WOW!!! How awesome is that!!!???? Julie(aka crazymama) has awarded me this cool honor!

Who would have that I would be Rockin at anything??? I always say that the only talent I have is "makin babies" !!! LOL Thanks Julie, you are truly the "Rockin blogger girl".

I totally love this blogging world. It is a great release for me when the "nut house" is in full force. It is so nice to come and just start clicking away and read about that happenings in other peoples lives. So fun. So I get to pass on this cool award to 5 of my blogging buds. Yes, I know, it is horrible that I can only choose 5. Just know that I think you all ROCK. Seriously******

1. Holly

2. Christine

3. Donna

4. Michelle (Arizona)

5. Carolee

6. Rachel

OOOH! I am a rebel and nominated 1 extra!

Each one of these girlies have brightened up my week either with just a post or quick comment.

Thanks and I hope you all have a great night!

OH MY GOSH!!!!

I have seriously been cursing these books! I was tired of seeing them all over eveyones blogs and hearing about how "wonderful" and "addicting" they are! (sorry ladies).

So today I was at Walmart and I happened to see these books looking all pretty on the shelves when this one spoke to me. It said "Buy me, you know you want to"!! So what did I do????? I bought the darn thing. I caved into peer pressure:)

I hope that it doesnt interfere with my weekly smut tabloids! HAHA

I will start it tonight and see if I fall into the category of vampire lovers or whatever it is about.

Darn you girls!!!!!!

Trip down memory lane>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I enjoyed Crazymomas trip down memory lane so much that I decided to join her. I have posted this gem of a photo before and since I dont have any other HS photos here in California (my mom still has all my old stuff in Vegas) I am limited to this one.
I know that all of you are trying to figure out how it is possible to get hair this high right? We thought we were all that! I think we put Aquanet hairspray on the map. I also was the sole member of the Mr T jewelry club. I dont know if you can tell but I had quite the BLING BLING !




This is me now. I think that Aquanet Hairspray went out of business. 2 out of the 3 of us sisters in the photo have flatter hair. My sister Julie still LOVES her big hair. LOL Love ya Julie..





This is the reason why I dont like to post pictures of me on my blog. I am not very photogenic. It is quite funny how you can think you look ok and then you see your self in a picture and want to Gag! I am trying to be better about having my pictures taken so my kids will have something to remember my by when I am in the old folks home someday. LOL



I also wanted to thank all of you wonderful girls for giving me words of kindness to me as I was having my Pitty Party! I really am grateful that I have a wonderful hubby who is always willing and worthy to serve . I am just going to have to suck it up and deal with all of the campouts and meetings right???? Well I am off to go get my kiddies. Have a great day!!

Somebody needs to send some Happy Pills to my house PRONTO! It has been a LONG D**N weekend!
First of all, Chris was called to be the new Scoutmaster in our ward. Can I just say that that is a mondo calling. Crazy nuts busy. Campouts, meetings and not to mention the dreaded week long Scout camp during ths summer. Now I do realize that I pretty much have my own scout troup at my house, and I knew that this call was inevitable, but it is so nuts at our house these days. I need my man home! He has been in scouts before, YM Pres a few times, Stake YM pres before we moved here and so I am use to all the stuff and I find myself feeling bitter about it all. I know I need to be supportive and bite my tongue but it is hard.

So as for my LONG weekend...... Chris had a campout he had to go to. Him and Dallin headed off yesterday around 4. He had to take my Yukon Xl to fit everything and left me with his car. Ok lets do the math here. There are 6 of us (2 of those in car seats) and his car seats 5. HELLOOOO! Am I just suppose to stay cooped up in the house while he is gone??? Bowen had football practice and a little shin dig afterward to pep up the team for their game today. So I loaded up all the kiddies in his car and away we went. Luckily I didnt get spotted by the cops--A real Britney moment!! I let the kids run around at the park for a bit to tire them out. On the way home I did stop at the store and loaded up on my Tabloids and came home. I had the kids in bed by 9ish. Yeah me! I must say that the kids have been pretty great. I havent had to use my psycho mom voice too much.

Today I got Bowen off to his game. I had asked some people in my ward to help me out and take him to and from the game (they are on the same team). I have to admit that Bowens loser mom was not about to take all of them to the game by myself. Between a 3 year old and a baby--uh uh not happening. He is a great kid and understood. Today I did go to Target, I needed some retail therapy and that always makes me happy. We came home and let the kids run loose in the hood. We had corn dogs for dinner-yuk! and now I am giving baths and getting ready for 9:30 church tomorrow.

it is 8:30 and still no Chris-----Holy Hannah I am hitting my limit. Like I said the kids have been pretty great all in all, but the baby is getting clingy and I have a ton to do! WEll I am off to get kid number 5 in the bath. Wish me luck! Have a great night...

I made this for dinner last night and wanted to share the recipe. It is soooo good and so easy. I found it on Allrecipes a couple of years ago and it is a family favorite. Try it out.



Sausage, Tomatoes and Cream


Original recipe yield:6 servings
PREP TIME
15 Min
COOK TIME
30 Min
READY IN
45 Min
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INGREDIENTS
1 (12 ounce) package bow tie pasta
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 pound sweet Italian sausage, casings removed and crumbled
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1/2 cup diced onion
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 (28 ounce) can Italian-style plum tomatoes, drained and coarsely chopped
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
DIRECTIONS
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook pasta in boiling water for 8 to 10 minutes, or until al dente; drain.
Heat oil in a large, deep skillet over medium heat. Cook sausage and pepper flakes until sausage is evenly brown. Stir in onion and garlic, and cook until onion is tender. Stir in tomatoes, cream, and salt. Simmer until mixture thickens, 8 to 10 minutes.
Stir cooked pasta into sauce, and heat through. Sprinkle with parsley.
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Servings Per Recipe: 6
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Calories: 645
Total Fat: 41.3g
Cholesterol: 122mg
Sodium: 940mg
Total Carbs: 49.4g
Dietary Fiber: 3.4g
Protein: 20.5g
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I am being held hostage in my living room. I am waiting for my carpets to dry. I had them cleaned and they finally look like a heard of cattle are not living on them.
We were going to get new carpets, but the sticker shock quickly stopped that from happening. New floors can wait a bit!!

