28 week photo

So here I am posting my 28 week picture. I am so excited that I am finally in my third trimester. The end of the road is in sight, although I still have a long haul through January. I usually dislike January as it is, but knowing that I have to wait through it for the baby will make it even slower I know. And I have also noticed the lovely pregnancy face. Round face, round belly. But I can't complain I am feeling great and I am just grateful for that.

My New Diaper Bag

Since this is my last baby, or so we are planning, and I decided I needed a really cute diaper bag. There is a talented person in our Ward (Hi Joni) who makes these unbelievable bags. They are one of a kind and just too cute for words. Almost all the women in our Ward own one, but I haven't seen this bag yet. So I was glad to be able to sport it. She warned me it was huge, and she wasn't exaggerating. But I love it and I can't wait to carry it around and show it off. Corey already told me he would not be toting it around, I think the pink is too much for his manhood. But thanks so much for the beautiful bag Joni. If any of you are interested in checking her site it is here.

Giving credit for a wonderful bag

The inside of the bag, look at all those pockets!!

The final look.

Painting the House

Since Corey had today off from work and it has turned out to be a beautiful day...we decided we would finish the outside of our house and paint. Last month we found a ton of wood rot on our house and had to replace most of the wood on the back of our house. But once we got all that done, the weather turned really bad and we haven't had a chance since to paint. But today we finally accomplished that. We hate the color of our house, but it is much easier at this point to just paint what the rest of the house already is. Corey was so patient and let Lexie and Gabe get in there with their own paint brushes. Paint was flying everywhere, but I think they had a great time. I did paint the lower parts, but standing on a chair or ladder to get up high is a little over me right now. I would probably fall with this huge boulder attached to my belly. So I wasn't as much help as I would have liked, but I did all I could. It is so nice to have Corey home with us!!

Lexie armed with a paint roller
Gabe with his personal paint brush.

Corey getting some work done!!

As a side note, while we were in the car to go get supplies Lexie was really asking the questions and not leaving us alone. We were going to get breakfast before hand and Corey warned Lexie if she didn't stop whining then she wouldn't get any. I asked her what she needed to say to her dad. She said, "Dad, I am sorry I am so annoying." I couldn't stop giggling. Needless to say she did get breakfast.

Twilight Review

Drum roll please.....Here is my personal review of the movie Twilight. If you missed my earlier blog, yes I did go to the midnight screening of the movie with some great friends who also wanted to humor themselves with the flick. We got there an hour early only to find the theater packed and ourselves seated on the second to the front row. I already had stiff neck before the movie even started. Add to the fact that the picture looked so huge and fuzzy it was hard to see everything at once. So this in itself might have affected my opinion of my opinion of the movie. Once started I thought it would pick up. You could tell this was a low budget film and I found myself thinking how cheesy some part were. The only saving grace for me was Edward himself. I wasn't too sure how he would look in the movie as Edward, because during his TV interviews he looks kinda quirky to me. But he did an excellent job with his part and he looked really nice up on that big screen. So even though the film itself was no grand slam at least they gave us women something nice to look at for the two hours. So was it worth staying up till 3am on a Thursday night....NO. I would have much rather watched this flick at the dollar movie or even waited till DVD. I am really hoping that they make enough revenue from this first one that the second will be a better caliber of movie. So I was disappointed in what they came up with. So if you haven't read the book, please please don't go see the movie to try and catch up, take the time to read and you will be so much more fulfilled.

Thursday Journal Jar

What are your memories from your favorite Thanksgiving?

Don't get me wrong I love Thanksgiving with all the food, family and football games. I think it is a great way to get together and celebrate our thanks. But, to be honest I can't think of a particular one that I remember more than the others. I will say I look forward to turkey day more now that we live so much closer to family. Nothing is better than going over Thanksgiving morning to my mom's house and enter with Christmas music going and mom singing in the kitchen. I always go over early and help start with the preparations for supper. We always eat around 1 or 2 and then this is followed of course by lounging with the men while they cheer for football. I also love to sit and listen to the men debate about the game and I think this is what Corey loves best about being around Josh and my Dad. They actually know so much about football and Corey can pretty much rival anyone when it comes to football stats. I can't believe that it is less than a week away and I am so excited to do it once again with my family.

