The Child Family

Our family

2009-02-07T15:11:00.002-07:00

We are still at David and Sylvia's. Our house is finished and we have it on the market. We decided what a great oppurtunity to move into a bigger house and a better neighborhood. Our agent is amazing but the market is SO hard right now, we are just holding on for dear life praying that it sells. In the mean time the kids are all good. Alex has joined the wrestling team, Matthew just had a teacher conference and he is doing SO well, and Jacob just continues to be the amazing little boy that he is. The store is doing well, and Ezra is doing well at work. I went on a ride along with him and I am just amazed what he does in 1 shift. He is so great at what he does, and observant! Anyway thats what we are up too, hopefully the next time I post we will be moved and the pictures will be of our new house!

Adam and David

2009-02-07T14:58:00.003-07:00

David's 3rd Birthday Cake- Wow Wow Wubzy!

Adam

Double Trouble!

Happy birthday to my baby boy, may 3 take as much mischief from your sole as possible! HA HA! David out of all 5 boys is my out of the box thinker, he is too smart for his own good and he ALWAYS has us on our toes. Besides the fact he speaks so amazing for someone his age, he is not afraid to use that vocabulary- like "Oh mommy, you nuts" or "You like a baby"- when not getting his way or my personal favorite, he has got into a bad habit of calling people stupid, Ezra and I have really laid into him about this, so he's modified the word he calls people "Stoop" because thats not calling them stupid.

And then there is Adam, his personality has popped lately. He is a very quiet boy, he watches everything and does not say a whole lot. He is 18 months and knows 7 body parts and his comprehension is AMAZING! He and David are constantly in trouble! They team up and David realizes he is going to get into trouble he will have Adam do it!

Christmas

2009-02-07T14:50:00.004-07:00

I only grabbed a couple of pictures from Christmas. This year Alex was at his mom's and we are still staying at Dave and Sylvia's. The kids had a great Christmas! Matthew and Jacob's favorite present was the Wii. David was hilarious on Christmas morning- he wanted nothing to do with it. He refused to open his stocking or any of his other presents, we ended up helping him open things up because he was not down with opening gifts from the Santa guy...HA HA! So David, and his favorite gift? A vacuum, we got him a battery powered one and he was in heaven! What did I get? A diamond ring- Ezra's the man this Christmas. It is white gold with princess cut diamonds- I love it and I was not expecting it at all!

Update

2008-12-10T19:09:00.003-07:00

Just wanted to give an update. The house is not done, not even close. My insurance adjuster... ever see The Incredible's? You know that little short twit with the glasses? I had no idea that he actually lived! SO- after 3 weeks we have got all the financial stuff figured out (if you would of seen his original bid- I get angry just thinking about it). I FINALLY have the checks- but did you know because of the Hurricane Katrina victims there is a federal law that prohibits insurance companies from giving you over $5000 without your mortgage company them endorsing the check along with my husband and I? You see these crappy little "victims" took their checks and instead of using it to fix their broken house, they used the money as a down payment on a new house... and left the old one for crap to the bank. SO- if you can imagine this has been a super fun experience (like sticking your head in boiling water...)

And we have decided because it is a buyers market, why not sell our house and move into a bigger one? The only problem- that would be selling our house, however, once is it beautiful I really think we will be okay. But who knows- I want to move our neighboorhood is really falling apart.

In the mean time, it is the holidays, I do not have a tree up, my decorations are - somewhere.... and I am in Dave and Sylvia's house. I know count my blessings- I can do that but having a family of 7 crammed into a itty bitty house which the upstairs it totally off limits is SO hard. AND not 1 room is kid proof- not one. In fact as I write this I think I am hearing Adam dumping yet another box of cereal all over the floor... I am just so burnt. Did you know that you can shove a 5 pound bag of open dog food and ALL of it will fit in mommy's purse?

Anyway- that is us. Alive and healthy- which really is the most important part. But - :::sigh:::

When It Rains It Pours

2008-11-22T16:18:00.003-07:00

SO- Because my family is not going through enough right now.... :::sigh:::

David decided to jump on the air mattresses we have Alex and Matthew sleeping on and bonk right into the piano bench.... 7 stitches (and 2 to repair the torn muscle he went down to).

The picture of his leg was because he wanted everyone to see his blood- HA HA... and I took this picture of Ezra who has just started working graves and was SO very tierd. Please pray that we have no drama for the next couple of weeks!!!

Our Home Disaster!!!!

2008-11-16T11:59:00.003-07:00

Our toliet broke a little over a week ago, Ezra changed parts of the toliet but the "flappy thing" - I do not know the official word- was not sealing correctly. On Monday, November 10th, Ezra was putting the baby to sleep when leaving our room he said water was EVERYWHERE down the hall, in the bathroom, in our room, David's room, the kitchen. Even worse the water went down stairs... so we rented a rug doctor and cleaned the best we could. We even put industrial fans on it- no luck. On Wednesday our house started to stink, and on Thursday we called the insurance, within a short time there was someone there telling us that we had to get out of the house because they had to demo it, remove everything to dry it out- WHAT?? We had to move out in less than 24 hours. So we did- we had no boxes- our house was packed in many many garbage bags and put into a storage unit (Can you imagine how fun that is going to be to unpack???) They say the house will be dry on Wednesday and then the real demo takes place because they cannot just remove part of the tile, rug, or wood flooring - ALL OF IT has to come out. In the mean time we are lucky enough to have our parents near by David and Sylvia let us come live with them. They say it should like 3 weeks to a month to fix our home. Here is the damage....

House Pt 2

2008-11-16T11:56:00.003-07:00

House Part 3

2008-11-16T11:42:00.002-07:00

Halloween 2008

2008-11-03T16:18:00.004-07:00

Can you believe it??? I already have my pictures up!

