The joys of potty training

OH how soon you forget the joys of potty training. I forgot how much fun it was. I am not actually ready to train Aidan, but he seems to want to do it himself. Last night, he told me he had to go poop, so in the middle of making dinner, I went to the dreaded throne. He sat there for less than a minute and "PLOP PLOP". He did it!! He was so excited and so was mommy, but what the rest of the evening entailed is not much to be desired. I battled with him all night long to give up what he thought was the urge to pee and put on a diaper. It was quite the fight. Finally, I nailed him down, put on a diaper, put pj's on him and off he went to bed. So, first thing this morning out of his mouth is "POTTY MOMMY, POTTY MOMMY". So, all I have done all morning long is sit in front of the throne and he has yet to go.....remind you he has been up for over 4 hours now. UGH!!! Well, we are about to leave to go out for the day and he is wearing a diaper....he just doesn't know it. Mommy is in charge and I so don't think he is ready. He is certainly understanding what potty is, but I think he is still a ways away. I am going to get serious about it in August when he is out of school. Well, for now, keep me in your thoughts as I venture out for the day with a very strong willed 2 1/2 year old.

Fourth pictures

Exciting Weekend!

Wow.....is all I can say about the weekend we just completed. It all started with Thursday night when we went with some friends to the annual Canyon West fireworks and festivities. It is always so much fun with bounce houses, food, friends and awesome fireworks. We usually go out and walk around and see friends we haven't seen in a while and our kids are free to run as much as they can. We didn't get home until after midnight. Then, we ALL slept in on Friday morning. We got woke up by a phone call at 9:45.....yes, I said 9:45. We all felt so good. We started cleaning the house and got it where we wanted it, and decided to take naps (not sure why we were so tired). Then, we went out to some friends and watched more fireworks, ate some good food and enjoyed good time with friends. Again, we were up until after midnight. We didn't sleep it, instead, I got up and had an appointment to get a massage, manicure and pedicure. WOW!!! It was amazing and I felt very pampered for a few hours. You know, that is all a woman needs is a few hours and she is good to go for a while. I was so exhausted from getting up early, so again, we all took naps in our house and then we were off to see MORE fireworks and visit family. We went to my brothers and sister-in-laws house and ate more food and tempted to watch more fireworks. We ended up just visiting with each other. Then, we ate more and got home way after midnight. Then, on Sunday our normal routine. We went to church where I taught the kindergardners. After church, we took the kids to McDonalds...YUCK!! Then, home for a well needed nap. Man, I feel so napped out from the weekend, but when you are keeping such late hours, your body is in shock. Then, Mark took Abby to the golf course with some friends and they had a blast. I must say, it was one of the most awesome weekends we have ever had. Daddy was not too happy to go back to work today.

Here are some pics from the weekend!!

Long time...no blog

I know it has been several years without a blog. I just made a decision that I am going to keep our page up and going and I will begin blogging on a normal basis. I have so many family members across the world who enjoy seeing our family growing. I hope all of you enjoy.