Finger lickin' good BBQ and Scaring the Pee out of ya fireworks!

We had a wonderful Fourth of July! It began with a yummy BBQ at Michael
and Sarah's and ended with FUN fireworks at Grandma Debbies!!
Logan had so much fun playing outside for over 3 hours with his cousins! He was sooooooooo tired afterwards. Then Daddy and Uncle Michael took Logan, Reece, and Collin to an arcade in Rockaway to "play video games," as Logan kept saying, over and over...."wanna play video games??" Yes, they start super young in the Motsinger family!
Laurie got a pic of me 34 weeks prego with Zoey Lenae! Thanks Laurie!
Here are all the Motsinger Cousins!!! Logan is so lucky to live so close to them all!
Daddy and his little shadow, swinging away! Aren't my boys super handsome?
So, Logan really enjoyed the sparklers this year!! He enjoyed the fireworks at first...keep saying, "awesome," "Nice," and, "Cool." But, the fireworks that daddy worked so hard on lighting, scared the PEE out of him eventually. NO JOKE!!!! He was super scared, especially when they made loud popping noises. He had been sitting on Grandma's lap and when she got up...her lap was all wet! Poor little guy. That was only like the 4th accident he has had since he became potty trained....I felt bad for the little guy. I am sure next year he will be right down there by daddy, helping get the fireworks going:)
Hope everyone else had as good of a fourth as we did:):):):):)

Switchfoot...you are still my Fav!

My little Logy woke me up early because he had to go potty....and I couldn't go back to sleep. So I decided it was time to fix up my little Music thing for my blog here. Figured it was time to change things up. I added a few of my favorite songs for right now. Then I decided to look up my all time favorite group, Switchfoot! As I poured through the music....I was brought back to a different time. You see, Switchfoot was one of the first groups I ever got super excited for! I will thank my brother MJ for that. We had gone to Jesus Northwest back when I was like 15 and MJ spent a TON of money on cd's for all these new Christian groups! Switchfoot was one of them....also among them was Skillet and Supertones!(which are also still some of my favs.) Being a pastor's kid, my parents were actually really cool about the music we got to listen too. They pretty much let us pick out whatever we wanted...as long as it was CLEAN and Uplifting! After many battles between my parents and MJ with music....we all picked out our favorites! Switchfoot was that band that we all loved!!! The words of their songs just touched my life!! I felt like every song was talking to me...like they could read my mind! They were my escape when I just couldn't do it anymore, when the pressure of this WORLD was to much....they were a cd I could just turn on and lay on my bed and escape to a different place too. During my times of searching....during the time that I made my Faith...truely My own. During times that I didn't think my parents and my brother would ever get a long....during times that I had a big crush on a boy and that boy didn't feel the same.....when I was so unbearably lonely at Frontier that I couldnt' stand it....when all my friends where dating someone, and I was all alone.....on snowy trips to Denver to get to the airport for a good friend of mine(good thing I did...since we now share brothers as husbands(lol))......Switchfoot was there. When I wasn't sure who I was, when I was searching for people to except me for me, when all my friends were partying and I was at home, doing nothing.....God blessed me with this wonderful escape to Switchfoot. It sounds sort of silly, and sorry daddy if this isn't biblical, heehee, but Switchfoot helped get me on Fire for Jesus. It made me want to get deeper in my relationship with my Savior! I am so thankful that my parents didn't hinder my music so much that I wouldn't have been able to find this group.They were my tunes!!!:) I am sure you all have a group like that. And YES...I have many more...but switchfoot is truelly the biggest music influence in my life:) I hope you enjoy some of their music when you come to my blog. If not...no biggy. They are just a little piece into me! Happy listening!

47 day count down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And the count down begins to Lil' Zoey's arrival!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Few More Hoopfest Pics!

I couldn't resist, I had to add a few more Hoopfest pics!!! I did capture one pretty Lady:) This is the gang minus, Morgan and Anni, and Sarah and the kiddos!
I had to put this picture because I asked Reece to pose and he said he wanted to be under water for the pic:) Notice him in the back, under water;)

Logan showing off his new outfit from Aunt Sarah!!!! Thanks SARAH!!!!

