Great News!!!

Mikey is now EIC (Enigeer in Charge) at his shop. That means Mon-Fri, 8-5pm! He will still go out on some jobs, but not nearly as often as he was. And no more "days off," but thats ok! He is actually in Vernal right now just getting off a job. Things should settle down the beginning of the year. That means we might actually get to plan our life/days out a little more and do things here more often. Yea!! I am very happy:) Good job Mikey, you're going to be great! I might even start making you dinner more often.

Me and the kiddos got home at midnight Friday night from our Utah trip. I worked half a shift last Monday, went out to lunch with Mike, then picked up the kids and we headed to my parents for the night. Lincoln is doing better and better every time we go there. He's really liking it there. We left the next morning and picked up Mike's cousin Tyler and he rode with us to Cedar. Lincoln: wonderful, did not cry once; just stared at the tv. Sequoia: cried straight from Fillmore to Beaver, stopping along the way. Awesome. I don't think Tyler will have children for a very long time. I'm not sure if he is, but I was SO grateful that he came down with us. He helped me out so much. It was a long trip though.

It was good to see all the family for Thanksgiving. Though we were all sad Mike couldn't make it; he was on-call all week. We played lots of games and had kids running and playing everywhere. Even though I was a big fat grouch without my sweetie with me, it was sure fun. We had to leave Friday after lunch. I had to work Sat night so we had to get back. I was planning on staying the night at my parents again but I just really wanted to see Mikey so we stopped and visited for a bit with them and made it home. Boy oh boy! There is nothing better in this world than being at home with your family:)

Sequoia is rolling a bit more now, I finally got to see her do it last week at my parents house. She also started to giggle a little while we were gone too. Finally! I've been waiting and waiting to hear that sweet little laugh! She is so stinkin cute and so good now! I love her so much. Oh and she was so sick Saturday after we got home. I thought it was a miracle the kids weren't sick in St George, they always get something during that time. At least she waited till the day after. She threw up like 7 or 8 times like a bunch every time. She was still good, just not feeling so hot. Poor girl. Today she is getting back to her little sweet self again.

Lincoln is crying and whining a little more when he doesn't get what he wants. Its a bit frustrating, but it could be worse, which I'm sure will be very soon. He has this thing right now with rolling down off things like the couch and stairs and landing on his head. Weird, but he just laughs. He loves his Daddy and if I say Dad's name he goes to the back door to wait, what a cutie! He is a very good smoocher and was so sweet to his little sis today. He picked her up (with my help and something that he has never done) and gave her a big hug and held her on his lap. It made my day!! He still doesn't like anybody to touch him, but he will on his own terms:)

We were going to give Linc a bath and when I walked in to put him in it, he had come in before and decided to give bunny and his blankie a bath as well. What a nut!

I love her happy little self!

We cut her hair a few days ago; I think it looks SO much better all the same length now.

We sure love these two little munchkins!

"Ready, Set...... GO!!" I only got a few seconds of this but they did this forever, it was so funny!

Love having that Daddy home!

As you can see by the lack of posts, Mikey is home and its been wonderful! He has been off since last Sat. Lincoln is loving having him around! He has been so silly and cute with his Daddy. And its crazy but ever since Mike got home, Sequoia has been doing so many new things, like rolling from back to belly! Even though I didn't get to see it, I'm so happy Mikey got to. She is so fun and happy most of the time and is so busy. Its crazy how different each individual child is.

I've been so busy this week running errands and working, but its nice because Mikey has been able to spend a lot of time with the kids. I finished the kid's play room, big accomplishment! I still have decorations to do and all the fun stuff, but its painted. I also got to go to the midnight showing of New Moon and it was so much fun! I ended up getting 23 tickets for friends before it sold out. Even better, Kimi and my mom got to come for the movie too. We sold my Mom's purses at the Holiday Extravaganza here in town Friday and Saturday. Good times hanging out with them both days. (Mike was great all week playing with the kiddos!)

The irremovable boots. Every time I put shoes on him he grabs these and wants me to put them on him. He's such a nut. And aren't they so attractive??:) He has one shirt that he could get away with wearing these. But oh well! Nobody's hurt and he's happy and its only a pair of boots. It is fun to get a lot of crazy looks when we go out in public, some people even love them:)

Lincoln and Inara (future Mr and Mrs Goodman) playing in the bathtub

Inara was so funny. She came over to visit Linc after she got out. He was freaking out and kept grabbing at the vinyl curtain and trying to block her. I love it!

Pretty in Pink

Lincoln lounging around

Mike said he was so cute putting Buzz and Woody under the toy so they could play with it

So tender

We had some really fun times lounging around and hanging out with Mike. Its wonderful to get to have him home, I'm so grateful. Now the tables are turning and me and the kids are gone from him:-( He couldn't go anywhere for Thanksgiving because he is on call, so we are going down to St George tomorrow. I worked a half shift today (I wanted to get out early because the roads are awful with ice, there were so many wrecks!) and we are now at Grandma P's. We all had so much fun sitting around watching my nutso of a child run around and be crazy. We also stopped by Tenille's to see them for a bit. I hope it will be a fun trip!

Koban and Sequoia, finally get to play together...

