IN SEARCH OF..........................................................................

I am in search of the "perfect" jeans. If anyone knows me out there, I have been on the prowl for sometime now for a great pair of jeans. These jeans that I am trying to find, have a BIG job to perform!! I am trying to find a pair that make my Butt look somewhat decent. HHHMMMM! I know that is almost impossible, it will take a miracle really, but I am sure that one pair out there might come close.

I LOVE jeans. I wear them everyday. I am obsessed with jeans. It is crazy. I have tried on some of the "high end" jeans and I think that I must have a little too much Badunkadunk in the southern half of my body to make them not fit quite right. I have found a pair that I do rather enjoy and that is the Hipster from American Eagle. They are low enough to go under my fat roll and not right in the middle of it. You know, the "Muffin top" that we all know and love.

So, I would love to hear your opinions, and recommendations on your favorite jeans. This is really and lame post, but I need help!

Ok, I also ned to clarify something on my "new Do". All I did is get a cut and added some dimension the the color. You probably have to look really hard to notice it too much, but it still feels good to have something new done. Nothing too exciting that is worth taking a picture of. You know how I hate to have my picture taken anyway :) Ok girls, you all have a job to do. Find me a jean that will give me an "apple bottom" to wear with my boots with da furrrrrrrrrrrr! ..... Love that song..... Have a great night!

I HATE TECHNOLOGY!!!

I am so not like Kip---I do not love technology! Well maybe I do, but only when it is working!

I have been sitting on my cell phone making calls trying to get my DSL to work. If the phone jack is plugged in then the computer is not working and vise versa! As you can see, I would rather have my computer working then my phone. :) Who wouldnt?! I told my husband that I NEEEEEEEDDDDD my computer to work or I will shrivel up and die! Well maybe I wouldnt mind the shriveling up part. HEEHEE

Today I went and got my hair cut and a little PIZZAAZZ put into the color. I havent had a ny color stuff done to it in eons!!! I am hoping that it makes me look FIERCE AND FABULOUS! Probably not, but you cant blame a girl for trying. Thanks to Holly for watching Hayden and LaLa for 2+ hours. She told me that La La was all over the place and into everything! UH! really??? Welcome to my life :)
I am getting all primped up for my girls trip coming up. So excited! I am going to most of you girls stomping grounds. We will be staying in the Irvine, Oc area. We do the usual mall circuit and eat a ton. If there is anything else that you feel we should not go with out trying or doing let me know!!

Well I have a huge headache from you know where and I have been neglecting my sweet kiddies since we got home. Have a great day!

So I thought today I would follow in Michelles foot steps and document that I am going to stay home and CLEAN MY HOUSE! I have a ton of laundry to fold, floors to clean and toilets to scrub. I usually like to be out and about at this time of the day running errands or whatever because all of the kids are in school except for 2. I am having a hard time getting anything done thanks to Lawson. He is following me and messing up all of my piles of clothes. I think he is letting me know that he would rather be out partying and spending daddys money instead of doing this crap! DITTO little man DITTO!

Great, now I have 2 little cling-ons. Dora the Explorer must be over. :)

Yesterday I was able to hear some great talks and lessons. My calling is the ward librarian. I always thought of it as an "old lady calling", but dang I love it! I love it for many reasons. I am able to chit chat when I am not "swamped". I am still able to attend RS. I also love it because I get to quietly read some of the great lesson books and other materials in there.

Yesterday I was reading out of the Gospel Principles Book. It was in the chapter about Eternal Families that this paragraph popped out at me:

The first family on earth was established by our Heavenly Father when he gave Eve to Adam in marriage (see Moses 3:21–24). Since then, each of us has been commanded to marry and have children so that through our own experience we can learn to be heavenly parents. President Brigham Young explained that our families are not yet ours. The Lord has committed them to us to see how we will treat them. Only if we are faithful will they be given to us forever. What we do on earth determines whether or not we will be worthy to become heavenly parents".

This struck me I think because every day I go to bed so mad at myself for how I handle certain situations with my children. I lose my patience so easily with them sometimes. I also see that it has rubbed off on how they treat each other. I dont want them to get all snippy with their kids. I want them to show love and patience with them. I have to wonder if the Lord is happy with me and how I am treating his sweet children. I am not saying I beat them or go all psycho on them but I can be a yeller and I hate that! I have 6 sweet loving boys thatI am trying to raise to be rightous loving husbands and fathers, and worthy preisthood holders--No pressure!

