Dr. ApPointments

Today was a great day, it didn't start off to well though. First I didn't get up to exercise, to tired too. I didn't turn off my alarm clock, I only snoozed it, so it went off again, and woke me up. I slept longer than I needed to. Madisynn was taking forever to eat. At least she ate yes, but we were late for the appointments. Yes I should have dragged myself out of bed earlier so it's my fault too that we were 15 min. late. It was a relief to know that they weren't upset that we were late. That was wonderful! Totally different than the military hospitals, they let you know that they are upset when you are late. I wish that they would realize that things happen. Anyways today was both McKenzie and Madisynn's well checkup appointments. First they weighed McKenzie and measured her. She weighs 35 lbs. and 40 3/4 in. tall. They pricked her finger to check her iron. She was normal on that. Her eyesight, and hearing are great! They checked her blood pressure. It was normal too. She was so cute to watch, she was amazed by everything that was going on. It has been forever since she has seen a Dr. for herself. Her last appointment was probably when she was 2. They wanted us to try and get a urine sample too. Well we tried. McKenzie has never peed into a cup before. We sat there forever on the toilet, and she just couldn't go. The Dr. said well we will skip it for today. Not a problem. We also got her kindergarten shots taken care of, so now she is ready when the time comes for her to go to kindergarten. She was wonderful through the whole process. So here is a picture of the wonder eyed little princess:

Now for Madisynn's turn. Do you think it was good or bad???? Well first they weighed her. She weighed 23.4 lbs. and then measured her and she was 34 3/4 in. tall. She was an awesome little sport too. The Dr. plotted her on the chart, and was very pleased! She is officially on the charts! I'm so excited!!! He asked all the usual routine questions, and was pleased with every single one of them. Then he checked her eyes. He was a little concerned with them. He said he could see some cross eyedness in them. He said that she controls it very well when she was following the light with her eyes, but when she was relaxed it was noticeable to him. He wants us to go see an eye doctor, to see what they say. He checked her ears, and they looked great. He checked her mouth, and he said it looks like she has a high arched pallet. He wants us to go to the Dentist to get a second opinion. I've been meaning to get them both to a dentist, especially Madisynn for her bucky beaver teeth. I told the Doc that when she talks she talks with her front teeth hanging out over her lower lip, and he said exactly. You need to see the Dentist. So I will when we get the dental insurance through Matt's work. The doc was just very pleased. He said to keep her on the polycose for another month or 2 and then taker her off of it, and see how she does. He wants to see her in a year. That is so great! We've been going to the doctors every month or 2 to see about Madisynn's progress. I'm so grateful that it's finally over. She is just a picky eater, and we will deal with that! Madisynn also got 1 shot, and she handled it very well. No tears from either of them. Good job girls! Here is the other brave little princess Madisynn:

The nurse or tech whatever she was. Anyways was very impressed with the 2 of them, and told them that they could choose from the prize box. The girls were so excited they ran after the nurse to get their prizes. It was funny because Madisynn went right for the bracelets, and McKenzie went right for the snakes and butterflies. She didn't choose a snake, but she ended up choosing the butterfly. Better choice! I swear she is such a tomboy sometimes, and that's OK. She has no fear. She would have no problem bringing me a spider, or a snake. She has done the spider before, and that was really gross and freaked me out! I know I would freak out if she brought a snake to me. Yuck!!! Anyways I should have taken pictures of their prizes when they got them, but I wasn't thinking. so I took pictures with them holding them after they woke up from their naps. Madisynn was happy about it, but McKenzie wasn't. So here are the happy and grumpy pictures of them:So my day is great! Hooray!!!! =) I hope your day was great too!

LaGoOn FuN!!!

This past SaTuRdAy we went to LaGoOn. We hadn't really planned on going until AuGuSt, but we found out that Matt's SiStEr'S family, and his older BrOtHeR's family were going. It was AmErIcA FiRsT CrEdIt UnIoN's work party, and that is where MaTt'S Sister and her husband work. They had invited MaTt'S older brother JoSh and his family as guests. His brother JoSh and his FaMiLy came by on FrIdAy to visit with Us, and that's when we got the idea to go to LaGoOn earlier. It would be easier for us to go now instead of later. Besides we would be with FaMiLy, and We would get to RiDe the rides too! So SaTuRdAy we got to LaGoOn at 5:00 P.M. had trouble finding a PaRkInG space, but we found one. Got our TiCkEt'S with our MiLiTaRy discount, and headed on into the PaRk. We ate our yummy and quite delicious LuNcHaBlEs(sarcasm, sarcasm,.. =) ) Thanks to our Brother in law JaSoN, who brought us some delicious HaMbUrgErS and ChIpS to eat also from the work party. We were stuffed and ready to ride the rides.

So our FiRsT ride we went on was the FlYiNg AcEs. The KiDs loved it! It's amazing how things change in a year. McKeNzIe and MaDiSyNn last year were scared to death of most of the rides. Not this year though, Thank goodness! So here is a picture of Me and MaDdIe on the FlYiNg AcEs:

I tried to get a good picture of MaTt and McKeNzIe, but they were clear on the other side of us, and I couldn't get a good close up shot. Instead of the kids crying on the rides they cried when getting off the rides, because they wanted to ride again. The lines were quite long for just about every ride we went to. We spent forever in the line for the OdYsEa a cute Octopus, and fishy ride where you get wet. It was so fun riding with MadIsYnN on that one, we got really wet. MaDiSyNn kept on saying Whee, Whee, it was so cute! When the ride was done I asker her if she wanted to ride it again, and she said Noooo! So funny!

