world without children............{boring}

The mind of a 5 year old......

Laughed so hard I cried.......

Is their honest minds funny or embarrassing?

answer.....

Innocent!

practice makes perfect

Aaron had some paper work to do,

so.....

we spent the evening throwing balls in the gym.

It is kida fun to see the tables turned a little with Tay &  Bri.

they are throwing partners once again,

but this time it is for Tay.

 Briar says Tay throws pretty hard now. 

{harder than some of the boys he has played ball with}

and It didn't take long to feel how hard when he decided not to catch one,

and it bounced off the wall and whacked him in the back.

yikes!

But he was a good sport and helped get the practice in.

What a Brother!!

I sure hope all her hard work and dedication pays off.

i don't think she has worked so hard,

or wanted something so bad in a long time.

{fingers crossed}

GOOD LUCK TODAY TAY!!!!!!

we all love you very much! 

xoxo

Good weeekend

This weekend Briar had his first freestyle Tournament

He had 3 freestyle matches and 3 folkstyle matches.

He did very well, and walked away with 2 medals.

2nd place in freestyle

and 

3rd place in folkstyle.

we are so proud of him and his accomplishments.

keep it up Bri

cOuSiNs...

CoWbOyS & PrInCeSsEs 

 

 

That's one of the many things happening at my house today :)

They love dress up and photos

2 cute right!

Next.... LuNcH!

 

 Nachos

with what else but..... SoUr CrEaM!!!

Followed up with cartoons and a little napping till we got the older 2 from school.

Then.......

GaMe On!

and..... 

nothing around here is complete without a little wrestling.

I think the little ones won. 

lastly we made a cake to finish up our day.

YuMmy!

so glad we could have cousin time.

nottin better! ;)

OWEEEEEEE!!!!!

Yesterday was a little traumatic!! As you can see Cloe had to get her Kindergarten shots and she wasn't very happy about it. And even though she wasn't happy she was very brave and barely teared up. Today is a different story since she has complained all day about how bad the tetnis shot still hurts. Kindergarten will be a great adventure for Izzy but a sad, sad time for her mommy. I am afraid Izzy is much braver and more excited than her mom ever will be about the whole school thing.

Snowed In

I'm pretty grateful for my kids.

I know I say it a lot, 

but I am proud of the young people they are becoming.

.

The kids and I woke early Sunday to get the shoveling done,

before Aaron got home and Church started.

We knew we had our work cut out for us since we got dumped on Sat.and through the night.

So, we bundled up and headed out. 

It was then that we realized how much work it was going to be.

Not only was it DEEP but HEAVY.

It took FOREVER.

And just as we, along with the neighbors finished cleaning all our driveways out.

the plows decided that they would FINALLY grace our street with their presence.

{for the first time in 2 days of snow}

Lucky us right?!

let me show you what we got.

nice huh!

I'm not gonna lie

I started to cry out of exhaustion and frustration when I saw this.

Why?

Because I knew my side was next!

 Thankfully we have great neighbors and we got help with 4-wheelers.

Which meant we could still get the sidewalks and neighbors done before church.

Unfortunately, my back decided I needed to rest after.

So thats what we did.

Until my meeting for girls camp.

Along with making treats for the neighbors.

No School Monday!

can I get a Woot Woot!!

It was nice to really sleep in, except for the guilt that Aaron had been up for HOURS!

Sorry babe!

But...

my joy was shortly lived when I fell down the stairs.

It really hurt BAD.

and...

I screamed really LOUD.

I think I bruised my hip.

cause it really hurts.

Anywho....

I am sorely movable today,

and feeding a 5 year old every time I turn around.

I think her tummy is bottomless.

life

Life is busy as usual but ever so fun and entertaining.

In the last week we have had:

my sister in laws baby shower with lots of food and visiting. 

.

Briar got to go shoot trap with the boys and had a blast.

.

Briar had his wrestling party.

.

I took the girls to the Justin Beiber movie. 

Cloe was the cutest thing ever and Tay was so quite and focused.

.

Valentines day turned out better than expected.

Aaron was supposed to work ALL DAY! 3a.m.- 10p.m. :(

But.... 

he took the first part of the day off and surprised me with my favorite

WHITE CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRIES

and rose in a heart balloon.

he is the sweetest thing.

the kids also were happy with there surprises.

.

