Summer Steals...I mean Deals

I came across this on another blog and thought I would share it incase there is an AMC theater close to you.

Click this link.

On Wednesdays throughout the summer they are doing $1.00 movies for the 10:00am showing of older movies. For $1.00 + $50.00 in gas for me it still may be a deal!

Contest

Well it is not mine but I thought I would send you over to Small Threads and Check out what Mandy does. She is giving away a onesie. It is very cute for your own baby or one that you want a gift for. All you have to do is leave a comment with your name. Good Luck...or not so I can win it!

Edited to change the link. It is now correct!

It's official

We are expecting number six...well that was official a little bit ago. But we have an official due date. And the date is January 3rd! Jeremy planned a January baby, and his prayers (at least half) are answered, the other half will have to wait until about August to find out. Of course we will be thrilled with a girl but having a boy is kind of the unanimous hope! I am not sure Logan will acknowledge the girl option. Well here is the first picture of the newest Jacob's Clan.

Our little tyke measured at 8 weeks 4 days, so hopefully that means only two more weeks of feeling like junk and whining about everything. Oh the joys of pregnancy and the unbecoming behavior you get to get away with. Here's to a good 7 more months eh?

Ahh the proof!!!

Here's the story...Jeremy is pretty good if not excellent at anything he tries. One example is Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters. He is pretty amazing. This was a first for a really long time that Jeremy and I were actually able to ride this together. That made it fun in itself. On the way in Jeremy said I'll tell you what if you beat me I will take you to Ruth's Chris for dinner and a movie. I edited a chick flick just to add insult to injury, also neither of us thought I could actually win. This was the result. Notice he ranked 49...I'm not sure if that is for the day or all time, either way impressive. Please note this is also unusually high, it was both our highest scores ever.
So the next day we rode again and I asked if the same challenge was good this time, confidently he said yes. I really just like the thought of a challenge, I had no confidence that I could beat this space ranger!



Do you see that I WON! still nothing compared to his 478,500, but still, not only did I beat him but by over 100,000 points! Wa-hoo. I know he doesn't really look like he's trying and I think it was his lowest scroe ever. If I didn't know how competitive Jeremy is I would have though he just wanted a yummy steak dinner.

So day three he humbly asked if he could at least go out a champ so we rode again. Of course he won but it was by a close margin so I left feeling good and he got his dignity back.

It doesn't matter he won two out of three I won a super fabulous steak dinner at Ruth's Chris. Now the challenge will be to find a good chick flick during the summer of great action movies! Suggestions welcome.

NOTE: By looking at the last picture I would say the rankings are for the day.

Happy Birthday to You!

It was one year ago that I was introduced to this healthy 10lb 5 oz little girl!
Now she has grown into this:
And this is what happens when she doesn't get her way:
But this is what life is mostly like:

She is now around 17lbs. She is still pretty tall for her age, so maybe we have the beginning of a super-model-esque adorable little girl. She makes me smile and so proud to be a mom. Who knew one little heart could hold so much love for 5 children!

Thank you to Mandy who captured my cutie in true form...always sucking her thumb with a little bit of tears thrown in to make herself known. Hey she's a girl and has her own opinions too!

Cupcakes

This (Sept. 06):

Tyler's Mom, Alexandra's Mom, Lauren's Mom (yeah, me)

...turned into this (June 07):

Sophie (April 07), Tyler (April 07), Lauren (May 07), Alexandra (March 07)

Grew into this (May 08):

Alexandra, Sophie, Zoe and Lauren...Tyler was busy being a boy.

I just wish her crying face wasn't adorable...am I a mean parent?

