tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69803973967568100472024-03-12T19:32:07.013-04:00Tales of Three Princesses and a Little DragonOur Little Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170062587367802672noreply@blogger.comBlogger274125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980397396756810047.post-72691513257664224792013-12-29T16:55:00.001-05:002013-12-30T09:39:22.431-05:00Fa La La la La Lala cough cough cough<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I know I usually have a few Christmas Time entries, this year was a blur, I don't know if it was the shortened Holiday Season, our crazy schedule or if I am just super lazy...hmm should work on that last one. </div>
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We also got so spend some time with Sombrero Santa at our Ward's Christmas Fiesta, and I had a lot of fun planning the party with our good Friends Don and Elaine Steffeneauer.</div>
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Gingerbread house was it's usual fun for the kids, however we discovered how different boys and girls are, while the girls were busy picking the best candy accessories, Ryken was busy knocking down their masterpieces.</div>
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The Sunday before Christmas we got up and ready in our Christmas clothes, I took pictures, which you can see at the bottom of the blog. We went to church, not feeling well I left after the 1st hour, by the time Josh got home with the kids I had full fledged Bronchitis, I spend the rest of the day in bed, thankfully Josh was off on Monday, so he took care of the kids while I wrapped presents, in between coughing fits and naps. On Tuesday I sucked it up and dragged my sick self out of bed to keep our family tradition of a Movie and P.F Chang's, we met our friends the Machan's for dinner. Everything was going well, minus the outbreaks in sweat from my low fever and suppressed coughs, when suddenly McKinlee threw up, at our table in the middle of P F Chang's, I took her to the bathroom, thankfully I had bought her a new sweater while we waited for our table changed her shirt, and we went back to try and enjoy the rest of the meal. By the time we got home bronchitis, and manifest it's self in her. We read the Christmas story opened our new pj's and sent the kids to bed. By 3 am Ryken was coughing and throwing up, we had our usual breakfast casserole, opened presents, and Mia and Wynter joined in our symphony of bronchitis coughing. We spent the rest of the day cuddled up watching movies, and enjoying our time as a family. And a big shout out to Joshua who not only took care of everyone but also manned most of Christmas by himself. </div>
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Our Little Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170062587367802672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980397396756810047.post-18556276166543886002013-11-15T10:55:00.001-05:002013-11-15T18:47:29.966-05:002<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I can't believe this little guy is 2! He is such a stomping, tackling, laughing, and licking everything ( and by everything I mean everything, nothing is safe, windows, in public or at home, floors, furniture, sisters, it doesn't matter ) kind of guy. Who has a slight obsession with balls and trucks, cars, and mermaids...hmm. So glad he is part of our family</div>
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<br />Our Little Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170062587367802672noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980397396756810047.post-40065465526188249832013-11-09T19:34:00.001-05:002013-11-09T19:34:59.088-05:00Leaves Glorious Leaves<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Our Little Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170062587367802672noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980397396756810047.post-9212782802485719992013-11-06T09:48:00.000-05:002013-11-06T09:49:54.640-05:00HalloweenAnyone who knows me knows that I LOVE Halloween. Seriously what's not to love, you get to dress up, candy, spooky decorations...<br />
Unfortunately this year Josh had to be out of town, our car was having problems and was on limited use, Ryken was sick, and it was raining...but we made the most of it. Mia was a Spanish Dancer, McKinlee a Vampire-Skeleton-Princess, Wynter Doc. McStuffins, and Fire Fighter Ryken.<br />
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Our Little Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170062587367802672noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980397396756810047.post-60236479908489615952013-11-03T19:57:00.001-05:002013-11-03T19:57:54.667-05:00Squeezing every last ounce out of Summer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This year Mia really, really wanted a Birthday Party; a cake decorating Birthday party. At first I thought it was brilliant, as she began to plan it I realized something, she actually wants it to be real cake decorating not just throw some candy on and call it good. I tried to tell her I didn't know how to decorate cakes, I tried to tell her that the only thing I knew was don't bend your wrist, I tried to tell her it wasn't something I knew how to do let alone teach, she didn't care. With a week out and me at Pat Catan's buying decorating tools, because I don't even have tools, I tried telling her I don't know how to do it, and can't we please just do something else, like a fire and movie in the back yard? she said, with all the confidence in the world. "I am sure you can learn by Friday." I have to say the party was a complete success, the kids said it was the best party they have ever been to, and I still have parents telling me what a wonderful idea it was. I also learned that Mia is rather talented.</div>
