Quick update!

I again am trying to update a little bit, sorry that I am not posting any pictures, but I figure a quick update may be better than nothing at all. I recently got a promotion at work and am now working about 60-80 hours a week, literally. I know this is so crazy right now and I am hoping to cut back but we are so busy at work right now and my biggest fear is that I don't succeed as a team lead so I am hoping that the hours will pay off at some point. My other fear is that I my kids grow up thinking that all I ever do is work so while I am working a million hours I am doing everything I can to focus on my kids when I am at home, my other reason blogging has been lowered on the list significantly.
Anyway, Abbi and Whitney are going crazy with Softball and Chris has pretty much turned his life over to softball, he is practicing or playing games almost every night. They are doing great in school and just growing up way too fast for my liking! Abbi is getting baptized in August and will be eight in July, while Whitney will be 7 in August and in 2nd grade!!! Both are amazing little girls and I am so proud of them! Sammie went to Kindergarten orientation last Friday and I can't believe that she will be in school everyday at the end of July! She is adorable and fiesty as ever, I don't worry about her going to kindergarten, I just worry about the other kids and her teacher! :)
Justice is two going on 10 and he keeps us on our toes all the time! He talks really well and lines us out right away whenever he thinks that we are out of line... we are working to correct him and let him know that he is really not the boss, but seriously, is that really possible with any spoiled 2 year old?
That is our life right now and all of our craziness! I am trying to check everyone's blogs so keep blogging and thanks to everyone who checks ours! :)

Valentine's Day by: queen of the slackers!

So I again apologize, Sunday came and went and so did we and I completely lost track of what I was supposed to be doing and I missed my brief 5 minute chance to update this beautiful blog... I do sincerely apologize and will do a good post now with some cute pictures of my funny little people! We had a good Valentine's Day and week, I was able to slip out of work for an hour on Wednesday and go to Sammie's preschool and help with her Valentine's party. It was so much fun! She has two amazing teachers that do such a great job and have amazing patience and creativity. I got to be in charge of the Valentine's bingo and the kids were so cute! Abbi and Whitney made some very cute Valentine's boxes too and had a great time at their school parties and came home with a good load of candy from their friends. Justice is finally back to being the cute little wild boy that we love and adore! He and I had a terrible bout of Strep throat last weekend and while the girls have had a mild cough that they have passed around they are all doing better too! Chris is getting into softball pretty heavy and has challenged his softball team to a contest for their fundraiser of selling braided bread and if he loses he will be having his hair colored (of their choice) for a week... if they lose he gets to choose the color of their uniforms! If anyone wants any braided bread to take pity on him please let us know!! :)
I am adding a few pictures from January of the kids when they built a snowman and in their winter gear just to add a few catching up pictures as well!
That is the latest and greatest of exciting times at the Opheikens household! Thank you all for supporting me even though I am truly a slacker! I do love looking at all of your updates and keeping up with your cute families! Take care and love you all! :)

I'm sorry I'm a slacker!

To all faithful bloggers I am apologizing for my lack of updating. I am hoping to provide a quick update and then I will really try and get on this Sunday and actually update with all of our recent events.... We had a great Christmas and were very spoiled all the way around! The kids all got scooters and clothes and webkins, their favorite pass times... Abbi and Whitney have been off track since Christmas break and just started back to school today, finally! They have been hanging out with their cousins, Allie and Kelson who have been over for babysitting and entertaining the girls and Justice in wonderful ways! I have been working an average of 20 hours of overtime in the last several weeks because of the interest rate drops and am hoping to see some money from all of my hours of labor at some point in the near future, this is also the excuse I am using for my lack of updates but I am resolving to get better again! Chris is getting back into softball and is playing Mr. Mom very well with all the OT that I have been putting in. Well, that's my quick update, as I mentioned I will try to be better. :)

Happy Birthday Justice!

Okay so I know that I have been a complete slacker on updating our Blog so I am going to take a few minutes and do it now.... so here goes. Justice turned two on Tuesday, which is so crazy and I can't believe that my baby is already so big! Chris and I filled up 30 balloons for him on the night before his birthday and when he woke up he was so excited! He loved it so much that he didn't want to open his other present of a big boy cars bed and after he opened it and realized it wasn't so exciting he tried to put the wrapping paper back on! It was pretty funny! The girls loved the balloons too! We had a great evening later on with dinner at Carl's Jr. and then came back here for cake and ice cream with the family and Justice didn't want to open presents then either but after a few minutes he finally got to the toys and thought that would be okay so he got some fun cars and trucks! I loved the clothes he got and he looks so big and adorable in them! He is so funny! I am so happy that he is part of our family and I had such a great time watching him grow up! Happy Birthday Justice!

