Gunnell Family

summer!

2011-07-03T10:09:00.001-07:00

Vegas Baby!!! Started our summer out with some fun! Fun friends, Yummy food and Fun times!

This picture makes me die laughing!! what is that face!

Oh they are handsome!

We went and purchased a SWEET pool! Love those little buns!

Painting rocks on the back porch, loving that we could hang out outside!

We headed up to showlow for some cool weather, and decided to take a sonic run showlow style!! we looked a little white trash....

MOM can you please wipe my nose!!!

Cash relaxing in the sink!!

Patti and her 3 cute boys on her birthday...

Making sure we look good!!

We are teething and it is oh so sad...

Look who thinks she is Soooo big! I love going in and seeing this sweet face staring at me!!

How cute is this picture!! I can't tell you how much I love this little girl! And dressing her is some much fun every day!!!

happenings

2011-04-12T20:24:00.000-07:00

Crew and I had fun making his hat for crazy hat day.
Who needs a pool when you can go swimming in the sink!

So big! Sitting up in a shopping cart!

We are absolutely in Loooove with this little baby girl! I could eat her up she is so stinkin cute!!! She is going to know the In's and outs of baseball an football poor thing gets drug around to game after game and better get used to it with 3 brothers! We have baseball Monday through Thursday and football Friday and Saturdays its complete craziness.
So I left Gracie for the first time with my mom while we took the boys to Disneyland. I bawled my eyes out and did not want to leave, but I knew she would be safe with my mom and given many hugs and kisses while we were gone. I called and texted constantly to check in and my mom would send me pictures of her, well this was one of the pictures that she sent, pretty funny mom:)

Oh how I love this picture! Just me and my crazies hanging out together.

Pictures!

2011-02-23T19:09:00.001-08:00

Oh I love this picture! It shows how happy Gracie finally is. It was a long time coming but we finally made it!

Sweet Baby Grace

2011-02-16T13:35:00.000-08:00

Holy Cow!!!! I can't seem to keep up on anything, much less my blog! Life has been crazy with 4 little ones, 4 has absolutely kicked my behind! It hasn't helped that little Gracie has been such a hard baby. All of our babies have been a little difficult due to really bad reflux, my kids have never had the kind of reflux where you are constantly spiting up but still gaining weight, mine has always been refusing to eat because it is to painful. They have all done the same thing, starving so they drink, drink, drink, and then start to scream and will not eat anymore so then they don't gain weight because they are not able to eat enough and they don't sleep well because they are not full enough, so we then have to feed all day long just to try to get a decent amount of food in their tummy's. Well Gracie has won the prize!! When she was born we had high hopes, she was a girl it was going to be different she wasn't going to have reflux, WRONG, poor little thing is now 4 months old and is just starting to put on some weight!! We just got to the 11 pound mark, yipeeee! It has been a long hard road figuring her out, with my boys we just had to get on the right meds, formula, and thickener. With her nothing seemed to work 12 formulas 1 hospitalization where they considered putting a G tube in and feeding her through that. I had a nurse at the hospital tell me that we needed to try breast milk, which is a problem, I do not produce enough breast milk to feed my baby so we went through everything we could to get me producing enough with no such luck. I felt horrible that the one thing that might work for our baby I couldn't help her with, so I was talking to my amazing sister in law who just had a baby and she said she would pump extra for Gracie and we could see how she did with it. Little did we know what a journey this would send us on. With the right meds and Breast milk Gracie has turned into a completly different baby!! Slowly we started to see her smiling, not acting so lethargic all the time, and actually sleeping for longer than 20 minutes. We had tried everything, every formula, every medication, every doctor we could get her to and no one had an answer for us, until this, something I could not do, such a horrible feeling. So now we have this figured out but my sister in law can't produce enough for her baby and ours, so her sister started to pump for us also, and then I contacted the la leche league and told them our story and they were more than happy to put the word out for us, because if we can not get enough milk it is back to the hospital and they will have to put in a G tube and we will feed her through that, we do not want that to happen, so we are doing everything we can to get milk for Gracie. I have never had such anxiety in my life I am so afraid we will run out of milk so every day we make our rounds getting milk from amazing people who are donating to us. I have an amazing neighbor who's baby was born the same day as Gracie who is pumping for us, A lady from New York who was in town for work for a week and her baby was not with her, she was pumping so her supply did not go down but did not want to just throw it away so she contacted la leche league, who called me and I was able to go to her hotel and pick up milk from her. I am crying as I write this, I can not tell you how much this means to us, for people to go out of there way, to take time out of there day to help our baby is unbelievable. Most of them don't even know us, all they know is that there is a baby who is in need of milk, and they are willing to help. I have met and talked to some of the most amazing people and am so thankful for them and the sacrifice they are making for us. Yes there are milk banks around the US where people cant get milk but it is $5 an ounce and up and is not covered by insurance. This has been such a crazy journey, but we are so thankful for it and also our beautiful baby girl.

Gracie

2010-11-14T14:37:00.001-08:00

Wow its been a long time since I have posted! Alot has been going on, as a new mother of 4 life is very very busy but also very rewarding. It is such as amazing feeling to know that your family is complete, it is comforting knowing that everyone is here and we are done. What a journey it has been to complete our family, but a journey well worth it. Gracie Jade decided it was finally time on the morning of September 27. After weeks of bed rest, being hospitalized, and never ending contractions this morning it was time! I woke up around 6:15 with contractions, nothing new there so I thought OK I will just get up walk around and they will eventually go away, well that wasn't happening they started to get stronger but this has been going on for so long I was not sure this was really going to be it. I went and woke Ryan up and he was like OK lets call your mom or Taylor to come over and lets go. I told him no I wanted to be positive before we went, so I said let me take a shower and I will let you know. I got in the shower and was trying to do all the things you do before you have a baby and between Ryan peeking his head in to see if they are getting worse and my contractions not much was being accomplished! I kept having to stop what I was doing and yell how bad this was hurting! So I decided OK I think this is really happening I need to hurry and blow dry my hair, not such a good idea! So I got out called my mom to hurry over, by now it is like 7:20 and I am trying to dry my hair but my contractions are so close together and so painful again I wasn't getting much done I was leaning on my sink yelling at Ryan that it hurt so bad! All of the sudden they kicked into high gear and I thought I was going to die!! I told Ryan we cant wait for my mom we have to go now!!! He helped me to the car as I continued to scream, put the boys in the toy room and told them not to move that nama was almost here, yep we left the kids, good thing or Ryan would have delivered this baby at home! Off we went and my sis in law Jennifer ran over until my mom got there. The hospital in like 3 miles from our house and I was yelling at Ryan to run the lights that this was bad we had to hurry, we get there go in and couldn't even do admitting they put me in a triage room and said get undressed at this time it was 8:00. I was screaming my head off and I think Ryan was pretty embarrassed, sorry babe, you should try this! They told me to put on a gown, I had on flip flops and flung them off my feet they flew and hit the wall and I don't even think I had the gown on all the way and was screaming for them to help me!!! They were rushing all around trying to get my iv in so I could get my epidural, the lady said now this is going to hurt a little are you ready? Are you kidding, put the #*#@! thing in my arm and lets get me my epidural!!! I was dilated to a 6 and they rushed me down the hall to my room, seriously I can not explain the pain and I can not believe how loud I was screaming, I had no control and I am sure the people on the 8Th floor heard me! They got me to my room moved me to my bed started to put in my epidural as I continue to scream and Ryan is hiding in the corner not knowing what to think. They got it in, and I said shes coming out help!!! They had called Dr. Huish the second I got there, they kept telling me don't push he is almost here, my mom, Jennifer and sister Katie came rushing in along with Dr. Husih and a few minutes later out she came!! Holy Cow that was fast and oh ya my epidural hadn't had time to start working all the way! That was fun! 8:30am thirty minutes from when we got there our little baby girl was born, how absolutely amazing this was. Our little girl was born at 35 weeks and a few days weighing 6lbs 8oz, she struggled to breath and I only got to hold her for a minute before they took her to the nursery to work on her some more. She had trouble keeping her oxygen levels up and had to stay a few days longer than me at the hospital. Considering how early she was and my crazy pregnancy we are so thankful that is all that had happened. She is our sweet little girl, but unfortunately has earned the nick name grouchy Gracie, she has bad reflux and crys alot and is very hard to feed, but we will take it, this will pass and hopefully we can drop the nick name:)

