Forever and EVER!

2011-12-04T14:58:00.000-08:00

HHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOO! We are sill alive! LOL its been a very long time since I have updated. ( Dec. 2010 we had a great Christmas with our friends B and D and Jay man! And Stef, Just and Dyson! Shortly before Christmas ( 2 days before) Aubree was in the ER two days in a row! She had the super bad flu :( She recovered and was doing great come Christmas Morning! The year 2011 was suppose to be an amazing year so I thought! :/ We started the year off with Jake hurting his neck and back at work. Jan. 5 to be exact! With all of the Dr appointments at the beginning time flew so fast. Before we knew it we had moved to Oracle, AZ in March 2011 and moved into our own little place with over an acre of land. Things were pretty good for about two weeks. Then one morning at 5 Am my older brother called and told me our Mom had a heart Attack. We rushed to the hospital in North Scottsdale to find it was way worse than what any of us had anticipated! The Dr.'s were surprised she was alive and lived through her massive heart attack. She lost about 45% of her hearts proper function :( But that doesn't mean she cant love cause let me tell you what, she still puts others before her! Amazing woman she is! ( As I am writing this she is living her life in Vegas Right now on a vacation. So she is doing great these days! So about one week after moms heart attack I was awakened by Jacob and he was having severe chest pains and sweating. I am thinking he is having a heart attack!!!! :'( We decide to c all the ambulance and he is taken to the hospital. I meet him there once I get someone to watch the kids. My emotions were going insane at this point. I get there and he is just fine. No heart attack but they were thinking it was a panic/ anxiety attack with everything that has happened in the past few months! So we get him home and about a week later the same thing is happening. So we take him to the er again and nothing....so we get a Dr. and he gets on some medicine to help control the attacks. Which for the most part works! April we also had a camp out for the Smith family! Lets just say it was very interesting and sad because their was a huge family feud that for some is still going on :(May was a good month! Aubree graduated from Kindergarten! And yes I cried!!! We got a new pet too...Princess Lilly Lee ( Yellow belly turtle) Summer was pretty hot here in the high desert! But pretty good! We spent 4th of July with our good friends Kelly and Clinton Lee and Jessica and Garrett Pierce. In August we had a big party for the kids ( Gunner4, and Aubree 6) Mom and Dad came down along with Ron and Shari! My Nana and Papo. Amy Farnsworth and baby Mikayla. Cheryl and her two kids! Sarah and Melissa Haught. Kellie and Clinton Lee! And Jody and Richard Gillies! It was a great party and it was HOT in our house :( No thanks to our awesome Cooling system! anyways Sept. was pretty layed back. Aubree started First grade! She loves her teacher and missed school, A LOT! Oct was pretty crazy we had finally heard from workman comp at the end of Sept. about Jacob's neck (which through all of these months we have been fighting them on getting him fixed) He got Surgery on Oct 12! YAY! He recovered pretty fast. Still cant do the normal stuff yet but he feels no pain other than a small amount of numbness in his pointer finger. Right before his surgery we found out about 3 weeks before hand that we were pregnant with number 4! and yes it was no mistake!!! So excited and joyful we were! Finally something amazing to look forward to! A week after Jakes surgery I had a routine Dr. Apt. they did the first ultra sound to find nothing in my uterus!!!! WHAT????? The sent me over to get blood work done and to another ultra sound place that had better machines! They found the embryo but was about 2 weeks smaller than what our dates show! So we had to wait 2 more weeks to get another US to see if it had grown. For about a week I was really hopeful as my pregnancy signs were so strong. Then one morning I woke up and started to miscarry. Needless to say 2 weeks later my body still had not passed the embryo and the US said that it was dead. So I decided to get a D n C. As you can tell all at once these surgeries and loss' were a lot to handle. But through my faith and amazing husband and family we survived! Now we just finished an awesome trip up to my Folks in Young for Thanksgiving! What a great time! And we are now anticipating Christmas and a huge change for the year 2012! New job, New place, New state...........That is right we are moving to UTAH!!!!!! Something awesome will happen this year! I feel it! Well that's our up date! Sorry it was a little gloomy........but it was a gloomy year! Ready for the great and new year!......Oh P.S. ON Dec 2 I saw my first live birth of Lincoln Eugene Lee. My sweet new nephew!!!!

2011-01-17T19:40:00.000-08:00

The kids had a blast! Here is Gunner and Aubree and cousin Rhianna!Brayden and Dyson! They are buddies!
Gunner showing me his muscles!
Aubree trying to go down the pole and Gunner just being Gunner! LOL
Brayden loves the slide...and behind him is cousin Kaitlyn.

