my little super hero

Marquis a superman and batman cap for Christmas and he loves them. he wears atleast one of them everyday at some point. Here are a few pictures i got of him "flying" in them. Madisyn likes to wear them too but she is too scared to jump/ "fly".





Madisyn has her own little personality and attitude. I have been trying to catch some of her faces she makes when she is showing that attitude. Here is what i have gotten so far. This is her yelling at us for putting something on the counter that she thought shouldn't be up there. she said "there is no reason to do that".



one more thing i don't wanna forget.a little conversation with marquis.
Chyanne-man marquis you are getting so big.
Marquis- yeah i know
Me- yeah i can't believe he is almost 4 yrs old and half way to get baptized.
Marquis(embarrassed/excited facial expression) yeah, daddy got baptized too.
Me- then after you get baptized only 10 yrs before you can go on a mission.
Marquis- mom you are crazy look on his face
Me- are you going to be a missionary when you grow up?
Marquis- no, a surfer guy mom. i am going to live with Nana in Hawaii and you can come too.

Update

So we have been keeping busy. Glen got a new job working for a company called Digis (thank you to our friends the Ostranders for getting him an interview). He has been working for 2 weeks now. HE is loving being back to work. The kids and i are getting back into a routine with out daddy being home. I have been working out and feeling a little less stressed by doing so. We have gone swimming at a rec. center about 20 minutes from our house, its a neat little place, it has a little wading pool with a play ground in it, and gets deeper as you go out. it has a big slide that the kids love. We also took the kids bowling for the first time a week ago. They loved it and marquis was so funny to watch because he would stand with his hands on his hips watching to ball role and then when it would go in the gutter he would swing is arms and say "dang it". it was so cute. We are so ready for it to be warm outside and be able to play outside all day if we wanted. Some days the kids to really well with being stuck inside and some days all they do is fight. They both keep telling me they want a baby. Marquis told me to go to the doctors office and get a baby in my tummy. He is so funny. We cut Marquis' hair off that we had been trying to grow out, he wanted it like dads.Madisyn is obsessed with babies and takes her babies everywhere and always wants them wrapped up. We went to Red Robin for $5 burgers and right before they brought our food out marquis said his tummy hurt so i had him come sit on my lap and not a minute later he was puking all over the both of us and the floor. I must say that is my first time being thrown up on in a restaurant, i have been throw up on several times at home since becoming a mom but this was my first experience out. They people working at Red Robin weren't very quick at getting us help we sat covered in vomit for about 5 minutes before they brought us a rag.Enough about vomit. The kids love playing super heroes and having their friends over or going over to their friends house.Overall we are doing pretty good. I am still look for something to do from home to earn some extra money for our family and keeping busy with the kids. Madisyn is as outgoing as ever making friends anywhere we go. Her new phrase is __________ followed by I promise. for example, its not spicy i promise. She is bossy and thinks she is in control of everything. Well think that's all that has been going on really. Fun stuff.

Kids playing super heroes with their friend.

Marquis and his new hair cut.

marquis bowling look at him watching his ball

Madisyn and Chyanne with Madisyn's baby she takes everywhere.

