Christmas

Christmas was great this year. We got to celebrate Christmas 3 times. The boys loved it. Chris had to work on Christmas eve and Christmas so we had Christmas early with our families in Tucson. Then came back home Christmas Eve to have our little Christmas with just us. Everything turned out really nice. The boys opened their one present on Christmas Eve - pajamas. Then we got to open all the rest on Christmas morning. Since Chris had to work, I kept the boys up late so that they would sleep in and let Chris get some sleep before starting the big day. It worked because the boys didn't get up until 8:30. It was great!

Parker stayed up really late on Christmas Eve because he was so afraid that Santa was going to come into our house. He came to me, with watery eyes and said "I go night night at Nana's house. No Santa at Nana's house". I said, "Don't you want Santa to bring you presents?" Parker, "Yes presents, no Santa." I had no idea that he was so afraid of Santa. I knew he wouldn't sit on his lap, but WOW, this is funny. We finally had to call Chris at work and talk to him about Santa coming and then I had to tell him that Santa was at his house in his own bed. Then he finally went to bed at about midnight. It turned out to be a really long night.

The boys got some great presents - legos, wii games, movies, gift cards, and the favorite was the nerf guns (thanks mom). This was a favorite with all the boys including Chris.

I really liked getting my pressure cooker. I can't wait to try it out. Thanks mom. My mom is the greatest.

I spent almost all day in the kitchen making a big turkey dinner. It was our first time by ourselves for Christmas, we always have turkey on Christmas, so I thought I should do this nice dinner. It was my first time making a turkey and everything that goes with it, except mashed potatoes (I have made those). I made everything, a nice yummy maple glazed turkey with cornbread stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole and homemade bread. It all turned out great, but it was way too much work. I will keep it simple next time. I would rather be playing with my kids then making a big fancy dinner (that can wait until they are bigger and they appreciate it more).

We had a great time spending some time with our family in Tucson and then enjoying our own time of just us. We hope that everyone else had a great Christmas also.

We wish everyone a Happy New Year!!!

A long time

WOW!!! It has been a really long time since I have been on here. Football kept me really busy, but it is over now. It was a lot of fun, but I am glad it is over.

Cole is now 3 months old. He is starting to be a lot more interactive when people talk to him. The boys are really liking that. Cole will smile, talk, and even laugh at them some. He is starting to put his hands up to hold him bottle, grab a hold of things (Parker likes it when he grabs his finger), and really focus on things. He even moved out of our room and into the crib. So much fun!

Halloween was fun. We went with Chris's family out to Apple Annies and picked our pumpkins and of course ate some kettle corn (ok. a lot of kettle corn). We do this every year and it is so much fun! The boys had a great time on Haloween. We had our ward chili cookoff and then the trunk or treating. Then we went back to the house and handed out candy. I think the boys had more fun handing out the candy then getting it. I am happy with that, they only got about half the candy they got last year. Yeah!!!

Football

It is football time. Jacob and Riley decided they wanted to play football. So, Jacob is playing Mity Mites (tackle) and Riley is playing flag. I was really surprised when Jacob told me he wanted to play after finding out that he was too old to play flag this year. They are both having so much fun. Games start this Saturday and will be every Saturday for the next 2 months. Here are a couple of pictures from practice.
Jacob in all his pads.
Jacob is the one on the right (white pants, red shirt, no W on helmet).Riley in the blue shirt.

Cole is 1 month

My baby is now a month old. He is starting to get a little more fun for the boys. He is such a good baby. He hardly ever cries. I love it that he is starting to stay awake more during the day and sleep for 5 hours at night. I really didn't like only getting 30 min. -1 hr. sleep at night. All in all, everything is great around here.
I really liked this crazy face he was making. It makes me laugh.

Update

It has been kind of crazy around here, staying very busy, so I haven't even had time to turn my computer on.

A couple of weeks ago, my family went to Lake Powell (they go every year). We try and go every year, because it is so much fun, but sometimes we can't. Jacob and Riley really wanted to go this year and so did Chris, but I didn't really want to take a 2 week old baby for a week in that heat. So, Cole and I stayed home and Chris took the other 3 boys. It was really nice having a week with just Cole. Thank you to all my family who helped take care of my boys. Here are some of the pictures of their trip.

There is always a pirate day. You can't go a week, surrounded by water and not pretend you are pirates. This is always the favorite day for the kids, maybe even the adults. This picture is of the treasure hunt.I was told that Parker's favorite thing was to ride the jet skis.Riley in the tube.Parker grew some new, crazy hair on the trip. He really did not like it at first, but he got used to it.My cliff jumpers. This was always on of my favorite things to do. It was Riley's birthday on the last day of the trip. Isn't he so lucky? I think so. Then of course we had to go camping. This is our very beautiful family picture (we will not be using this one for our Christmas card) during our long, up hill hike. So fun!Parker always seemed to find a way to look like this after only being out of the trailer for 10 minutes. I really loved the dirt finger marks down his right eye. We has a tone of fun camping but I didn't take very many pictures. Camping trips are always too short. Oh, well.

