My Turn

I thought that since I have been doing these tributes to my children on their first day of school, I mine as well do one to myself! I am going back to school tonight and let me tell you I am right now, this very minute, PETRIFIED!! I now think that this might have been a mistake, and if I wasn't as old as I am I would be crying to my mother to please not make me go. So if any of you call me or try to contact me in any way and I don't answer than you know that I ran away and might possibly never return! GOOD LUCK TO ME!



My stylin back pack that I think is going to make me look really cool. (Yes, I know, most people could care less about what your bag looks like, but mine will be the exception).
Me REALLY REALLY excited. (Can't you tell)?

HIgh School

High School Tag (Thanks a lot Jen. You probably know all the answers and just wanted me to have to admit it to everyone)

1. Did you date someone from your school? I dated people that had at one point gone to my school, but had graduated a couple years before me!

2. What kind of car did you drive? Two, one was a jeep wrangler, then I wrecked my dads car so ,he made me drive a chevy truck. That truck was awesome!

3. Were you a party animal? No

5. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? No

6. Were you a nerd? Depends on who you ask

7. Were you on any varsity teams? No

8. Did you get suspended/expelled? One day from seminary!

9. Can you still sing the fight song? Never knew it to begin with

10. Who were your favorite teachers? I blocked them all out of my head!

11. Where did you sit during lunch? We left school or we sat by my locker

12. What was your school's full name? Pleasant Grove High School

13. School mascot? I think the Vikings

14. If you could go back and do it again, would you? If I knew what the outcome would be then sure

15. What do you remember most about graduation? Leaving and never having to go back

16. Where did you go senior skip day? Honestly can't remember. Must not have been that exciting

17. Were you in any clubs? No

18. Have you gained some weight since then? Ha Ha more than I care to admit

19. Who was your prom date? I went to 4 proms. Jordan, John, Jessie, and I can't not for the life of me remember the name of the other guy. Sorry to whoever you are

20.Are you planning on going to your 10 year reunion? It was this year and I did not go and probably will never go. Unless I become famous, lose all the weight, marry Brad Pitt, and am worth more than 20 million dollars. Then maybe I would consider it. MAYBE

1ST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN

Tan starts kindergarten today and I have never seen a little boy more excited. He was up at six and he has not stopped asking when he gets to go to school. He was ready when we dropped his brother off and was devastated to learn he had to wait a couple more hours. And this is a little boy who I have been so nervous about starting. He is very quiet and shy and actually is ok to play by himself. I realized this morning that he doesn't mind all this. He doesn't care that he plays by himself, to him, he prefers it that way. So I may not need to worry about him in school after all. (Cross fingers)!

I'm going to miss him in the afternoons when it was just him and I. It might actually be a little lonely. Not lonely enough to stop giving Lexie naps, but just lonely enough to ache when I think of him in school, sitting at his little table, learning all his exciting new things. So, good luck Tanner I know that you are going to do great!




Isn't he adorable? Can you see why I am going to miss him?

DOGGY DILEMMA

LUCKY (MY DILEMMA)


I first off want to start by saying that I really do love this dog. With that being said, does anyone want her? She is like having another child! She is frusturating, annoying, sweet and cuddly all at the same time. And now I am trying to house train her. We have had her for almost four months and I thought that I was doing pretty good. I am pretty good at being inconsistent, and letting her get away with things, and sometimes just not caring when she has an accident. Yes, I will clean it up, but that is the extent of it. But I decided that I was going to change and be better at punishing her, and being consistent with her. I was doing really well (I thought). The first day went great, the second day even better. And then the third day hit. She pooped 3 times in one room and while I was cleaning the mess up, I felt that my hand was becoming more and more wet. I look down to realize that the hand I am using to hold myself upright is laying in pee! Right then and there I came to a conclusion. I think that I am going to give up my new method and go back to being inconsistent. It seemed to work a lot better!

BACK TO SCHOOL BLUES

Parker got on the bus today and before he left he asked me if I would be waiting for him when he got off. This brought back so many fears that I had when I was going to school.

I would cry myself to sleep every year the night before school started. I was so worried that I wouldn't have anyone to eat lunch with, or have any friends at recess. And who was I going to sit by in class? Once I got to school I was fine, but I have realized that I now worry about these same things with my own children.

If you know Parker, you know that he is very sarcastic, playful, full of energy, and friendly. Yet, I still have the fear that he will eat lunch alone, play alone, or sit alone. I know that it probably won't be the case. I'm just sad that I won't get to be there to correct him when he does somthing wrong, or praise him when he does a good deed, or sit and smile as I watch his little mind work. I just now need to hope that I have raised him right (probably not), and wish that everything we have taught him up until now will stick with him.

So the answer is YES Parker I will be waiting at the bus stop for you with the biggest hug and hoping that maybe you might need one too.

LEMONADE STAND

What do you do when you have an 8 year old, two six year olds, a five year old, and a three year old come upstairs and say they want to have a lemonade stand and they want you to make cookies for it? You send your older sister to go buy $25 worth of candy, set it up for them, and wait for the cash to roll in! An hour later we came home with two screaming kids, hot and tired children, and two defeated parents who only made $6 back (two dollars of that being my own money)! So the lesson is if your children come to you with this same idea, walk away fast!



Setting up for the fun
Cousin Maddie waiting for our first customer
Aunt Lindsay looking very HOT
Daddy coming to save the day! (hence the two dollars)
Driving home from their long hard day of work

GOODBYE SUMMER

We love Summer around here, and we are so sad to see it come to an end. Parker and Tanner are starting school Monday, I start in a week, and are busy life will come back once again. We will miss you summer especially when I am trying to dig us out of three feet of snow.


This is Lexie being bored as we wait for a key to be brought to us. We were locked out of our condo in Park City and she was not happy.

Parker riding a bike that is probably for two year olds but all the kids had a great time with it.
Lexie getting whatever she wants from her Uncle Brad and Aunt Sonja.
The kids found a merry go round which they had a ball with trying to see who could push them the fastest.
Tanner hiding his face because he was crying for the 5th time that day and mom wanted to capture the true Tanner. He got mad and wouldn't show his face.

OUR TRIP TO PARK CITY

This past week my whole family stayed in Park City. My older sister is here with her family from England so we wanted to take the opportunity to go somewhere with everyone. We had a great time riding the zip line and the coaster. The kids went swimming a lot and the whole family had a great time! Can't wait to do it next year.


Tanner eating his much beloved spaghetti after a long day of swimming


Lexie sleeping while mom is trying to beat her sister at the Wii
Tanner being Tanner
All of us swimming with the whole family




Most of the grandkids with their Aunt Angie. Uncle Tony is in there somewhere

Is she ready?

If you know Lexie you will agree when I say she is determined, independent, and free-spirited. So naturally potty training is not going so well. She is determined to stay in diapers, independent from my pleadings, and free-spirited enough to not care.! So is she ready? The consensus is, probably NOT!

Welcome

Welcome to my new blog. Here you will get to hear all about my trial and tribulations as I take care of my three adorable children, the ups and downs of marriage and one non-potty trained puppy. And now I am going to try and go back to college to get my degree. Sadly, I'm not worried about how hard the classes are going to be. I'm more worried about if my clothes are going to be in style and if my backpack is cool enough!