Spring is here, and my garden is started!

I was going to take advantage of this huge dirt area by our pool (the one the kids are playing in in my previous post) and build a giant garden; my dream! But, with everything being as busy as it is, and so many projects already waiting for us, I decided to just keep my old garden and plant only tomatoes (6 of them!) and chives. I also have a pot in my front yard with other fresh herbs like parsley, mint, basil, and more chives. These ingredients are one of my favorite combos for a sandwich in the summer! They are also great for almost any kind of cooking. I also hope that all our fruit trees give us lots us fruit too. I can't wait! Yummm!

Chris is working on putting in a sprinkler system by the pool so we can finally get some landscape put in. I love spring and I love to garden! Plus it is extra nice to start crossing some things off the long project list!

Good times in the dirt

I don't know what it is about this dirt pile in our backyard (ok, ok... It's going to be my garden ONE day!) but the kids play here every day! Even the pups like to get in on the action. LOL

Puppy Love

St. Patricks Day celebration

We went to a friends house this year to celebrate St. Patrick's Day for the kids. Lisa was the best hostess ever. The kids had a blast with all the green food and trying to find Leprechauns. The sweetest part of the whole night when the kids were "dancing" to some Irish music! (Thanks for the pictures Karla!) I have a video that I took on my cell phone of all the kids dancing. As soon as I figure out how to upload it, I will!

Potty Training

I never knew I could be so happy to have my child use the bathroom! LOL With Maddie I just expected her to do it. I didn't expect her to have any issues or accidents, and well, she did it at the young age of two! In fact, she was about 2 years and 2 weeks old when she was 100% potty trained. I assumed that the twins would be the same..... Well, as usual, they proved me wrong! At the age of two, they were NO where near ready to be potty trained. They could hardly talk! Fast forward to now and Ava still wants NOTHING to do with the potty except sit on it for two seconds and then go on to pee in her underwear. (but that's okay!) Lucy on the other hand has really taken to potty training! She loves to watch the potty training movies, she lets her baby go pee pee on the potty, and she herself goes potty on the potty! YAY! We have officially given up the diapers (except at naptime and bedtime) and she uses the potty, just like a big girl! YAY! Chris and I were running some errands the other day and Lucy had to go pee pee. I wasn't sure how this was going to work b/c she had only been going at home up until that point. Well, I took her to a public restroom and she did it! We did the happy pee pee dance right there in the bathroom of Sam's club! LOL I am so proud of Lucy!! Let's just hope that Ava is not to far behind her. :)

What did we get ourselves into now!?!?!?

Oh Gosh.... meet..... BAILEY!!! (at least that's her name for now!!)

Chicken park

I met a girlfriend at the park the other day and we let all the kids play. I had some really cute pictures of the kids swinging, going down the slide and feeding the chickens, but my camera card failed and all my pictures got corrupted...sorry, no pics. :(

Updated! I just found some of the photos on my card that were not corrupted.. Enjoy!

She lost her two front teeth!!!

Fun in the SNOW!!

We went up to the snow today, and oh my gosh, it was SOOOOOO fun! We all had a BLAST! I can't believe how well the twins did. Lucy was a bit apprehenive about the snow and sled thing, but Maddie and Ava LOVED it! We were going to build "frosty the snowman", (that's what Lucy says) but someone already built one for us. :) The place we went to is just off Hwy 50 called Fresh Pond, it is about 42 miles from our house and it only took us 35 minutes to get there. We will definitley go again! :)

I just ran across this newspaper article and I cannot say enough how much I can relate! There are some people, including my very own family, that thinks I never do anything with them b/c I am neglecting them or I just don't want to. I have to admit, having twins is the hardest challenge of my entire life! Having three kids is wonderful, (so don't get think I am complaining) I just wish people understood that I try my very best to be a wonderful mother, wife, daughter, sister and friend. I know there will be a time in our life when we are able to "do" more things, but that time is just not now....

Happy Valentine's Day!

We have a fun day planned with the kids today. This morning the girls are getting Valentine donuts (just what they need, more sugar! lol) and then we are going to a Valentine's Day party over at one of my girlfriends house. After we come home and the girls (and maybe momma) take a nap, we are going to the snow! YAY! It's been so long since we have been to the snow. In fact, the last time we went I was only six weeks pregnant with the twins! When the kiddos go to bed tonight, Chris and I will probably just hang out and play some games together while we eat chocolate dipped strawberries, my favorite. :)

This picture was taken at Dawn's house at the Valentines party. All the kids were so good!!!

My brother Michael, his girlfriend Salli and their two kids came to Sacramento last week to visit. They live in Washington, almost to Canada. I haven't seen my brother in over 6 years, and I think that's a really long time. Anyway, I met my two nieces, Liberty and Alexis for the first time. They are both soooo adorable! They liked their visit here so much that now they are thinking about moving here! It would be so wonderful to have him and the girls down here close to us.
I didn't take half as many pictures as I wanted.... guess I was to busy enjoying the visit!