My sweet children

And my not-so sweet at the moment child...

When I die..

I would like to come back as my dog or my son..

Bathtime

My kids absolutely love to bath and I love when they bath because not only do they get squeeky clean, but it keeps them occupied in one spot for more than 20 minutes and contains the mess to a 4 foot square area. What is even better, is when Maddie is in charge of the bath! They love bubble baths and playing "jellyfish" with washrags floating in the water. They have dozens of bath toys, but of course, their favorite things to play with are empty shampoo bottles. In these pictures, it may look as if Luke is drowning, but it is his cool trick.. just ask him.

Sadie's 3rd Birthday

Sadie's 3rd birthday started off with a trip to pre-ballet class with Ms. Anne. She loves it and I love to watch her jump, kick, spin and do her fabulous arabesque. We had a little family party later in the evening and opened her gifts- a pink retro scooter, Barbie, etc.. She had a great night and we are so blessed to have our little pumpkin in our family! We love you, Sadie Grace!

Parenting gone awry

I think I may be coming on too strong with my teaching techniques.

Today, I was posting a recipe on another blog and I heard little Sadie Grace yelling to me.

Sadie: "Hey, Mommy! Mommy! MOMMY! Wook at me!" Pedalling around the kitchen on her tricycle.

Me: "Oh my goodness honey!"

Sadie: "I pedo it aw by mysef!"

Me: "Sadie, I am so proud of you!!"

Sadie: "Is Satan happy ow (or) sad at me?"

We have had many discussions about making Jesus happy and Satan sad and I guess she just needed some clarification if pedaling was a good and righteous act or one that she should be sorely ashamed for...

Thou shalt not covet me

I have always been talented and athletic.

I am a superb dancer, especially graceful genres like ballet and irish folk.

But, as seen in this video, my true gift is my snake.

One night, I did the snake while dining with my family at Pizza Hut.

Unfortunately, I kicked the table on one of my upkicks and our pizza went flying.

My nieces have obviously inherited my fantastic abilities.

I hope they are also blessed with my lady-like qualities, humility and superior intellect also.

I love Sundays (when Todd's home!)

Sadie Grace is so hungry after church, she goes for the first thing she sees.

Tanner and Sophie lounging on the floor.

Pillow fights on Mom and Dad's bed are super awesome.

We are a lego-lovin' family, especially on Sunday!

Wrestling with Dad is another favorite Sunday activity.

Sadie and herself enjoying checking out her teeth and tonsils.

Love this of Luke, and love the little imp in the background.

My son, the MAN!

He let me take his picture as long as I didn't post it on the blog.  Like that is going to happen! It is a MILESTONE of epic proportions!!

Yes, he did actually need to shave.  He had a little mustache that made him look a bit like a scary, knife wielding gang member in South Compton. I was afraid he would put a cap in my head with his BB gun.

Sure do love my grown-up boy.  Maybe I should make him get a job now that he is shaving.

New Freakin Awesome Camera

Thanks to my sissy, Sara, I recently purchased a new camera. Recently, as in a couple of hours ago. It is way to much camera for me, but I am bound and determined to learn the ropes of photography (do they make a "Photography for Idiots"?). I just wanted to post a few of the pictures I took in MINIMAL LIGHT with absolutely no idea what I was doing. I AM SO GIDDY!

Sadie's Rasmussen Birthday Celebration

As previously mentioned, the farm is Sadie's (and the rest of my kids) favorite holiday destination. They would rather spend a day at Grandma's than in Hawaii. NOT KIDDING. So when I decided to take them out to see their cousins and Grandma and Grandpa Farm, they were excited. Sadie and Sai have birthdays within a couple of weeks of each other and so we did a combined birthday party on Sunday. The kids had lots of fun on Saturday at the swimming pool in Vernal. They enjoyed another dance festival, accompanied by Mr. Tom T Hall. "Sneaky Snake" is the best!

Just a few pictures, videos to remind us of the fun we have at Grannie's!

Sadie eating her very red barn cake. I had to use 3 bottles of red food coloring to get the barn even close to the color I needed it to be. I am sure we have caused some horrible neurolgical problem because of all that red stuff in our bodies now.

This picture is for my sweet mom. Maddie was searching thru the kitchen for what she called "those little stringy things" and my hoarder mother figured out that it was a twistie tie she needed. So she opened this drawer and we all had a great time making fun of her for all of the weird things she had in there. And the vast amounts of "little stringy things"--she takes her years supply very seriously.

Holiness give me!!

These are the cute just- turning -3 Blake, Sadie and Sai.

Sadie looks like a hooker because the other little girls put her make-up on so they could play pageant. It was awesome.

I think Sadie might have asthma. She can not blow candles out. Come to think about it, she can't spit either. And that is an important skill to have, especially on the farm. She has issues.

Remember my CPS post? We, in the Rasmussen clan, pride ourselves on our parenting skills. Here you can see my wonderful brother, Brett, lovingly teach Blake how not to poop in his big boy pants. He has done this with each of his sweet children. He will be offering seminars with the next big snow.

Sadie and Blake at the swimming pool. Yes, she is overly protected.

The whole famdamily!

Barn cake. I know. It is so stinking cute. Grahams for the barn door and window. Pretzel for the weather vane with a little dried pineapple piece fashioned into arrows, tied together with some dental floss. Shredded wheat for the hay. Golden Grahams for the roof. Licorice strings for the stripes and the X's on the door.

Sophie loves visiting the farm. She loves to go out and chill with the cattle. She is very brave as the new moms were not so sure if they were comfortable with the alien-looking animal walking around the field by their new calves. She almost lost her life several times. I believe in this picture she is dining on cow dung..

This is Sai and Sadie as they came back from their birthday dinner with Grandma and Grandpa Farm. They went to China Star and had dinosaur chicken nuggets.

These are the little dumplin's waiting for Grandma's homemade waffles. That is a Saturday morning tradition. Dad is looking out at a cow that is giving birth in the field. The kids enjoyed their waffles as they watched a cow's hind end explode. How awesome is that!

Have to remember these things...

Because of our previous issue with inappropriate video game addiction and subsequent efforts to rehabilitate our 4 year old son, I recently purchased a more age-appropriate game for Luke that does not involve guns or shooting others.  He loves it just as much as Halo.  He played it for about an hour yesterday and was so excited to show his dad when he got home from work.  Dad was excited that we had found a replacement "drug" and we enjoyed watching him race his little nascar around the track.  

As we knelt for family prayer, led by Luke, these are the words that were spoken..

"Hefenyee Fader, thank you for ow day.  Thanks for ow blessings.  Thanks for my new game.  Please help me to go fast and to not weck (wreck).  And not have an accident. Namena Jesus Christ, Amen"