Cravings! (pickles and ice cream)

One of the fun side effects of being pregnant is that you get weird cravings. On all the movies and T.v. shows its pickles and ice cream. Mine have veryed in there weirdness. With Laney I craved
root beer Popsicles and Chinese. I wanted egg rolls for every meal of the day. When I was pregnant with Ryan I craved milk and Chinese, but with both my boys I craved dirt! Yes that's right dirt. I would walk past a freshly watered flower bed and I would wish that I was rolling around in it. One day I was washing some potatoes for dinner and I actually licked a dirty potato! I thought I was going crazy until my mom told me that she craved Ajax cleanser with my sister. Maybe that's why my sister is so weird ;)J/k! With this pregnancy I've had totally different cravings. At first I wanted cake. I love cake but this was an obsession! I would think about it all the time. Dream about it. Then I moved on to inventing weird food combo's in my head. My favorite was a crab meat and donut sandwich. I never tryed that one ;) And the other day I fantasied about eating cement. Now ice has come into my life and I'm in love! I've eaten 30lbs of ice in the past 2 1/2 weeks. Chomp chomp chomp!!!!! I'm slowly driving my husband crazy with all the munching. When I eat my ice I have to have a big cup and a spoon so my fingers don't freeze. I'm in love with ice! I think this one is here to stay. What were your cravings?

Catching up with June ;)

Lane and the boys on Fathers Day.

My baby shower.

Baby gifts.

June bug hunting. (A.K.A. Goon bug hunting)

Laney's new room downstairs.

Friends from Norway.

Football!We have had a busy summer so far. We have had Fathers day, Baby showers, Friends visiting from Norway, and Football games! Lane had a good Fathers day. We spoiled him with lots of attention and gifts. We love our Daddy so much. I couldn't have asked for a better Father to my children. Lane is an amazing man. We are so blessed to have him. My Girlfriends Tiffany, Annie, and Anna had a baby shower for me. I have been blessed with wonderful friends who lift me up and support me. I'm so grateful to have them in my life. The shower was lots of fun and I had so much support from my friends and family. Ella got some wonderful gifts. Thank you to all who came. I'm humbled by all the love and support. We also couldn't let the month go by with out June bug hunting. We always take the boys out and hunt for those buzzing little Beatles. We have so much fun playing with our boys. With the arrival of Ella in 2 short months we moved Laney downstairs. I was really worried about having him down there all alone. But to our surprise he loves it! He calls it his ( Man cave)! Bless him! We all so had some friends from Norway visit us. We took them to Ross Park and to the zoo in Idaho Falls. We had a wonderful time. It was fun listening to Lane speak Norwegian. Thanks for visiting Beate, Lukas ,and Oliver! We enjoyed having you here! And last but not least Laney chose to play Football this summer. He really loves it. It's so fun to watch him get out there and play! I love him so much! What a wonderful 8 yr. old boy I have. Baby news is that I'm measuring 1 week ahead. The baby is healthy and strong, and I feel awesome. I've really tryed to enjoy every min of this pregnancy. I have two months left. We are going to move Ryan into Laney's old room and then we can get started on Ella's room. We have so much to do and not much time to do it in. But we are so happy and excited! We will keep you posted!

All about Ryan!

Ryan With his pre-school certificate! (sorry the pic is sideways)

All dressed up and ready to graduate

Lane was Ryan's soccer couch this year. Ryan and Daddy had a wonderful time together!

Kickin butt!

Group huddle

Presents!

Blowing out Birthday candles!

Sorry some of my pictures are sideways! This has never happened to me before. If anyone knows how to fix this please let me know ;) Well It has been a busy couple of weeks for the Marley's. We have had something going on every night of the week. May is a big month for our family, its really big for our little Bubba Ryan. Ryan turned 5 on the 16th, played soccer with his Dad, and graduated from pre-school on the 21st. Ryan has been the center of attention all mouth. He had a fun little party with his buddies from church. He informed me that it had to be a boys only party. So we had all the little boys from his primary class over for cake and ice cream. They also painted and I made them a little movie theater in our family room. We had so much fun! Ryan also graduated from pre-school. I must say he was the cutest kid graduating ;) He did a great job on all his little parts. My favorite part of the whole night was when Ryan was asked to rhyme the word wink. He stood up there and sighed and said I don't know! It was funny and cute! Ryan also played soccer this year. Lane coached his team. Ryan loved having his Daddy be coach! He had so much fun and kicked butt! We love our Ryan! He is so silly we love him to pieces!

A few thoughts on Motherhood.

I've always known that I wanted children. When Lane and I got married we started our family immediately. I knew that a little spirit was ready to come to earth. When I held Laney in my arms for the first time I felt instant love. He was wide awake after he was born. He had the most sparkly eyes I have ever seen. I felt like this little baby could see though me, straight to my soul. It was almost like he was older then me. Like his spirit was old. It has been such an honor to be his Mom. When we decided to have Ryan I got pregnant really fast. I knew that he was ready to come to earth. When I was newly pregnant with him I was having a lot of painful cramping. I was really worried that I was going to lose him. I asked my husband to give me a blessing. In his blessing he told me that this child would be healthy and strong. That he was a warrior. I knew from that point that I was having a boy. I didn't need an ultrasound to tell me that. After Ryan was born he was so bruised and beat up. He fought his way into the world. My Little warrior was here. Ryan has been such a comfort in my life. It has been so wonderful being his Mom. My boys are my world! I love them so much. I can't describe the instant bond that I had with both of them. I can't wait to add little Ella to our family. I'm patiently waiting to hold that sweet little angel in my arms. I'm so grateful Father in Heaven has blessed me with children. It's the greatest calling I've ever had.

A Royal Wedding!

OK I'm totally waking up at 4a.m. to watch this. I know some of you are asking yourself why? Why do you care? Well the answer is because I'm interested in it. I've always been fascinated with the Royal's. I've read several books about Princess Diana and I was in love with William when he was a teenager. Plus why not. Look at all the awful things happening in the world today. It's kind of fun to enjoy some happy news! This week there are all kinds of specials on T.v. about the wedding and royal family. I can't wait! Maybe there will be a royal baby in the next few years........... Well one can only dream ;) So if you need me on Friday the 29th of April forget it! I'm busy all day! ;)

Belly Pic's 22 weeks!

Here it is! 22 weeks and counting. Baby Ella is growing and kicking. She is about the size of a spaghetti squash. Ryan has even given her a nick name. Pookie baby.......... We are all so excited we can hardly contain it. I'll post more pic's of Ella and I as we grow!

Rock on!

Don't you ever just want to rock out? My boys love crank-in up the music and rockin out with there Dad. I heart my boys!