30, flirty, and fancy free!

Today is my birthday.
Yep, I'm 30 and proud of it!
No, I am not sad-I earned this honor!
Age is beauty.
I feel smarter, happier, and lovelier at 30 than ever before in my life.
I will post more later cause I am getting ready to have a Wonderwoman/ farewell party tonight.

YAY 30!!!

Favorite pasttime

Here are some videos of the boys partaking in their favorite pasttime:

Wrestle mania w/ Daddy!

These were took on Monday night (does this count as FHE?) The video is horrible quality but I couldn't not post them. (FYI: My camera stinks!!!) You'll see the boys pinching Gary's nose, that is his on/off switch. It did not take Ammon long to catch on to this fact and he had loads of fun turning his Daddy on and off. Just thought I'd share. Man, these boys are getting sooo big sooo fast. It gives me great pleasure to watch them interact like this. It makes my heart swell. I just love my boys and I love my husband and I LOVE MY LIFE!!!!

How many times???

How many times do I get approached about my 3 boys?
How many times have I been asked if all 3 are mine?
How many times do I get asked if I'm having another boy?
How many times do I have to watch the shock, pity, or amusement on their faces?
How many times will they ask if I'm going to keep trying till I get a girl?
How many times do I have to say how much I love my boys?

I LOVE MY BOYS!!!

Enough said, now quit gawking!

Love notes

My sweetheart is in Mexico this week on a protective service mission and all the sudden I feel very sappy. So, I started writing him love notes. I used to write him love notes when we dated and when he was in Basic training but they were always hard for me to write. I am NOT a "words of affirmation" girl. (Don't know what I'm talking about: read The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman) In fact, Gary loves words and uses them for everything. He talks people to death at work with his interrogations, when the kids get into trouble its like a 5-15 min discussion on what they did, he tells me he loves me all the time and is quite content to leave it at that. I have frequently sang him the refrain from My Fair Lady, "Don't Say a Word, SHOW ME!!!" He knows I am a acts of service person. Don't tell me you like me or admire me or love me, show me. You don't have to buy me anything, just do something nice for me. I often tell him to do a chore without me asking, write me an email or call me in the middle of the day for no other reason but that you were thinking about me, etc,etc.

So here I am: 7 months pregnant with my 4th little boy, in constant amazement at my other 3 and how beautiful they are and how blessed I am and I am finding myself the sentimental sap writing love letters via email to my gringo husband in Mexico.

Man, I love that man of mine! This morning in the shower I thought about the first time he kissed me. What a great memory to relive! So I wrote him an email all about it and hopefully, he will smile all day long knowing that I am still completely in love with him!

This is Gary and me in his room at Ricks College (past the chasity line...gasp!) My scanner is going out so we are a bit washed out but you get the picture. So cute, so young, so in love!

House Offer

Yep, we got an offer on our beautiful house in Texas. Too bad the offer was pathetic! OH! I hate negotiations. I hate feeling like I'm being had and I HATE feeling desperate! I am praying for divine inspiration. I know that if this is God's will-all will work out for the best. I have to believe that, know that, and act upon that. Wish me luck!

I love my boys

(oops sideways pic-"Best Friends")

Many people wonder how crazy I have to be to have 3 boys with another on the way. I hear all sorts of stuff when I am out and about with them:
"Three boys? You have your hands full!"
"Are they all yours?"
"Is the next one a girl? (I answer nope, my 4th boy) Oh you poor thing!"
"Are you going to keep going until you have a girl?"
"How do you do it with 3 boys?"
On and on, yada, yada, yada.

Let me tell you why I am not going crazy and lossing my mind. Is it b/c I have a wonderfully supportive husband that does anything I ask of him?...(insert HUGE laugh here) Sure, Gary is a wonderul daddy and the boys adore him but he is AWFUL at multitasking. He has gotten LOADS better though so I cannot complain. If he watches the boys, they are watched, that's it. He is actually great at the bed time routine: He feeds them, gets them in their PJ's, reads them books, says prayers, sings songs, and then says goodnight. Pretty good huh?!?
No, it is not Gary's wonderful abilities as a dad or my amazing house keeping, child rearing skills. They are just good kids who play nicely together.

Seriously, I have to buy a camera just so I can video record them playing together. It's amazing! I can be cleaning the house for hours, paying bills, talking on the phone, etc-and they are in the toy room playing Legos or Star Wars figurines or cars or ....the list goes on and on. Now, this does not mean there are never any disputs or fights-it just means they are few and far between. My kids do not get into things they are not supposed to. No BBQ sauce on the rug, no crayons on walls, no glue stuck in my carpet. (Thank you Father for sending me OCD kids!)

All in all I feel like a very blessed lady with extremely wonderful children whom I adore and cannot even express how much I love them!

My favorite song in the entire world

Found this and knew I had to share it. Enjoy!