8 Months

This kid is out of control.

-he is eating everything in sight
-loves tipping over the bathroom trashcans
-loves to copy me
-is HUGE!!!
-he has now upgraded to size 5 diapers
-still doesn't close his mouth
-is trying to wave bye bye
-is kind of turning into a mommy's boy
-won't touch baby food anymore
-wants to eat everything we are eating
-just got his 8th tooth. In 4 months he has cut 8 teeth. Poor boy!
-thinks he is so cool because he can do this:

he loves pushing this thing around the house.
-he loves his brothers and sister. I love the way he face lights up when he sees them first thing in the morning.

Man I love this chunky boy!!

My Pirates

The other night the kids pretended like they were pirates. They played the part well and found the hidden treasure that Luke hid. I gotta say those are the cutest pirates I have ever seen.

Meet Gangsta Pirate
and Miss Sassy Pirate
and Power Ranger(his new obsession) Pirate
Last but not least the chubbiest,most drooly, and cutest baby pirate ever!

Moving on

This kid is moving onto 1st grade

I am having mixed emotions about it. Of course I am excited to have 1 kid gone longer than 2 hours, but at the same time I'm not. His teacher will see him more than I will. Will he make good choices? I can no longer protect him all day long. We love this kid! We are so proud of him and are very excited for him to grow and learn new things.

He loved his teacher Mrs. Henn. She was gone for a week and he had a rough time without her, This kid doesn't like change. He has already written her a letter and wants to send it through the mail.

Nicholas and Brayden. Best buds! Very excited that they get to be in the same class next year.

Me and my boy. Luke was at a YM campout.

They also had the cutest program. Nicholas might seem shy but when it comes to performing and singing songs with his class he loves it!. He did a great job and I am still trying not to think about him going to First grade in 6 weeks.

Oh Dear!

Parker is our kid can that always make us laugh and cry, sometimes at the same time.
Luke has been gone at a Young Men campout for 4 days and today my wonderful friend Laura offered to take the 3 older kids so I can make my house look somewhat decent for Luke when he comes home.

Parker is pretty much potty trained so I don't worry much when he is at other houses. If anyone is on facebook you know that Parker is a little obsessed with eating paper, crayons, and other weird things. After an hour of being at Laura's house she calls me and tells me that Parker went poop in the toilet. I'm thinking, "that's great!". Then she continues to say that she wiped him and there was something hanging that wouldn't wipe. So she pulled and pulled and pulled something very long out of...well you know where. She didn't know what it was. Well I knew exactly what it was...DENTAL FLOSS!! No need to go back to re-read to make sure you read it right. I said dental floss!!! Seriously what a weirdo and poor Laura. Now that's a true friend! He got a hold of dental floss yesterday and I never found it, well now I know where it went. This kid, what will I do with him? Laura and I were both laughing(me more than her) and she said I should record this because it was just too funny. Alright so I know your mental picture isn't so good right now. Let me leave you with something better.

Pure Madness

I thought this picture above describes perfectly how it is traveling with kids. It's not fun and I honestly don't enjoy it.

We went up to Alpine to see all of Luke's family for the 4th of July. Normally this drive takes us about 6-7 hours just depending on how many bathroom breaks we have to take. ON the way up there it took us 10 hours!! No you didn't read that wrong. 10 freaking hours.They were doing some pavement work right after St. George. we were stuck for almost 2 hours and the kids were going crazy. Noah was crying non stop because it was hot and we weren't moving. I totally pulled a Britney Spears and put him on my lap in the front. (i don't want to receive any hated emails from the car seat Nazis out there). Anyways we finally made it there, and we all had fun. I definitely realized a few things after this trip. The #1 thing was that traveling with 4 kids 5 and under is crazy and I will not be doing anytime soon.

Other things I realized were:

-I can do 6.2 miles. I ran a 10K with 2 of my sisters in law, and brother in law. I have been waking up at 4:45 a, to train for this and I did it! According to my Garmin I did it in 1:04, but the chips says 1:07. Supposedly the chip is more accurate hmmmmm..... I don't know about that.
After the race all the girls got a pedicure and it felt good. I even paid the people 7 extra bucks to give me a longer massage. It was wonderful!
The other 4 waiting to get theirs done
Parker's closest cousin in age. They had so much fun together and got along really well.
Luke and I enjoying time alone. The kids were so busy that we actually got to talk to each other.
Uncle Andy set up a race for the kids and Nicholas took it very serious. And yes my kid eats he just has a great metabolism...just like his mom.
They spent endless hours in this hot tub. Parker was having so much fun that he didn't want to get out to use the toilet, so he just pooped in the hot tub. GO PARKER, um not really.
I got these awesome(and cheap) star sunglasses. I made the kids all wear them for a picture before they all broke into pieces. The older cousins were great sports about it.
The ladies did some crafts and one of them were these water balloon flip flops. They turned out cute but were such a pain. My fingers hurt for at least a day after. Sammy better wear them forever!
Sammy still thought she was the mom to Noah. Poor guy.
These 3 babies were all born within 3 months of each other. We are missing one that is 5 months older than Noah. I know they will be great friends and getting into too much trouble.
Papa Lund taking the kids on the famous lawnmower ride. Noah totally has Papa Lund's mouth.
Even though it was crazy and exhausting we had a blast. The kids play non stop and when I look at this:
I know it's worth it. My kids are so lucky to have so many cousins their age. #20 is coming this winter.

We're Ghetto

I like to think of us a classy family. Not too white trash or ghetto. Our ward had a Pinewood Derby for everyone. The boys were so excited to make their car. We kept putting it off, and totally forgot about it. Saturday comes and Luke realizes we forgot to make it. He tells the boys he will do it after basketball that morning. It was so not happening since Luke came home early from basketball with a hurt ankle. I thought it was broken but he said it was sprained. He couldn't do anything on it. The kids still wanted to go to the ward party so he said he would try to make a car. I could have stepped up and taken charge but I know nothing about those cars.

So basically Luke tried his hardest to do it in 3 hours with a sprained ankle. It was a great effort but it's still GHETTO! When we got there, there were some amazing cars. I'm not going to lie I was a little embarrassed by ours, but the kids had fun and that's all that matters, right? Whatever I was still embarrassed. Nick and Parker hung out by the track the entire time watching all the cars race. They loved it.

Nick decorated it himself.