Absolutly in Love!!

2010-10-09T14:12:00.000-07:00

she's here!

2010-10-01T09:08:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the world baby Grace.
Gracie Jade
Born, Monday Sept, 27 8:30am
6 pounds 8 oz
Absolutely perfect!

2010-09-19T12:06:00.000-07:00

Well I don't even know where to start, life has been absolutely crazy these past few weeks! I went into pre term labor a few weeks ago which is soo normal for me, I was hoping to avoid it this time around but no such luck. So usually I take my terbutilane pills and am on slight bed rest, well that didn't work so we went to full bed rest which you know is sooo easy when you have 3 very active boys running around! We have had so many amazing friends and family members swoop in and pick up all the pieces for us, dinners coming in, carpools taken care of and between my mom and Ryan, kids and house in 1 piece. Ryan has been unreal, he gets up gets all the boys ready for school gets Cole gone, Crew to the bus and then he and Cash head off to who ever is watching Cash for us that day. Then around 2 Cash is brought home and my mom shows up to take care of the rest of the day and Crew and Cole coming home from school. It is soooo hard to not be able to be their for my family, it makes me sick to my stomach, I miss them sooo much, even though I see them I feel like I am not with them, kinda hard to explain. So back to being on bed rest, I started having more contractions one night and started to time them, at this point I was 33 weeks that day. I had been to the Dr and was not dilated and doing good just needed to stay down. So anyhow Sandi had called and I told her what was going on and so she said she was coming over to watch the boys so Ryan and I could head to the hospital, which I was not going to do because I was convinced they were going to go away and I would be fine, well she came over and between her and Ryan they convinced me to go to the hospital, so off we went. Sandi came w me so Ryan could stay w the boys, I new we would be home quick and Ryan is not the biggest fan of the hospital, don't blame him! They got me right in, checked me and to my surprise I had gone from nothing to a 3 and a half and 60 percent effaced in just a few hours! Crap! I guess this was not going to be quick, so they admitted me, UGH! I was their wed thru Sunday and it was the scariest most miserable days ever!!! They put me on magnesium which is absolutely horrible it makes you feel like you have fire running thru your veins and it relaxes your entire body to where you can barely function, it was horrible!! I couldn't even watch TV I was soo miserable, so I just layed their and prayed for this little baby to stay put. By Sunday they had gotten my contractions under control and switched me to a terbutilane pump, it was a little machine that went into my stomach and constantly gave me my meds, this way I was able to go home, YIPEEEE! Still felt like you know what but at least I was in my bed now. I am sooo thankful for my amazing husband and boys, for Sandi and Ben for taking care of my kiddos and getting Crew to all of his football practices, my sis for taking my kids and making them feel loved, my mom for doing the same and also keeping my house running! My mother in law Patti has been amazing helping whenever needed and Rhonda and Steve for taking Crew, Cole and Cash to Crews football games and then spoiling them completely! They love it! I wish I could name everyone but I can't so just know I am beyond thankful for the love and support we have received. We need to get in another week and a half to get her to a good point and then she can come, we are almost there hopefully my body will cooperate!!

Quick little trip!

2010-09-04T10:24:00.000-07:00

We were able to take a fun last little trip to Vegas before our new little buba arrives. It was sooo relaxing and an absolute blast! Like I have said before our Vegas trips are not what you typically think of Vegas, We shop, eat, sleep in, get massages, eat some more, and lay by the pool. Just completely relaxing and fun! Lisa and Bob Gunnell went with us and we always have such a good time with them! It also looks like we went on this trip just in time, one week later the contractions started and I am now out for the count for about 4 more weeks now. Oh I can't wait to get this little girl here, safe and sound!

30 1/2 weeks

I am soo behind!!

2010-08-15T16:29:00.000-07:00

I probably shouldn't post these two pics but I had to they are unreal! Thank goodness this was my belly with Cash, look at that thing it is hanging!!!! This belly alot better, thank gooodnessss!! Just a reminder to myself:) All done!

Ryan and I at dinner with my fam in cali, 6 months prego.
Wow, I am sooo behind on post's and so sad that there are soo many fun moments I have not captured this summer, I wish I only felt good enough to blog a little more. Hopefully once this little bubba comes I will be able to be a little better about keeping up on my blog. Probably not, but I will sure try. I am almost 30 weeks now!!! Yipeee we are getting closer and I am beyond excited to met this baby girl! If this is like my others I've got no more than 6 weeks left,max, I have not thought much of it but as I was trying to nap after church today I could not fall asleep all of a sudden it hit me I really don't have much longer and could end up on bed rest any day! Holy Crap!! Too much still left to do and not much time I need to get a move on it, ASAP! This part now you don't need to read its for me and like I have said before I tend to forget how not fun my pregnancies are, a few months after I have a baby all I can remember is that my belly was so cute and I felt amazing and that look and this end result we should have another! Ummmmmmm Wrong!!! Well the end result part is right but the rest, nope not so right, funny how we tend to forget things:) Not so fun pregnancy is an understatement and if it can go wrong while I am pregnant it will! My mom always says I like to do things the hard way and boy is she right!! Like I said I am going on 30 weeks and still have horrible headaches, I have these lovely veins in my right leg that are the biggest, ugliest, and most painful things ever, they are disgusting and they continue up my leg into a really fun area! Can you say PAINFULL! I wear a supportive stocking on my leg every day and if its not put on right when I get out of bed I can't make it down the hall way without about falling over. I was standing in the kitchen the other day and my stocking was in the wash, well Ryan walked in and was freaking out, hurry, hurry, go put that thing on your leg that is disgusting!!! Thanks babe, Love you too. I Started early contractions which is normal so terbutilane here I come, I am not too fond of that stuff but if it keeps this buba in then I will take it. And now my latest fun pregnancy side effect, siadic nerve, probably spelled that wrong, oh well any how never had that with any of my others. What the heck! I am sooo not complaining, just a little reminder to my self. I am soo thankful for this pregnancy and soo thankful I am almost done.

