A fun yet LOOONNNG weekend

This weekend we went to Thatcher to go attend Chris's farewell. The talks and songs were great....but we had a lot of bumps along the way.
Are you ready for a novel....here ya go.

Friday morning the girls woke up and A had a super bad diaper and O had thrown up in the middle of the night without me knowing. I thought it might have been something that they ate...so after naps we loaded up the van and went to pick up Amanda. (Doug had already left to put a new A/C unit in for my mom.) On the drive over to Amanda's A puked 2 more times. I felt so bad for her and drove to Manda's as fast as I could. Still thinking it was something she ate. We cleaned up and decided to just head to Thatcher b/c who wants to take care of sick kids at home without help? Bad idea. She threw up again in Globe, but we made it Thatcher safely. The next day everyone was acting fine so we played outside in grandma's backyard in the morning and swam and ate popsicles in the afternoon. At about 5 pm that evening Hyrum starting throwing up. And at 7 Abigail starting throwing up. And at 10 Audree woke up and started throwing up!! It was a nightmare. Janiel, Amanda, and I were running around with bowls and towels trying to catch it all. It was just awful. Finally Audree went back to sleep and Hyrum and Abigail went to bed at 2am and woke up at 6am!

Church was the next day and all of the Udall kids, J, Ma,Chris and Me were singing in sacrament meeting. So we left the kids home with my sweet Doug b/c it would have really been a disaster if they would have thrown up at church. Every one was fine and we really enjoyed Chris's great talk about the 4th article of faith. He will be such a great missionary.

Longing for Africa!

At the luncheon we sang a song "Africa" by the group Toto. (You know it....I hear the rains down in Africa)

Anyways, we made up different words to the song to fit Chris. And then did Choreography that he had used with his Choraleers group. Some of the lyrics are

.....Be the tallest white guy down in Africa...

.....May find a black girl down in Africa....

....Stain alot of white shirts down in Africa....

....Don't drink the water you'll get runny poos....

.....Sing with the natives down in Africa.....

....When he comes home he will be a better man....

Anyways....Super funny!

This is the runny poo dance move

Doing Choraleers Choreogrpahy

Our family....My mom just painted her kitchen(Don't you love it Lis) and made new twall curtains. So cute!
So we thought everyone was better and we went home. At 11pm on Sunday night Audree woke up puking again....Ugh! Poor baby. Monday comes and everyone is acting ok so I gave them a cup of milk. Bad idea. We then went to Walmart and she threw up everywhere at Walmart. We left the cart with Customer service, and with a child on each hip trecked it out to the car. Most of the throw up was on me, so I took of my shirt, and garment top and drove home in my sports bra. The funny thing was when I got there someone from my ward was at my door droping of an annocement. Me neighbor across the street rear ended her and I was there in all my stretch mark glory in a bra!! I left both kids in the car and ran in to get a shirt. By the time I got outside she was driving off. So I guess all was ok with her car.

Wow! If you made it through that, Thanks for being a tropper! No one has thrown up yet today....I'm crossing my fingers. And we are staying indoors all day.:)

2 New favorite things

My sweet sister in law Christi and I were talking about discipline. She is an amzing mother of 5 and her kids are very well behaved. She told me about a book called Love and Logic. I went to my library and checked it out. It is really neat. Even though my girls are small I feel like they get the stuff I am implementing from the book.

Then my old roomie Jennie was here and she had these..http://http://www.coldseat.com/index2.html I thought they were really neat, but no way could I spend $100. So my mom and I made our own. They are washable or huge, but the do the job. All for only $12! They keep the buckles cool so their chubby little legs don't get burned! Thanks mom! And Lis....do your recoginize the material...they are from some overalls we used to wear!

Happy 4th Everyone!

What a difference a year makes! These are the girls a year ago at John and Lisa's in Vegas. They are just 6 months and sat up for the first time at their house. They are the sweetest little chubbers!

Here we are today....giving kisses in the garage....crazy mom, took them out in the heat to get 4th of July pics!

Doesn't she look a little mischeoveous?(s/p)

Their hair is a little unruly these days.

Yup...I'm cute!

