Aaron & Michelle

Katie is 4!

2009-12-15T10:13:00.001-08:00

Technically this happened several months ago, but here she is my beautiful princess! We had her party at Peter Piper Pizza, and had a blast! She got to dress up as Cinderella and have pizza, cake, and play games. We had a great time. Hopefully with school out for a few weeks, I can play catch up. No promises!

Sami is five!

2009-07-27T14:18:00.000-07:00

Sami is five! This first picture is her sitting down to her first day of kindergarten! Wah, she's all grown up. She did really well, she walked right in and left me crying in the hallway. She had a fun birthday, Uncle Devin flew in for a visit, Troy is also here. Derek and Janel came over, Megan, and Stephanie, and she had lot's of help from Katie and Beckham opening her presents. She got a bike which she loves and is getting used to. Stephanie made some delicious cupcakes for her. Aaron just went to pick her up from school, so we'll see how she did!

Beckham is two!

2009-07-19T23:12:00.001-07:00

So my little man is two! I can't believe it, it has gone by so fast. My little Hammy is so sweet, he loves to swim, read books, sing songs, and follow his sisters around. He is slowly discovering boy toys. He loves spiderman, cars and trucks, and recently discovered the Transformers. He loves talking to anyone, building with blocks, and eating jelly beans. Happy birthday Beckham!

A little rough housing.

2009-07-19T01:33:00.000-07:00

So Derek and the kids were playing tonight at Beckhams' birthday party. Just keep an eye on Beck in the background! Ok, and ignore my annoying voice on the replays! Pause the music player at the bottom of the page also!

More Japan stuffs.

2009-06-30T14:52:00.001-07:00

Ok, so this first picture is the Yomeimon gate at the Toshogu shrine in Nikko. Nikko is a small city/national forest that has many famous shrines for Buddhist and Shinto religions. It's a beautiful area. The next picture is of the 5 story pagoda at the same Nikko area.

This next picture is of a giant Buddha statue. I am not sure exactly how tall, but somewhere around 35-45 feet tall. It was amazing. Then, Aaron, Kit and I getting ready for a long day of hiking around Japan! More to come soon!

Beckhams' trip to the E.R.

2009-06-27T22:03:00.001-07:00

Ok so this first picture is my adorable niece, Jane. She is so stinking cute! Picture number two, is Beckham after getting 4 stitches at the e.r. Picture number 3 is him a few minutes after he caught the edge of the end table. There is a line bruise going down his forehead to in between his eyebrows also, that you can sort of see in the 2nd picture. He was such a tough guy, he hardly cried at all! Hopefully he will sleep tonight!

Japan!

2009-06-16T05:26:00.000-07:00

So here are a few pictures. I don't even have time to explain them! More pictures later, and some explanations! We are alive and having a great time! Ja mata!

2009-06-08T09:19:00.000-07:00

So, here's a bunch of random photos! Aaron graduated and is now a doctor of optometry. He grew a "gradustache" which I made him shave the next day. We're done, woot woot! My niece Melanie is the blonde, Chloe (another niece) is the brunette. We saw a young leapord seal on Bandon Beach. The kids loved watching it move through the sand.
I will post more later, because right now I need to pack. Japan baby! Banzai!

Missed me yet?

2009-06-04T17:44:00.000-07:00

Ok, well I have tried for about an hour to add some pictures. However, we are currently borrowing a neighbors' internet. The signal is simply too weak to do much. So you will just have to imagine all the fun we are having in Oregon on the beach and with family and friends! We (Aaron, Kit, Devin, and I) are headed to Japan June 9th! I am beyond excited! We will be there 9 days, and plan to have lot's of fun. Thanks in advance to those who will be watching the munsters! Well, hopefully I will be able to add some pictures soon.

Little rascal

2009-05-01T23:30:00.000-07:00

So I was really looking forward to some home made egg muffin sandwiches last night.
I had Aaron pick up the eggs, and was eagerly anticipating said meal. Unforunately, my Beckers got a hold of the carton of eggs and promptly dumped them on the floor. My heart was broken! I held Aaron responsible for cleaning up the mess, since he didn't put the eggs away. Beckham was running around declaring " I did it!" We tried to explain it wasn't really something to be proud of, but he was adorable so I let it go. I guess we'll keep him.

Finally in Zion! (My version anyway!)

2009-02-28T09:25:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I have officially reached Arizona!!! Try to contain your excitement people. I got here, Friday evening. I broke the trip from Ogden to Chandler into two days. We stopped and stayed with some friends in St. George, and the kids had a great time running around with their friends. The kids on the couch are (L-R): Beckham, Katie, Jackson, Sami, Asher, and Porter. It's not the best picture ever, but they are all in it! Thanks to Megan and family for having us. It really helped to break up the trip. It was just the kids and I, so that was an "adventure." Aaron and his Dad came through Ogden, with the moving truck, on their way down 3 weeks ago. They experienced some adverse weather, and got trapped in Kingman, Az, for the night. (Party central) On the drive yesterday, I turned around to give Katie a drink, and was startled to see her make over. I'm not sure orange marker is her color. But it was surprisingly symetrical. We had a great time in Utah visiting family, and we are excited to be back in the sun. Although, I wasn't quite ready for this warm of weather. I was hoping to slowly acclimate. I just experienced a 50 degree change in weather. We got in, and I had to dig out some summer clothes. Guess we don't need snow boots and jackets anymore. Although, I REALLY need a tan! My legs are pigment challenged....Now that I'm back I want to see everyone and their mother...My email address is michelle_lambson@hotmail.com. So email me and we can exchange pleasantries, and contact info. Looking forward to annoying you all again!

Photo shoot

2009-01-31T22:32:00.001-08:00

My wonderful, awesome, funny, amazing, talented friend, Heather Taylor, took some awesome photos of the kids and I the other day. It was freezing cold, and my kids weren't that cooperative but she did an amazing job! It was hard to pick only a few to put on here. Thanks again Heather! A+

Preschool!!!

2009-01-11T12:27:00.000-08:00

So this is kind of a boring post but, I really need to find a preschool for the girls to finish out the year in when we get to Arizona. I also need to find somewhere for Sami to go to KINDERGARTEN! Holy smokes, I have a kindergartener. I can't believe it! So please offer suggestions for places you know and love! Pretty please with a cherry on top! We will be living in chandler, so somewhere close is ideal. But any and all suggestions are appreciated. If you have a contact name and number to leave that would be great, because then you do all the work for me! Aaron will be arriving into town around Feb. 9th or 10th. His dad, Gail, is coming with him, and they will clean up the house and get it ready for us. Knowing Gail, he'll probably tear it down, and build a fresh, new one! (The man is a miracle worker) The kids and I will be arriving somewhere in the 20's of Feb. We are headed down through Utah to have a nice vacation with family, and friends in Utah. Although, it might not be as nice for them since I am bringing my 3 terrors with me. Muwhahahahahah scene fades out...

Janel is here!

