OUR WEEKEND

The weather was GORGEOUS this weekend so we took advantage! On Saturday their was the annual Blue and White scrimmage where BYU plays against each other. Then on Sunday we went to the Great Salt Lake and I forgot my camera (ARGH!!!!) and then today Dave took a PTO since it was going to be 80, & we were going to take the kids to the zoo, but it was soooo windy!! So we took them to Discovery Gateway instead.





















The girls enjoying their cotton candy
















Discovery gatway


























































The kids enjoying the warm weather in the backyard

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUSTIN!!

AUSTIN'S 2ND BIRTHDAY!

My baby is 2!!! Today we celebrated Austin's birthday with some of his aunts and uncles. I made him a baseball cake sitting on top of a "dirty" pitchers mound (in case you couldn't tell! It didn't come out the way I was hoping but then again they never do!) he got a riding toy, Thomas the train playset and the barn play set.

A few things about Austin:
* he is extremely active! he loves to do somersaults
* he loves balls and shooting hoops in his BYU basketball hoop in his room
* he still sucks his darn finger and still adores his blanket
* he loves playing with his sisters and will go to them if I won't do what he wants me to do
* he loves the movie Cars, Toy Story, and Thomas the Train
* he will play in his room for hours with the door shut

And most of all he's adorable and we love him very much!

EASTER

SPRING BREAK

Since we're trying to put our yard in we didn't go anywhere for Spring Break but we did manage to have lots of fun! We hung out with my sister 3 times, went to Discovery Gateway (Childrens Museum), Dave took the girls to a movie, and then we got a babysitter for the whole day! So here's some random pictures for a
random week!




















Playing at the park with cousins



















Aubree & Andee














Aubree, Addie, & Andee



















Austin & Nick

DISNEY PRINCESS ON ICE

I took the girls to Disney on Ice since they were doing all of the princess'. They have been looking forward to this day for weeks! They woke up early this morning as if it were Christmas Eve. The show was fantastic! Especially the grand finale. When it was over Aubree said "Mom I had too much fun!" Then we went to Mc'Ds for lunch and then to Limited Too (it was either that or Build a Bear) so they could pick out something small since I refused to buy anything at the show since the prices were outrageous!! But it was a fun day spending time with my girls.

GROSS!

Aubree woke up early this morning just bawling. Here's our conversation:

AUBREE: Mom I did something really bad (sobbing)

ME: What?!

AUBREE: I stole Hannas bone (hanna is our 8 year old neighbor)

ME: Please explain (you can imagine what is going through my head!)

AUBREE: In the summer we found a dead horse's jaw bone and me and Hanna buried it and then when she left I dug it back up and hid it in my drawer.

ME: (trying not to laugh or throw up!) As long as you realize what you did was wrong and you never do it again (meaning don't ever hide a dead animals body part in the house!) then its okay.

So then she goes and gets it and it is seriously half of a jaw with teeth still intact of what looks like a very large dog. And it has been sitting in her drawer for 6 months!!!! Our house is right next to a farm and they are always playing out there. Not anymore! Are you kidding me!!

Teenage Tag

1. If you could go back and tell your teenage self one thing, what would it be?
HE'S NEVER GOING TO ASK YOU OUT SO GET OVER IT!

2. Did you do any extra curricular activities in high school?
DRAMA, ORCHESTRA, & SEMINARY COUNCIL

3. What did you do with your free time?
I HAD A JOB, VIOLIN LESSONS, HUNG OUT WITH FRIENDS, DATED

4. Coolest thing you did as a teenager.
ME, MY BRO & SIS FLEW TO ENGLAND BY OURSELVES (AGES 14,16,&17) TO VISIT BRITISH RELATIVES AND TRAVELED ALL OVER ENGLAND

5. Did you have a boyfriend in high school?
OH DEAR,,,,HOW DO I EXPLAIN THIS ONE...I WOULD GET BORED WITH A GUY AFTER 3 WEEKS (OR VICE VERSA!) I WAS A HUGE FLIRT AND WAS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THAT HIGH SCHOOL BOYFRIEND. I STARTED DATING DAVID TOWARDS THE END OF MY SENIOR YEAR.

6. Songs that come to mind:
AS I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP & I GET KNOCKED DOWN

7. If you could change one thing, what would it be?
NOT BASE MY WHOLE HIGH SCHOOL LIFE ON FINDING A BOYFRIEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8. What did you think you would be when you grew up?
( BESIDES FINDING PRINCE CHARMING & HAVING 4 WELL BEHAVED CHILDREN) I WANTED TO BE A WRITER FOR A MAGAZINE OR WRITE A CHILDREN'S NOVEL

9. Picture of self
I HAD LONG HAIR WITH A CHEST. I GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH MY CHEST ABOUT 7 YEARS AGO & THEY DECIDED TO LEAVE ME. i AM STILL LOOKING......... (i just re-read that part so let me make it clear: I DID NOT HAVE A HAIRY CHEST!) sorry inlaws and parents who are reading this and completly offended.

