Cabin & Kennecott

We had a good weekend. Saturday, my mom and I went to my niece Torrey's baby shower! I can't believe my beautiful Torrey is going to be a mommy soon! Makes me feel old! While we were driving we decided to stop at a garage sale that was right close to the park we were going to and man O man am I glad we did! I totally scored! I got two garbage bags full of clothes!

I got each of the kids a pair of shoes. Harper got a pair of boots that I'm in love with but will be for when she's a bit older...

Aren't those stinking cute?! Ahhh I love them!

I also got this cute doggie leash! I had one for Sawyer and he LOVED his! I have been thinking about getting another one so the twins can each have one and I got it for $.50! In the stores they are like $15-$20!

All the clothes I got were name brand and practically new. The lady who sold them to us took really good care of everything. I was happy!

We went to the Shower and I had a great time! Got to hang out with 2 of my sisters, and 6 of my beautiful nieces! It was a nice day and we got to sit out on a blanket and let the sun warm us! It was nice!

After the shower, my mom and I hit Walmart in Centerville. Can I just say I LOVE that Walmart! I love Walmart anyway but this one I was having a hard time not buying everything in sight! I bought the boys these matching outfits....

I love them! I think they are adorable!

I got Harper these cute little outfits....

Its funny cause the romper is 18 months and the yellow outfit is 3-6 months! lol I bought another romper like this one and its too short for her! She is sooo long but sooo skinny! She's so toot!

After the day of shopping, I went home and we headed to the cabin. We didn't get up there until around 8 so we got the kids ready and put them in bed. Taln would not go to bed until after 11! Nightmare. Then Sawyer was up 6 or 7 times that night too. By the time morning came I was almost thankful. I was exhausted though. We went on a ride to Lily Lake and the kids got to throw rocks and eat dirt! lol

 Daddy let Sawyer ride the green 4-wheeler and man o man am I in trouble! He's a heathen! Takes after his daddy for sure!

Last night, our family and my mom and Steven, and Derik went to Kennecott Mine. I've never been there and don't know much about it. We went to the visitor Center and got to check it out. It was pretty cool.

 (I love Sawyer's face in this one!)

Its tough getting all 5 of us looking at the same time! lol

 HUGE tire!

We went to Baskin Robins after and got some nummy ice cream! It was a nice Family Home Evening!

Recently

I finally uploaded the pictures of my camera and there are some from Valentine's Day! Here are some cute ones I got...

We had a fun time!

Last weekend we headed up to the cabin and I brought along my mom and step-dad. I wasn't able to do much other than sit inside and read, eat, sleep, etc but my parents went on rides with Brandon and his parents and they had some fun. My mom did get a little lost one of the rides which was probably pretty traumatic but she said she still had fun. That's all that matters. Here are some cute pics from there fun ride...

Even though I wasn't able to do much it was still nice to get away and relax a bit.

Yesterday, I had my 28 week appointment and things are going well still. I still have about 20 more lbs before I get to my weight I was with Sawyer. I am hoping to not reach those 20lbs but these last few months are when the babies start packing on their weight so we'll see. The boy weighs a little over 2 1/2 pounds while the girl is just under 2 1/2 pounds. They have moved once again. Last appointment they were head down and now the girls head is on my left side and the boys head is on my right. Weird. I don't know how they still have that much room to move around. Boggles my mind. I have been having a few problems lately though. I have been getting varicose veins on my legs which are making my legs throb plus they are swelling. I told my doctor about those problems and she recommended compression socks. I tried them for the first time this morning and they are SO DANG TIGHT! I got the thigh highs and they took me about 10 minutes no joke struggling to get them on! It was nuts! I did get them on and so far they have made my legs feel better. I can deal with the feeling my legs are being suffocated for the next 2 months as longs as they don't throb like they were! I asked my doctor when we discuss the c-section date and she said that I will go in to see here in 3 weeks and we will pick the date then. I freaked out a little!! In 3 weeks I will know the birth date of my twins! That is just insane to me! I went home and told Brandon we need to get Sawyer moved in to his room this weekend and we need to put the babies cribs up and get EVERYTHING done! lol Today, I was washing walls, doors, and baseboards. I am either nesting or just freaking out! I just want to be as ready as I possibly can be..... Heaven help us!