Good Morning!

2010-08-15T16:25:00.000-07:00

I couldn't resist taking this picture. Cash was happy as can be eating his cereal and watching his morning cartoons. Tooo Cute, love that little bum!

2010-08-15T15:57:00.000-07:00

We took our annual summer trip to Ocean Side California, and had a blast! It was a little cold this year but didn't stop us from having fun. We headed out to Disneyland one day and Sea world another, it was so much fun. Ryan and I love taking our boys to these places it is so neat to watch them get so excited over everything! Cash was amazing and loved every second of it, but leave it up to me to forget my camera for his first trip to Disneyland and also Sea World!! His expressions at the Shamu show were priceless and I have no pics, I am soo bumbed. Anyways it was a great trip as always, walking down to get hot chocolate every morning, eating peach pie from Marie calendars and shopping at the outlets, I look forward to it all every year and am so thankful for the fun tradition my family has kept going for so many years.
Cole coming in from catching a wave, the water was freeeezing I have no idea how they did it! They didn't seem to mind though, I guess I am just a big wimp.
I was dying over his little wet suit it was soooo cute I could hardly stand it. Not to many cute pics though he was not wanting to cooperate:(
This little man did not want me to take his picture, every time I would ask him to look or say cheese I got yelled at! I had to be sneaky to get any pics of him, little stinker!
How handsome is my Crewser, so studly in his wet suit!
Soo cute! Cash and Ellie hanging at the beach.

Cash"s Birthday

2010-07-17T20:28:00.000-07:00

Fun Birthday party at peter piper! Yummy!

Cutest Cake ever!
So just pretend I know how to use my computer and get all the pictures and stories lined up just right! I hate computers:)
Today is our baby boys birthday. I can't believe he is 2, it seems like he was just born and now he is soo big running around trying to be just like his big brothers. This picture is of him this morning being a goof ball and I love it! The next picture is him torturing Cole who is almost 5 oh the fun that we have around here, I need to start wearing black and white stripes because lately I am no longer mom I am a referee all day long!!

Rocky point!

2010-07-04T17:31:00.001-07:00

We headed off to Rocky point for our yearly trip with Ryans family and boy did we have fun! I was real nervous heading down their because I still feel so horrible, but ended up doing fine and having a blast! Rhonda and Steve are so good and make sure everything is taken care of so we have nothing to worry about, just relaxing and having a good time. The water is absolutely amazing it is soooo warm and beautiful we sat down in the sand while the tide was out and the big boys all skim boarded while the kids looked for hermit crabs in the tide pools it was amazing I wish cali had that warm of water then I might actually get in:) We cant wait for next years trip to bring our new family of 6 WOW how crazy does that sound!
Man I love these two, Cash is definitely a daddy's boy!
Off to xochies for the best breakfast burritos you will ever have! Don't tell my doctor, he said not to eat the food down their while I am pregnant, but I couldn't resist!

Cash was loving his homade tortilla!

Holy Crap!!!!

2010-06-14T13:18:00.000-07:00

As most of you have already heard we found out that we are having a baby GIRL!!!!! I am beyond excited and am so anxious to meet this new little member of our family. The day we found out that we were officially having a Girl, Ryan left and took the older boys to father and sons and so off Cash and I went to purchase our first pink stuff! It soo doesn't seem real and probably wont until she in born. We bought pink pacifiers, pink bottles, pink onsies and went out the next morning with my mom and bought the cutest pink diaper bag I have been drooling over! And now its mine!! This next part is for me, to remind me that we are officially done after this one because I seem to forget how bad my pregnancies are:( This pregnancy has by far been the worst and most difficult. I tend to get migraines when I am pregnant but can usually keep them controlled with a little bit of medication, well the little bit of meds is not doing much this time around and I have been in constant pain daily. I have a headache all day everyday I just don't know from day to day if it will be a migraine day or if I can make it through the day with some extra meds which makes me feel horrible that I am even taking. My doctor reassures me that It is fine and I need not worry. I have been in the hospital 3 times because my head gets so bad that I cant stop throwing up and in turn am getting dehydrated, I can't move from my bed and can not function! I normally am up around 20 or more pounds by now but instead am down 10 pounds, can't seem to keep anything in either way:/ I could continue but I will stop hopefully just by reading this it will be a good reminder to myself that we are DONE!!! I hate to complain about any of this because we went through so much to get pregnant and all of my pregnancies are miracles! My babies are all early Cole 4 weeks early but 7pds 8oz, Crew 5 weeks early and 7Pd's 11oz and Cash was 6 weeks early and 6pds 12oz, I make big babies and thank goodness they have all been healthy I just hope and pray that I can start feeling better so I can be healthier for this little girl and she can grow as big as her brothers, maybe we can even cook her a little longer than them to make sure all is well. I am beyond thankful for this pregnancy and just keep reminding myself that in the end it is all worth it! I can't wait only 4 more months, but who's counting....

Random pics

2010-05-19T12:43:00.000-07:00

Before, seemed like such a good idea! So they thought.
After:( poor Chance.

We were able to take a fun quick trip to the Arizona grand and few weeks ago. We had a really good time and practically had the place to ourselves, we will defiantly go back the boys loved it.

I am so sad to say that our dog Tank has passed away, so suddenly and so sad. He was a little stinker and chewed everything he came across but was really a gentle dog, we don't know exactly what happened but we do know he was being well taken care of and in a happy place when he died. We will miss you Tank.

Easter morning hoping that the Easter bunny had come, and boy did he ever! They got tons of candy and yummy treats, and an actual visit from the Easter bunny! They didn't quite know what to do Crew gave him a hug Cole cried and hid and Cash just stared it was so cute!

Catch Up!

2010-05-19T12:27:00.000-07:00

Dyeing Easter eggs with friends, we had so much fun and Cash had a blast squishing all the eggs.

I was trying so hard to hurry and get these cookies cut out and baking before the kids realized what I was doing, well it obviously didn't work!

2010-04-25T20:20:00.000-07:00

It's been a very long time since my last post, and I am sad I have not been documenting the fun things going on in our life right now. These last few months have been absolutely crazy but also very exciting in our family, as most of you know we are expecting our 4Th baby!!! We are all sooo excited and my boys ask me daily if I am having the baby today, it is going to be a long 6 more months! I am 14 weeks and soooo sick, I have never been this sick before I have been losing weight not gaining and normally I would be excited about this but not when I am pregnant and not when I feel so horrible! I did my fair share of gaining during fertility to get pregnant with this little buba, so I am in no hurry to gain but just ready to not feel so sick. Every one knows we were done, well Ryan was done I always wanted 4 but after we had Cash Ryan was done and said he was not budging! So on I went to fix the lovely tummy that three pregnancies had given me and ended up having to have a second surgery to fix it, and then to my surprise Ryan said to me one day he didn't know if we were finished! Holy #@#!@! are you kidding me!! Could you have told me this two surgeries ago and lots and lots of pain and recovery!!! Well, I guess now you know what my answer was and we are beyond excited! We had to go through invitro to get pregnant this time, and I would not wish it on anyone it is a very emotional and difficult thing to have to go through, but I am also sooo thankful for it, and our amazing doctor who has helped us in being able to have the family we have always hoped for.

