Pregnant and worthless.......

4 more weeks to go until our family welcomes it's newest member, and I have become completely worthless. Jf has completely taken over the house work, witch has been very humbling, because, when I was in charge of house work our house never looked as good as it does now! So he works all day and still manages to keep this place looking tip top. I'm not really sure why I need to be here.... Just a glorified incubator I guess! On top of not being able to help with housework, I also shouldn't be aloud to do anything around the house that could be potentially dangerous. The other day I thought I might be a good mommy/wife and whip up some chocolate chip cookies. I had a hard time standing on my feet that long, but I was pretty proud of myself until I went to take the second batch out. I looked around for my oven mit to get the cookies out of the oven, but I couldn't find it so I grabbed a kitchen towel and opened the oven door. Out came clouds of the most horrible smelling smoke, and there was my oven mit, stuck under the cookie sheet! I had baked it for 11 minutes at 350 degrees!! I'm lucky I didn't burn down my nice clean house! So the pregnancy makes my body worthless and my brain dysfunctional. I'm and so lucky to have my amazing husband, who is so patient and useful, and my wonderful little boys, who pick things up off the floor when Mom drops it, and will help me put on my shoes and socks, cause I can't even see my feet!

Guitar Hero with Dad

I took this video of Ryan because he was so into his guitar playing. I never noticed the dancing, (or is it a seizure?) going on in the background until later. Poor guy, he feels the music, his body just has no rhythym......

my collage

it's all about stuff I like! Of course a collage about me wouldn'tbe complete without....

Home sick today

I woke up this morning to the sound of a little person throwing up in their bed. Any mom knows this is not the best way to start your day, although, I think most people could figure this logic out. Why is it we can have a four day weekend with not even a gag, but when Tuesday morning rolls around and it is time to grace our preschool class with our presence we must suddenly evacuate all contents of our stomach? Hmmmmm, the world may never know.....





Connor's new thing

Since my last post Connor has been skiing again, and it definetly looks like this is going to be a favorite past time of his. Ryan also went skiing with his dad, and let's just say we are gonna give him another year to "think it over". I would post a picture of Ryan"s trip to the hill, but instead just imagine him laying in the snow, complaining. JF thinks Connor is ready to head up top, and if he were any more proud, his head would blow up.

"First run of the day, and my boy is skiing!!"

Connor went skiing for the first time today. For JF this was a moment he has been waiting for for a long time. JF called me from the ski hill, just bursting with pride. " It's the first run of the day, and my boy is skiing!!" According to JF, Connor is a natural born ski man. I was sad to miss it, but it sounds like there was some serious father-son bonding going on today!

Dancin' Around the Christmas Tree.....

It was a contest, so you are welcome to pick a winner! I think Connor wins on style and originality, while Ryan wins on degree of difficulty.

Trip to Salt Lake City

Road Trip!! We took the boys down to Salt Lake City this past weekend to do some Christmas shopping and other Holiday fun stuff! We even stayed in a hotel, which the boys think is really living it up!! We bundled up so nothing but our eyeballs showed, and then we, and thousands of other people tromped through the snow to check out the lights at Temple Square. We had a great time with Memo and Pompi.

Little Baby Girl

Can I just say that technology is truly amazing! We had a 3D ultrasound of the baby, and I can't believe the detail! We were also able to get the whole thing put on a DVD, and if I were more techno-savy, I would be able to upload that here so you could watch that too. Maybe JF can figure it out..... Anyways, it was so neat to be able to see her face and her little fingers. I really can't wait to have her here to snuggle.......

Trick or' Treat!!

Super Hero's and Star Wars were the theme this year. We had a muscle-man Spider Man and Jango Fett. It was pretty funny to watch the Star Wars meets comic book battles around the house. When it was finally time to get out and go knock some doors Jf took the boys around the neighborhood. The boys are the perfect age for Halloween, everything is such a great surprise for them. Plus,they still let mom pick out all her favorite candy from their loot!

Halloween Pumpkins

This year for Halloween JF and the boys went all out on the pumpkin carving. I think we were trying to make up for last year when JF was in Kuwait for Halloween. The boys loved the Mickey Vampire, and the Goofy Frankenstein.

Fun questionaire!

Take the Quiz and Share Your Results!

I appologize to those of you that aren't fans of the Twilight Books. However, to those of you that are, this is fun!

What do you do with one of these?

