Warner Family

Update

2012-01-09T07:28:00.014-07:00

Wow, has it really been that long since I have updated? I honestly don't know where the Holiday season went. It feels like we were just having Halloween and now we are in the new year.
Here are a few pictures of us celebrating the Christmas season:

Christmas Morning shots
Could there be a happier face out there? I don't think so.

We started a new tradition this year with the girls. On the 23rd we have a sleepover by the Christmas tree and watch a Christmas movie together. I don't know who had more fun, the girls or mom and dad. Sidenote...I have no idea what is going on with my hair in this shot.

We made Gingerbread Trains this year. It was a blast making them and who knew that Barry was so good at this? He loved every minute of it and everyone agrees that he did the best job. All mom helped with was the frosting and he did the rest.

Loved the face on this one
Here is Natalie doing what she does best...walking away from Mom! She is getting so big and I just can't get enough of her. She is the sweetest, craziest little thing you will ever meet!

2012-01-03T12:28:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Barry!

2011-11-22T10:54:00.007-07:00

Dear Buddy,
Oh how I love you. You are the best little guy around...bar none. Yes you cry and you whine and you hit your sisters and you tell me no to everything and you won't eat anything healthy for you...but none of that matters cause you smile at me and you hug me and you giggle with me and you let me read to you all the time and you get excited over the simplest things and you are just the best cuddler ever.

Your Favorite things list as of now:
trains
cars 2 (the movie)
toy cars
your binky and blankee
chocolate milk
teebee (t.v. which is dora the explorer and go diego go)

You have the cutest little language right now. Everything starts with a h. For example:
Hunny = funny
hart = fart
hawry = sorry
hars = cars

But mostly you are just so polite. You tell me and everyone thank you and always follow it with our name - thank you mom or thank you bubba or thank you christine. You are very good at saying sorry when you do something wrong and you are always making sure everyone is ok if they fall or get hurt... You ok mom? or you love to tell me that you are ok when you fall...I ok Mom!

I love coming in in the morning to get you out of bed (yes, you still stay in bed unless I come get you and you love to sleep til 8 or so) I always here your little voice say "I wake mom" "it morning now?" It is really the cutest thing ever. I love you buddy and hope you stay this sweet forever.

Halloween Warner Style

2011-11-04T11:21:00.006-06:00

We had a great Halloween this year. Of course, you saw that we actually decorated for it and it somehow made the whole thing a little more magical. Yes, I just said magical and was referring to Halloween. Our AWESOME friends, the Millers, put on a great Halloween party. And we were told that if we didn't dress up, then we could eat no food. Bummer, I had to dress up. My kids thought it was the best to have Mom and Dad dressed up with them. I have to admit, it was really fun. So food, games, and lots of good company made for the best Halloween party ever.

This is the only picture I could get of Annie, she was running to fast. Playing pin the smile on the pumpkin...thing she is a little off?
She was the most adorable strawberry ever. I just love that smile.
Same as Annie, running and playing to much to stop for a picture.
The top half of my pirate costume.
A little scary, I know. He just wanted to have hair for one night.

The mean and scary witch.Line up of most of the girls at the party! Funny how my kids just can't smile for a picture.

And what would Halloween be without the fantastic school parade. This was the first year for Annie and she loved it. Hallie ran by me so fast I couldn't get a picture without her being blurry or looking the other way. Oh well, it was fun just seeing them and being a part of their fun day.

Annie always seems to have 2 or 3 costumes every year. Here she is as the Winter Belle.

Annie's First surgery

2011-11-03T08:45:00.002-06:00

Annie had what they call trigger finger. It is a very common thing in a lot of children but it is usually in the thumb. She had it on her left middle finger. We decided to get it taken care of while she was young and not wait for it to get worse. She was a champ and did so good. Tyler took her cause they had to be there at 6 am and we didn't want to wake all the kids. Plus, lets just admit that I am a wimp when it comes to things like that and probably would have passed out at some point.

They put her completely under anesthesia so all she remembers is playing games with dad and then them having her blow into a balloon! When she woke up she was a little out of it and was mad that she had a cast on her! Once she fully woke up she was the super champ again and we got to go home quickly after.

Her favorite part was that her bear "Lizzy" got a cast too and was able to stay with her the whole time. The Hospital was so good to her. They gave her polly pockets at the end for being so brave! She was thrilled. I think her fear of doctors might be over!

More catching up

2011-10-14T11:25:00.003-06:00

This is the way you will find Natalie every time she is wanting something or playing or walking or just talking to you. I LOVE those lips! It is the best thing in the world to see those lips come out. It has had me and Tyler laughing uncontrollably at times!

We decorated for Halloween! My kids were really excited that we had decorations up so they told all their friends to come look! So funny what brings excitement to little people! Tyler made the pumpkins for me out of old books.
He is such a crafter at heart (but don't tell him that I said that)

I love how the bats are 3 dimensional! Makes it look awesome in here :)

I found this bookshelf in our basement and painted it black. My first paint job so don't judge me. I have lots to learn but it was fun being thrifty like that.

See I told you she was walking! Isn't that the cutest face ever?

She walks all over the house now and it surprises me every time I see her!
She always has such a big smile every time too.

One Sunday I came outside and found them playing together like this!
I love these precious moments of sibling love!

My bragging...

2011-10-13T10:32:00.004-06:00

I think everyone should have something to brag about. I ran my half marathon almost 3 weeks ago but I still wanted to update about it because I loved the race and want to remember how "awesome" I did! How is that for bragging? Most who know me know that I will almost never brag about myself. But I have learned that with running, I love it and it is something that I am good at. So bring on the bragging.

It was a perfect day for the race. The temp a the finish line was 51 and sunny! I felt good the whole race and kept thinking I was going to hit a wall but I never did. I just ran and ran and ran. And it felt wonderful! I finished in 1:48 which is a good time for me, shaving 10 mins off my last half. I honestly think I could shave a couple more minutes off and be at 1:45, which is what I am shooting for in my next half in May of 2012! (the weekend before Tyler graduates!)(I stole this picture from the race website so it is blurry but it still shows that I was running! I also think I may be a very serious runner, what do you think?)

Has it really been that long?

2011-10-06T06:08:00.004-06:00

Times slips by so quick and blogging just hasn't been happening! We have had a wonderful summer and now heading into an amazing fall. We got to go home to St. George, Utah for 2 months and boy was it a much needed time. We played, we worked, we hiked, we swam, we had sleepovers, we played some more, and, of course, we ate a ton!
I love being with family and miss them dearly. Being back home reminded me how wonderful it is to have the support of so many loved ones around you. But my favorite part was watching my kids play with all their cousins. I really hope that we end up living by all our family when we are done with all this schooling!

Natalie turned 1 last month! Wow, let me tell you what a different baby she is compared to my other 3. She is into EVERYTHING and grins the whole time doing it! She is so much fun to have in our family and we are so in love with her and her awesome personality. She started crawling the week before we left for Utah and is now walking! She eats everything you put in front of her, climbs everything around her, and smiles at everyone who comes by her. Plus, she is by far our best cuddler. Especially to her Dad. She will choose dad over mom any day and loves to lay on his shoulder and his face!

She loved her cake and dug right into it!
See the pure contentment in her face
Barry loved the cupcakes too!
awesome cupcakes that Aunt Jessica made her herlove this picture of her while we were hiking on the red hill

this is so Natalie...crawling as fast as she can to get away but always
will stop and smile at you
Barry hiking on the red hill too!

He was a pro at jumping off the rocks and climbing up them

Girls dressing up and, of course, had to include Natalie
Hallie and Annie on the 2nd day of school. Hallie started 2nd grade and Annie started kindergarten. They love riding the bus together and love school lunch!!!
We loved hiking together this summer. The kids in front of the narrows on the red hill
Annie stopping to pose
love this pic of all 3 of them
We couldn't keep up with Hallie, she was a hiking maniac
Tat chose to hike this way and dad didn't seem to mind the company

My Buddy

2011-07-02T19:20:00.005-06:00

Being the only boy in the family can be a little rough at times. But I think Barry does a pretty good job of defending his territory. I have been having so much fun with him lately and just wanted to write down a few of the things that have been so cute.

*He is by far our most obedient child. I never get past the count of 2 before he whispers "Otay Mom" and starts doing what I ask him.
*He loves to run and give me a hug. All I have to do is kneel down and open my arms and he giggles and full on sprints to me.
*He is starting to talk so much and loves to say "Hi" and "Bye" to everything.( Just imagine a little southern accent)
*He calls Tyler "Dee" and is always talking about him. "Mom, that Dees vroom?" "Dee you go running?" It is seriously one of my favorite things to hear him say.
*He is having a hard time giving up his binky and blankie. He knows that he can only have them on his bed so most of the day is going back and forth between playing and cuddling with his "eees" (blankie and binkie)
*He loves to cuddle me!
*He loves trains, cars, trucks, balls, basically anything that says boy!
*He has the most adorable and sweetest smile ever. All he has to do his bat his little blue eyes and smile and he gets whatever he wants.
*He has a great sense of humor and knows that he is funny. My girls are forever laughing at him because he is so funny.

We really are so grateful to have Barry in our family. He is so tender and lovable. We love that he puts up with all of us girls so well. Love you Buddy!

Aunt Cucca and stuff

2011-06-17T05:47:00.015-06:00

Jessica and Luke came to visit us last week. It was great to finally see Luke again. The last time we saw him he was 3 weeks old. Boy had he changed...now we can't keep up with him and constantly are laughing at him! He really is the cutest little man and we had a ball with him. We made smoothies, worked out (once), shopped, moved, ate, had smores, and so much more. I love having family around. It is so wonderful the safe feeling that it brings. Thanks for coming Cucca! remember those hot dogs cucca? They don't look much different then last time we saw them.

Jessica timed it perfectly and came the same week that we moved. Yes, we moved. 4 houses down the street. Why? Where do I begin... A/C. Oh, and cheaper rent. Trying to prepare ourselves for the poor years of residency. But I love this house much more than the old one so I feel pretty lucky that we were able to find it and still stay in the same neighborhood, same schools, and same awesome trail by us. I will post pictures of our awesome 70's wallpaper and flooring and our all wood paneling room. Got to love living the life of a student.

We took pictures of the kids the other night and Hallie and Annie took a turn taking a few. Love those precious moments that they captured.
Here are the ones of the kids. It is getting harder to take the pictures of the older girls cause they like to pose now. Every time I snap the pictures they change their pose to a new one. It is quite funny watching them. Anyway, trying to fill a cool old barn window that I got with black and white pictures. Hope it turns out as cool as it is in my mind.

Fun Saturday

2011-05-29T10:55:00.015-06:00

Do you ever have one of those days that you smile when you think about it? We had one yesterday. It was perfect. We played together all day and it was the most perfect weather. We started the day out with racing in the Memorial 5 mile run and 1/2 mile kid run. Hallie and Annie were excited when I told them that they got to run in a race and couldn't believe that they would get their own medals like mom.Here they are right before the race. I think Hallie was a little nervous.

Hallie was pretty quick and just happy to be running.

She did 1/2 mile in 3:27. Pretty good if you ask me.

Annie is more like me when running. No smiling, just determined to get to the end. We didn't get her time but she was probably more around the 4 min mark.

Then I ran my race. I started out way too fast (6:40 mile) and didn't realize the first 2 miles was mostly uphill. I ate before I ran, which I never do, and got a terrible side ache that wouldn't go away. I couldn't even pick up my speed going down hill. I walked 3 times and had cotton mouth for the last 2 miles. It was awful. I seriously thought of just calling it quits. But I didn't, I finished and even came in 2nd for my age group (see, being in your 30s does have some advantages) and my time was 40:10. Which is the time I wanted but I felt awful doing it. It discouraged me a lot for the half that I am training for. Guess I need to really start training and not think that I can just run for the fun of it.

glad to see the finish.

Tracy and Wendy that I run on Saturdays with. They came in 2nd and 3rd in their age group too.
My support team.

Here we are with our Medals. So proud of my girls for trying so hard. Annie was so tired at one point but kept running. She is amazing. Love them both so much.

The rest of the day was spent playing with friends outside and eating popsicles. Loved it.

Pictures for fun!

2011-05-22T14:22:00.012-06:00

Here are some pictures to satisfy all your Warner cravings.

Tat Tat at 8 months old. See what a pro she is at sitting up.

Mom and Hallie with Annie being the photographer. See my short hair... no likey.
(wait til you see it with me standing up, super short)

Trying to get all 4 to smile and act like we are having a good time. Sunday afternoon reading books on the picnic blanket in our yard.

Yes, this is Hallie's guitar but Barry thinks it is his. He loves to be like Dad.

Enjoying the morning outside with Dad.

doesn't she have the sweetest smile?

This is the fabric that I am making quilts for Hallie and Annie with. I love it and just wish the quilts would be done already so I can see them wrapped in it.
Wish me luck... it is my first quilt(s)!

