If I Were the President..................

Ally is not really good at giving me her papers from school. When I want to know what is coming up or important I go look in her garbage can. Well, this is what I found this morning while cleaning.

"If I Were the President" by Ally Nelson

"I would give money to cheiredy. And the countrys that don't have a lot of money. And make people prawed for who I am and what I do for all....the people in the country. Because I don't like people who don't like me so I will work as hard as I can I promise!! I will. I won't let people hate me because I love all people I don't care what color they are. "

It's funny because this is Ally to a T. She is accepting of everyone. It doesn't matter how they treat her or what they look like she loves them just the same. One of her greatest qualities is her unconditional love for everyone. She is a huge example to me.

Meet BatHulk.........My Little Superhero

With Jake it was always the Power Rangers(for 5 years in a row). Luke on the other hand is a superhero boy. He changes between Batman, Superman, Hulk and Spiderman depending on the day. Most days like the picture above it is a combo deal.

The Big 8 for Ally

Ally and her best friend Kennedy decided to combine parties this year since their birthdays are a week apart and they have a lot of the same friends. We decided to do a party at the house because there were so many friends they wanted to invite. It was than decided to do a swimming party. Jon had an idea to make an adult size slip and slide. He bought and a hundred foot long piece of bisqueen and put it down the hill in our backyard. The girls chose a Hannah Montana theme and we did little gift bags. Ally also had to have a pinata. Of course the weather this year has been unseasonally cold and that day was no different so the slipe and slide did not last very long at all.

So much going on...........

Life has been so crazy lately I have barely had time to breathe let alone blog. Well okay I have never been very good at keeping up with my blog. The way I look at it a little is better than none at all. The funny thing is everytime there is an event I always take a lot of good pictures with my blog in mind. I am going to get the big events on here like Ally's birthday and baptism and our trip to Omaha. There were so many things right in a row I will start with the big ones so that I can atleast get the most important pictures up. The biggest reason I would like to get my blog updated is so that my sister-n-law Julie will put me back on her blog list. LOL!!

Will it ever end...................

So I never realized growing up how much laundry my mom must have done----until lately. I have been giving it a lot of thought. My thought being.......will it ever end. I feel like all I do is laundry and I still hear......."Are my _______ clean????" Between baseball uniforms, tumbling clothes, work clothes it NEVER ends. I could do a couple loads a day and never be caught up. The putting away is the worst part. The messy drawers that I straighten everytime I put clothes away. Aargh!! This picture is what prompted this entry. I found this on the side of my bed. It was put there by Jake. It is a big pile of dirty socks.

Our trip to St. George was so fun!! My favorite part was a toss up between the baseball games and the SUN. The weather was so nice I did not want to come home. Luckily we get to go back in 3 weeks. YEA!! We did a lot of swimming since that is really all the kids want to do anyway. The second the baseball games are over all you hear is "Can we go swimming, can we go swimming?" We always stay at the Holiday Inn and the have an awesome indoor/outdoor pool so you can swim anytime of day.

Bound for warmer weather.......

I forgot to mention that we are heading to St. George this weekend for a baseball tournament. I will not forget to mention the forecast.................

Mostly Clear. Highs around 60

After the winter we have had here 60 degrees will seem like 90. Can't wait. Baseball season starting up. YEA!!

Big Brother 9

The first winter season of Big Brother premiered tonight thanks to the writers strike. It is usually just a summer reality treat!! So excited!! I have given up most of my tv shows but I always make time for this one. Cheesy as it is I love it!!

Black Eyes

Luke is a bit of a ruffian. He is not a mean spirited toddler he is just rough. He woke up yesterday with a black eye that I am not even sure how he got it. This got me thinking about how many black eyes we have had in our family in the last month or so. All but a couple a result of Luke.

As I was sleeping I was very abruptly woken up by a flying Buzz Lightyear space vehicle that hit me right in the eye. Black Eye #1

Ally was hit by a flying Lightning McQueen car. Black Eye #2

Ally was hit by a second Lightning McQueen car. Black Eye #3

Jake was hit in the eye with a football at school. Black Eye #4

Luke jumped from the top of my stairs to the bottom and landed on his face. Cutting his lip and nose. The landing looked like a crime scene. The result...... Black Eye #5

I believe that Luke may have gotten clobbered(well deserved) by his girlfriend Mariyah.
Black Eye #6

Needless to say at our house if Luke has a car in his hand you better be on your toes.

Proud Mom of The Student of the Month

Jake came home from school the other day and handed me an invitation to come to his school. I had been invited to come to the Student of the Month Luncheon where Jake would be honored. He was very excited since they only choose one student from each class per month. So the day arrived and I had invited my mom to come with me because her and Jake are very close and I knew that it would mean a lot to him if she was there. We were all sitting at the table before anything had started and the principal came up to me and my mom and started raving about Jake. Some of her exact comments were.....
"If we could clone a student to fill a whole school it would be one exactly like Jake."
"You son is the so responsible, respectful and hardworking."
She made up some scenario about recess where if there were a bunch of kids out at recess throwing snowballs Jake would be the one trying to stop it from happening but in a way where they would respect what he was saying instead of making fun of him.
She said he was always more than willing to help other students or teachers.
This went on for literally a full 5 minutes, in fact she was saying such incredible things I looked over at my mom and she was crying. It was a really proud moment for me and also quite a shocking one and of course I will tell you why.....

I know that Jake is a very good student and always has been because that is evident in his grades. What I always wonder about is his citizenship because at home Jake can at times be a little difficult. He is a lot like his mother in a lot of ways. I have always done a very good job at spoiling him. He does not like to hear the word NO. He also thinks that anything that goes wrong is anyones fault but his own. Dont get me wrong he is the most caring, most responsible, cleanest and funniest little man you will ever meet. I love him more than I can express but I have always worried a little bit about the respecting your elder thing. So, what I am starting to learn is that there is a HOME Jake and a SCHOOL or ANYWHERE ELSE Jake. I guess I taught him something good somewhere along the line because atleast he acts appropriately outside of our house right??

Anyway, I was soooo very proud of him for receiving that award and I know he deserved it. He truly is an example to me and the older he gets the more proud I am. Love you buddy!!!

Funny Luke Story

There are just few things that I wanted to document so that i will remember them.

The first one is the funniest thing that Luke said and did on Sunday when we were getting ready for church. I am not sure how he knew that is where we were getting ready to go but as I was standing there doing my hair he came running in the bathroom and he had gotten one of his button down church shirts on over his pajamas and his church shoes and he said "I am ready!!" Two things struck me: One was that he knew were all getting ready for church, and two that he knew those were his "church" items.

Then about an hour later I laid him on my bed to remove the pajamas out from under the church clothes he had put on I couldnt get him to lay his head down. He was on his back but it looked like he was attempting to do a crunch.
I said, "Luke lay down."
This was his reply, "You messing yup my hair"
I gotta say for a two year old to even be worried about what his hair looks like was quite shocking and even more hilarious. I have always spiked up both of my boys hair from pretty much the time they come out so I am starting to wonder if I am making them this way because his big brother is and always has been the same way about his hair. Something to think about.