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For my Birthday Josh surprised me by taking the day off of work so I could have a day off of work. He lovingly got up early, shut off the alarm clocks, got the kids up and ready. I rolled over saw the clock and that the bus would be here in 10 minutes and everyone was still asleep, jumped out of bed, and started to rush to get everyone going, I heard Mia downstairs with McKinlee eating breakfast and was proud of her initiative, and rushed down to hurry her and McKinlee along only to find Josh. He said, I am home, it's your day off, go back to bed. Going back to sleep wasn't possible in my adrenalin induced kids missing the bus and having to get everyone up to drive to school state of panic, but I did go read. It was a wonderful day.Our Little Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170062587367802672noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980397396756810047.post-32644070900468021542013-08-26T10:16:00.000-04:002013-11-06T09:50:32.141-05:00Beginnings and Endings<div align="center">
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This was going to be our Summer of Pittsburgh, those plans were abruptly changed with our trip, if you missed it you can see it <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6980397396756810047#editor/target=post;postID=7391930687085722938;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=3;src=postname">here</a>,<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6980397396756810047#editor/target=post;postID=1975560987236339537;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=2;src=postname"> here</a>, and <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6980397396756810047#editor/target=post;postID=212735765290684098;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=1;src=postname">here</a>. We still however, managed to squeeze some Pittsburgh in.<br />
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Hoping to still get a ball game in and go to Ohiopyle, Raccoon Creek Lake (it's closed because a tornado hit it in July, Children's Museum, the Zoo, McConnel's State Park, and camping. With a week and a half to go, we may have to postpone some until fall.</div>
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Eventually all good things must come to an end. We can't believe how blesses we were on this last minute trip. For having no plans and not telling anyone we were going; until we were on our way, thing couldn't have been more perfect. I am still in shock in how quickly we made it to Utah, it was amazing that people from the other side of the world happened to be visiting at the same time. There are many friends and family that we missed and would have love to see, hopefully next time we will have more time to plan our trip and we can find a way to see each one of you. We were able to do and to see a lot of the things we wanted to, but missed out on quite a few, we wanted to stay longer, but we had to go back, Josh had to go back to work, and the kids needed to get back in their routine.</div>
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Going home proved to be quite the adventure. We left in the early morning hours of July 6th, realizing how insane we were to drive that far in two days, we decided that we would take three going back. (We have now decided that if we ever do it again we will take 4 days both ways) McKinlee has let us know that she prefers to take a plane.</div>
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We left and noticed that our malfunction light was on, it comes on from time to time, usually because the gas cap isn't on tight enough or something silly, so we ignored it. Just outside of Grand Junction, Colorado we could smell burning rubber, so we pulled off at the nearest gas station, everything seemed okay, some of the fluids were low so we topped them off and left, still the smell of burning rubber wouldn't leave. We started to panic a little, we were coming into the canyons of the Rockies, almost to the point of no return, we had to do something. We stopped again and Josh did a more through investigation, thankfully we found the source of the problem this time, we had ran over a hard piece of plastic that had melted on our muffler. Not a problem for the car just smelly. Phew...I didn't want to miss this.</div>
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I have always loved Colorado, I am more in love with this beautiful state more than ever. I want to move here! It was by far the most beautiful part of our trip. We put on John Denver, sang Rocky Mountain High at the top of or lungs and took in the spectacular view.<br />
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We stopped for the night in Hays, Kansas. The kids loved swimming, Josh and I loved being out of the car and relaxing. We also loved that the kids could burn off some energy before we took off the next morning.<br />
We slept in a little the next morning, and by "slept in" I mean we were up by 6. Grabbed some breakfast on the go from the breakfast room got the kids into the car, and were ready to go. That is until our engine wouldn't start. We had a dead battery, and did you know with all of the environmentally safe precautions that are being put into cars these days people are told they can't jump start other cars?! We didn't either! We had the cables we just needed a car. Praise Be to the breakfast lady she had a portable car jumper that she loaned us. She was our hero of the trip. So thank you Hampton Inn Breakfast lady, you literally saved the day.<br />
We were off again and headed to Missouri.<br />
