First Dance Class.. Holy Moly Dance Class

Well, after 4 boys and all the sports, and all that boy stuff, Kate and I finally have that little girl. Now let me tell you, what a little girl she is, she is everything needs to be pink, and loves to shop, and so prissy, and a drama queen from way back. lol

Well, I thought I had seen it all until that crazy Friday morning when I took Taya to dance class. Yeah, ok I grew up a tomboy, I mean I wore jeans and t-shirts, never dresses, no halter tops, no Madonna bracelets, no Olivia Newton John leg warmers, and defiantly no tutus and leotards.
These girls came to class with hair all done up, I swear make up, curls, and like those big frilly bows. There was one girl with a purple velvet leotard. Holy crap, all the tutus and pony tails and ribbons, it was complete madness. Mom's, and Grandma's primping these girls, fluffing their hair, and making sure everything looks perfect.

Well, it was my day with my baby, and you know I just can't do her hair like her Mama, and I probably don't dress her in her most girl stuff. Kate has to buy those clothes that have the matching animals - you know the ones that the tags match like all the hippo clothes go together, and the giraffes go together, you can't put a hippo and giraffe together, so when it's my day to dress her and get her ready she matches. I am a mess people, I even let her pick out her own stuff to wear, and sometimes it's interesting. Kate just gives me that look when Taya has some crazy outfit on, and her hair looks like I took a egg beater to it. I can never get that pony tail straight no matter how hard I try, and how she gets all the hair to stay in that pony tail holder is just beyond me.

So back to my story, so my baby comes in to dance with all these little Divas. They were all very cute, I am just poking fun really. Taya had a blast, after she watched for a while. I was really proud of her she marched around with them, and danced and learned how to do a crab walk, and a bridge. She learned to tap her heels and toes and do a shuffle tap thing, I think she is going to be the top of her class in no time. lol :)

So this weekend we went to Denver, and bought her every single dance thing that you need to be a successful Diva, from the shoes, to the bag, to the tutu, and of course a frilly pink leotard with hearts on it. We had to get her all the bells and whistles. It was a lot of fun for her Mama, Kate was all smiles. I think it's like when I get to take the boys and get new shoes, and equipment for wrestling, or soccer, or football. I coach their teams, and take them to all their games, we travel all over for their stuff. So, its pretty cool that Taya is getting her own little identity and her own thing, the world of Dance. :)

I do have to admit, she is the cutest little dancer I have ever seen, and she really had a great time. I kept high-fiving her when ever she would do one of the steps, and cheering her on, so I probably will be snubbed by the Moms that don't believe in slapping fives with little girls. Who knows, but it was good and it was nice to see her doing her own thing.

Well, all and all I am becoming painfully aware that my baby is growing up, she is a big girl now, a true DIVA. hee hee

Hey all have a great day, and I will blog your ear off later.
Jen

She is the Dancing Queen!

She is doing a boogie dance.

Back from the dead......

Hello everyone, yes it is I Jen. I have been sick forever it felt like.

I am such a big baby when I am sick, my world crumbles, and I just could not shake this cold I had. I swear I was going crazy. I tried everything. I had been to my doctor like 4 times, I felt like a nut case. I was whining to Kate the last time I went, I said, "He is going to think I am a nut case, I keep going back and crying about my cold." She said, "Oh honey stop he keeps giving you prescriptions, so I think he knows your sick."

Yeah, so I ended up going again, but first I spent a week trying all the home remedies that everyone would tell me about. My mom told me to get a humidifier, a cool mist one, not a hot one because they don't work (that's my Mom, she heard it on the doctor show on channel 9, so it has to be true, if any of you have any aliments just call my Mom she watches that show every day and keeps notes on what everyone has, and how they can fix it). My boss told me to put Vick's on my feet, and all over my chest. So I would wake up coughing and hacking with wet hair, and smelling like a peppermint patty, with my shirt stuck to my chest. I was sucking down NyQuil and cough drops like a psycho.

So, when my ears starting hurting I decided okay, I will go again, and of course the helpful nudging of my beautiful wife to go back to the doctor. He just laughs at us, Kate told him I did not want to come, he said, "I hope you keep coming back I have to pay for my sons medical school bills." He is a funny guy.

