Best nanny ever!

Most people don't get the pleasure of having a nanny, but I fortunately have the best one ever! Better than Super Nanny, she's Batman Nanny which is what Liam calls her.

First of all I tried staying home with my kids and it was great, but I do love teaching so much and it allows me so much time with my kids. I get to wake up with them, get them all dressed, eat breakfast together, and drop my oldest one off at school and then I'm home before she even gets off the bus. I have a ton of days off through the year, Easter break, Christmas break, all summer off, nights, weekends, and if my kids are sick no problem I get to stay home with no hesitations!

But one of my conditions of going back to work was to let the kids be able to stay home with someone great like a family member or friend and with the grace of God right when I was looking for a nanny Mary was available and looking for a part time nanny job so that she could be with Phili. God always makes things work out, He always knows what is best for you. I prayed and prayed about going back to work and worried about the guilt I would feel leaving my babies at home while I went to work, but I know God wanted me to teach. I get to teach about Him every day and spread the word about Jesus and all his friends. I knew that if it worked out finding a nanny it was meant to be and if not then I would not be working and try to stay home a bit longer with my kids I had to have faith in it all.

I knew after the perfect timing with Mary that God had answered my questions. Mary is if you don't know my best friend, we didn't grow up together, we haven't known each other long, and I thought she was wayyyyy toooo pretty when I first met her! But we clicked instantly about 6 years ago and have been there for each other ever since through babies, weddings, ups, downs, and gossip sessions about our husbands:) She loves my kids and is very protective of them. I know they're safe with her and I know they have fun with her. I am always happy to see her in the morning and wish I could skip work just to visit with her all day and play with our kids. She is always in a great happy mood and is WONDERFUL with children. My kids love her, Phili and Richie and they're always happy to see them, well...except for Carys she's usually mad the first 2 minutes I have to leave and gets over it quickly;)

This is what my kids said about Mary when I asked them this tonight, "why do you love Mary?"

Aurora: Because of her personality, she's funny, she likes to play with us, she's good with kids, she lets us eat a lot, and I love her mostly because she's just a great wonderful person.

Liam: Because she has hairy arms, she gives me cereal, she gives me fruit roll ups, she gave me a candy bar, and she spins me around like this (moving arms really fast).

Carys: Can't tell me, but she does say Mary!

Thanks for all you do Mary we love you!

And countdown to the new Indiana Jones movie begins!

May 22nd you better not make plans the new Indiana Jones is out and Harrison is looking better than ever! My family is so there!

ABC's

A: Attached or Single? Very Attached

B: Best Friend? Brian and Mary

C: Cake or Pie? Well...I don't really like either, but if I have to pick it would be chocolate cake

D: Day of Choice? Friday, it's family fun night!

E: Essential Item? Wipes

F: Favorite Color? Purple

G: Gummy Bears or Worms? Bears

H: Hometown? Onamia

I: Indulgence? Chocolate and pedicures

J: January or July? July

K: Kids? Aurora, Liam, and Carys

L: Life isn’t complete without? Jesus & family (Agreed!)

M: Marriage date? 5-28-05? I think

N: Number of brothers and sisters? 1 sister 2 brothers

O: Oranges or apples? Yuck, neither I choose peaches or berries

P: Phobias and fears? I have a fear that bad things will happen to my kids if I'm not around

Q: Quote? This is not a rated G quote so if you don't like curse words avert your eyes "yippee ki yay motherfucker!" -Bruce Willis in Die Hard as John McClane the sexiest man on earth

R: Reason to smile? Funny kids, healthy kids, husband, friends, faith, & family

S: Season of choice? Summer

T: Tag three people? Tag you're it to anyone who hasn't done it yet.

U: Unknown fact about me? I talk like a sailor well I should say I talk like an Army Ranger because that's where I learned it from, thanks Dad ;) I'm great at censoring myself until I'm around my parents and siblings. And I think Giant Squids are very interesting!

V: Vegetable? Broccoli & cauliflower with melted cheese or ranch dressing I suppose that takes away the purpose of having a vegetable.

W: Worst habit? Bad language

X: X-ray or Ultrasound? what? What kind of lame question is this? Broken bone or baby is that what it means?