I am just sitting here doing some damage on my computer. I have been shopping online a little and trying to find some deals for our possible Dland trip next month. Hotels dont seem to want to have a boat load of kiddies staying in their rooms! Go figure! If anyone out there has some good insider info or tips for me, please let me know.

Well here are a few more pics of my cute little man! dang he is so cute!!!! He keeps biffing it on my floors and stairs so I had to go get another baby gate to trap the little booger!
Poor little dude has some bruises on his little head. No need to call CPS on me! LOL


Today was a pretty good day so far. I took Hayden to get assessed for his speech. He has a few speech issues, so he is being evaluated through the school district to see if he qualifies. He starts prechool next week---hopefully! he keeps crapping in his pants. Totally irritating me!! He has to be "totally potty trained" for his school. I am busting my hump trying to get him there. He has no problem peeing in the toilet and has no accidents there, it is just getting him to poop in the toilet!!!! Hello!!! I love the little guy, but momma needs him to go to preschool!!!!! Send some good vibes my way!! Well I need to go and clean up someones poopy pullup!! GROSS!
Have a great day!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! Can I just say how much I love bedtime?????? I just put #6 to bed and all is well. I know, I know this is a lame post, but as I was coming down the stairs, or should I say "floating" down the stairs I thought that I needed express my love for bed time. I have had a great week. I cant believe that I have been such a slacker in my blogging. I am sure that you have all been waiting on pins and needles for me to blog for sure!! I have been pretty busy . Maybe since I have not had the urge to sell any of my kids on Ebay this week I have just been happy with reading/stalking blogs instead.

I have some cute pictures to post soon of our Saturday at the beach. Being the loser that I am I forgot my camera and had to have my friends take pics of the kids at the beach. I went to grab it several times before we left, but my alzheimer genes were setting in and I forgot it. Oh well.
I hope everyone had a great Labor Day. We went to Hollys BBQ. Yummy food and it wasnt a scorcher today like the past week. EEEWWWW! I hate the heat. Good night!

PARTY! PARTY! PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


So today was the second day of school and we are all alive to tell about it! Things went rather smooth if I do say so myself.
Yesterday the boys all seemed eager and ready to get back to school. Dallin was up and showered and ready to head of to-----------High School. I cant believe it. It is so freaky to me. I remember like it was yesterday taking him to kindergarten and now he is thrown to the sharks. So far he is liking it. Poor guy heads to seminary at 6:30 in the morning and doesnt get home until 5:30 every day. He has football practice after school and he is drudging through like a real trooper.

Bowen headed off to Middle School. He loves to tell me about his day. He is so funny. he doesnt just sit and tell it all to me at one sitting. It is little blurbs here and there all throughout the day at random times. Cute kid!

Landon and Judson had good days also. Although I have to admit I was going to stangle my "sweet stubborn" child this morning. He insisted on wearing a sweatshirt today! UH! Hello ! It is freakin 105 here for the last 3 days! He said he wanted one just in case he got "cold" . I won the battle today, but I will lose many other ones let me tell you!

Yesterday after getting the kiddies off to school and dropping Hayden off at a play center, our lunch crew was back in action. We went to Tomatinas. This ones for you Christina----SO GRUB!!! Seriously. Such yummy food. It stunk though, becasue we had to sit ouside ont he patio becasue a larger party had already reserved the inside section. Did I mention that it is 105 lately!! Even the steady flow of the beloved "juice" did not help.

Today was just a layed back day. I watched Lucas while Holly was in rehab( sounds so funny). She brought back Chilis take out -yum! Other thent he usual taxi cab service it was a pretty chill day. Tonight we had night one of back to School night. At our elementary school they split them up. Gee thanks! Ilove to spend all of my nights listening to the teachers drone on and on about what to expect. I have been doing this for eons so if I seem bitter, it is just that I get bored going. I do like to meet their new teachers though. Well I am off to watch the Hills and Dog the Bounty Hunter--good times! Have a great night!


First day of school token photos. It is too hard getting them to all look cute in one picture. I need to take them seperately. Oh well Live and learn .
Mr Lawson getting into my plug in air freshener. Darn him!

Hallejulah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Hallejulah!!!!!

Can I say that I am one happy woman today???? In church today we got a new bishopric. Our bishop moved and today the bishopric was released and we got a new bishopric today. In other words, my hubby will now be joining me deep in the pits of psycholand during sacrament every Sunday!
After all of the hububb was taken care of they asked the old counselors to bear their testimonies. My sweet man bore his and asked the stake pres for permission to join his family in the pews. Isnt that sweet? It was wonderful. I think I actually was able to listen to the testimonies without having to kill anyone. Well almost. I had to hold my 7 year old in my lap all during church. I had to tell him that if he was going to act like a baby, I had to hold him in my lap. Was that mean??? It worked for the most part. We will see if I actually have to do that again next week. After church we had dinner, and then Chris took Dallin to the Seminary meeting tonight. I stayed home and entertaind the rest of the troops. We watched Ella Enchanted. It was the first time I have watched it before. It was pretty cute.

Friday, we went to Chucksters. My kids had accumulated well over 5,000 points over the summer. It was a true proud parent moment! LOL They came home with a bubblegum machine 5 cotton candy bags, a HUGE ball and a couple other things. Crazy. They had a good time.

Saturday, was a crazy day. Bo had his Jamboree and then we had a BBQ for the team. That doesnt sound like that much, but it was go go go all day long.
Well, I am off to go pick up and chill out for a while. We put the kids to bed already. They are not too excited for the earlier time, but they will just have to DEAL WITH IT! It gives me more time to relax. HEHE! I am evil. Hope you all have a great night.

