J.D.'s Image

This morning J.D. and I were having an argument over what to pack in his lunch. We were out of bread and he was arguing with me, about why he wouldn't eat a sandwich on a hamburger bun. I listed several options, the whole time he is looking at me like I am crazy. So I get upset and I say, "Fine, you'll just have to eat a Chicken Fajita at school.!" He looks at me with this teenager look on his face and says, "Mom, that is so bad for my image." And then he walks away. Image, what image?

So I asked him today how his fajita was and he said, "Mom it was so tasty!" I guess it didn't hurt his image to bad. I guess I'm forgiven.

The things kids say!

Bowling

We took the kids bowling on Saturday night and had a blast!! The kids loved it and we really should go more often, but it sure is expensive. Only Josh and the boys bowled and it cost $18.00. That seems like a lot to me!! Oh well, it was worth it for the fun they had. Piper slept most of the time, but woke up an dhelped Josh bowl the last 3 frames of his game. We topped the night off with an ice cream cone from Artic Circle!! It was a great night!

Daddy's Little Princess

Oh my gosh!! She's pretty cute. And he's pretty good-lookin' too!!

I Gotta Write This Down

Funny story! It happened like 10 minutes ago. I was trying so hard not to laugh.

My cell phone rings and I pick it up thinking, it's my friend Julie. Well, it's actually her little girl, Elle. She asked me if J.D. could come and play at her house with her and Shaylee, a girl from J.D.'s class. It's like 5:15, which is kind of late, but I asked her if her mom knew she had called me. She said yes, and so I told her that I would let J.D. play for an hour and I would bring him down to her house.

Shaylee teases J.D. at school. I keep telling him that girls who tease boy's do it because they like him. She chases him around and throws grass on him, those type of things.

So Elle is holding her mom's phone and I realize right off that something is not right. Elle fesses up to not having asked her mom, because her mom isn't there, she is being watched by her older brother. She said she tricked up because Shaylee wanted to say hi to J.D. so they called. I'm still trying to work out how they knew which number was ours.

So this little Shaylee walks over and hugs J.D. who stands there straight as a board and has his arms crossed with this awful scowl on his face. He's soooo embarrassed!!! I'm trying as hard as I can not to laugh. So I let him say hi for a minute and then we came home. He was of course mad that he couldn't stay and play and even madder that Shaylee hugged him!

It was hysterical. I wasn't even upset at Elle for calling. What will the teenage years be like if this how my grade school years are starting???

5 Things

Some day's I feel like I don't accomplish a dang, darn thing!! Ever feel that way? And then I wonder, what did I do with my time today? Well, I did the dishes, washed laundry, folded laundry, swept the floor, and vacuumed. Those are the 5 things that I do EVERY SINGLE DAY OF MY LIFE! It seems I don't accomplish much because, well, I did those five things over and over and over!!! Some day's I do them more than once! You know those kind of day's. The ones when you want to throw your hands up and lay down and cry!! Throw in wiping cute baby bums, wiping noses, kissing owies, washing marker off the wall, potty training, cooking, chauffeuring, playing referee and the many other duties of a mom and you know where my time is spent.

I do not spend my time making money or doing great things that those in the world can praise. I don't look for glory or fame. Heck, there are day's when all I wish for is a shower and maybe to put on a little make up!!! But what I do matters to my children! One day, they will thank me for my efforts. They will remember picnics in the park and board games on Sunday night. They will remember making play dough and baking cookies. One day.........................................

But until then, life sure is messy, but it's fun!!

8 Years Ago Today........

I married my best-friend!

Josh carved our initials in this tree the day after our wedding. I went looking for it on Sunday and was so glad that it was still there! It was a little nostalgic to go to Kolob this weekend, as that was where we spent the first week of our married lives.

The time flies by so fast. 8 years!! 3 kids!!! Lot's of memories and lot's of first in those years. It's not alway's been smooth sailing, but we get by with lot's of love and lot's of prayer. It's been an amazing experience, being married to my best-friend.

I love you Josh! Thank you so much for all you do. I know you work so hard for our family, so that I can stay home and I appreciate that. Thanks for loving me and for putting up with me!!
Happy Anniversary!