Update

2011-05-20T11:42:00.003-06:00

For those of you who care. Here is what we have been up to lately:

Hallie only has 19 days of 1st grade left. She is already getting the summer itch and every morning she asks if she really has to go to school. The older she gets the more and more she becomes like her dad. She loves to know random knowledge, loves to watch discovery channel type movies, loves to play the guitar, and things she is very funny. She is always coming up with reasons of why things happen. She is very confident in herself and has no problem with self esteem. She is, however, learning that not everyone in the world tells her how wonderful she is like her family and friends. Kids are mean to her on the bus, friends decide not to play with her, not everyone laughs at her jokes, and some days are just harder than others. She is learning to deal with it and is doing a great job. She is out growing dolls and dress ups and is more into drawing and reading and being outside.

Annie is our little wonder.You never know what she is up to until you find her doing it. She is starting to become a little sneaky about doing things that she knows she shouldn't be doing and always acts so surprised when you catch her. She is full of questions lately and spends the whole time while driving in the car asking them. Her question the other day to our 75 year old neighbor "How soon is soon?" She can't figure out why soon is sometimes long and soon is sometimes short. We had her kindergarten orientation the other night and I have a feeling Annie is going to have no problem with it. She acted like a pro and it wasn't til we were back in the van that she told me she was a little nervous about it all. I found her the other day in her swimming suit outside running in the rain. She cracks me up.

Barry is turning a corner and becoming a lot happier. He is talking up a storm and we can't understand more than half of it but love the fact that he is trying. He always greets us in the morning with "Hi Mom, Hi Deed (that would be dad)" and he loves to say bye to everyone. We got him a little train set at Ikea the other day and he loves it. He is all about trains right now and usually has one in his hand at all times. He also is very into balls and now that the weather is warmer we have been kicking balls outside A LOT. He loves his new bed now and finally figured out that he can get up and down all by himself. He still doesn't get out of bed during the night or in the morning unless we come and get him. He is such a good little buddy and is so sweet. He is very good at listening and doing what I ask him. After Hallie and Annie (who never listened and always threw fits) it has been very refreshing. I say bring on more boys to the family.

Natalie is sitting up like a pro. She is the wiggliest, movenest baby we have ever had. She is constantly turning in your arms to see every thing around her and can not stand on your lap without jumping up and down. She is very content to be here and we love the sweet spirit she has brought with her to our family. She is eating more and more new foods and usually pulls a face at all of them. She says mama but only when she is starving or crying. She finally had one tooth break through and we think a couple more are on the way cause she is drooling and chewing on everything like crazy. She absolutely loves being outside and is very happy to just sit out there all day.

Bree- it is always awkward when I get to myself cause I never have anything that I want to tell people! I am so ready to be over the raining and snowing days. This winter lasted way to long and brought many depressing days with it. But with the spring weather coming once in awhile I have been back to running outside. Now I don't like to brag but it has been so fun running and watching the mileage go up quickly. I have made it back up to 9 miles and did that in 1 hour 6 minutes. Pretty great for me. I feel wonderful and love the amazing park that we live by. It is like running in the forest only on a paved road. In the 9 miles I never had to turn around or back track. It is a huge park and perfect for long runs. If you ever come out, you would be amazed. Oh, and I mowed the lawn for the first time in my life. It was fun and therapeutic in a way.

Tyler is now a 4th year medical student and the count down is on. One year til he graduates. Honestly, it has gone by fast. He is doing an ER rotation right now and loving it. But still not more than IM. He is doing a great job and all the docs that he rotates with speak highly of him. He is becoming amazing on the guitar. Don't worry for all of our family and friends in Utah, he is bringing it with him and I am sure he will be more than willing to play it for you. Tyler is simply one of the most amazing people out there. He does more for our family than I ever thought possible and yet still does so well with school.

Dear Mom

2011-05-13T11:41:00.003-06:00

I love you Mom. I like it when you hug me good night. I like it when you spen time whith me to. You are the best. I like it when you hold me when I cry to. I like it when you help me with my home wrok. Happy Mothers Day. I love you. Mom you are the love of my liff.

From Hallie ps I Love You

My Mom
by Hallie Warner

This is what my mom looks like: freckles brownish blue eyes, blande and brown hair
The best thing my mom cooks is: spaghetti
My mom's favorite tv show is: Ratatouille
I like to help my mom: clean
I make my mom proud when I: make my bed
Something my mom does for me that makes me happy: she drives the car
The best thing about my mom is: she is kind and she lets us play!

Isn't she the sweetest thing ever? I absolutely love being a mom and think I have the best kids ever! I count myself lucky everyday that I get to be their mom. It was a wonderful Mother's day and I enjoyed every minute of it. Actually, I enjoyed all 3 days of it. Yep, my husband gave me Saturday and Monday to celebrate with too! I love you all and appreciate all that you guys do for me. Especially all the hugs and kisses that I get. It can never be enough!

Hello Kenna and Cucca

2011-05-05T05:55:00.017-06:00

So I know I promised I would update yesterday but lets just pretend that I did and move on! Here are some awesome pictures of some stuff that we have been up to!

My parents came to visit us for a week. It was so much fun having them here and loved every moment of it. We had a birthday party to make up for all the ones that we have missed. We made cupcakes and everyone got to open a present! Oh yay, and we blew noise makers all night!

Just an adorable little boy!

Our trip to Kirtland Ohio. Dad and Tat Tat in the Newell K. Whitney store

The whole gang. Yes, it was freezing

Look how cute my parents are

My mom sharing her talents with us. She made a pillow and blanket for us!

My dad sharing his talent with us! Oprah taught him how to get all the juice out of a lime.
He is biting the lime if you can't tell.

Annie was always cuddling one of them. And my dad was always cuddling a blanket!

Just some more adorable pictures of the kids!

Oops!

2011-04-18T07:15:00.003-06:00

Annie finally lost a tooth! Ok, she had a little help from Hallie. They were fighting (yes, my children fight) over a blanket and Annie put it in her mouth to keep Hallie from getting it. This didn't stop Hallie though, she just yanked harder and out came the blanket and knocked Annies tooth loose! Annie was thrilled and worked on it all day. When the tooth still had not come out 4 hours later she decided that it was not that fun having a loose tooth. It hurt to eat food and her mouth was also hurting. I taught her how to break off pieces of her sandwich and chew it on the back teeth and gave her Tylenol for the pain. She was excited again!
Finally, during church the next day it came out. She carried the tooth around all day.
Showing it to everyone and anyone that would listen and look. She put it in a baggie to keep it safe and talked about the tooth fairy coming and giggling about it. Long story short, she was beyond thrilled and excited for the night to come.
Around 6:45 Hallie comes down and says to me "Mom is it morning yet?" Me "Yep, it is morning" Hallie "Oh no Mom, the tooth fairy didn't come and Annie is upstairs crying." My heart just dropped and I ran up to talk to her. She was so sad that the tooth fairy had not found her tooth. Can I just say that we are awful parents. How in the world could we forget to put money under the pillow of our sweet daughter who was so excited? Now, how do I make this up to her. Double the money? A note saying how retarded the fairy is?
I am so sorry little donk but I promise to make it up to you!

Side note: she only lost one tooth. The top "tooth" missing is actually a gap (thanks dad for the genes!) but she has been telling everyone for a long time now that she had lost a tooth! Now she refers to it as "my gap".

Hallie

2011-04-05T13:30:00.005-06:00

It's your Birthday,Happy Happy Birthday! It's your Birthday, Happy Happy Day! You finally turned 7!
Guess what you wanted for your birthday... a guitar like your dad. Guess what you got... a guitar! When you told Dad that that was what you wanted he was so excited. And boy were you thrilled when you walked in the room and saw it sitting there. You and Dad jammed for an hour or two and both of you had perma grins on the whole time.
You are such a joy to have in our family. I really couldn't ask for a better daughter for my oldest one. You are absolutely perfect in every way. My favorite thing right now is that you miss me while you are at school. You come home and just dropped your book bag
and run to me for a hug. I love it!!!

7 things that make us smile about you:

*you are starting to enjoy doing bigger kid stuff. Princess' are for little girls now!
*you write the best books and stories ever
*you have the best imagination
*you are very kind to everyone around you
*you still love to cuddle with mom and dad (don't ever stop!)
*you LOVE cake, donuts, ice cream, and treats but you are still
one of the healthiest eaters around
*your smile and laugh are just precious

We love you forever and ever! Mucho, Mucho!

Best Night Ever!

2011-03-18T07:50:00.003-06:00

We went to this movie:
And absolutely loved it. It is one of the best Disney movies made in a long time! Plus, it was a girls night out and we were with our awesome friends so that made it all the better! Hallie, Annie, and I agree that we need to do this "girls night out" thing a lot more. Have I told you lately that I LOVE having girls. They really are the best and it will be all the more fun when Natalie joins us. Thanks girls for having an awesome time with me! Love you forever and ever.

What are we up to?

2011-03-10T06:31:00.005-07:00

Lots of stuff going on at our house...

Barry got another set of tubes! And boy did he look adorable in the little purple hospital gown that they had him wear. It still makes me anxious when they take him away and make me go sit in the waiting room. Especially this time, he cried when they wheeled him out and looked back at me with those blue, sad eyes. It tore at my heart. But all went well and 25 minutes later I was rocking and cuddling him. He did awesome and is such a trooper. I don't blame him if he hates the ear doc now and screams every time he comes near him. He has been talking some more now so I am really hoping this will get him communicating better and less screaming. He really is so funny and Tyler and I laugh every night about it. His favorite phrase right now is "Mommm, weeee." Which means, Mom please! If I here him yelling that, I know he is stuck somewhere he shouldn't be. Like on top of the kitchen table or the computer chair.
He also moved up to a big boy bed. He did so good the first night and didn't move at all. Never even tried to get out of bed. He looks so cute in the bed! Plus, he had no problem giving the crib to Natalie. They share a room so I was worried that seeing the crib would make him want to get back in it.

Natalie is growing like crazy and is now eating baby food. She loves the oatmeal and prunes so far and each week we introduce a new food. She also LOVES her bumbo chair. She is also sitting up all by herself for a couple minutes at a time. She is starting to giggle when the kids do stuff to entertain her. It is the cutest to hear that little laugh while driving in the van. She is still an amazing baby and loves to just be with everyone. She does the cutest little nose scrunch when she smiles at you. Wait til you see it in person, it will melt your heart! She is now 5 and a half months and right on with all of her growth. Still in the 75 percentile of height and weight and that darn head is still in the 90th! Had an ultrasound of the head to make sure it was all healthy and surprise surprise, it was! We found out (from the one warm day we have had) that Natalie loves being outside and going for walks. Which a great thing for me :)

Annie got registered for kindergarten the other day and can't quit talking about it. To bad she doesn't start til September something! She is counting down the days til Grandma and Grandpa Borrowman come and visit (13 days) and breaks down about every other night cause they are not here yet. This living away from family is hardest on Annie. She loves being around them and talks about moving back all the time. We are going for the summer and she thinks it is for good. She talks about driving in the moving truck and packing everything up. I have told her many times but I guess she just wants to believe it!

Hallie has been so much fun lately. She really is getting big and I absolutely love it. I think it is the best thing having a daughter as the oldest. She brings so much peace and laughter to our family. And she is such a tease. She is so much like her dad that it is a little scary. She has his sense of humor and they laugh with each other all the time. I guess it is good that they have each other so at least someone will laugh at their jokes!!! Hallie is one that loves to plan out her future. She has had many career dreams already. Here are a few of the ones that I remember:
Doctor, waitress, teacher, lady who works in a building, dental hygienist, and tongue doctor. My favorite is the lady who works in a building cause she puts on a zip up sweater and talks all proper and everything!

Tyler is finishing his last few rotations for 3rd year and then we are headed into being 4th year medical students!!!! Time is going so fast. He also just recently purchased the guitar of his dreams and has been playing lots. He has had a permanent smile on ever since I told him he could get it! I love seeing him be able to do stuff that he loves that much. Honestly, his life is not a whole lot of fun right now with all the school, work, and kids. But he always has such a good attitude about all of it and I love seeing him doing something for himself finally!

Bree (ME) can't wait for spring to get here. Winter has gone by quite fast but it is time to go outside and play again! I have been starting to train for a half marathon again but it is going slow cause I only have a treadmill to run on and those who know me also know that I hate running on treadmills! By the way, we will be in St. George for 2 months this summer and I need a running buddy, anyone want to volunteer or do I have to single someone out? I also got a new calling in the YW's presidency. It threw me for a loop when I got the call but I love it now. Our ward got changed and now we go to the Alliance ward. It is a 1 hour drive so now I get to make it on Wednesday nights too. But I guess we do whatever we can to fulfill our callings right!

We also invented a new game at our house...Dad pushes us across the wood floor and we scream!Here is our Awesome Valentines tradition! Breakfast. It is what Tyler made me on our first date and we have done it ever since. Loved the heart pancakes this year.

