Getting back into this whole school thing!

 After I drooped all the kids off for their first day of school I went to the pool at the M with friends to celebrate! After having half day school for the last 10 years straight I needed a little celebration! My day still flies by, but it is nice to have all day to get stuff done.

 I spy Cooper in the back row! I love that his teacher send me pictures.

 Multitasking at its finest: watching a show on the iPad and emptying all the trashes.

 Cute kiddos off to school early to get in some extra play time!

 Nick is the best! Without even asking he LOVES to run to the store for e to grab what I need!

 Cooper came home from baseball practice with a puffy eye. He got stung by a bee at practice and he must have rubbed his eye with the stinger still in his finger. After a quick trip to the doctor the stinger was removed and got an allergy shot in the bum he was all good to go to school.

 I have been so impressed with Aubrey and how well she likes school. Even when Cooper wasn't there to walk in with her she said, "I can go by myself and be brave."

 Aubrey is turning into a "Daddy's girl"!

 Aubrey is also LOVING homework and reading!

By the end of the first week of school it is safe to say that these kids were missing their screen time! I found all of them chilling with some sort of screen.

[Broken Nose]

02.09.16

 Last week Chris was pitching to Alex in the cages when one of the balls hit Alex square in the nose.

 Chris immediately knew it was broken and we took him to the emergency room. Cooper was so scared for is brother that he jumped in the car and I didn't even know it. While we were driving to the hospital I mentioned that we should say a prayer and my sweet Cooper said, "I already did!" 

I think that Alex looks just like Josh in this picture. 

First cat scan

 You know this tough guy had to be in a lot of pain to want mom to hold him like a baby. 

The cat scan confirmed what we already knew, both bones in his nose were broken. The PA came into to talk to us and without any warning just reset Alex's nose. He was so brave! he just sat there and when she was finished he said, "I heard that!!" 

Right after the PA reset his nose.

***Now that the swelling is gone it is clear that his nose was NOT reset properly as it is pretty crooked. We go to the doctor next week and we will see what is in store for our guy. 

Memorial Day

05.26.14

Memorial Day we got together with my family for a baseball game. With all of us we almost have 2 complete teams! Some of the little kids got bored, but it was lots of fun! The big boys ended with a hoe run derby. 

The rest of the day we swam at my mom's and bbq'd some burgers. Another great holiday as a family!

{May}

1- Baseball Moms-Heather has a son on the Dodgers, Sarah has a son on the Rockies, and my boys are on the Angels. Having friends at baseball makes it more fun! 2- Emmy, Gabe, and Chase all were baptized at the beginning of May. Fun to go for primary but also as friends of all 3 families! 3- Park day with friends. 4-Alex and Cooper at Costco. Always entertaining!! 5- Baseball, baseball, and more baseball! My little lefty at bat! 6- Aubrey playing babies. 7- Alex and Chloe for "Dress from a different decade Day". Alex was from the 50's and Chloe was the 80's. 8- Aubrey and Jordyn being crazy. 9- All the boys ready for school with new shoes (even though they got cut off). Needed to have proof that they had new shoes because after a day on the kickball fields they won't be the same!! 10- Chloe in heaven holding Baby Jay. 11- Joey taught Aubrey how to do a "duck-face selfie". 12- Nick babysat and Aubrey fell asleep on his lap. This is how they were when we got home because he did't want to wake her. 13-Chris cruising on his long board after work. 14-Sucking down their smoothies before school. 15- The boys always go behind the dance studio to play wall ball while we wait. Aubrey likes to go too! 16- Watching Natalie. Funny face! 17-Nick helping Alex with his homework. 18- Chris and the boys off on the Father and Son Camp out. This is the only picture I have:/ 19- Aubrey using a serving fork to eat her PB sandwich. 20- Lucy, Kaylin, and Aubrey at Wet 'n' Wild for Uncle Jordan's birthday. 21- More baseball! All the boys were on the Angels this season which made things nice. Unfortunately I never got any pictures at Nick's games. 22- Face time with our favorite Chinese Grandpa! 23- Aubrey, I mean Doc McStuffins and I brought Chloe lunch and cupcakes for her class to celebrate her birthday. 24- Competition on her birthday! 25- Crazy kids! 

Rookie Angels 2014

 Chris coached Alex and Cooper's team.

Another fun season at the ball field.

[Spring Break]

 04.13.14-04.20.14

Katie got to go to the tulip festival. We love Monday's because we get to hear from our favorite missionary and we also LOVE when we get pictures!

