Yes...We are still alive!

I know its been A LONG TIME!

So get ready, get comfortable, speed read, or just look at the pics and move on to another blog.

Well, let me go back to St. Patrick's week, that Thursday, March 19th, Shayla had her two month appt. She weighed 13.4 lbs. (90%), height 22.2" (50%), and head 16.0" (90%)

She is so happy. She sleeps like an angel and loves her brothers. She always gives them this huge smile when they come around. We are so lucky to have her in our lives!!

( I know..... she was smiling and I didn't have time to grab the bow!)

Next on March 22nd, we celebrated Dylan's Birthday.
I can't believe my baby boy is 3!!! I feel like we just celebrated his 2nd birthday! Man time flys! We had a lot of fun. His birthday was on Sunday so we gave him his presents when he woke up. We hid the presents and had him play the hot/cold game and they loved it! (Austin had to help him a little.)

Then that night, we had grandparents over for some cake and ice cream! Dylan helped make his cake and he even did the sprinkles all by himself!

The next day we went to Boondocks and had a blast. Brad, Melanie, and Tess came along. Thanks guys, we had fun!

Then that Wednesday, we all came down with strep (Austin, Dylan, and I ) At the same time I was trying to get ready for Shayla's Baby Blessing which was that Sunday. Thank goodness by Saturday I was feeling 10 times better! I have to say that I had the best shopping experience that Saturday. (Thanks to my mom and sisters....) First off we went and registered Bryn at Babies'R'Us and then we headed to the mall to get something for me to wear for the blessing. Of course I had saved this to the very last min. not wanting to battle looking at myself in mirrors and being completely bummed out and terrified at what I looked like. Anyways, we all walked into a store and it was crazy. All three of them just vanish and start grabbing things that they thought would work. I stood in amazement at how fast they were moving and while at the same time I had a store employee telling me to come this way to one of their dressing rooms while they picked out some oufits. As I headed to the changing room, weaving the stroller in and out of impossible spaces, I finally got to my room with a ton of clothes hanging on every hook available. There I was earlier that morning thinking.....screw it.... I'll just go in a moo moo. My sisters and mom were at the door telling me to let them in. As I unlock the door they hurried in scrambling to assign each other an area of my body that they would be in charge of. Before I knew it, I was being told to "skin the bunny", being pantsed, and having them change me from one outfit to another. This started over quite a few times and not once was I able to take a glimps in the mirror to get depressed. Then after felling like I was in some kind of twister they all smilled and said "perfect" as they quickly moved away from the front of the mirrors to reveal the master piece they came up with! I looked at it and thought, "Holy crap!!! What just happened?" and "Wow, I really like this outfit." Then I looked at my hair and it was so messy. I don't think it had ever been as messy! Anyways it was amazing and I quickly realized once again how much I love my sisters and mom! Thanks Guys! I love you!

Sunday was great. Jeremy gave her an amazing blessing and she slept through it all. She looked perfect!! My mom made her dress and aunt Brittany made her bow. We had alot of people come. The food was amazing thanks to everyone who helped out! I couldn't have done it without you all! Here are some pictures of the day!

After the blessing, that night we had to clear out the house! Well.... the family room, kitchen and anything we needed from the kids rooms because bright and early the next day the tile workers were going to come and rip out all the flooring so they could put in the new flooring We made it two nights and decided we couldn't live in the mess.

Thanks to my parents for letting us stay with them for a week while they finished it. Then the next week we went and stayed at Brittany's house and we watched the girls while Brittany and Bryce went to Las Vegas!

When we finally were able to come back home I was completely in shock at how dirty my house was. There was dust every where! I spent the next week cleaning and moving the furniture all back to where it was suppose to be! ( they did the pluming that week and had to move some of the pipes around.

I think it was the week after that I lost it! The workers were hear doing the sheet rock and they had mudded and started to sand. I new it was going to get dusty but I didn't think it was going to be as bad as it was! I went in to my room with the kids after they told me I needed to go in to another room to keep from breathing in the dust. Yeah, well when I came out I think I froze and then just started to laugh and then cry. We opened up the stairs and had to have the celling and the remaining walls fixed. The dust just spread through the house like a cloud of flour. I grabbed my camera and took a picture of my flour. I vacuumed a little to show the difference. The whole house was covered .

I am excited to say that we are nearing the end. We are painting this week and carpet goes in on Monday. I am so excited we are just about done. We have enjoyed the changes and am planing on never moving! ....well I guess I should never say never. How about not for a long time and If we ever do. I really would not like to live in the house while remolding.

While in the middle of all the FUN remodeling we have been able to do a lot of FUN things! Jeremy and I were very greatful to be apart of the Draper Temple dedication. Jeremy's dad gave us tickets to be in the celestral room. It was amazing to feel the spirit so strong. It was very amazing to have the prophet right there. The choir sounded so good I will never forget that day! (well I hope..... my memory has been pretty much toast lately!)

Easter was great we had a lot of fun. The boys really got into it and enjoyed finding their baskets and were excited the easter bunny new about Shayla. They helped her find her basket. We went to Grandma and Grampas house to have a easter egg hunt. I also painted Shayla's toes to match her easter dress. (I am having so much fun with this girly stuff.) We also dyed easter eggs at Brittany's house while she was in Vegas.

Austin has started Soccer and tomorrow is his last game. He loves it and has enjoyed being with his friends! Good job Austin.... Daddy and I are so proud of you!

Dylan has enjoyed being outside playing in the mud and riding his Big wheel!

Shayla had her 4 month check up and she weighs 16 lbs. 3 oz., Height 25.1 and her Head 17.2"

She had her vaccinations done and she cried for 15 min. before I could get her to calm down. It broke my heart to have her so sad. She looked at me like you horrible thing!

She loves her jumperoo and can spend hours in it. In fact the other day I was cleaning and I came back in the room and she had fallen asleep in it. I grabbed the video camera and got this!

I think we are going to send it to "Americas Funniest Home Videos". She seriously is the happiest baby!

We went to St. George for memorial weekend. It was great to get a way and enjoy our little family. We played at the pool all weekend and just relaxed!

Last weekend we went camping with my family. My dad had back surgery yesterday and so we thought we would have our last "Hoo Raw" before he was down for the summer! We had fun taking rides on the four wheeler and watching the kids get dirty. I have to tell you about our trailer. I love it and I think I have mentioned before how we have named it the Ghetto Fabulous. Well after this weekend it lived up to its name a little more. We get on the road and we get to Lehi when Jer notices that the siding is catching the wind. When all of a sudden the siding just starts pealing right off the entire side of the trailer. So we pull over and check out the damage. Tt was a good thing we had some rope in the trailer. So all we could think of doing was to wrap the trailer like a present with some of the handy knots my dad had taught me! Well it worked and thankfully the next exit had a "Home Depot" So we bought a drill, nails and some good old duck tape! The trailer looks great and works great! Although I think it's day's are numbered. Let's hope and pray we can get the rest of this summer out of it then hopefully we can up grade to a little more modern day version of a trailer. Really, I feal that as long as it has a toilet and a tub it is a great trailer. And I think you can see why in some of the pictures below.

Now I think for the most part I'm caught up on the main events and I hope that I can try not to have this happen again. I have to say I have enjoyed reading all of your blogs and as far as I know you all are doing good.