Who Dun It?

*The Suspects*




*The Crime*

*The Culprit*

*The Deduction*

Child #1: Could have done it but had no evidence to back up charges (no traces of chocolate on him)
Child #3: Had a solid alibi - she can't walk, and I was changing her diaper upstairs during the crime
Child #2: It really is obvious isn't it - he was caught red handed (or should I say chocolate handed), holding the bottle, drawing a "racecar track" (I just recently found that out) for his cars to drive on.


*The Remedy*



My new best friend!
This machine works great! It was a good investment, not only have we cleaned chocolate out of a couch, but lotion out of the carpet as well! I am sure that's not the last of it either, my stairs need cleaned as well. Now if I could just find someone willing to do them for me...


Yeah, I know, it's all me.
*bleh*

Ice Cream Faces

MMM, Mmm, mmm
the joys of eating ice cream



I scream, you scream,
we all scream,
for Ice Cream!!




Kaleb enjoying his cone thoroughly

Zach looks like he's getting full


I love ice cream too, but the way these boys attacked their cones says it all!

My first video post

this is my first attempt at posting a video. I hope it works.

it took forever to load, but she's a cutie and worth the wait. Kaleb tried to take the camera at one point because he wanted to see pics of himself eating ice cream and pics of some race cars that we took at John's company Christmas party. I'll have to post the ice cream pics in another post.

Luna

Kaleb running in my grandparents yard
more running
and jumping
and pushing
and walking

One of my favorite times of the year is when we get to spend some time in Luna with my grandparents. I love the Mountains, and all the family we see at the reunions. This year because of all the rain, there was actually water in the creek, and quite a bit of it. We let the kids play in it, and it just brought back a lot of memories of days gone by. *sigh* One of these days we'll actually camp out up there for the full experience. What I'd really like to do is get a good sized pop-up camper, so even if it rains we could still camp and be comfortable. I want to be able to expose my children, and husband for that matter, to the enjoyment of a simple vacation. Just camping out, roasting hot-dogs and marshmallows, playing in the creek, going on nature hikes, swinging on the tree swing, and getting to know ALL of their extended family as well as possible. We all grow up and move on, but when they are still little I want to bring the enjoyment of the small town and camping into their lives.

Kids!!!

Here are the kids!

Auralee, Zachery, Elijah

Taryn, Kaleb, LillyAnne

Raeleigh

Auralee and Taryn belong to Carla and Lucas. Zach, Kaleb, and Raeleigh, of course belong to John and I. Eli and LillyAnne belong to Brant and Nadine.

I love how you can capture so much of their personalities through pictures. They are all so cute and a little mischievous.

Brothers and Sisters minus one

This is US!!

Me, w/Raeleigh, Marc, Carla, Alisha, and Brant. Brianne was there in spirit.

Marc w/the guitar

Carla w/her camera

Brant in the glider, and Nadine debating on what to take a picture of next

Marc and Eli

It was a lot of fun having them here, I just wish we had more time with each other.

Swimming Lessons

the boys have had swimming lessons for the past four weeks and they

have had a lot of fun in the water. Kaleb, my 2 1/2 yr old,

is fearless, which is very scary. Zach, my 4 yr old, is timid

and has to be pulled in.

this is kaleb diving in
always head first
Zach climbing out
Zach on the side seeing what Kaleb is doing
Kaleb taking his turn.

Kaleb will dive for toys at the bottom of the pool and retrieve them (with a little help getting to the bottom). Zach is very reluctant just putting his face in the water. Kaleb would be the reason we never will own a pool. he loves to jump off the diving board and almost did yesterday with no one to catch him. I about had a heart attach. I wish I would have remembered my camera for that day :(

My Girl

This is my girl, funny thing was she was fine until

I started taking her picture

she's 5 weeks

weighing in at a whopping 7 lbs

boy does she have a set of lungs

she has come equipt to challenge her brothers for attention

Life As I Know It

Raeleigh Dawn Bierman
4 lbs. 15 ozs.
4/17/08

Well it's been a little over 5 weeks now and I'm doing a lot better now. I had to have an emergency c-section so the healing process has been slow. Raeleigh is doing really good as well, she is growing at a pretty fast rate considering everything she's been through. They are still somewhat concerned about her white blood cell count, it's been low, but they will wait to check it again at her two month well child check. Other than that, my life is crazy. Taking care of 3 kids under the age of 4 is insane for me. The boys are finally starting to calm down, but they still won't leave the baby alone. Zach always wants to hold her and feed her and touch her, but Kaleb just wants to hit her and make her cry.

I feel like I can't go anywhere, unless I can find someone to watch my boys. John bought me a three time use membership to massage envy for my birthday, and I have to use them all before July, but I haven't gotten to go in yet. Thankfully they let you come in anytime, so hopefully I'll be able to break away this Saturday and enjoy an hour to myself.

Big Day

Ok, so tomorrow is the "Big Day ", it's when I go in for my amniocintisis and possible admittence in the hospital to have the baby. To tall you the truth I thought I'd be a little more scared or nervous, but I'm not at all. I'm excited! I want to have this baby. I want her to be safe, healthy, and happy. I am going to get a blessing tonight for her and I, that we will both make it through just fine. I know we will, because the Lord keeps assuring me, but one more blessing never hurts.

Love to All