All Girls...But Six

Two Cute Little Monsters

2011-11-29T14:02:00.000-08:00

Ammon and Sam have matching monster jammies. Ammon loves to wear them with Sam. Every time he does he says "mom you have to cute little monsters" Emma does not like to be left out. Proof that Emma picks on the boys. Caught in the act of pulling Ammon's hair.

Thirty Five

2011-11-29T13:54:00.000-08:00

Oh yea I turned 35 in October. Chase flew to Africa that day. The kids made me cake and my friends Julie and Janna took me out to dinner. I had a good day, I just missed Chase. He did stay home from work the day before and we celebrated then.

Ammon,Emma and Sam

2011-11-29T13:13:00.001-08:00

My three little dorks that stay home with me all day remind me of my first three little dorks. I am ending just where I started (Boy, Girl, Boy) They even have similar personalities as the first three. Except Sam is a little more on the go than Sim was. Sim was so laid back. Ammon is the funnies character. He is constantly making everyone laugh. He also drives me crazy some times. He is a handful. The things that he says and comes up with just make you think how in the world does his little brain work. Chase says that he reminds him of his little brother Blake. He says that Blake was the coolest little kid. Ammon will watch his shows and then tell me how hard it is to watch shows. Like he has been working all day. He was singing me Jingle Bells the other day but he was saying Tinkle Bells. When he sees something he likes or wants in a store he says " I wish I should like that" he always says "holy cow" and then proceeds to tell you something. He thinks he is Chases age and thinks he is in charge.Ammon loves planes, he calls them hair planes. He is obsessed with them and always wants to go for a plane ride. Luckily he gets to a couple of times a year. Emma is stubborn and bossy. I can't figure out how that could have happened (spoiled by everyone) Emma is also sweet. She loves to read, and you can find her in middle of the night with her light on sitting on her bed reading books. She can spend hours doing this. Just like her big sister. She loves to terrorize Ammon and Sam. She knows just what to do to get them going. Emma has to wear shoes at all times, when you go get her up in the morning she already has her boots on. Emma loves anything purple. When she sees purple no matter what it is she says "my purple one" Emma loves colors and tells you what color anything is. Emma loves to jump. She does not walk she jumps everywhere.When emma gets in trouble she starts crying and screaming "a hug" "a kiss" Emma is also scared of the dark now she will turn her light on all night long, no matter how many times you turn it off when she is asleep she wakes up and turns it back on. Sam is my sweet little angel (for now) He fits his name perfectly!!!!! He is the strongest little guy I have ever met. Every time I nurse him or feed him a bottle I have a wrestling match with him. At seven months old he is stronger than me. He can get out of any hold you have on him. He physically wears me out. Ammon always says to him "mom doesn't want to wrestle Sam" Sam walks along furniture and will move from the couch to the ottoman. He can stand alone. He is physically extremely advanced. He has had another EEG and his results have both come back as normal. He has had about 8 seizures now. we think that his nervous system is just trying to keep up with how fast he is developing. We just watch him and after a few months if he has not "caught up" stopped having them we will take him back in for more tests. He has one more appointment in Jan. with a pediatric neurologist. Hopefully by then he will have stopped having them. I think he will be walking on his own in the next month. I love when I pick him up he holds on to me like a monkey.

Halloween

2011-11-28T06:51:00.000-08:00

We had a fun Halloween. We went trick or treating for the first time here. The trunk or treat was a couple of days earlier. We went with our good friends that moved here. I made Hannah and Emma's witch costumes and Sim's Napoleon. Ammon went as rhino, Gid was Peter Pan, Ben was Luke Skywalker, Sol was a gorilla and Chase was Austin Powers(his dads old costume)I forgot but Sam was a little lion.

Gideon's Six

2011-11-28T06:37:00.000-08:00

Nanny and Papa came to town during Gideons birthday. We celebrated it with them and our good friends from Gilbert that moved here in August.

Salmon Days

2011-11-27T20:51:00.000-08:00

The football players and cheerleaders marched in the salmon days parade. Ben decided after finding that out he will be playing football next fall. We will see how that goes.

Football and Cheerleading

2011-11-27T19:44:00.000-08:00

This year we had Sim and Sol doing Issaquah youth football, Hannah doing Cheer and Chase playing on the 9th grade team at Issaquah High School. We had a good year. Everyone had fun. Sol really came out of his shell this year. He is an animal on the field! Sim loves the game and is so strong! Hannah enjoyed cheer and was the caller, because she understands football and knew what was going on on the field. Chase loved playing for the high school and played both ways, and usually played the whole game. I am thankful the season is over. It keeps me so busy I can't even think straight.

