Family Outtings this Spring

Look at this cute mug? She is so proud of her new unbrella...it goes everywhere with her. The hair gets messed up daily becuase this is her 4th outfit of the day. we headed to cabellas to see all the cool animals. I had to make an ikea trip becuase i bought night stands without measuring sufficiently and after one was assembled we realized it would NOT fit in my bedroom....let alone two of them, smooth move becki.

This is Gar's version of having fun. He ripped out the paper backing of the metal in the barn. "now those dumb birds won't be able to sit up here and poop on my truck!!!" that may have been paraphrased but he kept mumbling something like that.

Disney on ice was such an amazing adventure for Linds! The girls got some special minnie mouse lipgloss and....they ate it. We started smelling it before we saw it, then Annie thought there was blood on her lips. Nope! just tons and tons of waxy yummy tasting lipgloss.

Two minnie mouses.

We'rehavinababyITSaBOY

So the Westergard family is going to create a Lindsy sandwich with an older brother and now a younger brother! yay!!! Everyone in the family was guessing a girl, me included. So when we saw the extra leg on the ultrasound my jaw dropped. Even now days later the shock is still wearing off. I went through justin's newborn clothes so I could imagine my little boy, that really helped a lot, it is fun to see all the baseball and cowboy stuff that there is to dress your little dude in.
As for names my kids are brilliant with suggestions such as "Girl!" that one is from lindsy she is still pretty bitter this is a boy not a girl. Justin comes up with great suggestions like "Sierraboy", they are just adjusting their previous ideas to make it sound more manly...i don't think it's working. I am feeling great and try to keep my complaining to my husband in the evenings...he probably loves that to pieces. But the morning sickness is pretty much gone and except for falling over in a coma of sleep every night because i am so exhausted, I think I am handling this pretty okay.
We'll keep you posted with our brilliant name choices but any suggestions would be great...oh but before you do remember who my husband is and that he can't handle names that are trendy, cool, unisex, overused, underused, strange, misspelled, ethnic, old, too long, too short, or anywhere in between. :) it makes for fun conversations about our names. :)

ANTELOPE HUNTING

So Justin and Gary went hunting this year with the 'men' only. it was very fun to have all the little boys and their dad's out in the wilderness really roughing it. :) Here are some fun pictures of the kids.


I guess the antelope got thirsty watching the kiddos drink....so they shared.

Proud as can be. when he came home he ran to find me and then took me to the truck where he grabbed the head and started showing me the tongue, the horns, the eyes, the mouth....yuck!! i was grossed out but he loved every second of it.

Look! We're antelope!!!

we got our family pic taken. these are my favorites so far. :)

What a crazy month!
this blog is a synopsis of my last month. it may be out of order, but that's how it is since it takes me FOR-EVER to upload pics and move them around. So the main topics that we cover are: Our trip to albequerque and our favorite new mexican family, Justin's first day of soccer, and other fun pics here and there. before i show you how cute my son is i have to tell you a naughty story. I have been sick this past weekend and pretty much a vegetable. I have stayed in my room asleep or lying down and gary has played the single parent (love him so much he is so good when i'm sick...i tend to guilt and get mad and he just smiles and locks the door so the kids can't bug me...so sweet!) anyway the story of justin..... he is quoted as saying to Gary "Dad can i get sick so i can sit on my butt (yes he used that word) and watch TV all day?".......A little too close to home. i am glad that i am feeling better now. :)


This is my man on his first day of soccer!!! Gary was such a good coach. he brought a little buffalo to tie to the goal post so the kids knew which one to aim for, he had all this patience i couldn't believe. Great job dad!!!I'm pretty sure he even lead them to victory....if we kept score which we don't so I'm not so sure. :)









grandma and grandpa sent a new bedspread to justin....he was VERY excited about the package addressed to him and for how cool it was once he opened it. thank you!!!

So when we got home from Albequerque i found out how Gary was keeping the house clean...he turned Linds into Cinderella!!!

Albequerque Old Town

Natural History museum, we LOVED the dinosaurs!

My sweet sweet niece

We wanted Dad to know we were thinking of him so we found the gas line and posed by it. :)

In Old Town we found this shop and justin didn't want to go in until i told him what kind of store it was. he was thrilled that santa was closer to coming to his house. :)

The T-Rex is going to eat these children!!!

We got to visit with Janetta, it was way fun. It was even better for justin to go to her house and play the Wii. Crossbow hunting is now very exciting to my four year old...hmmmm. :)

Look at these cousins all cleaned up. :)

All of us at the pool....it was FREEZING!!!!!

At the ZOO...we were a little nervous at first because we took a train ride that covered only the construction areas and the backs of ALL the buildings. But after we started walking around we saw some great stuff. the one thing i loved most was the LION!! it rocked. Justin heckled it and asked 'why won't the lion roar mom???? ROAR!!!!!!!!" It sat up and looked at us...i made us leave the area.

Check out the blue mouth on my son. All the kids got ring pops from grandma.

this is at the FRONTIER it was the coolest breakfast spot and i LOVE huevos rancheros with stewed green chili's. mmmmmm... and the orange juice....mmmmmmm. it was a very cultural experience. i loved albequerque more for it!

We got to go to the ward party. Red and Green potluck. I tasted the hottest food of my life this night....and it is where my stomach troubles started for the week. :)

This is on the plane going there. he was so excited he didn't even want to play with anything i brought he just grabbed my arm and squeeled or yellled at his cousins. he had a BlAST!
The turbulance was so bad on the way home that all the boys started yelling "awesome" or "NOT awesome!" and squeeling "we're gonna die!!" and throwing their hands in the air like they were on a roller coaster....pretty sure we put some people into heart failure.

My first attempt at Lindsy's 2 year old pictures. It was a little sunny for her so i am going to try early in the morning next time, maybe she will be able to look up more. it was an adventure to get here, we had to jump the ditch ...i'm such a farmer! ha hah ! She was a trooper though. I am learning that my kids will do almost anything for a tootsie roll or a sucker, LOVE IT!!