Happy Heart Day

2011-02-13T14:14:00.012-07:00

Hope the day is as special for you as it is for us! 9 years ago Tyler and I went on our first blind date. It has been an adventure ever since and I know it will be forever more! Here are some fun pics of what we have been up to lately!

Tyler took the girls to a "Princess Ball" that our stake put on. He said it was the best thing ever and is looking forward to next year. They let each girl walk down the red carpet with her crown on and the spot light on them. Then they danced the night away. Hallie and Annie were dancing maniacs!

Tat Tat (aka Natalie) turned 4 months and now is almost 5 months. Words can not describe the pure love she brings to our family. It is so much fun having her with us. Don't you absolutely love those blue eyes! I do if you can't tell from all the pictures!

Annie loved having her friends over for a fun birthday party! She kept saying "This is the best day of my life!" I hope she will always be that easy to please.

Barry and Annie pudding painting to help make the winter blues go away! They were in heaven that they got to eat it and put it wherever they wanted!

Hope you all of a wonderful Valentines Day!

Happy Birthday Donk!

2011-02-04T13:07:00.004-07:00

Look who turned 5!

Let me just start by saying how much love, laughter, squealing, giggling, crying, jumping, dancing, singing, and running you bring to our family. You truly are a ray of sunshine to us. Our lives would not be complete without you. Thanks for putting up with us as we try and figure out this parenting thing. You are a great one to practice on cause you do a little of everything! And I say that will a smile.
I need to get better at writing down all the funny things you say cause you are constantly making us laugh. And your little voice is adorable when you try and pronounce new words. You win your Dad over every time you ask for something using Spanish and I am sure you know it cause you always smile at him with a twinkle in your eye.
One of my favorite things about you is your love of hugging. Ever since you where a little baby you loved to hug. Every time you saw Mom and Dad hugging you would squeal and hold out your little arms until we picked you up. You still run to us and join in on the hugs. We absolutely love it and hope you always do!
I love watching you dance. You just somehow move with the music in such an effortless way. You have got the moves and you know how to show it! For your birthday this year you got dance outfits and you look so adorable in them. They fit your personality perfectly. Keep dancing...you've got a real talent!
I love you so much and hope that you will always know that. One night I told you that I love you more than anything and guess what you said "I know Mom, you always tell me that." And I will continue to "always" tell you that cause it is so true. You mean the world to me!

Happy 5th Birthday Sweetheart.

Best News....

2011-01-26T15:47:00.002-07:00

At least for me and my family! Tyler just informed me that the residency that he
will be doing is only 3 years not 4. What?!? How do you forget to tell your wife
this vital information. I almost cried when he told me. That means, we only have 4 years
and 4 months left until we are done! Not the 5 and 4 that I thought. I still am busting with
excitement and would probably cry if anyone asked me about it right now!

Who is who?

2011-01-20T18:20:00.006-07:00

Who is who and which ones look alike?

Happenings in the Warner home

2011-01-20T06:27:00.003-07:00

I love when we have fun little conversations with our kids and I get to post about them because it is so fun to go back and reread them. Tyler and I did that the other day for about an hour and just laughed at all that we had forgotten!
Last night I was doing homework with Hallie. Let me just say that it is not the easiest thing to do. She for some reason does not like doing homework and throws much fit about it. It usually ends up with Mom frustrated and Hallie crying. Last night was no different. She had to read a book and then answer questions about it, then write 3 of her own sentences. Here goes:

M: What do you want your 1st sentence to say?
H: "We like to play hide and seek together."
M: Ok, sound it out and then write it down.
H: How do you write "play"?
M: sound it out
H: p...l.....a.....ummmm.
M: Kindof a hard one, there is a y at the end of it.
H: y and then e
M: no there is no e at the end of it.
H: yes there is Mom, my teacher told me there was an e at the end of play.
M: Nope, I am pretty sure that I know how to spell play. Hey dad, how do you spell play?
D: P..L..A..Y
H: well, you are both wrong cause my teacher is way smarter than both of you and she told me it has an e at the end.
M: ok, write it down.

And then Annie's conversation the other night! We put them to bed and then 5 minutes later they both come walking into the kitchen:
H: I just came down to get my teddy bear.
A: and I just came down for nothing. (big smile!)

The other night Natalie sneezed a couple times and I hear from the other room from Annie "Mom, Nat just lessed youed!" She calls her sneezes lessed yous! Guess it comes from us saying bless you after she sneezes.

And Barry has just been screaming during all of this!

Finally....

2011-01-14T08:13:00.021-07:00

Here are some pictures of Christmas and other random stuff during December.

We found fun places to read in!

Natalie just got sweeter and more loveable!

We went to a fun Christmas tree show with our friends in Pennsylvania.

Barry loved all the fun animals and lights

We shoveled the driveway more than once!

Hallie somehow thought posing for the camera was more fun than shoveling the walk!

Yes, we even put our 2 year old to work.

Tyler thought I was slacking on the job. It's not my fault his shovel
could hold more snow than mine!

Semi Family picture!

Christmas Eve Jammies!

I love Barry's eyes in this picture. He is always doing that!
After Santa came to our house. Yes, I was still awake after he came!
Annie dancing in her new dress! She added the veil to complete the outfit.

Our little man in his new wheels. This was the fav toy this year! It can surprise you how many kids can fit on it. 4 is our top right now!

And to finish it off with a cherry on top......

Good Bye 2010

2011-01-04T06:28:00.004-07:00

It is amazing to me that a year can come and go so quick. We had so much happen in 2010 that is seems like a life time has gone by. Here are some of our favorites of the year:

*Found out we were having another baby
*Annie turned 4
*My mom and dad came to visit us in Kirksville. My Dad and Tyler ran the 5k and did great. Had a great time in Nauvoo with them.
*Hallie turned 6
*Jessica and Chris came to visit us in Kirksville and brought Layla (their dog) which my kids fell in love with. Oh and they brought their new baby Luke!
*Tyler finished his 2nd year of medical school
*Made the 22 hour drive to St. George for the first time. The kids are awesome travelers.
*Had a blast being with family for the summer
*Hallie and Annie became quiet excellent little swimmers and Barry found out he loved the water.
*Tyler took and passed his first set of Board tests
*Packed up everything we own and put it in a moving truck
*Said Good Bye to so many awesome friends and to Kirksville
*Drove to Ohio and found our new house. We all shouted with excitement as we crossed into Ohio!
*Grandma Warner saved us and flew out to help us unpack
*Tyler started his 3rd year of medical school. No more classroom time. He just follows the Doctors around now and tries to kiss butt!
*Made lots of new friends and kept some old ones
*Became good at living without a/c
* Grandpa Warner drove us a new car out from Utah! Loved having him with us
*found out Barry loves to ride wiggle cars and can beat anyone in a race on one
*learned to deal with gestational diabetes, not so bad as I thought it would be
*Hallie discovered training wheels are not for her. She also started 1st grade
*Said Good Bye to our dear, sweet Grandpa Goodwin
*Tyler turned 30!
*Welcomed sweet little Natalie into our family
*My Mom came to stay with us for 2 weeks. Such a blessing to have her in our lives
*Barry turned 2 and learned to throw tantrums
*Had a great Thanksgiving with our friends. Missed Family
* Survived Ob and Surgery Rotations
*I turned 32!
*Had the best Christmas Break ever
*Forgot to welcome the New Year at midnight but did shout out at 7:30 the next morning!

We are so excited for what the year 2011 will bring for our family. And even more excited to say that Tyler will graduate next year!!!!!

Memories

2010-12-16T08:38:00.002-07:00

The girls and I had a night up while Tyler was doing a 24 shift. We watched "Flipper". This started a conversation that lasted throughout the whole movie so just to sum it up for you:

Annie: Mom, I want to go to Ohhiee.
Mom: Where is that Annie?
Annie: you know, where the ocean is.
Mom: Oh, do you mean Hawaii?
Annie: That is what I said mom, Ohhiee.
Mom: Maybe when Dad is all done with school and actually makes money we can go.
Hallie: Like when I am 12 or something?
Mom: Yep
Hallie: Good cause I am not ready to go swim with the fish yet.

The rest of the night was figuring out what fish and sharks where in the water and if it was safe for little girls to go there. Hallie is our little worrier so of course she doesn't want to go until knows it is safe for her to be in the water.

I love having little moments like these with my kids. And I love that they are old enough now to hang out with me while Tyler is working. Such a fun time right now.

In the end

2010-12-09T05:00:00.011-07:00

It always turns out better than we hope for. We somehow learn things that we didn't know we needed to learn and when we look back we smile! Well, at least I did for yesterday. We had a great day. We played, watched movies, danced, and even wrote letters to Santa. And at 5 Dad came home! (the schedules got mixed up, not a 24 hr shift)
I loved having my kids home with me. It even made me want to keep Hallie home all the time. It is always more fun when she is with us. She was very good at entertaining us most of the day. I think she was a little giddy from skipping school. I think every kid needs a break from that every once in awhile.

Thanksgiving and Christmas found our house!

For Thanksgiving we had our awesome friends drive out from Kirksville. They must really love us to make the 13 hour drive! Plus, Aimee was 25 weeks prego with TWINS! Thanks for making the trip, we absolutely loved having you here!
We had 13 adults and 7 children. Pretty full house but it was a blast! The kids loved having there own little table!
Somehow I didn't get a picture of the food but believe me it was awesome! And can't forget the 2 dozen donuts we ate the day before! We found an amazing bakery that has mouth watering donuts that you can't just eat one!
Everyone hanging out with stuffed belly's
Tyler and Aimee Smith! Love you guys.
Ryan and Jack Jack chillin on the couch
It was one eternal sleepover for the kids. They loved sharing a room and waking up to each other. You should have heard the giggles every morning!
First off, this was at 1:45 a.m. so we are probably looking a little tired! Me, Aimee, and Christine! Of course we did the black friday shopping. Aimee and I drove to target at 4:50, saw the line and drove right back home. No stopping or nothing. Christine on the other hand was in line and waiting for us! She is such a trooper. Thanks for the great Thanksgiving Gals! Hope we get to do it again next year.

Christmas is the best time of year! We set up our tree and decorations and it feels Magical somehow. I really love this time of year, not to mention it also includes my birthday so that makes it all the better!
Where's Barry?

My morning

2010-12-08T04:49:00.002-07:00

I know it is only 6:50 in the morning but I have been up since 3:30 so I thought "why not blog?" I have 2 children throwing up, one full of gas, and one excited that she doesn't have to go to school cause Mom doesn't want to spread what we have! Oh and did I mention that Tyler left at 4 this morning and won't be back til 8 tomorrow morning (stupid surgery rotation).

How is that for a morning so far?

2 months old

2010-12-06T07:25:00.000-07:00

Natalie turned 2 months last month and I am just documenting it so I have it on record! She is now 12 lbs and 231/2 inches. Which puts her in the 75% for height. Hooray! She is so much fun right now. She smiles so much and talks to you like she is having a full on conversation. She is starting to become more of a Mommy's girl and Dad is not to happy about it! But what can I say, I have all day to convince her of my ways!

Here is Dad trying to win her back to being a Daddy's girl but it didn't work!

Remember that awesome quilt I won a while back? Annie loves it and decided to snuggle Natalie up in it one morning. This is how I found them! Annie said " I just sang her a lullaby until she fell asleep." So sweet.
Isn't she so precious?

She really is an angel baby and has made me realize how fun the newborn stage is. She is sleeping most of the night all ready and wakes up super happy and ready to play.

Hello December

2010-12-02T09:24:00.003-07:00

But what happened to November? I can't believe a whole month went by without me posting, especially cause my cute little boy turned 2 on November 12th. Well, here goes to making up for it. Sit back and enjoy the ride cause it might be long.

Happy Birthday Barry! You weren"t too happy about us singing to you and making you open presents. Who would be though? But once you opened them and found that they contained balls, you were beyond thrilled!
Your face when you saw the awesome cake
Just to sum up what you have been up to lately:
You learned to fold your arms during prayer (even manage to still eat while folding the arms)
You developed a love for balls and is one of the 4 words that you can say!
We found that you love chocolate cake just as much as the rest of us. Also, you eat your dinner better when at the little table with the girls. You really want to be big now that Nat is here.
Not only chocolate cake but any kind of chocolate will make you smile!
You love to pretend you are a dog and crawl around and even lick us.
You love to watch movies. Some favorites are: Toy Story, Cars, How to train your Dragon, Up...ok, pretty much any movie will make you happy. And notice the blanket, you picked it to be your favorite. Yes it has hearts on it. I did make you an awesome green blanket but you will have nothing to do with it.
You do scream and cry a lot lately but I think it is because you have so many girls around you all day and have to let out the boy in you somehow! Screaming is much better than hitting, oh wait, you have started to do that too!

WE LOVE YOU Buddy!!!

We love to give to others....Right?

