THE BEST DADDY AND HUBBY!!!!

I do realize that this would probably be a great post for Father's Day, but what the heck! I think it started because I felt bad that I didn't have a pic of Brett in the Valentine's Day post. I started looking through my pics and found soooo many good pictures of him with our kiddies. He is honestly the cutest, funnest, sometimes "meanest" (according to Eth) Dad in the whole world! I can't even begin to tell you how awesome he is. He skateboards, and jump ropes, swims, camps, teaches, tickles, dances, sleeps, cuddles, comforts in the best possible way.

Case in point----There is one pic in here of McKenna crying at the beach, well that is because her dad (which can do NO WRONG in her eyes), decided to swim out into the ocean. She was so terrified that something was going to happen to him. I mean she was sobbing! If you know McKenna very well.......it takes a lot for her to cry. She thought he was going to be sucked into the ocean and gone forever! It tore her little heart out. Makes me want to cry just thinking about it! I took that pic so Brett could see how upset she was. He just brushed it off and said "Oh McKenna, I've swam in a lot worse than that!!!!" We had scared the kids a little because they have the "Lundahl no fear gene" and would have run straight out there like it was a swimming pool.

So just a shout out to my hubby and our bestest daddy! The pictures tell it all! WE LOVE YOU AND COULDN'T SURVIVE WITHOUT YOU!

Better Late than Never!

Late V-day Pictures

I just found these pics on my camera, so needed to share them. I hate to admit this....but I really don't like Valentines Day? Isn't that weird? I'm not exactly sure where it stemmed from (obviously I never had a boyfriend during V-day), but it may have to do with the fact that I'm just not a girly, girl, romantic type.....my poor hubby! He asked me how you say Bah Humbug for Valentines? He's always had a hard time because I don't like chocolate, I'm not huge into jewelry, and flowers are so, so....... So what did he do this year? He knows me all too well-----he got a new faucet for our kitchen sink----perfect! Our old one was tarnished because we used the wrong cleaner stuff on it and leaked, so he surprised me by putting in a new one while I was gone doing errands. Isn't that cute! That's one of the many reasons I love him, he understands me~~~~and believe me, that isn't easy. I would rather have him clean my car, or the house than buy me something. Weird I know!

I did decide though that I don't want my kids to grow up not liking it. So I got them a small treat and a bunch of balloons which they played with for longer than any toy or candy would have lasted. The bottom two pics are at Ethan's Preschool Party at the Sports Academy (yes he does preschool and Kindergarten. Preschool though is more like play time. He gets to take swimming and tennis lessons and do tumbling. Really fun stuff!) McKenna was just trying to get over her ear infection, so she got to go watch his program and see her old teachers that still work there. Maecee had a blast playing with all the toys, kitchen area, etc. Then we got to take a pic of Eth and I for his "scrapbook". His teacher told him that he could have all of us in the pic, and he said, no just my mom! Fun stuff.

Irritated!!!!

I really want to be here!!! Look at the sand all over Maec

Okay today I am really irritated!!!! I think there are several reasons----I woke up in some pretty serious pain (i don't like to complain, but OWIE! Will this ever end?). Then when I went out to get some quiet reading time before anyone else woke up, I glanced outside to see SNOW! DARN SNOW! I got a few minutes reading done and Maecee was awake which of course woke up Ethan. Aren't you supposed to sleep in on Saturday? Ok plans changed. Then Brett left me to go play basketball with his buddies (that'd be nice to be able to leave w/o any planning). Okay, you get the picture.......Poor Heather!!!!!

When I get angry, onery, irritated I clean. It helps to vent my frustrations I guess (obviously if you've been to my house much, I guess you would assume I don't get irritated enough, because it's NEVER clean!) I had shared this quirk with my sis in law Tiff once and she came over and my house was actually clean. She said "Heather have you been mad about something? No, why? Because your house is REALLY CLEAN!" Yea that happened once that someone actually came over when it was clean :) It was pretty funny that she remembered that!

