Thanks A lot Jordyn!

A few minutes ago I was putting Jordyn down for a nap when she looked and me and said, "mom, when you don't have your eye stuff on (I'm guessing she means mascara), you look, um...... um..... tired and a little um..... um...." I said, "what Jordyn," just say it," "well, a little bit not cute." The sad thing is, I actually had my makeup done and she must have been invisioning me w/out! I think I'll be putting my makeup on at 2 a.m. from this point on since I'm up with the babies anyway. The truth hurts I guess.

Roller Skating at Starlite Skating

DJ took Friday of last week off as well as Thursday for the trip to Heise so we decided to take the kids roller skating. There is a really fun and inexpensive rink here in town and ever since the kids went there for a birthday party they've begged to go back. Anyway, we brought Porter and Kamryn along again and this time, DJ sat with them while I rollerskated with the kids. I haven't had that much fun in a long time!! It was the funniest sight watching Kaleb (2 1/2 try to stay up on skates. He was so determined even after falling smack down on his bum time after time. Everytime he'd get up with a big grin on his face and try it again. (I guess for once I'm glad he had a diaper on for a little padding or his little bum would've been one big black and blue mess) Regan and Morgan are really good at skating because they spend a ton of time rollerblading in our driveway but Jordyn wasn't so confident so I spent most of the time helping she and Kaleb stay vertical and I got pretty good at skating with them right in front of me while they held my hands which they thought was pretty fun. Morgan and Regan came a long once in a while and grabbed their hands to take them for a little ride. We had the funnest 3 hours and by the end, Kaleb and Jordyn were starting to get the hang of skating. I love watching my kids learn new things and love to see them enjoying life!! Oh, and the best part was that the babies didn't make a peep the whole time which is amazing because the music was so loud and obnoxious. I told DJ that we need to find a CD with all kinds of loud noises and put it in their room at night then they might sleep through the night.

More Summer Fun!

We had a fabulous 24th of July with mom, dad, Stanton, Juj & kids at Heise Hot Springs. Dad has a company party there every year and invites us to come along. There is a big green waterslide that is the kids favorite as well as a big pool and of course, the hot springs. We never make it over to the hot springs though because the kids spend most of their day on the waterslide and this year was no exception! I decided not to even bother getting in to a swimsuit because I knew I'd need to be in and out with the babies so DJ enjoyed swimming with the kids and I enjoyed visiting with mom & Juj and it's never boring watching my kids. Regan and Morgan love going down the waterslide by themselves and Jordyn and Kaleb went down on DJ's lap which Jordyn seemed to like but Kaleb was not convinced even after DJ had taken him down a handful of times. Jordyn's cousin, Chloe, went down all by herself so Jordyn decided to try it and the poor little thing came out laughing and crying at the same time. She got turned around backwards when she was just about to come out and slammed her head in to the side of the tube and she has a nice big bump and bruise to show for it. It was pretty funny to see her reaction to it all, "Mom, I went down all by myself (happy, smiley face), "Ouch, my head hurts" (sad, crying face) Do you get the picture??? Anyway, it was so much fun to have cousins to play with and even Grandma Rose got to go this year!!! YEAH!!! We stopped for lunch at about 1:00 and then headed back over to do some more watersliding and ended up staying until 6:00 that evening. It was such a relaxing day and the babies slept all day with the exception of a couple of feedings. Sometimes it's almost easier to be out and about with the babies because they seem to like all the noise and commotion. Thanks, Dad, for another fun year at Heise!! Below is a picture of Regan coming out of the waterslide, one of my "hunky, farmer tanned" husband and little Kaleb (scared to death and screaming for mommy) and Jordyn coming out of the waterslide. (I love the look on her face)

Gotta love Albertsons Cereal Sales

I have to admit that I can't pass up a good cereal sale (unless of course I already have a good stock in food storage) which I didn't until today so I restocked! No, I don't feed the kids cold cereal every day, DJ makes them pancakes quite often and then there is their personal favorite, hot cereal (they really can't stand it but choke it down knowing that the alternative is a very hungry stomach." Anyway, just for recording purposes, I came out of Albertsons with over 50 boxes of cereal, granola bars, yogurts, gogurts, etc. and spent $51.00 and saved $147.00. I considered that a pretty good deal but not as good as my 40 boxes of granola bars for $3.00 last year. (no, that is not a typo) We are just about out of those granola bars so it was time to restock. I do love a good deal though especially with the cost of food right now! (maybe we'll just have cold cereal for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.) ha ha

Baby Update!