This year Alex went with his friends and the rest of the boys, Ezra and I went around our neighboorhood and everyone had a lot of fun. David was too funny- he is all about control and he would walk up to the door BUT he would not accept candy, it took him a good 20 houses before he actually started getting some loot. Matthew had a really fun time pumping blood through his mask! He thought it was to fun to scare people. Adam was so adorable in his costume, his Scooby head was so heavy that when he was walking he looked like he would fail a DUI test! HA HA! Jacob was Spiderman this year, and his shoes even matched! And Alex was the Burger King- his costume made everyone laugh!
And yes that is dark hair you see on me- no I do not know what I was thinking... every time I see it I HATE IT! Too short and too dark!

Happy Halloween! I love this time of year!

Too Cute!

2008-11-03T16:00:00.003-07:00

One morning we were preparing to go to church and we looked and looked and just could not find him anywhere....

Ezra found him.....

Family Pictures

2008-08-13T09:07:00.004-06:00

Hello everyone I am so sorry that it takes me so long to update my blog- I have tons of pictures to share but for now I just wanted to share our family portraits. It is SO hard to keep everyone happy at once! Adam turned 1 on July the 2nd so here are his 1-year pictures. And as for David with the vacuum- he does not like to play with toys like normal children, he would not take our family photo until we let him play with the vacuum he spotted- the photographer grabbed a picture of him. Enjoy!

My Cousin's Wedding

2008-06-04T10:45:00.003-06:00

YAY! I got a mommy break and got to spend some time with my family- some of these cousins I did not see for over a decade. And of course my beautiful niece Zoey and my cousin Justin got married to a wonderful woman and had a baby named Tyler... the wedding was in Laguna Beach- and I so did not see anyone from The Hills... disappointment =0(

Matthew's Bike Accident

2008-06-04T10:42:00.003-06:00

And this is why a helmet is SO important Matthew had a bit of a fall off of his bike... ramed his tooth into in gums and split open his lip for 12 LOVELY stitches! We are so happy Matthew is okay...

My cute boys...

2008-04-08T14:22:00.003-06:00

Here are some cute pic's- Adam is really into imitating people's facial expressions, he had sauce up his nose, and I wanted him to blow it out. I scrunched up my nose, and he is doing the same thing- okay--- I am probably the only one who thinks this is cute, but that's okay I'm the mommy! We have tub toys- take it upon Jacob to take the container for the tub toys and sit in it! I love my boys!!!!

Easter

2008-04-08T13:53:00.004-06:00

Easter was wonderful this year- on Saturday night we went out to dinner at the boys favorite place Chuck-o-Rama (they like having whatever they want), we dyed eggs and David being his destructive self had a great time throwing eggs into dye! HA HA!!! Easter morning Ezra had to be a cop, but the boys LOVED their baskets! We got a special treat this year of having Alex. Next we went to grandma's for dinner and an Easter Egg hunt that daddy even made it to! Enjoy the pic's....

Matthew and Alex are famous!

2008-03-22T09:55:00.003-06:00

Sylvia took the boys to a day of theatre and they were interviewed and put in the paper- Matthew is in the blue shirt and Alex was quoted! The boys had a lot of fun in the class! I think Alex would rather be throwing around a football, Matthew as seen loves being dramatic! If you click the picture the newspaper clipping will get bigger and you can read what Alex said and see Matthew better.

Some cute Adam pic's

2008-02-19T17:15:00.000-07:00

I couldn't resist- here are some more of Adam....

who do you think he looks like? Ezra thinks David... I am thinking more of Jacob.

Update

2008-02-19T17:05:00.000-07:00

This have been crazy over here. Ezra is still having a kick butt time being a cop. Alex, Matthew, and Jacob are all having a good time in school (I cannot believe Alex will be in the 9th grade next year)! I am still running the store and learning the embroidery. Here are some fun pics of my family- Adam, is not taking his time - he is 7 months and already is crawling! Slow down!!! I've also included a picture of our newest family member- Ezra blessed me with 5 boys BUT no girls- so yay! I finally have someone on our team, with the name I have always wanted, welcome Emma! She is a great dog, and even better she puts up with the kids!

David turns 2!!!

2008-02-19T16:48:00.000-07:00

YAY!!! Our beautiful baby turned 2! David is our dare devil- every family has one- and he is FOR SURE ours. He is always climbing, breaking, jumping, and into everything. Ezra and I often joke that he is like Stitch- from Lilo & Stitch- we keep waiting for him to grab his feet and roll from room to room. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID, MOMMY AND DADDY LOVE YOU!

Our Store

2008-01-01T21:54:00.000-07:00

Okay- so I should have Christmas Pictures... and I will but here is our store I wanted to show everyone. We have been open since May 11 2007 and we are doing pretty good. Mainly we sell to law enforcement and fire. Our newest business that has sprouted from Cop's Closet is Firehouse Embroidery. The Embroidery is so fun and I am learning LOTS. The above picture I am making a fleece "police" beanie. One day we are hoping this will pay the bills and get to visit a wonderful place in the Pacific that we miss SO much! Utah, while very ummmmm.... snowy is not Hawaii- I miss the island SO much. Enjoy...

The Stage of Our Life!

2007-11-03T20:28:00.000-06:00

Poor Ezra!!! We had a hard night with the kids- I think we bit off more than we can chew!

Halloween

2007-11-03T19:58:00.000-06:00

Here is our Halloween- this year Alex was old enough to go out with his friends as a warewolf! Matthew was a scary zombie. Jacob ACTUALLY dressed up- which is a very big deal, and he was a pirate. David was a cute little dragon, and then our newest addition, Adam, was Tigger. The boys had a great time and now we have tons of candy!