Rollin' along

Lila did it! She rolled over! We knew she was getting close, but she surprised us all by just doing it already! I'm pretty sure she is the earliest roller-over yet. Parker and Jase were both about 4 months, and Lizzie, although I suspect she rolled over at 6 months, didn't really start rolling over until she was EIGHT months! (She had a pretty big belly to get over!) Now Lila can't stop rolling over. It's like she MUST roll over, even though she doesn't really dig being on her tummy much. She's getting used to it now. Here's Lila in action.

And finally, she did it!!

Girls Room

We just finished doing the girls' room. I am so excited! I really love it. Jared did all of the hard work, and I just did the easy stuff (just like life should be!!). Lizzie really likes her new room, and I know Lila loves sleeping in the crib in there. So far, there haven't been any big episodes with them sharing the same room. Lizzie, for the most part, has stayed out of Lila's crib, and Lila sleeps all night, most nights, so she hasn't woken Lizzie up.

Picture time!

Here are some pics of the kids in the last little while:

We went to Michon's little girl, Madison's, birthday party. It had a zoo theme, and they gave out these cute masks. Here is Lizzie in her mask, asleep, on our way to the zoo with the whole Ott family.
Here is Parker at the zoo. What a monkey, er, I mean Gorilla!
Michon and Lizzie at the zoo. Her family was so nice to help me, since Jared and Jase were at the BYU game, and I had three kids to watch. We didn't even lose anyone (well, for very long, anyways!). Thanks again!
I love this picture of Lizzie....
Lila...what a sweetie. This was Lizzie's Christmas dress. Lila looks just like Lizzie in this pic!
Jase, Jared, and Lila at Cascade Springs. We love to go there, and I really love this picture:
This is so cute of Parker and Lizzie:

Pokemon in Love

On Thursdays, Parker goes to the library at school. This is the book he came home with last week:

You have got to be kidding me! Not that this is the book he picked, but that they even made this book in the first place!! First of all, what is a "pokemon"? Seriously? I have read the book now probably 5 times, and I still can not figure out what it is talking about. That could have something to do with the fact that a page is torn out, but I really think I wouldn't be able to understand it even if the page was still there! Second of all, is this some way to sell more stuff at Valentine's Day? Who buys this book? I guess Parker would! He told me he picked it out because a friend of his just returned it, and so Parker just had to have it. We don't have cable at our house, so if my kids get the chance to watch/read these cartoons, they jump at it. They could get their hair cut for 3 days if she would let them sit in the chair and watch Sponge Bob Square Pants the whole time! These silly kids! I can't wait until he returns this....we'll see what he brings home next week!

Chargers

I am coaching Jason's age 6 and under soccer team. The games started in August and the last game is next week, so we have gone from playing games at noon in 100 degree heat to this morning's game at 8am and 50 degrees. It seems like a simple enough task, but it has been more hectic than you would think. I spend most of the time running around the field shouting encouragement and guidance. Today, we had a break through game and scored 3 goals! I try to keep it fun for the kids, and I have enjoyed working with them.

Beware the scam *72

Okay, so I want all of you out there to be aware of this scam that almost got me today. Alright, it did get me, but hopefully it didn't do too much damage. We got a phone call from a number that said "Prison". When I answered it, there was this recording in Spanish. So I hung up. They called right back, so this time I just pushed "0" hoping I could talk to someone. This man gets on and says his is Officer So and So, and that there has been a "tragic accident". Someone with our phone number as their emergency contact in their cell phone has been in a "tragic accident". Of course I start freaking out and shaking. He keeps telling me to calm down, and he tells me to call another number and talk to another officer and he gives me his badge number and everything. The number he tells me to call starts with *72.......He repeated that I needed to be sure and dial the star number first. So I hang up and call. I thought I should call Jared first, but I decided to try the number the man gave me. It didn't work. I thought since we don't have long distance on our phone it just wouldn't work, so I tried it on my cell phone. Still didn't work. I called Jared, who, thankfully, answered right away, or I might have freaked out. He was much more calm than me, and thought of looking up this as a scam on snopes.com. I also made him call his Mom & Dad (they are on vacation), and his brothers and sisters. I called my Mom & Dad, and made sure my kids were okay. Finally, I read the article Jared found on snopes.com that tells me that this is a scam. I also talked to our local Police Department, and the Utah Highway Patrol. They both thought it was not legitimate. They both said they would never call someone and tell them to call someone else if something was wrong. Now I am boiling mad!!! Isn't this the MEANEST thing you have ever heard of???!!?? So, beware if you get a call like this!!
Click Here for the link to the story on Snopes.com

Kickin' and Screamin'

All right, all right. FINE! I give in. I'll start a blog. Okay, are you all happy?!? I've finally given in to the peer pressure and done what I didn't think I'd ever do. Sheesh!
No, really, I love reading all of your blogs, I am just too lazy to actually create my own. I've been changing the layout now for about 3 weeks, so I thought I would finally post something. So, for our 1st blog, here are some Lemke family Firsts!

Parker's first day of first grade!

Jase's first gig at "Uncle Wade's Cabin"
(What a rock star!)
Lizzie's first Spaghettio's
(Okay, not the first, but I love this picture!)

Lila's first smiley picture

And here's one of our family on Lila's blessing day: