Shopping

People are absolutely insane when it comes to shopping for a sale. I started to try to go to the big stores for the sales, but I soon found that there were other stores with sales that were not advertised so I left the crowd and enjoyed the peace. It was nice to just get away today and get all the shopping in that I could, but after 8 hours, it was time to head home. Christmas just isn't the same anymore now that I am in charge of so many things and it is getting more stressful that my kids are getting older and wanting the hot toy for the year that everyone else wants. I listening to the radio and people were talking about their traditions and it made me stop and think what traditions do I have with my family at Christmas. I forget now that I am the one who needs to think of these things for the simple traditions like decorating and baking that the family can do together. I am hoping now that they are getting older and no more baby years that we can start doing more of that as a family so that they can have the fun family memories.

Twilight

Thanksgiving night my sister calls me and says she has an extra ticket to Twilight and I was so excited because I just spent the last two days reading it. I loved the book, but was disappointed by the movie. Now if I hadn't read the book the movie would have been OK, but they just left out too many details in the beginning and I kept waiting for things to happen and they didn't. I can't wait until they do the next movie where they will have more money and hopefully make it a little longer to include more of the book into it.

Thanksgiving Shopping

So I did the Thanksgiving morning shopping, and this year I took my sister with me. The day of is usually not bad, but this year the hoarders were there too! (They usually wait for the day after) I wasn't able to get what I wanted today because they were grabbing them by the arm fulls, but now I am prepared on how I will have to shop for tomorrow. We did find some good deals and got a free pumpkin pie! Hope you guys enjoyed it!

Flu Season

It all started last Saturday with the big game and I woke up sick. I felt bad because we had planned to have the party at our house and we had to cancel-Sorry guys! It only lasted a day and then I was fine and everyone else seemed fine. Well Monday I get a call from the school that Kaden was sick so I picked him up. He had a fever, but other than that he was fine. By Tuesday he was fine and went back to school. It was my day to help with his class and as soon as I sat down the kids asked if I came to make sure he wouldn't get sick again. I assured them if he got sick I would take him home. I talked with his teacher and she said that he had acted fine and then all of the sudden he threw up all over her table and then sat there like nothing had happened. I apologized to her for that, it is bad enough having to clean up your own kids, let alone some one else...YUCK!! Well now it is Tim's turn and on Thanksgiving day! Of all the days to get the stomach flu it had to be the one eating day of the year. Now we just sit and wait to see if anyone else will get it.

Enjoy the Journey

Ever since this last General Conference when I am having a hard time with the kids Tim always reminds me of President Monson's talk about enjoying the journey. Today I told Talmage that he had to clean his room and he just started one of his fits and went storming off. I went to talk to him to see if he realized that it was his own fault for the mess and he started wit the "that's not fair" saga and went away. When will they learn? While I was doing laundry with Conner he came up and gave me a little torn piece of paper.
Melt my heart, a point that I can feel something is getting across. This is one of those moments that I can enjoy the journey with.

My Laundry Buddy

Conner loves it when I am doing laundry and he pulls on my leg until I let him sit on the dryer and help me load the washer. I think his favorite part is trying to catch the water in his hand and drink it, but his arms are so short that he almost falls in.

My Littlest Angel

Tonight I was trying to gather up my kids for prayers and it took Adalee a while. Once I got her I couldn't find Bubs and I walk in to the living room and he was sitting there waiting for us with his arms folded the way he does. He just melted my heart to see him like that and to know that I have one child that was listening to me. Oh how it made my day.

Family Night

I found this cookie dough a while ago and we finally found a night to do it. It is sugar cookie dough that you color and make what ever kind of cookie you want. The kids had a blast trying to make different things. It started out really sticky so most of Talmages just got mixed together to make tie-dye balls, but we finally figured it out. Conner was just getting mad that he couldn't eat it.
Kaden did a sun, himself, and a frog(green), baseballs, and fruit-Talmage did a frog(orange and blue), snake, donut, and tie-dye balls. Adalee (and Tim) made the red chicken(that was supposed to be a dinosaur) dinosaur heads, bone, sun, Christmas tree, snake, the spider fish, sun, Christmas tree was mom and Conner.