Happy Mother's Day

I feel a little weird posting this after everyone bragged about how well they were treated, but I can not let it go with out telling how my Mother's Day went. It started out about a month ago when Jeremy got me a 19" flat screen monitor. It is beautiful! Then he got me two movies, PS I Love You and 27 Dresses. When I was away last weekend he bought me two shirts. Then this weekend he bought me two books. The Host by Stephanie Meyer and The Bourne Betrayal. I was very spoiled. Typing this I noticed a pattern 2-2-2. Kind of scary considering my current condition...SURPRISE! Jeremy and I are expecting a little one sometime in January. Of course everyone brings up the twin factor and it is scary. The chances are slim so we are not really worried. So like I have written before this will be the cherry on top of our perfect family Sundae! Needless to say I actually wasn't feeling too well on Mother's Day but I was given the time to rest while Jeremy cooked a dinner of my choice. He is amazing and I am so lucky to raise children with him. He makes my "job" so easy. I love you Jer!

Funnies at FIVE!

This morning I was getting H & H their breakfast. I asked Logan what he wanted to eat. He said I am fasting. Not sure that is what he meant I asked again and he said I am fasting breakfast. (Meanwhile he continued to play Zelda.) I then asked if he started his fast with a prayer. He said "No, Cheese." Then a couple hours later he said "Mom I want breakfast." I reminded him he was fasting, and that he should wait until lunch. So he said "Then I will need two sandwiches." I would never ask him to fast at his age but it is funny that he thought of it by himself.

As I was taking my daily turn on Zelda I noticed Logan getting excited. Whenever I accomplish something like get a new weapon, beat a bad guy or succeed at walking a scary thin path, he gets a little giddy and gives me a kiss and tells me how good I am. If I am in the process of accomplishing a task that is "scary" like a fine path where I can fall or fighting a bad guy, he says I am going to my room until you are done. It is a very obvious love hate relationship!

Lastly, this is not Logan but either H or H, being a mom of twins has it's downfalls! I pulled up to the gas station to go for broke and fill 'er up. H asked what I was doing and I said I was getting gas...can you imagine where this is going...she said gas from your bottom? I never thought I was that obvious, but I guess the girls figured out young that everyone has it!

Now seriously I should act like a grown-up and get some stuff accomplished that doesn't involve me sitting down! On second thought it may scare the kids so I should just read!

Happy Cinco De Mayo

We originally were going to celebrate Cinco de Mayo with some homemade Lumpia (not by my white-self of course). Then Jeremy with the help of a co-worker (Thanks Nicky) decided that we should have some gen-u-ine authentic Mexican food:

Yes if you can tell the kids are eating Taco Bell! That's right good ol' fashion high class Mexican food! Jeremy and I had a little more authentic Mexican food by getting Burritos and Nachos at Cotija Market. When he went to pick them up he said have a good Cinco de Mayo. The lady responded "I am from Peru...but my husband is from Mexico!" I am not sure why I think that is so funny but it is!

Interesting...

There is a park in Concord called Baldwin Park, it is a great park with lots of grass, the down side is it's scary! Not too family friendly, there are lots of homeless that hang out here, but they are trying to clean it up...Baldwin. Just thought you might be interested.

They called him on a Mission...

...12 years ago. I am not sure how to write this quickly but, in Jeremy's home ward he knew a girl who later married a boy. The day Jeremy left the mission field this boy entered into his same mission. It's a small world! Now the four of us are good friends. So Matt, who is the "boy", had a business trip scheduled for Pheonix/Tempe Arizona where they both served. He ended up getting a friends fly free ticket and his lovely wife said "besides babysitting, I think Jeremy would enjoy this trip more!" So that is how Jeremy got invited. He was able to drive around while Matt worked for a living. He had some great experiences. The one phone call I will remember most was when he called and he was speechless, yes you read right Jeremy was speechless (I love you honey!). He was in total shock how developed his area had become. In the following video there is an intersection that used to be 1 flashing red light, it was next to the one little gas station in Queen Creek and the little mini mart. Now it is a huge intersection. That is the only way I know to describe it. Just know HE was SpeCHlEsS! He did have some spiritual experiences as well but they are for him to share. It was such a neat trip. He did make contact with 2 families that he taught and that was awesome too. I know he will never forget and can't wait to go back.

You eat what you are!?

