Two "WiLd" Boys

Well, we have finished one day with out Alayna around and let's just say it was all rough play around here. There were fights, bites, and hitting all day. Seriously, tomorrow Jake is for sure taking a nap. These two boys played HARD all day long. I must admit these two really are fun to have around. It's going to be strange when Jake starts preschool in a few weeks because it really will be a quiet house for a few hours! Since I will still be prego I think I just might have to nap for a few hours each day to get enough rest before I welcome yet another baby into this crazy home! Isn't it funny how Caleb is still sucking his thumb. He's about to drive me crazy. No joke, I have removed every sock from his drawers and Jake's drawers. And some how, he STILL finds random socks around. I swear my sisters are planting them around the house. Today at the bus stop he pulled one out of his shirt, as if he stored it there for later. Which is exactly what he did. He is one funny little man. Well, the journey continues in raising and loving these kids. Grateful they are around but it's time to elevate my legs!

First Grade Here We Come!

Well, it's official. Jared and I have our very first 1st Grader. Unreal. I can't believe honestly that we've been married long enough to have a child grow up and now leave us for 8 hours each day. Besides the fact that she is going to have the BEST time of her life, we are going to miss her here at home. Last night Alayna was BOUNCING off the walls with excitement that she was able to go back to school. She was thrilled to be a BIG kid and go to school ALL DAY LONG just like her cousins. It would be much harder for me if she was feeling uncomfortable about being gone all day, but she seems to love this idea. It's Jake now, that is super sad she's gone clear till almost dinner time.

Look how much she has grown over the past two years...She really is such a darling girl!
Preschool Pictures
Kindergarten Pictures

She was DONE taking pictures. She wanted to just go to the bus!

I'm going to keep taking pictures of her with her GIANT back pack and see how many years it takes for her to grown into it. She was super excited that this year she actually got to pack a lunch! It will be fun to see how much she eats. Alayna is known for being the absolute slowest eater in the world! So her sandwich, two carrots, 5 grapes just might do her in! I told her to bring it back home so I could see how much she could actually eat. Oh, I can hardly wait to have her return home and tell me ALL about her day. (Oh, yes we forgot to get her school shoes. So we are breaking the rules on the first day of school and sending her in flip flops! Opps...Target here we come!)

Here is her darling friend Eliza that lives around the corner from us. They were both so excited to have each other on the bus. Sadly, this year all the kids were put on different tracks, so they won't be in the same class, but they will have each other at recess and the bus. Let's all pray for her that she keeps up this excitement and we won't have too many hard mornings getting her out the door on time. Here's to first grade!

Girls Camp 2011

Girls Camp 2011...Rose Summit Ward...is finally over! With over 6 months of planning it's unreal to think about, what on earth am I going to spend my time doing?? Seriously, what a GREAT week. We had a small crowd in number this year, but not small in Spirit. Our girls were a complete delight to be around, to teach and inspire. I had the best time and so spiritually rewarding. I have many tender feelings towards this week and how many blessings I personally received. With a few pregnancy woes as of late, I was concerned how I would handle being up at camp. But as always, the Lord blesses us so abundantly. Honestly, it seems almost impossible to say, but for 4 days straight, I didn't have one issue relating to pregnancy. For some that may not seem like a big deal, but let me tell you, for me, who has a few difficult/annoying issues, this is a blessing that brings tears to my eyes. I gave much gratitude for the prayers Jared was saying for me back home and for the pleadings of my heart the entire time I was there. With these issues put aside, I was able to give, love and serve these amazing girls and leaders for four days. It truly was an absolute delight and an experience I am looking forward to again for next year! Thank you to ALL who helped this week come about! That goes for all my family who watched my kids, my neighbors who helped with so many little things for camp, friends who gave me great insight into amazing camp ideas.
The testimony night is always "the night" that as leaders you look forward too. It's a quiet personal time that the girls are able to share their feelings and insights into the gospel. I was so overwhelmed with gratitude for the thoughts of these girls. Sharing our testimonies can be difficult and uncomfortable. But these amazing girls gave my heart a reason to grow with love and compassion. This night it was reiterated to me once again how the Lord truly guided me with inspiration on our theme. All 7 of these girls come from different backgrounds and family situations. Our theme this year was, "Once Upon A Time" from Elder Uchtdorf's Talk a few years back, titled "Happily Ever After." Each day we focused on writing our own life stories, and filling our pages with the good adventures the Lord wants us to do. The first day was focusing on our premortal life, then current life, then our future life. Each day was filled with spiritual activities that gave great insight into how they can deeper apply the Lords counsel and guidance in their personal choices and lives. Many wonderful devotionals were given bearing testimony to the truths of the gospel and how the Lord truly loves us all. I couldn't be more pleased with the direction and guidance I received as I submitted myself to the Lords quiet promptings. Everything truly was so wonderful. We had many laughs, tears and great memories. I hope that this week was as rewarding to these young girls as it was to me. Until next year, I'm just totally happy being back home with my three wild monkeys, my oh so comfy bed and a bathroom in my room! :)
I am glad to be back in my own bed sleeping and having a bathroom with in walking distance at night time!