Sweetie Angel Audree

We had a great 4th! We spent the morning at home and then went to The Point South Mtn. where my brother and sister in law had a few nights there. We played from about 3-6 in the pool. The girls loved the kiddie pool b/c they could stand. Audree thought she could swim and kept putting her face under! They also liked the wave pool. We then ate dinner with our family and drove to watch some fireworks with Aunt Allie, Uncle Darrin, and Uncle Kevin. The girls sure were tuckered out and fell asleep at about 9:30. We are so grateful to live in this country! Yea for the U.S.A.!

Jen B. Noble, Jennie, L. Whiting.....ROOMIES!

I had the chance to get together with some of my old roomies the other day. It's amazing how important rommates are. They are/were such an important part of my life and my testimony building experiance at that time. It was so neat to see how we have all grown and changed and yet we are still the same. Sweet Jennie(on the L) drove all the way from Glendale to be with us. She is so kind and wise and has such a sweet heart.

Cutie JB(Jen Barrett Noble on the R) came down from Colorado and showed us her cutie new sweetie Cache. He is just a Joy and was a little overwhelmed by all the girls. Jen is such an amazing example of righteouness and steadfastness. She has taught me so much and I am so grateful for her example and friendship. It was so good to see you all! I hope to have your pics done soon!

Love you both!

All of our kiddos, Brynlee, Raelynn, A & O, and baby Cache.

On our way....

Yesterday Doug took part of the test he needs to get liscensed and bonded as an A/C Repair Guy. He took the bussiness side of the test and got a 90%. Yipee!
We are so exicted, scared and nervous to start our business next year. Yay for Dougie! I am so proud of him! He is such a determined hard worker and I know he will be successful!

Rub a Dub Dub!

I should be sleeping.....I just couldn't resist editing these sweet bath pics.....I think I have found some new pictures for my bathrooom!

Fun in the sun

Tempe beach park with our cousins, Savanah and Becca

On the drive home I gave Audree a red vine....

Sweet Doug gave me an Edible Arrangment for our anniversary....yummo!

What a great way to start our new diet!:)

Tempe beach park with cousins

3 years ago today.....

My sweetheart and I were married! It has been an amazing, wonderful journey thus far. Doug is truly and amazing person and my best friend. I am so glad that I am married to him. I cannot wait for the years to come.

At a Dbacks game in 2005, I was just barely prego.
Our 1 year anniversary....I was sick the whole time!

I wish I had some wedding pictures to show you, but they are all on film:(

Lisa and friends get together!

Sweet Lisa was in town this past week before our family reunion in Flag. We had a blast and enjoy each others company so much! We had and EAC get together and our old roomie Jennie Whiting came by with her cute girls. It was so fun to see everyones kiddos. Sweet Leslie came by and Audree found her glasses. She loved them!

Jennie, Lis, Lorrianne and Em( Brianna T. came too but wasn't there yet)

At the end of the day we went out and ran through the sprinklers! All the kiddos loved it!
Cutie Easton\Lisa's baby

Sweet Raelyn

Jennie's baby

Jennie, Me with my new do(thanks lis) and pretty Lisa

What we've been up too!

Hey everyone...long time no blog! Things have been busy around here. I just got back from an amazing week at girls camp. Sweet Doug had our girls and had a ball with them. I am so glad I was able to go. Such a neat experiance being up there feeling the spirit and bonding with women!

We had a fun family weekend a few weekends ago. My little bro Chris took out his endowments, and we played as a family all weekend long. We went and saw Cirque de So le and our battery on our van died in Glendale.:(


Here we are enjoying the weather. We are so grateful for our backyard!

Cutie Mr. Curtis...he is so much fun to take pictures of!

Sweet Hyrum...he is such a good boy!

Swimming at Aunt Amanda's pool. Check out the suits and the floaties.....you can never be too safe!

Doesn't this just scream summer! The girls loved their watermelon! YUMMO!

We were playing Cranium and we didn't have any clay so we used tootsie roll. This is mom making a budda! We were craking up!

We have enjoyed being outside and are looking foward to our Udall family reuion in Flag this next week. Also Lisa is coming to stay with me next week. Yippe!

And Doug and I booked a cruise with John and Lisa at the end of August. We are using this trip as our 3 year anniversary trip! Fun Times!

Just in case you forgot.....I have beautiful Girls!

Took these on my bed the other day. I had to hold their hands to keep them still. They are so much fun these days. They learn new words all the time. And Audree said Wev'ee(livvy) for the 1st time the other day. :) They are so precious to me!

She loves to dance and loves music. I really like this one!

And yes that's a key chaing hanging out of her mouth!