Just us Girls

Preschool Graduation

2010-07-03T21:09:00.000-07:00

Here is Meg way back in May graduating from preschool. My little munchin is growing up.

Classic Skating

2010-05-10T20:28:00.000-07:00

Tonight for Family Night we went to Classic Skating. It was a "single parent family skate night". We went with several of my friends and their kids. Here is a classic picture of Isabel's hand.

And me and Meg taking our own pics. She loved this one of her mouth.

Mattison using her scooter to hide behind.

This is one of my friend's kids who I had never met until tonight. He kept wanting to race me on our scooters. Hello....I am not your mom. I will not let you win. I am not that nice of a lady.

I love that she lets me take her picture still.

Gotcha Mattison!

Me and my BFF's.

Me with my girlfriends.

It's May Baby!

2010-05-06T20:58:00.001-07:00

It seems like I only blog about once a month so I thought I would get my May blog update over with already.

Isabel is about done with Spring Soccer. She has been in a tournament this last week. It has been FREEZING! I have no idea why Utah has to start soccer so early up here. Hello...can we please play when the weather is at least in the 60's? She and Mattison just started track season.

Mattison did the Hope of America Program at the Marriott Center. It's a big patriotic program put on by many schools throughout the valley. They do it over several nights...different schools, different nights.

And if you look really carefully at this flag you can see Mattison. She is on the far right, the second section of red from the bottom. Okay, you can't see her, but it's cool that she is in there.

Meg and I made it there to watch her. We were in the "nose bleed" section. We bought snacks from the concessions and took pictures of ourselves so it was good times.

Singles Cruise to Cabo

2010-04-25T18:46:00.000-07:00

There has to be some perks to being single. Here's one. And it was a really great one. I went on a cruise to Cabo...for a really cheap price might I add. And I do have to give out a big thanks to the mom and pops for watching the kids while I was gone. I'm totally going through a mid-life crisis and they are letting me. Here's some highlights:

*Only getting 15 hours of sleep in 5 days
*Para-sailing
*Snorkeling
*Getting trashed by the waves in the ocean and getting sand stuck in my swim suit
*Figuring out how to get that sand out...it is really uncomfortable (I did figure it out, but I'm not going to tell you how on this blog)
*Ice Cream any time of the day or night
*Dancing at least 4 hours a night
*Room service--as many plates of food as you want!
*Learning the Disco Dance on stage
*Running on a treadmill on a big boat is not easy
*Laughing until my sides hurt
*Meeting some of the best people in the world!

Dying Easter Eggs

2010-04-05T19:20:00.000-07:00

That's right peeps, two blog posts in two days. We had a fun Easter. We dyed some eggs on Saturday and then had massive amounts of candy in baskets from the Easter bunny.

Isabel...still hiding from the camera.

I'm not going to lie...the Easter Bunny was VERY tired when those eggs and baskets were being hidden at 2:00 a.m. It's tough being a single Easter Bunny ;)

Meg's Birthday

2010-04-04T15:03:00.001-07:00

I'm about a month late...but better late then never.

Happy 5th Baby girl!

Meg really wanted a "motorcycle" like her buddy "g's". We opted for the scooter. I decided that she looks like a little grandma on a jazzy scooter. The best part about it was that she was in a study at her doctors office and earned the money for her own birthday present by getting a flu shot and getting her blood tested. What a bargin for me.

Meg wanted a pinata at the party. Mattison and Isabel got in on the action of the breaking of it too.

Meg's biggest request was that we play Musical Chairs.

It was pretty fun party...I'm glad I have a year to recover from all those 4 and 5 year olds at my house.

I Stink at Blogging

2010-03-15T19:57:00.000-07:00

Yes, I know. I officially stink at blogging. Some might even say it's genetic and I take after my mom and her lack of blogging (yes, my Aunt Grace called me on it). What can I say. It's crazy to work, be a mom, blog and have a social life.

So here's a little run down. Maybe later this week I'll actually download some photos to go along with this post. Right now I'm just too lazy to walk up the stairs and then back down and download pics.

I've been crazy busy with work because I am now teaching another class at school. I was long term subbing for a lady who came back in January. Then I had several other classes/jobs set up and then another lady went out sick so I'm covering her class for the rest of the year. Now I have some awesome 9th graders. Do you want to know how awesome they are? Here's some examples:

**They make me lists of movies that I should watch over the weekend. Examples include; The Hangover, Pineapple Express, Jacka$% 1 and 2, Superbad, etc.
**They think I'm pretty "gangsta" because I'm divorced and they are ready and willing to "jump" my ex for me. They offered, I didn't even ask or give details of why I am divorced.
**They show me their sweet dance moves and I show them the running man. We have a mutual respect for each others dance moves.

Meg had a birthday. That's right...my baby is five. I'll be posting pics of those soon. She is super excited to be a little bit older. I keep telling her she is still my baby though.

Mattison got some Converse shoes. She thinks they are "the coolest".

Isabel finished up with indoor soccer and is getting ready to play outdoor soccer.

We are all getting excited for a little Spring weather around here. Pulling out those flip-flops and playing outside a little more. My new Spring goal...actually blog a little.

Pizza Joints

2010-01-24T14:36:00.000-08:00

This last month we hit two...count 'em, two pizza party places. Chuck E. Cheese this last week for a birthday party.

The kids put all their tickets in a pile and then split them up after they counted them up.

In the end they had 2,800 tickets. Pretty good haul.

Earlier my family went to Pirate Island, which is like Chuck E. Cheese but a little more for older kids too. The atmosphere is awesome. The waiters and waitresses all dress like pirates. They have a better variety on the food, but the games cost more and you don't get as many tickets. It is still a pretty fun place.

And, I know there are many more pictures of Meg. I'm not playing favorites, she just lets me take pictures while the other ones roll their eyes or run away from the camera!

Sassy, Soccer, Skinnies and Spaghetti Tacos

2010-01-18T18:28:00.000-08:00

Meg is pretty sassy and spunky. She steals my hats all the time and then requests that I take photos of her.

Isabel started indoor soccer. It is so great. Short games, lots of playing time, not having to sit outside in the hot or cold (depending on which season of outdoor soccer we are playing). She is having a great season so far...becoming a better passer and scoring goals.

Let me preface this story by saying that I swore I thought skinny jeans were LAME and that I wouldn't' wear them. However, with boots they just work better so I broke down and got some....to wear with boots. It's cold up here you know.

Today I was wearing my skinnies. The conversation with Mattison went like this.

Mattison: "Mom, are YOU wearing skinny jeans"

Me: "Yep, I am"

Mattison: "I hate it when people copy what I wear. Why do you have to have them?"

Me: "I'm in the middle of a mid-life crisis Mattison, and I like them with boots."

The girls love i-Carly. They make Spaghetti tacos on there. It's real easy...hard taco shell stuffed with spaghetti noodles and sauce. Sounds disgusting, looks disgusting, but we made them tonight anyway. Surprisingly the girls loved them. All of them ate them, Mattison even had two. I opted for another option for dinner.

Jumping

2010-01-14T19:12:00.000-08:00

Holy Catch-Up

2010-01-11T16:18:00.001-08:00

Yep...I'm officially a blog slacker. I even had time off over the holidays and didn't post anything. But, never fear....I am back!

