SURPRISE!

As some of you may already know, we made a little.. well okay BIG announcement over the weekend! We are adding a sixth member to our family in September!!!

Yes, I may have cried a little.. okay alot.. when that pregnancy test read positive and I may have cried even harder when my doctor confirmed it!

I'm still in shock and slowly accepting it. We had a 5-10 year plan and had paid $800 to have that plan inserted (IUD) lol. But apparently I fit in to that .2% category of the IUD not working.

God had different plans for us, I suppose ;) That's the only comfort I have and I am thankful I have it otherwise I would probably be a wreck right now.

Now don't get me wrong, we are excited, and I did think maybe in 4 years we'd see about adding a 4th child to our home but my babies aren't even a year old yet and we are going to be having another baby in diapers! I thought it was hard getting out with 3 kids, I can't imagine what it's going to be like with 4!

We've already realized we are going to have to get a bigger car, the one we have wont hold us all. We are going to have to look into a bigger house, we are definitely going to out grow the one we are currently in. There are just going to have to be alot of changes, and we are freaking out just a little bit.

But as I said, the only comfort is knowing this little baby had to of been meant to be and Heavenly Father sent him/her down to us which makes me excited to see how this little person is going to bless our lives because each of our kids certainly have so far and I wouldn't have it any other way.

So here's to a crazy 2013!

Hardware Ranch | 9 & 10 Months

= HARDWARE RANCH =

Sunday 19,2013

We decided since the weather was actually so nice and it was sunny out that we'd get out and enjoy it. Lys has never been to Hardware Ranch to see the elk so we decided to take the kids on a little adventure. The drive was gorgeous, the snow was so crisp, sparkly and white! We got there right before the rush hit thank goodness. I don't think I have ever been on the sleigh ride, at least that I can remember, and Lys really wanted to go on it so we decided what the heck :) I'm glad we did it was so much fun and you got right up and personal with the elk.

Here are some pictures from our little adventure. I was SO bummbed, I was trying to take pictures with Henry in my arms and I didn't even pay attention to the settings my camera was on and they are all totally washed out.. all well.. at least they still show the memories :)

I love getting to do things with my little family!

I missed out on the twins 9 months and as always I can't believe they are 10 months now! They are learning so much and already trying to walk! Little stinkers! They love to pick on each other. Hazel used to be the bully but Henry is just as bad now. If Hazel has something he wants, he just goes over and takes it from her. They have no problems pushing each other out of the way too! The funniest is they seriously LOVE food. They are like little puppy dogs when we have food, they crawl over to us, tongues hanging out, whimpering and begging. Once they get up to us they literally crawl on top of each other, push each other down or out of the way just to get to the food first. It's pretty comical!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

FINALLY posting about last month! I take SOOO many pictures that it's just easier to put them all on a page instead of loading each individually PLUS it motivates me to scrapbook them! Now I just need to get them to the next step.. printing them and getting them in my book! haha... a step at a time a step at a time.

Anways here are our events from the Christmas Holiday.

I was SO glad and proud the babies were just fine with Santa. Henry could not stop staring.. Hazel was just like "eh... whatever...". Lys loves Santa.. she asked for a barbie.

I should be glad that we got to sleep in but I think me and Devin were too excited to sleep. We got presents wrapped and put out and we were ready to wake everyone up haha.. but we tried sleeping and eventually woke up at 6:30 AM. We had families places to be so we decided to wake the kids up. As you can see Lys was out! We tried waking her up and she hid her head under the blankets until we said "Santa came....." then she popped right up! I have a feeling we'll miss this when our kids are all a little older and are waking us up at 5:30 just to open presents like me and my bros did to my parents!

 The babies, on the other hand,  were actually awake and sitting in their cribs just waiting for us to get them :)

Lys got SPOILED! She got a bunch of Rapunzel dolls because she loves Tangled. She also loves the ipad she got last year so "Santa" got her an ipad purse, cover, headphones because she ALWAYS complains that the babies are too loud and she can't hear her movies or games haha and a nifty crayola color pen for the ipad because she's our little artist!