We have been doing well on the FHE and trying to keep having our daily family prayers. I think that as long as we are trying to do these things at a consistant pace even if it is a slow one, we will be blessed.

Well I am sorry for all of my babble. I just wanted to document that I actually do read other things then my weekly tabloids and that I actually do listen to the talks and lessons :)

Well I am off to attempt to fold my clothes again. Then I can say that I actually did something productive today. :) Have a great day!

BLOGERATZI!!!

That is my lame attempt at being clever at titling my post. I LOVE stalking blogs. I really do. I think what I love to do most is search blogs and try to find people I know. I grew up in Vegas (way back when there were only like 7 or so High Schools, 2 malls, seriously only 3 or 4 Targets. ) You get my point. I like to think that it is still the same way and I will run into somebody I know. Doesnt happen. I dont think that there a lot of people from the Dino Ages that still live there. Sad.

I did notice a few things through my blog trespassing-- there are a TON of pregnant people out there! What is going on??? Well, obviously we know what is going on (wink wink)! There are a lot of people out there gettin busy. I am just kidding. I guess that since the Smith baby factory is shutting down ( Chris' wishes, not mine) I get a little weepy seeing all the little baby tickers (sniff sniff) Ok, I am obviously typing this when the baby is napping and all is quiet around here because if it was the usual loud chaos, I would be the first one to say "I am done"! LOL

I also noticed that there are so many cute blog backgrounds and fun colors. Where is everyone getting them? How do you do it? My blog could use some sprucing up!

Well I guess I should end my spying. It is really so fun. I was up until 1 last night lurking. I guess I would assume that maybe other people have checked out my blog-maybe not. I know I dont mind it, in fact I love it. I love meeting new people through blogging. so if there is somebody our there that reads my blog--come out of the closet!

Ok, I will shut my pie hole now. I need to go scrounge up something for dinner. I cook all dang week and when the weekend comes, it is so hard to want to cook. It is rainy outside and gloomy. I am in my pjs still and I have eaten a doughnut, Diet Coke, turkey sausage and cookies today. It is no wonder that my thighs are starting to get too friendly with each other. Have a great weekend!

"THE HURRICANE" part 2


Dont let this sweet face fool you! This kid is going to drive me insane! He is a Tsunami of distruction wherever he goes lately! Hayden was the same way. He would color all over my walls, tables and anywhere he could find. It was never the "washable" markers either, I was lucky enough to have him use Sharpies as his choice of medium. He could also twist off lids and therefore empty its contents all over by 1 years old and was climbing out of his crib before that. OUY VEY!!

I snapped this picture of LaLa kindly emptying out my drawer of cards. As I was cleaning up this mess, he was dropping some pencils down my air vents. As aaI am typing this he is walking around with a golf club in one hand and a broom in the other. Crazy kid.

I must have done something during my last 2 pregnancies to make Hayden and Lawson be born without the "dont make mom want to rip her hair out" gene. Oh well this cute little stinker sleeps until 10:30 every morning. I guess you cant have everything right??

IS THIS BAD???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


This is the pile of my tabloids that I had cleaned off my nightstand the other day! You cant tell from the pictures, but there are at least 30. It made me feel guilty for about a minute and then I was off to the store to load back up!! I should really read more church oriented materials, but DANG these are so enjoyable! Who doesnt get thier jollies from reading about all of the Hollywood dysfunction?????

I had a great weekend. It was a slow week. Dallin has miss this whole week of school. He has had the same crud that Chris had the week before. Poor guy. He pretty much was on the couch all week. Dont worry, the Lysol has already done its job!

Valentines Day was good. I had lunch with my VTers and Christine, that is always fun. Since Valentines Day is on a weekday and I knew we had a few social activities to attend this weekend, Chris and I just hung out with the kids. We had ribs, potatoes and Broccoli with cheese for dinner and Ice cream for dessert. My wonderful parents sent us some money to take the kids for ice cream for a Valentine treat. Since time was short Landon and I went to the store and loaded up with all sorts of fun ice cream toppings and came home a made our own sundaes. Who needs Cold Stone??? They loved it. Chris brought me home a pretty flowery plant bouquet for my kitchen window. Very nice. All in all a great day.

Friday we went to a Valentines party at the Jorgensens in our ward. So fun. Good grub, a chocolate fountain and karaoke! What more could you ask for? Oh! and it was adults only. Even better:) They had a karaoke type machine and it wasnt as good as Singstar, but that didnt stop me from butchering a few songs. One of the songs I sang to was Livin Lavida Loca. I scored a 90! When we got home, Chris told me a killed the song--and not in a good way. Dang, there goes my singing career! I guess I will have to go into stripping after all....


