Major Update

Ok. I have to appologize in advance for the long post with no pictures, but pictures will be coming as soon as we get into the new house & I have my computer back. I know I haven't posted anything since March, and I've heard about it from my sweet husband, but in my defense....we've been a little busy! Since then we celebrated our 6 year anniversary, and Jefferson turned 29! Things have been absolutely crazy...and it all started when we put our house on the market in March, 5 wks later we had an offer. They wanted to close May 12th so I got busy packing and we started looking for houses. We found a much bigger house on a bigger lot for a great deal, and are currently waiting to close on it. Although I am very excited that we were able to sell our house fairly quickly it was a bittersweet day when we left our first little house. We bought that house 9 months after we got married and have filled it with 3 little kids. We had amazing neighbors and will miss them so much. We are looking forward to the adventure that awaits us. We are living with my parents until we are able to close. A week after we moved in our sweet Lily dog was hit by a car and died. This was a horrible night for Jefferson and I. We told the kids the next day, and the next few days were very hard. I won't forget coming home from church the Sunday after it happened and Shad "whistled" and called "Lily" then got a sad look on his face and said, "oh yeah" the poor kid was heart broken, but we assured him we could get another dog someday. The plan was to find a dog after we moved to the new house, but that didn't happen, we now have a 10 wk old puppy named Casey. She is a lab/vizla mix and looks a lot like Lily did when she was a puppy. I'm wondering why I told Jefferson he could get another puppy because she is a lot of work, but the kids love her and I love seeing how happy they are. Shad played his first season of T-ball this year, and it was a lot of fun to watch him. He definitely doesn't have any killer instinct, yet anyway. Everytime he would run home, he had his arms straight out like an airplane. It was fun to see how much he progressed. He also finished his second year of playschool, and graduated with two of his cousins. Mylee is growing so much. She is sassy as ever and turning into a little girl. She loved watching Shad's games and talks about having a pink mit and helmet like one of the girls that was on Shad's team. Lorna is now almost 10 months old. She has 1 tooth, crawls all over the place, stands up next to things walks around furniture and has stood by herself for seconds at a time. She is so busy and therefore so am I. Jefferson is working as hard as ever and we appreciate him so much. We are all looking forward to nicer weather so we can get on the lake. Stay tuned for pics of the new puppy and the new house!

Monster Jam

My mother-inlaw gave us this obedience chart that goes with a book & CD we have. The kids work on getting to the "Land of Obey" When they are obedient they get to move their little trains closer to the Land of Obey and when they get there they get a reward. Shad & Mylee made it to the land of obey so we got to do something fun! Saturday we took them to the Monster Jam at the Idaho Center. They loved it. Shad's favorite monster truck was Gravedigger and Mylee's favorite was the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (or the frog as she called it many times) They also had some 4-wheeler races during the show. One of the 4-wheelers was pink & Mylee thought that was the coolest thing ever. One of the coolest parts was that we also had pit passes so before the show we got to go down & get close to the trucks. The show itself was 2 hours long plus the time we spent at the pit party so by the end both of the kids were tuckered out.

Standing in front of GRAVEDIGGER

Ninja TurtleMylee & MomUS Airforce

Pictures of the past

Mylee LOVES to torment her brother by sitting on his yellow trailer. He gets so frustrated and says "its not for humans My, you're gonna break it" She knows exactly how to push his buttons. Here is a picture to go with an older post about Shad shoveling the neighbors driveway. Isn't he cute.
Shad loves Lorna so much, and by the looks of things she thinks hes pretty awesome too!

Shad started playschool a few weeks ago. This is the first day. What a handsome little man!

We took the first picture & then he decided he wanted to wear his Farmstead sweatshirt. It's his favorite.

6 month checkup!

Alright so its a little late, but a couple weeks ago I took Lorna in for her 6 month checkup. She was 14 pounds 5 oz and 24 3/4" long. She is in the 25% for both her height & weight. This would explain why people are always comenting on how little she is. Though she is little she is a mover. At 6 months she is already crawling! She loves eating & signs "finished" when she is done. She is such a funny baby. Shad & Mylee absoluetly love her.

The chaos continues!

I figured once we got through the holidays that time would slow down and I would have time to blog and sew and keep my house clean. Really?! What was I thinking? Time continues to fly by and our lives seem to get more and more chaotic but we are enjoying every minute of it. The second weekend in January I went to Salt Lake with my mom and all my sisters and sister in-laws, it was so fun to hang out with them, and catch up. Jefferson had the weekend off so it was nice that he could stay with the kids. We made 2 trips to the cabin in the month of January, and we all had a blast. The kids love riding grandpa's snowmobile and Jefferson loves driving them around. I love sitting in the cabin by the fire watching Lorna grow up. January 2nd Lorna rolled from her back to her stomach and has not stopped. She rolls all over the place, and is getting up on her hands and knees or hands and toes trying to scoot herself around. She is growing way too fast. Last week we had french toast for dinner and Jefferson was holding Lorna he looked down at his plate & 1 of his french toast had disappeared off his plate we both thought the dog had stolen it, until we looked down and Lorna had a death grip on it and a mouth full of it. She loves REAL food. Peas, bananas, pumpkin, applesauce, cheerios, grahm crackers, she loves them all! Mylee is now in the BIG girl nursery at church and loves it. She is singing lots of church songs, her favorite being, "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam" She is as spunky as ever, and is becoming a great little helper. She likes to help set the table, put laundry away and get diapers for Lorna. Shad has the job of feeding the dog twice a day and does a super job, he has learned from his dad to be a good worker. Yesterday our neighbors had some snow on their driveway when we got home from church so Jefferson & Shad went and shoveled it off. It was fun to watch him work with his dad. He has been learning left and right and knows how to tell them apart. Jefferson asked Shad what he learned in church and he said "Choose the Right....and not the left" We got a kick out of it. I love how the minds of kids work. Jefferson is loving his new job and we are all loving having him home at night.