Crazy Halloween & November is flying by!

I have to apologize that I haven't updated in over a month! Halloween was crazy at our house, Abbi was a cute little Hermione Granger (a witch from Harry Potter), Whitney was an adorable pink Cheetah, Sammie was a beautiful Ariel and Justice was a funny, cute Blue Dinosaur! They had so much fun and we got a ton of candy! I have it loaded up and probably next week I'll take one of the two huge bags to work so that my kids teeth don't completely rot out! Our camera is out of batteries at this particular moment so I will update with pictures shortly, hopefully this weekend! I am busy at work, which is good considering the economy, but I try to stay positive and Chris is being an awesome dad and husband and taking good care of us all! We are healthy for a minute, (knock on wood) and just enjoying the fall season, Football and we are abitiously going to attempt having Thanksgiving at our house with Chris's mom and step-dad and sister and her boyfriend so hopefully it will be good! I am also going to attempt to run a 5k or maybe a 2k race on Thanksgiving and I have been busy trying to run when I can. That is the current update on the Opheikens!

Fall is beautiful!

Last weekend Abbi and Chris went camping up to Monte Cristo, above Ogden canyon and Abbi took the camera and took manygeorgious pictures, these are just a few. They had a great time and had a lot of fun! Chris and I went up to the same place this weekend to go Elk Hunting and unfortunately we didn't see any Elk and we were driven out by the terrible weather and came home a day early. It is kind of nice to have a day off to be able to relax at home. Happy Hunting to all who attempt it and good luck!

Having sick kids is the pits

I just have to say that having sick kids is the worst thing in this world and not just for the kids, but it kills me to have to see my kids not feel good and even makes it worse when they throw up and I have to clean it up, it's especially bad at 3:00 a.m. My kids and husband and I have decided to share a miserable 24 hour flu, it is bad when it gets to the point that you can predict when they are going to throw up and how long the fever is going to last that comes after it, but I guess that comes with having 4 kids. I hate even more that a lot of times when the kids are sick I have to leave them to go to work, but luckily Chris takes good care of them and it has helped some. That has been our unfriendly life for the last two weeks. We were supposed to go to Lagoon yesterday with Chris's family but he and I were both not feeling great still and Justice and Sammie were both running fevers still so we sent the older girls and they had a wonderful time, but I was really looking forward to updating this with some fun pictures, but what do you do? The kids go off track at the end of this week and I am working a lot, which is good considering the current economy and that is what is going on with the Opheikens family! :)

Sammie Starts preschool tomorrow!

It is amazing how fast your kids grow and when you take those moments to realize it, it is really amazing how old you can feel. I am very excited for Sammie to start preschool for her final year, but it makes me realize that next year I will have a 3rd grader, 2nd grader and a kindergartener, luckily Justice is still a couple years off from school, so I can still think of my self as a little bit young. Sammie is an amazing kid and is so smart and funny and she has such a style of her own that I am excited and nervous to see how she does with school this week and with a new group of kids. Whitney and Abbi are doing really well in school and both are reading so well and doing great with their friends and social experiences that school consists of so much. They are both such sweet sensitive girls that they make me laugh that they can fight with each other over everything but are so worried when the other one is feeling bad about something. Justice has learned to sing his ABC's and being the overly proud mother that I am can't get enough of it and he loves to smile and see everyone watch him. I am wishing all the time that I could be the lucky one to stay home and hang out with my cute kids, but if wishes were fishes we would all have a fry... right? I really do enjoy working though too and I am realizing more and more that I am pretty good at what I do, even if I do say so myself, but it is probably good that if I have to work that I at least enjoy what I do. :) Chris was recently reconized in the South Valley Journal, courtesy of his team mom and there is a great article that tells about his softball teams victories this year and has a picture of the team and coaches in it. I am really proud that he has done so well and been getting out in the community and the exercise is a plus as well! :)

This last month has been really crazy for us and I am so excited to update, so here goes....

