Flashback Friday!

Wow!! It has really been a while since I have blogged! Since it has been so long since I have posted I figure I will attempt to do some "Flashback Friday's" in hopes to get caught up a little. Here are some pictures from Christmas.

As many of you know my sister-in-law Lacey had a baby girl born with some complications and so we packed up our stuff and headed to Utah on Christmas Day to celebrate with Lacey and Jonathon. It was quit an experience eating Christmas dinner at PCMC cafeteria and opening presents in a hotel lobby, but I wouldn't of had it any other way.

The kids didn't get a whole lot of stuff from Santa this year, but they did get BB guns! Trust me, it wasn't my idea!

At one of the many Christmas parties we went to we went on a sleigh ride.

The kids loved it!!

Here is a picture with Santa. They have no fear of Santa. At one point I couldn't find Kason and I looked over to see him sitting on Santa's lap like they were best friends. As I was watching him he reached down, picked up a piece of candy and handed it to Santa so he would open it for him. Crazy kids!

Wind, Wind Go Away!

This Saturday we were at the farm all day and this is what we came home to..

It was our own little disaster! We are assuming the wind this, because we can't imagine kids having that kind of strength to bust our trampoline into a couple pieces! The crazy thing is, is that all of our other stuff in the yard was completely fine. We have some little toys that weren't even moved! We are hoping our homeowners insurance will cover it considering the tramp, swingset, and the tree are toast!
On the bright side, Logan and Kason loved climbing up the tramp springs and sliding down!

My Miracles

I apologize now for not making a lot of sense, but I have had a rough week this week at work and I just want to say how grateful I am for my family. I love them so much and am so blessed to have happy, healthy children. We recently lost a patient and my heart aches for his family, as I cannot even comprehend the pain they must be going through and all I can do is cry because it makes me start to think about what I would in a situation like that. It is sad that it usually takes something like this to make me really sit down and think about how I treat my children and how little patience I have had with them in the past and I have to be honest and say that I haven't done so well. I know from working where I work that having a healthy child is a complete miracle and I feel like I have taken that forgranted. I, this week, have started to not yell at my kids so much, but enjoy them, and to realize sometimes it won't kill me to rock my sweet baby to sleep (yes, I know if you were to call me at work I would tell you this is a big "No No") but life is so short. Even if you live until your 100 will that really be enough time to tell the people that you love just how much you love them. I love my children and my husband so much and I don't know what I would ever do without them. I am so thankful for my husband and for working with me so that we to can soon enjoy the the blessing of being sealed in the temple for eternity. He is my bestfriend and I could not imagine my life without him. He is also such an amazing father, and I am so happy that my children have such a wonderful role model in there life. In fact I do get a little mad when Kason wakes up in the morning shouting "Mom, Mom" and then I go in there to get him and he says "I want Dad" Ugh.
I am sorry that this is kinda random, but like I said it has been a rough week and sometimes I just need to let everyone know how much I really do love them.

Will the snow ever go away?

I can't wait until it gets really warm outside 'cause my kids are driving me crazy!! Logan can't stand being inside, he used to look outside everyday and whine that "it is never going to stop snowing" now he looks outside and says "yep, the snow is almost gone". Tyson went to Mesquite a few weeks ago and Logan just doesn't get why his daddy got to ride his bike but he couldn't. So finally the snow has melted enough that the boys busted out the toys.
Logan started to ride his dirt bike without training wheels the end of last summer but when it was time to stop, he had to make sure it was on the grass because he would just tip over because he wasn't tall enough to reach the ground. Well this year he can finally reach. I don't know who is more excited him or his dad. Tyson thinks that he is going to have Logan racing this summer. I am not so sure about that.
This is the 4-wheeler we just got and I must say that it makes me a little nervous. I am sure that it is going to roll on my babies. The funny thing is, is that Kason is determined that it is all his, no sharing.
Kason just knows how to hit the gas, but steering is way out of the question. I am so glad that we live next door to friends and we don't have a fence between our yards because my kids think they own both yards! Thanks Jared and Becca for letting us ride in your yard too!

Kason thinks it so nice to have a brother who likes to give rides. Kason is sitting on my lap as I type and he is yelling "fun, fast and ride" at the computer and making all of the motorbike sounds and acting like he is riding the bikes. What have I gotten myself into??