2009-01-07T20:55:00.000-08:00

I am so excited to have my sister Janel here to visit me! I think she is getting a real eye opener spending all this time with my crazy kids. She is having her first, a girl, this June. So hopefully we don't convince her to stop after one. Here we are picking her up at the airport, and then Sami and Beckham were modeling some of her winter accessories. She probably doesn't get much of a chance to use them in Arizona. She'll be here till Sunday and we are planning to have some fun. I was sick all day today so that wasn't much fun for her I'm sure, but the kids loved their nanny for the day. Don't tell her that I was faking just so I could get the day off!

Fun at the beach!

2009-01-03T17:58:00.000-08:00

We went to Bandon beach today with Grandpa and Grandma Lambson, Heather and Mikayla, Jasmine and Uncle Erik. We had a great time looking for agates and playing in the sand. It was pretty chilly but the kids still had a good time.

Sami's dance moves

2008-12-31T02:17:00.000-08:00

I came across this video of Sami the other day. She is about 2 1/2 years old and showing off some of her dance moves. It's kind of short but I thought it was pretty entertaining.

Let it snow

2008-12-25T22:49:00.001-08:00

Well, as you can see we've had a little bit o' weather. Lot's of it. Portland has been basically shut down for almost 2 weeks. They just can't handle the snow here, it's kind of amusing. Although it hasn't been very amusing that UPS has been out of business also. They are currently holding my xbox 360 hostage. For almost 2 weeks! I'm going through withdrawls. So UPS is on my bad list. (Sorry Ian) Anyhow, look forward to a Christmas post soon! Merry Christmahanakwanzica!

I really enjoyed my neighbors driver and passenger snowmen.

Sadly, we took a trip from Aarons' apartment back to mine, and what usually took 2 hours- took us 7. People were getting stuck, sliding off roads, and basically it was just a catastrophe. We had chains so we were fine, we were just worried about idiots around us.

Let's say thanks!

2008-12-23T11:19:00.000-08:00

As many of you know, supporting our troops is quite personal, and very important to me. With 6 brothers serving in the Army or the Army National guard, you can see why. I love that Xerox has their "Let's say thanks" program. I'm not sure how many years they've done it, but I remember doing it last year. So in case you haven't heard about it, here goes: Xerox gives you tons of choices of postcard designs. These are patriotic post cards created by children all over the nation. You can then choose from several prepared messages of thanks to the troops, or write your own. Then Xerox prints these postcards and sends them to service men and women all over the world. All at no cost to us. Such a neat program and takes less than 5 mins! God bless our troops. http://www.letssaythanks.com/

Snow day.

2008-12-16T10:29:00.000-08:00

We got several inches of snow in Eugene the other day. Aaron got the day free from work because of it. So we got the kids all bundled up and went and played! It was so cold. We are supposed to get more snow for the rest of the week. Which is making me look forward to Arizona even more, and if the snow wasn't enough, we're in the 20's. Brrrrrr. (snot icicles)

I am getting pretty excited for Christmas, the girls are so cute about it this year, they are really into it. Sami and Aaron went and cut down a tree. It's so nice to have a real one, and it was only 15$.

Christmas programs!

2008-12-16T10:24:00.000-08:00

The girls had their christmas programs at school last week. They say several songs, then got to meet Santa, and have cookies and punch. They had a great time and they did a good job singing.

Happy birthday to me!

2008-11-14T12:24:00.000-08:00

Well here is my poor gender confused boy, Beckham. He really needs a brother to show him some manly things. Aaron is obviously not getting the job done! Here he is modeling an apron and pink snowboots. Very fashionable. There's also a pic of me and the kids at my birthday party. Ice cream pie courtesy of Heather and Drennan. Thanks!

Sorry, Katie has no shirt on! Beckham has already got ice cream on his face.

Halloween!

2008-11-05T10:36:00.001-08:00

So I have tried at least 3 times to put these pictures up, and it finally worked! Sami and Katie were princesses, and little Beckham was a bear. I made the girls dresses (with much help from both Heathers! A big thank you!) and barely finished Katie's at 4:45 on Hallowee. Just in time to go trick or treating. We only went to the ward trunk or treat. That was plenty for the kids, they had a lot of fun, and I am enjoying their candy. Ok, the pictures are all weird but I don't feel like messing with them any longer.

Kids love to embarass us.

2008-10-28T12:13:00.001-07:00

Ok, so I just wanted to share a few of our families most embarassing moments.
We'll start out with Sami. Aaron took her to the grocery store. The cashier there wear's an eye patch. Well as Aaron is going through the checkout process, Sami notices the guy, and says "Look Dad, he's a pirate!" When Katie was first potty training,we'd (obviously) praise her when she was succesful. This became apparent one afternoon when we took a trip to the Tillamook factory (yummy!). I took Katie to the bathroom, and then went to take my turn. As I was peeing- yup, I just said that- Katie says, "You're peeing, I'm so proud of you. Are you going poo-poo too? Good Job!" Well, I won't confirm wether or not I was, but I'm pretty sure I heard a snicker from a different stall. I try not to ever go with the kids at stores anymore, cause they always ask unwanted questions in their most loud voices possible. Sami recently said,"Wow, that guy is really big! Why can't he walk on his own?" about a rather large man who was using the special hot rod wheelchair carts at the grocery store.I suddenly had to find something on aisle 12,the other side of the store. Katie once called me on a fart. (Hey it happens to us all sometimes!) We were at Target, in the girls clothes. I let out a little, eensy, weensy, harmless toot...Anyway, and she laughed and said, "You tooted!" There were other people around, of course, and I again, had something urgent to do in some other part of the store. That'll be it for now, but make sure to share an embarassing kid moment. And if you don't have kids, just share a plain, old embarassing moment. I love laughing at others' misfortunes!

Pumpkin patch!

2008-10-25T22:18:00.001-07:00

Well, it's that time of year! We took the kids out to a pumpkin patch today and they had a blast. The patch we went to has a train you ride out to the pumpkins and a ferry boat you ride back in. The kids had a lot of fun picking pumpkins out. The black and white pic of the girls and I was for their school field trip to a pumpkin patch last week. Credit goes to Heather Taylor for her mad photo skills. Yeah I love halloween! All I can say is that I have some serious sowing to get done or my kids are trick-or-treating in the nude! Which would also be adorable, but chilly.

So I am preparing myself mentally for single motherhood.....haha scared you huh? Aaron's rotation is in Eugene, Or, which is about 2 hours south of us. So he will go down for the week, and come home on the weekends. Sigh. So for those of you who live here, please take pity on me and talk to me,(I know I am not very fun, but service with a smile right?) Actually, if you are here for school most of you are in the same boat, so we need to stick together. So that is from nov-feb and then it's off to Arizona, and I couldn't be more excited!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, I am off to play a very important video game...saving the world and such!

