'2008' Nebraska State Fair

The Petting Zoo:
Caleb finally got the nerve to pet the camel after Eric kept showing him that nothing bad would happen if he did. The girls loved holding the baby chicks. Caleb wanted to go last, probably just to make sure that it was really safe. (If you haven't noticed he is our extra cautious kid of the fam.) Usually, he will do things after one of his sisters goes first. But he is starting to do more daring things on his own, like for instance, going on a rollercoaster...look at the pictures below...

Riding the Rides:
Liahona and Tamara enjoying the merry-go-around. Ever since I had Tamara, I cannot go on any spinning rides anymore, even the simple merry-go-around, so Eric had to go with Tamara and help her. Caleb was brave and went on a rollercoaster all by himself. He is getting SO big, we were all so proud of him!!

The Pirate Diving Show:

This was quite the hit with our kids. It was pretty enjoyable for us adults as well. They put on a rather well done performance. The kids wanted to get their pitcure taken with the pirates after the show... or maybe it was me placing the idea in their heads..i don't know...anyhow the pirate standing behind Caleb in the picture was named "Oscar" who atcually is a professional stunt man. The kids really liked his high diving jumps into the 8feet deep pool.....crazy, but neat!

More of Montey

S.U.M.M.E.R

S= Sucking Thumbs
Montey has become quite the thumb sucker. We have never had a thumb sucker before and it is kind of cute. We are still pushing the binky on him though, hoping that by some chance we can break the thumb sucking habit. He had his 1st tooth already pop through, which is the earliest yet with all our kids. Feedings will soon be a pain I am sure, but hopefully he won't get anymore until later

U= Unusually Visitors
So we have been finding gardner snakes for the first time in our front yard this year. I am not a big fan of snakes yet the kids were more brave them me and actually were picking them up and playing with them. I wanted to just scream and run away, however I am trying not to push my fears on them so I just bit my tongue and let them have fun.

M= Montey 3 Months
This was our Home Photoshoot for Montey, even though he will be 4months at the end of this month. He was a pretty good sport. He is too cute...we sure love him.

M= Missing Teeth & Manicures

Liahona lost her 1st tooth. We were all so excited. She was even brave enough to pull it out all by herself too! So I went and had my first pedicure and manicure done this month and they turned out ok but I did not find it all that wonderful. I could have saved money and just did it all myself. I did a home manicure for my girls, Here is the manicure that I did for Liahona. Her's turned out better because she sat more still than Tamara.

E= Eel Lessons

I finally decided that it was time to put the kids in swim lessons, so both them and I could be more comfortable around water. Seeing that I am hydrophobic and all..... I wouldn't let Tamara take lessons yet. I told her that she has to wait until she is five before she can take any type of swim lessons. So she got to help me take care of Montey while we waited and watched Caleb and Liahona for 8 days, Monday through Thursday for 2 weeks swim away. She was a pretty good sport. They made an amazing transformation within these 8 days, starting at not even being able to put their faces into the water, too jumping into the water all by themselves and swimming back to the edge of the pool.....they blew me away!!!

R= Rolling and Reeling

There was free bowling for kids 5-12 at our local bowling alley throughout the summer. We went a couple of times. Caleb liked it more than Liahona, and Tamara was just bored because she didn't make the cut seeing that she is only 4 yrs old. But it was fun for us all to go out and do something different every once in awhile.We also went fishing at a local pond this summer. The kids were catching the fish so fast that we could hardly keep up with getting them soon enough. We had a good time fishing with some friends from Eric's school.

!!!!! 8th Year Wedding Anniversary !!!!!

So this July 28th, hit our 8th year mark in our marriage. We look so young in these pictures; well maybe it was because I was 19 and Eric was 21, but that's besides the point...holy cow....... it's amazing how fast one can age! =) Especially when one has had 4 children!!! These past 8 years have been great. To think that I got to marry my best friend in the whole world has been so great, and yet were are even happier now than ever and not sick of each other. Now that's something to be proud of that's for sure!=) Once Eric is done with school we are planning on making up for all the anniversaries that we have not been able to get out and do much together...like this one, I have been sick with some cold virus. Yet I am pretty sure that it is more from my milk allergy than anything. Does any one else find it weird that out of all the animals in this world we are the ONLY ones who drink milk after infancy? Especially when it comes from a different animal than ourselves like a cow? We are weird! No wonder there are so many people with milk allergies. So I am back on my rice milk which is really wonderful. And my kids are still drinking Soy milk which is actually tons healthier for you anyhow, with more vitamins than just in cow's milk. (Just a random thought I felt like expressing.)