We had a pretty great Christmas, okay just alright for me. I'm still adjusting to the whole "splitting time between parents" thing. However, I did fill my time while the kids were gone seeing every new movie that came out in theaters!

I went back over my camera to see the pics that I took on Christmas and found out that I really didn't take many, or else they were erased off my camera by a mysterious little girl who inherited my old camera and started taking pictures. That's right! Santa brought me a new camera. I'm so happy to have one that doesn't have a broken lens cover. Thank you Santa....I still believe.

So here is one of the first pics with my new camera on Christmas morning. I love the "not wearing make-up" look.

Isabel got a remote control car...and the best thing about this pic is you can't even see the car. Obviously I need to work on my picture taking skills.

Mattison got some wii games and a skateboard.

And Meg, the regular Barbie/princess loot.

Hopefully later I'll catch up on the other stuff happening around here. We have some really great jumping off the couch pictures. Mostly we take those when Grandpa isn't around.

I know it's not Wednesday

2009-12-22T19:21:00.000-08:00

It's not Wednesday so it's not wordless Wednesday. I just had to remind all of you of the fabulous hotties on the singles website. I know I already posted this babe, but seeing as it is almost Christmas I thought I would look him up...perhaps plan a date, maybe get some great presents this year! Merry Christmas.

One year ago...

2009-12-20T09:56:00.000-08:00

One year ago I left my life in Vegas. One year ago I was sad. It was a hard day. Today I'm a little sad. I miss my old life...most of it.

Secretly Posting

2009-12-18T08:37:00.000-08:00

Today at school we are doing Reality Town where the kids get to go to speakers and then they get to go and get jobs and have checkbooks etc. So while I am sitting here listening to a model/actress speak I am secretly blogging. It is so great! I have caught up on my whole blog list and even those that I blog stalk. If only I had facebook chat my life would be complete. ha ha!

Meg's pictures

2009-12-16T19:21:00.001-08:00

The other night for Family Home Evening we decorated a Gingerbread house and then Meg wanted to take some pictures of the Gingerbread house and other random things. We got carried away taking pictures of ourselves...we are nerds like that.

Meg really wanted this picture by the tree and wants me to print it out so she can give it to her preschool teacher.

Here come the up close and in your face self-portraits....

This is by far one of my favorites of Meggy Boo. It makes me laugh every time I look at it.

And now the randomness of Meg with the camera....

Only a few more days 'til Christmas....and I finally did a little shopping today. Yay me.

Christmas Stuff

2009-12-13T10:23:00.000-08:00

I can't believe that Christmas is almost here. I am so not ready. There is no time to shop when you have to work. I haven't been able to do all the fun Christmas stuff that I used to do with the kids when I stayed at home. It's lame. But, we have tried to go to a few Christmas things. We made it up to the Festival of Trees for a bit. Here is Meg with the guy from "Nightmare Before Christmas".

This was about as good of a picture that I could get of all of the kids. They were not in a picture mood...Stinkers.

It started snowing here and hasn't stopped. It has been freezing and I am not liking it at all. Yesterday my mom and dad were out of town and it snowed so I had to go out and do the walks. Brrrr. I went out in my pj's and boots (which are actually my old boots from jr. high) and this awesome Russian hat that my friend Kristin gave to me. Isabel said, "Mom aren't you embarrassed that someone will see you?" Nope, obviously I wasn't.

The other day we went out to see the lights at Thanksgiving Point. We went with Traci and her kids. All the kids love to pay attention to our conversations. Mattison informed me that we should not be dating. She said it's weird for girls to be dating in their 30's. Ha ha! No kidding Mattison! Then they proceeded to make fun of us by talking about the boys we have dated. It was hilarious. I'm just hoping I'm still not dating by the time Mattison dates because that will be even more strange to compare dating stories. That only gives me 5 years people....

One more single story. I haven't been to a singles function in awhile, been busy with other people. But, I've been in a funk lately, so I decided to head to a singles party up the canyon to this really awesome Lodge. There are "mid-singles" functions that are for people age 31-45. It's generally better when they cap off the age so we don't have to mingle with grandpas...eww. I get there and see this lady who used to be in my ward growing up. I have seen her at a few other functions in the past. When I saw her there I knew that this singles event was going to be lame-o. Let me just say, she has a son my brother's age and I'm wondering how the heck she keeps creeping into these events. Would someone please card her before she gets in again?

Thanksgiving in Cali!

2009-12-07T20:27:00.001-08:00

I can't believe I haven't posted my trip to Cali. Traci and I went there for Thanksgiving since we didn't have our kids. It was awesome. We stayed in Calabasas at my cousins beautiful house. It was like staying at a resort. We slept in, exercised, went to the beach, shopped, saw a few movies and went out to eat. Traci's camera has the pictures of us together so don't think I am completely vain by posting pics of just myself.

We went out to the Santa Monica Pier. It was pretty cold that day.

We stopped by the LA temple. We were there right before the lights were turned on. It looked like they had a lot of lights ready for Christmas

We did a little shopping at the 3rd street Promenade. It was fun. Then we went out to a little hole in the wall Italian restaurant that our new surfer friend Mitch told us about. It was the best food.

We had Thanksgiving dinner at Mimi's cafe. It was pretty decent for only $14.00.

Traci and I have decided that we might just stay single forever...it might be easier than finding a new hubby...and we can live in these beach houses!

The beach on Thanksgiving day...we were out for 4 hours, eating McD's and trying to get a little sun.

Holy crap...I just posted a pic of me in a swimsuit on my blog...I do need a tan.

I love vacations!

No dancing

2009-12-03T22:38:00.000-08:00

Tonight while I was driving in the car to Target with the girls one of the best Christmas songs of all time came on....Last Christmas, you know by Wham. When I started dancing Mattison told me "Mom, according to Diary of a Wimpy Kid parents can't dance within 30 feet of their kids". Excuse me? 30 feet? I think not.

I had to remind her that it could be worse, I could be singing "All the Single Ladies" by Beyonce. Which, by the way, I did sing to my students on Wednesday.

The Grizzlies Hockey Game

2009-11-30T19:22:00.001-08:00

Hockey games with kids and other single parents=funny memories.

Isabel and Ethan thought the horn after the team scored was way to loud.
Meg loved it all.

Mattison and Ellie loved the drunk guy.

Good times!

Mattison's birthday

2009-11-30T19:15:00.000-08:00

How terrible is it when you finally download photos and realize that you didn't even post a birthday that happened at the beginning of the month? It's terrible. Happy Birthday to Mattison, way back on the 4th of November. I can't believe it...11. I'm way to young to have an 11 year old. Ha ha! I love your guts Mattison!

Bad Words

2009-11-19T17:24:00.000-08:00

It's true. I have a potty mouth. Sometimes I just can't help it. It's gotten worse over the last year. I use the excuse that I got divorced and I have a reason to use it. I think that when I hit my one year mark I am going to have to clean up my mouth. That's my goal anyway...but until then, I apologize to anyone who I have offended or will offend with my language.

