Do you believe in Miracles?

A miracle has occurred in our home today All 3 kids took a nap at the same time! Huzzah Huzzah! If only I would have been able to sleep for more than 15 Minutes that would have been beyond awesome. Unfortunately my phone rang every 15 minutes during the blissful hour and 15 minutes that the kids were asleep. Oh well,there's nothing like the sweet sound of all your children sleeping soundly. Sweet Dreams.

Lizzie was a little cranky so we played the who can close their eyes the longest game, she won.
Abby sound asleep in her crib, although all the sheets were torn off...She's been in a mood lately
Will sleeping on the couch, I know babies sleep all the time but his timing was great this time.

Lizzie's Question

We were driving late and Lizzie whom I thought was asleep asked, "Mom, what do star's feel like?" I gave her a very scientific answer as in my way too grown up way explained that star's are like our sun but very far away. Lizzie then told me what she thought star's were like...They're round like cookies and warm like houses. There are times I wish I was like a 4 year old the world was a lot simpler and full of things that made more sense.

Abby story 1 &2

Story #1
So Abby is hitting a very interesting stage in life. She's very curious and slightly mischievous in a very innocent way. For example on Sunday she was in nursery enjoying snack after the nursery leader had put cheese crackers on everyones plates he said that when they finished the crackers they could have a fruit snack. He then turned his back for a second and when he turned around Abby was holding up her empty plate ready for fruit snacks. When he went to put the fruit snacks on her plate he noticed that Abby had dumped all of her cheese crackers on the floor.
that brings me to
Story #2. Yesterday after feeding Will I went to find Abby to put her down for a nap. I called and called for her but she wouldn't answer nor would she run to me. All of the sudden the lamp on our side table fell down and there was Abby hiding under the table. She gave me a big smile and that's when i noticed the pen in her hands. i frantically searched the carpet, walls and furniture to make sure she hadn't drawn anywhere. After finding everything to be clean I felt very lucky and that's when she lifted up her shirt to show me her "artwork". Someday I'm going to get this whole mother of 3 thing and by then the kids will probably be in College.

New List

Random Picture I think Will is saying "Ladies, Ladies please." These little girls sure love him!

So I've started a "Things that are keeping me sane" list. I have been so grateful for these items. I was going to call it a love list but it feels really weird saying that I love things more than my family so let me give a brief explanation of these things. I'm lovin' my Bella Band it's like a tube top for pregnant ladies that help you make your jeans last a bit longer by holding them up the nice thing is you can wear it post pregnancy and sneak back into your favorite pair of jeans. I mean I know I still look fat but there's something reassuring about being able to slip back into a size 8 pair of pants even if I can't zip them all the way up. The baby swing I forgot how much I love mine, it has this great sensor in it that if will starts crying it'll start swinging again, I really feel sorry for my mom who had the 15 minute hand crank swing from way back in the day because this one totally rocks! Abby has been taking like 3 hour naps which gives me enough time to clean the house up plus take a nap of my own it's really been rocking out! And my honda pilot oh how I love being able to get all of my kids in it neatly, have a DVD going for them, the heated leather seats and so many more features it really has made my life a little simpler. And the Ipod I can feel the inner teenager applauding this item. It's been really nice to mix my playlists to suit my mood and action and to be able to pull out some old CD's that I totally forgot I had (hello Reality Bites Soundtrack and Mariah Carey) It's not that I haven't been listening to music but it seems to have been brought into such a better light. Anyhow watch the list and if you ever have a question about one of the items just let me know. I know I love hearing about peoples good experiences with products especially when they make our lives a little easier.

Happy Valentine's Day to all of you out there. We figured we had so much love in our house we could probably share it with all of you. Love is one of those funny things the more you try to give it away the more you get back. Will is surly feeling the love from his older sisters. We hope you all know how much we love and appreciate you all for your prayers, love and support and hope that all is well with you.

crazy

so my last post i talked about little brother tyler going into the mtc the sunday after i posted it i got a text from my sister-in-law mandy in Logan saying Tyler was on the front page of the Hearald Journal (Logan's Newspaper) and sure enough my mother-in-law emailed me this pic today. What a crazy world that my little brother would wind up in a newspaper of a town he's never lived in. anyhow thought you would all enjoy.
ps i promise this isn't going to be a tribute to tyler blog now just thought this was interesting.