HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEPPY!

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you . . . Beppy! (May 31st)

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Hope you have a great and happy day today!

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Lots of love from all of us. : )

Push through the burn!

Here I am with William on my back and I had the two kids walk with me holding my hands so they could exercise too. Sammi took the picture : )
I have been trying to get back into my regular routine of exercising. I have found that the most tricky thing is being tired. I do sleep (sort of) just not very long. I do get what I think is enough rest. Anyhow, being "tired" is an excuse I hear a lot as a reason not to exercise. After not being able to exercise for a few weeks my body has to rediscover it's strength. Meanwhile, each day I am healing so I should be ready to really go for it soon. There is this feeling though, it happens about half way through the day. It is that, "I am SO tired" feeling, and I start talking myself out of exercising, I have great excuses too! That is when I have to remember to "push through the burn". That is what my doctor told me to do when I was giving birth and I was feeling fire and pain and no desire to push. Once I did push - I felt SO much better. I think, no, I KNOW - it is that way with exercise. You have to push through the being tired feeling and do it anyway. I have NEVER, EVER, gone for a walk or a run and felt worse after. It only makes you feel better and less tired. It is so great. I really think exercise could cure a lot of the ailments of the world and a lot of medications would not be needed for certain aches and pains. Especially, depression and emotional troubles. The happiest people I know exercise!! It is the true "happy pill" with only positive side effects! Hooray!

Mari

Happy Birthday Kary and Ray!

Happy Birthday to you both! (May 27th)

You're getting older everyday - pretty soon you will go gray! Just kidding. You guys are so great. I hope you had a special day and enjoyed your birthday. We wish you many, many more happy birthdays!

We love you!!!

Happy Boy

Sleepy with Daddy (Charles was really asleep)
Sammi and Will
Daniel brought home tons of mosquito bites from camping and his face puffed up . . . Ouch!

Mama and cuddle baby

Nice chunky face!
Here is the roll-over
He sticks his bootie and legs way up in the air
It is hard to tell but his legs are way off of the ground
Here are some pictures of William rolling over. It is the weirdest thing. He has been rolling over since he was born. I thought it was a fluke then but he still does it. I think that he has to be strong because he is baby three. He has to be the tough guy and get moving so he can run away when he needs to! It is fun to watch. As you can see he gets mighty mad too. My first instinct is to pick him up - my mother instinct is to let him struggle a little so he can get stonger. It is good for them to wrestle with their bodies for awhile, it is how they grow. It is also funny that crying does not phase me anymore. William really has to be screaming for me to flinch. Such are the blessings of having children - you get used to it!

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Charles and Daniel are out tonight on a daddy and son campout - fun! It is so weird not having Daniel around. It is SO much easier with just two, especially having Sammi. She is a breeze. I took her to the park tonight and she got to ride her bike - she loved that. Then we got some movie candy at the store and watched a movie together. It is nice to have some Sam time. It is so quiet here without my little Daniel. I never realized how much energy he produces and requires. I love him so much. He sure was excited to go camping with Daddy. I love to see my boys together being "boys". Charles was so excited to take him. I do not think Charles has been camping or anything like unto it since we got here 3 years ago. It will be good for both of them. I can't wait to hear all about it tomorrow! : )

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That is all for now. My little munchkins are asleep so I had better go off to dreamland too.

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Lots of love,

Mari

Sweet William

Brother Love

The kids are doing so great with William. They are so sweet with him. I love to see them all together. I think there is a "look" in our family. I love my little family.

So, guess what I did today?! I ran! OK, so it was more of a turkey trot - but I did it! I ran about 3 miles pushing the stroller with Dan and Will in it. What takes more effort is just getting to the stroller. Down three flights of stairs, making sure William is fed and ready, and well padded. William was not happy at first today. He cried for awhile but I knew he was ok so I kept going, and he eventually calmed down and relaxed. Running felt pretty good, though it feels like I am starting all over again. My breathing feels great, my legs feel great, but it is amazing how much of running is in your abs (which are yet to be recovered). I have done it for two days in a row and I feel good. This pregnancy was so much better for me. I worked hard and it is paying off! Hooray! I feel tired (of course) but great!

I took all three kiddos to the store today. That was fun. Luckily, Will was asleep. Fitting all three kids in the cart is a trick! It was fun though.

We have had some pretty great weather here. Lots of thunder and lightening. I love thunder and lightening! It has been so close and so intense that our apartment building shook as if there was an earthquake - amazing! The kids love it too! Well, they love to hide from it. It is always so exciting. Growing up in Alaska I did not get to experience the great storms. I love it!

Well, that is all for now. Charles has been studying his brains out for the Bar exam. So nerve racking! He is gone pretty much all day everyday (except Sunday, he never studies on Sunday). So, I have been home with the kids. I am so glad I have been able to recover pretty quickly this time, I have needed to.

Lots of love to you all!

Mari

More William

Kary and Baby

Comments by Kary. . .

This is Stephen and Mommy Kary a few weeks ago when Stephen was 7 months old. He'll be 8 months this Friday. He is full of fun, biting (yes, 6 teeth now and loves to snuggle in my shoulder and take a chunk out of it now and then. He also says: "Ba Ba" I think he really loves his "Bottle." He loves to roll over and over and over. He also loves to look at fire. We had a fire in the firepit out back the other night and Stephen was mesmorized by it, great way to put him to sleep. He also enjoys grabbing his feet and tasting his toes (he told me they taste like steak; yes, a little on the meaty side.) ; ) He loves playing w/ Sage. He watches her and tries to grab her happily wagging tail. They are true buddies. She protects him very well. The other day when Stephen was doing his tummy time (which he totally enjoys now), he had his hand on the floor face up and Sage who was also laying on the floor, ever so gently, placed her paw in his little hand. A very precious moment. I sure love my little boy and my little girl (Sage), we are a happy family (and we are extra happy when daddy comes home, glad as we can be, clap our hands and shout for joy and climb upon his knee.)

Love you all! Kary

Thanks Beth for the reminder to get back in touch. Beth keeps me on track. We had a nice walk tonight at Cheney Lake. I also checked out Beth's new place and it looks super nice, VERY clean and cheery. We're going to have fun decorating together now that she's got her stuff moved in. Keep smiling everybody. If you're not, then count your blessings! hugs!

PS. did I mention that Stephen loves to pull my hair.... This is his "army of helaman" outfit that I had him wear to church (Cute camo) makes everyone smile! : )

Happy Boy!

Here he is sharing with us some of his first "real" smiles - not just gas :)



This picture was meant to be with the Mother's Day post. I still love you Mommy!

William likes to say his prayers
He started smiling and cooing - my favorite!


Whoa! Nice google eyes!