Rory is at it again!!

So I'm sure you have all read some of the stuff Rory has been doing and how I think hes a little to... "adventurous" or just crazy. And that's just in the past few months! Well, hes at it again! He got his hands on a snowmobile that really isn't all that nice I guess, so what do you do with a snowmobile that your not ever planning on using? You ride it ON WATER ACROSS UTAH LAKE!! That's right, Friday at 4 pm Rory will be riding a snowmobile across the the whole Utah lake! He brought the idea up a few weeks ago and I just told him I didn't want to hear about it, I don't like how he is always finding a new way of putting himself in danger. But, he is bound and determined! He started kind of talking about it to other people and I guess word got around and now Godfrey Films is coming out on car, boat and airplane to video this. For those of you who don't know who Godfrey Films are, they do a lot of motocross films and stunt films. So he will most likely be on TV. He wanted to beat the world record of 27 miles but someone already beat him to it, they went 151 miles!! Rory wants to go at least 35 miles, so he was pretty disappointed when he found out he wouldn't be beating the world record but he is still going to do it. Apparently you only have to be going 15 mph to stay above water, so if for some reason he has any mechanical problems the machine WILL sink, but Rory will be wearing a life jacket and helmet (he promised). So he should be okay, but there will be a snowmobile at the bottom of the lake. He says that's the only thing that could really go wrong. I worry about him sometimes... okay a lot! He is always thinking of some new thing that he can do and it is usually something that is really dangerous! I will let you all know how it goes, pray for him...

This is just a picture of him being a dork. I will get some of him on the lake.

My Cousin Christel has started an Etsy shop! She makes these really cute kids towels, I love them. I put a link right by my sister in laws link. OOOHHH I waannnaa be crreeeaativvee!!!

Easy Peasy!

My sister in law Kristy opened up a baby clothing business, she sells some really cute little onsies and little baby accessories. I saw these pictures on her blog and I wanted them! They turned out so cute (thanks to my brother in law JR!) These are pictures of Rori Ana, Emerson and Chanel all in the stuff she made! I wish I had that kind of talent! Take a look at her website, I put the link on here.

Dumb, dumb, dumb...

Do you ever do things that are so stupid and irrational when your in a fit of rage? Well, I am so embarrassed to say this but I did. Rory and I got into a little bit of an argument over something so dumb! He told me to pay the bills and JOKINGLY I said that wasn't on my list of things to do that day, he thought I was serious and after one little jab here and one little jab back he told me that I needed to stop blogging and "be more productive". On his behalf I don't think he meant it in a mean way but I took it a little hard. I think it was just one of those very emotional days? I just felt like I really do a lot! I have 3 kids 5 yrs and under and I keep them clean, happy and healthy not to mention Rory is a clean freak so I keep the house cleeeaaan! But I'm going to stop now, I have probably already said too much. Anyway, when I told him I was going to delete the blog he said " go ahead " and I called his bluff. STUPID! I accidentally deleted my google account and not my blog. If I would have just deleted the blog I could have got it back and I knew that, but I accidentally deleted the whole account which meant it was gone!!!! I was so depressed that I sat up until 1 am. making a new one and so here it is! I had to find the "cached" blog on google and cut and paste everything!! So sorry that it is a little whacked and out of order but were back!!!!!

Husband Tag!

1. Husbands name? Rory Alexander Royce the third. (Just kidding, hes the only one.)

2. How long have you been married? 1 year 2 months and 18 days!

3.How long did you date? Well about 6 or 7 months in Jr. High ( that was huge back then!) and a few months off and on in High School and 4 years before we got married.

4. How old is he? 24 years old but acts like hes 15.

5. Who eats more sweets? Definitely Rory! I am not a fan of candy or sugary foods. I love salt and chili!

6. Who said I love you first? Rory, he had to say it a few times before I would say it back. I LOVE YOU RORY!!

7. Who is taller? Rory, I'm 5' 4" on a good day. He is about 5' 11".

8. Who is smarter? Depends on the question?

9. Who sings the best? Um... We both suck, but together its magical!! Really.

10. Who does the laundry? ME!! I hate laundry!!

11. Who pays the bills? Well, Rory makes the money and I manage it. Make sense?

12.Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Rory and hes very stingy with it!

