sweet aubree kate

This is sweet Aubree.
This was her sweet day.
She had a beautiful blessing given to her by her father.
We love you Aubree Kate!
You are such a sweet joy to us.
(two months ago)




Sweet Ryah Jane

This is sweet ryah.
she is my pal.
we have lots of fun together.
she is so loving and talks in complete sentences.
Yep, shes already outsmarting me.

...and please help me not to go insane.

so these really were the last words of my bedtime prayers.

i feel like im going to go crazy!

I am potty training Ryah and yes... it really is that bad. It is so frustrating cleaning up so many messes! its been 2 and a half days and she's gone in the toilet twice. and she pees 7 to 8 times between her nap schedule...so you can see how many messes im cleaning up. ( and thats not including the poop.) Being a mom is tough stuff. I am tottaly up for suggestions!

Please... someone help me.

the way i've been doing it: putting her in panties only, and letter her run around in them. When she pees in the toilet she gets a treat, when she pees in her panties, she gets her bum sprayed off with cold water.

Does it get better?
Does it take a long time for them to get it?
Is she too young? Too old? (22 months)
Am I doing this right?
help?

family outing

Alright...i know this happened a long time ago, but Joe keeps asking me if I've blogged about it yet.. sooo here I am..

There I was...covered in camouflage
8 months pregnant
Ryah on my hip
and
bow in hand...

our little family chugging along on the four wheeler in payson, then we saw this nice little heard of four cows run across the road, so i gradually lift my leg over my pregnant belly and off the four wheeler. Joe tells me the distance and the sight to shoot. I pull my bow back with a steady arm. aim. fire.

When I shot they all ran off, Joe tells me to get back on the quad, so i listen, not knowing what else to do.. I tell Joe, " I think I hit it Joe!" He doesn't belive me... he say, "lets move up a little further wait ten minutes and come back." I kept repeating "I'm pretty sure i hit it!" I guess he couldn't see because he still wasn't believeing me. By this time night fell and we turned around 10 minutes later. We go back to the hill the cows were on and blood e.v.e.r.y.w.h.e.r.e Joe finally starts getting excited. it was so cute to see him so excited. He was throwing his arms up like YES CHELSEA YOU HIT IT! and I was just like... joe i was trying to tell you this... haha ANYWAY... I hit it strait throught he heart, then right into the lung. killled her with my first shot. Found her about 20-30 yards away.. and she was HUGE..and the meat is acutally really good. Joe did a really good job skinning it, hanging it, cutting it and then finally packageing it up for us. He is a man of many many talents. So if any of you ever need help cutting up an elk/deer for packaging, he is really good at it:)

So as you can see in the pictures, Ryah LOVED the elk.. She kept saying it was asleep. haha poor thing.. and that picture of it in the back of joes truck shows you how big it is. It really was huge. And then Aubree was born 2 weeks later.. haha the joys of being married to joe:)

what a fun family outing.

making its rounds

Funny that t.h.i.s. very photo has made it to:

1.ESPN

2.Arizona Republic (TWICE)

and...

3. A Billboard on I 10

W.O.A.H W.O.A.H W.O.A.H

Even funnier that is it keeps re-appearing after 3 long years.
yep, its been three years since this photo and it finally made its rounds to a huge billboard on I 10... The publicists must really like this photo.

or they really just like their friendly faces.
I..personally like Joe's body:)

Maybe this is what our next family photo will look like.
JKJKJKJKJKJK

sleep less, hear more

last night was funny.
as i was up feeding Aubree Joe rolls over and mumbles:

"i don't play with Lucifer"

me: "what?"

He sits up and answers in a more demanding, louder voice...

"I SAID, I DON'T PLAY WITH LUCIFER".

he then rolls back over to his other side and snuggles into his pillow...

Well, at least i know now that joe doesn't mess or should i say "play" with nasty ol' lucifer...
what a relief...I was prety worried about it

I have found it amusing to hear joe sleep talking. I love that boy