Sammy

2011-10-18T21:22:00.000-07:00

Sam had another seizure yesterday. That makes three in 10 days. His Doctor sent us to Seattle Childrens Hospital. Chase is out of town in Africa. I freeked out and didn't want to drive so I called my friend Julie and she was already on her way there to help someone else, so she turned around and came and got us. I am so thankful she was able to do that, I was in no shape to drive. My other friend Janna came over and stayed with the other kids and was there when the others got home from school. They observed him and checked him out, we where there for about 5 hours. He seems perfectly fine and happy when he is not having one. Since he is already scheduled for an EEG tomorrow morning we just kept that appointment. I am really nervous and scared. I don't want to be doing this on my own. I really wish that Chase was here. I hope everything goes ok. I love my little Sammy and I am worried about him.

Sam is 6 months old

2011-10-06T21:43:00.000-07:00

Sam is so big! He is 17 lbs. and also in the 25% for weight. I feel like he is huge but I guess not that big. Sam rolls around every where and we always find him under the couch. He is a smiley happy baby. Today while nursing Sam had two seizures. it freeked me out. I was so scared. He will be having tests next week. For now we are watching him closely. I don't feel like I can even put him down.

Emma is Two

2011-10-06T21:28:00.000-07:00

Emma weighs 25 lbs. She is in the 25 percentile. Emma is a funny little thing. She wants her shoes on from the second she gets up until she goes to bed. Sometimes when I go in to wake her, she already has them on. She always says "shoes on" Emma loves to read books, just like her older sister. She will sit on ;her bed for hours reading books. Emma loves her loopsy dolls, and her baby dolls. It is so fun to have a little girl they are so different than boys.

First day of school

2011-10-06T20:59:00.000-07:00

Chase first year of High School as a freshman. Hannah 7th grade. Sim 5th grade. Sol 3rd grade. Ben 2nd grade. Finally last but not least Giddy started Kindergarten!

Cousins

2011-10-06T20:42:00.001-07:00

Emma's 2nd birthday and Sol's 9th birthday

2011-10-06T19:57:00.000-07:00

We did a joint party for Emma and Sol before we left AZ. The inside was a lala loopsy party for Em and outside was a water slide swimming party for Sol. It was a lot of fun. The best part was the fun I had with Shellie making the cakes and bowes and all the decorations for the party.

4th of July

2011-08-28T19:41:00.000-07:00

For the fourth we had a big blow up water slide in the back yard, swimming, barbeque and our own little fire works show at night in the front yard. On the last day of school Chases best friend Colelman moved to Chicago. His famile is also from AZ and was down for a week and he spent the fourth and a lot of the week with us. It was good to see him, but we are so sad he has moved!

Samson's Blessing Day

2011-08-28T19:32:00.001-07:00

Samson Charles Hawkins was blessed on his three month Bday. We waited until we where in AZ so the family could all be there. It was a nice day. Sam cried through the whole thing. He is my only kid that has done that. I knew he would he wont take a binkie or anything, he will suck my thumb sometimes but no one elses. I think papa and uncle Brady tried but he didn't want anything to do with it. After the blessing we went to nannies and had all of the family over for lunch.

Arizona Summer

2011-08-28T19:17:00.000-07:00

We spent another Six weeks in Arizona this summer. It was a nice laid back summer. We swam a lot, went to movies, and played Rook all summer long. It is great that we can spend so much time there with our families and the kids can stay close to their cousins. At the beginning of summer my younger kids where timid around the pool by the end Gideon could swim on his own and Ammon and Emma where pretty good with their floaties. We also returned home blond and tan. Even though it is so hot in AZ in July and August now that I don't live there I can appreciate the sun and the heat.

Sammie is 2 months old

2011-06-15T22:23:00.000-07:00

Sam is such a good baby. He is the best nurser I have ever had. It is my biggest blessing that I can nurse him. It still amazes me. He nursed 7 times a day and gets 3 bottles. He sleeps through the night. He smiles all of the time. He weighs 10 lbs. and 5 ounces and is 22 inches long. He is getting really chubby. I love Sam's sweet little spirit.

Emma Loops is 21 months old

2011-06-15T22:06:00.000-07:00

Emma has had an adjustment since Sam was born. She was so used to being everybodys center of attention especially mine, That Sam being born has rocked her little world. She tries to love him but also loves to hit him. When she tries to pick him up, hold him or carry him she does by his neck. Emma is a funny little thing. She can mimic any word that anybody says. She loves books more than anything. When you get her up in the morning the first thing she says is books. To distract her when she is upset, you just have to ask her where her books are. Emma loves to have a lot of books read to her before bed. Since I am nursing, Sim or Sol read to her. Emma weighs 24 lbs. Emma loves banana's and anything sweet. Emma also loves her daddy. When he is home she is with him non stop. We love little Emma.

Two Dorks

2011-06-15T22:00:00.000-07:00

Chase and Hannah before church being dorks.