Tag your it

I found this tag on a friend of mine. It is a cute idea and I thought I might as well see what we get. Picture folder...4th folder...4th picture. The result:

I thought it might be more exciting, but it is a picture of Logan stuffing his face at Wendy's. I have no idea why I thought this was a good place to start clicking. But oh well, at least he is sporting his cool CTR ring in this one. He is pretty cute though.

What a Weekend!!

This weekend was amazingly busy for me. I usually have nothing too exciting happening, but that was not the case this past weekend. On Saturday we held a garage/bake sale for the Summer's family in our Ward. I was amazed at how many people showed up to help. It was bitter cold outside. It felt just like I was back in Rexburg with blustering winds that would knock everything off the table. And the fact that it would blow right through you. I was so cold and tired afterwards, but I have to say I have never felt more fulfilled than I did at the end of the day. I was in the best mood and I think it was because of the success of the sale and what we were able to do as a community to help the Summer's family. It made me realize how many good people there are out there.

Today was our Sacrament program and I have to say I was a little worried about it at first. How can you not be when you have that many kids sitting up in front of everyone. You can never really be too sure of what will happen. Besides one out burst from a little boy, it went really well. I was so proud of the kids and how reverent they all were throughout. I messed up on the congregation music, because I was so nervous. I did not know I would be playing while the whole church would be singing and I don't have a piano to practice on. So I did not get the chance to practice the songs. I was a mess. But it went really well afterwards and I got through the songs without too many noticeable mistakes. So with that behind me, I can relax behind the piano for a couple of weeks, until January when we get the program for next year. But it turned out to be a really great experience weekend for me.

Helping a Family in Need

This past Monday we had a family in our church who lost their Father/Husband to cancer. He has been fighting awhile with it and he has left behind a wonderful wife and seven beautiful kids. I posted a link on my sidebar if you want to help and donate. All the money will go straight to the family in need. You can read about the Summers family on their blogs. The family blog that Becky did. And the blog dedicated to Duane and his fight with cancer. Please look and see what a wonderful family this is and how much your help would mean to them.

Thursday Journal Question

What is your idea of a perfect day?


Boy, my perfect day huh? This could be a little tricky seeing as there are all sorts of perfect days for me. I would love to wake up in the morning and not have to hurry to get up and get the kids fed, get my exercising done and make sure everything is in order for the day. I could just lay in bed and not have to hurry anywhere. To have Corey just wake up and not have to hurry off to work. I love it when we spend time together as a family. I would love to spend the day with all my brothers and sister and their spouse and kids. What a grand day that would be. It doesn't happen that often. But I have to say our trip to Cancun was pretty close to perfection. It would have been fun to share some of the things with our kids. And I really don't know if we will ever have enough money to take the kids someplace like that. But I am really hoping that we can attend Nauvoo with my brother Thor and his family when they come this summer. I would also love the day without having to prepare a meal. I really don't mind cooking, but I love going out because you just order what you want and it appears. How nice would that be. Then after the kids are in bed to curl up with a brand new book from my favorite author Marcia Lynn McClure. I absolutely love her clean historical romances and I check every month for a new release. I always read them in record time, but there is nothing I would rather do then read a novel of hers.

I really think I have a pretty close to perfect life that includes healthy kids and a wonderful husband who loves me. He tells me everyday how much he loves me and how beautiful I am and I can't help but feel loved when he is around. I really am grateful my life is pretty close to perfect.

Ready for Bake Sale on Saturday

We are having a bake sale in our Ward for a family whose husband/father passed away this past week. I never am into actually making the goodies, but really into eating them. So I sucked it up and was cooking all afternoon. I have to say the cooking was the easy part. When it came to wrapping all those individual pieces of fudge, candy and truffles I thought it would never end. But I did finish and now I have the baggies to add to the sale. I really hope that we have a great turn out and that we can raise some money for the Summer's family.