A Sunday Drive

We took a Sunday drive up to Kolob and went over the top of the mountain and came down in Cedar City. It was such a pretty drive and it was fun to just all be together and laugh and have a good time. With Josh working six day's a week, it's a rare treat to get to just hang out!!

The red rock kinda grows on ya!

Some more rocks!

These sleepy heads missed the whole first 1/2 of the trip! We woke them up when we got up to the Ranches. We went to see the changes the Posts had made to the cabin.

Oh, look who's awake now! Look at Piper's face. She heard the Cheeto bag open!

Kids and rocks. Not a good combination, but they somehow alway's end up in the same sentence.

Tyson is alway's just happy to be along for the ride!

chewing on a piece of grass. His cud, to quote the boy.

picking wildflowers

Josh telling us stories about the cabin.

It was a great day! Lot's of memories. Josh and I used to go that way all the time.

We honeymooned at the cabin 8-years ago. Hard to believe it's been that long

Atleast it will be officially that long on Tuesday.

Holy Crow! Love you babe!

My Little Artist

Isn't she a great artist?

Today I .......

5:20 am Woke up
5:50 am Zumba
7:00 am Fed the chickens
7:30 shower & get ready while the kids get dressed
8:00 am feed the kids
8:15 am do hair, round up books, make lunches to be out the door at 8:45
Stopped and saw Trina at work. She's lost 12 lbs. who knew pregnancy was a weight loss plan??
9:00 - 9:15 am chased the chickens out of Accalia's yard.
9:30 picked up Mandee
10:00 am D.I. found some great stuff!! one persons junk is someone else's treasure!!
11:00 am Costco!
12:00 pm dropped Mandee off and then turned around and ran back to town. Forgot Manila Envelopes. Ran to Lins. Went and saw Josh for a few minutes.
1:00 pm Ate some tomoatoes for lunch.
1:30 pm played on the computer, blog hopping for awhile
2:00 pm worked on Alisons Pantry
2:45 pm ran around a few catalogs, ran to the post office and went to wait for J.D.
3:30 pm picked up J.D. & Carsyn. Came home. made an after school snack and watched cartoons for 1/2 an hour. The kids played outside while I cleaned up and got dinner made.
6:00 pm dinner
6:30 pm took the kids with me to young women's because Josh hadn't made it home and Nicole was gone. The ran amuck in the church wile I set up quilt frames!!
7:00 pm Young women's. We tied quilts for humanitarian aid and wrote testimonies in Book of Mormons. We had Nachos and chips and salsa. Taylors going to Zumba with me in the morning!!
9:00 ran Josh down the street to pick up a car. Worked on Alisons Pantry handouts for the food show, read to Piper, Talked to Scott on the phone, typed this crazy post and now, I'm off to bed. Just wanted to remember what typical day was like in my house.

Broken Nose

J.D. broke his nose tonight. We had been at the splash pad for 5 minutes and I hear Ross calling me and I look over to see J.D. covered in blood. He was playing with another little boy and they were holding their noses and sticking their faces in the water with their eyes closed..... And the little boys head hit J.D. right on the bridge of the nose.

J.D. was freaking out!! Of course there was a lot of blood and he was really scared to go to the hospital. He thought the x-rays were cool. He was getting quit impatient. He kept asking where the doctor was.

It's broke. But it's only a fracture and it should heal okay. We have to wait for the swelling to go down and make sure it heals straight, but it should. It's a tiny fracture. What a crazy experience.

On the way home, this was J.D.'s lament, "I'm the kid that always gets hurt. The other day I fell down the red mountain and that wasn't cool . Today a kid hits me in the face with his head, and his head is solid, it was like ice. And it hurt."

Thank heavens we didn't have to reset it. I would have passed out into a puddle on the floor.

Our 2nd Grader

J.D. had a great first day of school! He made a new friend, whose name he can't remember, but he wears cowboy boots. And in J.D.'s book, that makes him super cool!

Baylee and J.D are in the same class this year! Yeah, because you all know Mandee and I will be party moms!!We've got each others back! Most of the time, huh Mandee??

I told Josh yesterday, when we went to the Open house to meet the teacher, that it seems unreal to have a 2nd grader. Where has the time gone?

Our handsome guy, with a mohawk. Daddy did his hair for the first day. Can you tell?

He got to ride the motorcycle to school.