Funny conversation at dinner though. Isabel says, "Mom is p-i-s-s-t (that is how she spelled it) a bad word". I mostly laughed from the way she spelled it. ha ha. Then Meg says "the 's' word is a bad word". So I say "Meg, what is the 's' word?" She wouldn't tell me. I think it's because she didn't really know it. She then proceeds to tell us that the "h" word and the "d" word are also bad. I'm just glad that she doesn't actually know what comes after the "h" the "d" and the "s" in those words, because I'm not going to lie....she has heard them all come out of my potty mouth.

Really?

2009-11-13T05:33:00.000-08:00

Really....I have nothing of interest to add to my blog, but I realized I am a boring blogger and I hate being boring. So here goes an update.

I'm getting my hair colored today. Yay! I'm hoping that it isn't too dark. I hate being Spanish Lolita until it fades.

Yesterday one of my students found some microwave popcorn. Since there wasn't a microwave available he decided to do a little experiment to see if you could pop it with the overhead projector. FYI, it doesn't work.

Our dog Snickers got stung by a bee.

Yesterday I got booted out of Mattison's phonebook on her cell phone. Apparently when you make your kids go to school when they don't want to that's what happens. Just a warning for you mothers who DARE send your kids to school.

Isabel wakes up at the crack of dawn everyday. She doesn't want to be late to school so she puts her clothes up on the top bunk with her at night. Then in the morning it's super easy to put your clothes on before you even get out of bed.

Meg made my moms bed yesterday. It looked almost as good as a full-grown adult making it. I'm putting her on my bed making duty.

Hooray for the weekend!

Leaves!

2009-11-03T15:29:00.000-08:00

I've said it before and I'll say it again....I love Fall.

Halloween

2009-11-01T07:49:00.001-08:00

We had a good Halloween with some trick or treating, a spooky train ride and lots of candy!

Halloween 5k!

2009-10-25T21:16:00.000-07:00

Saturday night
Running through the Cemetary
In Costume
Two single mamas
No cute guys running....ha ha!
8th and 9th place in our age bracket
Next year we'll be in the next age bracket
Does that mean we are getting old?
Who cares!

I love Halloween.

Another Visit to Vegas

2009-10-21T16:16:00.000-07:00

We made a little visit to one of our favorite places over Fall Break. It was spectacular. I mean, really if you can find people like this walking around, why wouldn't you love Vegas. Btw...his cymbal says "status cymbal" and I think the cymbal on the front said "sex cymbal". After I snapped this pic I tried to chase him down to get a pic with him but we lost him in the crowd.

I went out to Serendipity with some fab girls. We had some yummy deserts there...and then we did a little people watching.

This is their famous frozen hot chocolate. It was pretty good.

What up Melissa?

The girls were in heaven playing with their friends. They miss them so much. It was so great for me to be able to hang out with my friends and be a "stay at home mom" again. We went to McDonald's one day and the park the next day. The kids had a sleepover with thier friends and played with them for 2 days straight. It was like old times! Moms, appreciate every moment that you have to be a stay at home mom. I wish I could go back to living that life, even though it can be stressful it's the best job in the world. Don't take it for granted.

Meggy and Garrett

The kids at McD's.

We were able to hang out with our old neighbors Ms. Ashlee and Mr. Jeremy. The girls love them so much. It was fun to see them. The last time we were there they were out of town. We went to Ci Ci's pizza and the girls got some cool balloon animals. Ashlee is the awesome girl I went to Barry Manilow with last September.

Gracie, Mattison, Aliza and Ashlyn

Meg riding Garrett's motorcycle and chillin' with the boyz!

Halloween Cruise and The Canyon Part II

2009-10-12T21:08:00.000-07:00

Last Wednesday we went to a Single Parent/Kid activity. We went on a little "spooky" Halloween Cruise on the Provo River. It was a little cheesy, but the kids had fun with their friends and so did I.Here we are on the boat. Isabel was a little scared thinking that she might fall in the river. Ha ha! I'm with my BFF Adam. He is the master planner of tons of singles events, and he knows everyone. That's why I love hanging with him....he's got all the connections, and he's super fun. He is also making me write a post about him so Adam, this post is dedicated to you ;) Now people, we don't make out, we don't date eachother so there is no need for any rumors or questions.

Meggy Boo with Kade!

Mattison and Hailey before the boat ride. That's some cheese Mattison.

We went up the canyon again on Saturday. We were going to go on a hike to a waterfall and then I got info that the hike was a little steep and I decided that since I hate hiking we would go on a nature walk up the canyon instead.

I think in this picture the kids were hearing a story about about wild beavers or dead people being hidden in the moutains.

We took my sister's little boy Ethan with us. After we had been hiking for awhile he really needed to pee. So we told him to go pee behind a tree. He was not so keen on that idea. In fact here was his statement "Animals pee outside and I'm not an animal". Freaking Hilarious!

Did I mention I love the Fall?

We don't want to eat fish!

2009-10-05T19:00:00.000-07:00

During sessions of Conference on Sunday we went for a drive up the canyon to see the leaves. Unfortunately it was raining so we only got out for a little bit. Look at my kids in their shorts...they still think they are living in Vegas.

While we were driving up there past some cabins and houses I said to my kids "We should move up here. Wouldn't that be cool?"

Here was their reply... "No, because we would have to fish all day and eat fish all the time and we don't like fish".

p.s. Meg got some new cowgirl boots, which I LoVe! She loves to boogie in them too.

Hooray for Fall!

2009-10-04T11:00:00.001-07:00

Can I just tell you how great it is to be in Utah for Fall. I haven't had it in 7 years and I love the weather and the leaves changing. Last night we went up to Gardner's Village and had a good time looking around the shops. They have a bunch of Witches around and a stage for dancing (and Meg did bust a move on it) and Halloween music and yummy food. I love Halloween so it was awesome. A lot of people dress up in witch costumes too. I did not know this, but will for sure be dressing up next time. I got some awesome witchy glasses and socks! Unfortunately my camera batteries died so I only got one pic while I was there.

Before we went to Gardner Village we went to Chick-Fil-A to eat. My kids have never been there to eat, but they loved the waffle fries.

Meg is so funny with the bunny ears.

Traci and I went to the General Womens Broadcast in SLC. It was fun to go up there. I haven't ever been to the Conference Center. We asked this little old lady to take our pic. After she took it she said "oh, it's so cute" Ummm...not really. It looks like we weren't ready for the pic.

After the broadcast we went out to eat and went to a little movie called "FAME". I loved the dancing scene at the end.

p.s. I enjoyed all the company at the movie and yes....I cropped out the picture to make you wonder!

Soccer Season is Over

2009-10-01T05:41:00.000-07:00

Green Fusion....
You had a great season. One win, one tie and some really great losses!

The last game was on Tuesday and Isabel's team played the number one team. We figured we would get killed, but our girls played hard. The other team was pretty dang annoying whenever they scored a goal and then did cartwheels. They were so annoying in fact, that when we scored a goal against them some of the parents ran onto the field and did a few cartwheels! Hmmmm....take that Lightening!

