To Anonymous

In response to your call to repentance, I removed my article on Immigration as I figured I would be misunderstood. I do NOT feel like I "deserve" to be here. If you knew me, you'd actually understand that I enjoy sharing with others. I do however believe in obeying the law and my article was addressing members of the church who feel they are above the law.

Updates

Updates of each girlet are in the posts below.

Richard has been busy working as usual and being an awesome Daddy - also as usual. He enjoys playing lego Harry Potter with me and the girls. He gets off early to take Abi to karate. He's been playing Mr. Mom a lot still as nursing ties up a lot of my time.

I've been busy learning a ton about being a better mom and getting more organized from Pinterest--i think it is amazing. I'm also trying to better market my digital stuff--I wish I was designing more but there is a time and place for everything right?

Abi Girl

Abi, AKA Abigail, Abrigail, and Geunter is one super amazing big girl. She's learning to be more independent and take care of herself more. She's taking a karate class and is learning a little bit of self control. She likes to learn definitions of new words. She loves to take baths and be pampered. She is obsessed with Avatar, the last airbender. She loves to be told pretend stories and she's pretty good at making them up herself. She loves playdough. She loves going to Grandma and Papa's house. She loves talking, and talking, and talking. There is never a dull OR quiet moment when Abi is around. She loves peanut butter and chocolate chip sandwiches and requests them for every meal--even though she only gets it at lunch. She loves holding Sophie and helping me take care of her. She loves science experiments and crafts. She just started drawing tangible items like houses (with doggy doors) and mommy and daddy. She has an amazing imagination. She is SUPER tall. She's our Abi girl.

Esther Bester

Kate, AKA Kate Kate, Esther Bester, Grundles, da Cake is one lively, spirited toddler. She is our sunshine and can always make us laugh. She is so stinkin polite--always saying thank you, please, and you're welcome. She still loves horses, books, and puzzles. She amazes us at how fast she can put puzzles together. She's very good at pointing out letters and numbers wherever we go. She loves to wear dresses. She LOVES her SoSophs--if Sophie has been moved since she last saw her, she immediately asks, "where's SoSophs?" She no longer calls me mama--its now Mommy. She no longer calls Abi "bobby." She loves painting, coloring, and drawing. She finally will let me put her hair up and she rarely takes it out. If you're not feeling well, Kate will try and make you better. She gives very sweet loves. Her hair is starting to get a little curly and a little darker. She's got 2 of her 4 molars in. She loves playing hide n' seek and chasing after Abi. There is truly never a dull moment with our Kate around.

Chubbers Bubbers

Sophie, AKA Sophers, Sophs, SoSophs, or Fat Face is such a cute little thingy! She was blessed a few weeks ago, she can sit in a bumbo, she loves the elephant on her bouncer, she stares at the picture of Jesus when she's in her swing, she LOVES, LOVES, LOVES her sisters, she laughs when you put her feet in her mouth, she loves to stand, she's doubled her birthweight, she smiles almost all the time, she likes to talk quietly, she loves the itsy bitsy spider, she loves baths, and she loves any and all attention she can get.

It was a little bit of a difficult start but we seem to have come to an understanding and we're getting used to being outnumbered. :)

We can't wait to get to know her more. Sophie is a pure joy to all of us and we are so happy to have her in our family.

Sophie's Blessing

February 5th

Circle:

Daddy

Papa

Jason

David

Ron

Bishop Bingham

Marshall Lundberg

Bob Hall

Blessed with health sufficient to accomplish all that is needful. Blessed to be able to develop physical abilities as well as talents and gifts to serve others and grow. Blessed to grow and learn so that she can have a strong and abiding testimony of Jesus. Through her testimony, she can become converted to the gospel. Blessed with a love of the scriptures and the gospel and the teachings of the prophets. Blessed to be able share her testimony with others. She will be guided in her choice of friends and her actions. She will be provided aid and assistance to make right choices. Ability to receive blessings of the temple and exaltation. Blessed to have a good and solid relationship with her sisters.

