Quick Summary!

This one is just going to be a quick summary of the last few weeks cause things have been a little crazy around here and I haven't been able to post so here it goes...I will put more detail later I promise.

Daddy went out on the 4th and got some fireworks for the house because we had decided to not go to the big ones this year as they are all so small....I was thinking some little ones to make the little man joey happy but noooooo daddy came home with a $300 set(I might add that he only payed $30 for the whole thing)

4th of July was a blast with the older two Cambria just wanted to sleep...as you can tell.

Then on the 5th we decided we wanted to go to the Hot Air Balloon Festival so we got up at 4:30 to make it up before sunrise to Driggs.....on our way up we past a row of Black SUV's about 7 of them....huh that must be someone really unimportant to have such security.....they make it so obvious it is ridiculous...I'll finish later with that but we made it up just in time to see well just about nothing the winds were to strong for the balloons to go up so one was kind enough to show everyone the process and just hold it in place so we hope next year that will go better but the kids still like the one and every time we pass a Remax for sale sign Joey stops and says "MOM that is just like the one we saw"

Then after the balloons it was now about 6:30 in the morning in Driggs so we went up to Jackson Hole(oh, might I add that on our way down into Jackson there was 2 Hot Air Balloons just landing, anyway) to spend a little time and had to take the picture that everyone has in there photo Album and then just walked around town a little.

JOE wanted me to state that this is my new found love and he is great with the kids so meet the new Husband BIG FOOT!
Alright now the the end of my little SUV story...so we were driving back through Swan Valley and decided to stop for square ice cream cones while at the gas station Joe noticed some helicopters in the field across from us and told Joey to look they we noticed people looking in them so when we were done eating we walked over to see if we could look at them and they said go ahead...turns out the army was sitting around waiting for The VICE PRESIDENT(whom we had seen leaving that morning) who was fishing of the river near Swan Valley...two 20 seater helicopters and one BlackHawk Medic just sitting in a field waiting for something bad to happen.(How much do you think that one cost us?) Any way it was really fun cause the kids were able to climb around in the pilot seat and stuff and they LOVED it. The military guys were so nice and just awesome with the kids so the day was well worth it.

SORRY!!!

I know it has been a while and I am trying to get everything together around her so I will be posting later but just really wanted to move the last post down the line as they are driving me crazy!! We had a great 4th of July and weekend after and have a ton of pictures and can't wait to show everyone what we got to do! So keep checking in and see if I have posted our awesome pictures yet!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRACIE!!!

You know your in Idaho when...

This was on Wed.

And This was on Sat....only in Idaho would you have weather like this!

Great Family Weekend!

So we had a wonderful weekend away as a family! Sadly it came about because of a funeral for my Uncle Jim(which was really good, strange I know but it was more of a celebration of life and I really liked it) But because of gas prices we decided that we needed to make it a weekend away with the kids and make it fun so we left Friday morning and headed for the Zoo. It rained the whole way down so Joey said a little prayer as we got close and asked for the rain to stop so we could enjoy the Zoo as a family. Well the rain stopped and we got to see all the animals we had been talking about for weeks. Ellianna's favorite was the Gorilla's!!! Joey's was the Elephants! So glad we got to go. Oh and how could i forget we also got to ride the Train at the Zoo...we had to do that very first when we got there and Joey and Ellianna got to ride right behind the Engine!a>

After the Zoo the girls fell asleep in the car so we drove down town cause I had promised Joey we could take a ride of the big train and the TRAX are free down town. Joe dropped Joey and I off at one of the stops just around the corner from Temple Square and Joey and I got on the train. It was so fun to see how excited he was!

Then Sat. the kids and Joe spent some time with Marybeth while I went to the funeral. Ellianna had gotten sick so we didn't want to leave them all. Then we went to Salt Lake and the kids got to play in the fountain and go to Build A Bear! I think they really enjoyed it and Cambria I think likes her Bunny the most...and can I just say I am a bargin shopper all the way....we walked out of Build A Bear only spending 20 bucks..2 bears, one rabbit and 3 sounds in all and we only spent 20 with all the coupons I had...I think we did pretty good if you ask me!

That night Joey got to go swimming with Aunt Rinny and loved it the night before we had gone as a family and the next night the girls weren't feeling to good so we just let Joey go. But Sunday we went to Temple Square and walked around with the kids for a little while and got some really cute pics..but getting 3 kids to look all at the same time is really hard!

What a Cutie!!

I coulnd't help but post this little Sweetheart! Isn't she adorable! Such a girl!