The babies got a popup toy, the Ball Cano, and a little barnyard play door which Lys loves to pretend she's the farmer and the babies are the cows and she likes to open the gate to let them in and out haha! 

 It was such a fun Christmas! It just made me love my kids even more to see their happy little faces and to see just how much Lys loves her brother and sister. She played so well with them and showed them how to open presents. I just love family!!!

 We started the New Years off by playing games literally until 2 AM at my MIL's house! It was loads of fun. I couldn't believe I stayed up that late lol.. however.. I did make sure I took a nap that afternoon so I could stay up at least until midnight.. I feel so old!

Here are my new years resolutions:

1] By the end of the year I want to be able to RX the majority of the workouts at crossfit

2] Practice drawing at least every day

3] By the end of the year I want to be able to easily read piano music again

4] MAKE MORE MONEY

5] Go on an amazing family trip!

6] Run a full 5k with NO kids, lol, in 30 min

HAPPY 2013!

8 months + Family Pictures

I just can't even believe that my babies are 8 months old already.

The even harder part, that always brings me to tears, is thinking this may be the last time I have little babies and I don't know why they had to grow up so darn fast! I can't even remember what it was like to hold a newborn! I think that's the hardest thing with twins is when you get them settled down or to sleep you just put them down because you can't hold both at the same time and your not going to just hold one of them so you end up holding neither and I just don't think you get that much mommy/baby bond time as you do with just one baby. It's bad, I am baby hungry already lol! Everytime I see a newborn I just want to hold it because my babies just are always on the move and are not cuddly at all! Lys was a real cuddler so I miss that!

And then there's this girl who I love the crap out of! She is growing up way to fast too! We just got an e-mail today from her Grandma D (who is a teacher) and she told us we need to start getting her registered for school next year!!!! Say Whaaa!?

I just can't believe my baby girl is going to be in school! She is such a good little helper tho. She has taken on mother role at home with the babies while i'm back at work. She helps papa feed them, she loves to play with them alot now that they interact with her. She is such a good big sister!

Thanksgiving

So I missed writing about Thanksgiving. Honestly we just kept it low key. It was nice. We went to Devin's brother Tanner's house at noon and had dinner and then went to my parents after and ate AGAIN. We played knock-rummy ( one of our favorite gambling games haha ). And then hit bed about 9:30. Having 3 young kids, i've decided, really wears on you. But I wouldn't trade them for the world :)

After thanksgiving we put up our tree. We love getting a real tree and decided since we have babies in the house who like to eat ANYTHING we would get a little one and put it up on a table.. I think it's a cute little tree, even tho I do miss a full size, I do like our little tree.

This was Devin & I's first christmas ornament we got for our first Christmas. We have been trying to keep it a tradition to get a family one with every addition. We have all our dogs ones, our kitties' ornaments and this years:

I'm sure alot of you know that I have been helping out at the mall with my sis-in-law at the Santa booth.. I will say.. you sure meet alot of grumpy parents around that time of the year haha! We aren't even high pressured at all! In fact we don't get a commission at all so we could care less if you got a picture or not but MAN some parents just freak out when you even ask! The saddest part tho, is those that think you HAVE to buy something to see Santa, so I always make sure to reassure them that they can still visit Santa without a picture. We are pretty lax there haha. Right now is the easy part tho.. 4 hours every Monday, Friday, and Saturday. After the 14 we are there ALL day! Luckily I still only work 4 every Monday & Friday but Saturdays are all day and the most bummer thing is having to work Christmas eve :( All well.. one year right?
Here's my kiddos 1 Free picture the booth lets us have haha:

Family Pictures

I know I like to pretend to be a photographer haha.. we just did these super quick because MAN IT WAS COLD! I wanted to wait till the first snow fall.. I think they turned out decent considering how hard it is to get 3 kids to look your way but I like how they turned out in the snow:

So now I finally have pictures for our holiday cards to send out :) The card turned out so stink'n cute I think :) I'm excited to get them printed and handed out!

If you want one let me know and i'll make sure to send one to you!

Happy Holidays!

7 months & Happy Halloween!

