Ryan's broken nose :(

Tuesday morning Ryan woke up early and went and played basketball at the church with a bunch of guy's. While he was playing his cousin had the ball on a fast break, and Ryan was right behind him. Somehow there feet got all tangled up, and they both fell down. On the way down the other guys elbow went right into Ryan's nose. It went completely out of place like a V to the left. So Ryan went into the bathroom and reset his nose by himself.... (ouch)
When he came home, he told me about it like it was no big deal, and was in no pain at all. But then that afternoon he was feeling it, and it was giving him a headache and it had already started to turn black and blue. I am a little worried because he feels like on of his airways is a little tight and just feels different. He thought it might make him snore, but nothing yet!!! (yea)
I hope it is alright, and I hope when the swelling goes down that he doesn't have a nose like Owen Wilson.

What makes you look old?

I have been thinking a lot about why I look older? Have I really changed that much? I look in the mirror and I don't see that big of a difference? So why is it that three years ago people would ask me how old I was, and then guess I was 18??? And now when people ask how old I am, they guess I am 30? I don't know if it is because I am turning 28 this year and I thought up till a couple of days ago I was going to be 26...... (Ryan had to tell me how old I really was) But I feel a little weird about my age? I feel like I should still be just out of High School.... but that was 10 years ago!!!!! That is so crazy to me! I see all the High School kids now, and they all look like baby's to me. They are so little.... and even kids in College look 16. So I guess that is a sign that I am getting older.
I was playing volleyball the other day and a young checha gave me a comment like I did pretty good for a old lady.... I didn't really know what to say.
I think that that time has gone so fast and don't really think it will slow down any time soon.

Elizabeth's new favorite word...

Elizabeth has been making me laugh a lot the past little while with the new word that she likes to use a lot... (WHAT) But she doesn't use it like most kids do it at her age.
With Alexis she would say "What" after ANYTHING I would say like she couldn't hear what I was saying. So by the third time I repeated myself, I was yelling really loud. (I think that is something a lot of kids do right)
But this is how Elizabeth uses it.
"What, I didn't do it"
"What, that isn't mine"
"What, I'm not hungry"
"What, Brytlee just hit me"
"What, I'm fine"
Ryan can do a great impression of her doing it, and it is very funny! She is such a sweet heart, and"What, we love her".

Alexis is smart

This is a really old picture of Alexis, (I think that she is about Brytlee's age in this picture) I love it and thought I would post it with a couple of funny pictures.

Ryan and Alexis had a great conversation the other night while Alexis was doing homework. She gets a little frustrated when she doesn't know an answer or gets something wrong, and starts going on and on about how terrible everything is, and boo hoo hoo.... So she starts into "I'm not smart" so Ryan said, "Alexis, you are very smart". So Alexis say's, "I am only smart at two thing, I am a good reader, and I can remember what Jesus looked like".
The other day when she was in this same kind of mood, she came up to me and started to complain about everything and anything, and on her rampage, she started saying, "see this part right her on my leg, it is so fat". I about fell over laughing..... and just said, "where on earth did you hear something like that, and why would you ever think that you are fat.... you don't have a ounce of fat on you". Then she said so serious and dramatic, "I'm just a big fatty", and then she ran off making all sorts of noice, and an even more dramatic exit.
and fyi.... I have never said anything about being fat in front of my kids, so I have no idea where that came from? The things they learn from friends and school....

Our Happy Easter

We had such a great Easter this year. My parents came to stay the night with us, and the girls LOVED that! (so did I)



I love this picture! My dad is the cutest Dad in the world!!!! Brytlee loves this little game he plays with her, He pretends to be asleep and then when she gives him a kiss he wakes up and always is very SURPRISED! (all my girls love it, I guess it isn't just Brytlee)
I love this picture also!
We spent Easter Sunday at Ryan's parents house, and our girls were so spoiled!!!! The Easter Bunny came to our house and brought books and way to much candy, and then when we went there, we came home with three grocery bags full to the top of CANDY... we are good for a year or so!
The girls also got a Easter Basket from Grandma and Grandpa Harris and it had this cute outfit that Brytlee is wearing, and the other girls got clothes also, and they were full of all sorts of games, goodies, and fun things for the girls! (like I said, they were so spoiled)