I did get carried away with taste testing. The truffles required Oreo's (my favorite cookies, but isn't it America's favorite cookie also?) and so I did eat a couple of those while I was baking. I really don't think I ate that much, but everything was so sweet one taste was all it took to satisfy. So when everything was all set up and it required tasting I thought I was going to barf. I did taste everything and they did taste pretty good. My fudge actually turned out better than I expected. But I put everything to test with the boys and they said the truffles were their favorite. So after much sweat and tiny pieces of cellophane I have completed it.

So what if I'm reclusive

For the past couple of weeks I have been leaning toward becoming exclusively reclusive. I am the type of person anyways who likes my own personal space and I like it a certain way. If something comes along unplanned that clutters, disturbs or disrupts my space in anyway I get completely frazzled. I really don't remember being this bad in high school, but after having a home and trying to maintain a semblance of order with three kids, it has gotten considerably worse. Just within the past couple of days I have noticed that I more than try to go out of my way to avoid any personal contact outside of my family. If someone calls, I look right at caller ID to see who it is. If it is someone that I know but never calls, I know they are calling to ask me something and I just want to avoid that all together. Not that I don't want to help, I just don't want to talk and pretend that everything is great and try not to sound rude. So my voice machine is my personal assistant who takes my messages and then I relay them to the appropriate person or place.

I also have been known to avoid the door at all costs. Neighborhood kids beware, I know I am the sour mom on the block. Always saying no they can not come inside. Because then that would create mayhem in my perfect bubble I have created for myself. So if it is too nasty outside to play, the kids are stuck inside with themselves as entertainment. I can totally see myself the reclusive old lady in the scary house that chases everyone away. I have always been a private person, but I honestly believe no matter what happens I always try to fix things by myself without even telling anyone that something happened. I know I am turning weird but the most important thing is I love my family and I love the gospel. Once you get behind that thick wall I put up, I can really be a great friend. You just might have to knock really loudly before I answer.

And just as a side note, every time I blog about my feelings it seems I get negative reviews from someone through someone else. If you don't like reading about how I feel just don't read my blog.

Twilight Tickets

I really don't want to sound like a teeny bopper here, but I just bought early release tickets for Twilight. I have been looking forward to this since I heard about them making a movie. I just hope that I won't be disappointed after loving the books. I am going with Sally and Danielle to the midnight showing the Thursday before the release. All three of us are hard time Twilight readers and we have all been looking forward to this. I hope this is a success because if they make enough money they have already pre-signed all the actors to do the last three books in the series. I am really excited!!! Maybe Corey will have to dress up as a vampire for me!!!

My Corey

1. Where did you meet your husband?
Well I first met him when I went out with my mom to Green River to see Thor and Josh. I had an instant crush but I had no idea we would actually get married.

2. How long did you date before you married? Umm, three months.

3. How long have you been married? 9 years

4. What does he do that surprises you? When I unleash the beast in myself and get all going he is always so calm and hardly ever yells back. He just lets me vent and then acts like no big deal.

5. What is his favorite feature? He has such a great smile and he has the cutest butt I have ever seen, although none of you will have realized this.

6. What is your favorite quality of his?He is always very giving and hard working. He will be the first to help someone in need and he has gotten all A's in his master classes. I am so proud of him.

7. Does he have a nickname for you? He does call me Sexy on occasion, but now that I think about it he hardly calls me Kory, I think it sounds weird saying your own name sometimes.

8. What is his favorite food?Mexican

9. What is his favorite sport? Well it would be a toss up between golf and football, although he loves to play golf and watch football.

10. When & where was your first kiss?In his apartment at Rick's College. He invited me over for dinner and while he was walking by me in the kitchen he just walked over and gave me this quick kiss. Kinda surprised me.

11. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple?We like to meet up for lunch once a month and just sit in silence and talk. It isn't that often we get to be totally alone and just talk. Plus we like to watch Hero's and CSI together at night.

12. Do you have any children?Yep, two boys, one girl and another girl on the way in February.

13. Does he have any hidden talents? He loves to argue. He will take the opposite side no matter what the case. I think he should have been on debate because he is actually pretty good at it. He is also good with kids, he beats em up but they just keep coming back for more.

14. Who said I love you first?I probably did, I scared him off for a little while there. What can I say I had a crush on him since High School.

15. What is his favorite music?Alternative although he likes all different kinds. He like Dave Matthews and I hate them so this is a constant battle between us.

