Hyde Happenings

A little update

2012-02-11T19:43:00.000-08:00

So I was told I needed to update...

Things are INSANE at our house. I have four kids...nuff said! I have decided that I really had no idea what I was getting myself into when I decided I wanted "just one more". I forget so easily how hard my newborn babies tend to be (except for Emma-she was THE PERFECT BABY) But the rest of them tend to have tummies that don't cooperate and they like to be held all...the...time. But Brad and I do make cute babies so they tend to make up for their uncooperativeness in the cuteness department.

Emma and Maycee are awesome and are half way through the school year yet again-time flies! They both received rave reviews from their teachers again at parent teacher conferences and are little smarty pants, but we already knew that! They are little social butterflies and come home everyday telling me all about the "new friends" they make at recess, ect...

Wyatt is ALL BOY! And he is two--really bad combination! He came into my room the other morning and Olivia was asleep on my bed. He stuck his hands on his hips and in a matter of fact voice informed me that he does not like her and she can not have his bed, and then he walked out. It was the funniest thing ever! So needless to say we went and bought a "big boy" bed and made the transition. Liv was getting tired of the bassinet anyway so it needed to happen sooner than later. He got to pick out sheets and a pillow for his bed and has been pretty easy thus far in transitioning sleeping in a twin bed rather than the crib. He hasn't even tried to get out of bed which I was very afraid of. Maybe he's heard his dad threaten his sisters in the next room!

Olivia is one month old now! (actually 5 weeks if you want to be exact). She is a pretty good baby, just has some bad tummy issues and doesn't like to be in pain, I don't blame her! So before we say screw the breast milk I went and found this supposedly miracle worker called colic calm and we've tried that and it seems to help a little. She definitely burps easier with it and she's happy once all the air gets out of her tummy. I'm pretty sure she's got tracheomalacia like Wyatt did too and they swallow so much air trying to breath-it stinks.

Brad is just working and trying to get our fence replaced from the wind storm and he's gearing up for the living room remodel/upgrade-I get new wood flooring and paint and new carpet on the stairs and in the hall--so excited!! And I am trying to keep my eyes open through out the days, and nights-it gets interesting. I take my state board exam for my nursing license on Tuesday-so as long as I pass it is on to the job hunt-which doesn't actually look too good so I am praying something just opens up and it all works out.

K there's us for the last month-till next time...

One week old

2012-01-12T14:06:00.000-08:00

Olivia has been here for one week now-here are some pics...

I think she might look a bit more like Emma. At first we thought she was definitely a Hyde but this picture looks an awfully lot like one of Em.

Emma-a few days old

Maycee-a few days old

I don't know-she's a good combination for sure!

Last but not least...

2012-01-12T13:59:00.000-08:00

Introducing....

Olivia Ann Hyde

Born January 5, 2012

weighed 7lbs 14 oz

20 inches long

Labor went so fast-it was fabulous!

We love her to pieces already. She is such a great baby-sleeps a good 4 hour stretch at a time!

Wyatt is adjusting rather well-although we have noticed a hightened activity level, whether that be from lack of sleep and being too tired to keep up with him or just his way of gaining some attention now that he's not the "baby" who knows but he is even more full of energy than he was before-if you can imagine that!

The girls love her to death and can't wait to teach her the ropes of girlhood!

And I know Brad is so excited to pay for another prom dress, girl supplies and wedding ;)

But he has fallen in love with her too nevertheless.

We are so glad and excited to have her here-our family definitely feels complete!

Seriously Awesome!

2011-12-20T14:08:00.000-08:00

Seriously Awesome! Those are the words that keep trickling through my brain these past couple of days. I am D-O-N-E, done with school! I took my last final of nursing school last Wednesday the 14th and attended the special graduation ceremony for the nursing class of 2011 on Thursday the 15th. It feels seriously awesome to finally be done-its a little surreal still. I keep looking around feeling as if I need to be studying or preparing for the next semester or something of that nature. I feel a little off, but I have plenty to be able to keep me busy with for sure! I have spent the last couple of days getting to know my kids again. I actually sat on the couch and listened to Maycee read for her 10 minutes without doing anything else but listening to her read-it was seriously awesome!! I played cars and trucks and read Wyatt stories and helped Emma with her homework without doing my own. I really do love being a mom and have missed so much the last two years, but I am done and my kids are so glad to say the least. I have been able to have a full on conversation with my husband and remember what we are talking about while we are talking and give him 100% of my attention. I am so glad that my family is as understanding as they are cause its been a long, long road to get to this point, but we made it!

Next up...baby to be born! She will probably arrive just after the first of the year, and I can't wait to meet her, and honestly to not be pregnant again. This is it for us and I feel so good about that. I don't want to be pregnant anymore, I am done with this stage of my life, it feels right this time. I can't wait to have my body back!!

We've had a few significant things happen this fall other than school. First the wind storm that blew through South Davis County about 3 weeks ago tore our yard and roof apart. So we have been trying to get all that squared away with insurance to get it all replaced before we are covered in snow and they are roofing as I type. It'll be nice to have it done. Then we have to replace our fence that was completely destroyed. And I can't wait for that to happen cause while I love our neighbors I like my privacy and no fence is killing me (that and the fact that the dog has to be chained up and he doesn't like it and does all he can to completely annoy me)

Well thats about all for now. We send our wishes for a very Merry Christmas and a safe New Year! If I remember right the beginning of this year I wrote it was going to be big, It turned out pretty big alright! Bring on 2012! Its going to be amazing! I can feel it!!

School is back in session

2011-08-22T10:26:00.001-07:00

It doesn't seem like it should be time to start school again, but alas it is and both Emma and Maycee are in school for a full day, 3rd grade and 1st grade. They were ready to go this morning in their new clothes and shoes!

They rode the bus and then I met them over at the school and got them each to their new class rooms. They were nervous and excited. It's such a great time of year for them! They are awesome girls and they'll have a great year!

Wyatt was pretty upset when he learned that he was not staying with them and big tears were present. He is really going to miss them this year!

The two of us went and bought books for my last semester of nursing school!!! I can already feel the stress setting in...in the form of cold sores! YUK!!!! Just got to make it to December 15th!

Here we go again...!

A Day at the Lake

2011-08-08T13:42:00.000-07:00

We decided to take the kids to Willard Bay and let them swim for the day. They had a blast and we decided that we really need to invest in some watercraft for next summer! Brad put his shirt back on since he was feeling the sun on his back, however his feet are a different story and my back is feeling the effects of the sun...ouch!

Emma is our resident fish...she LOVES the water!
And Maycee didn't do too bad...she loved to play in it too
But this is more her thing!
Wyatt wanted to ride the waverunners sooooo bad, he was so mad when he couldn't!
Emma got Grandpa and Uncle Trevor to throw her out of the water and she ended up doing a little flip
It was way fun and we definately need to do more of it!

Weekend camping trip

2011-08-03T05:37:00.000-07:00

Brad and I decided to take the kids camping and we invited his parents to come with us. We went up by Stawberry Reservior to a spot called Renegade. We laughed as we pitched the tents cuz Bob had this old tent he said he got when he was just out of high school, they dearly named The Legend. It had a big hole in the bottom for his pole when he went ice fishing and a big hole in the side from an apparent fire when ice fishing. Greg, Colby and Nathan got to be the sleepers in the legend, well for half a night. The next morning I get out of our tent and Greg is on the ground next to another tent a few feet away from his own and Nathan is in his sleeping bag under the tables next to the fire pit, both with many complaints about the noisy sleeping partner still left in the tent. Wyatt was the best helper in setting up the tents, mostly because it required the use of a hammer!

Brad, his dad and brothers all took their pontoon boats for fishing but it seemed that everytime they tried to go out it got really windy and the lake was too choppy. Brad took the girls fishing off the shore and they rode the wheelers and explored the mountain area we were at, colored pictures and played with their dolls.

Wyatt did pretty good. The first night(his first ever not sleeping in his crib)he didn't want much with sleep. He didn't cry but he was all over the place, and maybe slept for a total of 3 hours. The second night he did better and fell asleep pretty fast, couldn't have anything to do with the fabulous nights sleep the night before. But then he woke up in the middle of the night and decided that his sisters were great targets sleeping next to him. He would say, "sis eyes" and proceed to poke them in the eyes and once when I thought he was asleep I turned out the light and then could hear the rustle of his bag and turned the flashlight back on and he was halfway across the top of the tent on his way to Emma. He is a Hyde and therefore-not the least bit quiet and wanted to know where everyone was in the pitch black. Hopefully the other campers didn't mind the little toddler voice asking where Daddy was sis were all night long.

It was a good trip and the kids had fun...I think I'll still take a stay in a hotel over camping...
Fishing and crawdad catching
All loaded and ready to head home

Waiting for everyone else to wake up
Greg and his fiance McKenna
Fixing dinner--Diana did an awesome job with the food--it was delish!

It's finally done! (well almost)

2011-07-26T08:20:00.000-07:00

My office is finally done,almost. Brad has a few odds and ends to finish but I think it looks so much better!

Before

After

Wyatt LOVES to help. He would get his drill and work on his "tool bench" while Brad worked on the room. They were so cute but this is as good a picture as they would let me get! (Notice the tape on Wyatts pocket, he has to wear it there, just like Dad)

He's a WHITE boy!

2011-07-18T14:05:00.000-07:00

Wyatt is so fair skinned. I put sunscreen on him at the pool the other day but apparently it didn't work...

He now has swim trunks with a shirt!

Emma's First friends sleep over

2011-07-18T13:59:00.000-07:00

Emma wanted to have a friends sleepover so she made these invitations and ran them to her friends house and then planned it all. They played Thursday night and watched movies with popcorn and slept in the basement. Then Friday morning they had pancakes and eggs and picnic'd on the front lawn. Then they swam in the backyard for a good portion of the afternoon. Her and Maycee have some cute little girlfriends in the neighborhood. There are always a million kids running from house to house playing.

