Happy Fathers Day

Jeromy, you truly are the world’s greatest dad!!! I love to watch your face light up when you make it home after being gone for so long. The first thing you do is to find your boys and scoop them up into your arms and plant an “atomic” hugs and kisses on them. You have the best way of making your boys feel so loved and so special and I know they will appreciate that forever. I will never forget the first week of Ethan’s life, you were there for me more then I could imagine. You did EVERYTHING for Ethan, and I just watched you, while my love for you grew immensely. You are an example to me in so many ways, we really are so opposite, that your strengths make my weaknesses stronger and I’m thankful. You really do make me a better parent, mother, wife, friend, and a better person all together. The one thing in my life that I am most grateful for is that my children will always have a dad that will be there for them, a dad they can always count on for love, understanding and support. Thanks dad, happy fathers day!!!!

My Project Pal

Ethan & I LOVE to do projects together, we try to find reasons to do different projects as much as possible so we can fill his days with fun activities. Our latest project was Papa Day cards. Ethan had a good time picking out the stickers to decorate the envelopes. He wanted stickers that reminded him of each of his Papas. He picked out football stickers for Papa Ron (Jeromy's dad) because he played football for BYU, and he decided that Papa Steve did Kong Fu, so he got Kong Fu Panda stickers. He also had a good time coloring and decorating the cards as well. When we were done, and he was looking at what he just made he told me…”Mom, my Papas are going to love these cards so much I think they might cry.” Ethan I think your right!!!

Ahhhh.....Boys.....

This is what hapens in my house when I take a 3 min. phone call. I don't remember giving Bowen the Yogurt but Ethan says he did not. Bowen did not care how he got his yogurt he was just having a good old time with it and he was so proud of himself. I can not turn my back without something happening, our home really is pure madness.

Thinking Out Loud

I’m so grateful for small bursts of energy. Today I got one and did all of my laundry, cleaned my house (mostly…toilets can wait), sold a puppy, and put the boys down for a nap. Now I’m able to relax and do what ever I want, granted I’m still in my PJ’s but that makes relaxing all the more easy to accomplish…right.
Today Jeromy also left for Bend to finish his 2nd surgery rotation for 5 weeks. He has two more rotations left (the 2nd Surgery & a Cardiothoracic Surgery Rotation) and then we will be done with this bizarre living separate but together schedule. My hat goes off to all you STRONG military wives and mothers, Jeromy and I have been dealing with these ridiculous rotations for a little over a year now and I’m mentally and emotional drained, I could not imagine the possibility of my love one also being in harms way. You women are AMAZING. With the fee time also comes a lot of thinking and trying to figure everything out, before I even know what everything is. I always have family and loves ones tell me to only bite off what I can chew but, with 29 years of practice I still can not figure how to do it. So, I sit here and think, and think and think….. I know life usually does not present it’s self all perfect and wrapped up with a bow on top, but I would sure be grateful right now if it did…… So, today I’ll just say thank you for the small bursts of energy and try to turn off my insistent compulsion to try to make everything work and try harder again to only bite off what I can chew. Wish me luck!!

Neighborhood riffraff

We have been very lucky to find a fun, friendly and safe street to live on out in good old SE Portland. Ethan & Bowen have really enjoyed the day with no rain and a little sunshine, on those days we stay outside all day and usually only come in once it’s dark outside and the boys are VERY dirty. Every where we go Ethan is always surrounded by girls his age or the girls are closest to his age, luckily he plays very well with boys and girls. The kids in our neighborhood are very nice and look out, and help my boys. Ethan and Bowen are the youngest in the neighborhood (by at least 3 years) but that doesn’t matter they all still play together. Ethan is going to miss his friends very much when we move, but the kid has memory like an elephant so I know he will always remember all of them.

Ethan the Grouch

All of us tree loving, recycling crazy Portland natives got new recycle bins today, YIPPIEE and Jeromy could not resist from throwing Ethan into it. Ethan had a lot of fun pretending to be Ethan the grouch. Now, if only I could get a normal garbage bin my life would be great, I’m getting really sick of our massive 35 gallon garbage. Not to mention the garbage men Nazi’s that will not allow you to throw away any more then the allotted 35 gallons, if you have extra garbage they will leave it out and then drive away.

Finally 4

Ethan had his 4th birthday nearly 3 weeks ago, but I wanted to post some pictures. Ethan had a good time, and he was VERY happy Grandma Edna was able to make it out to Portland for his birthday. Grandma spoiled him like always. Right now Ethan is really into TMNT, Indianan Jones, & Star wars and he got PLENTY of all of it. At Ethan’s request we had an ice-cream cake, but I think Bowen enjoyed it the most.
Ethan is excited to finally be 4, where ever we go people always thinks he’s 6 and ask me why he’s not in school. Now, Ethan can proudly proclaim that he’s almost 6, and that he’s just really tall and really smart for his age. Right now Ethan is learning how to read and write, he is always trying to read things and he’s getting pretty good at it. Look out world next stop Kindergarten for my little man. WOW, I’m I really that old already.