Oh and 1 day until school starts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok! So all of you make it from scratch, every day, all day kind of girls need to turn their heads for this post. I am about to plug a boxed meal. I have made this meal several times and it is pretty dang good! All you have to do is add the chicken. I comes with the pasta, sauce and a bread crumb topping.

I was wishing I had this to make tonight as I was trying to figure out something fast to cook in between picking up and dropping off kids all day. Crazy! Anyway enough of that. Try it. If you can believe it, this box a veggie and bread feed all of my brood.

So I am typing this while my kids are heading to bed and I am ready to wring their necks. DEEP BREATHS LINDA DEEP BREATHS!!!!

Today we hung out with freinds for our last little summer fling. Tomorrow I am heading to CHUCKS tomorrow with Holly and some other freinds. I have a huge stack in my diaper bag of chuck e cheese ticket paper things to turn in for prizes. My kids have been saving them all summer. Oh boy! I can hardly wait to see the boat load of crap they want to get. Last year we came home with 3 or 4 bubblegum machines and all sorts of other things. I guess it is better then, a little plastic toy here and there, that breaks or finds its way into my trash can when they are not looking. I know, I am a rotten mother.

Well I am off to watch Big Brother. It looks like a real rip snootin episode tonight! If you can believe it, my hubby is keeping it paused for me. He said that blogging was not a good enough excuse to keep it paused. HHHMMMM! I think he is a closet Big Brother lover! Have a great night.

YIIIIIIIIPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do you feel my excitement with that word???????? I have officailly 1 week left till school starts. I have said this before and I will say it again, I totally have mixed feelings about it. I am totally dreading getting up and getting them out the door. So WRONG that school has to start so stinkin early!! LOL I am not a morning person, especially with Lawson not sleeping great still.
I do finally have them all registered. Yeah! I have 5 kids going to 4 different schools counting Hayden and preschool (if he gets that dang poop thing down!) Crazy.

Now on to our great weekend! Friday, of course, was High School Musical. We had the Woodwells and the Fishers over. Christine was putting together a Primary scrapbook for our Bishop who is moving and she needed help finishing it. It looks so great. We had yummy snacks and the kids all had a blast together. Of course towards the end or so the kids all ended up trickling out to wrestle or play on the computer. There is a picture here of all of the kids ganging up on the hubbys. I must say our men held up pretty well against all those kids. No broken bones or anything!

Saturday we just did some house stuff and Chris and some of the boys went to the SF Giants/Raiders game. They had a great time, but were a little scared for their lives at points. There are some HARD CORE game fans out there. I will go as far as calling them Nutjobs! Glad it was them out there freezing their butts off and not me. Landon, Hayden, Lawson and I stayed home for a little R&R--rest and retail! We went to Walmart and Kohls. Kohls was having some great sales. I didnt get a whole lot, but things for the boys.

Sunday, Hayden woke up with a runny nose and cough. Me being the giving and selfless person that I am, stayed home with him. HEE HEE! I guess you could say I was glad to stay home. I know that sounds horrible, but i just was not in the mood to wrangle the herd, for and hour and 10 minutes all by myself again. I will soon have my man sitting with me during Sacrament meeting. YEAH! Like I said earlier, my Bishop is moving and we are getting all new Bishopric. It has been both a blessing and nightmare to have him in the Bishopric this past couple years. Of course the nightmare is being alone with the kids trying to entertain the little ones and keep from wanting to strangle my "strong personality" child! I have a feeling that my days are numbered for me and my kush librabry job. Bummer for me!

Today we had a great time playing with our friends at the Gollmers gorgeous pool. She always has a yummy spread for us all too. She had CPK BBQ salad and pizza. I am busting out of my pants I ate too much! I hope everyone has a great day!


Wrestle mania.





Bea Jacqueline and Lawson for HS Musical







Boys taking over the hood


Pretty much one of the most cutest babies ever!!

So today has been a LLLOOOOONNNNNGGGGG day! It all started in the middle of the night. I am pretty tired. I feel like I am looking like the biggest hag in the world. I tried to take a picture of myself, but I am pretty disgusted by what I see so needless to say---No picture. My little man is waking up every three hours. Pretty much like clockwork. I did the Babywise thing from day one and he was a good sleeper until about a month or so ago. I feel like I am going on a one way trip to the looney bin if it keeps going on. I need sleep BAD!
It doesnt help that I go to bed late every night, but I cant help that. I have always been a night owl. I consider it my time to chill and not have the kids fighting, Nick jr yacking all day long on the tv, kids crying etccccc..... I am just thinking on feeding him whenever instead of every three hours and see if that works. I am pretty sure his chubby little cheeks are use to being fed every three hours. My bad!

On to the next gripe. The potty training saga. It is going pretty good actually. He is killing me. He is so independant! That is not a bad thing, but when you are learning to pee and poo in the potty you need mamas help occasionally. Yesterday we were at ------oh do I really need to type it? You know where I was--Chucksters. Hayden came up to me and said that he went pee pee in the potty and needed help zipping his pants up. When I was helping him I noticed that his pullup was MIA!! I kept thinking oh hell it is probably up in the tubes or on a ride or something. I asked him where it was and he showed me. I guess when he was going to the bathroom it ripped on one side so he just threw it to the ground. Pretty funny. I bought him a size to small and so they are hard to get up and down. My husband asked me if they were the "Europeon Style" pullups. Such a comedian!

Last night I went in to the bathroom and found that Mr Independant had tried to go poo all by himself. I kid you not, there was poop on my door and on my rug (threw that sucker away)and some on a big stack of wet wipes on the floor. MMMMM! Delish! My nice hubby cleaned and scoured that up while I threw him in the bath. Surprisingly there was no poo on him. Weird.

Well ok, enough of the potty talk. I need to go referee 2 kids that are fighting, hold a screaming baby and see if Dallin needs help making french toast for dinner. Love that he likes to cook! My husband is "working late" tonight. Yah! that is if you call golfing working late. I dont, do you? What is wrong with that picture? I know a certain girl who is going to organize another GNO baby!!!
Hope everyone has agreat night. SYTYCD finale and Big Brother is tonight. So excited.