Today we just did stuff at home, and took all of the kids to Costco. We are always the "freak show" when we go there. Cracks me up watching peoples faces, especially when we are all getting out of the car. It is almost like those clowns all getting out of the VW. We just keep on coming! Tonight we went to a ward dinner/dance. It was actually alot of fun ( for all those slackers in my ward that are reading this) The food was super yummy and it was fun getting to know new people.

Well I need to got and challenge Chris at Guitar Hero, or should I call him "Gunshow" (that is his GH nickname) . Oh and While I was typing this and under the care of his father, Lawson just ate some of his POO! Gross! I hope that isnt bad for him!! I am officially grossed out. Have a great weekend!

GUNG HAY FAT CHOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Or should I say Gung Hay Fat Linda. This is the feast that Holly and I cooked to celebrate Chinese New Year. It should be the Year of the pig, not the rat because we PIGGED OUT. Good grub for sure! We had oodles of noodles with beef and broccoli, we made Won tons and fried shrimp chips, rice and I made a yummy chocolate cake for dessert. My fat rolls were gettin busy for sure! After eating we all played Guitar Hero. I think we hooked the Cranes. I am seriously addicted to it. I have even mastered a few songs also. Good times! Ok, I hear Chris in there right now playing Rock You Like a Hurricane. I feel a competition brewing.!!

I have way more to blog about or should I say rant about, but I have a headache from Hell and I hear some Advil, my boyfriends Ben and Jerry and AI calling my name. Have a great night!

R.I.P TRANSFORMERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


UUUUGGG! Where do I begin? These have been the death of me since Christmas Day. I am tired of picking up little pieces of car parts, being asked by a certain 3 year old to "fix this" who cant make up his mind to have it a car or a flippin robot! They are NOT EASY to put back together either. I would love to meet the person (I am sure it was a man) who invented these.

Am I the only loser with this issue?

Ok, I will move on. I have been running around like a crazed maniac this whole week. My son has been trying out this week for the HS Golf team. I have to run and pick him up from school and seriously take him all over town to the different golf courses around here. They are all up on these windy hills also. I will be glad when this week is up!
Chris was home sick from work on Monday and Tuesday and then Bowen was sick yesterday. I also had Lawson in to the Drs on Monday for his yearly check up and shots. I am behind on shots so we are playing catch up. I also had them give him a Flu shot, only to have that give him a fever and a serious case of whiny babyitis. Yee haw he is back to his usual clingy self today. :)

Well not much else going on here. I need to head off to go get boy #2 from school. Good times! Oh! on one good note, I made my plane reservations for my girls trip next month. Hold on and listen right now for a big Hallelujah from here in N. Cali.!!!! I am so excited.

Ok, I am off to be Chauffer Joe now............

This is for my sister. She gave me crap about Lawsons toe picture in my last post. SHe told me that it looked like he had toe jam in between his toes and that his little to nails looked funky. I can assure you that his toes were clean and there was no creepy crud growing on his feet. Well how does his foot look now???? I spruced it up for you Julie. He was so cute when I did it. He kept looking at his feet all day.

This weekend was kind of a bummer. Chris was sick ALL WEEKEND... I mean on the couch dead to the world, hackin up all kinds of unmentionable things. Lets just say that I have had the Lysol Spray working on overtime at my house. Friday we did get away with Holly and Mike for a quick dinner. We had alot of fun and I got to sneak away last night for a GNO. My friend Maressa is having a baby soon and didnt want a shower so a bunch of us met for dinner at Cheescake and then saw 27 Dresses. We had a great time. If I were a good wife and mother I should have stayed at home and held down the fort, but I have been excited all week to get out with the girls and have some fun, so I abandoned the sick house. I think the boys ended up fending for themselves as Chris was in a Nyquil induced coma. I came home to a house that was still standing and 6 kids so all was well :) Well I hope everyone had a great weekend. I did get to watch Predident Hinckleys Funeral and I was so touched by all of the great stories and memories that were shared. He was such a great man!

Oh today we were suppose to get together with the Cranes for Superbowl festivities, but with all of the cooties in my house we just stayed home and I ended up making pizzas with the kids. They were pretty good. Usually Chris is the pizza maker, but the duty was mine today. Here is a picture of the mini ones the kids made. Heres to a better week.............................................