I'm a slacker

I am a complete blog slacker. In my defense Asher had pnemonia and then Kevin got sick and had to go to the E.R. but now life is returning to normal so I will catch up. We had a great trip to Disneyland with the Manwarings and Ruth's mom Jenny. Here are a few of my favorite moments from the trip.Asher's first set of Mickey ears.

Meeting "the real" Tinkerbell

Watching the kids watch the parade.

Watching Kevin and Jotham spin the kids super fast in the teacups.

Mason going to Jedi Training camp and fighting Darth Vader.

Breakfast with the characters (thanks Jenny!)

Quincy's cute pink ears.

And this picture. I took this picture without even noticing the awkward pose. Kevin had to point it out to me later, but won't it be great on her wedding video some day?

Thank you Manwarings and Jenny! We had an awesome time! We definately need to do this again!

Who are you voting for?

London's class held a mock election for president yesterday. All the kids got to cast their vote. I asked London who she voted for. She answered McCain. When I asked her why she said. "He sounds like a candy cane." Guess that's one way to pick your candidate. Just choose the one whose name sounds the sweetest. Hope you all get out to vote today!

Happy Halloween

We had an awesome Halloween trick or treating through the neighborhood and sharing goodies with our friends. I thought I would post a few pictures of the kids in their costumes for those of you who didn't get to see them in person.

London was a fairy for the second year in a row. She just can't resist a set of wings.

Pyper was a witch. If you asked her what kind of which she was, she would answer "A mean one. I will turn you into spider or elephants or frogs."

Asher hated his costume and freaked out the whole time it was on him.

I also got to be a room mother in London's class and bring a craft for them to do so I snapped a picture of their class. Kindergartner's are so cute! And her teacher is the greatest.

We can't leave out Pyper's preschool class. How cute is the little boy dressed up as Mario?

Name change

We changed the name of our blog so that it would no longer contain our last name. Yes it was becasue of KSL's report on blogs. We won't follow all of their advice like not posting any pictures of kids because then what's the point of even having a blog? Please feel free to use our first names in comments!

London's Going Green

London took her first field trip this week. They went to the Salt Lake County landfill. When she got home, I asked her how it went and what she did. I was bombarded with facts the rest of the day.

"Mom, did you know that plastic bags are very dangerous and if they get in the ocean sea creatures will eat them and die. There was this bird at the dump that ate like a thousand plastic bags and it almost died. We have to tie our bags in knots so animals won't eat them." So for the rest of the day I tied plastic bags in knots.

We leave our trash can open so that I can throw diapers in it from the back door. I went to lob a diaper out. "Mom, you have to close the garbage can or cats can get in them and get taken to the dump and they will get squished." For the rest of the day, I walked outside and opened the trash can to throw out diapers.

I thought this will be great because I can send London out to put all the recyclables in the recycle bin and she will be all about it. I sent her out with a big plastic container. When she got back inside she said, "Mom, I hope they know that was from me when it gets there. "

It got even better. That night at dinner London ate all her food, which she never does. Why? Because the man at the landfill told her that the food she doesn't eat ends up at the dump. All these years I have tried getting her to eat her dinner by telling her there are people starving, or it will make her healthy and strong, or she won't get any dessert if she doesn't finish. All it really took was a trip to the dump.

Asher is 1!

Asher celebrated his first birthday with a BBQ in our back yard. He was having an awesome time until we put on his hat. He cheered right back up though when we gave him his very own cake and let him open presents.

It has been quite a difference having a baby boy. He loves getting dirty and his favorite toys are balls and cars. He loves to chase his sisters and tease them and he is quite the dare devil when it comes to bath time. If you don't keep a hand on him at all times, then he is going under. I can't wait to see what the next year brings!

What I saw in my backyard

Overwhelmed

So as you probably have noticed I have not been keeping up with my blog. I am having major time management issues. I have never been a schedule person. We have never had a set bed time or routine at our house and this school thing has put a major damper on our lifestyle. The kids now have to be in bed by 7:30 which means dinner has to be at 6:00 to accommodate baths and homework and reading and we can't sleep in anymore and my mornings are rushed trying to get everyone where they need to be. I am a bit overwhelmed and am trying to get into the swing of things. I apologize to all friends, play group peeps, fellow bloggers and girl's night out gals for neglecting you all. Hopefully I will be able to resume my before school activities.
Anywho my friend Camille said my blog was very sad and challenged me to a tag so here it is.