We made a quick stop at<a href="http://www.lds.org/locations/liberty-jail-historic-site"> Liberty Jail</a>. I don't talk about my religion very often in my posts, it's not that I don't have a strong conviction to it, it's more that a lot of my readers are already members and I don't want to come off as pushy to the ones who aren't. In all honesty, I have to admit I wasn't that impressed with Liberty Jail. Don't get me wrong, it was humbling to see in person the trials and sacrifices made by others so our church could become the amazing source of strength, help and support world wide that it is today. I just expected it to be this incredibly spiritual experience, Josh had told me it was one of the places, that as a teenager, his testimony was assured. That is why out of all of the sites in Missouri, and our limited time, we chose that one. I tried to reason that maybe it was because our tour guide was new, she was a cute, bubbly little 18 year old girl from Springville, UT. and she was more worried about getting the history right, than testifying. Or maybe it was because I was with 4 kids, and Ryken wanted to climb in to the jail cell and I was busy keeping him out if it. I could just see him ripping off one of the wigs from the statues. I was bothered by my feelings, I started to think that maybe my expectations were just too high. It was neat to see, I can't even imagine the suffering and the pain early members went through. Governor Boggs of Missouri even issued an extermination order against the Mormon's, at one point while in Liberty Jail Joseph Smith, himself, asked why God had forsaken him.<br />
I have come to realize that it wasn't the powerful testifying moment for me because I am already past that level in believing. I no longer need the testimony and sacrifice of others to help my own testimony, I have already endured my own trials and ridicule because of my beliefs. I haven't had the physical trials of my ancestors. I haven't been beaten, ran out of my home, worried for my life like those who have gone before me, or those in other parts of the world. But I have had to make the choice to believe or not to. I have had to stand up to my friends and others for what I believe, I have listened to them make fun of me, try and persuade me, try and pressure me into changing my belief's and values. At one particular difficult time in my life, I even questioned if God himself had also forsaken me. Please don't take this as I have had major trials, I know things have been more difficult for many others in the world, and I in now way compare myself to them. However, I have had to make a stand for what I believe, even when everyone around me said I was wrong. I know I am the better for it, so although it was amazing to see, I am more proud to say that I have endured and hopefully made those who have gone before proud.<br />
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Not many people know this about me, but I have a fear of bridges. Let me clarify that, I have a fear of driving over a bridge suspended over a body of water trapped in my car, and having 4 little ones I have to worry about getting out has intensified this fear. I would say irrational fear, but the bridge collapse in the mid-west is still very fresh in my mind. It doesn't help that I live in the US City of Bridges; but that's a different subject. Somehow, I don't know how, I am sure my kind, considerate, and very loving husband didn't intend for this to happen, I was the one driving each time we crossed the Mississippi. I was nearly in tears the second time over, the first time it was dark and although I was having a little anxiety, I couldn't see what was beneath me. Josh was so kind as to snap this for me. I guess the plus side to me driving across, is my eyes would have been closed if he had been driving. So thank you honey for taking one for the team. Next time let's plan the taking turns out a little better.<br />
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That night we stayed in Bloomington, IL at my Favorite Aunt Kathy's house. It was so wonderful to see her. We took the kids to an adorable park, stayed up late catching up, I found out that is that side of the family that is so fertile...that may be a little too much information but I have 3 unplanned children, and I was doing everything right in planning out my kids. It was nice to know where it comes from. She also let us play with her new "baby" her quilting sewing machine. Mia loved being with her, she loved quilting, she wants us to buy her one, I think she needs to get closer to Aunt Kathy.<br />
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After spendin' a week in Northern Utah we headed south for some much needed time in Red Rock Country. Truth be told...I have been a little homesick.</div>
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For once the Price area wasn't horribly ugly, or maybe I have just been gone for too long.</div>
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We had big plans to take the kids hikin', raftin, petroglyph searchin', star gazin, and many of the other wonderful things there is to do there.</div>
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We decided that it was too hot during the day 106+ degrees to go hikin', with four little ones. The last thing we wanted was massive meltdowns halfway to delicate arch, so we waited for the night and took the kids to the Window's in arches. It was a perfectly clear night, I have never wanted a telephoto lens so badly in my life. (alas, I had to steal this one from someone else, I tried to find who posted it so I could give them credit.) But you all see how wonderful it was, especially for Mia</div>
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For the 4th we decided to escape the heat and spend some time in the La Sal Mountains. So we headed up to the beautiful Oowah Lake. With my parents, my brother Spencer and his family, and my brother Michael</div>
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McKinlee and I went for a walk around the lake, she was nervous when we had to cross on a log to get through a marshy part. Then we had to jump over a creek, I helped her by tossing her across, in the process I lost my footing and not wanting to go alone pulled her down into the creek with me. We had a good laugh together.</div>
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After a picnic lunch we went shootin'</div>