Sawyer has been so stinking funny lately! So I have given up on potty training him but I have got him trained to bring me in a diaper when he wakes up! Yes, I really wish he was potty trained but at least he brings me his diapers! The other day he came into my room and asked me if I saw the monsters. I told him I hadn't seen them and asked him where he saw them. He said "Outside." Me: "Were they nice monsters or mean monsters?" Him: "Nice monsters." Oh good! Thankfully they were nice monsters! Some of the stuff they say is hysterical! He is adorable!

Concerns

I called my doctor yesterday with a few concerns of mine with the pregnancy and didn't love the response I got back. First of all, I have had major major charlie horse cramps in my right side the last 2 weeks or so. Just about every night and they wake me up. Seems like no matter how I stretch they don't go away. Real pain in the side. So my doctor said to eat more bananas. Well DUHH!! Been doing that ever since I started having the problem and its not helping. So she said it is probably because I was so sick before and unable to retain many nutrients that the babies have taken all the potassium and calcium from my body. Lil' stinkers. Thankfully, I am able to take my prenatal vitamins now without being horribly sick so hopefully that will help along with eating a little more balanced high potassium/calcium diet. That particular concern wasn't anything too major. The other concern I have been having is that my heart seems to race all of the sudden when I am doing absolutely nothing and after it slows to a 'normal' pace again I feel completely drained. I told her about that and she was much more concerned about that. She said I need to start monitoring my heart rate when it starts to accelerate and if it goes over 120/minute for longer than about 5-10 minutes I will need to be seen by a cardiologist. FREAKY! Babies sure take a lot out of the body! lol Hopefully everything stays normal and I am just overreacting. (crossing fingers)

Other than those few little things I am feeling better! Haven't vomited in over 2 weeks and all 3 Thanksgiving dinners stayed down! Yay! I am going to have to take another picture of my belly cause in the past month I have doubled in size! lol I know I have 2 babies in there so I should expect it but it is still nuts!

Thanksgiving this year was interesting. I was very VERY moody. Holidays are hard since my dad isn't here. It seems to always bring a heavy cloud when I think about him not being here. I know he wouldn't want to any of us to be sad but at times is difficult. On Thanksgiving Brandon, Sawyer, And I went and saw Tangles. LOOOOVED this movie! So dang cute! Probalby one of the best animated shows we have seen in theaters in a while. I will definitely be buying it when it comes out!

This week has been busy! I decided to try to go shopping Thanksgiving night but ended up going home about an hour later cause it just was too crazy to be worth it. So instead I went shopping for three hours this week and got about 90% of my shopping done! Awesomeness! I still have a few other little things to get but most everyone is taken care of. Gotta love being done early. I also went and saw Burlesque this week. Wow! I loved that show! Didn't expect to but I was shocked at how much I loved it! The music was awesome, the dancing was great and I didn't even mind Cher being in it or the fact that Christina couldn't act a bit. Going to be buying that movie and probably the sound track as well! Wanna go see that again Saturday!

Sawyer got a black eye this week. He was running away from grandpa Max and of course wasn't watching where he was going and smacked right into the corner of the pool table. BIG OWIE! Left quite a mark but thankfully it is only a brusie and not split open. He has been so funny lately. His talking is improving so much that sometimes is surprises me! He has also been saying "My mommy." or "My daddy." its so dang cute! Potty training is still a mess though! He is at least starting to tell me when he goes potty. Its after the fact but still he will come tell me. His reflux has been kept in check for the past little while which still amazes me. Now that I have said that he will probably wake up with reflux tonight but that's just how it goes! lol His eating has been horrid though. It seems like he just doesn't want to take the time to eat. He's just too busy! Stinker. He has also learned out to open our bedroom door! He is a nightmare to put down at night now that he knows he can get out of his bed. He opens and shuts his door a million times and if we shut our door he will do the same things to our door. I try so hard not to laugh but its just funny sometimes! The day after Thanksgiving we headed to the cabin and it snowed a ton so we were able to make a sledding track and do some sledding. Well, it was more everyone else was sledding while I was standing around taking pictures! Sawyer loved it though!