2011-01-17T14:07:00.000-08:00

Brayden has two nick names. One is Tater cause he loves potatoes and the other is bruiser cause he is always hitting his noggin. He fell off of the kitchen chair into another one and BOOM, a goose egg :( Poor baby was not happy! I was scared thinking he had a concussion. Boys are so tough!This is Miss Aubree ready for her first set of school pictures! they turned out so cute! I was very happy with them!

Aubree, Gunner and Brayden giving brotherly sisterly love! What a Treo!
Whats a day with out a sibling fight. Gunner was hit in the eye by a hot wheels car from Brayden. he got a black and blue eye and was swollen for a couple days!
Ha ha this must be a guy thing cause Jake sleeps like this all the time. His hand is guarding his "goods" Lol He does it all the time too! Like father like son :)

2011-01-17T14:00:00.000-08:00

Getting ready to go out with my honey. Went and saw "Life as we know it" Such a good movie!Jake started working for Asarco mines at the beginning of Sept of 2010. Such a blessing to have such good friends. and you know what they say. Its not what you know its who you know! Thank you Kiley for being so good to us! We love you!
Silly family pic....ha ha cant go without one of these. However Gunner was not happy and Brayden had no idea what was going on. He had his milk and was very content!

I wanted a cute new family pic. Nothing to crazy but the kids did not cooperate :/ I hope soon we can get real ones taken!

2011-01-17T13:54:00.000-08:00

Brayden loves to were hats! My first baby to just leave it on. He is so handsome.Gunner playing with all his trucks he has collected through his 3 years of life :)
They boys being silly while we are trying to unpack and get things organized in my brothers house.
We didnt dress them the whole day. Aubree was in school and the boys just wanted to play. Mom and dad were busy. So a perfect day for them to just be boys ! :)

2011-01-17T13:40:00.000-08:00

Aubree started school on August 13 2010. She started in Young while we stayed with my parents. We knew this year she would have to change schools so we could move to where Jake could go to work. This is grades k thru second. She did Ok at this school. But when you are thrown in a classroom full of first and second graders and just turning 5 was a big jump for her. I think the teacher expected way more out of her that she could give. Which caused a huge amount of tension. She cried and did not want to go to school. But when we moved to Casa Grande and she started at Heartland Ranch she did a complete 180 and has gotten two excellent report cards and is a happy and very smart little girl. Her teacher Mrs. Waltz is an amazing teacher and I appreciate her not giving up on my child. Aubree class in Young
On her first day of school she went up to the kids on the play ground and made friends right away.
Getting ready to leave the house to go to her first day of Kindergarten
Jake helping get Aubree back pack together
Aubree and Mommy getting her pencils ready. She was so nervous and excited. I think I was more scared and sad that my baby was going to start her first day of school. Holy cow where does the time go ? :/

2011-01-17T13:24:00.000-08:00

Jake surprised me by coming home from Texas for my birthday! I was so excited. We never spend more than a day or two away from one another. He was in Texas for 3 weeks before I got to see him. I had an extremely hard time with it. But when he came home he decided to stay home and apply for Asarco mines again. Needless to say I was one happy WIFE!Aubree's Birthday in only a week after mine. Before we knew Jake was going to stay home we wanted to have her party while he was home. So we did ours together. She is 5 and mine is a secret :)
Birthday kissed!
Make a wish.....By the way mine came true when Jake decided to stay home.
I love little miss Aubree so much! She is so helpful with her brothers...most days....and is so smart. I know parents always say that but I know she is a little smart whip. She got lots of new clothes and tinker bell toys on her special day!

2011-01-17T13:12:00.001-08:00

Summer fun back in Arizona! Papa Jack and I went out to the woods, my favorite place in the whole wide world, and took the kids to play in the creek. They had so much fun! We had to leave early cause the storm was boiling up and about to poor rain on us.Gunner and Aubree wrestling in the creek.
Papa was holding Brays hand and said I bet he can walk around on his own...I said I dont think its such a good idea. Before I even could get that out of my mouth my Dad let go of his hand and Brayden fell in the water.....Which is only about 3 inch deep where he was. But still he thought his world was coming to an end when his shirt got wet....So funny!
I had a great time this day! Lots of mixed emotions. Dad took me to the place where Woody Cline found our cousin Shane back in Dec of 2009. I am glad I went. RIP buddy.

2011-01-17T13:02:00.000-08:00

Ok so this post is just a little late.....as are the rest. I have slacked and decided I need to do better. So here is kina a rough estimate of what has gone down in our house hold since we got back from Pitts in July 2010!