Just a little shout out!

Just wanted to Thank Grandma and Grandpa Zeller for the awesome presents...the kids were really excited when they got a package from Mass. I know they don't look like it in the picture but they have been sick and Ellianna was actually really tired. Joey was really excited and just kept saying now I can play Baseball with Daddy, it was really cute!

AHHHH! She's 2!

She is growing up so fast! I just can't believe it!



Yes we went to the Zoo again for another birthday but they really love it. They had this snake out for the kids to touch...yuck!

These three are all mine. I still have a hard time with that if I step back and think about it.

3rd Birthday!

It is a Itlittle crazy to me right now to think that my little boy is 3! I can not believe how big he is getting and I don't want to blink for fear that my girls will be that old before I know it! This birthday was really fun with Joey though because it was little like Christmas for him! He could not go to sleep last night because he was so excited that it was going to be his birthday! It wasn't even about the presents for him it was all about his train cake and the fact that we would sing him Happy Birthday! He has been singing it for everyone else and couldn't wait for it to be for him!

We started the day out with a big mess up from mommy!!!! We had promised Joey if he were to be a big boy and go in the potty that he could have a scoop truck,(catch was that I thought I had one in a box down stairs, left over from Christmas that we decided not to give him at the time because he already had to much. But what I didn't realize was that what I had wasn't a scoop it was a Bulldozer! For all you mothers a little boys there is a very big difference! I forgot this until last night late so I decided to try and pass it off and give it to him! He opened it as his first present when he woke up and was really excited up a couple minutes later he looked at me and said

" Mom can we go to the store and get a scoop truck?"

Mommy says " Joey you got a scoop truck"

Joey "No this is a Bulldozer"

Well my bad he was right and I had been promising him forever that I would get him a scoop so while he went to lunch with Papa for his birthday I made a mad dash for Toys-R-Us to get the scoop truck that we had played with a hundred times. Thankfully it was on Clearance!!!

So he now has his Scoop truck and I have learned a valuable lesson that you can't trick a little boy into thinking a Bulldozer is a Scoop truck!

We started that day with Joey very excited about it being his birthday and all the decorations that we had!! He got to open one present before daddy went to work! Then he got to go to lunch with Papa a McDonalds! Then a fun time at the Zoo with Daddy and the girls and our Friends Lynnlee and Ashley! After the Zoo we had a pizza Dinner with the whole Family and his Train Birthday cake(That is all he has talked about for weeks is having a train cake)! With lots of great presents! Thanks to everyone! And again I am sorry the Scoop came at the beginning! Once he opened that Scoop he didn't pay much attention to anything else! And it is after 9 and he is still outside digging in the dirt!

One down TWO to go!

Yeah!!! It's POTTY TIME!!!!
This one is from the last week! He has actually filled half of another one already and we have had two dry mornings!!! I can't tell you how excited I am!!
This one is his favorite(He has filled about 5 of them)!!! I got lucky finding this one being that it is a train track was perfect motivation for him! But if you ask him what he gets for going in the Potty he will tell you "I get a scoop truck" We are so proud of him and he makes sure we tell him that all the time! I love it!!! It has been a bit of a task though with the girls around! Ellianna thinks she knows what she is doing too so she has been peeing all over the floor because she throws a fit until she gets underwear and doesn't get the concept just yet! Cambria on the other hand just tries to get in the potty and is climbing all over him while he is sitting there if I don't lock her out of the bathroom! If I was a fly on the wall watching the situation at times I think I might pee my pants laughing!

Four Amazing Years!

I know most of you need to pick up your jaws off the floor at this point because yes it has been four years, and yes it has only been four years since Joe and I were married! 4 years, 3 children, 2 dogs and 1 cat I think we are doing pretty good!

There are so many things that I want to say being that I am so blessed to have such an amazing husband father and provider for our family. Isn't it amazing how people are so meant to be together?! I know that there couldn't have been anyone else that would fit me better than Joe. We have only been married 4 years and we already have the same thoughts at almost the same time, we both are able to put up with the craziness of having an almost 3 year old almost 2 year old and a little one that is 9 months. Not to many people would be able to with stand that test(Parenting is not for the weak)

I love watching my husband be an amazing father making sure that everything is okay with all of his children and making sure that they are all happy...just the other night Joey Jr. didn't want to go to bed because there were dinosaurs under his bed and they were going to get him. So daddy being the hero that he is went in and wrestled with them under the bed until he caught them then he threw them outside and locked them out. Then daddy put maggie on the bed next to joey so that if there were any more dinosaurs she could eat them up! What a great dad!