At about 2 am I was laying in bed trying to get back to sleep after getting up with boy #6, I was reminissing about my carefree college days. Where did they go?????

I went to BYU and had a great time. I was only there for a few semesters (I took a break and ended up meeting my sweetie and never went back). I was thinking off all of the fun things I did and great freinds I made. I though I would just jaunt some things down before my old lady brain takes over and I forget all of my fun memories. This might bore some of you non-cougar lovers out there, or it might spark some of your fun college memories....

1. DT first semester. Good times, bad food!
2. Freshman 15 oh yah! With Little Caesars crazy bread down the street and Albertsons hot cookies (freind Trish Hibler had a car) I definitly packed on the poundage!
3. Hated walking to class! I had an early morning class Socioligy class that was all the way freakin across campus. It was sooooo hard to stay awake for that class. My teacher was Spencer J. condie who is now a GA.
4. Loved going to the Wilkinson Center and hang out. I loved people watching ( especially hot guys)
5. La Dolce Vita- yum. is it still there I wonder?
6. Ivy towers and all of the other "hot" dance spots.
7. Loved spying on my roomate Michelle who would ALWAYS talk on the phone to her boyfriend, now husband while on his mission. Can you believe it?? He would send her flowers and everything.
8. Fall. It was so beautiful. It would have been better if I had a hot guy to snuggle with.
9. Training table fries with cheese and their guacamole bacon cheeseburger. Yum.
10. walking across campus in the snow and ice barefoot, so I wouldnt slip and break my neck. I was too vain to have any kind of snow gear at all, so I just took off my shoes and looked like a nutball instead.
11. walking up "rape hill" Is that really what it was really called? I would try so hard to walk up it and not look like I was dying when I reached the top. It was quite comical. I honestly felt like I was going to die when I reached the top. Pretty sad.
12. Nu Skin. I didnt work there, but it seemed like everyone and their dog did.
13. 366E 600 N. That was my first off campus housing. It was called Richmond Court and it looked like a motel, not apartments.
14. Hated how everything closed so stinkin early. Being from Vegas, everything is open all night.
15. Loved how I could just hop on the freeway and be to Vegas in 5 hours.
16. Hated being pulled over near Nephi several times. Speed trap I tell you.
17. That scary Academy building. I think it is something else now, but that building gave us the creeps at night!


Well I could go on and on. I am sure this is a bunch of mindless hooey to some, but good times for others. Oh yah and I did go to classes and learn stuff too! LOL


What are your fun college memories? Where did you go to college?

Yeah!! I was tagged by my new blogging friend Wendi. This looks like a fun one so here it goes. .....

1. Who is your man? I have lots of men!!! LOL But my main man is my hubby Chris, or Hottie, Babe (which he hates).
2. How long have you been together? 16 fabulous years! I can honestly say that too!
3. How long dated? 2 weeks (yes, you read that right.) Engaged? 3 months (again, not a typo).
4. How old is your man? 33333333888888! I had a hard time typing that one. I am not too far behind!
5. Who eats more? I think he does, but I would definitly win out in the crap eating department.
6. Who said "I love you" first. I would have to say both of us.
7. Who is taller? He is at 6'3 and I am almost 6'.
8. Who sings better? Well if it were a Singstar competition, that would be me!
9. Who is smarter? He is. I did go to college, but to get a man. LOL
10. Who's temper is worse? Mine!! After being home with 6 kids all day, the patience is very thin!!
11. Who does the laundry? Me. But I get lots of help from the bpys. I have them bring me all the dirty clothes and they have to help put them away and sometimes fold. I have great helpers.
12..Who does the dishes? That would be me for the most part. Occasionally Chris or Dallin.
13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Me
14. Who pays the bills? I did for the first 12 or so years and then Chris took over. Yeah haw!!
15. Who has bigger feet? He does
16. Who has longer hair? me
17. Who is better with the computer? He is. That is what he gets paid to do, but I can figure out alot on my own.
18. Who mows the lawn? Bowen and dad trims it.
19. Who cooks dinner? Me, but tonight Chris :)
20. Who drives when you are together? He does. He says I have a lead foot. I guess I do.
21. Who pays when you go out? It all comes out of the same account, but usually he does.
22. Who is most stubborn? Me. I get something in my head and there is no stopping me.
23. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Me. I am a peace maker what can I say?
24. Whose parents do you see the most? Probably mine.
25. Who kissed who first? He did. He asked me if he could kiss me. Isnt that sweet??
26. Who asked who out? He did.
27. Who proposed? He did.
28. Who is more sensitive? Me. Sometimes a little too sensative.
29. Who has more friends? Me. I am more of a social butterfly, then he is.
30. Who has more siblings? He does-6. Me-4
31. Who wears the pants in the family. I think we like to share the pants. :)

I had a great time answering doing this. I tag all of my freinds that just joined the blogging world. You know who your girls are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I didnt realize that it had been so long since my last post. My sister told me she was tired of looking at the last post and said to hurry and change it. WHATEVER chicky!! When you get off your keester and make a blog of your own, then you can be boss!

So not much going on here. I think that is why I havent posted in a bit. I have nothing too exciting to post. That is unless you count yelling at your kids and wanting to go manson on them a few times exciting! No they have been pretty good. I can definitly tell that they are in need of getting back into their routine. They probably wouldnt admit to it, but I do!! The school countdown is on! 15 days 6 hours and 2 min. I am a little excited but thena gain I am not. I have had it pretty good. I usually get to sleep in. I wouldnt call it uninterupted sleeping, but I get to sleep in. That is the beauty of having some older children. They get to help out with the babysitting.

When school starts, then all Hell will break loose because I am NOT a morning person. Never have and I dont plan to ever be! This year I will have a seminary student--EEEK ! That is really early. Good thing I have already designated that one to my sweet hubby. Lucky man!