Gunner boy turned three as we were driving back from Pittsburgh. When we got home we celebrated his birthday in Young at my parents house! His birthday is in July :)

He got lots of toys including a fire truck and a truck and boat...which is his favorite to this day!

Loving his batman cake! This little boy is so fun to be around....a handful at times but I would not change a thing about him! He is my little man! Jake and I are so proud of him!

Christmas card 2010

2010-12-07T14:58:00.001-08:00

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2010-09-07T21:21:00.000-07:00

As we got back home to Young we settled in fast after the kids Daddy went back to San Antonio Texas for work. We went to my sisters where she has started her own little farm. My kids went crazy there!Gunner leading Bentley! Rockin the flip flops:) Shortly after this he got brand new boots and wranglers. Papa thought he looked to city like for such a small town!
Munchkin on Bently! She loves horses just like her Mommy! One day I will find an amazing horse. Still looking:)
Aubree with Whisky...and no not the drink the kitty:)
Gunner going all out bareback! Helping his is Uncle Greg and Aunt Katie is leading Bentlers!

2010-09-07T21:06:00.000-07:00

On our Way back from Pittsburgh!!!! We left on Saturday July 17th in the evening and got into Arizona about 3ish on Monday the 19th. We drove clear to Texas with no "sleeping" stops!! Everyone who had a drivers licence got behind the wheel at least once between Sunday and Monday:) We stayed the night there and got up early on Monday and drove the rest of the way! Our kids were amazing! It seriously was awesome to experience the Pinnacle life. Loved our whole trip and everyone we meet and befriended!Bray man was getting ready to yawn. This was early Monday Morning!
Gunner's Birthday was on Sunday! We took him out to breakfast at a little cafe off the highway! He turned three in Missouri!
Miss Aubree getting so excited to see all of our family!
Jake and Brandon so tired after being awake for over 24 hrs!
Brandon givin us some loves!
And then there is me. Jake was making a joke so I look a little weired! Or I dont have my fake smile on as Jake would call it :)

2010-07-10T12:10:00.000-07:00

Happy Fourth of July from the Lees to you! This is one of my favorite holidays out there! So much meaning and tradition behind it! I love everything about it! Even waiting 6 hours for the fireworks to start in 95 degree weather! We had so much fun this year in Pittsburgh at the fireworks show. We were down by the riverside watching the boat races and motorcycle jumping. I really don't know what it is called motor x or something like that ;) Anyways we had lots of fun! The kids went and played in the water fountains and ate cotton candy and popcorn. I think we had a really successful day of making this a good childhood memory for our children!

2010-07-10T12:03:00.000-07:00

CHEESE!
Jacob putting the baby to sleep. He must be really good cause he put himself right to sleep too ;)
More sleeping babies! Aubree played so hard she came home, got her blanky, sat on the couch and crashed!
Welp we went to goodwill and got this awesome console tv for $30! I love it cause unlike the other one, if this one breaks I wont be out A LOT of money :) It is almost Gunner resistant! Why is it anything that was made back in the day is built to last?
Another cheese face! He was playing hide and seek in the sheets!

2010-07-10T11:46:00.000-07:00

Leave it to Gunner! LOL he is so destructive and yet does it in a way that all I can do is laugh at him ;) People ask me how I do it, you know not go crazy!!! I do go crazy some days cause of this little boy! But do you see those dimples and cute little smile! Yup thats what makes it all better! This boy is so full of life that I cant punish him in everything he does ( he would be in time out for eternity.) We need to make a little room in our lives to just not be so serious and laugh ;)
Best Friends Forever! Aubree and Ali love LOve LOVE the fact that we are next door neighbors and that they can walk back and forth from one anothers Apt. They feel so grown up. Aubree tells me that we are moving to Heber to live by Ali again :) We will see my little dear!
My little corn shucker's!!!!

They loved doing this for mommy and I liked it too! I love when they are willing to help me in the kitchen with out making a mess ;0

2010-06-17T15:27:00.000-07:00

Brayden found an Ant! This little baby is just growing so fast! He is getting a little temper....oh boy Mom it must be the third child thing!!! LOL NO offence Clay! But he is so sweet too! He loves to cuddle and is now trying to keep up with Gunner boy! Lord help us! :)
He looks like me in this picture! I loves to go up and down stairs! When we go down he goes from one step to the other. There is not one foot and then the next on one step. Its one to the next. So funny to watch. He of course has to hold a hand to do it without falling right onto is head!

