Sunday, June 29, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY HOT MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know what a totally annoying post title, but it is so true!! Today June 30th is my sweeties 39th birthday! UUUGGG! When did we get so old?????
I am not going to name 39 things that I love about Chris. I am too tired and my brain is not capable of such a function right now but I LOVE THIS MAN!!! He is such a great husband and father. This is the man who has given me 2 girls trips this year so far!!! How lucky am I ? He is such a hands on dad. I for sure would have shut down the baby factory a LONG time ago if he wasnt.

We dont have anything too exciting planned for his bday. I was going to make him his annual dinner of Chicken Pot Pie with Puff Pastry Crust, but it will have to be postponed for one more day. We just found out that Bowen has an All-Star game tomorrow. I am going to make my very first German Chocolate Cake for him. I hope it turns out. I hope he has a great bday. I am sure he has a golf game plotted out already! :)

Happy Birthday Chris! I love you!!











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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

I AM BACK FROM ARIZONA

It has taken me a few days to get back into the swing of things after my fun trip to Arizona. We had a blast even though I had to leave the comforts of my California weather to endure the Hotter then Hell Arizona temps!
It was a weekend of shopping and eating swimming (yes my big butt fianlly made its swimsuit debut!) Hideous, I may add, but at least I did it.

Here are some fun highlights of my trip:

Sleeping in until 10:30 almost every morning!

Eating some yummy food

Gorging ourselves on Paradise Bakeries GRUBALICIOUS Cheesecake brownies! The best ever.

Shopping till we drop! Holy cow did I do some major damage at the malls? I dont know what came over me, but lets just say I had to buy a carry on bag to haul some of my loot back home!

Spending time with my sisters and their cute kids.

I also got to meet Michelle and her beautiful daughter Sarah, Julie (aka crazymoma) Janie (aka Hot moma) at Pf Changs. We had the best time. They were so easy to talk to. I was SO nervous meeting them. My stomache was all knotted up and my hands were shaking. Weird, but that feeling didnt last very long. We even ended up closing the joint down. We are such the partiers!

I also scored some fabulous gifts from Julie and Janie. They were so sweet to bring us each a pair of cute earrings that Janie made! and some of my favorite Soap from Julie. Thanks girls!

Now I am back home to my sweet family and I am so lucky that my man let me go on 2 girls trip this year!!! I guess I will have to pay him back some how!!!!!!!! (wink wink)

Well I need to go and do the dishes. Cinderella is back!!!!




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Wednesday, June 18, 2008








SUMMER FUN DAYS********************


Well here it is day 3 of summer vacation and I am happy to report we are all alive and I am still of sound mind :) We have actually had a great time so far. Dallin and Bowen have been gone since Saturday at different campouts. Even though I have missed them it has been kind of nice just spending time with the 4 younger ones.

Monday we went to our favorite summer spot----Chuck E Cheeses. I am sure all of you are gagging right now, but it is a great spot to cool off and hang out. Maybe you guys should give the Northern California Chucks a try, maybe ours is extra "special".. HEHE
We also headed to our neighborhood pool for family night and had the Fishers come along and chill with us. I have to say that it was mighty chilly that night to go for a swim, but the kids didnt seem to mind. They had a blast playing all sorts of games with Chris. My kids were asking me if I was going to go swimming with them and I was like H--E-L-L no! I wouldnt want to scar my children for life. I did buy a new swimsuit, but it is not going to be for public view that is for sure!!

Tuesday I took the kids to Walmart to pick up a few things and then we went to our friends the Gollmers house to swim. This is a favorite summer activity to do. Tiffany is always so nice to invite us to her house to swim. She has such a gorgeous backyard. We call it the "Gollmer Grotto." It was very relaxing minus the fact that I have an annoying 18 month old who is constantly trying to plunge in the pool. Very scary! Tuesday after Chris got home from work I went and had my nails done and I even had my nasty, dry feet prettyed up. Oh they were so gross and now they look fabulous!!!!! We also went to Costco. I loved the fact that I didnt have to cook dinner that night since we enjoyed a big greasy hot dog and pizza for dinner. Delish!! I dont know why I take Chris with me to Costco, my bill ALWAYS triples when we go together. They did have 72 hour kits there. They had a 4 person kit for only 83 bucks. I think that is a great bargain since I dont have to put it together myself. :)

Today I am just home with Hayden and Lawson. Jud and Landon are at scout day camp for most of the day. Very quiet around here. :)
Dallin should be home soon from his High Adventure trip. They hiked to the top of Half Dome at Yosemite yesterday!!!! 16 miles round trip! Way to go guys. You would have had to rescue me by helicopter about 1/4 of the way up!!!

I am also trying to get things organized for when I leave tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!! I am so excited get away for a couple of days. It will be nice to have a little break.

I am also excited to hook up with Michelle, Crazymoma and Hotmoma this weekend. Very fun. Well I am off to get me an In and out Burger. I love their Double Double protein style with a large Diet Coke! Could my day get any better????









Sunday, June 15, 2008

HAPPY FATHERS DAY!