Chase is Fourteen

2011-06-15T21:26:00.000-07:00

I was up nursing yeterday morning at the time Chase was born 14 years ago, and there I was 14 years later doing the same thing. I can not believe it has been that long. Chase started it all. He is such a great kid. I loved having Chase he changed my life forever. He has always been my little buddy and friend. He has always been a big help to me, and mature for his age. He thinks he is like Chase and I, and than there are the 8 kids. He has grown up along side me. In ways I was still a kid when I had him. Chase is a good example, hard worker, funny, athletic, smart, neet and tidy and an all around good kid. He has really grown up in the last year. He is now taller than me, he really enjoys that, however he does not like when I wear my high heels and appear taller. He is 5 ft. 9 1/2 inches tall, weighs in at 155lbs. He started football, for the high school last week. he will be a freshman. Tomorrow is his last day of school and he gets his braces off! How exciting!

Happy Birthday Chase

2011-05-22T17:18:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Chase, we wish you were here to share it with us! We had cake and enjoyed it any way. We hope you have a good day! We love and miss you!

15th Anniversary

2011-05-10T12:27:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was our 15 wedding anniversary. I can not believe that it has been that long. In a lot of ways it just seems like yesterday. I am so thankful for Chase, He is the best thing that ever happened to me. He is a great father and a great husband and I could not ask for anything more. Chase got me earings and a necklace that has nine stones in it representing all of our kids. We went out to dinner for the first time since the baby. We of course took him along. It was a nice evening.

Mothers Day

2011-05-10T12:23:00.000-07:00

I had a great mothers day. Chase and the kids brought me breakfast in bed. They got me two new vacuums, so I have one for each level and I don't have to haul them up and down the tree stories. A new rug for the dining room, our old one was starting to unravel. Make up and perfume. I went to the whole block of church for the first time since I had the baby. Chase stayed in our ward and helped with the kids. For dinner they made spaghetti and meatballs, and Hannah made me a cake. After dinner we watched old family movies of the kids. It was a great day, everyone made it special.

Sam is One month old

2011-05-10T12:09:00.000-07:00

Time has flown by in some ways and gone so slow in other ways. I can't believe it is already a month since I had him. Sam really is the best baby ever. I always get good babies, but he is the best by far. I think Heavenly Father new if I was going to do it again I needed a lot of help. I have been able to nurse Sam which has been a huge blessing. I have struggled with nursing ever since I had Sol my 4th. I usually have to supplement and pump. I have not had to do either with Sam. He also sleeps from 9 p.m. until 5:30 a.m. During the day he nurses non stop but going through the night is a huge reward. Sam already smiles and looks around. He weighs about 9 and a half pounds and is about 22 inches long. I really struggle after I have a baby. I keep to such a strict feeding schedule and nap routine that I don't have time for anything else. I still have three kids in diapers and three kids that still depend heavily on me taking care of them. It is always really difficult to find the balance between it all. Now with older kids that I have to drive and pick up from everywhere it is a lot harder to have a baby. We decided that Sam was our last. I know that I could not do it again. It is the hardest thing I have ever done in my life! From the outside people think i have a lot of kids, because it is easy for me. It is the complete opposite. I struggle with being pregnant to giving birth to raising and taking care of them. Even though We know that Sam is the last, it still makes me sad. So when I feel like i need to clean the house or go to the store or exercise. I have to remind myself he is only this little for such a short period of time. All of that other stuff can wait. So I seem to find myself most of the time laying on the couch with him snuggled on my chest all day long. Soon I will be out of the infant stage for ever.

Easter

2011-05-10T12:07:00.000-07:00

Hannah and I decided to do a little Easter tea party for us, since we where missing Nanny's party this year. Emma and Ammon had so much fun! They loved being able to serve themselves and eat as much as they wanted.

Samson

2011-04-22T12:01:00.000-07:00

Sorry I have been slow to post, I am really tired.I don't bounce back as quickly as I used to.

Samson Charles Hawkins

2011-04-10T15:56:00.000-07:00

Samson was born April 3,2011 at 9:48 p.m. He was 8 lbs. 5 ounces, 20 inches long. Blond hair and blue eyes.

Hannah at Twelve

2011-03-04T19:27:00.000-08:00

I took some pictures of Hannah today. I have not had any new one's in a long time. She stayed home from school with a sore throat so i did her hair and took some pictures. Some of them freaked me out so much because they looked so much like me in high school or she looked just like my niece Chelsea. In real life I don't notice it because she has her personality, but for some reason in those pictures when I was looking at them it shocked me at how much she looks like me.

