Family Picture Time Take 2!

Ok so Monday night for FHE I bagged the two outfit idea and putting on our matching stuff. Got everyone ready and loaded up. This time with the tripod and the right sd card. I have to say that I love my hubby so very much for me being able to tell him what kind of shots I wanted and him being able to make that happen. Also he stayed up so late with me last night helping me edit these few pics the way I wanted. They really turned out so NICE! My kids are growing so fast I almost feel like crying. ( Although I am sure that is more post pardum hormones talking than anything) So hope you like these!

Family Picture time take 1.

So on Sunday I decided that it was time for some fmaily pictures. It has been awhile since we have taken any and I thought well what the heck might as well. Well let me just say that taking your own family pictures is much harder than I anticipated. We went down to Mona to visit my mother in law and we know a few spots up there to take some good pics, so we loaded up and off we went. We got there and just relaxed for awhile and then came dinner and then I changed the kids into their "picture clothes" which I thought I would bring two sets per child and take individual pics and then together pictures in their more "matching attire" By this point it was 7 pm. I was rushing to beat the light.. well let me back up and tell you a little story about when we left. I had everything all set out to bring.. as we are leaving Aaron had put some sinus medicine in the van and come back in to get more things to bring, well Ammon decided he wanted to try that medicine, so he put it in his mouth and tried it... when I found this out I began to fret that he was going to die or that we needed to take a trip to the ER. I forgot that tripod was still sitting in on the counter and that the sd card for the camera was still sitting on the office desk due to the fact I had just down loaded everything from it. Now Ammon told us that he thought it was candy or something and that upon putting it in his mouth it was gross and he promptly spit it back out. So we thought we would watch him close and give him plenty of water to get it out of his system and we left to head to my mother in laws house. So back to " rushing to beat the light" Upon getting up the mountain I realize that I have left these two very vital belongings at home which is more than an hour away. Caitlynn on the way there is falling asleep( and we all know how that will go if she gets all the way to sleep and then we try to wake her up.) By this point I was rather upset and Aaron was like lets just try to take a few and then we can do more tomorrow for FHE. Well upon arriving up the mountain both children pronouce that they have to go PoTty. ARE YOU KIDDING ME! This was the breaking point, and I thought WHY? So after potty breaks a few pictures the light was gone and well my dear mother in law did try to take a couple family pics for us, but well we were done by that point and the only one of the family that came out decent half my head is cut off. The other ones turned out blurry and the light was pretty much gone. I was fairly upset about the whole ordeal since I had envisioned beautiful pictures of my SWEET children and of all of us together. So... these few pictures did turn out pretty good, and I can now look at this and laugh a little.

Kindergarten Mom!

So we are two weeks into school. So far I would give the overall experience a probably a 7. Let me explain why.. although since I am new to this whole school I might be a little off. Let me start by saying I really like Ammon's teacher she is really nice and Ammon seems to like her which I think is great. The first few days of school I took Ammon and picked him up everyday. Not sooo bad right.. well there is major construction on the main road to get there and the school is a good 15 mins away. Not so great! Although next year the new school will be built and it will nice and close by. So many of my neighbors and friends all started by putting their kids on the bus and following it to school the first few days to make sure their children got there, which seemed silly to me I might as well be driving him if I am going to follow the bus. By friday though Ammon was requesting to ride the bus. Soo I went in to the front office and figured out the very confusing bus schedual ( I never rode the bus as a child.. not till I got to High school. ) I then praciticed with Ammon over and over again which bus to get on and where to get off. The first day... well he didn't get off the bus, he did however get on the right bus. So I had to radio the bus driver to have them bring him back. The second day he got on the right but and I made sure he got off in the right spot. The third day I was a little late getting out the door ( due to nursing) and yes alas he told me after the fact he did not get off the bus because he did not see me. So again I had to radio the bus and have them bring him back. His bus drive is really nice though. So points for that. Since then we have had no more incidents on with the bus. Now I am still taking him to school in the mornings, I am not sure that I am ready to get him on there in the mornings and not know if he made it to school and his class room, so I take him and drop off. Although the principal gets annoyed when we watch our kids walk to their class room doors and yells out that its not a parking lot, its a drop of spot.. SOOOOO LAME I FEEL LIKE A TEENAGER IN TROUBLE OR SOMETHING. I just roll my eyes... It is my freaking right to make sure my kid gets to where he needs to be and stingy principal is going to tell me otherwise. Now, I am also picking beef with what was printed in the newsletter that was sent home... it talks about appropriate forms of play during recess... tag is apparently not an appropriate form of play due to the fact that kids dont watch where they are running and get hurt. But appropriate forms of play include, wall ball, soccer, flag football.. ect... now how in the world can they play all those things and not get just as hurt?? if not more hurt? Can someone please tell me??? Or am I just being lame?? The other major thing that had me going was that printed in the newsletter was a note to parents picking up their children from school... it stated that in order to avoid to much congestion to pick up our children 7 mins after the bell has rung. I think this is really lame.. In my mind no decent parent would go pick their child up that late on purpose especially the younger they are. On wed though after Aaron had come home from work he asked Ammon how is day at school was and Ammon proceeded to tell him that a kid at recess had choked him and the teacher had to pull the other kid off.. ( WHAT THE HECK) why was I not called or something??? It also stung just a little that I had asked Ammon when he got home how is day was and he told me fine and showed me all of his cool work he did, but had said nothing about the recess incident. So overall it hasn't been terrible but I know that am already feeling a little anxiety over this whole school thing. But for the most part it is not so bad and Ammon loves going to school so far.. ( except for the day after the choking incident) . Hopefully it will get a little easier and a little better.

