Utah Trip/Education Week

Last week I had the most wonderful opportunity to visit my sister and go to Education Week at BYU. I had not been to Education Week for 11 years but what I could remember is that it was incredible and I came away a better person. I made a very strong effort to go this year and was very fortunate to go. I had my mom come out to my house and watch my kids while I went by my self. There I visited with my sister, niece, brother in law, step-mom and dad. One of the best weeks of my life.I learned a lot about parenting the way the Lord wants us to parent. I learned about communicating with your spouse. I learned about angels and living a Christ like life. There is a lot to be said, but I dont have a lot of time to write. So, there will be more later.

Is this not the cutest face ever?! She lights up my life! (I love her little snaggle tooth. She looks like a pumpkin)

Water Fun

Its August and it seems like Summer has finally arrived! The weather has been great. I turned our fans on for the first time this year.
I realize these pictures aren't the greatest. Here are a couple videos as well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KErlDA-LiVI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8nRbwnaEAs

Luke and I went shopping and I told him f he would be good that I would let him ride the elephant. He was so happy when he finally got to ride the elephant! This huge smile came over his face and it just melted my heart.

Luke-isms

I have been putting this post off because I wanted to post a picture of this kid, but I am afraid I will forget what I want to say.
Luke is hilarious. This is one thing I have know since he was just a baby. He loves to make people laugh. Right now he has a few things that we just hilarious and wanted to share with you all.
His favorite number is 5. He always says "I want 5 M&Ms" or "I want to play for 5 more minutes." Everything is all about 5.
If you ask Luke something, he contradicts himself. We will ask him "do you want your cereal before I take it away?" and he will say "I dont want it and I do." This is his reply for everything! He never makes any sense.
Rhett and I have been addicted to this game on our phone called Plants Vs. Zombies and the zombies make these hilarious noises. Luke will walk around like a zombie and mimic the noises. We have recently completed the game and at the end there is a cute and funny music video and the kids love playing it over and over again. You can see the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N1_0SUGlDQTrust me, your kids will love this video!
Kylee is in love with Katy Perry right now. I promise to post a video of her singing Firework when she gets back from Idaho with her Aunts and Grandma. Its the cutest thing ever!!! Luke knows parts of the chorus to a few of the songs since Kylee is singing them and playing them all day long. When he doesnt know the words, he just makes something up, like "mumbamumba teenage dream.... mudabuda.... dont ever look back, dont ever look back." I will have to take a video of that one too. It melts my heart.
And the kid is totally potty trained! I am so proud of him and know I had help from above (I like to think it was my Aunt Amy). He was completely potty trained on day 2 and has never woken up wet since last week! I feel super blessed and excited to share our story with anyone I can )or who is interested). Photobucket">

My Big Boy

So when Luke woke up from nap yesterday he was DRY! I was completely shocked! At bed time we went pee a few times just to make sure he was all empty, but we still had an accident in the middle of the night. However, this morning he woke up about 6:15 and he was dry and had even gone to the bathroom before he came and woke me up! HUGE success!!! We have only had 3 small accidents, but we have caught them in time to run to the bathroom. I am so shocked at how fat this has worked and really feel blessed. I know that I havent been doing this all by myself and I know that Heavenly Father has heard my prayers and there are angels watching over us. I feel their spirits and am so grateful for the help I have been given. Lets hope this keeps up!

This is Luke showing off his "big boy" undies and his muscles. LOL

Day Two Of Potty Training

So after lots of great advice, I decided to try the 3 Day Potty Training that was suggested to me by a few different people. After reading it I was a little nervous about spending my waking hours with Luke by my side at all times. But I was hopeful.
This morning got off to a rough start. But its now 2:30 in the afternoon and we have had much success. He pooped in the toilet, peed several times in the toilet (he likes peeing standing up) and when we went outside to play, I taught him how to pee outside. He thoroughly enjoys that!
He's napping right now, so we will see how he does when he wakes up. I wouldnt be surprised if he pees his bead.
I have managed to stay cool and positive through this whole thing and I love seeing results. I have been playing games with Luke and coloring with Luke and even playing outside in the water with him. I have come to find out that he is very smart (he's really good at the Memory game) and that I just love spending time with him. He is silly, hyper, active and very curious.
Two more days and he is supposed to be able to get going pee and poop in the toilet all on his own.

Potty Trainer Needed

I am over this fighting and screaming and fit throwing. I am looking for a potty trainer to come and train Luke to pee on the toilet. Otherwise I may let Luke be in diapers the rest of his life. I am over this crap!
I researched and talked to friends about what worked and didnt work and got lots of great advice. I was so excited to start this morning and said a prayer last night. When it came time to actually GO to the potty, Luke started throwing a fit and screaming. I had explained to him earlier that he would get a star on his chart and a treat for every time he went potty and didnt go in his big boy pants. NOPE. Didnt work. In fact, I tried being calm and talking instead of yelling, and that didnt work either. The kid just doesnt want to go potty in the toilet. I had a small potty on the ground that he can go in or the big boy potty, but NOPE, didnt want anything to do with either one. I seriously dont know what to do! ADVICE PLEASE!!!!