The great makeup incident of 08'

2008-10-22T18:43:00.000-07:00

It all started around 10:00 in the morning on Sat. Oct. 18th. The perpetrator (refered to as the perp henceforth) Katie, was last seen sitting in her elmo chair watching a movie. The victim (none other than myself) was suffering pains from what she believes to be an ulcer. (That's a whole different post.) She set the 3 kids up with a movie and random snacks. She closed her laptop, pushed in all the chairs, to keep a certain 15 month old off the table. She believed (haha, and she should know better) that things were relatively under control. (haha again) She went upstairs and laid on the bed to cry herself to sleep. Just kidding about the sleep, she was just laying down with the door open, so she could hear the kids. Things were proceeding smoothly(or so she thought) until around 10:30 when she heard Samantha (the witness) telling someone they would be in trouble for making a mess. She jumped up and headed downstairs with a sense of impending doom. She rounded the corner at the bottom of the stairs, to see Beckham (also a perp) standing on a chair, at the kitchen table. As the victim got closer she noticed that Katie and Beck, perp 1 and perp 2, were both covered in makeup. And as if that wasn't bad enough, the kitchen table, her laptop, and some material for perp 1's halloween costume, were also covered in it. Perp 1 was found guilty of pulling out a chair and accessing the victims makeup stash. She put her face on and then got down. Perp 2 then climbed up the chair, put his face on and then proceeded to eat, and/or spill the rest. Perp 2 was tried in juvenile court because of his age. Perp 1 was held fully responsible, since she had a record. In fact, she was witnesses the day prior, applying the very same makeup! Society is headed down the crapper. Ok, anyhow, that was my sad saturday. Entirely my fault? (Aaron says so, and I think he has a point...) Yes, I should have moved my makeup, especially since she got into the day before. Ah, oh well. I had some extra material so I think we should be fine. I didn't get pics of the kids, since I wasn't ready to laugh at it yet. I did take one of the table (aka the scene of the crime). Well, sorry to write this exhaustingly long tale, with an annoyingly large amount of parenthesis, and very incorrect sentence structure. So ladies, if you aren't already smarter than me, put your makeup up!

Halloween candy.

2008-10-13T00:14:00.000-07:00

Look at them, taunting me. Asking me, "please eat me!" That's what the yellow piece of corn said anyway. But seriously, I love candy corn, and all it's brother and sister candies. My favorites are the large yellow ones. That mix is so hard to find!! Well, here in liberal Oregon anyway. (I'm not sure what being liberal has to do with the candy, but anyways) I don't really like the dark chocolate ones, and no I'm not rascist. They just don't taste as good. So here's a survey: What is your favorite halloween candy? My least favorite would be those orange and black wrapped taffy. Gross! I would never buy them so I can't take a picture of them. You know what I'm talking about!

My brother is safe at home!

2008-10-10T22:39:00.000-07:00

For anyone interested here is a link to a short video of my brothers' homecoming at Salt lake city airport last night! I am so excited he is home safe, and oh so proud! I'll stop myself here before I get carried away. If you check it out, be sure to have a kleenex handy!

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=4494703

Dress up!

2008-10-10T15:14:00.001-07:00

So the kids love dressing up lately. The girls are really into princess, and fairy type stuff. Beckham really wanted to be a dog like the girls, so I let him. It is obviously a pink dog, but oh well. We are going to invest in some boy dress up clothes soon. Even though he looks really good in heels! As a side note: Has anyone hurt or broken their tailbone before? I did in Feb. and am still in constant pain daily. I'm getting it x-rayed monday I think, but I'm wondering what other peoples' experience has been! Any suggestions, advice or whatnot would be appreciated. I would like to not be on drugs for the rest of my life!

Brent is coming home!

2008-10-03T23:26:00.001-07:00

So most of you know I have 6 of the bravest brothers in the world! (Troy, the 7th brother is as brave as a 13year old can be!) They are all in the Army, or Army National Guard. Brent, the second oldest son, has been serving in Iraq for 18+ months. He has a 3 year old daughter, and an almost 2 year old son. He has finally left Iraq! He is currently in Kuwait! And will hopefully be home by next weekend. I am so excited for my dear sis-in-law Jennie, and their two children! I am so grateful to them for their sacrifices, and courage. I am thankful to all our military, and their families! I couldn't ask for better examples to my own children of sacrificing for this beautiful, wonderful country that we are so blessed to be living in. I am grateful for a mother who instilled in us a love for this country, that was set apart for us by God, where the gospel would be able to be brought forth. A love for those who sacrificed much early in our countries history and were aided by God, in establishing it. Also, she encouraged a will to serve to keep our country safe, and strong. Despite your views on the war, I have spoken with, and heard both of my brothers' personal experience, stories, and seen their pictures and videos. I believe the work our soldiers have been doing is good work, that has brought about much needed change for those in Iraq. I've seen videos of smiling Iraqi children recieving school supplies they probably couldn't even have dreamed of before. Clothes, shoes, medical supplies, and a breath of fresh air, and change. (Not that I want to sound like Obama...) Anyways, to cut my sermon short, (this is a topic I obviously get worked up about!) I couldn't be more proud of my brothers, and the military personnel around the world. Job well done. Hooah

Depressing post!

2008-10-03T11:34:00.000-07:00

O.k so this might seem a little weird. We've been thinking and talking a lot about our will lately.

We don't have much monetary stuffs, but obviously our children are the main concern. We've thought through a lot of options, and have asked my wonderful, funny, caring, beautiful, smart, and awesome, brother and sister, Derek and Janel, (you guys can split those attributes up however you want) to take over raising the kiddos if something should happen to us. Wow, that was a super-duper run-on sentence. So seriously, I thought of posting this here since a lot of family read this, and as a backup until we actually finish the paperwork involved. I haven't had any dark premonitions or anything, it's just been on my mind. So, all our worldly possesions also go to them to use as they see fit. I guess the 360 could go to Troy and Trav since Derek already has one! It feels good to have a plan just in case! As a side note, I thought Palin did well last night! M&P FTW!

A B C

2008-09-30T19:43:00.000-07:00

A- Attached or single: Attached!
B- Best friend: A-dog and that's mostly one-sided..
C- Cake or pie: hmm tough one. pumpkin pie and cheesecake.
D- Day: Saturday
E- Essential Item: Chapstick, followed closely by underwear.
F- Favorite Color: Orange
G- Gummi bears or worms: sour worms!
H- Home town: Ogden, Utah
I- Indulgences: Creamy salsa and gobstoppers, and now candy pumpkins
J- January or July: July!
K- Kids: Sami, Katie and Beckham
L- Life is incomplete without: A trip to the gym
M- Marriage date: July 14, 2001
N- Number of siblings: 7 brothers
O- Oranges of Apples: apples (with caramel dip)
P- Phobias or Fears: Going on a cruise and drowning or being eaten by a shark. ( i'm a psycho)
Q- Quote: To get others to like you, you have to like yourself.
R- Reason to smile: It's almost time to move back to Arizona!
S- Season: Summer
T- Tag: Jordan, Mary Taylor, Kim, and Laura Lambson
U- Unknown fact about me: I always carry a weapon on my person
V- Vegetarian or Oppressor of animals: Oppressor of animals FTW! Haha I guess whoever made this is from PETA? I love meat and that surely means I love oppressing poor, defenseless animals. Did I mention I like hunting too?
W- Worst habit: Constantly snacking! Aaargh
X- Rays or Ultrasounds: So, would I rather see an ultrasound of my baby, or get an x-ray of something broken? I'm going with an ultrasound.
Y-Your favorite food: Is beef jerky a food? If not then teriyaki chicken.
Z- Zodiac sign: Scorpio

My quirks.