Well to make everyone breath easier I do feel better and I am back. YEAH!!!!!! -

My beautiful wife took good care of me, and I appreciate her so much. I am such a big baby crying and boobing and she just kept me comfortable as she could and loved on me, even when I would cough all over her. She is the love of my life, and I am very blessed - Its' so good that she had the kids, because I would have died dealing with all that pain, I can't even handle a little cold.

Man, when you look in the mirror and see that big wussy staring right back at you, you say to yourself, "Dang, I am glad my wife is tough, this house is not big enough for two wieners."

Have a great night all and it is good to be back YAHOO!!!!!!!!!

I am in Trouble!

Well good morning to all of you..

Well remember on my last blog I was wondering if I crossed the rude line with that comment about no one being able to cook? How I was hoping no one in my family would read the blog, hee hee.

Well Kate's best friend Ann was over here, along with my mom, (can you feel it?) yeah, so the love of my life is telling them, "have you seen our blogs"? OHHHHHH, crap I thought, and sure enough I got a whole lot of guff. Ann said "who was just eating snacks at my house the other night, I made you guy’s snacks and you liked them". Well just between you and me, I have no clue how she put those beautiful cellophane wrappers on those cupcakes, and the cheese that she so evenly placed on those Cheetos was so tasty, her talent is untapped, how could I have forgotten? So Ann if you are reading this, your talent amazes me in the kitchen, and I am humbly sorry, please forgive me. Maybe this week you can make me some Funyons or something. :) I love you.

Well now that my groveling is over, I feel a whole lot better; sorry to take everyone down that guilt ridden path I was on, oh the pain. :)

Well we had a great new year, if you read Kate's blog you will hear all about the berries that we ate, they were from CSI, it’s funny.

My daughter is doing very well with potty training, and last night we were getting ready to go to bed and she said I have to go to potty. I told her good girl, she said "be right back", (when she says be right back it's cute cause she puts her hand in your face so you know to stay, I have been trained very well by our two year old.) I thought right on man she is really doing it all by herself, that is sweet. So I sat at the end of the bed, you know giving her some privacy, letting her do her thing. But, it sure was taking a long time, I yelled out, "Tay are you okay"? she said, "yes Nay Nay" (oh, stop rewind, dang I forgot to tell you all this is the name Kate and I came up with for Taya and the boys to call me, it means parent in some other language) so anyways, back to my story, she said, "I am fine, just going Potty". I thought; cool, but Kate poked me and said why don't you go check on her, I went to the bathroom and about died laughing. My daughter was sitting on the toilet and looking at a magazine, it was so funny the picture is below. So after I stopped laughing I asked her if she was done, and she said, "I am reading the paper". lol

So moral of this story, I guess your kids pick up on a lot more of our little qwerks then we know. lol

Hey everyone have a great day and thanks for all the comments they are great.

Jen

This is Taya reading the paper!
Kate's Best Friend upset with me, about my blog. I am so scared.

I did not do so well.

I attempted to put pictures on the other night, and as you can see there is no pictures. lol

We had a great Christmas, my parents came over along with some friends, and my brother and his family. We seem to always be the hosts on every holiday, I think its because Kate is the only one that has talent in the cooking area. :) she is the best cook. (dang I hope no one is reading this in my family, I might have crossed that rude line.) :)

This was Taya first Christmas, when presents were a lot of fun. That girl figured it out, she was so excited. Kate and I were just as excited, we decided for the week before Christmas that we were Jewish and opened presents all week long. I love being Jewish on Christmas. Taya would wake up every morning and say wanna open present? I would say, SURE bubala (not sure how to spell it, boob a la), ha ha

We really had a wonderful Christmas, the boys got a lot of stuff that they wanted and Life is good that is for sure. Bryce got a Letterman jacket for his letter that he got playing high school football, so that was really cool. We told him this whole story that he was not getting one, and then YEAH he opened that big ol' box and the smile on him was 10 miles long. Now you have to admit a smile on Mr. Cool Teenage guy, that was a total slam dunk.

You know we are extremely out of control when we get to mess with our kids, hey the way I figure it, its paybacks for dealing with one of them in a bad mood, crazy fighting with brothers days, and days that the tears flow over just a glance from us, man I hate those sensitive days. lol
But, anyways Toby got a laptop, well we had it wrapped up and in our room, and not under the tree. hee hee - Well he was passing presents out like some kind of lunatic and when we finally got to the last of them, he was just sitting there with this sad face. Then Kate asked him what is wrong? He told us nothing while still looking at the floor with this sad look on his face. I told him did you get lots of cool stuff, and he told us he did still with this extremely sad look on his face. Then his mama could not take it anymore, and said you know I think there is one more present. lol - so long story short he got his laptop, and we turned that frown upside down. ha ha

Well I am still working on pictures, and I will add some, when I get myself into gear.

