Milan's Sign

Hey People-

It's Lauren, and this picture is a re-creation of a sign Milan had on his door (since our camera doesn't work).

-Lauren

A little piece of Heaven

A conversation with my oh so adorable nephews on the way home today....

Cheryl: "Hey guys, look at this picture I found of Lauren and Ellyse when they were little. It was 2 years before you were even born!"

Jake: We were still in Heaven?! Cheryl, can we walk on water in Heaven?!

Cheryl: I'm not sure Jake, but sounds reasonable to me.

Dylan: Jesus can walk on water, even without bricks stacked up!

Cheryl: Wow, Jesus can do anything!

Jake: Cheryl, is Heavenly Father your Dad too?

Cheryl: Yes, in fact, everybody in the whole world is Heavenly Father's child!

Jake: Even Shaq (yes, of the NBA)

Cheryl: Even Shaq

I told Christy that I could have gone on talking to them for hours and she reminded me that I will have that chance in a few days when we all pile into the same car (thank you gas prices) and head to Utah. We were trying to figure out how to survive the long trip with the kids, bribes, candy, video games, toys, and then it suddenly dawned on us that all we need is a small 5 dollar bottle of dramamine!
Pray for us :)

Hilarious

The River

Property of Christophe Haws

The sticker says "Property of Christophe Haws". Lani loves her Dad and he would move mountains for her...He has so much tolerance for her "babiness." I get up at 5 am every morning and attempt to run. This leaves Dad to to handle Lani until I get back. It's usually uneventful, but today was a little different. Lani climbed up on the fireplace in our bedroom, stripped off her jamis, ripped off her diaper, danced around a bit and then pooped all over the fireplace. Christopher wasn't sure what to do about her little skit. I asked if she seemed a little embarassed and he assured me that she was not the least bit ashamed of what she had done! We're so proud. It takes some pretty good parenting to raise kids like ours :) It continues to amaze us how much you can love such a naughty little person, but sometimes we feel like our hearts are going to explode when we look at her!

Lani

And the Mother of the Year is........

I have never been nominated for Mother of the Year, but I also have never been turned into CPS...yet. My mothering has been called into question this past week. It all started when I went left my 1 year old in the locked car with her 11 year old sister and my sister parked right behind me. When I came out with my Milan, a woman stood at my car door with the look of the devil in her eyes! She proceded to scream at me. "Did I have any idea how dangerous it is to leave a baby in the car by herself?!" I made the mistake of responding to her question. "Yes, crazy lady, that would be crazy! She isn't in the car by herself. Her sister is in there, the car is locked and she has a cell phone in her hand. Also, my sister is right behind me watching my car!" She heard none of this and told me that what I had done was illegal and that she should call the cops! I offered to call for her, (my bro. in law is a cop) and this did not amuse her at all. I finally ended up getting in my car and shutting the door while she continued to scream at me! I am sure she took my license plate and called the police.
My day just got better from there. I went to the store after dropping off my kids and thought I would pick up a few treats since I have 12-15 kids at my house at any given time. Mind you, I make homemade bread and 3 healthy meals from scratch nearly every day. I really don't feed my kids junk nonstop. Well the lady checking me out decided that I had picked up a little too much junk and says "Wow, my kids wish they lived at your house!" I snapped out of my grocery store trance and said "What was that?...I was so not in the mood!" She says "You know, obesity is at an all time high. I just can't feed my kids stuff like this. It is so bad for them!" Did she not see the bananas, lettuce, strawberries, etc.? Am I on cadid camera or that Boiling Point show.
Thankfully I am confident that I am at the very least a mediocre Mom and that all you can do it try, right?!
Hang in there you Mom's and don't let the crazy ladies get you down!