10. I AM ADDING THIS ONE:
Craziest thing I did in high school
ABOUT 15 OF MY FRIENDS PILED INTO A VAN ON NEW YEARS EVE AND WE TOOK A STOP SIGN AND SHOVED IT INTO THE VAN. DROVE AROUND FOR A BIT & DECIDED TO PUT IT BACK (IN CASE SOMEONE WERE TO GET INTO A WRECK, PROBABLY SMART!) ALSO SLIDING DOWN THE COTTON SEEDS AND HAVING THE COPS CALLED AND ONLY 3 OF US GOT AWAY. Ooooo DEVIL CHILD!
I SPENT MY SENIOR PROM WATCHING THE JAZZ GAME. COINCIDENTALLY DAVE FLEW IN THAT WEEKEND FOR A VISIT. APPARENTLY RM'S DON'T GO TO THE PROM!!!
I ACTUALLY HATED 75% OF MY HIGH SCHOOL LIFE AND WOULD NEVER GO BACK IF SOMEONE PAID ME!!!!

I am tagging my hs blogging buddies Heather, Mary,kristin, Emily, & Kirstin

Random Pictures

Nothing too exciting! Leftover Valentine pictures & bowling pictures. WHERE IS SUMMER!!!!! My bulbs are starting to sprout which is a huge shocker cuz I dug them up from my old house and planted them in okay dirt just to see what they would do and out of the 100 it looks like 30 of them made it!

Valentine Photo Shoot

DISCOVERY GATEWAY CHILDRENS MUSEUM

We took the kids to Discovery Gateway Friday night
and they LOVED it. Their was so much for them to do.
I spent my night chasing Austin to every exibit. He was
so hyper! All 3 of them were asleep before we even got
out of the parking lot.

This is Austin's new thing if he's too lazy to actually
hold his blanket. This way he doesn't have to hold it,
but its still very close by. Sometimes he'll walk around
like this and it will drop in his face and then you will hear
a huge THUNK! when he runs into the wall.













All guzzied up for preschool!

Happy Valentines Day!

So David comes home from work yesterday(Feb. 5) and says, "Happy Valentines Day honey!"

Poor guy.

ADVICE FROM A 7 YEAR OLD

As I'm giving Aubree my latest Gymboree splurge:
AUBREE: Mom! Quit buying me new clothes! I have too much! You need to start saving money.
ME: I promise I won't buy any more clothes until summer
AUBREE: Promise?
ME: I promise


The kids were playing downstairs so I thought I had a few minutes to read my latest novel. I sat down for maybe 2 minutes when they came running in the livingroom.

ME: ARGH!!! Why can't I ever have time to read?!
AUBREE: Because you had kids!

So true so true!

Thought This Was Cute

This morning I went in to wake the girls for school and found that Addie (who will be 4 end of April) had wet the bed. She put a towel over the spot (made Aubree sleep there of course), changed her clothes and put a pull up on all by herself!

OUR TRIP TO ARIZONA

9 REASONS NEVER TO TRAVEL WITH 3 KIDS: (in no particular order)

* 12 hours of : Don't touch me! and Austin's pulling my hair (Austin thought this was hilarious so it was hard to punish him), lots of screaming,whining, and of course..Aubree every 30 minutes: ARE WE THERE YET?

* I left my wallet on top of the car while I was getting gas and forgot about it. So now some homeless guy in Vegas is enjoying a great meal with my cash and photos of my kids I can't replace!

* At our hotel in Vegas the "door" that was covering up the air conditioner fell on Austin & smashed his toe! Hotel management came up and took a report and took pictures of his foot. We got a free room but Austin was miserable the rest of the day and his nail will probably fall off.

* 12 hours of news talk radio on the presidential campaign (McCain & Romney are neck and neck in case anyone wanted to know!)

* "I have to go potty" as I look outside my window at the never ending desert of dirt and bushes

* We took the wrong freeway when we were almost to my parents so that delayed us another 30 minutes. (When you have been in a car for 12 hours 30 minutes is a VERY long time!)

* Aubree & Austin got pink eye

* Austin's quart of milk was spilling all over the foot of the front seat & I didn't realize it until we got there. It drenched my brand new NON WATERPROOF purse!

* As we are driving back home into a snowstorm I hear David say "We need to move."

That was the worst of it. We actually had a really great time. The weather was gorgeous at a sunny 65! I was loving it and wanted to be outside all of the time. We went to the Phoenix Zoo which was great and probably one of the best zoo's I have been to (besides San Diego of course!) their was a merry go round and a huge play area for the kids that was a treehouse. Aubree & Addie had a ball climbing through everything & Austin explored dragging his blanket everywhere in the dirt. It was a great escape from being cooped up in the house. Then my family watched the kids so Dave and I could escape ourselves. We stayed at The Point Hilton Resort in Phoenix. David complained the whole time that it wasn't a Marriot. On the way back we stayed in Vegas at the Planet Hollywood Hotel (where Austin smashed his toe) we took the kids to the Fao Schwartz toy store which was 3 stories! We had dinner at Cheesecake Factory and walked around the mall. It was great spending time with family I haven't seen in awhile and getting away from the cold.

