Church Choir Performance and Madyson's fall festival

I know I am behind on posts!! Sorry! We have been
super busy around this house. With choir, dance, field trips, halloween,
and just the normal routine with 5 kids. Brent and Bradley had a choir
performance at church a few weeks ago and they played musical instruments as
well as sang. They both did very well. Bradley even put a "little groove" into
his singing but I was not able to get a picture because he was standing behind
his choir teacher. Hopefully when I get the video I will be able to show more.
Here are a few pics!!

And a few pics from
Madyson dance performance at the Fall Festival

And here are some pics from Parents night at Dance. Her class has been doing so well that they
got to advance to the bar which is normally not done until next year. She loves
Ballet. And is very good at what she has learned already. This years
dance recital in the fall they will do a tap performance and a ballet
performance. I can not wait. The costumes are adroable. We got to
see a sneek peek in book last Tuesday night.

The Field Trip to Green Meadows

Well we had a great time to the Green Meadows farm. Miles, Marshall, and Madyson had a great time. Some of the things they did made me think of when I was a kid at my grandparents farm. We use to chase chicken and roosters around and catch them. Which is what the kids got to do at the farm. At first they where all scared to touch them and then Marshall started picking them up. That was a big suprise to me. I figured it would be Miles. Madyson wanted nothing to do with the chickens nor did she want to milk the cows that the boys did. They all had a good time and at the end they all got to pic a pumpkin. Enjoy the pics.

Madyson petting a calf

Miles petting a calf

Miles the farmer in Papa's hat

Marshall, Papa, and Miles waiting for the show to start

Marshall holding a chicken

Madyson would not hold a chicken but she would pet one.

Miles milking a cow

Marshall milking a cow!!

They all had a great time and got to even go on a hay ride. That was an adventure. Our driver liked to drive fast but the kids enjoyed it. The parents and teachers held on for dear life!!

Our Crazy Life

Sorry I have not blogged in a while. Things have been a little crazy around here. The kids and I are moving right along with school and the little guys actually have thier first field trip this week. They are very excited. Brent and Bradley also have their first field trip it is with music to the see the 5th and 6th grade sympony at one of the middle schoools. Thier big trip to Bass Hall to see the Nutcracker will be coming up soon and Brent is very excited. He loves nutcrackers so he can not wait to see it. Madyson had a dance performance last week I will try to get pics posted one day this week. She was so cute up there doing her little dance. She loves to dance. This year is her dance studios "BIG" performance so they are gearing up for that. She will be in two numbers and have two costumes. Hopefully her hair will have grown back a lot by then. It is growing back so I am thankful for that. Well that is about all that is going on with the kids and I. We did all have a fun weekend away from home. They boys got to announce at a rodeo they went to with my aunt. When she told me it reminded me of when I was pregnant with the quads and I was standing in the baby department at Target and hear a little boy say "Attention, Attention, everyone listen" I thought to myself at that time that poor mom. Then my cell phone rang and the fear came across my face. That child was mine! It was Bradley!! After the day at the rodeo my Aunt took them to see a magic show where they got to help the magician they really enjoyed that. Miles and Marshall stayed with my sister and got to do some early trick or treating with Mason and had a blast. Abby and Madyson got a girl trip with me and Nana. They had fun and mom and I had a great show and fun seeing my cousins. As soon as I get pics from my mom I will upload them from the fall festival. I am also starting back into photography so look for my photography blog to be coming soon.

Comparison Pics!!

Ok I have been ask by a few of my online friends to see pics of what I looked like when I delivered twins and what I looked like when I delivered quads! So here you go.

37 weeks with Brent and Bradley

Every inch of me was swollen from head to toe. My feet were so swollen I could not wear shoes. I remeber going to the hospital in a pair of flip flops of my sisters and they would not go on my feet but part way.

And this is me at 29 weeks on the way to the OR with the Quads. I was WAY bigger!! I did not know my stomach would ever stretch this big but apparently our bodies can do a lot more than we think it can.