Biggest Loser

2009-09-21T20:35:00.000-07:00

At work they are doing a Biggest Loser Contest where teams earn points for being healthy. We get points for cardio, weight lifting, drinking water, sleeping 8 hours, eating fruits and veggies, no soda, limiting sugar intake and weight loss. So I have been trying to get my servings of fruits and veggies in and tonight I was eating grapes and carrots and Mattison says to me, "Mom, I've never seen you eat fruit and vegetables like that. You usually just eat chocolate".

So true Mattison, so true.

Long Sunday Afternoons....

2009-09-21T05:29:00.000-07:00

and we get creative with stuff found in the garage.

Puddle Jumping

2009-09-15T21:42:00.000-07:00

September is kindof a bad month for me. Not to make this post all boo-hoo, but yesterday was my anniversary (you know, when I got married in 1996) so technically it's an un-anniversary. And also, let's not forget that just over a week later I got "the news" which eventually ended my marriage. So, it's the beginning and the end to that crazy ride I was on. I have been a little nostalgic this last month...missing my house, my friends, my ward, my PTO days (yes even those crazy times), basically my old life. Yesterday when the rain starting coming my girls and I do what I love to do...jump in the puddles. Perfect way to end the lame-o day, because we LoVe the rain!

I know my neighbors think I'm crazy, and I am. I'm the crazy single lady.

p.s. I am going to be changing my blog address soon! I just need to come up with a new one. Suggestions?

St. George

2009-09-13T09:16:00.000-07:00

Over Labor Day the girls and I went down to St. George with my friend Traci and her kids Ellie and Ethan. Ellie and Mattison are the same age and Ethan and Izzy are the same age so it makes for some fun times.

Here we are at Jacob Hamlins home. We visited there on Sunday after church.

We went to a really fun park with some fun spinning toys. It's hard to tell how fun it was in this picture of Mattison though. That's just pre-teen smiles.

We had a little Mexican food for dinner and the girls got their picture taken with Pablo.

A little shopping with the kids. We acted like we didn't know them when they were running through the store like this.

And of course....POOL TIME!

First Day Of Preschool

2009-09-13T09:15:00.000-07:00

Wednesday Meg went back to preschool with Ms. Gina. She was excited to go and be with friends.

Cousins!

2009-09-02T18:07:00.000-07:00

I love my cousins, I love my kids cousins. I think it is so spectacular to have fun cousins. I used to LoVe to go to Idaho and spend time with some of my favorite people....my cousins. I still love to get together with some of my cousins and "gossip" like we did up at the farm. Good times indeed.

While I was looking over some of my summer photos I realized I had some awesome pictures of cousins visiting that were never posted.

Meg and Jyllian outside playing with bubbles.

Random shot which was obviously taken by some sneaky camera stealing girl!

Isabel, Jasmine and Mattison at Jasmine's sisters wedding reception. Nice face Isabel.

While the cousins were here there was a bunny running around the neighborhood. Those kids spent hours (maybe only one) trying to catch it. It would hide behind the bushes, they would try and chase it down. It went under a car, they tried to poke it out with a big stick. When they were offered money to catch it they got really crafty and figured out a way to catch that bunny. They came screaming through the neighborhood carrying that bunny. There was, however, one problem....they had to return the bunny to it's rightful owner. The kids put it in a box and were carrying it when it peed. Yes people, peed in the box which leaked out over Dreyton (the box carrier) and therefore those cousins had to get crafty again and put the box on a skateboard so no more pee would escape the box. After all, bunny pee is disgusting.

And if you don't believe there actually was a bunny in the box, the picture below is the proof. And not only that, look at the face on Dreyton. I believe that is him being officially grossed out by the pee in the box.

Awesomely good times with cousins.

At church today...

2009-08-30T19:32:00.000-07:00

Meg leans over and says "the Holy Ghost just talked to me". She cracks me up.

First Day of School

2009-08-23T07:41:00.000-07:00

I'm getting old...I have a 5th grader and 3rd grader. When did they get so grown up? They used to look like this!

A side note--

I did have a total working mom melt-down the other day. I completely freaked out at Isabel because she wasn't getting ready fast enough and was whining (I have no patience for that). I was trying to finish getting ready, pack lunches and make sure the girls were ready too. So I really lost it! However, I did redeem myself by taking the girls to an Owlz baseball game that night where we won a Wii! A freaking Wii!!!

Faulkners Visit

2009-08-23T07:28:00.000-07:00

I found my camera cord!

Last week our friends the Faulkners were in town visiting. They invited us over to have a BBQ. My girls were so excited to hang with them.

Me and Kathy
Crazy girls

Eating a little corn on the cob

There were bees flying around and the girls didn't like them at all. Gracie was particularly scared so she grabbed Isabel to protect her.

We miss you guys! Thanks for the fun night.

Where have I been you ask?

2009-08-20T20:13:00.000-07:00

First...I cannot find my cord to download pictures of the first day of school and visiting with the Faulkners and oh so much more. I am really bummed about that.

Second....Last year I was working as a teacher's aide at Lakeridge Jr. High school. About a week before school started they administration contacted me and asked me to long term sub for a teacher who is out for medical reasons. Now, she is actually a teacher whose contract is split between two schools, Lakeridge and Orem Jr. On A days she is at Orem and B days at Lakeridge. Really I almost started laughing when they asked me to do it because they are asking me to be a full time teacher at a little more than sub pay. So I asked lots of questions, talked to lots of people, contemplated and decided I was crazy enough to do it. So, last week I started in the schools setting up classrooms, getting around to all the paperwork (there is so much in special ed) and getting ready for school to start. The 7th graders came yesterday and now we are in full swing of school. I should be doing this at least until January so I'm hoping I don't go completely insane...I'm half way there already though!

Texas Roadhouse

2009-08-12T22:05:00.000-07:00

I got to hang at the Texas Roadhouse with my girl Melissa and enjoy some good rolls and good company. I don't know what I am going to do now that I have had a lot of my friends visit me over the last few weeks. Probably go crazy and go and visit them.

Peace out Queen B.

Cardalls Visit

2009-08-12T21:48:00.000-07:00

The Cardalls came up to Utah for a visit with their family. While they were here we were able to get together. We hung out at home for a bit and then went to McD's for a little lunch. It was like old times. After the kids had a played a little we even got them ice cream....because then they will be even more happy at McD's.

When I asked Garrett for a pic he put even more ice cream all over his face for an even better picture.

Mattison trying to make a run from the camera.

Meg saving a little bit of her cone on her cheek.

Eating up the good stuff.

Chilling with our diet cokes. And that is my "secret boyfriend" in the background.

Best buds Izzy and Tyler.

Of course those two video gamers had to play a little DS together. It wouldn't be old times without doing that.

Meg and Garrett hanging out. You know you have a good friend when they come over and you just don't even care that the beds aren't made and you didn't even pick up the room. That's the kind of friend I have in Cheryl! Who cares if it's messy...she's seen it before at my house. We love your guts Cardall fam!

Family Pics

2009-08-08T12:19:00.000-07:00

When all the grandkids were here we got some pictures taken for my mom. My sister in law Janae's SIL Amanda took the pics. While I was there she also took some individual pictures of the girls. I even jumped in few with the girls even though I wasn't planning on it.

I love this one of Meg's cheese and her eyes closed. It's so Meggy boo.

This one has a few cheesy smiles. My sister's little baby Emma was only 2 weeks old in the pictures.

