Nate's Visit and F.H.E.

Nate and BIG Steve came to visit us this week. They stayed two nights at Turtle Bay, and then the rest of their vacation was in Honolulu. I had to get a picture with Aaron and BIG Steve so you could see how BIG he really is. He played four years of college football at University of Washington and get this, he is a triplet. CRAZY! When they got in on Monday we took them for a tour of the campus and then got them checked into Turtle Bay. Later that night Aaron decided to surprise us with his idea of what to do for F.H.E. (family home evening) For those of you who are wondering what this is, every Monday night we get together as a family and spend time with one another. We start with a song and a prayer, then someone has a lesson. In the lesson we learn about Jesus and about his teachings, then we have an activity, (some sort of game or sport, a way to interact with each other and have fun) and then we end with a treat. This is one of the many ways the church helps families stay united. So for this Monday night, Aaron invited over the Williams, Derek, Hillary and baby Jocelyn to have a Book of Mormon reading sleep over. He wanted to see how far we could get through the Book of Mormon. Derek and Aaron ran to Foodland to stock up on provisions, and then the reading began. After five hours of reading, we had it down to a science, it took an hour to read roughly 20 pages. So after five hours, we hit page 100 and decided it was time to adjourn till the next reading. I must tell you, I was very impressed Derek, Hillary and Aaron read from 9:30 pm to 2:30 am with out stopping, sadly to say, I was unable to stay awake the whole time, I had a little nap in between. I think Aaron was inspired by the stories my Dad told while we were at the cabin of men who read the whole Book of Mormon cover to cover with out stopping. It took them like 36 hours, but they did it! I am so impressed with Aaron and that he really did want to read it cover to cover, I think he just wasn't factoring in for us that we have kids and work, etc. These other men whom my dad spoke of didn't have children at the time, personally I think that makes a big difference:) I do love reading the scriptures 20 pages at a time because then you get through stories and can learn so much. That is only an hour a day. I told Aaron maybe that is a good way to finish up with the rest of the Book of Mormon. Who knows maybe next Monday will be another surprise sleepover:)
Then on Tuesday Nate and Steve spent the day at the PCC and we spent the day at the Turtle Bay pool, thanks guys:) Derek, Hillary and baby Jocelyn met up with us and we had a nice relaxing day. Kali always loves the slide and the waterfalls. She showed us her amazing strength by holding on to the rocks on one of them, AMAZING! Krew also enjoyed the water and watching his sister play.

It has happened again:)

I am not quite sure if it has something to do with giving Kali cheerios at the 3:00 pm hour or what but it has happened again and this time I was sitting right next to her eating, I turned to tell Aaron something, and when I turned back to talk to Kali, this is what I found:) If you missed the first episode, you can check it out here.

Can I get a little help!

Kali crashed on the couch at 7:00 pm tonight exhausted from the day with out taking her usually afternoon nap. Around 9:00 pm I decide I should probably move her into her bed and pray that she is out for the night. At this point I am now wrestling in my mind with the idea of whether or not I should attempt to put on her diaper, knowing that in the past it has caused her to freak out and become fully awake, adrenaline pumping, which means that putting her back to bed could be a few hours away. I decide to try, seeing how the last few nights have not been dry ones, as I lay her on her freshly laundered sheets and attempt to put on her diaper, I feel a warm, wet sensation on my leg. I couldn't help but laugh, the irony of it all.

WHAT DO I DO???

So here it is, Kali is potty trained, however, during her naps and nights she is so random as to whether she stays dry or not. This past week she went four straight naps, and nights not wetting at all. I have paid attention to how much liquid she intakes and that doesn't seem to have any affect on whether she wets. On day, she didn't drink hardly anything, however she wet for nap and night time. The next day she drank so much I thought she was storing up for the winter. DRY, both nap and night time? We use to have her wear pull-ups because that was a big deal to her, then she prefered Krew's diapers, which, YES, she does fit into, a size 3 diaper:) Now, it is a fight to get her to put on a diaper or pull-up at all because she is a big girl and all she wants to wear is underwear. I would like that too. I am just tired of cleaning her sheets 3 times a week. I did get her one of those wet sheet things to put under her but she moves so much she always wets off of it. I guess the next step is to buy a fitted wet sheet and have her just sleep on top of that, but I would just like to know what to do to stop it all together?

ANY SUGGESTIONS? PLEASE HELP!!

These two pictures make me laugh, can you tell they are siblings? Kali and Krew both sleep so crazy, we always find them in those most awkward, weird positions.

I can't complain...

It has happened again, the house is really quite and I am not sure where Kali is, so I start looking around and what is she doing...

folding her clothes!
This has happened a couple of times now, I am terrible when it comes to laundry, I get them washed, dried, separated into piles then Kali and Krew's clothes usually end up in their room on the floor till I get to folding them and putting them away. Lately, Kali beats me to it and folds and puts them away herself. She is such a big helper!! Lately she likes to randomly through out the day say, "momma, I love you!" Sometimes it is accompanied by a huge hug. These are the moments I like to remember. Kali really is such a good girl, I always tell Aaron if she could just get over all the whining and screaming and crying she would be my perfect child, I really freak out inside when she does that. I don't want you to get the wrong impression, it is a daily struggle with these two kids, but it just melts me when Kali is such a big helper and good listener. I love you, Kali.

don't you just love curly hair

I am so jealous of these kids with curly hair. You know how it works, if your hair is straight you want curly and if it is curly you want straight. We all know that beautiful perfect curls is harder to duplicate on straight hair with a curling iron, then to duplicate straight hair with a straightener. So to all of you naturally curly haired people out there in the world, and you know who you are, (obviously:) wear your curls with pride and know that the rest of us are jeolous:) Thanks Aaron and Grandma Tami for the curly hair gene, because we all know it didn't come from my side of the family!

to the sisterhood

GIRLS NIGHT- Back to back:)
We watched Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants on Friday, (thanks Kim for letting us watch it at your house, they have surround sound much cooler than my place:) to prepare for Saturday night Sisterhood part 2. Let me just tell you GIRLS NIGHTS ROCK!! I love my girl friends here, EVERYONE is just so much fun. Rob joined us on Friday night, (I think he didn't want his wife to be away from him two nights in a row, so he thought he would join us) then he watched my kids on Saturday, he is like my perma-babysitter! Thanks Rob, I really do appreciate it:)
We wanted a pic of all of us girls together but we couldn't figure out how to set the timer so luckily I have long arms for our group photo, I think I did a pretty good job!!

Happy 2nd Birthday Addi!!!!

We celebrated Addi's birthday today at her home with lots of water play and food. I am not sure what my deal was today, I guess I felt the need to take head shots of all of the children and so I did. The cute pic of Angie was while we were having a photo war, just taking pictures of each other, I caught her taking a picture of me so I was like, "O yay", and snapped an adorable one of her, don't you think:) Men fight with swords, women with camera's:) The picture of Krew was actually taken by Aaron in our room at home, but I loved it so much and didn't want Krew to feel left out, so I had to include it. I love the pictures of Drew and Brody and can not wait until Krew can actually sit or stand, so I can take fun cute pictures of them. Not that I can't now but it will be easier when he is not so wobbly. And welcome back Lili Howard, they are back in town and just moved in right next door. Kali loves it!! It was cute when she first saw Lili again, she just stood there and stared at her, they were standing face to face like a foot apart and Kali was just staring, she couldn't believe it was really Lili, I wish I would have had my camera.