Baseball!

Baseball games have officially started, and I am so exhausted excited!  Sier is in Coach Pitch with Mark as his coach, and he totally loves it!  He has such a cute little baseball stance. He is always telling Kip "you need to pay attention to me when I hit the ball because my eyes are always on it" (very true, Kip could take a lesson for Sier on that!)
Kip is in PeeWee's this year...that means kid pitch!  He is really enjoying it, and is on the brink of actually being good at it....you know what I'm talking about...the stage of awkardness that looks like if just one thing "clicked" then you would get it?  He really likes it, and his coaches, and his team! 
They both play 2 games a week, and Mark is playing his softball once a week.  By some MIRACLE none of Marks games or the kids games overlap this year!  I have some pictures from their opening games that I can post later...I'm posting this from my work computer, so I can't do it yet.  Until next time!

I want!

I want....the windows to all wash themselves & the screens to spray themselves off. I want a Shark Steam Mop so I don't have to mop my floors on my hands and knees anymore. (don't come over right now, our kitchen floor is pretty gross. I keep telling myself that if it gets bad enough Mark will just break down and buy me one!) I want the rose bushes to prune and move themselves to where I really want them. I want the trees to bloom and bud. I want our doors painted! I want the 15 yards of concrete that we need to pour RIGHT NOW! I want Kip to learn to hold still so I don't have to take him to have tests for ADD...seriously he can't hold still and pay attention for any length of time, and it's become a huge problem at school and practices. I want a bigger tax refund. I want to crave food that's good for me instead of chocolate cinnamon bears, twix, and french fries. I want to go on Vacation! I want my face to stop breaking out!!! I want a new dishwasher...even a KSL dishwasher. I want, I want, I want!!! I better get busy.

Birthdays!

Both of the boys had birthdays in February! Wow....Kip turned 7 and Sier turned 5. When Kip was born I would always wonder to myself "I wonder what my life is going to be like when he's five years old." Now Sier is 5...What the crap???....and I'll have another little one in just a few months! AHHH....what am I doing? We let them choose what or where they wanted to go to dinner for their birthdays. Kip chose 50 chicken nuggets from McDonalds (and he was sick on his birthday, no fun) Sier chose Tepinyaki...with NO help from me. We didn't have any friends parties for them this year, and it was SO NICE NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT! I really am going to try for that next year to, but I don't think they'll let me get away with it again.
Kip got Marks old pellet gun for his birthday, and was so excited! He thinks it's so awesome because it was his dads. He also wanted a chess set so dang bad...(I know Nerd!) Mark doesn't know how to play chess very well, and I have no idea how to play. Apparently he knows though! One of our friends comes over to play with him, so he's learning.

Sier wanted more of his "star wars collection". He loves those things. They are little star wars guys that are short and squatty...and he has almost all of them! He carry's them everywhere, and almost always has one in his pocket. Kip got him some little batman guys also, and wrapped it in Barbie wrapping paper. Sier was so mad at him! He didn't even want to open his present.

7 reasons why I love Kip

1. his blue eyes

2. his soft heart

3. his desire to please

4. his awesome trampoline tricks!

5. his desire to learn

6. his humor

7. he loves me no matter what I do!

5 reasons why I love Sier

1. his big green eyes

2. his determination to do anything his brother does

3. his sense of humor!
4. his joy of just being alive

5. his love for his DAD (I fall into a DISTANT 2nd in that category!)

I love my kids!

It's a good day!

Everything went great at the Cardiologists! The baby's heart looks just like it should, and I don't have to go in again! Technology is amazing.....and so is the human body. I learned a lot of how the heart works before a baby is born and after a baby is born. I left the Dr.'s office in awe of how little I know about the little person growing inside me, and I know it's a miracle that this little baby develops all the right organs at just the right time in order to live a healthy life. I'm glad everything is good!

I'm NERVOUS!!

I'm off to a Pediatric Cardiologist....and I'm a little nervous. At my ultra-sound they weren't able to get a clear picture of the baby's heart, so they set me up an appointment with a specialist at Primary Childrens. (luckily they've opened another one in Riverton) I don't think there is any thing wrong. All of us can feel him moving, kicking, and swinging around on the umbilical cord...but the Dr.'s just want to be sure. In the back of my mind I keep thinking "with our luck there is something wrong" but I feel good about it, so we'll just wait and see. Wish me luck!

