Sounds of the Season

Today was lovely. I had six kids ages 4 and under. We played on the playground, we blew bubbles, we ate a snack, we ran around a lot, we took out every toy we own in the kids' small 10x11 room. Despite the minor chaos, it was an absolutely lovely morning. I LOVE open window weather. I love taking a nap in the middle of the day with the window open and hearing all the wonderful sounds that come with this time of year. You know what I'm talking about, the breeze blowing, the lawn mowers, the sprinklers, the birds chirping, the distant sounds of kids playing and laughing, and if you listen really close you can hear the sound of new life bursting from the earth. I LOVE IT. It's one of the things that reminds me that God loves me. He loves me so much that on a day that could have been stressful, and crazy, he gave me the beautiful sounds of spring to make me smile.

My little Parrot

Jeremiah's favorite movie lately has been Transformers. He has a few cars that he pretends are transformers and he loved watching the movie that we borrowed from my brother in law. As I listened to it more and more I realized that there is a lot of language that I didn't want my lovely 2 year old to repeat. It hadn't happened yet, but I thought I would take care of it right then and there. Transformers was promptly returned to my brother in law. Then today as I was browsing real estate I heard a little voice behind me, playing with his match box cars say "were you masturbating?"...... YEAH, of all the words he could have picked up from that movie. We had a serious conversation about how that word isn't appropriate to use, like "shut up" we just don't say it in daily conversation. I can just see him pulling that out during nursery or something. MAN I have to be careful about what he hears!

Breaking My Addiction

Hi, My name is Heather, and I am addicted to the Bachelor(ette). I told myself after last season that I was DONE, THROUGH! No more watching people making out ALL OVER THE PLACE, I don't need to see that. I once heard that if you would feel uncomfortable BEING THERE watching it, then you shouldn't watch it on TV. I would feel so uncomfortable standing in the corner of the room staring at two people making out. So why can't I quit? Because Jillian is beautiful, in a way that doesn't mimmick anyone else; and she is strong and she knows who she is, and becuase I am a sucker for love stories, "reality" or scripted. I think its because deep down women, wether we're 5 or 50 dream of prince charming coming and sweeping us off our feet. It could be the boy that sits in from of us in algebra, or our husbands of 25 years.

I was so strong, until I went over to my inlaws for FHE and my sister in law was watching the premier of the Bachelorette... GRRR... i'm intrigued! But I made a big step forward as I have not watched it online in secret, like that i have in previous seasons. BE STRONG!!! Because really, I don't want to be standing next to a couple sharing too much saliva... I just don't.

PS. I wish my teeth were that white!

My Beautiful Life

If I could have any job in the entire free world I must admit it would be the job I already have. I know some people don't enjoy the endless piles of laundry; toys constantly ending up under your feet; the "MOMMY....." being yelled over and over, and sometimes you can't find the child yelling it; the bodily fluids you have to clean up from the floor, their beds, your clothes; the "she's touching me!"; the ripped pages out of books; the limited time for yourself; etc. But I myself never get tired of those things... no, not really, but there ARE certain moments that make life as beautiful as it is. The innocence of children is inspiring to say the least, and spending time with them, doing nothing but embracing their exuberance for life is truly a blessing. I have been learning the past few weeks that it matters very little what you have in this life, but very much who you have in your life. I am so grateful for the priviledge of spending each waking moment with these two yahoos. I think they are beautiful in every way and I hope to put more effort into celebrating the small moments that make life worth living.

You gotta see this

Okay, so it made me laugh, go here. I think you'll laugh too.

Pardon the blurry pictures. I think my camera was on a weird setting I didn't know about. Here is the CLASSIC Leah picture, with tounge sticking straight out.

Jeremiah wanted to take some pictures. This is his perspective of life: And of course, when the Mr. Potato head pieces come out there is always loads of funOh yeah, my kids love me :)

Going innactive

Yes, I am officially going innactive... as a blogger. This is what has been going on with us lately:

Greg was obliged to look for a new job.

We quickly became grateful for the prophets council to stay out of debt and to save.

Greg found a new job (wow, that was fast).... in UTAH.