Well I had a pretty enjoyable weekend I must say. I was in need of a GNO and I got it. Friday a bunch of families got together at a park to hang out and have dinner together. Then the girls that were int he party mood went to the movies. We went and saw No reservations. It was a cute movie. It was the kind of movie that didnt require using any brain cells. I like those.!!!
We( as in me) pigged out on popcorn and candy and of course Diet Coke. Good times.
On our way home Christine and I saw a huge light in the sky. It kind of looked like fireworks, or a falling star. We couldnt figure it out. It turned out to be a Meteor shower. Pretty cool.

Saturday I went to Hollys stamp camp and made some cute crafts and just kind of hung out. My kids and some of the kids in the hood are in to Airsoft guns. So about 15 kids are all running around shooting each other. No coloring or playing dollies here- no way.! We get gun battles and wars and all of that fun stuff :(

Sunday we just went to church. It was actually not too bad. My kids for the most part resembled well behaved children for most of the time. I was able to chill out in the Library- best calling in the church in my opinion. After church a couple of families got together for some Karaoke battles. I should say SLAUGHTER, since that is what I did to all that dared to go up against me. You know who you are girls!!!!! I do have a heart and lost a couple of battles on purpose. I dont want anyone to think that I am to competative or anything! LOL

Well I will end this mish mash of a post. I was trying to download some pics, but for some reason it is not letting me download. I will have to make my computer boy help me. I do take care of his kids and clean his house for him, that is the least he could do for me right????? Have a great night!!

HOUSTON WE HAVE MADE CONTACT!!!!

Well at least Hayden has and it is with the potty!!! Yeah haaaawwwwww! He did it. I was beginning to think that I was going to be keeping him home from preschool this year, but now the future is looking bright!!!!! PARTY ON!
I have been pretty much keeping him naked all day and that seems to be doing the trick. Yesterday he kept escaping out the door alot running around the hood naked. It was a sight. He had his shirt on at least...oh and his boots of course. I am sure the neighbors think that I am a total whackjob, but oh well!

Oh and I am totally excited that they have a new PS2 Singstar out now. I think it came out a couple months ago, but new to me. It is Singstar Pop. I am zooming out to get it for sure today. So excited. I just wish they would make the 80s version one for the Us instead of just Europe. That would be the best. I am pretty sure I would outsing anyone who dares to go up against me. LOL

Well I just had a few things to get off my chest and now it is back to the old bump and grind. Have a great daY!!!!

YEAH!!! Psycho queen has come out of her funk!! I am a ton better now. Thanks for all your sweet words of encouragment. You guys are awesome. I was just downloading some of my recent pictures of my peeps and I ran across some of these cuties. How can you be in a fowl mood when you have these sweet things around you all day! Even though I am yelling at them half the time or cleaning up puddles of wizz all day pottytraining, it is aaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllll good!

I snapped this one of my babalicious man lounging with Lawson. When all of the other kids are in bed it is fun to just be able to hang out with Lawson. I snap the cutest pictures of them together at night.













Chris brought these boots home for Hayden hand he has them on 24/7!!! We are far from being cowboys, but I think they are the cutest things.



Mr personality. He is always making these goofy faces. Pretty hot looking ensamble eh???








Well I ahd better get back to my inlaws. Chris and my FIL took the older 4 boys to an A's game and my MIL and I took the other 2 shopping. I dont have a very good knack of decorating. It is just not my thing. I have a few pieces that I am looking for and so we went shopping around some stores, it was a lot of fun, but everyone is pooped!! Hope you all survive your Sunday. I should be good with some extra hands to help me. Goodnight!

HHHHEEEEELLLLLPPPP!!!!

Imagine a woman pulling her hair out, nerves shot, and on the verge of a nervous breakdown and you have a picture of me!!!!
I am sure it is PMSing, because I am not a depressed kind of person, but I have been having a bad few days. I feel like I am losing my marbles. Nothing in particular is setting me off, it is just a bunch of everything at one time.
I am trying to pottytrain and that is not working. He is "watering" all over the house and outside except for the toilet!! Driving me nuts. There is no way that that kid is NOT going to preschool this year so he is going to be pottytrained come hell or high water!!!
My inlaws are coming in tonight, so I have been trying to clean up and get stuff ready for them. My kids have been helping alot today, but they are kids and it is hard to keep them from making more messes.
Bowen started football and practices are 4 times a week, right at dinner time, so I have to be Chauffer Joe taking him back and forth to that, plus trying to keep the other kids happy and entertained.
Ok! I am starting to bore myself with all of this hum drum nonsense but it feels great to let it out!
On a good note I got my nasty hair cut today. She took an inch off and gave me bangs. I am excited to see how they work. I have not had bangs in eons, but I was starting to feel like my hair looked like Olive Oyls hair all slicked down with no personality.
Well I am off to rescue my baby who has been screaming in his swing for the past 40 minutes. He is so tired, but is too worked up to sleep. Hope everyone is having a great day! I am sure you all are after reading my depressing post! LOL

GOOD MAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Can I tell you how excited I am that I got my first Good mail. Sweet Donna sent it to me. She is the best!
I actually got it the other day, but my camera battery ran out. It has been so hard to keep from opening this yummy candy for this long, but I wanted to get a picture of it before it ended up on my right butt cheek!!! I also got some great smelling lip balm. It is Pecan flavored and it feels so great on. Thank you soooooo much Donna for thinking of me. It truly made my day!!!!! Sorry for the cruddy picture. I realized that the picture I had taken had her address showing, so I had to crop it out! DUH!

TAGGED! Not, but I thought I would tag myself. I thought it would be fun to put my brain to the test and see if I can muster enough brain power to finish the list.....


4 JOBS I HAVE HAD

1. Working at a friends sandwich shop a few hours a week during HS .
2. Nice Corp. in Provo UT.
3. Deseret Credit Union in Vegas (before it went under)
4. Medical Assistant at anOB/Gyn--LOVED IT!