GARTH!!!

2010-02-11T12:52:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago we were able to take a fun trip to Vegas to see Garth!!!! Anyone who knows me knows I was just a little obsessed with Garth, ok a lot obsessed with him growing up. So as soon as we found out he was doing concerts in Vegas I had to go, no questions asked! It was sooo fun we were able to go with my mom and dad, Dre and N, Bob and Lisa, Dave and April and Aaron and Lisa, what a blast we ate yummy meals, shopped, slept in, and went to the most amazing concert I have ever been to! I honestly can't tell you how amazing it was and that if I have any say in it I will be going back!!

2010-02-05T19:59:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to write down a few things about how I have been feeling lately. I am not so sure why but I am more and more in love with my boys every day. I have had this overwhelming feeling of appreciation for them and everything they do, to take it all in and enjoy and love all that they do. I have always loved my boys more that I could ever explain but life just throws things at you to make you realize and soak in how much you love them, if that makes sense. Its scares me , If kids can bring you soo much love from the moment they are born and it only continues to magnify I am in big trouble, they are never leaving me!!! I think back to when Ryan and I thought we would never be able to have children and how amazingly heartbreaking that was, to now being able to look at my 3 boys running around in front of me is beyond amazing. I wish I had had a blog while we were going through fertility to get our boys because it is such a life changing experience to go through and also an amazing experience to go through. I wouldn't wish it on anyone because it is horribly emotional and beyond stressful, but I am so thankful for the knowledge we have to be able to help those with problems that are keeping them from having the family they have always hoped for. Just alot of rambling but what has been going on in my mind and I wanted to write it down. THANKFUL.
I love it when I work so hard on dinner then turn around to find this. My meals aren't that bad boys;)
I guess he wasn't finished taking his bath!
My sweet little Cole. I love this little boy of mine, but man trying to get a picture of him is impossible! I am constantly trying and some how some way he has got to make it goofy! I hope he grows out of this stage soon!!!1

This is where I found Cole and his friend Blake, I don't know why I was even a little shocked, but I was and then said wait don't fall I have to get my camera! Then proceeded to tell him to never do that again, and of course it is my crazy child that is the furthest up!
Crew and Cole with their best friend Chance. Chance and Crew have been the best of friends since 6 months on and then came along Cole and they are all three best buddies! I absolutely love it! Today I came walking in to find them just sitting there playing the wii and Cole with his arm around Chance not even thinking about it, they sat there like that for a half hour it was toooo cute.

Are you kidding me!

2010-01-20T12:23:00.000-08:00

Wasn't Christmas less than a month ago!! Daddy seems to have forgotten that! All I have to say is I guess I better get used to this because with three boys and a husband who thinks he is still a boy this is going to be my life. I absolutely love motorcycles, quads, go carts, extreme sporting events, I just don't like it when my boys are the ones behind the wheel. It absolutely freaks me out, but I absolutely love watching the joy that it brings them and the fun that they have. They love doing this stuff with their dad and I will jump on occasionally, we love to go to the dunes the lake, out to sycamore and are making the best memories ever with our little men I had just hoped I could hold Ryan off a little longer on the motorcycles but no such luck. I need to find them big padded outfits then I might feel a little better about this. Anyways I love my boys more than they will ever know and hope and pray that they are safe! I think I said in one of my last posts that I hope their are no more stitches this coming year well I think that hope just got shot to heck!

New Years at the Cabin!!!

2010-01-09T19:12:00.000-08:00

Im just going to start by saying I know I spelled a million things wrong, I am obviously not the best at spelling! Sorry Mom:)
Alright, I dont even know where to begin so here we go, we headed up to our cabin with some friends for New Years and had an absolute blast but getting there was an adventure to say the least and it did not seem to stop the entire trip. Audray and I decided to head up around 11:30 so we could get up before it got dark and get the heater turned on in the cabin and so on. Well between me and Audray we kinda got a late start which was fine or so we thought. Their was not supposed to be any snow so we were not worried but to be safe took Audrays car instead of mine, (good move) Well we got to payson and the snow started coming down and of course the kids all needed to pee and were hungry. So into Mcdonalds we go. I called Ryan to let him know that when him and Brent headed up to go globe not payson because of all the snow and also they were pulling a trailer with my nice wood table in it that I did not want to get wet. After being at mcdonalds for an hour we were off again. We got up ontop of the rim and Crew starts to say he has to pee! R u kidding we just left mcdonalds 30 minutes ago, well their is so much snow and no where to pull over so we just keep going looking for a pull off, we finally find somewhere and pull over at this point it is like 28 degerees and I am not getting out so Crew has to unbucle his seatbelt climb over the kids stand on my lap where I had cracked the window and let it rip, well that caused a chain reaction now all the sudden all the boys think they need to pee. So 20 minutes later we are off again. About 10 minutes into that drive we see brake lights through the snow and come to a complete stop!!!! No this is not hapening we have 6 kids in this car who are not going to last much longer! Well to make a long story short 2 hours later we finally started to move. I was soo done and was ready to go home! So 6 hours after we left our houses we arrived at the cabin, it normally takes 2 and a half hours, and 20 minutes after us here come the boys driving up. Good thing we left early so we could get there before them!!! Any ways we couldnt get ryans truck up the drive, he sliped and fell once which was better than brets 3 times, all of our luggage was in the trailer so we had to drive Audrays car down throw stuff in it and then repeat all in 22 degree weahter. Holy Crap it was crazy but an absolute blast and some fun amazing memories were made.1
Here is Audray being her typical self wich is very calm and relaxed. Me on the other hand at this point was about ready to find the nearest cliff and jump!!!

This picture was taken at 10:00pm looking down the driveway of the cabin at Ryan and Brent attempting to get the car and trailor up the driveway. Not such a good idea!
Such fun buddies! These boys had so much fun together runing around karate choping, wrestling, being transformers and playing basketball together. Cole and Dyllan are 2 days apart and had a blast.
IN LOVE!!!