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Mia was a pretty good marksman, she hit every target, and only missed once. She even out shot my daddy, well everyone did, He didn't hit a thing. Mia was happy to point out that it was her first time holdin' a gun, and she is just a 10 year old girl. Poor dad.</div>
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We watched fireworks at my friend Kelly Packard's house. I am kicking myself for forgetting my camera. Mia had a blast there were several girls her age there, I was starting to think she wasn't going to come back to Pittsburgh with us.</div>
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Not all of you know Jarom. Jarom is Josh's little brother. He was 9 years old when Josh and I were married. When Josh and I were dating Jarom came and spent a week with Josh while his parent took a trip together, at first Jarom thought it would be a fun week, hanging out with his older brother, at college...he soon found out that an apartment full of aspiring engineers is not very exciting. So he started to find his way over to my apartment, he knew Josh and I had started dating, seriously, and an apartment full of girls was a lot more fun. Everyday for a week I would find Jarom knocking on our door or waiting on our stairs waiting for one of us to come home. We made cookies, got Aggie Ice Cream, played games, I taught him how to play some guitar cords, random stuff. It was a great week. While Josh and I were engaged Jarom would squeeze his way between us when we would watch movies or cuddle on the couch, when we got married he refused to take a shower before heading to the temple, it got to the point where Josh's other brother and sister's had to leave for the wedding or miss it. They left him, a neighbor ended up bringing him later.</div>
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After Josh and I were married Jarom and I would go on little dates together. Ususally to get Ice Cream, while Josh would stay home with little Mia. After we moved to Pittsburgh, we talked all of the time mostly about stupid stuff, once he was 16 and Josh and I would visit Utah, Jarom and I would still go on our little dates, we began a quest to find the best cupcakes in the Kaysville, Utah area. When Jarom received his mission call, he went to Paris France, I would write him often, he served for a while in the office, a few times we ended up on the computer at the same time and have a few quick chats. We were buds, we have been for almost 13 years.</div>
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Two weeks ago Josh and I were sitting outside, our air conditioner was broken and it was too hot inside. We were waiting for a repair guy to show up. While we were waiting we received a phone call from Josh's parents, Jarom had gone into cardiac arrest while he was working, was in a coma and was in the process of being life flight-ed to Salt Lake from Cedar City, UT.</div>
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I did my best not to panic, thoughts of <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6980397396756810047#editor/target=post;postID=3950259579248520460;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=200;src=postname">Taylia </a>ran through my mind. We talked about whether or not Josh should fly out to Utah. I looked up flights and told Josh what it would cost, he said it would be the same if we drove and everyone went. So the next morning we got up and did exactly that. </div>
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We made it to Utah in two days, the first day we only made it Davenport, Iowa, we were lucky enough to get the last hotel room in the entire state. They had a massive 4 city airshow going on, and we finished the long 19 hour haul to Fruit Heights, Utah the next day. The only tragedies we had on the trip were a poor little bird who lost a fight with our mini van, and we left our pillows at the hotel in Davenport. I didn't realize how big of a loss it was until I went to target to replace them, and they were $60 each! I opted for some cheaper ones...I miss my old pillow.</div>
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Mia and Eliza got up every morning and made everyone breakfast.</div>
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we went out for frozen yogurt with my Aunt. It just so happened that our very dear friends from Pittsburgh the Kimber's were ordaining their son a Deacon that same weekend. They invited us to attend and we were more than happy to go. </div>
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Some much needed time was spent with my Grandparents</div>
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I listened with tears in my eyes as he told Mia that he loved her, that he knows she is a good girl and hopes she will always be good. He also told her to help her mom, I am sure Mia didn't understand the magnitude of what was being said by this wonderful man, but my heart was touched. They could very well be the last words I ever hear from him.</div>
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Jarom is doing better, he is tired but acting mostly like his old self. We even got to on one of our dates, although the first cupcake place we went to was no longer there, but we were offered tattoo's by a very nice guy. We found another place.</div>
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Our Little Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170062587367802672noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980397396756810047.post-87870947036972686202013-05-28T11:32:00.001-04:002013-05-28T11:32:20.714-04:00A little bit of Paint and some elbow grease<div style="text-align: center;">
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Our Little Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170062587367802672noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980397396756810047.post-33526709008397597002013-05-21T10:30:00.001-04:002013-05-21T10:30:41.964-04:00Super Woman?<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I know it has been ages since my last post, and to say we have been busy sounds so trite. Between strings concerts, soccer games, dance and gymnastics practice, doctor appointments, home improvement, service project to service project, and all of the other mundane everyday things that seem to take up our time, I have had to really step back and evaluate what is truly important. </div>
