That can't be comfortable...

This is how we found Alexis sleeping last night, no joke! Every night Lex stays up to read and always falls asleep with her light on. So like usual Bryan or I go in to check on her and turn her light off before we go to bed. And this is what Bryan found. He comes running to get me and we both are like, How does that happen? How do you sleep like that? And then we just started laughing! Anyhow, of course I had to get the camera so she could see how we found her sleeping. We woke her up as we were moving her to sleep in her bed the right way and told her how we found her and she started laughing too. Crazy kids, gotta love em!

Halloween craft

My kids really had a blast doing this Halloween project. They painted their pumpkin either black or white and then painted on a web in the opposite color. Then we got some spiders of all different colors and used a hot glue gun to put them on. It's a super easy and fun project to do and it makes for a great Halloween decoration.

Don't they look so cool! They really all did such a great job!

Here's a close up of one of the pumpkins.

Sunday morning...

This was Garrett and Bennett this morning. Apparently they saw some guy on TV stick a spoon on his nose. So naturally they have to try it out. They were walking around the house with the spoons competing to see who could make it stick the longest. They crack me up!

Alexis loves her new curler set. So I had to get a quick pic with them in her hair.

FYI...

Bryan and I watched one of the funniest new sitcoms out tonight! It's called Modern Family. If you missed it you need to check it out next week, it's Hil-ar-i-ous! (oh, and I'm so glad The Office is back on!!)

My little daredevil...

Garrett is one of those kids that is very coordinated and it doesn't take much for him to learn how to do something. So we got him this bike a couple weeks ago. And what do ya' know, it's his first time trying to ride a 2 wheel bike and he gets on it and takes off. No help needed! He jumped off the curb with no problem at all and was flying all over the place. I love watching the intensity in his face when he rides. He loves it. And now all he talks about is wanting to be a BMXer. Sadly, I see lots of broken bones in the future for this kid. He's a total daredevil and not afraid to try anything.

Who doesn't love...

Play Dough!

With Lex at school and Bennett napping, Garrett was in his glory getting to have the Play Doh all to himself!

Soccer Star!

Alexis is turning out to be quite the soccer player. She has been doing so well this year and I have enjoyed being able to coach her team again. I love how she just goes after the ball, no matter how many girls from the other team are there.

Yep, you guessed it. She scored!

I'm so proud of this girl! I love the beautiful young woman that she is turning out to be. I love how she can be so girly and yet be just as tough as the boys. I love that she loves a good challenge. And she's pretty proud of the fact that she can run faster than any of the boys at her school. Way to go, Lex!

Surgery update...

Well it is good to be home. Surgery went really well and aside from some pain and swelling, I am feeling pretty good. They were able to leave my left ovary ( thank goodness) but had to remove my left fallopian tube that was packed with Endometriosis. It really was a mess in there and my Dr. was surprised that I had gone this long without surgery. My right ovary wasn't the pretty white color that it should have been but was brown and red. Which explains why I always had such horrible pain on my right side. Overall, the Endometriosis had done a lot of damage and I am so glad to have it out of there. I am grateful to have had such an amazing Dr. that really was so patient with me as I exhausted every option before opting to do surgery. And even as I layed on the surgery table before they put me out, with tears streaming down my face he said to me, "It's okay, you are making the right decision." I guess I have just been so worried about how life would be post surgery and if I really would feel better once I had the surgery. It still will be a little while before I know but after talking with so many girls my age and younger that have had the same surgery, every one of them said they would do it again because of how good they felt. So I am optmistic that I will feel better and hopefully get back to a normal life sooner than later. Thank you for all your prayers and support. I know it has made a difference.

The post that almost wasn't....

So I really have been struggling to decide if I should post about this or not and then I decided that maybe I should. I have finally come to a decision that has taken a really long time to make and it's been really hard to make. Ever since I had Bennett I have had horrible female problems. I had never had a problem in my life until after having him. Now I find my body consumed by Endometriosis, Adenomyosis, horrible pelvic pain and Ovarian Cysts. ( I also had Thyroid problems after having him, which have since been fixed) I had surgery back in October of last year hoping to fix my female problems only to have it come back and worse. So after trying every option available I am finally agreeing with my Dr.'s recommendation to have a Hysterectomy. So on Tuesday, September 15th I will have the surgery done. I will have everything removed except my left ovary. My body has been telling me that it needs to be done and my mind is finally agreeing. I guess it's just been so hard to decide to have a part of my body taken out; it doesn't seem natural. But I have learned that that part of my body has really slowed me down from all the pain it causes. I had started training to do a half marathon which is in November in Sacramento and could hardly run from the pain in my pelvic area. That was a wake-up call that the problem isn't going to go away and it's time to face it. And so to have a better, healthier life for myself and family, I know I need to have this done. I can only hope and pray that things will go well and that I will recover quickly. I feel so blessed for all that I have and that I have been blessed to have had 4 children. I guess it's time to take care of me and get me back to where I was. I'll let you know how it goes...

Pre-school started!

Pre-school started for Garrett today. (Hall-e-freakin'-lu-jah!) He loves it and I love the break.
But all morning long before he went to school, all he could think about was going to the skate park. He was so cute about it he kept saying, "Mom, I love pre-school but I would rather just go to the skate park all day." Looks like he's going to be taking after a couple of his uncles!

On Wednesday's right after I drop Garrett off at pre-school, I take Bennett to his Laugh and Learn class. It's an hour long and he loves having his own class to go to. He kept telling me, "Mom, I go to pre-school." So when I heard about this class I signed him up.

Skater boys...

I love that my boys are totally into anything boy, like skateboards and scooters.
(They loved having the skate park to themselves today!)

I love that they really have no fear or worry about the consequences of what they do, they just go for it!
(I think I worry enough for them! )

I love that they love each other!
( Well, most of the time.)