Yard Sale Extraviganza

Hey it's Jimmy writing this new entry. I wanted to let you know that we are having a yard sale on June 23 with a very big purpose. As some of you know Stephanie's Aunt and Uncle who have been missionaries in Australia are returning to the USA in mid July. They need to raise money to get back to their homeland.
This brings me to my reason behind the yard sale. I want to put on a yard sale and have all of the money go to them. If you are interested in donating items let me know.

We have a name!!!

As most of you know, we have been going back and forth with a name for our little man! We debated on if his name needs to start with an H, will he feel left out... bla bla bla... I finally got sick of even thinking of a name that I went to my computer on Friday and decided to take my mind off of names and catch up on peoples blogs... I went to my friend Leah's blog where she had an entry on the process her and her husband went in naming their boy. (note.. I had read this entry before and was not looking to read ANYTHING that had to do with naming a kid...) After reading it, an amazing amount of peace went threw me ... I took a look at the list of names Jim and I had made and started thinking, "If this was our first child, would these names still be on our list?" Meaning... if it wasn't for this H thing would I even consider the H names on our list... answer... NO. I called Jim and asked him the same thing and he answered, no. Feeling this huge amount of weight lifted off my shoulders, I felt like I had gotten somewhere. Jim and I spent the weekend praying over the names and not talking about them. Yesterday we got in the car for church and we both told each other which name we felt the Lord was pressing on us. It happened to be the same name, and again, just peace fell over the two of us. We feel really good about our final choice. His name is going to be Jonah Brian. Jonah means, peacemaker... He has the same initials as Jim :).

The above picture has nothing to do with this entry, it was just a cute picture! Hunter fell asleep on the couch and Haley brought over animals for him to cuddle with and covered him with a blanket. She is very sweet!

Bugs and Weenies

Haley went to her first dentist appointment. The dentist was very impressed with her very clean teeth. In the process of getting her teeth cleaned, the lady told her about sugar bugs and how they live in sugar. That when you eat sugar, these sugar bugs come out and dig holes in your teeth and then that turns your teeth black. (this is how Haley explains it) So what? Awesome right? My daughter doesn't want to eat sugar! For the most part that is awesome and we all want to have our child like that right? She is OBSESSED with sugar bugs!!! "Does watermelon have sugar?"... "Does Jelly have sugar?"... "Does milk have sugar?" ... "Does toast?" EVERY item of food she is eating, she asks if there is sugar. If there is, she WILL NOT eat it :) Or she will eat it and then brush the heck out of her teeth.
I am proud of her, that she wants a clean mouth, but I really don't want my four year old (who really doesn't eat a lot of candy, if any) getting UPSET over the sugar bugs. AND to top it off... she has had her brother in TEARS over the bugs.
Hunter and his little kid weenie (that is what he calls his beanie!). He calls it the little kid weenie. He came running to me this morning asking if I had a little kid weenie... It took me a second to figure out what he was really asking for, I wasn't fully awake! Ah... the awesome names our kids create for things! I actually love their innocence and how cute they are... they make me laugh! Hunter is one of the funniest kiddos I know!

Things in May

In late April, Chika and her husband came over for a quick visit! She is due in July and looks great! it was very nice to get a chance to visit with her! Haley remebers when she use to live with us! We love Chika and loved being able to catch up. She now lives with her husband in Japan.

Our little boy's theme for his room :) - jungle safari! The room was Haley's and was Barney purple. Mindi came over last week and helped us paint the room tan and brown. Mindi's the best... thanks Mind!
And yes, we STILL do not have a name :)

Mother's day was this last weekend. We had a BBQ at my parents house! It was real nice...

This picture was taken at mother's day dinner, but in late April we moved our trailer to my parents house to be stored there. Thanks dad and mom!!!

This, too, was at mother's day! The kids love their Uncle Scoby... can you tell?

What is up with Lost?

Ok people!!!
Those of you who watch the show LOST....
What is going on with LOCK????
Please any thoughts?

I went on a date with myself!

I am Rachel Greene.