2010-11-15T06:49:00.006-07:00

The other day I told the girls we were going to go through their toys and get rid of the ones they don't play with. Hallie looked at me and then tears just started flowing. "Why would you get rid of our toys mom? We love all of them." So I tried to explain to them that we would not be getting rid of the ones they play with, just the ones that never are touched anymore. Also, that we wouldn't get rid of them but we would give them to kids who don't have toys. Hallie was not giving up and started crying even harder. She didn't care that other kids needed toys. These were her toys and she wouldn't give them away.
So being the mean mom that I am, I made them go down to the playroom and put all the toys in the middle that they never played with anymore. A few minutes later they came up and said they were done. These are Hallies words "Mom, it was so hard for me to give up the toys, but my heart kept telling me that other kids needed them."

Want to see all the toys they gave away? The ones in the middle are what they decided on!
Do you think we need to work on teaching our kids to give to others? After a lot more "teaching" them to give, I told them we had to give more than what they had, so I went down with them and went through all the toys together. My girls love stuffed animals and play with them a lot. Hallie at one point brought her stuffed zebra over to me and said "Here Mom, I really want to give this to a little kid who will love it like I do." then she started giggling and smiling a lot and said "Wow, I can't stop laughing, my heart is so happy that I am giving this zebra away!"

Lesson Learned!

Blessing Day + Update

2010-11-07T13:30:00.014-07:00

We blessed Natalie today. As Tyler puts it "She is official now." It was a beautiful blessing and of course she fussed through the whole thing but we still love her!
So thankful to have a husband who is worthy of giving our children blessings. It was especially neat today. With every child Tyler has tried to win them over but it never works. They have all favored Mom much more. Except little Natalie. She absolutely adores him. He has gotten smile after smile from her and when he holds her she just stares at him and goos! Little does she know that she already has him wrapped around her little finger and could get anything she wanted out of him. Don't you love the blanket my Mom made for her. It is absolutely beautiful. My mom has made one for each of my children and I cherish them.
Natalie has been such a joy in our family. She has such a sweet personality and is full of smiles. She loves to be held and loves everyone to love on her. She already smiles every time Dad and Annie talk to her and even Mom and Hallie can get a smile every once in awhile. She puts up with us (Barry) kissing her and poking her. We love you Nat!

Update on the rest of us

Barry: has been sick for awhile now with a cold and it moved to his ears. Remember he has tubes. Well, one tube either fell out or just got infected cause he has a really bad ear infections now. Poor little Buddy. He has been crying constantly and not sleeping at night. Now that we have medicine for him he is returning to his normal self. Happy and eating a lot! I love this picture of him sleeping in his crib.

Hallie:
Participated in her first school Halloween Parade and party. She loved it. She was so worried that I wouldn't make it to the party that she made her teacher call me and remind me of it. We made it! Annie and I got to go with her to her classroom and join in the fun of the party. Hallie was so excited and showed us every little thing she could manage. This is her with her teacher, Mrs. Loew, who she absolutely loves and things is the best teacher ever. I would have to agree.

Annie:
What more can I say then the pictures! She is a spunky little girl and everyone who is around her falls in love with her. She is the best helper with Natalie and loves to hold her. She loves preschool and is already starting to sound words out. She really wants to be like Hallie so has done everything much sooner that Hallie did. She gets to choose her own clothes everyday and it is quite hilarious to watch. Never imagined some of the creations she comes up with. I will have to capture some of them on camera so you all can see!
Bree:
Getting a better handle on 4 kids and loving the fact that Natalie does so well during the night. I spend most of my days at the Doctors office or driving kids here and there. Hopefully I will be back to running in the next week or so and I am so excited about that. Just wish I had a running partner to go with. (Amy, Marci, Aimee, or Megan want to come join me?)
Tyler and I watched the movie "Super Size Me" and I have officially banned fast food from our diet. We have gone strong for 2 weeks now, which is good for us cause we love pizza night! Sorry, no picture of me. Somehow I manage to stay out of the shots!!!

Tyler:
Half way through OB rotation! We will all be glad when that is done with. Has officially decided to go into Internal Medicine as a hospitalist. His I.M. Doc that he followed really liked him and said he would have a "high" chance of getting into the residency here. He loved working in the Hospital and loved the Docs he worked with. Looks like Ohio will be our home for the next 6 years!
His free time is spent playing with us and cuddling Natalie! If you want to see a picture of Tyler, then come out and visit us!

The best things in life

2010-10-28T06:12:00.003-06:00

Life is hard. There is no getting around it, it is just plain hard. We all have days that we want to give up and cry or even just walk away from everything. I have those days a lot lately. Tyler started his new rotation this week and lucky for us it is OB. He leaves between 4:30 and 5:30 and doesn't get home until 9 or so. Long day wouldn't you agree. So with the new baby and all, my days have been a little hectic. Plus, we have all been fighting a bug around here. My body aches from head to toe and we have all had really bad colds. Add to all of that very little sleep and you get a good, clear picture of our life right now.

But some things make it all ok. We had an especially hard day yesterday. Natalie was throwing up, Barry crying all day, Annie bored out of her mind, Me aching like you wouldn't believe, and Hallie just along for the ride! Tyler had been gone since 5 and wouldn't be home again til 9. It was the ward Trunk or Treat and My girls had been looking forward to it all week. How could I tell them that I was to tired to go or not up to taking all 4 kids by myself. So we got our costumes on and got in the van for the 30 min. drive to the church. We had fun and the girls were so excited to be there. By the time we got home we were all beyond tired so straight to bed the kids went. I was bathing Nat and in walks Tyler. He looked so tired but thrilled to be home. His day was not much better than ours. 2 deliveries, 5 c sections, and 63 patients seen. Wow!

I told him to go say good night to the kids cause they were missing him. Annie prayed that night that our family would soon be together again! I could hear Tyler up talking with them. After about 15 minutes he came back down. I was on the couch feeding Natalie and he came to sit by me. I asked how they all were and he said" We have the best kids in the world." Tears started coming and he just kept saying how wonderful they were and how much he missed us all day.

Funny how a precious moment like that can make everything great. Yes, life is hard but we have each other to pull us through. I am so thankful for Tyler. He is the sweetest Dad ever and we love him to pieces. I love that he still misses us when he is away at work cause we sure miss him!

Dad and Barry eating steak for breakfast. Men will be men!
p.s. might not want to mention this post to Tyler. I could be in real trouble
here for mentioning a certain act of water coming out of the eyes!

I won!

2010-10-27T06:14:00.004-06:00

I have to admit that I have never won anything so it is blows my mind that I would win something so awesome for the first time! SewSara had a give away for this
beautiful quilt and I had to join in on it because if you know Sara, she is
absolutely amazing with her sewing skills. One day when my husband
is out of school I will buy many a quilts from her,
one for each of my children and me!

More Pictures

2010-10-24T15:02:00.009-06:00

I made my kids go out with me to get some fall pictures for us. Of course, I don't dare take Natalie out yet so we did a quick picture of the 4 of them in our house (previous post!) and then we went down the road to an awesome bike trail! Have I mentioned that we live in an absolutely beautiful part of the country. Fall is gorgeous here. I have never seen so many different colors on the trees.The only way to make Hallie smile a real smile was to have her say Jackson! My first intentions with these pictures was to do a black and white photo. I saw someone have one with all the kids wearing black and it was so pretty but once I took the pictures I couldn't do it cause the colors were to awesome. Oh well, maybe next time! Here is a cute on of Nat right after her first bath! Love that little face....

Dear Children....

2010-10-23T12:13:00.003-06:00

Have I told you lately that I love you? Cause I do. I love you to the Moon and Back!

Hallie, I love how you love to draw right now. Your pictures make me smile! Even if they are of our house burning down. Did you know that you have a real fear of that right now? Some how you think that it is going to happen and you have nightmares about it. During art at school they told you to draw a picture of something you think about all the time... you drew our house on fire. Don't worry, we will always do our best to protect you!

Annie, I love how you love to take care of Natalie. You are the only one that knows how to calm her down and get her to fall asleep. Thanks for sharing your secret with me. Turning the music on the swing on and putting the blanket by her face. She loves you and has smiled at you more than anyone else in our family!

Barry, I love that you love me to hold you. Right now you follow me around most of the day and wait for me to put Natalie down. As soon as she goes down your little arms go up and you smile at me! I cherish the moments that I get to snuggle you. The other morning Dad brought you in to lay by me in bed. You melted into me and layed there for about 15 minutes. It was precious. Thanks for those moments.

Natalie, I love how sweet you are. It has amazed me and Dad at the sweet and gentle little personality you have. Dad was burping you the other night and when you finally let out this little burp he said "That was the cutest little burp I have ever heard!" Everything about you is adorable. You have brought so much love into our family. We are all taken by you!

Just Because

2010-10-12T05:51:00.011-06:00

I haven't updated for awhile and I know you all check this blog everyday and are hoping for something new! Actually, with the baby coming and all that fun stuff, I haven't even posted about Hallie starting 1st grade or the fun lemonade stand the kids had.

We live in a great neighborhood and the kids have made some awesome friends here. During the summer they played almost everyday. They decided to have a lemonade stand one day and we made cupcakes to go with it. In 45 minutes or so they each made 3.50! Yes, they only lasted about that long but I think it was because they ended up eating most of the cupcakes and drinking the lemonade themselves!Hallie, Jasmine, Katelyn, Marria, Annie

Hallie was so excited to start school. She got a great teacher, Mrs. Loew, who absolutely is the perfect teacher for Hallie. Fun, caring, gives lots of positive attention, and frequently tells Hallie how great and wonderful she is! Everything that Hallie thinks a teacher should be.Hallie on her first day of 1st gradeAnnie wasn't too happy about Hallie leaving without herAll the neighborhood kids before going to schoolGetting on the bus and not even looking back to wave bye to mom

Pictures

2010-09-26T09:02:00.011-06:00

Natalie Warner

Other pictures of the Hospital and such!

She's here!

2010-09-23T18:07:00.002-06:00

Sorry it has taken me a minute to post about Natalie coming but here it is. She was born Sunday September 19th at 10:31 a.m. We are glad that we did the c-section cause the Doc even had a hard time getting her shoulders out through the incision. She weighed 8 lbs 7 oz and is absolutely beautiful. Every one in our house is absolutely smitten with her and we already can't remember life without her!
Recovery is a whole different story with the c-section but I am getting along and have the most amazing Mother who is helping me more than I can hope for. Life with 4 is going to be a whole lot different and I can already tell that "free" time will be far gone, but can I tell you that I love it already. I love that I have 4 little ones who love me more than anything and tell me that all the time. Life is good.
Hallie and Annie have loved that they can hold her and help take care of her and I can already tell that they will have a sisters love like every sister dreams of. Barry loves to hold her and LOVES to kiss her. Of course, he has taken to calling her baby which sounds more like "aaeeee" but what else could we expect from him. He loves to give her her binky and loves to point out her eyes. It is fun watching all of them with her.
I will update more when I get my camera out of the car and upload all the pictures. Soon, I promise. But just know that we are home and doing great.

I am in love

2010-09-17T06:11:00.003-06:00

...with this little Natalie already. Have you ever felt that before? Loved someone before you even met them? I am so excited to hold her and to get to look into her eyes and feel her sweet little spirit. Every morning Annie wakes up and tells me how many days left before Natalie gets here. I think she might be a little bit excited! She wants so bad to be the big sister and help hold her and change her and take care of her.

The ultrasound showed that she was 8 lbs 13 oz with 5 days to still gain weight!Just to clear things up about the c-section... My doc gave me the option after hearing her weight of how I wanted to deliver her. The thing with gestational diabetes babies is that they gain most of their weight in the shoulders. Seeing how I had such a hard time with Barry and his shoulders at 7 lbs 15 oz, I chose to do the c-section. Just to be on the safe side. It scares the crap out of me but luckily my Mom will be here for the 2 week recovery!

We will keep you all updated and hopefully get some pictures on here later Sunday!

On a side note, here is a funny from Hallie:
Tyler and I were putting them all to bed last night and for some reason Hallie was a little hyper! We were all kneeling down ready for prayers and she had a towel on her head running around. Tyler asked her several different times to come kneel down. Finally he got frustrated and said "Hallie, how many times have I asked you to come sit down?"
Hallie finally takes off the towel and says "I don't know, maybe like 2 times?"
Tyler "No, I have asked you three times now. Please come kneel down."
Hallie mumbles "it was basically just a guess anyway!"

Random picture for you of my family eating birthday cake for Tyler!

A Date

2010-09-14T08:54:00.000-06:00

We have a date for little Natalie to come.... Sunday the 19th at 10:00 a.m. I am both excited and a little nervous. They are planning a c-section for now unless tomorrows ultrasound shows her being littler than thought. I can not wait to hold her in my arms!

