chocalate challenge

Being sick has its advantages and disadvantages. I had a pretty yucky sick day and as you can tell the kids had a wonderful time getting themselves some chocolate milk. Kerry walked in just in time. I was back in my room laying down and I never saw a thing until I pulled this picture up to blog it. Kerry was such a sweetheart he cleaned it all up and the kids. I always wonder how my kids and my house are going to make it through pregnancy but they always seem to. This is Madison ,Lexi and Hallie. Hallie came out the cleanest. Maybe it was because she didn,t want to get her princess outfit dirty.

Haven't you wanted to roll around in chocalate before.

Maddie

Madison has a hard time going to sleep at night.

One night after fighting her all night we found her fast asleep with this awesome easter basket on her head. This was after she found the quiet books and stripped them of all there peices, got ten drinks, and told us she loved us and needed a hug or a kiss several times

I know as a parent we find our kids doing some of the funniest things. What are some funny sleeping things your kids have done?

Here is another one of our fun craft day. We made butterflies out of pipe cleaners and pom poms. we had a blast.

OOH BABY

Just a quick announcement. We are expecting baby #5. My due date is January 21st.

Happy Birthday Janae

Happy Birthday Janae !
well, its janae's birthday today, just thought i'd mention a few things about her

she is getting really good at sewing, she has made about 49 bizilion quiet book pages (i thout 50 bizilion would be a bit of an exaggeration), not all of them are ours, she has helped quite a few people with theirs and other little progects like making little aprons for the kids so that when she does craft day with the kids they dont get as messy and have something fun to wear, and she is pretty crafty, she has made about 48 bizilion bridal shower and baby shower invitations, they allways look real nice, everyone saves them in their scrapbooks and stuff, and, she is really good at making sure that the kids make it to their little activities and stuff, and doing fun stuff with the little ones that dont go to school, She is also a good cook, sure there are some things she makes that i dont like, but she does make alot of really good stuff, and she does a good job of trying to do things for me that i like, and shes really good at remembering other peoples birthdays and stuff.
I Love You Janae

kids

This is a cute picture of Lexi. Yesterday when I was getting ready she climbed into the cubbard and shut the door. I ran and got the camera and she would open and shut the door saying cheese.

Here is a few cute pictures of Maddie and Lexi. We do craft day 3 times of week with Lori and Cherina and this picture was my turn. We made pudding and painted pictures with it.

Pizza

I think that this time of day is my favorite. It is 7 am and all my kids are still asleep. I am able to do whatever I want within reason. We had a blast welcoming home Daimen yesterday. He seems to be healthy and happy. We are going to be having a pizza part for him on Saturday. Anyone is welcome just call me for the details. If you have not had Breckens brick oven pizza yet this is your chance. I swear I always eat way to much.

Missionary homecoming.

Kerry's little brother Daimen is coming home from his mission today. We are so excited.He first was called and sent to Tonga . Were he had some troubles with some other missionaries. He had the choice to stick it out in the mission home the rest of the mission or choose another mission. He happily went to Oreogon were he finally got to be a real missionary. I am so proud of him. There Dad died two years before his mission and he still got prepared and served a faithful mission. Way to go Daimen.
When Kerry and I got married his brother Brecken was on his mission. I first met him at the airport when he got home. The funny thing was that I was 7 months prego and Kerry had dropped me off at the front doors while he parked because we were almost late. I ran in the doors and there he was. I was the only family there. His flight was a little early and the rest of his family was right behind Kerry.Talk about awkward. Luckily there was no question who he was they all look alike.
So today I think that I will walk in the doors with Kerry and not ruin the first moment of seeing him. Does anyone have any good mission reunion stories

Sickness

Kerry is sick. That is such a rare occasion in itself it is definatley newsworthy. He has slept for 3 days now. I think that I have learned in these three days how much he really does with the kids. I climb into bed with him at night and feel like I havent seen him all day. I really have missed out on his companionship.
He did make it to church yesterday for testimony meeting but immediatly went home to sleep.
He even missed work today. He has had a little fever and his whole body is sore. But what I notice the most is his sleep. Poor Guy hope he gets better soon.

woo hoo

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LORI BORROWMAN!
We love you and hope you have a good day.
We have had a very busy week around here. I have had two Modbe parties and then the what woman want expo, were we have a booth. I also am the Young women sports director and we have had indoor soccer start this week. What a fun sport I love working with the Young Women and seeing there self esteem grow from sports.
Bree and Tyler are moving back to St. George for a few months and we are so excited to see them today.
Megan is excelling in school and has had a couple of school parties were they recognize the top students. She also had a birthday party.
Ashley is in Gymnastics and is very good at it. She is in level 4 and I would not be surprised to see her jump very fast.
Madison is, well just Madison. She is earnig money for going to bed and not getting out or yelling from her room.
Lexi loves baths, milk and excaping to Emmas to play with Mason.
Kerry is still doing search and rescue and obviously from previous posts is still into Motorcycles.(or as Lexi says CYCLES) The Concrete buisness has slowed down considerably and so he is getting alot done on our yard.

pictures from the track

here are the originals

well i made it back alive, no broken bones, so scratches on the bike(thats the important thing) here are some pictures copied off the photographers website, ill post a couple more when i get the originals from him, theres also a little video the next post down.

