There were three in the bed and the BIGGEST one said GET OUT

OK so maybe I haven't exactly said get out, but it's getting to the point where I just may!! I have no problem sleeping with Benjamin in the bed, but Brad does, he doesn't get any sleep with him and he sleeps in weird positions that end up making him really achy and grumpy (and we can't have that!) So I think we're going to work on getting him out of our room...I know I've said this before so I'm giggling right now.. haha But seriously, he really needs to use his own bed. Not to mention...so does Samuel (who right now sleeps on our floor) I guess that loft room is scary. Anyway, maybe they'll start taking naps upstairs together in their own beds and we'll go from there. Either that, or save money for a California King ;)

Supposed to be at church but...

But SSB are being total hemorrhoids today. Not to mention we're watching Desiree who is just as bad, if not worse than the other three. We made it through the first ten minutes, oh wait, nevermind.. we were in the hallway before sacrament was even passed...I took Ben out because he was getting sleepy and didn't want to sit down (mind you he's the best behaved one of all of them, odd since he's the TWO YEAR OLD), so anyway, I take Ben out and five minutes later (if even that) Brad comes out with the rest of them and the diaper bags. Apparently Saria got on her knees on the pew and totally turned around and was not sitting correctly on the pew, and Desiree had to join in. (This being after I took the hymnal from Desiree after telling her repeatedly not to bend and be forceful with the pages). So thankfully no one else's children are being bad yet, since sacrament hasn't even been blessed or passed it's fairly early on, we have an entire couch to ourselves where we put one child on each cushion (Ben's in my arms on a chair across from the couch) They have a nice big time out together, in which LO AND BEHOLD they get into more trouble (they've all been to church before and know how to act) so Brad has to sit between Sam and Desiree. I take Ben's shoes and socks off because for some reason he hates shoes on his feet for too long, and I figured it would help him fall asleep. I guess Desiree thinks it's ok to take her shoes off because she takes them off (no problem really just put them back on right) and we tell her about six times between the both of us to put them back on and she just stares at us like she absolutely knows what we're telling her to do but refusing to at the same time so we just say "ok that's it, lets go" and that's when she starts putting her shoes on...sooo needless to say, we left a little bit early, HEY at least we got to partake of sacrament. As for watching Desiree on a SUNDAY ever again, nope, ain't going to happen ever, I will gladly watch her any other day but SUNDAY because I actually enjoy being at church and would love to be able to stay the entire time. Maybe when Saria starts helping me out by distracting her brothers into doing something that won't get them into trouble instead of being a ring leader and getting them into worse trouble... then I'll reconsider, but my patience is kinda...well we'll just say they're getting on my dendrites...I know, I'm a mother, I chose to have these three wonderful spirits (which I do love with all my heart and am very glad they're here) however, there's only so much I can take, being that I am human and just an average everyday one at that. When parenting brings you to tears, because no matter what you try, or what you DO doesn't seem to work, when everything you do makes you look like a bad parent...when you just wanna throw in the towel...ya, there's only so much I can take. I know they're just kids, and I think that's the ONE thing that helps me not lose it completely. But there's a certain level of responsibility that Saria should be displaying by now, that she isn't. It's so hard to deal with a child like this...because I really don't know what to do. I think I've tried just about everything to try. But I'm sure there's something out there that can help. Maybe...I just need a chill pill ;) Or a nice Alaskan cruise...ya that sounds good

(Insert Indiana Jones theme here)

So we went to the movies yesterday (thanks to the awesome babysitting powers of MOM yay) and I will just come out right now and say, my goodness movie prices are steep!! But anyway, we get this huge popcorn and Brad, for some reason, insists on getting two huge drinks (says so we don't have to keep coming back out for refills.) I really enjoyed the movie! Lets face it, Shia LaBeouf + Harrison Ford=5 stars auto win from me. (hehe) But really, I thought the movie was a lot better then those nasty critics claimed it was, of course I really haven't disliked any movies ever unless their ending was absolutely stupid. Brad and I have even dubbed these kind of movies "the ninth gate kinda movies" (because that ending was absolutely stupid to us) (I am not even sure that movie wasn't rated R since that was way back in the day before we stopped watching R movies so if it was rated R no one will know what we're talking about.. but ya, definetly a good movie, I'd recommend it to anyone that can afford that 13.50 per person (I think that's what it was!)

