Allie 2months old

This sweet little petunia turned two months old on February 15th. She is such a smiley thing already. She almost always smiles at her daddy. Trent can also get her to mimick the sounds he makes. She pretty much has him wrapped around her finger. She is a great sleeper and at most wakes up once or twice a night, just to eat them right back to sleep. It truly has been a dream. She finally got over her Jaundice and started putting on some weight. Oh how I love this little girly. She is starting to finally like her baths and only screams when it's time to get out. Love you sweet thing.

Happy Valentines

This Cupid was not very on top of things this year. Usually I bring my A game for holidays, but adding a fourth has been a greater challenge than I had expected. Don't get me wrong Allie is a great baby, it's more of the juggling several things at once kind of thing. With time it'll get better.
Anyway, a quick trip to the store and everyone was happy. The boys got some new beyblades and Jaida a new toy princess cell phone.
Trent bought me some fresh springy flowers, they brought a smile to my face. I love my little family.

Never Ending

Laundry is a viscous cycle I tell you. Once you think you are near the end something dramatic happens like someone wets the bed or something! Adding another kid in the mix pretty much solidifies my never ending laundry chore! If only I had a laundry fairy, hmmm... One can dream right!

Author's Tea

Pierce had his first Author's Tea at school. He wrote a book called," Pierce and his Pet Dinosaur". He was pretty nervous about getting it done and having it just right. His teacher, Ms. Biondo was really pleased with his finished project. He did a great job presenting it in front of his class. After he was done reading we enjoyed animal crackers and apple juice. Pierce is such a great reader. I am amazed at how much this kid knows. He is one smart cookie that's for sure. I am so proud of him.

Chocoholic

Ever since I can remember Brock has always been a lover of chocolate. For his school Valentines I took him to the store to pick out candy to attach to his cards. I told him to pick out what he would like. He came back with Ghiradeli Carmel filled milk chocolate squares! I said,"oh buddy not that!" He replied with," you said to get what I would like and we can't give my friends the crap chocolate!" Haha he is a man of Fine chocolate taste. His Gramsie is to blame for this habit. She always had a stash of the "eagle" chocolates at the mission home just for Brock.

Extreme Couponing

I'm not quite to the extreme level of couponing but I definitely like to do it. There is just an adrenalin rush when you go to check out at the cashier and the total just keeps dropping! This by far was one of my best trips. 69%!! I was pretty proud. Gotta love a good deal.

California Dreaming

The first weekend in February a hospital in Clovis, California offered to fly both Trent and I out for a job interview. He would be interviewing for the job at Clovis Community Hospital. My mom flew out to watch the three older kids so that we could do this. We were so thankful. Since we haven't ever done anything like this we opted to kind if turn it into a mini vacation. We flew into LAX and Cory and Dee drove up to hang with us for the weekend. As you can tell by the pictures we had a great time and ate some yummy food. We walked along Santa Monica and Muscle Beach/ Venice Beach boardwalk and saw done interesting people. They also took us to an amazing place called Botega Louis. They had the best pizza and some yummy macaroons!
On Sunday we made our road trip to Clovis and even stopped off in Porterville to see one of Trent's best friends.
While Trent was interviewing Monday I went and kidnapped my niece and nephew Tyden and Hadlee. We went to breakfast at McDonalds and then to the pet store to look at the animals. Then I took them to Target to pick out a surprise. Tuesday Trent had more interviews and I toured the town with a relocation specialist. Trent got an interview with another Children's Hospital here in town. The lady at the community hospital Taft would be his boss turned out to be kind of an odd duck. The Children's Hospital seemed like a better fit, but they had local candidates that made more sense:(.
Later that night we went and picked up Tyden and Hadlee for ice cream and some Chuck e Cheese fun. We had a great time and it was so sad to say goodbye.
Allie got sick on this trip and still was such a trooper. She was an angel on all our flights and slept the whole time. We sure were excited to see our other kids when we got home. Man we missed them. Thanks for all those who made this happen. It was such a good time.