and yelled, "Ayudame!" (Help Me!). He was using his Spanish skills that I have been drilling into him for the past 3 years, ok so maybe he got that off of Diego the TV show.

My Job

2008-04-13T20:34:00.002-06:00

Everyone has been asking me, What is it that you are doing right now? So, I thought I'd give you an update. I have been open for business for 12 weeks now. My Day consists of meeting with clients that I have met through door knocking & refferals to help them find solutions to their financial needs (save money on taxes, save for retirement, create income from savings and start education savings). During my first 17 weeks, there are 3 goals that I must meet in order to stayed employed with Edward Jones: 1) opened accounts 2) earned commissions 3) new prospects (doorknocks). I have met the 2 of the goals(accounts and commissions) already and I am working to get the rest of my prospects. With a little effort I hope to crush all 3 goals.
All of the those details aside, what I strive to do is become a solution to all of those I meet. I take all opportunities to learn from my trainers, mentors, analysts and money managers. I have learned a ton but look forward to the day when I can look back and say "man, Ive come a long way".
Ive met a lot of interesting people out there, here is one of them,
My favorite customer quote,"you need a bling-bling new car to be successful broker"-this comes from someone with several bling-bling cars but nothing in the bank. He needs to read the Millionaire Next Door.
So to summarize it all, I meet with clients , recommend securities to meet their financial needs and constantly seek new clients via knocking doors. The Edward Jones system is simple and has worked for decades. If all goes well I should have my new office about 8 months from now. You'll all be invited for the Grand Opening.
Last of all, Ive learned that everyone can invest a little today to have a whole lot tommorrow. Id love to help everyone save for a rainy day. Please call me if I can help you save money on taxes(aka: need a tax deduction?) or help you get better returns on your savings. See ya out there!
-Matt

2008-04-13T20:03:00.002-06:00

Two more projects down and 2 more to go. Here are the results of my latest project completions. The hall electrical panel, if you recall the wall around the panel has been boarded up for the past 18 months due to the electrical overhall of the house. So finally a new sheet of drywall was put up, mudded, painted and then the trim was reinstalled.

The icing on the kitchen pantry cabinets is by far my proudest moment as a DIYer and weekend warrior. I made a custom countertop. I custom cut MDF material to fit the shape of the countertop I needed, stacked another piece underneath it and then glued them together. I then bought some laminate that matches the rest of our kitchen and cut it to the shape of the sides, and top. I then glued the laminate sides on, routered the edges flush and then proceded to do the same to the top piece. After the dusty cleanup, it was done. Not only does it look good but cost a fraction of a profession shops price (my cost $125-awesome huh?)

My next projects include he hand rail, window sills and then of course the landscaping (I forgot about that, its a big one)

we are still alive

2008-04-04T10:33:00.008-06:00

so first off thanks for Allison for the encouragement to get posting again! I have been very busy lately!!!!!! One of the things that have taken up a lot of my time is a digital scrapbook contest. It has been so so so much fun! It was like the amazing race... we had a couple of stops at different web sites each week for six weeks and we had to make a scrapbook page according to their requirements. Some of the challenges were pretty easy but some of them made me go way out of my normal realm of style! I have loved being stretched to the max at times, but Matt has been very jealous of my computer as of late. So with the race winding down this week Matt is really excited and I am ready to take a break too.
Here are a couple of the pages that I have made, I hope you like them!

this layout we had to do in "altered art" style... it was tough to do in digital for me... I like to do these kinds of things in a more hands on way, but it was fun to try!

This one had to have so many of all different types of elements... so 6 pictures, 5 frames 8 flowers... all from one designer. It took along time to gather everything and then put it just right onto the paper, luckily it was supposed to be done in "hodge podge" style, which is supposed to be messy!

We had to do a page about our most memorable trip. I had a few trips to pick from but I chose the weekend get away Matt and I had in Park City. The pictures had to be in black and white and include some song lyrics in the journaling. I had a fun time with this page but there are some things I would change now that I am looking at it again.

This page had to be all about me... I took a silly approach for the journaling, but I love the look of the page!

This was the first challenge and we had to make the page at least one half our favorite color, use our favorite embellishment at least 3 times and put pictures of our favorite things to scrapbook about. It was fun to try to and figure out how to put my boys on a page that is purple with big swirls on it. But it turned out cute. I think I will change the journaling to "I'm too sexy for my shirt, too sexy..."

As for Matt and the kids, they are all doing great! The boys are getting bigger everyday and A can talk so well it surprises us over and over again! Matt is working hard at work and on the house, both are moving along well. The kids are really anxious to get outside all the time, but most of the time it is still pretty cold! But we get out as much as we can. I hope everyone is well!