Besides for going to the beach our spring break was pretty lame. The kids took turns being sick and Nick had a 3 day baseball tournament.

 We did manage to sneak in a movie before one of the baseball games. Aubrey loves it when my dad brings Max to the baseball games. She likes to walk around with him.

The Saturday before Easter Jeremy was baptized.

After the baptism I ran back to the baseball field to watch Nick play. The Rascals ended up coming in 2nd place for their division. Not bad at all!!

 Easter morning checking out what the Easter bunny left.

 All ready for church.

My cute bunnies.

{April}

May is almost over and I am finally getting to April pictures:/

1- At the beginning of April we went to Debbie Gillihan's 50th surprise birthday party. They had a super cute photo booth there. 2- My cute Rascal girls at the BBQ fundraiser. The boys were off playing and we barely saw them. 3 & 4- Girls Day. Mom, Jenny and I met for breakfast, went to see Divergent, and did a little shopping. Such a fun day! 5- Mom and I met Katie's companion's parents for breakfast. It was fun to hear about what Katie has been up to from someone else and to learn about Katie's companion, Sister Hyer. 6- I LOVE Monday! I get to email Katie and we got some pictures of her from the Tulip festival. 7- Alaskan sponsored the UNLV Alumni baseball game so we got to go have some lunch and watch the game. The kids loved it! 8- Chloe's dance team. they are crazy! 9- These crazy kiddos were swimming on April 12th. Way too cold for me! 10- Swing time with Chloe at one of Nick's games. 11- Cooper and Aubrey wearing their footy pajamas. 12- During spring break we made a day trip to New Port beach. 13- Lucas loves Nick! 14- Rascals came in 2nd place in their spring break tournament. 15- Swimmy day at grandma's. 16- Easter 17- All of us at Jeremy' baptism. 18 & 19- Take your kid to work day. Alex and Cooper went with Grandma Karen. Chloe and Hailey got to go with Jenny. Nick and Ben went with Grandpa Steve, but they forgot to take a picture. 20- While the kids were "working" Aubrey and I went on a hike/walk/run through the tunnels at Lake Meade to the Hoover Dam. 21- Always interesting when I take 4 or 5 kids with me to Costco! 22- Nick got braces from Dr. Truman. 23- Which resulted in him eating Spaghetti-o's and smoothies for a week. 24- Chris got a long board! 25-Aubrey was loving taking Max around at one of Nick's baseball games. She "made" him look for a picture.

{March}

1- March 1st was Cooper's birthday. Aubrey and I brought him McDonald's for lunch and brownies for his class. 2- Dr. Seuss day at school. All my little Cats in their Hats. 3- Aubrey and her baby. 4- Dinner and bowling for Amber's birthday. 5- Baseball practice started. All the boys are on the Angels! 6- PJ day at school. 7- My lunch date. 8- G.N.O.- dinner and Pink Box Donuts! YUM!! 9- Cute girls! Lunch at Cafe Rio. 10- Sophia and Doc. We watched Natalie for a couple days while Lauren was out of town for her sister's wedding. 11- The boys got their outfits for the wedding. Kind of last minute:/ 12-Cooper and his friend that is a girl, Danica. They were boyfriend and girlfriend. I love watching them together, totally innocent, so cute! 13- Road trip. Chloe had a dance competition in CA. My mom, dad, Chloe, Aubrey, Hailey, and myself went while Chris stayed home with the boys for baseball. 14- Chloe and Ms. Britney. A lot of Chloe's love for dance comes from her love for her teacher! 15- Way to go Troopers! They recieved a Top 1st place award for their jazz number and 4th place overall. 16- Grandma bought the girls matching shirts while we were in CA. 17- cRAZY kids! on our way to the wedding rehearsal. 18- Congrats Mr. & Mrs. Paratore!! 19-St. Patty's Day! 20- Amber made some cute cookies! 21- The PE teacher sent me this pic of my boys on picture day. 22- Lady Antebellum Concert with Chris. Thanks for the birthday present!! 23- Coach Dad! Chris is managing the little boys team and helping coach on Nick's team. Makes for some busy, baseball Saturdays. 24- Chris took the week off to stay home. We went on a bike ride the first day. It was nice having him home! 25- We ended the month in CA together for a work conference for Chris. We stayed at the Disneyland Hotel and enjoyed an Angels game. Lots of fun!! 