Here is a picture of PufF tHe MaGiC dRaGoN RiDe:

That is out brother in law JaSoN waving. That is MaTt'S sister RaChAeL in the green shirt, and our sister in law BrEnDa in the blue shirt and son DaYlIn.

After we went on PuFf we decided it was getting late, and there was one ride that all of us AdUlTs wanted to ride, and that was WiCkEd. MaTt and I went on it last year, and it was a blast. So the GiRlS were going to go first, so we left the KiDs with the MeN and hurried and went to get into the line for WiCkEd. When we got to the ride, there was no line. There was a ride attendant standing there with a sign saying temporarily closed. We were like are you kidding??? We wanted to know what was going on, and if it would open back up before closing time. The guy said CoMpUtEr malfunction, and probably no way of opening back up. We were BumMeD. Here is what WiCkEd looks like if you're wondering:

Riders will be launched to the top of the 110 ft. tower at speeds close to 41 mph. This element is especially unique as most roller coasters slowly lift riders to the top of the first hill, letting gravity do the rest. "WICKED" riders will instead be propelled by means of a linear synchronous motor (LSM) drive system, essentially rocketing riders up and over the top of the first hill.The 8-rider vehicles travel individually and achieve speeds up to 55 mph, passing though steep valleys, high banked turns, half-pipe, heart-roll inversion and more.

Now can you see why we were all so BuMmed? I'm just glad I already got to experience WiCkEd! So us girls decided to go on the next best thrill which would be the CoLoSsUs. It was a blast! Rollercoasters are the best! So while us GiRlS were having our ThRiLl the MeN had taken the kids on the kiddie BuMpEr CaRs, and the TrAiN ride, and then were waiting for us to get done with our second ride the SpIdEr also a thrilling ride. The GiRlS then took the KiDs so the MeN could go have there ThRiLl. They decided the line for the SpIdEr was way too long, so they went to ride the ClIfFhAnGeR, a ride that gets you wet. They rode it twice, and funny thing MaTt didn't even get wet at all, but JoSh and JaSoN got totally soaked. MaTt was lucky this year! So here are some pictures of the kids on the rides.

MaDiSyNn and ClArA on the SpEeDwAy:

McKeNzIe and BrEaNnA on BuLgY the WhAlE:MaDiSyNn on BuLgY:McKeNzIe on BuLgY again:MaDiSyNn on BuLgY again too:

McKeNzIe and EmIlY on the LaDyBuG bOp:

This was one of the rides that McKenzie cryed on last year. This year she was able to ride it all by herself. That was so hard, but a good MiLeStOne! So these two CuTe girls could hardly wait to get on this ride. They absolutely had a BlAsT!!! Good job McKeNzIe and EmIlY!

Here is a video that I tried to get of these 2 CuTeSiE girls. I really tried, it's not the best, but here you go.

I promise to work on my video taping skills! Sorry if you got dizzy from all of the up and down movement!

I so wish that I could have been there to see these CuTe KiDs ride the BuMpEr CaRs! Here is a little video that Matt took:

Here is a pictue of McKeNzIe, EmIlY, ClArA, and MaDiSyNn. This was near the end of the night, and they are looking kind of tired!

Next up DaYliN, this cute little boy wouldn't smile for me:BrIaNnA she kept turning her head just as i would take her picture! This is the best I could do:We had a great time! We left the park around 11:30 and got home a little after midnight, and didn't get to bed until 1:00. We were so tired. We slept great, I just wasn't ready to get up to go to church. Matt hurt his back again. He was being a good Dad and wanted to hold his girls, and goof off with them while we were waiting in the lines. He had McKenzie on his shoulders, for part of the time. He had Madisynn for part of the time. I carried them a lot too. Matt said his back felt fine the entire time, and even right before we went to bed. It wasn't so good this morning though. He was hobbling with his back hunched over. He couldn't stand up straight without it absolutely killing his back. He couldn't stand the pain of walking on his feet so he started walking on his knees. It was aweful. He stayed home from church, so he could recuperate. I feel so bad because I snapped at him for hurting. I didn't mean to snap at him. I was just angry with myself for not bringing in our stroller, and for not telling matt to stop lifting the girls. How can you tell a Father that just wants to goof off with his kids to stop lifting them, and holding them. It's hard. =( So I went to church with the girls we barely made it for the Sacrament. After the sacrament meeting our home teacher came up to me and asked if he could come visit us today. I said sure, and then asked if he would give Matt a blessing. After church was over, and we got home Matt was asleep on the couch. I got the girls out of their church clothes, and changed myself and then went and woke him up to let him know that our home teachers would be coming and that they were going to give him a blessing. He was happy that I had asked. Matt still looked miserable when I woke him up. So our home teachers came and gave matt a blessing. It was a good blessing. I was happy they came! Matt started to feel better a little while after they left. He slept some more, well a lot more. He needed it! When he woke up he felt lot's better. I'm so thankful. I hate when he hurts his back, I start to worry about everything when that happens. I'm just greatful that he had a day to be able to recuperate before going back to work. He will be taking it easy, so he can continue to recuperate. You know he has been feeling great, which is why he was lifting the girls. He has been drinking this drink called Mona Vie. It has an anti inflamatory in it, and has this very important berry in it called the Acci berry. There are also I think 17 other types of fruit in this drink. It's really good for you, and has helped a lot of people with there pain, and sicknesses. I was really surprised when he woke up and he was hurting. I thought you were immune when drinking this. Nope Now we know for sure what he can and cannot do, especially with this drink. So he continueing to drink it.

We had such a great weekend. We just wish that Matt's parents and his little brother Jacob could have been here to go to Lagoon with us. We really missed them. We love you guys, and hopefully there will be another time! Oh yea we are going to go back to Lagoon on our bounce back pass in September, and probably make it a whole day. We'll see. This next time we WILL do things differently, like bringing our stroller in. No more back problems please.

Ouch Mama

Well today McKenzie experienced her first bee sting. Poor thing got stung right below her right eye. I was outside watering the dry spots on the lawn by hand, and the next thing I know McKenzie is crying. I asked her what happened as I came to her, and she said the bee hurt her. I've told her to not mess with bees because they will hurt you. She saw the bee movie, and absolutely loved it! She said she just wanted to hold it. So cute, but I don't think so. I'm so glad she didn't puff up, and I'm also glad she isn't allergic to them. I'm just sorry that she had to experience the pain. Bee stings hurt! Ouch! =(

I'm dragging....and just so exhausted...oh yeah the Heimlich maneuver too.

Man this last month I am just dragging. I have zippo energy, I'm not sleeping well. It could be the heat, it could be many things. Today was just worse than ever. Of course I went to bed late, I think I was on the verge of sleep, when the girls bedroom door bursts open. It scared me to death. Just as I jumped out of bed I saw madisynn running down the hall. I have no idea if she had a bad dream, or if she is a sleepwalker too. I called her name and she turned around and ran back to me. She cuddled me. I gave her luvs and asked if she was ok. She didn't talk but just loved me back. I asked her if she was ready to lay back down on her bed, and she instantly reached for her bed. I knew she was ok. So I layed her down, kissed her, and closed the door. She went back to sleep quickly. As for me, I don't think I really got back to sleep. I had set my alarm clock for 5:15 to get up and exercise, because I had a hair appointment at 9 am. I didn't get out of bed until 5:45. I really had to force myself. So I felt better after doing my workout, and eating, but when I actually got to my hair appointment I was so exhausted. The girl that cuts my hair is so sweet. I love that she takes her time, and that she is talkative. She always makes me feel so much better. I love getting my hair washed, and she does amazing head massage while doing it. Very relaxing. I guess she can tell that I'm always stressed when I come in. I don't know. Anyways after my hair appointment I had to run to the Good Earth store to buy some vitamins. I had talked to my sister last week about vitamins. I knew that she would probably have a good recommendation because she is the miss natural herbal queen. Not a bad thing, I'm grateful she is! I told her how I had been feeling, and she said it sounds like maybe your a little anemic. So this is what she recommended to me to buy for me, and something to buy for the kids:

So I bought them of course. Man Vitamins are so dang expensive, but if they will make you feel better than it's totally worth it. The Multi-vitamin has iron in it, so I hope it will make a difference. I thought the kid vitamins were really cute too, I hope my kids will like them. Also look at the size of these pills. I'm going to have a hard time swallowing these suckers!They are HUGE!!! Another little fact about me is that I have an extremely hard time swallowing pills. I used to do it when I was younger with no problem, but this one time my Mom choked really bad on one of her pills in front of us kids. My Dad had to do the Heimlich maneuver on her. It really freaked me out. Every time they gave the demonstration of the Heimlich maneuver in elementary school, all I would think about was choking. I would have the hardest time swallowing anything. It was a weird mental thing going on. I grew out of it, but still continue to have a hard time swallowing pills. I know that I could break the tablet up, and the gel capsule I could empty out into applesauce or something. I don't want to not try though. I need to try to swallow them normal. We'll see how it goes tomorrow. Wish me luck.

Stubborn child of mine

I dread mealtime so much at my house. It's such a pain, and stresses me out. Madisynn is so dang stubborn. If she doesn't want to eat, she won't swallow. Or if she doesn't really care for something she won't swallow. I have had her sit in her chair in the kitchen for 2 hrs. and she still wouldn't swallow the bite in her mouth. She just lets it drool out her mouth. It's so gross! I've tried bribing her, but it doesn't work. I can't let her run around with it in her mouth either because she drools it out everywhere on the floor. Learned my lesson on that one pretty quick. I'm stubborn too, and I'm not giving in. Last night she wouldn't eat her food, and she wouldn't swallow the bite in her mouth. I finally got a syringe and slowly washed it down. Usually when I do this she spits everything out. She tried to spit, but I covered her mouth and said no! It makes me so mad. so I spent the next 10 min trying to spray it to the back of her throat so she would swallow it. I won! This morning it was the same thing. she ate a little bit, and then she held it in her mouth again. I was able to slowly feed her bites, but near the end it was a battle. I won it though! Lunch was even harder too today. I lost my temper, and I feel so bad. I gave her what she didn't eat for dinner for lunch today. She ate a couple of bites, and then she really fought me. I won that battle too! I don't think it would be a problem if she didn't have such a hard time gaining weight, and being monitored because of it. If she didn't have such a hard time gaining, I wouldn't fight her, and I would send her to bed. She has a Dr's. appointment on Monday. I hope that the Dr. is pleased with her progress, and let's us off the hook. I want to follow through with this. I don't want it hanging over my head if there is something wrong with her. If you have any suggestions on how to get someone to swallow, I would really appreciate it!

A busy fun weekend

This weekend was a busy weekend for me. Friday late afternoon we decided that we were going to go buy a swimming pool for the girls, because it's been so stinking HOT. We found an awesome swimming pool at walmart for $25 I think it was. I decided I don't care, because I wanted the girls to be able to cool off, and be HAPPY. To quit complaining that they are hot and sweaty! So Yes we got an awesome pool and let them swim in it for a couple of hrs. They absolutely loved it! Here is the pool we bought: Later Matt went to work, and I had no idea what in the heck I was going to do with my night. I was so board, Nothing good was on t.v.. Didn't feel like watching a movie. I chatted online with my brother in law for awhile. I ended up going to bed like midnight or so. I really need to work on getting to bed earlier. I'm trying! Saturday I was going to wake up and exercise when Matt got home from work, but yeah that didn't happen. At least the girls let me sleep in till 8:00 or so. I really didn't want to get up when they got up. So I got up got them ready, then did a kick butt workout, and got online for little while. I ended up helping my sister in law with sharing time. I had done it earlier this month, and hey we are all on the same topic, so I just scanned my activity and emailed it to her. I was glad to be able to help her. Love you Rach. I'm glad it went well!

Let's see after that I finally let the girls get their swimsuits on again and go outside and swim while I mowed the lawn. So I mowed the lawn, and absolutely loved every minute of it. It's so relaxing! I'm just sorry that my poor grass is browning up. I'm trying to figure out a good water schedule so we aren't paying out the rear on our water bill. Our first water bill here was only $25, the second one was $50 something. I freaked out!!! No more letting our water sit for hrs. at a time. We rigged something up to be able to water the back at one time, and then the front at one time. It's working good so far.

Let's see..... oh yea Saturday was our ward dutch oven cook off. We wanted to make something, but time got away from us, so we didn't. I quick got ready for the evening since I worked out and worked outside most of the day. Afterwards I made some brownies and we left. The food was oh so good! We pigged out so much. I couldn't stop eating, and drinking. I'm surprised I didn't puke! When we left I really didn't feel like doing much, but laying on the couch like a bloated pig, and watch a movie with Matt. Again I didn't get to bed until 2 AM.

The girls got up early, and so yes I got up early. Matt didn't even move a muscle. I should have KICKED him real hard and said IT"S YOUR TURN BABE! Of course I didn't. So I made oatmeal for breakfast, and then I got ready. I asked Matt to please give the girls baths. I figured that was fair, since I had to get up early. We actually made it to church like 15 min. early. That hasn't happened in a long time. I have no idea how that happened. Matt got to pass the sacrament. If I remember right, I don't think He has done that since he was younger. I'll have to ask him again. Church was good! The kids were good! We went home had a light lunch because we were going to his Aunt and Uncles house out in Draper for a family get together.

His grandparents were visiting from Nauvoo, and it's been a long time since everyone has been able to see them. So a family get together was a good thing. Oh it was a good thing too. It was great to visit with the family again. It was actually one of the best visits I've had with Matt's aunts and uncles and cousins. I actually felt like I belonged. It was good. The food was oh so good again too. Aunt Thailene made these shredded bar b q pork sandwiches. Oh they were so yummy! I'm going to get the recipe from her! I again ate like a pig, until I was ready to puke! Surprisingly enough I didn't.

As we were leaving to go home we decided that since we were so close to the Draper Temple that we would go and drive up and see it. They aren't through building it, but it's beautiful so far. It will be even more beautiful once they finish the steeple. I love going and seeing the temples! I can't wait to be able to go to this one once it's dedicated! We also decided to look at some of the homes that were being built around the temple, and the ones that were already built close by. OK huge massive homes people. I couldn't believe it. There was this one that looks like a castle it's huge! It's going to be beautiful once it's done being built. I should have taken a picture, but I was bloated still! We'll have to drive back up there and take a picture when it's done being built. So we went home after that, put the girls to bed, and Matt and I stayed up to watch the Mummy Returns, since we had watched The Mummy the night before. I was up until 1:00. I tell you I'm doomed to always be tired. It's all my fault. It's just hard to sleep when the husband is gone. I hate it. I hate having him work graves, I feel like he's deployed all over again. It's a job and it's paying the bills, so I have to accept it for now.

Today was such a hot hot day. I was totally drained of all energy. I did a workout, spent time with the girls, I showered, but I didn't get all the way ready. I fed the girls lunch at 2:00 and put them down for naps after I read a couple of stories to them. I fell asleep too. I was only going to take a quick nap, but that turned into an hr. or so. Good thing Matt called me, because I then realized that I had to make dinner for someone in the ward who had broken her leg, and her husband who had knee surgery earlier in the week. That's a bad combination! I feel so bad for them. I was happy to help out in any way that I could. So while I made dinner, Matt took the girls outside to swim. then took the dinner with my helper Kristine, got home and made our family dinner. I was sweating so bad, I finally gave in and turned the AC on. We've really been trying so hard to save money. I miss being able to crank the AC whenever we felt like it, and watering are lawn constantly. Living on a military base really does have it's benefits!!! I miss that part of it so much! Anyways so that was my weekend and Monday. I'm drained!

Here are a couple video's of the girls playing in their new swimming pool. I couldn't get Madisynn to go down the slide though. I tried. =)

A day at the park

Today started off with me doing some workouts. I did Ab Jam, Turbo Jam, and Turbo sculpt. I'm glad I did it and accomplished something. I had to be ready to go to the park later on, so I had to get stuff done early. going off track just for a second. I have to say I'm so excited! I've made some friends here! Yay!!! Anyways one of them really reminds me of my friend Heather. You know if she reminds me of Heather she's a good person! Love you Heather, and miss you! So today we went to the park with her 4 kids, and my 2 kids. This is something neat that I've never heard of. The school's do sack lunches for the kids everyday during the summer. So we went, the kids didn't want to wait in line for their lunches, they just wanted to run around and play. We finally made it to the front of the line, and the lady hands my kids their lunch and goes to hand one to the kids behind me. I told her I wanted one, she mumbled something to me, and handed me the lunch. I didn't think anything of it until I reached the end where you grab your drink. There was a lady sitting at a table with money and a notepad. I didn't realize I had to pay for mine, I thought it was for everyone. Ok I'm a little slow... I won't be buying it again. I'll bring my own food next time, or I'll wait till I get home to eat. The lady that mumbled to me, was probably mumbling that I had to pay for it. I should have asked... oh well. So we ate our food, and the kids went to play. They were having lot's of fun! Then as I'm talking Madisynn escaped my eye view. She had ran toward the swings, and I turned just as a boy that was swinging plowed Madisynn over with his feet right into the right side of her face. Poor thing! It scared me to death. It wasn't the boy's fault, he couldn't stop. He felt bad, and said he was sorry. I swear she flew 5 feet or so, when he hit her. She is just so tiny and petite. She screamed, and cried, but she eventually got over it and wanted to go play somemore. The kids didn't want to leave the park when it was time to go. McKenzie and Madisynn were both crying, and Jacoy's youngest girl I can't remember her name right now was crying also. I told the girls that they could play outside when we got back home for awhile. That did the trick! It didn't last long when we got home, because it was really hot outside, and the trampoline was hot, and the swingset was hot, so we went inside and read stories. Then I put them down for a nap, and now they are waking up so I should finish and post.

My little Maddie Moo Moo, I love you so!

Silly Girl!

McKenzie is a silly little girl! She is a little Dennis the menace though. Speaking of Dennis the menace this picture reminds me of a part in the movie where Dennis is playing with Mr. Wilson's false teeth and he breaks the 2 front teeth out. He then replaces them with Chiklets. Then Mr. Wilson has to get a picture taken and the photographer is trying to get him to smile, and then Mr. Wilson finally does. His teeth looked just like these ones minus the bunny lip. I don't know why it reminded me of that movie, it just did. I guess I just had the movie on my mind. I love that movie it cracks me up! It's a family favorite, and we are always quoting it.

101 things about me, & my 101 blog post!

I thought it was funny that this just so happened to be my 101th blog post, and that I was doing a 101 things about me. Thank you Shaina and Jen for getting me so hooked on blogging and starting my own blog. I have really enjoyed it! So anyways a couple of my friends have done this 101 things about me post, so I thought I would try. I've been working on it here and there when I had time, but today I decided to really sit down and think the best that I could. So here it goes.

1. I was born on Mother's Day 1980
2. I'm the spitting image of my Dad. when I was a baby my parents took me to a county fare, I was in my car seat. They met up with some friends who had never seen me before. They lifted up the blanket and the guy said oh hi little Van! So cute!!!
3. I hate clowns, especially Ronald McDonald, and IT!!! They scare the crap out of me! I can't even walk by a rain gutter without thinking of IT.
4. I'm very OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) I think I've calmed down a bit, but it's still there.
5. I love to organize, I think I'm a lot like Monica off of friends in that way!
6. I love to balance the checkbook, it makes me feel good!
7. I have a learning disability. It just takes a long time for me to grasp the concept of things sometimes.
8. I hate that I have a low self esteem
9. I hate that I worry about what people think of me
10. I love my husband, and that he tries.
11. I sleep walk and sleep talk. I have done some pretty crazy things. Just the other night Matt said I sat up in bed and shouted wait, ran down to the front door and opened it. He didn't know If I went outside or not, but then I came back upstairs and checked on the girls then went back to bed. Crazy huh?
12. I love to exercise! There is nothing like a workout that totally kicks your butt, but makes you feel so great after doing it!
13. I'm obsessed with workout videos. My favorite is Turbo Jam! So much fun!!!
14. I took gymnastics for about 6 years. In a competition one year me and my sister both took 1st in the all around in our age groups.
15. I took dance for 2 years. We had some pretty wacky costumes, that I'm ashamed I wore. It was fun being in dace with some really good friends that I grew up with though! I miss them dearly.
16. I'm an emotional eater
17. I hate that I eat my feelings
18. I'm a people pleaser
19. I hate that I have a hard time telling people no.
20. I love my family (Mom, Dad, Brother's and sisters, Husband, kids, extended family, in laws)
21. I love that I'm closer to my family
22. I wish that Matt's parent's could be closer
23. I'm glad that my marriage is better
24. I have a hard time trusting people. I've just been hurt one to many times.
25. I'm very gullible! I swear it says my name in the definition in the dictionary!
26. I'm naive! Enough said!
27. I embarrass easily
28. I hate that my face turns red when I am embarrassed. A dead giveaway.
29. I wish I was more crafty
30. I love kids
31. I hate to watch other peoples kids. I know if I want someone to watch my kids, I have to return the favor.
32. I did daycare twice. The base CDC, and I helped a really good friend Kellie with her daycare. I was her assistant. I know that I will never do day care again. I've had enough.
33. I have 2 beautiful girls! I call them the 2 M & M girls.
34. I miss my Dad oh so much, it hurts so much. He really made me realize that family is everything.
35. It makes me sad that he's not here. I feel jipped, and I wish I could tell you why. It's not appropriate to tell it on here.
36. I'm scared to get pregnant again. I know now would not be the right time to do so.
37. I don't even know if I want anymore kids. Is that selfish and wrong of me???
38. I love my church calling! It's the first one that I've really enjoyed. I'm the primary Secretary.
39. I wish I was more outgoing.
40. I love being near my Mom. She has been about 20 min. away, and now she is moving closer to us. Just about 6 or 7 minutes away. I love it!!!
41. I don't have a best friend, it's too hard to choose from. I have met some fabulous people over the years!
42. I get attached to people easily
43. I hate goodbye's. I cried like a baby when my good friends moved, and when I moved. I cried every time I had to leave my family and come back to Cali.
44. I love doing yard work. I feel so rejuvenated afterwards!
45. I love having my own home!
46. I look forward to the day that we can afford to do the things that we want to do with our home and yard.
47. I'm very independent, I always have been.
48. I wish I could finish college, at least get my AA. It would be nice to eventually get a BA. I failed my math class 3 times. All that's holding me back is 2 math classes.
49. I'm a good listener. At one time I wanted to be a therapist. That wouldn't work though because I'm not very good at giving advice.
50. I want so badly to go to Scotland and Ireland, or just anywhere in Europe!
51. I miss my soul sisters. Heather, Brittnie, and Alysha. I think that we were destined to meet! I will always hold them dear to my heart.
52. I miss the girls from Travis AFB, they were so much fun to hang out with. I will also hold them dear to my heart.
53. I love volleyball
54. I want to join a volleyball league someday.
55. I would love to run a marathon
56. I love flowers
57. I just wish I could keep them alive
58. I hated high school. I had a friend that ruined a lot for me. It's been really hard to forgive her.
59. I hate that I'm shy
60. I have glasses, but I don't ever wear them.
61. I would get contacts, but I can't touch my eye, it grosses me out!!!
62. I hate the sound of chalk on the chalkboard, and fingernails, too. It give me the chills.
63. I hate the feel of dry dirt under my fingernails, it also gives me the chills.
64. I'm on depression medicine
65. I want to get off of it slowly
66. Ever since taking the depression medicine it has helped me with my anger and patience as well. Matt says my patience level has gone from a 2 to an 8!
67. I'm glad that I've been able to control my emotions so much better. I still have those days where I can't.
68. I had 4 dogs growing up. A cocker spaniel named champ, 1 boy beagle named jackson, and 2 female beagles named Jasmine, and Roxy.
69. We bred our beagles
70. I was there to see every liter born except for 1, because roxy had them while we were at school.
71. I hate to watch medical stuff. It grosses me out. Even if I think about it I get grossed out.
72. I passed out when my friends daughter got a catheter put in her.
73. I have never broke a bone. I should probably knock on some wood now.
74. I'm a klutz, it's amazing that I have never broken a bone!
75. I hate my feet, I wish I could grow new ones!
76. I'm glad I'm an adult, and that I can make my own decisions.
77. I wish I cooked better. I'm so grateful to my Mom, Sister Kate, and Shaina for giving me some great recipes to help me.
78. I wish I could sew.
79. I need to get a sewing machine so I could sew!
80. I love cheesy, funny movies!
81. I love to laugh
82. I love to talk. Some people wouldn't think so. Once you get me started, I don't stop!
83. Growing up we raised cows, & goats
84. I love to read
85. I wish I could concentrate more so I could read more.
86. I'm afraid of the dark
87. I hate spiders
88. I wish I had enough money to be well off.
89. I want to be able to take our kids on fun vacations
90. I can still do a back flip and a back handspring on the trampoline without it really killing me!
91. I break things easily
92. I have bad luck. For example when grabbing for an item in a stack I have to grab in the middle of it because every time I don't the item is broken and I have to return it. It's such a waste of time..
93. I love to sing
94. I love Karaoke, but it scared me to sing in front of people I don't know real well. Thanks Brittnie for getting me hooked.
95. I love peanut butter
96. I'm so grateful that I was married in the temple
97. I have read the scriptures through many times
98. I just wish that I understood them
99. I want to be a good example and do what's right. I hope that I have been so far.
100. I love watermelons. I want my kitchen decorated in them, classy and cute though. Not tacky.
101. I love lighthouses. They remind me of our savior Jesus Christ, because he like the light house gives us hope and safety, and is a guide.

I'm so glad that I did this! I challenge you all to do it if you haven't. It's amazing what you really learn about yourself. Good luck!

A day of gifts for the Man of the house

Saturday we had a primary activity. We decorated ties for the Father's for Father's Day. It was a lot of fun!!! The kids had fun, and were very creative! Even though it was fun, I was grateful when the activity was over. This is the tie McKenzie, and Madisynn made for Matt:

I thought it turned out cute! We passed the ties out during sacrament meeting so all the Dad's and boys that were 18 and older could wear there ties. The relief society gave the Dad's a can of Dad's root beer with a quote on it. I can't remember what the quote said, it's long gone now! Anyways it was very sweet. So here is Matt sporting his loud tie, and his Dad's root beer:

Fun, Fun, Fun!

So to my sweetheart I gave him a dutch oven. He recently said he wanted to learn how to dutch oven cook. He was excited to receive it, and this coming Saturday he will get to try it out because our ward is doing a dutch oven cook off. It should be Lot's of fun. Here is Matt with his card and dutch oven:

It was a good Father's day. Again I'm so grateful for my husband, Dad, Father in law, brothers, Grandpas, to have them in my life.

Father's day

I just wanted to wish my husband, Dad, and Father in law a happy Father's day. I love them all so much! They're great father's!!! You know I've finally come to terms with my dad's death completely, but lately I've been really missing him. I hate that I can't feel him. I hate that I can't see him. I hate that he is not here on earth anymore. I hate that I'm starting to forget about him. I hate that McKenzie is forgetting him. I hate that Madisynn doesn't know him. It just really hurts, and stinks. Last night I decided to rent this movie:

Which probably wasn't such a great idea. I never really knew what it was about. I needed a good chic flick. It was a really good movie, it just wasn't the right time to see it. I cried my eyes out from start to finish. All I could think about was my Dad and Mom through the entire movie. I was exhausted and ready for bed as soon as the movie was over. This morning I woke up with a nasty headache, from crying so much. A few years ago we gave my Dad a father's day card similar to this one.

He absolutely loved that one, so I know he would like this one! Here is also a the video tribute to my Dad that the mortuary put together for the viewing for us. I love it, and love to watch it every once in awhile. Sorry about the quality of them. I had to record the cd off of the computer and make it into 2 slide shows; because if we would have kept it one, it would have been to many MB and wouldn't have fit. Enjoy! Happy Father's Day to everyone!

Neighbors

Today as I was mowing my lawn, I saw our neighbor come outside. I smiled at her, and was going to wave, but she wasn't looking at me. I would have shouted hi, but the lawnmower was on and really loud. I decided to make another lap around the front yard and if she was still out there I was going to go say hello. So I did my lap, and yes she was still there. So I immediately let the mower turn off and walked over and introduced myself. It wasn't so bad. She was really nice. Her name is Hilary, and she has 6 boys. 3 are from her husbands previous marriage, 1 is from her previous marriage, and they have 2 together. When she told me 6 boys, I was like I really don't know how you do that! She said I know, but they are spaced out enough that they help a lot. I told her my Dad came from a family of 6 boys. I said it's hard enough having 2 girls! They are both the biggest drama queens. I don't know if I could handle anymore children, and I would probably have another girl, so that would mean 3 drama queens. I'm thankful for what I do have though, I wouldn't trade it for anything. Anyways I met her oldest son awhile ago, and he was really nice. I don't know why it's so nerve racking to go and talk to other people. It's so hard for me. I'm so glad I did. They seem like really nice people, they take good care of their yard, they aren't loud and annoying. All pluses here! The only thing I don't like is that they are smokers. I hate the smell of cigarette smoke, it makes me sick. I'm not going to stop talking to them just because they smoke. That is so wrong. I hope to get to know them better. I love this neighborhood, it reminds me of my neighborhood that I grew up in. I hope that we will have Lot's of good memories here like I had of my old neighborhood growing up. Hopefully I can get the guts up to go and introduce myself to our neighbors on the other side of us. I just never really see them outside. I think It's easier to be outside and introduce yourself, than going and knocking on the door to introduce yourself. Anyways are you all close with your neighbors?

I'm an idiot!!!

So this last Monday we got a call from somebody in our ward. This was the day I wasn't feeling good. Well I went outside with the girls to put the sprinkler on the lawn. While I'm outside the phone rings, I wasn't about to run in and try to answer it. I probably would have puked! Anyways Matt was sleeping, I guess he decided to answer it. When I come back in he says the person that was on the phone was new in the ward and they were doing primary sharing time, and that they wanted to come and take a picture of our family. Apparently they decided to do a slide show or something on families. I thought great idea and yea someone new in the ward! I wasn't in the mood for her to come by to take our picture. I called her back the next day when I was feeling better and said how about Wednesday. She said sure, and then I asked her if she knew how to get to my house. She said your on Interlochen right. I said no we're at and I gave her our address. I gave her directions, and said call me if you get lost. She just laughed and said I probably will be giving you a call. She was really nice. I was looking forward to meeting her today. So today I waited to get the girls and myself ready. I wanted a cute picture of our family. I didn't want a picture of the girls hair looking a mess, and have their clothes all dirty because they spilled breakfast and lunch on their clothes. Got off track here sorry, anyways about 2:05 the phone rings. I knew it was Leann, and that she was lost. I answer the phone, and she asks how are you doing? I say I'm good how are you? She says good, but lost. We start to laugh. I asked her where she was, she says some street name. I have no idea where that is. I'm like do you know where 35th south is. She had no idea. OK I'm bad with street names and directions so I was trying to make it easy for her. I said do you know where the Stake Center is? She says yes. I tell her to head for the Stake Center. I said the street out front of it is 35th south. She then says OK I'm back on Cambridge and Interlochen. Then out of thin air something clicks in my head. I realized she wasn't in our ward. She was in our old ward. I asked her to make sure of it. She said yeah I'm calling from the Country Crossing ward. I just laughed and said I'm so sorry, but we moved back in March to Magna. She was shocked Magna??? Yeah Magna! Anyways she apologized over and over to me for bothering us. I was like it was no problem! I was looking forward to meeting someone new! And to getting our picture taken! She then said well I could come and take your picture still if you want me too. I said no that's OK, we took a picture with our own camera right before you called. She then says I asked the primary teachers if everything was current on the lists, and they all said yes. That really surprises me! You think our names would be crossed off on the rolls. I guess not though! Anyways after the conversation was over with I realized I knew who this woman was. I just can't believe it didn't click until now. I'm such an idiot! I was so looking forward to meeting someone new, and making a new friend. sigh sigh sigh.....

Here is a pic of muah the idiot:

I think my eyes are pretty though! don't you think so too????

Here is the family picture:

of course Madisynn's eyes were closed! Every single picture we took, her eyes were closed. This was the best picture out of the bunch!

Here is a picture of the two little M&M girls:

2 peas in a pod they are!

Here is a picture with the girls:

We were being silly, and they were having fun!

Last but not least here is a picture with me and my Matthew Machonahottie:

My little bro Quinn has a girlfriend that calls Matthew Machonahey Matthew Machonahottie. I absolutely loved that, so now I have to call Matt that now!!! Lot's of fun! Have a good day. =)

It finally happened...

Well it finally happened, this big screen t.v. has finally gone kaput. The projector screen inside has gone out. We've had Lot's of good memories of this t.v. Lot's of family gatherings. Anyways It's really old... my Dad won it back in the early 90's. It's gone through 3 moves. It's been doing some weird random things, but then it would go away. I've been wondering how much longer it would last. I would love to get it fixed, just for sentimental reasons, but it's not going to happen. This t.v. belongs to my Mom, but we were just holding onto it for her until she got a place that would be big enough for the t.v. and entertainment center. A basement to be more precise. Any who so Matt and I moved the broken t.v., made some adjustments to be able to put our t.v. under the entertainment center upstairs. So here is what that looks like now, it's different and not as nice as when the big big screen t.v. was there.

It does the job for now. I would like to save up for a nice entertainment center to go with this t.v. when my Mom gets her place and takes this entertainment center back. Here is a pic of the entertainment center downstairs where this t.v. was. We put a different t.v. in there, and wow what a big difference! oh well it works doesn't it??? The t.v. could be smaller!

Feeling under the weather

I don't know what my problem was yesterday, but I felt so nauseous all day long. I also felt like I was going to pass out. I had zippo energy. It was weird. I felt fine when I woke up. I ate breakfast, and then about an hr later started to feel yucky. It would go in spurts. I would feel fine, and then nauseous, and want to do nothing but lay down. Today i feel so much better! Thank goodness!!! I wanted to get my house completely cleaned yesterday, but I just couldn't. I got some things done, like fold the laundry, vacuum, and dust. I guess I get to clean the rest of my house today. Yesterday we also received our tax stimulus, you think that would have got me feeling better. I didn't even tell Matt until later in the afternoon. I just didn't want to talk. Today it makes me happy that we got it, it will really help! My Mom came by yesterday to drop off matt's last pay check from Integracore, a dinky $45 oh well $45 is $45. Anyways I'm so glad she came, that made me feel better! At least for a little while anyways. The bottom line of this post is: I hate feeling crappy! I'm glad I feel great today!

The miracle worker

Behind her eyes is the power to change the world.
Plot:A television remake of William Gibson's classic play about Annie Sullivan's efforts to draw Helen Keller from her world of darkness and silence.

We watched this yesterday. Oh it was soooo good! I loved it! I've heard of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan, but It never clicked about how bright Helen Keller is, and how hard it must have been for Annie Sullivan to teach her. If you haven't seen this, I suggest that you do, it is just an amazing movie!

Babies aren't they just so sweet?!!

Today we had the privilege of going to see this cute little guy be blessed. This little guy is my nephew, cute isn't he? Trace Curt was born on May 5th. He is so sweet, and very calm! It was fun to see my brother Chris, his wife Sarah, and their kids again. It's been a couple of months since I saw them last. Maybe now that they have had Trace we might get to see them more often. I think the next time we see them might be the 4th of July weekend. There is nothing like fireworks in Evanston. It's crazy!!! I'm really looking forward to it!!!