2008-09-25T18:53:00.000-07:00

Ok so this is a tag where you post some of your quirks.

1. I have to have a blanket at night. I will make the room cold enough to justify it. If it is warm I will only cover half my body and have my feet sticking out.

2. I am disgusted by gum. Especially if I see your gum. i.e you playing with it or setting it on your plate etc. I will throw up in my mouth.

3. I can't stand having my fingernails, or toenails, filed. This will also make me throw up. Very strange, but true. This made going through nails in beauty school really interesting. Just thinking about it is giving me goosebumps.

4. I am obsessive about my alone time. (the innocent type) I will stay up till 3 in the morning just so I can relax. Or maybe I'm an insomniac, I think it's a little of both. I just have to have several hours to myself and I appreciate that more than sleep.

5. Just say no....to Obama! Haha I guess that's not one of my quirks. But seriously folks.

6. I can't stand hair in my bathtub or bathroom. This is ironic considering my profession.But there's a difference between me cutting it off you and it falling off you... I don't care what body hair, or whose it is. I'd better not see it!

7. I can't stand to eat leftovers. I'm not sure what it is. I'm not a germ-a-phobe, so it's not that I'm worried that it grew something over night, I just...I don't even know how to explain it. I guess if it's a leftover piece of cheesecake then I can handle it.

O.k I think that is enough for now. Hopefully some of you will still be my friends after I have mortally offended you. (see #2 or #5) I tag Sheri, Janel, Derek, and everyone else who wants to. This one is fun.

I love Beckham also.

2008-09-25T18:24:00.000-07:00

I think Hammy felt left out of that last post, so I thought I'd post a picture of him too. He is still having ear infections and issues, so we are heading back to the e.n.t. specialist next week. We might end up with new tubes or another surgery, we'll see.

Here's the girls showing off their powdered donut dessert. See how good I am at sharing? They caught me getting into my not-so-secret stash and well, I had no choice but to share. Alright that's the not so exciting update from me! Also, since I ended up adding a picture of the girls, Beckham is still left out....

Did you miss me? Probably not....

2008-09-25T18:10:00.000-07:00

O.k so it's been a while.(this is becoming a habit.) Well, let's just say that we moved and then my internet connection and phone line were busy having an affair with some other apartment or something. But, I forgave them, and we are all happy now. Although, I wonder sometimes while I'm online, if it was wishing I was someone else....So we are back in "charming" Forest Grove, Or. (I can't say that Tricia didn't warn me) The rainy depressing season is here, and I'm, well, depressed. I am counting down the hours till we move back to Arizona in February. While some of you may be counting the hours you have left without me. The girls started school 2 weeks ago and love it! Sami goes on mon, weds, fri and Katie goes on tues, and thurs. Here are pictures of their first days! (not to be confused with first times.)

Tagged!

2008-08-04T12:01:00.000-07:00

O.k it's been awhile since I was tagged. I think people had given up on me for a while. So here it is!

Ten years ago I was...
16! Ah to be young again! I was probably hopefully maybe going on dates... We were living in Chandler, Arizona, and I was a sophmore in high school. I would have been attending classes faithfully every day, not enjoying pancakes at IHOP instead. I would also be charging my friends for the ice cream they were eating at my awesome tasty job-Baskin Robbins. (I made that pink shirt and visor look good) I would also have been injuring my ankle in volleyball at school.

5 things on my to-do list:
1. Get packed to move.
2. Enjoy a nice get-a-way to the anniversary inn in Logan Ut. (thanks to Jennie)
3. Get packed to move.
4. Enjoy my concealed carry permit class! (Merry christmas to me!)
5. Give poor Aaron a haircut and do my color.

A snack I enjoy...
Do I have to limit it to one? Recently I am really loving sour skittles and beef jerkey. Weird combination I know. And no, I am not pregnant. At least I don't think I am......

Things I would do if I were a millionaire:
Pay off Aarons' school debt. (ouch!)
Buy myself a nice new fancy minivan! (aaron can keep his old car...)
I would love to adopt some children from foreign countries. (then I could quit going through that painful process)
Help out family and friends!

Places I have lived:
Clearfield, Utah
Little Rock, Arkansas (for like 3 months)
Ogden, Utah
Sacramento, California
Some little town in northern California
Ogden, Utah
Chandler, Arizona
Gilbert, Arizona
Forest Grove, Oregon
Ogden, Utah
Clearfield,Utah

And now to tag some others: Becca, Mckenna, and Amelia. Two have new babies so I'll understand if you are otherwise engaged, but Becca no excuses...

All dressed up.

2008-07-30T16:31:00.001-07:00

Here are the girls wearing new outfits and some dress up jewelery they got for b-day presents from their cousin Mikey. They also got little hair pieces. Way cute!

Travis' enlistment

2008-07-30T15:59:00.001-07:00

So my brother Travis enlisted in the Utah National Guard yesterday. He is in the 141st Military intelligence unit. This is the same as my older brother Brent's unit. In fact, Brent is in Iraq and he did Trav's enlistment via camera over the internet. Brent says an oath and Trav repeats it. Since this is the 6th brother from my family enlisting there were reporters there. So that was

kind of funny. So thanks to Trav for his service!

In the first picture you can see Brent on the t.v on the left, and Trav is on the right. It was pretty cool.

Sami is getting on camera so that she can talk to uncle Brent!

Happy birthday Sami!

2008-07-25T21:36:00.000-07:00

Sami is 4 years old today! Wow, that went by fast. To celebrate we went with Jennie, Meggie, Lincoln and Troy (mom, dad and katie too) to Kangaroo Zoo. It has a bunch of the bouncy blow up toys, and slides and such. The kids, and myself too, had a great time! They didn't want to go home. For some presents Sami got: A fairy wand and crown, a guitar, a barbie doll, and a barbie movie. She is very excited about them all.

Sami loves fireworks and enjoyed playing with sparklers yesterday.

Sami is my sensitve child. Katie is totally the boss of her, and one word from her, can send Sami into deep despair, or hysterics. This is rather unfortunate. But she also is very motherly. She always makes sure Beckham is taken care of. If he cries she always has an idea of what the reason is. She'll say, "He just needs some milk mom." Or something to that effect. She loves cheese, and yogurt, and sunflower seeds. She loves to dance and listen to music. She also plays a pretty wicked air guitar, and head bangs quite well. She is so fun, and is learning so much. She is excited to go back to school in a month, and talks about it a lot. She's my Samster the Hamster and I love her!

Haircuts!

2008-07-23T01:06:00.000-07:00

So I figured it was time to chop Katie's hair. She hates getting it washed, won't let me comb it, or style it. It's always in her eyes, she gets food in it, and generally looks like a rag-a-muffin. So today I cut it. It took forever to get it right, and she did so good sitting still. I also cut my brother Travis' hair. He is enlisting in the national guard next week, so he decided to get cleaned up. So here are some before and after shots. I know they are mostly crappy, but my camera is on it's last legs and you get the point.

Well, I hope you enjoyed yet another post by crazy me! I am really on a roll, I am wasting tons of my (and yours) time!