2010-06-17T14:40:00.000-07:00

Here is another picture where Brayden would not hold still!
Being Silly!
Aubree keeping the boys in line!
Gunner Boy! To cute for words!!!!! :)
Smiling with his eyes! He gets that from his mommy!

2010-06-17T14:17:00.000-07:00

My baby girl is looking not like a baby anymore! I love this little princess! She is such a big helper to me and is just so stinking smart! Mommy and Daddy are so proud of you! Cant believe you are going to be in Kindergarten come Sept!!! How fast time flies yet it goes so slow! Mommy and Daddy love you munchkin!The other day Aubree wants a cheese sandwich for dinner and she is a picky eater so she just wants bread and a slice of cheese. Nothing else. All of the sudden she asks for Ketchup on her sandwich. All I could think is gross but I let her have it and she ate the whole thing. But here is the kicker. Gunner and Brayden wanted a sandwich two the same way as Aubree had hers. Ketchup and all. Gunner rarely eats break and he ate the whole thing! Can you say "SMITH?"
Ok so we went and took these cute pictures so I could make their Daddy a fathers day present. We got all dressed up did Aubree's hair, which took an hour. Got down by the pool and started to take pictures. The kids however were not into it.....especially my baby Brayden. He was so distracted by the people in the pool. Thank goodness I was prepared. I knew they would want to go swimming right after the Small photo shoot. But not only did they not really cooperate Aubree's hair went flat and then last night Jacob got onto the computer to download pictures onto his "I pad, which he won a couple weeks back,"and found these pictures I took. He asked when did you take these. They are so cute!!! So I ended up ruining his fathers day surprise! LOL :)

Sitting on a wall....the pool and our Apt buildings have such pretty flowers and landscaping! We r lucky! I will miss it!
The boys r trying to focus and smile....LOL !

2010-06-11T13:45:00.000-07:00

My happy little boy is back! Gunner is just so happy now. He is having lots of fun swimming and playing and just cant get enough of his Daddy! He is such a big brother to Brayden and plays so good with him!

Here is Miss Aubree with the sun glasses that Granny and Papa Smith got her.
I absolutely love this picture. We waited about a week for this package to arrive and when it did i knew it would be CRAZY! This is a Package from Granny and Pappa, they got book, crayons, coloring book, jewelry for aubree, boys got police men ( which Gunner had tore all their limbs off in a matter of 5 min), yo yo's, activ books, jump ropes, etc. They had so much fun that the living room was covered in STUFF!~ They has so much fun and enjoyed it! Thank you Granny and Pappa!
This is there third package they recieved! This was from Grammie and Papa Mc Daniel! They are up in Alaska working for the summer and they sent the kids shirts! They love them so much and loved getting a letter! They are saving their money they got for a sunny day to go and get ice cream!This kids also got a package before Granny and Pappa which was from Papa and Grammie Lee. It was four YUMMY cup cakes and BUBBLES! They would play with those bubbles all day if they didnt run out! Thank you to all of our parents for loving us so much and being so amazing! We miss you!

2010-05-19T13:24:00.000-07:00

Brotherly sisterly love!!!
Gunner boy is just confused as to why we dont live in Az City anymore. He has not adjusted very well. But we try to explain to him that this in not a permanent move and we will be back in Az before we know it. I will have to deal with adjusting him to Az when we get back too! Poor little guy!
Bray has turned into this little ball of fire. He wants to do everything brother and sister do. When he cant, he throws a fit. He is so sweet too. I love my little bruiser!
Daddy teaching Gunner to arm wrestle!
All the kids on Cooper and Alis birthday. The little boys are crying cause we just threw a water balloon at them! They didnt like it that well. Now the girls and Gunner loved it!

So we have been in Pittsburgh for about 4 1/2 weeks now and we have experienced a lot of different weather. Its sunny and warm one day and 20 degrees cooler the next and rainy. Or Windy. Crazy!!!!!!!!! Its so green and beautiful here. The trees are amazing. I love the Ross Park mall right by us. I love Giant Eagle which is like a Safeway....they have a little day care center for the kids to play at while you shop...I love it. Well for the most part. Gunner is afraid I am going to leave him so he wont go in. Aubree loves it though. Aubree went to the library with Lonna and loves it. I need to get around to taking her and teaching her to read. We have been to the park and to the Station Square! There they have water fountains that will spray out of the fountain tank and it gets people wet. The kids ran right through it and again loved it! We go out and play in the grass a lot and play with Cooper and Ali...A LOT! Aubree cant stand to be away from her Ali. They are making up for lost time thats for sure. Now our boys don't get a long very well so they don't play as often. Lonna has got me into making bows for Aubree and I am working on a cute bow holder for her. One of these days I will get around to actually making them. I have some supplies but finding the time where I don't have silly little boys wanting to unroll all of my ribbon is rare! We are having so much fun being with our best friends again I cant explain how much we missed them. We are grateful to have them in our lives. Rock on PITTSBURGH!

