{Field Trips}

Field trips are fun.

I am glad that my kids get to go to new places and learn new things outside of the classroom.

But... they are becoming a touchy issue around here!

They get sad when they don't get to go or if I get to chaperon on one of theirs and not the other.

My kids want me to go on their field trips with them (which makes me happy), but because there are so many parent volunteers they draw names out of a hat to pick which parents get to go. Last year Chloe went to see the dolphins at the Mirage and I didn't get chosen. Then this year she is going to the Springs Preserve and again, I don't get chosen. Chloe was heart broken. She was in tears when she came out of school and said, "My teacher didn't pick YOU".

Side note: I was chosen to go on Alex's field trip to the shark reef last month and he is going to see a play next month and was chosen again. Lucky me!

So the day came and Chloe begged me to just show up at the Springs Preserve.

So Cooper, Aubrey and I did just that.

It was our first time there.

Man, it is huge!

We only had a couple hours before we had to leave, so we will definitely have to go back when all my kids are out of school.

Chloe loved having Cooper come with her group.

Cooper said, "this is a fun day, Mom!"

We will have to plan for a whole day to see everything!

365- Week 4

01/22/12

NO picture

01/23/12

Another Monday with no school because of teacher in service. Alex had a friend over to play and Nick had Ben spend the night, so with 5 boys there was a gun battle going on. Nick and Cooper posed for a picture while they were hiding.

01/24/12

Jordan and Amber were in town for a couple of days. We went to Outback for lunch with Mom and Katie and the Mavrik came over to play with Cooper.

01/25/12

Aubrey used to eat really well. Then slowly she got picky-er and picky-er! I had to take a picture during lunch because it is a small miracle that Aubrey ate a PBJ sandwich. Now we are up to cereal and PBJ. This is huge!!

01/26/12

I got Alex this vest for school on clearance a while ago but haven't had him wear it because I didn't to fight him (they all hate uniforms). I pulled it out one day and he was really excited to wear it. He said all the kids said he looked so handsome! So he wanted to wear it the next day, but also wear a tie too. I thought he looked so handsome! Already looking good for the ladies!

01/27/12

I was messing with Aubrey's hair after I put it in pigtails and the kids thought it was hilarious. Aubrey liked it too. She kept looking in the mirror shaking her head trying to move them, but they didn't move.

01/28/12

I came home from my run and these two were awake watching TV with Daddy.

365- Week 3

01/15/12

Josh and Amber ran to the store and we volunteered to watch the kids=) Chloe was a complete baby hog! She was so good with Lucas though, such a good little mama (her teacher just told me that is what she calls her at school because Chloe is always taking care of the other kids).

01/16/12

Thanks to Martin Luther King we had the day off from school. We went to lunch with Jenny and Katie at CPK, to the park to play and then to see Beauty and The Beast in 3D.

01/17/12

Aubrey loves her kitty jammas and LOVES to wear every ones shoes around the house.

01/18/12

It was a good night. Dinner and homework/reading were all done by 6:30. MIRACLE!!

All the kids were laying down on the floor in the family room, I got my camera out to take a picture and Aubrey just scooted he little self right in with them.

01/19/12

Jenny and I had a day at the spa. Massage, facial, and mani/pedi. It was so nice!!

Chloe was sad that she didn't have her nails painted so I painted hers and then Aubrey wanted hers done too.

01/20/12

Since the kids all got new bikes for Christmas we have been riding them to school on Mondays and Fridays, the days we don't have any after school activities.

01/21/12

One of my good friends from high school was sealed to her husband and little boy. I was so glad I was able to make it the sealing. It brought back so many sweet memories of our special day.

365- Week 2

Not much has been going on around here lately. Same old stuff!

Sleep, eat, clean, homework, repeat.

01/08/12

My handsome boys all ready for church.

01/09/11

Nick's favorite Christmas present, his Angels jersey and hat. He would wear them everyday if he could.

01/10/12

All Aubrey eats is cereal, so she loves to get into the pantry and grab a box or two.

01/11/12

Homework. We have a LOVE/HATE relationship.

01/12/12

NO picture

01/13/11

This is Aubrey's kissy face. If you ask her to see her smile she does this too. I love it!

01/14/12

Chris' mom got remarried. We went for the ceremony. It was outside, totally freezing so we didn't stay long after.