My wonderful husband!

Tim has been out of town for the past week and I had a class tonight that I was going to miss because he was going to be gone. To my surprise he tried his hardest to make it back by getting an earlier flight, but with the time change it through it off. It was nice to know that he was thinking of me and willing to change his plans so I could do my things. Thanks hun, I love you!

Tagged by Brooke!

5 Things I was doing 10 years ago.
1-Cheering for Snow College
2-Deciding if I should marry someone (I hadn't even met Tim yet)
3-Touring the tunnels
4-Playing water chandeliers with roommates
5-Avoiding cleaning my room(floor to bed to floor etc. just ask Paula)

5 things on my to do list today
1-Take Conner for his ear check up
2-Laundry (but what day doesn't)
3- Get the house clean before Tim flys home (lol)
4-Take Adalee to dance
5-Grocery Shopping

5 snacks I love
1-chips and mango salsa
2-chocolate
3-ice cream
4-oreos
5-rice crispy treats

5 things I would do if I was a millionaire
1- Travel with my family
2- Go back to school
3- Have no debt
4-Help out family
5-Save

5 places I have lived( I had to specify on apartments to make it 5, I haven't moved that much)
1-Taylorsville
2-Ephraim-OakTree
3-Ephraim-PineTree
4-South Jordan
5-Riverton

5 jobs I have had
1-Disposing of biopsies (yuck!)
2- Gymnastics teacher
3-Dance teacher
4- UofU Admissions office-front desk
5- Reunions Plus- doing high school reunions

5 people I tag
Susan, Rachelle, Crystal, Amy, Shannon, and anyone else who wants to.

Flu Shots

So I take Conner in for his check up and see that they are offering flu shots. I had all the kids with me so I decided that would be great get it over in one shot. Well then when they take them back to the room the nurse has to tell them what they are doing and Talmage and Kaden start freaking out!! Talmage had himself so worried about it he was clammy and had a pail face. Kaden was a cry/yell mix telling me he wasn't going to get the shot so Conner starts in freaking out running to the door trying to escape. I am sure that everyone in the office could hear my children and probably scaring the other kids. Adalee was the only brave one she tells me that she is tough and can do it and is fine. In fact when it came time she voulenteered herself to be first. After she got it we had to do Conner because they were so scared. I had to hold them down on my lap with one nurse holding their legs and the other one doing the shot, but once they got the shot they were fine.

Kaden's Tooth Pulling

So a month or two ago Kaden lost his tooth and I didn't think that it was loose, but he said it was. It looked like it was broken off not worn down so I thought he pull his tooth out just to have lost a tooth, but it was one that it could legitimately be lost. Well today he looses another tooth not one normally lost at first, Talmage just barely lost this one, and the root was huge so I still think that he is just pulling his teeth to have lost teeth. The one he did at first still doesn't have anything coming in underneath. I just don't understand why, it's not like the tooth fairy pays that good to do it for money. Just one of the things that you have to write down so you can tell them when they get older.

The Things Kids Say

We are laying in bed with all the kids this morning and Talmage is looking at Tim's forehead where his hair is thinner and said "Dad, you need to let your hair grow there."

The other day Adalee got kicked by one of her brothers in the crotch and she comes to tell me "Mom he kicked me in the private parts, yeah he kicked me in the nuts. (her thinking pause) Yep my nuts, he kicked me in the nuts." It was like she made this huge discovery for herself that will soon realize is not true.

My 4th Boy

I get home today from grocery shopping and Tim looks really upset. Adalee had gotten into Katies birthday present and opened it up, but that was not all. He wouldn't tell me what she had done, but that it was much worse and I needed to see for myself. This is what I saw. She decided to cut her hair again. It was just getting long enough for us to start doing things with it again and now it is so short in spots that she looks like a boy.