Really? Yes, really.

Sometimes we live in a hole under a rock. By this I mean....we FINALLY saw AVATAR yesterday! It really was good, and both Mark and I would pay to go see it again. If you haven't seen it I would STRONGLY recommend seeing it in IMAX 3-D...and call me to go with you! Judge all you want but we even took our kids...and they LOVED it also. They can't wait for it to come out on video so they can see it!

Christmas Morning

Christmas was a little uncertain this year. Mark hadn't been been working that much, so I'm not going to beat around the bush...I didn't think we could really pull one of this year...BUT he ended up with a side job, and it was FANTASTIC! Every December we are so blessed, because he has had one every year since we've had kids...at times we're lucky he can do things on the side, because that is seriously how we survived the last 6 months of 2009! All Sier wanted was a Wii...everybody has one but us! I've been trying to talk Mark into one ever since they came out! But he finally got a chance to play one and figured out how much fun they are, so of course we were on the KSL hunt for one! Oh how I love KSL! All Kip wanted was a dam puppy...luckily we talked him out of it pretty easily...our yard isn't all the way fenced in, and we wouldn't want him getting out....it's hard to have a puppy right before a baby is coming because the dog won't like the baby once it gets here...We have a great kid to agree with us...but we aren't off the hook yet, once this baby comes he thinks we're getting a dog! He agreed on a remote helicopter...fantastic! (that was purchased on Christmas Eve!)
Needless to say, we got the Wii! And the helicopter (which NONE of us can work!) Christmas was great. I'm glad the kids are finally understanding the true meaning of Christmas, and the spirit it brings into our home over the Holiday season. I love my family!

PS...Mark loves inviting friends over to play the Wii just as much as the kids do!

Look at all those presents!

Mark, Kip, Sier

Sier loves the Cowboys! (just like his dad)

Kip loves the Bears because of Walter Payton...I know, he really know who he is!

St. George Christmas

Marks dad has a lot of family in St. George, so every few years we got to pack up and go down there for a fun family Christmas Party. It's so fun to see that side of the family because we don't get to very often, and there's so many of us!!
My kids are spoiled, and couldn't stand the car ride, they just don't understand why JetBlue doesn't fly there!...believe me, I wish we did so we wouldn't have to listen to them complain...what have I done??
We told everybody I was pregnant while we were down there, and it was the funniest thing ever! Marks Mom bought a ton of frames years ago to put pictures of her grandkids in; and for the past few years she's been telling everybody she doesn't know what she's going to do with all the extra ones, since one hasn't been filled for almost 5 years...she's been very baby hungry! So I snuck into her house a got one of those frames, and put a picture of a cute little baby in it and wrapped it up. We gave it to her and she was like "what is this for"...I didn't think we'd have to explain! Oh my gosh she was funny!! Jumping up and down, crying, clapping, doing the "happy dance" for minutes...oh how I wish we would have had it on video!! We'll never forget her reaction...PRICELESS...thanks Gaylene!
We went to 2 family parties, and then we went to see the Nativity at the Tuhacan Theater. It was really nice, and most of our family was there. Thanks for the fun everybody!

Santa

Our kids LOVE going to see Santa come to Riverton. We go with our cousins every year, and the kids have so much fun waiting for Santa, going on the caroling wagon ride, eating scones, roasting marshmallows, and playing at the park....who cares if it's freezing cold!

Mark, Kip, Sier

Mark LOVES the scones!

Jaxon, Alex, Brooklynn

Favorites

Everybody always asking Sier who his favorite is....I think we all know the truth!

Christmas Tree-Hunt 2009

We found a great tree this year! The weather was warm and perfect!!! No mud, No rain, No snow. I have to say I do like it when there is a little snow out there, because the kids have so much fun sledding up and down the dirt road. We were late meeting everybody down there because I had to finish some training classes for work...crappy!!! ....But that's a whole other story. But of course, even though we were a few hours late, we still beat Keith & Laura...No surprise on that one though! Instead of eating soup after, we all hung out around a camp fire...I think I liked that a little better, the kids were able to just do whatever they wanted and had fun playing with each other.