Hard Times

So I have heard all of the news about the economic crisis and so on, but I am refusing to participate. I have been selling At Home America for about 18 months. I have done great in the past and I have slacked a little due to my own laziness, but my baby is going to kindergarten this year and I am really having a hard time with it. Right now he is in preschool 3 days a week and I was lucky enough to cut my days at work so I can take him 2 of those 3 days, but finding someone to pick him up and drop him off just that one day is so hard. So I am working on a plan to be able to stay at home this fall, easier said than done. Thankfully my husband makes a lot more money than I do so there is a chance we can survive without my income.
In November I did 4 homeshows and made what I normally do at my regular job. So I am setting my goal to have 6-8 homeshows a month starting in March, this will help bring in extra money during the next few months and will replace my income come fall when I need it. So I am having a "Re-Grand Opening" Homeshow at my house on Wednesday March 11th at 7:00 pm. This will be a great opportunity to come check out all of the new 2009 homewares, and of coarse there will be door prizes!! Doesn't everyone love a chance to get some free and great stuff! In addition this I will enter the first 6 people who contact me and book a homeshow in the month of March into and awesome drawing. That's a 1 in 6 chance at recieving a homeware (or homewares) absolutely free for just having friends come into your home and share what we all love!! I thank everyone for helping me stay out of this economic crisis and if you need help to stay out of it call me and we will see if what I love is also right for you!!

Tag, I am it.

25 Random things about me.

Since reading Sommers blog I went to the deep unknown of my cedar chest and got out all my old pictures! What memories come back when you look at pictures! It is so fun! I would have scanned the picture of Commencement Dance, but I am not smart enough to use our scanner, so if anyone would offer help that would be great!

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

1. I am afraid of the dark. I don't even have to be alone.
2. Tyson and I have been dating for 12 years this year. (Married for 7 in May)
3. I want to learn how to play the piano.
4. I wished we lived in country so we could have lots of animals. (cows, pigs, sheep, it doesn't matter)
5. I wish I could be a stay at home mom.
6. I am baby hungry.
7. Considering where I work, I don't have near enough patience for my kids as I should have.
8. I love scary movies! Probably why #1 is a problem.
9. I am a sucker for romance. Funny because Tyson is so not romantic.
10. We are planning on getting sealed in the temple this year.
11. I am currently doing my own "Biggest Loser" with some friends and family. A lot harder than I thought. I think it is so much easier just to be fat!
12. I planned our honeymoon when we got married, and I chose to take Tyson to Alaska! Isn't he lucky!
13. My husband makes a better housewife than I do. He can clean and do the dishes with the best of them. That's why he keeps me working. Imagine the mess he would have to clean up with the three of us home everyday!
14. My favorite show is Desperate Housewives.
15. I don't think there is anything better in the world than having my kids giving me huge hugs out of the blue!
16. I take my kids to Peaches Pets frequently just so they can see and pet all of the animals.
17. I want to take some gardening classes. My aunt and my grandma are "Master Gardners", and I think it would be a lot of fun.
18. I love to fish. Not just to catch fish, but to get a tan and just relax. Relaxing only takes place if you don't take your kids, but why would go fishing if you couldn't take your kids?
19. I love the rain.
20. My favorite food is "ghetto nachos". The kind you buy at the convienent store. The reason I am now doing #11.
21. I still tell my husband and my parents I love them at the end of every phone call.
22. Nothing makes me laugh harder than when I hear a baby or a child giggle. I love it!
23. I have been pulled over 3 years in a row for having expired license plates! Tyson went to court for me all 3 times. He is such a good husband!
24. I really wish I could sleep in until just 9:00 one morning!
25. I am not a night person, I would be completely happy if I could go to bed at 8 every night!

I Tag:
Becca
Melissa
Jordyn
Kelly
Ashlee A.
Ashley W.
Jennifer
and anyone else reading this.

Bad Idea!!

So, I have an update to my last post, the bow-n-arrows probably weren't the best idea. At first it was fine, but then Ty taught Logan how to shoot the arrow and they hurt! I am trying to tell him that he has to shoot them downstairs but he is afraid to go down there "because the Grinch is down there". It is a lost cause! And thankfully we bought them at the dollar store because 5 out of 6 of the arrows are broken. Not because the were el cheapo but because they came in contact with Kason. Nothing usually last long when he gets his hands things! So my great idea didn't turn out great, but at least the kids are happy with them, most of the time!!