3 Joys

My kidlets.

Free time (or bed time, it's all the same.)

Traveling.

3 Fears

One of my children will die before I do.

Spiders.

The dark.

3 goals

Make it through the school year.

Lose weight.

Get out of debt.

3 Current Obsessions

Twilight- That's a surprise to you I'm sure.

Friday Night Lights - I know, a sports drama. You wouldn't think I would be into this at all, but I challenge you to get the first season and watch it. You will be hooked too. Thanks to Kayla for recommending it and for Dirk for coming over and forcing me to watch the first disc. Why don't I just trust you to begin with?

Home Star Runner. So funny. I had forgotten about this great little web site until the Wii game came out last month. Check out the Strong Bad e-mails and Teen Girl Squad.




3 Random Surprising Facts

I hate questions like this. I have no hidden random surprises, sorry to disappoint. If I think of something juicy, I will post it. Thanks for the challenge Camille!

First Day of School

Scary. I am now the parent of a kindergartner. School is so intense. There are so many committees and volunteer things and I am now a member of the PTA and it is freaking me out. London of course did awesome. She didn't even want me to come with her on the first day. She saw one of her friends from preschool on the playground before school started and they chased each other all over and had a great time. Her teacher is incredible. London met her once the week before school started and she remembered her name and came up to talk to her out on the playground before school started. I really really like her and I really like Canyon Rim.

Pyper started preschool as well. I really hope that her teacher is ready for her. She is so darn stubborn. Parents go with the kids on the first day and she didn't want to do anything but play with the toys. She had already scoped them out when London went there and knew exactly what she wanted to play with and she didn't want me to come and she didn't want to leave. I will just hope that she is better when I am not around. Miss Kristi is an awesome teacher so I am sure she can handle her. Here are some pics from the kids first day.




Lining up for class.

Backpacks on and ready to go.

Red Fish Lake

We went on a camping trip to Red Fish Lake with Kevin's sister Jenny and their family. It was my first time into this part of Idaho and it was amazing. I honestly didn't expect it to be so breath taking. We had an incredible time riding bikes and swimming. I have the best neices and nephews. The older kids were so good to play with my kids and take them on bike rides. I love them! Thanks Jen and Todd and fam! We had a great time and I hope we can make this a yearly tradition!! Couple of funny things from the trip. I was in the tent and I could hear London outside so I said "London?" and she answered back "Squirrel?" I came out of the tent and asked her why she had said squirrel and she said. "Oh, I thought a squirrel was talking to me." Yes, a squirrel that sounds just like your mother. Second funny thing, Kevin's blonde spot on the back of his head. Ask him about it.

Glacier

So I haven't posted for nearly a month and kevin is accusing me of abandoning my blog. We just have been super busy trying to cram as much into our last few weeks of summer as possible. I don't have much to say so I am just going to post a few of our pictures from our Glacier road trip.
We had a great time despite me locking Asher in a running car in a national park. Thank heavens for Rangers! Thank you so much Garth and Anne for letting us come with you! We loved the cabin.

Where or where did my Girlfriend go?

I have been a faithful attendee of My Girlfriends Kitchen for over 3 years. I would go once a month and prepare my meals with my mom or sister. I loved it. I loved the smell of all the fresh ingredients and chatting with my girlfriends. I loved getting to sample new items and sip lemonade while I assembled my meals. I loved leaving with a laundry basket full of meals in less than two hours. It was great to have a healthy variety of meals and to never have to think about what's for dinner.

So I went online to book my appointment in April. The website said they were having some technical difficulties and to call the store to book your appointment. I called the store. Their voice mailbox was full and no one answered. Guyfriend Dave, the owner, always answers. I started to panic. I drove by. It was locked up tight. No signs or anything and the place was cleaned out. Now I really started to panic. I drove Kevin crazy with my worrying. "You used to cook before Girlfriends", he calmly stated. "You will be alright."

My answer was a panicked "I had a lot less kids back then. And what about all our favorite recipes?"

I started to call other locations and do some detective work and I found out that MGFK was bought out by some company in California and that a few of the local owners were so upset that they had closed their doors. This included the Parleys Way and Fort Union locations so now the closest stores were American Fork, Layton and West Jordan. I then found out by pumping the owner of the West Jordan store for info that they were changing their name to Dinner A'Fare and increasing their prices a lot. More panic. The owner of the West Jordan store took a road trip to California to check out the Dinner A'Fare chain and said that it was not for him. His store was going independent and would keep the same menu items although they would have to change the recipe names and alter a few ingredients. Whew.