Dear Family,

2010-09-02T09:45:00.002-06:00

Please update your blogs. I miss you guys and want to know how you are doing with pictures. I know I can't physically threaten you but I will withhold pictures of a certain new baby that is almost here if I don't see a new post from at least 3 of you! Love you all and hope you have the best day ever!

You asked for it!

2010-08-29T13:55:00.002-06:00

Here is my belly shot. I am 35 weeks in the picture. Do you think I look big, fat, or darling?
(I know tricky question but lets see who my real friends are!)

Funny or Trouble

2010-08-26T06:53:00.004-06:00

Annie, do you need help getting a book? Nope, I got it Mom!

Hey girls, go get dressed we are going to PIRATE day at the Library!Guys, we don't jump on the beds unless we are in a hotel, remember?

Just another bump in the road....

2010-08-18T15:42:00.002-06:00

So I found out on Monday that I have gestational diabetes. Not such a bad thing other than the fact that you should find out at 28 weeks and I found out at 34. My Doctor sent me to a high risk doc. and he took an ultrasound of the baby. She is already 6 lbs 12 oz. Ummm.... I still have 6 weeks left Doc. No worries, I am actually 35 weeks and they won't let me go past 39 weeks. So I only have 4 weeks left!!Oh, and if she gets to 8 lbs 12 oz. then they will take her by c-section. Not what I find to be the most comforting news to me. I know that everything will be just fine, but I am still worried about little Natalie. Is she going to have problems after birth? Is she going to be really fat and then have to drink the cream that I produce which will only make her fatter? Will she be more at risk for having diabetes later in life?

One suggestion, don't ever read about medical stuff online. It scares the crap out of you and most of it is not for the common person. Ask your husband, if he is into that medical stuff, or write down your questions and drill your doc. when you see him next. Much more comforting!

So now my schedule is this:
-see my normal doc. once a week
- see the high risk doc. 2 times a week with an ultrasound every other week.
- take my blood sugar level 4 times a day
- eat healthy food, no sugar
- chase 3 other kiddos around
- clean the house (maybe this one can wait for my mom to get here!)
- try to be happy that my body is still round as ever
- say lots of prayers and rely on my faith

Wish Me Luck!

Mystery Solved

2010-08-13T14:47:00.003-06:00

I have always wondered why Moms say "I wish my kids could stay young forever." Don't get me wrong, I love my children and I love watching them do all the cute little things but I also love watching them go through each new stage and become bigger. Today I was sitting on the couch with Hallie and she informed me she was loosing two more teeth. Here is our conversation:

Me- " Hallie you have to stop getting so big on me."
Hallie- giggling "Why do you always say that Mom?"
Me- "because I like you being my little girl."
Hallie- " I know why you really say that."
Me- "Why?"
Hallie- "Because when I get older then you do to and soon you will be really old!"

Thanks Hallie! So maybe Moms really do always say that because the true fact is that when our kids get older so do we and who wants to do that?

Happy Birthday Tyler

2010-08-06T10:49:00.003-06:00

Wow, the day finally came that you turned 30. Hope this day is full of everything you could dream of. We all love you so much and are so thrilled that you are our Dad and Husband. Does it seem like you are always in this chair rocking one of the children?

Here are 30 things we love about you:

1- You have no hair
2- You can throw us higher in the air than anyone else
3- I like to play outside with you and count the clouds (Annie)
4- I like it when you hold me on your lap (Hallie)
5- I like going on rides with you on your motorcycle (Hallie)
6- I like it when you play games with me (Annie)
7- We love getting Ice Cream with you (Hallie and Annie)
8- I LOVE watching youtube with you (Barry)
9- I like going on man dates with you (Barry)
10- You always make our day happy
11- You always get us breakfast in the morning (Annie)
12- You get me Chocolate milk, and taught me to love it (Annie)
13- I love how you always know the perfect thing to do when it has been a bad day
14- You work hard for us
15- You think our shed is creepy
16- You always let me be right (Bree)
17- I love watching movies with you after the kids go to bed (Bree)
18- You make awesome food for us
19- You always tuck us all in at night
20- You said your first swear today confirming my 8 years of thinking that you always do anyway! (Bree)
21- You are not afraid of anything (except our creepy shed)
22- You know how to fix everything
23- You absolutely love coming home to us
24- You can pick up a guitar after so many years and still play it awesomely
25- You challenge all of us to be better people every day
26- You love learning new things
27- You already make an amazing Doctor
28- We love that we get to be with you for Eternity
29- We are your everything
30- You are ours!

Dogs

2010-07-28T12:07:00.003-06:00

I mentioned in the previous post how much Barry loves dogs. I took this picture of him and "Izzy" at Grandma and Grandpa's house. This is the real Izzy. He has now taken to calling every dog he sees Izzy. Every morning Barry and Izzy would go to the door and watch the happenings on the outside! I think Barry is a tad bit taller than Izzy but it is a close call.

Dear Blog,

2010-07-27T11:48:00.003-06:00

I feel like we don't talk anymore! I have a lot going on in my life right now and want to write it down so that maybe one day when I come back and read through this I can laugh or cry!

I am now 31 weeks pregnant with our 4th child. I start my 2 week appointments next week and this makes me so excited. It means that the end is coming soon and I will be holding my new little girl. Can't wait. This pregnancy has been good and bad but I try to focus mostly on the good. It is fun to see how excited the kids are. Annie is getting a little impatient with how long it is taking and Hallie just sits back and smiles when we talk about little Natalie. Annie loves to kiss and hug my belly and tell Natalie how much she loves her. Oh, and she loves to update me on the biggness of my belly, "Wow Mom, you belly is so fat today!"

It seems like life is going by so quickly. Hallie starts 1st grade this year and Annie will be doing preschool at home with me. It was yesterday that they were both little babies that depended on me for everything. Now some days they will play for hours without coming to find me. Hallie is starting to read a lot more on her own and loves to sit down with me and figure out what the pages say. She also loves to dress herself. She is really getting into clothes and such and I find it all so fun!

Annie is in heaven being able to go outside and play by herself. She really wants to be as big as Hallie and can't figure out why she is not. She loves to play games with me right now. Her favorite being Memory and she is so good at it. She kicks my behind everytime. I love that she likes to be with me.

Barry is growing up even quicker. He is starting to talk a little more. He says:
Please- EEEE while doing the sign language for please
Binkie- EEEE
Blanket- EEEE , wait... this isn't sounding very intelligent. Ok, here are some more
Mom- Momma
Dad- DAAA
Hallie- Haeeee
Annie- Aneeee
Plus, he signs for milk, more, all done, drink, go, and whatever else he can manage to have us guess what he means! He is really into balls and dogs right now. Give him either one of these and he just giggles. Oh, and he loves chocolate milk, just like Annie.

Tyler gets done with his first rotation this Thursday and he has enjoyed it. Not something he ever wants to do but he really liked the Doctor and loves not being in school anymore. He also PASSED his board exams. I am so proud of him. He has been learning the Guitar and getting really good at it. He also got the motorcycle up and going again and has loved riding it. Barry loves watching him leave and come home from work! Plus, his dad is bringing him a car this weekend. We will now, after 8 years of marriage, be a 2 car family. He will be driving a toyota Matrix and he is so excited.

That is probably enough for today. I hope it isn't this long before I update on you again. Thanks for always listening to me and letting me remember all the fun things that go on in my life.

Wedding Time

2010-07-16T12:27:00.007-06:00

Did I mention that Tyler's brother, Regan, got married while we were in St. George. I took a few pictures of the kids and had to post them cause they all look so cute in there red outfits. I somehow managed to not get one single picture of the bride and groom, sorry Reg and Jaycee but I guess you will learn that kids always take away the spotlight!

Here are all the Warner cousins, minus little Haddie cause the wind made her cry!
Don't you love Annie in this one! And yes, Barry is the only grandson.

What a cute little man. He can hold his own with all those girls around!

Girls will be girls! I love this picture cause it shows there personalities so well!
Annie, Jaide, Hallie and Joseclyn

Miss Hallie showing off her curly hair!

Grandpa

2010-07-15T07:25:00.002-06:00

Sometimes things happen in life that are not in your control. You wish they didn't have to happen but then later realize how much better it is. My Grandpa Goodwin passed away a week ago. He has been in pain for a long time now and has been missing my Grandma since the day she passed on. It is hard to say goodbye to him but it brings a smile to my lips and a giggle to my voice when I think of the two of them reunited now. What a glorious day for them.

Let me tell you about my Grandpa. His life was full of serving the church, working, and raising an amazing family. He is such an example of living a life that is full of meaning and love. He was always proud of his grandchildren and bragged us up any moment he had. He truly was a man that believed in his faith and lived according to it.

It is hard that they are both gone now. Hard on my mom and her brothers and sisters. Hard on us grandchildren. I never thought the day would come that they would both be gone, but I am so grateful for the knowledge that we have of Eternal Families. I know that one day we will be with them again. I look forward to that day and hope that I can live my life so that it will be possible.

Grandpa, I miss hearing your witty come backs. I miss seeing your belly laugh with you! I miss the squeezes you gave our hands. I miss the fact that you won't see 99 and doing fine! I miss the love that I always felt from you. I miss your sweet smile. I miss you.

Love you Grandpa- Forever and Ever!

Ohio!

2010-07-05T09:55:00.003-06:00

We made it and we are doing great! Our house couldn't be any better. The kids have run nonstop with our huge yard and their own private play room (it has a door that can shut and we aren't allowed in). We live in a great neighborhood with amazing neighbors who have all been so nice to us. And our ward is amazing!! We have never felt so welcome somewhere. We have been going constantly since we got here and don't get to bed until 9 or 10 (the kids), which if any of you know me very well, that is late and rarely happens! But when you are having so much fun and the kids are playing so well it is hard to get them in! Plus, we have fire flies galore! We thought we had lots in Missouri but we were wrong. They come by the hundreds here and the kids love catching them!

My wonderful mother in law came for a week to help us move in. It was so great having her here. She got us all unpacked and it really feels like our home now. Thank you a million trillion times Char! We miss you already. Now we have September to look forward to cause Grandma Borrowman comes out to help with the new baby! It really is hard living away from family but it is so great to have them come stay with us and have lots of sleepovers.

I will update more later and I will post pictures as soon as I pull my camera back out and start taking them! Until then, we miss all our family and friends and hope many of you get to come visit us sometime while we are here. You will love it!

Dad...

2010-06-22T15:42:00.002-06:00

Did you know that you are amazing? We are so proud of you for completing the first 2 years of Medical school. And congrats on finishing the big Board test today! You continue to astound us in all that you are able to do. We sure love you and are so excited for the next 2 years with you in Ohio

Dear Annie...

2010-06-21T11:15:00.003-06:00

I got a little note from your primary teacher today and I just wanted you to know what she said-

"i taught annie in church today. LOVE HER! she was so reverent and so smart. just wanted you to know you are doing an amazing job:) and you must have the hardest time telling her no because she's so darn CUTE!!!"

I sure love you Annie and am so proud to be your Mom. Oh, I found this picture of you the other day and it made me smile.

Update

2010-06-12T08:47:00.002-06:00

I guess being out of town doesn't make for a good excuse to not update the blog. We are alive and happy and enjoying being around family right now. Tyler is studying away and takes many breaks to hang out with us. The girls live in the pool and both are getting really good at swimming underwater. I think Annie was meant to be a fish, she is much happier when in the pool. Hallie just loves being able to cool down from the hot sun. And Barry finally figured out that he loves to swim. A little late for this but better late than never right!
Here are a few fun things that the kids have loved about being here:

-Barry has found his second half. It comes in the form of a dog named Izzy. Remember how he doesn't talk at all, he now says Izzy all the time.
- Hallie figured out that she can take a shower all by herself. She washes her own hair and puts conditioner in. She keeps saying "I am really big now uh Mom." I have to admit that it is really nice to have her do it cause now Annie wants to follow and be like Hallie.
- Annie has reconnected with her cow chocolate milk and has it every morning with her breakfast. She also has become the queen of sleep overs. I thought for sure that she would not make it a night without me, but she has no problem at all with it and begs for one every night.
- Cousins are the best thing in the world. We love having them around and get to play with theum everyday! It is fun to see how much fun they have just running and being together.
- We go see the horses every morning and we have now figured out how to tell the difference between a girl horse and a boy horse, thanks to one that took a pee in front of us. Annie loves to point out the boy ones!
- Swings on the front porch are the best invention ever. Especially when it comes with a singing Grandma. Even Barry is hooked now.
- Hallie has become aware of the fact that she loves her hair curly like the big girls. Good think Mom knows how to curl hair, somewhat!
- We also learned the difference between a cut and a trim. Aunt Kensi gives the best hair cuts and the girls loved the "Girly" night we had with her. They both got a trim cause they want their hair long like a princess!

We will post pictures later of all the fun things we talked about. We are excited to come home and back up and move to Ohio. Hope the summer is good for everyone else cause we are sure loving it!