Abbi turned 7 as I mentioned and I gave in to her request of having a slumber party with a couple of her friends, so she invited Celeste from her class last year and Elizabeth and Katelyn from her class this year and Allie McDougald, her cousin. It was a lot of fun, we had them make pizza's for dinner and then they each got a gift bag with fingernail polish and lip gloss in it so they did a make over and then they watched a movie and played Barbies. At 10:00 a.m. Elizabeth and Katelyn had to go home, but Allie and Celeste and Abbi, Whitney and Sammie slept on the living room floor and Mom got to sleep on the couch because they wouldn't go to sleep until about 12:30. I did get a nap on Saturday late afternoon, but it was pretty short because we also went to Chris's final softball tournament that afternoon and his team took 2nd place, which aws really exciting! They finished the All-star season with two 1st place trophies and 2 2nd place trophies so Chris has a really good trophy section in his office now, which is kind of fun. Whitney's birthday was August 18th and Aunt Shelly and Uncle Gil were very kind and let her have a pool party with all of the family and it was so much fun! Aunt Wendy took all these great pictures and quite a few more, but I am not quite smart enough to figure out the slide show feature yet, maybe when I have an extra hour or two without a large stack of work still to do tonight... We'll see... That is our latest and greatest update, we are looking forward to the fall and for Football Season to start, go Cougars! Chris is okay with Brett Favre going to the Jets and wishes him the best, but his favorite team will always and forever be the Packers. (I don't think he would ever change either, just because he has our kids trained to chant for the Packers so well!)

A crazy busy month!!

Sorry, I have been so terrible about updating this blog, it has been so busy, I am behind on the last three birthday presents if that says anything! Abbi just turned 7 a couple weeks ago on July 30th and Whitney is going to be 6 on August 18th, next Monday and I can't believe how fast they are growing up! It amazes me that they are so smart and talented little girls, they are so sweet and kind and such good helpers, I am a very lucky Mom! I am also blessed to have Sammie and Justice who keep us rolling all the time, Justice is talking so well and is completely running our house now. Sammie is getting so excited to start preschool again with Mrs. Sarah and asks every day if it is the day to start. I am crazy busy with work and young womens and Chris is finishing up his last soft ball tournament with his allstar team and is already talking about fall ball and going accellerated with this group next year! Craziness! That is a quick update and as soon as I have a couple minutes to breathe, which I am hoping will happen this weekend I'll do a better update with a few pictures. :)

Chris's turn to update the blog...

It has been a while since we added stuff to our blog. Alot has happened in the last few weeks. Caelee is working hard in young womens with her camps and activities. She has to take her girls to Heber next week for girls camp, I am glad that it is her and not me. I am not sure how she does all that she does with work and young womens oh yeah and her family. She is going all the time!

Abbi and Whitney started school today and what fun that is. Our little Abbi has been so nervous to go back and last night she did all that she could to not have to go today. 2nd grade is so hard she says and she is not ready for it yet. She was sure that she was sick enough last night that school was not an option today. Caelee and I were just laugh and we are not sure where she comes up with some of the stuff that she says. Whit on the other hand does not care either way if she goes or stays home. She reminds me of Caelee in that she is so laid back and easy going.

I took my all stars to the state championships last weekend. We had lots of fun and oh by the way won state in 12 and under. The team worked so hard to get there and kept pulling out the wins.

I will try to get the real blogger to add more posts asap. I just saw that we had not added for a while and we owe it to all of our fans to keep on bloggin.

Tagged clear back from June

Lyndsey and Wendy both tagged me so here are my answers clear back from forever ago, I just haven't had the time to get caught up... :)
Cute Husband information:

1. What is your husband's full name? Robert Christopher Opheikens
2. How long have you been together as a couple? Since October 1999
3. How long did you date? We dated starting in October and were engaged in March 2000 and Married in July 2000.
4. How old is he? 31
5. Who eats more? Chris probably, unless he has been cooking, then always me.
6. Who said I love you first? He did, and I didn't respond right away because I wasn't completely sure I knew what love was.
7. Who is taller? Chris is, he is 6'2" and I am 5'9"
8. Who sings better? Definitely Chris I can't sing to save my life.
9. Who is smarter? it really depends on the topic, he has a lot of useless knowledge while I seem to be pretty good at everything else. Just teasing...
10. Who does the laundry? Me
11. Who does the dishes? Me
12. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Me
13. Who pays the bills? We take turns (I say mostly me, he will say he does just as much, but I tend to disagree...)
14. Who mows the lawn? Usually me because his allergies won't allow him to otherwise he blows up like the marshmellow man.
15. Who cooks dinner? We take turns, he does some nights, usually when I am working late and I like to try cooking on Sunday's and when he has softball.
16. Who drives when you are together? He does I hate to drive the truck and miss my little fast cars.
17. Who is more stubborn? He is for sure, I don't hold grudges, but he can hold one for years.
18. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? I am, he is getting better but for a long time he was never wrong.
19. Whose parents do you see more? Probably Connie and Mike (his mom and Step dad)
20. Who proposed? He did in a really romantic way, he took me to the Timpanogos Temple and then we went in a limo downtown and had dinner at the Carriage Inn restaurant.
21. Who is more sensative? It depends on the day, usually I am and I cry over everything.
22. Who has more friends? I do but only because I am more willing to put myself out there.
23. Who has more siblings? I have two brothers and one sister, Chris has one sister with the same parents, one sister from his mom who he is pretty close to and then his dad has 4 -6 more kids from different women, we only know a couple of them.
24. Where did you meet? Anderson Lumber while we were working together.
25. Where was your first kiss? Chris and I were dancing in his mom's basement and he put on the song "kiss the girl" from The Little Mermaid and when he didn't kiss me during the song I kissed him after it. It was a little awkward.
26. What was the first thing you said to him? Probably "Hi"
27. Where was your first date? We went on a terrible date to watch fireworks with my best friend and one of his friends but I had already told him that I didn't want to date him so it was very uncomfortable for everyone. For our next date I guilted him into taking me to Homecoming for UVSC and it was really a great night.
28. Where did you get engaged? Timpanogos Temple
29. Where did you go on your honeymoon? We went to Park City.
30. If you could have changed anything about it what would it have been? Nothing really, it was very fun and relaxing.
31. Who wears the pants in your marriage? I would say he does but it really depends on the situation.

