Family Exercise

Last Saturday (when the weather was actually nice) we took the kids to Sugarhouse Park to walk around and play. It was really an excuse for me to get some exercise and use my new Sit'n'Stand stroller. So we headed out. The kids thought it was so fun. Sara did amazing. She walked/ran the whole way around (1.2 miles I think) and was so proud of her self. She even woke up the next morning with sore legs. Evan sat in the stroller most of the time. I made him get out to walk up the hills because the stroller was too heavy for me to push it up those hills with him in it. (Those of you who have been to this park can attest to the steepness of the hills). But he did get out and run with Sara for the last little bit and was so proud of himself for that. Bem walked around dribbling a basketball and Kamri stayed in the stroller living the sweet life.

After we walked around once the kids and Ben stayed at the playground while I walked around a little more.

It was wonderful morning and felt really good to get out. We went at the perfect time. We were ready to go just as everyone else coming.

32 weeks and counting

This is me now. I feel like I'm HUGE!! I can't bend or walk up the stairs without losing my breath. I'm ready to meet this little guy and I still have 8 weeks to go. But, I must say I feel so much better this pregnancy than the other ones. I don't have back pain. My sciatic (sp?) nerve doesn't bother me. I don't wake up with charly horses every night and I still played basketball the whole season and regions (which ended this week). So, I can't complain too much. He moves around a lot and I get to SEE him doing somersaults in there. I'll see my stomach lurch every now and then and it is amazing. I never get tired of that.

A couple random events...

This is what my life is going to be like for the next 20+ years. And I'm okay with that. Evan thinks it is so fun to watch games with his dad. This happens to be March Madness, but Evan seems to think that every basketball game is the Jazz - even when we were watching the high school championships. He doesn't ask if he can watch basketball. He asks if he can "watch the Jazz", and if the Jazz are winning, and if the Jazz are in white, etc. It doesn't matter how many times we tell him it's not the Jazz, he still says it. It's one of those things I like and have stopped correcting him. Kind of like when he called hamburgers "hangabers". I'm still kind of sad he can say that right.

This was part of Family Home Evening on Monday. Ben gave the lesson on the worth of souls. He dressed up as a stranger and came to the door wanting to buy one of the kids. I of course said there is no amount of $ he could give me to make me give one of them away (the point of the lesson, right). The kids thought it was hilarious. Even when he came back as "dad" Kamri kept saying, "You guy" with a big grin and laugh for us.

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WARNING: Only keep reading if you want to hear how the potty training in going

No picture for this one, but we are starting to potty train Kamri. She's done really well when I put her on the toilet when I think it's time to go. She was having a hard time telling me when she had to go until after she had already done it. I let her lead the way today. She woke up this morning and told me she had to go potty in the toilet and she told me every time after that. She did great. We had NO accidents all morning and afternoon - until 4:30. She had told me she had to go potty about 5 times in 20 minutes but always only went a tiny bit. This meant she had to go "#2". But she has a hard time with that one. Anyway, we had an accident with that and another one a little later, but she did great. I can tell she's getting it. I'm still not ready to be doing this, but when she insists, she insists.

Cupcakes galore!!!

My project last week was to decorate almost 100 cupcakes for our ward's Relief Society birthday party. I was afraid it was going to take me forever, but I was actually pleasantly surprised. It only took a couple of hours. They had other ladies in the ward bake them and bring them to me. That helped a lot. If I had to bake all of those myself, it would have taken me FOREVER. I think they turned out cute and they were oh, so delish (that's for you Ben)!!

I said ALMOST 100 because a little "mouse" found the cupcakes hidden in my room and ruined a few of them. She got to east one before they were frosted and then stuck her fingers in three more with frosting on them. This is when it would be nice to have a little more space to hide my work in progress. She thought she was hilarious and had a huge smile on her face when I found her with frosting on her fingers and lips.

We did it!!

We finally took the plunge. We are now the proud owners of a minivan!! The kids are so excited to have a little more space. But I kind of miss having them so close to me. They seem so far away WAAAAAY in the back. But I think I can get used to it. With all of them so close it was hard for the older kids to buckle themselves. Sara could do it but I had to buckle Evan which meant I was leaning in to buckle both him and Kamri. It was getting harder and actually kind of hurt to do it. Now I only have to buckle Kamri and I don't have to lean over to do it.

I am still getting used to driving such a BIG car. I've been to the store a couple times and parked as far from people as I could. I'm not ready to back up around anyone else quite yet.

Anyway we love it. I'm sure the novelty of it will wear off sometime soon, but right now it's really fun.

All of us and me showing off the super adorable shoes that were won

Some of my sisters and mom and I took the morning off and went to be in the audience of Good Things Utah. We got to see the 5 Browns perform. They are awesome. It's always amazing to me to watch such great piano players. I don't understand how anyone's fingers can move that fast.

After the show they did a drawing for some prizes. Of the 5 of us in our group, 3 of us won. All three prizes were adorable shoes for little kids/babies. I wasn't one of the winners, but Maria won a pair cute little boy shoes (size 6-9 months) . Since she doesn't have a need for them, she gave them to me for the little guy to come. I'll have to take a picture of them. They are soooo cute.

Thanks for a great morning girls. And thanks Cheryl for watching my kids.

Ben was awesome on Saturday and spent the whole day cleaning. For some reason he woke up wanting to clean under the stove and the fridge. But he didn't stop there. He also cleaned the walls, baseboards, under kitchen table, behind the toilet, and mopped both the kitchen and bathroom floors. (There's probably something else I'm missing). I actually felt a little guilty for not doing more myself. It looked awesome. Thanks Babe - you are wonderful.

Under the fridge - BEFORE

gross

AFTER

just like new

Uncanny...

Can you tell these two are sisters?

Sara and Kamri at 2-years-old

Isn't it uncanny how alike they look?

28 weeks

I am now 29 weeks, but this was me a week ago. I'm getting tired. Sometimes it takes all y energy everyday to get my family taken care of much less do anything extra. The past couple nights I've been in bed around 9:00 because I am so ready for bed. It also makes it a lot easier to get up early to exercise. My belly is getting HEAVY. It's getting hard to bend down and pick things up, or getting off the couch or move around in bed. But, it's still amazing to feel him moving around inside. I love to SEE my belly move with a little poke from him or a little gymnastics going on. I still like being pregnant even though it can be hard, but it will be so nice to have him here in about 2 1/2 months. We just need to figure out a few things i.e. where we are going to put him, what we are going to name him, and we need to find a minivan. Three kids is the max in the back seat of an Elantra.