The fuel kept being added to the fire when I would get a room partially clean and my little mess monster was right behind me, destroying all in sight! Actually their was some sun shining through my dark self imposed clouds. McKenna cleaned her room, Ethan and Maecee helped me sweep and clean up the kitchen, and I heard Eth say the funniest frieking thing I've heard in a long time. He was trying to entertain Maec while I did something and I think she threw something into the sink (i'm actually not sure what prompted the comment), but he said "HOLY FRIEKIN' MOLY". I laughed so hard! I cant begin to guess where he's heard that before? :)

So my question to throw out there into cyberspace is WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU GET IRRITATED? I'm sure Christina (and Becky) will say she exercises (that would cause me to get even more onery I think :)), do you go shopping, take a bath, yell profanities? No in all seriousness what do you do?

DOGS?

WE GOT TWO DOGS!! MUD BUD AND BROWNIE

DID YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT? IF YOU DID YOU DON'T KNOW ME VERY WELL! :)


The real story is that Brett came home from work last week carrying two dogs. I was speechless!!! (I know that's hard to imagine!) Maecee on the other hand, could not have been happier. So I asked him what was going on and he said that Nick (one of his employees) handed him two puppies and said---take them home and ask Heather which one she wants. Nick is spanish and I had already told him in my broken---ok pathetic----spanish that I wanted NADA??? He laughed and thought that was pretty funny, but obviously the language barrier did not emphasize the word NONE enough!!!!

I played along with it and had fun watching Maecee get attacked by the dogs and then waited with anticipation when McKenna and Ethan got home from school. We tried to trick them and tell them they were our dogs, but they know better! Ethan was in absolute HEAVEN!!!! As you can tell by the pictures he is totally at ease with them and had the best time playing with them! The kids decided to name them (because they had some spanish names that they couldn't pronounce). McKenna got tired of "brownie" after a while but Eth was all over it! He took them outside to use the bathroom, threw snowballs at them, made them a bed to sleep in, layed on the floor so they could tackle and lick him, helped "Mud Bud" get the advantage when the two brothers were wrestling, etc. Watching him made me think that I'm going to have to eat my words SOMEDAY and get him a dog. I can't give him a brother, so maybe SOMEDAY I can get him a dog!!!! I can't believe I just said that, but if you could have seen him~~~~~it was adorable. Then it was time for them to go to bed (the kids). I told Brett that since this was his brilliant idea, he could find a place for them to sleep where they wouldn't wake us (well me up----because Brett never would have heard them). So he was trying all these inventions and "brownie" kept crying and carrying on. I was not impressed, but Eth was sooo upset! He kept saying "I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry but it's time to go to sleep. You have to go to bed, I'm soo sorry". He was very worried about them. I took him to bed and told them it would be ok. Then I heard Nick come over to get them----phew! My sleep wasn't ruined after all! Sadly enough Eth woke up first thing and ran to find the dogs and they were gone! He was heartbroken but said "well, maybe we can be their babysitter". I love that boy! He is soooo tenderhearted!

So you may ask were this weirdness I have for dogs comes from. I really think it originated from sleeping over at a friends house where there was lots of inside dogs and cats. In the morning while we ate breakfast there was ALWAYS dog/cat hair in my food. It really grossed me out. It also could have stemmed from the fact that I feel like I need to wash my hands everytime I touch an animal (that would be alot if they were constantly in your house!). It also could stem from our family dog Sparky aka the town tramp. That dog had more puppies than we could count. We also had a terrible dog named Duke that knocked me over when I was really little (i think i had to get stitches???). We never had an inside dog so that idea is pretty foreign to me.

Needless to say, I may change my mind SOMEDAY, but may not! But I will never forget the happiness Ethan had for half a day!!!

Boredom Busters and stuff

WILL WINTER EVER END????

A small break from the Disneyland pictures.... Here are some pictures of us trying to get creative during the winter, blah time!!!! The top two are of Ethan and Maecee braving the play dough. We got really creative and made jewelry (earrings,bracelets), butterflies, balls, and some cool drum sticks. Eth also mixed a bunch of colors and got some cool swirly rainbow jewelry. I made Maecee sit in her high chair because she is so stinking messy, heaven knows where that stuff would have ended up. This is an activity that dad definately DOES NOT approve of!!! So I tried to keep it clean :)

The next pic is of Eth GQ ing it by his masking tape road that we made. This is the second time we have done this and it's always a big hit---by the way----don't use duct tape-----way to sticky and your carpet tries to come with it when you rip it up. We make pit stops and car washs, it's pretty fun. Also note-----little sisters LOVE to tease little brothers by pulling up masking tape and ruining the perfect track.....word to the wise!