Sophie was blessed in a dress made for her by her mommy. The dress is very simple with pleats at the shoulders, choral pink flowers at the top and a crocheted lace trim at the bottom. Her slippers were crocheted by her Grandma Tregaskis and she had a simple ribbon on her cute bald head.

Need Miracles

We've had so many miracles lately I feel like we're not worthy of any more. We're praying Sophie doesn't get what we have in our household right now. Richard is so ridiculously sick with a sore throat. He is in so much pain he can't even eat. He doesn't have a family doctor so we need a miracle getting him in today and hopefully get him recovering.

Kate has some sort of eye infection in both eyes. I've never dealt with one of those. I feel I'm out of my league. She'll need to see a doctor today too.

Abi has some sort of cold. It doesn't seem to be too bad--just another thing to try and keep from Sophie

So far Sophie and I seem ok. I think we're both worn out and fighting it--I just pray she doesn't catch these things.

On top of this things are moving forward on the house we've been trying to get since July. Miracles have taken place to get us this far but we reached another stopping point. Yesterday's paycheck was another half. Unless we have another miracle we can't move forward. The last two years have been so tiring, trying, and often times strenuous. Despite most people thinking it's been a walk in the park, we've almost lost it all. We've stuck with it not for loyalty or stupidity's sake. We've sought the will of the Lord and have tried to do everything He has asked no matter how difficult. I can't imagine it would all be for naught as miracles HAVE happened (always at the last possible second). We've just about reached that last possible second again and it will take yet again a mighty miracle. If it is meant to be it will be right? If not I hope we'll finally be able to move on and move out of state...or country and have a fresh start.

Kids are up. Time to face the day...

Happenings

So much going on lately but not enough time to write about it. We're having fun with our 3 little girlets and they LOVE, LOVE, LOVE each other.

Sisterly Lovin:

Auto Expo in Salt Lake.

The little "fat face" as we lovingly call her:

Hats their cousin Keana made for them:

Goofers:

Getting ready to play in the first snowfall:

Our Christmas Eve (we actually cheated and celebrated Christmas a day early):

Sayings

Abi today:
Daddy you are more crazy than mommy.
Daddy:
Why?
Abi:
Because you joke me too much.

Kate:
Da Mommy da buy da horse pleeease.

Abi:
Mommy, if you ever run into bad guys just call us.
Mommy:
Who's us?
Abi:
Me and Kate. You know, so we can come help you and stuff.
Mommy:
How will you help me?
Abi:
I have some pretty sweet jumping off things skills. I watch a lot of avatar.

Dancing Abi

Merry Christmas

Twas the year 2011 In the Tregaskis Home
We've had a lot of big changes. See how we've grown

This years best news just happens to be
The addition of Sophie Eliza, girlet #3
With 6 lbs 15 oz and 20 inches of skinniness
She sure fills our home with joy and happiness
Her gastro-intestinal music arrays
Keep us busy all night and all day
Her smile is adorable
She's got 2 dimpled cheeks
We love her completely
And we've only had her 3 weeks.

Next from the pileup we have Kate Esther
She keeps us in stitches
She's our royal court jester.
She loves to read books.
She's obsessed with horses and Halloween.
She's one of the most independent toddlers we've seen.
She's a super good cuddler.
Most of her words end in K.
Abi's her best friend.
We can't help but love her more each day.

Abigail Maye is as busy as can be.
She loves dolls, painting, cooking, pbskids.org and especially TV.
She's very considerate, always thinking of others.
She told me she wants 2 more sisters AND 5 brothers. (yikes!)
She's learned her alphabet and numbers
And even how to ride a trike.
She loves to hold her baby sister,
Which her sister DOES like!
She's got the vocabulary of an 80 year old
And she's gaining the wisdom to match it.
She's great at telling stories.
We just love her, every bit.