Happy St Patty's Day!

2010-03-18T08:12:00.000-07:00

Brayden's First hair cut!

2010-03-16T10:48:00.000-07:00

My sweet little baby was so trying to ROCK the "mullet" but Mommy could not handle it any more!
What straight fuzzy hair he has!!!
I am trying to concentrate and he is moving all over....but once we did the first buzz he was good! I would put the clippers to his head and he would freeze!
The first lock of hair I buzzed off!!! Makes me kinda sad cause he has had this hair since birth....or most of it! He looks so handsome now though!!!!
Our camera died in the middle of doing his hair so after it charged I took the after pics of his new hair do!!!
He is so precious! This is also his favorite blanket and doggy! He walks around holding the doggy and burping it!

Jacob's 26th Birthday!!!!!

2010-03-14T09:51:00.000-07:00

2010 Vacation to Vegas!

2010-03-13T16:44:00.000-08:00

Golfing at Desert Rose...it was so cold that day! BRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!! Vegas strip in the background!

My favorite thing about Vegas was the Dolphins!!!
Jake touching a sting ray...yup I was not about to do that! I would swim with Dolphins but never would I touch any type of fish!!!! IDK why I have a phobia about it! I just do....
The M and M store!!!! It was so huge and so much there! I wish I had all of the m and m's they had their at my house...Yummo!
Posing!
At the water show!
At Tony and Tinas Wedding (Show) It was a lot of fun!
In Vegas!
We went on the New York New York Roller Coaster...It was a blast!
Hoover dam!
A little scared to go over the dam!
On our way to Vegas!

2010-03-13T16:20:00.000-08:00

Whelp we made it to six years!!!!!!!!!!! Can you believe it babe? On our special day we were celebrating our babies first birthday as well. So it made it more difficult to share our anniversary how we normally do... going on a date or a concert or something out of the norm! But let me just say I will never ever stop loving you! No matter what day it is, our anniversary day or a Wednesday, my heart beats for you always! I knew after our first kiss we shared on Dec 4 2002 that you might be the one! And then only a short amount of time passed ( 3 weeks) and you told me you loved me! I remember that first kiss like it was yesterday! Your cute nose rubbing against mine and then you gave me the most soft and romantic kiss I have ever endured! You are such an amazing husband and best friend! But mostly the best Daddy anyone could ever ask for! You are a wonderful provider! No matter what our situation is you always find a way to make it work! Come sunshine or rain you are out there providing for us! I love everything about you...even your love and desire to be out on the golf coarse all the time! LOL...no but seriously I will cherish every moment with you and cant wait to spend eternity with you! Happy 6th Anniversary!
Our third anniversary! ( Couldn't find the first or second anniversary pics....oh well) We look so different now!
Our Sixth anniversary celebrated in Las Vegas!

The Labor and Delivery of Brayden Harmon Lee!

2010-03-01T16:37:00.000-08:00

My dearest baby boy! I cant begin to tell you how much of a blessing you are in our lives. We found out that we were having a baby June of 2008! You were a very wanted surprise lets just leave it at that! (We will always have the memories at Knolls camping site in the White Mountains! ;) )Through all of the moving down to Arizona City you were ready to be born on Feb 27th of 2009! I went in to labor about 8 am on the morning of the 27th! I thought oh boy I better let your Daddy know so I can have him come home! So I called and he worked until about noon! My contractions kinda stopped so I really wasn't in to much of a hurry but knew that my other labors were super fast and my Dr was up in Gilbert! I did not want to have you in Casa Grande so we made arrangements to go to take your bro and sis to Aunt Mims house while Daddy and I went to the hospital! After about an hour they finally put me into a room when they knew I was in labor! Now I was thinking once they broke my water and put me on "pit" i would have you within an hour or two! Thats how fast my labors before had been! But oh no, you had to take your marry old time!! I was in labor with you for 19 hours! So you now were born on the 28th of February at 11:06 am (a day of sharing cause it is mine and your daddy's 5th wedding anniversary too!) I only had to push a couple times and there you were! Your were a perfect 8 lbs. 11 oz. and 21.7 inch long! I think all of the world was in the room while you were born! Every second was so beautiful! I would do it a billions times over! Daddy and I love you so much and everything you are and everything you will become! You are such a beautiful spirit and so loving and calm! We need a little calm in our household with your older brother around! LOL! Brayden we all love you and are so Happy you had a Happy first birthday! I am so excited to celebrate your life and so happy you are with us! With much love, your Mommy, Daddy, Aubree, and Gunner!

