Valentine's Day....a little late

Since my wife is Superwoman, I decided to give her a Super Valentine's Day. First, on the 10th, I gave her a laptop so she can edit videos on site. Second, on the 12th, 2 dozen roses(the pic came out real nice). Third, on the 13th, we went to Hard Rock cafe in Phoenix for Valentine's and afterward we went to the Jim Brickman concert at the Orphium Theatre. I know, now all the wives out there don't be talkin' bad about your men cause they only gave you 1 box of chocolates, or just a diamond ring or something small like that. This was kind of a make up for the other Valentine's that we didn't do anything. And she looked very pretty in pink the night of the concert. I wanted to take pics but Amber didn't want me to. I was crazy downtown cause the NBA Block Party was goin' on and parking near it was 30 to 45 bucks. There was no way we were payin' that!

We has a nurse come over to the house and check up on the girls. They are doing great! The nirse said the girls are sucking there thumbs because they are teething.....Amber found a slight tooth protrusion of the gum line in one of the girls mouths. Hope was eating slow so I cut a bigger hole in her nipple. Now she can almost finish before Charity. Hope and Charity smile and laugh a lot now, and Faith.....Faith likes to sit in her rocker and smile at the red Cinnabon looking thing that dangles down. Amber says she flirts with it. And it must be flirting back cause she smiles. Pretty funny.

Awesome Game!

Hate to say it but, I told ya so! What a great game. And what a glorious victory. Jason & Dani came over to watch with us and surprised us with these outfits for the girls.

Pretty funny, with their birth date on the back of the shirt. I cropped and edited the pics so when you expand them they look grainy :( The boys, during the game kept saying "Go number 7" mind you I did not teach them that. Who is number 7 you ask? If you were a Steelers fan you would know. Here he is, the man of the hour, Ben Roethlisberger.


Ammon and Thomas definitely have the right idea. Well, that's it just a little cardinals rippin' and payin' tribute to a REAL team!

Bummer

Well we took Hope to the Doctor yesterday and found out she has Bronchiolitis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronchiolitis). So she's getting the breathing treatments. That means the blessing and party has been canceled for now. We will probably bless them in April when RSV season is over, that way there's little risk. New pics of the girls are posted on the right side now. Charity looks funny smilin' like that, she smiles often. It's amazing how smart the boys get everyday. They come home and say the craziest stuff. I was playing Xbox for a little bit last night and Thomas said "Daddy's checkin' it out" pretty funny. I posted new pics of the girls on the right side.

Here's the boys and I on the trampoline, good times

Alright for all you Halo fans, you're gonna wanna hear this. The boys have been playing the first Halo before the bus picks them up. Anyway, they've been talking all week about how they need to save Captain Keys. So the Flood gets introduced and they're so excited to save him. Well, we all know what happens, Captain Keys is not able to be saved because he's transformed into the flood. And in order to get the CNI Transponder you have to punch the blob that is Keys, in the face and it makes a 'SQUISH' sound. The boys, who long anticipated the rescue of Keys, are heartbroken and start to cry! I was at work and Amber, the fragile soul that she is, felt bad that she would subject our sons to the shocking (and gross) reality of Keys' fate. Amber had to explain to the boys that "In order for Keys to be nice, they had to punch him in the face." As the boys were running to the bus stop, they shouted "Captain Keys Died!" all the way, letting the world know of the horror and the world coming to an end.

.................And they say video games don't teach anything!

Super Bowl Bound!

First just let me say "Go Steelers," we're not jumpin on the Cards bandwagon, gotta stay loyal.

We're blessing the babies on Superbowl Sunday and having a party afterward. There should be plenty of pictures of that. It seems like I'm always apologizing for not posting all the time. I've been working a ton lately and I just switched shifts to M-F 0600-1400. Right now it's killing me cause I like having the 3 days off. I got radar certified a couple of weeks ago. I will be going to an HGN (Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus) class in Feb. HGN is the test that you see where the cop holds up a pen and looks into your eyes and sees all your guilty sins and deepest darkest secrets. then in March, I will be attending a Spanish in Law Enforcement class, should be fun.

Amber has been doing great and looking hotter than ever! She's becoming quite the Betty Crocker (thanks to me not her mother). Now that she knows how to cook, I don't have to ;) Yes, honey, I'm just kidding. Amber has been doing weddings, she did one in Dec. she has one in Feb. and April I think. She has also learned how to feed all three babies at the same time!!! It's crazy but I took a picture for those non-believers.

She has to be a super hero in disguise!

Ammon and Thomas have been sick for the past couple of days. They have found some new friends a couple of houses down from us and I have become friends with their dad. We were watching a movie the other day and Thomas was saying the letters of the title. They are doing flips on the trampoline now and love it when Amber and I jump on there with them.

Faith, Hope and Charity are doing great. Hope has had a little cough with a little wheezing so we're taking her to the doctor. First time one of the girls will go to the Pediatrician for being sick. Hope's head is also looking a little big so we'll get that checked out. Hopefully she doesn't have Hydrocephalus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrocephalus). We've been teaching the girls how to sit up. They've been kinda crawling, they just kinda scoot on their tummys. They also have been rolling over occasionally.

The house renovations will begin soon and we will post our extreme makeover pics.

As always...thank you to everyone for your support, thoughts and prayers. We are lucky to have good friends and family

Happy New Year!!