13. Who mow's the lawn? Rory, its therapeutic for him. It "relaxes" him.

14. Who cooks dinner? I do, not as often as I should, but I do. Rory will when I want to go out to eat.

15.Who is the 1st to admit when they are Wrong? I'm never wrong. Rory is.

16. Who kissed who first? Rory, if I remember right he missed and it was really awkward. But he tried again and that time I was ready!

17. Who asked who out first? Rory! He was VERY persistent!! I had to! I almost felt sorry for him. Boy am I glad I did!

18. Who wears the pants in the family? Me mostly. But Rory tends to take them away from me sometimes. Okay a lot! Okay Rory probably.

I tag Teresa, Gina, Julie and Nicole!!

Field Trip!

Jameson and his class went to "Discovery Gateway" yesterday for their school Field trip, it was so much fun! It is all very educational and it was neat to see them learning in so many different ways! I highly recommend it for these cold days ahead of us. We had to be there (downtown SLC) by 9:45 am.! Much too early for me to get all the kids ready and loaded, but we made it! I had to bring the girls so I took my mom along for the fun, I'm sure she had a blast!



Here Is Jameson's whole class. Getting them to sit still enough was impossible! Such cute kids.

James learning how to make paper fly, he was trying to figure out why heavier things don't fly so easy. He didn't believe me when I told him why! He had his own theory.

My little news anchors! Chanel was not interested at all.


James and his two best little buddies Tanner and Tyson in the life flight helicopter! That was a lot of fun, but freeeezing!

Rori Ana was so excited to see all the kids and so many new things, her eyes were huge the whole time until she couldn't hold them open any longer.

My mom and Rori.

Our Weekend!

So last week Rory kind of decided last minute that we were going to Moab for a race they were having so James could race. I told him that would be fine, but we had lent our camping trailer to his sister for that weekend and we would have to get a hotel. Well, I had no idea it was UEA weekend and every single hotel was completely booked out, right down the the most roach infested nasty ones! So I told him we would not be able to make it this weekend... For those of you who don't know Rory, he just wont take no for an answer! He WILL find a way to make it work!! I love that about him. So come Thursday and I am thinking we are not going because it was to late to get a room, until I hear what sounds like a train blowing a horn in my driveway. I go running out there and I find this...

I couldn't believe it! What am I saying? Yes I can. He once brought me home a new car too! But luckily we didn't own this one. He had rented it from a friend who owns a car lot. This thing costs as much as a house so I wouldn't want the payment. But after I found out he hadn't bought it I was so EXCITED!! Woo Hoo! We got to go all the way to Moab, 4 hours in the motor home! It was so fun! It felt like we were driving a bus. And to see peoples reactions when we would stop somewhere was even more fun. I felt like I should tell everyone we didn't own it, like we were liars! This motor home is like the Cadillac of motor homes. It was awesome! Here are some fun pictures of our trip...

The kids had a blast looking out the windows and watching all the people drive by, they were making silly faces but nobody could see them. Don't tell them that.

Lola made herself comfortable on the dash. She kind of freaked out at first because she couldn't tell there was a window to stop her from falling. I always told Rory that I wanted a motor home so I could put my dogs on the dash, he made my dreams come true!

Here is Rory's co-pilot Tweeder!


Here is Rory, He was having so much fun driving that enormous thing! I was a little nervous.

Here is what Rori Ana did pretty much the whole time. Nice!


Isn't he the cutest little racer? I love him!

Here they are at the starting line! I love to see all the dads sitting on these little tiny bikes making sure everything is just right and bent over telling the kids they are going to do great! I love to see them coach. It is also funny to see them running up and down the track chasing their kids in case they fall, Rory comes back to the trailer every time exhausted!

Here is James trying to intimidate his competitor. Scary huh? I always get so nervous when he goes out for his first race! My stomach goes in knots, especially when he wrecks and doesn't get up right away! Ughh!