Are you kidding me! How cute is he, just watching him walk in this was a crack up and if he fell down he could not get up it was to cute watching him try to roll over after falling down.
Poor Cole trying to recover from one of his many accidents.
We had such a fun New Years Eve. My mom and dad have a cabin about 5 minutes from ours. My mom and dad, Katie and Tj and their kiddos were all staying there and came to our cabin to hang out and celebrate new years eve. Brent Hunt is an amazing cook and made us some amazing meals including our yummy homeade spaghetti dinner, it was deliciouse and wounderful that I didnt have to cook almost the entire time! The Hunts brought up their huge blow up bouncy so we took it upstairs and blew it up in the loft, are you kidding me the kids were in heaven. When they got bored with the bouncy they would come down stairs and play some basketball with the new fun game I got Ryan for christmas. We had some major competitions going on it was quite entertaining and very fun to watch. We celebrated New Years with the kiddos at 9 and off to bed they went. Now game time for the adults or tv watching with no interuptions!

Cash could have cared less about the sledding he just wanted to ride around on the quad all day, but Crew and Cole had a blast sledding and could have done it all day.1

Does it get any better than this our very own personal hair dresser at the cabin! Thanks Audray! I have an amazing mom who cuts the boys hair and does a great job but because it is NAMA they are little pills! Why are kids such stinkers for their own family:) So for the time being we've got Audray so my kids don't make NAMA crazy.

Bompa having the time of his life at the cabin! We catch him doing this quite often and even the grandkids crawling all over him dosent seem to bother him. I actually wish I was him!
Maddison and Cash exactly one year apart.

Christmas!

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I can't believe christmas has come and gone, but I am so thankful for the amazing holiday we were able to have. This christmas was so exciting my boys are at such a fun age and were beyond excited for christmas this year! We had so many fun nights makeing amazing memories and I am so greatful for the family traditions that we are able to pass on to our boys. We loved every minute of this last month from puting up the christmas tree, hanging lights on the house, to makeing gingerbread houses and getting sick from eating way toooo much candy! I am so thankful for such a great family, an amazing husband and three beautiful boys to share these holidays with. We can't wait to see what next year brings. Hopefully no more stitches!

Christmas can be soo exhausting!
We were able to go over to Ryans moms and step dads for Christmas eve, we had such a nice time and it was so fun to get together with everyone.
Uncle Brannon helping Cash get ready to try out his new bike from Jim and Ma-T
I guess we need more practice!
Christmas at Jim and Ma T's with cousins.
My little stud muffin. I just love this little man, he can be a handful but dang he is handsome! Crew is all about clothes right now its soo funny he has to look in his words AWESOME or we are not allowed to leave the house!
Random pic, but Ryan was out of town on the Sunday before Christmas and I thought my boys looked sooo cute so I had to try and snag a pic. Also very proud of myself I pulled into the church parking lot at 7:59, on time all by myself!!!

2009-12-14T18:23:00.000-08:00

We were able to take fun trip to Disney land a few weeks ago with our friends the lunts. They brought their two oldest kids and we brought our two oldest kiddos, we all piled into the mini van and dang I wish I had a picture of that, and off we went. I've said it a million times mini vans are amazing you can fit sooo much into them. We had an absolute blast, and are so thankful for the fun memories we were able to make.

Kylee and Crew with Mr. Incredible, I don't know if Crew was more excited to get his picture taken with Mr. Incredible or with Kylee. I think he had a little crush!

In line for our favorite ride, Toy story!

Garlands, wreaths, and Chaos!

2009-11-28T06:52:00.000-08:00

Katie Riggs and I decided to do a boutique this year with garlands and wreaths. Such a fun idea but soooo much work! Oh we also did decorative candles, we had an absolute blast doing it but it was so time consuming and with little kids running around it was complete chaos! Our children looked homeless, we had pizza party's in the garage while we made our stuff and our kids roamed free and had the time of their lives!

Halloween week!!

2009-11-05T09:45:00.001-08:00

This last week was so much fun, so crazy busy but so much fun! I have a ton more to post but right now this will have to do. We were able to get to the fair which is one of my favorite things to do this time of year! I love it and I love the food, especially the fry bread, sooooo good.
Cash's first ride alone with his brothers, he's not to sure he wants to do this, I can't believe he is big enough to do this! I was freaking out the entire time!

Oh man do we love, love, love our JuJu, she is an angel. She swoops in and saves me time after time and I cant thank her enough. Judy we love you more than words can express, you are always there to help me out and love my kids like I do, no one could ask for more!

AMAZING!

Oh how I love my handsome hubby, I don't say it enough but he is the best, the greatest dad you could ever ask for, and an amazing husband! Not trying to be cheesy but he is! I waited a long time for him and its amazing how life works, there is a plan for all of us and it is so neat to watch it all unfold. I think the thing I've had to learn is patience and boy did I have to learn that while I waited for him! I love you babe! The wait was well worth it:)
Cole and his fishy that he won, he was sooo excited and named the fish Tank which is also our dogs name, but no confusion here poor little fishy already bit the dust. whoops.
We did something different this year. Usually we head off to my moms on Halloween night where her neighborhood has a great party that they put on, but this year we decided to stay put and trick-or-treat in our neighborhood. We had a blast, we organized a block party which took place in our driveway and was so much fun the kids absolutely loved it, we seriously have the best neighborhood with the best families and kids,we are so thankful to be back here!

End of the night and pooped!

Papa, g-mama, and Cash, they are always so good to come and find us on Halloween night to make sure they get to see the kiddos. Thanks, Love ya!

In LOVE!!!!!

2009-10-21T21:05:00.000-07:00

Cash, Cashroni's, Cashers, and Moneys, oh how I love you! You are now 16 months old and I can't believe it! Time has just flown by and I wish it would just slow down! You are so fun right now but also starting to make yourself known around here. The tantrums have begun and yelling when you do not get your way, like being held all day long, you love to be held and hold you I do because I love it! You wake up every morning at 7:15 I go in and get you and you get so excited but first you have to hand me all your stuff, binki, blankie, and sippy then you are ready to get out, I love that you know your little routine. We go get you a new sippy so you can sit for 2 seconds on the couch and climb right off to start following me around yelling for me to pick you up, once you see that your brothers have chocolate milk sippies the screaming starts again and you want both of their sippies not just one but both which then sends your brothers into screaming mode! Oh so fun, It is a crack up to watch you do this every morning, like if I yell of course I get my way, oh I've got to put a stop to that asap! I know this all sounds crazy and how can I love it like I do but I wouldn't change a thing, All my boys are amazing I love everything about all of them, even the fights, the tantrums, the pee on every toilet seat in my house, I better just get used to that. We all got ready for uncle Brannons wedding last week and watching my 3 boys walk down the hall way together in their cute clothes just made my heart melt, who would have thought boys only, all I can say is I better get some good daughter in laws:) Anyways I am rambling but just wanted to put down on paper how I feel about my monkeys. I better go I've got to go save Cole he keeps coming in to tell me a ghost keeps grabbing his arm from under his bed. Off I go to kill a ghost hanging out under Cole's bed. Gotta love Halloween:)

Gotta laugh!

2009-10-10T09:16:00.001-07:00

You know the mornings where you wake up and run, run, run, trying to hurry and get everyone ready to get out the door! Well we were having one of those mornings and I had just finished getting everyone ready. I was grabbing last minute things, sippys diapers, etc when I walked out the back door to grab Cash and found this! Oh thank goodness he is soooo cute!