My little Becky

2008-07-21T21:52:00.000-07:00

Here's Becky, or Beckham as a crossdresser. He was naked and cold, and it was too tempting to grab Katie's dress and put it on him. He had a run in with the corner of a dresser. Ouch!

Proud Army Sister!

2008-07-20T13:58:00.000-07:00

O.k I want to give a shout out (yes I just said that) to all the awesome men and women serving in our military. (even the coast guard!) Especially to my favorite military personel, my brothers. As many of you are aware, I have 5 of 7 brothers currently serving in the army or amry national guard. My 6th brother, Travis, will be joining in a week or so. I can't even express how proud and thankful I am to these great men. Two of my brothers have served in Irag, with one still being there. To see my brothers leaving their wives and children behind for Iraq, or for their various training and drill and such, is so inspiring and heartbreaking at the same time. To miss your childs first steps, first words, moving young families across the country away from any and all family. I can't imagine these sacrifices. Whether you agree with the war or our nations' leaders' and their policies, there is no doubt that our military personel are sacrificing greatly for us, wherever they are. I love running into soldiers at the store and such. I am sure they think I'm crazy when I come up and start asking them questions. I try to use as much of the cool lingo that I've picked up as possible. The soldiers are great and all, but let's not forget who made them possible. That would be the mothers' and fathers and spouses. My parents and my sis-in-laws are also heros to me. They sacrifice much in supporting their soldiers. I just wanted to say thank you to my brothers, their wives, and their children for their willingness to serve. I am proud of them, and humbled by their examples. My greatest wish is to join and serve with them, but that isn't possible for me at this time. So, I am a crazy, rambling person, and if you see a soldier- Thank them! Hooah!

Happy Birthday to Beckham!

2008-07-18T23:09:00.000-07:00

O.k so it was Beck's first b-day yesterday! He is such a big boy. He is close to walking full-time and is slowing getting his molars. (oh fun) He can say a few words. I know you don't believe me but he says: momma and dadda, hello, cracker, quack, and ear. Now, cracker and quack sound pretty similar but he uses them in the correct situation. He loves talking on the phone, following his big sisters around, and eating! He is such a happy little guy, with a huge smile.

He is always getting into something, and has recently been throwing tantrums when he doesn't get his way. Which is cute, for now. I can't believe he is already one year! It went by so fast. He loves eating pretty much anything, especially if it is what I am eating. He loves peppered beef jerky. Crazy I know!

He is such a boy. I can't believe how different he is from the girls. Very mischevious. Not that the girls aren't, but he is just on a different level. He heads for exactly where he shouldn't be the second he gets a chance. He is always climbing on or under things and getting stuck. He is a master at getting through all my barricades. Such a cute little rascal! I love my little Hammy!

Not for the faint of heart!

2008-07-18T22:58:00.000-07:00

Ok this post will have some "gruesome" photographic content. So here's the story. Both the girls have their ears pierced. Sami was sitting with Aaron tonight and he looked behind her ear to see if her skin was dry, and thought her earring looked kind of weird. So I took a look, and was pretty distressed by what I saw. The post was bent, the back was on crooked, and her ear had grown to almost completely cover the back of the earring. It was all crusty, and red and swollen. I simply could not believe that she hadn't said anything about it. So basically the problem was that the back of the earring got pushed on past the catch on the post, and the post got bent. Then her ear basically ate the back. Ouch. It looked so painful and horrible. She was such a trooper as I tried to get the earring off. I got the earring off and put it in the trash, and she started crying cause she really liked her dolphin earring. Well, then I noticed a faint dolphin shape being carved into the front of her ear lobe. So here's pictures. Sorry there is no pic of it with the earring still in, I was concerned about getting it off at the time. Although, I wish I had taken one now.These pictures really don't do it justice?.? It really was horrible. So hopefully it will heal without closing completely. So check your girls ears if they are pierced!

Red, white and blue fun!

2008-06-29T01:12:00.000-07:00

So I figured it's been a month again since I posted. Well, we've just been having too much fun! This last week my sis-in-law Jennie invited us to a get-together at Hollywood Connections. It's a fun place that has a merry-go-round, a roller coaster and a few other rides, also laser tag, mini golf and a skating rink. It was for army families and such, so they wanted the kids to wear red, white and blue and they had a parade for the kids. We had a lot of fun and had some tasty cake! Thanks to Jennie for the invite and thanks to all our soldiers! Also, in this picture is my neice, Megan.

And this is what the girls looked like on the way home....

We are alive!

2008-05-25T22:32:00.000-07:00

Ok so you are all wondering what happened to me... I hope. Well we moved and are living in Utah now. We have been busy having fun! The kids love having a yard to play in and getting to see their cousins. Aaron and I got to go to L.A. We went with my brother Derek, and my sis-in-law Janel. We left the kids with my parents and my two sister-in-laws. Then we flew to L.A on Friday and Derek and Janel drove from AZ and met us there. We played at six flags on sat and came home sunday. It was so much fun! It was a nice break from the chilluns, although I must say that I missed them.

Well, the kids have been sick again. Sami and Katie had strep throat last week, and Katie also had an ear infection. Beckham ended up getting tubes put in last month. He's had two more sets of ear infections since then, so I'm not sure if it helped?!? Hopefully it'll start getting better. He has 8 teeth with two more on the way. And he will be a year in July! Man that went fast!

Aaron finished his first week at his internship here, and he is enjoying it so far. We are doing well, and enjoying being around so much family. I will be better at adding stuff from now on!

Busted!

2008-04-04T09:45:00.000-07:00

So I thought I'd relate the story of my drug bust. Drug bust you are wondering? Well, technically it wasn't my drug bust. So begins my tale... Sami and I were headed to Kohls. She fell asleep, so when I noticed a Sonic, I pulled over. (It's kind of a built in instinct.) Since Sami was sleeping, I pulled into a stall. I ordered my food and started my favorite past time: people watching. I casually noticed the white pathfinder parked two stalls away. There were no cars between us and I probably noticed it only because there were two guys standing with the back hatch open. The thought that they probably had a flat tire on the other side of the car passed through my head. I was adjusting the song in the car when I heard tires squealing, doors slamming, and people yelling. I looked around me to see several extra cars suddenly parked helter skelter (and yes, I just said helter skelter.) and people with bulletproof vests and guns hopping out of them. They had their guns pointed at the two dudes. One was an undercover cop I guess, and they arrested the other guy. He had placed a black duffel bag of the good stuff in the cops vehicle. As all these unmarked cars, and equally unmarked officers converged on the scene, I thought, maybe gang members are getting smarter. Maybe they are really stressing gang shooting safety or something. To improve their kill/death ratios. Or maybe I'm the only one who thinks about improving stuff like that... Anyhow, so ended my exciting trip to Sonic. I did thouroughly enjoy my strawberry cream slush, and tator tots. Sami enjoyed, well nothing since she was asleep. (Actually I bought her tots and an apple juice slush. I'm not that cold hearted!) I thought of posting a picture of some drugs but I didn't want people getting the wrong idea. (I never inhaled)

Official plea for help!