Isabel's baptism

2009-08-03T22:12:00.000-07:00

WARNING: This post has a lot of pictures.

Isabel was baptized on Saturday. It was a really special day. We are so proud of Isabel for choosing to be baptized. We had a really great meeting. I am going to be honest, I was actually worried how the whole service would go. It was the first time that all the Thomas family and the Lott family has been together since the divorce. I was worried there would be drama because there have been a lot of hurtful feelings back and forth. I wasn't even sure who would show up from the Thomas family. Of course the Thomas family and my family were very supportive and all involved were able to show their support for Isabel, and really that's what it is all about.

Love Meggy's cheesy smile and eyes!

My Sonic buddy from Vegas Cheryl and her family came to support us. Love them.

Some Thomas cousins.

Isabel's Grandma and Grandpa Thomas

My sister Karen, my brother Bryan and me.

More Thomas cousins.

Even more Thomas relatives.

Izzy and Tyler Cardall. Best buddies. I love these two pictures because they are both taking turns looking at the camera.

Meggy Boo with buddy Garrett (possible future husband, she can't decide between Garrett and Will)

Me and Isabel and my Dad. My Dad baptized and confirmed Isabel. We were so glad we have him!

Meg, Isabel, cousin Ethan and Mattison.

Rexburg Temple and Sprinklers

2009-07-31T16:57:00.000-07:00

While we were in Idaho for the day we decided to stop by and see the new Rexburg temple. And later we stopped by a family reunion to eat some free dinner. While we were there Mattison and I (and Isabel a little bit) decided to play in the sprinklers in the field.

This picture is out of order, but I really didn't feel like reloading all the pictures. Here is Mattison getting completely soaked.

And here are the girls at the temple. They hate getting their pictures taken so the obliged me by posing crazy.

Mattison and me in the muddy field.

Isabel making her way over, but not wanting to get her clothes all muddy.

Catching up with the Drapers

2009-07-31T16:49:00.000-07:00

Meg and Allie

Our good friends the Drapers were up in Idaho visiting for a family reunion. We decided that they were just way to close not to drive up and see them. We haven't seen them since they moved away from Vegas to Nebraska 2 years ago. My camera wasn't working at first so we used a little digital camera so the quality of pics aren't so great in some of the pictures.

Mattison and Makayla. They first started hanging out when they were 4.

Isabel and Dylan....they are the same age and have been buddies since they were 2.

Dylan, Lance, Makayla Mattison and Isabel.

Me and Amy. We had some GrEaT and CrAzY times in Vegas. I miss that girl!

When we left my girls said "that was so fun mom". It was totally worth the hours driving in the car. We love those guys.

Wordless Wednesday...I know you have been waiting for it!

2009-07-29T14:59:00.000-07:00

Isabel's Birthday

2009-07-22T20:11:00.000-07:00

We didn't have a big party for Isabel's birthday, but we did get to Jump on It and Baskin Robbins.

Ethan got some ice cream that turned his teeth blue.

Meg always gives us a big "cheese".

Isabel loves those big Costco cupcakes so she opted for those for her cake this year.

Wordless Wednesday

2009-07-22T07:35:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Isabel!

2009-07-18T15:29:00.000-07:00

Isabel we love you....even when you don't let me take pictures of you! Happy Birthday!
I did get one because she was holding her present.

Wordless Wednesday

2009-07-15T06:44:00.000-07:00

I Needed a New Post....Thanks Cheryl

2009-07-11T07:37:00.000-07:00

I love that I have friends who are open enough to remind me to update my blog. I know my blog has taken a backseat lately and I really have no excuse.

So here are the 4th of July pictures from the parade. I love a parade and the weather was PERFECT for a parade. It was only in the 80's...love that. We even got a good seats!

Here is Mattison...of course refusing to look at the camera. Isn't her hair great?

Oh and Isabel also decided that she did not need to look at the camera for the picture. I am so glad we got a good shot of the back of her head and the street and those tiny people accross the way.

Ahhh..but Princess Meg will always smile for me.

And she will even join me in a picture.

Last night we were going to go camping with some friends. We had decided on Monday to go and when we checked out camping sites we found that we couldn't get one on such short notice. We ended up hiking up to Stewart Falls instead. It was fun.

Why are my kids so goofy for pictures? They won't just pose normally all at the same time.

Oh and one last thing. Can I just say "thank you" to all my friends who gave me permission to make-out on the last Wordless Wednesday. You are all right...I dang well should do it.

Summer Fun

2009-07-02T16:08:00.000-07:00

Wordless Wednesday

2009-07-01T06:30:00.000-07:00

Okay...I won't just be wordless...He is HOTT! (notice those dobule T's) And he told me he likes to make-out!

Temple Open House

2009-06-29T20:25:00.000-07:00

Last Friday we went up to the Oquirrah Temple Open House. You know how as a mother you think, "wow this is going to be so special for them" and the kids say "why do we have to go". It still was great and beautiful and I think the kids enjoyed themselves. There were some great cookies at the end with tons of chocolate chips...makes it worth it to kids.

Don't you love the pink crocs Meg is wearing? Umm...I don't but didn't feel like arguing over it!

Love him....and I'm sad

2009-06-26T14:03:00.000-07:00

Michael...it don't matter if your black or white...because we are the world, we are the children and we are the ones to make a brighter day so let's start giving.

Ha....I had this poster in my room in 3rd grade and my mom thought it was a little "inappropriate" to have hanging since he was black. But his vest matched my room so I loved it. And really, what would the Classic Rollerskating without Thriller playing? Good times MJ!

Wordless Wednesday

2009-06-24T06:00:00.000-07:00

Vegas!

2009-06-21T18:55:00.000-07:00

The girls have been wanting go go down to Vegas and visit their friends for awhile. We decided to head down there for a few days and see some friends. Unfortunately some of their friends are still in school so they got to spend time with them, but not as much as we would have liked. The girls were in HeAvEn! They were so excited to see their friends, the old neighborhood, shopping carts in the street (yes, they actually missed that about Vegas).

Here they are with the Faulkner girls. They were able to have a late-over with them too. Fun girl times.

We went swimming to our friend Diin's house. We took our old neighbors who happened to be out of school. Super fun...a little bit of sun too!

After school on Thursday several families and friends met over at the Broderick's house and the kids played outside.

On Thursday we got to go over to Alexis' house and swim. Great times!

We wish we could have stayed longer. Thanks to all our great friends for hosting us, letting us eat your food and staying at your house.

This trip was actually a difficult one for me. I felt like I was home with all my friends. I try not to get bitter, but when I am down there in my old life and watch my kids so happy to be around their friends it's just hard. I start to get angry that someones choices can impact my life so much. I am so thankful for my Vegas Family and the impact all of you have had in my life. Love you guys!

Flashback Friday

2009-06-12T06:44:00.000-07:00

Since Emily was in town last weekend and I happened to find this little gem (and I don't have many old pictures out, they are all in storage) I thought I'd show these little cuties!

Lake Mead 2004--Isabel, Emily and Mattison
All grown-up...or a little older.

With a little more attitude.

Run for it!