Jameson's little cheerleader. GO JAMES!!!

He almost went down here! Whew! that was a close one, good save!

Chanel always gives James high five and says " Good job Janeson!"

I stuck Rori Ana on the dash so she could see what was going on. She loved it! People would stop and laugh and wave, she was so entertained.

Here he is bobbing for apples motocross style! They had to race to the bucket and take off their helmets and bob an apple then race back! James was super fast!

Here is my dad, still going strong! He has been racing for forever! I don't even know how many years but if I had to guess I would say 13 yrs. or so. Everyone knows " Alba Racing"

Here is my youngest brother Sebastian, he has been racing off and on his whole life. He did great!

Here is the oldest of my 4 brothers Steven, he got put on his first bike at 3 yrs old. I had one more brother racing but he went down during practice and decided not to race for the day.

Such a little boy on such a fast bike and a huge track! I wish I was as brave as him!

So there is our weekend. It was so fun! I love to watch all the boys in my family out there racing and then to see my little boy following in there footsteps makes me so proud. Jameson got on his first motorcycle at 2 yrs. old! Its in our blood.

Just Dreaming...

Do you ever wake up in the morning and think your whole life has been a dream? Every now and then I wake up and think who is this man I am laying next to and when did we ever get married and who are all these little people screaming MOM at me? I know soon I will wake up and I am going to be 6 again living out on a ranch in the middle of nowhere with my grandma. And my uncle Sunny and I are going to go out and feed the baby cows and I will watch him work all day. Okay, I'm not crazy but it is just something I think about every now and then. I think about how when I was young I had my whole life planned out. I was going to go to school to be a vet and get married when I was 28 and never EVER have any kids. I would travel the world and see all the things I wanted to see. I was well on my way, I had started working at 14 yrs. old and saved up enough money to by my first little car and by the time I was 16 I was working full time and doing my schooling from home and living out on my own. Then I got the surprising news I was pregnant! From that day on my life, my plans, my future, MYSELF all changed. And I would never go back. I suddenly got thrown into a whole new life, one I never in a million years imagined! I had my precious baby boy and he was the only thing in the world I lived for. I did everything I could to make sure he was happy and healthy. And at only 18 years old it was a little tough but I didn't care, I was in love for the very first time. Then I saw Rory again and just out of coincidence and for some reason I just knew he came back into my life for a very special reason. It was about 11 and a half years ago that this 4 ft. nothing little boy walked up to me and looked UP at me and said " Will you be my girlfriend?" I asked him what his name was and he told me and I said yes. I remember he would drive to my house almost every day in his riding lawnmower ( which was slower than just walking) or his go ped, or he would even steal his big brothers car! Well, when I saw him again he was A LOT taller, harrier, and much more manly. And when I finally let him meet the most important person in my whole world and I saw the way he looked at James and the way he treated us as whole, I let all my walls down and I just felt that this was the way it was supposed to be. All those crazy plans I had made when I was younger and the way I saw myself living flew out the door. We moved on with our lives together as a family pretty fast from there. We bought a house together and soon I was pregnant with Chanel! While I was pregnant with her we started building the home we live in now. And then after just 1 and a half years living here I was pregnant AGAIN! This pregnancy was different, it was a little harder and I ended up having our little Rori Ana one month early. She weighed in at only 5 lbs. 13 ounces. She was completely healthy but when she was about 2 weeks old she stopped breathing in the middle of the night and I caught her just in time. She had what they call "Missed SIDS". Anyway, while I was sitting down with my kids this morning doing our usual routine: breakfast, bottles and saying bye to our daddy everything kind of came to a stand still and I looked around again thinking where the heck am I? And then I tell myself that I am living a dream, and its the most wonderful dream ever. We are all so happy and love one another so much. I see my extremely handsome husband and all my healthy beautiful children laughing and playing. I look at our wonderful home and see how blessed we are and I think that this is what life is about, for us anyway. We were all brought together for a reason. Without James, I probably wouldn't be here (who knows where I would have ended up) and I never would have seen Rory again. Then there would be no Chanel and trust me this world wouldn't be the same without our little Chanel. And Rori Ana wouldn't be here, I wonder if she would have gone to someone else and they didn't wake up when she went blue. There would just be no us. I guess what I'm getting at is I am so grateful to be here today with all the people around me, and all the ups and downs that have made me stronger and taught me better. I am so happy to be living out this dream.

