Sundays....

Remember how I told you in an earlier venting session how much I love Sundays?
Here are some glimpses of my day:
I sat out in the foyer during Sacrament Meeting with Louie, Noah and Isaac....why all three you ask?
Beats me....
Our home teachers come over after church. Luke is running all over the living room. Isaac is laying on the couch putting his feet in my face. The home teachers are trying to read a story from the Friend...Luke is talking loudly, and every attempt to quiet him only leads to more noise and him running around like a crazy man. Isaac is still putting his feet in my face to I move him off the sofa, Noah comes to sit by me. Isaac comes over and wants to sit by me too. All this while the Home Teacher is trying to read a story. Then Noah kicks Isaac, who then starts to cry and hits Noah. Then they all some how end up on the floor and Isaac kicks Noah in the face and now they are both crying while Luke is running around like a crazy person......Our Home Teachers head directly for the front door wondering why they were assigned the Millers out of all the people in the ward.....
We then head to the kitchen for dinner. Here is how dinner plays out.....
Mom: Eat your dinner Luke.
Luke: No, it's gross....
He proceeds to throw his sandwich and ends up in time out. He then tears apart his room, resulting in more time out. By the time he gets out of time out we are done eating and we are having dessert. All of us except Isaac, who is still staring at his sandwich, he thinks it is gross too.
I am eating some ice cream and Luke sees the ice cream and wants some.
Mom: You need to eat your dinner before you have some ice cream.
Luke (crying): No! It's gross....
Mom: You can't have any ice cream until you eat your dinner.
Luke (screaming): I want ice cream.
He proceeds to beat the crap out of his sandwich on his plate.
Isaac is sitting at the table staring at his sandwich. He decides to eat a little.
Isaac (screaming): I keep coughing when I eat my sandwich.....cough cough
Luke (screaming): I want ice cream....
Mom laughing while looking at Jason......what else can we do.....
Isaac (crying): I keep coughing, I can't eat my dinner.
Mom and Dad now in the living room waiting for the boys to finish to watch Funniest Home Videos.
Isaac wondering in holding his sandwich (screaming): Look at my sandwich I can't eat it....
Mom looking....not seeing anything....
Luke (screaming): I want ice cream......
We finally get everyone fed and Isaac and Luke get their ice cream in the living room so we can watch our show.
Isaac (screaming): I got something on my shirt
Dad: It doesn't matter just sit down and eat your ice cream
Isaac (screaming): It's dirty, what if it gets on something...
Dad (now yelling): It doesn't matter....just deal with it
At the same time Luke comes over to me.
Luke: I no like my ice cream
Me: Laughing....
Luke (screaming): I no like my ice cream
Me: laughing harder....
Noah: Why are you laughing?
Me: laughing harder....
This is not a joke. This is a perfect example of my life. Lucky for everyone I am feeling fantastic lately so I can just laugh and roll with the punches! Thank heavens it is almost bedtime.....

Must See!

You have to go check out this You Tube video, it will make you smile!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-94JhLEiN0

Isaac's newest accomplishment!

Isaac has learned to ride his bike without training wheels! Yipee! He was outside with Noah and they decided to try it out. He got right on and rode away. He is so excited, he wants to ride his bike every moment of the day! Yeah for Isaac!!

We had to get some pictures of the big occasion!

Here he is showing off!

Park City

We took the boys up to Park City last week and stayed for a few days! It was perfect weather to hike and ride the Alpine slide and shop! The boys did swim but I thought it was a little chilly for the pool. We had a blast and it was nice to spend a little time together before school starts!

Noah rode on the Alpine Coaster, he was a little nervous at first but ended up having a blast!

Here we are getting ready to ride the Alpine Slide. Luke didn't know what to think but he laughed and screamed the whole way down.

Isaac remembered going on the Alpine Slide last year so he was so excited to ride it again this year.

Luke fell asleep on the lift up to the Alpine Slide.

Here is the rest of us riding the lift up to the slide!

Stuff

I was reading the Ensign last night. I read a short article and turned the page. The next article was the Question & Answer section. The question was this:
I love and am grateful for my young children, but I sometimes get distracted or discouraged by the practical details of raising a family and I struggle to remember what an important work it is. How can I better align my day-to-day actions and attitudes with gospel truths about family?
Pretty funny huh, just what I needed to read. Some of the comments were kind of funny to me but one lady said:
"As my children get older, I realize there are good and bad parts to each stage of our lives together. Many of the challenges pass with time. So do some of the joys. I try to take stock of the joys, to imprint them on my memory for the days when the long sleepless nights have passed - and with them the sweet, soft smell of a baby's warm head against my neck."
It made me want to cry, I think I am going try to have a better attitude so I don't miss those moments!!

NICU Reunion

We took the boys to the NICU Reunion tonight. They had pony rides, Life Flight, an ambulance and a fire truck there for the boys to get in and check out. Isaac was the only one that would ride the ponies. There was a camel there too???? They got tons of goodies and had a blast! It is crazy how fast they grow up! It was almost 9 years since we were in the NICU with Noah and almost 6 years since we were in there with Isaac. Things have changed so much since that time! It is always such a reminder to me of how precious our kids are, we are so lucky to get them here healthy and then to keep them healthy and happy as they grow!

Noah about 2 days into his stay at LDS!

Isaac about two weeks into his stay at LDS!

Seven Peaks!

Jason and I took the boys to Seven Peaks today! I got there and realized I left my camera at home....I was so mad! Jason took the big boys on all the big rides and I hung out at the kiddy pool with Luke! He had a blast! I think his favorite thing there was the wave pool. We spent the day together and hardly fought at all! Yipee!
We came home and had a backyard BBQ with some of our neighbors. We had steaks and our friends brought over a fryer and make homemade french fries.....ymmmm......it was a nice night, a perfect way to end a fabulous day! The boys passed out when we put them to bed, (rare if nonexistent at our house) not even one peep! sigh....what a good day.....