2008-04-02T11:32:00.000-07:00

Alright people, this is my official call for help/advice. I am drowning here. Katie is really hard to handle lately. Not all the time, but with specific subjects.?. Her biggest issue is Beckham. She is constantly bothering him. She grabs him and holds on to him, won't let him get away and she pushes him over if he is standing up. She gets in his face and yells at him so he will cry. I know she's just doing it to see his reaction because she does the same thing with Sami. Sami however, can defend herself or ignore Katie. I've tried time-outs and even a spank here and there. ( i know I'm horrible!) How do you guys do your time-outs (or beatings) I am just wondering if anyone else had a kid combo like this, and what they tried or if anyone has suggestions. I've already tried selling her on craigslist but no takers...

So to relieve a little stress I looked for a potentially embarassing photo of her! This is Katie at about 8 months. She is bathing in Tim and Becca's awesome sink!

Little Bunnies!

2008-03-28T13:10:00.000-07:00

Ok so it's been a while since I've been on here. Such a slacker. So the girls had a blast on easter. We still kept it pretty easy for them to find everything. Katie was trying to stuff all the candy in her mouth at once. It was so funny. Sami is wearing her new apron I made her! I am so domestic....

So poor little Beckham has finished his 5th antibiotic, and the ear infections cleared up, but still left fluid behind again. So the infections will be back, and when they are we will go see a specialist about tubes. His left ear drum also ruptured, so he has been having a hard time. He also has new teeth coming in. He's up to 7 now, with 3 more on the move. He is so active! He has started cruising on furniture. And he will let go of things to stand for a second or two. I want him to slow down!

Katie has been obsessed with her "princess" dress lately. She does not want to take it off. Ever. She wore it to a carnival, chuck e cheese, grocery store, and Red robin. Sleeping, waking, every second. I did manage to get it from her, with some kicking and screaming (from her) to wash it the other day. It is about time to steal it again. As you can see in the picture, she wears her regular clothes underneath. Some of you may be thinking, "well, aren't you the boss of her?" Which technically I am, yes. I, however, choose my battles with Katie wisely. She is a first rate rascal. She is by for the most fiesty (which really means bratty) of my kids. She is really giving me a run for my money, which is already in short supply. She is just so stubborn! (me tearing my hair out, while scratching my eyes out in frustration!) She is also the sweetest too. How does that work out? Split personalities? Well, wish me luck!

My little Katie-bugger

2008-03-05T10:28:00.000-08:00

Ok so Becca tagged Katie so today you get to know all about her. Here are 6 random things about her!

1. Katie loves to carry around the weirdest things. She loves tissues, which she affectionately calls nissues. Paper towels are a close second. She is the queen of random toys. If we come over to your houe, I guarantee that she will find something to play with that no one else would look at-or that you thought was cleverly hidden. A few examples you ask? Katie loves candles of any kind. If they are within reach, she is carrying them around. She prefers small ones and then she sips from them. At my parents house she always pulls the little scrap of a cloth from under the dining room table. (It's there to protect the wood floor.) She then wraps it up and carries it around like a baby. She also does this with the kitchen towel, or any clothing that she finds. She manages to find matches, knifes and other dangerous objects wherever we go. She also loves wipes. These can also be treated like little babies. Oh and yes she does have actual baby dolls....

2. Katie loves to bully Sami. She is so good at it too. She is constantly bugging her and telling her no about things. Sami is always complaining to me that Katie told her she couldn't do something or that Katie said she wasn't her: sister, mom, dad or whichever character she is supposed to be playing. Katie will go sit right next to, but mostly on top of, Sami. She will then lay there like a rag doll while Sami screams in terror. All the while Katie is smiling away. She does the same thing to Hammy but he loves it.

3. Katie is so sweet! She is always saying thank you and pretty please. She always tells us she loves us so much. She loves to snuggle. If there are more than 2 people involved in the snuggle she then says: "Look we're a family!" She always plays with Beck, and then says " look he's love me!" She will change that s around someday I'm sure.

4. Katie is such a good eater. She will eat mostly anything. She likes somewhat spicy food too. She loves dried mango, yogurt, salami, pickles, V8, and of course, "treats" She asks for treats as soon as she wakes up in the morning.

5. Katie loves to color, and play with play-doh, or flubber. Luckily I think she is finally out of the coloring on walls and such. She can play with flubber for hours. (I could too.) She is very good about entertaining herself, and has become very independant in the last week or so. She wants to do everything by herself. And then if she can't do it, she kind of sits there for a minute, not wanting to admit defeat, then she humbly asks for help. It is so cute!

6. Last but not least, Katie loves the Backyardigans. She could watch them all day long, or talk about them and read books about them. She always wants me to sing their theme song at bedtime. I try to lean more towards primary songs, but she always wants that song. She is always Tasha the mermaid in the bathtub, and she makes Sami Uniqua wether she wants to or not. Before she saw the backyardigans she didn't care much for t.v. And she still doesn't unless its' that or shrek is another one of her favorites.

Health update.

2008-03-05T01:46:00.000-08:00

Ok, so the kids are all doing much better! Thanks to everyone for prayers and such. Beckham is finally out of the woods. He is still doing breathing treatments but a lot less than he was. He is teething so I can't say he is a lot happier, but at least he's breathing easier. Katie ended up with double ear infections as well. She is also doing the nebulizer and an inhaler as well. The doctor said since the both have excema pretty bad that they were prone to asthma. I thought that was interesting. Anyhow, Katie will finish her antibiotic tomorrow and hopefully that will be the end of it for awhile! I will have to take a picture of Beckham with his little oxygen mask on and Katie with her "peace pipe" and add them tomorrow. Or the next day, or maybe never. But I at least thought of doing it!

My cute kids!

2008-03-03T23:09:00.000-08:00

Ok so I thought I'd put up some recent, and adorable pictures of my kids. I'm annoying I know. Well, things are finally settling down. The kids are all slowly getting better. Here's Sami and Katie at Fat Cat's in Ogden Utah. We went bowling and played arcade games and ate some really expensive food....
Here's cutie Beckham trying to hide from the darn paparrazi. (Spelling?)
They are remodeling our apartment complex, so while it's annoying to have workers coming and going. It will definetly be worth it! We are trying to figure out our move to Utah as well. For Aarons' final year in optometry school we have four rotations. The first starts in May, in Salt Lake. The second is internal, somewhere around Portland, the third is Eugene Oregon and the final one is in Chandler Arizona. I can't tell you how excited we are about that one! One more year! I know many of you have been counting the days till we get back....so try to stay positive, the end is in site!

Sami has been tagged!

2008-02-25T23:53:00.000-08:00

Lot's of tagging going on out there. So Sami's tag is 6 random things about herself. Well, let me tell you, Sami is pretty random. Tonight we went upstairs to go to bed and she was standing in front of our full length mirror. She was looking over her shoulder at herself, saying how handsome her back (which probably means her butt!) looks. I think she got that from Aaron. Ok moving on!
1. She has two fiancees. Or boyfriends, or boy toys. Which ever you want to call them. She has two little friends in her preschool class that she is always talking about. Their names are Easton and Jackson. She told the babysitter the other day that Easton was going to help put a baby in her tummy! Woah I know. So that would be an explanation gone awry from Aaron. I've told him to be more careful in the future. So there's all sorts of marriage talk and such, but Sami hasn't picked who she wants for sure yet. Really there's no hurry.

