Gobble, Gobble......

We had a great Thanksgiving!!!! We spent it with the in-laws

in Wyoming!!! My little bug got to meet her Grama and pa

for the very first time!! She actually did pretty good with

them. Not too scared!!! Anyway, we spent three days with

Connie and we had great time. Great food, great family, and

lots of games and fun. The drive to Wyoming is always fun

too...(ha ha) we made the drive and 5 1/2 hrs. Which is

pretty good, but for four little ones and a mom that hates to

travel it was very long. Every hour we got to hear from one

of the girls "are we there yet?" But after we got there all

was forgotten!!! We drove their on Wednesday, we ate all

day on Thursday and all the kids got to play with all their

cousins, then we did a little shopping on black Friday, and

spur of the moment came home late on Friday night. That

drive was so much better!!! We still did it in 5 1/2 hours

but the difference was two of my girls slept almost the

whole way. I used to think that people were crazy driving

that late..........but not anymore. They had it all figured out!!!

My little boss and her new friend (cousin). They had so

much fun playing with each other!!!

Friday we went for a walk around the state park. The girls
had so much fun. We went on a swinging bridge and got to
touch the warm mineral water!!!

I just want to take a minute and tell you all the things I am

grateful for!!! It is pretty sad that sometimes takes a

Holiday made for for being thankful to make us think about

it. I am so thankful for my family!!! They are so important

to me. I am thankful for all our good health!! There are

some families that have to go through lots of trials with

that. I am grateful we are all strong and healthy. I am

thankful for a great husband who takes care and loves us.

He is a hard worker and I appreciate all he does for us.

I am grateful for the gospel and for the happiness it brings

to our lives if we live the way we should. I am thankful for

the freedoms that we have. It seems like with the past

election that everyone is a little uneasy about how things

are going to go especially with how the economy is.....but

we should all be thankful for those freedoms that we take

for granted.

Trip to Grandma's

So I forgot my camera again!!!! I love to post pictures!!
Anyway, we just got back from visiting Grandma. It
was a fast weekend trip but everyone had lots of fun.
Good food, no sleep, and great fun!!!!
We went down there because my friend was having a
boutique so I thought what the heck, I will make some
stuff and take it down there. So I spent several late
nights trying to get everything ready and money that
I don't have in hope that something good would come
out of it. Well, I have to to say............I did it and I
probably won't do it again. I had fun but I haven't
even covered my cost. Bummer!!! But at least I sold
some stuff!!! While I was boutiquing, my girls went
with their cousin to see Santa and they won some webkins!!
I guess they are all the rave now!!! They had a blast!!!

Power Outage!!!

I am so sad I did not grab my camera last night!!!
For some reason the power went out last night at
about 8:00 pm. Go figure.....there was no rain, no
wind, not snow...what the!!! It must be because of
where we live. All it takes is for someone to sneeze
and the power goes out!!!

Anyway, so I was just finishing up getting the girls
showered. Everyone was done except for my little
boss. When all the sudden the lights go out!!! It
was pitch black. I am not kidding. You couldn't
even see one thing. There was one girl in the play-
room, one in the hall, one in the shower, and luckily
my little bug was with her dad. All of them had one
thing in common at that very moment.........blood
curdling screams!!!! It was chaos!!! We hurried and
finished the shower and I went to get a flash light,
hoping that it actually worked. The girls like to play
with them. So I found ONE!!!! ONLY ONE!!!! That
worked. All the girls were huddled around freaking
out. So what did we do..................jumped in the car
and drove around with the DVD player on. Like we
can't survive one night without the TV. That really
wasn't the case......the girls were so upset that was
the only way we could calm them down. We drove
around for awhile to settle them down and then went
back to the house. My sweet hubby went down stairs
and rummaged through all the camping stuff and
found three more flashlights and some other batteries.
Whaooooo Dad!!!!! Then we tried to get them to
go to bed, which turned out a lot easier then I thought.
We just had to leave a flashlight on in each room!!!
After the kids were in bed it was 9:00 pm and then
what was I going to do!!! I never, never, never go to
bed that early.. It was like torture. It ended up being
a fun experience, but I did learn that I need to be a
bit more prepared when little things like that happen.
I am just glad daddy was home to help us get through
it.

I love Massages!!!

So this weekend I got to pamper myself a little.
My hubby gave me a gift certificate for x-mas last
year that I haven't been able to use yet. I can't
believe it has almost been a year and that thing
has been in my drawer. Plus I had one that had
expired that they let me use, so I went to the
spa and had massage and a pedicure. It was
heaven. I didn't want to leave.........I wanted to
stay in there all day. I didn't even know how
to act......a whole 2 1/2 hours to myself for total
relaxation. Then reality struck when I walked
back in the house!!! I love, love, love being a mom
but it is nice to have some time to yourself every
now and then. Thanks Honey, for the break!!!

School Lunch!

On Friday I got to to eat school lunch with my
girls. It is so much fun!!!! It is a lot more fun
when you pack your own lunch from home and
go. Don't get me wrong..I love those hot school
lunch rolls and all the fun desserts they have.
But it pretty much stops there. I feel the same
way about school lunch now as I did when I was
growing up. Enough about the food. The
company is much better, I love to see my girls
faces when they see me and they aren't even
embarrassed of me yet. ( I know that is coming)
I even got to eat with both of them, but one at a
time which makes them feel even more special.
I look forward to doing that more often!!!

Life is Slowing.........