1098 4-26-08 trackday

here is a little better version of the video of me, i edited it down to pretty much just me

Maddie jumping in the pool. She is a wild one!

Lexi, pouring water in the pool. Emma was a little hungry.

We had a pool day today. The kids had so much fun. Cherina pulled out her new pool and we filled it with warm water and the kids had a blast.

Lexi Lou

This is Lexi at 10:00 p.m.She was fast asleep with the book wide open in her lap. This was after she came out of her room to get, a drink, snack, mom to sing her another song, ashley(who was asleep) Maddie who gladley tagged along, and just whatever else she could come out about. She finally fell silent and we were relieved that she finally conked out at about 9:45 with book in hand. We sure do love her. She is such a joy to have around

Sweet Tip

So here is a sweet tip. If you are planning on going out to swim these swimsuits are the best. They are 2 piece and you can buy them separately. I have at least 4 of them and want more. The swimsuits are made for bodies like ours. There are at least 20 different swim this year and you have to go and check them all out. You won't believe how cute they are. I wear a swim skirt with mine and love going to the water park with my kids.I have everyone asking where I got it.
You can purchase them at www. janaebang.mymodbe.com . What a great way to start the summer out.

kite festival

the school had me make a kite for the "biggest kite compatition, it ended up being 12' tall and 12' wide, we won second place, it ended up breaking after flying for about 30 seconds, second pace got us $750 for our school

yard work

here is our orchard/garden i've been working on the past few weeks, planted some more trees and got the garden planted, we've got 5 peach trees, 2 nectarine, 4 pomagranite, 2 almond trees, 2 cherry, 1 fig, 2 pear, 2 plum, and 2 apricot.

and we've got alot of squash planted (the good ones) yellow, zuchinni, spagetti squash, cantaloupe, and acorn squash.

to show you the difference between growing in the greenhouse and outside, this is a squash plant that i bought and planted a couple weeks ago outside, it hasnt grown much.

i planted this one at about the same time in the greenhouse, it allready has little squash on it, that is our spinnach in the background.

here you can see some of our peas, radishes and cucumbers that were planted from seed a few weeks ago,

you see the spot on the left with nothing growing?

thats tyson and loris garden

we put in a wall on the side of our house a few days ago and poured a little sidewalk going to the back yard

What a few weeks. The weather is still beautiful and we are constantly on the go. I have been very busy but I don't know what with. Just life. Kerry and I went to Vegas for our 11 year anniversary.
We went down on a friday afternoon, and the first thing we did was go to the Ducati Dealership. Kerry love it and wanted to test a bike but the dealership wanted him to go for a real ride not just around the block.Unfortunately we did not have time to do that. Kerry was really disappointed.
We then went to the mall were I had an appointment to get my makeup done at Mac. It was so fun I even got fake Eyelashes put on, woohoo.
We then went and checked in at treasure Island and hurried and got dressed to go and see PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. I loved it. We had front row balcony seats.If you have never seen I would highly recommend it.
We had an amazing time and loved having some free time together. I have loved being married to Kerry. He is truly the best husband. I Love you Kerry.
I also wanted to tell Mckensi thank you for letting us go. She graciously offered to babysit (when we begged and pleaded)It is so nice to know that my kids were probably taken care of better then when I am home. They watched a movie and had Pizza night. Kensi even took them to the Easter egg hunt here. what an awesome aunt.

Dentist

So I need to take all my kids to the dentist. I have yet to figure out the best way to find a dentist or a doctor that I will trust and like. Does anyone know a good kids dentist in town that they like?And, Or How often are you supposed to take them to the dentist? I still don't have one that I love either any suggestions.

For family night we worked in the garden. We had some neighbors come to use a spot in our green house. Ashley and Megan found that playing with there kids was more fun. So I do not have any pictures of her. We are so excited to see are stuff start to grow. We planted, spinach , tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, Peas, sqaush, and lots of other stuff. I am sure you will all see some at your house.