Porter with Aunt Lori ******Cindy with Porter and Kamryn

My two helpers! (what would I do without them?)

I took Kamryn and Porter to the Doctor today and couldn't believe it when they were weighed. Kamryn weighs 7 lbs. 14 oz. and Porter weighs a whopping 9 lbs. 10 oz. I guess all my worries about them not getting enough to eat can be put to rest. They are such cute little things and we are truly enjoying them even though they are a ton of work. They both have cracked, what I call, "non gas induced" smiles in the past couple of days. They will make eye contact with you and if you're lucky they might smile a bit! I love it!!! They are such different personalities and right now Porter seems to be pretty relaxed and low maintenance where Kamryn is a little bit more needy but I've had enough kids to know that the tables can turn quickly so I'm really trying to enjoy every moment with them, fussy or not!!

Family Reunion 2008

We had our Rose family reunion minus Matt & Sara and family. It wasn't quite the same without them but we were so happy to see them a couple of weeks ago and be able to have almost a whole day with them. We went to mom and dad's Friday night and had a wonderful dinner prepared by mom, followed by Family Home Evening by Lor and Brad and a few words from Grandpa Rose, and then topped the evening off with a fun talent show. I always look forward to all the kids talents each year and again, they didn't disappoint! It was also fun to have Grandma Johnson and Aunt Kim, Uncle Derin, and there son Collin join us. We haven't seen them for a long time and it was so fun to catch up with them. The next day Lor and Brad & kids, and mom and dad came to our house for the day. We missed Juj & Stanton and the kids but we enjoyed a very relaxing (okay, down right lazy) day watching the kids play and visiting. I think we were all in need of a day off. Thanks to mom and dad for planning and carrying out another successful and fun Family Reunion. Again, I slacked off in the picture taking area except for 2 very funny pictures of DJ and his infamous "loaded" dinner plate. Anyone who knows DJ very well knows that he has a huge appetite. (one of the things I love about him) This year mom made taco salad and he made himself an enormous plate full. The kids laughed their heads off when they saw this so I couldn't resist taking a picture.

Do you think he finished all this??? Well, not quite, he got to the last 6 or 7 bites and took a deep breath, I asked him if he was going to finish or if he got a little cocky while filling his plate. I actually ended up finishing his plate and he took a much needed nap!!!

Music Camp with cousins!

I am ashamed of myself for not writing sooner about the fun week my girls had at Aunt Lori's house last week but it seems like I have such a difficult time finding a second to sit at the computer. So to sum up the week, music camp was such ball for all of them especially being able to be with cousins! I think they all came back with a little more confidence in singing in front of people because all 3 were able to sing solo's. Jordyn sang, "Rubby Ducky," Morgan sang "Bear Necessities," and Regan sang, "God Help the Outcasts," and "Feed the Birds." According to Lor, they all did great and apparently Jordyn is quite the little performer. She is definetly our drama queen so that doesn't surprise me. Kate, Morgan, and Jordyn all got to participate in the Children's Chorus and Todd and Regan participated in a Musical Theater (selections from "Oliver") which was so adorable. They all seemed to thoroughly enjoy themselves and I'm thankful to Lori for taking them in for a week and making it possible for them to do this. They loved all the time in the pool at Lor's house and are all better swimmers! They are looking forward to our trip to Heise with Grandpa and Grandma Rose tomorrow. Thanks again Lori for taking in 3 extra bodies last week and for being patient with the 3 extra heads of hair. Jack was great for us and he and Kaleb got to be good buddies. Having 4 in diapers was a little crazy at times but Kaleb reminded me periodically: One day I said, "okay everyone, now we've got to" and then I paused and he filled in, "CHANGE BUMS"!! I got the biggest kick out of that one but at the same time I was thinking how sad it is that he's 2 1/2 and not potty trained yet. Oh well, I'm still trying to gear myself up for it. Anyway, the girls had a great time but were excited to get home and I was so excited to get my helpers back. I found out just how much I rely on Regan's help everyday and I was completely lost without her. She is such a huge help and always so willing to do anything I ask. In fact, I went to Walmart today and saw that school supplies were being put out and I had a quick reality check as to how hard it's going to be when she goes back to school. I'm hoping by then we will have established some sort of a routine and I might have things under control! ( ha ha ha) I didn't take good pics of music camp but these will have to do!