Jon's Birthday

Yesterday was Jon's 33rd birthday! We all drove up and dropped Jacob off at preschool. Then, Jon, myself and the trips went to run a few errands around Folsom. Jon bought a new driver at Sports Authority and when we got home, he went to play golf (even in 95 degree heat!). He had a fun time on the course and enjoyed his new driver. When he got back to mom and dad's, Jacob and Papa were swimming! The first swim of the year! The pool temp was 77, still too cold for mommy and Grandma, but Papa and Jacob had a good time. Jon jumped right in when he got home too. Jacob picked right back up with his swimming skills that he learned last summer, which is fantastic. We also realized that he can touch in the shallow end and the water comes up right under his chin! It's hard to believe he's that tall! We had a yummy steak dinner with homemade apple pie and ice cream for dessert. (It was my first homemade apple pie and it turned out pretty darn good!). We finished up the night by putting the kids to bed and watching American Idol. Overall, I think Jon had a fun day! It's funny how just the simple things in life are fun to us. I just asked Jon the other day - "remember when we used to be fun?" But, now that I think about it, "fun" is just different now. "Fun" to me is spending a great day with my family while we laugh and cry and play and be goofy. Here are a few "fun" photos...

Easter

We had a great Easter this year. We started the day with sleeping in, breakfast and church. Then it was naptime and off to Grandma and Grandpa's for an egg hunt and dinner. It turned out to be a beautiful Spring day! Jacob loved the egg hunt and got tons of eggs in his basket. He had a great time. The little ones, on the other hand, didn't get tons of eggs... as soon as the first plastic egg cracked open and candy fell out, they were done for. Each of them found one egg, dumped the candy on the grass and started eating! They had no interest in finding more eggs until the candy was gone! It was pretty funny! The photos below should explain how the egg hunt went...

4 out of the 6 of us are smiling and sort of looking at the camera... I consider that a success!

This photo was taken at home right after church... not too many smiling faces, but still cute!

Dylan grubbin' on some candy!

Megan has some too!

Cutie-pie Jacob

Free-for-all with the spilt candy!

Even Jacob got in on the candy!

Easter Sunday was our last night at our Folsom house. It was bitter-sweet knowing that the next day we'd be loading everything up to move. All of a sudden, it felt like we had just gotten there. We moved in to that house when Jacob was only 4 months old and now he's almost 4 years old... where did the time go? That house served us well, until the triplets starting walking. Then it just go to be too small. We were so on top of each other and nobody had anywhere to go for the tiniest bit of piece and quiet. Our new place is much bigger and closer to family, which will be wonderful. We have tons of memories in that house, all of which we get to keep with us for a lifetime. I guess that's the great thing about moving... the house stays, but the memories go with you. We are looking forward to all the wonderful stories and memories we'll have in our new place!

Fevers, packing and a bee sting...

Our house will close escrow one week from tomorrow... which means we are packin' up! We've slowly been packing for the last few weeks, but we are in high gear now. All those last-minute things to pack are now finding their way into boxes. We had a garage sale over the weekend and sold a ton of baby stuff and some household items. It was a fantastic sale! It was sad to let go of the baby things, but I held on to some of my favorites. I'll always have the memories, but the stuff had to go!

Jon has been sick for the last week and a half and now the kids and I are getting it again. My voice is about to be gone - for the 4th time in 3 months! Dylan started with a high fever a few days ago, then Jacob had a fever and tonight Megan is at 102.5. To top it off, Jacob got his first bee sting yesterday. He was finally feeling a little bit better and wanted to go outside and as he was running barefoot to the slide he stepped on a bee and got stung on the bottom of his foot. Luckily I now know he is not allergic to bees and he recovered pretty quickly.

It's going to be a busy week with packing, doing a few repairs on the new house and moving some stuff to mom and dad's. They are gracious enough to let the six of us (plus Bailey and Brandy!) stay with them for a little bit in between houses. Oh, and don't forget Easter this weekend!

What Not to Wear

Does anyone else watch What Not to Wear on TLC? I've been hooked on this show for awhile now and I think I'd make a good candidate. As much as I'd like to think I have "style", I really don't. I've come to realize that I'm too much of a cheap skate to buy nice things. Back in my single days, I'd drop $100 on a pair of shoes, no problem. But Jon changed all that and he is happy to take credit for that! Now, my shoes consist of $3 Old Navy flip flops or slippers! Of course, I still have about 50 pairs of black shoes, but I hardly wear a single pair. It's not entirely my fault though... after having babies, my feet have grown, so some of them are a bit too tight. I don't know why I keep them. What is it with shoes and purses? No matter how long it's been since I've used or worn them, I still can't seem to part with them. I guess I have the hope that one day in the near future I might get to wear them again. Plus, who wants kid snot and sticky fruit snack finger prints on her $100 pants? I need to get at least 3 or 4 pairs of pants for $100 bucks, not 1. I'm watching the show now and this girl is wearing hoodie sweatshirts, jeans and flip-flops... and I'm seeing myself in this girl. I fall in to the mentality of if I don't really have anywhere to go during the day I want to wear jeans and a hoodie all day. Is that wrong? The part of this show that kills me is they give the person $5,000 to buy a new wardrobe. Now, if you shop Old Navy or Kohl's like me (oh, don't forget Costco!), $5k would replenish your wardrobe. But this show has them shopping at trendy boutiques in NY and spending $1,000 on one outfit! Get real! Oh, the girl is crying now because Nick is going to chop her hair. I think that would be the toughest for me. My hair always looks cute when the stylist does it, but get me home and have it washed the next day - it goes right back to it's boring self. Man - I sound like I need a makeover! :o)

Change is a comin'!

After months and months of stress and craziness, we have finally sold our house and we found a new house! We'll be moving closer to my parents and my sister! It will be so great to live closer to family. We are super sad to be leaving Folsom, but this will be a good move for us. We have outgrown our current house, so having some additional square footage will be wonderful. We are now in the craziness of trying to pack a house up with 4 little ones running around and getting in to things. I've come to realize that I can only pack during naptime or after the kids go to bed. When I told Jacob we were moving to a new house he said, "is Daddy going to the new house? Are the babies going to the new house?" I said, "yes" and he said "ok!" I thought that was cute! It'll be an adjustment for him as he'll be leaving his preschool, which he loves. But I know that we'll be able to find a new school that will be great for him. Jacob is a lot like me in the fact that he's not big on "change", so I'm trying to show him a little extra grace and love during this hectic time. I just have to remind myself of that about 100 times a day! It's going to be a crazy month for us, but the outcome will be well worth it... I hope!

Here is Ryan getting a little exercise in his crib!

Jacob picking up dog poops in the backyard. Daddy is so happy someone else will help pick it up!

Jacob and his 2 mini-me's!

Jakey-boy


Dylan learning to ride the scooter!

Go, Megan, Go!!

Dylan and Jacob enjoying some tv time... I know, they are too close, but at least they have reclined the chair back a little!

Cutie Dylan reading his favorite Toy Story 2 book!

Megan, Jacob, Ryan and Dylan