No pictures

2011-07-12T13:49:00.001-07:00

So sorry but the camera was forgotten for our July 4th activities. But we did celebrate! The traditional breakfast at IHOP before the Centerville parade, sitting in the heat watching the parade, and getting more than enough candy to last a lifetime were all included. Seriously--it's as bad as halloween. Wyatt enjoyed the parade this year as it was his first(that he can remember anyway, he went when he was two weeks old but pretty much slept through it). He is not a fan of the big balooga horns on the old cars but thoroughly enjoyed waving back at everyone and now as he rides up and down the sidewalk he waves at everyone and everything he passes, it's very cute! The kids decorated their bikes and rode in the childrens parade for their popcycle and even Wyatt made it about 2 blocks before he was done on his wiggle car!

The girls are doing swim lessons again this summer with Heather (THANKS A TON!) She is such a good teacher and the girls absolutely love her! Emma should have been born a fish, she could spend all day, everyday in the pool. And she's getting to be pretty good at the actual swimming part too. I told her she needs to become real good and win lots of gold medals and make me lots of money! Maycee on the other hand--is too stubborn. She loves to play in the water but anything to do with actual learning to swim is another story!

I had Wyatt screened for his language delay and they said he qualifies for early intervention which is a program with the state health department where they come to your home and work with him in his areas of need. So I am glad that maybe we can get him talking. It starts the end of the month, so we'll see how that goes. They do it in the home until he's three and then if he still needs help he moves to the school district program.

I also got my very last semester schedule for the nursing program. I got it all written down in the planner and then sighed because that overwhelming feeling is returning once again...Just got to make it through Decemeber and I will be done! It has been a journey...one more leg to go!

That about does it for us...till next time!

Happy Birthday Wyatt!

2011-06-21T09:58:00.000-07:00

My little man turned 2!! I can't believe that he is two years old already. We love him soo much and he is a fabulous addition to our family. We didn't really celebrate on his actual birthday cuz Brad had to work and so we planned a family dinner for the Sunday after which happened to also be father's day. It is always nice to get together with family and visit and catch up...

Wyatts fave things right now are tools. He loves to build things and "help" dad in the garage. He is a VERY curious two year old and is into EVERYTHING! And he's fast so you have to be on your toes with this boy. He still has the most infectious laugh and we love him! Happy Birthday Bubba!

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT

2011-06-08T14:49:00.000-07:00

Drum Roll Please....

Announcing the caboose of the Hyde family!

Yep that's right, Hyde baby #4 is expected to arrive December 26, 2011!

We are so excited to meet this newest member of our family!!!

The sweet life...or NOT!

2011-05-10T07:54:00.000-07:00

Ok so I am totally into the no school thing going on right now. Yesterday I was not so totally into the rain that NEVER LET UP THE ENTIRE DAY!!!!!!! But I did get some scrapbook pictures done and me and the Bubba hung out and played cars and watched(sort of-he's not really into the movie/tv thing) mickey mouse clubhouse. And by about noon we were both going stir crazy! My little incident with the lovely borrowed car left us without a car because of the STUPID rain! (The car incident is a story for another day-a VERY funny story now I might add!) So we were stuck - in the house - all day! So maybe I'm not diggin this life right now as much as I thought...

Both of the girls have fabulous colds, and sound like barking seals when they cough and they have nasty noses and then that makes them cough all that much more. Maycee coughs all the time anyway due to her asthma, which by the way, is doing fabulous. We haven't had an incident in quite a while with either of them(knock on wood!)

So anyway--it's still raining today so I gotta figure out what the heck me and wyatt are going to do! Make some cookies, more scrapbook pages(I'm about 5 years behind!), probably play with cars and "little peoples". And listen to Wyatt stand at the window and cry because he can't go outside...we're praying for sun extra hard around here!!!!

Easter 2011

2011-05-04T11:55:00.000-07:00

Ok so I know I am a little late posting this but I just finished finals for the semester and now have time. Whatever am I going to do? Oh ya-I have tons of house and yard work and kids to keep me busy!

For Easter this year we had the traditional Spencer Egg hunt and dinner on Saturday. The kids loved hunting eggs and especially all the candy inside!

On Sunday we went to church and skipped out early to head to Heber and spend some time with Brad's family. We had dinner and the kids rode the wheelers and played in the yard. We definitely don't make it up there enough, its beautiful up there!

Well so I have one semester to go and I will be done. But first I am going to enjoy myself some time in the summer sun with my family, it is well deserved believe me! Till next time...

2011-04-10T18:12:00.000-07:00

It was Emma's special day yesterday-her Baptism day! She looked so pretty all in white, just like an angel!

Emma and Grandpa Spencer, who Baptized her. Emma and Grandpa Hyde, who confirmed her
All the men who stood in the circle for the confirmation, Grandpa Spencer, Grandpa Sowell, Brad, Trevor, Grandpa Hyde, Jon, Tim

Our family!

Then we came back to the house to celebrate Brad's Birthday and Emma's Baptism. Food was yummy and the company was great!

There are 30 candles on that cake, and he blew them all out in one breath! Happy Birthday Brad! We love you so much and are so glad you lead our family! You work so hard to provide for us and we are so greatful!

Birthday pictures

2011-03-30T20:04:00.000-07:00

We got Emma's pictures done finally for her birthday. And her baptism. She is growing up way too fast!!!

Pictures! As promised...

2011-03-28T09:43:00.000-07:00

Maycee learned to ride her bike without training wheels!! And wyatt LOVES the little go cars that G&G Hyde bought the kids for christmas last year!

We had the family birthday dinner this weekend and enjoyed time spent with family-it's the best!!

Blowing out the candles on her scooby doo cake

The American Girl doll guitar for her doll.

Now on to the next event!

Another Birthday--it's a busy March around our place

2011-03-25T13:33:00.000-07:00

So this time it is Emma Leigh's birthday and--she is 8 years old!!! I can't believe she is eight! I don't feel old enough to have an 8 year old, I guess that's a good thing right?!

So she got to get out of school for lunch and we all headed to Mcdonald's by choice of the birthday girl. She took donuts for her class and G & G Spencer brought her gifts and she opened the ones from mom and dad on her birthday yesterday. We are having a family dinner/party on Sunday for her so she will get more stuff then, and she told me she is scared and hopes that Grandpa's don't remember to give her bday spanks cuz eight is a lot! She is growing up to be such a beautiful girl with legs that go on forever(runway here we come!)(and of course she's gorgeous, she looks just like me!)

In other news, I am kind of caught up with school-thus the posting on the blog! I am so excited about this whole idea-I actually feel like I have time to breath these days. It is an amazing feeling I have to tell you! So excited to get this semester over (39 days left!! Holy cow-didn't realize we were that close!!!! WOOOO HOOOOO!)with cuz that means I only have one more to go and then NCLEX and RN!!!! Can not wait for that day-it will be amazing!

Brad is still at the Huntsman and they are getting ever closer-if they can keep their subs(many have closed doors due to the poor economy). It may be interesting once this job is over cuz we aren't sure if they have another one for him--in the state anyway. So we will have to see, the end of this year may bring about major changes, a real possibility anyway.

The girls are enjoying school and can't wait for summer and warm weather-as can I. We are outside people and really don't care for the cold. Maycee learned to ride her bike without training wheels and she feels so proud! Emma gets to start achievement days at church and she is super excited about that. And Wyatt attempted to climb the tree the other day and loves to ride scooters and tricycles and he says a few words but doesn't find the need to talk yet on a regular basis(I am assuming it is a third child syndrome)

Anyway we are still keeping busy-as I am sure our lives will be for the next many number of years. Pictures will follow next time of birthdays and bikes and ect...

Till next time!

A little break and a birthday

2011-03-09T08:27:00.000-08:00

So I am so excited for spring break this semester! It has been an extremely rough semester so far and I need a bit of a break. It has been nice not to have to go to work every weekend and be able to feel like I am not totally drowning under everything I have to do and no time to do it. I am half way done with the semester now and it is getting so close to being totally done that I am WAY excited!

In other news, Maycee turned 6! I can't believe that she is 6 years old already--time flies! We had a family dinner for her birthday and she took treats to her class and got to pick a place to go to lunch on her birthday and of course we ended up at McDonalds. She is growing up to be such a beautiful young lady and we love her lots.

Quick update...

2011-02-20T18:16:00.001-08:00

So I quite working. I have been so overwhelmed with everything, mainly school, but house and kids too that it was just too much and something had to go. School is awesome but so extremely busy, 3-4 12+ hour days a week and then I still have to come home and study my little tushy off. Hopefully the health department doesn't condemn my house before the semester is over!

Everyone is doing good. Everyone is healthy. And if we can just make it another 72ish days we get a break for the summer before I begin my last and final semester!!! So excited!!!!!!!!

First week involved, needles and lots of blood

2011-01-14T06:23:00.000-08:00

Ok so if you get woosy at the mention of blood, you may want to stop the reading now.

I did my first IV and blood draw yesterday in clinical and well it went ok I guess. I missed the vein of my very good friend going just to the side so my instructor slid it in for me and we were good to go! But I did awesome at the blood draw and was so excited that I got it that I forgot what I was doing and drew a lot, A LOT of blood. It's ok tho-the price of education(as a student nurse anyway). So my friend was the same way and we were taking pictures(i know nurses are a little odd)and so we both had very full vials of blood. Things are back to crazy around our house, dishes are still in the sink from last night, laundry is piled to the ceiling, ect, ect. But everyone is healthy and things are going good.