Brad's new toy

So yesterday Brad went out and bought a truck!! We desperately needed two vehicles so that we would no longer miss church on Sundays because he had to work. He got a 2001 Ford Ranger, really nice little thing (its silver like my van woot! woot!) HOPEFULLY having two vehicles will lighten the burden on the van because it was insane driving that thing all over the state and then having to drive it all over the town too! This will help an amazing amount with being able to attend special events at school with Saria (and maybe help her socially) so we're all pretty excited and happy that we were able to get another vehicle.

When it rains.....

Ok so today we get another phone call from the school, same thing...wouldn't follow directions and was screaming at the top of her lungs. Only..tomorrow she has to stay home from school because the principal thinks she'll just do it again tomorrow. One of the things I noticed today is she does a lot of this crap because she wants to be the center of attention, and really the only thing she cares about is getting that attention, so we've been ignoring her a lot which really makes her angry!! but eventually she stops the whining. As I was discussing with her her actions and behaviors, she came off to me as being proud of herself and she thought she was cute and funny. So...I have no clue what we're going to do, I do know that my mind is made up nice and firm about her repeating first grade, so she will definately be doing that. As for everything else..well we can only pray things will get better!

For every good day....

So today we get a phone call from Saria's school principal stating that Saria's refusing to obey her teacher's instructions and that this is the second time today she's been in the office (it's MAYBE 10:00) and that she's not following instructions in the office either, and that if she doesn't stop and get herself together we'd have to come pick her up...I guess she got herself together for an hour because around 11:30 we got another phone call asking us to go pick her up. I didn't go because I stayed with the boys, but Brad told me she was sitting in a chair in the office screaming at the top of her lungs that she wanted a second chance and that she wants to stay in school..this followed by the office workers trying to stand her up so she could walk out of there and her reacting by turning into what Brad calls a "wet noodle" so Brad picked her up all the while she's screaming she doesn't want to go home and she basically throws this fit home...We made her sit on her bed and "think" about what she's been doing, making bad choices and she ended up falling asleep before too long. I think because she didn't listen to us last night, when we sent her to bed....that she was just overtired today...that is not an excuse, oh I believe she's got a lot more wrong with her then that, but that could explain at least some of her behavior...The thing no one here gets is what triggers her behavior, she's like night and day sometimes...and NO ONE can pin point anything that causes it...

What a beautiful day!!

Yesterday we decided to have a Family Day and so we went to Wal-Mart to try to find the kids a little pool to swim in, weren't successful there so we decided to try Fred Meyer and found a cute little whale pool with a slide. We also passed the grill isle, and we had a brilliant idea to grill out as the kids swam so we purchased a charcoal grill and these neat new round thingys that help light your charcoal (don't even need lighter fluid!!). The kids had a blast, even Benjamin was super excited, and threw the biggest fit about having to go back inside. The weather here is absolutely georgous!!
Oh, and before I forget these adorable pictures...Friday evening Ben fell asleep while watching the G.I. Joe movie (I woulda done the same thing honestly) but he was so cute where he fell asleep I just had to take pictures..

Ben's Haircut and Owwie

So a week ago this past Sunday we all decided to venture outdoors because it was nice and sunny and Ben climbed the stairs on the front porch to yell at the "kee" (kitty) in the window and when he was climbing back down the stairs he fell on his head in so many places!! First of all, his forehead had a pretty big cut in it, and it was dripping blood pretty badly so I pressed my hand against his forehead and ran inside with him. I then wiped his face with a wet washcloth as I applied pressure with it to the cut and the bleeding stopped to the point where I could release the washcloth without it dripping more. Then I cleaned him up a little more because he had blood everywhere.. in his eyes, around his nose etc, and I noticed he had a line straight across his face from the corner of the stair, so the poor kid's sensitive nose was even hurt. I had just given him a haircut either that day or the day before too.. He's healing well! Brad went out and got him some foaming antiseptic anti bacterial stuff and liquid band-aids and butterfly bandages and gauze AND baby tylonel so we doctored him up! He still has a cut on his head, but the other scratches have healed up!!

Happy Mother's Day

If that title fits ya ;)

Saria's Birthday

Okie, so it was almost a week ago, sorry!! We celebrated Saria's birthday on Saturday April 26th. We were the only ones that celebrated with her, so it's not something extravagant and awesome, but she had a good time. She loves Enchanted so Brad got her a disney Enchanted cake. She got several gifts from my mother which made it cheaper for us! We took her to Chuck E. Cheese later that night, don't have pictures from there, silly camera died, but she had a blast playing a game of miniature basketball (throwing the balls in the hoop) her and Samuel both were so excited when they scored points. She had a really fun day and a couple of good school days this week, but she did get in trouble and get written up on the bus... we're still working on that part..