Getting a little catty!
Ok I am feeling the pain! Bring on the epidural! I actually was so afraid of getting the epidural this time!

2010-03-01T16:25:00.000-08:00

This is right after you were born.You just took your first breath! What a wonderful moment in a mothers life to hear her baby cry for the first time!
You being cleaned off and just as pink as a little piggy! You were not very happy! I think you could have stayed inside of me forever if you had it your way! You were very comfy in the womb!
Gunner and Brayden's first meeting! Let me just say Gunner was not fond of you at first! It took him some time to warm up to you! And to see mommy so swollen and hooked up to the machines scared him a little!
Aubree and Brays first meeting! She is so in love with you and loves little babies! She gets that from your Mommy! How she loves you so! She could not wait for you to be home!
Your very first bath!

2010-03-01T16:18:00.000-08:00

Mommy and Brayden having some alone time after our long labor and delivery!
Big Sis and Big brother trying to help keep the binki in!
Look how tiny you are! Gunner boy sure is so proud to have a baby brother! At first he didnt know what to think but when you came home with us he just couldn't let you be for two seconds! Such a protective big brother!
Giving Daddy the Lee nose sucking!
Such and Angel! I love you sweetie!

Brayden's First Birthday Party!

2010-03-01T15:38:00.000-08:00

Brayden Playing with his new toys! He loves all of them...especially this cool helicopter!
The clean up was lots of fun!!! The bath water turned purple!!! And it stained the high chair! ;)
Yummy! He dove right in!
Ok so I ordered his birthday cake at good ol' Wally World about 3 weeks ago! I had everything written on their form. His name, the colors and what I wanted written on the cake! They got the border color wrong, it was suppose to be blue! Cause you know he is boy right! Then they spelt his name wrong...so I magically used my skills and changed it to Brayden! Not BRAIDEN! Silly people who don't know how to read order forms! Oh well I guess in the end color doesn't matter or how it is spelt! Cause he enjoyed it thats for sure!
Well he tried opening his gifts but his older siblings beat him to it!!! It was fun to see him try to open his gifts! Aubree and Gunner had 3/4 of them covered though! They were in it for the toys!!! I love those kids! Brayden got bank for his birthday! 14 shirts and 7 pair of shorts! Thanks to everyone.....he looks so cute in them all!

Little brother and Big brother! Same age!!!

2010-02-15T13:20:00.000-08:00

The top picture is Brayden in the bath robe and the bottom one is of Gunner! They are close in age when these were taken...but two years apart! I think they look so much alike!

Is that me w my hair done and my makeup on? WHAT!!!!!

2010-02-15T13:09:00.000-08:00

Yeah so during the week I do not go anywhere unless its a must! So I am in sweats and a big shirt no make up and my hair in a "small" pony! So I felt one day like doing my hair, getting dressed and doing my makeup! All to turn around in a couple of hours and go to bed!!!! How funny is that!

Silly Willies!!!!

2010-02-15T13:00:00.000-08:00

Aubree cracked up when she saw her silly face....it took her 5 min to stop laughing! She loves her Daddy and Misses him so much when he is gone to work!

Brayden the HAM!!!!!

2010-02-15T12:57:00.000-08:00

Nothing like Daddy's help!

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Aubree Mommy and Bray!

2010-02-15T12:53:00.000-08:00

Flying the kite! She was so good at it too!

Kite Flying!

2010-02-15T12:43:00.000-08:00

This was the first time our kids got to fly kites!!! They had a blast!

Fun times!

2010-02-15T12:33:00.000-08:00

Katie and Greg came and had a fun day with us while they visited the desert this past weekend! Gunner loves his Uncle Greg, when they showed up him and Aubree freaked out and went wild with excitement!

What are they doing?

2010-02-15T12:31:00.000-08:00

Could it be? No it can't? In fact it is! My 2yr old and 4 yr old are doing my dishes....not just a couple they did all of them and did them well! Thank you babies!

Yummmm! Dinner time!

2010-02-15T12:30:00.000-08:00

Here are the babies eating spaghetti! That was a fun clean up x 2!!!

Oh no he didn't!!!!

2010-02-15T12:28:00.000-08:00

Here is Clayton AKA Uncle Bubu taking the babies through this ditch of mud....and yes he took my stroller right through! Hughh now finding the time to clean it..... They had fun though!!!

Our little "cousins" adventure!!!!