Hello Kitty!

Yesterday Jordyn turned 4 and had a Hello Kitty party. Chloe has LOVED Hello Kitty for years and now Aubrey LOVES it too. I thought it was cute that we all dressed up for Jordyn's party!

365 Continued- Week 1

Looking back at my 365 posts for 2011 I don't think that the quality of my photos has improved much, especially since the majority of them as of late have been taken with my phone, but I really did enjoy looking back and seeing some of the day to day stuff. My memory has gotten so bad, I am going to use this to help! Here is to another year!

01/01/12

Nicholas didn't want to hold Lucas at the hospital, so this is his first time holding him. He didn't want to give anybody else a turn either.

01/02/12

Before Christmas Grandma offered to watch all the kids(minus the babies), so we could have a break. And then she offered again before the kids had to go back to school. Grandma is crazy, but we LOVE her!

01/03/12

Kids back at school means we can go grocery shopping again! I HATE going with all of them, I spend way to much with them all asking for stuff! This is Cooper and Aubrey just hanging out while we were waiting to check out at Sam's Club. Then Aubrey ran away so she had to get back in the cart!

01/04/12

Just Aubrey babysitting wile Chloe is at school.

01/05/11

My cute little ninja. He was cracking me up!

01/06/12

I got Chris Blue Man tickets for Christmas. It was the PERFECT date night! We went to eat at Mon Ami Gabi. It was delicious. And then we walked (QUICKLY) down to the Venetian for the show. Dinner took longer than we expected and we didn't want to be late and have any attention drawn to us, it did happen to another couple that was late! Great night!!

01/07/12

Happy Birthday to me!!

Chloe and Nick were so good to me. Chloe made me oatmeal with strawberries and bananas and then Nick put a candle in it and they all sang to me. My kids are the best!!

{18 months}

It is official, Aubrey is 18 months old! Where does the time go?!

18 months means nursery! She is fine to play as long as I am in there, but after I leave she just cries. Poor girl and poor nursery leaders. She has only gone twice, but both times they have brought her to me crying so hard. Hopefully we can get this down soon!

Other things. I feel like Aubrey is changing so much lately! She is getting more independent, funnier, smarter, and her personality is showing more and more.

Aubrey has REALLY become a daddy's girl! I hear "da-ee" all day long and she is so excited when he comes home.

She is talking alot more. Mostly babbling, especially when she is "reading" a book, but she is also saying quite a few words now.

(Daddy, Mommy, Nick, C0 Co, Coop-Coop, Panda, MINE, HI, eww, stink, poop, binky, blanky, baby, wanna eat, drink, balloon and I am sure there are a few more that I can't rememeb.)

New Year's 2012

This year we decided to change it up a bit and headed up to St. George for New Year's.

We stayed with our good friends, the Holt's.

It was so nice to just relax all weekend!

We played games and mostly just hung out.

Thanks for hosting us, you guys are awesome!!

A new baby!

Sadly I will never have another baby.

So...I will have to live through everybody else!

Amber had her baby last Friday. She went into the hospital on Thursday night though to be induced, but didn't have him until the next morning. I was SO excited I barely slept an hour.

I LOVE babies and so do my girls! Chloe was pretty excited to get up to the hospital and see him. And Aubrey loved him. She screamed whenever anybody else got to close to him and when I took Lucas away from her. She wanted to keep him, me too!

Congratulations Josh and Amber, he is a cutie!!

365- Week 52

Last week of the 2011!

12/24/11

Christmas Eve at my mom's house. She had presents for everyone that was there to open.

12/25/11

Aubrey loved her little baby and little stroller.

12/26/11

All the kids got new bikes for Christmas. I was showing Nick some of the things you can do with pegs.

12/27/11

Nick got a lot of LEGOS for Christmas. Chris loves LEGOS, so he really enjoys helping Nick put them together. Tuesday Chris had to go back to work, so he asked me to help. I really did want to, but I was so sick I was in tears. I was so proud that Nick did it all, all by himself!

12/28/11

NO picture

12/29/11

So thankful that the Yes! Man lives with us. He changed the back and front brakes and rotors and the suburban and saved us a lot of money!

12/30/11

Alex and Cooper love playing with all the tents and tunnels at the Holt's.

12/31/11

Saturday all the boys went shooting. The girls stayed home and hung out.