I've Been Tagged!

I got tagged and here is what I have to do: I have to go to my pictures and in the 4th folder I have to find the 4th picture and here it is.






WEIRD! This actually has a funny story to it! We were at my mom's and I told Rory I wasn't feeling very good and to take me home and as we were driving in total silence I yelled RORY THERE'S AN ELEPHANT!!!! At the top of my lungs! And I have never seen Rory with such a worried face! He said Jennine you are okay? I think he thought I was hallucinating. Elephants are my all time, most absolute, without a doubt very favorite animal! I was so excited to find some little Podunk circus on the side of the road in an old little arena with a elephant giving rides. But I was about 8 months pregnant and Rory said absolutely not. But it was still so fun! Anyway... the second part I have to do with this tag is tell six quirky things about me:






1. I hate these things! GINA! I hate when someone texts me with some chain thing I have to pass on or when I get an email that wants me to send it to 15 friends if I want to live or have good luck. I HATE these things! But I must admit sometimes they are a little fun, this one isn't so bad. I guess.


2. I have owned some weird animals, I Had a six foot iguana then he froze to a tree. I had a ferret get eaten by one of my 5 foot pythons and bought another one and it gotten taken by a hawk! I raised 4 magpies growing up and had them for years until they realized they were birds and flew away. I had a gerbil that bit me and I dropped it and my cat took off with it. I had pet rats, chinchillas, and guinea pigs. Rory once bought me a pig that I raised as a baby and I bottle fed every 3 hours until she could eat, then she got stolen!! I loved Betty very much. I had a green wing macaw that I raised from an egg and syringe fed for months, then I had James and he freaked out and I had to adopt him out. I had a huge tadpole that I brought all the way from New Mexico to Utah and it lived for years and never turned into a frog. I had a neighbor that raised rabbits for food and I would always go over there and steal all the rabbits so they wouldn't get eaten and let them go. Ive had pet geese. And I have had the usual dogs, cats, birds, lizards fish etc. etc. etc.


3. When ever I get mad, I go to my room so my kids don't see me and I throw my house phone??! Don't ask me why, but I do and I do it without even thinking about it. We have been through more phones....


4. This is embarrassing, when Rory is yelling at me or lecturing me I stick my finger in my nose and just stare at him. He always just walks away so it works. He hates it. I love Rory!


5. I love when my kids draw on my back! I will hand them a whole box of markers and just lay there and let them draw all over me and then I will go get in the shower and pray that it comes off. Sometimes it doesn't.


6. I am terrified of oceans! I hate not knowing what is looking at me or what it can do! I don't like to go into the ocean, I'm always afraid of what I'm going to see or what might eat me or sting me or bite me! I also don't like going in lake or rivers very much but I LOVE fishing!!


So there they are, I'm sure I could think of some more weird things but then I wouldn't have anymore friends. So now I'm tagging Kristi, Becca and Rachael! Have fun!

Too Funny!