They are keeping their prices almost the same and it is close to my work. They are not quite as good as my beloved Parley's Way store, but they are a very close second. There is one bad thing though. I can't go and assemble my meals myself anymore. They assemble them for me. You would think this would be a good thing as it is less work. I really enjoyed the little break with time to myself though and I could always say that I made the dinners myself so I sounded less lazy. Oh well. At least we won't be starving.

If any of you would like me to pick up meals for you once a month just let me know. The West Jordan store is now The Dinner Market. I highly recomment the Steller Chicken (formally All Star Chicken) and the Texas BBQ meatballs this month!

Reflections of Christ

Kevin showed me this awesome video that is done by a photographer in Arizona who was given permission to photograph the Mesa Arizona Easter Pageant cast members recreating scenes from Christs life around Arizona. They are beautiful and amazing photos. They almost look like paintings. I couldn't figure out how to post the video on my blog and get the pictures to be high quality so please follow this link. You won't be sorry. Make sure to enlarge it so you can really see the pictures and turn on your speakers because it has amazing music.

http://mabrystudios.typepad.com/reflections_of_christ/2008/03/reflections-sli.html

Note: This link was not working the last time I tried but you can also view the video on this link.

http://www.christ.org/

Asher Quirks

You may think that a 9 month old can't have many quirks, but Asher is already off to a great start.

1. When Asher really wants something he puckers up his lips to get them closer to what he wants. It is like he is trying to vacuum stuff up with his mouth.

2.Asher has to cover his head with his blankets when he sleeps and rub them between his finger.

3. When he is excited he does this crazy head shake and laughs. I love it.

4. He hates baby food. He only wants to eat what you are eating and if you give him and M&M he will literally laugh out loud with joy. ( I know, my 8 month old should not even know what an M&M tastes like, but when you are on a 5 hour car ride and he is screaming from the back seat you will do whatever it takes.)

5. He can tell when his sisters are doing something fun (like swimming) and he will not give up until you let him join them. I am sure he will be torturing them like only a brother can as soon as he can keep up with them.

6. Recently Asher got a cold, and I know this is kind of gross, but he loves to lick his own snot. He will stick his tongue clear up and touch his nose to get it. It makes me gag just a little bit.

London's Quirks

1. London must have multiple night lights on in her room ever night.

2. She does not like melted cheese (she must have been switched at birth since I must have cheese on everthing).

3.She loves, I mean LOVES animal shows. She can watch animal documentaries all day long and never get bored. She also remembers all kinds of weird facts about these differant animals and will tell you all about them. Her favorite animals are sharks and so when discovery channel has shark week, she watches all week long. After shark week last year I could hear the girls playing from the other room "May day, may day, our ship is going down." (Maybe I should cut back on the amount of shark week she watches this year.) She even had a shark birthday party when she turned 4.

4. She still needs a nap. She is getting a little too old, I know, but when we switched to late church, she started falling asleep in sharing time .

5.London loves to travel and has a whole list of places she wants to visit. Alaska is at the top of her list right now, probably because she has seen a lot of animal shows in Alaska lately. She also thinks that everyone has a city that they are named after and asks me where my city is and where Pyper's city is.

6. London has the best laugh. It is a little crazy and it always makes me smile.

Pyper's Quirks

So I have been seeing a lot of blogs lately that have a tag where you list 6 quirky things about yourself. I thought I would do this for each of my kids because I am sure that they will grow out of their crazy little quirks and I want to remember them. So this is mostly for myself, but hopefully you find it intereting to. I am starting with Pyper because she is my quirkiest kid.

1. Pyper cannot take a nap in her regular clothes. She has to strip down to her undies or change into p.j.'s.

2. She loves to play dress up and when we are at home she is almost always in a princess costume or a swimsuit.

3. Whenever I ask her to dance for me she does this crazy chicken dance that always makes me laugh.

4. She is the neatest eater. She has to wipe her mouth with a napkin after every bite and if she doesn't have a napkin she uses her sleeve so she always has little stains on her shoulder.

5. She cannot stand being wet. If one of her sleeves gets wet when she is washing her hands she must change immediately.

6. She says "I love you mom," at least 10 times a day and I never get tired of hearing it.

Here is a picture or her in our backyard a few weeks ago. She lives in this little ballet costume and would wear it everywhere if I would let her. Which I do, most of the time.