Some day it will all be back to normal...but till then...we love crazy!

Back to life

2011-01-03T07:31:00.000-08:00

So I am not sure how I feel about all this real life stuff. I really really like not having a schedule to keep, children really need one. It's a love/hate thing I suppose. So anyway, we are back in the swing of things. The girls are off to school and I am preparing to start yet another semester(only 2 more to go!)

We had a fun New Years Eve at mom and dad Spencers with Trevor and JoDee and sweet Alyssa! We played minute to win it games and they were hilarious and fun...thanks guys for putting it together. It was nice to relax after a pretty rough day! The car that we borrowed from Bob and Diana decided to not run all of the sudden so Brad spent all day New Years Eve trying to figure out what was wrong and I think we finally figured it out, the fuel pump. So we ordered a new one, and I am driving put-put till it gets here(put-put, for those who aren't in the know, is the geo metro that my parents bought for Trevor in high school and it is indearingly called put-put, cuz that's all it can do sometimes!) I have an amazing family and don't know what I would do without them!!!

This new year is going to be amazing...I can just feel it!!

Here comes Santa Claus!

2010-12-27T10:35:00.001-08:00

We had a fabulous Christmas! The kids were thoroughly spoiled and so excited to see what Santa had brought. It was so nice to be able to relax and enjoy family and being together.

We did the annual Christmas Eve dinner and reading of the Christmas Story at G&G Spencers.

Wyatt was not totally into the shepard role this year!

Kids in their new pjs ready for bed and sugar plums to dance in their heads!

And Santa definitely arrived at our house!!

Merry Christmas!

2010-12-24T10:20:00.000-08:00

We just finished taking these! Don't you think I have the most beautiful family in the whole wide world! I do for sure!!

And Wyatt is now 18 months old...he is growing up WAY too fast! What a handsome little man!

And my girls are gorgeous--and love to ham it up in front of the camera!

Everyone have a safe and fabulous holiday!!

What's up?

2010-12-17T09:39:00.000-08:00

I am finally done with school! I did really good again this semester and now have two more to go and I will be ready to take the NCLEX-RN! Can not wait! The semester went really good, so very busy but good! And now I have spent the last two days cleaning my house, doing the laundry, and being with my kids! It's been awesome.

We had the Hyde family Christmas party with the annual visit from Santa last Monday, and the girls performed their Christmas concert at the school on Tuesday. They both did great. Maycee LOVES to sing and she did so good!

Brad is still working tons of hours on the Huntsman Cancer Hospital addition. The girls are so excited for Christmas and Santa to come. And wyatt...is...well...18 months old and letting everyone know! He has started into the "terrible twos", but he is so darn cute, he has a hard time letting anyone stay mad for very long!

Mini update

2010-12-01T16:35:00.000-08:00

Things are good-everyone is mostly healthy, only minor things to deal with. The semester is almost over and once again I am rockin it! I love it, but it is extremely hard!! The kids are so excited for Christmas and I think I will be to once I can think about it. I promise I will update more when I am done...T-14 days!

Here we go again!

2010-11-02T08:19:00.000-07:00

This time it's Wyatt's turn. He came down with a cold Sunday night and woke up in the middle of the night and was having a real hard time breathing. I started breathing treatments on him and we ventured to the doctor's office and they decided that it looked too much like Asthma so we have him on all kinds of meds to keep him out of the hospital and so far so good. He is still having a bit of trouble but it's getting better. Something in his and Maycee's genes...they are the two that look the most alike and they both end up with asthma.

Halloween 2010

2010-11-02T08:09:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween everyone! I can't believe that I have to start raking the billions of leaves in my yard already!

The kids had a fun time this year and they even ventured out in the rain and cold to go trick or treating! They got WAY more candy than they will ever even begin to eat and Wyatt was just along for the ride. He didn't quite catch on that the more houses you went to the more candy you got, he just wanted to eat the candy he already had. So he would just sit right down on the porch and open up the piece and eat it right there! Too Funny!!

2010-09-24T11:39:00.000-07:00

Things have kinda, sorta slowed down, a little. I finished up my OB clinicals and I absolutely loved them! So I am thinking that I want to be a L&D nurse or ER nurse, so we will see.

So I got this bug in me that I wanted to chop off my hair. It was soooo.....ooo long. But I've always liked change and I thought this one was particularly good.

I had my mother in law chop it all off, it was probably about 10 to 12 inches off and even more cuz the back is layered a bit. But I really like it!

Wyatt wasn't so sure about the whole process, he looked pretty worried for a while when I was in the chair but he still gives me his slobbery kisses so I guess he decided I was still ok.

Holy Cow!

2010-09-16T14:22:00.001-07:00

I am continually learning that my tolerance and stress levels can go to imaginary heights! The last couple of weeks have been seriously insane. School is so busy. I love it and it's a good thing because it pulls me away from my kids way too much. The first couple of weeks of the semester we are warned that we will live breath and eat 2nd semester nursing, and they weren't kidding. But I made it through and now that I am on the other side I really honestly have no idea how. In addition to school I still had kids and their homework to help with, house to take care of, meals to cook, clothes to clean and I worked every weekend. Needless to say I have taken it easy for a day( I felt guilty but then I remembered what I had just done!) Then last weekend our dog Max all of a sudden decided that he didn't want to walk on his hind leg anymore and he wouldn't eat or drink. So after a few days we started to whine really bad and we could tell he was in pain so we took him to the vet and they decided that there wasn't anything definatevely wrong with him other than he could have a bowel obstruction but they weren't positive and it was an exorbitant amount of money to find out so we said well we'll take the pain killers and at least make him comfortable and then if he doesn't improve we'll have to put him down. Then two days later he was magically cured, to this minute I have no idea what was wrong with him, but the girls are glad that he is going to live(for now anyway).
I am looking forward to the day when I can just go to work and not have school and work. I won't know what to do with myself...

The girls love their classes and teachers and are learning so much. Maycee is so excited to read and Emma is our excellent reader. Wyatt likes to think he is big and he "talks" all the time and walks some of the time but he is much faster at crawling and finds that he can actually keep up a little faster with his sisters that way, maybe someday he'll be faster at walking. And he is a climber, all over everything, toys, bookshelves, stairs, whatever he can reach his fat little feet to, he climbs.

Anyway, life is busy...now back to the studying!

Here we go again!

2010-08-25T10:26:00.000-07:00

It has begun. The time of year when you can just feel it in the air, the mornings are a little crisper, and the sun goes down a little earlier, I actually really like this time of year!

Both emma and maycee started school on Monday. Em is in 2nd grade and Maycee is in Kindergarten!

And I start another semester today! (Honestly, don't know how excited I really am, but nevertheless...)

So welcome back early mornings and late nights and crazy life!

Lemonade stand

2010-08-12T10:04:00.000-07:00

Emma and Maycee made a lemonade stand this morning! They even made special cups with pictures on them to sell for 25 cents.

I think they drank most of the pink lemonade themselves

FHE Cherry Hill Style

2010-07-27T11:59:00.000-07:00

It was our annual Spencer Cherry Hill FHE last night. My little water babies had a blast. The funniest moment was when Em couldn't get anyone to go with her down Cardiac Canyon again. She had asked Jaclyn to go and Jaclyn said no, so she with her dramatic style that she has went over and got on a tube with my mom in the lazy river. When my mom asked what the matter was Em said she was just not in the mood anymore. When asked Why she wasn't "in the mood" she said that Jaclyn had told her no to go on the ride again and that Jaclyn liked Brad(her boyfriend, not my husband, ya we know it's wierd)better than her. Oh dear, what a girl! They had so much fun anyway it was soon forgotten!

Sunday Afternoon

2010-07-26T11:28:00.001-07:00

It was the last Sunday that I wasn't going to have to work for a while, so I decided to take some pictures of the kids. I love lazy Sunday afternoons!

Just Keep Swimming, Just keep Swimming...

2010-07-26T11:22:00.000-07:00

Emma and Maycee first did swim lessons at the rec center and while they had fun they really didn't learn anything, so...I asked Heather(a good friend, with access to a pool)if she wanted to do some lessons with the girls and she said she'd love to. They have improved sooooo much, it has been awesome! Thanks a million Heather!!!!

Emma's Swimming Party

2010-07-12T20:07:00.000-07:00

Emma has begged and begged all summer(maybe even before school got out)that she could invite all her friends to the pool to swim. She had saved up all her allowance money so she could pay for everyone to get in and finally I caved. She invited three of her little neighbor friends and they had so much fun. I on the other hand was dang tired by the time we were done from trying to keep them all within sight.

Family Reunion

2010-07-06T09:59:00.000-07:00

It was the Sowell Family reunion, actually the first we've ever had, at Grandpa and Grandma's cabin in Island Park, ID over the 4th. It was so nice to get away and relax in beautiful Island Park. It has been a long time since I've been up there, since Brad and I got married, way too long!

We took the girls to Big Springs to feed the fish, there were only a handful of them at the bridge but they had fun anyway.

We spent lots of time eating yummy, yummy food at Grandpa and Grandma's place, and enjoying one anothers company.

And of course we took the girls to Yellowstone. They saw Firehole falls and Old Faithful and the mud pots. It was a good way to spend the 4th of July!

Skunked

2010-06-28T12:26:00.001-07:00

Brad and I decided to take the girls fishing for an afternoon. They love the idea of catching a fish but the whole waiting to catch a fish...not so hot on that! But it was fun to get out as a family anyway

Happy Birthday to You!

2010-06-18T13:23:00.000-07:00

It was Wyatt's Birthday on Thursday(17th). He turned 1! I can't believe how grown up he is, this last year has flown by!