2. Sami loves to learn! She has a few little workbooks that she always wants to do. She especially loves it when Aaron does them with her. She loves going to her preschool, though she's missed a lot for illnesses this year. She loves to learn new songs, and to look at shapes and letters.

3. Sami is such a little mommy. She always wants to help with Beckham, and is always pretending her stuffed animals are babies. She loves to feed them, put diapers on them, and puts them to sleep all around the house. Then she tells everyone to be quiet because the baby is sleeping. She kind of gets upset if you keep talking. She is always watching over Beckham as he is crawling to make sure he won't get hurt. She is very sweet to him, until he slobbers on one of her toys, then the sweetness goes out the window. She also nurses stuffed animals. She doesn't keep it realistic by just nursing babies. She doesn't discriminate between species.

4. Sami does not like "spicy" things. Spicy is a very loose term. It includes actual spicy food, such as mexican food. She also calls things that are in the mint family spicy. She will only eat fruit gum, no candy canes, and sometimes even ketchup is too spicy. Seasoned fries, or tater tots are also a no-no. She loves to eat pickles, pistachios, beef jerky, and anything with ranch.

5. She loves to play video games with Aaron. She even has her own controller. It's broken but don't tell her that. She always checks to make sure there are batteries in it. She always wants to sit on his lap to help him, which is of course no help at all.

6. When she was a baby she went through quite a fussy stage. I'd like to refer to is as the: Sami has really bad colic, and it's horrible, I don't know if I can survive stage. I've actually tried hard to forget it...Anywho, so she would scream and cry for a few hours in the evening and nothing could get her to stop. Nothing. So one time we tried playing music really loud to see if that would stop her. We have a dvd of Beastie boys' videos (courtesy of Darrel, I believe.) So we popped that in and selected Intergalactic. We sat down with her right in front of the t.v and turned the volume way up. She quieted down instantly and fell asleep within about a minute and a half. We were simply amazed. We tested this phenomenon thoroughly. Unfortunately, we had plenty of opportunities to do so. That was the only song that would do the trick. None of the other videos had the same effect. I even remember showing this to my younger brothers once, just in case no-one believes me. She would quiet right down and then fall asleep with this song blaring. It was crazy!
Ok so that is my little Sami! She is so fun to have around. I can't believe she is almost 4! I am getting old.

Tagged again!

2008-02-25T23:40:00.000-08:00

Okeedokee folks. Lindsey tagged me so now you'll get to know much more about Aaron and I then you ever wanted to!
How long have you been together? About 7 1/2 years. Married for 6 1/2.
How old are you? Aaron is 29. I am 26.
Who eats more? Probably me
Who said I love you first? I can't remember?
Who is taller? He is but we tie if I wear heels. So you can imagine how often that happens.
Who sings better? Me, but it's just the lesser of two evils.
Who is smarter? I'm going to go with Aaron on this one. There are some subjects where I outshine him though. For instance I can call him names and tell him he is wrong in English, German and Japanese.
Who does the laundry? I do but he helps.....sometimes
Who does the dishes? We take turns.
Who pays the bills? They go through automatically
Who mows the lawn? We don't have a lawn to mow, but if we did he would.
Who cooks dinner? We take turns cooking mac n cheese! Aaron is a really good cook.
Who is more stubborn? I am.
Who kissed who? I kissed him. He said he wasn't ready for a serious relationship! He just didn't know what was good for him.
Who asked who out? I'd say it was me since I made the first move.
Who proposed? He did.
Who is more sensitive? That depends on if I'm pregnant or not.
Who has more friends? Probably me. (I know that sounds rude.)
Who has more siblings? We tie at 7-crazy I know.
Who wears the pants in the relationship? I'm going to say it's me. But I'm very nice about it!

Ok so I'm going to tag Brittany, Trina, Nicole, Becca and Jill.

We are sick...

2008-02-21T23:13:00.000-08:00

So my kids are trying to set records for most hospital visits in 2 weeks. So as of publishing time Beckham has had 3 e.r visits, Sami has two, and Katie is the loser with only one. Sami and Beck are on their second antibiotic each. They all had pink eye in both eyes. Sami and Beck have had double ear infections, and they all have coughs, fevers, the poops, no appetite, and are cranky!!! Beckham has a nebulizer for breathing, and he was officially diagnosed with pneumonia today. We were supposed to fly home this evening, but since we went to the hospital instead, that didn't happen. So this evening he is running a fever (again) vomiting, (so much fun) and he is still having retractions around his ribs, and difficuly breathing. So I am sure I won't sleep a wink tonight! Sami was our temperature queen, topping out at 105.8. Katie highest thus far is 104.7 and Beck is usually around 103. Beckham is also getting two new teeth. They are all refusing to take anymore meds and I can't blame them. Well, I hope we make it through tonight. I am almost out of clean clothes and so is Beckham. So I'm going to try some grape pedialite and see if that stays down. Wish me luck!
P.s. Sami has been tagged and I promise to fulfill all your hopes and dreams and tell you all about her. Soon.

I'm in Utah!

2008-02-11T09:34:00.000-08:00

Yeah I'm in Utah! We have been having a lot of fun. My brother Brent is home from Iraq for 10 days, and my brother Derek is here from Arizona. We've had everyone in the family together except Devin, who's on a mission in Japan, and Janel, my sis-in-law, who is working in Az. So it has been fun and a little crazy with all the kids running around. There are 9 grandkids, 3 and under! Makes things exciting. Here's Travis holding all my kids. So strong!
Here is Sami, Beckham and their cousin Zachary. They've been reading, and eating, books!
Katie loves Grandpa! She is always following him around. She loves to go out and break of icicles and eat them.
We are so excited that Aaron is coming to see us on Thurs! We have missed him.

I've been tagged!

2008-02-04T16:04:00.000-08:00

Ok, I've been tagged as it were, and so has Beckham. I'm supposed to blog about 6 random things about myself, and then I'll do Ham-chops.

1. I am a huge japanese anime and manga DORK! Haha I know I am a nerd, I'm not denying it. I like to watch all sorts of different anime, and love to read manga. (Japanese comic books) I am very interested in all things Japan. I am taking japanese classes and as previously stated, I am planning a trip to Japan for next summer! It's Aarons' fault really. He made me watch Dragonball z back when we were dating and the obsession grew from there. He created a monster...

2. I am musically talented. What? Well, I am. I don't get to toot my own horn very often so please bare with me. I play the piano. I think most of you know this. I can't wait till I grow up and get a home of my own and a piano. I have a keyboard but it's not like a full-size piano. I'm missing keys! I am currently learning to play the violin! I love it. It's such a beautiful instrument. I can't wait till I can play more difficult pieces. Aaron and the kids are probably getting sick of old macdonald and mary had a little lamb!

3. I had braces in 7th and 8th grade. Bad as that was, it was slightly common. To make things worse, I had head gear! Not very many people outside my immediate family knew this as it was a closely guarded secret. I only had to wear it at night, and I didn't have it for very long. I am very sure that no picture was ever taken, which is sad now, because it would be fun to make fun of myself now.