Dedra's been busy
As busy as can be.
Besides raising kidlets,
You can find her on Etsy.
From bow ties to clip art
and digital paper packs too
Her profits have kept us from feeling blue.
She's been super resourceful
Making do with what we've got.
And after over 50 showings,
She helped our house to get bought.

Richard has been a super hero all year.
He works, serves, and has played Mr. Mom
And he still has only 1 working ear.
He's been Mr. Fix-It
From cars to the house to boo-boos.
He's kept his chin up despite constant bad news.
The girls all scream with glee
When he walks through the door.
He's everyone's favorite
And is never a bore.
He's looking forward to a new house with new projects
And maybe soon we'll move if no one like the bank objects.

We hoped you've enjoyed a look at our year.
Merry Christmas to you and the best for next year!

Sophie Eliza is here!!!!

Our new BEAUTIFUL princess is here. I just can't stop looking at her. She's so precious! And thanks to an amazing delivery I'm not so doped up on meds that I can actually enjoy her. Her delivery was so amazing I just might be able to do this again in a couple of years.

Went to my dr's visit earlier this week. I was super stressed over the timing of the baby. He checked me and said I could go to the hospital immediately and be induced. Why not try it right?
7 hours later, 6-7 pushes, beautiful baby girl. More details later. Exhausted and ready for sleep--hopefully!

He's the best

He really is. My husband is the most amazing man. Not just because he
can install a new hot water heater a few hours after it breaks
save us tons of money fixing electrical stuff for the new owners of our house
can fix almost everything on our vehicles
spends a couple hours sanding wood blocks for my crazy craft projects without complaining
changes diapers
entertains our children
is our girls hero
teaches them proper values and the gospel
looks amazing in a suit or dark denim jeans
gets me anything I need because I'm in too much pain to get it myself
makes me pee my pants from laughing so hard
helps everyone else when they need something
creates a program that is helping translators translate so much ridiculously faster even though he isn't a programmer
has the weight of the world on his shoulders and still acts like the sweetest, most caring person in the world

He doesn't usually care for public braggings like this but he so deserves it. What I'm looking forward to the most this week as we hopefully have this baby is having another adventure with him. I love when we are on the same page, working TOGETHER on the same goal. I love going on vacation with him and the girls because we do work so well together as a team in helping our family have fun. He is so flexible, funny, witty, caring, generous and I love him to pieces! Richard you are the best. How did I ever deserve you????

Junk High (Jump High)

Housing Update

So, thanks to the prayers of many we had a miracle! Some of you may remember we said if we didn't get an offer by a few Mondays back we'd take the house off the market? Well, we got 2 offers that day. It was really hard choosing which offer to accept but we made a choice and we're a week or two away from closing. The people who are buying are going to rent the house out and we are going to rent the house from them until the end of December probably. We put an offer in on the house we've wanted for months and months. It may take a really long time to even see if we get it. There are 2 other offers on the table. We'll see what happens in the next few months.

Now we're moving on to baby... she'll be here soon. Here I am at 36 weeks:

Halloween

Scooping the Goop:


Note to Self: Take pictures of kids in costumes BEFORE they go out--after clearly doesn't work.

Homemade (clearly) Pinata for after Trick or Treating fun. Thanks Curious George for giving someone an obsession with Pinatas. I'm just glad we satiated that desire--for a little while at least.

Kate's Birthday

Kate is 2! We had a wonderful day celebrating Kate. I got a lot more pictures of Kate's Birthday than Abi's. Mommy is imperfect. Kate opened presents then the girls played. Kate's favorite was the horse Abi gave her. (she's a little obsessed with horses). Then Thanksgiving point to see the animals. Her favorite part of the day was riding the horse I'm sure. (Ask her what the horse says and she'll say "yee-haw").
We rode a horse drawn wagon and fed the goats. Then we went to Mama Chus because we thought from the last time we went that she would love it. She was too busy and didn't want to eat. Oh well. Back home for a nap. Later Grandma and Papa visited and we got to eat her Cookie Monster Cupcakes.