I even made an ice cream cake(after multiple attempts)! I told the girls that next time remind me that I buy cakes-not make them! But it turned out ok and I think it tasted pretty good. Wyatt got lots of fun new toys and new clothes.

We had grandmas and grandpas and aunts and uncles over for dinner to celebrate-it was a fun party! Happy Birthday Bubba!

"...the lovers, the dreamers, and me..."

2010-06-02T09:12:00.000-07:00

Emma sang in her school choir and they performed their last concert last night-and she was fabulous!

They sang a couple of songs from the muppets, Sing and The Rainbow Connection. And they sang a song written by a mom of a student about soldiers and our country, very patriotic, it was beautiful. She said she was going to record it and then we could buy it from her. Then they sang a couple of Disney songs. We all came back to the house after for banana splits, it was a fun night.

She will move Mountains!

2010-05-28T11:52:00.000-07:00

Maycee graduated from preschool on Thursday May 27th! Her preschool teacher put together a darling program with the kids in her class and then graduated them all, cap and gown and the whole works!

Oh I feel older and older all the time!

Look out Kindergarten, here she comes!

Here's to Success

2010-05-26T13:27:00.000-07:00

Many of you may or may not know that we had to get rid of our Boxer because he was showing behaviors that I did not like(he was being very aggressive and barking and lunging at people on the street, ect). So we promised the girls that we would try again and this time try really hard to train it right so that it would be a good dog for our family. Well last night we found a little black lab and decided to bring it home. The girls love him and I guess that's all that matters.
He doesn't have a name yet but hopefully soon...

WOW!!!

2010-05-11T09:39:00.000-07:00

So I am done with this first semester of nursing school and I rocked it!!! A's in all 4 classes, and they say the first semester is one of the hardest! I am going to be one kick a** nurse! I really had a good time and while it was crazy hard and I studied my butt off for the last 4 months I am so excited to be 1/4 the way done! I have made some good friends with a couple of the girls and we study really well together and it made a difference I think.

Now I have spent the last 4 or 5 days catching up on everything that got pushed to the side for the last 4 months. I cleaned my house and did the laundry, and folded it and put it away. See it would get washed and then never folded and my poor children had to dig through the piles to find clothes to wear. My goal this summer is to come up with a system to help our house run a little better when mommy is studying and not able to do it all, so if you have any suggestions let me know.

Then it was Mother's Day and I had to work, which isn't all bad. I only work every other weekend so I don't feel like I can ask for a lot of time off and it just worked out that my weekend was this one so I worked it. I made cute little corkboard things for my mom and mother-in-law and then I got flowers and I am going to go get a pedicure and manicure someday soon. I am so thankful for my husband and awesome children, after the last four months they deserve all kinds of whatever they want, they were(and still are) amazing. I am so greatful to be called their mom and wife.

Emma is in full count-down mode to summer. While she loves school the early morning part has never been her forte so she is excited that she gets to sleep in soon!

Maycee is truckin' along in preschool and looking forward to kindergarten, with a little hesitation. She isn't all go like Emma was but she will love it once she gets there I am sure.

Wyatt is rolling ALL over the place. He does the army crawl but he gets around so good as is that it may be a while till he decides to crawl for real. He shows no interest in walking and you can tell he is baby number 3, very relaxed boy! He may have asthma too. He started breathing funny again last Friday and so I took him to the doc and they are pretty sure that it is asthma. She said that where he had RSV last winter he is more prone and wear Maycee has it now too it makes the odds more in favor of asthma. So we were ordered a nebulizer and have had to do breathing treatments on him all weekend. They are starting to slow down now so hopefully we are good for a while. We have been able to control Maycee's really well so far and while she still shows symptoms we haven't had a major asthma attack since last October. And now that we have the nebulizer I feel pretty confident in my skills so hopefully we can really control both their symptoms good now. It just makes me wonder why all of the sudden they both have asthma, especially when there is no history in either family, wierd...stress does crazy things to your body I guess and it's been just a tad stressful around our house lately!

Brad is working tons of overtime at the Huntsman Cancer addition. He has been averaging about 50-60 hours a week, good for the money, but he has no time to spend any of it, the irony of it all! But he doesn't mind working a lot I don't think now that he is in more of a management position.

And his little Brother comes home from his mission on Thursday so the kids and I are making a big welcome home sign to hang in the yard with balloons and stuff. We are all excited to welcome him back home! He hasn't ever met Wyatt before and the girls have grown up a lot so they are excited to see him.

Well that about sums it up for now. Till next time...

2010-03-27T19:32:00.000-07:00

I know, I know, it's been FOREVER. But what can I say-I'm doing fabulously well in nursing school so can that be my excuse for not having a life outside school?

So let's see what I can remember...since the last time...

Maycee turned 5!!! Holy cow! Emma turned 7!!!! I am so not old enough to have a 7 year old! And we have made two trips to Primary Childrens for ear surgery's and a third trip just last night for Wyatt (he was feeling left out!) He has RSV, so we had to take him to the Respiratory Clinic and have a tube shoved down both his nostrils so he could breathe, it was special, poor little man!

We had birthday parties and family dinner's for birthdays and I've been working a little at the hospital in between going to school and being a mom and wife! But life is good and I love school. Can't wait till I'm done! It's going to be awesome!

Emma and Maycee are doing fabulous as well, in fact, they are out on their Daddy/Daughter date as we speak. Brad took them to the movie "veater" (theater, it took me weeks to figure out what in the heck a "veater" was!)

Wyatt is still the most amazing baby-all laughs and giggles(until they stick the tubes down his nose and throat). The nurses have all been amazed that a sick little baby can still be so happy and smiley and giggly.

Brad is working tons, I told him to do a good job because the facility will be done about the time I am done with school and they will be doing a huge RN hiring so unless he wants it to collapse on me while I am working there he better build it good!

And for your viewing pleasure some pictures...

Emma age 7
Maycee age 5

Wyatt age 9 months

Emma's Birthday party-they had a treasure hunt and made pirate hats

Maycee's Birthday party-they were chefs and made their own pizzas for lunch

What- it's already February?!

2010-02-05T07:53:00.000-08:00

So it's been a while and this is what I have been up to...

It is complete craziness. And it consumes my life! But hopefully I will make big bucks when I am done and it will have been totally worth it...

This is what the rest of the fam has been doing while I am stuck at my desk for hours on end

School is hard! I mean really really hard! I guess they kind of make it that way since people's lives will be in your hands when your done, but still...anyway, I really like it, I always have but did I tell you it was hard yet?

The kids are great, I went to parent/teacher conferences and Emma is a wiz! (we didn't really have any doubts, but it's always nice to hear your kid is smart!) She gets to do some advanced stuff to try to keep her mind busy during the day at school, she has a great teacher who is willing to spend so much extra time on her kids in her class. She deserves a million bucks for sure, I am very impressed.

Maycee is still doing well. She has bouts of Asthma issues about every other week but so far we have been able to control it at home and it hasn't gotten too serious. I just feel bad for the poor girl, she coughs like crazy sometimes and it's dry and then her chest hurts, nasty stuff for a little girl to have to deal with!

Wyatt is great! I have no idea how I ended up with such an amazingly good baby! He is so great and happy and will just play for hours while I study. What a great little guy!

So anyway-that's about it for now...I'm off to study...

Kitchen Decorating

2010-01-06T20:30:00.000-08:00

Slowly, I am decorating my kitchen

First came new paint(a year ago)

then new valances(for my birthday, thanks Diana!)

and now a little jaunt to Tai Pan

Goodbye 2009...Hello 2010

2009-12-31T06:33:00.000-08:00

Well we did it! We made it through another crazy year! I can't believe that this year is over already, I just have no idea where all the time goes. We are once again thankful for our very many blessings this year...and we have quite a few!

January we were blessed with the ability to work. We both had jobs and were able to re-paint and re-decorate our kitchen.

February we were blessed with somewhat patient children who had the worst case of the "I wanna go to the park" ever and the momma was very large with child and wouldn't take them, so they waited...and waited...

March we were blessed to be able to celebrate another year older of our two beautiful girls, Emma and Maycee! They celebrated their birthdays with family and friends. They are amazing girls, we love them lots! And we were also blessed that while I was not able to continue clinical work at the hospital due to the pregnancy(and other issues, but this is a positive post, so we'll leave those other issues out)I was able to continue working as a secretary in the hospital.

April we were blessed to celebrate Easter and our Savior's Resurrection and our ability to be able to return to live with our Father in Heaven! And that while my pregnancy wasn't going as planned(high blood pressure) I was still able to carry the baby without too much problem and he would be able to be born safe and healthy.

May we were blessed with lovely spring weather and the girls kind of cooperated with some very overdue pictures. And school was beginning to wind down...you could feel the excitement building in the air!

June we were blessed with the birth of our son, Wyatt! He has added so much joy and happiness to our lives. He was able to be born healthy and our lives would not be the same without him! The girls were also able to finish their school years and participated wonderfully in their respective end of year programs!

July we were blessed to be able to celebrate once again our nations birthday and the freedoms that we are so blessed to enjoy everyday being a citizen of this great country! The girls participated in swimming lessons and we finally enjoyed some warm summer weather!

August we were blessed to only have to to spend 2 days in the hospital with Maycee, instead of the months and months that some spend at Primary Childrens. She was diagnosed with Asthma. Wyatt was given a name and blessing in sacrament meeting and the girls started school again, always an exciting time!!

September we were blessed with health. Our kids were growing and things were slowly getting into a routine, be it a crazy one, but a routine, none the less.

October we were blessed with the ability to create great memories. Family pictures and halloween. And I found out I would be able to start the RN program in Jan 2010!

November we were blessed with the chance to think of all things we are thankful for...a house to live in, clothes to wear, food to eat, employment, family and friends, healthy bodies, wonderful children that make me smile, and an awesome husband!

