The Joos Family

We Are in Big Trouble

2009-12-15T11:38:00.000-08:00

So last night we were sitting around before the kids were going to bed, just talking about Christmas and Santa coming. They are both very intrigued by Santa. Evelyn asked if he had a car. This is the first year that they really get the whole Santa thing so I was telling Dwight that we needed to take them to see Santa. They both asked why they were going to go see Santa because they thought he lived too far away. So I explained that Santa comes down from the North Pole to ask them what they want for Christmas. I asked them what they wanted to ask Santa for Christmas and Evelyn said, "I want my own phone." Then I asked James and he said, "I want a gun." If I remember correctly they are only 3 so I am now very nervous about the future and what is to come. I figured those were things that teenagers would want but apparently not.

First Day of School

2009-12-12T02:23:00.000-08:00

This is the morning before we left the house for their first day of school. I had been crying for about a week before getting prepped for this day so I have to say that I was so proud of myself when I didn't cry until I got out into the truck after taking them into their school. They absolutely love school and I have to write in that they are the cutest kids in the whole school. I'm pretty sure I'm not too biased, because they are the only kids that come to school with their hair combed and clean clothes. But we do live in Nevada so I guess that is all that needs to be said.

My Babies

2009-12-12T02:07:00.000-08:00

As you all can see Ellen doesn't look the happiest when she is being held by her big brother and sister.

This was our trip to the Salt Lake City Zoo

I had such good intentions of keeping up with this blog but I have come to find out that 3 kids is a lot of work. I don't have time to bathe much less time to work on my blog. So it is 2 am and James and Evelyn are sick. They have been in preschool 4 whole days and are already sick. All I have to say is fabulous and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Dwight, myself and most of all Ellen don't get it. So everyone who reads this please say a prayer for us that it will skip us. I'm just posting some random pictures for everyone to see. I do have a picture of the kids on their first day of school but it is lost somewhere on the computer and Dwight keeps rolling his eyes and puffing when I tell him I can't find it. I will find it and put it up though. Until then here are some other pictures.

Thing 1 and Thing 2

2009-10-30T11:03:00.000-07:00

Ok so this year Mom has outdone herself. I decided that James and Evelyn are going to be Thing 1 and Thing 2 for Halloween. I ordered the costumes and they are so cute I can't even handle it. We took some pictures the night the costumes got here. I will make sure and take more pictures on Halloween and put those up. I just couldn't resist showing everyone what they look like.

Our New Baby

2009-10-30T10:51:00.001-07:00

Ok Everyone, here she is! She is our newest addition as of September 16. These are some current pictures of her so everyone can see how she is growing. I can't believe how fast she is growing already. I want her to stay a baby forever. I told Dwight I would have a hundred babies if they just stayed that way. But they tend to grow up and then they start talking back and so on. :)

Anxiously Waiting

2009-08-28T09:30:00.000-07:00

We are waiting for our new baby finally. We have counted down and are down to 2 and 1/2 weeks. Thank goodness is all I can say. I think I have been pregnant for 2 years like an elephant. I will say that this has been much easier than being pregnant with 2 though. We will post pictures as soon as we can when she gets here. I can't wait for my family to get here too. It will be fun to have everyone here other than having my guts ripped open. :) I decided to put a picture of the twins when they were tiny. I was thinking back to then.

No More Diapers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-06-04T09:36:00.000-07:00

So our little James is finally potty trained! All I have to say is YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I never thought this day would come but it is here. He has been doing very well for two weeks now. No accidents. I didn't want to jinx it but apparently its really happening. It just clicked one day for him. We have been trying really hard for about the last 6 months but nothing. Apparently we had to wait for him to be ready. Weird!! Anyways I'm putting the matching picture to Evelyn's up. This was a very crabby afternoon for both of them.

Uh Oh!

2009-05-27T19:15:00.000-07:00

OK, so I think my kids are going to grow up being a little odd or maybe just more experienced! The other day one of the dairy cows that we have had her baby which is super cute. He is all black which is much different from our usual red and white cows. So I asked the kids if they wanted to go see the new baby and Evelyn said, "Is it dead?" We have had a few dead calves lately but not that many so I'm guessing they either like the dead ones or they just stand out more. I'm guessing when they go to school we might be having to go in for extra teacher conferences. (The picture was a few weeks ago and she woke up in the car not very happy!)

Toddlers vs. Newborns

2009-05-19T09:43:00.000-07:00

As usual getting a picture of Evelyn is like getting a picture of my mom!!!!!

