IEOP MeetUp

So one of the moms at preschool told me about a food co-op in Redlands called Inland Empire Organic Produce Buying Club. It is really cool. This past Saturday was my first time attending. I was so interested that I volunteered to help set up that morning.  Seriously I was so excited it felt like Christmas morning. What I love most is that I get about 90% of what I normally would eat and 10% of new things to try. Plus I get to support our local growers and know that my food is coming from a safe place. I can't thank the organizer Alexis enough for working so hard to make it happen.  If you want more information on the group or want to join, just click on the link above. 

So here is what our share looked like. Not bad for $22.00.

The Napa Cabbage was HUGE, see the comparison.

Ahhh, look at the little Cabbage Patch Kids :)

What a sight!

After running some errands tonight. I got home and saw this. It just put me in a good mood. So I made a cake :)

It's Good To Be Back!!

Hi Everyone. I've been out of the loop for the last two weeks due to the fact that I just had my fourth beautiful child. Maggie Leigh is here and healthy, which Todd so sweetly posted about (and I didn't even ask him). He did a great job playing mom and fulfilling my preschool duties and taking the kids on their field-trip. And I need to give an extra special thank you to both my Mom and to Norma my Mom in-law. It really would have been impossible for me to get everything done with out their help. It gave me great peace of mind to know that my children were in loving hands. I've got so much to post about, so prepare yourselves for a plethora of posts. I will try to space them out a bit :)


Here is another picture of our sweet little Magg-pie. I came back in to check on her after laying her down and this is what I found. Lizzie didn't want her to be lonely. So Sweet!!

Just Dance!!

Cora is my first baby who dances whenever we play music.
She just cracks me up.

One hour and One Yellow Sharpie Later.......

I couldn't control myself. After watching Maggie sleeping so peacfully, my eye lids became so heavy and then I was out. One hour later this is what I find when I opened my eyes. (fyi: you can't see all her beautiful artwork since it is hiding under her clothes!)

The Four

So The blog thing is fun, and since I know how much Rachelle likes blogging. I will do one more for the kids sake. I thought it would be cool to see all the kids at the stages they are in their lives. Starting with the newest addition of Maggie(5 Days), then Cora(11 Months), Trevor(3 Years), and Lizzie(5 Years). There could be a lot of names for these four children but this blog they will be called the four. Rachelle and I love them a lot and are very happy about all their accomplishments.       

Maggie Leigh Poulsen

Rachelle is kind of in recovery mode, if you can imagine two baby's in one year that is amazing. So this post is brought to you by the one that had to try to play mom the last four days. It was a really good experience since most of the time I try to play the bad guy. So on Tuesday September 2nd at 12:24 we had Maggie and we now are a family of six. I know what you are thinking I think it is crazy also. Rachelle has been amazing through everything. Just a month ago she let me go hikeing 67 miles, being gone for a week and having no access  of communication . Taking care of the kids for a week by yourself is definitely a lot harder than hiking 67 mile she is an amazing mom. I almost felt a tiny part of that this week almost . We have a wonderful family and the addition of Maggie is going to bring a lot of joy to our family. Maggie was 7 lbs  when she was born and 18 and a quarter inches long. Rachelle is fine and were excited about our wonderful family.

Tristan Sparks Jorgensen

It has been a long wait (one week overdue), but he is finally here and healthy. Tristan was born August 29th 2008 at 1:15 am.  After about 11 hours of Labor (in the hospital) with little progression along with Tristan's constantly fluctuating heart rate he was delivered by cesarean. Melissa and Tristan are recovering nicely and doing well. He is a cute little guy weighing in at about 8lbs 5oz and measuring 18 inches.  He is surprisingly very awake and aware, and loves sucking on his fingers. Congratulations Melissa and Eric. 

The Waiting Game....