Yellowstone '08

We went to Yellowstone for Kev's B-day / our anniversary. We saw tons of bears and other animals, but no wolves :( We had great weather though. These are just a few of our pictures.

It's official, I'm obsessed

So it was year ago that my mom introduced me to Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. She gave me the first two books for Mother's Day and I immediately became obsessed. People would ask me what I was reading and what it was about and I was really embarrassed to admit I was reading a teenage vampire series. Pretty soon I had everyone at my work reading it and they are all obsessed too. I have read all three books at least twice and am anxiously awaiting the fourth book in August. Twilight the movie is coming in December and they released the trailer this week. I know there are other twilight fans out there so I post this for you!!

A new family for London

I start out the day with lots of patients. I play with the kids and have fun with them but when it hits 7 p.m. I lose it. All of my patients fly out the window. I get really short with my kids and I feel really bad because it is not a good way to end the day. Last night I was giving the kids a bath and I had taken Asher out and was getting him dressed. I poked my head back into the bathroom and caught London dumping the whole bottle of shampoo into the water. She has done this before and knows that it is a big no-no so she tried to hide what she was doing. I got mad and squirted them off with the shower (which they hate) because they had an inch of soap on their little bodies and made them go to bed without stories. London said she wanted a new family. I told her that was fine I would find her a new family. She immediately started packing her bags. She wanted to know what her new family would look like so I found a picture of her new family on the internet.

That's right. I told her she would be going to live with the Aadams family.

London: They look nice.

Me: They will be great. You will have a new sister and brother and new grandparents too.

London: They will give me lot's of toys and take me to school and be the best family ever.

Me: I hope so. You never know. Maybe they won't be as fun as us.

Pyper: They look scary. Don't go London, don't go.

London: I think that they are in their Halloween costumes. The mom has a nice smile. Where is a suitcase mom?

Me: Are you sure about this? You won't miss us?

London: No. Pyper you can play with all my toys and sleep in my room.

Pyper: But you are the mommy when we play barbies and I don't know how to be the mommy. Don't go London!

London: You will have all the toys to yourself Pyper.

I tried telling her that her brother and sister would miss her. I tried to explain how her dad would never recover if she left. I told her they may make her do more chores and work harder. I even told her that the Aadams lived in a place where it was always snowy and she wouldn't get to play out in the hot summer weather. She still wanted to go live with her new family.

I finally had to break down and tell her that I was just teasing her and that she was stuck with us forever, poor thing. Don't you hate it when your attempts at reverse psychology back fire? Maybe I should take a parenting class or read some more parenting books so I don't mess my kids up for life.

Happy Baby

Asher is a happy guy. He laughs probably 50% of the day. London is his favorite comedian. She can get him to laugh just by looking at him. She sits in back of him in the car and he laughs at her everywhere we go. Recently I have had her feed Asher because she likes it and he seems to be into it too. Here is a video of the two of them enjoying dinner. Please ignore his "future princess" bib. That's what happens when you have two older sisters.

The Last Swig

Let me preface this by saying that I am only posting this because everyday Kevin asks me if I have written this story on my blog yet. He thinks it is hilarious and I am trying to forget it happened. Writing about it brings it more into reality but oh well. At least it will get Kevin off my back. Here it goes.

So the other night, Kevin was playing some video game and noticed his big toe sticking out of his sock. His toe nail was a little long so he grabbed the clippers, snipped it off and then faced the dilemma of what to do with it. His pop can was sitting next to him, and there was only a swig or so left, so he stuck it in the can and went on with his game.

Along comes me. He sees me out of the corner of his eye, but doesn't really pay attention to what I am doing. We often share drinks so I pick up his can, and you guessed it, take a swig. I immediately spray the whole room in Cherry Vanilla Dr.Pepper and yell "What was in that can?"

That's right, I drank his toenail. I drank it all up. After I had stopped dry heaving Kevin and I collapsed on the couch laughing so hard that we were doing that silent, shaking thing. Needless to say, Kevin cleaned up the mess and I will not be sharing drinks with him in the near future.