For those of you who are true Friends watchers, you will remember the episode were Rachel goes on a date with herself. That was me tonight. Jim did a video thing for the Flipside (our church) - something to do with Mother's Day, so I could not be there. I had to leave... Darn it :) I had THREE hours to myself. I went and ate by myself, (played Suduko and people-watched while eating), I got a pedicure and leg massage... it was a great date!!! The funny thing was, I was so totally happy to be in SILENCE! Even in the car, on the way, I drove in silence. I didn't mean too, I didn't even realize I had the radio off till I got home :)

I am thinking a second date will follow :)

I am a big nerd.

Thanks Darlene... I love you :)

Family Camp 2007!!

For the past 6 years we have gone to San Diego to camp with other families from our church. Jim and I went in 2002 (the first year) and was pregnant with Haley. this year I am pregnant with our third. We have yet to miss one.Scott and Dad outside the big cabin area after our pancake breakfast, Saturday morning.

Jim does smores with the kids! Gotta love the sticky fingers!!!

This is a dark picture but it is friends and family sitting by the camp fire Saturday night. Who you can barely see in the back is Scott and Jenny, and my mom standing.

Scott and Jenny came and stayed in a camping cabin!

Hunter fell asleep in Jenny's lap eating a hamburger... he actually fell asleep IN his hamburger but I really didn't take that picture!

Saturday day... Megan, Jim and Haley sat in our trailer and play go fish. Megan and Haley enjoyed some of my mom's salsa.

Haley was a killer tee-ball hitter :).... Sorry Jake... She kinda hit the softball right into his side :(

Is that Jimmy drinking a Starbucks? How can that be??? He got a Double Chocolate Chip blended drink... no coffee. It was like a milkshake.

Four pregnant friends... in order of due date. Jane is 39 weeks, she only came down for the day! Kelly is due late October, early November! Jenn and I you already know (if you read my b-day entry).

Jane and I brought swimming pools from home so that the kids could swim and have water fun outside our trailer and us mom's didn't have to get in our swim suits and attempt to swim in the campground pool. Plus, Jane brought hers last year and the kids had a blast.

I know I am everywhere with this blog (not in order). At the camp fire on Saturday night, hunter wanted Jane! He wanted to sit and hang with her... it was really cute!
Can't wait for next year... would love for more to join us next year! Jim and I want more of you to have trailers so we can do this more!

Cute Pictures of My kiddos

Happy Birthday to me :)

Friends of mine treated me to Mongolian BBQ for my birthday! We had a lot of fun without kiddos. We all love our kids, but sometimes it is just nice to go without the distraction.

THREE PREGGOS!!! Funny thing is our boys are all about the same age, and now we are all pregnant with boys again!

I am due August 30, Jenn is due July 11 (?) and Jane can be any day... she is 38 weeks!!! Jane is showing us in this picture how to build our meal nice and tall!

Friends Mindi and Carrie

Megan and I with her daughter Madi. (Madi was the only kid to crash the lunch... we didn't mind at all. How could you... she is a cutie!)

Haley got her ears pierced

A few weeks ago we finally did it! She had been asking for MONTHS to get her ears pierced and I finally told her that she had to win her dad over. I had already warned her of the pain :) and discomfort and how much care went into earrings. Jim just didn't want it to happen. Finally she won him over and we did it! She was so brave. Right after they did it, (both at the same time) she looks up so uncertain and I asked her, "Are you ok?" She starts to cry... :( She really only cried for a VERY short time, because the lady came and gave her a sucker and all was better!

BYE BYE!!!

All I can say is... THANK GOD! :) I just didn't want Blake or Melinda to get out before him! If you don't watch American Idol, then this blog entry is of no interest to you :) sorry :)

Oh yeah... and I changed the background. The only real thing I hate is that I can't figure out how to get my header back the way it was! I guess when baby comes we can update our header then and have a cool one with all three kids :)

The Chinese was wrong.

We had our ultra sound today. Coming up to it, I got more and more wanting a surprise. Jim didn't want a surprise... so I decided I would find out but secretly wanted the legs to be closed. We get into the ultrasound room and sure enough, the legs were closed! I laughed. i seriously thought it was the funniest thing! At the very end, the legs opened up and we could see clearly (you really didn't need to be a tech to know) that we are having another boy :). After finding out, I am really happy we did! I thought we were having a girl so I am glad to be in the mind set for a boy. Now all we need is a name :). Haley had a dream a few weeks back and came running in to wake me to tell me about it (I was really happy about that). She said, "Mom, I had a dream you had a baby boy and I was ok with it!" So when I went to tell her we were having a boy, I referred to her dream. She said, "Mom, we are going to have three boys and you and me are the ONLY two girls!" She is super excited!