They say you are what you eat...well I have been calling little Lauren my lollipop. She has a little twig body but a perfectly beautiful yet round head with chubby cheeks! So today Hannah gave her a lollipop. Lauren was very happy. So she eats what she is, kind of like the chicken before the egg thing!

FYI: This little cutie will be one whole year old soon!

Superman...I'm sure it meant Super Woman!

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New Favorite...

I have a new favorite product. As most of you probably don't know or don't care, I am lousy at laundry and even more lousy at stain care! My friend Jen mentioned a product and she said "I know it sounds weird but it works!" It is called Fels-Naptha. Apparently it has been around for a while.

In the Wikepedia it says this used to be the preferred method for washing you child's mouth out...I always thought the bar of soap in a Christmas Story was HUGE!

So back to informing you this little bar costs about $1.00 and it is like stain magic, the super-hero, no-brainer stain remover. It is fabulous. I have to admit that I am glad that my kids are at the stage where their clothes don't last too long because of childhood stains and such, but this is simple and easy. I will run clothes through the washer and dryer and see a stain. No problem just get the clothing wet and rub the bar across it and let it sit for 1 minute, and throw it back in the wash. Wah-lah! Stain free clothes, which is awesome for a number of reasons!

So THANK YOU JEN!

Dinner Menu

I know I haven't done this in a while. I am typing it up now in case I loose my list today. I will add links to all the recipes later;

April 25 BBQ hot dogs and Burgers, with potato salad
April 26 Pizza and green salad
April 27 Chicken Cheese Enchiladas, green salad
April 28 Lasagna, green salad, Garlic Bread
April 29 Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole
April 30 Taco Pizza
May 1 Bow Ties with Ham
May 2 Super Speedway Taco Pie
May 3 Ravioli with Chicken, veggies
May 4 Chicken & Rice Casserole
May 5 Ground Beef & Twice Baked potato Pie, veggies
May 6 Creamy Chicken Soup with Open face Cheese sandwiches
May 7 French Toast with sausage and Fruit
May 8 Pigs in a Blanket, Tater Tots, veggies

Out of the mouth of babes

not original, I know, but such is what it is!

Today we were watching The Fox and the Hound. Sorry there may be a spoiler here! Todd, the fox, gets abandoned for his own safety, he was a house pet so doesn't understand the "real world". As it is raining he is trying to find safety and a friendly animal comes and invites Todd to stay with him. I asked Logan what kind of animal it was and he said "the pine cone one" I thought it was cute. Then I asked if it was because he had pine cones on him and Logan gave me the a-firm. Then I burst his 5 year old bubble by smiling and informing him it was a Porcupine.

Then as I was unloading...my children, Haylie asked me when do you get baptized. I was proud of the question, even though it was random. I informed her when you are 8. She then responded "Is Daddy going to be baptized?" I am assuming she didn't think he was eight but children are sometimes brutally honest!

So there you have it another installment of "Out of the mouths of babes!"

Time is on Speed!

So I have spent the last two days beautifying my blog...not my house, not my children, not my mind and definitely by no means myself. But I think it looks good. So now the thing is to actually update it. I don't have a lot of time seems how I am picking Jer up from the airport to say good bye again tomorrow. So my goal is to write something everyday. If I can remember something that the kids say it will be easy.

Todat Logan cracked me up, hopefully you will find it almost as comical. Logan asked me today:
"Mom, where do legs come from?"
I tried to buy myself some time because my answers are always wordy and not terribly easy to comprehend for most adults let a lone a child whose attentions is shorter than his little legs, so I said:
"Where do you think they come from?"
He responds matter-of-factly:
"from your bottom!"
What do you say to that!

Gratitude at a cost...