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Amid so many tragedies that have touch and devastated so many families, I can't help but think that we need to spend more time cuddling and enjoying each other and less time driving from activity to activity. I want my children's memories to be of happy family time, and not always in the car. It has been hard learning to say no and accept the fact that I am not "Super Woman" no matter how much I want to be or think I am.</div>
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The only thing McKinlee wanted this year for he birthday was a party with all of her friends...Princess party of course...</div>
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<br />Our Little Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170062587367802672noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980397396756810047.post-90413265198568083012013-03-13T20:56:00.001-04:002013-03-13T20:56:51.571-04:00Welcome Spring<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Oh Sun, how we have missed you!</div>
<br />Our Little Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170062587367802672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980397396756810047.post-60400606759156825732013-03-07T09:42:00.002-05:002013-03-07T09:53:49.851-05:00Life with a boy and another terrible SundayThere is no doubt about it, boys are different. Wednesdays are our busy day, Mia has dance at 5, Mckinlee has Gymnastics at 6, she finishes at 7, and Mia finishes at 8. We literally spend the evening dropping off and picking up, because of this Wednesday has been declared as leftover night, unless I don't have any then it's crock pot or pizza night. Last night may change how I do things though...<br />
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It started off with Wynter and I making cookies together, she was feeling left out of the hustle and bustle, we creamed the butter and sugar, and I started to measure out the dry ingredients, as I was measuring the salt, and Wynter was sneaking tastes of creamed butter and sugar, Ryken was being suspiciously quiet, I checked to see what he was doing just in time to watch him grab Wynter by her Snow White dress and pull with all of his might, ripping her off of the chair she was standing on, she crashed to the floor, the chair flew up into the air, flipped upside down and came crashing down on her. I comforted Wynter, tried to scold a 16 month old boy, and finished making the stupid cookies. Later I set out all of the leftover food choices for the evening, as I was washing a few dishes, Ryken grabbed the container of ranch dressing dropped it to the floor, from a chair, and laughed as it exploded all over the dining room. Josh ran him to the tub and I cleaned up the mess. Ryken came back down and I went back to cleaning the kitchen, as I washed the counter, Ryken opened the sour cream container and painted my dining room set with sour cream, so I cleaned up that mess, and as I swept the floor I heard a very loud crash, I came running in to the other room to find Ryken had toppled the metal tower containing all of my cookbooks. It was a rough evening.<br />
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Wednesday doesn't even compare to Sunday, a few short weeks ago. Josh left for church, I got myself ready, Mia got ready, and I was in the process of getting everyone else ready, I asked Mia if she would grab a bottle for Ryken, she did. We headed off to church. In our rush to go I hadn't gotten Ryken breakfast, so once we got to church, settled in, and the meeting began I gave him his bottle. During the sacrament, we received the bread, and Ryken started a little cough...a cough that I have become all too familiar with...he was about to throw up. The passers were right behind me, I didn't have any time and now where to go, so I pulled him into my chest just in time for 10 plus ounces of milk to come spewing out all over me. In slow motion, I looked and saw McKinlee Laughing and yelling out this is hysterical, Mia was gagging and laughing, and Wynter had huge eyes and was covering her smile. Bailee, a friend who sits with us to help me, jumped up and said I will go grab some towels, then I looked at my husband who was sitting on the stand with his head bowed and his eyes closed completely oblivious to what was going on.<br />
I watched and waited for him to open them and look over in my direction. He finally did and I signaled that I needed him to come down, he just looked at me. I know he was thinking we are in the middle of the sacrament I am sure what ever it is can wait. So I signaled more forcefully, he knew I meant business so he came down, prepared to take and scold what ever child was acting up bad enough that I needed him to come down. (this is the first time I have ever pulled him off of the stand) When he got the our pew his eyes grew large in understanding he grabbed Ryken and left the room. Bailee finally got back with the towels so I could wipe myself off before I got up, I cleaned off what I could, got ready to get up and remembered I had taken off one shoe so McKinlee could practice tying; and wouldn't you know that shoe was in the direct line of runoff. It was filled, I cleaned it out the best I could, bucked up and put it back on, and walked out of the meeting trying to save some small shred of dignity. Once I got out, I grabbed Ryken from Josh, looked at him and simply said, you will have to bring the girls home, I won't be coming back, and we left. So glad Bailee and Elaine finished cleaning up the mess, and that I didn't even have to ask them to watch the girls...they just assumed the role.<br />