Very Pretty

2008-02-19T11:32:00.004-07:00

So my parents tell me all the time that I need a little girl, not so much for my sake but for A's. (They're afraid that he likes girl things a little too much, and since I don't have a girl I let him.) Well this picture is case and point. I was on the phone for just a few minutes getting some information. I went to find him and he had the mascara in his hand putting it on very skillfully without a mirror. He actually got some on his lashes, which impressed me, but he also put it all over his lips and eyes. I thought that you all would enjoy this, I think he looks a little like a scarecrow.

Newest Home Projects

2008-02-17T21:22:00.003-07:00

Here is the latest progress on my in house projects. I finally tore out the beat up drywall around the electrical panel, put up a new sheet of drywall and then taped and muded the seams. It still requires another coat of mud and then some swipes of the paint brush. I also tackeled the custom laminate countertop for our new desk area in the kitchen. I still need to sand it and then apply the glue, laminate and then router the edges. It was fun to see more on the house take a step toward competion. The last remaining project is the hand rail upstairs. Who knows when that will actually happen.
-Matt

just to catch up a bit

2008-02-16T12:02:00.003-07:00

Ok so there hasn't been anything outragiously cool the last couple of weeks (we did have fun at the Superbowl party though). But I did want to update a little, mostly we have been sick, well for a day or two and then sick again... so I havn't been sleeping much!
I do have another blog that is really boring right now, but I entered a Digital Scrapbooking contest so there will be lost of fun stuff on their soon! Our team name is "I don't give a scrap!" (my friend Jenny's husband came up with it funny huh!) Anyway there will be a bunch of new scrapbook pages on there each week some of them staring non other than E and A. So you can check it out ever once in a while if you want.
Love you all!
http://idontgiveascrap.blogspot.com/

Super bowl

2008-01-31T14:27:00.000-07:00

Ok, so if you hadn't already heard we are doing a casual thing for the super bowl, but I want to get the word out. I e-mailed this invite to a few of you, but if it didn't get to you please feel free to come! Plus I liked the invite so I wanted to let those who aren't close by take a look at it.

cuddle bugs

2008-01-31T08:30:00.000-07:00

Both of our boys like to cuddle, especially at night. So it didn't surprise me a couple of nights ago when I checked on the boys and A had fallen asleep in E's bed, and by the morning they were right next teach other, so risking waking them early, I snapped a couple of pics. But last night I couldn't stop laughing when I went to check on them before going to bed I found a mess of blankets and boys in a pile. In fact E was using A's bum for a pillow! The sheet was all but off of the bed, and there were blankets everywhere! Needless to say a few more pictures were taken this time. It's a good thing E is in a twin now, I would hate find out what they would end up like in the toddler bed!
Alex

Playing in the cold, cold snow...with Daddy

2008-01-28T11:23:00.000-07:00

I came home the other day and Matt was getting the boys ready for playing in the snow outside. They were so cute making a snow fort with their dad, I couldn't help but take pictures of all three of my boys, and then I made a scrapbook page of the pictures, so here it is.

100 Best

2008-01-23T15:28:00.000-07:00

We won, We won we shot the Beebe gun, you lost, you lost you ate the applesauce. OK so maybe Edward Jones didn't get number 1, but 4th best company to work for isn't something to shake a stick at.
Check it out: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2008/
-Matt

What would you do?

2008-01-21T13:23:00.000-07:00

"Crank the wheel to the right!", the auto center salesman said as he inspected my car's tires. "Yep, I'm sorry but... we can't fix the flat. The nail in your tire is too close to the side wall and it probley won't hold air very well. You'll have to buy new tires...all 4."
I was floored. Shocked. Mad. Speachless. Less the 2 years ago I bought these premium 65k mile tires and the warranty and now here I was 23 months and 19k miles later sorry out of luck. According to the salesman, the wear on the tire's shoulder was excessive and because of that they would not fix the flat nor replace my tire. I drove away.
I was in the parking lot when I grabbed my phone and called a mechanic buddy of mine in Salt Lake. "I've never seen that model of tire go the full tread life, it's a defect and a known issue. You need to ask for a partial credit toward a new tire or go see the store manager.", he said. So, with info in hand and determination I went back to get my new tires.
24 hours and some very compelling arguments later the issue was settled. I believed that the warranty contract, the comments of my mechanic friend and the wear patterns of the tire proved an open and shut case for my side. However, the whole experience was stressful and expensive for both parties.
So, if you found yourself in this same situation what would you have done?