{February}

1- first day of the month and we had 2 separate baptisms to attend. 2- chloe and i were matching. 3- the craziness that was our house for a good 2 weeks while painting the kitchen and all the cabinets! 4- trader joe stickers! 5- park time while nick is at baseball practice. alex and cooper are little monkeys. 6- cooper had to do a family tree for school. 7- and that family project prompted me to get on anestry.com and do some work, which then prompted me to pull out my doll and read the letters to find our more about the people i was named after. 8- alex is exactly like his dad! he even eats a burrito like his dad!! 9- rascals garage sale and bake sale to raise money for cooperstown, ny. 10- daddy-daughter dance at school. grandpa came too! 11- my girl is getting so big. i thought she was looking so old all ready for church with her hair down and straight. 12- sibling game night at jeremy and mical's house. 13- 02.13.14-wearing pink and red, ready for their valentine parties. 14- valentine's day breakfast with my little loves. 15- dinner with my one and only at maggiano's for v-day. 16-the view from my bedroom saturday morning. getting ready for jenny's bridal shower. 17- hot pilates. our first time. it was hot!! 18- collecting props for the photo booth at the blue & gold. 19- dress rehearsal. it is officially competition season. 20- friends! 21- mismatched socks and shoes day at school. 22- aubrey playing memory. how is she so big?!! 23- chloe and hailey at family dinner. 24- aubrey, kaylin, and mav at a baseball game. 25- jenny's bachelorette party (don't worry, her drink was non alcohol!!)

{January}

To say I am behind is an understatement! Trying to catch up on life right now, so until that happens I guess a monthly update will have to do.

January...

1- We started off the year at Mt. Charleston with friends. Always a fun tradition. 2- My cute Aubs!  3- The boys are always good to wait at the dance studio. Usually we only wait an hour or 2 a week. Good for all of us or I might go crazy! 4- Chloe had a field trip at the Smith Center and I got to be one of the chaperons to see the Las Vegas Philharmonic Orchestra. 5- All 5 kids were laying on my bed playing with some sort of electronic device. 6- My handsome little man divvying up snacks in the car. 7- Mustache day at school. 8-Aubrey and Daddy having some TV time. 9- Alex being a good big brother! 10- 3 little princesses, Jordyn, Aubrey, and Lucy. 11- Happy Birthday to me! I was sick on my birthday. But my sweetheart Nick, woke up before Chris had to go to work and used his own money to go buy me roses. 12- Birthday FaceTime with my Dad in China. 13- Chris loves me and brought me a birthday clown from Baskin Robbins. 14- Birthday dinner at Lucille's with all my friends and then bowling. (Sad I only got a picture of bowling!) 15- This girl has been coming home every single day with a hole in 1 or both of her knees!! 16- Disney on Ice fun for the girls. 17- Jersey day at school. 18- We rode bikes to school. I wish we did it more. So fun and such good exercise for all of us! 19- Dance baby! 20- Once again, the boys waiting at dance finding ways to entertain themselves. 21- More waiting at dance. 22- We went to help Jeremy and Mical move into their new place. The kids had lots of fun with the empty boxes! 23- Shopping at Hobby Lobby for Jenny's bridal shower. Aubrey and Makaylin had a good time waiting for us. 24- My hardworking hubby!! 25- Moving EVERYTHING out of the kitchen so Chris could start painting the cabinets. Looks like I'm a hoarder!!

12.13.13

It is kind of tradition that when we go up to Reno for the Jeakin's family Christmas party the guys go snowboarding and the girls (and kids) go shopping. 

So that is exactly what happened. I think the guys definitely get the better deal!

Nick got to go this year for his first time and totally loved it.

Nick LOVES being with Dad, Grandpa, Jordan, and Joey so that was a bonus!

[December]

1-The month started off with Nick's 11th birthday. 2- We went to Cane's with the family for dinner and Oreo cake. 3- I had my annual Christmas Primary party at my house complete with a hot chocolate bar. 4 & 5- Alex got his Bobcat award and Nick got his Weblo award and crossed over the bridge to Boy Scouts. 6- We had lunch at school with the kids. 7- Chloe and Aubrey had a little Christmas dance recital at the mall. 8- I bought my first scarf, and yes, that is a BIG deal. 9- Shopping in Reno with kids while the guys are snowboarding. 10- backyard pictures at Grammy's. 11- Aubrey gets her Natalie time every Friday still. 12- Santa 13- Lunch with Amanda and Maddy, baby Nicholas was there too! 14- I got all my Christmas shopping done before the kids got out of school for winter break. 15-Went to AZ to ride on the Polar Express. 16- Christmas Eve at Mom's. 17- We got to talk to Katie on Christmas!!! 18- Sleepover with cousins (Ben, Hailey, Caden, & Callie). 19-Callie and Jordan share the same birthday so I needed a pic for Katie's calendar I made her. 20- It doesn't look too bad in this pic, but Chris tried to blow himself up. He was working on his truck and the gas tank blew up. Burned half of his face and singed off his eyebrows and hair. 21- Little mama. 22- Grandma Kaye taught these girls to make pajama pants and had them over for a sleepover. 23- Group hug! 24- Dress fitting with Jenny. 25- My Aubs graduated from nursery.