Taylor and Briar finally got signed up for hunter saftey. {Yeah!}

.

Tay has had more softball, and is doing very well.

I'm now afraid to play catch with her.

She throws hard and fast.

I kept jumping out of the way or timidly trying to catch them.

Aaron and Tay found much humor in it.

me?.... 

not so much. {scary}

.

IZ had her first Kindergarten experience.

They had their getting to know you day and she loved it. And is very excited.

I on the other hand am not loving it. And am not excited.

I will cry all day. actually probably all week when she starts.

.

And finally.... yesterday

Quite entertaining for everyone.

At school tays crush almost kissed her{For a cracker} and she giggled and ducked away.

she was still blushing when she told the story.

I had dinner and laughs with the ladies at BUNCO last night,

While Aaron got threatened by 6 high school boys at work.

YES..... you read right.

He found it highly entertaining and they ended up eating crow after.

In the mean time at home, 

I decided I need a raise.

Thats right, 

Moms just don't get paid enough sometimes.

Although....

I did get many laughs in.

My kids were on one last night.

first they decided to harass each other {jokingly}

which lead to Iz biting Briar.{ harder than intended}

So... i gave her a easy time out, which lead to a VERY long and more difficult time out.

 She refused to apologize.

She is just so stubborn.

anywho,

she finally apologized and it was as if nothing ever happened.

We built houses out of playing cards, played slap jack and Izzys favorite card game...... 52 card pick up. 

She is so funny!

Tay and Briar wrestled ALL stinking night till i sent them into their own rooms.

holy cow they never stop.  

Briar was in his underwear, so of coarse Tay took advantage of the bare skin.

We all laughed pretty hard, and neither one would give up.

I Love that they are so close.

I got some fun pictures, but like I said Briar was in his underwear.

AND.. 

that is our week in a nutshell.

Hopefully I will be better this next week.

legs broken????

I really wonder sometimes if my families legs are all broken, yes even mine.

Or..

are we lazy?

Seems to be my question today.

I feel we yell a lot.

not mean.(ok maybe sometimes)

but really!

are we the only ones that yell through the house to talk to each other?

instead of walking to were the person we want to talk to is.

just a thought!

anywhoo..

I am rushing through the entire house today trying to get ready for my sister in laws baby shower tomorrow.

And my little Izzy is quite the little helper.

she was cleaning my kitchen window today, 

and I told her she could have a chocolate for being such a good helper.

she then started dancin and singin O yea! I'm awesome!

I would have to agree she is pretty stinkin awesome!

O 

and don't you just LOVE the BEAUTIFUL day and BRIGHT sun?

It even feels WARM today.

come on spring!

Happy day! ;)

Project

Baby boy Bunderson

( no not me!) 

not bad for my first try.

lots more babies coming so I"ll get more practice. (cousins)

Including one girl.

Learning

Don't you just love it when the kids have home economics?!

Well... Briar has the cooking end of it this trimester and

they have to make 4 things at home and have it signed off by one of his parents.

Can I just say WHAT A TASK!!!!!

My boy is good at many things,

BUT......

there are a few things that are nightmareish , insanity driven , entertaining to TRY and teach him.

Cooking is one of them.

We decided to try a Yummy peanut butter treat that has many measuring steps,

but no baking except melting the chocolate. 

(which I decided I better do for him.)lol

He struggled quite a bit but Aaron, Taylor and I where there to help him through.

And..

They turned out pretty darn good.

Here are a few pics. of his work.

Yes... he is TEXTING on the other side of that bowl.

Yes.. he pulled many faces and found the humor in his learning.

And..

Yes he had to also do the clean up as part of his assignment.

Only 3 more cooking assignments to go.

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On another note, Yesterday was my sweet baby sisters Birthday.

So Izzy and I got her Birthday stuff made and gathered and ran to get her new favorite drink from sonic,

before going to see her.

Izzy had lots of fun making her own special card.

 Yes.. monkey is still always at her side.

and often had to check her work. lol

Way cute right!?!

She is doing so well with her writing and art work.

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Taylor came home the last 2 days very sore from softball, they have been SLIDING.

She has bruises on her knees and hip bones, and burns on her hands. :(

But.. she is loving every minute of it. and is getting better and better.

Be Mine..........

 

 

So Briar came to me the other day and said that his friend who happens to be a girl.

was hinting asking him about having a valentines.