Y: Your favorite food? Mexican

Z: Zodiac sign? O.k. people enough with "I'm not into astrology" we all know what our birth sign is unless we've been under a rock and even though "I'm not in to astrology" I still know I am an Aquarius come on! ;)

Carys said her first full sentence!!!!!!!!!

O.K. my daughter Carys is not quite 2 and although she does talk she doesn't talk in full sentences yet. She usually speaks in two word sentences or just says one word at a time, but the other day when she was sick she came up and laid by me on the couch and patted me and said "this is your boob" I said what? and then she said it again! I can't believe her first full sentence was that! And why? Maybe she had fond flashbacks of being nursed haha I'm not sure but it was pretty funny. I guess she's just really impressed by my small rack:)

Scroll down and check out some of Brian's 100 things!

GRE tomorrow!

Tomorrow is my GRE if you don't know what that is it's a graduate readiness exam that most universities need before they accept you in to a graduate program. I don't feel like taking this test, I think it's a bogus test that society thinks they need to determine whether someone is "capable" enough to go to school, take some notes, and write some papers. Well you'd think they'd just be able to look at your GPA to do that, right? Not to mention this test is $150 and if you reschedule it they add another $50 on to the price. Like college isn't enough money they have to add all these stupid exams for you to pay for, oh my goodness can you tell I don't want to take this test:)

Brian's 100 things continued

I'm typing these for Brian, so basically I get to say what I want and he'll never know since he's a very sloooowwwww reader;) He is really telling me what to say though! kind of...

3. Scratches his back on doorways (like a bear? This is not an attractive quality)
4. Farts every morning (I know ladies hold yourselves back I know you want more of this sexy man;) )
5. Slow reader
6. Loves his job
7. Got in trouble with the law for throwing pumpkins at mailboxes when he was a teenager
8. Doesn't like that he's a slow reader
9. Easy going
10. Bad public speaker
11. Bad speaker in general
12. Firefighter
13. Obsessed with video and sound quality
14. Loves movies
15. Won't watch good movies on a little t.v.
16. Reading Lord of the Rings
17. Handwriting worse than our 8 yr. olds
18. Horrible typer
19. Hates mushrooms
20. Loves jalapeños
21. Likes history
22. Likes Astronomy
23. Can't let go of childhood toys
24. Hates to paint (but never has to do it because thankfully he has me to)
25. Loves video games
26. Hates entertainment news shows
27. Listens to talk radio
28. Misses his truck...until he goes to the gas station
29. Broke arm 100ft. from the chair lift while skiing (2nd day of ski trip)
30. Had blonde highlights for a summer
31. Wife hated it
32. Loves pizza
33. My wife and I do not exchange presents
34. Not thoughtful
35. Respectful
36. Loves Star Wars
37. Proposed to wife after 2 1/2 months
38. Hair is thinning
39. Great at fixing things
40. Married to a beautiful woman (o.k. he told me to write that..he's so creative isn't he? What other man says that about his wife ;) )
41. Has 3 wonderful kids
42. Does not know how to do laundry
43. But can fold them!
44. Loves the show "How I met your Mother"
45. Obsessed with the show Smallville (LAME)
46. Forces the kids to watch it
47. Likes to mow the lawn
48. Hates it when accidentally weed whips frogs and snakes
49. Flooding the hockey rinks overnight in December gets old
50. Love to snow plow
51. Excited to bring family to the new Indiana Jones
52. Excited for Star Wars exhibit at the science museum
53. Love Chipotle
54. Always orders the same thing at every restaurant even at the Vineyard it's always a bacon cheeseburger booooo!
55. Iced tea rocks because my wife got me addicted to it
56. Wife doesn't let me drink soda
57. Use to smoke
58. quit 4 years ago before Liam was born
59. Still have a cigar for special occasions
60. Coors Light is favorite beer
61. I like coffee
62. Wife never makes it so I don't have it much
63. I like bonfires
64. Never been outside the U.S.A.
65. Met wife at a bonfire
66. I watch Lord of the Rings trilogy twice a year every year
67. I like animals, but I don't want any
68. Clean driving record
69. Operate any kind of machinery
70. Worked 40 hours a week at his family's shop during the summer when 12