GOOD MOTHER MOMENT............................................................................................



I just wanted to share with you one more reason why I deserve the Mother of the Year Award.

Chris and I took seperate cars to church today, but we left at the same time. We were on our merry way and me being the speed racer that I am zoomed up to Chris and noticed that he only had 4 kids with him. I did a quick scan through my car and I only had 1 kid in my car. I came to the quick realization that I had left ..........................................................

This sweet little face at home-----------------AGAIN! Yes, this would be the second time that he has been forgotten. So bring it on..... you know I deserve it!!!!! :)

PS Judson on the right was left, not the baby. I think that if I were to leave the baby, I would just go ahead and have myself committed to the loonyfarm!

LIQUID GOLD BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You cant really tell from this cruddy picture, but this is 48 ounces aka 6 cups of Homemade Hot Fudge. MMMMMM! So dang good. Tonight is the final Road Show Performance for our Stake and the kids are having a party afterwards to celebrate.
I offered to make my Hot Fudge Sauce to go over brownies and ice cream. So good. I was licking the pan afterwards and I think I am officially in a sugar induced coma! I am getting my sugar fix in this weekend before the big "D" day Monday. UUUUGGGGGG!
I am ready to shed a few pounds. My jeans are starting to fold over when I bend over. Do you know what I am talking about? I am sure all of you skinny minis out there dont. Oh well!!

It has been a crazy week. I am pooped!! I feel like I have been on taxi driver overload. "take me here" "I need be here at this time". That is my pet peeve. I hate to be overscheduled. I love to live life at a even pace. I guess it is only going to get worse as these kiddies get older.

My back is feeling a little better. I have been to a Chiropractor a couple of times. I am not sure if he is helping, but at least when I go, I dont have any kids hanging on me and I am getting massaged and relaxation for an hour. I only feel like a whiner after I have been sitting for awhile and it is time to get up. I feel like I am 90 years old!!! It sure has helped me appreciate my health a little more. Speaking of health. I got a call this week from our life insurance company wanting to schedule me a physical appt. I was like "what the"???
I called Chris to ask him what was up and he said he was upping my amount. Should I be scared? I told him that usually when that happens, the wife ends up dead or missing!!!! Too funny. I am sure he just wants to make sure he has enough money if I die to hire a HOT Swedish nanny. I think I am going to put in my Will that he can only hire a yucky, old lady with moles to help him. I am bad, I know.

Well enough babbling. I hear my sweet little Dennis the Menace waking up from his nap. I better button down the hatches before I get him out. :)


Speaking of hatches..........What did everyone think of Lost last night????????? I swear that the writers are all on some crazy drugs when they are writing the story lines -----Whacky!

I AM BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow! I cant believe tht it has been this long since I have blogged. I have been sooooo out of the loop this past week. My mom, sister and niece have been here and I also had a freaky injury. So freaky. I am not sure how it happened, but I tweaked my back out on the day they came! Talk about a bummer. They probably think I staged the whole things so they would have to be my slaves while they were here.
It all started last Thursday. All was honkey dorey during the day with me cleaning and getting ready for them to come. I got uin my car, headed to the airport to pick them up-all still fine. I get out of my car-still fine and then I go to help with their luggage and KABLAMMMM! My back decided to take a vacation and not let me know. I hadnt even lifted anything, I had just bent down slightly and I couldny go any farther, I could barely walk back to the car to drive home. So weird. I have NEVER had any kind of injury before. I have been in pain for the past 5 days The first few days I could hardly move. I felt like I wanted to just crawl in a whole and die pretty much. I felt so bad for my company. Each day it has gradually gotten better. Today I am getting around good, it just really hurts when I bend and pick up things or turn. BITES!!!!!

Ok, I wont bore you any more with my old lady body stories anymore. We did have a good time together. We shopped and ate and listened to Two 4 year olds fight and bicker alot, but we had fun. I managed to get around. I was hopped up on my moms Celebrex and Motrin for most of the time and tried to keep up with them. Here are some pictures of the past week or so. They are of Landons Bday and my moms Bday, Chuck E Cheese, Tomatinas (Yum) and Hana Japan (yum) . My big rump even managed to get in a few pictures-----Diet day is Monday. I am going to start up the Adkins diet. Oh how I am dreading it, but just trying to keep my yapper shut and not eat is not working, so drastic measures will have to be done :( Wish me luck and I hope I dont go postal that day. I might need some words of encouragment to keep me sane. LOL I am excited to catch up on blogs. It has been hard to sit down for long periods of time so now that I am feeling better, I am sure I have alot to catch up. I am sure someone is knocked up or something exciting has happened. Have a great day!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LANDON!!!!!!!!!!