Emma is 18 Months Old

2011-03-03T15:04:00.000-08:00

Emma turned 18 months this past Sunday. I didn't even realize it until after sacrament meeting. Chase is on the high council so he was in meetings in his other ward. Ammon was crying and didn't want to go to Sunbeams, I was holding Emma and huge pregnant, thinking I should just go home and when I have the baby in a couple of weeks how am I going to hold three kids on my lap at church and haul them around. Then it dawned on me, Emma can go to nursery. I took her over there, and she stood there like a deer in headlights. She would not move. I have never left her with anybody but family, and she is usually napping or in bed. She wasn't crying so I left. They never had to come and get me, but they said she was a bit weepy and scared, but she would let them hold her. My guess is next week she will throw a fit. I hope she gets used to it so I can go to Relief Society. On the other hand they had to bring Ammon to me three times. That boy seems to be digressing. He really needs to grow up in the next couple of weeks. Emma has gotten so big over the last couple of months. She sleeps wonderfully in a bed, never had one problem. She goes up and down the stairs by herself. Her hair has gotten thick and long. She feeds herself.(another thing Ammon still makes me do) A funny thing she does is, when she wants something she makes a sound that is a cross between a puppy and a monkey. She cracks me up.Emma loves balls, and playing with her brothers toys. She also likes her kitchen. Emma is such a joy. She is exactly what I needed, when I needed it. She is the sweetest thing! Everyone enjoys her and loves her. Emma is 21 lbs. She can say mom, dad, Hannah, ball, geegles(food), pig, baby, uh oh, baba, binky, nigh nigh, by by, cookies, cacky.(crackers) Emma also loves to give kisses to everyone and everything.

Snow

2011-03-02T10:44:00.000-08:00

It started Snowing while we where at the lodge. When we got home it started to come down more and sticking. Lonnie and Claudia's flight got cancelled and we had a couple days of snow. When we got home the kids got to sled and play in it. We played a lot of Rook and ate a lot of food.

Second Winter Break

2011-03-02T10:15:00.000-08:00

Last week was second winter break here. We don't get a fall break, but we get a week off in Feb. Lonnie and Claudia came into town. We went and spent a night at the Great Wolf Lodge. It is a big indoor water park and hotel. The kids had a lot of fun. It was nice to get to swim. As you can tell from the pictures everyone loved playing with Emma. I only got one picture of Gid, he had the time of his life and I never saw him, he was just off on his own sliding and swimming the whole time.

Basketball

2011-03-02T10:04:00.000-08:00

Chase made the eighth grade basketball team. He really enjoys it and has been doing really well, and has improved greatly from last year.

Ben is Seven

2011-03-02T09:57:00.000-08:00

Ben turned seven in Feb. He got a new bike and a DS game.

Hannah is Twelve

2011-03-01T22:19:00.000-08:00

Hannah had her 12th bday back in January. We still have not had her party, I promised her when I got better and before we had the baby I would let her have a party. Hannah was so excited to start young women's, she was done with primary. I think she is really enjoying it, and loves her leaders. Hannah enjoys going to mutual on Wednesday nights. She has been working in her young women's book diligently and is almost finished with the faith section. Hannah got a nook for her birthday and some boots.

More to Come

2011-02-17T12:17:00.001-08:00

I still have to post, Hannah and Ben's Birthdays, ( Ben's is today) All the boys basketball, (Chase made the school team again)

Sick

2011-02-17T11:50:00.000-08:00

I am so far behind on my blog I don't even know where to start. We are still sick here, but I am finally doing much better. I have had pneumonia, for the past 6 weeks. I had a trip to the hospital and I have been completely out of commission. I finally am feeling a little better and can get out of bed. The kids are all now getting sick. It has really been a non stop sick house since Christmas Eve. Hopefully we will get it all done before the baby comes.I also have had a lot of help from my friends and the ward with meals and taking the kids to play and taking my older kids to and from mutual. It has been a huge help and relief I am thankful for all of there thoughtfulness. I went to my OB this week and had an ultrasound, and the baby is measuring 2 weeks ahead of schedule. Out of all my pregnancies, that has never happened.He also thinks he is going to be big like 9 and 1/2 pounds. I am probably farther along, than we thought. We didn't really know when I got pregnant anyway. I am feeling overwhelmed, I don't have that much time left and have not been able to get everything done that I need or want to. My mom and dad came up for a week to help out with the kids and help me get ready for the baby. We got Emma in her big girl bed, and she does great. We got her room all organized and cleaned out. We put the crib in Ammons room and got his room all cleaned out and organized. My mom, Hannah and I made the bedding for the crib. It turned out really cute! I am so glad they came, they where a lot of help and I feel like we got a lot done. Slowly but surly I am getting things checked off of my list. I can do about one thing a day and then I am beat and have to sleep. This is really hard for me because I usually get so much done in a day, especially while I am nesting. Also we have been potting training Ammon and he has been doing pretty good. My two main goals before the baby where potty training Ammon and gettting Emma in a bed.