December we were blessed with the chance to celebrate our Savior's birth, and the wonderful feelings it brings with the season! We got to be with family and enjoy the lit up faces of kids as they opened their gifts! Nothin beats that!

So as you can see we have been blessed this year! And now were are gearing up for next...See you in 2010!

2009-12-31T06:04:00.000-08:00

The girls were promised sledding

If they helped clean the house...

So first mom's lab results were positive for Strep
Had to go get antibiotics

Then had to get the hot chocolate mix and marshmallows

Then had to blow up tubes, couldn't figure out how air compressor worked, go to Dad's to use his

In the meantime back at the ranch, baby got fed and cried himself to sleep in the swing...too much excitement for him!

Finally tubes are blown up, but one has a hole...then two...

Find duct tape (I was once told that it fixed anything!)

Can't find the duct tape, used boxing tape instead, should hold long enough for a few trips down the hill.

Now how do we get all five of us to the hill and the two blown up tubes? Like this...

All for this...

Hyde Winery est 2004

2009-12-28T08:15:00.000-08:00

So this is how the conversation went at dinner last night:

Mom: Emma eat your pears

Emma: I don't like them, they taste funny

Maycee: I ate all mine they were Gooo-ood!

a few minutes later I take bite of them.

Mom to Dad: They have a little kick to them

Dad smells the bottle: Holy cow it smells like alcohol! They are fermenting!

They were bottled in 2004, I guess I better pay attention next time

Here comes Santa Claus

2009-12-27T08:47:00.000-08:00

Right to the Hyde house!

Santa showed up alright! We had a great Christmas morning. My mom, dad, sister and grandparents came down to watch the kids open their presents.

But rewind to the night before.

We had the traditional Spencer Christmas Eve. Complete with the nativity story played by non other than Emma amd Maycee!

And they opened all the gifts from Grandma and Grandpa Spencer...

We are blessed!

And they got the traditional new PJ's for Christmas Eve!

Christmas party

2009-12-27T08:28:00.000-08:00

We don't go to many Christmas parties. The one that we do go to is the family party for Brad's dad's family. It usually is a good time and there are a lot of people there so it usually provides good conversation. And Santa usually shows up for the kids!

Wyatt was enthralled with the beard, we were afraid that he was going to reach up and pull it off...

And this year Brad's parents were in charge and they had an extra something for the kids, a pinata, the girls had fun! And that's what counts right!?

Where has the time gone?

2009-12-22T11:02:00.000-08:00

Wyatt is six months old now! I really have no idea where the last six months has gone but none the less...

My baby now weighs 16 lbs and 6 oz and is 26 1/4 inches long! He has one tooth and his tracheamalacia is doing much better. He is still pretty noisy though, he likes to scream and babbles all the time. He only breaths noisy when he is breathing really heavily or fast, and sometimes at night. But I am glad that we haven't had to have it scoped yet. We love him tons!

Childhood Innocence

2009-12-17T13:23:00.000-08:00

Today I saw about 100 6 year olds perform for their parents. They were amazing! Such fun kids. I decided that first grade is the place to be for sure!

Then it was on to the preschool program and they are so darling and innocent, you can't help but smile. The innocence of youth needs to be captured so that we all can remember how great life can really be!

And wouldn't it be nice if we could be entertained for hours with the glass balls decorating the Christmas tree?

Merry Christmas!! And a Happy New Year!

2009-12-03T12:02:00.000-08:00

It's Christmas time once again at our house. We had a very nice and somewhat relaxed Thanksgiving in Heber City. We just went up for the afternoon and then came back home after stuffing our faces because I had to work at the hospital for a few hours that night, which isn't all bad, holiday pay and all. The girls begged and begged to set the Christmas tree and so Brad and I obliged and our house is decorated and looks quite festive!

Life has been somewhat the same over the last little while. I got notice from SLCC the end of October that I can start in the nursing program in January so I have been trying to figure out babysitters, and how to pay for it all, and schedules and doing all the requirements to get ready. I am super excited to start but it is going to be a tough 4 semesters!

Brad finished up work at the Park City Hospital and was on the Huntsman center addition until the mountain caved in where they were building so he was moved to the new building the are finishing up at the Research Park at the U until they decide how to proceed at the Huntsman Center. So it is nice to be able to save a few miles on the car now and the job he is on was taken over by Okland from another contractor that went belly up and so it is very far behind and was suppose to be done next week so needless to say they are working their butts off to finish and putting in 50-60 hours or more a week!

Emma finished her first quarter of first grade and did exceptionally well! She is one smart kid! She is reading on about a 4th grade level and just wizzes through all her things they do in class, and Mrs. Chandler had all praises for her, she loves her! She is quite the social butterfly as always and loves to make friends with everyone. She tells me everyday about her "new friend" she made that day. She is one in a million that one!

Maycee loves, loves preschool! She loves Miss Cynthia and she is making new friends too. She hasn't had anymore asthma attacks that have required hospital time, but you can tell the difference in her breathing on bad air days, it's what we get for living where we do! It's no fun for her either, she doesn't like to play outside on those days because it's harder for her to breath. It now makes me think twice about all this environmental conservation stuff. But she seems to be responding well to her treatments and that is great, ER trips are expensive!

Wyatt is growing up so fast! He is almost six months old! He is quite the stud and smiles and laughs for perfect strangers, and they melt right there in the store I tell ya. It takes me twice the time to go grocery shopping now because everyone has to make him smile more than once if they get him started, it's very addicting! He is a great baby and I will never know what I did to get such a great boy!

That's about it for now. We hope you all have a very wonderful and safe holiday season! Merry Christmas!

Adventures at the Doctor

2009-11-23T15:11:00.000-08:00

It sounds like a childrens story title--oh well. It was quite adventurous this morning though. Emma has had fluid in her ears for a couple months now that back in September caused her to fail her hearing test at school. I took her into the ENT and he said that it was pretty minor and that he wanted to see if it would clear up on it's own. Well fast forward 2 months...it didn't! She has been complaining for the past couple of days that her ear hurt and that she could here these funny noises in them (the fluid sloshing around--if it can do that in your ear!) So I took her to the doctor this morning-note to self--never take all three of your children to the doctor at the same time!)

So the doctor--whom I really love--anyone need a referral in the bountiful area let me know(she is a NP that works in the MD's office). Anyway the doctor looked in Em's ears and she definately has an ear infection. So as she was writing the prescription for Emma, Maycee pops up and says well my ears hurt too! And I knew that they had been cuz her tubes have been having issues falling out for a couple of months now. So the doctor more to satisfy Maycee looked in her ears too, and she said that it looked all infected in the ear canal and that the tube was sitting in her ear canal. So she got the little hooky thing and told Maycee that it would hurt a little but that she was going to pull it out. So Maycee sat on my lap and the doc pulled the tube out and then the blood started coming and coming, and Maycee started screaming and the top of her lungs and little did we know that the tube had started growing into her ear canal it had sat there so long and it was all infected and such, so the doc gave me yet another prescription for Maycee. We were all ready to go and as a side note the doc says, " have you gotten them their flu shots?" I said thanks for reminding me I meant to ask if you had any available she said yes and that she would give them. So she came back with two of the flu mists and I told her Maycee had asthma and couldn't have the mist. And she said oh then she'll have to have the shot, at which point Maycee starts wailing again that she doesn't want the shot. So it takes me 10 minutes of wrestling Maycee out of her coat and sleeve of her shirt so they could give her the shot in her arm. So we got shots and meds for ears and poor Maycee wasn't even the one with the scheduled doctor's appointment. I certainly hope for the mother's sake of the child who's appointment was next that they weren't completly tramatized by my daughter's dramatic performance, one would have thought they cut off her arm instead! So goes our adventures...till next time!

2009-11-18T05:34:00.000-08:00

He did it! So I am told anyway. I haven't actaully witnessed it but Brad said Wyatt rolled over last night! He has been so close for a while now, but hasn't quite got it till now, oh dear...do I remember what to do with a mobile baby???

He's 5 months old now and we wouldn't be complete without him!

Ghouls, Ghosts and Goblins! Oh My!!

2009-11-02T08:06:00.000-08:00

Happy Halloween everyone! Ours was great and the girls loved it! Brad went on the Elk hunt this past week so it was just me and the kids. The girls didn't have school on Friday so they spent Thursday night at Grandpa and Grandma Spencers house. I hear they roasted marshmallows and made smores(for the first time ever!) and they loved them!!! So Wyatt went to bed pretty early and I watched Grey's, it was a lovely evening!!!

Then on Friday night I took the girls to the Rec center's halloween carnival. It was so fun and such a great family activity. They did a really great job for the kids. They had canoe rides in the haunted swamp and games for prizes at Alcatraz island. And they had big blow up slides and a glow in the dark maze and a bat cave amongst all sorts of things. It was great and so fun for the girls(grandma and grandpa spencer came too and watched Wyatt cuz he's not too into the halloween thing yet, he prefers to sleep!)

Then our ward had a trunk or treat so we went to that and the girls went around the neighborhood with their friends trick or treating. It was a great weekend!

Wow time flies...

2009-10-20T10:00:00.000-07:00

Wyatt is 4 months old and he is sooooooo darling. We love him so much! He is trying to roll over and talks like crazy. His new fave thing, spitting...he's a boy what can I say...

He went to his check up today and he weighs in at 13 lbs 9 oz. He is 24 inches long. He's a chunck of a boy!

Family Pics

2009-10-14T13:07:00.001-07:00

My mom wanted a new family picture so she got my cousin Ashleigh to take them for us and we had this beautiful little place to do them at outside and then...it rained. So we did them inside and I think they turned out ok.

In awe...