It is official

2010-05-16T12:05:00.005-06:00

We found a place to live in Ohio and we are beyond excited. It will be perfect for our family and the Landlords are super nice people. We really were blessed to find this place. Tyler even drove through the neighborhood when he went out there in March and said it is really nice. And...ready for it... we live only 2 miles from a huge mall! Good Bye Budget!!
Here are a couple of pictures of the outside of the house. And did I mention that our landlord will be our neighbor across the street. So fun. We even will have our very own coat closet by the front door. This will be a first in our 8 years of marriage. Actually, this will be the first time not sharing a wall with someone. Home sweet Home! When I told Hallie that we would have 2 fireplaces in the house she said "Does that mean that Santa will bring us double the presents?"

Are you ready?

2010-05-11T15:51:00.002-06:00

We are having a baby Girl!!!! And we are all so excited! Well, I am not sure if Barry is excited or not. I bet in 10 years from now he won't be too excited to be the only boy!

oh, and her name is going to be Natalie!

What will it be?

2010-05-08T09:23:00.002-06:00

We find out what the baby is on Tuesday at 2:45! I am so excited! I really thought it was a boy (had a dream about it) but Hallie has been so sure that it is a girl that I really have no idea anymore. Just for your info.- Hallie has been correct on the last two so I kind of trust her opinion! I have asked Tyler but he said he only knew the first 3 and has no idea on this one. Annie is for sure it is a boy but that is because we already have 3 girls and now we need 3 boys! She likes to make everything even. And as for Barry, I don't think he even realizes that his life is about to change. He just thinks that I have grown him his own personal chair to sit on when cuddling with Mom.

So.... we want to know what you think we are having!

Getting Big....

2010-04-10T09:12:00.001-06:00

Where does the time go?

Happy Birthday Hallie

2010-04-05T10:29:00.007-06:00

What a fun day we had with Hallie! She got to share her birthday with the Easter egg hunts and she loved it. I think Hallie is going to be the birthday queen. She has already learned that the day is all about her and she can pretty much do whatever she wants. A couple days before her actual birthday she had already requested for Dad to take her to lunch and to be able to watch the movies that she wanted. Of course, Dad took her to lunch and they had a blast! They went to a restaurant called "Happy Mexican." I think she wanted to go there because one time she had seen them sing happy birthday to someone and put a sombrero on them. It's all about getting all the attention for yourself right!
We had a great day of playing at the park, eating her favorite dinner, eating cake, and just playing. She also got a night up, which was my favorite part! Tyler was at priesthood session so it was just me and her. We played Princess Memory and laughed our heads off. She thought Aladdin was very muscular and it made her giggle every time that card got turned over. She is getting so big and I absolutely love it!
6 things we love about Hallie:

*She is always creating something. She loves to draw and write and has created thousands of books. She is getting really good at the drawing thing too!
*She is the best at giving hugs and kisses and absolutely loves to cuddle
*She is such a good big sister. Always taking care of Barry and Annie and loves to play with both of them
*She loves food and is so good to try most everything. If only that could rub off on her siblings!
*She has the best laugh and every time she does laugh it makes me giggle.
*If she can corner you, she will talk your ear off and never runs out of things to say!

We love you to the moon and back Bubba!

What a Day...

2010-03-25T19:05:00.002-06:00

Do you ever have days (or weeks) that you just want to forget? Ok, so my day was not so bad but my week has been a hard one. I picked Hallie up yesterday and today and all she did from the moment she got in the van to when she went to sleep was cry and whine, Barry thinks that life only goes on when he is in my arms, and little Annie has figured out that she can do whatever she wants if she does it quick enough ( eat all the candy, push barry down, dump out all the shampoo, etc.) My laundry is piled up way to high, both the clean and the dirty. I haven't made my bed in a week, the dishes only get done because I can't pile anymore in the sink or the counter. I think you are getting my point here.
But I wouldn't trade it for anything. I have 3 healthy, beautiful children, a husband that loves me, and the blessing of the Gospel in my life. Life couldn't get any better. I am so thankful for what I have and for the hard weeks that teach me to be better. I am grateful that I am not perfect and that I get to learn from each day. Want to know what I learned today... Cherish the Moments with your children.

My Cousin

2010-03-07T06:39:00.002-07:00

So I just found my cousins website while blog hopping. I know, it sounds like I am not very close to her but actually, our families are very close. We actually lived together in the same house twice while growing up. That was 13 kids and 4 adults in the same house! It was awesome. Anyway, I found her new website and had to share it because I am totally amazed at how wonderful she is. I always new that she sang but to tell the truth I have never heard her sing. (She is my baby sisters age so we never hung out). Go check her out and listen to that awesome, amazing, beautiful voice that she has. She just wrote 3 songs and had them recorded. Wow is all I can say! Miki you are such an example of doing what you dream.

Cry if you want to

2010-02-22T15:13:00.003-07:00

I want to cry like never before.... and that is so not me. This pregnancy is throwing me in directions that I have never been before and I don't like it. I bawled at the end of the movie "Cars" the other day. You know, when Mcqueen goes back to help The King cross the finish line. Bawled. I read an email from Tyler's school about a girl that had a heart attack and they were encouraging everyone to take care of their "school" Family. Bawled. We got more snow yesterday and we can't go outside today. Bawled.
This may seem normal to everyone out there but you don't understand who I am. I DO NOT CRY. Well, unless I am sick and my mom calls me!! But mostly I am a non cryer. I think my husband is going crazy.... don't you laugh a lot when you start to go crazy? My kids don't know who I am and are always looking at me weird.
And you know what my husband tells me..... suck it up! Well, give me 8 or so months and I will suck it up.

Oh, and this picture makes me want to cry. This is me prego with Barry about a week before he final arrived. Can one really get this big. Why yes I can!

Random Cuteness

2010-02-18T10:51:00.007-07:00

The girls love jumping on the beds but are always being told not to. So what do we do when we go to a Hotel? We jump on the bed!

Barry is a huge fan of Hallie and Annie. He loves to be with them. He loves to climb up and sit with Hallie to watch a movie! I love the hand on the knee.

Annie loves to play with ALL her dolls. She lines them up on the couch then teaches them.

Barry has mastered the climbing up and down of the stairs. Only fell one time so far.

Tyler has been doing a workout program called P90X and the girls love to do it with him. Well, Hallie loves to do it with him and Annie loves to play house while they workout. Notice
the dolls in my slippers. They are taking a nap!

Happy Birthday Annie

2010-02-09T15:09:00.005-07:00

I know this is over a week late but life has not been easy lately. Anyway, Here is a big shout out to our new 4 year old! She was so excited for her birthday to come and has been planning her party invite list for at least 8 months. Which changed daily according to who was being nice to her or not. Hallie was probably invited and uninvited a million times.
She had a great day and loved all the attention. When it was time for bed she said "does this mean my birthday is over?" She took advantage of every possible second of the day. Starting with school and taking treats to having her very first birthday princess/prince party.

We love having Annie in our home and laugh everyday at the things she says and does. She is our little helper and loves to be the big sister to Barry. Which means she is even more excited for this new baby to come. I love how Annie loves to read books, love how she loves me to watch movies with her, love her love of jumping and turning on and off lights, love her adorable laugh, love how she is the best compliment giver ever, love how she isn't afraid to say what she believes, and love that I get to be her mom.

Hallie's Tubes

2010-01-28T18:34:00.005-07:00

What mom has to go through 2 of her kids getting tubes in the same week.... most likely the one writing this post! Barry's were Monday and now Hallie got them out Thursday,along with her adenoids. Hers was a little more rough than Barry's but I think it was cause she was older and could understand that she had to go to the Hospital. She did great though. Lots of tears at the beginning but then she decided to be brave and that was the end of the tears. Of course she was still terrified to leave me but no tears.
I am so proud of her for being so brave. The Doctor came back after the surgery and said she had a hard time coming out of the anesthetics and had to be given 2 or 3 breathing treatments cause her lungs closed up. Scare me to death. Good thing they don't let the moms in the room with them cause I would have been screaming and freaking out. But all was good and she came back to me and has been cuddling me ever since. I love that girl! The only thing she cried for was to go home. The nurse told her she had to drink lots and go to the bathroom before she could. She downed 3 apple juices and was peeing within the hour. We went home a lot faster than anyone else there!
She couldn't believe how loud everyone was talking when she got done. She is glad to have her hearing back and glad she doesn't have to get tubes again.

What they are saying now

2010-01-26T11:58:00.005-07:00

I love the random thoughts that my girls have. Hallie has been the queen of randomness lately. We have the primary c.d. playing in our van right now and they love the one that talks about how Jesus loves us and we need to follow him faithfully. On the way to school this is the conversation we had:
H "Mom, not everyone knows that Jesus loves them and that we need to follow him uh?
M "That's right Hallie."
H "Well, I wish I had a microphone so I could get up in front of everyone and sing this song for them so they could know Jesus loves them."

About made me cry (which isn't hard to do right now!) Then she started talking about her phone call with her cousin Madison.

H "When I got on the phone Madison said she missed me and I told her that I missed her too. I am ready to live in St. George again."
M "Maybe one day when dad is all done with school we can move back."
H " I just wish we could move to St. George and call it Ohio."

We went down to Columbia to get tubes in Barry's ears. We left the day before and slept in a hotel cause we had to get up to early. Here is our girls at 5:00 in the morning:

A "I love sleeping in hotels."
H "Me too."
A "are we going home now?"
H "What, did you think we just came here to sleep in the hotel. We have to go to the hospital now."
A "oh"

I love how grown up they think they are. By the way, Barry's tube surgery went awesome. He was gone for a total of 20 min. and they said he did great. It was so hard to have to give him to the nurse knowing he would cry but he really was a good sport about it. And he is already a much happier baby. I think he really had a hard time hearing cause he has been talking and singing a ton more since the tubes and is always smiling!

Ummmm... in case you haven't heard.

2010-01-19T17:28:00.002-07:00

We found out yesterday that baby #4 is on the way! Let me emphasize on the yesterday part. Yes, we are only 4 or so weeks along. I know, I know most people wait 6 to 8 to 12 to 16 weeks to tell people but we rather enjoy you all suffering with us so you get to know the minute or hours that we do. Congrats, this is going to be a long 9 months for all of us. Don't hesitate to send words of encouragement along at any point of this pregnancy. And I will make sure you are up to date with every single little detail that needs to be shared!

What's on your mind Annie?

2010-01-13T07:12:00.002-07:00

I love hearing the girls pray. Hallie's prayers are really starting to sound grown up. She tries to say what we say in our prayers and she is very thoughtful. Annie still says what she thinks, which is the way prayers should be! Here is her little prayer from last night:

"Help us to be happy and to listen to mom and dad. Help that me and Hallie and Dad can go to school. Help that mom and barry can stay home. Bless that Jesus and Santa can watch over us. and please bless that we can go to a park or disneyland soon."

Snow Day!

2010-01-07T12:33:00.002-07:00

We got like 4 to 5 inches of snow last night. Guess what that means...... no school today. Hallie cheered when Tyler had her read it on the internet. Annie just smiled. Barry screamed. and Mom sighed. I really do enjoy these days of having all 3 kids home with me. We lay around, we play, we fight, we watch movies, we read books, we eat, we jump on the cushions, and we stay warm! I wonder if winters will be like this in Ohio?

Happy New Year

2010-01-02T17:01:00.007-07:00

We had a wonderful Christmas and are so excited for the new year! Here are some of our favorite highlights of the year 2009:
* Surviving our first negative degree winter
* Making it through the 1st year of Medical school
* Hallie starting kindergarten
* Annie went to preschool
* Last full year in Missouri!
* Barry crawling, turning 1, walking, and saying words
* Hallie loosing her first tooth
* Bree running her first half marathon
* Tyler gaining the art of sword making
* Bree gets better in photography
* Lots of fun little trips to Columbia, Nauvoo, Kansas city, and St. Louis
* Summer with the family in Utah
* Making the big decision of where to live for the next couple (many?) years.

Hope you all have a great 2010 cause I know we are going to. We have some fun and exciting things that we are looking forward to. Here is our hope list for 2010:
*Visit Utah
*graduate from kindergarten
*finish the 2nd year of medical school.
*take the first boards and pass with flying colors
*move to Ohio
*buy a home?!?
*get a dog
*Tyler wants a six pack (on his stomach not to drink)
*Bree wants a big one pack
*survive the 4's with Annie
*get through Barry's screaming
*have fun and make lots of memories!

We will keep you posted as we go along! Here is some fun pictures of us on Christmas eve and morning.

(not my baby and no I am not feeding her!)

Merry Christmas Everyone!

2009-12-24T07:32:00.005-07:00

Just wishing everyone everywhere a very Merry Christmas! We wish we could be with all of you but we are going to enjoy a Missouri Christmas for the last time. Today we are making cookies for Santa, wrapping presents, watching movies, laughing, and loving being together. Tonight we will eat BREAKFAST, open presents, and go to bed early so Santa can come! Jealous? Come on over, everyone is welcome!