It's officially a girl! I didn't think it was possible! I'm not sure what I'm going to do with her, but I'm really excited to have her! I'm a little worried about a name, because while JF and I have tons of boy names we both like, we can't seem to find a girl name we can agree on. Any suggestions?


Ryan had a preschool field trip to the the Pumpkin Patch. We had a blast even though it was FREEZING! He picked the smallest pumpkin he could find. JF came straight from work, so he was almost exciting for some of the boys because he was in uniform. " Look an Army Man!!"

Don't file a missing person report just yet....

I realize I have dropped off the face of the blogger planet lately, but don't give up on me ,I will usually come back....eventually.
Life has been busy lately for the McDaniel family. It's the kind of busy where time has just been flying by, and you can't really remember where it went! Connor and Ryan are both in school now, which does give me a little free time in the mornings. Ryan LOVES preschool, his teacher is constantly telling me what a "good boy" he is, but I'm sure one of these days he will pull a fast one on her. He is still in the "build up their trust" phase. JF has been working hard for the recruiters out at Gowen Field, although he seems to do alot more event planning that actual recruiting. JF went to North Bend Oregon a few weeks ago to interview with the Coast Guard, and that went really well. I knew they would want him, they just had to see what a super star he is in person! God's gift to aviation and all that. So anyways it will be awhile until we hear back from the Coast Guard as to where they might possibly want to send JF, but we are hoping West Coast! Here are some pictures from some of our recent shenanigans!!
Connor is playing soccer this fall, and he is not sure how he feels about that. If they would make the games 10 minutes long he would probably do better. He has hard time staying committed for the whole game. it's really cute to watch all the little guys play, it's a good game if we can just get them all to run in the same direction!!

A few weekends ago we drove out to Mountain Home to watch the air show. Aviation is kind of a big deal in this family. The boys, (and by that I mean ALL 3 of the boys!) had a great time!! It is amazing what some of those aircraft are capable of! It was fun and we got good and sun burnt!!

Ryan's Birthday was the 8Th of September. He is now 4 years old!! He got this Clone Trooper helmet for his birthday! If only his dad would take it off every once in awhile so he could play with it!! Ryan likes to cook, so he helped me make his cake, but then he wouldn't eat any of it.

We also found out that we are going to have another baby!!!! We are due March 15Th. The Boys are excited, and they ask me all the time how much longer we have to wait. We are trying to "think pink" this time, but if I had another boy I wouldn't mind at all. we will find out what we are having in a few weeks, so I'll let you know!

Reflections of Christ slideshow

http://mabrystudios.typepad.com/reflections_of_christ/2008/03/reflections-sli.html

A friend sent me this link to a beautful slide show about Christ. Please check it out!

Twilight... the movie!!

Kindegarten?? That came out of nowhere!!

Connor started Kindergarten this past week. He is now an official member of the public school system. we had an argument that first morning on whether or not he should ride the bus the first day, or let his Mommy drive him.(Jeese, why don't you just move out while you're at it!!.) He finally gave in and let me drive him as long as I agreed to let him ride the bus home. (Sniff...) He has already made lots of friends, and everyday he comes home with a stamp on his hand because he was such a good boy in class. Maybe if I buy some really neat stamps he might want to stay home with me.......

Floating the Boise River

One of the benefits of living in Boise is one minute you can be downtown enjoying city life, and five minutes later you can feel like you are in the middle of nowhere, enjoying nature. Yesterday we decided to take part in a popular Boise past time and float the Boise River. I was a little nervous that the boys might be too little, but I forgot what little adrenaline junkies they are. They were so excited whenever the water got a little "bumpy". We did go over a couple tiny waterfalls, but for the most part it was very tame. Connor did manage to fall out of the float tube we had tied to our raft, but that was only because he lost his balance. I love doing this kinda stuff as a family, I want my boys to have great memories of their times with mom and dad.

Muscle Men!!

We have an agreement in this house. If you cooperate while getting your haircut you get a tattoo. I'm not sure how this started, but dad was making them work those tat's for this picture!!

Seven years!!!

Sunday the 20th was JF and my 7th wedding anniversary. In true redneck fashion we decided to load the boys and the dogs up and go camping for the weekend to celebrate. We drove up to Stanley Lake, about 3 hours from Boise. We had a great time, and we realized this was the first time that we have been camping with just our little family. JF was such a good sport about loading ALL of our camping gear up there, and then again when it was time to come home. The boys had such a great time, I don't think Ryan has ever been so dirty in his entire life. We went swimming, fishing and did alot of exploring. I'm lucky to have found this guy I'm married too!