For Andrea

so after reading andrea's blog about bieng a mom geek i had to post my own mom geek story. and although I would love to be able to pin down the exact moment I realized that i was no longer "cool"; im not sure i really can..... (was i ever cool to begin with?) Any way looking back on the last 6 years of motherhood I have come to realize that the signs were there, I just wasn't looking for them. From belting out Barbie's princess and the pauper songs in the car to not caring if my shirt got spit up or poop all over it, from not wearing makeup for about 4 days in a row, to talking to the telemarketer just to have an adult conversation. from bieng happy that nobody walked in on me while using the restroom to laughing hysterically at other "mom geek stories" because they ring so true. So thank you Andrea for helping me to realize how much of a mom geek I am. :0)

Any parent will tell you that if you turn your back for even a moment anything can happen. Aaliyah loves two things right now Art, and Makeup. Today Charmaine tried to follow her big sisters footsteps and combined the two. She found the markers and expiremented with them. The best part is she not only made herself look "pretty", but also used Joe to practice on. One day Joe will have his revenge.......

Kisses From Sister

So Charmaine loves her brother. She loves him so much that she is always kissing him. 9 times out of 10 she gets slober or snot or in this case chocolate all over him. This little picture captured so well how much Baby Joe does not appreciate the little stuff she leaves behind when she kisses him.

Hanging out with Chow and Russ.

Recently Chow and Russ came to visit from Texas. It was alot of fun for the kids to spend time with them. We did fun things like put up the Christmas tree, go to temple square, go to both Aaliyah's and Dallins school performance, and just spend time with them. I think Baby charmaine really bonded with Aunty Chow. All the kids really loved having them here. Thanks for coming guys!!!

Newest Addition!

So Baby Joe has finally graced us with his presence! He arrived Nov. 26th at 845 am weighing 6lbs 11 oz ( the smallest of our babies yet). He was 20 and 1/2 inches long. We are so happy our family is finally complete! He is such a little angel (even when he cries at 3:00 in the morning!) Joseph was an awesome help during it all even when I yelled at him. He had taken some sleeping medications about 3 hours before we needed to go to the hospital and so I ended up driving myself to the hospital! However as soon as the medication wore off he was a wonderful husband holding my hand through everything. Baby Joe is healthy and we will be blessing him Jan 5th.

So again this is late being put up but i thought it was a good story. Joe took the kids to the state fair this last September and because of work i couldn't go. He took with him a good friend, Jared. On one particular ride Aaliyah got ahead of Joe in line so Jared went to the exit to wait for her. After the ride and all the kids got off Jared could not see Aaliyah. He called Joe on his cell in a panic to tell Joe he couldn't see Aaliyah. Joe immediately started looking for her. After a few minutes Joe was pretty scared so he went to find a police officer, it just so happens that the first police officer Joe finds is the same one Aaliyah went to when she realized she had been separated from her dad! We are so happy our daughter is safe! When we got home Grandma asked Aaliyah how she knew to go to a police officer. She answered Daddy told me. Joe dosn't remember telling her that but none the less we are glad we have a Heavenly Father looking out for our daughter!

So i am still getting caught up on all of this but here are Aaliyah's pictures for her first day in Kindergarten...... I know I know i am about 2 months plus late on this but oh well! here they are, as you can see little brother Dallin had to get in on the action! She is such a little poser!