Another fun day

We got to go to the Pima Air and Space Museum a couple weeks ago. Edwin and I have been there a couple times and we really love going. Emma got to ride in the Flight Simulator and play in the little planes. They seemed to have more "kid stuff" than we remembered. It was a lot of fun and Emma still talks about the fun things she saw and what we did. And the weather was perfect on the day we went which makes it so much easier to walk around outside!We really need a double stroller!

Finally! A place where she can touch all the buttons she wants and nothing will break!

Snow Day!

Here are some pictures from when we went to the snow a couple weeks ago. Olivia absolutely hated it and wanted no part in the wet stuff that made her toes and nose cold. Emma had so much fun playing and building a snowman. Every 5 minutes she would pick up a snow ball and yell "Snowball Fight!" and throw it at us. Kids catch on too fast.

We asked her what we should name our snowman and she quickly said "Houdini"
Where that name came from we have no clue, but it's cute.
HOUDINI - the snowman

Morning Sickness

If everyone hasn't already heard, Edwin and I are expecting again!
A new baby (boy or girl, we aren't picky) will be showing up fashionably EARLY (I hope) sometime around July 25th.
We are so excited for a change and for a new baby again.
I've been "lost" for a while with emails and blogging because I haven't had the time and when I don't feel good in the mornings my whole routine is thrown out the window! But now I'm getting back on track, I'm not feeling so sick, but the continuous bathroom breaks have already started. I could sit here and type all the things that just drive me nuts about being pregnant, and it's not the stuff that is painful, it's just the stuff that is inconvenient - but I should probably just be quiet and be grateful that my children are healthy and happy!

Picture Perfect

This picture is so cute. She was actually in trouble (I don't remember why) and I made her sit on her bed. I guess she must have gotten bored, because she decided to try on Eliza's pajama pants and that was just exhausting, so here we are ten minutes later when I came in!
She wants to do everything that Eliza does, from going to the bathroom at the same time (her and Jessica too) to falling asleep at the same time. Eliza now has a fan club and Emma is the president. :]

Almost walking!

Olivia has been pulling herself up on anything she can get her hands on. She's found that when it has wheels, it's a little harder! She is determined to get it right though. We'll see when those first steps come!

I was looking in my photo album and I found this one of Emma and Zane when we went to Anthem Mall. They are so funny together!

Zane never looks at the camera when I tell them to say "cheese"

And Emily is yelling at Zane right now...I forgot why.

Memories.....

A couple days ago Thomas and Paul were asking me if I remembered fun things that Mom & Dad did for us and I didn't remember any of them!
Like taking us to McDonald's late at night for ice cream cones in the VW bus we had. ( 0-55 in 11 minutes, I remember that bumper sticker!)
I think maybe because they are younger, I was in my "I hate the world 'cause I'm a teenager, so I didn't really care about stupid ice cream" phase.
Again, sorry Mom & Dad. 12 kids, 12 teenagers. They deserve to go straight to the celestial kingdom for that.
So they were asking me if I remembered all these things that as they were telling me, I just thought, that's not really a big deal. But then I started remembering stuff from when I was little.

Dad used to throw Otter Pops in the pool during the summer.
Mom putting on a summer olympics to keep us busy (I don't remember ever winning anything)Vacuuming my sisters hair up.....she was bald for a couple months. haha just kidding.
It was an ACCIDENT, I tell you!
Playing in the rain on the way home from school.....and then getting fussed at. It was totally worth it every time.
Going out to dinner. I'm sure with 12 kids we looked like a school field trip.
I remember the "old school" ice cream. Dad used to take us in the back of his pickup and get Thrifty's ice cream at the store.
LOTS of broken bones! Emily smashing her finger in the door, John smashing his hand (I think)
breaking my leg and arm.
And that's not even half of it, right Mom?!
"Winning" fun shirts and odds and ends from Dad's work. It really was winning. You better believe with 12 kids that everyone wanted the same shirt. We got to pick a number, it was like the Lottery.
Anyway, it just got me thinking about all the fun things that I remember growing up and since I've been married.
Edwin is the worst because he doesn't remember anything so I say "Awww, Remember when...." and he says...."That wasn't me".
It drives me nuts.
I think it does good to look back every once in a while on the fun times we had....it give us hope for the future.