Bathroom Break

So I have a phobia of public restrooms. So dirty and smelly and I want to use a whole bottle of hand sanitizer. I will avoid them at all costs even holding my bladder for hours if it means I can make it back to my own safe bathroom. So how did I end up with two kids who are obsessed with public restrooms? Everywhere we go the first words out of their mouths are "I have to pee!" I take them to the bathroom and all they really want is the novelty of seeing the room. They sit and "try" to go and then say "It's just not coming out. Guess I will have to try later." They then take a little tour of the bathroom, peeking under stalls (to my horror) and commenting on how pretty the sink is or how is smells. Only once in a long while is the bathroom trip a legitimate one.

We took a road trip this weekend and of course I can't expect the kids to hold their pee just because I am afraid of truck stop rest rooms. Half way to our destination, London had to go and if London has to go then Pyper has to go. I drag them all the way to the back of the gas station and we finally make it to the bathroom where there is a line. Awesome, I love to stand in line in the bathroom with little kids that have to touch everything. A stall opens up and, yes, I make all three of us go into one itty bitty stall to play musical toilet because I am horrified of someone taking my kid. London goes first, complaining the whole time that this toilet is dirty and she is too old to have to share a bathroom stall with us. Pyper goes, and then I go, because I am already there so might as well. London keeps trying to open the door and get out while I am sitting there half naked, so I am leaning forward to push on the door with one hand and the other hand is swatting Pyper away from the little garbage can on the floor that she is suddenly obsessed with. The whole time I am thinking "Why couldn't I have boys? Then Kevin would get to enjoy all these fun bathroom breaks."

We finish up and we head out to wash our hands. Pyper has to do everything herself so it takes quite awhile and then we push the button on the hand dryer. It is extremely loud. Pyper will not take her little wet hands away from her ears so I stick her whole head under the dryer which she is not a fan of. The other women in the bathroom are giving me strange looks and I am just trying to get out before their now clean hands are contaminated again.

I would like to say that this bathroom break was a little more chaotic then most, but this is pretty much our routine. We had almost the exact same experience on the way home except I got the handicapped stall. More room to move around, but then I can't reach the door when London opens it and I am half naked. I am looking forward to the day when they will also avoid public restrooms at all cost. I am on my way to passing on my phobia to the next generation.

Yo Gabba Gabba

So my friend Erin was posting about all the great shows she remembers from when she was a kid and it totally made me laugh. My kids watch this show and it is totally reminiscent of things I would see when I was younger. I am sure it is the show they will remember when they are adults. I'll warn you in advance that it is really strange. The music is really upbeat and always gets the kids dancing though. We totally sing this song to get Pyper to eat new things and she loves it.



It also has crazy celebrity guests like Elijah Wood teaching kids how to do the "puppetmaster" dance. Just to give you a little preview. Here are the opening credits.



I am sure that all you other parents don't let your children watch this. There is nothing really educational about it. I'll admit that it is totally bizarre and out there, but so was some of the stuff I watched as a kid. It is one of the few shows that I can stand to watch with my kids. Most of the time. :)

Easter

We took the kids with my mom to Thanksgiving Point's Easter egg hunt on Saturday. My mom had bought the tickets in advance. It was $8 for kids and $3 for adults. We got there about an hour before it started because there was a carnival before hand. It was freezing cold and the carnival was very poorly organized and chaotic, but the worst part of all was the egg hunt. They had all the kids line up around a field. They had the children go by age group and Pyper was in the first group of 0 to 3 year olds.

The MC announced to remember that this hunt was just for children so as soon as they blew the whistle to go, I gave Pyper a little push and told her to go for it. She was immediately surrounded by a mob of stampeding adults and she started to panic. It took me about 5 seconds to get to her and I held her hand to help her across the field but there was not one egg left. Pyper was heartbroken. We saw many adults with baskets full of eggs coming off the field and many children without anything.

Needless to say we did not stay for the next age group. We basically paid $25 bucks for a couple of cheap plastic rings from the fish pond and the ring toss. I was totally disgusted. As we were leaving London said "I thought you said this would be fun and it just wasn't." Couldn't have said it better myself.

We did have a very good Easter despite our experiences at Thanksgiving Point. The kids got to go on hunts at both of their grandma's houses and they sang in church. (Thanks to Ryan for the church pics!)

Here they are in their cute Easter outfits.

What will you be?

London has recently been speculating on what she will be when she grows up. This weeks she has told me that she will be a doctor because they get to give shots instead of get them. She has also wanted to be a zoo keeper and a jungle cruiser (this is someone who drives the jungle cruise boat ride at Disneyland). Pyper, not wanting to be left out, wants to be a moose, a horse or a coco puff. Not really sure how that is going to happen. How do you begin a career as a coco puff? They both tell me they want to be mommies and that is my favorite of all.