Temple Lights, Cookie Party, Nativity, Christmas Eve and Christmas

2011-01-14T10:32:00.000-08:00

Long title, but I am so far behind and it is all such a blur I don't know where to start so I am going to just do it all together. We flew into AZ at midnight of the 19th of December. It was a rough flight, but a lot better than an two day drive. Monday night we went to the Temple lights, for family night. Tuesday night we had the Stewart family Christmas party dinner at my sister Beth's house. Wednesday we did a lot of shopping for the upcoming holiday. It is so much fun to spend Christmas in AZ with our families. However, the logistics of packing the ten of us for two weeks, and add Christmas presents on top of it is quite a challenge. Christmas Eve started my spiral down hill. We had the cookie party at 9 am. We had to get up early to get ready. I got everyone ready and sent most of the kids off with Nanny and Papa and other cousins. I went to wake up Emma and get her bathed and dressed. I bought her the cutest Christmas outfit ever! I went in her room, and her and her crib were covered in puke! I cleaned her and put her stuff in the washing machine, got her dressed and headed out. While driving to the party she never stopped puking all over my brothers car that we had borrowed. When we got to the party we had to bathe her again and wash her clothes and car seat. The cookie party is my favorite holiday tradition, and I missed most of it. Later in the day I started to not feel very good. We had Stewart family pictures in the afternoon and the Stewart Christmas Eve party. I felt horrible, and Ben was complaining that he didn't feel very well. That evening we had the Hawkins Christmas eve party and nativity. By then I was holding it in. Right after the nativity, I started puking and didn't stop until Monday. I missed all of Christmas Eve and Christmas! It is my favorite day of the whole year! I worked so hard to get everything ready and missed it all. I didn't get to set out presents, or even see the kids open presents. Chase and his parents and his sister Shellie did it all for me. I am glad they where able to, but I am so sad I missed it. Chase only got about 3 pictures of the whole day. That night while I was throwing up Ben and Ammon where also up puking. I have never been so sick in my life. Puking when you are this pregnant hurts so bad! About two days after I got over that I got a sore throat and I have been sick ever since. I am on an antibiotic now, but I still am not getting better. I can not get on top of it. It has been 3 and 1/2 weeks and I am getting so tired of being sick. Any way The flu went through the whole house over the duration of our vacation. Even though we all where sick we still had fun and enjoyed being with our families.

Christmas Surprise

2011-01-14T10:19:00.000-08:00

For Christmas this year we SURPRISED the kids with tickets to Az. for Christmas. Christmas sunday after Sacrament meeting Chase and I came home and set out a few big gifts for the kids and an envelope with their tickets inside to leave that night. I had everybody all packed and ready to go. They where so excited! A few days before we got this card in the mail from Chases sister. We thought it was funny! We only told our parents, so that the surprise wouldn't get out from cousins.

Merry Christmas

2010-12-12T20:14:00.000-08:00

Emma is Fifteen months old

2010-12-12T19:32:00.000-08:00

Emma has gotten to be a big girl. She walks everywhere now. The funniest thing she does is she makes funny faces. She will look at you and move her eyebrows up and down, It cracks me up. She will make a grouch face and then make a surprised face where she makes her lips into an o shape it is really funny I will need to get a picture of it. She is growing up fast now. After Christmas I need to get her sleeping in her bed, and Ammon potty trained before the new baby comes.

Thanksgiving and Snow

2010-12-12T19:17:00.000-08:00

The week of Thanksgiving we got a huge snow storm. It started on Sunday but didn't stick so the kids went to school on Monday, but they let them out early because it was getting bad and the buses can't operate with snow. They where home the rest of the week and played in the snow,and sledded down our hill. It never got above freezing all week and with the windchill it was around 7 degrees. The roads where so bad and we couldn't get down our hill so we had to walk to the store to get our stuff for thanksgiving dinner. It was a lot of fun, to have Chase and the kids home all week. We ate Thanksgiving dinner at our next door neighbors house, and I didn't get any pictures. We really missed our families.

Hannah's band concert and Chase's Orchestra concert

2010-12-12T19:09:00.000-08:00

It was Hannah's first band concert and was as good as can be expected from only a semester of learning an instrument. Chase had his orchestra concert and it was really good. They have really improved over the years. Since Chase is so competitve it is kinda funny how he even is in orchestra. His best friend and him compete over who gets a better chair. Somehow they are always sitting right next to each other but it switches who is in the higher chair. Chase practiced so hard and won this time. I love to hear him play the violin.

Ammon's Third Bday

2010-12-12T18:59:00.000-08:00

Ammon turned 3 on the 16th of November. He had a fun day and got all of the toys he could ever want. He found his presents in my closet about a week before his birthday. He would go in and stare at them and tell me he couldn't have them until his bday. Even though he knew what he was getting he was still excited to get to play with them.

2010-12-12T18:56:00.000-08:00

Sim's football team won the championships this year. His team was undefeated and awesome. It was Sim's first year playing and loved it! All he ever wants to do now is play football. I think we found his sport.

Sim's 10th Birthday

2010-12-12T18:42:00.000-08:00

It has been so crazy lately, and I am so far behind on my blog. I don't even remember Sim's bday. I have pictures though, and I do know it was on Nov. 10th. We love you Sim! We took Sim out for his bday dinner with Ammon who's bday is on the 16th, because Chase was out of town on Sim's day. After football practice he had cupcakes with his team.