2009-06-07T15:02:00.000-07:00

One of my proudest moments as a mom happened on Saturday night. We went to the REAL soccer game (the professional soccer team in Salt Lake). We scored some free tickets from some awesome friends (thanks Cannata's). They were super great front row tickets. We went with our friends the Krauses (major soccer lovers) and had a ton of fun.

After the game there was a mini-concert from David Archuleta. Now, the Krauses don't watch TV so they didn't know who he was, but we American Idol lovers were pretty excited to see him. They started setting up the stage on half field and then the security guys started walking out to make sure there were no "jumpers/runners" to the field. Some people had special writstbands and got to go on. Emily and Mattison were trying to talk the security guy by us to let them sneak on out since we were right there. Of course he said "no". But, part way through the concert those cute girls jumped the wall and took off running past security and made it all the way across the field up to the 2nd row of the stage. It was so cool! We were cheering and yelling as were several rows of people behind us. They started a little trend and some other girls tried jumping. Then security got a little tighter. The funny thing is after the girls made it that far, they came running back a little later. Of course we were like "don't come back!". They felt bad because Isabel didn't come. Isabel still didn't want to go and then they thought...we'll head back again. So of course another security guy stopped them, but Emily sweet talked her way right back to the stage. FREAKING AWESOME!

Is it bad...

2009-06-04T06:36:00.000-07:00

Some good times with Vegas friends

Since summer has started ( I know it's only been 3 days) my kids have been bored. You see, while in Vegas we had people around all the time. Kids playing over, piano lesson kids in and out and the neighborhood kids were always at our house. Since moving to Utah my kids have been in withdrawls without friends around. The street we live on is mostly still the neighbors that were here when I was here...a little older crowd. However, there are some streets that have kids. So, I called one of the moms and asked if my kids could play. They were able to go over there yesterday. Literally, yelling at me about having to go over. They did have fun though. At night the kids on that street go out and play "Night Games". I told my kids (only Isabel and Mattison) to ride their scooters around the corner and they would find kids outside. Of course my kids protested. So I told them they had to or else they had to go to bed. When they left I yelled out "and you better not come back for at least an hour or until it is really dark!" Does that make me a bad mom?

Here is the funny thing....they came back awhile later all smiles. I asked if they had fun and they said they didn't even go over there. They went to the park instead. Tonight I told them I was taking them over to play "Night Games". I'll probably be dragging them by their hair, but we will make it there.

Wordless Wednesday--I'm pretty sure I know his occupation.

2009-06-03T08:25:00.000-07:00

I do know the answer!

2009-05-30T20:35:00.000-07:00

We are driving in the car tonight and Isabel asks this question:

I: Mom, I have a question and I don't know if you will know the answer or not. How do the babies get into the moms tummy?

Me: Um...I know the answer to that...I'll explain it later.

I: Why not now?

Me: Just later will be better.

Then Mattison chimes in with Isabel to explain. You see Jesus comes at night when the moms are sleeping and puts the baby in the moms tummy. He has a little ball and opens your bellybutton and puts the ball in there.

So...thankfully my kids still have some innocence.

Preschool Graduation

2009-05-24T07:03:00.000-07:00

Is it really called preschool graduation when you are in the 3 year old class and going back to the 4 year old class the next year? I wouldn't think so, but that's what they called it.

Meg "graduated" from 3 year old class last Thursday. She is so funny. They put on a little program of songs and of course she just sat there looking around, not singing or doing anything. Why is it when my kids have to perform they suddenly become mute?
Here is Meg with her teachers Miss Gina and Miss Tana.
Cousin Ethan got in on the festivities.

And here is Meg during the perfomace. She has that constipated nervous look on her face.

Oh and FYI Matt, who obviously doesn't read this blog, no Meg is not going to kindergarten next year, and you should feel stupid for asking her that!

Wordless Wednesday...almost

2009-05-20T05:43:00.000-07:00

He's a model and his message said "wow very hott, love the boots". Two "t's". Wow!

Bleh....

2009-05-18T18:31:00.000-07:00

I'm in a blogging slump. I think there are a few reasons. 1) work makes me busy 2) not many pictures have been taken lately 3) facebook occupies my time 4) now that I'm private I just feel like I don't have my "huge" audience checking in on me. I know what you are thinking...did you really have an audience? I don't know, but I'm a blog stalker so I like to think that I had a few stalkers. One day I'll get a new blog, without that dumb "m" attached to my address and it won't be private.

So here is the run down on what's been going on. Isabel tried out for competition soccer and made it. Which I am glad for several reasons. I think it will be fun, and she will be busy with that so on those weekends when the girls will be with Matt hopefully he will come up here so I know they are in a safe environment. Better at the grandparents house then the Vegas ghetto apartment where he lives.

Meg is having her preschool graduation. The girls are finishing up school next week. I'm not sure how excited I am. They haven't had a whole summer off in a long time. We'll see how we adjust to 3 long months.

The girls had to spend the weekend with Matt and his wife. That would be my bleh. Since my blog is private I'm going to say that I hate it. I hate that she is infiltrating my family and being with my girls, when let's face it...she doesn't have the best morals, and obviously Matt doesn't either. I don't want to be the "bitter ex", but really it just disgusts me. That's where this comes in....
But I'll survive. I'm just collecting some big rocks!

Wishing we were swimming

2009-05-11T16:34:00.000-07:00

I'm sitting up in Utah listening to my friends in Vegas tell horror stories of heat and turning on their Air Conditioning. It reminded me of this post and how I was so happy to be outside with the kids swimming. Now, I'm in the crazy Utah spring wishing that it were a little warmer and I could be out in the sun laying by a pool getting a tan. Instead, I'm just waiting for the heat so I can wear my capris. Luckily, by the end of this week it should be in the 80's, so I'm crossing my fingers that I'll be sporting those capris and tanning those legs.

Here are some fun pics of the kids swimming while we were in Florida. The pool wasn't heated and it wasn't too warm. That's why you don't see any pics of me. Uncle Mike was crazy enough to spend a lot of time in the pool with the kids.

Not so Wordless Wednesday

2009-05-06T17:30:00.000-07:00

Okay people....these are NOT people I am dating or have dated. These are just a few of the "choice" people that are on my dating website. Yes, it is an LDS website. It's pretty scary out there. So send me your single friends and save me from the wacky, wierd and crazy single men out there. It's time for you as my friends to step it up and find me a man.

Muchas Gracias!

Tyler's Baptism

2009-05-03T10:54:00.000-07:00

We were lucky this last weekend to get to see Isabel's best buddy from Vegas, Tyler, get baptized. They did it in Salt Lake so we were able to go. Here are the kids after the baptism.

Meg and Garrett giving eachother hugs.

Isabel and Tyler were way to "cool" for hugs.

Wordless Wednesday

2009-04-29T19:03:00.000-07:00

Day Three--Animal Kingdom

2009-04-27T19:08:00.000-07:00

I'm still finishing up our Disneyworld pics...I've been a slacker lately. On day three we went to Animal Kingdom and I was just plain not in the mood for another park. Isabel was freaking out in the morning which pushed me to the "freak out" stage but we headed out anyways.

Here is the Mt. Everest ride. Mattison and I rode on it. Mattison went 3 times and loved it.
Some of the older kids went into the Dinosaur ride and the little ones just got their picture taken.