All the Harris Grandchildren

Easter afternoon picture with our new kitten.... Rainbow Heart Harris
Alexis is such a monkey
They love little Rainbow (the kitten)
Saturday we went to the park for the Easter egg hunt that the town puts on.... it was over in one minute flat... no joke! Alexis didn't even get one thing... Elizabeth picked up one egg, and Brytlee and I went out to the middle, looked down, picked up a egg.... looked up, and everything was gone. It was crazy!!! After all the excitement, we went and played at the park for a little while and the girls had a good time.
Alexis has gotten really good at the monkey bars. She can even skip one bar in between, and is trying to get it down to two bars... (because one of her friends can do it already)

the girls friends
Alexis had a Cheer comp. this week also, and she did great! She can do her back handsprings almost all by herself. She just has to see you there even if you don't touch her.
Elizabeth and one of her best friends and cousin, Mickey
Lizzy had a crazy hair day at school this week! I thought this picture was so funny. She has the longest tongue.
So cute

crazy

It is so crazy how fast time goes when you have a lot to do. I feel like I have been going 100 miles an hour and not getting any of the things done that I need to do. (but I did get all my laundry done this week and that was wonderful)!
I have a lot that I should be writing about, and a lot of things that I may have forgotten already. So I will start with spring break.... or should I call it snow break? I was a little bummed by the weather because it was so cold, and muddy, and wet, and there was sooooo much snow on the ground. Alexis had no school for a whole week, and I feel like we were all stuck in the house and board. I didn't have anything great planned for our week, but Alexis and I did make it on a date one of the days and had some great one on one time. The next day Elizabeth kept asking when I was ever going to take her out on a date so we also made sure to make a trip to town shopping with just the two of us also.
This weekend my parents were able to get some time off of work and so they came and stayed the night at our house. We had no idea that they were even comming, and Ryan and I were at the temple when they called to say that they were only a hour away from our house.... (I was so excited and happy) When we got home they pulled in right about the same time. The girls were so happy, and bouncing off of the walls. Brytlee was really happy to see Grandpa Merrill, and didn't want to leave his side.
The next day we went shopping and got some really great deals at Albertsons, but the sales this week are so hard to figure out, and so it took us two hours to get it all together.
I had a great time with my parents and I am so happy they came to see us. I told them that is it so great to see them, but even better to have them all to myself. I felt so special!!!
I really do have the best parents in the world. I can't get over how lucky I am to have such a great family. My parents would do anything for us, and they are so much FUN. They are always ready to go out and do something, go on trips, play games, go shopping, play with the grand kids, and stay up late talking. (my mom and I stayed up past 1:00 clipping coupons and talking, it was so nice)
While listening to conference this year, I just had that feeling.... .like my heart was so full it could explode with the love I have for my family (that includes ALL my family), my parents, my children, and my wonderful husband.
A couple of funny things that I don't want to forget are........
Alexis was fighting with Elizabeth and so she said, "You big..... tomato"! Ouch.... I guess she didn't know what to call her, but Elizabeth knew what she meant and it hurt her feelings all the same.
The girls always have to tell me a million things when I tuck them into bed. So the other night Elizabeth said something about her heart going really fast. And so she asked if that means she is going to die? I told her " it is a good thing to have your heart beating fast, when you die your heart does not beat at all". Alexis said, "why do we have to die? Is it because we have to go be with Jesus?" I told her a little and could tell that our conversation was going to get very very long so I told her we could talk about it in the morning. Then she tells me, "you are going to die before me huh." And then Elizabeth said, "but Daddy will die before you". And so they couldn't see me laughing I had to say goodnight. (but we are going to have to talk about this for FHE)
I think that is all I can remember for now, so from now on, I hope I can keep up a little better so I don't have to cram everything into one post.....

Alexis Walking the Halls!

Alexis has 100 AR points in school, and so she was able to walk the halls this Friday!!! 100 points means that she has read over 200 books and has passed all the tests on each book. She has become such a good reader, and is really doing good in school We are so proud of Alexis!!!