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Random Pictures

Austin loves to suck on a toothbrush & eat toothpaste.
He knows he's not supposed to do it so this time I caught
him hiding in between the desk.
Addie enjoying her kitchen

Addie waiting for the next Gymboree shipment
The kids in their bath towels
Austin's train set

Happy Birthday to Me!

So yesterday was my birthday and my sister came over and brought me flowers. When David got home our conversation went a little something like this:
DAVE: Who's flowers are those?
ME: Mine
DAVE: From who?
ME: Charity
DAVE:(completely confused & puzzled look) Why?!
ME: Today is my birthday
DAVE: face goes white and I get the deer in headlights look

Yes folks you have heard it right! For the past 10 birthdays David has forgotten 8 out of the 10 birthdays (I'll give him the benefit of the doubt!) Birthdays were never big in his family so he doesn't get the whole birthday thing. Last year I got so fed up that I totally freaked out on him. So this year he took me out for my birthday the day after Christmas. He knew it was coming up so he figured he'd better do it now before he forgot. Still, on the actual day, he forgot. I feel a shopping trip coming on...

Tagged

I've been tagged 3 times and have never done it (because I think I am boring and nobody cares)

* I don't want to be 28 because I feel I haven't done anything with my life except being a mom and yes I feel I am "just a mom", but yet I sit and do nothing about it. So pray its January 3rd FOREVER!!!!

* I love to shop. I don't like to stick to a budget. If Dave gives me a shopping budget I will always go over. If I want it I will buy it no matter what the cost. I love Gymboree ( I am waiting for my recent splurge as we speak. So is Addie. She keeps on looking out the window asking "Is it here yet?) That doesn't help the Gymboree obsession when my 3 year old loves clothes. I have always had an obsession with baby clothes. Even in high school I would go into Baby Gap and look at the baby clothes...maybe I shouldn't have said that out loud! ( Another quirk is I HATE it when the things I want at Gymboree are sold out. So on the day a sale starts I have butterfly's in my stomach, my hands are shaking as I"m typing in what I want, and I get up at 3am to make sure I get it before it sells out. I have also been known to call every Gymboree store to find a certain dress, put it on hold, and driven an hour to get it!)...maybe I shouldn't have said that one out loud either!

* I love to make lists. I have a list for everything. I only buy things that are on my lists (that way if I spent too much I tell Dave "But it was on my list!" Somehow that makes me feel better.

* I love to decorate my house. I love Tai Pan, Z Gallery, and Ikea. Dave walked in the bedroom the other day and saw me sitting on the bed staring at the wall. At least to him I was staring at the wall, but to me I was thinking about how I should decorate the wall.

*I love Pottery Barn. I have a binder thats filled with ripped out pages of Pottery Barn ideas whether its something I want to buy or a decorating idea.

* I love to organize my house and want all of my closets organized with baskets and bins. (I didn't always used to be this way. In high school you couldn't see my bedroom floor but I knew where everything was!)

* I love to cook. I am always watching food network and trying a new recipe at least once a week. So now my new favorite store is Sur La Table at the Gateway. (Did I mention I love to shop?) This is also a new one. Growing up I would always get teased that I was going to kill my husband. This was something that my dad actually warned David about before we got married. So I taught myself how to cook by watching cooking shows and I think it has paid off: David is still alive! And Aubree always says that I'm a great chef. Maybe I'm watching Food Network a little too much!

* I have to be on time. I have to have a routine ( I love FlyLady!) I will be a frantic crazy lady in the morning trying to hurry everyone to get ready screaming "Hurry we are going to be late!!!" Then we sit at church for about 15 minutes waiting for it to start. This is Daves pet peeve about me. If he notices in the car what time it really is he will drive around the neighborhood until its actually time for church to start (which of course makes me want to ring his neck!)

* I try to save money on groceries so I have more money to shop. (who doesn't do that?) I love Costco and I love buying in bulk. I love to get a good bargain. I have gone 6 weeks without going to the grocery store.

* I HATE football season

* I love taking a hot bath and eat ice cream. (Its the only way I can eat ice cream because I get cold!) If we go out for ice cream the heaters have to be on full blast.

* I love anything romantic: Pride & Prejudice, Walk to Remember, Phantom ( Except I can't watch them with David cuz during the mushy parts he starts dancing around the living room saying "Lets make love like sea otters"(hence the reason why I like romance movies! Gotta get it somewhere!)

* I USED to play the violin and piano. I was actually 1st chair violin in Junior High and High school for some of the concerts. I was always getting asked to play at events and would get signed up for talent shows whether I wanted to or not! I miss playing. Sadly its been so long I will never be able to play the way I used to. 14 years of practicing, private lessons, competitions, down the tubes!!!

WoW! Enough about me! I am now tagging Paula, Charity, and Shellee