Isabel, Ethan, Meg and Jyllian rode on the little dinosaur ride a couple times. The line was short so we didn't mind doing it twice.

We went on a safari ride. It was very good to see all the live animals. I don't really know what Meg was thinking in this picture.

Isabel and Mattison looking at some animals.

Playing the drums.

More drum playing.

Mattison with the Coca Cola sign.

Silly video of some crazy girls.

Overheard

2009-04-23T06:29:00.000-07:00

Last night at Isabel's soccer game we overheard one of the coaches talking to a girl saying "Kim, don't be afraid of number 13." and then she said to another coach "eveyone is afraid of 13". Good job Isabel. But then again...she cried whent they didn't win. We definately need to work on sportsmanship.

Wordless Wednesday

2009-04-22T05:30:00.000-07:00

Day 2--Hollywood Studios

2009-04-17T05:57:00.000-07:00

Day 2 started off pretty good too. Everyone was excited, except Isabel...who really was done half way through the first day. She didn't adjust well to Florida time. We went to Hollywood Studios on the second day. I liked it a lot. It was not as crowded and there were big shows to get into so the lines weren't as long. We went on a Back lot tour and also saw a really cool Stunt show.

Here I am with my nephew Dominique before entering the park.

Look at that excitement on Mattison's face.

Janae and me...still very happy mommies.

This was actually the end of the day. There were only a few of us left. We waited around all day for our time on Toy Story and then when we went over to it, it was closed. Since my kids wanted to go back and swim, my dad took them back. The rest of us stayed and went on the Rocking Rollercoaster. We actually got into the Toy Story ride later...just don't tell the kids.

Here is my mom and me on the Rollercoaster. This was our second time. She loves the Rollercoaster.

This is my brother-in-law Mike after the first ride and right before the second ride. My sister Karen is pregnant so she couldn't go on those fun rides. Bummer...but at least she has a husband. You know I'm laughing while I'm writing this.

Mattison was awesome on the big rides this time. Here we are at the Tower of Terror acting scared with my niece Jasmine. I really loved my fanny pack!

This was the first shot where I said "act scared". Jasmine did a good job...Mattison looks more worried than scared.

Hollywood Studios has a really cool "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" playground. The kids had fun running around there for awhile.

I even got a few pictures of Isabel without her hands on her face. And, what's that...maybe a little half smile.

Meggy Boo on the slide. Good times!

Disneyworld--Day One--Magical Kingdom

2009-04-15T14:51:00.000-07:00

We just got back form Florida and what a trip it was. My parents were awesome and took all of us...all paid for. Who could ask for more? The plane ride there was an adventure itself because the girls don't really remember flying and it was Meg's first flight. These pics aren't in a really good order...I'm still pretty tired to figure them out the right way.

Here we are at the beginning of day one.

My moms favorite ride is the Pirates ride. She really does love Johnny Depp too. Just ask her...she won't deny it.

The end of the day with Donovan. He doesn't get tired, just crazy.

Mattison was mad I made her ride the Carousel ride...but the line was short so jump on.

Here's Isabel. You can tell because her hands are in front of her face.

Mattison and mom at the end of the day waiting to get on the train back to our car

Waiting for Space Mountain. We are really scared!

Mattison and Me waiting for Space Mountain. Mattison went for all the big rides this time. It was fun to do them with her. She wouldn't do them the last time we went to Disneyland.

Meg and Jyllian being crazy waiting in line for the Dumbo ride.

Meg wanted to go on the Tea Cups all day long. We finally made it over there, and she loved it.

It's a Small World. Do these big kids look excited to go on this ride?

Meg playing on the playground while others went on Splash Mountain. She has some made tongue skills. She can touch her tongue to her nose.

Isabel wasn't excited to go on Pirates so Grandpa sat next to her and was scared too.

Mattison and Jasmine wanted the front row seat on the Pirates ride.

The Jungle cruise

Grandma and Grandpa with the kiddies before we went into the park.

Getting ready to walk into the park.

Off to Florida

2009-04-07T17:28:00.000-07:00

And we are off to the land of sun and fun to spend some time with these crazy characters and also the crazy Lott family in Florida. We are so excited for a good vacation. Meg's hoping to see a few princesses and I'm going to look for Prince Charming. Ha ha.

Flashback Friday

2009-04-03T05:48:00.000-07:00

Now that I am private I dare put this picture on my flashback friday. This was at my Grandparents house (which btw, has not changed in all these years) I thought it would have been at Thanksgiving time except for some cousins are wearing shorts. Anyway, this is classic hairstyles of the early 90's. Mine is looking especially fluffy that day.

Wordless Wednesday--Yes it was listed under the "Men" section

2009-04-01T05:34:00.000-07:00

Snow, Soccer and Sillies

2009-03-31T05:42:00.000-07:00

I had a request from my Sis-in-law to please post a new post so she doens't have to see India man anymore. So here goes.
I woke up yesterday morning to this...

5 inches of snow. Have I mentioned how sick of the snow we are? Mattison asked when Spring is in Utah. Umm, this is a Utah Spring.

Isabel started soccer. Of course it has been FREEZING at the games. The first game the other team didn't show up. The second game Isabel came to the sidelines complaining that her team "was weak". I guess she didn't like the fact that they were losing.

She hates me taking pictures of her. So I took several that looked like the one above, but did manage to get one of her on the field without her noticing.

And of course Meg is still being silly with Ethan.

Meg is into this new thing that anytime she uses the bathroom, or really other random times, she needs to change her underwear. We are talking like 10 times a day. Yesterday her dress got wet too so she decided to strip down and Ethan decided that looked fun. So here they are...undies only.

Wordless Wednesday--He's from India

2009-03-25T05:30:00.000-07:00

New Job

2009-03-23T20:31:00.000-07:00

Today I started a new job. I was needing to get some hours in a classroom to work towards getting my teaching certificate back. I was going to start substituting but they were not accepting any applications. So I got a little job being a teachers aide in special ed. So far it's pretty fun. It's nice to be able to walk out of the classroom and not have to worry about paperwork and lesson plans for tomorrow. Thanks to my mom for watching Meg and the girls and also for missing out on going to Curves with her buddy. It's only until the end of the school year so I thought we would try the whole "working" thing out.

Private

2009-03-23T05:38:00.000-07:00

Sorry to have to go private. I had been getting all kinds of comments from the Thomas family concerning my blog. Apparently Matt can live with his 21 year old girlfriend and it's all my fault and my blog has something to do with it too. So I'm private now and it's a NO THOMAS zone...except for my girls and me who has to still claim that name. (Really people I want to change that name so send my your single friends) If you know anyone who needs an invite let me know...as long as they aren't related to Matt I'm good to send them an invite.

Wordless Wednesday

2009-03-18T05:34:00.000-07:00

Forgot about this one

2009-03-16T17:46:00.000-07:00

Since I like my blog to be ALL ABOUT ME I thought I would put this picture in. That was a victorious day ladies!

Seemed like a good Idea

2009-03-16T17:43:00.000-07:00

Last Sunday since the girls were looking so "co-ordinating" I tried to get some pictures. We didn't get one where they all looked at the camera at the same time.