Where did Halloween go? It came and went so fast I can't even hardly believe it!

Here is Lys's dance class at her class Halloween party

Lys at her dance recital at the Green Canyon Corn Maze

We carved our family pumpkins the night before Halloween. I had planned to get some adorable pictures of the twins in the pumpkins but Henry was the only one that would fit in it and he didn't enjoy it long. I don't know how people get those cute little posed pictures because my kids never hold still long enough for a good picture!

 Halloween Day

I had so many cute costume ideas for the kids. Well, the twins at least, I knew Lys would want to choose what she wanted and she decided she wanted to be a tiger. I decided, no more makeup, I was constantly applying it and it was constantly smearing off.

I had planned for the twins to be little monsters, I had stuff to make the costumes and everything.. but I ran out of time.. more so.. I got lazy lol. So hazel ended up a little pumpkin and Henry is a little aviator (we found that adorable jacket at the DI ) he wouldn't keep his aviator glasses on.

Devin and I had planned to be bank robbers and we were going to have matching masks and matching black and white striped shirts but GOOD GRIEF I could not find plain black & white stripped shirts anywhere! I literally went all over town. There were lots of ones with hot colors in them or funky strip patterns or grey and white or black and grey but black and white.. it was a joke.. and what was funnier is I ran into about 6 different people wearing the exact shirts I was looking for. It was like they were mocking me or something.. but I couldn't get up the guts to ask where they got their shirts lol.. so instead I just used an old Joker costume and made the mask and Devin was a.... german? lol

 We hooked up with both my brothers & sis-in-laws and the kiddos.

 [ little cow is Isabelle & little pumpkin is Marley ]

 [ me and my sis-in-law as jokers]

We hit mainstreet, the mall & the sports academy.
I wish I would have gotten a picture of Lys's candy bag because it was so chuck full of candy she couldn't even cary it! We may have helped her lighten it some ;)

7 Months

They are already learning so much I just can't even believe it. Hazel crawls all over and we seriously have to watch her like a hawk. She likes to crawl on stuff and under stuff and she always gets herself stuck haha

She's also starting to do this:

Ya... she's 7 months old.. what .. the... heck!

Lys wanted some pictures too.. she really wanted to be a princess and since it was too cold to go outside and it wasn't as beautiful as the background on this pic I decided to photoshop her into a little scene haha.. it was fun :)

Now some sad news :( For those of you that haven't heard or know, I got laid off last Thursday. To be honest I wasn't too shocked. 

These past 2 years with this company have been INSANE! The first year I was there we moved offices, about 5 out of the 20 people there got laid off and there was a buttload of drama there that made it so I was about to quite. But I waited it out. 

In the 2nd year we merged with a new company, 2 of our owners quite/resigned/took their portion of the company out and split, we moved offices yet again and they laid off about 10 more people, some of them had been there for years!

 After my maternity leave 2 people moved to Texas to the main head quarters of the company, one of the designers went to Bentonville where our main shipping office is and another had a baby and wasn't planning on coming back. That left me, another guy and a girl that just got hired on a few months ago to help with phone calls. So 3 people in this big office and the new company we merged with is opening a new office for their designers in San Diego. I knew there was no need for our office here so I kind of had been waiting for this day to come. I kept my eyes open for new jobs but there just isn't much in the Graphic Design field here in Cache Valley if you want big pay.

I am still in shock that I don't have a job, scared because I am not sure what's going to happen since neither of us are working lol.. but faithful that I know Heavenly Father has always had a plan for me and when I think back just about every job whether good or bad had opened doors to new opportunities for me when they didn't work out so I am sure this job was just another door for me to find that perfect job. I have applied to quite a few different places that just happened to be hiring days before I lost my job, so that was lucky. Also, my work is being kind enough to pay me my full salary until January to help me find a job AND I don't even have to work.. so that's awesome! 

My sis in law just got a management job to work at the mall for the Santa picture booth and so this was kind of perfect timing cause I can work with her temporarily to make some extra money until I find a job..

So I know there's a plan and I will find a job again, I have been given a few opportunities I just have to pick which one is the best for me :)