Busy Spring: Our Top 10 Reasons

1: Birth of Montey Jaycob
He has changed so much during these past 7 weeks. His new found love is his exersaucer. He loves bouncing and turning around in it and he especially likes looking around. His head and neck muscle are awfully strong. He can sit in this toy up to 20minutes, which is nice for me to have some time to workout or take a shower or something fun for just myself. Getting this kid to lean over to burp is near to impossible, he tightens in back muscles so strong, and he pushes with his legs to stand up. I can see that this kid is already showing his strong willed side....we are in for some really fun times ahead I am sure...he is just so cute anyhow. His older brother can't help but give him kisses every time he walks by him. Sometimes Monety will be crying and Caleb will just be giving him kisses and I would have to tell him "Would you please stop kissing him and just give him his binky please...."














2: Celebrating Birthday Number 1, Tamara's Day
Of course where do all little kids want to go?? McDonald's...why as kids do we find that greasy, smelly, busy place so much fun?? So we had an evening out at McD's to celebrate Tamara's birthday, and went home for cake and ice cream. Last year when she blew out her candles her hair caught on fire (I somehow mange to tape the whole thing without noticing, even when Eric was putting it out.) This year we manged to by pass the hair on fire, yet her face almost got burnt with her leaning into the candles to blow them out.... good grief! It's a Good thing Eric knows the Burn Unit well at our local hospital.



3: Celebrating Birthday Number 2, Liahona's Day
So for her birthday she wanted to go to the zoo. We drove an hour to Omaha to use our family zoo pass for this special outing. Okay, you have not been to a REAL zoo until you have been to the one here in Omaha...all I can say is WOW!












4: Celebrating Birthday Number 3, Caleb's Day

(On a side note to you all, spring babies are nice and all, but not 3, now 4 birthday's all in a row...it gets pretty crazy and busy, and drains that bank.)
Caleb being just under 12months apart from his little sister Liahona, means that they get to be the same age for about 2weeks. This is something that Caleb doesn't exactly like. He is happy when he finally is older than his sister again. When Grandparents were in town we went to an awesome place that kicks Chuckie Cheese by a long shot. It's called The Amazing Pizza Machine, which I personally like to call it Pizza Planet...holy-cow it is a kids paradise that's for sure...really really fun.












5: Spring Soccer was a Hit

Caleb loved every minute of running around the soccer field. After of couple of games he picked up on the main idea to run towards the ball, not just next to other people with the ball. HE earned his 1st Trophy...he was way excited and it sits on his bed, obviously he is very proud of himself, as are we.

6: Feeding and Feeding Our Very Hungry Pets

Our Newly Adopted Ducks "Guac and Molly " have decided to make our frog pond in the backyard their home sweet home. They like waddling up to our grass in the backyard to get their breakfast, lunch and dinner. The kids LOVE to feed their pets, we go through so much bread these days..... They are going to be too fat to fly away soon.

7: Blessing a Sweet Baby Boy

Montey was blessed at 6 weeks old in our church ward here in Nebraska. Nice to have instant family where ever we go, that has been a real blessing for us...especially living here being the farthest away from family yet.

8: Visiting with Out of Town Guests

My parents flew in to share a special "Fatter's Day" with us, oh I mean "Father's Day." Montey was blessed on Father's Day Sunday at church. We haven't seen my parents in over a year. We had a good visit with them, even though it was a short one.

9: Fighting Off Ticks

It is the bug season here, and these guys are the worst. We went for a family walk in our back yard, which is actually a Nursery, and we litterally had 20 ticks climbing on us. Got home from our walk and we all showered, scrubbed, and bathed those bugs away... however in the morning, Tamara still had two on her; one in her ear, and in her hair on the back of her head. Lyme Diease could be a posible facture for us, yet it can take up to a year to show any signs of this illness!!!EEK!

10: Hiding from Frightening Tornados

Our neighborhood Tornado sirens have gone off quit a bit this spring. There were these really Dark Tornado Warnings clouds with green spots here and there, above our home this one evening, and they were rotating in a circuliar motion...really weird and scarey. Aren't tornados only in places like OZ?? Guess we live in OZ.