Boys Boys Boys

Seriously, does it get any cuter than this? All of these boys were totally facinated with our neighbors tractor. Just again this morning I found Jake out watching the tractor move all the dirt. The funny thing is, that there are still two boy cousins missing from this picture. We LOVE boys around here! Yeah, my kid is the one with out pants on!
(Jake, Logan, Isaac, Sawyer, Everett and Caleb)

Cute baby...

Shh..Shh... Don't tell...I stole these from the darling hospital photos they had taken. This baby boy is DARLING! I just can't get over how much DARK hair he has. Since birth photos don't do justice to how handsome this kid is I had to post a few new ones.

Congrats again Ashley & Brian! We love you all...now all THREE!!

Another Baby Suker

Yeah, for someone else in the Suker family for having a baby!! Welcome Baby Michael Alexander to the world.

This sweet little guy was born yesterday! After many hours of labor this special little baby was born.

I can't get enough of his sweet face.

The HAPPY parents! We couldn't be more happy for you two. You are the BEST Aunt and Uncle and I know you will be the BEST parents! We love you guys. I am seriously counting down the days till I fly to TEXAS to see you!

This is Ashley's mom, but this picture of him was my favorite. Look how sweet his face is!

The proud new papa. Jared is loving knowing that FINALLY a sibling of his is experiencing the love and joy that you get as you hold your first little baby. It's the best feeling in the world.

LOOK AT THIS HAIR!!! Unreal. I can't wait to meet him in person. Such a sweet baby. Ashley and Brian enjoy every moment because as annoying as it is...time goes too fast! :)

What keeps us so busy...

That's a good question. So I decided to update yet again today with another blog. I decided this summer/spring has been one of the most crazy packed seasons. I would have to say it's because I bring it all on myself. But honestly at the end of the day I am just grateful my morning sickness is gone (my fingers are crossed) and I have more energy despite my ridiculous legs. (I'll explain that later if you really care to know). So when I'm not elevating my legs I have been busy doing a few of these things...

Throwing/Hosting a bridal shower for my darling cousin Kimberly. She's going to be married in September in the Portland Temple. We couldn't be more excited for her...and it's about time!!! :) We had an amazing brunch with so many amazing foods. Because our family loves food, I just thought it looks so yummy I had to take a picture.

Oh, and can I just tell you these are HANDS DOWN my favorite appetizer any time of day or week. Thanks Emily for trying these out on our family. Because really I think this prego ate about half the pan! So good. For those curious minds that would love to know the recipe, I wish I could tell you...but I didn't make them. But this is the layer...a baguette bread, cream cheese, sliced tomatoes that have been browned in butter with sugar and salt and pepper, then you broil them till they are a little warm. OH...I think I am going to the store right now! YUM.

Oh, and close your ears if you are totally against pregnant people being around paint. Well, you see with Emily moving she has introduced me to this WONDERFUL world of color. I painted (I mean Jared did) because he really did the most of it (thank you), this amazing blue green color. Can I just tell you I LOVE IT! I find myself just sitting at my desk loving it. I finally cleared off my IKEA shelf thing and made it look cute. So this is the view from my desk. LOVE IT.

Oh, and this is the view of the soon to be girls camp STUFF that is piling higher and higher everyday. But soon, it will be gone and this room will be totally mine once again! Either way it looks darling! (Well, I think so!)

Oh and this is the view from the entry. I replaced my old copper stars with white ones and then...I was shopping one late night at walmart and stumbled upon, I might say the MOST adorable clock on the planet! It has white floating numbers on it so you can see yet again the darling paint color. So if you are asking yourself if the paint color is really the same on each wall it is. You just have to come see it in person to see the true color. Cameras just can't do justice for how darling this truly is! Oh, and I will re-take another picture of this view once my desk (which is cream and adorable) but it is currently COVERED with camp papers, etc. So you will just have to wait! Okay, now you know the truth of why I have been having so much fun this summer!

Here we go again...

That's right...here we go again. It was St. Patricks day (obviously a few months ago), and it was time to be funny with food. So since I was in charge of green rolls for our festive St. Patricks Day dinner we thought it would be great to pull out a new surprise for announcing our new addition instead of the jello. So with much excitement here is the hidden roll...who was the lucky winner???


That's right, the grandpa's were the winners. My dad was the lucky winner that opened up his roll and found a clover with #4 written on it. The entire family busted up laughing because they had no idea that we were even in the running for this to be happening again! That's right, it's our turn once again. Here is a picture of the little baby at the 20 week ultra sound. As you all have guessed we are being totally annoying once again and not finding out the gender. For some reason I like the surprise. It's frustrating to everyone else but really, so fun for us to wait and see.
I have to admit as this little baby swims around inside of me, I wonder, who are you? And what are you? But until the day you arrive we will be waiting patiently for our next little crazy monkey to join the family. The children are guessing it's a girl because they say, "We already have a brother (Caleb) and we don't want another one like him." So obviously, he's a little too wild for them, and they think a little girl will be nicer...nicer yes, but we all know girls are more emotional. Either way we are very happy and blessed to have another addition arriving Nov. 1st.

Things I love...

Really, this face is hands down my favorite little face around. He loves to give me a CHEESE smile.

Our PINK blossoming tree. Each year at the end of May or first of June it blossoms with bright pink flowers. It's one of our yearly highlights.

Just another picture of our favorite face! I also need to document a few darling things about Caleb. He currently is going under the nick name of "peanut" or if Jared asks him his name he says, "Daddy's buddy." A few weeks ago we taught him his name and if you happen to say, "come here little guy" He says, "No me Caleb! (said more like Kay-up)" or "No me Peanut!" It's actually super adorable. He says, "Bay-bub for Jacob" and "Lay-na for Alayna"
Not to mention the fact he is so snuggly, and loves there is a baby in "mommy's tummy." For those of you that have known all of my children, I dare say that this kid above all others has MORE personality and MORE vocabulary than any of my other kids. Maybe it's because I can't remember them at this age, but he honestly can say ANYTHING. If I say something once and he doesn't understand he says, "What mom?" Then I repeat it and he says, "Oh, mom" Then within minutes he's asking about that thing and using the right words. It's really adorable. A few of his favorites are the "bubble song" or "Pop-norn song" or the "Temple song" He loves to sing. His bedtime routine is adorable because he loves for you to lay down and sing a million songs. Of all my kids he's enjoyed "songs" or "sound" as he calls them. I haven't been great about documenting all of his crazy ways so I just wanted to type up a few so I could remember, but above all he has far more darling sides to his personality than anything else. He's a keeper!

Spending time with cousins and neighbors at fun summer activities.

Legos...We love them. Caleb loves them. And I love how he can actually build fun trains like this. This kid LOVES trains. He loves Thomas the train, and he actually for the first time in his little life will sit and watch a show. He insists it being his, "Thomas train show!" Let's just say, it's the perfect amount of time to leave him entertained while I take a shower! I've waiting two long years for something to entertain him so I could do that with out having to lock him in my bathroom with me so he could be under constant supervision. Gotta love this kid!

Horseback Riding with Grandpa

A few weeks ago the kids were lucky enough to go riding horses with Grandpa Barainca. The kids were BEAMING with excitement to finally get out and ride his horse. We were just glad his horse is so close by us so we could actually go. Thank you Grandpa for taking time out to share your horse with the kids.

Conner, Kierra and Olivia having fun with the horse.

Jacob being brave riding the horse with Daddy.

These adorable kids! Seriously, there is something cute about taking a picture out on a farm.

Another one of Jake because he's so cute!

Random happenings...

This adorable little guy loves to help me cook. I was baking breadsticks and he thought he was helping. Seriously, I can't get enough of him. He really makes our life more fun and more entertaining.
Caleb LOVES to swim. At least once a day he tries to ask if he can wear is "suit" and go to Shanny's pool.
Oh, and here is a short entry on the fact that my life forever has officially changed. And it's not the fact that I'm a pregnant person again. It's that my dearest friend Emily has moved away from, well yes me personally. She moved far away to Kaysville. But we have made the trip several times already because it's "only 40 minutes" - many things take longer than what it takes to drive there (That's what I keep telling myself). If your wondering if my heart is broken, yes it is. She has influenced my life beyond any description I could type here on my blog. But I don't expect that to change, just because of distance. We speak often and we will continue to see each other often. I will miss you forever, but I am excited for you and your family for this new adventure. Not to mention the new world of paint and color that is currently changing my home for the better! I love you dearly!!
This is how our summer has been going...requiring nap time for ALL children. A little too much sun and too much FUN.
Just showing the fact that running a household is a two person job. I've heard rumor that once you have four kids laundry is too much to stay on top of...I dare say that three kids has done this too me. I DON'T even want to start thinking about how much more I will despise laundry. A BIG thanks goes to Jared (who is currently vacuuming our stairs and house as I sit here and blog) that helps me SO much around here and stay up on all the necessary house chores so that the kids and I can play more and have fun this summer.