John Deer adventures

With the weather being so nice Kerry has started the green house and garden. He has also been a big help with keeping the kids entertained. They have been home all week from spring break and all my entertainment ideas are done and gone. As you can see he gets pretty daring by letting the kids drive the lawn mower with all the neighbor kids in tow. Megan and Ashley are becoming quite the drivers and love the power that you get behind the wheel. Lexi, Maddie, Emma and Mason enjoy letting them learn how to drive as long as there in the back. They went down to Breckens and Back

The sleepover

Emma is sleeping over with Madison tonight. They are so excited, that Madi goes to brush her teeth with Emma and had to make sure that her toothpast is the same as Emmas. Emma then tells me " I am so excited, you guys have the best house and the best toys, can we dress up. " I told her we could tomorrow. She replies " I am so excited we are going to have so much fun!"

We have been very busy around here. The weather has been wonderful. How can you complain about the sun shining bright and the tempature being in the 70's. The kids have played alot outside and I have noticed I am getting tanned arms. I should start wearing swim suits out. Here is a picture of our cute family at eatsa pizza for madisons birthday.

And here is a picture of Lexi that Megan took of her

The Brownie Recipe

BROWNIE RECIPE:
A father of some teenage children had the family rule that they could not attend PG-13, R or X rated movies. His three teens wanted to see aparticular popular movie that was playing at local theaters. It was rated PG-13. The teens interviewed friends and even some members of their family's church to find out what was offensive in the movie. The teens made a list of pros and cons about the movie to use to convince their dad that they should be allowed to see it.
The cons were
It contained ONLY 3 swear words!
*The ONLY violence was a building exploding (and you see that on TV all the time they said),
*You actually did not "see" the couple in the movie having sex, it was just implied sex, off camera.
The pros were:
*It was a popular movie, (a blockbuster).
*Everyone was seeing it.
*If the teens saw the movie then they would not feel left out when their friends discussed it.
*The movie contained a good story and plot.
*It had some great adventure and suspense in it.
*There were some fantastic special effects in this movie.
*The movie's stars were some of the most talented actors in Hollywood .
*It probably would be nominated for several awards.
*Many members of their Christian church, including the Bishop, had even seen the movie and said it wasn't really "that bad".
Therefore, since there were more pros than cons the teens asked their father to reconsider his position on just this ONE movie and let them have permission to go see it. The father looked at the list and thought for a few minutes. He said he could tell his children had spent some time and thought on this request. He asked if he could have a day to think about it before making his decision. The teens were thrilled, thinking, "Now we've got him! Our argument is too good! Dad can't turn us down!" So, they happily agreed to let him have a day to think about their request. The next evening the Father called his three teenagers, who were smiling smugly, into the living room. There on the coffee table he had a plate of brownies. The teens were puzzled. The father told his children he had thought about their request and had decided that if they would eat the brownies, then he would let them go to the movie. But, he explained, just like the movie, the brownies had pros and cons.
The pros were :
*They were made with the finest chocolate and other good ingredients.
*They had the added special effect of yummy walnuts in them.
*The brownies were moist and fresh with wonderful chocolate frosting on top.
*He had made these fantastic brownies using an award-winning recipe.
*And best of all, the brownies had been made lovingly by the hand of their own father.

The brownies only had one con :
*He had included a little bit of a special ingredient: The brownies contained just a small amount of dog poop.
But he had mixed the dough welland they probably would not even be able to taste the dog poop and he had baked it at 350 degrees so hopefully any bacteria or germs from the dog poop had probably been destroyed. Therefore, if any of his children could stand to eat the brownies which included just a "little bit of crap" and not be affected by it, then he knew they would also be able to see the movie with "just a little bit of smut" and not be affected. Of course, none of the teens would eat the brownies and the smug smiles had left their faces. Now when his teenagers ask permission to do something he KNOWS THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING the father just asks, "Would you like me to whip up a batch of my special brownies?"

My Post

Lori informed me today that I needed to post. I know that I haven't posted much. Kerry has sort of taken over my blog.
Megan has started to be my fashion police. When I am dressed and ready to go somewhere I will get a " you look cute" Or " Are you really going to where that.". On the last comment, how do I respond to that?
My first responce is one I cannot repeat and the other would be
"does it look that bad?"
She has been fun to have around. She really is starting to get a fashion sense.

Ashley on the other hand has become the second Mom. She will tell the little girls. "get in your seat belt and I will get you a treat" Sometimes it is great to have a second mom and the other times it is nothing but a pain.

