My Silly and Sweet Son

In the last few days I have had 2 experiences with Will that have made me laugh and cry. The 1st one was on Monday night for FHE we had a movie night and watched Spiderwick, the kids loved it and towards the end it got a little intense. Will was sitting on the floor and during this intense part just blurted out "I don't know if I can do this" the way he said it and just the suddeness of it made James and I laugh so hard! He then came and sat next to me and snuggled and closed his eyes when he felt he needed to. The 2nd experience just happened a few minutes ago, all the kids were in bed and Will came down stairs and said " Mom I don't want you to grow old I will miss you if you do". I asked him why he was thinking about that and again it came from the movie we had watched. I told him it would be a long time before I grew old and he would grow up and be big before that even happened. Then I gave him a hug and a kiss and he got back in bed. Then about 10 minutes later I hear something thru Madalynn's monitor but it was very quiet so I came up to check on the kids. As I came up the stairs I could tell it was Will so I went in his room and he was sobbing that he didn't want to grow up because then I would get old. I pulled him into my room and we sat on the bed and talked and he told me if I grow old then I would die and he would miss me too much. I tried to get him to understand it would be a long time before that happened and we talked how we will always be together as an eternal family(as much as you can explain that to a 5 year old) and that we will have a lot of fun together now and be happy and try not to worry about that. He was smiling by the time we finished and I tucked him back in, it is amazing the things that little kids think about. I am so glad to have him and what a blessing he is in my life, even when he is driving me crazy!

Memory!

Have fun and please be kind. :)

Here are the directions:

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.It's actually pretty funny to see the responses.

If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my blog's comments.

Yes, We Are Alive!!!!

The kids on the 4th of July 2 families in our ward called us and invited us to go to a BBQ and to watch fireworks with them. All the kids had a great time and it was fun to meet new friends. Where we went to see fireworks they were shot of 200 yards in front of us it was one of the best firework shows we have seen!


Madalynn and I watching fireworks she really was happier she has just started this no smiling phase. She will laugh and giggle at home but in public if someone is paying attention she frowns at them. Everyone thinks she is grumpy but she isn't just shy.


These are the crazy jugs of milk you get here in Oregon if you buy from Costco. We tend to not get them because the kids have such a hard time with the large pouring spout.


This is one view of Olivia and Will's new room, we thought we were going to seperate these 2 but Madalynn is still having restless nights sometimes and we thought for better sleep we would keep them together. They were excited for bunk beds and new bedding. Olivia is like every other girl out there loving Hannah Montana, and Will like always loves his superheros! I will post more pictures of the house when we are a little more put together.


Well we are alive and doing wonderful in Oregon, it is a dream to have James home everyday and to have work less than a mile away. He even gets to come home sometimes on his breaks at night. The ward has been great and I am making new friends and the kids already have new friends with they like to play with. And of course they love having daddy here everyday to play with. Madalynn is still not walking on her own but loves to walk holding your hand so we have her walk all the time we can hoping it will rub off and she will get to walking by herself.
As for now we are enjoying the summer and hoping to take the kids to the beach soon.

Back from Oregon

I got home late last night from our house hunting trip to Oregon. James and I left Utah last Tuesday and were in Northern CA for 3 days, James had to work and I got to visit with friends. Michele & Michelle it was wonderful to see you both, then on Friday we headed up to Oregon and started to look for houses we didn't have to look at very many we were very blessed to find the house we did. We are super excited we got to go to the ward and loved the little bit we were there, the house is a mile or less to Intel and just a 1/2 mile or less to the church. We leave on Sunday morning to start the trip, we will go 1/2 way then go the other 1/2 on Monday. I will post pictures and more when we are settled in Oregon!

Oregon Here We Come!

It has been awhile and I feel bad for slacking but I thought I would but a quick note and I will update more in a bit. We are currently getting ready to move to Oregon, James has been transferred with Intel to Aloha, Oregon. He starts his new job on July 1st and we will have a crazy schedule until we move. I will post more and more frequently once we get to Oregon.

More pictures!

Happy Easter!!!!

Well we had a great day but were sad that James could not be there with us. We had a great time while he was home. I am posting the only picture I got of the kids all together, I am hoping to take them to get pictures taken so I will hopefully post better ones of their Easter outfits. I did get one of Madalynn alone but again she has a funny face. We had an egg hunt with Grandpa & Grandma Hanson, Aunt Heather, Uncle Matt, future Aunt Sheri, and cousin Ashley it was fun to see the kids running around to get the eggs! Madalynn was hilarious she had a death grip on Heather and was not happy about touching the grass, you can see she wouldn't but her feet down! We then colored eggs and Uncle Matt and Aunt Heather showed the kids how to color with crayon then dye them, Olivia and Will loved trying it. We also celebrated Will's birthday, he got turtle swim goggles from Olivia and he was so excited he had been asking for swim glasses! So we ended up having a very fun busy day!!!

Just a quick note I am going to the doctor on Thursday to get a 2nd opinion about my lump, I know it is not cancer but it still hurts so we will see what they tell me. We hope everyone had a great Easter Sunday!