So today Jameson decided he would provide all the neighborhood kids with lunch. He got into the fridge we have in the garage and took out a lunchable for every one of his friends (so thoughtful). When my neighbor Gina and I found them on the side of our house, hiding I'm sure, I told him to go up to his room and that he was in trouble! He knew why, he knows better than to do things like that. When I came in the house about 10 minutes later I was picking up my disaster of a living room when he came and grabbed my hand and said " we need to talk". He took me into the office and I found myself getting nervous like I was the one in trouble! We had this big long talk about how when I get mad I cannot yell at him, and he shouldn't have to stay in his room for so long and that I always tell him he should share and that was what he was doing so I really shouldn't be mad. I just sat there and listened to him because I thought that it was so grown up of him to sit me down and calmly explain the way he saw things, I think I was a little amazed and proud of how he handled himself. At the very end I explained to him that he knew what things were okay to share and that he knew better and we both decided I cant yell and he wont do naughty things and we hugged and ended the conversation. Well... 5 minutes later I saw him walking by me a little fast with something behind his back, so I calmly said Jameson what are you up to? He said "don't worry mom, I got it all handed" I asked him what he had "handed". And he turned around and said, " I thought you understood not to get mad at me! That is it!" So again I just said what are you doing? He told me that he had broken the lizards home and he was going to fix it with scotch tape, then he told me " If we have to have another talk, I'm going to be sick of it." I just told him to mind his mouth and not to forget who was the mother and who was the child and to leave the tape. He quietly set the tape down and turned around and said " don't even say it, Ill just go to my room now". Well then Chanel who was sitting on the counter listening to all this told me "Mom... you... so... MEAN!!!!" And she ran upstairs and slammed her door shut! I cant believe these kids! I ran up there and told them both to quit being so dramatic, not that they even understand what that is, and went to my room to throw my own fit. I really don't know where they learn this stuff... ME!!!!

Hibernation Mode

My neighbor and I took our kids to Gardner Village last night, what fun! They have the cutest stuff and they decorate so neat. We walked all around and found all of the witches and took turns peeking in the stores. I cant believe it is Halloween already!! I feel like I just got used to it being warm outside! As most of you know, I go into hibernation after about November. I will only come out if it is an emergency or if I absolutely have to go somewhere! So when I see all the Halloween stuff out I always get a little sad. But we had such a great summer, we traveled so much this year!! We were probably only home for about 4 weekends all summer. We saw so many new places! Not to mention we added a new little one to our family! We created so many fun memories this year, and it was a lot of fun to see Chanel try so many new things this year, last year she was still so little that she just got to do a lot of watching but this year she learned how to ride her bike, drive her little rhino, swim (sort of), fish and she even went wake boarding with her daddy! And James has gotten so big! He had his first motocross race, he learned how to water ski, he went cliff diving!! And of course our little Rori saw a lot, she went boating for the first time when she was a week and a half and she went camping when she was 2 weeks, she got to swim in the lakes, feel the sand. I love living my life through my kids, seeing them learn and find something new is so exciting! To see them get excited over a new bug or a funny looking rock makes me feel so young again. It makes everything so much more fun. I don't know how I could ever live without them. I think my life would be so dull and boring. I guess I'm just so sad to see our summer go away! This blog is probably going to get pretty boring until next summer...

No Viva Las Vega for Rory!

So no Las Vegas for Rory, but he is going to St. George which is only an hour closer than Vegas. I am not sure what to do with him? I don't know if he really understands how worried I am while he is gone. But he says hes going. Even though I don't want him to go, this is one of the reasons I fell in love with him, he is so fun and outgoing and always up for a new adventure! We will see if I can get him to stay a little closer to home. Thank you to all of those that voted! Rory I know you cheated and voted for you to go a few times!!And for those of you who didn't make it to the wedding, here are some photos. For those of you who did, thank you for coming! I just thought I would post these on here.

My Baby Boy is Growing Up!!

Today is Jameson's 5th birthday. I have been staring at him all day trying so hard to picture him as a baby again and all I see standing in front of me is a big boy saying "mommy, what?". I am so sad to see that he has gotten so big and no matter how hard I try, time will never go back! I cant ever hold him like I could when he was so little or hear his little voice trying so hard to talk but he just couldn't make the words out yet. I think it might be especially hard just because he is my first and I experienced all my first time mommy moments with him! All my first amazing moments and major freak outs of my life I shared with him. But, I also need to remember that I have a lot more coming!! Everyday is so wonderful with James in it and I thank God everyday to have such a great little man in my life. Anyway.... last Saturday we had Jameson's Birthday party, and it was a hit! I live in such a close wonderful neighborhood, we have only 9 houses in the circle and 23 kids, the oldest I believe is 12 and we had almost everyone there! We rent a bounce house every year because I am really no good at entertaining the kids and keeping them busy. But this thing is great! And at the end of the day they all go home so exhausted from bouncing all over the place all day. James had a lot of fun and so did the rest of the kids. We did a pinata which was a lot of fun, nobody does those things anymore? And a really messy cupcake, cake and lots of candy! Thank you to all of our neighbors for coming and for being so great with my kids!