Veronica's Blessing!

Sept 5.. Today we blessed my sweet little Roni. I love that little girl so much. She is a real joy to our family. Today was just another miracle to our family. I can't believe how lucky I am to have such a sweet little girl. I didn't think I would get so emotional today, but alas I must admit that I did. Knowing that her blessing came straight from our Heavenly Father, I feel as though he was speaking straight to my heart. I love the gospel so very much the peace that it brings to my life is such a blessing. Today was a wonderful day. Thanks so much to those who were able to make it. Small funny note, last night while getting clothes out and things ready for church I had an inkling that I should bear my testimony, I kind of put it off and thought nah.. but again a few minutes later I felt that same small inkling. As I knealt in prayer last night I told heavenly father that I would bear my testimony if there was enough time or a lull so to speak in the meeting. ( Thinking to myself that I would be able to get out of it if I was holding baby, or needed to feed her or something) haha the Lord knows better... The very begining of the meeting was very slow to get people up there ( very unusual for my ward) as I was sitting there I was thinking oh no... but whew I was holding the baby that had been fussy a few short minutes before... then Aaron leaned over and said I think you need to go bear your testimony, I gave him "the wife look of no way" but then my dad leaned over and said here I will hold the baby and you can go bear your testimony.. great no way out... well long story short I did end up bearing my testimony. I was glad that I did. It just goes to show that when you make a deal with the Lord he will provide a way. This day has been a wonderful day. I love my small children so very much. I am so glad to have Aaron as my eternal companion. My heart is full yet very content :)

Side note the other baby is my nephew Eli who is 3 and a half months old.. we wanted to see the size comparison.. hehe.. almost three weeks versus 3 and a half months!

Veronica almost two weeks!

Veronica will turn two weeks old on Wed. Wow! Two weeks! I can't believe how fast they grow! She so far is a really good baby. She has an occasional bad day here and there where she will cry alot unless she is being held. Otherwise she crys when she poops, when she wants to eat, and if she needs to be burped more. She really is a sweet heart, kinda of in between what Ammon and Caitlynn were. She doesn't cry as much as Cait but she isn't quite as content as Ammon was. She eats as well, and is very snuggly. She loves to be held and cuddled up in her soft blankey. I am relieved to pleased to say that having a third is not as bad as I was imagining it being. WHEW! That is a relief. Ammon and Caitlynn love their little sister, they will sing to her, turn on her swing for her and give her toys to look at and if she is crying to much they just plug their ears and leave the room. (lol) But so far so good. Last week at least three nights all three kids were asleep before 8:30 pm. RELIEF! I was able to relax, and do a few things for myself. I am glad that this has all worked out so well. Such a stressful nine months of waiting and wondering but now that she's here and things are ok I am glad.

Enjoy the pics! More to come sometime here soon I am going to venture out and take some new family pics!

Kindergarten!

I can't believe that I am old enough to have a child starting school! Our family is changing soooo rapidly I just feel like it's one thing after another. These past few months are not what I was expecting at all.

Ammon started kindergarten last week. He was sooo excited to go! He had everything thing he needed and right before we got there Wed morning he told me " mom I am nervous" I told him not to worry that his teacher that he had met on Monday would be there and that she was really nice and that he would do alot of fun things and then I would be back to pick him up. Well that did the trick, he did request that I walk him to the play ground area and wait with him till the bell rang. After that he was fine. He loves it and comes home every day to tell me something new that he has learned. These are the pictures that I took of him on the first day of school. Sorry no play ground pictures only because I had to hold a crying infant and juggle his other younger sister, while trying to make sure he knew where I was going to pick him up. His school is about 15 mins or more away from our house,( there is a new school being built right now) he will go there next year. Much closer. So for now its either I take him and pick him up or put him on the bus. Now keep in mind he is my first to leave the next so to speak and I am a little apprehensive about him riding the bus, and somehow getting lost in the shuffle. But so many of my neighbors are putting their kindergartener's on the bus its hard not to. Ammon even asked on friday how come he doesn't get to ride the bus. I am thinking that I might try it this week and see how he does. Only because it would save me alot of time in the mornings and when he comes home. We shall see how it goes. Still need to figure out what bus he rides and so forth.

