May Update

It has officially been forever since I have updated my blog. I hate not having a computer. We are saving money for a vacation and so we have to wait to get a new computer. May was a busy month so I just thought I'd share a few of the things we did this month. Since I am writing and posting this at the end of June we'll see how good my memory is. There wasn't a whole lot of good weather this month but the few days that were good we took advantage of it. Here is a few pictures of Grandpa Galloway's pond. The big boys decided to get out the boat and put it in the pond and of course all the kids had to have a boat ride.

Brynlie found a stick and had to pretend that she was fishing. They got new fishing poles for Christmas but hadn't had a chance to try them out yet. The stick was plenty fun for her this day.

Just a few pics of my cute and nutty girls.

We were anxious this month to plant our garden. The strawberries were the first things we planted. Porter made a planter box for the strawberries and the girls helped plant. I thought it was way too cold to be outside so I took a picture and then went in. We did finally get the rest of the garden planted and we planted a whole lot. We tried just about everything, just to see what we could grow and if we would use it. I guess we'll see when everything is ready to be harvested and then we can plan our garden better next year.



During the middle of May I went with some friends of mine to Bear lake for an overnight getaway. These girls have been friends of mine since I was little. We all grew up in the same ward and area and we have stayed in touch all these years. We had a lot of fun talking, eating, playing truth or dare, etc. It was too bad it was for only one night. We all decided that it will have to be longer next year.


Porter stayed home with the girls while I was away. I think they love it when I go because Porter always has fun stuff planned for the girls and they love it. He ended up taking the girls to his softball practice, then out to eat and then he took them bowling. The girls didn't even miss me.




Rylie had her Kindergarten graduation the end of May. It's sad to think my little girl is growing up. I really can't say if Rylie liked Kindergarten or not. I guess it depended on the day. She did really well and always got the highest marks available on the tests. She even over came a lot of her shyness and made quite a few friends. We are very proud of her.

Rylie and some of her friends from school.

There hasn't been a lot to do for the kids outside since we live in a big dirt pile but leave it up to them and they always find something to do and they are always getting filthy doing it. This picture is of my girls making their own slide. They would go up to the top of the hill and slide down on their bums. They didn't care how dirty they got or how many pairs of pants they ruined , just so long as they had fun.

This is a picture of the girls after playing outside. This is pretty much what they look like everyday. I don't even think that they played on the dirt pile this day, they just have to go outside and this is how filthy they get.



Grandma and Grandpa Galloway got a goat and it is a very friendly goat. The kids absolutely loved it for the first few weeks. It would follow them around and they would feed it and play with it. The goat had a baby shortly after this picture was taken but the baby died. Now the goat is staked around to keep weeds down and the girls have grown tired of it.

Here is the girls playing in our muddy backyard after it had rained. They would put on their rain boots and go play in the mud. I can't wait until we have a yard and I don't have to deal with dirt and mud any more. I guess one way to sum up the month of May would be a very dirty month.

New Addition

Some of you may have noticed on the side bar a floating baby. Yes, I am pregnant. I am about 12 weeks along and due November 10. I was actually going to wait to tell anyone until I knew if it was a boy or girl but Porter didn't want to wait so we told family and now I'm telling friends. We're excited and so are the girls. They want a brother pretty bad. I guess it doesn't really matter to me what it is, but a girl would be a lot easier since I have all the girl stuff and I know what to do with girls. I have a feeling this is going to be a long and exhausting pregnancy. I can barely stay awake all day and I'm usually in bed by 9 or 9:30 and I'm still tired when I wake up. The sickness is starting to go away a little bit, but it hasn't been too bad this time.

Easter!

I really like Easter. Probably because I know that summer is coming soon. We had a fun Easter weekend. Saturday we went to my parents house and had an Easter egg hunt and dinner.The girls loved the egg hunt and got a ton of candy. It took Brynlie a minute to figure out what they were doing and then she went like a wild woman.They got to play with their cousin Jared who they love to play with and had a blast. It was nice for me to because I could let them play outside by themselves because I knew Jared was out there and he's old enough now it's like having a babysitter out there with them.

This picture is of the girls at Grandma and Grandpa Galloways for the egg hunt they had on Sunday after church.

Saturday night the girls colored eggs. They love to color eggs. Porters extended family gets together on Easter and they have a tradition of going down to Grandpa Porter's pond and they climb up the hill and roll colored Easter eggs down it. Don't ask me what that's all about because I still don't get it but everyone has a lot of fun. I've never heard of rolling eggs until I married Porter but I guess it's a really old tradition.

This is the girls on Easter morning they got a little bit of candy, cause I knew they would get a load from the grandparents. They also got toys for outside like sidewalk chalk, little gardening tools, and a plastic golf club set. Brynlie got a puzzle book and Rylie got a Tinkerbell coloring book. They were a little disappointed they weren't allowed to open anything until after church but I noticed Brynlie sneaking a few pieces of candy.

This is one reason I love having girls, because I get to dress them up especially for Easter. They got new outfits for church. I have and obsession with matching them. They both got the same outfit just in different colors.
Of course Brynlie can't be serious for a picture. Notice the piece of candy in her hand that she had to have.