Madisyn getting ready to bowl

Vegas and my birthday

So last week Glen and I took the kids and drove 6 1/2 hrs to Las Vegas to meet up with my old roommate, teammate and wonderful friend from Hawaii. We had a lovely time but this trip wouldn't have been possible if it weren't for my grandmas sending us a little extra money. so thank you to her. WE left Wednesday morning and arrived to our hotel (the Orleans) at about 1:30. The kids were a little disappointed the pool was closed but we made up for it with all the fun things we did. I must say the strip is way more fun and entertaining at night. We watched some of the free shows like the volcano eruption at the mirage (Madisyn was terrified of the fire that came out and thought it had burned her hair off) it was kinda hot, the water fountain show at Belagio, and we tried to watch the pirate show at Treasure Island but it was not appropriate the girls may as well have been doing some type of strip show. LOL. We took the kids to Tournament of the Knights, where we had a 3 course meal and watched jousting, sword fighting and lots of fun entertaining this. The kids loved it, we also went to the Shark reef at Mandalay Bay, which was cool but not worth what they charge to get in.We went to the M&M world and Marquis and Madisyn got M&M shirts, we went ot MGM and saw the lions and we tried to go to a carshow but it was ghetto.Oh and we went to circus circus but it was really ghetto and the kids rides and games were outragously priced.We hung out with my dear friend Kapu, the kids were a little shy at first being their first time meeting her, but they warmed up quickly and ask about her everyday now.It was great to get to see her after 5 years. I miss that girl. We had a lot of fun times together.
We were in Vegas 3 nights and 4 days, we did a tone of walking, glen always asked "how many miles do you think we walked today?" i had no idea. We went down to the strip every day and night. The kids did pretty good but i think next time we go we should go without the kids they got bored quickly.Anyway overall we had a good time it was nice to go on a little vacation.






We got back saturday night and of course i got sick, the next day was my birthday and marquis had to say a scripture at church. He did a pretty good job being his first time. I was surprised he didn't throw a fit having to go up there and he actually spoke not that anyone could hear him except me and i was right up there beside him telling hiim the scripture to repeat. Then at home Glen made my birthday dinner and i made my birthday cake. The kids had been wanting to have a monster birthday party so i made the monster mike off of monsters inc on my cake and they thought it was pretty cool. So we ate dinner and cake and watched the super bowl for my 26th birthday. It is still hard to believe that i am already 26 yrs old. i feel like it came so fast.

Ice Skating!!

Last night we went to dinner at the Texas Roadhouse and went ice skating at the Davis Rec. Center. It was my first time back on the ice in years Glens as well and our kids first time EVER!! We went with Jynifer, her friend Jas and Chyanne. I was a little nervous going seems how i broke my arm roller skating years ago, and i am alot worse ice skating than i was roller skating. I was just worried about me though, i was worried about the kids, well maybe glen more then the rest of us. LOL. But i must say, none of the adults fell. The kids fell alot but they did really well for it being their first time and they are only 2 and 3. Marquis loved trying to do it by himself and Madisyn wanted to be a little boyfriend stealer and hang out with Jas the whole time. She didn't want anyone else to skate with her but we eventually got her to go a few times with daddy. At first i was not having fun stressing trying to help the kids and help myself at the same time holding on to the wall. But i eventually ventured away from the wall and made it a few times around the rink with a kid and without. We had a pretty good time. Here are some pics from the night.

Christmas and catch up!