2009-10-02T08:31:00.000-07:00

Can I just say that I have the best and greatest kids in the world. No reason in particular, just in awe that I was given the opportunity to raise these wonderful children!

My Love Affair is back on...

2009-09-25T07:58:00.000-07:00

With Grey's that is! Thursday nights Brad has to bath and take care of the kiddos because I am glued to the tv ( and he can't get mad because it is the only night I really like to watch). Last night was the season premiere and it was so great to watch--it's addicting I tell ya!

Three Months Old!

2009-09-18T14:23:00.000-07:00

My baby boy is three months old now--He is starting to show the red in his hair a lot now, and I love it! He is the dang cutest thing if I say so myself.

First day of school

2009-08-25T08:57:00.001-07:00

It was the first day of school for Emma-and not only that-it was the first day of first grade! She is so excited to be back in school, and I am not so sure about this whole growing up thing! I am going to miss my Emma TONS when she is gone all day(and so is Maycee), but she is going to have a great school year. She has Mrs. Chandler this year and she seems to be an excellent teacher from what I have been told.

Maycee will start preschool in a couple of weeks at Miss Cynthia's. She is so excited! And then it's just me and Wyatt...Maybe I'll catch up on those scrapbooks...

Happy Anniversary!

2009-08-25T08:54:00.000-07:00

It has been seven years since Brad and I got married. We celebrated by just going out to dinner. It has been an amazing seven years and it will be a great many more to come! Happy Anniversary Brad-love you!

2 Months Old!

2009-08-18T13:05:00.000-07:00

So Wyatt is 2 months old now--can you believe it?? I can't, it feels like I haven't had time to even breath the last little while.

He gained 2 full inches in the circumfrence of his head (he's going to be a smarty pants!) He is 22 3/4 inches long(50%) and weighs 10 lbs 14 oz(25%-he's tall & skinny like his daddy!). He is a pretty good baby and we are so glad that he is a part of our family.

Cherry Hill

2009-08-11T12:13:00.000-07:00

Last night for family night we all went to Cherry Hill (minus Brad). The girls love this tradition that Grandma and Grandpa Spencer started about 3 years ago. They take us all to Cherry Hill and we get KFC for dinner and let the girls play. They LOVE it!!!!!!!!!! It takes very strong convincing to get them out of the water, especially Emma. My dad asked her if she was growing webbed hands and she looks at her hands and as if expecting there to be webs between her fingers she replies that it's just a hair! She just goes and goes and goes and goes, and then she slept until 11:00 this morning!!!! She was one tired chicky!

Maycee isn't as "into" the water as Emma but she is getting better, she loves to just do her own thing in the pool.

Emma on the other hand loves to jump in and be thrown in and tipped over and whatever else, as long as it's in the water!

Alyssa was so darling in her little swim suit and sun hat. Jaclyn and I had gone earlier to the Gateway looking for Wyatt swim stuff and found this darling hat at Baby Gap and while it's way too big for her now we couldn't pass it up(especially since it was only $5 on clearance!)

Wyatt did have his swim trunks on and loves the water too. He slept most of the afternoon though.

It was so much fun and the kids loved it! Thanks Grandpa and Grandma!!!!

2009-08-05T15:17:00.000-07:00

It has been CRAZY around here lately...

A week ago today Maycee ended up at Primary Children's because she was having problems breathing. She had woke up saying she didn't feel well and then went back to bed. When I checked on her I noticed that she was breathing really heavily so I watched her the rest of the afternoon, but then decided that it wasn't getting any better and before I spent the whole night making sure she was still breathing I took her to the doctor. When we got there they checked her oxygen saturation and it was VERY low and they couldn't hear any air movement in her lungs so they sent us to Primary's. We spent the next 5 1/2 hours in the ER at Primary's and then they finally admitted her to the RTU (rapid treatment unit) for overnight. The first night she dipped really low again and required oxygen so they decided to admit her to the medical unit for another night. All the while giving her breathing treatments every 2-4 hours. By Friday afternoon they decided that she was better enough to go home!!! That place is wonderful and it serves an amazing purpose for us here along the wasatch front, but I would rather not ever see the inside again! (unfortunately, it may be just the beginning of our trips there now!) And just in time for me to frantically clean my house and yard for Wyatt's baby blessing on Sunday. They actually diagnosed Maycee with Asthma. So I have to be 100% better at cleaning my house and keeping the dog away from her things and I have to wash everything in HOT water and she has to just have a close eye on her all the time because she won't tell me she can't breath, she just shruggs her shoulders when you ask her, that's my mayc!

We got everything ready and Wyatt was blessed in sacrament meeting on Sunday and everyone enjoyed the yummy food (thanks to mom for getting most of it ready! And Jaclyn for taking Emma and Wyatt for two days!) Wyatt was so handsome in his cute little tux!

What a party!

Wyatt and Alyssa, they were born two weeks apart

Do I look like Daddy or what!?

2009-07-16T12:10:00.000-07:00

Swimming Lessons

2009-07-06T13:04:00.001-07:00

I finally got the girls signed up for swim lessons! They have been asking and asking when they get to go. So this morning we made it to their first lesson at the rec center. Afterwards Maycee was so proud of herself, she could hardly wait to show me how she could swim. That is exactly what I wanted, she has fear of water and wouldn't go anywhere near it most of the time and while that fear is good to a certain extent I really wanted her to feel comfortable in water so hopefully mission accomplished! Emma is a little fish and once again, it took me 10 minutes to coax her out of the pool after they were through! She had to go around all the things and take the longest possible route through the pool, she LOVES the water and would live in it if she was let.

Happy 4th of July

2009-07-06T12:49:00.000-07:00

It was our nations 233rd birthday! And we began celebrating with the children's bike parade in Centerville. Both the girls decorated their bikes and Jaclyn offered to walk with them along the parade route! Brad and I and my mom and Wyatt found a spot to cheer and wave as they went by. There was hundreds and hundreds of kids this year and it took a long time for the girls to finally reach us (they were towards the end), but they had fun and got their Popsicle's when they were done!

On Saturday, the 4th, we have a tradition of going to breakfast before the parade but since this year we have two rather small additions to our family we opted for making breakfast at Grandmas, complete with silly face pancakes(just like at IHOP). And the four grandkids were all decked out in their festive attire, can't get any cuter than that!! (but we aren't biased or anything!)

After breakfast we went down to the parade, and while the girls had fun getting all the candy, the parade seriously lacks good entries. There was one darling float by one of the Woods Cross stakes and that was it! But the girls had fun and that's what counts! And all the while Wyatt slept in his carrier, he's not much into the excitement yet.

Time fly's when your having fun

2009-07-02T12:44:00.000-07:00

I took Wyatt to his two week check up and he is an angel baby...perfect in every way!

He now weighs 7 lbs 7 oz and is 20 1/2 inches long.

wouldn't want it any other way...

2009-06-25T08:44:00.000-07:00

So Wyatt has been here for a week and he is such a good baby. He rarely cries, even when he is hungry! He grunts and makes noise but that is all. We spent a good part of yesterday outside in the finally summery weather and let Emma and Maycee ride their bikes while I sat on the grass with Wyatt. It was great! Emma has finally learned to ride her bike without training wheels (we started last summer but with the house buying and such it wasn't a very good effort and then the whole pregnancy thing got in the way). So her wonderful aunt Jaclyn came down and taught her, and she picked it up so fast and never even fell over! Way to go Em!

Welcome to the World Wyatt!

2009-06-19T12:31:00.000-07:00

We proudly present our new little prince

Wyatt Bradley Hyde

Born Wednesday June 17, 2009
@ 6:18 pm
7 lbs 5 oz

What a Year!!!!

2009-06-05T12:39:00.001-07:00

Well, it's all over(at least until next August!) We had both Kindergarten and Preschool graduation programs and the girls were darling and have had such great years with wonderful teachers! Words cannot express the gratitude for these amazing ladies. Both Emma and Maycee's teachers awe me with what they are able to do with these kids, they are talented! They really love what they do because there is no way that I would do what they do for what they are compensated for!

For Emma's Kindergarten graduation she was the only kindergartner asked to participate in the program(everyone sang, but she was the only one with a speaking part) So we decided that she was the equivalent of the Kindergarten Valedictorian. She did so well and we are very proud of her. It makes me cry to think that she is growing up! But I am so excited at the same time to see her accomplishments, she is going places baby...

Maycee was so darling in her little program too and sang all the songs and did all the actions. She has had so much fun in preschool this year and I am glad that she was able to go.

All in all it has been a great school year! Now on to bigger and better things, but first a little fun in the sun!

Pics

2009-05-21T14:24:00.000-07:00

Jaclyn and I took the girls for some pictures of the two of them because it has been about 1 1/2 years since we had one taken of them together. It was the perfect day too...overcast and everything. When we got there I realized that the battery in my camera was dead and so we had to use Jaclyn's and then the girls wouldn't cooperate, but we got a few that will work ok...

What's goin' on?

2009-05-21T14:12:00.001-07:00

Well....we are officially in countdown mode! I have been going to the doctor/hospital at least once a week now for about 3 weeks and she finally told me last week that as long as nothing changes that she will induce labor on the 17th of June!!! That makes it exactly 26 days, 20 hours, and 45 minutes until I am no longer pregnant!!!!! Now we just have to come up with something to call him. Until then I am still suppose to take it easy and lay around as much as I can and stay calm and all that stuff that is virtually impossible with 2 children and a dog at home! But we will make it and it will be so wonderful to have baby boy here!

The girls are winding down school and both are so excited for summer they can hardly see straight. They already have indian tan skin and the funny lines on their feet from their sandals. I love summer! I am definitely one of those mom's that love it when the kids are out and can just play and relax and we don't have a schedule to keep(at least for a month or so and then they can go back to school just for something to do!) But I have a feeling this summer is going to be plenty busy. They are very excited to go swimming and take trips to the park and all that other kid stuff.