Above is Logan with his sweet little Cousins sharing Snowcones. Logan is soooooo dirty! That's what being a boy is all about:) Below is Logan enjoying his movies on the way to Hoopfest! Thank goodness for portable DVD players.
Below is the kiddos trying to stay cool. These nice guys kepted giving them otter pops. They were so generous. Of course, who could resist this cute kids:)
I did have one photo Jason took of me on the way to Hoopfest. Don't you love my driving shades? LOL!
This is Logan sleeping on our LONG walk back to our car. He was so tired. But really, All of our kids did such a great job that day!!! We are all blessed with wonderful kiddos.

Hoopfest and Other Fun Summer Adventures!

This summer we have been trying to take Logan to the beach as much as Jason and I can possibly take him. He LOVES THE BEACH!! Daddy makes him sandcastles(there is a pic below) and Logan stomps on them. Totally makes it for a fun day!
While I cleaned houses the other day, Jason surprised me and cut Logan's hair. Now, usually he needs me because Logan FLIPS out with his hair gets cut. He hates the little hairs falling on him while daddy uses the shaver. This time to get Logan distracted, Jason drew a Ninja Turtle on a trashbag and let Logan color on it too. Amazing what will make a child happy:) His hair cut turned out perfect too:) Thanks Daddy!
This weekend 3 other families and our lil' family headed to Spokane WA for Hoopfest, a 3 0n 3 b-ball tourney! Michael and Sarah's fam, Reuben and Monica's fam, Ryan and Morgan's fam, and us. We had such a blast with everyone! As Sarah said, we felt like we just went away for the weekend with friends, not family! Thats how much we all love each other;):) Here is a pic of Reuben, Mike, and Jason. Ryan was there too but some how missed this pic.
We walked FOREVER trying to find our hubby's b-ball court. Hoopfest is the HUGE TOURNEY that shuts down all of down town Spokane and they make courts in parking lots and roads.After we finally found the court we let our kiddos rest up a little. Then right after our men's first game, we had a few hours to take all the cutie pies to a park and sweet Monica treated the kids to snowcones! Yummy! Especially since it was probably 97 degrees that day! Us coastal people aren't use to that;)Logan got to swim 3 days in a row, which he loves to do. He loves being in the water!!! We felt blessed that everyone shared their pools with us! We got a hotel that didn't have one! So thanks for sharing guys!!!! You made my little guys trip super special!
Sadly, I don't really have a picture of us lovely ladies. For one, we were always the ones behind the camera, I did get a cute one of Sarah but she may not have wanted me to put it on the website...she may know why, lol:) I will send the pic to you Sarah and see if I get approval;) And I don't know how I didn't get one picture of little Anni and Morgan. Next year I will need to be a better picture taker. Plus, I won't be 7 1/2 months prego....so...I may be more willing to be in some pictures, lol!
Here's a shot of Logan about ready to stomp on daddy's sand castles!!!

We had such a great time at hoopfest that we have already booked our hotel rooms for next year!!! Such a fun thing to look forward to again next year!!!!

Baby shower, Best friend, and Bubbly prego pics!

This weekend was super fun! A few of my AWESOME friends threw me a special baby shower! It really was such a fun time! I have such beautiful and entertaining, family and friends!!! Zoey got lots of wonderful gifts that I am super thankful for! I am for sure feeling way more ready now for this little girl!:) She is going to be dressed soooo darn cute with all the sweet little outfits I recieved;)

I had a wonderful time with my best friend Amybeth! She came down before the shower, and we got some much needed Amybeth and Krista bonding time! Of course, we never get enough anymore, having little ones but I cherish every bit that we get, because it doesnt happen very often!

Then our day ended with my sister in law Laurie taking some 7 month pregnancy pics! Jason and I wanted some good pics of us taken before little Zoey arrives...so Laurie was willing to take a few super sweet pics of us! Thanks Laurie!

Zoey's Nice

Yesterday morning, I came home from cleaning houses around noon. I came in and my boys were sitting in the livingroom waiting for me! Logan and I then showed Daddy that one of my friends dropped off a baby gift for Zoey! One of the gifts was a cute little stuffed animal that lights up and sings a lullaby. I let Logan cuddle it the night before and he continued to do so that morning. Daddy told Logan, "Logan, that was so nice of Zoey to let you play with her toy, wasn't it?" Logan replys, "Yes, daddy....Zoey's nice....Zoey's not mean....Zoey's not Venom!" The cutest thing ever!!! As you all know, Venom is the black spiderman with the long tongue who tries to hurt the good spiderman! Oh, my Logan....I just can't get enough of him.