4. I love dry cereal! I could (and sometimes do) eat cereal for every meal of the day. Tooty fruities are my favorite. They are generic fruit loops- I think I like the generic better simply because that is what I grew up eating. We were supposed to only have one bowl, and we could only have it every other day, we had to have oatmeal in between. With 8 hungry kids cereal tends to go fast. We always got a big bag of cereal for christmas too. Which you then wrote your name all over and hid so nobody would "mistake" it for theirs. Some other favorites are original cap'n crunch, cinnamon toast crunch, and grape nuts. Grape nuts needs a lot of sugar....

5. Wow, this is hard because I don't lead a very exciting life. Ummm, I collect pez dispensers. Or I should say, I used too. I have quite a collection, which is, I'm sure-not worth a dime. But it was fun. I have most of the star wars characters, yoda being my favorite. I have all 4 ninja turtles, I'm not sure if there was a splinter or shredder, a lot of looney toon characters, ones from all sorts of different movies, jack-from jack in the box, and lots' of stale pez candy. I am a big nerd!

6. Almost done! Now you all know that I am a dork! I guess most of you already knew that. And for those that didn't I'm surprised that I fooled you for this long. I asked Aaron to help me come up with something to say and his suggestion was- "You have an innie." So you can see how much help he's been. Ok so to add to my dorkiness I love video games! The halo series for xbox are probably my favorite. We also own a wii- it's a funny name I know. I keep telling Aaron how nice he has it that I will play games with him. He doesn't have to ask my permission and risk incurring my wrath. I'll happily play alongside him, and I'm a descent player too. I no longer shoot the floor, or the ceiling. I put in many man hours to hone my "skills" So to you other housewifes who have given up after one game-it can be done!
So let's review: I am a dork. I am a nerd. And I am quite happy being those things! So now on to Beckham!
1. Beckham has 4 teeth so he is no longer nursing! You can guess why. And it's not simply because he has teeth. It's how he chooses to use them. He is a biter! Ouch. Luckily he takes bottles and he is eating solids 3 times a day.

2. Beckham is a giant! He tips the scale at 20 lbs and is 29 inches long. He is 6 1/2 months old. For a comparison, Katie is 29 lbs and she's almost 2 1/2. He's actually slowed down growing quite a bit. He was born at 9 lbs 4 ozs, and didn't look back. He crawls, sits up, and I've recently caught him with his hand in the cookie jar! Oh wait, it was pulling up to standing. Yikes, I wanted him to stay a little slug on the floor for longer.

3. Hammy only rolls one way. He absolutely won't roll over his right side. He'll scream like a stuck pig until you move him. I use this to my advantage of course. If he is drinking a bottle, I will put his left side against something so he will stay put and drink it. Mwahahahah I'm an evil genius.

4. Beckham does not like bananas. (Aaron doesn't either)He will gag and threaten to throw up every time. No matter what you mix it with. Or how excited I act- he will not eat them. Which is too bad because it's cheap and easy to mash.

5. He loves his jumperoo. I also love it. He will stay happy in that thing forever! It also keeps him from being crushed by Katie, who loves to ride him like a horse. Which he thinks is the funniest thing ever. But she usually ends up being too rough.

6. He has been sick all month! He started antibiotics on jan 9th for double ear infections. They didn't clear up, but hey we tried. He also got 2 of his teeth this month. He had croup at christmas and now he has a cold, just got shots and is still having trouble with his ears. So I think he is more like a normal kid now. He is usually such a quiet, happy guy. I am so lucky!

Hope you have all enjoyed my longest, most awesome post ever... and now I tag Brittany, Bryan, and both Lindseys. You know who you are!

Japan 09!

2008-01-26T12:16:00.000-08:00

So my younger brother, Devin, is currently serving his mission in Japan. He met a guy there, who is from Arizona. He used to live in Chandler. I thought that was funny and a little crazy! Small world. Also, I am planning my Japan 09 trip! Aaron graduates in May, and Devin gets home that March. So the 3 of us, and Aaron's brother Kit are planning to go to Japan in maybe June 09. We'll go to places that Dev suggests probably, and it will be quite handy to have someone who speaks the language. I will be starting japanese classes soon- although I doubt I will ever be fluent! I am saving my nickles and dimes for my trip- we will be leaving the kids with relatives so that feels a little weird, but Beckham will be 2, Katie 4 and Sami 5-so they should be fine right?

Date night!

2008-01-26T12:09:00.000-08:00

So last night Aaron and I went on our first kidless date night since little Ham-chops was born. So that was awesome. We went to Pf Changs-tasty! And then we went shopping at GAP. haha We always end up running errands on dates. Thanks to Lindsey for watching all the kids! It was fun although I kept feeling like I was forgetting something the whole time. Beckham has 4 very sharp teeth with more on the way so we are half-way in the transition to bottles. I am too lazy at night...he is really liking solids so that has been fun. I am getting excited for my trip to Utah. My brother Brent has a leave (he is currently serving in the army, in Iraq.) in early Feb. So I am heading down with the kids for 2 weeks! It should be fun.

Chuck E cheese partay!

2008-01-24T18:47:00.000-08:00

We got to see Tim and Becca quite a bit over new years, and as an added bonus we got to go to Tims' b-day party at Chuck e cheese. (you are never too old to have a party at chuck e cheese!) We had a lot of our family there and it was fun!

Slacker

2008-01-24T18:39:00.000-08:00

Ok, I haven't been on here and updated for a while. Thanks to Tim and Becca for keeping me on my toes! The kids are doing well....not. Beckham just finished up antibiotics that didn't clear up his double ear infection and Sami is in process with her meds. So it has been exciting! Just a few more reasons for me to be not sleeping at night! Video games being the first reason and then Beckham. Luckily for me, I can play video games late into the night because Beck is awake. Anyhow, I am planning a trip to Utah in about 2 weeks because my brother Brent is on leave from Iraq!

Beckham

2008-01-08T22:10:00.000-08:00

Beckham is almost 6 months and he is so close to crawling. He gets around rolling and pivoting on his tummy. I personally wouldn't mind if he stays put a little longer, but he is ready to move. He also has 4 teeth now which means I am ready to switch to bottles!

Japanese Gardens

2008-01-07T11:04:00.000-08:00

When Kit was in town last week we headed to Portland to see the Japanese gardens. Gabe Oakey came with us as well. It was a pretty crappy day- it was raining a ton. No surprise really though. The gardens were pretty although I'd love to come back in the spring when flowers and such are in bloom.

Snow time

2008-01-07T10:45:00.000-08:00

So we took the girls out to play in the snow. We drove about 25 mins away. Uncle Kit was with us and the girls had fun sliding down hills with him and Aaron. The boys were the sleds, so that was funny to see. The girls helped build a snowman which they named Frosty- pretty original I know. But they had fun and looked really cute in the process. (The girls, not Aaron and Kit.)

2007-12-31T13:07:00.000-08:00

O.k So here I am to join the blog world. I already broke down and did a myspace page- what more do you people want? Although, I guess myspace is out-dated and now it's blogging that's cool. Well, I want to be cool too. So look around and please be kind.