It always happens that in order for you to know gratitude you have to be able to compare the good from the bad. Let me preface this by saying I will get no sympathy and maybe even shunned for this. Jeremy has been abundantly blessed by his skills of course but by timing as well. He started at his job 8+ years ago as an errand boy/box mover between his mission and his first semester at BYU. Right before we got married we moved back here and he got his job back, I think he moved right in to the loan department, then as luck would have it he was able to take over the loan department. After getting a few things in order he got the opportunity to be the Executive Vice President of the credit union, his title has since changed because of growth and circumstances but his job really hasn't he is still second in command (unless you count the Board of Directors) I am very proud of him for what he has accomplished at a relatively young age. With this being said I will now commence with how spoiled I am. His job is 5 minutes away from our house, he comes home for lunch, he gets to help out in Miranda's classroom, he has either come to all my pre-natal appts. or watched the kids so I could go. He has been able to take multiple weeks off for each child, he gets lots of vacation time, he works only 8 hour days. He is home no later than 5, usually 4:45. He rarely has to work late, like once every 4 months, and when he does he has usually gone to work let to balance the hours. He travels maybe twice a year. This is where it is put into perspective. Jeremy is in Boston right now, a trip I really wanted to go on. He will be there for 4 days, come home long enough to re-pack and then is taking some vacation time to Arizona where he serve his mission. He will be gone for 7 days. I have planned something to look forward to everyday. I know keeping busy will keep the time going. It is hard being with out him because he is such a hugemongous help, but sometimes he needs to leave me so I can remember to be grateful for what we have. I am very blessed by his job and diligence in all aspects of life. He is amazing. I love him very much, and miss him!

Why..oh why...

...have I not been posting....

Life has been super crazy, but I am beginning to think no matter who you are life and crazy are synonymous! I have a confession to make that proves my slight...uh-um.., irresponsibility. I, as of late, have been obsessed with a little game called Zelda on our N64, yes we have a game system, actually two, we have a PlayStation also and a total of 4 games one for the PlayStation and 3 for the N64. OK so I lost my train of thought for a minute. Back to my obsession. So for those of you who know me when I like something I get a little OK a LOT focused, the world around me no longer exists. This would be fine if I didn't have three ingenious children and a newly mobile yet very inquisitive baby! Since I have started playing I can't tell you how many tissues were wasted, how much food was sneaked (or is it snuck) out of the refrigerator, how much tear-able stuff has been destroyed, how many keyboard setting windows on the Internet have been opened, OK so you get the picture. Well I decided it was the beginning of a month and that I should download all the pictures from my memory stick. I put it in the computer and probably caved into Logan's request that I play Zelda. I forgot! Three days later I went to upload pictures so I could blog about some fum moment we had, low and behold, it was gone, a full 2GB memory card was gone! When we got our new camera Jeremy made me promise that I would take care of it and not leave it within arm's reach, well pretty much out of site from my twin-ados. Our last camera bit the dust when Hayley damaged the lens by what I can only assume to be Lucky Charms and a few nice drops. After a week being camera-less and a Christmas tree purchase in-site we purchased a new camera. We had decided that no more damage could be done to the old camera, so Jeremy dropped it a couple more times, and wouldn't you know it works! So that was an expensive lesson for me. I guess I am still learning or need specific instructions. Lucky for me, he never specifically encouraged the same respect for the memory card. Jeremy went through both garbage cans in the bathrooms (I am married to an amazing man I should have had that gross job), which is where the girls insisted it was. We moved our entertainment center another place they insisted they put it, I cleaned the middle children's room from top to bottom, I have vacuumed everything, and looked in all couch crevasses, luckily I cleaned under the cushions a couple of weeks ago, man was that embarrassing! It is no where to be found. It has been about two weeks since the discovery and we caved and bought a 4GB memory card this past weekend. I am now waiting for the old one to show up.

Just in case you were wondering, Logan thinks I am awesome because I play Zelda. When his little friend Ben comes over he says whose mom is better mine or yours? I tell Logan all boys think that their own mom is the best. Please note Ben ALWAYS pleads the fifth. I sometimes give him good stuff so I am sure he doesn't want to bite the hand that feeds him, ha-ha!

Rag Doll

Here is the Rag doll Pose

And my five little munchkins! Look at Lauren compare to H & H!