It's Time!!

So I am WAY excited about starting my diet and workout plan. I have been watching my sister shed pounds doing "The Biggest Loser" and couldn't wait to get started. Last week was the first week I really started eating better and today I started my workout routine. I only have 6 lbs. of "baby Ryker" fat, but then I have to work on my baby twins and baby Liberty fat.....and then I will be done! :) I am actually really excited and way motivated; I just hope it doesn't fizzle out. After Liberty & the twins I never could seem to find the motivation to loose everything I wanted to, I kept losing and gaining the same 5-10 lbs and simply out of laziness! So hopefully on my "Biggest Loser" plan I will stay motivated (it is a lot easier when the show is on once a week to watch, but I guess I will have to settle for re-runs till October!) I thought about posting a before picture.....but maybe a before AND after picture would be better cuz then I wouldn't feel so disgusting about my before picture! LOL!

What a hot mama!

My sister and her family just went and had family pictures taken (by my awesome cousins Heather and Clint!!) and I just thought I would post a few. I sure love their family!! My sister is my BEST friend and I love her family as much as I love my own. They make me happy and I love it when MaKenna calls me to chit chat. Plus she is such a babe so I had to put some pictures on here!

My babies are growing up

So the week I had Ryker the twins were on a mission to learn how to climb on EVERYTHING in our house, which included climbing out of their crib. Brinley learned first and then taught Brigham, which is pretty much how things always go around here. Devin snapped a picture of Brinley after she had climbed out of her crib and fell asleep on the floor under her crib. We finally took the fronts of (they are those convertible cribs so you can use them as a bed) so they could have beds and not get hurt climbing in and out. It took afew nights of them playing for hours to finally learn to just go to sleep, but they do great now. When we go in to check on them before we go to bed we find them in all sorts of places....under the beds, behind the door, both in the same bed, or sharing a pillow on the floor; its really cute. I do always get a little sad when my babies start growing up into toddlers, but it is so fun to watch them grow and learn new things (ok, maybe not the bad things like climbing!)

Rykers blessing

As you can see, picture taking the day of Rykers blessing didn't go so hot. :) Oh well, that's what we get for waiting until after church (an Liberty pulls her ponies out right as we walk in the house!!) April 13th we had Rykers blessing. I always love the day my babies get their first blessing. It gives me goose bumps every time, to see all those wonderful men standing in a circle welcoming this beautiful new baby. I am so blessed to have the priesthood in my home and couldn't imagine a life without it. I love my children so much and always want the best for them. I don't remember much of the blessing because Brinley started flipping out, but I will just wait for the notes that Nola took. Great idea for anyone.....Devins sister Nola always jots down the blessing and then types it up and gives it to us. She has done this for almost all of her nieces and nephews. It's a wonderful tradition that I have now started with my family. I am always extra grateful on blessing days, for belonging to two such wonderful families. We are so blessed to have both of our families close to us and I love spending time with each of them. Thanks to everyone who made the trip out here for the blessing and the lunch. We love you all!

We love you Burke & Amber

Earlier this week my cousins nephew passed away....an 18 month old baby. The entire Jardine family has been deeply effected by this loss, and our thoughts and prayers are with them during this very difficult time. The purpose for this post is that I hope that everyone will take a minute to stop and realize how short life can be. My prayer is that each of us will take the time to put down the dust rag, the dishes or the vacuum, hang up the phone, or let those dirty dishes or laundry wait so that we make sure each one of our precious children gets a hug, a smile, an "I love you" and time with Mommy (and Daddy) every day of their lives. I would be devastated to loose one of my children and remember that just hours before I was too busy cleaning to stop and listen to them or talk to them, or just give them a big squeeze. I adore each of my beautiful children and would never want to live without them and hope dearly that they know how loved they truly are. No matter how insane my days may be, I do thank my Father in Heaven every day for blessing me with my sweet children.

Check out my Slide Show!

We had so much fun celebrating Pipers 1st birthday with her! It was a perfect day at the park and the kids had so much fun playing together. I sure love my little Pipes! She is such a sweet baby and I adore her sweet smile; she can light up a room! I love having her over and I love how much my kids adore her and play with her. Happy Birthday little Piper!!! We love you!

