It has been awhile

I have been on vacation a little to long!! I need to start blogging again.
We have had a busy few weeks!!! The kids started school again this year and Spencer is now is in kindergarten. That was a fast 5 years holy cow. I can not believe that I have 6 wonderful and amazing children and 3 of them are in school. Joseph is being home schooled this year until he gets into a charter school called OWL charter school. He starts tomorrow. Allison is in 3rd grade and loves it she is in the advanced learning Placement program and is doing great!!! And Spencer is so funny he came home from school and listened quite well, or else quite scared because in his prayers he keeps saying and bless me to be good so I do not have to go to the principles office. Oh I love this boy he is just amazing and wonderful!!!

Allison is having a hard time and I am not quite sure why? She is wanting a lot of attention and has been trying to get it by acting out. I feel like we give her a lot of attention. She is always a big help and never has to be told what to do. She rarely gets into trouble and so for her to be doing this and acting out like this is not OK and I am going to have to take her out and have a mommy daughter day with her and talk. she had been saying things like I do not like myself and I am ugly, I have no idea where she is getting this from and it makes me very sad to see her like this.

Joseph is doing amazing!! About 2 months ago I was praying about the direction that we should go to get help for Joseph. We were at a loss as what to do with him. We had tried all the meds out there and nothing seemed to work. He just keep having the same behaviors of course they would go away for a time or be manageable but nothing seemed to take them away. So the thought came to mind to take him off all his meds and everything would be fine. Now mind you I was a little apprehensive about doing this because we were getting ready to leave on vacation and the drive was 2 days. and I was by myself, David had to stay home and work. And so I went on faith and prayer and 5 days into our vacation Joseph was completely off all his meds and has been ever sense. Seeing him off his meds has been amazing. The only thing that I can see his that he is more aware of his senses instead of being underaware he is over aware. He has what is called sensory processing disorder and he does not process the senses like a normal person would. He loves to touch but hates being touched because it hurts him. He loves to make loud noises but when an unexpeted loud noise is made it scares him and he reacts to it in a defensive way making him aggressive. I know this is weird but now that he is not on any meds I believe that the OT we are doing to help him will actually help him. We are still seeing milestones in him and he is 10 years old. Like today he wanted to play the game picture picture. This is a game that requires writing and thinking and it is very hard for him to do this. And he did it and was happy to do it. With all the encouragement that we give him the better he gets. Also for the first time in 4 years he has wanted to read books that are fiction. Yes Joseph is a non fiction child if he could I think he would be building his car so when he turns 16 he can drive it. It would not suprise me if we had the parts that he would build one he already does it with other things like his remote control jeep he took it apart and then put it back together again and it works just fine still!!!! Any ways the mile stones are still coming with him!!!!

Sammie has learned to climb out of her bed, but will not show us how she does it kind of sacry because she is so little and tiny still even though she just turned 10 months. she is 18lbs and 28 inches long I think. she just got 2 more teeth and now has a total of 4 teeth she aways has her tongue out and a smile on her face!! She is an amazing little girl and I love her so much!!!

Micheal is now potty trained and doing great at it. He is so funny sometimes though. He will have to go potty but not want to and so he will say I do not want a chocolate right now I will go in my pants and then we run him to the bathroom and he will go. Or if he has already gone in his pants he will say Micheal does not get a chocolate because I went potty in my pants. He is so dang cute and adorable I wish I could hold him all day long.

Maddie is doing great and is such a creative little girl she could play for hours with her toys and not even know that the time has passed. Now with Spencer in school in the morning she has started to play with Michael or they both follow me around while we do chores in the morning and this week we will start going to the YMCA again.

I guess that is it for now!!!

Vacation is fun!!!

I love vacation and it has been fun visiting with Grandma and Grandpa pouliot and all our aunts and uncles. the kids have been so well behaved and very well entertained. I was worried about how Joseph would be but so far he has done excelent. We are on a mini vacation on our vacation visiting my Grandparents in Illinous. All 8 of my anuts and uncles are here and they are just amazing. They all have been great with my kids they are wonderful. This family is all about doing things together and building bonds even when we get old we all still play with each other. And everyone helps out everyone. If ever there were a more dedicated family to God, and Family it would have to be the Pouliot Family. I love them so much. Joseph has been great this whole trip and has not had many problems at all. He has also had a great time with very patient uncles my brother Seth and Micheal have been a great help to me!!! Thanks guys you are great with him. Amy my sister has also been great with him as well. We are having quite the trip and are having a blast being around cousins and family and such and will keep you updated on all that has been going on!!!

David we miss you and wish that you were here to enjoy in all the fun and excitment that we have here. We will be home soon to give Daddy big hugs and kisses!!!!

Our Family Reunion Maughan Style

We had a fun Family reunion. We went to Logan Ut. That is were my family all oringally came from. They were asked by Brigham Young to settle what is now know as Cache Valley. There are all kinds of historcal sights that were fun to see knowing that they were part of my family history. I would like to say that if it were not for my GGGGG Grandfathers family that Cache Valley just would not be the same. I am greatful to my fore fathers for all the work and dedication that they had and the faith that they had in our Savior to come to America and follow the saints to the promised land. For if it were not for them I would not be where I am today.

