Well...now we're comitted!

After much thinking, discussion, and heartache...it is official, we are going to be moving to Southeast Idaho where Ty has accepted a job in the ER. He is super excited and I am super excited to be working less very shortly! We are so excited! We are going to be renting a home there...just until we figure out whether we want to build or buy. The boys are thrilled! The new place has a HUGE backyard (like 2 acres), a BIG barn, and a fire pit....not sure how that last one is going to work out. Sometimes they like to take charge and do things with not have a whole lot of supervision...Big T and Little P that is. We just got T all registered up to school and P is pumped to be crashing a preschool this year...watch out here he comes! As for Baby G...he is still cute as a button! He rolls over and under and loves his highchair...that is until you make him eat in his highchair! Hates rice cereal, hates carrots, hates food...I am going to have to home school this one if he doesn't start to widen his food horizons! YIKES! Ty had a birthday this week. I took him out on a hot date...Thai food and Lava Hot Springs. It worked out perfect...it snowed in APRIL! Besides celebrating his birthday Ty has kept busy organizing orders from Cabelas...yep Cabelas...and packing for the big haul south. As for me...I am still working...nights...full time...and anxiously awaiting cutting back! I can't wait for this summer...to LOVE the weather, play with my boys, and sleep at night!!! Shhhh...better get back to work!

Wishing for Springtime!

Big T had a birthday this month...the BIG 6!!! He had some friends over for the ultimate pirate adventure. We made pirate hats, learned to walk and talk like pirates from a clip off of Hook, walked the plank, pinned the patch on the pirate, and sought the ultimate pirate treasure. T has so many great friends! Baby G...could you be any cuter?!?!?!? Love u~! Baby G is sure getting big! He can sit okay if he balances on the ole' tummy roll. He rolls once he gets over the hump...his tummy. He eats...mush that is...to get that tummy bigger so he can sit and roll better. See why he is so busy?!?!? So much to do and so little time...

Isn't that the cutest thing? It is so cute...yet sad at the same time...the first time in his highchair they look so small and before you know it they are climbing out and flinging themselves over the back to be the centerpiece on the dinner table. Man...I LOVE BOYS!!!

Big T and Little P sure are fond of their little guy! Whenever Baby G cries...big bros are there to sing to him. Songs of choice...Follow the Prophet and Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday......on and on and on and on...and on. Wouldn't change it for the world!!

Sorry...can't get enough of those soft round cheekers, big blue eyes, and cute little smiles!!!

I tell you...even though my little peeps are as boy as they come...adventurous, a little on the farty and burpy side, and a lot on the crazy side I couldn't live without 'em! Ty and I marvel everyday at the miracles Heavenly Father has given us.

As if Ty and I had not yet jumped on the adventure wagon with our boys between Vegas, Idaho, ISU, Touro, studying, working, playing, parenting, and doing pretty much everything...except sleeping that is...we are off on new frontiers. Since Ty graduated we have been looking for the perfect job for him. We are grateful for the luxury to be picky since I have been working, but we started wondering if we were being a little too picky. Well, now...we are in another little predicament, options. Everybody keeps telling me options are good. My thought...they are only good if you can make a decision....I can't! I am always telling Ty I suck at making decisions...at work it takes us hours to just decide where to order food from. I think he thinks I am kidding...I am not, sad but true! So when it comes to choosing a job, place to live and raise the fam, and you know...what to do with our lives, it is proving to be even more difficult. We have officially received 2, well 3 job offers. The first was easy to turn down, the other 2 are both Ty's dream job in the emergency room, just in 2 different places. So the discussions, meditations, calculations, pondering, praying, and problem-solving has come from the closet and taken over our lives. Well...better get back to it! We'll let you know...that is...when we figure it out! Love you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Insight & Update!

The piano is done. It was a ton of work but we love it. Hours of stripping, sanding, staining, and sealing were worth it. The bench was also a refurb job. Ty and I have enjoyed getting a little crafty and spending time together.

Little P after a long day of sledding...look at those hot pink cheekers!

Lately we have become frequenters of the ISU basketball games. We have so much fun! Thanks to Grandpa Jerry who got season tix right on the floor under the basket!

Baby G...isn't he so big?!?!? Cute as a button though!!!