Justice just got scared by some fireworks so I will be finishing with this tag, if I get a chance I'll do the other one.

I got tagged (thanks Greg)

I have been tagged thanks to my good friend Greg. Thanks buddy I really appreciate it. Just to let everyone know I am not a blogger and do not claim to be good at this. So here is the tag answers and I hope that everyone learns just a little more about me.

3 joys:

1. my greatest joy in my life is my children and my wife and the funny stuff that they do. They never stop amazing me.
2. I love the outdoors. camping, fishing, hunting and boating.
3. I enjoy golf. I wanted to put this under obsesion but I have to many so here it is.

3 Fears:

1. My greatest fear is not being successful as a father. I hope that I can teach them all that I know, which will take up 5 minutes of their time.
2. A recession and all that come with it. I worry that we will not be ready for it..
3. Natural dissaster like a earthquake flood etc. I would like to be more ready with food storage and generators and thing like that. I loose sleep over this seriously!

3 Goals:

1. Own my own buisness and be successful doing that. I have several ideas that I have been working on and would like to make those a reallity.
2.Getting more involved in our ward and being more active. I have several good peaple around me that help motivate me I just need to pull my head out and go!
3. I need to lose a LOT of weight. I was going to put this anyway but when I saw Gregs tag I thought that it was a good goal. So I to would like to loose 25 lbs. by oct 31.

3 Obsessions:

1. I am currently into softball heavy. I coach fastpitch and play slowpitch and would play as much as I could.
2. xbox 360 and first person shooter games like call of duty and rainbow six. Caelee says that I am on it to much. But if I am not on the xbox I am at softball so pick your poison I say!
3. My last one is the GREENBAY PACKERS! I have a collection of stuff and have marked just about anything that I can with stickers and decals. Caelee says that when you can Identify someones vehicle by paraphenelia that is OBSESSED!


I have to tag three people. I would like everyone to know that I do not ever do this and would not so this if I where not forced. So I would like to follow Gregs Idea and do only men so wives do not do this for them.

1 Cory O
2 Billy O
3 Shane C.

softball & just plain craziness

Chris has jumped fully into Allstars and they played in a tournament last week after only having 4 practices and ended up taking 2nd place! It was a lot of fun and the games were almost all nail biters and kept us fans on the edge of our seats. His team played 4 games in a row starting at 3:30 and they didn't finish until 10:00 p.m. they were such amazing troopers to play for that long.

Abbi and Whitney are finally getting into the last days of Kindergarten and First Grade, Abbi's last day is Tuesday and Whitney's is Monday and then we will have two kids in school all day! Yeah! They have loved school this year and their teachers have been wonderful! Sammie is so anxious to start preschool again and keeps asking if it is time to start yet almost everyday. Justice has made a great transition into Nursery and I can't believe that he is getting so big! He is talking very well and is finally getting his teeth in and he pretty much runs our house. Work is going well with the Bank of America take over getting under way with "Legal Day One" projected to be on Tuesday and then some changes will happen over the next year or so and hopefully the transition will be smooth. That is current like in the Opheikens household, we are headed down to Lake Powell next week and can't wait for that and then Chris and I are in charge of Youth Conference the following week, July is going to be just as Crazy I am afraid! I was recently tagged but haven't figured out my best answers yet so that will hopefully be my next post! Thanks for everyone's comments this blogging thing is wonderful!!