Big week

We have a lot happen in the last little while and have been busy, busy. First of all, Richard finished all of his stuff for his OT degree and is done with that part. His graduation will this Friday and he has a while before he has to go back to school. We have been enjoying having him and around and have been keeping him busy. We took the kids to see Monsters vs Aliens in 3D, everyone loved it. We also had The Sanders' here for a week. It was fun to have them and spend like everyday at the beach. They are missed by the kids. We also took the kids to see Disney on Ice. They both loved this as well. We went to a couple of Easter egg hunts and i know the kids got their fill of candy just from these. We finally managed to get our Easter eggs done today. So we really didn't do a whole lot for hiding eggs and what not. It is hard to do when Richard has meeting early and then has to stay after church. In the end the kids got their eggs and baskets, so life is good. We also had a funeral this week for a little girl I had in nursery. The family did very well and I think I cried the whole time. That was the hardest part of our week, which has been filled with fun activities and visitors. Now I am ready to stay home, clean and get things done for our next visitors.

Heeeeere Fishy Fishy Fishy

So this last weekend the Bishop, the 1st counselor and I had a bishopric meeting out in the ocean, I'll be honest though we spent most of the time fishing. I love fishing in the ocean because you never know what you are going to catch. I took my camera this time in case we caught anything neat. Here are some of the fish we caught:

OK I didn't catch a dolphin but it wasn't far from my mind because at the first fishing hole we went to there were at least half a dozen dolphins feeding within a 30 foot radius from our boat and at times they were surfacing within 1o feet. Obviously they would be too smart to eat a manhandled piece of shrimp on a hook but it that wasn't a big deal for the rest of our catch. (I took this picture at Marine Land).

So this is my first catch of the day. Pretty exciting! A STING RAY! I'd like to see someone catch that doing lake fishing! Oh and I'm the one holding the pole, Bishop is risking his life to release the hook.

This is commonly called a Jack (you can Google it as Crevalle Jack). I was told that it's not a good eat for humans and potentially poisonous. From what I read on the interwebs it has blood red meat...yum. Bishop caught this one.

A CATFISH! Aubrey loves to ask if I caught one of these when I get home and I'm less excited to tell her that I catch these like their going out of style. Unfortunately even though the fish looks like it may have a lot of meat the head of those things goes back to the dorsal fin so really there is about 5 inches for a fillet on the fish pictured above. I have caught bigger that we did end up keeping but, not on this trip. These fish make the most annoying sound when they are out of the water and therefore I've renamed them the Pig of the Sea because that's what they sound like.


This one, also caught by Bishop, is a Red Fish. Apparently its good eats but this one was not large enough to keep.


This is the infamous Flying fish as you can see this species enjoys keeping the predators well fed. Although the pelican is a big fan of this fish it's apparently called Sailor's Choice but I think that's more of a local name, to me it looked a lot like a Blue Gill.


Stephen Collins caught this bad boy. As you can see he's ready to remove the eel by the the only means possible...DECAPITATION! The skin of these eels are like leather and the hook is lodged about 3 inches into the throat(is that what it's called?). Living with a hook the way it is would be torture and the eel would eventually die. SO, Like a bad horror movie set to black and white with dynamic camera angles in one swing the body and head were separated and blood splattered all over the side of the boat, the body laid on the floor of the boat for about 15 minutes and just kept swimming like some kind of zombie eel.

So we caught other fish and actually kept a few. Funny how I didn't take a picture of any fish that we kept and although they are gone they will not be forgotten: Flounder, Whiting and Blue Fish.

I was excited that I got to take home the fillets and try my hand at battering and deep frying. I think they turned out great and the kids really liked them. Check out the video below of Aubrey helping me cook them.

Still Alive

I have been meaning to post, but I was hoping to have pictures to put with it. I can't find any of our new pictures. I am sure that Richard took them off the camera, but I have no idea where they are. So they will have to wait. Other than that things are going good. It seems as if Mason and I are finally getting over everything, here's hoping and the weather has been some what nice for like a week. Which worked out perfect because it was the week that my mom came to play with us. We were able to enjoy the beach the whole week. We even got some cute pictures. I am willing to post them of the kids, but I am not a huge fun of me in a swimming suit while pregnant. Really I am not a huge fun of any pictures of me while pregnant, so don't be sad if you never see any. And as for those of you who don't know, we are having another girl, Aubrey was right. Which she came up with some names for her. They are Aubrey, Underdog, and Shoeshine. All I can say is at least someone in the family is thinking of names.

Another Funny Aubrey Story

Awhile ago we got Aubrey some shoes which were on sale at Wal-Mart. These shoes happen to have Tinkerbelle on them and came with pixie dust. I didn't look at it too closely, but it really was just glitter. Richard and I thought we had put it in a place she would never find it, but she can find anything that we don't want her to. So yesterday she decided to use some of it, on Mason. I think that she dumped a ton of it on him, because he sure did sparkle. She told me that she did it so that they could fly, like from Peter Pan. That right there in it's self was funny, but the story sure doesn't stop there. Later that night, Cookie our cat was out. I wasn't feeling so hot so I was lying down and not really noticing what she was doing. Poor Cookie was getting dusted with pixie dust so that she could fly too. The poor cat was covered head to toe. It was way too hard to get mad at Aubrey, she looked cute and innocent when she told us why she did it. All I can say is good thing she is so cute.

So cute

I had a doctors appointment yesterday, for the baby and I. Since Mason is sick I decided to take the kids with me , I hate being the parent that gets the other kids sick. It went a lot better than I thought it would. They were both still full of energy, but at least it was really quick. Aubrey was excited and keep telling the midwife that she has a baby sister, Mason wants a baby brother. Either way one might be happy. Aubrey was able to find the heart beat, with the little machine. She that it was fun. When we were all done Aubrey was a little disappointed, she thought that the doctor was going to take the baby out of my tummy, poor girl is in for a long wait.

Tried of it

I am sure you all are very tired of hearing that Mason and I are sick again, because I am tired of being sick. We both got our colds back and losing our voices. I lost mine last night and it kind of came back today. So if you are thinking of calling me, you might want to email me instead. I am just hoping that it will warm up here a little bit and we can get better. As for Aubrey and Richard you may ask, they both are fine. For some reason they don't get sick like we do. Here's hoping the next one doesn't get my immune system.

About time

Well I finally decided to join the YMCA here. I love the fact that I could work out at home, but it was getting hard to do with the kids. They both know how to unlock the front door now and I was also afraid that they might hurt themselves while I was running. Anyway I get to my real story, I have always wanted to try a Zumba class. For those of you who don't know what it is, you can find videos online showing what it is like. i have been to two classes, but have had fun. It is kind-of funny though, most of the people in the class are older, like 70's or 80's, and they can shake their hips better than I can. The first time I went the kids were in the kid care, Aubrey was waiting for me at the pick up area because she thought that I wasn't coming back to get her. Mason was more than ok with being there, it was like a whole new set of toys for him to enjoy.