Waiting to go into Mrs. Thomas's class.

He wanted to know where he could put the treasure box stuff we had brought. He told me he didn't get in trouble so it was a good day!

We love you J.D. and are so proud of the person you are becoming. You awesome!

Family Pictures

I can't decide. I like them all. Maggie and Eric get a big THANK YOU for helping us out and taking some family pictures of us.

How do you pick a favorite?

A Scary Moment & an Oompa Loompa

J.D. looks like an Oompa Loompa. He took a nasty fall in the red dirt. We went for a walk last night up on the trail that is by our house. Josh and J.D. made it to the end of the trail first, as I was carrying a 2-year-old and dragging a 4-year-old.

Anyway, Josh and J.D. started to climb the hill. We live at the base of a monstrous red mountain. They were up pretty far. Tyson started to climb up and made it almost as high as Josh & J.D. So they started to come down to meet Tyson. My husband is like a mountain goat. He started to run down the hill - super fast. So of course, J.D. starts to copy him. I am at the bottom of this huge hill watching this and feeling my heart start to pound.

It happened like it was in slow motion. I saw him start to fall forward. And then he did 2 forward flips smashing his face into the dirt as he went. I screamed. Josh turned around and was sprinting up the hill trying to get to him. J.D. had stopped flipping, thank heaves, because he was really high up. and this hill is full of rocks and cactus, he's lucky he didn't hit anything else. He's lucky he didn't keep going. It would have killed him. He's screaming and I am at the bottom of the damn hill. He wasn't hurt, but he was screaming because he had a mouth full of dirt. Scared the crap out of me.

Then Josh told me not to baby him, when he got down the hill. Let me baby him! It's my job. It's my right as a mom who almost had a heart attack.

He's a lucky boy.

I'm Not A Chariot

We watched Baylee and Mia this morning for awhile.
Baylee and J.D. wer pulling Mia and Piper in the wagon. Up and down the road they went.
Baylee jumped in and J.D. was trying to pull them through the grave. Baylee told J.D. to go faster to which he replied, "I'm not a chariot, BayLee." It was so funny!

Bad Day's Happen

Today is a bad day! It started out good. Nothing serious has happened. I am just tired of my kids fighting!! Hitting, fighting, tackling, and calling each other names. I must admit, my kids are pretty tame, compared to what happened at my house when I was a kid. But I am just tired of it.

We had a great morning and it just went sour around 2:00 pm. I. CAN'T. WAIT. UNTIL. THURSDAY! Yeah for the first day of school. Not that I won't miss J.D. terribly, but I won't miss the fighting!

Right now, I've locked myself in the computer room with the ipod headphones crammed in my ears, listening to Green Day. Reminds me of being young and carefree.

Don't get the impression that I don't love my kids, because I love them more than I can even put into comprehension, but some day's Momma needs a break!

Tomorrow is a new day............
Thank Heavens...

Tonight I'll hug them close and whisper I love you. I'll tell them sorry and let's start over tomorrow and have a better day. We'll say our prayers and thank I will thank Heavenly Father for my kids. And then we'll do it all over agian tomorrow.

Girls Night Out

What a GREAT night! 25 Main for dinner & Cupcakes. Oh my, the coconut cupcake is to DIE for. I bought myself 3 to bring home!! Then off The Proposal, which is seriously one of those laugh so hard, you might pee your pants kind of movies! One I definitely have to buy.

Thanks girls for the night out!!

Perspective

Sometimes life has a way of showing you things you need to see. It's strange how an event can put things into perspective for you. How blessed I am to have my family. My sweet husband who is amazing in every way and my beautiful children.

Don't take a single day for granted. Life is a blessing.

To the Jenkins family, our heartfelt grief goes out to you at this time. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Happy Birthday Tyler

This is my girl! My fourth child if you will or my first............

depends on how you look at it.

We went to Las Vegas this weekend and went shopping!

It was fun!

I can't wait until Piper gets old enough to go on shopping trips with us.

She is going into 7th grade. Boy, I'm getting old.

So is she for that fact. Today is her birthday.

Happy Birthday!

I love you!!

You are amazing!

My Little Monkey Man

"Look Mom. I can see the big city!"
That's what he said.

Blessings

Photo taken by J.D.

I am so blessed