Here is your Christmas Card! See how I remembered everyone! That's cause I love you all.

So big!

2009-12-21T10:21:00.002-07:00

Annie loves to pick out her own outfits for school. This morning, with no help at all, she got to pick her very own clothes.
What do you think?

Up to no good!

2009-12-17T08:49:00.003-07:00

Barry has figured out that he can use things to get around with. I was cooking dinner and looked over and here came Barry walking out of the playroom!

Oh Christmas Tree...

2009-12-09T10:17:00.002-07:00

Thanks for finally coming to our house and bringing Christmas with you. We started a tradition last year with cutting down our tree from a tree farm right outside of town. The kids loved it and couldn't wait to do it again this year. We picked the perfect day. The sun was shining but we still had to bundle up for winter. It was fun.Once we found the tree that we all wanted, Tyler got out the saw and sawed away. He is a very good tree cutter downer if I do say so! We pulled it back to the car, tied it to the top of our van, and drove it home.
We had a blast decorating it and the girls did a great job of hanging all the balls on it. I think it turned out beautiful. Once we got it up, Annie said "Now Christmas is here." And every morning she turns on the light and giggles.
Barry has done really good job at not pulling on the ornaments. I think it is cause the needles are so sharp and he is surprised every time he touches the tree and gets poked. Hallie is just counting down the days for Santa to get here. Only 16 more days.

Look who's one

2009-11-29T08:13:00.009-07:00

Barry turned one a couple weeks ago but I am just now getting the post up. We had to have his birthday a couple days early because I had to be in Utah for Kensi's wedding on his birthday. Plus, he didn't feel the best so it was not so fun a birthday but we made do with what we had. That picture at the top is him enjoying his leg rubbing from Dad. He laid there for a good 20 minutes.
Barry is so much fun and we love all that he brings to our family. We love having a boy and a boy he is! He grunts and growns instead of whining. He won't play with the girl stuff but goes crazy over cars and animals. He eats like it will be his last meal every time. He has no fear of trying new stuff. He climbs and climbs and climbs. The other day he climbed half way up the stairs and then climbed down. No fear. We love it.
Barry is now crawling, climbing up to everything, walking along furniture, saying Hi, dad, uh-oh and loves to shake his head no and yes. He signs milk and we are working on the sign for food. He loves to be out and going. We just found that he loves to sit in the carts at the stores that have the steering wheels. He throws a fit when we take him out. Oh, and he loves to cuddle. Every morning when he wakes up and after every nap he requires at least 5 minutes of snuggling. I don't complain at all.
He loved his cake and dug right into it. If you can't tell, that is a dinosaur on top! Have I mentioned that I love boys. It is so fun doing stuff other than princesses and flowers. Not that I don't love that to, it's just fun doing both.

Some of Nick and Megan!

2009-11-17T10:08:00.008-07:00

Here are a few of my favorite ones of my other brother and his cute family. Little Katelyn was a mover and we had to move faster than her to get the pictures but I think we got lots of cute ones. Oh, and here is another one for Tyson and Lori. (Is this the one you were talking about?) And if you want to see all of the pictures that we took of Nick and Megan then go here!

Here's for Lori and Tyson!

2009-11-16T20:04:00.016-07:00

I got to go to Utah last week and while I was there my brothers and their cute families let me take pictures of them. Here are some of Tyson and his family. We were all laughing our heads off at the two kids. They were so much fun. Thanks for letting me do this. Miss you guys so much and loved hanging with you! Hope you like them!

Miss Hallie

2009-11-07T05:58:00.005-07:00

I think time has been going by to quickly lately and my kids are getting to big.Hallie 7 months old The other night we stopped to get gas in the van and Annie asked why we needed to put gas in it. I told her that gas in the van was like a battery in the toy. It made it work. Then Hallie said " So toys need batteries to work, cars need gas, and we need food to make us go." How did she get so smart and what 5 year old can think of that?

She has now lost 2 teeth and she is so proud of it. She loves the tooth fairy and thinks that she should bring a dollar for the number the tooth is. 1 dollar for the first, 2 dollars for the second and so on. We tried to explain that the tooth fairy can't afford that but I don't think she believed us.
I had my first parent/teacher conference for her. Her teacher said she is doing wonderful. She is the top group of the class and she absolutely loves to learn. She does have one problem though. She likes to follow the crowd. And right now the crowd is a little boy named Eric. The teacher things she has a crush on him but she called him "the bad boy" of the class. Great, how do you deal with that?
She is such a big help right now and so much fun to have around. She is always teasing everyone and especially loves to tease her Dad. For some reason, every time she walks by him so will reach out and hit him. Every Time! I laugh and Tyler growns!

Are you ready....

2009-11-03T13:17:00.002-07:00

For some good/surprising news? We finally know where we are going!! As most of you know, the 3rd and 4th year of Tylers school is done at different Hospitals because Kirksville is just to small to get all the experience they need. So they do a match during the second year to find out where you go. We picked our top 6 spots and submitted them. The computer does it randomly but with our luck each time our name got drawn the spot we wanted was full. This resulted in Tyler not matching any where. He was one of 4 students (out of 180) who didn't match.
So after lots of no's and maybe's we finally got a spot in WARREN, OHIO. We are excited about it and will let you know more about it as we learn more. But one thing I know, they do have a Level 1 ER which is what Tyler wants to do!

Happy Trick or Treating!

2009-11-01T15:15:00.009-07:00

We had an awesome Halloween! This year we were A Witch and Belle and a little Bear! The girls were very excited for the day and had so much fun being in their costumes all day. Barry was just excited to be out and doing something different than being at home. Hallie and Annie are getting very quick at going door to door and we finished the route that we did last year in half the time. It was a lot colder but still tons of fun. Our Fun Halloween agenda including:

*Ward Carnival and Trunk or Treat
*Pumpkin Carving with the Palmers
*Trunk or Treat with Dad's school
*YMCA Carnival
*Traditional Chili for dinner
*And most important... Trick or Treating

Hope everyone had an awesome Halloween.

Pumpkin Patch

2009-10-21T18:49:00.008-06:00

Today we went to the Truman Farm. Part of the trip was going to the pumpkin patch and picking our own pumpkin. My kids loved it and were so excited to be able to pick their very own pumpkin. They both walked around for awhile looking at each pumpkin and finally decided on one. It was so much fun. They even picked one for Barry. I am not sure if he is too excited about the actual pumpkin but he loved being outside.
Happy Pumpkin Season everyone!

Half Marathon

2009-10-19T11:18:00.009-06:00

I finally did it! The half marathon was last weekend in Kansas City, Missouri. My very supportive family came with me, even though Tyler should have been studying! We had a lot of fun being together and sleeping in a hotel! That was the girls favorite part of the whole trip. Annie is in love with staying in hotels and they both were excited that the "magic" sofa turned into a bed for them! We shopped at Target, ate at Olive Garden, and loved driving around the beautiful city (really, it is such a pretty city).
I got up at 5:15 so I could feed Barry and be ready for my friend Aimee to come get me. It was an early morning but I had been up most of the night any way so it was almost a relief to have to be up. It was raining when I first got outside but that eventually stopped. Aimee and her husband Tyler were the pick up van and were so kind to come and get us all (except Megan, stupid GPS). It was fun going together and being with the thousands of runners at the starting line. It was a cold morning and we all kept warm by staying close. It was crazy how many people were there and when we finally got going it was a nightmare trying to pass all the people going slower than us but we eventually pulled into a spot to run a good speed. I ran with Aimee for the first 11 miles and loved having the company. It was a hard race because most of the course was uphill. And when I say uphill, I am not talking about a little incline that you barely notice. These were tough hills.
Here we are at mile 7. It went right in front of our hotel so Tyler came out with the kids to cheer us on. It was so fun seeing them. Did I mention that I have an awesome family who supports me in everything that I do! Here are the kids all bundled up to cheer me on. I guess Annie wasn't to thrilled when I didn't stop and stay with them. Hallie was just excited that I was in a race. She is so happy that I won! I love kids and how simple life is to them.
When I got to mile 11 and kept telling myself that I only had 2 miles left and that I could do it. But I have to tell you, those where the 2 hardest miles I have ever ran in my life. Normally at the end of a run I can really pick up the pace and finish fast but this time I had nothing left. I couldn't even go a little bit faster when I say the finish line. I really think those hills took it out of me. But even with the hills I finished at 1:58:36. I am happy about that.Tyler and the kids didn't see me cross the finish line but they met me on the other side. It was so good to see them. Hallie hugged me and told me good job. She is so sweet. Annie just looked at me and Barry was asleep in the stroller. I look like crap in these pictures but I felt like crap too so I guess it is ok to look like it!
Tyler somehow got left out of all the pictures but I wanted him to know how much I appreciate his sacrificing study time to be with me and to take care of the kids. You are the best guy around.

Just Because...

2009-10-12T15:47:00.002-06:00

I am in the mood to journal something, which means you get an update on us! I drove to pick up Hallie from school and I put in the Christmas C.D. (just felt like it!) and the kids loved it. Barry started dancing, Annie was trying to sing along to it, and Hallie was thoughtfully starring out the window (she is my thinker). This really made me excited for the Holiday Season to come. I have been dreading it because that means that cold, cold, and even colder weather is on the way. I hope we make it through it.
Tyler- is in his 5th quarter and only has 2 left before we get to move on and start another fun part of medical school. Which, of course, means moving again. We will find out in a week and a little bit where we are going so we will tell you as soon as we know! Tyler is doing so well in school and is already a great Doctor! His brain is so full of useful information now that it amazes me sometimes when I hear him talk about some of the stuff he knows.
Bree- I am running the half marathon this Saturday in Kansas City. I feel so ready for it and am beyond excited to run it. I am running with 3 awesome girls and they have been so much fun to train with. ( Good luck Megan, Aimee, and Angel) I am really hoping to do it under 2 hours but will be happy with just finishing!
Hallie- is having so much fun in school. She is soaking up all this learning stuff and absolutely loves it. She is usually up in the morning sitting at her little table writing her letters while Dad is studying too. Her hand writing is getting so good and she is constantly asking how to spell words. She also is learning to recognize words like: The, I, Am, Me, Bike, Like,You, I guess you get the picture.
Annie- is as ornery as ever but we still get a kick out of her. I think she is going through a "ME" stage and does not get why she is not supposed to push and bite Barry. She is getting so good at riding her bike and loves to dance. I do a little dance class for her and some other little girls and she loves it. I think Annie would dance all day if you let her. She has already made her christmas list for me and adds to it each day.
Barry- Is still crawling and is now sleeping through the night (well most nights) If it were not for those dang teeth that keep coming in. He is so much happier now that he can get around. He also has figured out how to sit up from laying down. This makes for some interesting times at night. It is quite funny to go in and see him sitting there but still trying to sleep. He always lets out a small sigh of relief when we lay him back down.

Guess who's crawling?

2009-10-05T17:18:00.004-06:00

BARRY! Finally at 10 months and 2 weeks he accomplished it.
He has been trying for almost a month and a half now. He loves it. I played hide and seek with him the other night. I hid on one side of the chair and he would crawl around and find me. It was a blast. He laughed and smiled and then would crawl off to do it again. He really is the sweetest little boy. I love that giggle!

Ruby

2009-10-05T17:11:00.003-06:00

I just had to post these. (And I am not going to make any more promises not to post pictures so if you have a problem with them then please just don't look!!!!) I have an awesome friend who has the cutest little girl and would be any photographers dream come true. Lucky me was the one picked to take little Ruby's 3 year old pictures. She was so much fun and looked adorable. I had to post a couple of my favorite pictures.

Isn't she a doll.

More Pictures

2009-09-25T13:49:00.006-06:00

I promise I won't post every picture that I take on here
but my Mom wanted to see the ones I printed for the playroom.
So here you go Mom. Hope you like them. We miss you and
love you to the moon and back FIRST.

Pictures

2009-09-17T16:38:00.007-06:00

I took Hallie out the other day and made her pose for me (Annie told me no way)! It actually was more her idea to do the posing, I just snapped the pictures. Plus, I just signed up to have my pictures printed somewhat professionally. I am so excited. So if anyone here in my lovely little town would like to be adventurous and let me take some pictures, I would forever love you. Here are a few of the ones I took.

It's about time

2009-09-05T11:06:00.002-06:00

Thursday morning was a awesome morning for me and my friend Megan. We finally hit the 10 mile mark in our running. It felt so good and I am so proud of both of us. Plus, we ran it in way less time then I thought we would. 1 hour 34 minutes!!! I know this probably is not the best time out there but for us, it was awesome. Just had to let everyone know because I was so excited that we did it.

Is it Tuesday?