Well I think my two babies are out to get me this last week. They haven't been sleeping well so they have been falling asleep around midnight and then rolling into our bedroom around 7 in the morning. Now I know for most people that is an adequate amount of sleep. But for those of you who know me this simply does not cover the sleep I need. On top of being pregnant and not being able to sleep well as it is I have to have two bad babies whining and crying at night and intermittently throughout the day because they are tired. Maybe if I started whining with them it would help. I'm not sure who said that with a newborn you don't get any sleep but I remember getting more sleep when they were new compared to the toddler days. Maybe I'm just extra sensitive. I know someday I will look back on these days and want them back very badly but for today I'm tired and I would love to take an ambien and book a hotel room for 3 days!!!! Neither of which I can do but I can dream! I think that God makes them so cute so you don't ship them off on days like this. I love my babies but I think I would love them more if they were sleeping.

Soap In The Mouth

2009-05-05T23:44:00.000-07:00

Well I had to do it and I didn't think that the whole thing was going to be that traumatizing but it was. So my little James has decided to start swearing which is cute sometimes but not a good habit to be starting. He has started with saying Dammit quite a bit so we just talked about how that's a bad word and he shouldn't say it. Well apparently that wasn't good enough because the other day he had moved on to saying God Dammit. I will give everyone one guess where he heard that (Daddy). So I took the bar of soap and swiped it on his tongue twice. You would have thought that I had beat him for an hour. He was completely devastated. All day he talked about how "Mama put soap in my mouth." So as soon as Dwight got home James went over to him and said "Mama put soap in my mouth." His lip curled under and he got tears in his eyes. Who would have thought that I would have ruined my little boys life for the day. We have moved on after that but I'm happy to report that he hasn't repeated that word.

Easter Sunday

2009-04-28T22:10:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to put up some pictures of the kids on Easter Sunday. I was supposed to be working but luckily had to take it off because of the trouble our new little one was causing. The kids had a great time looking for eggs. It took them awhile to figure out what they were supposed to do but once they got it they new what was going on. It was a little hard though once they figured out the eggs had candy in them. They were sidetracked! :) And as usual Evelyn was very hard to get her little face in the picture. Most of you know what she looks like. :)

Mama I'm Old

2009-04-27T14:39:00.001-07:00

I promise to start being better with our blog so that everyone can see and hear about our not so babies anymore. I haven't figured out how to download pictures off of my phone so I have to wait for my husband to get home and show me. Yes I am technically challenged! I will put some other pictures up that I have until I get those new ones up. So the other night Dwight was really tired because he had been up having to do a c-section on a cow until 2 in the morning. I decided that the kids and I would help him get his night chores done so that he could come home "early." Well we finished feeding and watering all of the cows in the barn while Dwight had to pull a new calf. We then went to get Dwight's work truck to park it and put it away. The wind was howling, it was getting dark and a little chilly so I told the kids to hurry and run with me. James told me "Mama I can't run, I'm old." I don't have any idea where on earth he learned this but it was so funny I had to stop running and laugh. He was very serious and didn't think it was very funny. My silly little boy!

The Kids Go Riding With Daddy

2008-12-30T21:26:00.001-08:00

Dwight took the kids on a ride today because James and Mary have been asking every day about when they were going to get to ride the horse. It was freezing cold but they wanted to go anyway. James absolutely loves to ride the horse with his daddy. He smiles from ear to ear. Today was Evelyns first time on the horse. She is a little bit more reserved than James when it comes to doing things. She loved it and the funniest thing was after her ride they were riding back towards us and Evelyn was just sitting on the horse smacking her gum like she rides every day. Apparently she wasn't scared to ride the horse she just didn't feel like it. My funny girl!

Cousins Visit For Christmas

2008-12-30T21:10:00.001-08:00

So as you can all tell I am totally the worst blogger ever. I guess that if I get all the major holidays in we will be ok. Well Ben and Mary have come to visit for Christmas and beyond. The kids are having such a good time. They have had some big fights but most of the time they have had a good time. We had snow for Christmas so that was a good surprise for the kids. I had to work that day so not such a good surprise for me. They were all spoiled to death by their Minny and Grandad. This picture was the closest we could get to getting all four kids to sit in front of the Christmas tree quietly in their matching pajamas. As you can see the picture is a little blurry and the kids are not posed like we wanted. Maybe next year! The other picture is blurry of Evelyn as well but she doesn't really sit still for pictures. Minnie and Grandad got them a 50'S diner play kitchen. They love it soooooo much. Evelyn was taking orders all Christmas morning.

Halloween is Coming

2008-10-24T12:43:00.000-07:00

The babies carved pumpkins for Halloween this week. We had to do it early because Dwight and I are going on vacation for a whole week and will be gone for Halloween. They will be here with their Minnie and Nene. They had tons of fun digging the guts out of the pumpkins. I won't be putting any new posts up of the kids until we get back. I don't think I will even be thinking about them while we are gone! (yeah right) They are being extra bad this week so I think I will be extra grateful to be on vacation.