16. What do you admire most about him? He is always so positive, when I am being negative he gives me something good to think about.

17. What is his favorite color?green

18. Will he read this? No

19. Who do you tag?Whoever reads this and wants to write about their significant other.

Thursday Journal Question

What is on your bucket list?

Let me think about this for a second....what would I like to do before I passed on. Well I would love to travel. I have always wanted to go to Europe and see Ireland and also Italy. There are so many different places I would love to see and experience. Going to Mexico was an eye opener for me and I can only imagine what going to another country would be like.

I want to own an English Mastiff. I know how lame, but I have always wanted one and Corey hates dogs with a passion and big dogs at that. But I am going to accomplish this one even if I am 80 and have this huge dog by my side.

I would love to compete in a Miss Universe title although that won't happen now with four kids and no time to train sufficiently, but hey it was worth putting on there.

And if I could I would go back in time and live during the 1800's. I know people always say how rough it was and that it would be hard. But I like seclusion and I think life back then was mainly that. I love the idea of wearing dresses and living on a farm in the middle of nowhere. It sounds so appealing to me and I always said I was born in the wrong era.

I wish I could think of more at this moment, but that is all I got for right now. But I think these are enough for me to try and shoot for.

Annoyed by Poop

Let me just say that I have never shied away from a dirty diaper. Little babies, no problem I could change them at anytime. But for some reason the older the kid the smellier the poop. I watch a friend's little boy in the mornings a couple of times a week and without fail he will wait until being dropped off to drop his load. I consider myself able to endure some smelly stuff, but this kid just smells so bad it brings tears to my eyes. The whole time I am changing him I keep thinking why do I have to keep doing this. I should put a quota on how many times I have to change his diaper and endure the smelliness not only of itself but the way it will stink up whatever room he decides to crap in for hours. After this I think I will be grateful for Hailey to get here because nothing can get worse after what I just witnessed.

Boy what a great morning!!

This morning I had my Dr. appointment so my friend Danielle kept Lexie and Gabe and told me to make a morning of it and then go to lunch with Corey. It is not often that I get to be out and about alone. I felt almost naked at first, but I quickly adjusted. My Dr. appointment went fine. Nothing out of the ordinary to report except my growing belly. I do have to do my glucose test in a couple of weeks and I wouldn't really hate it except I have to drive about 30 minutes to get to the lab. Which sucks for me. But oh well, I guess I have to get it done sometime. Since I had a couple of hours to spare before lunch I went to Target and just browsed. I gathered somethings and then ended up putting them back. I have a hard time spending money and I always do this. But I did end up buying Lexie some new Sunday shoes and I also bought a book. I also went to my favorite store Kohl's and I did buy Hailey a couple of outfits on clearance of course for about 20 bucks...what a bargain hunter I am.

Then Corey and I went to lunch at you guessed it Panara Bread. I absolutely love that place. I had a bread bowl this time with chicken noodle soup and even though there isn't that much soup I got full fast and didn't get to eat my bowl. Oh darn, no saving that because it is all soggy after the soup is in there. I will have to learn I can't wear just any shoes while I am out walking around the stores. My feet are killing me and even though I will look pretty doofy with tennis shoes with all my outfits the benefits are looking really good right now. If only everyday were as good as today was.

Gabe's Soccer Game

This past Saturday we had soccer games of course. Corey forgot the camera on Logan's game so we will try to get some video next week at his last game. But we did remember when it came time for Gabe's and we actually got some really cute video of him scoring his goals. He scored two this week and he is so excited after he scores. He already tries to get everyone organized on his team, something that I think will only help him as he gets older. He is a total leader and takes charge as much as possible. But I would rather he be a leader than a follower. My job consists of sitting in my lawn chair and relaxing.


Half time interview



One of Gabe's goals

After the game interview

24 weeks

Well I have finally made the 24 week mark. I feel really good and I am so thankful everyday that so far I have had no problems that aren't just part of being pregnant. Hailey is getting more active everyday and her kicks are getting stronger as well. My Dr. appointment is Wednesday so I will have to write what happens after that. But at least I can still squeeze into my workout pants to go walking at the gym in the mornings.