2009-09-02T07:30:00.002-06:00

Yes, it is finally Tuesday and yes you do get to finally go to preschool. Annie was so pumped this morning when she woke up and found out that today was the day that she got to go to preschool. She went like a pro. No crying, no acting shy, no wanting mom to stay with her. She found her name tag and went and sat down on the rug and never looked back. Tyler and I had to get her attention to say bye and then she just smiled and waved. It really was so cute.

When I picked her up, she was happy and HUNGRY! This is how our conversation went:
M: Hi Annie! Did you have fun today?
A: Hi Mom! I am starving! Did you bring me food?
M: No, but we can go home right now and get some.
A: Good. I think I want soup.
M: Ok, how did school go?
A: good, I am just really hungry.

And soup she ate. A whole can of it by herself. And after the tummy was full she layed down on the couch and watched a movie. She was worn out. But she has done so good today and we are so excited for her to be in preschool. She is going to love having her own thing to do each day while Hallie is in school too.

Oh, Tyler figured out how to make Annie stop crying all the time. When she starts to cry, he tells her if she stops she gets a candy! Yes, candy does make everything better for Annie. It has worked wonders for her. Thanks for whoever invented Mike and Ikes!

Little Barry

2009-08-25T09:19:00.003-06:00

I love it when Barry sits like this
From almost the day he was born he has always
crossed his little feet.
It is a Warner trait that all the guys do so
it has been so cute to see him do it.
I have been trying to get a picture of him
doing it and finally did.
I guess allI had to do was put on the Celtic Woman
and he sits like that for the duration! (yes, we have yet another music lover!)

Love you little man!

Reporting In...

2009-08-23T09:04:00.009-06:00

First week of Kindergarten is over and boy do we love it! We had a rough start on day one because during art Hallie decided she loved her new scissors so much that she would cut her own hair. Oh the days of being care free and doing all those fun things that we imagine in our cute little heads! Her teacher sent me the hair home in a ziploc bag along with a note explaining what happened. It went as follows:

Mr. and Mrs. Warner,
My name is Mrs. Helm and I was Mrs. Boren's substitute today. Hallie cut her hair today during a cutting activity. She cut quite a chunk. We talked about scissors being only for paper. I hope this was the only time since she has such a cute hair cut. I'm sorry I couldn't catch her before it happened.

She was upset about it but don't worry Hallie, hair grows back and we all learn the hard way of what things we shouldn't do. You are still the best little kindergartener I know and I know your teacher still loves you ( so do I, to the moon and back)

Tyler is now a second year medical student and we are now the big kids on campus. To show this, all the guy students grew an "osteostache". Here is Tyler before he cut the official stache and then the lovely after shot. It was a hard month of letting him grow it out. I tried really hard to be happy about it but it really taught me that I love a clean shaven guy. It was fun seeing all the students with their Osteostaches and seeing the excitement of being the new 2nd years. And being the great husband that he is, he shaved the minute ( or 20 min.) he got home and looked so young again!

Kindergarten here I come

2009-08-19T09:10:00.005-06:00

Miss Hallie started her first day of Kindergarten today. She was so brave and had no problem leaving me behind! We got to meet her teacher yesterday and Hallie was a little shy and wouldn't talk to her but it was most likely a good thing for the teacher. I am sure once Hallie warms up to her she will corner her and talk her ear off. Her teachers name is Mrs. Boren and seemed really nice.

Kindergarten here is an all day thing so this is going to be a big adjustment for me and Annie. Good thing Annie starts preschool in a week and a half. We already miss Hallie though and can't wait to hear how her day went. Love you Bubba and know that you are going to do so good in school.

Life is officially unpredictable...

2009-08-18T12:53:00.002-06:00

Yesterday morning we were doing our normal morning routine of eating breakfast and reading the scriptures when we got thrown for a loop. I put Barry in his high chair as normal and turned to get his yogurt off the table and managed to hit my funny bone on the chair behind me in the process. I told Tyler I hit it and that it hurt really bad and he made the remark " shouldn't it be funny if you hit your funny bone." Then I remember feeling really nauseous and leaning over on the table. Next thing I know I hear Tyler saying my name and then seeing all my family staring at me while I am laying on the floor.
I guess the pain was to much for me and my brain decided that it would be best if I just passed out instead of dealing with the pain. The bad thing was that I was standing in front of our glass sliding door, which luckily, Annie had demanded that it be open that morning! So instead of replacing a glass door right now we are only replacing the screen door! Tyler rushed me to the ER to make sure the old head was ok, which it is perfect, and now we are back home and going on with life again.
Hallie and Annie were a little shook up about the whole thing. Hallie was a great big sister and kept hugging Annie and telling her it was ok, through her own tears! Annie wouldn't talk to me for most of the day after that and still keeps looking at me like she is nervous that I will do it again. Don't worry Annie, Mom will watch out for chairs from now on. It really makes you think more deeply about life and the blessings that we have.
Thanks to everyone who helped us so much yesterday. We are so lucky to have such wonderful friends and family. We sure love you all.

Haircut Already

2009-08-10T07:35:00.008-06:00

Before

Having a boy is defiantly different than a girl. We have already had to give Barry his first haircut! It was getting out of control so Tyler finally took him up to the bathroom and went at it with the clippers. Barry did really well and looks like a new boy now. I can't believe how grown up it made him look.

After

I think Tyler has hair envy already. He cut his own hair that day and we took a picture of the two piles of hair. Well, I don't know if you can call Tyler's a pile, more like a dusting of hair. Don't worry Honey, remember that saying "not even a hair of their head will be lost."

Barry's long locks

Tyler's .. ummm.. hair

Here are some more cute pictures of the grand event. What a great bonding moment for them.

Happy Birthday Tyler!

2009-08-06T12:51:00.008-06:00

Just shouting out a big Happy Birthday to the man of our lives! As mentioned before, we love birthdays around here and love when we get to eat cake and kick balloons around! Thanks for having this special day for us Dad.Here are some of our favorite things about you that make us love you more every day:

* you always have a smile on your face even when things are tough at school.
* you give the best piggy back rides anyone could ask for
*you sing to us and makes us laugh and dance in the kitchen
* you love us even when we cry all day
* you make the best spaghetti
* you teach us to do things that are hard so we can grow big
* you need us
*no matter what is going on in your life we always come first
* you take us for motorcycle rides
* you are 100%, without a doubt, not even a runner up, the best Dad we could ask for.

We love you Dad and hope you have the best day ever eating chocolate cake
and kicking balloons around with us!

Are you in shock?

2009-08-05T13:53:00.020-06:00

I know, I know, it has been a long while since I have updated this blog but we have been hanging out with family and friends and I just couldn't get myself to sit down at the computer long enough to update. Sorry. We are now back home and now that the laundry is somewhat (clean but still in baskets) caught up and we are back on our routine, I can give you a little update on what we are up to!
Tyler is back in school and now starting his 2nd year! Hooray! That first year flew by and we are now excited to be the "big" 2nd years in town. He is officially growing his "osteostache." I will have to post picture later and show you the awesome tradition that 2nd year students do to welcome in the 1st years. Tyler is loving life and will turn the big 29 tomorrow.
Hallie is all ready for kindergarten to start. She is so excited and asks me every day if this is the day that she gets to go to school. Over the summer she learned to jump into the pool and has become the little fish! She is even teaching herself to swim. She goes completely under water and will swim about 10 to 15 feet. I am amazed at her determination to learn. We spent almost everyday in the pool in St. George and they miss it tons. Luckily the school here provides us with a pool pass and they still get to enjoy the water. She really has become brave about trying things on her own. We went to Jumpin Jacks in St. George too and she went down all the big slides without even asking me to come. I think the favorite part of being with all our family and cousins was the sleepovers. She loved going and did great most of the time!
Annie doesn't seem to take as long at doing stuff as Hallie did. I think she is always trying to keep up with her big sister and does a great job at it. She has definitely gotten more attitude lately and keeps us on our toes with what she will say and do next. She loves being read to and kept both Grandmas reading most of the time we were with them. She never just brings one book either, she brings the whole book shelf! I would have to say one of her favorite things was going to Jumpin Jacks. For those of you who know Annie, she loves to jump and dance. She can do both of those things here and was in heaven. She was not so into the sleepovers but loved playing with cousins everyday and loved swimming. She was right with Hallie in learning to jump and put her head in the water. She also loved being with Grandma's and Grandpa's and was always following them around. I am sure they loved it as much as she did.
Barry is getting so big. He eats big food now and loves ice cream! He is not crawling yet but I don't blame him. It would be hard to get all that body to move. He loves to smile and loves anyone to hold him. He has a tendency to like males more than females with mom being the exception! He can now clap, wave high, and sits like a pro.He even is big enough to take baths with the girls and loves to splash them. He too loved the water! All of our family loved getting to meet him and soon found that he loves to scream and be as loud as his older sister Annie. We had a family reunion in Zions while we were there and Barry loved every minute of it. He is our outside baby for sure. I don't think Tyler was too happy about this cause he is not much of a camper but I am sure we will be doing our fair share of camping in the future. They had a Ranger that we took all the kids on rides with and Barry would squeal and laugh the whole time!
Bree or me! I am glad to be back home and back in my routine of things. But I miss my family like crazy. I loved being with them every minute of the trip and can't wait til we get to go back. I loved running with my dad, having facials with my Mom, eating chicken salad with my mother in law, and trying to convince my father in law that my kids didn't need handfuls of gummy bears every five minutes!!! I am still training for the half marathon and am feeling pretty good about it. I will run 8 this Saturday and hopefully I won't get discouraged from it! Wish me luck!

Here are a few fun pictures of our trip to St. George:

Eating lunch with one of my best friends from High school. Got to love Pizza Factory. Annie also found her future husband and loved telling everyone that she would marry him. Hallie said " That's funny, Isaac is 6 and I am 5 but he chooses the 3 year old. Silly"
Uncle Corey with the three kids. They love him and loved getting him to jump with them!
It's tea party time for all the beautiful princess' and handsome prince's. It was awesome!
I will post more pictures later. My girls have been so patient and now want me to play with them!

Still alive...

2009-06-07T14:28:00.002-06:00

And Loving life. We have been in Utah now for 2 weeks and we are having a blast. The kids and I flew out a week and a half before Tyler and let me tell you how wonderful my kids are to fly with. The plane we flew in first only had 2 seats on each row so I had to sit behind the girls. They giggled the whole time and ordered their own drinks and loved it. Barry slept most of the way and when he was awake he just smiled and played with me. It was great. We had a 5 hour lay over in Salt Lake but our great friends Jon and Amy came and picked us up and let us play at their house the whole time. Hallie and Annie were so excited to see them and play with their little baby Abbie! Thanks guys for all you did for us.
Want to know what we have been up to? We have been swimming and having sleep overs and playing with all the cousins and doing crafts and eating at Cafe Rio and getting read to by Grandma and going to the movies and playing outside in the yard and loving every minute that we have here.
Hopefully I will pull out the camera soon and get some pictures up for everyone. But until then, know that we miss all our friend in Missouri and we are loving being with our family in Utah.

Seven Years Today

2009-05-18T06:36:00.003-06:00

Seven years ago people. Seven years and the only itching has been athletes foot as we run together (not away from each other).

Not gonna be the most memorable anniversary, I have tests all this and next week, strep throat, and no money. But we are gonna make up for it when we get to St. George in two weeks.

People have been shocked to find out that Bree is 30. (None of them think that I am any younger than the gray hairs, no hairs, etc...) They all think that she is like 24, and why not? She is amazingly youthful: her skin is so soft and smooth, she can run anyone I can think of under the table, and she is always up for the next challenge of any sort. In short, she is awesome. But this post is about us, together, forever... and ever.

We have always complemented each other. Bree can always tell when enough is enough, something that I have never been able to see. Bree always wants to help people, no matter who or when, I help her to say no when she needs to. I can't have babies, she can't have them without me... and not be in trouble. She is short, and I am really tall (for her family). She loves to run and has taught me to love it. She can always see through to the root of the problem, then forgive me as soon as I apologize. She thinks that it is her turn to post, but I am the one posting.

My turn... I know some of you that read our blog do not like mushy stuff. If this refers to you, then you better stop reading cause it is not going to get any better. It has been so fun these past seven years to really find out who I married.(Tyler and I got engaged after only 3 weeks of knowing each other) I have always been the quiet, non communicator and Tyler is quite the opposite. He has taught me that it is ok to tell him how I am feeling, I bet sometimes he wishes he didn't teach me this!

He has always supported me in all my endeavors and even plays along with me on most of them. I love knowing that no matter what I do, he will always be there for me. He has always and will always be my number one fan. I hope that he knows that he really is the most amazing guy out there. He is always so willing to do anything for our family. He is the one to make our rainy days bright again and the girls are always so excited when he comes home. I love that our children love him. I love that they adore him. I just love him! And I love that he has gone to so much work to look older than me because he knows how much it bothered me when we were dating. See the great lengths he goes to to make sure that I am happy. We are an awesome team together and I love that he picked me!

Here's to 7 wonderful years of marriage and an eternity of them to come!