Jump on It...Again

2009-03-12T20:37:00.000-07:00

Meg got to choose something fun to do for her birthday. Originally she choose Chuck E. Cheese, but she has some persuasive older sisters and we ended up at Jump on It. Of course it was a fun time.

The pink blur...Mattison. The dark blue blur...Isabel.

Meggy boo and Ethan.

Birthday Fun

2009-03-12T20:30:00.000-07:00

All Meg wanted for her birthday was a bike like Garrett's. Of course she wanted hers to be a Princess bike...no surprise there. So here she is riding the bike.

And here she is posing so pretty on her birthday. Here she is when she first unwrapped the bike.

For her birthday she got to bring cupcakes to preschool. She choose the ones that had Hannah Montana on it.

She also got to make a poster about herself to take to preschool. She was so proud of it. I am sure when it returns back to our house it will be hung on the bedroom door.

Wordless Wednesday

2009-03-11T06:58:00.000-07:00

Flashback Friday--Meggy Boo

2009-03-06T05:15:00.000-08:00

Meggy boo...we love you. We're so happy you came into our family 4 years ago. We love you because you are silly...

We love you because you are so cute...

You are such a good friend...

You love to laugh and have fun...

And you have great fashion sense?

Happy Birthday Meg!

Wordless Wednesday

2009-03-04T09:57:00.000-08:00

Walking home

2009-03-03T07:16:00.000-08:00

I finally decided to let my kids walk home from school. Now I know to all you Utah people, this is not some big ordeal. But we moved from Vegas and you just didn't let your kids walk home from school alone. I mean, I realize that my mom made me walk to and from school through a field, with hills, through snow, rain and grasshopper attacks. I don't ever even remember getting rides (correct me if I am wrong Donovan and Karen. Bryan got rides, he's the youngest). So yesterday I was so happy that my kids made it home safely. It is the beginning of a whole new world.

Now I am sure this next topic will be the talk of many a blog. But really, what the heck is with the Bachelor? Come on, be a man and stick with your decision. I am just glad that Melissa was like "Don't call me, don't text me" and walked out of there like who even gives a dang. Not to mention what she called him on national TV. Let it out Melissa! And really, Molly...have some self worth. Lose the loser. You will be so much better off in the long run. Trust me, I know.

Flashback Friday

2009-02-27T12:56:00.000-08:00

Nice hair Donovan...oh wait, my hair is oh so cool too.

Friends

2009-02-24T05:11:00.000-08:00

D&C 121:7-9

"My daughter, peace by unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment; And then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high; thou shalt triumph over all thy foes. Thy FRIENDS do STAND by THEE, and they shall hail thee again with warm hearts and friendly hands"

Thanks Friends.

Officially a ROCKSTAR

2009-02-23T10:04:00.000-08:00

Do you like my new songs?

Flashback Friday

2009-02-20T07:17:00.000-08:00

Recently some friends from my days in Israel popped up in Facebook. So in honor of that I am posting some pics from there. Of course the really cool ones are packed up in a storage unit. Luckily I happen to have a few in my journal. So here I am with my super cute friend Lanara and buddy Nathan. I think we were in Egypt, possibly in a pyramid. Notice the awesome fanny pack I am wearing. This picture is actually embarrassing. I think we were supposed to make funny faces and I am just standing there getting something out of my fannypack with my really cool hat. I don't even remember very many people from there, but probably should have stayed in better contact with some of them ;)

How I spend my Friday nights

2009-02-16T12:35:00.000-08:00

1. Not going to the ward Valentine's dinner/dance
2. Babysitting my sister's kid so she can (she might start regretting letting me)
3. Teaching my gangsta kids (and nephew) to dance to a little LL Cool J.

These two are hard core.

Yo, what's up?

My favorite expression of Meggy Boo. Just don't even mess with her.

LOVE

2009-02-13T06:30:00.000-08:00

I know I haven't written a lot about the personal things going on in my life. Some of you know some of the circumstances. I have been pretty private, but I am ready to share some of my feelings. Of course I will be protective of details that everyone doesn't need to know.

I have been thinking a lot about love these days. Probably because it's almost Valentine's Day, and I got bit in the butt by love this last year. It was hard...let me tell you. Divorce isn't something cool. It's not the easy way out. It's just replacing one set of problems with different problems. I wouldn't wish this upon anyone...not even my worst enemy. Having said that I want you to know that I am okay. Do I have days that really suck? Yes I do. But I'm not crying over him anymore. I do cry sometimes (not very often). I cry for the unknown. I cry because I feel like I have to be supermom. I cry because I feel an overwhelming sense of pressure to make sure that my girls are strong in the gospel. I cry for my sweet girls whose lives are forever changed. I cried just today when I found the clip of Meg and Garrett dancing (it's at the end of the post). I watched it and started crying thinking about the innocence of children and young friends who miss each other so much. See, it stinks. It really does. I have been known to start crying while running on the treadmill at the gym. I have a little too much time to think while running. I start thinking about my friends. I miss Vegas--Fresh and Easy, Sonic runs, park dates, my house. I start thinking about the fact that I have to go back to work and leave my little ones. It's times like these that I have to turn to the Savior and the Atonement. It's then that I have to leave my pain at His feet and ask for His love and help to get through the day. I have to have faith that He will provide a way for me to do all the overwhelming things that I know I have to do. I remember when everything starting crumbling and I said to my parents "I know the Lord wouldn't give me anything I couldn't handle, but I don't think I can do it". I remember sitting in a Relief Society lesson on trials and hearing people comment about how after you have a trial you are so thankful for it. Let me tell you, I will NEVER be thankful for this trial...but I can see that I have grown from it. I hope that I can teach my girls to be strong in the trials that they will certainly face in their lives.

So this Valentine's Day don't feel sorry for me. I still have love in my life. After all I still have these three beauties...

And of course my team and family.

And you know I still have hope. I have hope that I will find love with someone again. Hey maybe I'll be older and more gray...but I'll find him. I will. Because after all "IT'S NEVER TO LATE TO LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER".

Meggy and Garrett dancing

Hello Frida

2009-02-12T07:01:00.000-08:00

I got those pictures from the Mexican Paparazzi. Here are Traci and I with the lovely Frida. She was such a nice dolphin. She even let us grab ahold of her fin and give us a ride accross the pool. That was fun.

Here I am getting a kiss. I'm not going to lie, I kissed her back.

Me and my crew

2009-02-10T07:07:00.000-08:00

Here are some pics with me and my friends. Melissa and Kristin and I went to a comedy club. It was very funny.
Eating at Los Hermanos, drinking those yummy drinks.

Before we left to hit the town.

Good times, good times. I can't go into details, this is a family blog ;)

Fun with the Girls

2009-02-09T11:02:00.000-08:00

Mattison and Isabel were in absolute heaven this weekend when Emily came and visited. They screamed, laughed, made forts and did all things that girls should do with their best friend. Here they are when Emily first arrived.

I went out with my friends who were also here this weekend and before we went out these girls thought is was funny that we were all dressed up in black clothes (after all black is slimming) so they ran into my room and grabbed some clothes to get all dressed up to go out too.

I really love the boots Isabel is wearing.

Meg thought she needed to get into the action as well.