Can't Sleep

I don't usually have a problem falling or staying asleep but tonight my mind is racing. (Or maybe it has something to do with the 2 1/2 hr. nap I took today. My philosophy is that if you can take a 2 1/2 hour nap without waking up you must need it!!)
Today I got asked to do a new calling at church and with a new baby it is hard to do about any calling. I really think I would enjoy the calling but I am still worried about it. I have been teaching the 11 year olds in primary and when I had Jonas they gave me 3 months off. I just started teaching again 2 weeks ago and so far that has gone ok but it hasn't been enough time to tell if it is going to work and now they have asked me to do something different. I have never, and never planned to, turn down a calling but I think when you have a new baby you have to take that into consideration. The bishopric will be calling me tomorrow to find out my answer. Oh, what to do. Thank goodness my husband is supportive and will help in any way he can but he is in the young men and also has responsiblies.
Also we are probably going to put our house up for sale and between this house and the spec house (which still has not sold) we will live in which ever one doesn't sell. It wouldn't be all bad, the spec house is beautiful and everything is new but I just don't want to pack up and move AGAIN. Also we do have a person that wants to buy our spec house but they want to sell their home first and who know how long that could take. We want to build our own home one day but we are TIRED. We have fixed up every home we have lived in for the past 6 years and it seems like we constantly have a project to work on. It has been great but now that this home is 98% done we just want to enjoy it and rest for awhile. Our luck we will sell the home we are in now and move to the spec house, sortly after that someone will want to buy the spec house, and then watch out mom and dad because we are moving in with you!! HAHA
Well, its 1am and now that I have that off my chest maybe I can go to sleep.
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Growing So Much

3 months old

Daddy's Little Boy

Busy Bees

We have been busy bees working in the yard the past few weekends. Josh has been building a shop AND putting in the sprinkler system at the same time. Thanks to a lot of help from Josh's dad and Joseph we are finally finished with the sprinklers.
Jamie and Shari were big helpers too! Even I got out there and was digging in the dirt.
Is Josh helping or just supervising??

Josh and Alan only cut 2 sewer lines when they were digging the ditch for the sprinklers so we had a couple of extra big holes.

After a hard day of work Jamie fell asleep in the swing.Shari is just faking it!

Shari starts SCHOOL

Shari's first day of school was Aug. 24th. She was pretty nervous at orientation on Friday but by Monday she was ready to go! She is having a great time and is making new friends. The second day when she got home from school she had a crying melt down about three times over little tiny things, I think she was a little STRESSED OUT. But things have been great since.

Her favorite part of the day is riding the bus home from school. She gets dropped off just behind our house and she wouldn't even let me meet her at the bus stop she wanted to do it herself so I took this picture from the very corner of our yard! On the second day I stood on our back step and watched her walk home. She got about half way and yelled, "mom, go in the house!" Man, its a good thing I didn't try to give her a BIG kiss when I dropped her off!

I forgot to take a pict. at the school on the first day so we took one on the 2nd day. By then I think Jamie was getting alittle jealous so we had to take one of her at the school too! It is going to be an adjustment for Jamie to not have Shari with her all of the time. There have been a couple of time that I told her she could go play at grandma's house but she didn't want to go unless Shari was going to. She plays really well at home by herself though. And she has taken a nap almost everyday when Shari is at school, I don't know if she is bored or just really enjoying the quiet time!!

Where did summer go?

Shari is starting school on Monday (tears) and I can't believe it is finally here, the day I will send my baby to kindergarden. She is so excited and that helps take away some of my nervous. So where did all the summer days go?
In July we had a family reunion on my dad's side of the family. We had a lot of fun! Below is Shari with some of her cousins playing an obstacle course game.

Also for part of the reunion we spent the day at the Pocatello Pool, the kids had a fun time there once it stopped raining on us! Josh, Jonas, and Jamie just trying to stay dry. While waiting for the rain to stop we went to the zoo across the street and then that afternoon got back in the pool.

Shari, Bailey, and Grandma! What BABES!

We also spent some of our summer days at the pool with friends. Jamie is trying to show Ana how to go underwater.

And of course, swimming lessons. The first few days were a battle to get the girls to get in the pool. Shari took a few minutes to feel comfortable and Jamie took a few days! Finally one of the days I got in the pool with her and that help a lot and she was able to get in by herself after that.

Below is a picture of them playing their favorite game, "what time is it Mr. Shark."

I'm sure Shari is telling Jamie just how she is suppose to be doing something!

Is any one tired of swimming yet??

Well after a long day at the pool there's always time for a nap!

Jonas is actually sucking his thump in the above pict and he does it all the time. Which is really great because when I lay him down he just finds his thumb and goes right to sleep. Below he is taking a nap with his cousin Brooke.

Last, its not summer without a day in the mud. Shari and uncle Spencer made a mud hole to play in, unfortunately I didn't know Shari was in the mud with her nice white shirt on until it was to late.

Josh spent most of his summer days out in the sun working, they have been very busy. He has also has been busy at our house putting in our sprinkler system and building a shop. Once both those things are finished we'll probably decide we will move into the spec house after all and the fun will start all over again! (Let's hope not!)

Hope everyone else had fun things to do this summer too.

The Sweetest Things

Hopefully it says it all in the title!

3 and 5 going on 13 and 15!

Best Friends

Last week we blessed our sweet litte boy. He has been such a good baby we can't even believe it. Most of you will remember that our girls were really fussy babies and cried ALL the time (expecially Jamie) but Jonas is so sweet. Sometimes I jump up as I realize he has been asleep for a couple hours and I think something must be wrong but he's just peacefully sleeping. Since he was about 4 weeks old he would sleep for 6 hours though the night, now he sleeps for at least 8!! What a blessing. He is smiling alot at us and making baby coo noises. He loves to smile at the girls and recognizes their vioces right away. Of course who wouldn't recognize a vioce that was always so loud! He has been such a wonderful addition to our family.

My mom made Jonas's cute blessing outfit. Also in her wisdom (so she likes to say!) she saved the left over fabric from my wedding dress and has used parts of it for all of my kids blessing outfits. Jonas's vest and bow tie are both from my dress! THANKS MOM!

A couple of weeks ago I made the adventure of going to the store will all 3 kids! YICKS! Well for our first outing I choose to go to Twin Falls (what was I thinking right?) Well, it turned out great. I was so proud of Shari, she stepped up to the plate of being the big sister and was so helpful. She help Jamie in and out of the car, held her hand to cross the parking lot, and put the groceries in the bags at winco (they make you do it yourself). What a good experience it turned out to be for her. Except for the time we all had to go to the bathroom at the same time and the time I had to nurse Jonas while driving through the drive through at McDonalds we did great. (the drive through is a story all of its own!)

Also thanks to the Moby wrap. If you have more then one kid you need one of these. I wrapped Jonas in it the whole day and he was so happy and so was I and no big car seat to carry around.

In June we celebrated Jamie's 3rd Birthday!! We had a princess cake for our little princess.

The picture to the left is with their cousins at grandma's house. They all just wanted to be by their newest friend and they can't wait until he is big enough to play with them!

If you can't read his shirt it says ,"Totally cuter then Daddy!" My friend sent that to us and I thought it was so cute! Thanks Carrie

What a Sweet Little Boy. Jonas has a been such a good baby, which is something new to us, and we love him. The girls are still enjoying him and wanting to help. Yesterday the girls were outside playing with their toy babies and I looked out to check on them and both of them were feeding their babies! It was really funny.