WANTED

Wanted! Someone to help me organize my videos!
Oh wait I already have 2 helpers!



So this is Ryland and Reagans new adventure in life! We like to help our mother organize the videos!

Ryland caught redhanded

Two peas in a pod!

Family Fun!

This is Reagan lounging in a bean bag chair!

Ryland! He is growing up way to fast!

Lydia fell into the kitchen sink! She was trying to get in the dish soap and fell in! It was funny and then she was to so upset that her shirt had got wet in the process!

Reagan going for a ride in the laundry basket! Thanks Leauna!

And this is me and my 4 kids! Now ignore how I look cause we had all just woke up. All of the kids wanted me to hold them. We had to get a picture because usually when I hold all 4 kids it is when no one else is home to help so we had to capture the picture while someone was there to take it!

My Little Trick or Treaters!

Haloween was a fun night. We went to a trunk or treat with my sister! The girls had blast and could not believe how much candy they were getting. The boys were overjoyed by the open spaces that they had to crawl around!

Here is my little Reagan! Is that not just the cutest thing you have ever seen!

Ryland! Moving fast getting a piture is not that easy any more! He is so full of mischieve and he started saying DADA this week! What?

Leauna! Happy happy happy!

Lydia!

MY little chicken riding cowgirls!!

Before I was a Mom!

So My day started off great today. It started with Leauna waking up at 6am and going strait into her brothers room to wake them up. By the time I got to her she was in Rylands bed and both boys were screaming. I took her out of his bed told her it was not time to wake up yet and told her to get back in bed. I continued to calm down the boys and get them back to sleep thinking that Leauna surly listened!! Ha Ha. Instead of going to bed she went and sat on Lydia. So then I had 4 screaming kids and way to early I might add. Three kids were screaming because they did not think to kindly of being woke up and the other because no one would play with her. ( Poor girl I know). Anyways Through out this glorious morning I could help but think about a poem that I came across a couple weeks ago, so I thought I would share.

Before I Was A Mom

(Author Unknown)

Before I was a Mom

I made and ate hot meals and had unstained clothing.
I had quiet conversations on the phone.

Before I was a Mom

I slept as late as I wanted

and never worried how late I went to bed.

I brushed my hair and my teeth everyday.

Before I was Mom

I cleaned my house each day.

I never tripped over toys or forgot words to lullabies.

Before I was a Mom

I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.

I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom

I’d never been pooped on, spit on, chewed on, peed on

Or pinched by tiny fingers

Before I was a Mom

I had complete control of my mind, my thoughts, my body.

I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom

I never held down a screaming child

So that doctors could do tests or give shots.

I never looked into teary eyes and cried.

I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.

I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom

I never held a sleeping baby just because

I didn't want to put it down.

I never felt my heart break into a million pieces

when I couldn't stop the hurt.

I never knew that something so small

could affect my life so much.

I never knew that I could love someone so much.

Before I was a Mom

I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.

I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.

I didn't know that bond between a Mother and her child.

I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important.

Before I was a Mom

I had never gotten up in the middle of the night.

Every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.

I had never known the warmth,

The joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderfulment

Or the satisfaction of being a Mom.

I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much

before I was a Mom.

I love my children and even when the day doesn't go exactly how planed I can't imagine not being a mom. My children are my greatest accomplishment and the opportunity to raise them is my greatest challenge. I am grateful everyday that I get to be there to see them and sometimes help them take one more step in the journey of life.

BUMP!

Hi my name is Ryland, and I just wanted to take a moment to show off my first real bump on the head. Now let me tell you a little about how this happened. You see my mom is a busy lady (maybe it is because she has two sets of twins of something, I don't know.) Anyways I like to keep her on her toes, so when I knew that she was distracted with a sibling of mine I decided to HEAD FOR THE STAIRS! Now, my parents do have the stairs blocked off as much as they can, but I can still get up the bottom three stairs. So I was sitting on the third stair enjoying my view when I saw that my parents had noticed where I was, so I decided to test them. So I jumped, (head first of course.) What can I say I wanted a little adventure in my life. Well my parents failed the test, and I was left with a nice large bump on my head. Now my mom goes around saying stuff like, "I get the mother of the year award." I don't see why though. Anyways I will keep you posted on my next adventure! Wish me luck!

Week with grandparents!

Ryans parent came from Washington to visit this week! We had a great time. The girls loved being able to play with their grandparents! They don't get to see them often enough so it was good to have the week with them. We started the visit off by watching conferance and celebrating Grandpa's birthday! We enjoyed the rest of the week, just visiting, playing games, watching movies, shopping and laughing!

This was a fun time as we watched all four of the kids play with the laundry basket, the girls like to push each other around in them and the boys joined in to help! It was so much fun watching the boys interact with their sisters! It was a fun week!

Another First!

This week we got to experience another first! A couple days ago Ryland made his way to the Kitchen to find something off the floor to eat, because as you know I don't feed my children! When I took the piece of paper that he had put in his mouth away he started to scream layed down on the floor and then banged his forehead on the floor, in his very first tantrum! How exciting my nine month old is throwing a tatrum already!

Random Fun!

So we realy didn't have that exciting of a week, but I thought I would share a few photos of my absolutly adorable children!

The new event that started this week is that the boys started pulling themselves to a standing position on furniture. I about cried I am so not ready for them to start walking and I know it just isn't that far away! But they are so cute and just laugh at me!

This is Reagan after being fed! I do believe that he thinks it is funny to grab the spoon, move his face, close his mouth, or grab the bowl right at the perfect time! He is so funny I think he does it just to tease me! With the way this boy eats he needs baths like 3 times a day! Ryland however is only interested in the food and it getting to his mouth as fast as possible, no time to spare.

We got to go to a birthday party on Saturday for a friend of the girls! They had a blast playing with friends popping balloons and eating cake and ice cream! This is Lydia looking so cool in upside down sunglasses! Below is Leauna is trying to pop a balloon with her back, it was quite entertaining! Thanks for the party Ms. J. hope that you had a great Birthday!

How Easily Entertained!

So my girls have found something to do that they think is the greatest. They go outside with their dad while he hits golf balls to practice his swing and they chase after the balls.

They have so much fun gathering the balls and taking them back to Ryan. They love to fight over who got the most or who took the one that they were going for and who can do it the fastest! It cracks me up how much fun they have just gathering the golf balls! They boys also enjoy going out with us we lay on the grass together and try to keep the boys from eating too much grass!

What is his plan for us?

Ok so Ryan graduated! He now has a Bachelors degree in Health Care Administration with a minor in Buisness. And I am so super proud of him. He has worked so hard going to school, working, being a dad, and being a husband. But now we are in the fun part, finding a job! Ryan has another full time job now just job searching. It has been so frustrating we have been wanting to stay pretty close to the area and he has applied for countless jobs around but we havn't heard a word. So we have realy been praying as to what to do next. So we had this thought that maybe why nothing is working out here is because this is not where we are supposed to be. Are we trying to take things out of the Lords hands by deciding that this is where we need to be without consulting him. So Ryan is now applying everywhere. I hope something comes up soon. I know the Lord has a plan for us, I just wish I had a better idea of what that plan is. Where are we supposed to be? What are we supposed to be doing? Man I wish that deciding the rest of our lives was a little bit easier!