The last pic is of my funny little Maecee. She has such a personality! I was trying to watch a movie that I had rented and was obviously not giving her the proper attention, so she went and hid! I could hear her but couldn't see her. I thought she was in her room, but didn't spot her at first glance. Then I saw these tiny feet sticking out from under her crib!!! I ran to grab my camera before I "found" her because I knew she would be all giggles. I kept saying "WHERE IS MAECEE??? Mae, Mae where are you?" Her cute little feet would just start kicking! I crawled on the ground and peeked my face under the crib. She thought it was soooo funny. I ended up just sticking my camera under there too and snapping a quick shot. So this is her under her crib....you can see the mattress springs above her. She can also get under there really fast! So now I have a new spot to look for her! She keeps me on my toes, but I love it!

McKenna striking a pose. She is little miss school girl. She's been getting straight A's. That is quite the feat at her school. Their work is really hard and a lot is expected of them. She is sooo responsible and so SMART~! Any 9 year old that can get fit in 4 days of gym and get straight A's amazes me! She is growing up so fast! She'll be 10 the end of the month~~~~now that is crazy! She has had a rough month or so because she got sick before we left on vacation. She had an ear infection and her ear drum actually burst! She missed 5 days of school, which was absolute torture for her. Then she missed another 6 days when we went on our trip, now she has a DEEP cough, cold and went to school today, (because she wanted to go to gym---a rule we have). Well she made is a half an hour at gym then called to come home. Her coach told her she wasn't herself and to go home and rest. Dedicated little thing doesn't want to miss a beat!

The two shots of Eth are in his room. We finally got his "baby wallpaper border" down---him and I with water and a credit card to scrap it off. We've been telling him we need to get it off so we can paint the walls, then he can get a bunk bed. He's laying on his bed holding one of his stuffed animals, while laying on his fav CARS blanket. It replaced his "BLUE BABY". Oh he's also in his snow clothes after a day snowmobiling at Grandpa Horseys house. The last one is older. It's when we went bowling with Christina and Austin over Christmas. But it does document another "thing" we did to keep busy.

Well I am hoping like crazy that the snow will keep melting!!! If it doesn't how are we going to have our annual neighborhood Easter egg hunt??? MELT BABY MELT!!!!

CHARACTERS

I created a collage of some of the characters we saw so I didn't have to download so many pictures. It worked pretty good---a lot faster than one by one that's for sure! In the first pic McKenna and Caileb saw Cruela and ran to her-----they also cut into the front of the line----Cruela told me that she liked how I was teaching my kids to be mean and not follow the rules!! McKenna was terrifyed of Cruela last time we went to Disneyland!!! Goofy, McKenna's FAV character! Mr and Mrs Incredible--wouldn't stop for autographs so I just shot a quick pic. Also with Ariel and Alice we didn't want to wait in line, so I just snapped a shot. The next 3 are at the Princess section. Maecee was soooo excited when Belle showed up right before we were leaving. She had her Belle dress on and everything! The Woody character was hilarious. We were just walking to our next ride and the kids spotted him. He would stand still (like his toy self), some people thought he was a statue. Then he would jump to life and scare everyone. Pretty funny!
The first 4 pics are from the character breakfast. Then Mary Poppins and Bert (they were cute)! Snow white was on the California Adventure side. We had to wait FOREVER at Mickey Mouse's house to get a pic of him, but you have to see Mickey! Then Brett made me get in the pic with The evil Queen, because he said it was my sister~~~~what a nice hubby I have! Actually I thought it was pretty funny. I told the queen what he said and she told me that I was much to short and didn't look quite mean enough. Then we had just watched Merlin at the Sword in the Stone show and spotted Captain Hook. In this pic they were arguing about who's moustache was better. After Merlin left Ethan and Hook had a sword fight. I'll have to make sure and post that----it was funny!

So there's some more pics. More to come....... Probably in collage form because they loaded a lot faster~~~~~ENJOY!!!

Kids, Crazy Kids.....

All NINE KIDS WAITING TO GET PICKED UP BY THE RENTAL CARS (COLE IS HIDING BEHIND TREE) WHAT THIS DOESN'T SHOW IS THE HUGE-ONIC PILE OF SUITCASES JUST TO THE LEFT!!!!