He sure loves the snow!

Labor Day Happenings

We headed up to the cabin... again! What can I say we love it up there! I was able to finish 2 books while we were up there. I had started a book called Divine by Choice but the dang book fell apart while I was right in the middle of it. Just fell apart literally. That put a little stress on my reading. How do you read a book that is falling apart? It was a little too difficult obviously cause I started Eat Pray Love. It was coming out in theaters so I decided I really wanted to read it before I saw it. Well, that didn't happen. I went and saw it with my mom and mother-in-law last week and I hadn't finished the book. I wasn't so sure I loved the book until I saw the movie. Book was way better. I know they always are but I was really hoping for more from the movie. Anywho, I brought Eat. Pray. Love to the cabin and thankfully all us girls got to spend lots of time reading!

I finished Eat. Pray. Love. and thankfully brought up Divine By Choice. I finished both! Woot! I have 4 books stacked on my nightstand right now that I am ready to dive into.... one of them! I need to start saying no to people when they tell me about new books I 'gotta' read. I need to start finding more time to read too.... sigh. Eventually.

So basically the cabin was great! Spent time with family did some eating, reading, sleeping, riding, and relaxing! What could be better?!

Sawyer did get hurt this trip. Not terribly but his face is pretty banged up. He was out watching the fire with his gampa and his cousin Kylee and decided it would be a good idea to try to run in the dark.... with big rocks under his feet. Didn't turn out so well. He's got some nice cuts all over hims poor boy face. It was sadness hearing him come screaming. He's ok though. He's a tough kid!

(This is us at Lily Lake) Not the best shot every but it will have to do!

Cabin Weekend

We headed to the cabin this weekend so I could relax and Brandon could help put in cabinets! They look great! Such an improvement and what space!! We didn't do much riding but went Saturday for a short ride. We ended up getting rained on so we ran to the nearest Yurt to wait out the rain. We had a lot of fun! There were cards already in there so we played spoons (classic game) and Texas Hold em' and we used matches for chips!! I was the big winner! I should go to Vegas! lol We had a great time even tho were weren't able to ride!

When we came home last night we knew the relaxing was over. We ended up having a dang mouse run in our room! We cleaned out everything in our room and vacuumed everything. We ended up catching 2 mice within 2 hours of putting out traps. Today, we are going to have to go through our pantry and clean it out now. Kinda nervous what I am going to find in there to be honest. Like I said eariler I am going to organize every room. That is my goal. No more of these dang mouse hunts.

Independance Day Weekend

We started our celebration on Friday by heading up to the cabin. Brandon and I were doing a 5K early Saturday so I tried to go to sleep early. Didn't work. I ended up having horrible dreams all night long. When Kelly came in to wake me up at 6:15 I was not happy. Sorry if I snapped at you Kelly! We got up and of course Sawyer got up as early as we did so he ended up going to our race too. We started our race at 8am. I was pretty nervous for the race but I just decided to make my goal to finish it and make as few stops as I could. I had my music blasting in my ears and I think that was the only thing that kept me going. My body was pretty much scream NOOOOO! Last Resort by Papa Roach.... good exercise music! I stopped for about 30 seconds twice but other than that I ran the whole time! My time was 36 minutes 39 seconds. Not great but beat my last years record. Last year I actally placed in my age group tho. This year... no such luck. Brandon got 5th place in his age group tho! Go Brandon! I wasn't really impressed with my overall time but I only really trained for about a week. So I guess that isn't terrible. There is another 5K run in Davis County in August and I want to actually train for it and run it in less than 35 minutes. I'd really like to run it in 30 but that might be pushing it!! We were pretty beat after the race but it felt great to have done it.

The 4th was freezing! We went on a ride and froze our stinking butts off! And it rained. We went into Evanston that night and watched the sky light up with fireworks in every direction you looked! How I love Evanston for the 4th! Sawyer loved them this year!

We came home Monday evening and headed to my mom's so she could watch Sawyer's reactions to fireworks. He loved them again!!

We had a great 4th of July! So grateful for those who gave us our Independance! We are truly blessed!