Mia later admitted that she couldn't find a bottle, but found on his his crib from the night before, it was mostly full so she figured it was okay. <br />
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If this hasn't been enough to have you crying in laughter today Ryken has already climbed on top of every table in the house, thrown every cookbook that is sitting on my table from last nights spill, chased his sisters with a toilet brush, and found a cookie that the girls left somewhere, and happily rubbed his snotty, chocolaty cookie face all over the clean whites that I am folding...it's going to be a long day<br />
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I am in over my head with this boy stuff. If anyone has any ideas on how I can channel this curious energy for the greater good, I am all ears.Our Little Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170062587367802672noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980397396756810047.post-65803589442154951412013-03-05T19:51:00.001-05:002013-03-05T19:51:35.283-05:00Look who's 3<br />
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Can anyone else believe this little cutie is 3! We took her to the Children's Museum to celebrate, she loved painting, sand/light art/ and bouncing.</div>
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What we Love most about her</div>
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Her natural curling, ridiculously dark and long eye lashes</div>
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Happy Birthday Wynter-Elizabeth!</div>
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<br />Our Little Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170062587367802672noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980397396756810047.post-59996038953179646872013-02-26T10:31:00.000-05:002014-02-18T10:33:15.166-05:00It's all about meDoesn't that sound like such a selfish post title? It does, but this post is really and truly going to be about me. If you were hoping to see something about the kids, you are just going to have to wait. (one is coming soon)<br />
This past December I had a revelation, and not a good one, I realized that somehow in the last almost 12 years of being married and having children, I had lost myself. I think I realized it one dreary day when I had to take McKinlee to preschool and I had nothing to wear. And I don't mean in a "too much to choose from" kind of way. Somehow I had widdled down to one pair of pants, one pair of sweats(that had holes,) and one pair of maternity yoga pants, and all three were dirty. As I sat in my room debating if I should wear my red candy cane pajamas, or a Sunday dress to drop my child off, it dawned on me,I have seriously been neglecting myself. I settled on the dress, after I dropped McKinlee off, I came home got on to the computer and began searching for more clothes to add to my wardrobe, quickly becoming overwhelmed and lost. I no longer even knew what I liked, and when I found something I thought was okay, I was shocked at the price and refused to spend that much on me. So I wandered on to the children and men's sections, found a few things for each person, not caring how much they cost, after all Josh has work, and Mia and McKinlee have school, and it wouldn't be fair to buy for them an not Wynter and Ryken, so checked out without making a single purchase for myself. I didn't even realize what I had done until the next day when I went to get dressed.<br />
Something needed to change, and it needed to come from within. For some reason being a stay at home mom, has caused me to completely devalue myself in the name of sacrifice. I can easily justify spending money on Josh and the children no matter how tight things were, but when it came to myself, it wasn't worth the money, I don't really go anywhere, and nobody cares how you look at walmart, plus I am hoping to lose the baby weight, I am still carrying from the last three kids, and it wouldn't be worth buying stuff just to lose weight. I AM OBVIOUSLY SICK! <br />
I began my quest for mental change by going to Kohls and literally forcing myself with Josh at my side for moral support, to buy a pair of jeans, that were on sale 40% off; plus, I had a coupon for an additional 30% off. I felt terrible, selfish, and frustrated with myself for becoming this bad. I had just bought a nice pair of pants for 70% off and I felt awful. A few days later I was looking at things on the Internet for Josh and the kids,in part to make up for being so selfish a few days before, Josh came in, forced me to go the the women's page and had me buy a scarf I loved, even though it cost $30, and wouldn't not allow me to buy anything for him or the kids. I have to admit when the package came and the kids were excitedly asking who it was for, it felt really good to tell them it was for me. I let them help me open it, and I let them play with it, but only if the ask. It is after all, mine. I found some amazing websights <a href="http://veryjane.com/">here</a> and<a href="http://groopdealz.com/"> here</a>, where they sell really cute boutique items at discounted prices for one day only, and it has been nice getting jewelry, bags, and home decorations that I would never justify buying for myself at up to 90% off. <br />
I realized that in my 30's makeup and skin care is different than it was in my 20's and I was lost and didn't want to invest in something I might not like, or that worked for me 10 years ago but not anymore, I found<a href="http://birchbox.com/"> this</a>, and for 10 dollars a month they send an amazing high end make up sample box, that is worth well over 10 bucks, and I can try before I buy and they are catered to my age, complex, and skin type. 10 dollars a month seemed like a lot then I thought of the Sirius radio, and timeshare Josh has signed us up for, combined they cost nearly 5 times that, if we can afford that we can certainly afford 10 dollars for me to feel better about myself.<br />
