A bunch is going on

So, I don't have any pictures because I haven't had time to load them!!! We just got back from visiting Jason and Danielle in Washington and had so much fun! Carter had a blast with his cousins. So, there's lots of pictures to come from that! But we're also in the middle of moving. We've decided to rent out our house so that we can take advantage of the lower house prices now to buy a bigger house. We DID have our house rented already and are halfway moved in to Justin's mom's house, when I get an e-mail from our renters last night saying they can't rent it anymore due to a family emergency! SO SUCKY!!! So, I guess we'll keep trucking along to find another renter!
Also, I think Carter might suffer from night terrors (def: A state of intense fear and agitation sometimes experienced, especially by children, on awakening from a stage of sleep not associated with dreaming but characterized by extremely vivid hallucinations.) Ever since we moved him from his crib to his toddler bed, I think his room kinda freaks him out now when he wakes up. In his crib, I would hear him wake up sometimes, but he would go right back to sleep by himself. I think in his toddler bed, his room seems so much bigger and open when he wakes up. So, for instance, last night, he woke up screaming bloody murder at 2:30, so I went in there and sat with him for a minute and left and he went back to sleep. Then, at 3:30, he woke up again screaming and yelling, "Help me!" He wasn't coming out of his room again, so I went in there and he was sitting in the corner of his bed with his blanket up to his chin crying, "Help me!" It just broke my little heart for him =( I know he's obviously scared to even get out of his bed when he wakes up sometimes. Other times, he'll cry and come running out of his room and want to sleep with us. I just feel so bad when this happens that my little one gets so terrified. Hopefully it doesn't get worse or anything when we move! He was verysad when we left some of his toys over there last night. He got a frowny face and said, "Mine!" when we were walking out the door. Poor guy...

Visit from a princess!

We had a girl over in our house for a change! Makenze was over at our house for a few hours while Shane and Andrea were in Cali to Disneyland and Mom had a meeting to go to. We really enjoyed having her. It is so funny to watch the differences between a girl and a boy. My favorite though is when she falls, and it happens a lot, clumsy girl! Her hair is so long and it just flies through the air in front of her face. Then she uses her hands and brushes it back like a little dainty princess...so adorable. And she was cracking herself up making herself dizzy and falling down! Here's some pictures/highlights from her visit!

Time out for juice!

Playing in the living room!

Oh-oh...the "Mine!" Monster is coming out! Ha ha

Makenze learned how to use our kitchen stool!

Watching Curious George

New Haircuts

So, I borrowed the clippers from my mom again so I could fix my little rugamuff. Carter's hair was looking a little shabby and he hates when I comb it, so off it went! Justin at first said he was going to buzz his head like Carter's, but then he started chickening out like he always does when he says he's going to change his hair. I tried to talk him back into it, but he said "No". Well, after I told him I was going to bring the clippers back to my mom, he said he'd cut it! So, last night while Carter was in the bath, he joked he was going to have a mohawk and asked me to cut it like that. So, I did and he's decided, after spiking it up that he kinda likes it! And I will admit that I kinda like it too; he looks pretty hot with it! So, he's going to keep it for at least a few days, he says.

Justin's before picture...can you tell he's super excited I'm taking a picture!

Carter helping Daddy with his new 'do
Side view

Ghandi, Tweaker and Hamilton

Yep, that's the names of our tadpoles/frogs that survived so far! Yesterday, Carter and I rode the bike to the dollar store to get a new home for the baby frogs, since Ghandi had sprouted some legs and seemed like he was trying to get his head out of water! I was mighty proud we rode our bike down there too! It was a nice little workout but didn't take long at all! Anywho, we transferred them to their new home (a tupperware shoebox with holes in the top) and added a river rock from our front yard and they seemed very happy! Tweaker is the tiny tadpole and he got his name because he is psychotic, literally, with his crazy swimming habits. He gets these sudden bursts of energy and goes nuts! It's really funny, I should video it. And Hamilton we got because he's the fat kid who goes and hides out. He seriously has a huge head, and he gets picked on. Poor Hammy...thanks Danielle for the idea ;) Ha ha (She seriously didn't give me permission to use this as a frog name). This is a really long story about our frogs, but I woke up this morning and little Ghandi had planted himself on the rock, basking in his adulthood! Carter stood there for about 10 minutes communicating with his frog noise "Bibbit!" Here's some pictures:

This is Ghandi just yesterday above and him this morning perched on his rock...pretty crazy, huh?

I thought I'd post a picture of our tadpoles weekly growth since one of them already sprouted some arms today! There's 3 little babies besides these big guys, but you can only see one of them in the picture! They're loving the fruit loops I put in there, though!

Tadpoles are baby frogs!

So, my cute friend, Brianna, in our ward had a fun idea for us to take our kids to catch some tadpoles so they could watch them grow into frogs! I thought this was genius since I've wanted to do this for some time now! So, her husband gave her directions to a place he found and we packed up the kiddies and drove out! We had quite an adventure on our hands! The first place we stopped and thought it was the right place we couldn't fit the stroller so we had to hike a ways with 3 toddlers and her baby, Kodi, only to find we had hiked to someone's house! Neither of us brought our phone, so I stayed with the 3 walking kids while she hiked back to call her hubby and then hiked back again to tell us it was the wrong place (wow, sorry for that bad idea, Bree!). Then, the kids were starving, but we did find the right place and decided to eat in the car before we hiked in. This time the stroller fit, but once we got to the river bed, it was too rough of a trail for it, so she just left it there while we walked a little ways until we found the pond with hundreds of tadpoles! It was way worth it once we were there and the kids had a great time throwing rocks in the water! Bree and I had fun catching the tadpoles, although she was a bit smarter catching them in the shallow area =) So, thanks for the fun outing, Bree...I have a feeling I'll see more of this girl, we had lots of fun! I especially enjoyed watching you try to push the stroller through the loose dirt!

Carter and I
Carter holding the jar of tadpoles
Rylee and Carter waiting to hear if we're in the wrong spot!
Carter and Branson enjoying their sticks

Oh and now Carter keeps asking about the "babies" since I explained they were baby frogs!