And every day before daddy leaves for work his little Ellianna tells him to come back and give her a "tiss tiss" (Kiss) then tells him that he has to give one to "Roey too"(Joey)

The way Cambria lights up every time her dad walks into the room is amazing! I think the house could fall down around her and she wouldn't notice as long as she had daddy to look at!

Right after Joey was born I still remember Joe waiting on me hand and foot it was our first little one so we were both new at it and he saw to my every need no matter how little or crazy it might seem! And through every pregnancy he has gone and done the crazy craving food runs just so I was happy! Oh the things we put them through. Including all the emotions and hormones that come with being pregnant. Some days I wonder if Joe thinks I am the same person he dated because I have been pregnant for 90% of our marriage with hormones out of control at times!(I promise that I am not pregnant for all of you who are still questioning from that post a couple of months ago)

So any way I want to thank my husband for being who he is and for making our lives so much fun! You are the most amazing husband I could ever ask for and I thank you for all that you do for me and for our family! I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART, and I am so greatful that we will be together for ETERNITY!

FOR-EV-ER FOR-EV-ER!!!!!

Love Your Wife

Happy Birthday Kari!

We hope you have an awesome Birthday we love you and miss you tons!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADREA!!

WE LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU TONS!!!

I Did It!

Just some ne one's of the little ones!

Free Stuff

I just wanted to share the love with everyone I know. I told about this web site called www.freecycle.org it is wonderful!!! You can post things that you want to give away or can get things that you need for free. You should all go and look it up so you can enjoy it as much as I have been. I have already gotten some clothes for Joey and a Johnny Jumper for Cambria! I love it!!!! Hope you all enjoy!

I know it has been a while and I promise I will get in gear and change it up a little. We have spent the last week sanitizing the house from top to bottom including the air ducts,and every set of curtains and bedding that we have, trying to get rid of all of the crap that has been running through the house. The kids really have been adorable and a lot of work. Joey and Ellianna don't know what to do with out each other. One day Joey was sick and Ellianna was so bored of playing with mommy, at times she just went and sat next to Joey(who was laying on my bed watching movies) and put there heads together. Then 2 days later Ellianna had the same thing and Joey did just what she did putting their heads together on the bed and cuddling. They are also playing with Cambria more...the older two sit on the floor in front of her and try anything to make her laugh. I really love it. I do have like 10,000 pictures to post and I will soon so don't go to far.

Your what....?????

Cambria's reaction when we told the kids that we were having another baby....just kidding!!!!! I promise I really am just kidding! But it's a boy!!!!! Just kidding again...Joe just knows how many of you are going to be freaking out at this we really are just kidding and if I could have waited to post this picture on April Fools it would have been even better but we couldn't wait that long to share this little gem with all of you! Hope you have a good laugh!

Happy Valentine's Day

Since I am a little behind the ball(Two out of the three have been sick) I thought I would give a little shout out to the east coast family this way! We love you guys and miss you tons!!!! Hope you have a wonderful Valentines Day!

You have to listen close to hear what Ellianna is saying but it is really cute she is trying so hard to say everything! (Can you tell also that Cambria puts up with a lot from her brother and sister, she is a real trooper)And I had to post both of them because Ellianna was not very happy in the second one but they got everyone in there hope you enjoy!

First big Dance!!!!

Our little girl is all grown up!! She is the youngest of us all and I can not believe that she is so grown up...it makes me want to hold my little ones a little longer hoping that they won't grow up to fast!!! A big shout out to Kayla for helping her get ready, she helped out a ton! The coolest part for us was that she went up to the hospital and got dressed there so that mom could see her in her dress and her date came there and picked her up there! Thanks to her date Andrew for picking her up there so we could all get in on the big date night!!

Secret Hide Out

These are a little behind but I thought I would still put them out there cause they were cute! Daddy made the kids a Hide out a couple of weeks ago.... we clearly have enough diaper boxes to do that. It is still in the play room getting a lot of use.

Finally a hair cut!

I made Joe take Joey to get a hair cut this morning, it was driving me crazy!!!!! Joe said that all the girls thought he was at least 4 cause he sat so still and was so good!

Just for Nana!

Just for those who might be a little confused, our Nana is a real trooper and has had both of her knees replaced this last weekend. (We are so proud of you Nana and we are here to cheer you along in the recovery process!!!!)It is going to be a while until the kids can see her because they won't know any better then to climb all over her so we decided this would be the best way to get a message to her.