Eighty Four

Last weekend I hitched a ride with my mom to celebrate my Grandma's 84th birthday. Let me just say this lady is as healthy as a 84 yr old can be. She is one feisty woman. Hopefully I can be like her when I am 84. All of her kids(and in laws) and most of the grand kids helped her do some spring cleaning inside the house and in the yard. It was fun to get together with cousins I don't see very often and catch up. Most of them hadn't met Noah yet.
Grandma Clark:

About half of her grandchildren:

I brought these 2 with me:

Again check out those lips, I'm obsessed with them!

My Boys

4 boys = a lot of testosterone

Even though my house is constant chaos with all these boys, I wouldn't want it any other way
Oh and here are a few pictures just because. I can't believe this boy is almost 3 months. It's killing me that he is growing up so fast.

Love this smile!

All You Need is Love

"All you need is Love" Just picture me singing that song from the movie Moulin Rouge(love that movie). I hear many people say they don't like Valentine's Day. That they don't need a certain day to tell someone they love them. I love it for that exact reason. I don't know about anyone else but Luke and don't exactly have a ton of time to be lovey dovey 24/7. We have 4 kids and they make us TIRED! It's nice to have a day to do something nice for your spouse and kids that you wouldn't normally do on a daily basis. We aren't big gift givers on V-day. We tend to go for the homemade things, which are my favorite.

This year the kids had a lot of fun. We heart attacked their bedroom doors, and then when they came in the kitchen the table was decorated. They each had a $ store present on their chair. We then had a nice homemade breakfast.

The best part about having a child in school is the homemade gifts they bring home. Nicholas kept this hidden from me and then gave it to me in the morning. He was so excited.

Then I gave Luke this Candy gram. Nothing special but it was fun and different. Walmart didn't have a great selection of candy so it made it somewhat difficult to come up with things that made sense. Luke gave me a sweet card and a blank paper with the numbers 1 through 25 on it. He knew I wanted to put new songs on my MP3 player for working out but I never have because I don't want to spend the money. It was a great day and made me realize how I am so grateful for a wonderful family. I LOVE them!

Cleaning the car

Luke is always making comments on how gross the inside of my car is. He just doesn't get it. He gets to drive his car around with no kids which equals no messes. So as I was cleaning out the car I noticed all the clothes in there were Parker's. This kid can't stay dressed for longer than 2 min. I'm not even joking when I say it. One day I will take a picture of his room, and you will see all his clothes on the floor that are supposed to be in his dresser. This all happens by about 9 am.

So as I looked at the piles of socks, jackets, and shoes that I took out of the car I realized I am ready for sandal and short weather.

Proof that I wasn't exaggerating

Belated Birthday

This last weekend my friends treated me to dinner and movie for my 3oth birthday. Unfortunately my birthday is at a crazy time of the year and it's hard to find a day when we can all go out. Also I had just had Noah and wasn't comfortable leaving him for long periods of time. We decided to wait so I can be completely kid free. It was so great! I love going out with these girls. They treated me right. We went out to the Cheesecake Factory, then to Yougurtland and snuck the yogurts into the movie Dear John. The movie was okay. It didn't matter because we got to stare at Channing Tatum for 2 hours. Thanks girls for a great night!

All the hotties

Jenny and Emily

Quinne and little Finn

Missing him

Luke is gone this weekend and the kids are missing him soooo much, and honestly so am I. They look forward to the weekends because that's when I get a little break and they get to play with dad for 2 days straight. Here are their sad faces:

Sammy really was sad. She just had a tantrum about me combing her wet tangled hair.

This is Parker's real sad face. He got in trouble and went down for a nap early. Please tell me this terrible 2 stuff will be over soon. None of my children have had it this bad. I love this boy but boy oh boy does he test every ounce of patience I have.

Speaking of missing Luke....... I always knew Luke helped me out a lot. I'm sure some people think he helps me out too much. I guess I always took for granted the amount of things he does to help me out. He has never had a weekend alone to just relax and have fun. He deserves this, he really does.

Just hurry home...PLEASE!!

Today Nicholas helped me give Noah a bath. This is something Sammy and Nicholas fight over. I have mentioned Noah adores Nicholas. It is so cute and he can get Noah to smile anytime. I love it! Here is Noah in the bath. He loves bath time more than anything else. He can be crying out of control and the minute his bum hits that water he is in heaven. Noah just started laughing and in this picture he was laughing at Nicholas.

Did you notice in both pictures he isn't even looking at me(camera). He is staring at Nicholas. Brotherly love...it's so cute!