4 PLACES I HAVE LIVED

1. Born and raised in Las Vegas
2. Provo Ut
3. Fremont CA
4. P-town CA

4 FAVORITE SHOWS (right now)

1. Big Brother
2. SYTYCD
3. Any show about house flipping
4. Split Ends

4 FAVORITE FOODS

1. Chocolate
2. Chicken Caesar Piadine from Tomatinas
3. Baja chicken Ensalada with Ranch and Avocado Salasa dressing from Baja Fresh
4. Chocolate

4. FAVORITE WEBSITES

1. Blog sites
2. Fox News
3. Ebay
4. Any shopping sites

4 PLACES I WOULD RATHER BE

1. Hawaii
2. A pool of chocolate ( I know, but it really truly makes me happy)
3. Somewhere with all of my family
4. On a romantic getaway with my HOT MAN!

Ok! There I did it. That was actually alot of fun. I thought it would be too much thinking and typing, but it wasnt. Thanks to all of the girls who did theirs. I quite enjoyed reading them all!

Now I am off to be at a place that was NOT on my top 4 places I would rather be-------My kitchen to make dinner!!!!!!!

I am in the mood for chit chatting, but have nobody to really do it with, so I will chat with you all in cyberland! LOL
It has been a great week. My parents were here and I got to hang with some friends also. Thursday we had a Football camp meeting at Round Table Pizza for Bowen and I went to a jewelry party with my friend Maressa. Afterward we were in the mood for a good flick, so we went to see Chuck and Larry. DONT GO SEE IT!!!!!!! It was horrible! Maressa and I thought for some reason it would be a funny film. Yah ok, it is about two guys pretending to be gay. I can handle a little of that , but it was vulgar. We were sitting in there waiting for the movie to start and I was trying to find my candy in my purse and what did I happen to see staring right at my fat face??? My temple recommend. I should have left right then! Shame on me!

Friday we met some friends at Chuck E Cheeses again. I think I should own some stock in that place. We were there for close to 4 hours. Later that evening we met a group of families from our ward at the park. We did that alot last year, but we have been slacking this year. The guys are usually playing some sport, while the women are chatting. Good times.

Today after not sleeping that great last night, my man let me sleep in a bit. It felt great. I feel like I am getting bags under my eyes. Lawson gets up for a bottle, and goes back to sleep but only after about 20 minutes of making his chanting noises. Drives me batty. It is a cute noise, but not a 3 in the morning!!! We told the kids that if they helped out with yardwork and did their chores we would go to a movie. We ended up seeing Transformers. I enjoyed it. I thought the effects were pretty cool. Well I just got back from a little jaunt to Walmart. Dallin was out of his Stridex face pads and i think he felt a zit coming on.. Too funny. Hey, I am always up for a trip to Walmart. It is not my favorite store by any means, but I still enjoy it. I need to get kids to bed. They have all been night owls this week and need their sleep. 1 down 5 to go. have a great night and Sunday. I hope I can survive it!!!!

I AM BACK IN THE BLOGGING WORLD!

Well I never really went anywhere but I am back. My parents just left last night and we had a great time. My parents are fun to hang out with! _ I am sure they are glad to be home to their happy world of quietness!! It got a little bonkers around here at times (especially with a 3 year old that was NOT on his best behavior!) . It was hard to do a whole lot with all of the kids home from school all day but that is ok.
Some things we did were picnicing in the park, shopping, EATING JUNK, swimming and just enjoying the great weather. My parents came from Vegas, and it is hotter then snot there. I dont think we made it over 80 degrees the whole time they were here!! In fact they froze a few times sitting outside.

Poor little Lawson has had a little cold that past few days. It has been rough a few of the nights. He just coughs and coughs, until I drug him of course, so my nerves are totally shot!!!! I feel like I have not had a good nights sleep for eons. It especially nerves me when I see sleeping beauty next to me just sawing logs, like he has no care in the world!! Lucky guy! Well I had a ton in my mind of what I wanted to say, but of course it went blank on me. I think I need to go get my body fueled up with a Diet Coke. I have a dirty kitchen staring at me and I need a pick me up!
Ok! One last note. What is up with all 10 of the contestants last night on SYTYCD doing to SAME DANCE!! I didnt watch last years so is this normal?? I am so glad I had it Tivod so I could fast forward. BORING! Anyway, I am sure I am going to remember more of what I wanted to type later, so maybe I will be back. Hope everyone is enjoying their summer!!!

I cant believe that another weekend has flown by. Time just keeps ticking away. We had a busy weekend. I think I already bored you with our Friday hapenings, so I will just begin with Saturday.



First of all for all of you dog lovers out there, you might want to look away from the screen for the next few sentences. We gave our dog Lila away last weekend. GASP, GULP the horror of it all, I know. I was sad about it also----for about 2 minutes! We had Lila for almost 2 years. She was a nice dog, but we just have too many kids and she was like another kid! My kids were not ready for the responsibilty of really taking care of her (besides feeding her etc) She needed more attention, so we found her a family that was going to provide her with that.
I am sure she is very happy now, not being stuck outside all alone. That being said we De-LILAed our backyard. We will hopefully get it back to looking not so ghettoish before too long. I am excited beyond words! I can send my little ones out side without the fear of dragging dog doo doo back into my house.

That is pretty much what we did on Saturday during the day. Later that night we hooked up with Holly and her fam and headed to the drive-in. It has been eons since we have done that and we had a great time. We saw Ratetouille. Too cute from what I could see or hear of it. I was pretty much the sole member of the Lawson entertainment committee so I caught a few fleeting moments of it. It was also quite chilly as the night went on. We love it here in N. Cal. Yes, it can get pretty darn near Hellhot here, but at least it cools down at night. Here are a few pictures of our crew at the movies.