Next came new glass for my camera, I really wanted to get a new 50mm lens, and was torn between two different 50mm's. One was what I really, really wanted and the other was a third of the cost, not as nice as the one I wanted, but it was still better than what I had. I went back and forth between the two, I asked Josh what he thought and he said I should get the nicer one, but I didn't want to spend that much, when I felt like everyone in our home needed so much. I went back and forth, and back and forth. Then I was smacked up the head with a realization. I have given up gifts from Josh, for Valentine's Day, Our Anniversary, My Birthday, and Christmas for the past 4 years, hoping to combine the gifts and get this one lens, each year something came up and I gave up the lens in the name of gymnastics, or a computer, or Josh's smart phone, why in the world am I feeling guilty about this! I quickly ordered before I could change my mind, Now I can bring you images like this,<br />
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With Josh's encouragement I have enrolled in an online photography that I got on an amazing groupon, and once I finish the course I will be a certified photographer.</div>
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I have to admit, it has been years since I have felt this good. I am happier, my family is happier, I am more kind, and patient...it's been an eye opener. I know I still have a long way to go but I am finally on the right road. I wonder if there is a support group...haha. </div>
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One last thing, I have to add, I am so grateful to have such a wonderful and supportive husband, he really has been fantastic through all of this..plus he never complained when he would come home day after day to find me still in my jammies, with my hair pulled back and no makeup on.</div>
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That is it about me for now, sorry if any one felt bored, Wynter's birthday post is coming soon.</div>
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It started off rough with Ryken throwing up two seperate times all over me after I had my shower for the night and in my bed. We were up pretty late. After a very rough night I got up to help Mia get ready for school, with out warning McKinlee called out having a bad dream and Mia was left on her own while I consoled McKinlee who had also woken up Wynter. Mia left for school, I got the others calmed down and we were about our day.</div>
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I was sitting in the living room we had 30 minutes until I had to pick McKinlee and Mia up from school, and Wynter and Ryken went upstairs, I was in the process of thinking to myself, I should go get them, when I heard Wynter screaming "NO RYKEN,NO!" I ran up the stairs faster than ever before and found them both in the bathroom Ryken had gone fishing before Wynter had managed to flush the toilet, his mouth was covered in poop, both of his hands were covered, one hand he was using to paint my toilet and the other he was using to unsucessfuly pull out the nasty flavor out of his mouth. I threw him into the tub, turned on the water and was soaked by the shower (Josh forgot to turn it off) I scrubbed Ryken and the toilet, got Ryken dressed and went back down stairs. Wynter came over to me and I could smell the undeniable smell, as I went to check to see if she had wiped well enough, I saw it. Poop smeared from her bum to her neck....back to the tub we went. I pulled her out threw clothes on both of them and ran to the car.</div>
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When Josh came home I was exhausted and debating if we should just order a pizza for dinner, then he asked, did you see the water in the basement? What? Yep, our hot water heater broke. </div>
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Our Little Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170062587367802672noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980397396756810047.post-34327826956514742432013-01-16T19:16:00.003-05:002013-01-17T09:36:28.454-05:00Visions of Sugar Plums<div style="text-align: center;">
I don't know if it is the gloomy weather of a Pennsylvania Winter, or what it is but I just haven't had it in me lately to post on the blog. But Thanks to my dear friend <a href="http://onemangotree.blogspot.com/">Kate</a>, who misses us terribly, she requested an update so I will do one for y'all.</div>
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Christmas was fantastic, we spent the month doing different activities each night some were just reading a Christmas book or watching movies, and others were driving around looking at lights and drinking hot chocolate or making treats or crafts,<br />
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The unanimous favorite was our "Grinch Party" we made roast beast(roasted chicken) who pudding, who hash, and our drinks (sprite) magically turned green, (thanks to some unseen food coloring in the bottom of the kids glasses) then as a family we watch How the Grinch Stole Christmas, McKinlee keeps asking when we will do it again.<br />
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our very own "Santa's Little Helper" even got up extra early on Christmas Eve to hand craft doll beds for the girls, with his trusty side kick (of course)<br />
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You can almost see the Sugar Plums Dancing in their Heads</div>
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Josh and I were in charge of the ward party, we wanted it to be fun, a lot of fun, so we had a luau. I had several crafts for the kids to make, I got rid of my extra beach sand from last summer, by having the kids fill mini glass bulb ornaments with sand and mini seashells. The kids had a hula hoop contest, and did the limbo. Mia and I taught the adults how to hula, and every adult participated, laughed and had a great time. We ended with the Primary <span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="background-color: white;">acting out</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span>the nativity. It was a much needed night of fun. </div>