:)

Our crazy monkey

Monkey and Ty playing

Hanging on with Grandpa

Anna and Quoia

Wow I was so super behind! I'm sure I'll remember something and need to write it down, I need to be better at that! I started my own little journal just for me and I love it! I have more than 10 personal journals that I have kept through out the years. After more than 3 years of not writing, I'm so happy to be at it again. Gotta love the journals!! (And Mikey if you get this tonight, good luck on the job tomorrow and some big decisions!:) I love you!)

Play room

Alright, so don't you love it when you're in the grocery store and chat with a friend for a minute, and walk around browsing and all the sudden a few different people are asking you, "Um excuse me, but is that your kid down there??" Oh yeah, Lincoln was clear across the other end of the store, even better, with only one shoe on. (Someone even commented on his one shoe!) I felt so white trash! He was in the Cozy Coupe Car style carts and wiggled out of the seat belt while I was chatting. How embarrassing, I'm just glad everyone else was watching out for my boy. Geesh!

So, Mikey told me last night they were supposed to be out on the job site at 1am this morning. I haven't heard otherwise, so I'm assuming he is doing the job and should be home in a few days, wahoo! Man its been a super long 2 weeks! But I can't complain, every time I do it seems the person I'm talking to always has it worse than me (Toni!) so I'll just smile and be grateful I'm home most of the time with my awesome little ones.

I've been staying up till after 1am the last 2 nights, FINALLY started painting the play room I've been talking about doing forever. It is hard work! Mike has surprised me and has painted almost anything I want done so I've never realized how hard it actually is. I guess not hard, just time consuming! Thanks so much Mike, I'm really appreciating it!! But it is still fun to get it going, I'm excited to see how it is going to look! I'm doing it for a 10 hr project for Personal Progress, but I'm sure in the end it will be well over.

He is such a stare bear, a lot like his mom! He zones out so much I had to get a pic of it.

I was going to take pics of our swing set my parents gave us when it was all painted and had a bit more work done, but seriously the day after I started painting, it snowed. So maybe in the Spring. Anyways, Lincoln loves it! Its so nice to have it at the house, I don't like playgrounds!

Grandma G has ruined him with suckers! :) He loves them.

Silly kids! I swear I never have the time to workout anymore! So playtime is now; great leg lifts!

One of his favorite things is "patty cake"

Sequoia just hanging out

Silly boy

Vidoes

No, I don't let my child watch tv all day, but when he does he is totally into it. Especially these days when it is Toy Story!

I'm sorry you can't see your little kids, and I know these are kind of lame-o, but here is at least something for you Mikey...

He loves the chiropractor's office; they are so good with him and gets all kinds of stickers and fun toys like this. He has really surprised me lately. He hasn't cried when I leave him somewhere lately and when we go somewhere else he just goes right up to people for whatever. He used to be my shy boy, its so cute to see him grow up!

Of course, dancing to his Toy Story.

Probably not cool to anyone else except you Mikey:) Sequoia is working so hard on moving her legs. Oh and she is totally grabby with her hands. We were at the table eating cereal and she was in my arms. Well she reached right up and tipped the milk all over me and her. It was funny!

Happy Halloween Daddy!

My monkey and sweet butterfly

The kids and their darling elephant friend Inara

She was so precious, and super good all night by the way!

Inara

He loved his costume! Actually, we wore it around the house today for a couple hours. He's such a nut!

So cute!:)

K so Shilayna and I got the kids together and went to the Trunk or Treat at the church. It worked out nice because Travis couldn't go either. (Poor Mikey is still in Texas pretty much just hanging out at the hotel waiting for this job to come. He has been there a week now and hasn't even started! Its a bummer for us both, but I guess that's life. I'm just really hoping we can hang out enough before he goes again.) Shilayna stayed the night at our house while I was at work, I really appreciate her, she even cleaned my house!! I love my friends here.

Today was such a good day! I was really surprised how calm I was. I am usually super on edge after I work all night then go to church at 9am, but it was ok. Oh and Lincoln bore his testimony for the first time today! Haha! I went up with him and bore my testimony and he decided he wanted to as well, so he grabbed the microphone and talked into for about 10 seconds. It was actually kind of cute. Yeah, but not when I kept trying to talk and he threw a fit. Seriously, it was kind of chaotic, but oh well! I guess that's my life now, but its still pretty fun:) It made me feel better when other people got up and told me they've all been there! Embarrassing, but good to know I'm not the only one:)

Oh yeah and my phone is dead! Yuck! It is such a bummer! I don't realize how much I rely on my phone until I don't have it, seriously scheduling and all! My lesson had a visual that involved water. I'm a dork and didn't screw the lid on tight and put it in the bag. My phone was floating in it! I'm really hoping by some miracle it will be perfectly fine in the morning. Cross your fingers!!

No more mullet, yeah!!

Before...

After... Yeah she totally looks like a boy, but she's 4 months old, she doesn't care. It was driving me crazy, Linc had the same thing, yuck! I was going to wait for you to do it Mikey because you do it so much better. But I couldn't any longer; it had to go!

He does the silliest things sometimes, we sure love this boy!

And of course we love her too!

We got as far as carving off the top and taking some of the guts out. Lincoln didn't like the insides. He doesn't like yucky stuff on his hands.

He was so proud of his pumpkin

This girl has been drooling so much and chews on everything!

I love her one little dimple!

Lincoln and Annica playing with the magnets when she was here with us