Thanks and everyone have a great day.

Well here goes...

I have decided to go ahead and try this out. My beautiful wife, Kate, just started this whole blogging thing and said why don't you try it, okay I said.

Well let me fill you up with a little about myself and my family and then just take it from there. I am a total yacker, I make Kate crazy a lot of times because my thoughts I think go around in my head like aimless ping pong balls. There are times when they bump into each other and it reminds me of something as I am explaining something else. So word to the wise don't get frustrated with my blog just be patient and I will get to the point eventually. lol

My name is Jen and my wife is Kate we have been married now going on 6 years now, she is my very best friend and the most amazing mom to our 5 kids, yep - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - 4 boys and one little girl, hey you can still count them on one hand that is good. Kate gave birth to all 5 of them - the 4 boys were done in the doctors office and our little girl we did ourselves, it was great. My Kate is such a good mom, she is a rule follower I am total opposite rule breaker. I will give you an example we split up the week on whose turn to get up with the boys for school, ok this is a lot of work for one thing. She is like Snow White singing in the morning telling them get up, making sure they have teeth brushed, hair combed, and clothes matching before they leave on the bus. Then its Jen's day, and all hell breaks loose, we get up late, we don't sing its like a gnarly old troll - (you remember the troll dolls that you rolled in your hands and the hair would go crazy) yeah well that is me. We all get up the boys are wearing god only knows what, sometimes pants with out buttons, shirts with holes, or shorts (even in the winter) - a time or two they have gotten out of here with some major high waters. lol - Yes, I am not a morning person and it takes me forever to get that motor running. So, when the boys come home from school you can imagine Snow Whites facial expression. lol

We are a good team though she is the worrier and I am calm, she stresses out and I tell her no worries. She keeps us grounded when I think there is no limits. She is rock in our family. We compliment each other very well, and are completely in love. We pass that love on to our kids, and have a wonderful family. My boys are all amazing at sports, and have great personalities. My daughter she is the ruler of our home, she is two years old going on 20 and thinks that the world is here for her entertainment.

Bryce is 14 years old, and is the leader of the cools in our family. If Bryce does not think something is cool then no one thinks it is. He is a good kid, so easy going, and loves to have fun, and has a love for football and is great at wrestling. He has his first real girlfriend and I am not sure how to handle it yet. Its funny because when she comes over he gets stiff as a board and quite, now what the heck Bryce is far from quite. So, its very cute that he is so shy around her, oh please God let it stay that way. :)

Toby is 11 years old, now this guy is the smart guy, he is the kid that you think your talking in code to other adults and he says I know what you guys are talking about. ha ha - He cracks me up, and is also a great football player, and so much fun to talk to, he has an amazing sense of humor.

Trey is 9 years old, He is a twin with Dilly - Trey is the good looking guy in school that all the girls like and all the boys thought was cool. He is an amazing quarterback, and very smart. Trey is my small fry, we have a joke running that he is small fry and I am big fry, well the sad part is that he is only nine years old and almost taller then me. So I am sure by 5th grade I will have to wear the small fry name.

Dilly is 9 years old, the other twin, this kid is the most loving snugly child you will ever meet. His baby sister just loves him. He was the baby of the family before Taya came along, so its been a big change for him. He is a great football player also, but really wrestling is his thing. He gets this crazy look in his eyes and attacks these kids like a raging lunatic. Its kind of funny to watch. He is a really good kid, and a lot of fun to be around.

Taya is 2 years old, yes there is quite an age gap, yes we are crazy. But, she is such an amazing little girl. She has been quite the handful for her mother and I. She is the wild child, she makes us laugh a lot, she dances anytime music comes on, and not just a normal dance, like something you would see on late night BET. She has the groove going on, shakes her hips like no ones business, its funny. She is so much like her mama, she acts like her, looks like her and even has a beautiful smile like her mama.

Well that is a little bit about my family, I am going to put some pictures up of them here in a minute. I have yacked on long enough at this point, so I am going to sign off for now and I will have more tomorrow, good night all.