I just wanted to wish my wonderful dad a happy Fathers Day!!!
Thanks for being the best dad anyone could ask for. I hope you have a great day.

We love you!!!
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Thursday, June 12, 2008

Can you see it?????? Look again and you will see this storm-a-brewin over California .........................














Yep! The party is over this time tomorrow :) Tomorrow is the last day of school here. OOUY VEY!!! What am I going to do to entertain my 6 little munchkins?? I dont know. If the last 2 weeks have been a sample of what lies ahead, I am doomed! There has been quite a bit of bickering and alot of "Im bored" ALREADY........... Can believe it??? We will survive. I know that the first few days or so are the hardest usually. They are creatures of routine and when that is gone, they go bonkers.

One thing that will help me to survive this first week is knowing that they do have scout stuff and some have camping trips planned this first week. I also am OUT OF HERE next week for a girls getaway. Yes, again. I know, I am very lucky. My sister Julie is heading to AZ again to visit my other sister Laura. (I guess I am not good enough to come visit here). I am very excited. It will be fun. I havent been to Lauras house in 5 years. I am planning on even getting together with some blogging girls. Too fun. If anyone is in the Az area of Gilbert and around there let me know. Well I have a Pig stye of a house that is in major need of attention. My house has been neglected lately and it is really showing it. Have a great night and dont forget to pack an umbrella tomorrow, the storm will be BIG!!!
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Monday, June 09, 2008

Where has the time gone??????? It was my little cabooses second day of Nursery yesterday. (sniff sniff). It is so sad and joyful at the same dang time. They made these cute little hats for all of the kids. He looks like Dumbo. I love it! Where did my baby go????
Pretty soon he will be sassing me and wreaking havock with my mental stability. LOL


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BUSY, BUSY, BUSY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I dont know why the schools cram a whole boatload of activities the last 2 weeks of school, but they do. These past 2 weeks we have finished up the last of the baseball games-----Yeah!, attended team parties, had school musical programs x2 scurried around finishing final projects---nothing but Last Minute Larries around here. It has been crazy! I feel like I am on Speed! Oh well, nothing but fun and good times.

This past weekend we had a fun GLO Girls Lunch Out. Brooke (sidebar, but private) came into town with her cute family to visit. They moved to---where else but Utah last year. It was fun to see them. A bunch of girls all got together at PF Changs and had a great time. It was so fun to visit with her and Camille, who came into town from Reno just for the lunch!!! How about that? What devotion! :) Besides the service being sort of sucky, it was delish! I had to ask for my Diet Coke refills several times! NOT GOOD...

Friday night we all got together at the Sportspark and hung out with our families. It was a great night of visiting and LOTS OF GOODIES, which I proudly did not partake of. Even the yummy Chocolate Texas Sheetcake that Michelle H. brought. Shame on her for tempting me so!

Well that is about it. I feel like I have been on severe overload. I am sure I am not different then anyone else around. This is the last week of school and I am having such mixed emotions. There might be a dark storm cloud brewing over Northern California on Friday---:) Watch out..................

Oh and thanks for the kind advice and words regarding my "funk" . I am way better and I am sure it was just my nasty hormones wreaking havock. All better and done, at least for 30 more days! Yeah!!


Judson in his Famous American Musical program.






How could a mother not love a chocolate covered mug like this??
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Wednesday, June 04, 2008

What is wrong with me?

I feel like I am ready to lose my marbles!! I have been feeling so overwhelmed and almost depressed feeling lately. I could probably rip somebody a new one at the drop of a hat. I cant pin point what the problem is. I am sure that it is my good old Aunt flo who so nicely came to visit me today is the reason for my "funk". I have been snippy to my kids, my man and strangers........... Maybe I should go buy me a case of Pamprin or Midol to see if that helps. :)

I am so glad I have my blog to express vent out my frustrations. It is hard to get any sympathy from a house full of men who dont share the same body parts as I do :)

Ok I am off to try and be patient to a 7 year old potty mouth who is throwing a hissy.... good times!!!

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

DO YOU SEE THERAPY IN THE FUTURE FOR THIS POOR KID????


Poor Hayden!! Last week was his pre-school Mini Indie. It was so cute. They had a little track all mapped out for the kids to ride their bikes around on and they even had 2 cops on motorcycles there to lead the way. Along the path were little stations set up for their use. One was a "wash" station, another was a "fix-it" station and then they had a "gas" station. Really very cute.
Well, I being the ding-bat mom that I am, forgot to bring his helmet!!! Hellooooo, we live in freakin California, where you cant even THINK about riding ANY bike unless you are wearing a helmet. A nice mom in his class said that she had an extra one we could borrow and of course it was PINK!! So funny. At first Hayden told me "I am not wearing dat, it is for guls" After a little discussion, he relented and here is my one and only time I will ever see one of my children in pink! :)





Monday, June 02, 2008

WHAT THE????????????????????????????????????????


This was snapped a few days ago at my lovely neighborhood gas/rip-off station. I think I am going to go buy me a Yugo or something that wont force me to almost takeout a loan to buy gas.

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