No Birthday Martyrs for me, Thank You

Well as I was so grumpy on the its my birthday, and ill cry if I want to blog, I need to give an update. Shay refused to let me be a Martyr on my bday, which was Tuesday, not Sunday. I woke up to cereal and candy bars, flowers and kitchen canisiters. He had gone to the store early and gotten stuff. Which was WAY more than I had expected, so I thought I was done. Well I used the candy to bribe the kids all day to clean my house, which is in bad shape considering, I have been sick with morning sickness for the last 2.5 months and a virus + Super nasty sinus infection/headache for the last week. And fit into that moving the kids into different rooms and rearranging the entire upstairs. Every time the kids complained I reminded them it was my birthday and if they were gonna be mean to me on my birthday, I could return the favor on theirs. They would quickly change there tune and we got alot done. So Shay told me to have everyones shoes on by 4:30-5 when he would be home. He had asked a wonderful sister in the ward if she would watch the kids so he could take me out to dinner. I asked him where the money is coming from and he said don't ask it is just taken care of. So I didn't ask but enjoyed a wonderful date with my husband, we haven't been on a date in over 3 months because I have been so sick. It was great. Then we went to target and got some maternity shirts on clearance and some shoes and shirts for the kids back to school clothes which had been stressing me a bit. My dad came over and made a cake for me and we played settlers for the rest of the evening. It was great. So all I can say is, Shay, your the greatest. The only problem is his birthday is on Saturday and I didn't plan anything thinking we weren't doing anything for mine...guess I got some work to do.

Photo Shoot

We got some pics taken of the kids. Marchet is really great and patient photographer and she got some fun shots of the kids. Thanks Marchet and Peter (her 1 year old son).

Its My Birthday, and I'll Cry if I Want to

So it is my birthday, I guess the main thing I would cry about would be the loss in enthusiasim. Growing up I could not believe adults weren't as excited about there birthdays as kids were. Up until this year I have been just as excited about my birthday as I ever have been. I guess alot of adults are sad about there age, that life has gone by and they haven't done what they wanted to accomplish by then. But for me it is more lack of funds, lack of energy. July is tough on our wallets, we have Skylers, Mine, and Shays bday, as well as having to register both of our cars. So usually we opt to give to Skyler and register our cars, rather than buy us special gifts. I guess usually we have extra to do both, but I have been so sick with being pregnant we have spent more than we should on eating out. So that has cost us, with a family of six, big bucks. Just so you know, I am not sad about being twenty-nine. I think it is great. I think 4.5 kids and a ten year marriage by 29 is a huge accomplishment. I guess rather than being sad, I can rejoice at being alive, getting to make decisions that aren't always pretty or fun, but the grown up thing to do. I guess I should be gratful for all the good things I already have and know that I am at least going to get lots of homemade cards that say I am the best mommy around and happy birthday. So good bye tears, hello happiness!

Skylers Turning 9

Wow, we can hardly believe our little boy is turning nine. It seems like he just started kindergarten and he is already a fourth grader. We love having Skyler in our home. He is super silly and sometimes that makes me crazy, but most of the time it is great. He loves to read, but won't read it if he thinks I picked it out the book for him, so I have to convince him that he wanted the book and after he reads it and loves it, then I tell him I picked it out. I think he is slowly starting to trust the books I pick. He is a great big brother and will help his sisters with breakfast and other things. He is really hoping the baby is a boy so that he doesn't have to grow up the only boy with 4 sisters. He is in Talented And Gifted program at school and says its his favorite class. (Which is funny to me, considering he wanted to quit because of all the extra work) His favorite book is Eldest (second book in Eragon series) He reads at a seventh /eighth grade level and has great reading comprehension. Last year in his class he had well over a hundred or two AR points while his friends had 3 or 4. He let them pick whatever they wanted from the AR store. He also bought Kaely two really big toys from there with the rest of his points. He is very caring and hates to see bugs or anything for that matter hurt. He has Shays queasiness when it comes to blood. When I tell him he is a wonderful son, he always replies "and your a wonderful momma." We love Skyler...Happy Birthday Son!

The Fourth of July Fiasco

Okay so we went to see my little brother Joseph in Biloxi, MS for the fourth. My family, my sister and her 2 boys, my dad and my little bro Franklin. We drove the 6.5 hours on Thursday and arrived at the most ghetto of rundown motels (Joseph had gotten the place for us), it smelt like a mixture of mildew/mold and cigarettes, we tried to get another room but most smelt the same and the were farther away. They never cleaned before we were there or while we were there (we were there for 3 nights), my dad found someones reading glasses in his sheets, confirming our suspision that the sheets had never been changed from the last people, Skylers sheet had toothpaste on it, and the girls had something resembling milk on thier covers, don't ask. And those were the highlights. I of course, having morning sickness, threw up every night but one. We were going to go the the buffet at the casino, after waiting in line for over an hour I started to get a migrane, and was really sick from not eating, we found out that instead of 10$ for adults like my brother had told us, it was 25 for adults and 11$ for kids. I told Shay I didn't want to pay that much just to have to leave because of my migrane and nausea, so we left. Skyler was so mad...."Couldn't you have factored in the price before we waited in line for an hour". While I thought his comment was witty, I wasn't in a laughing mood. While leaving the casino and all 5 kids with us were screaming because they wanted the buffet, we saw an ice cream shop. With 2 people in line I said lets just get them ice cream for dinner, an hour later (only one lady was working in mega slow motion) we got their ice creams, only as soon as shay paid the twins started screaming at the top of their lungs that they hated there ice creams and wanted different ones. NO WAY! I grabbed them and carried them off, after finally getting in the car, I had to throw up, so Shay pulled over and let me puke my stomach acids. Any way, I guess memories were made, good and bad, its just for me they were mostly bad. The only good part, was Shay was so good at taking care of me and making sure I was okay. We are now home and don't expect to be going anywhere soon. Hurray for the fourth!