Cole is 2 weeks old

OK, so I am trying to get back into life. Cole is now 2 weeks old and doing well. He just had a doctors appointment and he lost weight. The doctor has no idea what is going on because he looks so good. The doctor thinks it could be one of 2 things, the scale could have been wrong last week when he was weighed or that he has a really high metabolism. So, the doctor put Cole on a higher calorie diet and we need to go back next week to get weighed again. All in all things are really good. The boys all love their baby brother. Parker is still really good with him, he will let other people hold him now. Jacob and Riley are loving school. Things are good!

He is Here!!!!!!

Cole Berner Schagel was born today, August 7, @ 9:20am.
7.0# 19 in. he has lots of hair and is as cute as can be.
We are all doing great and can't wait to get out of the hospital. Parker can't wait to get him home too. If he is near the baby he has to be holding him. What a big brother.

Baby Update

On Thursday my friends had a surprise baby shower for me. I was really surprised because I really don't need anything. I have such great friends. Thank you so very much, Jordan, Kay, and Sarah! I had so much fun. It has been way too long since I have been able to just hangout with my friends.

I had a doctors appointment on Friday and everything is going well. I am already dilated to 2 and so if I am on the same track that I was with the other boys, then I on;y have 2 weeks left. Yeah!!! It is getting way too hot here. I have another appointment this Friday. I will let you know how things are going.

Oh, does anyone have any suggestions for a name for the baby? We are having a hard time thinking of another boys name that we like.

4th of July weekend

We had a great weekend in Pintop with my parents and Saundra ans Michael. It was really nice to get away and just relax and have fun. The cooler weather was definitely a plus.

The gang getting ready for the fireworks. All my crazy boys.Jacob, Parker, and Riley watching morning cartoons. We also celebrated Parker's 2nd Birthday while we were there. He loved blowing out the candles and licking the frosting off the cake.

We did lots of other fun stuff, I just didn't have my camera to take pictures of them. Some of the things we did were: hike, shop at the craft shows, ride bikes (just the boys, not me), golf (again, just the boys), play cards, and just hangout. We had a great time.

Catching

Jacob and Riley both got to play the catcher at the last game.

Riley was the catcher the first inning.Jacob was the catcher the second inning.

They only play 2 innings because all the players get to bat every inning. So, it takes longer. It was a lot of fun watching them catch and they had a great time doing it.

May overview

Ok, sorry for the really long post. I am trying to catch up.

Jacob had a great birthday. Jacob on his birthday (the family party). Yes, that is a Christmas bag, it was the only one I had that was big enough. Then he had his friend party. They all had a ton of fun. We just had water games (slip and slide, sprinklers, water balloons, and squirt guns). Since Jacob turned 8, he was baptized. I still can't believe that I have a kid who is baptized. I am getting so old. The baptism was so wonderful. Chris took all 3 boys to Father and Sons camp out this year. It was so great having some time all to my self. That is one of the greatest parts about having all boys. Jacob and Riley are out of school for the summer. Riley even had a graduation ceremony. It was really cute. His class was the only one to have any thing because his teacher put it together. Yeah, now all the summer fun begins. I will post about that later when it all starts (next week).

All in all it was a great month.

Happy Birthday Jacob!!!

I can not believe that my little Jacob is 8 years old. He is getting so big. I love having Jacob around, he brings peace with him where ever he goes. Jacob is also a very good big brother and he is very excited to have another brother soon. I hope you have a wonderful Birthday Jacob! I love you.
These are some of my favorite pictures from the last couple of weeks.
T-ball is still going great. They are now letting the couches pitch to the kids if the kids want them too. Jacob and Riley are both loving that.

The wind wasn't that bad last weekend, so the boys got out the sprinkler and ran around. When they were done I I look out side and there they were laying out in the sun. It was just too cute to pass up taking a picture. I love how Parker had to put his hands under his chin just like the other two. So much fun!

Still here

It has been a long time since I have posted. Everything is going well. My belly is getting really big and I am staying busy with the boys. We had a great Easter. The boys got too much candy, as you can see.
We went to my sister, Stacy's and went on the zip line. The boys thought that was the coolest thing ever. Jacob and Riley started T-ball a couple of weeks ago and they are having so much fun.This is Jacob, Riley, and their 2 friends, Colton and Cael on the truck for the parade at the opening ceremonies.

Jacob at bat during the first game.

Riley at bat.

And of course another race. We always have fun at the race. This will be the last race until August.