Rylie is such a little princess sometimes, she loves to get her picture taken and took a lot of really cute pictures. This is one that shows off her new outfit so I had to post it.

We had a really fun and really busy Easter weekend. I love having so much family around so we can have these fun times together.

Spring Break Fun

A little over a week ago we decided to go with Porter's family and take the girls to that dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point. It was a pretty cool museum. They had a lot of hands on things to do for the kids. They got to use brushes and un-bury dinosaur bones and there was a water and sand table to play with. I thought it was pretty expensive, thirty dollars for just Porter and I to get in. Thankfully Porter's parents paid for the girls or that would have been another twenty five. There was also a 3-d movie to see which was kind of neat. The girls liked it but I don't know if we would ever go again. We are more into doing cheap things with the girls, but we're willing to try anything once
The silly girls un-burying dinosaur bones.

This was a huge dinosaur and all I could get in the picture was the foot so I had the girls pose by it.

Brynlie by a Triceratops, you can't really see it in the picture.




Seth, Rylie, Brynlie, and Parker posing for pictures.

Here's just a couple of pics of the girls swimming at the hotel. I think that they had more fun swimming than anything else we did that weekend.



We also went to the Living Planet Aquarium in Sandy. When we first pulled up to the aquarium I was a little worried. It looked like and I pretty sure it's true that they converted an old grocery store into the aquarium. I wasn't quite sure what to think about it. I only hoped it would be worth it.


It was really small but I was pleasantly surprised. They did have a lot of cool fish to see and they let you pet sting rays. My kids just wanted to touch the fish that were in the sting ray tank and not the sting rays. They even had little sharks to look at. It wasn't too expensive which was a bonus and the girls got to use their own money to buy themselves souvenirs. I think the girls really enjoyed it.
Besides taking the girls to the movie Monsters vs. Aliens the museum and aquarium are about the only things we did with the girls for spring break. I got really sick and could barely get out of bed for a few days so the girls didn't have that fun of a break but at least we got to do a few things.

Bunk Beds

Our girls have been wanting bunk beds for a while but being the paranoid mom that I am I kept procrastinating getting them. They went from cribs to toddler beds to twin mattresses on the floor. I was always worried about them falling out of bed and getting hurt. ( I won't even let Rylie ride the bus from school because they don't have seat belts.) I guess I worry too much. Anyway, I got their bedding for the bunk beds a while ago and even painted their room coordinating with the bedding but I never put the quilts on because I didn't want them ruined with the beds on the floor. So we decided to finally get the bunk beds yesterday. I never realized how hard it is to make up bunk beds. The girls were so excited to go to bed. They were the ones who wanted me to take their pictures. They loved their new bedding and had to pose with their pillows. I have tons of cute ideas to decorate their room but if I actually get to it, it will be a miracle. They both had a hard time getting to sleep because they are used to sleeping right next to each other. I had to lay by them for a while until they went to sleep, then Brynlie woke up at about three in the morning and wouldn't go back to sleep until about five. I just hope they get used to the beds soon because I don't know how many sleepless nights I can take.

New car!

We finally did it. We got a new car. Actually it's a used car but it's new to us. We have been kicking around the idea of getting a different car for awhile but we weren't really serious about it. We really needed a new one because our Matrix was just too small and if we wanted to add to our family we would definitely need a bigger vehicle. No this isn't an announcement we just found what we wanted for the right price and I'm glad we got it before someone else did. It is a 2004 Honda Pilot. It's the same year as our Matrix but it has third row seating, so the whole thing will fit 8 people. I couldn't and wouldn't bring myself to buy a minivan, it's just not me. Nothing against minivans but that's just a vehicle that I won't buy. It has leather seats and is in really good condition. I'm pretty happy about it. It drives so much smoother than the Matrix. We traded the Matrix in so our payments are just a little bit more than our payment for the Matrix so it wasn't a bad trade financially. We got it from Nate and Andy's in Logan. I really liked working with them, they were very helpful. So needless to say I am glad we got a new vehicle.

My needs

I saw this funny thing on a blog and I thought I would share it. All you need to do is go to google and type in your first name and then 'needs'. I typed in 'Jenny needs' and this is what google came up with:
* Jenny needs to find herself a baller. -I'm not sure what a baller is and what I would do with one...I have a melon baller will that work?
* Jenny needs a Wee Video by Mr. Jingles. - k, kinda random but what do I know.
* Jenny needs a road bike.- Well I actually need a Mountain bike I used to love riding bikes so this one is right on the mark.
* Jenny needs space! - This one couldn't be more true. My kids are on this thing lately where they can't do anything by themselves and are always wanting me to hold them or they are sitting on my lap. I feel a little smothered. I love them dearly, but I do need space.
* Jenny needs your help. - I actually don't know who's help I need or why I need it.
* Jenny needs to step it up.- I really do. We've been in our house two and a half months and I still don't have everything done I need to do. The house isn't decorated and there are still a few things left to unpack.
* Jenny needs Facebook.- No, I don't. I'm still into blogging and I don't need more computer stuff taking my time.
* Jenny needs to leave her bag with me. - Well if they want it they can have it, they'll probably give it right back. There is nothing in there that anyone would want.

There was a lot more, but I just put in a sample of the things. I thought it was kind of funny some of the stuff that was on there. Everyone should try it.