Sunday was church, or for me it was crazyville during Sacrament meeting. So hard!! Lawson is getting to be quite squirmy and then trying to keep the others quiet and entertained. NUTS! I take 2 benches and try to keep them seperated, but then I get my sweet Judson who keeps turning around to see what he is missing-NOTHING KID, turn around !!!! At least I get to go to my happy place in the library. Yes, I am the ward librarian. I know it is an old lady calling, but it is the best dang calling out there. Peace and quiet for 2 hours! I even get to sneak away and go to RS. So sweet. I have it good. I am sleeping with the 1st councelor, so I am safe from any major calling. HEE HEE!

Holly and her fam came over for dinner Sunday night to celebrate dallins bday. It was fun. The kids ran around and the adults sat in the family room and hung out. Good times. Well I am sure that I have put a couple of you to sleep. I need to go and check on my kiddies. They are outside roaming the hood. I also need to go finish cleaning my house. My parents are coming tomorrow-Thursday for a week. We are so excited. It will be interesting trying to squeeze everyone in my car. My Yukon XL seats 8 and there will be 1o of us with my parents. We need to rent a bus! Have a great night!


I have to sneak girley things on my babies now and then.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DALLIN!!!!!

Today is Dallins bday. OK! Now I officially feel old!! Not to brag at all, but I get told somtimes that I look too young to have a 14 year old. I cant have a 14 year old can I???
I cant believe how the time has flown by! I remember being a scared new mom bringing this little guy home. I thought "they are trusting ME to take care of this little baby ?" Dallin is such a great kid. We are so lucky to have this sweet guy in our family.
He always has a smile on his face and is a great help to me. Without ever being asked he is alway the first one to help me unload the groceries or do anything I ask. He is a hard worker (just like his dad) and LOVES to golf (unfortunately just like his dad):( HEEHEE.
He is also quite the little ladies man already. The other day he had some cute girls in our ward drop off a plate of goodies for him. They are going to be at EFY for his bday and dropped them off early. So cute.
It has been such a wonderful 14 years with Dalpal. I am loving watching him grow into a fine young man. He is a great example to his little brothers. It is a big responsibility to be the oldest and so far he is doing a great job. Happy Birthday Dal.

I have a girl in my stake who has a great jewelry business. I love her pieces. They are funky and fun. Here is her website address if you want to take a peek. www.twisted-silver.com. I believe she has had some stuff in Nordstroms and some stars have been spotted wearing her jewelry. I have a couple pieces and I love them. Hope everyone is enjoying thier weekend!!

HURRAY ITS FRIDAY!!!

I love for Fridays!! Friday is the day of the week that the new tabloids come out. I know, I know--lame! I should have better things to read then to burn my brain cells on trash, but it is fun.
Today we had a busy day. I had to take Bowen to the Drs this morning. He has been complaining of an earache for the past few days and I have been chalking it up to a little case of swimmers ear. Turns out he has a double inner ear infection AND swimmers ear. Poor guy. Am I a horrible mom or what? After the drs I went to Walmart to fill his perscription and then home to clean up a bit. It is great when I leave some of the kids home when I go somewhere. As I am running out the door, I say "I want the house picked up when I get home" and what do you know, they listen!!! I came home and they had all the downstairs picked up. Good boys. I then took Dallin to the golf course for a tournament and then it was off to---------------Chuck E Cheeses AGAIN!!! I bet you are thinking, is she a whackjob or what?!! Yeah pretty much, but today we were with friends and that makes it WAY more fun and there was no spillage of Diet Coke today. I then had to go and pick Dallin up and then headed home.

Tonight my man and I went out for a little bit. Of course we have our little sweetie with us. He is getting where he wants to grab at everything and it makes for a crazy eating experience, but that is ok. We tried a new Thai place that was pretty good. We zoomed into Old Navy, Pier One Imports, Bed Bath and Beyond and then to the store to pick up my precious magazined and ice cream for the boys. All in all it was a fun day. Well I am off to put some kiddies to bed and then do my nightly "chores". You know pick up, dishes and all the mess from a day of play. Have a great night!

I almost forgot to post a shout out to my dad. It is his Bday today. I have a great dad. It is times like these that I wish I lived closer. My mom always says "If your husband didnt move you away from us..........." HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!
WE LOVE YOU!!

Dont be jealous of all this hottness!! I know I am looking mighty fine in this picture! This is the picture of my wet pants from my precious Diet Coke. It wouldnt let me post it in the right section sorry.

Just chillin with my Homeboy!


I took this picture the other night and thought it was too cute of them sitting together. Lawson looked like he was just hangin out and relaxing from a busy day of being RollerBob on the floor.

Ok! So as I was stalking ( as I call it) some blogs today, I ran into some that were inviting people to make comments. I think that is so great! I always feel so silly just reading peoples blogs and never commenting. I get SO excited when I see a new person leaving a comment on my blog. I look at it as meeting a new friend. I love blogging! I have met such nice people and learn a ton from all of you awesome girls!

SO I am inviting anyone who does read my blog (I guess I am being so bold and assuming that maybe a few do) to please leave a comment. I read on someones blog ( I am sorry that I cant remember which one to give proper credit to) that if you take the time to read it then go ahead and comment. I have to laugh at my "favorites" section on my internet all of the blogs I have bookmarked. I think I read more then half of the one that are on there that I read, I have never commented on. So I am going to starting today. SO BEWARE OUT THERE. Some nutball is going to be leaving you comments!!

So today my kids were totally bugging me to go to Chuck E Cheeses. I really dont mind going so I told them that if they got all of their chores done we could go. I was sitting there enjoying my Diet Coke when all of a sudden Mr Sticky fingers Lawson grabbed my FULL cup of soda and dumped it all over me. Gross. I looked like I had an accident all over my pants! But being the Chuckster trooper that I am sat in wet pants for about another hour. What a great mom. I also was able to experience a proud mother moment today at Chucks. When my kids are all done with their tokens, they love to look under the machines for tokens that have dropped on the floor. They have even become so savvy to make little "helpers" out of straws, so they can reach way in the back of machines. It is a little embarrassing. I feel like such trailer trash when they do it, but if that is the worst they do I will live with it!

