Behind...And some good news

I am behind...
I'm behind on cleaning, I'm behind on showering, I'm behind on Christmas everything, I'm behind on being a friend, I'm behind on laundry so is it really a surprise to anyone that I'm behind on blogging??  The only thing that I'm not behind on is my behind, it keeps growing I swore this pregnancy would be different but alas I can watch my behind growing so at least I'm not behind in one aspect of my life, my pregnancy is rolling right along thus the list of other things that I'm behind on.  Am I making any sense? At least I'm not as sick anymore but I honestly feel like the last 2 months were a blurrrrrrr what it's Christmas already?   So back to my lack of blogging issues I feel bad because I really do have a lot to blog about.  Did you know that back in September Sophie came and lived with us for a month and a half?  Well she did and it was a dream come true I have always wanted her to come and stay yet no mention of it on the old blog.
                Blogging is a weird thing because it's almost like "If it's not on the BLOG it didn't happen"  which I know is stupid but I think of this as a journal of sorts so anyway Sophie came and stayed then I got pregnant then it all sort of became a blurrrr.  Then December 1st happened and the greatest thing of our married life happened (minus of course the birth of our little dears of course)  Ramsey got into Dental School!!!!!  We have been married for 81/2 years and ever since day one this has been the goal.  I still remember the day we packed up the Yota and moved to Oregon and I bawled the entire first night cause I thought that the town was too dark and they didn't have enough street lights...Anyway all a very good story.  The other day our friend asked me if I was going to blog about our entire story and I figured I would just for me to go back and read some day.  But as I have mentioned I AM BEHIND....  So right now I can't really muster up the energy to tell a long tale but I will say that we are sooooo HAPPY!!!!!  I am so proud of my man named Ramsey because let me tell you the man's got guts, and he's stubborn.  He just never gave up on his dream of being a Dentist and even though it has not been the easiest road or the shortest and none of our plans really worked out the way that we had planned in our little minds they still worked.  I know one thing and that is that the Lord knows us each individually, he absolutely knows what we need and when we need it and even in we don't want things to happen a certain way I know that if we trust in him we will look back and see his wisdom and guidance.  I am so proud of Ramsey and so grateful for him.  I am grateful for my heavenly father and I am grateful for my family.  So even though I am behind on the surface things (no seriously my house is a wreck)  I am feeling very blessed in the things that matter.  And that is what matters right?

           I would love to be all caught up on my blogging but my blog my rules so if I write about September in January that will be just fine with me and if I suddenly get the urge tomorrow that will be great but until then
have a very       MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!! 

And a post without a pic is lame so here is a picture of Lily girl baking.  Is this giving you the impression that we did tons of Christmas baking?  Good just go ahead and think that, think that we made tons of Christmas goodies and delivered them to friends instead of the truth that we have not made one dang thing and we are hoping our friends will still be our friends without getting any cookies!

Best day EVER December 1st

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usfiAsWR4qU  It's 2 am and I am blogging so this is all your going to get but I think this song is fitting.  If you don't know why then you don't know us very well but I will explain later right now I have to get some sleep.  We got the phone call at midnight!!!!!!!!

Attention Auntie Di

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!
we're all totally still in the halloween spirit right guys??
I'm not lame or anything, I just haven't felt like blogging, I've had better things to do lately like puking my guts out! Fun huh???? But anyway my Mom has ever so kindly asked me for pictures of the kids in their costumes ohhh about 500 times so mom here ya go...enjoy!

Luke was none other than sheriff woody and he wouldn't wear the yellow shirt I had for him so he just looks like a cowboy but whatever he was cute. And Lily was a poodle skirt girl for lack of a better name but man was she ever cute. I really didn't get good pictures this year we were really rushed and you con't even see the poodle on her skirt. Maybe I'll muster up some energy and dress them up again to take better pictures...hahahhaha that was a good one hahahah yah right. But she was pretty stinkin cute in her cat eye glasses and she loved them, she didn't take then off once!

This was the night before the Trunk or Treat when we went trick or treating and Lily had found this frog costume that Luke had worn when he was one and she insisted on wearing it even though it was wayyy too small, oh well it was warm and she loved being a froggy!

Luke boy at pre school
All in all a fun Halloween! Maybe I'll catch up on the rest of fall now, Luke played Soccer and I almost ran a half Marathon :( I sprained my ankle about a week and 1/2 before the race and between that and all the nausea I just couldn't do it. I was sooooo sad because I trained for 3 months and this was no small feat for me, it was a big deal. But my girls did it without me and they did awesome I'll do it next time. It's just a little different to say "I ran a half Marathon" than "I could have ran a half Marathon" it just doesn't have the same effect does it. Oh well I'm working on a more important project...one that takes nine months and one that I am Ohhh so excited about coming June 2011...

