{A BUNCH AT ONCE}

Okay I posted a bunch at once. So keep scrolling down it goes on for a while. I have been a blog slacker. Sorry bout that too. :) Becca

{the Latest Marly-isms}

The other day Marly went into town really quickly to get Mommy some hangers with Grandma. In the store she wanted to push the cart. Well Marly was bumping into things and Grandma told her if she kept doing that she was going to have to help Marly push. Marly got all huffy "If you don't be nice I am not coming to your house" she announced loudly to Grandma. Well Mom trying not to laugh told her she wasn't being nice and that she better start being good in the store. Marly quickly came back with "Didn't you hear what I said? If you aren't nice I am not going to come to your house!" Marly wasn't even going to her Grandma's house that day.

On the way back home Marly was writing in her new tablet that she got at the store. Apparently the road was bumpy and she said "I just can't tolerate this any longer" as she slammed her pen down on her tablet.

Quite often when we are doing something, like picking out clothes to wear for instance, Marly will say "Well actually....." Then she proceeds to tell me or whom ever why she doesn't like that thing. Like "Well actually I don't even like yellow Grandma."

SO that brings me to yesterday ...

Marly was getting ready to get in the tub. Out of blue she says "Mom when I grow up I want to be famous". Oh really?" I said "what do you want to be? You know you can be anything you want to be when you grow up." Well she got embarrassed for a second and didn't want to talk anymore. Then she finally gave in and said "I want to be famous, I want to be Sharpe".The girl off of HS Musical... WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?

That's our Marly. She keeps us on our toes for sure. Is she 4 or 14?

{St. Patrick's Day}

Today the girls wore their St. Patrick's Day bows. Marly wanted 2 green and 2 pink bows. At first I fought her and then I said "oh well, lets wear 4 bows". For dinner we had Marshall, Bethany and Treyson over for Green Eggs n Ham... with green pancakes. It was a fun dinner. Braydon was at a Pow-Wow so he had to have some when he got home later.

{Family Bowling}

{Sugar-Salem Wrestling}

In the morning they wrestled folkstyle and in the afternoon freestyle... it was a fun long day!

{Happy Birthday Big Buddy}

Well this is a month slow I know. But I still want to post about Braydon's birthday. He has had such a big year: had his Idaho History Project and program... went to the ocean for the first time... learned to use a clutch so he could ride the 70... wakeboarded like a champ... started 5th grade... went to ski school and learned to snow board... played baseball, basketball and is wrestling... he taught Marly to ride her bike with no training wheels... he taught Karsyn to ride the honda 50...learned to fly his little plane... loves to drive the sled... got his arrow of light, religious square knot and all 20 badges badge... went on his first over-night campout with the Scouts-brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...and much more I know I am just forgetting. He is my compassionate boy. He cares about people and wants everyone to be happy. He is also very lively... just like when he was young. WOW! Where he gets his engergy I will never know. He almost always has a smile... the big makes everyone else grin type of smile smile. He likes Red... cheese pizza's... jr. bacon cheese burgers... rootbeer... roast and potatoes... AND he is hungry all the time. What would we do without our Braydon?

Here are two of my favorite old pictures...





Our 10 year old Braydon~

{First Born Tag}

Mommy Tag from Eleanor...

Here you go mommies - a different kind of survey for a change - it's all about your first born! Just copy and paste it in a new note for yourself!

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? yes
2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? yes
3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? surprised and so happy
4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU? No!
5. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 20
6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? i drove myself to the Dr and found out I was loosing the twin... so i called kent and he took me up to the hospital...we had no idea I was pregnant until that moment... long story
7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? Kent
8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? no way
9. DUE DATE? march 7th I think... wow can you believe I am not sure
10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? well yeah
11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? anything sweet! hot fudge sundays
12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? the farm
13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX? boy
14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? no
15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? about 40
16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? yes- one
17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? i knew
18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? yes... toxemia in the end
19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? rexburg
20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? about 6
21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? UM i drove myself- which didn't make me too happy
22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? just Kent
23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? all natural
24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? nope... and i had pit too... yuck!
27. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 6 lbs 13 oz
28. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN? Feb 16th around 8:30pm
30. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Braydon
31. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY? he is 10 and will be 11 in a few days

{Birthday Boy}

Ryker is now 9... how did that happen so quickly?







The night of his birthday was the Cub Scout Blue & Gold Banquet. After we got home from that we sang to him, lit the candles on his cake and opened presents. The next day I took him to Barnes and Noble to buy the books he wanted for his birthday. We had a blast.

{Vegas}

I went to Las Vegas for a couple of days with Brooke, Jen and Stacey. It was a blast. Man we look tired in some of those pictures. We walked ALOT and came home totally exhausted. I haven't laughed that much in years.

{Princess Girls}

The girls and I went to the mall to get me a coat. We also found these dresses which were too cute to pass up. Late that night I stayed up to make them some bows to match - as Marly had requested. They looked so cute. You can see the look in their eyes... they felt cute too.