THE BOYS BEING SILLY (MCKENNA IS PROUD THAT SHE TOOK THIS PICTURE)

PLUTO WITH MCKENNA AND CAILEB

My computer or internet is on strike! They know I have good pictures to share (500 something!) and like the kids they are torturing my patience by not letting me share them!!! Yes, I have been with kids too long! Either that or I'm having a serious pity party because after returning from CA I was excited to actually see some grass---it wasn't the pretty fluffy green grass that I layed on in CA, but some frozen yellowish stuff that slightly resembled grass in our front yard-----then Saturday what has to happen???? A MAJOR SNOWSTORM!!!! Talk about getting a good kick in the stomach!

On the plus side it's still March. I LOVE MARCH! It could have to do with the fact that Brett and I are going to be celebrating 12 years of marriage the end of the month, or that my McKenna is going to be 10 years old on the 31st!!!! But alot of the reason I love it is because March means that Spring is almost here! Only two more months until the pool opens----YES! My kids can go outside and jump on the tramp, play soccer, ride bikes, play in the sand, play on the park, you get the idea! But for now, we are stuck in this valley full of snow and sickness!!! At least for now I can enjoy the fact that Brett's work is slow and I really enjoy having him home. When summer comes-------I hardly get to see the guy! :(

Ok~~~~~I'm back and feeling better about life~~~~NOW IF ONLY MY STICKING PICTURES WOULD LOAD.........MAYBE THE THIRD TIME IS THE CHARM????

YES IT'S MARCH

At SeaWorld before the Shamu Show. Sittin' in the SPLASH Zone!

After we went on a ride at SeaWorld. Ethan and McKenna were fearless on the scary rides! Kids after my own heart!

Waiting in line at Disneyland to pick up our tickets

My flippin' computer/internet is being so slow at downloading pictures it's driving me insane! There's so much stuff I want to write about but it's not working out the way I want----darn it! Not that I don't have ten million other things I should be doing---but this is more fun! Actually Maecee isn't feeling very good so I've mostly just been holding her while she sleeps on me, my poor little baby!

Speaking of her, she did the most amazing job on the trip! I was worried because the first night we stayed in a hotel room in SLC, so we didn't miss our flight! She was standing at the door saying---NO, NO, NO, she wanted to go home and be in her little routine. She slept bad that night, and the next night but after that she was a champion! I seriously cannot believe how good she did. She rode in the stroller without a fuss, was scared of the characters the first couple of days, but then after that she would sometimes see them before we would! She loved to see princess Belle! She even had Belle's dress on when she saw her and wasn't scared a bit. She loved the parade, the zoo, Seaworld, and the beach. At the beach she did her signature smear two huge handfuls of wet sticky sand right into her hair! Gotta love it! She went on rides and if she got scared (like on Pirattes) she laid down on either Brett or I and would bury her face, or fall asleep! She also did great on the airplane. Although she was a little scared when we landed---I wonder if it hurt her ears? Landing in Salt Lake she was clinging onto us and saying NO! Yes she says that a lot lately (but she also says a drawn out YAAAAAA for yes too). We also saw her Preschool teacher there while we were waiting in line at the Finding Nemo ride. What a small world!

All the Families in Disneyland

Heidi, Kaidin, Joey, (and a little GIRL growing inside of Heidi!), Jayden, Hillary, Caileb, Jason, Rhett, THE MOM :), Maecee, McKenna, Ethan, Brett, Tawnee, Cory, Cole, Goofy and Grandpa hiding. This was the group until Heidi and Joey went home Sunday (good thing she did because she got REALLY sick on the trip Influenza B). The bad part was we were down 2 adults and poor Kaidin had to stay with us. Actually he blended right in---didn't miss his mom one bit----so he said! He was such a good boy for his crazy aunt Heather!

Holy pictures! Guess how many I have-----only a mere 528! Whoa I could be blogging for months about Disneyland. Believe me, there are enough stories to do it! Spending that many days together and you are bound to get some good stuff!! These pictures are of the Castle behind us the first night we went over to Disneyland Park and the one of Cory, Grandpa and Kids are at the character breakfast we went to where we saw Lilo, Stitch, Minnie, Pluto, I think that's all. That Breakfast was so much fun and the food was really good. We did have to speed walk for about 20 minutes to get there (at 7:30 am). Needless to say, we were a tad bit late, and I am so out of shape, I swear I got shin splits! The lady I talked to told us to walk from our hotel, but I guarantee we could have drove there in about 2 minutes. Oh well! Another adventure!!!!!