QUESTIONER

ANNMARIE TAGGED ME TO DO THIS! AND IT WAS SO FUN TO DO WITH HIM HE REALLY LIKED ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS AND IT IS SO FUNNY!
WHAT RUSTEN SAYS ABOUT ME! RUSTEN IS 4
!.1. what is something mom always says to you?:EAT DINNER
2. what makes mom happy?: IT MAKES YOU HAPPY WHEN I LOVE YOU, AND I CAN DRAW IT.
3. what makes mom sad?:WHEN I HIT ETHAN
4. how does your mom make you laugh?:WHEN U TICKLE ME
5. what was your mom like as a child?:LITTLE THEN BIG AND GROWING
6. how old is your mom?:14
7. how tall is your moM:BIG
8. what is her favorite thing to watch on TV?: MAYBE FUNNY HOMEVIDOES
9. what does your mom do when you're not around?WAIT FOR ME
10. if your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?IT WILL BE FOR COOKING..(I DONT THINK HE KNOWS WHAT FAMOUS IS .BUT I LIKED THE ANSWER)
11. what is your mom really good at?GAMES,BUT SO AM I
12. what is your mom not very good at?YOU CANT PLAY GAMES WHEN YOU ARE BEING NAUGHTY
WHAT DOES YOur mom do for work?YOU WATCH US
14. what is your mom's favorite food?TOMATOES AND CHEESE
15. what makes you proud of your mom?WHEN YOU GIVE ME TREATS1
6. if your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?A CARTOON THAT DOES LAUNDRY
17. what do you and your mom do together?WE PLAY TRAINS AND BINGO WHEN MEADOW IS SLEEPING
18. how are you and your mom the same?WE BOTH SAY GOOD WORDS AND FANCY TALK
19. how are you and your mom different?WE EAT DIFFERENT FOOD AND I LIKE TO PLAY IN THE GARAGE
20. how do you know your mom loves you?BECAUSE YOU MAKE ME HAPPY,AND WE HUG
21. what does your mom like most about your dad?BECAUSE YOUR BOTH FRIENDS
22. where is your mom's favorite placE TO GO? THE PARK

I TAG ...YOU!!!

LOTS OF PICTURES!!!

SO I THOUGHT I WOULD POST SOME PERSONALITY PICTURES OF THE KIDS...SO HERE GOES HERE IS MEADOW AND ETHAN PLAYING...VERY RARE..THIS ONLY LASTED A MIN.

A GROUP PIC OF THE KIDS..I CAN NEVER GET THEM ALL LOOKING BUT HEY ITS STILL CUTE!

NOW THIS IS A REOCCURRING SIGHT AT OUR HOUSE. RUSTEN HUGGING ETHAN SORRY BECAUSE HE GOT CAUGHT HITTING HIM!

HERE IS RUSTEN RELAXING WITH GRANDPA AFTER A HARD DAYS RIDE

HERE IS RUSS AND ETHAN..ETHAN LOVES BEING RUSSELLS SHADOW

UMMM.THIS IS ETHAN IN A NUT SHELL. NEVER WEARS PANTS,UNDERWEAR ALWAYS BACKWARDS, AND IN HIS GRANDPAS BOOTS!

HERE IS MEADOW STANDING GREAT ON HER OWN AND READY FOR SUMMER

SO HERE IS MEADOW WAITING FOR HER FIRST BITE OF STRAWBERRY SHORT CAKE THAT GRANDPA STEVE MADE YUMM

SO EXCITED !!!ITS ALMOST THERE!!

YEAH!!!!!!!!MEADOW LOVED IT!!!!!SHE CLAPPED HER DIRTY COOLWHIPPED HANDS!

SEE THE SPLATTERS

UMMM CAN I HAVE SOME MORE

HERE IS RUSTEN FEEDING MEADOW FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.IT WAS VERY MESSY BUT STILL SO CUTE!

MEADOW..WHO LOVES FOOD JUST AS MUCH AS ETHAN!

WELL THAT'S MY POST FOR THE DAY ..IT TOOK ME FOREVER AND I ACCIDENTALLY DELETED PICTURES..DID U KNOW IF YOU PUSH BACKSPACE ON YOUR POST, IT WILL ERASE THE PIC U JUST DOWNLOADED.SUCKS!
I ERASED THREE PICC..OWELL MAYBE NEXT TIME

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNMARIE HUGGINS!!!!