Of coarse he got it, because he then asked her to be his VALENTINE.

2 cute right. 

He then asked her how long she had been waiting for that.

Boys right !?! lol

but..

she let him know it had been 3 long weeks.

what a patient QT!

<3

I was also informed by my dear friend today that

her little guy wants to take Cloe to Wingers for Valentines.

By himself!

with moms money of coarse.

Can you say CUTE!

<3

My sweet Tay has no special Valentine this year,

BUT... 

she has good friends and they are gonna have lots of fun at the Valentine dance Friday.

<3

Now I just gotta pull it together for MY VALENTINE!

xoxo

Love is in the air!

3 loves...

Yesterday we spent the afternoon with the kids.

3 of my very favorite people. 

It has been awhile since we have had some new pics. of the 3 of them,

So....

we decided to snap a few around town so i could update.

here are a few of our favorites.

 It was interesting.

* Tay gets a serious case of the yawns every time we get pictures.

* Briar doesn't like his smile, so... he doesn't. then he looks mad.

* Cloe becomes silly.

and that is just a few things to overcome.

But we still had some fun.

Including some fun fossil rocks Briar found at the tracks.

Afterwards we took them to subway for lunch,

and headed to Ogden to print some pics

and get Taylor a new softball helmet and batting gloves.

Then it was home to make virgin Daiquiris and Pina Coladas

and meet up with friends for sleepovers.

I was a Happy momma!

I love my kids and can't wait till spring for some new family pictures.

We have only had them done once since we had Cloe 

and it became such a mess, that we NEVER got any.

And they were kinda cute. :(

This is our year.

I am gonna get them.

" Brothers and Sisters, together as friends,

ready to face whatever life sends.

Joy and laughter or tears and strife,

holding hands tightly 

as we dance through life."

play date

Today Cloe got to have a play date with 2 of our cute little neighbor kids while their mom ran a few errands.

She was so excited!

as was I.

  Cloe has been wanting a play date for a while now,

but we have been so busy with the older 2 that she never gets one.

So we were very happy when they called.

They had so much fun, and played so well together.

It will definitely have to happen more often.

they spent the first hour or so watching ice age,

then decided to play farm animals and dress up 

while watching the Little Mermaid.

*

Now for girls night!

games, movies and hair.

afternoon snack

Peanut butter, milk, time.

peanut butter, milk time.

where ya at 

where ya go

where ya at

where ya go

peanut butter milk

peanut butter milk

.

.

.

what can I say, we love peanut butter around here.

problem?!

maybe just the double dippin they seam to sneak. SHHH!

good thing we love 'em ;)

baby lotion...

don't you just love the smell of it on your little ones after a bath?! :)

 Today is clean up day.

most accomplished including..

Cloe's bubble bath. I love how clean and yummy they smell and look after.

Yesterday Cloe and I stayed in our jammies and played in the house sewing, cuddling etc...

After school and work we had the others join us.

Tay made pudding pops while aaron and I played with pics and Briar and Cloe sewed.

(here are a few pics of what we did)

my first attempt at making pillows.

I wanted to bring out a little more color in the room.

 each of the kids made a sign for me

saying "I Love You!"

is big at our house so I figured why not display it.

 Random craziness

(see the I Love You sign? I do it all the time)

 

            chap stick holder & locker pocket for Izzy

                                                                    what a nice brother. ;)

Tonight is open gym for Tay. 

Hopefully she will relax a little and not be so stressed.

She just needs to have more confidence in herself.

Which sounds so funny to say about our Tay.

She is usually a VeRy confident girl.

She just wants it so badly and doesn't want to mess up.

Cloe Elizabeth Bunderson

Cloe "I can't find my notebook"

Me "what notebook?"

Cloe " my purple notebook"

Me "Is it the one you took this weekend?"

Cloe "My purple one I write in"

Me " It is in the closet in your bag"

Cloe " No !"

Me "Are you sure?"

Cloe (rolling eyes and being very dramatically annoyed) 

" UGH! I think your smoking crack!"

Me (lmbo) "then check in your room"

AAAAHHHAAAAA!

found it!

She comes up with the craziest things.

And arguing with her does no good even if your right.

She now is getting into the AnGrY faces. It cracks me up. Because if the first one doesn't work, she attempts another one. And all we can do is laugh.

(here is one of the mild ones.)

I guess if at first you don't succeed try, try again?!