Our life has been slowing down a bit I guess. I haven't
had anything exciting to post lately. I don't know if
that is a good thing or a bad thing.

Lately, both of my sisters have had some situations
with their kids getting in trouble. Knock on wood, I have
not had that happen to me yet. With my two older
girls I don't see them getting in trouble, but there will
always be drama. Which usually is associated with a lot
of whining and crying. Even my little boss at three years
of age is a little drama queen. She got to take that snack
to preschool today, which she was so excited about. She
insisted on taking fruit snacks...ones for boys and ones
of girls. Well, after class was over she figured she got
to take the snack box home again. The teacher
explained to her that it was someone else's turn and she
cried with big tears rolling down her face for 15 minutes.
Because she wanted the to bring the box home again.
Like I said drama, drama, drama!!!!

After I explained to her that she would get to do it lots of
times, but she just had to take turns then she was fine.
Then I looked at her papers and she had done a picture
of "Humpty Dumpty" on the wall, and I asked her who
it was and she said "Honky Donkey". Which made me
LOL!!!!! She is a drama queen, but she is cute!!!

My Girls

I have been thinking a lot about my kids this week
and how much they mean to me. I have a friend who
had a death in her family of a brand new 2 month old
baby. Ever since I have been thinking about all of the
little things I take for granted every day and just how
fast it can be taken away. Not that I want to dwell on
that, I just don't want to go through life in such a hurry
that I miss all those little things. Like my little boss
saying to me every morning "Good morning mommy",
or my little teenager saying " You are such a great
mom", or my little sweetie saying "Can I have a
bednight snack", or my little bug just giving me her
excited face when she sees me walk in the room. Those
are just some of the examples. I love my kids so much
and I don't know what I would do without them. Like
all moms do, I have my days but if I try to step back
on those days and look at the big picture, then
everything seems to go a lot better.

My favorite things about my little Teenager.....................
She is one of the kindest little girls you will ever meet.
She is always trying to make everyone feel good, wanted
and appreciated. She always tells me thanks for the
things that I do for her. She always tells me "Thanks for
being a great mom". (Even on the days that I have gotten
after them). She is an awesome big sister!!!! She is so
helpful to me for that reason. She is always creating things
that they can do together. She is so artistic. She loves to
draw, paint, and even write stories. Her new love is to
read!!! Especially when it is a book she likes. She can sit
down and read for a whole hour just in her room. She is
a good example for all of us when it comes to doing the
right thing. She helps us remember to have Family Night,
read scriptures, go to church, etc. I am so happy to have
her in our family.

My favorite things about my little Sweetie.........................
She is so adventurous and energetic. She is always going,
going, going. She loves life and always has such a positive
outlook. She is so sensitive and caring. She is always trying
to make us happy. She loves school and works hard. She
is so well liked at school, because she is so accepting and
nice to others. One day I picked her up from her class and
before we could get 10 steps from her door, she hugged at
least 4 people to tell them goodbye. She is one of my best
eaters. She LOVES fruit!!! She would pick fruit over any
candy. She likes veggies and will try new things. My
favorite thing that she says right now is "Can i have a
bednight snack" I don't know what I would do without
her.

My Favorite things about my little Boss..........................
She is the sweetest little thing when you can get past her
fits. She is so polite for her age. She always says Thank you,
please, excuse me, or sorry without even being prompted.
She loves her sisters.....she can't wait until they get home
after school. I love the way she tries to be big like them. I
love that she will come and give me a kiss out of the blue or
say "I love you mommy". I love when she smiles big or
giggles that she scrunches up her nose. I love her desire for
learning. She knows all her colors, and shapes, a pretty much
all her letters. I love that she can entertain herself. She can
play with something on her own for hours. She loves books
and could also look at them for hours. My favorite things
that she says are "be end", "can I have a snack"(5 minutes
after a meal), when I ask her to go to the bathroom she says
"its not going right now". I love that little girl.

My favorite things about my little Bug...........................
She is a mommy's girl. She lights up whenever she sees me.
She loves her sisters and playing with them. She loves her
blanket and has to snuggle up to it every time that it is close
to her and she lover her binky now. I love to hear her little
giggle. I love it when I feed her something she likes she says
"mmmmmm" in between bites. She loves to cuddle and give
hugs and kisses. I love them even when they are slobbery.
She loves to pull on my earrings and eat my necklaces and
TRY to get my glasses. She loves to jump in her little
jumperoo and she can jump let me tell ya. Sometimes I think
she is going to hurt herself. My favorite time with her is
when she cuddles right before bed and falls asleep on my
shoulder. She is a hard baby, but I don't regret any minute
I spend with her.

I'm jumping on too!!!

I have been trying to decide whether to keep my
blog or not. I am a Nervous Nellie and when I saw
the report on blogging on the news it kind of got
me wondering. I love to blog, I think it is fun, and
since we live so far away I love to let you all know
what we are doing, but I don't want to jeopardize
my kids safety just for that. So for now I am just
going to make a few changes until I decide what to
do. I am going to change our link also. So I will
be sending out emails to let you know what it is
going to be so you can change it on your end.

Please......

Okay so I have decided I have another pet peev!!!!
I know that is not surprising!! I did decide to do
my blog for journal purposes for myself, but it is
fun to get comments!!!! Then I feel like I am not
writing just to myself.. So PLEASE if you are
reading this blog and do often....then please comment!
It is way more fun when you do.. Don't make me name
names!!!! (J/K sort of)