Funny and cute and not so funny!

  So Zach has been doing this thing lately that's not quite lying, but not quite telling the truth either.  He will walk into a room and if you look at him he will tell you what he's not going to tell you:) 
ex.  "Mommy, I'm not going to tell you I drank out of the hose ... I'm not going to tell you that"
ex. #2 
Spencer wondered where the soda he just opened went so I went to see which one of my boys had snagged it and when I walked into my room Zach says.  "Mommy I'm not going to tell you where daddy's soda is ...." It was obviously being hid behind his back.  sigh

so today Mason wanted to know everything about how baby's eat while they're in my stomach.  We got into discussions of why everyone has a belly button and I showed him videos about how it all works.  He was very interested, but in the end just started giggling about the baby not wearing any underwear in my belly. :)  love this kid

Ethan informed Mason the other day that only babies call their Mommy "Ma ma".  He then proceeded to tell him that big kids call their Mommy "mommy"!!  LOVE IT!!!

Where's the baby!!

  Well, I can honestly say I thought I would go into labor today and now ... I think I'm in it for the duration.  I went to the dr.'s today hoping that all of the pressure and contraction pain I'd been having would have significantly dilated and effaced me, but it was not to be.  Then I was hoping that the dr. would strip my membranes and this would give me contractions ... he said he did .. no contractions.  Then I was hoping that I wouldn't have another 9 lb baby this pregnancy and was told that this baby looked to be 8lbs already.  I'm a little down.  It would have been fun to go into labor on my own for this last baby, but it looks like I'll just be induced on Monday.
** I'm trying to look at the big picture and be happy that my baby will have a little more cooking time, but will be here on the 14th  **

4th of July

  We had such an amazing and fun 4th of July, even though we had to scale it back a little.  We decided this year that Korie would not be up to doing both the parade and the fireworks so we opted to cut back and just do the firework show in Kaysville with the Staten family.
  The day started off really early with Spencer running his first 5k with his sister (Becky) in Centerville at 7:00 in the morning.  He did really well with a finish time of 32 minutes.  All of us were really proud of him.  We then had a relaxing day with the kids, going to Red Robin for lunch and then over to save places for the firework show. 
  The fireworks were so much fun this year.  Spencer splurged and bought all the kids the glow in the dark light sabers, and while we waited at the park we were treated to a preshow of martial art light sabering techniques.
  During the fireworks Zach decided that he didn't want to watch the fireworks at all, but really just wanted to dance in the dark to the music.  His dance moves might need a little work, (Spencer got a little ribbing about him teaching Zach everything he knew about dancing), but it was fun and hilarious to watch him enjoy the music.  (The man in front of us, that he kept falling into, might not have shared this opinion)

What a crazy week!!  more details to come :)

**favorite comments of the day:

Zach to Uncle Josh
Zach:  "You have beards on your legs too like uncle Chad"

Mason to me:
Mason: I know why the electric light sabers can't fold into the handle
Me: Why?
Mason: because there are wires that would break if it did.
  ** always thinking **

Ethan to anyone:
Ethan: "This was the best 4th of July ever"


** favorite action of the day

I told Ethan that he couldn't hug me because I was just too hot and couldn't have his body heat add to my heat.  The next thing I knew he was handing me a home made fan that he had quickly made so I could cool myself off.  (What a sweetheart!)

Thanks mom for taking this wonderful picture :)  lol!