It's a Boy

2010-11-18T20:50:00.000-08:00

We are having another boy! I had my 20 week ultrasound today. I knew it was a boy, so I was not shocked at all. He is so cute and sweet, and I am so excited! We have not picked out a name yet but have about 4 or 5 that we like. Boys names are easy for us. This has been my easiest pregnancy by far. I didn't even know I was pregnant for a while. We where not planning this, and I did not know if I could handle being pregnant again. When I found out it was really hard on me because I felt like I haven't even recovered from Emma yet. I felt very overwhelmed at the time. Seeing him today I got so excited. I feel like our family is going to be complete, and I am glad he will be close in age to all of his siblings. Looking at him today he seems very calm and sweet! Heavenly Father knew if I was going to have another one it needed to be easier on me.I think his chin looks a little like Ben's and he has big lips like Emma.

Emma is 14 months old

2010-11-07T20:24:00.000-08:00

Emma has learned and changed a lot in the last month. She is such a funny little thing. Her personality is really coming out now. Emma still will not officially walk, when she thinks you are not looking she walks. She likes to walk around pushing chairs. Emma is also a climber. I will leave the room and come back and she will be on a table standing at a chair at the counter on the fireplace, wherever she can get to. Emma likes to do things that are more dangerous and harder than walking. Emma will also walk if she is on an unstable surface like a bed of couch. Emma loves her brothers. When she gets up in the morning and sees Ammon and Gid she squeals and laughs just to see them. Emma likes to stand at the toy basket and throw everything out one by one over head like she is looking for something specific. She is spoiled by attention and knows she has nine people at her beckon call, if she wants anything. She is starting to ramble like she is trying to talk. She can say Hi, mom, and dad. Emma has eight teeth, and loves to eat anything and all day long. Emma loves her binkie and the tags on her little angel pigs and hippo. She has to hold the tags and have her binkie in her mouth to go to sleep.

Halloween

2010-11-07T19:28:00.000-08:00

This year Nanny and Papa flew in Saturday night, so they where able to be here for Halloween. We went to our wards trunk or treat Saturday night and on Halloween we celebrated Gid's bday with some friends from our ward for a Halloween Sunday dinner. It was a fun party! I love Halloween, the food and costumes and parties it just means the holiday season is on it's way. Emma was a little piggy, Ammon was Elmo, Gid and Beans wanted to do a repeat of last year Elephant and Woody, Sol was Iron Man, Sim was a gorilla, and I am not sure what Chase and Hannah where, they came up with theirs all on there own.

Gid's 5th Birthday

2010-11-07T19:17:00.000-08:00

Giddy turned five! I cannot believe he is a five year old and will be going to school next year. He has really become a big help this year now that he is the big guy at home. He loves his little sister more than anything. He loves to go and get her up in the morning. He calls her little lades. Giddy got a Buzz light year bike, legos and silly bands. He had a great day. It was the perfect day, it was a beautiful sunny day, so he got to actually test out his bike. He chose for Chase and I to take him to Triple X for his Bday dinner. Gid is such a happy kid. He is very strong. He loves to wrestle and tackle even his eldest brothers. He has no fear. Yet he is soft and sweet, he loves his buster(blankie) and his thumb. Gideon loves back scratches especially from his nanny. He is a bit crazy. He likes to have fun and be wild.

Volleyball

2010-11-07T18:36:00.000-08:00

Now that Hannah is in middle school she decided she wanted to try some sports. Hannah did volleyball and loved it. She had so much fun. Turns out she is a pretty good athlete. I don't know why I never thought of putting her in sports, but she has really enjoyed it.

Emma is 13 Months Old

2010-10-08T11:53:00.000-07:00

Emma is so funny. She loves music, and will stop anything she is doing to dance if a song comes on that she likes. She is pretty picky about her music. She likes things where she can here the instruments and singer and is a little slower. However, lately she will occasionally really like a fast song. Her moves are, she sways back and forth, and move her legs like she is running really fast, and she will shrug her shoulders. My favorite is the shoulder shrug. Emma is not walking yet, but can stand up any where in middle of the room and dance and just stand there but, wont take a step. Emma loves her brothers and always wants to play with them. Emma also is interested in the stairs now. She loves to climb up them and knows she is being naughty so she will squeal all the way up them. She does not know how to go down them yet, so it is a problem. Emma drinks whole milk and will eat any food you put in front of her. She eats as big of portions as me and still thinks she is hungry. Emma all of a sudden got teeth. She has 5, and a couple more are coming in. Emma is still just as sweet, cute and fun as can be. Emma's feet finaly grew this month, she now wears a sz. 3 in newborns.

Family Pictures

2010-10-06T19:45:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago, we took family pictures. I wanted to get them done this year when there was sun (and there happened to be a sunny afternoon) and before I got fat. We still do all of our pictures with a tri-pod, it is pretty amazing that we get any that work. notice in the standing shot Ben was behing Chase and I. We had a lot like that. I guess he doesn't understand if you can't see the camera it can't see you.