Police men and good parenting

Today Lily threw a level 10 flailing and screaming hissy fit. She would not stay in time out so I took those flailing limbs of hers and proceeded to dump them into her crib. When she had calmed down I went to get her out and talk to her about it...

Me: Lily we do not scream and yell like that, can you say sorry?

Lily: Sorry I scream and yell Mommy

Me: What happens when we scream and yell like that?

Lily: The police man will come and take me away

not exactly the answer I was looking for, but nice to know that I'm a good mom and I've trained my child to be scared of police! Whenever Luke won't buckle up in his car seat I tell him that the police will get really mad and give us a ticket if he doesn't do it. Apparently lily has been listening hahaha Poor girl.

Some kids like spiderman

Well here is our retirement. Some day the old Duke boy will be famous and we will finally have the private Jet that we have always wanted. Luke when you are famous and rich please remember who taped that microphone onto that stick for you and who bought you your first guitar!!

I was in the kitchen doing dishes and I heard him singing, which is nothing new, but I snuck in to see him and he had that stick stuck into the couch so I offered to add a microphone and he pretty much thought that I was the coolest thing ever. My favorite part is that he steps forward to sing and then steps back to play hahahha he's a pro. At least he's using his birthday present and we'll just have to see what he can do in a few years!!!!

Personal Chef

This is what it looks like at my house in the morning when my own personal Chef makes me eggs for breakfast with smoothie all over her face and wearing her brothers pajamas's.


Thanks Lily they were delish. And no those are not real eggs, for about a week every time I turned around she did have real eggs she was playing with so I found some wooden ones that seem to do the trick. Come for a visit and you might get your own huh grandma and grandpa nudge nudge

Luke turns 5

Happy B-day Luke



Luke saw this cake online and talked about it for a good month before his birthday. He talked daily of his "Farm Cake" so it was fun to actually put it all together. He loved it and his friends all had fun picking which animal they wanted to eat and by eat I mean lick off all of the frosting!


Cute 5 year old boy






And for the big finish Ramsey and I got Luke his very own guitar. This boy spends all day pretending he's playing the guitar or else he is begging his Dad to play his for him. So here is one happy boy with his very own guitar, Ramsey says that he can teach him to play so we'll see!!



Happy Birthday Luke Boy

right now you

-love the Guitar, Anything by Credence Clear water Revival and the Beatles
-you sing Down on the corner, Proud Mary, Bad Moon Rising, Hey Jude, Let it be and several other songs all day long
- You love the movie Pinocchio
-You are really into this whole "Big boy" thing. You tell me constantly that you are a big boy now so you don't scream (thank you Luke I have been waiting for this realization) That you don't cry (well sometimes) and that you can be very helpful when you want to be.
-You love puzzles
-you love love love babies (especially baby Seth, Henry and Jerry)
-You make me sing you 5 songs every night before you will go to sleep. Rock a bye baby, I belong to the church of Jesus Christ, Bare Necessities, The song of a bird. and then Families can be together forever. EVERY NIGHT!

Anything that your Dad does is the greatest and coolest thing on earth but when push comes to shove you love your Mama!

Love you Luke boy

Blackberry Picking and cute kids

One of my friends found this little farm with thorn less Blackberries that you pick yourself. We loved it so much that we went twice!



The people who owned the farm were so sweet and we played there for almost 2 hours.

Before picking the berries we went to an old Civil War house and the kids had fun playing on a Civil War cannon.
I don't think that there is anything cuter than Lily and Ivy

Accept for maybe Lily and Sam...It's a tie

A Summer to Remember

On our long trip back to Kentucky we flew out of Salt Lake and the kids and I spent a day on Temple Square with my Mom, So fun to see the kids there.

Mountains, Cousins and Big Scoop

Nothing like an afternoon in Waterton eating ice cream at the Big Scoop...Classic. Our last day in Canada could not have been better.



These boys are so cute together, I love that we live close to them because they get to see each other more than once a year. Team Jacob





Love me a little Josh!
We love you Mom and Dad how about a trip out our way???

This pretty much summs up Lily and Angela's relationship. Lily is a mini Angela and they are both CRAZY!!!!

I told Clair and Mia to pose for a quick snap shot and this is what I got...Beautiful!!







We had the most beautiful day in Waterton, no wind (a miracle in itself) good food, ice cream and best of all a day with Family!!