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This year we chopped down our own tree, the kids were excited, I told the kids to listen and when we found the right tree it would sing to us, we began our hunt, this one's too small, this one's too big, this one's two skinny, this one's too patchy all of a sudden...AAAAAHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhh. (yes, I made my kids sing like angels) we found one that was just right.</div>
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When the little one's couldn't take their eyes off of it I knew we had "done good".</div>
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AAAAAAaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh....can you hear it now?</div>
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I can't believe this little guy is ONE! He is the happiest, easy going, cuddly guy I know</div>
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<br />Our Little Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170062587367802672noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980397396756810047.post-36438676469330926722012-10-29T21:26:00.000-04:002012-11-30T08:55:27.314-05:00The StormIt's not often that Josh and I get to go on a trip together; in Fact we realized the last time we were alone on a trip was our Honeymoon. So when Josh was one of 13 out of 7000 selected to go witness the christening of the USS Minnesota we were excited on many levels, not only were we getting the rare opportunity to see these incredible boats, and I know that this one in particular had been a thorn in my side as Josh had late nights and unexpected out of town trips to work out the kinks... we were getting alone time. I was terrified.<br />
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What if we ran out of things to say? Who was going to take care of the kids? How long and boring is a christening of a submarine?<br />
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Thankfully our friend Barb Getty, jumped in to take care of the kids, and several others helped, or offered their services if needed. Thank you to them, I really think the willing to serve by our friends we have met through our <a href="http://mormon.org/">church</a> is really one of the best parts of it.<br />
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Now that the kids were taken care of, we still had the what to do, and how what were we going to spend 14 hours round trip driving and a total of three days talklilng about? I was shocked at how fast the trip went, it is amazing how much time stopping for potty breaks can take! I was even more happy to realize that Josh and I talked non stop, and about a variety of things...I didn't even need my talking points I had planned, just in case. Talking with our interruption is AWESOME! We stopped at Williamsburgfor dinner, and caught a couple of Ghost tours, then ate at a period restaurant, in an 18th century bar, where I managed to humiliate myself when I went to the bathroom.<br />
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Josh and I had sat down at our table in a room that was lit only by candles, of course I needed to pee. It had been a long drive, so I excused myself and walked out of the room we were in, I crossed through the next room where I ended up in a third room, I remembered that we had gone through three rooms before we were seated at our table, but for some reason this room didn't have a door, I was positive that we had gone through it, but there wasn't a door, a man was there dressed in period clothing regaling a tale of his travels, so I quietly left the room and went back to the one in the middle, I looked for another door, I found the door that lead to our room, I found a door that lead to the kitchen and was for staff only, and the third door only lead to the room with out a door. So I went back into the doorless room for a closer look. I could see an armour, no we didn't pass through that, the storyteller recognized me, and shouted out to me. "My Lady, are you lost?" I said, "I can't find the door." Then he said, "It is right here, and the lue is down the stairs and to the right" Then he opened the door and I took my walk of shame across the room with every eye staring at me, I had interrupted their story, everyone knew where I was headed, and why, and they had nothing else to look at. I made sure to take an extra long time so I wouldn't risk interrupting again.<br />
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After dinner we went to our hotel, and got ready for the christening the next morning. We were among the few invited to the breakfast before, and the luncheon afterwards. Josh and I were excited, and it was a lot more fun than I thought it would be. There was music, speakers, a choir, and it rained balloons.<br />
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After the Christening we changed our clothes and we were excited to head to the beach. However, the beach was not as relaxing as we thought it would be. Hurricane Sandy was coming in, we tried to walk along for as long as we could, and finally gave up. It was just too windy and the water was too rough, so we headed to the lighthouse,<br />
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we got a mile away and were stopped by the national guard, the lighthouse was closed because of the storm. So we headed back to the hotel and came up with new plans...a nap. The next day we headed home, we attempted to make one more stop, and stopped at Jamestown. We got close and realized, as we saw the national guard it was also closed because of the storm. So we went home. It wasn't the vacation we have dreamed about, but we were together, and we can saw we were in a hurricane. And that's what counts<br />
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