Nene comes to town

2008-10-23T11:34:00.000-07:00

So the babies great great Aunt came down for a visit and hopefully will make it through her visit. We are wishing her the very best.

What on Earth?

2008-10-21T13:41:00.000-07:00

So my babies for some horrible reason think that it's ok to play in their room for hours instead of going to bed. They have been very good at going to sleep at 9:00 when we put them to bed. The last week or so we put them in bed and they play and play and play until they finally pass out. Some nights they stay up until one in the morning. I'm usually awake but that is my down time and I don't really want to sit and hear them destroying their room one toy at a time. So the other night I didn't go in their room until about 11:30 when things got very quiet. This is what I found. Good Lord! They were both totally nude and sleeping in Evelyns bed. I didn't take a picture of their room because I didn't want to ever remember the mess (which by the way is a daily task of cleaning). So I had to get them in diapers and their jammies while they were asleep which was like dressing noodles!

Rock Baby

2008-10-07T12:00:00.001-07:00

This is a picture of our new house. I couldn't get the whole house in the picture put this is everything but the garage. Only Andy has seen our new house so I thought I should put a picture up so people could see where we live. I will try to take more pictures because this picture doesn't really do where we live justice.

So back to the title for today. My cute babies who are talking up a storm. Sometimes I would like them to not talk but it still is pretty cute because they are still trying to say things and most of the time they just don't come out like what the real words are. So since the kids have spent quite a bit of time with their Minnie and Grandad lately they are picking up things from them as well. Their Minnie rocks them in her rocking chair singing rock-a-baby. The other day Jims was in my recliner rocking himself saying "rock baby." He was saying it over and over. It was so cute. So now if we are rocking either one of them they both say "rock baby" over and over. I will try to get it on video but usually when I try to make them do it on cue they never do.

Hair Cuts!!!

2008-10-02T14:41:00.000-07:00

Yeah! We finally went and got haircuts yesterday. Evelyn was starting to look like a ragmuffin. Her new hair cut is sooooooo cute but it makes her look like a little girl and not a baby which is sad for me. The place we took them had a little fire engine that they sat in and they could drive it or watch cartoons. Good idea for kids. I guess it would be better if my kids watched t.v. but they don't so they just spent their time driving.

Minnie and Grandads

2008-09-30T11:44:00.000-07:00

So on the way to Minnie and Grandads house the kids held Bea in the car which I must admit that it did help the time go by faster. There was definately less fighting. I will add that the kids were so excited to see their Minnie and Grandad. They both had huge smiles on their faces and went right to them. It was very cute. They even were saying Minnie and Grandad when we got into Bishop.

The Great American Poop Out!

2008-09-30T10:52:00.000-07:00

Well I'm guessing you can all tell from the title that today had something to do with poop. And you are all right! This morning I woke up with the kids around 8:30 as usual and went into their room to get them dressed for the day and so on. Well usually they are stripped down nude in the mornings which isn't a big deal usually. TODAY IT WAS A VERY BIG DEAL! Apparently their daddy had decided to give them prune juice over the weekend. I only use that for emergency can't poop situations. Well this morning when I walked in I could smell poop and they were both naked telling me that they had pooped. I walked over by their closet and they had poop everywhere. All over them, the walls, and some of their toys. I just wanted to cry and go back to bed. So I spent the morning cleaning up poop and the kids. They had to have a bath this morning which they weren't real sure about. So I did't take pictures of the incident because that is just gross but I have some pictures when they are being cute to put up.

Dishes

2008-09-18T21:18:00.000-07:00

Well I must admit that I am a bit of a neat freak and I think my children are picking that up, which I am very excited about. Jims likes to vacuum. He has a play vacuum that he uses and he vacuums the same time I do everyday. The other night I was cleaning up from dinner and I had to kids on the counter helping so this is a video of them doing dishes. It was sooooo cute. Evelyn was even using her fork to scrape her plate into the sink. I guess there could be worse things that they could pick up. And as you will see Evelyn quickly puts her plate down once it is clean and starts to wash her feet and legs in the kitchen sink. I guess at least she likes to be clean.