I love you

Like most of you we have had a very busy December. From Christmas Tree hunting to ugly sweater and white elephant parties we have had a great time. We went up to Idaho City again this year and got our Christmas Tree, Jefferson did a great job picking it out, and the kids did a great job decorating it. Shad got to put the star on with a little help and was so proud. He loves helping his dad. Shad and Mylee also got to ride in the Kuna Holiday parade with Grandpa and Grandma Hunt. They had a great time riding in the trailer behind Grandpa's 4-wheeler. Alright, well to start I can't believe that Christmas is this week! Thankfully we are pretty much ready. I have really been trying to get Shad to realize that just because he asks for something for Christmas doesn't mean he is going to get it...considering he asked for a yellow rocket ship with a control to fly it to the moon. Thats a big order and we haven't been able to find a 4 yr old friendly rocket. O well I'm sure he'll love what he gets. Mylee wants a kitchen and I'm pretty sure Santa can fill that order. Lorna is very alert and aware of everything around her including food so she will be getting her hi-chair for Christmas. We celebrated with the Hunt side of the family Saturday and it was a lot of fun as always. Shad got a helicopter and airplane that he loves and has been playing with none stop. Mylee and Lorna both got beautiful Christmas dresses that they wore to church yesterday, and they both looked adorable. Jefferson & I got some huge fluffy towels which we both love. Lorna is getting close to rolling from her back to her stomach, but can't quite get over. She is growing way to fast. We were lucky to have Jefferson home from work 2 1/2 days last weeek and loved every minute of it. Christmas should be a lot of fun this year, we are looking forward to spending time together with family. Mylee is getting good at saying her own prayers and blesses all of us multiple times. She also blesses Jefferson's boss Jeremiah multiple times that he will feel better. He hasn't been sick as far as any of us know, but maybe she knows something we don't. Some fun stuff that our sweet Shad has said lately...In his prayers the other night he thanked Heavenly Father for his "great big dad" Yesterday we were getting ready to leave church and Shad said he needed to tell the Bishop something. Jefferson said, "he's busy" because he was getting ready to take a family in for tithing settlement but Shad insisted so Jefferson told him to go ahead-he ran down the hall and said, "Bishop, I love you" Bishop I think was a little suprised, but said "I love you too Shad" It was too sweet, so on the way home we asked what made him want to tell Bishop that and his reply was, "I was just thinking about it" We talked about how the Holy Ghost can help us know when to say things and when we do what he tells us to then we feel good. It was a good teaching moment. I can just imagine how Bishop felt. I love those little moments when my kids out of know where say, "Mom I love you" Today before Jefferson got home Shad said, "Mom, I really need some dad power" What? He is hilarious. Jefferson got home and Shad said, "Dad, I still really need some of your power...I need some dad power" It's no mistake dads have super powers and Shad wants some of them I guess. Today he also called Mylee his sidekick. Boy do I love my little man.

Little Stinkers

This morning I layed Lorna down on her tummy with some toys in front of her, and then Shad & Mylee started fighting. I went to resolve the problem and when I turned around she was on her back. So I turned her back over and got the camera out and started filming....NOTHING. Of course she didn't do anything. After a nap another feeding I layed her down on her belly again and went back to finish getting ready for church. Jefferson came and told me to go look at her. Of course she was on her back, and we all missed it again. As if that wasn't bad enough, after church we were fixing dinner and she was laying on her tummy and rolled again. Yes my baby rolled over 3 times today and we missed it everytime! Once I could have handled but 3 times. She doesn't roll if we are watching, she loves torturing me. O well, there is lots of time to watch her roll. On another note, Monday my parents took me to lunch for my birthday. On the way home Mylee says, "Shad have penuts" "I no have penuts" my dad was chuckling pretty good. Mylee says again, "Shad have penuts" "dad have penuts" "I not have penuts" She repeated this probably 10 times. I guess I'm glad she knows the difference betweeen boys and girls. Just hope she keeps these conversations at home or in the car not at church! I love that little girl so much she has so much personality. My baby boy was in his first primary program a few weeks ago. His part was "Heavenly Father sent me to earth to be part of my family" We worked on it and after a day he had it memorized. I am so proud of him when it was his turn he stood right up to the microphone and said his part without any help. I have to admit I almost cried. The Spirit is so strong when kids are involved. It also makes me realize how fast my kids are growing up. It's bitter sweet. Every new stage is so fun, but sometimes I wish they would just stay little. Moving on, Jefferson is loving his new job, and I am loving having him home and awake on the weekends. The kids love having him around too. He has loved spending time hunting on the weekends with Lily and is thrilled that she has good instincts when it comes to hunting. He is looking forward to turning her into a really good bird dog. As for me I just turned into 27. Jefferson stepped it up this year. He made me a cake with homemade frosting took me to dinner and shopping plus bought me 2 skirts and some jeans. Things I definitely need. It was a fun birthday, and I'm so glad I got to spend it with family. So that is what we've been up to in a nutshell. Pics to come soon hopefully!