Great Friends...

Well I just have to say I am grateful to have such great friends...I Mean all of them too. But in particular today I am talking about Jaclyn. At last notice Jaclyn came and picked up some kids for me to go to MOPS today. I was so glad that she did that for me and I wanted to give her a public Thank you, cause it meant so much!! I feel like I have to rely on the world to do anything and sometimes it really bothers me that I just can't get up and go wherever whenever. This morning I just really wanted to get out. 4 months pregnant, continuous rain and 7 small children running around.....does this not sound like a great reason to get out for a while???? Well Thank you so much for taking the time to run clear over to my house and back for me and to drive us all in!! I owe you BIG TIME!!!

What a Wonderful day...

On Thursday we all went to Portland for some appointments. We had such a good time together. We went to see our baby on TV. The Ultrasound Tech was awesome. I have never had such an enjoyable ultrasound before. It was so neat watching Briggs and Allysen see their little tiny "brother" on the screen. Yes I did say BROTHER. We are having another boy. I am so excited, even though I wasn't set on either sex, just a healthy baby! Allysen has been saying that it is a boy and Briggs has been saying that we were having a girl. So when Briggs found out that we were having a boy his exact words were, "Gosh Dang it another stinkin' boy"! All we could do was laugh.
We thought it was so hillarious that it came out of his mouth!!! LOL

Valentines Day Weekend

On Valentines Weekend, Ben and I went to Newport and spent the night just the 2 of us. We went to the Aquarium there and also walked on Yaquina Bay. We had a great time together and enjoyed the beauty that is so close to us. Here are some pictures of the things we saw.

I love the top picture of Ben and the huge shark teeth, I thought it was great!!

Above is Spider Crabs, they live in the bottom of the ocean near China and can live to be 100 years old with a 13 foot leg span...Crazy huh??

Above again is a picture of a horned cow fish...Briggs loved the picture of this crazy thing.

These pictures are taken from the sights of Yaquina Bay. The top one is one of the rock quarries out to the ocean. It was beautiful. We walked out on the one on the right until it got to close to the ocean then we turned back. It was such a gorgeous day.

And the bottom one is of the bridge we drove over to go to the aquarium. It is amazing. We had such a wonderful weekend!! I love my husband.

Tagged....

This is the second time Jaclyn has tagged me and I don't think that I even responded to the first one. Sorry Jaclyn...

A) First list 10 honest things about yourself - and make it interesting, even if you have to dig deep!B) Pass the award on to 7 bloggers that you feel embody the spirit of the Honest Scrap.


1) I love to be at home. I have found that I spend way less money this way and I can keep my house clean.

2) I love to watch sports with Ben and this is the only reason we have TV. Cause I can't live without the sports!!

3) I love having people over. Since I don't get out much I love to have "parties" with my friends and their kids.

4) I am a little Obsessive Compulsive but am starting to over come my issues!!

5) I love the dairy and would spend more time their if I could.

6) Some day when I am rich I want to travel the world with my family.

7) I wish I loved to do the laundry.

8) I drive my dream car....

9) The sunshine brightens my day, and I love to be out in it.

10) I hate being morning sick and wish I could just be pregnant with out the nausea!


I tag

Britney
Amy
Erin
Keri
Amanda
Sabrina
Melissa
Lori

Pay It Forward Exchange!!!

Pay it Forward Exchange. I got this from my friend Jaclyn's blog. If you'd like to join me follow the instructions below. This is how it works:Pay It Forward Exchange is based on the concept of the movie "Pay it forward". I will send a hand made gift to the first three people who leave a comment to this post on my blog requesting to join the PIF exchange. All the gifts will be made and posted out 'sometime within the next year'. How exciting to not know when your surprise package will arrive!What you need to do in return, is pay it forward by making the same promise on your blog. This Exchange is only open to those with active websites or blogs. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PROMISE TO POST THIS SAME 'PAY IT FORWARD' MESSAGE ONTO YOUR BLOG, WHICH MUST BE ACTIVE IN ORDER TO PLAY. YOU WILL PAY IT FORWARD TO THREE PEOPLE WHO COMMENT ON YOUR BLOG. I'd love for you to join me! Will you? Other comments are welcome, but only the first three will be my Pay It Forward recipients. Come and join me!

Fun and Games

We are playing a really fun game and would like everyone to join us in playing. Go to the website below and enter your guess. Then we will let you know the results after the baby is born. And we can see who the winner is.....

http://www.expectnet.com/games/babysnell

Tis the Season to have..........

......a "BUN" in the Oven!!!

Bake with care for 9 long months and take out at approximately September 24, 2009!!!

"Briggs the Builder"

It was the funniest thing...Briggs has been walking around all day playing with his tools and saying I am Bob the builder...Then about 15 minutes ago he walked up to me dressed like this and said, "Okay mom I am ready to go"...Where I asked...He answered " to work"!!

I told him to smile and this was the result, what a cheese ball!!

Christmas Reflection

Well we had a wonderful Christmas spending time together...I love to have a really great excuse to spend time with my family. I decided to post a few pictures of the fun the children had and how excited Ben really gets!!!

Here is Allysen looking very beautiful with her new make up and jewelry on.

Briggs was thoroughly convinced that his chainsaw would really cut, so he kept trying and trying and trying...

Our beautiful babes in front of the Christmas tree and presents.

This is Ben really excited...I am not exaggerating at all either.

Shaping our lives....

Well recently we have decided to make some BIG changes. First we decided to get a YMCA membership so that we could get back in shape(after how many years). Well I am tired all the time and things just seemed kinda crappy so we decided to make changes. Second I am dejunking my house!!! I love a clean home and let me tell you most of the time it is pretty clean, but for some reason clutter still seems to creep up on me. I have made a vow to my self to get rid of lots of junk.... I have decided that every week I want to accomplish at least 2 big projects. This week I am already to start number 3. Waaahooooo!!! We also are putting the kids in some sports to so they can have some fun and hopefully they will learn to love sports like we do. Briggs just started wrestling last night and I will post pics as soon as I take some. Allysen will start Gymnastics in January cause that is when the next class will open up. I am so happy that they will be able to get active and enjoy some things that we enjoy and that we can watch the do. So that is the update on us lately and I will try to do better about posting.