Brad is finishing up the hospital in Park City and then he will either come to Salt Lake for a job at the Huntsman Center or he may stay in Park City for another office building they are starting so we are just waiting to hear where he will be going. He doesn't mind driving to Park City but our cars are getting so worn out that it would be nice not to have to put 75+ miles on them everyday like he has done for the past 5 years or so.

We have a lot coming up so I will keep you posted...

Well I should have known...

2009-04-23T09:08:00.001-07:00

I am not on bed rest strictly speaking, but my BP is on the low end of high and so I am on restricted activity. I have to just take it easy and be able to lie down a lot and let my blood pressure come back to normal throughout the day. As long as it doesn't go any higher and there are no other symptoms that is how it will be for the next 10 weeks. All my blood tests and such were normal so it's just hangin out at home for now. They also gave me some medicine to help with the lovely headaches (a side affect of high blood pressure).

30 Weeks!

2009-04-20T08:14:00.000-07:00

I made it 30 weeks! But now my blood pressure won't stay down and so I have to call the doc and see what she thinks. This is farther than I made it before and so I guess I can be thankful for that. So we will see what happens... I am not retaining the water like I have in the past though(so far anyway) and that's a good thing. But the headaches are terrible...stupid blood pressure...why do we even need it in the first place? (Oh ya it's that whole got to stay alive idea) Anyway-Brad insisted on taking a picture of my belly so for your viewing pleasure-here I am!

Easter 2009

2009-04-20T07:53:00.000-07:00

Easter this year was fun for the girls (that's how it's suppose to be right?) They got to spend the night in Heber City on Friday with their Grandma and Grandpa and they helped to build the pig pen for the pigs, and they got to ride the horse (with A LOT of coaxing for Maycee. but she did it!) And they got to Hunt Easter Eggs with thier cousin Hadlee

Then they came home and had another Easter Egg Hunt at Grandma and Grandpa Spencers, just the two of them and Grandma will probably find eggs in her yard for the next couple of years, because she had about 75 eggs for two kids!!!! But they had fun and the candy doesn't even look like it's been eaten at all, there was so much! They also got their Easter Dresses with Grandpa one day, (what a good guy to take two little girls to the dress party and let them pick out their dresses, because both Mom and Grandma had to work!) They looked darling as always.

Happy Birthday Brad!

2009-04-09T12:37:00.000-07:00

Today is Brad's birthday and he would kill me if I told ya'll how old he is so for purposes of this blog-he turned 21, and will turn 21 for the next 40 years! We love him so much and are so greatful he works so hard for our little family. Happy Birthday Brad! We love you!!!!

Birthday Pictures

2009-04-09T12:19:00.000-07:00

I finally got the girls pictures taken for their birthdays...and like I said, it's always an adventure into the unknown. Maycee did really good and did just what the photographer told her to do and she even smiled-sort of. But she insisted that she put lipstick on and by the time we got to the picture it was smeared all over her lips so she looks kind of funny.

Emma's were a little better, but I still didn't get a really cute one that I totally love-like I usually do with her. She kept doing these weird smiles. Oh well--they are still cute!

Happy Birthday Emma!

2009-04-02T11:36:00.000-07:00

Emma turned six years old on the 24th. She got her ears pierced and lots of other fun stuff. We again had the fam over for dinner on Sunday, it turns out to be about everyother week until the middle of April!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAYCEE!!!!

2009-03-12T13:21:00.000-07:00

So my baby turned 4!!! I can't believe how old and grown up she is. The morning of her birthday I had to work and so when she woke up she asked Brad if she was 4 yet and he told her yes and asked if she felt any older. Her reply was with a very big sigh..."Oh yes!" What it would be like to be 4 again!?
We had Grandpas and Grandmas and aunts and uncles over for dinner to celebrate and she was thoroughly spoiled (but when are my children ever not spoiled!) I still have to go get her piture taken in her dress sometime soon. That's always an adventure into the unknown. Enjoy the celebration in the meantime...

Introducing!

2009-03-07T17:55:00.000-08:00

We got a new family member a few days ago. Brad has been looking for one since we bought the house and we finally found a great addition. Meet our boxer, Sam. He is 12 weeks old and is so fun and we love him already.

Seriously...

2009-03-04T08:16:00.000-08:00

So if it's not one thing it's another. As many of you know I work on the psych unit at Lakeview Hospital, and while it can be "exciting" sometimes there are times that the excitment is a little dangerous. So that is the background for all this. I was asked last week to get a doctors note from my boss "for safety". At the time I thought it was a bit odd but didn't think much about it until a little later and realized that they had no reason to ask me for the doctors note, so essentially they were asking for a doctors note completely because I was pregnant and for no other reason, which is a MAJOR no-no. Anyway-so they had already recieved the doctors note and of course it said that I couldn't provide any direct care to any aggresive patients so the hospital told me that I would have to take a leave of absence. So that is when I made a big fuss and told them I would not and that they would pay me whether I was working or not. They finally claimed their mistake and realized that they were in the wrong and found me a desk job doing clerical/secretary work until I take maternity leave in June. What a mess, they had good intentions because on the unit there is a real possibility of getting hurt, and I would imagine that it would be more so with a great big belly such as mine, but the way they went about it was completely against the law. So anyway- I am working as a unit secretary until the baby is born and then after maternity leave I will be back working as a CNA. Good grief people...Seriously

Pay It Forward

2009-02-14T08:05:00.000-08:00

The Rules
1. Be one of the first THREE bloggers to leave a comment on this post, which then entitles you to a handmade item from me - something crafty or yummy, who knows?!
2. Winners must post this challenge on their blog, meaning that they will Pay It Forward, creating a handmade gift -anything!- for the first THREE bloggers who leave a comment on their post about this giveaway!
3. The gift that you send to your friends can be from any price range and you have 365 days to make/ship your item. This means you should be willing to maintain your blog at least until you receive your gift and have shipped your gifts. And, remember: It’s the Spirit and the Thought That Count!
4. When you receive your gift, please feel free to blog about it, sharing appropriate pictures and comments! If you are not one of the Top Three Commenters on this post, you can still play along.
Go ahead and start your own Pay It Forward chain, and encourage your blogging friends to do the same! SO, REMEMBER...Pay It Forward!
P.S. If you are one of the first three and don't have a blog to post on I have come up with a wonderful idea. Take the next three friends that call you just to chat and Pay It Forward to them! Then challenge them to do the same :) Let's help make this a wonderful world to live in and show our friends how much we care for them :)

2009-02-09T11:10:00.000-08:00

I had the ultrasound today and...drum roll please...we have a boy!!!! Everyone is very excited and glad that the baby is doing great! The baby is measuring about 3 days sooner than the last ultrasound I had. Now I have to go buy boy clothes---I love shopping!!!

Cookin away

2009-02-06T10:54:00.001-08:00

Updated...

2009-02-06T10:19:00.000-08:00

Ok so I know I haven't updated in quite a while. But I wanted to finish the kitchen before I posted any "after" pictures and it still isn't all the way done. It is mostly done and the things left are just little things and only slightly noticable to anyone but Brad and I. It looks really good and we are so glad to get rid of the old stuff. And now I can hardly wait to decorate! My favorite part!!!! I just can't decide on what exactly I want. And it really needs cleaned, so you'll just have to take my word on it that it is good lookin until I find the energy to get down on my hands and knees to scrub the floor! Which the way my belly is expanding it may be a while.

Things around here are going pretty good. Emma and Maycee are both loving school and playing and can't wait for the day they can go to a park again! Their pregnant mother refuses to take them and sit in the snow while they play at the park. So they are patiently waiting for a warm-ish day to go. Emma is quite our little reader these days and it is so great to watch her learn about all these awesome things, she gets all proud when she reads her books, it's so great to see her achieve her goals. And Maycee is still our wonderful Maycee. She loves preschool and while I think it has been really good for her, she still has a lot to work on in the behavior department. However everyone tells me that she is a doll when she is with them, which I hope is really the case and that they aren't just telling me that to make me feel better. But we love her all the same and life would certainly be boring without her around. I am also in school, however I can't use the same adjectives to describe my feelings towards it. I am taking my last math general eduaion class and then I am done until I can start the nursing courses. Math was never my forte and I still to this day can remember the LONG nights at the kitchen table with my dad, going over and over the assignments and it would take hours! But if I can make it through this class then I should be pretty much done with math for quite some time. I should find out in a couple of months if I am going to be able to start nursing school in the fall.

Brad is still going to Park City everyday and likes it in that he gets away from the "city air" for 8 hours everyday. It is really nasty air we have down here and I am not sure after having been above it all day and looking down on it that I would be real willing to come back down in the middle of it. He will be in Park City for another 5 months or so probably and then it will be on to a new job site, maybe a little closer to home, I have heard rumors of the U. That would be lovely on the car.

Our other little project is going really good. He/She is growing and I can feel him/her all the time now. We find out on Monday whether we get to even the score in our family a little or if we get to continue the much overdosed estrogen producing clan we already have. So we will let ya'll know. I haven't really started to retain water yet and I haven't gained as much weight yet either, it's been pretty nice. Other than this baby is sitting right up in my ribs and thinks that they are keys to a piano or something because he/she insists on kicking them all hours of the day or night. I didn't have the problem with Emma or Maycee until they were much bigger and had no choice because they had no room to move about. They joys of motherhood I tell ya!

I am still working at the hospital and really like it. It's a good hospital and good people that work there. I really like going to work and am glad that I was able to find something that I like to do.

Well that's about all for now. Till next time...