EVERYONE WISH ANNMARIE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY ON HER BLOG!!!!!!WE LOVE YOU TONS AND YOU MAKE GET TOGETHERS SO MUCH MORE FUN WHEN YOU COME!!!PS I ALSO LOVE THAT MY KIDS LOVE YOU AND WANT YOU TO HOLD THEM SO I GET A BREAK.YEAH..BUT I REALLY HOPE YOUR B-DAY WAS GREAT AND I AM EXCITED FOR OUR GIRLS DAY BIRTHDAY SATURDAY..WHENEVER THAT WILL BE..I LOVE YOU ILOVE YOU ILOVE YOU

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ON A SIDE NOTE, I DEDICATE THIS PORTION OF M Y BLOG TO MY HOT MAMMA SISTER WHO THINKS I AM A LAZY BLOGGER...I LOVE YA SIS.AND YOU ARE THE CUTEST PREGNANT GIRL I KNOW...WHO ALWAYS AS FABOULOUS HAIR!!!!JUST LOOK AT ...PRETTY..EVEN MEADOW THINKS YOUR YUMMY!!

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I JUST WANT TO GIVE A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO MY AUNTIE ANNMARIE(MARIA) ..MY LITTLE SWEET HEART LET ME BORROW HER DREADMILL , BECAUSE MINE DIED..MAY REST IN THE DEPTHS OF HELL....I HATE RUNNING .........ACTUALLY I THINK I MIGHT BE MAD AT ANNMARIE CAUSE NOW I HAVE NO EXCUSE....MAN I HATE RUNNING.....WELL I HAVE NO PIC TO POST WITH THIS.. I WAS THINKING I COULD PUT A PITURE OF ME RUNNING,BUT I LOVE MY VIEWERS OF THIS BLOG TO MUCH...

GROWN UP SMART ALEC

"GROWING UP TO FAST"

WELL RUSTEN HAS BEEN SUCH A SMART MOUTH LATELY..I WAS IN HIS ROOM YESTERDAY AND I KEPT GETTING AFTER HIM TO CLEANUP, AND HE TURNED TO ME AND SAID "IF YOU ARE GOING TO RAISE YOUR VOICE YOU CAN LEAVE THE ROOM"...YEAH I WAS SHOCKED...BUT THEN THIS MORNING I POURED HIS CEREAL THAT HE WAS STARVING FOR AND THEN HE STARTED GOOFING OFF AND IT GOT SOGGY.SO IN TURN HE STARTED DEMANDING A NEW BOWL OF CEREAL. WELL I SAID ,WELL YOU SHOULD HAVE ATE IT LIKE I SAID SO "NO" YOU CANT HAVE A NEW BOWL..WELL HE KEPT CRYING SAYING IT WAS SOGGY AND I SAID SO WHAT JUST EAT IT ,ITS FINE...THEN HE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID "WHY DON'T YOU COME UP HERE AND HAVE A BITE OF THIS SOGGY CEREAL AND SEE IF YOU WANT TO EAT IT.."

YEAH

SO NEEDLESS TO SAY HE GOT SOME OF HIS EASTER CANDY TAKEN AWAY..

BUT THE THING IS WHEN HE SAYS STUFF LIKE THIS, ITS ALWAYS IN A CALM COLLECTED VOICE!!

MY* OTHER* HALF

WELL MY HUSBAND KNOWS I AM FEELING GUILTY ABOUT NOT CONTRIBUTING FINANCIALLY TO OUR FAMILY BEING A STAY AT HOME MOM...BUT WE HAVE ALWAYS STAYED STRONG TO OUR BELIEFS THAT WHEN WE WERE TO HAVE KIDS IT WAS SOULY ABOUT THEM ..NOT HAVING SOMEONE ELSE RAISE OUR KIDS AND WE KNEW THAT WOULD COME WITH A LOT OF SACRIFICES..WE DO WITHOUT WHEN WE NEED TO ,AND YEAH IT SUCKS NOT GOING TO FUN STORES TO BUY CUTE CLOTHS AND HAVE NAME BRAND THINGS..WE HAVE HAD TO SWALLOW PRIDE AND EXCEPT HAMMY DOWN CLOTHS AND FURNITURE..WE DON'T BUY THE LATEST DVD OR CD OR GO ON BIG VACATIONS. BUT I GUESS IN TURN WE HAVEN'T MISSED ANY OF OUR KIDS "FIRSTS" AND NEVER WONDERED WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THEM PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY FOR THE MAJOR PART OF THE DAY.