Tracy and Elle came to Visit

2010-09-20T19:22:00.000-07:00

Tracy has a friend who wanted to come to Forks and Port Angeles, because she is a twilight fan. She invited my sister Tracy and her daughter Elle to fly with her on buddy passes.(she works for and airline) They could not pass up the deal, to come see me. The only stipulation was For the weekend while her friend was here we had to drive to Forks. So Tracy, Elle, Raydeen, Hannah and me loaded up and went to forks . I would not recommend it. It is a dump! I didn't even take pictured while in Forks. However the beach was awesome and beautiful! It was a beautiful sunny day! The sand is so soft and the beaches in the northwest are gorgeous! We had a lot of fun and laughed non stop at ourselves. Tracy got to stay with me for the rest of the week and visit. I am so glad that they got to come up and see us. Hannah and Elle had a great time together, they are both really funny.

Triathalon

2010-09-20T19:17:00.000-07:00

My friend from the ward was doing a triathlon and didn't want to do the run, so she signed up as a relay. Becca swam and biked and I ran. So I really didn't do a triathlon I just went running. It was still a lot of fun though.

Chase Got Braces

2010-09-20T19:14:00.000-07:00

On August 16th Chase got braces. He has had a Mara in his mouth for the past year. It is to push his jaw out. His lower jaw was not growing. They kept that in and added braces.

Football

2010-09-20T18:44:00.000-07:00

We had to come back from our summer vacation by August 10th so the three oldest boys could start football. They love it. We have practice every day of the week. Each of their practices are at least two hours long. Since the cities aren't that big each city has teams in the different age brackets, sometimes there might be two teams per bracket. Instead of playing each other they play the other cities. They have games every Saturday. Since we play other cities, it makes it difficult because we have to drive all over for the games. All we do lately is football. It has been fun and good for the boys. I don't know what I am going to do when they are all into activities, because I don't have enough time to get all of them every where they need to be now. They play on their high school fields. The fields are artificial turf here because it would be to muddy if they wern't. Chase is #39, Sim is #76, and Sol is #69

First Day of School

2010-09-20T18:26:00.000-07:00

We started school the last day of August. Chase is the big man on campus he is and eighth grader at middle school . I can't believe he will be in high school next year. He is a web leader, that is why he is wearing that bright shirt the first day of school. It just means if any of the sixth graders need help they can find a web leader to help them out. Hannah started middle school this year. She is in Sixth grade. She loves it! Sim is in 4th in Mr. Ullom class. Sol is in 2nd in mrs. Burton's class. Ben is a big 1st grader and gets to go to school all day, he is in Mrs. Millers class. I am so glad I don't have a kindergartner this year. With it being only half day it is a pain. I feel like you don't have time before or after they go to school to get things done. It is so nice to have all day and not have to worry about the half day schedule. Next year Gid starts so I will be back on.

Emma's First Birthday

2010-09-15T20:25:00.000-07:00

Emma turned one at the end of August. We celebrated her Bday when the grandparents where in town for Sol's Baptism. I can not believe she is one already. I feel like I just had her. I can still vividly remember everything. I remember the second they layed her on me how warm she felt and I instantly was in love. I can still feel that. Emma has been such a joy to our family! Everybody adores her. She started crawling at 11 months while I was out of town, they say it was because I was not there to hold her all day long. Emma now walks along furniture and can stand by her self, but does not walk on her own. I think she is really close though. She squeals when she sees Gid and Ammon. She loves her little piggy and her Binky. Emma is growing up so fast, and we are so blessed that we have her.

Sol's 8th Birthday and Baptism

2010-08-30T13:54:00.000-07:00

About a week after we got home Sol turned 8! My kids are growing up so fast it is unbelievable. he had a mellow birthday with just the family and about a week after his bday his grandparents and cousin Mikey came up for his baptism. It was a great baptism. Manga (grandma Stewart) gave the baptism talk and Nanny (grandma Hawkins) gave the confirmation talk. The grandpas gave the opening and closing prayer and Sol was baptized and confirmed by his dad. It was a nice day. Sol is such a great kid with such a strong spirit and personality. He is so ready to go in anything and everything put in front of him. He is a great kid and we are happy that he is ours.

Cruise

2010-08-30T13:02:00.000-07:00

The second week in AZ. Chase and I left the kids to go on a cruise to the Mexican Riviera. We had a good time. Our favorite stop was Puerto Vallarta. We did zip lining through the canopy of the rain forest. They drive you up to the top and there was 13 zip lines over the canyons down to the bottom. The longest zip line was over a half mile long. I was a little scared at first, but it was so much fun. Once you get down to the bottom they have mules waiting for you that take you back up to the top to catch a ride back to the ship. It was a good relaxing trip. We did a lot of hanging out at the beach at our different ports and just sitting by the pool on the ship.

Arizona

2010-08-30T11:32:00.001-07:00

After Utah we spent about 3 weeks in Az. for the summer. Even though it was hot we had a great time swimming and playing with cousins all summer long.

Temple

2010-08-30T11:26:00.000-07:00

On our way to Arizona for the summer, we stopped at the Salt Lake Temple. Ammon has to cary a picture of the temple to go to nursery. He will only go in if he has one. When we where driving by Ammon was yelling my temple! So we got a picture of him in front of it so we can print it out and he can take a picture of himself in front of the temple to class.