We found a cheap apartment and moved to Salt Lake. (6 hours in the car alone with two children, I quickly became grateful for modern conveniences such as portable DVD players)

We realized that we should have been more grateful for the free rent we had for two years.

We got food poisoning, or the stomach flu, we're not sure which, and were sick in bed for nearly a week. Because of all of the childrens bodily functions happening at the spur of the moment we had to have our carpet re-cleaned professionally two weeks after we moved in.

Greg started studying for his level 2 CFA exam. He eats breakfast lunch and dinner at the office, works out at the gym AT THE OFFICE, and studies AT THE OFFICE. We only see him on Sundays when he sleeps all day (except for three hours of church). At least its easier than it was last year. Only 1 more test after this one!!! Hurray!

We bought our first washer & dryer AND a 2nd car for under $1000. So far, all of them work GREAT!

I have been blissfully and lazily enjoying being JUST a stay at home mom.

I have been overly ANNOYED with neighboors all around us. I did not sufficiently appreciate being so separated from our neighboors in our townhouse. The music, the yelling (and cursing), the banging of doors, the smoking on decks right next to the playground, etc.)

We have all been able to enjoy being close to the Hirschi side of the family.

I started browsing through real estate listings, but have been given strict instructions that I can't start seriously looking until after Greg finishes his exam the first week of June.

I realized that houses are EXPENSIVE here. I wish we bought a house back in.... oh, 1990, when my parents did and only had $80,000 to pay off.

I began wondering why people take pictures of their decorating and their furniture more than their actual house when they are posting photos for listings. I AM NOT BUYING YOUR BED.

I began missing Boise when it started snowing every day and we couldn't leave the apartment.

Then I began wondering where spring went, when we skipped straight to summer; wearing as little clothing as possible to stay cool.

So we are spending what little time we have together as a whole family doing fun things. We're hoping to make new friends in our ward, though it hasn't happened yet. I will post some photos of us goofing around lately. Sorry I haven't taken very many the last two months. I will get better.

Seriously?

Okay, so I'll be the first to admit that my fashion sense is somewhat lacking. I still wear clothes from middle school. But Seriously? Since when did ugly come back in style?

All photos from www.forever21.com

Picture catch up

I noticed that I haven't posted any pictures recently. Here are some pictures of the kids. Jeremiah and I made this road out of old gift boxes, it was quite the project. We also built a house which became Jack & Walters Garage. (From a little people movie we have). All the broken cars and tires went in the garage.The police car was clearly in a deadly high speed chase because the body of the car was disassembled from the works. Jeremiah is such a good helper!

Leah does not really care for solid food. :{

One of Jeremiahs BEST friends is Isabella. Here is the boy version of dress up. Sorry, no princess dresses in our house yet.

Jeremiah stole Leah's head band and decided that flowers AREN'T just for girls! Thanks Janette!

Bachelor

I know, I can't believe I watch it either, but it's true. I am a bachelor fan. But seriously? You had to break up with your finance on National TV. You had 3 months or so to do it and you had to wait until you were being filmed?

For the record, I don't blame him for breaking up with her (even though I think she's great), let's face it, The Bachelor doesn't have the greatest track record with couples staying together, so that didn't surprise me, I'm sure it would have ended eventually anyway, but it usually doesn't end so soon. I have a couple of theories:

Jason is a dope: I hate to say it, but you can see why he's divorced. "the chemistry just changed"... Well DUH! If any of you have the exact same relationship with your spouse as you did when you were first dating (first 6 weeks) let me know! I'd love to be proven wrong. Instead of working through their differences he played the "We're not meant for each other" card.

This is NOT reality TV: You do not learn about a person by playing "General Hospital", or going on helicopter rides and fancy dinners, and private concerts. I would like to see a season based around real life experiences. I think you might see an increase in successful relationships.

Plan B: I feel for him, really. I would never be able to carry on 2 relationships at the same time, taking both relationships to the point where I could marry either man (in my case of course). Then all of a sudden, these men (or women) are just supposed to turn off their feelings for the other person and never think of them again. In Jasons case, his plan A didn't turn out the way he dreamed, so he tried plan B... we'll see how that works out.

Does anyone else think Jason Mesnick is a jerk?