{November}

Can't believe the year is almost over!

1- At the beginning of the month we went to a costume birthday party. Christ and I were Thing1 and Thing2. 2-Chloe was the Cat in the Hat. 3- Chloe and Alex were twins at school, and even on purpose! 4- Aubrey and Alex bringing down the laundry. More like Alex bringing up Aubrey! 5- More baseball for my baseball boy! 6- Camo day at school. 7- Chloe being a goof ball at baseball. 8- Aubrey having lunch at baseball. 9- My boy and his first place trophy!!! 10- Alex and Cooper had their end of the season party for the Nationals. 11- Cooper lost his two front teeth! 12- Aubrey goes to school. I have all 5 kids at 1 school. This will be the only year that EVER happens. 13- Aubrey's 1st day of school. 14- More baseball! We are there A LOT!! 15-Aubrey's 2nd day of school happen to be make up pictures, so now she gets to be in the yearbook. 16- Aubrey and Kaylin! 17- I got to watch Kenzie! 18- Last minute we decided to go to opening night of Catching Fire. It was so good!! 19- We had a few rainy days. Aubrey LOVES using the umbrella. 20- My "A" babies at more baseball. 21- On Thanksgiving we went to see Frozen. It was so cute!! 22- A family selfie on Thanksgiving. 23- Still LOVE this guy! 24- Aubrey playing at the park. 25- Nick is such a good big brother. 

{October}

It is crazy that October has already come and gone!

1- Nick played in a Breast Cancer Tournament at the beginning of the month. The team all had pink wrist bands with "Mrs. B" on them. Mrs. B is the team mom and she was diagnosed with breast cancer last December, so they dedicated the tournament to her. They did really awesome, only losing 1 game coming in 2nd place. 2- Nick is such a good big brother snuggling with his little sis. 3- Kitty ears to go to baseball. 4- Max. He is such a cute puppy. When he is being nice I actually think I might let him come live with us until Katie gets home. Then I remember how much I hate hair and change my mind! 5- I think this was the last time that I watched Lucy. She started school so now Aubrey is by herself all day again. 6- Grandma took the little kids to see Sophia and Jake LIVE. It was a really cute show and the kids loved it. 7- Pumpkin patch with our good friends. 8- For Bunco Jenny and I dressed up as Thing 1 & thing 2. We won best costume for the night! 9- I took Chloe, Alex, and Cooper for well checks all at the same time. Probably not a good idea. It was pain trying to get all 3 of them to settle down in the tiny room while we waited for the doctor. 10- Lots of school projects lately! Cooper had to make his pumpkin into a character from a book. Chris was such a good sport and did it with him. And I am glad because he did way better than I would have.  11- Pink day at school. The kids were so excited all week waiting for it to come. Nick and Cooper were the most excited. Their new favorite color is pink!! 12- Heather and I both showed up at a baptism wearing the exact same thing! We had to get a picture! 13- Alex hit a home run! He got the game ball that night. 14- Chloe worked on her project all month by herself and completed the whole thing completely by herself. I was so proud of her! 15- Mom and Dad matching in our NATS shirts. 16- Aubrey handcuffed herself to the door. It was pretty cute! 17- And then the next game Cooper got a triple! And he got the game ball that night. 18- We celebrated Chris' 31st birthday with dinner at home and a DQ cake with our friends. 19- Chris and I up at Mt. Charleston. It was such a nice day to be up in the mountains. 20- Trunk-or-treat with the Schweitzer's for their ward. 21- Dinner at Lucille's and bowling for Chris' birthday. 22- Our ward trunk-or-treat. 23- Aubrey reading the scriptures, "and it came to pass". 24- Cowboys at school on Halloween. 25- Finally...Halloween. And October is over!

[JULY]

July seems like it was forever ago! It was definitely a fun filled, crazy month!