It was so much fun visiting with all my cousins that I have not seen in years. It was so much fun. I love family and how they make us feel. Thanks for a great time family!!!!

Sammie is 8 months and moving everywhere

Well I have not been very well at keeping up on all of Sammie's Milestones so I figure I would update a little. Samantha is into everything and going every where. At 7 months she figured out that her belly was not that bad. I knew that her liking her belly would soon mean a new beginning for her and all new discovering for her as well. And soon she figured out that if she pushed with her legs she could scoot along and lunge herself to where she needed to go. I could not believe it my little girl was now moving around and getting her toys. Soon after that she figured that she could rock on all 4's . What a cute little girl. My freedom of not worrying about what was on the floor was about to come to an end. And now at 8 months it has ended. She is now crawling and adventuring out more and more. Leaving mommy's sight and getting into everything. This is kind of weird that my little baby is growing up before my eyes. Samantha now has two words she says Mama, and Dada. Way to cute. I love it when she says our names. She loves her Daddy, the minute she hears her dad she lites up and starts bouncing and jumping around. She is so cute. I will have to take pictures and let you see how cute she is so soon I will get some up.

Anyways we are thinking that she is allergic to corn. anytime that she has corn or something with corn in it she has diarrhea and breaks out in a bright red diaper rash that burns her skin. We have eliminated corn from her diet and it goes away, every once in awhile she will get a taste of something and sure enough she is having diarrhea and diaper rash it is a never ending cycle with it. I hope that we can pin point and figure it out all the way. We need to get into the allergist and Dr's to see what can be done.

To all my friends with allergies I am so sorry I feel what you are going through.

What a weekend!!!

Well I have found a quiet moment to sit and update. Yes it is 12:30 am but when you are the mother of six wonderful children, wouldn't you rather be playing with them too!!!!

This weekend we have had a blast having my parents come down to visit!!! Allison our 2nd oldest had her 8th birthday and was Baptized. So Grandma and Grandpa came down to witness this special event. What a wonderful feeling we had. Allison was so excited to be baptized. She told everyone that she saw. She invited every one of her friends( she is a great missionary). When she was baptized she said while she was getting dressed that she was so cold that she was shivering. How sweet for her, knowing that soon she would have the Holy Ghost given to her and descend upon her, helping her to make decisions in her life. As she becomes older and more mature, I pray that I might continue to be a good example to her that she may gain a stronger testimony and follow the Savior because she wants to. I love my children and think that they are all sweet spirits sent down from Heaven to live here on earth.

For the 4th of July we sat around with my family and played out side with the kids watching them do funny things. Ok so we also watched Grandma be funny:) Her is a sample of what we did!!!!!!! I hope the video will upload? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6hXFMAdS3Q

We also waited until dark and them watched the sky light up with fire works. The kids had fun with Sparklers and such. Them we came in and went to bed it was late.

Monday we had a slow start from being up late. But by noon we left to go to the lake and have some water fun!!!! The kids played on the beach and built sand castles. They swam in the water and little Micheal he carried around a bag of chips and shared with every one.

I had to leave and Take Joseph to see the Dr. which was sad because Joseph just wanted to stay. We did hurry back and played for about another 2 hours. When I got back Aunt Sally and her girls were there as well. Just imagine 2 grandmas and a mommy out in the lake having a blast and being guffy!!!! It was great!!! What a grand day we had!!! I wish that we could do this more often. After the lake we headed back home and Grandma and Grandpa stopped and got Pizza for everyone and we came back and had dinner. Now all the kids are being processed for bed and we are in for a quiet night!!!!

Allie and Mommy

Today was such a fun day!!! Allison and I got to go to Roaring Springs Water park!!! I love spending time one on one with my kids. Allison did a reading program at school where the kids had to read 600 min to get a free pass to the park. She read 900 min and was thrilled to get her ticket. We were there for 4 hours and she was so excited to play. I forget how much energy young kids have. We went on almost all the rides!!! Even the scary ones!! Allison wanted to go on all the rides and yes mom is a chicken, but I had to be brave for her and so I went on all of the scary ones too!! Allison is an amazing girl and I can hardly believe how old she is now. It seems like just yesterday I was holding her in my arms and cuddling her and taking her and Joseph in walks to the park in the bike carrier, and along the green belt. Oh the memories that will forever be in my heart and mind. And oh how many more will come our way. Family is a wonderful BLESSING that our Father In Heaven has given us. I love you Allison!!!!

My Garden

I can not believe that I actually grew this in my garden!!! There will be more to come as the summer gets hotter.

This year I have planted a few new things. I am excited that so many of my plants are turning out so great!!!! I planted Broccoli and it looks amazing!!! I also have Lettuce and Spinach