Sier whining about something...what's new?

Kip Peeing...he always has to go when we're in nature

Cutting down the tree

Our tree!

New Moon

I know it was soo long ago, but my gosh it was fun! My neighbor (and friend) got us tickets to a midnight showing of New Moon!!! They had "Bella's Birthday Party" before the movie...we ate and played a few trivia games, and got yelled at by the "big butt lady" (hilarious...love you, you know who you are!) I took my s-i-l Jera with me and it was a blast! Can't wait for Eclipse to see what they do with that...thanks Miss Teri!

Ohhh...we love him!

Jera, Alisa, Teri, Elizabeth, Lara

ZOO

The begining of October my sister-in-laws and I took our kids to the zoo. WOW is all I have to say about that. I think it should be against the law when the adults are out numbers 3 to 1....and all the kids were under 10. We did good though! We only lost one of them once!! Oh my gosh we were so panicked, I hate that feeling. The Zoo was CRAZY BUSY that day because it was dress up in your halloween costume day so EVERYBODY was there. But the baby elephant of course made it worth it. Thanks for the fun guys!

All the kids

Kip & Nicole

Baby Elephant

Sier

Halloween

What is there really to say about Halloween? The kids can't ever decide what they want to be, the idea of me making costumes is just a joke, but for some reason Halloween is just a fun holiday; even though it serves no purpose but getting candy from total strangers. I'm not a fan of trick-or-treating...call me the trick-or-treat grinch. I have no problem giving the sweet treats out, but I don't think kids that I don't know should come to my house...just over-protective parenting. Marks sister took my kids trick-or-treating this year...I think she felt sorry for them! Like they don't get enough candy from ME, GRANDPARENTS, and KIDS AT SCHOOL! But they had fun. They also had fun at G & G Beardens Halloween party. Can't wait for next years fun.

Kip as Jengo Fhet...or Buba Fhet, okay I really can't remember.

But he was starwars!

All of the Bearden cousins. Sier was the cartoon Wolverine! He wore that costume for weeks straight.

Flag Football

Kip has been telling us for years that he thinks "football is going to be my sport". Well, he finally got to try it out this last fall. In our community if you're in 1st grade then you can play flag football. Kip loved it! I've said it before, and I'll say it again...he's not very athletic...YET. Maybe one day he will be. We can definitely tell that he is improving and learning...and he LOVES trying. He was lucky enough to have 3 of his cousins on his team, and some friends from school. Our friend Cory coached the boys, and Mark helped out as much as he could. All the kids had a great time, and it was a lot of fun! Now Kip can't wait until he's 8 so he can do some serious tackling!!

The coaches giving the kids a half-time talkin-to

Kip in his uni.

Cabin

In September we went down to Marks Grandparents Cabin. It's fun even though we go down to WORK!! just kiddin'....we play around a lot too. Some of their "neighboors" (who live a mile down the road) took us out to see some of their property...way cool. They have a small herd of African Long-Horn Cattle, and an old fishing pond. The kids loved seeing the cows, feeding all the fish, and learning how to skip rocks. I've NEVER been able to skip rocks very well, but I'm pretty proud to beable to compete against the kids!! Mark, his Dad, and Sexy Grandpa Jay worked on the wood paneling on the ceiling...it looks so good. They've done a great job down in Joseph, and I can't wait until it's finished! Oh ya, thanks to Jesse & Kurt who helped me realize that I don't want a dog!

This was one of the big Long Horns

Caleb with Sier...(Sier loves

being babied by all the older kids!)

Fish feeding

Kip learning how to skip rocks

See, I told you some people worked!

County Fare

We went with some friends to the Demolition Derby they have at the Salt Lake county fair. It was a lot of fun, and we saw some good Derby Action!

Sier & the 6 week old baby Camel.

Coltin, Kip, Conner

What the Hey??

Just to let you ALL know...I'm ALIVE! I know- I know, it's been a long time commin'! I noticed that I haven't posted ANYTHING since AUGUST. Future posts to come.....(lots of 'em!) And I have big news...if anybody hasn't heard..STAY TUNED!