Hawkins Family Reunion

2010-08-27T11:56:00.001-07:00

We started our summer off in Park City for a family reunion. It was so much fun and so beautiful there. The kids had so much fun swimming and playing with all of there cousins.

4th of July

2010-08-27T11:44:00.001-07:00

We had some friends over and had a party. Very low key, we even all fell asleep before fireworks.

Emma is 10 Months

2010-07-01T15:49:00.000-07:00

Emma is now 10 months old. This month Emma got her first two teeth. They have not come in all of the way but you can see them poking through. She still does not crawl, but somehow will move around a bit.Emma can now hold her bottle and has tried a few foods. She likes bananas and bread. Emma also likes ice cream and cake. Her hair is getting fuller and longer and funnier looking by the day. She is still as sweet as can be and a good girl.

Marathon

2010-06-30T20:33:00.000-07:00

This past weekend was my marathon. It was such a fun weekend! Drew, Amy, Merek, Beth and Seth flew in on Wednesday afternoon. Thursday we went to the expo and got our numbers and all of our gear for the marathon. I was so nervous for days! I couldn't sleep and was so scared. Friday we went to pick up Chase's shirt and number, because he had paid for it. After that we went to Macaroni Grill to "carb load" and Chase decided he was going to still do the half marathon even though he had to stop running a month earlier because of his knee. So now I was nervous for both of us. After trying to sleep I only got about 2 hours of sleep. I felt a little calmer Saturday morning. We drove into Seattle and had to get a shuttle to Tukwilla where the race started. There where 30,000 runners they divided us up into groups of 700 according to our estimated finish time. Then they started us in waves so we all didn't trample each other. I didn't start till 40 min. after the first group. The first part was so fun and easy. There was people every where! The streets where lined with bands and people cheering. I really enjoyed myself at the beginning. At mile 9 we split off from the 1/2 and ran on a floating bridge for about 2 mile and then we joined back up with the half around mile 12 for us. That is when it got hard for me. All the people doing the half where almost done and they all looked like they where having a party. I was so tempted to just finish the half and be done. I even called Chase and told him I wanted to quit, he told me to keep going so I did. I figured if he was doing the half without training I should be able to finish with all of my training. I got back into my groove and I finished my half at 2:21, and I was a couple of miles ahead of the 5 hour pacer. So I thought I would probably finish before 5 hours. I was doing good until about mile 17. Around mile 14 It started a hill that did not finish until mile 19. It was a killer. It mentally and physically tore me down! I saw Beth at mile 17 for me and she was headed back and was around mile 20. I talked to her and said I am just trying to not cry. She told me she already had. From mile 17 till 21 I walked and it was the slowest walk. I could not move and was cramping up horribly. I talked to Chase around mile 20 he was already done and said he would talk to me all the way in if I needed him to. Around mile 21 I got a second wind and was able to run to mile 24. At 24 both of my entire legs felt like a had Charley horses. My friend from the ward is a nurse and was working the aid station at 24 and she gave salt packets and water which help the cramps. I was surprised at how well it worked. She then walked with me for about 1/2 a mile. I was so glad she was there, I needed some encouragement! I was able to start running again and the last block Hannah got to run through the finish line with me. I finished in 5:38, the last 2 miles took me 33 minutes. That is how slow my pace was at the end. I am so happy I finished! Looking back I feel like I could have done better, but in the moment it was so tough. Mentally I broke down about 3 times, and when that would happen my body would follow. It is amazing at what you can push your self through. Overall it was a great experience and feel like I learned a lot and that if I do it again I can push harder, because I know what to expect and I know that I can do it.

Fathers Day

2010-06-20T19:03:00.000-07:00

Happy Fathers day to Chase and both of our dads! We started the day off with breakfast in bed and presents. Then off to church, at church little Chase got set apart as the Deacons quorum first counciler.After church we all had a good nap. I hope Chase had a great day. He is a wonderful man and father, and I am blessed that he is my husband.

Brothers

2010-06-20T18:55:00.001-07:00

life here is a bit different for us. The kids were used to running around a neighborhood where they knew everybody and had unlimited amount of friends to play with. We are really secluded where we live, and there are not many boys even in the ward that are their ages. They always ask if they can play and I say "who would you play with" they reply I don't know. I have really had to enforce that they are so lucky that they get to live with there best friends. Whenever I say this they get this confused look and say "who?" I reply "your brothers, think of all those kids who only have one sibling or none and how bored they have to be" I am not sure they are buying it yet , maybe someday.

Emma 9 Months

2010-06-20T18:37:00.000-07:00

Emma is still being sweet. She is about 18 lbs. Still has tiny feet. No teeth, No crawling, No walking. Emma does move around a bit more, but loves being on her moms lap bossing her around. Emma loves to click her tongue and she thinks she can talk. Emma tried bannans and apple juice for the first time this week . She has not been interested in food before, but liked it this time. I love Emma and I am so happy she is mine.