MY MOTHER WAS A STAY AT HOME MOM FOR THE MAJORITY OF MY CHILDHOOD. BUT WHEN SHE NEEDED TO WORK TO MAKE ENDS MEET IT WAS ONE DISASTER AFTER ANOTHER.. FROM BABYSITTERS THAT WOULD HIT ,TO ONES THAT WOULD SEE OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE BOYFRIENDS OVER TO DO WHAT THEY WANTED IN FRONT OF YOU , OR LET YOU GO OUTSIDE AND LET YOU WANDER AROUND ALONE FOR HOURS,(AND THESE WERE BABYSITTERS FROM OUR CHURCH). NEEDLESS TO SAY WHEN MY MOM CAUGHT WIND OF THIS SHE NEVER WENT BACK TO WORK TILL WE WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL. I WANT MY KIDS TO HAVE WHAT I HAD , WHEN I WAS SICK AT SCHOOL I KNEW MY MOM WAS THERE TO CALL,WHEN I WAS SAD ,HURT,EXCITED ,LONELY I KNEW MY MOM WAS HOME WAITING TO SEE HOW SCHOOL WAS. YOU CAN ALWAYS HIRE SOMEONE TO DO THE MAINTENANCE FOR YOUR CHILDREN..FEED THEM ,CHANGE THEM, BUT YOU CANT HIRE SOMEONE TO LOVE THEM , THE WAY YOU WOULD.

SO AFTER TELLING RUSSELL HOW BAD I FELT ABOUT NOT CONTRIBUTING FINANCIALLY AND FEELING LIKE I AM JUST HEAR TO WIPE BUTTS AND DO ENDLESS LAUNDRY , NEVER GETTING THE HOUSE CLEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE THE KIDS WRECKED IT RIGHT BEHIND ME. SO I FELT LIKE I WASNT ACHEIVING ANYTHING, BUT RUSSELL SURPRISED ME WITH A BOOK FROM DR. LAURA CALLED "PRAISE TO THE STAY AT HOME MOMS". IT WAS SO CUTE AND THOUGHTFUL OF RUSS. (THANKS JANICE FOR HELPING HIM FIND IT)

I AM ONLY A COUPLE CHAPTERS IN BUT IT HELP ME REFOCUS WHAT I AM HERE TO DO AND WHY WE HAVE CHOSEN TO PUT OUR KIDS NEEDS FIRST AND OUR WANTS FOR SUPERFICIAL THINGS LAST...

P.S I HAVE SO MUCH RESPECT FOR WORKING MOMS..I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT ALL, AND I HOPE YOU TAKE THIS AS ME RANTING BECAUSE ITS NOT TO OFFEND ANYONE. I KNOW A LOT OF MOMS DONT CHOSE TO WORK THEY FEEL THEY HAVE TO AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.

EASTER

HERE WE ARE AT THE EASTER DANCE

EATING WITH SAMANTHA

ETHAN DANCEN

FINDING EGGS

GRANDPA AND HIS GIRLS

COLORING EGGS WITH DAD AND MOM

LAYING ON THEIR CLOTHS IS HOW THE BOYS KNOW IF THEY FIT! WELL

WE HAD A FUN BUSY WEEKEND FOR EASTER...ON FRIDAY THE BOYS AND MEADOW AND I WENT TO THE EASTER DANCE..LETS JUST SAY I DONT KNOW IF I WILL DO THAT AGAIN.

RUSTEN DIDNT WANT TO BE CAUGHT DEAD DANCING INFRONT OF EVERYBODY AND ETHAN LIKED IT FOR ABOUT FIVE MIN. AND WAS READY TO GO ..SO THEN WE HAD A EASTER EGG /BIRTHDAY PARTY(FOR LILY) ON SATURDAY AT GRANDPA AND GRANDMA THORNLEYS..WHICH WAS A BLAST THE KIDS ALWAYS HAVE SO MUCH FUN AND LOVE PLAYING WITH THE COUSINS.

SO ON EASTER RUSTEN AND ETHAN WOKE UP QUIETLY BEFORE ME AND RUSS AND FOUND ALL THE HIDDEN EGGS AND WERE ALLREADY IN THEIR BASKETS BEFORE WE HEARD THEM.

EDUCATION IS KEY!

MAN I LOVE IT WHEN MEADOW READS BEDTIME STORYS TO ME!

