My porch pal army......

Last year I started painting porch pals for a craft fair we had at my house. Then I was hooked & started doing more. This picture was taken awhile ago getting ready for another craft fair. I thought it was fun cause it looks like a small army. 

Poor, poor trampoline.

As you can see here in this video, this poor structure

was creaking & working hard to stay together.

We were all waiting for it to break. But alas, no

one will be needing to buy a new one yet. 

WII

Parts of this video are a little boring, but others

are fun! Grant usually beats us at bowling, even 

though we are helping him.

My boys in the crib!

These kids are too cute! Grant is trying to tell us 

what Moroni says on top of the Temple.

The 4th of July

So there was lots to do this weekend. The PJ & Pili family came up, pancake breakfast that wasn't so hot. Literally, it was cold. And the food was a little worse than normal. No cotton candy, games for the kids, but the band was there. Nathan just stood in front of them staring. No dancing, just staring. 

We swam all day, went down the slide, rode the swan, ate good BBQ ( thanks Jared! ), and had lots of fun. No one got burned with fireworks, Jared wore his "England" shirt, PJ crossed out Jared's name in the street & the neighbors looked like they spent thousands of dollars on fireworks.

The trampoline even made it through the weekend. PJ, Perry & Jared decided to torture the poor thing. They jumped so high we were sure it would not last. But that thing is faithful! 

4th of July!!!!

We had tons of fun on the 4th!!!!

Happy fourth!

 Tuesday was our 4th  year wedding anniversary!! We took some pics to remember this day. Here we are looking normal. Which picture you say?? You get to choose. Some of you know the real us & can tell the difference.

 Jared got down on one knee with the boys, & asked me to marry him again. See my ring pop? Then said that one day it would all pay off. Therefore, the payday. The boys saw the candy, & asked me to marry them too. I think they thought marriage equals candy. Only with the right person!!

 It's been a great 4 years, except the whole being pregnant for most of it. I love you! I look forward to eternity with you.

Morning sickness

So give me all your tips on morning sickness. Also, I added a poll to see how long yours lasted. 

Survival skills

Because I haven't been feeling well, I have been on survival mode lately. Make sure the boys are fed & don't die. That's my only concern. I stay in bed most of the day, they come get me when they need me. So Grant comes to me & says, "mom, help me clee up" I start thinking, if Grant is wanting to clean up something, that's not a good sign. So I get up, & this is what I see.

They're aaaalllliiiiivvvveeeeeee

I thought I had killed most of my 

plants, but some sprouted!! I 

think the 3 bigger ones are 

watermelons. The tiny ones 

that are barely up are pumpkins. 

My 2 tomato plants are everyday 

threatening me to die. 

We'll see what happens. 

Nathan Had an Ear Infection :(

My kids have never had ear infections before. So this was a little trying for us to deal with. He got to keep his binkie the whole day, & always had his blanket wrapped around him. How mean of a mom am I to take these  pics??

Husbands!!!

Dear Tech support,

Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slow down in overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.

In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5 and then installed undesirable programs such as NBA 5.0, NFL 3.0 and Golf Clubs 4.1. Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system. I've tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail.

What can I do?

Signed,
Desperate.

**************

DEAR DESPERATE,

First keep in mind, Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while Husband 1.0 is an operating system. Please enter command: ithoughtyoulovedme.html and try to download Tears 6.2 and don't forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update. If that application works as designed, Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewelry 2.0 and Flowers 3.5.

But remember, overuse of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0 or Beer 6.1. Please note that Beer 6.1 is a very bad program that will download the Snoring Loudly Beta.

Whatever you do, DO NOT install Mother-In-Law 1.0 (it runs a virus in the background that will eventually seize control of all your system resources.) Also do not attempt to reinstall Boyfriend 5.0 program. These are unsupported applications and will crash Husband 1.0.

In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly. You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance. We recommend Cooking 3.0 and Hot Lingerie 7.7.

Good Luck,
Tech Support

I copied this from another blog. Thought it was funny! Of course Jared has nothing to do with it.

My swimmers

I finally blew up the pool the Martini's left when they moved far far away from us. The boys had so much fun playing in the water. 

I left the water running the whole time, I know, not saving anything. But they loved playing with the hose!

So now we have a light green circle in our yard where the pool was. 

Due date

So my due date is Feb 3rd. I wanted to scan the ultrasound picture, but it was barely a gray dot. 

How boring is that?

Watermelon, watermelon. watermelon.......

Jared always jokes about singing watermelon in the choir. Just mouth the word over & over again. It makes it looks like you know what you're doing. Tonight we went outside for some dessert. Glad we were outside, & half naked, were just able to throw the boys in the tub afterwards. It was delicious!! 

What the heck is that??

The day I popped out Nathan, I remember laying in the hospital, looking at him & thinking, well, when should we have the next one??  I have been teased by a sister in law about how easily I forget. Yup, I forget the day of.  So I started planning right then when the next was to come along. To make it at least 2 years in between Nathan & the next, we would start in May. 

So on May 6th, I saw the Doc to take out the bc. 3 weeks later, I started feeling it. Dizziness, nausea, a little more cranky than normal. Then some girlies thought it would be funny to give me a prego test for my birthday (thanks Natalie & Sharday!) So I took it, knowing what the results would be. Therefore, the purple line picture some of you were emailed. 

I think I'm only about 4 weeks along, but on Saturday morning at the Temple, I couldn't zip up my dress. I know I haven't gained back THAT much weight in the last month. I looked down, & my stomach was popping out. What the heck??  It seems that overnight my stomach let it all out. I think my body said, ok, so you're knocked up, let's let it all hang out. All my hard work on the abs gone in a night. I had to suck it in the next 2 hours. 

Even on Sunday, a very nice sister let me know she knew my secret. Said I was looking a little bit poochy. Thanks Laura!! It's not that often someone tells you that you look fat! It was funny.

So now I look like I'm 4 or 5 months pregnant instead of 4 or 5 weeks. Wonder what I'll look like at 7 months!!

Tahoe vacation

For the Memorial day weekend, we went up to Tahoe with some friends. We were supposed to be camping, but the weather stank, so we rented a cabin. It was still fun even though we couldn't go outside too much. We watched movies, played with the kids, stayed up late talking, made s'mores off the BBQ, & played the WII. Yup, we finally bought a WII last week. Fun videos to come!

Us girls spent some time reading. Although it was hard to focus with 6 kids running around. Make that 5 kids. Miley slept through the whole weekend. We ate lots of junk food. Stomach is still a little upset. So enjoy the pics!!

Computer for the boys

I'm so glad I never threw away my 1780 laptop. This thing is at least 10 years old. Takes 10 minutes to start up and another minute to acknowledge any decisions. So now it is the boys computer. We got some games at the library, & they're hooked! Now I can get a program to read to my kids. I'm such a good mom.

I love to see the Temple!

We went up to the Temple on Monday for FHE. The boys had fun playing games on the nice grass. And of course Jared had his fun with the fountain. I'm not sure if these are appropriate or not, but the boys loved it!!

My marriage to Jared

What is his name? Jared Keith Hasleton
How long have you been married? It will be 4 years in June.
How long did you date?  3 months before my mission, 11 days after. 

How old is he? 27.

Who eats more? He does. Unless I'm stressed. My body will send out hormones that "doesn't" tell me I'm full. I can eat till I drop dead.
Who said I love you first? He did.
Who is taller? Jared by a good foot or so.
Who sings better? I think the question should be who sings worse???
Who is smarter? I swear that whatever I don't know, he knows. & visa versa. It makes us a good team, but we never know what the other is talking about. 

Who's temper is worse? I get real cranky, but when Jared gets mad (not that often) he's good about walking away.
Who does the laundry? ME. ME. ME. ME. ME.ME. ME. ME. ME. ME. ME. ME. He'll throw a load in, but that's where it stays.
Who does the dishes? Please see previous answer.
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Facing the bed, it's me.
Who does the cooking? Jared is a great cook when he feels like it. But I do it the most.
Who drives when you are in the car together? Jared.
Who is more stubborn? I think I might have him on this one. Although he's right up next to me.
Who proposed? He did in the Vic's grocery parking lot. It was a total suprise, we were on the way to get the ring. Vic's seems a little cheesy, but that's where a lot of memories were for us.
Who is most likely to admit when they are wrong? I am a little too proud of the fact that I'll admit when I'm wrong. I can't stand it when people are not able say I'm wrong & you're right. Get over it. .
Who's parents do you see the most? Devil's triangle with parents one mile to the right & the others one mile down. It's a toss up.
Who pays the Bills? I do.
Who wears the pants in your family? He does in the traditional way. 

I tag Lisa martini!!!!!