Now I am in the mood for a few more comparison pics. I started looking at my online album and found this pic of Madyson. She was about 1 1/2 in this pic. What a little angel or should we say "DIVA" she loved these overalls and sunglasses. She actually still has the overalls and will not let me get rid of them. I am going to have to sneak them out while she is at school, and that is on my list. Cleaning closets.

Somethings Never Change!! She is still our "little diva" and still likes to wear sunglasses.

Happy Labor Day

Happy Labor Day! I hope everyone is having a wonderful day. We went to Hawaiian Falls today and this is how it all went down!!

I have always thought Miles would be my adventurous child. All summer long he has been going to the water park and having a blast in the kiddie area. He is not afraid of any of the slides in there and will play for hours. On his birthday he adventured out more and road the "big kid" rides, granted there is not many but he still road them. All week long he has been asking me to go to Hawaiian Falls, he wanted to go there instead of school one day!!LOL!! So today the last day they are opened, we went and he had a blast along with the other kids.

Brent and Bradley are at the age they really don't want to hang out with mom so they took off with their cousin Abby and Abby's cousin Drake. So that left Miles, Papa, and me to ride the "big kid" rides. We started out on the slides that everyone could ride just outside the kiddie area. This was the first time I had been on these slides so I figured they where not much to worry about since any size child could ride them. It started out with my dad going down so he could be at the end when all the kids came down. Well he got stuck going down so I figured ok, this is more for the little guys. Next all the kids went down and they went down slow. When it was my turn, I literally flew down that slide. When I got to the end my dad said I came down the fastest. Well that would be my first and last time on the slide it scared me to death. I would have thought Madyson would have gone the fastest but I was wrong.

After that we took off to the wave pool for some more adventure!! Marshall was jumping in the waves and going underwater like a little fish. He has become very adventurous in the water the past few weeks and has showed a big interest in diving off the side and swimming to one of us. So today was no different, except he was jumping belly and face first into the water. The kid can do some major belly flops!LOL! I wish I would have had a water camera with me. Just imagine a little boy his size doing belly flops and you will just laugh thinking about it. Madyson had fun in the wave pool until the waves started crashing against her inner tube at that point she decided she would just watch from the side. The waves where no challenge to Miles he kept trying to go further into the water. Marshall started jumping the waves and then jumping into the waves face down. It was hilarious.

After that we decided to go ride "the toilet" or the correct name would be "Blow Hole Bowl" but the kids renamed it "the toilet" Gotta give them an "A" for that because it does look like a toilet bowl when standing at the top looking down. Miles road with me and Brent road with Papa, that left Abby to ride by themselves. We all had a competition to see who could go around the longest. Miles and I went around 1 complete time then got flushed down on our second round. We went down backwards and Miles laughed all the way down. Abby went around 2 times and then Brent and Papa won the reward they went around a full 4 TIMES! I think that is a record!! Anyway we all had a blast. After that it was time for a break and to each some lunch. While eating lunch all the kids keep going back and forth to the slide we started out with. Now I am pretty sure Miles was cutting because he managed to make it down faster than anyone else. I finally ask him and he told me "YES" like it was no big deal so we had a talk about waiting our term and not cutting in line in front of someone else.

Finally we where off to the "orange slide" that Miles had been begging me to ride. He would have been happy with just riding that because he had Mommy to ride with him. Him and I went down the orange slide and we both laughed all the way down. After that adventure it was time to get everyone together and leave. That was fun because as soon as I would have 4 one would leave to go find the other and then someone else would return. I finally told the 4 to stand still and the 5 would eventually come back. I think it was all a trick just to go ride one more ride!!LOL!! I have to give it to them they are all smart.

They will probably get one more chance to go to the park in a few weeks. Our school district is having a school Olympics there for elementary and intermediate students so we are going to try and go to that. That should be fun.

We are now resting and going swimming at the pool when Andrew gets home. Well at least the kids and Andrew are going. I think I might stay home and enjoy the peace and quiet for a short period of time.