Here's a quick update:

We have been crazy busy around here. I swear with 3 kids life never slows down. We've recently moved into my mother-in-laws house temporarily to save money. We are going to start building our house in about two to three weeks. I can't wait to finally have a place that will be my HOME! Hallelujah! Lance's business is doing great and growing. Bella turned 3 last week and we celebrated in California at Disney Land. The best Disney Land trip I have ever been on. It makes it a different experience when you have kids that literally say in their prayers "please bless Disney Land and that I can go there every day" My sweet Bella. We were also able to spend some time with our Cook family and went to Sea world and the Zoo.

Little Bodie Kai is as wild as ever and is the definition of BOY. Busy, crazy, wild, and a little tease. We sure love his spunk though! Can't live without our Bodie boy.

Graham has gone from this little peanut to this HUGE chubby, rolly, thunder thighed boy. He is laughing all the time and is seriously the BEST baby. I thought Bella was a good baby and then I had Bodie and now Graham... They just get better and better each time. Watch out I might be having 10 more kids :) I think I am addicted to having babies. Oh dear! No I am not pregnant but give me a few months and I might be...

Enjoy the pictures!!!

DEMOLITION DERBY





CALIFORNIA TRIP/BELLA'S BIRTHDAY

...and almost 3 months later here I am

Well to put it bluntly I have become a facebook junky. The time that I used to spend updating my blog has been taken up by getting on facebook. I know, it's ridiculous, but with the new club I'm a part of I have felt it be worth more to me to spend it there. I will still continue to post here on my blog it will just be sparatic. So if you want to talk to me, become my friend on facebook. Here is a mumbo jumbo of pictures and what we've been up to the last few months... I'll try to do them in order, but I don't know if I'm that good on here. Love you all!!!! And I think I did the pictures backwards and after loading them all I realized they are all of our kids... not one of Lance and I... oops

The 4th of July- I seriously am terrible at taking pictures. Just sitting here thinking of all the fun things we did on the 4th and these pictures actually aren't even from my camera. Pathetic. I need to take more pictures. We started our 4th watching the balloons, then headed to the parade, then had an awesome pool party at the most amazing pool and then took naps and then went to the Stadium of Fire, but the coolest thing is is my dad parked his motorhome in the parking lot of the stadium right in front and we were able to hear everything going on and we put our chairs out and had a salmon BBQ with all my family. Watched the fireworks right from the comforts of our own Motorhome! IT was fabulous



Bella still loves Grahaminsky

And yes, this is how I manage to get around. Bella converted the double stroller into a triple stoller all by her self. She asked me one day if she could sit in the front and it just works out great! Brilliant little girl she is creating her own seat.

We visited Temple Square...



We took our first road trip to Arizona to see Auntie Karen and Papa Smurf. Bella had a blast swimming and as you can see riding on the quad with handsome little Damon. Didn't take hardly any pictures but we all had tons of fun. We were even able to hang out with Erin and James a little. So Fu!!!





Lisa my beautiful sister had a little girl on Mother's Day- Sayla Ann Stradling (we call her Lala)

Little Graham's photo shoot

My sister is starting a photography business and wanted to do some practicing on little Graham. I think she is natural :) Good job Trish! I guess it kind of helps that Graham is so darn cute...

GRAHAM FRANKIE FORD

Our little guy finally arrived!!! Yay! My story goes like this....

Thursday morning I had my doctors appointment where I asked the doctor if she would please strip my membranes and see if maybe by some small chance it would put me into labor... I say some small chance because when I was 5 days over due with Bella they did it to me two times and neither times worked. I still wanted to try again so my midwife stripped my membranes at 11:00am Thursday. I went on with my day normally and felt no different. I pretty much was depressed all day thinking this little guy was never coming out. Lance and I were watching the Jazz game when I started having contractions. Now you see I had been having contractions pretty much every night for the last few weeks so it wasn't that suprising that I was having them. They started up about 11:00pm and continued. I tried to go to sleep and at 1:00am couldn't really take it anymore so I got up and walked around thinking if I did so they would either go away like nights before or continue. They continued. At 2:00am I was really not feeling hot, the contractions were hurting pretty bad and were about 5 min apart. I called my mom and said here's the situation do you think I can go to the hospital now? I really didn't want to be one of those people who go to the hospital and claim they are in labor and get sent home. Finally I woke Lance up and said I think I'm having a baby can you wake up and go to the hospital with me? He said, "are you sure?" I don't think he wanted to wake up. Loser. I'm the one in pain here get your lazy butt up. We got to the hospital around 3:30am they checked me I was 5 cenimeters dilated and they admitted me. I was so glad I was actually in labor. SO GLAD! I got the lovely epidural at 4am and at 6:20 they checked me I was at a 10 and in one contraction pushed the little tiger our. And guys, pushing out a 6lb baby is so much better than an 8lb baby. It was awesome!!! Everything went so good. Graham came out perfect. I only tore a little this time instead of in half like with Bodie. Our little Graham is so handsome and looks nothing like Bodie or Bella. He is his own little person and I love him so much already. Being a mom of three kids is going to be an adventure. Bella can't get enough of him and Bodie wonders what the heck is going on. He's not quite sure about this little person. He has no idea that some day they will be best of friends. We are so blessed to all be healthy and happy. The Lord really has blessed us.

EFUSJON!

I just joined this club and LOVE it! If any of you want to know any more about it let me know!!

Bodie's surgery

Our precious little Bodie had to be re-circumcised. Poor guy. I was a nervous wreck about it because it wasn't going to be just a normal newborn circumcision, we had to take him to Primary Children's Hospital, they had to put him under and it was going to be 2 hours long. We had to be there at 5:30am so it was an early morning and a long day. The whole time in the waiting room I was antsy and nervous and sat and just stared at the clock, Lance on the other hand went to sleep. Ya, I know how could a dad sleep at a time like this, but he did. I guess it's the mom's that do all the worrying. The surgery went very well and Bodie did great. He had a pretty rough time waking up fully, but other than that... He had a little blue cast on his peeper for a few days and then we had to remove it, that was the worst part about the whole thing because then his little guy was just being rubbed raw on the diaper. It has been about 4 weeks since the surgery and I have to say it has been great. He was only in pain for a week and then was just fine. He's back to normal and I do have to say so myself his peeper looks marvelous! Thanks little Bodie for being such a trooper. I am very glad that's over and done with and I'm sure he is too!