2010-02-15T12:24:00.000-08:00

Brooke was not happy when they started to run....oh well! No one was hurt!

2010-02-15T12:21:00.000-08:00

From Left to right: Aubree, Brooke, Brayden, Luke, and Gunner! Taking a walk! They had lots of fun running in the open fields! Looks just like the country back up in there! Minus Pine Trees! Lets say open prairies !

2010-02-15T12:08:00.000-08:00

This is Aubree, cousin Brooke and Gunner! We went on a walk behind Uncle Bubu's house! The sunset was so amazing that evening! I love it down here!

Gunner the Ax man!

2010-02-15T12:03:00.000-08:00

Gunner got this play chainsaw from my folks and he loves, loves, loves, to pretend he is cutting wood. He says " Mama I gotta go help my Papa Jack cut wood in Papa's National Forest" For those of you who don't know Papa National Forest is my Mom and Dads property they have in Young...anything around it is the Tonto National Forest otherwise known as Granny's National Forest ( My Mom works for the PVRD) So anyways I let him go in our yard the other day and pretend he is cutting up the forest! LOL

2010-01-22T12:51:00.000-08:00

Brayden is walking really good now! He is standing up without holding on to anything! He gets scared when the older two get a little rowdy cause his balance isnt that great! But he is getting there!!! My baby is going to be one in Feb!!!! Man where did the time go?

2010-01-22T12:44:00.000-08:00

Jake and Justin trying to give each other purple nurples!!!!! OUCH!

2010-01-22T12:43:00.000-08:00

He loves his Daddy so much!!!!!!!

2010-01-22T12:42:00.000-08:00

2010-01-22T12:33:00.000-08:00

Here is Miss sassafras! She has been in a mood lately and most of the time I just laugh cause she does the darnedest things! Let me go back about two weeks ago! We were up at my parents house for a couple weeks so Jake just met us there and we spent the weekend there! We were in the living room watching a movie and Aubree was in the potty doing her business and all the sudden I thought I heard the baby crying....well it was Aubree in the bathroom singing her little heart out!!!! OMGOSH! She sang seriously for 10 min in there! I think she liked the sound of her voice echoing! She finally came out and we have it on Jakes phone, her singing and walking out of the bathroom with an audience! She was singing "So you had a bad day!" When she opened that door and saw Jake and I standing there she was so embarrassed and said stop that! Turned back around into the bathroom and slammed the door! We finally got her out and she was still so beat red and embarrassed! I love that girl so much!

2010-01-22T12:32:00.000-08:00

Me and my fabulous sister in law! Love her bunches!

2010-01-22T12:22:00.000-08:00

Here is Aubree, Dyson and Gunner! We went over to hang out with them on Tues! We had lots of fun! Its been way to long since we hung out with Justin and Stef! Stef, Aubree and I went out shopping and ended going to a second hand baby store and I scored an almost brand new big boy car seat for Brayden....I saved us about $150.00! Although we have not gone anywhere in it he loves it! All the boys stayed at Justins house and played! Thanks boys for the little break! Although it was only like an hour or two it was nice! Later on we went to eat at the Cheese cake Factory! Let me just say it totally beats the Olive Garden 100 times! I love it there! So did the kids! Then as we left the restaurant we walk outside and it is pouring rain!!! And pretty much since then we have gotten nothing but rain!

2010-01-22T12:12:00.000-08:00

Oh this boy has gotten into so much trouble this week! I finally had the time to take a picture of one of his doings!! First he gets into the fridge and takes out a stick of butter and sneaks it to their room! He then smears it all over the play kitchen we have for the kids and all of the pots and pans. Let me tell you that butter is not easy to clean off of plastic! I was so frustrated! As I was cleaning that up he got into Aubree's new tracing Crayola thing that her Granny and Papa gave her! He took the washable marker and colored all over the wall and on himself...which is what the pic is of! Then about two days later the sinker decides while I'm in the laundry room folding clothes he would take a permanent marker, which I have all of them way up high so how he got it I am not sure, and drew all over our new flat screen tv and on the Love Sac that I am so proud of!!!! Remind u this is permanent marker!!! So I first started with the TV.....Took me 30 min to scrub it gently off the TV!!! There is still a little in the small crevices that I cant get to. I am hoping in time after so many cleanings it will come off. As far as the love sac goes I took my trusty dawn soap and a toothbrush and went all the way around the 6 ft love sac and scrubbed for an hour....then let the dawn soap do its magic. I was not for sure if it would even touch the permanent green marker but it started breaking it down as I was scrubbing. So I had hopes that it would come out! I put it in the wash the next morning and there is only one spot on it that has a slight amount of green. You wouldn't even notice it unless we told you! So Gunner boy has been into so much this week! I am ready for sunshine so I can send that boy outside to play!!!