Veronica Armenty Spencer has arrived!

Special Note-- This could be a little lengthy... I did include a pic of my blood clot as well.. so maybe a little graphic too. But I thought it was interesting when the Dr delivered my placenta and then was able to show us the blood clot.

On Wed. the 18th of Aug 2010 at 8:04 pm Veronica was born. We are calling her Roni for short. Super cute!

We got to the hospital a little before 10:00 am, got everything all hooked up. The dr came over @ 11:30 and checked my progress and broke my water. We thought for sure with how fast Caitlynn came ( 4 hrs) that Veronica would take no time at all. Boy were we wrong. By 12:30 I was ready for my epidural. The first time they put it in it wasn't right.. had to have a do over on that. Not FUN! Either way what followed was even less fun.. After that I got super sick and proceeded to throw up over and over and over again.. even after delivery. When I got my epidural I was at a 4. At 6:30 pm I was still only at a 4. The nurse came in and told me that there was a possibility that if things didn't start moving I would need a c- section. I began to panick... the dr came over about 6:45 and told me that we just needed to be patient and give it a little more time and to not worry. At 7:30 Aaron finally decided he needed to go get some dinner. The nurse came in to check me right after he left. I was thinking and hoping to at least be at a 7. Much to my surprise she said I was ready to have a baby! Yikes! I had to call Aaron real fast and get him to come back. Dr got there just a few minutes before 8 pm I push a total of 5 times and Veronica was born! Whew! It was my longest labor and delivery yet.

As is turns out Veronica was not as small as they were thinking she would be.. she turned out to be a healthy 6 lbs 12 oz 18 inches long baby! Not quite as big as Ammon but not as small as Caitlynn. So far she is kind of a combo of both kids.. She looks soooo much like Caitlynn when she was a baby. She isn't as fussy as Caitlynn but not quite as content to just hang out as Ammon was.. its a pretty good middle ground. She eats amazingly well and sleeps for about 4 and half hours at night.. not so bad right!? I really have been enjoying this sweet little girl. I thought that having a third would be really hard and I would want to pull my hair out everyday.. so far its not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Ammon will be starting kindergarten tomorrow and so I am thinking that this can only get better... or at least I hope so. The kids love their little sister until she crys then they plug their ears and leave the room. Its kind of funny.

I know this is going really long, but after the what seemed the longest nine months ever.. I am just glad that Veronica is here and healthy and safe. :)

Iron Chef Competition 2010!

So every year my ward does an Iron Chef Competion. For those of you who don't know what that is I will explain. We are divided into teams of about 5. Someone host at their house, and the rest of us show up with ingredients to help make a yummy dessert and main dish. There is also a secret ingredient that is revealed when we begin and that HAS to be used in both the main dish and the dessert.. this year secret ingredient was ORANGE JUICE! So we came up with...

ORANGE CHICKEN AND RICE WITH A FEW PEPPERS AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF PINAPPLE FOR LOOKS.

For dessert we created our own recipes and made a GRAM CRACKER CRUST WITH ORANGE JUICE AND CREAM CHEESE AND WHIPPING CREAM, WITH A FEW ORANGES ON TOP.

Both turned out super YUMMY and best of all our team took 2nd place! Pretty Good I would say!

Anyhow, at some point when I have a second I will post both recipes. The night was super fun and we all had a great time!

Enjoy the pics!

The Planetarium!

So one over the 24th of July Weekend we decided to take the kids up to the Planatarium and let them see a imax space movie and see what they could learn about space! They loved it! It was fun to see how excited they were to learn things about space, how much they would weigh on different planets, so on and so forth.. these few pics were taken of the kids on the Moon, and Mars.

Super Hero Camp!

At Jump Up Gymnastics they offer a camp called Super Hero Training.. It is always a huge hit with Ammon, as we all know that Ammon loves super hero stuff and has since he was little. This year he had just as much fun. I think these pictures speak for themselves.

Colin's Mission Call!

So a couple of weeks ago my youngest brother Colin got his mission call! I can't believe he is old enough to go!.. whew I must be getting old.. oh well it is exciting non the less. He is going to Nashville Tennesse, spanish speaking! Should be lots of fun and hard work for him. I am sure that the Lord has lots of great things in store for him there! Congrats little brother!

Elder Smith R.W.H.!

I told Jaren to hold still this is the pose he gave me... lol Sorry Jaren!
Jana and Leo hangin out.. sorry you turned out blurry Jana!

Greg was posing for a good pic so we can post this on a single's site whenever he is good and ready!

Andrea was so happy Jaren was home she thought putting a flag up her nose was a good idea! lol!

Julia, Holly and Aunt Lavonna all so glad Jaren is home!

Leo is sooooo happy that Jaren is home he learned how to clap and gave him a round of applause!!

See Cristi.. I can take a few good pics!

Welcome Home Elder Smith... now on to getting you married off! hehe ;)