Over all... I am very happy Jim was so persistent in knowing what we are having. He is so excited to have another boy! We will keep you posted as to when we come up with a name. :)

Oh, yeah... In case you you were wondering about the title. According to the Chinese calendar, it said we were going to have a girl.

Easter 2007

Our Cute Kids!

Easter Egg Hunt!

Two looks of, "Didn't you buy more eggs to hide? That couldn't have been it!" The had so much fun! Hunter actually looked for eggs this year. The last year he found one egg, sat down and played with it and was done!

Passover

This was the 2nd year I celebrated passover with the Jones'. Last year I went has Jenna's friend. This year, I went as Jenna's friend and future sister in law. Len, Jim and Bud and Helen all celebrated their first Seder. The food was AWESOME. Brisket and some potato dish... YUMMY... Jimmy ate FANTASTIC. My picky husband is out to prove he no longer is picky. He ate his entire flelta fish. Jim even "drank" some fruit juice. (He didn't try the wine - shocker). The amount of juice he drank, by the way, was the amount of juice you drink at communion.
Oh, yeah... who knows how to spell felta fish?

Easter Egg Fun

Dad taught the kids how to decorate eggs. They had so much fun! But let me say, what a mess :). Their smiles were worth it!

You Decide 2008

I actually had some free time this week to watch something other than Dora, so I thought I would catch up on my current events. It was about 7ish at night so really there wasn't much on local news stations so I turn to national news. What is the topic of conversation? YOU DECIDED 2008! They go on to talk about how much money goes into JUST RUNNING for president of the United States. It DISGUSTED me. Seriously... lets spend 20 million on HOPING to RUN for president! Obama is at $25 million and Ms. Clinton is at $24 million.... What disgusts me... is that here there are third world countries who are dieing of aids and we are raising all this money for two or three people to simply TRY at the presidency. Where are our countries priorities? PLUS you know what they are going to do with this money in order to TRY at the presidency? They are going to make commercials that SLAM their opponents! Trash talk.... I know I mentioned two Democrats, but the republicans are just the same! I just don't know what figures they are at with TRY at the White House.

In case this doesn't come as a shock to you after reading this, this is one of the main reasons why I hate politics ... I know it is important, bla bla bla... but I just get disgusted at all the trash talk, and all the money we waste. Isn't there a better way???

Glitter Glam Fun

For those of you who don't know... our church has done a Glitter Glam thing in March (this is our second one). This is where girls can come and get all dolled up and treated like a princess. They get their hair done, make-up, nails... all done. They get to make body glitter, color pictures, get a tattoo (water of course). Then at the very end, they get to walk down a cat walk in front of parents and loved ones. The idea comes from a store in Anaheim in Down Town Disney but for the life of me I can't think of the name. Jane showed me. My friend Jane is who organizes this HUGE event. There were over 100 girls there. Haley had a BLAST!

The above picture is of Haley (the princess - before she changed to the Teenie Wahine girl) and her friends, Kaylee, Gracie and Mikayla.

Haley on the cat walk posing :) Here she is the Teenie Wahine. She changed because her crown was making her head super red and her skin is super sensitive as it is so I went with something we had left over and traded in the crown.

Haley and her friend, Grace, eating their Chik-Fil-A. The whole car ride home was filled with non-stop talking. These two girls had the time of their lives. it was the most precious thing. It actually made me choke up... but right now, that doesn't surprise me. I am a walking hormone :). Non-pregnant Stef wouldn't have cried over something like this :)

Happy 29th Birthday Jim!

His Birthday was March 19th. We had dinner at my parents house. It was a family party. My mom made Jim's favorite BBQ sandwiches and french fries.

The T-Shirt I got him for his birthday :)

M&M's and Rocky Balboa

Hunter enjoyed gramma's cake... or should I say frosting :)

Jim with his kiddos... where will the third on sit?