2010-01-22T12:09:00.000-08:00

All three of our kids sitting at their new table we got them!!!! They love it! Brayden has to have someone standing near just in case he leans to one side! That would not be very fun to fall from that high!

2010-01-22T12:00:00.000-08:00

This morning I let Brayden take a shower with me and as I was shaving he put his hand right where I was putting the shaver and got his little finger.....the cut inst big but those of you who have ever been cute while shaving know that its a never ending flow of blood! So we got out and dressed then bandaged him up! he is trying to point to his boo boo! The bandage didn't last very long!!!!

2009-12-29T16:05:00.000-08:00

Brayden Harmon Lee is going to be "ONE" soon! In fact on our 6th anniversary! He is such a sweet natured little boy who tries to keep up with Gunner! He actually has started walking with out holding on to anything! The most steps he has taken are about five and then he gets a little scared! He has two teeth and is trying to cut four more! So hes been a little cranky lately! Brayden loves to dance and sing and play guitar hero with his dad and Uncle Bubba! He is always willing to cuddle and love you! The only words he says right now is Dada! I am so excited to see what this little baby is going to become and let me tell you he is the baby of the family. If one of the kids takes a toy away he will cry and scream till he gets it back or until I pick him up. What a stinker! He knows how to work it! LOL! We love our little baby!

2009-12-29T15:41:00.000-08:00

Gunner Morgan Lee!!! Oh boy! This kids is so full of life and energy! He can be a little pistol and so compassionate at the same time! He will clobber knock you out and then come up to you and say i'm sorry Mommy I love you and give you a huge kiss and hug! And minutes later be on to the next crazy thing! He also hates when people cry! He will come and wipe your tears away and you cant help but feel happy when he does that! Gunner is currently working on potty training and saying is alphabet! Neither one he has conquered yet, but its a work in progress! He looks up to his Daddy so much.....He saw his Dad cut some fire wood for my folks back in November and after he got his Christmas gift he decided he was going to take his little chain saw and pretend to cut the couch! What was so cute is he had his stance and hold correct! He watched every move his dad made and copied him! He is so observant! He is a hands on learner! Like his Mom! Gunner is very good at sports and we cannot wait to put him in a little league!

2009-12-29T15:24:00.000-08:00

Aubree Jean Lee is our little Ball of Sass! She has got to be one of the smartest 4 year olds I know! She is currently learning how to recognize numbers and her ABC's.....I am trying to get her enrolled into a little preschool here in the next couple of weeks. I hope we can find something thats not going to clean our pocket books! LOL! I also want to put her into a dance class. Or a tumbling class. She might even like Karate!!!! The future is all hers and I know what ever she does she will be great at it! I think though she needs to be a super star cause she has the attitude like one. She needs someone to wait on her all the time! Her new favorite character is Hello Kitty! Pretty much everything she got for Christmas had to do with Hello Kitty! So if you ever think about a Dora gift....scratch that idea...Hello Kitty is the way to go. Just a heads up! All in all miss Aubree is an amazing and gifted little girl!

2009-12-29T15:01:00.000-08:00

Well we have had another successful year in the Lee household! A lot has changed. Jake has been working for Dean Douglas for a year now and has moved up on the ladder from Asst. Superintendent to Superintendent! I am so proud of him. Not only is it more of a strenuous job than before but he has to do it away from home! We miss him every moment he is away but I want him to know that he is the best thing that has ever happened to me and I love and believe in him every moment! I am so proud of you Jacob! We also are about to celebrate our SIXTH anniversary! Holy Cow...where has the time gone! I am currently a homemaker for our beautiful growing family! Yes I said growing....we are NOT expecting yet, but I am in hopes for a couple little ones to join our family in the future! Not anytime soon though. I do have my hands very full! I love being able to stay at home with my kids and I have a wonderful husband who makes that happen for me! My dreams of being a stay at home mommy have come TRUE! I love every minute of every day! Even though I have moments, its very much a blessing! ( Oh and our kids do not look happy in our Pics we took cause it was so cold out side and the older ones wanted to go run around on the play ground! So no smiles! And very wiggly!)

2009-04-08T22:38:00.000-07:00

When you make as many moves as we have, it is hard to keep in touch with everyones happenings and going-ons. We have finally done it though, we are official bloggers.

2009-04-08T22:33:00.000-07:00

Ya know, there may be something to this fatherhood thing!