that's my boy....

"my penis...my penis...my penis is cool..." sung by dillon...age 3....this is my life...this is why i don't blog...

tell me the story....

about the peas..." this request comes EVERY NIGHT WE HAVE PEAS...so here goes...

back when i was in 7th grade, we lived with my grandma...there were 7 of us kids...i guess grandma wanted some quiet (i cannot imagine) so she sent us ALL outside...peggy and i didn't know what to do, so we wandered around to the side of the house where grandma's garden was...NOT that we were planning on eating those delicious peas straight out of the garden...NO WAY...we would have been in a lot of trouble! yeah, we were just going to go LOOK...we turn the corner...there is dad...with a HANDFUL of peas...he looks at us...we look at him...he said..."come eat some of these with me...and we won't tell grandma..." ohhh, those were the best peas in.the.whole.world....

iF yOu INSisT!!!!!!~!

i really wasn't planning this...but because of overwhelming response....and knowing how anyone with a helm gene in them wants to win...nay, HAS to win...you are ALL WINNERS!!!! below is a schedule for when i expect you at my home......


kate...jan 15. she gets to go first since i don't want to mess with her having a baby during her winning to clean time.

jan 22 is lani

jan 29 is mike.....

ok...ok, i am sure you figured out the schedule. just look at a calender and count the weekend that is yours. Mom can go after pam.

please stay tuned to the next giveaway....it is coming up in about ten weeks. please plan accordingly!

mY fIrsT giVEaWAy!!!!!

i cannot believe it! i am having a giveaway! all you have to do..is leave a comment. any comment. your name will go in a random drawing. if you are the lucky winner...you get to come to my home and clean it. isn't that exciting? you are allowed to enter as many times as you would like. giveaway ends when i notice at least one comment. good luck!

ReaLLy????ReaLLy...

ho! ho! ho! i am blogging again. i am kinda going to do this kinda weird. i am starting in august ...going into september. then go back and do july and june. something like that.

so, in august, we took a road trip to visit demarko's extended family in illinois. if you really want to know how i really feel about the trip, you need to call me, because i don't want the printed word to come back and haunt me.

on the way there, we only would only stop for gas, food and potty breaks. yup...with three kids that is all we stopped for. we got to BLUE EARTH MINNESOTA and i had demarko stop to see the jolly green giant. sonly sad thing, dillon was asleep. i think he would have enjoyed it.


if you squint, you can see jheriko. make sure you squint!



these are more his size!
so, the camera was broke...then i realized i could take pictures with it. we missed out on a lot of good photo ops with extended family. the next few are pictures we took on the way home.

this is jheriko and emmonie at the world famous CORN PALACE. in case you are wondering, it is in MITCHELL S.D. it was nice to let the kids out to run and allow demarko time to sleep in the van.

ok, this was NOT at the CORN PALACE. it is out of sequence. this is actually MT. RUSHMORE. bet you always thought it was bigger, hu? and a little less plastic looking. NOPE!

ok...back to the CORN PALACE. that is one big ear of corn.

dillon just standing there. that doesn't happen too often!
ok. i had a TON of pictures at WALL DRUG. the kids got to ride a jackalope, yada yada. for some reason, they did not download. maybe i will try again someday. don't hold your breath, i probably won't.
this is jheriko showing his birthday head. we met up with penny and had dinner at tomato street. it was a (the) highlight of the trip....seeing penny...i mean eating at tomato street....i mean seeing penny...i mean.....
this is penny showing off her birthday head. i was there, and didn't understand. call penny, maybe she can tell you?
jheriko and emmonie with green tounges. do i need to say more?
dillon with daddy's boots. it won't be long before he will really fit into them. he is growing so fast. his personality is as big as the world. i love him so much!
my big boy is all grown up. his first day of school was september 8. he was very brave. he did not cry. i didn't either. i was too busy smiling ant how grown up he acted.
this is jheriko and his friend SAMMY. it is good that they started together. i think that helped them both be brave!
yup...i stayed to see what was going on. there they are sitting down. he is so cute.
dillon, dillon...i love your face. don't you just want to eat him?
he gets tired of me saying...dillon, dillon, let me take your picture.

jheriko..soccer superstar!!!!!

watch out, here come #4

that's it, folks...until next time!

wHAt bEEn gOIng oN...

jheriko wanted to have a strawberry stand. how could i tell him no???
waiting for the first customer...it was a loooong wait.....

i caught dillon just sitting on the bed...reading of all things. maybe he has some helm in him after all....

when matt and britt came, we took a walk to the park. of course , you are seeing the pictures in backward order...
matt took this picture. isn't it great????
britt said she needed to get strong...so we put dillon on her back and went tromping through the woods...
ok...the next few are for beth. remember when the gadianton robbers came to her home????here is gadianton....

yup, he did it to himself! he got into my ink pad and the rest is history....

next picture...'nuf said...
dillon is just so cute...
jheriko getting the easter thing done...
38 squAres...1 hour each= a lot of time with the heat gun....
it wasn't ALL work...i did LET them play with the kids a little.
that's it until next time....

hAts, hAts, hAts...

blogging about hats, marie made jheriko a hat back a long time ago. the hat has now been passed down to dillon...who, i must say, looks adorable with it on...if only he would leave it on!


trying to get this blog to work for me. i try to download stuff, and if that works, then the layout is all wrong, and everything is messed up. i will try one more time. so, demarko sent some hats for the boys.






that's all i'm gonna say for now...

kUng fU...

so jheriko has been taking karate for a couple months. it has been great fun watching him learn new skills...yup, my baby has skills. sorry i am not too good at the video-ing if his mAd skIlls.

this first one is a race the class did. i think i did the race in two segments, and just put the end of this most exciting race on the blog...




the next video is one of a race again...but where the kiddos jump over a little incline then roll...



now, be prepared to be amazed. this is where his mAd skIlls come into play.


this is a race where they roll and kick...i think...





that is it for now. soon, i will post the ones from the zoo!!

rEmEmbEr mE???

Funny videos
Funny videos

saLT.....

alrighty...when it rains, it pours....i am going to add a ton of videos... enjoy.



***i don't know how to comment inbetween the videos. sorry.****

here are some long awaited videos of the boys. as i type this, i am not too sure which ones will make the FInaL cut. i just want you to know that if the house looks mESSy, just pretend it isn't!!!



stay tuned...i PRomiSE there will be more....

pictures....

these are of dilly's first birthday....love that little guy...

boys in action

mY boYzzzzz

ok...just trying to get this post set up....now i know why i don't post. i want to scream!!! i have already lost a photo. don't know where it went. the pictures are in just random order.




this is jheriko the soccer player. i also have video of the game....don't know where that went. technology is great.
i love close ups of jheriko. i think he is beautiful.
my sleeping beauties. love it when they are sleeping. too bad they are in my bed and not theirs!
ok...not the greatest picture. i was holding dillon...and he kept moving...all the pictures are just a little fuzzy.
there's my baby. yup...he is feeding himself. i believe he pulled the bib off. gotta love that baby face!




i love his eyes. sometimes i feeel as if i am drowning in them.
here is dillon in his big boy bed. if only he would sleep in it....
what???? put that tongue back in!
shhh...why does he oNLy sleep in the car?
i LOve my brother....
getting ready for the fourth...of february:)
don't look at the mess behind jheriko...
can't i just eat without you taking aNOTher pictURe?
love that smile...see, i am running out of things to say!
yup...another car sleeping picture.
breakfast at the watsons...
just take the dang picture...


so, there you go.