Hunter! Hunter!!

Hunter is quite the boy! Oh my goodness! He has a very strong personality. :) He is into everything right now and it is exhausting trying to keep up with him! The other day I was getting the kids ready for bed and Paige was getting into her pj's and I Hunter grabbed her panties and ran. I asked him to to put her panties in the dirty clothes basket, but instead he ran down the hall and came back into her room the her underwear on his HEAD!! He was laughing and so were we. He was being so silly that I had to run and get the camera and take a picture of it. I will post it when I get home. He scares us because he doesn't have any fear and is constantly getting hurt! Within the past week he's had his normal bumps and bruises but on top of that he threw my magnetic measuring spoons and the magnet on the back came out and he swallowed it! Then he was playing at our friends house and running towards the stairs and banged his nose on the stair and now has quite the mark on his nose. The poor kid. No matter what I do he seems to always find a way to get in trouble or get hurt! Are all boys like this??!! He's definetely ALL BOY which thrills Matt. It looks like he's going to be lefthanded too, so Matt says that means he's going to have to buy him his own gun and won't be able to share with Hunter. Oh brother! That better be at least another 10 years down the road, although I would prefer it to be 20! :)

Paige is turning 5!!

We are still ALIVE!!

So I have crawled out of my hole now and in case you were wondering, we are still alive! Life is now finally getting back to "normal" and we are doing well. Paige is excited to be turning 5 years old next month. She tells everyone that she is going to be going to kindergarten this year, so she has to get shots! For some reason she is excited about getting shots. Silly girl. Hunter is a talking crazy boy. He is in love with everything hunting and fishing and now Thomas the Train. We just got Paige's pictures taken, she had so much fun striking a pose. The photographer said that she looked like a model and Paige thought that was so cool. She is going to give us a run for our money as she gets older. :) I am now working at Sorenson Video Relay Service as a Video Phone Interpreter and it is lots of fun. We are doing better than ever and feel so blessed. I am now the Relief Society President in the deaf branch and Matt is the Young Mens President. We are still busier than ever, but loving life. Hope to stay in touch a bit more. :)

VOTE YES on PROP 8!!!

Protect marriage and our children and vote YES on Prop 8! If you research what has happened in Massachusetts, Texas and Connecticut you will be shocked at what could happen in California if Prop 8 doesn't pass. Please vote YES on Prop 8. Check out this beautiful video on Prop 8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmZaHbGgXH8&feature

The joys of motherhood...

I know that we all have those days where we think we are going to go insane!! Yesterday was mine, but I found solice in Pumpkin Apple Muffins! :) Every year we go to Bishop's Pumpkin Patch several times during the fall season. (So far we have been twice this year). I love love their Pumpkin Apple Muffins, but for 89 cents a piece, I thought I could make my own. So I searched the web and found an AWESOME recipe. I made some for Matt to take to work and some for us and they were gone that day. So last night I made another batch (in my Demarle mini muffin tray, which was amazing a total lifesaver). Nothing better than waking up to homemade goodies. My kids love them too. I will post the link so you can get the recipe yourself. http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Pumpkin-Apple-Muffins-with-Streusel-Topping/Detail.aspx So last week I was just called to be the Relief Society President in our Deaf Branch here in Sacramento! I'm excited and trying not to feel overwhelmed. Whew! I also just became an Independent Rep. for Demarle at Home. For any of you who are looking to make some extra money and have a blast doing it...this is the company! The products are AMAZING and pretty much sell themselves. This has been a true blessing to our family and I've only been doing it for a couple of months. You can email me at demarlerosy@yahoo.com or check it out at www.demarleathome.com if you are interested. Paige is as funny as ever. She started watching this t.v. show called Bindi the Jungle Girl (it is the crocodile hunter's daughter's show). Paige is addicted to it and now insists that she is Paige the Jungle Girl. I caught her yesterday petting the tv because they were showing a koala bear and wanted to pet it too. :) She threw a huge fit yesterday because I wouldn't let her build a treehouse on our patio and let her have monkeys. She finally conceded and said that she wouldn't have jungle animals if only she could have a frog or a lizard! She cracks me up. I can't wait until she is a teenager!! Hunter is talking like crazy. He pretty much says anything that we say. The other day he said, "I don't know," (sounds like "I don know"). When we say, "Who wants to go to bed!" He'll respond, "Meeeee! I don't!" On Sunday he say a picture of Jesus and pointed to it so I showed him the sign for Jesus and then he copied the sign and said, "Jesus! Jesus!" He says "AMEN!" after every prayer and fold his arms when we say it is prayer time. He's so cute and is quite the character. He definitely has a strong personality (just like his father..haha). Even though we all have "one of those days" I wouldn't give up my special job as a mother for anything. I feel blessed to be able to be my kids' mom.

Funny quotes

Everyone keeps telling me that I need to write down the funny things that Paige says, so here it goes.... Paige: "Mom, what do you want to be when you grow-up." Me: "Well, I'm already all grown-up. I am a mom and an ASL interpreter." Paige: "No, I mean you get more grown-up. Like, do you want to be a mail man or a garbage truck driver? Those would be good jobs to have." Me: "No, I don't think I want to be any of those things. I think I will be a mom instead. What do you want to be when you grow-up?" Paige: "I want to be a mommy and have 7 kids." Me: "Ahhh. That is so sweet. Why do you want to be a mommy?" (Now I'm thinking of all the sweet responses she will have). Paige: "Well, I want to be a cowgirl and a mommy. So, I need to have a lot of kids so they can help me on my farm!" Me: (Smiling and trying not to laugh) "Oh. Is that why mommy's have kids, to help them do chores?" Paige: "Yep." Me: "No, mommy's have kids because they love them and want to raise them up to be good people and have a family together forever." Paige: "Oh, and that too!"

Day in the life...

My kids crack me up sometimes! Hunter is obsessed with hats, daddy's camo hats in particular. Every morning he goes to Matt's closet and points up and says, "hat! hat!" I handed him one of Matt's Kings hats and he said, "No!! Ish, Ish!" He says "ish" for fish and I then realized he associated Matt's camo hats with fish and wanted his hat. Matt just went and bought Hunter his own camo hat and he wears all the time carrying his little fishing pole. Looks like he is going to be following in his daddy's footsteps. Paige says the funniest things. She is always telling me that she doesn't want to be in preschool any more, but wants to be in High School (thanks to High School Musical). I found a preschool that is actually on the campus of a High School and taught by students in the child development class there. When I told Paige about her new preschool she was thrilled and asked, "Do they sing too?" I told her that it wasn't like the teenagers in High School Musical and she was a bit disappointed. She is 4 going on 14!