Las Vegas!

2009-10-07T13:58:00.000-07:00

We were able to take a fun quick little vacation to Vegas recently. We had an absolute blast as you can see by the dorky pictures! We Went with Ryan's cousin bob, his wife Lisa, and N and A, it was so nice to just relax not have an agenda and eat, eat, and eat some more at the yummiest restaurants and buffets around! Oh I cant forget the amazing shopping we did also, we did some major damage and it was sooooo fun! Thanks to Sandy and Ben for taking care of my babies! Love you guys!

Cole and Crew

2009-09-23T12:56:00.000-07:00

You know those days when you run around like a crazy person, OK wait that's everyday, anyways today was a crazy day and the last thing I wanted to do was make a big dinner. I thought to myself no I am going to do it I am going to make time to make my family a nice dinner. So away I went made yummy enchiladas and Spanish rice. Well the second my 2 little men lay their eyes on it, they start complaining and saying its gross and they don't like it, even though they have not taken a bite! So frustrating! So Ryan and I tell them that they are done for the night, they don't get anything to eat or drink the rest of the night, well they didn't seem to care at all. So off they went to play. Fast forward 2 hours and I can hear something going on in the kitchen so I go in to find this! They snuck in and proceeded to make their own dinner, Lucky charms and a big plate of Cheetos for both of them! I don't know why I even try sometimes, It would have been a lot easier for me to pour a big bowl of lucky charms and a plate of Cheetos! Oh well, maybe some day they will appreciate the food I make.

My baby Cash

2009-09-23T12:38:00.000-07:00

Where did the time go, you are so big and not so much my baby anymore. I can not tell you how much I love this little man. He is always so happy despite the fact that we are now up to 12 ear infections in his little 14 months. Going in for tubes next week! He is adored by his older brothers and gets mauled by them about every 5 minutes. It is so amazing to watch him as he is learning to feed himself, walk like a big boy, and amaze me with the little things he does, for instance the other day I changed his diaper and gave it to him and asked him to throw it away, he walked on over to the trash can lifted the lid and threw it in! I was in shock, they learn so quick! I love his little lips they are edible. I would love to freeze time and keep him at this oh so fun age, but since I can't I am enjoying every minute of my last little baby boy.

First day of school!!

2009-09-23T12:31:00.001-07:00

I love the first day of school but also hate it! It makes me so sad to realize that another year has gone by and that they are getting so big! They are both so stinking handsome, I can't stand it.1

New Camera!

2009-09-05T19:34:00.001-07:00

Today was such a fun day. We woke up to the sound of rain, such a fun surprise on a normally hot Saturday. The boys of course wanted to eat their cereal on the back porch so they could watch the rain, I had all the doors open my pumpkin candle burning and for a split second it felt like fall. I absolutely love fall! My boys are at such fun ages and yes can fight like you have never seen but also love each other like no one else! It was so neat to sit back and watch my three boys playing in the rain, laughing and giggling I loved every second of it. Of course there could never be fun without a huge mess, Cash had already been fed but wanting to always do what his brothers are doing had to join in on the fun of trying to feed himself Crews cereal. It started out so Innocent, sneaking his little had in for a yummy handful of tricks but soon he had taken over and was beyond happy that the cereal was all his! Our big mess soon to follow but a perfect and fun picture opportunity. I love how the pictures turned out and love the cute memories we made today. Yes I took some cute pictures of Cole and Crew but by the time I got to them they had discarded their clothing because the didn't want it to get wet in the rain! Oh so fun, You gotta love em!

Are you kidding! I could eat him up, I love him!!
Me and Katie are taking a photography class trying to learn how to use our amazing new cameras! Had to put this pic in because I thought she looks so pretty, oh and I took the picture. So proud.

Welcome to our home little man.

2009-08-29T21:18:00.000-07:00

I swore I would never do it, there would never be another dog in our home until the boys were old enough or I guess tall enough that a dog could not reach their faces to bite or the dog came with no teeth! Ok I know thats not possible but if ryan wanted a dog we would have to wait or start looking for a toothless dogie. Well after much research and lots and lots of begging I am a sucker and caved when I saw this little man! He is absolutly adorable and very mellow! Once I finally agreed that we could get a dog my one rule was that it was going to be a girl, well I lost that battle, and am just destined to be surrounded by boys! Fine with me, I love my boys!

California 2009

2009-08-21T13:00:00.001-07:00

For Sale

2009-08-19T20:21:00.001-07:00

I am selling my dining room/kitchen table and chairs. Bought at razmataz 6-7 months ago I love it and its in great shape because it is so new , but it does not fit the spot it is in right. we eat mostly at the island in the kitchen so it has not been used much. Selling it for 1900 and paid alot more than that for it. If your interested leave a coment.

Going private, for now

2009-08-18T18:36:00.000-07:00

I am having to go private, so leave your e-mail if your would like an invite. Thanks

Cash's 1st birthday!

2009-08-14T20:57:00.000-07:00

My baby boy is 1! Time has just flown by, its seems like yesterday we were bringing him home. Cash is such a fun little boy, always has a smile on his face and just like his two brothers he is a go getter, into everything! He can't get the toilet paper off the roll fast enough or the clothes out of his drawers quick enough. He loves his older brothers so much and wants to be where ever they are, if they are playing ball in the back yard, you know where to find him he will be standing at the back door bouncing up and down, pounding on the glass and yelling at the top of his lungs! He is going to love running around with his brothers when he gets older! Happy Birthday Moneys!

Oh Cole!

2009-07-19T21:37:00.000-07:00

Scissors! That's all I need to say, at least he is a boy and now he has a cute little shaved head.

4th of July

2009-07-19T21:19:00.000-07:00

Ready for the torreon parade!

Ellie and Cash are only 4 weeks apart and are so cute together
I promise I didn't do it!
Nama attempting to read the kiddos a book.

My Crewser

2009-07-19T21:10:00.000-07:00

Crew is off playing quietly, oh wait that doesn't happen at our house. All of the sudden crew is screaming at the top of his lungs help me, help me, so I go running to find this cute, mischievous little boy! I can't move I'm stuck as he is laying on the floor. Are you kidding! Sorry mom about the string you loaned me, it is now cut into a million pieces.

Little Monkeys

2009-06-19T23:41:00.000-07:00

So my evening was going to be so peaceful, Ryan was gone playing ball, the house was almost all clean, one of those rare days where even my bed got made,their is nothing like climbing into clean sheets in your nice clean room. So the plan, first kids to bed, second finish cleaning kitchen, and third climb into my comfy bed and watch the shows we have dvr'd.Oh cant wait!All of the sudden, me thinking the boys are all asleep, I start to hear giggles, not at all a good sign, I go running back to find cole and crew have decided that they werent ready to go to sleep, and if they werent ready then why should cash be sleeping, hmm lets wake him up! Three little monkeys jumping on a bed! R you kidding me, I was so mad they got out of bed and went and woke up cash! So back to their beds they went and warned of the consequences if they even dare exit their beds! Well I must not be scary enough because I then a little while later found two little monkeys jumping on my bed! My clean bed! Oh I was furiouse, but they r so stinkin cute and oh so funny my anger didnt last long. So instead my peaceful night ended up into me and two of my boys snuggled togeathter in my now dirty bed watching transformers. I promise I fast foward all the bad parts.a fun happy night.

