Catch Up!

My fam:)
Chase was soooooo excited to meet baby Koen. He wants our babies to be like him! (not mobile)
This is what we saw Christmas morning! We were so lucky to be able to fly out!


Ok so it has been awhile since I have been able to post. I having thinking about doing this just about every day and some how it doesn't get done. I then realized that I could save it as a draft if I don't have time all at once to finish. How cool is that! I know that I am a little slow, but I am blaming it on having 5 children! So life is crazy as ever but that is just the way things are around the Shelley house. We were able to go home for Christmas. It was so fun to see everyone and hang out. Breslynn and Daxon both decided to get teeth while we were there so that made things fun. One of the main reasons we went out was because my sister had her baby. Koen was born a little early so we weren't able to be there the day he was born. I don't think my sister wanted to wait for me. I am pretty sure she was glad to not be pregnant and hold that beautiful boy! We were sure glad to meet him! I now understand how mean I have been for not living close to family. I miss that baby boy sooooo much! I am trying to get her to move out here. We will see if I work my magic:) We informed everyone that we will NOT be coming out next year:( It is Chad's turn to take call. He has been really lucky that his Partners have been really understanding. So everyone is welcome to come to Missouri!!!!
We have had a yucky winter so far. We are hoping that it is done but not holding our breath. When we got back from Utah the kids had 1 full day of school on Tuesday and then on Wednesday they let out early due to the EXTREME cold. It was so cold the rest of the week that school was closed. It was so cold, -20 or less with the wind chill that they were worried about the buses running! Crazy!

Mikinzie turns 10!

Miki turned 10 this week!!! She is such a sweet heart and I don't know what I would do without her. It was a fun day at home for all of us except Daddy (he had to work).  The kids had their second snowday. Miki had mixed emotions about this....kinda happy, but sad she couldn't share her treats.  We were mean and made her wait all day to open her presents. As soon as we got home from piano lessons we finally let her open her gifts.  She was/is way excited to have her scooter. It is a electric one that she can try and keep up with Jaidon in the back yard. I told Chad that we just need a track back there now:) She is so excited to be in the "double digits" and is already counting down the time left before she can drive!!! I am sooo not ready for that! Miki still LOVES to dance and her Friday nights are spent at the dance studio.  She is there from 4:30 till 8:45 pm. When I asked if she liked it or if it was to much she looked at me like I had four eyes :) I guess that means she likes it! She also started piano this fall and is doing great. I am way happy that someone is getting use out of our piano.  I am so proud of her and so greatful for all that she does for me. Miki is so thoughtful and is always helping me out. She has turned into quite the little mommy to the twins and some days she is the reason that I don't go completly crazy.  Thinking back over the past 10 years and I am amazed at how fast time has gone and want the next 10 to sloooow down. Happy Birthday Princess!!!

Happy Halloween

Miki's witch pumpkin

/Jaidon's scary face

 Mom working hard

The big kids

CHEESE!

My babies :)

Chase's pumpkin

Happy Halloween! Well we surrvived!  I have always known that I did not want to be a single parent and I still feel this way after the past week or so.  We have been running crazy around here. I don't know why I act like this is something new, but this week was a little bit crazy.  The big kids did not have school on friday so we finaly went and got our pumpkins. We had been waiting for a time that dad could come with us, but that turned out to be impossible!!! Thank goodness there is a apple orchard right outside our neighborhood that has good pumpkins (over priced, but still good). It was well worth the convience of it! I was able to take them on the way to drop Chase off at preschool.  This worked out well, babies stayed in the car and there wasn't enough time to change your mind a thousand times.  With Chad off helping some friends put a new roof on I was left to carve the pumpkins, did I mention that Chad was gone....SO in the moments that the babies where content we worked on them. I must say I am rather happy with how they turned out.  Saturday was full of excitement as we waited for the Trunk or Treat at the Church.  Chad was gone all  afternoon with the young men on the boat. They are crazy!!! They had fun and were back on time, I think Chad knew I would have killed him he he wasn't :) We had a great time at the church and then made it home to go trick or treating in our neighborhood.  I think the best part was waking up this morning and having the extra hour because of the time change. I really needed it!

Twice the fun!

So here are some new pictures of the babies. They turned 7 months yesterday! I can't believe how big they are getting. They are so much fun! I am not going to lie, it still is VERY challenging, but what do you do.  Breslynn and Daxon have started noticing each other and it is so fun to watch. They will laugh, crawl and play together. Daxon thinks it is fun to lay on top of his sister, most of the time she doesn't care. Daxon is crawling everywhere and Bres is a little slower, but she keeps up! Daxon is also pulling up and cruising along furniture. The bumps and bruises have begun :)  Breslynn is my easy going, talkative little girl. She is deffently very vocal and just babbles all day long. She laughs at me every time I try to get her to say "MAMAMAMA". I don't know why she thinks it is sooo funny. I just sit back and think of how lucky I am to have 2 babies learning and growing at the same time.  It is so fun to see their little personalities come out.  I swear Heavenly Father likes to send me babies with a little extra personality just for fun. No teeth, yet thank goodness but I am sure they are on their way.....fun for me!

-Desclaimer- Could not get spell check to work. I am horrible at spelling!!

2009 ELK HUNT

DADDY AND JAIDON WERE SUCCESSFUL IN 2009!!!!

So I logged on to update the blog and I found this lovely picture! Chad and Jaidon had a blast. They were able to go out to Southern Utah for 9 days and hunt the whole time. All the Shelley Boys were able to go have their "manly" time :) I was home with the rest of the crew! Chad was lucky that my sister was able to come out for a week. I was sure glad to see her on Tuesday when I picked her up. Chad had left the Thursday before! She helped me a TON! We had alot of fun and we both did more shopping then we had in along time. I was sure glad to have my boys home and listen to Jaidon tell me all his stories. I asked him if he heard a lot of naughty words and his eyes lit-up and said "YES":) At least this year he is old enough to know not to repeat them. He hasn't done anything yet and blamed it on Uncle Choc, but I am sure there is still time for that. I am so glad they were able to go and spend that time with family. Miki and I are starting to plan what we are going to do when ALL the boys go and it is just us girls. I can promise you it will not be somewhere on a cold mountain where we don't get to shower for days!!!