Haircuts!

SO as a mom of three boys, we do at home hair cuts. We always do it about a week after we say we are going to, and they are usually WAY past needing ones (including Jeremy). This time I gave the haircuts, they are now sporting an army look. Their hair is buzzed pretty short.....that way its longer in between times.
I always laugh when I look at other families made up of mostly boys, you can always tell when it's haircut day. Our neighbors at our old house has 4 boys. We would laugh when we drove by and could see the boys lined up outside waiting their turn.
I don't quite understand nature sometimes. Why is it that boys get such pretty, soft, thick hair? Mine are no exception. As I cut of Jaydens' pretty blond hair I thought what a waste it was. Colby's hair was really soft and perfectly straight. Grayson has that same thick, blond wavy hair as Jayden. I would be willing to bet a million dollars that if/when I have a girl she will be bald until she is 2 like I was. I don't quite understand that.

Yard Sales

Yard sales are always an adventure. You never know what you will find. The saying goes, "One woman's trash is another woman's treasure."
I went to a yard sale today, well technically an estate sale. My good friend Andi and I decided to last minute this morning.
We both have been obsessed with blogs that fix up other peoples junk...so what were we in search of??? Junk....but good junk.
So we drove thru Benson and saw no signs, then we see one....Estate sale 8 miles. Well since we had no other options we went.
We finally pull up, and there is ALOT of people. We see 2 different houses. We walk past the first one because we see everyone else going into the other one. The second we walk inside we see this very pretty, old dresser. Well we assumed it was a dresser but it was actually a buffet. They were only asking $30. I am trying to talk Andi into it, but she says she doesn't have anywhere for it. So I say, oh I will think about and go look around. As we walk away I see another woman admiring it and debating about it. So what did I do? I went and bought it before she could. I felt really bad....but I had dreams and visions of what it could be. I am sure she didn't imagine it redone and painted black sitting in her bedroom with other amazing refashioned junk on it.
We looked around some more. In one room we could hardly contain ourselves when we found old giant picture frames...people probably thought we were crazy. But we saw what they could (and will) be.
So we finished up there and went to the house next door. We admire some junk in the yard...debate about a cute little stool (Andi decided to get it) and go inside. This house should of been condemed. This house easily could have been featured on the show Hoarders. We walked in and were hit by an awful smell. All we could was was keep walking. We noticed they lady was alittle off. Then we hear someone ask if she is moving, nope just getting rid of a few things. She said everything is for sale. We were both secretly thinking about asking for random things to see what see says. We hurry thru her house and thru her shed, I was trying to hold my breath. When we got done we felt like we needed a shower and possibly rehab.
All in all it was pretty fun, I can't hardly wait until I can fix up all my junk...I have big plans for it.

Pregnancy Blog

Just to let everyone know I am doing a different blog for all baby-related stuff. Just click on the link to the right and it should take you there!

Sleepover

Its kinda weird when your kids get old enough to have friends sleep over. So one of Grayson's friends mom calls last week and asks if her son can sleep over because her daughter is having a giant sleepover. So we say yeah that's fine. So I don't want Colby to feel left out when Graysons' friend is over so I invited his friend over to stay the night. Thank goodness Jayden doesn't really have friends yet. So just after the party started I ran to Walmart because I knew they would want food. The pregnant one was the wrong one to send....I can home with alot of junk...some of which I hid so they couldn't eat. I bought french fries, Double Stuf Oreos (is there any other kind?), Doritos, Peanut Butter Captin Crunch, Special K cereal, Cinnoman Rolls, and a roll of cookie dough. Not to mention I made rice krispie treats. So the boys played the Xbox, and jumped outside. But their favorite thing to do was take off their shirts, and sit right in front of the fire place until their back was burning, and then run around screaming. At one point I had to stop it because their backs were beet red. Then people will say, "Don't let your kids go to the Sherman's, they will get set on fire". But it was so cute to see 5 boys sitting around with no shirts on and ribs and elbows and collar bones sitting out all over. Pretty soon they won't even want us around during their sleepovers, they will hide in their rooms. Atleast then poor Jeremy won't have to stay up until after midnight with them.

Wow...didn't see this coming

The past few month alot has been up in the air, unknown, undecided...etc. And for me that is REALLY stressful. I can't stand not knowing what is going to happen, especially when I am pregnant and a control freak. Our landlord is crazy. (Its along shot, but hopefully she doesn't read my blog....or she might sue me for slander) She is a huge control freak (and she isn't even pregnant...atleast I have an excuse) She really does sue people quite alot...including the last people that lived in our house...yikes. So we heard from the realtor that she wanted to raise our rent. She wants to raise it $100 a month...and she hasn't even done anything to justify the raise. So naturally we were pretty ticked off. So we kinda started looking around for other places to rent. Wow. If you have even looked at rentals in the Benson/St. David area you know what I mean by wow. Not really much out there. I decided that I don't want to live in Benson because I honestly don't want to be in that ward. So there went a good 3/4 of our choices.
We finally talk to our realtor about it.....who by the way is also scared of the landlord. The landlord finally decides that we can either sign a year lease, and stay at the same price, or we can do month-to-month and pay an extra $100. Jeremy's brother Branson has lived with us for as long as we have lived in this house, and he has decided to move on and live with Lanae. So now we know that we really have to find a new place. And I was really stressed out.
We jokingly say something about moving to my Dad's house, and then it becomes more serious. Until finally everything else we try falls thru and in the last day or so we have decided that yes....we are moving to my dad's.
It's not our dream situation, but it will definitly help us out.
We have a plan.....we will live there, pay off debt, improve our credit, buy property, and follow a local trend.... Build a shop with cash and live in it until a house is built. I keep warning everyone that I am territorial and cranky and will need my space. I don't think they take me seriously. So wish us luck! We are moving the end of February. In our near future I see lots of double dates with Brea & Landon (who are in a similar situation). Atleast we have someone to sympathize with.

Kid #4

Yes we are expecting our 4th baby...probably our 4th boy...but miracles do happen so who knows. We are due on August 10th.
A common question we are asked is if we are going to find out what we are having...and to answer that question.....yes we will. We will find out on August 10th (or whenever it comes) what we are having. Its so funny to see how upset people get when they hear we won't know as soon as everyone else. (WARNING...mushy pregnant moment) But honestly there is NOTHING in the world that compares to that moment just after the baby comes out and the doctor tells you what your baby is, and then you can actually see and hold it. That moment doesn't even compare with the few seconds of joy in an ultrasound room when some stranger tells you what you are having, and then it is followed by a big letdown when you have another 4-5 months until you can even see your baby. For Jeremy and I, this is what makes it exciting, since it is always a planned c-section.
We look forward to having a sweet little baby that doesn't get toys out, or run around screaming, or tattles on its brothers, or takes over the tv.....atleast for now.

Catch - Up

So it seems like it has been FOREVER since I added anything to my blog. Since I don't want to do one BIG blog...I will do a few short ones about a few different things going on in our lives right now.