WHAT, ONLY 71% ADDICTED?????


I think there is a flaw in that "addicted to blogging" quiz that is going around. I thought for sure I would max that one out! I am not savvy enough to figure out how to put the link on my blog. I can usually figure that crap out, but not how to cut and paste and stick here, drop there??? Whatever!

So these past couple of days have been pretty non eventful. We have just been running errands. We, as in ALL 7 OF US headed to Walmart yesterday. We have 2 pretty close to us and I wanted to try the other one to check out their boys Khakis for church. I really like their George brand of clothes. They have nice flat front khakis for boys to wear to church and right now they are on clearance for like 8 bucks. So nice! I still cant figure out why it is that I dont have church pants in all sizes. You would think that I do!! What gives?
We (not me of course) got alot done around the house last night. The weather has been so awesome here the past couple of days that we have been outside, well into the evening. My sweet hubby and boys washed AND waxed my car last night, mowed the lawn and trimmed some trees.

Today we had swim lessons and we---AGAIN ALL 7 of us headed to Costco. I really dont mind taking them all with me, but it gets a little tiring! Answering all of their questions and telling them to stop that or dont do this etc. They really are pretty good, but......................... I am exhausted! I came home and fed my face a Ghirradeli chocolate carmel square-- So good! I felt like the commercial of the lady who comes home from a busy day of work and sits on her butt to relax and enjoy some chocolate. Yep! That was me!

Well I am off to get some stuff done around the house. I always have a ton to do and find myself reading blogs all day. Have a great day!!

I AM BACK! Yeah! I am so glad that I am finally back to normal. It was a rough few days there, but I am fianally feeling better. It is horrible to be sick. It seems like the whole house falls apart when mom is under the weather. We had a great weekend.
Friday I was able to narrow down my long list of errands. It felt great to get that stuff done. Chris and I were able to sneak off Friday night to the mall for a couple of hours. We went to CPK-YUM! and the shopped around for a bit. Kids Gap and Baby Gap were having great sales! It was 25% off of everything that was already marked down!! Cant beat that! I think there is a truth to the saying "retail therapy". I always feel better after I shop and especially finding great bargains!


Saturday, Chris and the boys along with Hollys crew(minus Holly) went to the Oakland As game. We bought these family pack tickets a few months ago. I decided to stay home and not take the baby. I didnt know exactly where the seats were going to be and the thought of sitting out in thehot sun with the baby didnt thrill me. I went and kept Holly company instead. It was fun. I picked up In and Out burger and we watched 50 first dates. That is really a funny movie. Everyon hooked back up at Hollys afterward for some more of Chris Trip tip and some other yummy grub and hung out for a bit. It was a great night.

Today we are just hanging out relaxing. I love Sundays when there are no meetings going on. It is great to just be together as a family. The kids were pretty good during sacrament meeting. YES! I didnt have to do too much pinching or dagger shooting to my hubby on the stand today, so it was a good day. Well I am off to put the kids to bed. Tomorrow is swim lessons and who knows what else. That is the beauty of summer!!! Have a great night!






The crew at the As game

UUUUUGGGGGG!
I am so jealous looking at everyones fun 4th of July festivities. My festivities consisited of me in the bathroom----sick! I was looking forward to a day of fun- husband home, BBQs etc.....but no! I had to be sick and on top of that, I had a couple of kids sick also. Judson had the upchucks a couple of times and Dallin and Bowen have had an upset stomache. I hope that the baby doesnt get anything.

Today I am just really tired and have a crampy stomache, and Dallin is about the same. We have just been laying around trying to keep the little ones entertained. Luckily Lawson ahs been so good. He has been playing on the floor nicely and napping, so all is good. Chris would have usually stayed home to care for the ill and afflicted, but has a few guys on vacation now and needs to be at work.

Well I hope to return to my normal healthy self soon. Hope everyone is enjoying the "heat wave" . My air has been cranked all day. Not looking forward to this months powerbill- HEEHEE!

This is my sweet little man sitting up. This is his newest trick. My baby is growing up too fast. It is time for another one! HEEHEE. I know my husband sneak reads my blog, so I wanted to give him a little heart attack there. He always freaks out when I say that I want more kids. (I do) but you didnt hear that from me!!

Today I had to take Dallin to get a tooth pulled. His teeth are not moving back far enough, so the Orthodontist wanted this tooth pulled to see if it will help. The poor kid has had braces on since the 5th grade!!! HELLLOO, he is going into 9th grade this year!!! Can you say enough already? He was a tough kid though. I told him after the appointment I would go and get him the biggest Jamba Juice and the dentist told him he couldnt have anything with a straw today. Bummer. I guess we will go get him one tomorrow. Is that the biggest tooth you ever saw? So gross. Well I need to get off the computer and be a mom. Lawson is crying and I need to go get dinner ready. Enjoy your night!

PS Does anyone out there watch Big Brother??? I think I am the only one in the world who is excited for that show to start on Thursday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUDSON!!!! My sweet little boy is 7 years old today. i had a great trip down memory lane looking for pictures of Juddy Buddy. He LOVES to be in pictures. About 90% of my pictures have him popping his head into the frame. I feel like I have been doing about a million bday posts lately.
Judson is such a sweet boy. He definitly has a different personality than my other boys. He is VERY STRONG WILLED. Drives me to want to drink sometimes but that is ok. He is the "sweatshirt" child that I so "lovingly" blog about sometimes! He loves to ride his bike. He is a good helper and a great big brother. We are so blessed to have him in our family.


Judson had to stay in the hospital for a few extra days after he was born. he had fluid in his lungs. This was so heartbreaking to see him all hooked up.







Our 4 sweet little boys the day he came home from the hospital. Yikes! That was 2 kids ago!!!!!







Judson hamming it up for the camera on a camping trip to Gualala.

Judson being a great big brother holding Lawson