Maddie and Lexi are just obsessed with Lori, Emma and Mason. And I am pretty sure it goes both ways.
I love the fact that Emma and Mason constantly come to visit ( and my kids do the same) And to top off my fame as an Aunt, Hallie wishes to spend all her time at our house too. I would almost have to bet that I am becoming the favorite around here. I would think that if anyone would like to compete with me we can set a time and date. (just warn me so I can get the treats and dress up's out as a bribe:)
Love,
Janae
AKA the favorite aunt of all

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some old pictures

when ashley was small enough to walk on the table to scavange for food

a little down time for kensi, bree, tyler, megan, jessica, mickey and megan, or they could be recharging their batteries

kensi !!!!!!---------?????

madison and hallie, back when you were looking forward to when they could walk and talk, now the things we are looking forward to have switched.

madison, shes still the same on the inside.

early morning visitors

Q. What do you get at 3:45 a.m. mixed with two neighbor kids and knocking on the door
A. A early morning wake up call .
Emma Mason just can't get enough of there wonderful Aunt and Uncle Janae And Kerry, and decided when they woke up 3:45 this morning they would come and visit us when they couldn't find there Parents ( they didn't bother looking in there parents room.)
It all started when I heard a knock at our front door. Megan had a friend sleeping over and Ashley was sleeping at a friends. My first thought was that megans friend had called her mom to come and get her. I was feeling pretty stupid that I didn't know that she was going home so I quickly got a robe out and ran to the door. As i was doing this I heard someone outside crying and I thought it was this girls brother. I opened the door to see mason and emma turning around to go home and emma crying . Kerry who was right behind me picked up emma and I picked up mason and took them inside. Emma was crying to us about how she couldn't find her mom. At this point I thought that it was only 11 or 11:30 I figured Tyson and Lori were probably watching a movie or something. we walked into the kitchen and that is when I realized the clock said 3:56 a.m. I quickly called Loris cell and worried that they might not hear it but she immediatly answered and I told her we had both of the kids. She had heard there front door open and was up looking for Emma. She did not realize they were both gone. She came right over and we got them back to there cozy beds.
When I climbed back into bed I couldn't help but giggle. We sure do love it when they come over and it makes us feel great that they feel comfortable enough to come when they need help. I am sure our kids will do something like that in the future and then Lori and Tyson can laugh about it then. We love you Emma and Mason

hi

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYONE

WHAT GOES TOGETHER BETTER THAN VALENTINES AND FURRY LITTLE ANIMALS.

another paint project

this was my bike 10 years ago, it was painted by a friend because i didn't like the original color, and we put some simple stickers on it.

this was a couple weeks ago, after a few years of riding, it was pretty dinged up so i decided to paint it (anoather practice job getting ready to do a little painting on the Ducati)

this is a few days ago, i painted it black, made some stickers on our vinyl cutter and clear coated over them, it turned out real nice , i had to put my beat up parts back on it so it doesnt look perfect, but the frame looks brand new. it was fun.

Happy Birthday Madison . Today is Maddies 4th birthday. I made her another silkie blanket to replace her other silkie that has seen better days. Here is a picture of her with her new blanket. As you can see she really likes it.

i'm a kunstrukshun wurker

boy if i could even spell Electroscopeawhaty, heres a little project we just finished, we put a basement wall under a house, this house is in Gunlock, it had gotten hit by floodwaters a few times, so they decided to raise it up a few feet so that the water would not get inside again, the first picture is us getting the footings ready after they jacked up the house.

this picture is under the house after the forms were set up

here it is from the outside with the forms setup and pouring the blue part is the concrete pump reaching over the house to place the concrete on the back side. we poured the walls 10' tall.

• Look at it we got tons of snow. It rained all day on sunday and then around 5:00 p.m. it started to snow. It snowed till around 8:00 ish. The news says we got 1-2 inches but we think it was more like 3. Our snow from a few days ago had not melted yet. I got the girls semi dressed to go out and take pictures. We didn't last long because it was so cold.
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• Lexi is our little copier now. Kerry and I were doing a puzzle yesterday and she was hanging out with us when I messed up the spot I was working on and I said Dangit. She immedietly repeats me. I am sure you can just imagine a little 2 year old saying that. Kerry and I just laughed.
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• Those of you that are interested the new swimsuits they are here. I have a whole bunch at my house to try on. I am also going to have an open house were I will have even more to try on. If you want one let me know and I will tell you when the open house is. Better yet call me and you can come for a private fitting:)
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• As you can tell my Blog is being taken over by my cute family. Megan has loved people leaving comments for her and is ready to take pictures of her school for you. And if you didn't know already my husband is addicted to motorcycles.
• But to his credit I am addicted to Samari 21. We go there for every date night and two weeks ago we went for date night on friday and then I was craving it so bad we took the kids on saturday. (NO I AM NOT PREGNANT)