Its been a long while since I have updated our blog so i will try to remember as much as i can that we have done since the last post.
Chyanne moved in with us Dec. 16th, then my mom came the 21st. We had a good Christmas thanks to so many thought family and friends. The Christmas season is so special and spiritual.We took the kids to see Santa and Marquis loved it, he told Santa what he wanted for Christmas and he got it! madisyn was excited to see Santa, well until we actually got up to him, then she freaked out. We enjoyed having family around for the holidays, its always a little stressful but good at the same time. We had a fine new years, didn't do anything besides stay home and celebrate. Got really sad news New years day. Our cousin was due the end of January beginning of feb. with her second child and gave birth Dec. 29th and sadly he was still born. I feel for them every single day, it makes me think of what i have and the way i handle situations with my kids. Its so hard to know what to say or what you can do for someone in that situation, especially when they don't live near by.
Then we took Nana back to the airport for her to go home on the 4th and that was so sad. The kids were so upset. Marquis was insisting that he went with her and i told him he would miss me he said "you can come to mom". He had a really hard time with Nana leaving him. A few days after she left, marquis and i were in the car together and had the following conversation:
Marquis - " i want Nana to come over"
Me- She can't she lives really far away in hawaii"
Marquis- in a sad tone "i wanna go to hawaii"
Me_ " me too"
Marquis- still in a sad tone " i wish i had a ticket"
Me- i wish i hada ticket too"
Marquis- "yeah lets get one"
He really wants to go to hawaii, every day he asks if we can go there or wishes he had a ticket or pretends he is on the beach in hawaii. So cute and sad at the same time.Some day son some day!
Marquis and Madisyn both went to the dentist for the first time and both had a cavity. :( no fun, they have to go in to get them fixed with sedation. WE went to the part to play with it covered in snow. It was pretty fun. Jynifer moved out. Glen got a calling at church as a Den leader for boy scouts. Marquis is in primary at church now he is a Sunbeam. He had a hard adjustment at first, threw a fit for the first 30minutes the first sunday but didn't cry at all this past sunday. So proud of him. We are looking into getting him into preschool as soon as we can now that we have been settled and will be here for a bit. Even though we wish we were moving to Hawaii. We are making moving to Hawaii our goal after glen finishes nursing school. We really miss it. Madisyn and Marquis are growing and changing like crazy. Madisyn is 36 inches and 27 lbs. Marquis is 40 inches and 37 lbs. They are getting very smart and amaze me every day. Marquis has also started lying about anything and everything and i DO NOT like it. I don't know what to do to fix it or why it started. Madisyn is as bossy as ever. And they both HATE going to bed. It takes AT LEAST and hour to get them to sleep every night. and they throw fits and scream and make messes.Every day i dread bed time. Thats all i can think of for the time being.
Oh yeah, i think the last post was before thanks giving, we spent our Thanksgiving this year with our friends/neighbors the Abadians this year and had a wonderful time. Great food, fun people and entertaining game. We apprecaite the generosity. They also had an "ugly sweater" party at there house that didn't end up being and ugly sweater party we just went and hung out played some games with great friends (the Ostranders and the Abadians) and ate ALOT of desserts.

a story i forget to mention

the other day i went to the Oshkosh store with both the kids and of course they wanted to go and play back at the Lego table. Marquis went first and madisyn was strapped in the stroller b/c she hadn't been listening.I had a little chat with her and let her out.Marquis like i said was already back there and so were 2 other little boys. madisyn went walking up to the table and one of the little boys says "go away you can't be here" and Marquis looks at him and says "hey, that's my sister". The little boy then says you can sit here and madisyn went and sat down to play.I then continue to look around the store when i hear that same little boy not playing nice with Madisyn and then i hear marquis say " you need to play nice". I was so proud of him. I walked over though just to check on things.i told marquis to make sure madisyn played nice he said ok mom. So I proceed to look around and then i hear a loud scream/cry. i start to walk back to the table when i see the little boy that was not being nice crying and running to his mom. So i asked marquis and madisyn what happened they wouldn't talk so i asked the other little boy at the table what happened.He wouldn't talk either.So i asked madisyn did you hit that boy? she said yes, so i started disciplining her and the little boy at the table said no she didn't hit him, she just broke his building, she didn't hit him. thank you little boy, she was going to get in trouble for the wrong thing, then Marquis finally spoke and said "and she threw a block at him, he wasn't being nice".
I just thought it was so cute and big brotherish of him to stick up for her and then be determined not to rat on her. What a great big brother.

Halloween!!

We had a pretty good Halloween considering the kids weren't feeling too good and halloween day mom felt she was going to go crazy with all the fighting and crying. Marquis wanted to be a cowboy this year and and he was a darn cute one. Madisyn got to be a beautiful ballerina. We have made some great friends here and we first met with them at 5 at one of their houses for hot dogs and then we all met back up at 6;30 to take the kids trick or treating. It was nice outside when we started but it got cold quick.there were about 8 kids with us and about 9 adults.the kids had a blast well for the most part. Madisyn was content with just sitting in the stroller and eating candy along with Foster her friend that is a year younger than her. Marquis ran from house to house with the other kids until the cold started to get to him and he started not feeling good again. He asked me to hold him and he started crying saying "my hands feel kinda weird, its too cold". he was done and wanted to go home.As soon as we got home they wanted to dump out their buckets and see what they had got. they got tons of candy a couple toothbrushes and a few things of toothpaste. they were happy!