I don't post many pictures of myself for obvious reasons, but I thought I would share this with everyone. My mom took this picture back in July, and now here we are at the end of August. Meli was due yesterday and I am more anxious for her then I am for myself. Mostly because she has invited me to attend her birth and this will be my first time to experience it from the other side. This is her first child, and she is having a boy. They are deciding between the names Carter (my fav) or Tristan. I'm am scheduled for a cesarean on Sept. 2nd. at 12pm, so around 12:20 my little Maggie will be here. This is one of the very few perks of a c-section. You know exactly when she will be here. Unless I go early :), but it hasn't happened yet. So now we wait!

Summer Bunnies

Over the summers we have had a few friendly animals come around the yard. A few years ago it was a giant skunk, every night just before the sun began to set, you could see him walk through the field and up past our front yard. We would of course watch through the front window. Last year it was a bunch of squirrels that unfortunately became more of an infestation, which we had to take care of. This summer though it is a pleasant pair of bunnies. Every morning and evening around seven o'clock you could look out the window and find them munching on weeds. Sometimes we would picnic with them in the evening and they wouldn't mind as long as we stayed on our blanket.

Now I Get It!

As my sister and I prepare for the arrival of our little ones, we decided to empty the memory cards to our cameras, since my sister doesn't have a computer yet I downloaded them for her. And I found a couple fun pictures that I haven't seen before.

Back in July at our Photo Class, as we were walking to our car I noticed that Lizzie had her shirt rolled up. I told her to put it down and noticed that it was drenched. I asked my sister what happened and she said she got a drink. And now I understand....

Color Me Mine

This Summer we spent our Fridays playing with Gram-me and Aunt Melissa. Our most recent Friday outing took us to a place called Color Me Mine. It's a "paint it yourself" pottery store. The staff is super helpful and friendly. And best of all it is VERY kid friendly. Lizzie and Trevor had a great time. The first thing they did
was pick out what they wanted to paint. Then you choose your colors, and start painting away. When your done you have to leave it with them for a little over a week so they can fire it. But the cool thing is, it always turns out beautiful. Lizzie picked this cute Flower Box, and it's no surprise that Trevor picked a Train that is also a bank. Also a little note, everything is non-toxic. Which is a good thing because as you can see in Trevors picture, he managed to paint his face a little :)

Camp Poulsen 2008

This last weekend we went camping with Todd's Family and the Johnson's. We headed up to Camp Heart Bar on Friday and we came home Sunday morning. Todd stayed Friday night and left Saturday morning to climb Mount Whitney for a week with the scouts. We wished he could have stayed, but we had a blast, and the kids can't wait to go next year. Parley and I decided that this should be an annual event :) Im sure Grandma and Grandpa would be happy to pass the camping torch to the next generation, which we gladly accept. As long as you bring the hot chocolate and frisbee ;). But anyway, we had a blast. There was lots of exploring and playing and falling. The food was great. The weather was unbelievable. The tent was small. And there were plenty of laughs around the campfire. Adri and Steph came up with a fun idea to make camp shirts. They named us all after one of the Characters of the Mr. Men Series. Todd was Mr. Noisy, I was Little Miss Fun, Lizzie was Little Miss Giggles, Trevor was Mr. Bump, and Cora was Little Miss Sunshine. Thanks everyone for making this such a fun summer outing. We love you all!


Here are some of the fun moments we had.

"Just Keep Swimming. Just Keep Swimming"

We put the kids in swim lessons this summer. And to my great surprise and pleasure they are going very well. Anyone who knows my kids will find these pictures shocking. Look they are smiling and enjoying the water. I have to admit that on day one for both of them they did nothing but cry the entire lesson, but on day two its been nothing but fun.
Thank you Redlands Swim Team.

This is Day 2 with Trevor. I was amazed. He seriously cried all 30 min and jumped out of the pool as soon as the lesson was over the day before.

This is the best 30 min of MY day :)

Now that Lizzie has her goggles she dunks her head under the water by herself.

Just Like Daddy!!!

So I was putting the kids in the bath and I hear Trevor behind me say "just like daddy". I turned around to see him standing over his Elmo potty peeing. Needless to say I had to give Elmo a bath also. Boys are the best ;)