Boys Graduation!

2009-06-19T23:17:00.000-07:00

Brothers! These two dont know what to do without each other, its kind of a love hate relationship! One second they are laughing and playing and the next second they are beating each other up, its so cute though they really are best friends. They r so close in age and it is so fun because they always have each other to play with. I am loveing watching these two grow up togeather and cant waith for Cash to join in.

Sweet cole had his gown riped off and sat on our laps the entire graduation. Hopefully next year will be better.

Crew and Chance, best buddies!
My little Cole was sooo cute, he was so excited for graduation we had told him all about it and what he would be doing. He was all about it untill he walked into the room and saw everyone staring at him, so sweet mrs. kerry had to pick him up and walk him down the isle.

Too big, too fast!!

2009-05-19T13:35:00.000-07:00

I cant believe how fast the time has gone! My little moneys is almost one and I cant stand it! I wish time could slow down so I could keep my little baby, a baby a little bit longer. Soon he will be karate chopping, wrestling, and jumping off of any thing really high just like his big brothers. Oh I can hardly wait! I love you Cash!

Time for baseball!

2009-05-05T20:43:00.001-07:00

This year was coles first time playing t ball and crew and him were able to be on the same team! Yipee for me, I've got many, many years ahead of me, running from sport to sport for each of my boys so I am takeing advantage of this and loveing haveing them play togeather. They are so good and absolutly love it!

Crazy fun week!

2009-04-27T11:20:00.000-07:00

We were able to head out to the britany spears concert with ben and sandy this weekend and had a blast I think I was the oldest person in the arena though kinda depressing!

Ben this pics for you!

I just love him he is at such a fun age and has the cutest personality!

I just died laughing when I walked into this! Crew had left a full bag of chettos on the ground and little moneys couldnt resist! How stinkin cute, he was having a blast. Not so much fun to clean up but oh well Im sure its the first of many messes.
Loveing the Dr. pepper just like his mama. (its empty dont worry)

Fun at the lake

2009-04-24T10:32:00.000-07:00

Are you kidding me how cute is this pic.
Crew with his oreo teeth and his girlfriend andrea.Soo cute.
Me andrea and the boys loveing every minute!
We were able to take the boat out for the first time this year. We had an absolute blast the kids just loved it, but the only one brave enough to get in the water was Noah. Hopefully many more trips this summer! Cant wait!

Easter, Easter and more Easter!

2009-04-14T20:11:00.000-07:00

Ok so I am absolutly horrible when it comes to using the computer, typing, and spelling. Those of you who know me can attest to this, so just bare with me through this blogging thing and if every thing is out of order and miss spelled OH WELL! I totally could push spell check but that takes time I know not much time, but in the amount of time it takes to push spell check my boys will have already climbed to the top of an armoir some where in our home, they dont have any specific one in the house they like best, just as long as its high enough to give me a heart attack or cause them bodily harm, they dont care the higher they can get and farther they can jump the better! Any ways I am rambling, just felt the need to explain my crazy blog! Ok now Easter, we had a wonderful easter, we headed up to our cabin in show low to spend time with family. Scott, carrie, martin, and baby miller were able to come with us and the boys had a blast, from dying easter eggs, to playing in the snow! We ate way more than we should of but had so much fun doing it! We went over to nama and bompas cabin to see the rest of the cusins and went on a fun easter egg hunt, thanks mom and dad for the grown up eggs we love the fun surprise every year. Our boys are at such fun ages, and we love, love, love them! I could just eat Cash up, I wish I could stop time because my baby is growing up all to fast! Cole is such the cutest comedian always trying to make us laugh and the way he talks melts me, every night he asks, mom will you nuggle me, soo stinkin cute! And Crewser always giving hugs and saying I love you, but can shop just like his mom, always planning his next purchase and trying to figure out how to get to walmart. I Love my boys, I am completely out numbered but loving every minute of it!!

Easter

2009-04-14T19:52:00.001-07:00

Cash did not like his first taste of a hard boiled egg!

Pictures from prescott

2009-04-08T14:31:00.001-07:00

Prescott!

2009-04-08T14:08:00.000-07:00

Ryans aunt judy lives in prescott and we have not been to visit in over a year! So since I am finaly not pregnant, or moving which seems to be all we have been doing for 4 years. I decided to load up the kids into my fancy, amazing, wonderful, new mini van, did I say amazing and head up to prescott. We had a blast minus the 3 hour drive there and 3 1/2 hour drive home, cash decided to cry both ways the entire time. I had high hopes he would sleep, had it all planed out for him to fall asleep right when we left, but of course did not happen! Have you ever tried to feed a baby from the driver seat to the back seat while on the freeway! Not such a smart thing to do but after pulling over numerouse times to try new things to get him to stop crying I had no other option! That did not include the potty stops for Crew and Cole, each standing in the van on eather side letting it rip, oh I bet we were a site! See when you have boys and a fabulouse mini you just push two buttons from the front dash they stand up and their you have it, dont even have to get out of the car! Food stops, getting gas, bla, bla, bla. We had so much fun seeing JuJu and her dog dutch but next time Ryan will be coming with, wont be doing many road trips with the kiddos alone again!

2009-04-01T15:32:00.001-07:00

2009-03-01T19:28:00.000-08:00

We had to take one last trip to showlow and do some sledding! We had an absolute blast! Papa, G mama, Brannon and his cuttest girlfriend Amanda all came. Me, Rhonda, and Amanda even managed to get in some shopping up there. Couldnt ask for anything more, good company, good food, good shopping, ( blossom, not walmart) although for some reason I could spend hours in the walmart in showlow. Thanks for a fun time everyone!

2009-03-01T19:08:00.001-08:00

Fun pics of the kiddos!

Valentines fun With cousins!

Cash and his cute little girl friend preslie!Gazing into each others eyes.

My cute little Cash! I could eat him up!!

Cash trying to get a soda fix! Thanks for playing dre!

It's Time to Update

2009-01-19T14:58:00.000-08:00

Since everyone was SO freakin tired of looking at that hot picture of me, I, Julie's sister, have taken it into my own hands to create a new post.

Julie, I realize you feel a little busy. Moving, unpacking, moving again, unpacking, blah blah blah. But seriously?

So, I thought I'd showcase this fun picture from 2006 to show what a great Aunt you are. Jack loved hanging out with you at the pool. Ah, fun memories.

Love you,

Kate

You really should change your password. It's just too easy!

Our fun but crazy weekend!

2008-10-06T21:00:00.000-07:00

Watch out for your mom Campbell, I think its been a while since she been on a tramp, she got a little too excited!