We have new weights for the babies, they were weighed on the 30th.
Faith - 9lbs 3oz
Hope - 10lbs 3oz
Charity - 9lbs 13oz

Here is another Christmas elf video we made..it's pretty funny, as was the last one.



Our Xbox 360 needed some repairs yesterday, and the guy that did it (he also does mods) was awesome and reasonably priced. If anyone wants his number just email me and I'll send it to you.

Amber's been busy with some weddings and has a couple coming up at the beginning of this year. She's really doing a good job and getting a lot of positive feedback. Every time I watch her newest video, I'm amazed. I have the best wife! The boys start school again on the 2nd, but then have the weekend off (kinda weird). I'm sure they're tired of hangin' around the house by now. They were jumping on the trampoline that Santa got for them and were yelling at the golfers teeing off. I also heard them yelling at some kids and inviting them over to jump on the tramp. They definitely keep life interesting.

For Family Home Evening last week we all played Halo 3 for our game. We all had fun!



"Our families need the peace of God in their lives, and if we can't or won't invite the Lord into our lives, then our families become a reflection of our own turmoil. Women are asked to be nurturers to their families, but we must also be firm; we must be the hard rock footings on which our homes can stand. Our families need us to speak peace to them, just as the Lord speaks peace to us. Our homes need to be places where our families and friends want to be, where all who enter our homes can draw strength and courage to face the challenges of living in an increasingly wicked world. Our children need to hear us 'talk of Christ, . . .rejoice in Christ, [and] preach of Christ' (2 Nephi 25:26) so that they may know to what source they can look for the peace that 'passeth all understanding' (Philippians 4:7)."


(Kathleen H. Hughes, "Remembering the Lord's Love," Ensign, Nov. 2006, 112)

Merry Christmas!!

Yeah I know it's been a month since I've posted something and I just want to say......Get over it!! This is a funny little clip of the kids. We made another one doing a Christmas Disco dance, we have them both on a dvd now so we can make copies. The quality isn't that good on the upload unfortunately.

Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and we appreciate everyone's support. We have new weights for the girls (but it's from the 5th hehe)

Faith 7lbs 15oz
Hope 8lbs 13oz
Charity 8lbs 11oz

The girls will get weighed again on the 30th so I will post 'em then.

The boys will go back to school on the 2nd of Jan. You know that Christmas song that says, sing it with me, "And mom and dad can hardly wait for school to start again.." Yes, well I didn't learn to appreciate that line until the boys started school this year. As a kid I hated that line, as a parent....well you know how it is. The boys are awesome though, we couldn't ask for better boys. During the break they've been sharpening their skills at Halo 3 and counting their presents (since they know how to spell their names now).

The girls are staring to lift themselves up on their hands, roll over, and sleep through the night. HARK THE HEROLD ANGELS SING!!

Next entry will be on my birthday Dec. 26th



"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace' (Isa. 9:6)."

Happy Thanksgiving!!

What a beautiful rainy day, it smells great! Hope everyone has a very Happy Thanksgiving, even though the Christmas celebration started the day after Halloween this year!! Here's a little something to commemorate this holiday.

Here's a couple of pics to calm the mob for a little bit:

Starting from top - Charity, Hope, Faith
The girls were weighed the other day and the weights are......drum roll please....
Faith - 7lbs 9oz
Hope - 8lbs 7oz
Charity - 8lbs 5oz
Yeah, I know, they're huge now!!


Here's our goofy boys.....I don't know where they get it from.

"As we study and ponder, we are entitled to the promptings of the Spirit, and as we grow more attentive to these promptings, we come to recognize each day the workings of the Lord in our lives. We will find Him, as Elder Neal A. Maxwell stated, 'in the details of our lives'
("Becoming a Disciple," Ensign, June 1996, 19). And when that recognition comes, we feel His peace and recognize that we are truly encircled in the arms of His love."

(Kathleen H. Hughes, "Remembering the Lord's Love," Ensign, Nov. 2006, 112)

Happy Halloween/New House

Here were the costumes for the family this year. Unfortunately my costume was packed up and Amber didn't dress up since she had just returned home from the hospital for the final time.

There are plenty of pics to post and we keep taking new pics and vids. It's never ending. We have tons of pics to sort through so it's takin' awhile to post 'em.

We moved into our new home on the 1st of November. It's on the border of Queen Creek and Florence. We love it out here. I will post pics of the house and the remodeling. So far We've met another Pinal County Deputy, Florence PD officer, the Sheriff's secretaty, 3 CCA officers and a Detention officer all who live either next door to us or a few houses down.

Everyone is doing great, the girls are feeding about every 5 hours in the night, every 4 during the day. Hopefully in 3 weeks or so, they will be sleeping through the night. Amber still refuses to take the girls out (with RSV season especially) until about February. Amber is now down to 140lbs, only 5 lbs away from her pre-twin birth weight. She is very excited now that she's fitting into regular clothes. I go back to work around the 30th. of Nov. (thank goodness!!)

The boys attend year-round school in Anthem and go to all day Kindergarden. They are loving it and are learning a ton. They are a little behind the other students, since they started in July, but they are learining well.

Live Well, Love Much, Laugh Often!

Just A Taste

This is a 1:00am feeding of the girls. We messed with Charity a little bit. Hope had to put her 2 cents in as well. Anyway, we have lots of pics and I'm just trying to find the best way to post them. Everyone is doing fantastic and weights are as follows:
Charity - 7lbs. 9oz.
Hope - 7lbs. 9oz.
Faith - 6lbs 11oz.

More to come....

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