1- All Stars baseball was happening. LOTS of practices leading up to their 4 games. 2- Cooper and his friend George. 3- I felt so bad for Nick playing ball during the heat wave that we had. 4- What I do for my girl! Bath time for her babies and then she was making them have tummy time in front of the fan. 5- the 4th with friends. 6- Chloe had her last dance competition for the season. 7- We went to see the Angels as a family! 8-Huntington Beach. 9- Knotts Berry Farm. 10- Newport Beach. 11- Jenny and Joey get engaged while we are at the beach. 12- Katie goes through the temple for the first time. Chris and I get to be there with her. 13- Aubrey and Chloe have their dance recital. 14- Dinner with friends. 15- We had family pictures taken. 16- Chloe falls asleep at the end of my bed while she is waiting to get her hair done. 17- Last time going to Dance Fusion. 18- The kids finish the library summer reading program. 19- My kids are getting BIG and want to order their Sno Monkey by themselves! 20- The pile of camping stuff in my living room finally moves after laying there for a month! 21- a beautiful day! 22- Aubrey keeps finding her way into my room every night and sleeps on the floor. 23- Aubrey has her well check. Maintaining her some percentiles from past check ups. 24- Chris is on a 2 day hike with his scouts while I am at cub scout day camp. 25- July was super HOT! 117 degrees!

Angels

 07.07.13

The tickets that Chris got for Father's Day were put to use.

We enjoyed a day at the ball field with just our little family. 

We don't get a whole lot of time with our dad, especially in summer, so I think that is why this day was so awesome. Even if we were stuck in California traffic, we were all together, all day.

Everyone had a blast. Aubrey chanted, "Go Angels!" over and over with her foam finger. Our section won Jack in the Box, Chris won a $100 gift card to Chevron, Chris was on the jumbo-tron when he won too, and so were the kids while they were cheering for him. And our whole family was on there together too. We had helmet nachos and helmet ice cream sundaes, it was a great time at the ball game!!

The Angels won! And we had to head to L.A. to take Chris to the airport;(

{The 4th}

 We started the day at Chloe's last dance competition for the season, KAR finals at the MGM. They did really well and took a National Top first for their jazz number.

And then we ended our day with friends at the park in Boulder City to watch the firework show.

In between we swam and BBQ'd with my family.  Another fun 4th! 

{JUNE}

I feel like June was the longest month ever, but at the same time I feel like it came and went so fast!

So here is June in no particular order:

1) Hot tub time with Dad. We haven't seen too much of our dad lately so this time is definitely special. 2) late night with friends. 3)Last day of school celebration. Sonic and the park! 4) Lunch at BJ's after Cooper's kindergarten celebration. 5) BJ's too. The kids liked the revolving door.6) Chloe and Aubrey playing babies! 7) My carb monster hiding in the pantry eating cereal. 8)Nick with his friends swimming. 9) The little girls got their costumes for the recital. 10) Pool Party with Alex's friends from school. 11 &12) Nick's end of the season party for the Braves at the Black Mountain Rec Pool. 13&14) We had a surprise birthday for my dad. We blew up 150 balloons and when my dad came in all the kids ran to him. They sure do miss him when he is gone! 15) a new splash pad with friends from high school. 16) Chris lets Aubrey wear her Minnie Mouse shoes to church! 17) swimmy day 18) made Chris butter scotch cookies for Father's Day 19) celebrated Mom's birthday because she was going to be at Girl's Camp for her special day and Father's Day because my dad would be back in China. 20) a little rock band afternoon at Grandma's. 21) tubing down the Virgin River. 22) Nick went to the Mini Grand Prix with friends. 23) we doggy sat Max while Katie and my mom were at Girl's Camp. 24) Aubrey celebrated her 3rd birthday. 25) more fun at the pool!

Father's Day 2013

06.16.13

We really tried hard to spoil our dad this year.

He works so hard for us we wanted his day to be special.

I woke up early to make homemade cinnamon rolls for breakfast, yummy ham sliders for lunch, and Parmesan chicken for dinner.

Each of the kids chose something to make for Chris for Father's Day.

Nick really wanted to build something, so he made a tie rack that turned out super cute with the help of Uncle Josh for some drilling.

Chloe made a subway art all by herself.

Alex decorated a little jar that said "Love you to pieces" with Reeses Pieces.

Cooper made some handprints.

And Aubrey told me all about her dad. I LOVED hearing her answers. It was pretty cute!

We also got him an Angels apron and Angels tickets too!!

 Chris is an awesome dad and the kids really look up to him.

I am thankful for the great guy that he is!

I am also thankful for my own dad. He is such a great example to me and my family.

Chris' dad is pretty great too. He is always there to help when I need him and he is a great grandpa!