Today is my sweet Landons 10th birthday. Can I just tell you how awesome this kid is? I am so lucky to be his mom. Landon is such a great helper. I can ask him to do anything and he will go above and beyond what was asked AND without busting my chops about it to. He is a sweet brother, great student and a good friend.

I was teasing him a little tonight telling him about when he was born. I told him that he needed to be extra nice to his mom since he came zooming into this world so fast, I didnt get to have any of my "happy drugs", otherwise known as my best friend the epidural. I had Landon about a half hour after I got to the hospital. I was begging for an epidural right up until the last minute, but no go. He was even my biggest baby at 9 pounds!!! Can you say ouch?????!!! He was well worth the pain. I feel so blessed to be his mom and to have such sweet boys.

Happy birthday Lan-Man!!

So today I have been running around like a raging lunatic. My sister Julie and my mom are coming into town tomorrow and I have been cleaning this sty. On top of all of the cleaning, I have been making dinner, hauling kids here and there and making 36 jumbo M&M cookies for Landon to take to his class for his Bday. Chris pretty much went straight from work to YMs so it has been one looooooonnnnnnnggggggg day. I am feeling mighty haggard. Well I better get to bed. I will keep you posted on all of the partying that will be going on this weekend while they are here! LOL

"CULINARY CORNER"

So, since I am tired of seeing my big butt and hooker heels everytime I get on the computer, I decided to post something new. Not a whole lot has gone on this week. It has been the same ole same ole around here so I am going to post a recipe instead of my weekly play by play.

This recipe was served to us several years ago at a RS dinner. I loved it and have been making it for my family ever since. They love it!

Chicken and White Sauce

3-4 chicken breasts. (I use breast tenders)
1 jar of Classico Alfredo Sauce
1 package of sliced fresh mushrooms
1 can of cream of mushroom soup
3/4 cup of sour cream
2/3 cup of milk ( I put it into the jar of Alfredo and shake it around to get all of the sauce out. I know clever)
1/2 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp basil


Mix all but mushrooms and chicken together until well blended. Add mushrooms and then pour over chicken. Bake at 350 until bubbly and chicken is done. It all really depends on what type of chicken you use. We serve it over rice.


BAM! There you go. Easy and yummy. I hope you like it as much as we do. There is a reason why I suffer from "Dunlop Syndrome" Where your belly dun lops over your jeans. I enjoy the cream sauces baby!

I am finally posting pictures of my 4 inch hooker heels and my "good butt" jeans. I wouldnt go as far as saying that they make my butt look good, but they do help it look a little more perky. Yeah for spandex!!!!

I cant believe I am posting pictures of 2 of my worst body parts. I have a saggy hiney and Fred Flinstone toes. Good thing they are both covered up.

On a happier note I am happy to report that Lawson is finally on the mend. He is feeling better and I dont have to whip out the mop so much to wipe up all of his snot. EEEEWWWW! It is seriously so gross. Well I am off to bed. I am such a night owl. I am going to pay the price for my bad habit someday I know it. Good night...................

GOOD WEEKEND??????!?!!!!!!!!!???????



Well at least it started out that way. Friday was a fun day. It was Lucas' 4th bday. Hayden and Lucas are best buds and one day apart. We went bowling and to Chuck E Cheeses to celebrate. You know how much I love Chucks!! Friday night we had a GNO. It was our friend Tiffanys bday. She is the big 4o!!! I know--old:) I am glad I am not even NEAR that yet!! LOL We went to out to eat and some of us went to the movies afterward. It was alot of fun and very nice to get out and socialize with the girls.