So...last week I stumbled from a friend's blog onto an article from a woman who is addicted to the seemingly perfect lives lead by "mormon bloggers" as she calls them. I found it so interesting that I thought about it off and on for several days. Fact is...I am in total aggreeance with my good friend Erin...it is crazy to think about how NOT perfect I am too. I have to say, it is on the good days that I choose to blog. The bad days when the kids I love so much make me want to pull my hair out, the days when I am hosting my own pity party in regards to still working full-time ...and nights, and the days when I could kick my hubs for stacking all our belongings on top of every cupboard in my house...are simply put...the days I choose NOT to blog. With this said...I count my blessings everyday! Those same things that drive me crazy are the things I love the very most. I am grateful for my boys who enrich my life with adventure, laughter, and love. I am grateful for my hubs for pretty much everything...including my eventual, hopefully soon...retirement. I am thankful for a Savior that gives us happiness and hope. Well...just a little insight I gained from an insightful article.

As for life as a Hep...

T is growing and learning new things everyday. He loves kindergarten and his teacher...Miss Hall as he calls her (even though she got married and is Mrs. Wood, guess he just can't give her up). He is spelling words now and learning to read. He loves games, playing with P (even though sometimes he would beg to differ), and holding baby G. He is an obstinant little stink sometimes but who knows... maybe later it will evolve to motivation and steadfastness. We just can't get enough of him!

P is adorable! He is smart just like big bro T. He knows how to count to 13 and say all of the ABC's. He loves to sing and has fallen head over hills for...Follow the Prophet. He can really belt it out...Adam is his FAVORITE! P can be caught smiling from ear to ear about 99% of the time and laughs so hard he can't breathe. It takes all Ty and I have to tame the beast in him and keep him alive and out of trouble. He cracks us up!

Baby G! We all just want to hug him all day. The boys love to hold him and Ty and I would cuddle with the little bug all day if we could. Ty says I spoil the little dude...I have decided I am totally ok with it. He is growing like crazy...14 1/2 pounds last time we checked. He smiles, sleeps, eats his hands, and could run a 2 minute mile when he gets those legs going. He has been so much fun...and we LOVE him!

Ty and I are keeping busy. Ty is manning the boys a lot of the time while I am at work. He has quite a few job potentials now and we are looking at a few here in Idaho and one in Utah. It is still hard for me to think that he is graduated now, getting into a career, and paving my road to retirement! As for me...I feel more like a walking zombie everyday. How people work nights for 40 years I will never know...I understand why they say it shortens their life span. Guess I wouldn't change it though...I love my job and my awesome friends I work with. I think I would just like to not have to work so often. Soon though! YEAH!

Ty's Graduation...and now we PLAY!

Look at that smart guy!!!

Road Trip to Vegas for Ty's Graduation! I'm a slacker...just now posting graduation pics!

Between Ty graduating and my maternity leave...we have some time on our hands for some FUN! Tonight...forts, popcorn, and movies!

Bath-time for Baby G! 2 month appointment...12 poounds 6 ounces...and shots! He deserves to soak!

This week we headed south to Park City to Gorgoza Park...an extreme sledding hill. Baby G stayed with Aunt Julie in Kaysville and the bigger boys and I went to risk it all on the sledding slopes. We had so much fun! Up the conveyer belt...up the rope tow...and down a mountain-full of danger! We loved it!

BEFORE...

AFTER!

With our extra time Ty and I have been working on some projects at home. First, the ottoman, we fixed the frame and gave it a face-lift...

We have also been refinishing an old, upright piano. First stripping...stripping...stripping...and stripping! Then stain. Next a couple layers of shellac, then hopefully we'll be done. We have recovered the bench, then after we paint it...it will be done! YEAH!

While the last few years have seemed like a tail-spin, it has definitly been one we will never forget! It seems like not that long ago I was 17 and waiting for my studly boyfriend to pick me up in his Jeep and take me water skiing. Then it was mission for Ty, college for me. After that...5 weeks to be exact we were married, less than a year-and-a-half later we had Big T, and built our first house. Next...Little P, a move to Vegas, PA School, a move back to Idaho, and now I plan to work toward an eventual retirement! Not a retirement from adventure, a semi-retirement from working full-time, and most importantly working NIGHTS! Why?!?!? Because Ty has GRADUATED and...PASSED his boards! We are so proud of our little PA-C! He has worked so hard all while the boys and I explored Vegas, played in the pool, and soaked up some sun! Now that Ty has graduated we have been more than enjoying having him around to join in on the fun and adventure of having...now 3...crazy boys!