Mama Love

2008-09-17T22:10:00.000-07:00

Today I spent my day with the kids in the car going to Reno for a Dr.'s appointment. Chrissy took them to the park while I was at the doctor which I was grateful for. Well spending the day with the kids in the car by myself usually isn't the best situation and today was no exception. We had the usual throwing things and fighting with each other, screaming and telling each other no about 30 times. Mind you this is all one way on our trip. I was feeling stressed out anyways and tired. Dwight has been working from 5 in the morning until 10 at night so I am having to do everything right now (not to mention my Prozac prescription ran out 2 months ago). We all know what that means. Anyways I was at my wits end and we got home I was trying to to get the kids out of the car and in the house and so on. I sat the kids on the kitchen counter to try and start dinner. Evelyn reached over to me and said "hand" which means she wants to hold my hand. I said "Just a minute." She kept saying "hand" over and over until finally I took her hand. She took my hand into both of her hands and said, "Love Mama". I lost it. That is the first time she has said that. I took both of my beautiful babies and sat with them on the floor and I just took a minute and played and sang and did "round and rounds". It is so easy to become overwhelmed with them sometimes but these are the times that I am so grateful to be a mom. They are the most wonderful blessing in our lives and sometimes I take them for granted. I know that having 2 two year olds is someones idea of a funny joke on me but I will forever be grateful for them.

They are fast asleep now and I am relaxing and enjoying my time alone but I will forever remember today and how beautiful my little girl was today.

Cattails

2008-09-12T11:49:00.000-07:00

Last night we went for a walk out behind our house where there are a group of ponds and tons of cattails. Well we brought home about 5 or 6 and apparently there was only one that was sufficient to play with (as usual). I tried to sit them down to say happy birthday to their cousin Ben but it just didn't work out. Maybe next year. But Happy Birthday Ben. We love you and can't wait for you to come home.

Nap Time?

2008-09-12T11:42:00.000-07:00

Well over the last few weeks the babies have stopped taking naps, which let me add has been very bad for their mothers health. So I started separating them for nap time and so far for the last 3 days this has worked (thank the Lord!!!!) Jims loves to sleep in our bed so these are some pictures from yesterday at nap time. I don't take any of Evelyn because she is a very light sleeper and I don't want to wake her up especially since she has been getting up in the mornings at 5 am. That is way to early for mom by about 4 hours. :) I think perhaps she might be wanting to go to work with her daddy since this is when he leaves for work. I told him I would get her some work clothes and boots but so far he's not going for it.

Bath Time

2008-09-11T10:16:00.000-07:00

I had to put this video up of the kids in the tub. They were laughing hysterically while I was doing the dishes so I went in and they were playing Peek a boo with the shower curtain.

A day at the park

2008-09-11T10:04:00.000-07:00

So we went to the Genoa park a few days ago which I must say is the best park in the world. It is the perfect size and there is hardley anyone there. It backs up to the mountains so usually when we go,there are deer in the park. Jims and Evelyn met two friends at the park. One boy was 2 and the other was 11 months old. When the deer came into the park Jims put his arm around the baby and was pointing and showing him the deer. It was sooooo cute. Evelyn mostly gave everyone dirty looks. She is getting very good at that. We can't wait for their cousins to come stay so we can all go to the park and play.

Helping Daddy

2008-09-05T21:31:00.000-07:00

Jims and Evelyn after spending the week with their Minny and Grandad wanted to help Dwight when he got home feed calves. Evelyn mostly inspected the situation to make sure nothing weird was going on. This is the ranch we live on and these are their calves that they are helping to feed. They both love to help Daddy. I decided to take pictures since usually when Dwight takes them from me I am sitting in my chair with a cold rag on my head(just kidding). I love my babies and I am glad to have them home. This little video is of Jims driving his daddy's mule. Evelyn is supervising as Dwight was roping a calf in the corrals. She is excellent at supervising.

Older Pictures

2008-09-03T14:04:00.000-07:00

This picture isn't really about easter but I thought it was cute. So far we have only had one incident where Evelyn has closed Jims in the dryer. Hopefully that will be the last (yeah right!).

Ok well I finally got one of my cameras to work so I'm going to put up a few pictures. They are not by any means very current but now that I have a camera I will work on that. These pictures are from our old house up in Reno (circa Easter). I've so turned into mom and dad. I hope everyone enjoys these. By the way don't EVER color easter eggs with 2 babies at one time unless you are outside with a hose!!!

I am so new at this.

2008-08-28T15:01:00.001-07:00

Ok Everyone my sister decided to set up a blog for me so I could put up pictures of my two bad babies and keep everyone posted on our lives. I'm not sure what I am doing so hopefully I can figure it out. I promise to put pictures up of the kids in my spare time. Having 2 two year olds is a bit of a challenge most days. Usually I don't take a shower until 3 in the afternoon. The day before yesterday they were playing outside and all of a sudden got very quiet. Well I went outside to check on them and they had emptied about 1/3 of the 96 load box of laundry soap all over the garage floor and were playing in it like sand. I just had to laugh because otherwise I would have cried and run away from home. They are going to go spend the weekend with their Minny and Grandad so hopefully everyone will make it out alive.