Project #1

2009-01-12T12:08:00.001-08:00

When we bought our house we loved the layout and it was the right price and in a great location, so we said yes we want to buy it. However the decorating leaves something to be desired so we have started the re-decorating of the inside of the house. And project numero one is the kitchen. It had this really lovely red and green wallpaper(and I must say that the idiot who invented the stuff should be shot!)and it gave the house a real Christmas feel all year long! So it came off and we are preparing the walls for paint and new trim and we(or should I say it's Brad)are fixing up the cabinets a little. I am really excited. The girls said that they live in an ugly house now and that we must move right away! I tried to explain that it wasn't staying that way and that it was just temporary. Anyway--last night after the girls went to bed Brad and I turned on some good ol' Timmy and tore wallpaper off the walls and scrapped and scrapped and scrapped some more(did I mention that the inventor should be shot?!)It was so fun, really! So here are some pics of our progress so far. And they are all of Brad working, but I did help...I swear!

I could get used to this...

2009-01-09T14:43:00.000-08:00

So since Christmas it has been super quiet at our house. I am feeling really good, and am growing HUGE. Brad says that I should take pics of my ever-expanding belly because we never have before, and my reply was that I don't think anyone wants to see pictures of human whales. So we shall see who wins this one...But I am feeling pretty good and am so greatful for that. This time around has been kind of different than with the girls, so I am kind of thinking that we may have a boy this time around...We should find out the end of January or the first part of February.

It has been so nice not to have school and just be lazy. I decided that I am one of those mom's that likes the breaks from school. I am so not a morning person and it is rough to get out the door every morning for school. But we make it, most of the time.

To ring in the New Year this year, we were pretty low key. I helped the girls make New Years Masks and noise makers (that they would never use, but it was fun anyway) and we went to my parents house for dinner and had filet mignon and sauteed mushrooms and root beer floats, among all the chips and dip and snack foods that you could ever imagine. It was fun and I always love it when we are able to spend time with family. Then we came home and watched some movies, the girls went to bed and Brad and I just vegged. It was pretty low-key.

Now it is back to school and work and all that good stuff. I start the next semester on Monday and Emma and Maycee went back this last Monday. I am only taking a math class this semester so it shouldn't be too bad(and it's online)and then I just have to wait to get started in a nursing program. Then about 12-15 classes and I will be done! Things are good.

Till next time...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

2008-12-29T09:23:00.000-08:00

Our Christmas was great this year! The girls were thoroughly spoiled and it is so great to be able to be so blessed in this time of year when there are so many who are not. We started out with our annual Christmas Eve at Spencers. We had all the works with the nativity story played by Emma and Maycee.

Then everyone opened gifts from Grandpa and Grandma. It was wonderful and Grandpa and Grandma spoil us all. Thanks again for everything.

The girls got new pjs in the christmas countdown on Christmas Eve and they were quite the models for me in front of the tree

On Christmas morning Santa had definitly stopped at our house and I had let the girls sleep until they woke up and at about 8:00 there was a knock on the bathroom door and Maycee asked if she could open her presents. We called the grandparents and they all came to watch the girls open their gifts.

The girls got barbie everything and cute new clothes and craft things. They are all girl and you could tell by about 9:00 Christmas morning.

All in all it was a wonderful holiday! And now comes the taking everything down and cleaning everything up...my favorite part ;)!!!

Child Labor at it's finest!

2008-12-29T09:19:00.000-08:00

So Em and Maycee LOVE to play in the snow and they are always begging to help shovel the snow, so my parents found these little shovels for them and they have loved playing with them. The next time it snowed the first thing Emma asked is if she could go out and shovel it...like I was going to say no...

So This is Christmas...

2008-12-22T09:52:00.000-08:00

It hasn't really felt a whole lot like Christmas this year to me, and I think it is because I have had my head stuck in the toilet for the majority of the season this year. I finally finished the semester and to my amazment I did pretty good considering I tried to do about 5 million other things during the semster. But it is over and I am that much closer to finishing. I now have finished all my general education requirements and so I have about 15 nursing courses, of which I can't take until I start the program so I am taking one last math class in January and then maybe next fall I will be able to start the nursing program somewhere...It could prove interesting seeing as how I will have a 2 month old baby but it can be done and I am not the first to attempt it I am sure.
In trying to feel "Christmasy" we took the girls to look at the lights on Temple Sqaure. They thought they were cool and the highlight was the nativity scene that is in between the tabernacle and visitors center. Temple Square lights just aren't like they used to be(at least from my memory).

I finished most of the last of my christmas shopping last Saturday, with being so sick and school and work I haven't been able to get any of it done before, but with the exception of a few things it is done now. We also had the Hyde family party Saturday night in Heber and it was fun. The special guest of every year is Santa Claus and last year Maycee didn't want anything to do with him, she wouldn't even let me get within 10 feet of him without screaming so we waved to him from a distance and Brad had to go get her gift. This year she was VERY excited. She marched right up there and before Santa could even say hi she stood right in front of him and rattled of her list of what she wanted. It was the cutest thing and everyone started to laugh. And if you know Maycee she has this thing about noticing what she does and she gets REALLY angry when you snicker at something she says or does that is from the mouth of a three year old, so needless to say she turned around to everyone and told them all to STOP LAUGHING! and then politly turned to Santa and sat on his lap and got her present. I wish I would have had a video recorder, it was one of those things that was just so funny and totally worth having on tape. She happened to be the first one he called and when she got home she was telling Emma that it was so cool and that she couldn't believe Santa called her first! Her little imagination is so innocent and I love it! I love to see her so excited about this, it is all so real and it is great to have that kind of spirit in our home. I forgot to take the camera, it was once again one of those days, so there aren't any pictures of the girls with Santa this year(and he was a really good one too dang it!) Anyway, that does it for now...till next time...

2008-12-02T19:39:00.001-08:00

It's a BOY!!!

2008-11-24T08:22:00.000-08:00

Well that is according to the Ancient Chinese Birth Chart...My cousin said to try it and see what it says you are going to have, it's a goofy little thing that is suppose to be 93% accurate, and she says that all her friends have been right who have done it. So it says that we have a 58% chance of a boy and 42% chance of a girl. I don't know, I am thinking at this point that our chances of a boy are pretty slim...I guess we will see...

Timing was never my thing

2008-11-10T19:52:00.000-08:00

So my mom is SOOOOO excited about this that I have to post this before she tells everyone on earth. We are still pretty early in this adventure but we are all very excited so I guess it won't hurt to let everyone know that we are...drum roll please...expecting baby #3! It has been a VERY long road to this baby, considering the ways in which I got pregnant with the other two(while on birth control). I had to take extreme measures with the birth control this time around and it really messed me up and has taken me over a year to get pregnant, but we are and it is due the first of July. The girls are very excited that they get a new baby, and so is the rest of the fam (Brad just says it better be a boy!)
But my sister in law is expecting too and she is due the end of July so we will have two babies at the same time, it will be great to have cousins for the girls and the new ones to be so close in age will be great. Anyway-the morning sickness has set in and I definitely feel pregnant, I asked Brad to remind me why I wanted another one...he said he had no idea. I am not made to have babies, but oh well...here we go...

Getting Caught up...

2008-11-08T10:12:00.000-08:00

So I haven't done a whole lot of blogging lately, although I did post pics but that was it. So I am finally going to get caught up and let you know about what's been going on. So here goes...

We love our house and our neighborhood! We moved into one of the best wards so far. Last Sunday was our first time there and we probably had the entire ward personally introduce themselves to us. I've had the Relief Society Presidency over (they were just put in three weeks ago). And the bishop actually introduced himself and shook our hands(amazing, if you know the story behind my issue with that!) It was a great experience and it makes me glad that we have moved into a good neighborhood, since we are planning on being here a while.

The girls have adjusted well and they like all the room and the quiet street that they are the noisy ones on. Of course they like to be the center of attention. There are lots of kids in the ward and the girls already have play dates with a few of the new friends they have made(they are quite the little social butterflies).

They had a great time on Halloween. We went to the usual, up to Grandma Spencers and then to Sowells and then we went to our old neighborhood to a couple of houses and then we came and went around the block in our new neighborhood. They got so much candy and had a blast so it was a success.

Emma was Jasmine and Maycee was Tinkerbell for Halloween this year. They were so fun, it's great to have them old enough to get the whole idea.

We also have a yard that we have to do yard work. We have a great big tree in front that drops a million leaves and so this week has been spent raking them. The girls loved making the pile and jumping into it!

Also I already told ya'll that it was my birthday but I have to mention that Brad is the best at picking out flowers and he always brings me the most gorgeous flowers for my birthday.

So that about gets you caught up on us...till next time!

2008-10-30T12:00:00.000-07:00

We are in! It has been a CRAZY couple of weeks but we are moved into our new house! We love it and hopefully it will prove to be a great neighborhood. The girls can't wait to meet all their new friends(that's what they told me the other day)! It is still a mess but it will soon feel like home...hopefully...

The girls have been awesome through this whole thing and have moved quite easily into the swing of things. And we couldn't have done it without all our family and friends! You guys are amazing and you are sooooo appreciated!!!!!! We love you all!

The girls are so excited for halloween. Emma is being Jasmine and Maycee is Tinkerbell. And they are the cutest ever if I say so myself. They decorated their "haunted house" this afternoon and had so much fun.

We will invite you all over for a party when the house is all put together so you can see it. We have an awesome patio so it will be party central!

It was my birthday last Monday, and I spent the day cleaning our old house for the landlady. Oh well-It was a good day. They kids were well behaved and I got a lot done that I needed to so even though it wasn't the most exciting day, we had just bought a house 3 days before. I can't complain...

Anyway-I must go back to working...packing and homework and kids and laundry and should I go on, or do you get the picture? I am sure you all know it well...

'till next time