Saturday went to hell in a handbasket and mighty fast. I was excited to kick back this weekend and enjoy conference, but instead, I pretty much stayed in my pjs and held a sick little man all weekend. No, not Chris! Lawson had a fever all weekend. Figures, isnt that the way it always goes? Fine all week and them BAM! out of nowhere comes the plague! So like I said, I rocked and held him ALLLLL weekend long. I have snot and drool all over my clothes to prove it!

He has been hopped up on Tylenol and medicated with LOVE. AAAWWWW, how sappy. It wasnt too bad actually. I rather enjoyed cuddling with what is probably my last baby. (sniff, sniff).



Sunday, again much of the same. We all just hung out and watched conference and enjoyed each others company. Did I really just say that? I wouldnt go that far. There were times, when I wish I could just send them all outside to roam the neighborhood to get out of my hair. :) Chris made some yummy cinnamon rolls and homemade pizza. It was so dang good. Conference weekend is very fattening at our house.



I did enjoy what I could hear from the speakers. There was a moment when the kids were not being very reverent and I had to leave the room to get something. I remember thinking to myself "why am I even trying to watch it, I cant even hear anything they are saying" I then went back into the room, just as Brother Ballard was speaking. Did you just LOVE his talk?? It was wonderful. I just soaked in everything he was saying and my kids were actually listening at that point also. I cant wait for the Ensign to come out next month so I can read it.



Today I took Lawson to the Drs and just as I suspected--Double ear infection. He is now on antibiotics and hopefully going to be his usual self again soon. Well I am off to have some of our after FHE treat. It is a chocolate malt. Oh, my gosh, I actually typed chocolate male instead of malt. HEE HEE good thing I caught that. I think I smell a diet in the near future. Ihope everyone has a great night!

I know, long, boring and no pictures. Sorry.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAYDEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Today is my sweet Haydens Birthday. He is 4 years old, I cant believe it. He is such a funny kid and so full of personality. He is always cracking us up. He hasnt always been that way though.
Many times has that kid been in the drivers seat of driving me crazy!! He has been my budding artist on most of my walls, tables and anything else he can get his hands on. His weapon of choice is never anything washable either. It is always Sharpies and crap like that. He could untie, unscrew, and undo anything, at such an early age too. I hate to admit this, but there were so many days when I dreaded getting up each morning. It felt like Groundhogs Day everyday!! All I seemed to do is follow him around from one mess to another!! UUUGGG! Thank goodness he has mostly outgrown that phase, and I now have Lawson who is taking over that job! That will be another therapy session for later !!:0





Here are 4 things about Hayden:

1. He has almost every line of the Cars movie memorized. He has seen that dang movie over and over again, but he loves to re-enact it every day! He lines up his cars on the table bench and acts out the first part of the movie. Maybe he is a future Matt Damen.

2. He LOVES LOVES LOVES to pray! He wants to pray all the time and never give anyone else a turn. Sometimes the others dont care, but he needs to share the blessings dude!

3. Loves to go to " Depot Home" ( that is what he calls Home Depot) with Chris. He loves to go anywhere with dad. Mom is chop liver when he is around:)

4. Hayden loves his brothers. He follows them around everywhere and is always saying "good job" or "can I help you" . Very sweet.

I feel so blessed to be his mom, he brings so much love and spunk to this household. Happy Birthday Haymaker!

HELP!!!

I wasnt going to post today due to the fact that I am on my deathbed today. I woke up in the middle of the night feeling like a Mack truck had parked on my face! Not only parked on , but ran over, did a few doughnuts and peeled out on my face. I dont know what the problem is but the point is, I feel like crap!!!

I have had a challenging few days. I need to get it of my chest. My kids are driving me nuts with all of thier bickering. They have been so snippy with each other and so dang sassy. I have been smothered by a baby with a nose, face and eyes full of boogars. He is so clingy and ornrey. Good thing these days are few and far between, but last night I was ready to run out of the house and do some SERIOUS retail therapy. :) I have not felt like doing any cleaning, cooking or anything domestic either. I am in a funk for sure.

Well, I know this was a dorky post, but I feel a ton better getting it off my chest. I am sure that my funk will pass. It seems like they come every few months. Is anyone else feel like this at times? I am sure you do. I would love some good advice. I know, I have not had a Diet Coke today. Maybe that is it!!! Have a great night!