The black Panther is the leader in the little parade in the halls, and then they all get a picture taken with him, and the picture is hung on the walls of the school.
We all woke up early and were able to make it to the parade on time.... (it wasn't easy getting all three girls ready but we made it) (8:20) Alexis was excited to have her family with her, and her Grandma and Grandpa Harris were able to make it and that made her feel really special! Elizabeth didn't want to be in the picture so I had to grab her and hold her, and right when they were taking the picture she turned her head.

For reaching 100 points the students get a pass to a swimming resort, and a free kids meal at Arctic Circle.


During the parade all the kids come out of the classrooms and into the halls and clap for the students who have reached 100 points. It is so cute! They will all give them five's and tell the good job, and cheer them all on.
Good job Alexis!!! We love you

flowers

This is a picture from last year. (I wish everything was this green already)

Sunday afternoon my girls came running into the house so excited and told me that I had to come outside and see something. They found some Tulips that were starting to pop out of the ground! They are so funny about the flowers that we grow, and have always been very good about watering them, pulling weeds, and they love to show them to anyone that comes over. Last year after our tulips had all died I went outside and cut them all down. Elizabeth went outside a little while after that and saw that they were all gone, she came in the house balling, and told me that someone had stolen our flowers. After I told her that more flowers were going to grow she cheered up a little, but she missed the tulips. It was really cute last night in Elizabeth's prayers she blessed mommy's flowers to grow. (so with that prayer we should be getting the best flowers ever :)

Green eggs and ham

Last week at school Alexis and her class celebrated Dr. Seuss's Birthday. On Monday they had a crazy backwards day... so Alexis wore her shirt backwards, and her pants inside out, and two different shoes. On Tuesday they had a crazy hat day, and on Wed. they had sock day. And Thursday was green egg and ham day. They all had to wear green to school, and Ryan actually made Alexis green eggs and ham.


It took a while before she would even try it, but after she did she said it tasted the same. She liked the bacon the best!
This weekend we went to a Cheer competition that our cousin Jaycee and Kylee were in and they took first place! It was a lot of fun to watch then an hang out with them. My girls really liked all the gymnastics that they all did, but Elizabeth wasn't feeling the best so didn't get into it as much. She had the worst runny nose and so her nose was very red.... she also has a black eye from a bicycle crash.... And after this picture Brytlee scratched her face, and then she ran into the car door while Ryan was opening it and got a huge goose egg on her forehead.... She didn't go to church the next day because she was looking a little abused.....

Breaking my heart

Alexis said something this Saturday that broke my heart. She was playing and going round and round in circles when I walked by and her arm hit me. I said "ouch" and she said she was sorry and I didn't really think anything of it, but then that night Elizabeth got hurt and so I was holding her. The whole time I was holding her Alexis was grumpy and glaring and making mean faces at me, and I still didn't really think to much of it... so then when I went to tuck them in for bed, Alexis was curled up in a ball, and didn't want me to even touch her, so I asked her what was wrong??? Then she broke into tears and started sobbing. She told me that she really didn't mean to hit me and she was sorry. So I said it wasn't a big deal, it didn't really hurt and I was not mad at her at all. Then she was crying so hard that she could hardly even talk, and then she said, "I feel like you love Lizzy more than you love me, you get to spend all day with her and Brytlee, and I am at school, and I never get to see you anymore". I was so sad that Alexis felt this way. I have always worried about being fair to all my kids, and there is no way that I could ever love one more than the other or stop loving one of them no matter what. I had a talk with her and I hope that it helped.
I have not been able to get the whole situation out of my head.... I love my kids so much but I do feel like half the time I don't get to pay attention to them because I am cleaning, cooking, or working on something. I hate that I can't just play with them all the time, or just hold them a little more. (the hard thing with my girls is when you hold one, the others get mad or just try to climb on and try to push the other one off) I have been thinking for a while, "How can I show each of my girls that they are loved and special"? So I am thinking that Ryan and I could maybe take them out on a date one by one. Or even just tell them more how much I love them. Or......