Mike, TJ and Ryan all went to the priesthood meeting so us girls and all the kids got togeather to play and have some fun! I think katie was having a little too much fun! Dont hate me katie, I couldnt resist, the pic is too good not to post!

Jen, watching Cash and Ellie. Ellie was born on June 17th and Cash on July 17th how fun!

How cute is this picture Crew and Emily are such posers.

Emily and Cole watching Diego in my bed after a fun night playing with cousins!

Katie came over to help us get packed, and make us some yummy peach, tortilla desert? Still deciding about the yummy part, but thanks for coming and playing! Love ya!

My cute mom came to help me pack! Thanks mom I couldnt do it without you!

Just a fun pic of my crazy boys and probably their 3rd bath of the day. We cant seem to stay clean around here!

Does it get any better than this!

2008-09-18T17:09:00.000-07:00

The things you can get your husband to do when trying to sell your house! I love it! And the results are a house that has SOLD!!!!!! Yea!!!! I probably wont get him to do this again! At least I got a pic of it, and if he see's that its on my blog I am toast!

Crazy boys!!!!

2008-09-16T19:48:00.000-07:00

I promise I am a good mom and my kids do wear clothes, most of the time. But if they get the chance to strip down they take it! Sandi came over the other day and while we thought the boys were in the back yard playing little did we know they were half naked dancing on the posts in the front yard!! I just love Tates dance moves! I bet he learned them from his dad!

Crewser and his dad

2008-09-16T19:38:00.000-07:00

Crew loves to do anything his dad does and right now its bow hunting, so when Ryan gets off work out they go with their bows and arrows to see what they can get. Its so cute to see crew with his little bow, and he is actually quite good! Too bad I couldnt get him to put his shorts on. Oh well at least hes got on underware.

Want to buy a house?

2008-09-06T15:24:00.001-07:00

Our beautiful home is for sale. It is 4500 sq ft. 4 bdrms, toy room, office, dinning room, and great room. If any one is interested call Mike Demke @ 602-510-4484

Cute pics of baby Cash!

2008-09-06T15:08:00.000-07:00

Cash is just around 7 weeks old and the cutest little monkey, We just love him! Poor little thing has horrible reflux though and is always hurting, I feel so bad for him. Were not getting much sleep around here, he has to eat little bits all day long so it dosent hurt so bad. He is not getting enough at one feeding to keep him full at night so we party all night long! We go to the gastro doctor next week and hopefully gets some help for our little man, and me, I am a little tired. My mom has been great though and spent the night a couple of times so I can get a good nights sleep. Thanks again mom!

First day of school!!

2008-09-06T14:51:00.000-07:00

Crew was so excited to be going back to mrs. Kerrys he just loves her!

cole on his first day of school he is so excited to be big like his brother Crew.

Crews Birthday!!

2008-09-06T14:27:00.000-07:00

I can't believe crew is four the time has just flown by!! Makes me feel old! Crew wanted a gladiator mickey mouse birthday party, not quite sure if we accomplished that but we sure had a fun time trying!

Little boys who dont listen!

2008-08-25T20:44:00.000-07:00

Trying so hard to be a good mom, cook a healthy dinner for the family, hold a fussy baby , answer the phone and tell cole 100 times no oreos until after diner. Ok mom he says and disapears, what did I find, Cold hiding in the toy closet with the entire package of oreos, are you kidding me! There goes my dinner that he wont even touch! Little stinker!

We love our cute little Cash!!

2008-08-25T20:33:00.000-07:00

Cash is almost 6 weeks old, and the cutest little boy ever, I just love his cute little face!!

I love it when my Nama spends the night!! And I think my mom likes it to!!

Never a dull moment around this house!

2008-08-19T20:50:00.000-07:00

My poor little crewser, his 4th set of stitches or staples and he is not even 4 yet. We were at my moms for sunday night dinner with everyone and all the cousins were back in the play room playing when we heard crew start crying, I didnt go runing because between all the boy cousins there is always someone crying they are either wrestling, shooting, punching, or karate chopping each other so its kinda normal for someone to be crying. But I did not expect to see my little man with blood gushing down his face it was horrible and I kinda freaked, you would think I would be used to this by now but nope still completly freaked out. Well I guess crew got into it with his cousin luke and luke wacked him over the head with a plastic stethascope, pretty bad for a pretend toy. So 4 staples later and a trip to walmart to buy almost everything he could think of I thought the crazyness was over, little did I know it was just the beginning of a crazy week. The next day my cousin Heidi's little boy was over to play with Cole, I was in the kitchen doing dishes when Cole starts to cry, at this point I still have not gotten over, the panick feeling of seeing crew the night before, so I go running into the toy room thinking please no blood, but of course blood gushing down his little face, are you kidding me! I call Ryan he rushes home from work and I call Heidi who is a nurse so she comes over, and yep he needs stiches. I so did not want to go back to the hospital or the doctor, so Heidi says well we could super glue it, so super glue it we did, poor cole, the super glue came out a little faster than I expected so now he has a huge blob of super glue stuck in his hair, but his cut is taken care of! So you think thats the end, well not so quick. To make a long story short the next day cole decided to jump out of Ryans huge lifted truck for me to catch him, well small problem, no hands to catch him with I am holding Cash in his carrier in one hand and bags in the other, he jumps his nose hits carrier, carrier falls out of my hand, landing upright thank goodness and then his face hits the asfault. Blood everywhere, bashas workers running to help me and I cannot believe this just happened! I am so glad last week is over with and lets just hope this week is a better one!

Crazy pic's

2008-08-14T18:13:00.000-07:00

2008-08-14T17:57:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I wonder where my children get their crazy ideas from, and then I remember who their father is and wonder no more. Only my Ryan would come up with an idea like this, he got a regular bike and put a motor on it, so of course the kids think its the greatest and want to ride with dad, well where do you put the kids while riding the bike? First he put them on his sholders and I freaked out, so this is what he came up with next. He took his nice back pack and cut holes in it for there head, arms, and legs, are you kidding me its the funniest thing I have ever seen and of course my kids love it and think it is the greatest! So if you ever wonder why my kids are alway bumped and bruised it is because they learn to do crazy stuff from their dad, and they know no diffrent they think this is normal. Oh well at least they are having a good time!

Boys, Boys, Boys !

2008-08-13T19:47:00.000-07:00

My cute but crazy boys. I dont know if I can handle a third, if Cash is going to be anything like Cole and Crew I'm in for it! Dont let these cute smiles fool you!

Gunnell Gladiators

2008-08-13T16:43:00.000-07:00

As you can see our new favorite show is "American Gladiators"!! The boys wanted ryan to dress them up as gladiators and this is what he came up with. Ryan wouldn't let me take a picture of his gladiator outfit! You're all missing out!!

Welcome to the World Baby Cash

2008-08-06T16:13:00.000-07:00

Cash was born 7-17-08 and weighed 6 lbs. 7 oz. He's doing great and we are loving him! More pictures to come.