HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm thankful for:

Bo

Carter

Megan

my friends

the Gospel

Temples

my family

my nice couches :)

sleep

yummy food

the opportunity for Bo to go to school

our Savior

Christmas

DVR

living in modern times

rock band

the power of prayer

medicine

naps

food storage

the prophets

etc.

etc.

etc.

It's finally here!!

So we finally finished making our blog book!! It arrived last week! We are soooo excited. We ordered two. One for Carter and one for us. We'll order three of the next book, this years blog postings, because Megan will be in them. We figure we'll print one for each child when they are in it, which is why Megan doesn't get one of the ones we just got. She's not in it. It's the only way to be fair to the future kiddos. haha. Anyways, we love this book! It's great. We got the hardback because we wanted it to last a long time. Carter probably would have the softcover ones bent by now.
For those of you who want to know how you can print yours, go to blurb.com. It's super easy to do.
Here's a peek at ours!

Was I?

I used to be cool. Or at least I thought I was. Was I though? huh.
I got an email from my cousin with some exciting news, and as I'm looking at the email, I notice an email address. Yeah it was my brother's. I had no idea that was his email. I've been using a way old one and had wondered for A LONG TIME why he never ever responds. I just figured he didn't want to talk or he was too busy. That's usually the answer to the phone calls that never get answered.
So my problem is this: why did my brother not give me his new email? How sad is that!! Seriously. You have no idea how much this upsets me. I'm so out of touch with him and we used to be SO CLOSE!! It breaks my heart.
It makes me wonder how much I'm missing out on things. Not just with my brother, but with everyone else too. I know I've been crazy lately. HELLO, I've had some big things happen to me! I'm guessing I'm just no longer someone worth talking to because I am no longer "cool." I feel like everyone is having these parties and I'm the kid left out.
I get it. Half of my brains went to child rearing. I can't hold very educated conversations anymore. I can't hold conversations because my kids are begging my attention. My vocabulary is shot. My creative brain is gone. Carter hides my phone so I can't call or answer calls.
The sad thing is, I sometimes wonder if some poeple no longer talk to me, or I'm kept out of the loop, because I'm married and have kids and am hence boring. If that's it, that's too bad. It's a sacrifice I'm willing to take, I just pray that that is not it.
That's all. I'm just upset. Sorry to vent on a blog, but I view this as a journal.
*I could be emotional because I'm sick. . .*

Diego, Dora, and Pablo

We have been watching TV pretty much all day. Actually its more like all day yesterday and all day today. Why? Because we have the good fortune of being SICK. It's a nasty sickness too. Poor Carter is burning up. He has rosy cheeks and has that glazed over-about to fall asleep look. Of course he WON'T fall asleep, but he's dead to the world all the same. Carter and I started feeling ill on Saturday night, and since then we have had all sorts of symptoms associated with the flu. I'm only hoping Megan doesn't get it. Or Bo. He has a test he really needs to study for.
I'm getting to really dread the theme songs of Diego and Dora. Oh those two shows drive me nuts! I could watch the Backyardigans all day though. . .

Excited to have a girl

I left Bo home with Megan this morning and took Carter with me to our church to work out. When I came home Bo was holding a sleeping Megan. The reason I'm blogging about this is because I thought it was so cute that he had changed her from her pj's into a onesie and pants AND he put a cute clip in her hair!!! How cute is that? He was so proud too. Man I love my family!

A day at the Aquarium

A few days ago a friend and I took our kids to the local aquarium. It was fun to get out of the house and let the boys run around. The cage that we are in is supposed to be a shark cage. We love the aquarium. It's so relaxing. They have lots of interesting fish too. Carter's favorite animal would have to be the sea turtle. They have a really big one. Mine? I don't know. I do know that when I see the Baracuda I get scared because I think of Finding Nemo. Yep. I told you I get too into shows. haha.

Headaches

I have been getting pretty bad headaches for the past week and a half at least. Last Monday I actually experienced a migraine for the first time. Not a fun experience. It started off with my eye acting all funky and after telling Bo, with him commenting that it might be a migraine, my right eye started hurting big time. Then came the pain behind the nose and other eye, then the nausea. Bo actually had to skip class because there was no way I could take care of two kids with that pain. Not long after we decided he should stay home, I had the wonderful opportunity of visiting the toilet. Good thing I had cleaned it earlier. It went away later on in the evening, but since then I have had headaches almost nonstop. Every time it gets a little intense I start freaking out. I'm so worried that I'll get another migraine!
I don't know what's going on. I think it might be the birth control. A friend mentioned that maybe it's mold. The whole island is covered in it. Someone else commented that maybe its just the stress of the kids. I hope it's not the kids. I've actually been able to handle them well lately. We're actually having fun and getting out! So what is it? I'm hoping it's the pill and that once I get off it my problems will go away. I definitely don't want it to be the mold because that's just scary.