One More Thing...

My hubby is a little crazy, or I guess adventurous would be a better word. He recently "bought me" a new rhino, for those of you who don't know what that is its a golf cart on steroids. He told me he wanted to buy something that I could ride and have fun with the kids at the same time. Well, he took over it and put a huge lift, very loud stereo and horn, a roll cage, light and all the bells and whistles then sold it without telling me and then bought me my little Lola to make up for it. He has since bought a new one and has had a few "Guy trips" where they go 4 wheeling and do dumb guy stuff, they just went on one and drove the rhinos and terrex's from Spanish Fork to Moab through back roads. They stayed the night in Gunnison on the way there and made to Moab late the next night. They only totaled one machine, that's all. I was amazed to see Jeremy and Rory walk out of this machine alive, they had no helmets or protective gear on either! But they made it home safely and in one piece minus one machine. This is where you guys come in, he wants to drive from here to LAS VEGAS on the terrex's!! Can you believe that!! I told him absolutely not, but he says hes going. Tell him something people!!

Any Advice?

Okay, so James is obsessed with death?! It started around the time our Grandma Lova passed, we started kind of talking to him about it so when she did he would better understand. I told him if he follows the right path and does what God asks of him he would go to heaven and be with all the people he loves and he would be so happy dancing on clouds etc. Then I made the mistake of telling him he would get wings... This is what he had to say " Wait, Mommy YOU GET WINGS??!! I want to diiiiee, Please mom can I die?" I tried telling him that, that was not what this was about and that he would only have wings because he would be an angle and then get back to the subject but he rudely interrupted me..." Mom! Just let me die! I want wings and I want to go with Grandma Lova!" After about a half an hour of me telling him it wasn't up to me and that I would never let him die, I just kind of walked away from the conversation since we were going nowhere. And at Grandma's funeral that was all he was talking about is how she got to go to God and now she has her wings. Well, here and there over the past while he has made little comments like " When is God going to let me die? When will I go see him?" And I always tell him I just don't know. Then the other day he out of the blue he said " Mom when is Gina going to die?" Again I answered with I don't know, Gina is our next door neighbor and she has twin boys James' age so they are the very best of friends. He said " Well, when she dies can I have Tanner and Tyson and you can keep baby Kenyon?" I told him I didn't think Gina was going to die anytime soon, but to ask her. And again it went back to let me die I want my wings and to go be with God. Then this morning he came down and as he was eating his breakfast he very calmly said " I think I died last night, and I saw God." I said oh what a wonderful dream " No mom, it wasn't a dream. I really did die, I did." I said well, thank goodness you came back, I couldn't live without you, his reply " Well, I'm going to die soon. I'm done with my breakfast!" And he got up and left the table. What the heck is that???!! I'm lost!

Our Little Escape Artist!

Well, I wanted to put a lot of thought into this since this is my first post! But, Jameson is trying to get his lizard out from behind the toilet while all 3 of the dogs sit there and bark! Chanel has snuck out at least 5 times since I started writing this!! And to top it off she keeps taking her pants off and now I cant find them! And Rori Ana is getting exhausted from all the chaos in the house so she is screaming and I'm trying to make mac and cheese at the same time! But I do want to say that I wouldn't trade all this craziness for the world, I love my little family and I am excited to share our fun with you.....

Well, I wanted to put a lot of thought into this since this is my first post! But, Jameson is trying to get his lizard out from behind the toilet while all 3 of the dogs sit there and bark! Chanel has snuck out at least 5 times since I started writing this!! And to top it off she keeps taking her pants off and now I cant find them! And Rori Ana is getting exhausted from all the chaos in the house so she is screaming and I'm trying to make mac and cheese at the same time! But I do want to say that I wouldn't trade all this craziness for the world, I love my little family and I am excited to share our fun with you.....