Mr. & Mrs. Moore

Mike and I traveled to St.Maries Idaho this weekend for my sisters wedding. We had a nice time seeing my family and I was so glad that we could be there to see Samantha on her special day. She looked beautiful in her dress and I have to say that our family rocked it with our amazing dance moves at the reception! We had a great time and Mike and I enjoyed a weekend together without our kids before #4 arrives.

Happy Birthday Princess!!!

Last week we celebrated Julia's 4th birthday. Wow, the years are flying by. I had to take a minute and say a few things about this amazing little girl. She has been a blessing from the moment she was born. Bringing joy and laughter and PINK to our home. I LOVE having a daughter. The princesses and baby dolls and bows and ruffles make me smile. Julia is a bright, imaginative little girl. Always make-believing and dressing up. She loves to help me cook and put away the laundry. She makes up her own songs to sing and is a mermaid in the bathtub. She is always saying something funny and we love her so much. She is also strong willed and a drama queen but I wouldn't change any of it. I can't wait to do this all over again with our next little girl! Happy Birthday Julia!

Disneyland

What a day! We wanted to take the kids to Disneyland before the baby is born. We ended up going on the hottest day so far this year! 90 degrees and 8 months pregnant walking around Disneyland is not my idea of fun. But we do this stuff for our kids right?! This was Julia's first time there and we kept it a secret that we were going until the night before. She calls it Princessland and couldn't wait to see princesses and Mickey of course. She was a trooper and did great until after the World of Color show at California Adventure. It was an amazing show! But by about 10 pm she was pretty grouchy! One of my favorite parts of the day was waiting to have a picture with Winnie the Pooh and she wanted to tell him that she was getting a new baby. So sweet! She loved the tea cups and Soaring over California - not impressed with Pirates though. The boys and Mike rode some of the "bigger" rides like the Matterhorn & Space mountain. We had to split up and make sure that everyone got to do what they wanted. So this trip made me realize a few things about Disneyland:
*The happiest place on earth turns to the grouchiest place on earth once you've been there for 12 hours
*I do not want a season pass - why anyone would do that to themselves more than once every few years is beyond me
*3(almost 4) year olds cannot wait in a line longer than 45 min.
*When you finally get to the front of the line someone will have to go potty ( it might even be Mom!)
*sometimes the tram ride to the parking lot is the best ride of the day
*But... When it's all over the fun memories stay with you forever!

Triathlon

So the boys and Mike,Grandma,Grandpa,Pam and Jonathan all raced in a sprint triathlon last weekend. It was held at the Los Alamitos army base. It looked like we would have rain all day but as we arrived the sun came out and it was nice except for the wind. Ethan did a half mile run, mile bike ride and 50 meter swim. Hyrum did a half mile run, half mile ride and 50 meter swim. The adults did a 5K, 12 mile bike ride and 200 meter swim. It was fun to cheer everyone on and see them finish what they had trained so hard for.

Busy Boys

The boys both entered the science fair this year. Ethan grew his own rock candy and Hyrum explored what would brake up a nail the most. They both worked hard and Ethan earned a first place award while Hyrum got a second ( not bad for his first year)! They are both smart boys!


Ethan played a duet last Sunday at Redlands Univ. for a piano festival. It was a good experience for him. He and his partner received medals for Honorable Mention. They played Broadway Lights. I am so proud that he is brave enough to get up and preform in front of judges.



Julia started sucking her thumb at 3 months old. We were thrilled because before that she was a screamer and hard to console. Well, 3 1/2 years later it isn't so cute and we can't get her to stop. We tried bribes like getting a new big girl bed or going to Disneyland but it didn't work. Now we have gotten mean! I had to buy the horrible tasting stuff to put on her nail and I hope it helps.

Being a Mom Is............

Do your kids ever drive you CRAZY???? Mine seem to be having a really hard time listening to anything I say. To start last week off, the boys broke a plate in the kitchen because they thought it was a good place to wrestle. It is like they don't remember we have any rules in our house! Went to Costco with the whole family on Saturday morning. I would not recommend this to anyone. It was so busy, but I had coupons that were about to expire so we had to go. Anyway, the real problem was that the boys wore their Heelies (the shoes with a wheel in them) . I told them before we went in that skating in crowded Costco - cutting people off, falling down in front of people etc. wasn't allowed. Do you think they listened? NO! Mike threatened to make them take their shoes off and walk in their socks and I finally sentenced them to a time out as soon as we got home. An hour later they had eaten lunch, Julia was put down for a nap and I told the boys to go play outside and if anyone slammed the door coming in or out they would be in trouble. They kept coming in saying they were bored and wanted to play video games instead. It was beautiful weather out and they had friends to play with so I did the only thing I could think of - Locked them out! Am I the only Mom that always feels like a bad guy? Sometimes I just wonder what is going on in their little brains!

Catching Up

Playing in the leaves at Granny and Papa's.
Nerd day at school!
My family on Christmas Eve.
My mom brought a bunch of hats for Buddy so he could get in the Holiday spirit!

This pillow pet brought tears to her eyes!
Hyrum finally got a DS! He was sooooooo happy!

Disney on Ice
Snow in the Desert!

Wow.....the end of 2010 flew by and I have really neglected this blog. We went to Idaho in November to visit family, had Thanksgiving with Mike at work, my family joined us here in California for Christmas,we found out that baby #4 is a girl,celebrated the New Year with everyone having the flu and now 2011 is as busy as ever! The boys are both doing science projects( lots of work for Mom). Ethan is super busy with piano - Cert. of Merritt is coming up and he is playing a duet for a festival at Redlands University. Both boys and Mike are training for a mini Triathalon next month. Whew.......I am trying to start planning the bedroom situation since someone has to share now. Life is as busy and exciting as usual! I am posting a few pictures of the fun we had over the past months, enjoy!