The Easter Bunny

Kevin brought the kids to my work on Thursday because the Easter bunny was coming to take pictures with the employees kids. Most of the children were crying a screaming (rightfully so) at the creepy bunny and didn't want to get near him. Who can blame him with those psycho eyes? My kids have no fear of large furry creatures, probably because of multiple trips to the magic kingdom beginning at birth. Santa is a different story, but if it has a big furry head they are all for it. Pyper was sad that the bunny didn't talk to her, ( how frightening would that have been) and she had to go back and blow him a kiss. So here are some pics so you can see how truly awesome this bunny was.

Who will dance with me?

The other day Kevin and Pyper were driving in the car and Pyper said, "Dad, I am going to marry you in the temple when I grow up. " Kevin had to explain to her that he was already married and he is her dad so he can't marry her. She got all sad and said "Who is going to dance with me when I am older?" I am so lucky to have a wonderful husband who is a great dad. He is always dancing with his little princesses and he is always the dragon when they are hiding in their castle. He always tucks them in at night, and makes them feel safe. Thank you Kev for being the best dad a little girl could have!

My Little Malificent

The other day I was trying to take a bath. It is the one moment in the day where I get time to myself. So I am lying there trying to relax when Pyper frantically bursts into the bathroom and climbs in on top of me fully clothed. I tried to figure out what she was so upset about, and she finally sputtered out, "London is scaring me!" I looked up and London came into the bathroom in this. . .





She had found this old mask of her dad's and was using it to terrify her sister. The sad thing is Pyper is somewhat fascinated by the mask, yet horrified at the same time. I don't know what is more funny. London in this mask or the fact that it belongs to Kevin.

ABC Tag

A - Attached or Single: Definitely attached.
B - Best friend - Kevin. I am really lucky that I found the person who totally gets me and is my other half. I don't know where I would be without him.
C-Cake or Pie: Tough choice. Can I just pick chocolate?
D- Day of Choice: Friday. My husband gets off work early and I don't have to work so that is a plus. I have playgroup in the mornings and get to talk to all my girlfriends and then I usually do something fun with my hubby on Friday nights.
E- Essential Items: Anti bacti hand sanitizer. We have used it after every trip to the grocery store this year and it has cut back on the stomach flu a ton from last year.
F- Favorite Color: Green.
G- Gummi Bears or Worms: Bears - Especially chocolate covered cinnamon bears.
H- Hometown: American Fork (that's right, I am from Utah County).
I -Indulgence(s): Traveling. We have to have a trip planned at all times or we go crazy. So far this year we are headed to Hawaii, St. George and of course we will hit Yellowstone at least twice.
J- January or July: July ( even though London and my birthday are in January, I am not an outdoor winter sport person and it is so gray and smoggy). I love the swimming and the picnics and of course we always go on a trip in July.
K-Kids: 3 -London, Pyper and Asher. I guess I could count our Beta , Jack Sparrow, but he is really London's pet. She picked out his name and calls him Jackie Jack for short.
L-Life is incomplete without: My incredible family. I love spending time with them and traveling with them (extended family included).
M- Marriage Date: May 19th, 2000
N- Number of Siblings: 2 -Brandon and Angela
O- Oranges or Apples: Apples, especially with caramel dip.
P- Phobias or Fears: I definitely have arachnophobia. Kevin kills all the spiders at our house. I inherited this from my mother ( thanks mom).
Q- Quote(s): I am having a brain cramp in the quote department. Maybe I will think of one later.
R- Reason To Smile: My three kids almost always do something to make me smile. It is so fun watching them discover and interpret the world around them.
S- Season: Tie between spring and fall. I love the warmth after months of frigid cold, and the start of cool at the end of a long hot summer.
T- Tag Six: I think most people have already been tagged, but anyone who does please leave me a comment so I can read it.
U- Unknown Fact About Me: I love games. I would play board/card games every night if I could find enough people to play. I have so many games that I am running out of space for them. I am also really into playstation games and my husband got me a wii for Valentines day so that has been eating up a huge chunk of my not so free time. I am just catching up on my laundry today. Pathetic, I know.
V- Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animal: I am a meat eater, but I am way picky. I discard almost half of any meat that I am eating if I think it looks weird or has fat or tendon like things.
W- Worst Habit: Is procrastination a habit? I am really good at leaving things until the last minute.
X- X-Rays or Ultrasounds: I don't get this question. I am registered to do both, but I much prefer to do ultrasound because it is way more challenging and also, people are excited to come in and have their OB ultrasound. It is one of the few tests people actually want to come to. I truly love my job. Most of the time.
Y- Your Favorite Food: Mexican food. Pretty much anything with cheese and beans and spicy. I especially love Cafe Rio.
Z- Zodiac-Capricorn