Happy 1st year!!!

Wednesday marked my first year of blogging!!! I know it might sound dumb, but I was really excited to know that I have been journaling so many fun things about our crazy life, for a whole year! I love my blog, it is really my favorite hobby. Having said that, this post is dedicated to my husband and how much he totally rocks!! He is so good to me and keeps me laughing. These pictures are from Sunday when after he gave all the girls a bath (and Mr. Brigham) he put pony tails in their hair. How many dads would do the bath, let alone pony tails! And that is totally him; he does that kind of stuff ALL the time! One weekend I had to work late on a Saturday night and when I came home, the kids were bathed and in bed, the house had been mopped and was spotless AND he had all 7 kids Sunday clothes, shoes, tights, & socks laying out and ready to go for church the next morning! I really couldn't live without him!! Love you Devin!

And here is an example of how he makes me laugh. Tuesday Hunter came down stairs after he was supposed to be in bed saying that he needed lotion for his legs and arms cuz they were itching so bad (he has eczema). So I gave him some lotion and sent him back to bed. I guess that wasn't good enough b/c he asked Devin for something else. I came back into the kitchen and found Devin rubbing cream on Hunters legs. I asked him what he was putting on him and he said, "oh, I found some Hydracortizone cream in the bathroom" I said "what, I didn't think we had any left?" and Devin said, "yeah, I found a whole tube." and I said, "let me see"..........this is what he was using. I was laughing my butt off for like an hour!!!

Pictures from Moms Birthday Bash

I did this wrong, so sorry it's in the wrong spot. These are from our Birthday Bash we had at Mike & Tiffanys for my Moms Birthday. It was me & Ambers first time playing guitar hero and I must say I am totally hooked!! I can't wait for my taxes to get here so I can go buy it!!! Happy Birthday Mom!

Photo shoot 1001

So I have posted many many times about my kids photo shoots that they do.......this one is definitely the funniest! Apparently Mason & Emberlyn stuck marshmallows to an apple to give it eyes and a smiley face and then were so proud of their work that they decided to take pictures. What cracks me up the most is that they staged it in different places to take pictures.....this isn't even half of them! I love it when my kids make me laugh! The other pics are of our garden; they are pretty good photographers!

Happy LATE Birthdays!

So after I posted about Crystals B-day, and was getting ready to post pictures of my niece Pipers Birthday, I realized i was adjusting to a new baby and didn't do a Birthday shout out for 2 of my favorite people!!





1st on March 21st (which was my actual due date; THANK GOODNESS I didn't go that long!!) was my Brother Jeremiahs 22nd b-day. When I moved out of the house to get married he was 10 or 11; then when my family moved back to AZ he left on his mission one month later, so this past year has been really fun getting to know him as an adult. Here are some things I love about Jeremiah.

* he has been the biggest ladies man since he was about 3 years old.....seriously!!!
* he has a great sense of humor (i really am the only one in my family that missed that jean!)
* he has always been such a sweetheart and I think he just lives to make people happy
* I still see him as my adorable baby brother and love having him around
* I love how much he has gotten to know my kids and (I think) really enjoys being a fun uncle
* I am SO happy that he has chosen to stay here in good ol' AZ since he has been home because it wouldn't be the same here with out him!!


And 2nd, but certainly not least... my beautiful mom turned 29 (funny how we are the same age!!) on March 27th. I will try to condense the list of things I love about her;
* she is my hero! Everything about her is amazing!
* her body rocks!! It is awful (for me) that she is smaller than I am......regardless of the fact that I just had a baby; BUT makes me way happy for her that she takes such good care of herself!
* she really is the kindest person I know
* she is the best mom any one could ever ask for
* she has always been an amazing example to me, in every way and I am being honest when I say that every day I try to be more and more like her. I really couldn't live without my mom & I am so blessed to have her in my life.


Sorry it's late, but we love you bunches Mom & Jeremiah Happy Birthday!!