HERE IS A NEW PIC OF RUSS!

MEADOW DIDNT TRY ON THE HELMET SO A BONNET WILL HAVE TO DO.

DO U LIKE RUSTENS TERMINATOR EYE!!!

YEAH MY HUSBAND IS HOME!!!! HE EVEN SAID HE WAS MISERABLE WITHOUT ME..I JUST LOVE THAT..JUST KIDDINGA LITTLE... HERE ARE THE BOYS TRYING TO BE LIKE THEIR DADDY!!!

DOES IT FEEL LIKE THIS IS BLOGGED BACKWARDS..CAUSE IT IS..MAYBE PEOPLE SHOULD READ THIS STARTING FROM THE BOTTOM UP!!I AM COMPUTER DUMMY

UMM I THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE WOKE THE BABY UP!

WELL WE HAD A LONG WEEKEND WITH RUSSELL BEING GONE ON IS DUNE TRIP, BUT WE HAD SOME FUN TO! ON SATURDAY THE KIDS AND I GOT LOADED UP AND DROVE TO LOGAN AND MEET WITH MY IN LAWS ...AND THAT'S WHEN THE SPOILING BEGAN!!!THEY TOOK US OUT TO LUNCH AND WE WENT SHOPPING AFTER..THE KIDS GOT SOME STUFF INCLUDING THOMAS UNDERWEAR FOR RUSTEN AND CARS UNDERWEAR FOR ETHAN.. WHICH TO MY KIDS IS SO INTENSE AND EXCITING!!! WHEN WE RETURNED TO GRANDMAS OF COURSE RUSTEN CONVENIENTLY HAD TO GO TO THE BATHROOM WHERE HE SNUCK ON HIS NEW UNDERWEAR AND PUT HIS OLD ONES IN T HE DIAPER BAG..AFTER WE HAD SOME DINNER AND PACKED UP ALL THE GOODIES FROM GRANDMA ,WE CAME HOME AND RUSTEN RAN TO IS ROOM POURED OUT HIS UNDERWEAR BIN ..I GUESS HIS OLD UNDERWEAR CANT TOUCH THE NEW..HE LAYED ALL THE UNDERWEAR OUT AND KEPT COUNTING THEM TO MAKE SURE ALL 7 PAIRS MADE IT HOME FROM GRANDMAS ,AND PUT THEM IN THE ORDER HE IS GOING TO WEAR THEM IN...WHAT A WIERDO....

AND ETHAN JUST WEARS HIS BACKWARDS SO HE CAN SEE THE BIG COLORFUL PICTURES ON THE BUTT!! I KNOW WHAT A SPAZZ. AND MEADOW GOT A SUPER CUTE SPRING DRESS THAT I WILL HAVE TO POST A PIC WHEN SHE WEARS IT. BUT ALL IN ALL IT WAS FUN WITH GRANDPA AND GRANDMA THORNLEY, AND THEY MADE MY LIFE A LITTLE EASIER ENTERTAINING THE KIDS! A ND EVERYONE KNOWS YOU ALWAYS GO HOME WITH WAY MORE STUFF THEN YOU CAME WITH!!!! FUN FUN. AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO GRANDPA FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING THE KIDS IN THE VERY BACK..WHICH IS A CHOIR IN ITS SELF!

BUT MAN I DO MISS MY OTHER HALF!!

MY HUBBY

SO HERE IS MY HANDSOME HUSBAND THAT TOOK PART OF WORK OFF YESTERDAY SO I COULD GO TO A GIRLS NIGHT WITH MY SISTERS AND MY 2ND MAMMA JANICE!!!IT WAS JALYNS BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!YA JALYN!!!!!
THE WHOLE WEEK I THOUGHT I COULDNT GO CAUSE I COULDNT GET A BABYSITTER ,BUT HE SURPRISED ME THE DAY OF..I WAS SO THANKFUL..MANY OF YOU KNOW HOW IT IS TO GET TO ESCAPE THE ZOO..I MEAN HOME FOR A LITTLE BIT..LOVE YOU RUSS.
BUT DO NT FEEL T O BAD FOR HIM HAVING TO BABYSIT BECAUSE HE IS GOING ON A BIG DUNES TRIP THIS WEEKEND WITH HIS BUDDIES, WHICH MAKES ME SO NERVOUS BUT HE PROMISED TO ALWAYS WEAR HIS HELMET..