BUSTED

I am so grateful for my love for my children because if I did not love them as much as I do there are days I might strangle one of them...ok not really. And today I went from one diaster to another. I could not turn my head for one second as long as I wanted things to stay in place. Sometimes I wish that I worked instead of cleaning up kid messes all day long. Mostly from my beautiful terrorist 2 year old. I love you Brianna but you sure know how to make mommy mad.

This was when she got into my lipstick before naptime and smeared it all over the counter and every piece of make-up I had in my make-up bag. Remind yourself that lipstick has a grease base and is not easy to clean-up and she went through 3 lipsticks...AAAAAHHHH!!!

Then after her nap she chose to use her body as a canvas and she used my sliding window in my bedroom as one too.

Oh she keeps me on my toes. I love her and don't plan to have anymore kids until she is 10.

HaPpY BirThDaY BRiAn

This weekend was Brian's B-day. We spent it up North with family and friends. Brian did a lot of golfing and then we had a great party with everyone. Thanks everybody for coming and helping us make Birthday memories that last forever.


This is the most perfect man for me. I could not be more grateful for a more understanding, patient and loving husband. He is perfect for me in every way and there is no other that could ever take that place. He is so intuitive to my needs and never fails to meet them. I am so blessed to have spent 9 blissful birthdays with you honey and I hope that there are many more to come. HApPy BiRThDaY!

Late Nights at the Temple

I feel so blessed to have this amazing opportunity. I have had my application in for over a year now and the Church has been on a hiring freeze due to the economy. They needed to hire an on-call person and my application was the lucky one selected. I work from 10pm-2am. I get to help with the cleaning. It is really different to go to the Temple as everyone is leaving and not wear a dress too. I wear white scrubs and white tennis shoes. Everyone I work with is amazing and so nice. It can be a little weird and scary to be in the temple all alone. There are only 10 of us and we are spread out on different routes. They asked me if it was scary for me my first night. I told them no but that I was more scared I would get lost with all the different places you go that you never see unless you work there. They told me that if I get lost to just yell and someone will find me. ha ha ha I feel like I am getting a little better at my bearings but it will take time to learn all that there is to know. There are very specific ways to do things, even vacuum and leave NO lines so you have to go from right to left and leave no footprints either and work your way out of each room to do such. It is a great place to be. There are going to be adjustments, like nap time is IMPERITIVE for me now!! And it will just take time for my body to get used to this but it will just require patience on my part. I could not feel more blessed to be able to help out iwth our financial situation a little and not sacrifice my time with my kids. I have never wanted to work out of the home since I have had kids but this allows us to have the best of both worlds. I couldn't be more grateful to my Heavenly Father for giving me this great opportunity.

Finally....time away!

Brian and I finally got a weekend away together....with NO kids. Don't get me wrong I love my kids but it is so refreshing to just focus on your spouse with no interuptions. The dinner conversations are quiet and enjoyable, sitting by the pool without making sure someone is not drwoning, and the naps can be endless. We had a couple free nights in Vegas and since it is Brian's b-day this week his parents offered to watch the kids while we took off. We went Friday, Saturday and came home Sunday. It was great and so relaxing. Just what we needed. I love time with my hubby ALONE. It allows me to absorb myself in his needs and what we lack with each other when we are focussed on the kids. I love him so much and sometimes get wrapped up in all the things we are involved in with the kids and don't have much time to just sit and talk. When we have the time to sit and talk we are so tired that we can't stay awake to finish the conversation. It was a wonderful weekend to spend time with one another and just relax for the first time in 3 years, we were way overdue for a weekend alone. Thanks honey for a great weekend. I loved every minute with just YOU!!! I was reminded how much I appreciate all you do to make me happy. You are the ONLY one for me!!

This is a picture of JoJo who impersonates Elvis in a Magic show. Yes he is real!! He was so fun to watch in the show!

While the Bro is Gone the Sis will Play...

MaKenna has had a week without her brother. This has never happened and she is missing him greatly but the space helps them appreciate each other too. Because Hunter got to stay with his cousin Joshua we had promised Kenna certain things this week while he was gone. One of those promises was a Tea Party with her friends. They came home from school and had Tea(chocolate milk) with cream(milk) and sugar(choc quick) Along with their tea they had Heart shaped sandwiches, cheeto balls, go-gurts, and freshly made chocolate chip cookies. YUM!! They loved that they could pour their own "tea" and cream and add their own sugar too.

Then we painted all their fingernails to pretty them up

Then as their nails dried they watched the new Barbie Movie. They all had their own little bags of popcorn and a drink too.

MaKenna told me that this was the best Tea Party ever. I know they had fun and I am sure this will be a frequent request now too.

Perfectly Peachy Almond Bars

For those of you who are natives to Hurricane know that the biggest weekend of all is Peach Days. And for those of you who know me know that I love to cook. Well let me explain how the two make a story. For years my hubby has told me that we need to enter the cook-off contest. I have gracefully declined from his suggestions each year. But this year I had an idea and I was going to carry through with it. I may not win but success of a great recipe that I could call my own was my drive and motivation. I fiddled in the kitchen for weeks and finally had perfected this recipe. I came up with a basic batter recipe and then added the magic ingredient...PEACHES. It was amazing and even more than that it tasted amazing. Well I thought I had a chance. I prepared my dish for the contest and they tasted the best yet. It was so exciting. I turned in my dessert and awaited the judges results. Well to spare you all the details I got denied a place in the winners circle. Yes it was extremely disappointing but I have decided that had the judges known the depth of my recipe compared to the Philsbury or crushed cookie crust recipes (not to knock what the others prepared) that won my recipe would not have compared...my recipe was from scratch not just scratch a box open. Well I guess you could say that I am a little bitter about the whole thing and just wish that I had really thought out the rules or lack there of in the contest. I might have just kept the recipe to myself and spared myself the loss. I guess that I take my cooking really seriously and so when you lose to a Philsbury recipe it is a GREAT disappointment. At least I have the pride of knowing that every part of my entry was MINE!!! And I own a great recipe too.