Technical Difficulties

Okay so our computer has been acting up lately so when I get online, I only have a few minutes of time before the screen goes completely white. I don't know what the deal is so if any of computer gurus out there have any ideas, I would be willing to try anything. We have ordered a new one since ours is about 5 years old. Yes some people would try and fix the one they have, but since Kevin and I are computer stupid, our solution is to just get a new one. Hopefully we will be up and running again in a few days.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I love Valentine's Day. I love all the flowers and pink and red hearts. I love making sugar cookies with my kids. I most of all love all the valentine candy (conversation hearts are my favorite). My husband on the other hand, is not a big fan of the day. He thinks it is just a ploy to get you to buy flowers and candy and other useless stuff. That said, he always goes all out to let me know how much he loves me. He is the best. We have almost been married eight years now and it has been incredible! Here is a picture of us 8 years ago on our wedding day. Aren't we so young and skinny. I can't believe how time has flown now that we are a family of five!


I also love Valentine's Day because it is the day we got to bring London home from the hospital 5 years ago. Here she is on her first night home. The binky is almost as big as her face and her clothes were way too big. We were so excited to have her home. What a great Valentine's gift that was. Today she was having a Valentines party at preschool and wanted her dad to do her hair in the shape of a heart. He is pretty good at doing hair, but not quite that good so she had to be satisfied with a flower clip. (I know you would never guess that she had hair based on her first pictures.) Hope you all have a great V-day!!

Sunday chaos

Some Sundays I start to wonder why we even try to make it to church. It starts before we even get there. Sunday mornings are always hectic trying to get everyone ready and we are always missing someone's shoe and have to look forever and we finally make it to church late, even though we don't start till one o'clock. I was feeling pretty good this Sunday because we were even a little bit early. We sat in a bench and we were doing fairly well until the Sacrament prayer. Pyper chose this moment to let out a huge burp, then she said excuse me and London burst out laughing. Since it got a laugh the first time, Pyper kept trying to burp through the rest of the prayer and then crawled under the bench so I couldn't get to her. We waited until after the sacrament was over so as not to cause a huge scene and then marched her out to the car. Kevin took her home to have a time out in her room which she thought was tragic so hopefully she will remeber it the next time she starts acting up.

In the mean time, London, Asher and I stayed behind to listen to the meeting. Asher has just started cooing and making noise all the time. If he cries I take him out, but if he is just happily cooing, I like to stay and try to listen to the speakers. Usually we are sitting around other families with young babies so we are all just kind of used to it and it blends in. A family with older kids sat in front of us this Sunday though and the mother was quite annoyed with my little Asher guy. So after a few looks of death from the row in front of us, I packed up Asher and London and we went to the mother's lounge to listen to the rest of the meeting.

After sacrament the girl's went to primary so it calmed down a little and we had a really good lesson in Young Women's so I left church feeling spiritually uplifted. Ultimately I am glad we went, but does anyone else feel like church is a wrestling match? Any ideas for making sacrament meeting more uplifting and keeping kids calm? We have quiet books and crayons, but I swear Pyper turns into a little devil the moment we enter the chapel and I would be open to any suggestions. Anyway, if you need some entertainment next Sunday, feel free to sit by us.

Man Cold

For those of you who haven't seen this it totally cracks me up. Not that my man is like this at all :).

Precious Moments

Just a few things that the girls did that I don't want to forget. Everytime that I ask London to go upstairs and grab something for the baby she yells "Teamwork Pyper!" and they both run up the stairs singing this song "Teamwork, do it together. Teamwork friends forever." (See playlist to hear song). They always come back both holding on to the diaper or whatever it was I asked them to get. It is so cute how they help each other.

Last night when I was tucking in Pyper she said to me "Mama, I want to write a letter to Jesus." I asked her what she wanted it to say and she said "I want to tell him thank you for everthing He does for me." I am so glad that even though she is so young, she realizes that Jesus is her friend and is always there to help her. So precious!