Young Women's Temple Trip

I had such a great time at the temple with our Young Women. I just thought that I would share some of the photo's.

Temple Trip With the Young Women

Scranton...

Please tell me that you love The Office. And if you don't love it, please try to love it. And if you do love it, please try to love it more.

I LOVE THE OFFICE!!! Probably my favorite show of ALL time.

Watch this SNL Skit...Hilarious!



Okay, you can thank me now!!!

Toilet Paper in Surplus

Okay apparently I was not suffereing from a Toilet Paper shortage...I was only suffering from a BLIND 4 YEAR OLD.

What I failed to mention was that the closet with the toilet paper was only a few feet away from my bathroom throne my tush was perched upon, and rather than risk dripping (yes, I used the word dripping...so sick) urine on my bathroom floor, I trusted the judgement of a 4 Year old to tell me that we were out of TP. Upon later inspection, and after a trustworthy comment on my first post from Kimm, I checked the closet for myself and found in plain sight...Toilet Paper in Surplus.

Cold bunners for NOTHING.

Stupid, Blind Dylan

But in his defense, he has puked 16 times in the last 3 days and neither one of us has had any sleep. So maybe I should add...

Stupid, Blind & Tired Mom & Dylan

Real Men Do Cry...

My little Brother Dustin just finished his first year in Medical School. I hope he won't get mad, but here is a little email he sent my mom...I can' t tell you how glad I am that I am not the one having to study. (I love you Dustin, and I am so proud of you...)

~Written by my Brother Dustin~

Mom, you are such a heaven-sent angel for helping me on this...
I just walked out of my last final of my first year of med school, and went in the bathroom and was fighting tears. I've had 9 finals, 2 papers, and a presentation in the past 8 days. I didn't go to sleep last night. 2 hours of sleep the night before. 1.5 the night before that. And about 3 or 4 the nights before those. Probably showered every third day. A neck beard that won't quit. I've been on the verge of a breakdown literally everyday, wondering how I could possibly be ready for the next exam, or even stay awake to study. And I've gotten an A on every final so far (today's hasn't been graded). It's an absolute and perfect miracle and I just can't stop thanking God. Maybe the most I've ever been pushed in any endeavor, and I've come out of it... and just wanna cry for some reason. And thank the Lord. Such a miracle. God is so good.
Love you!
Dustin

Alright, these pictures are both goofy, but come on...he is cute! (I love you Dustin!!! You are Quite the Panther.)

(He is living in Utah for the summer and then back to Arizona in the fall...so if you know any cute single girls...let me know. He is quite the catch if I say so myself! This email wasn't meant as a plug but hey...why not?)

Bottoms Up!

There is no toilet paper in my house, no paper towels...& no napkins.

I had to resort to using these...

Can I say COLD !!!

And we wonder why our babies scream when we use them!!!

Burrrrrrrrrrrrh!

Just The Girls...

Guess Where I was over the weekend?

Guess Who I was with?

I will tell you soon...

~In the Meantime~

Scott Found this in Dylan's Pants Yesterday...

I think that it may or may not belong to someone who stayed at my house over the weekend while I was away. You know who you are...are you missing 100 bucks?

(24 hours and then it is mine so you had better claim it!)

I should also inform you all that...

If you weren't at this party, you missed the most fun I've had in...a LOOOONG time.

(I'll post about this soon...don't miss me. I'll be back next week!)

Early Mother-In-Law Tribute...

Happy Mother's Day!

Here is an intro to my mother-in-law Shawna. She is loud, she is fun and she is full of energy. Watch this video and you will see what I'm talking about.

Here is Shawna performing a gymnastics's floor routine!

And you wonder where my kids get it!

Anyway, I love her dearly and am so grateful for not just a great mother-in-law, but a great friend. So to you Shawna...thanks for all you do. We love you, the kids love you and we can't wait to see you again. (String bikini's and tractors baby!)

Dylan and G-Ma...

Best Buddies!

My Week In Review...

Well, here is a rundown of my week at large...

Scott sent me flowers to congratulate me on my 1/2 Marathon and to remind me how totally Awesome he thinks I am. Thanks Honey Dew!

This week was also a test run on living the lifestyle of a FLYlady.

I'll be honest with you, I haven't been able to keep up with them 100%, but I definitely got a lot more accomplished than I normally do, and my house stayed pretty clean.

I even got up the courage to clean out my pantry.

Take a look at the Outback Steakhouse bag of potatoes. This is pretty frightening. Those are sprouts off the potatoes growing out of the bag. Yep, I could plant an entire potato field with that bag of potatoes.

I also experimented with getting up early. I went for a run with my friend Melanie (who doesn't have a blog...what is wrong with her?) This run will have a post of it's own. Anyway, I got home from my run and felt like a Flylady and made my kids waffles. The waffles were starting to get cold and still no sign of the kiddies, so I had to wake them up. Yes you heard me right...I woke my kids up. (This should be outlawed) But I documented their complete surprise and confusion at a hot breakfast and a mom that was up and awake before them.

I also made the fatal mistake of buying my kids Harmonica's. As Kate would call them, 'mama, where is my monica?'

This has proven to be Audible Suicide and I will never forgive myself...although I did take 4 online harmonica lessons yesterday, practiced for an hour, and can now play a killer Three Blind Mice, Amazing Grace, and Pop Goes the Weasel.

Yes, I do find delight in acquiring new musical talent. Especially when it can be mastered in 1 hour.

Other news: Kate has recently become a very naughty, destructive 2 year old. She will not go to bed or take naps.

She tries to be sneaky. Here she is waving her hand through the doorway.

Step one: Wave your hand up and down to see if anyone is paying any attention to you. If you don't hear your mom screaming...proceed to step two.

Step Two: Peek around the corner and try to get eye contact. Reach for your mom and give her your cutie smile and see if she screams. If no screaming proceed to step 3. If screaming occurs abort mission and run.

Step Three: Go for it. Just push through that door and know that you are almost there. A few more steps and a little eyelash batting and you just might win. I think mom is giving up the fight.

Yep, it looks like you are going to win...

Sweet Success!!! Let's be honest, she wins 9 times out of 10.

Okay, so notice the above pink blanket that she is clutching as a cherished friend.

Well, the other day I found Kate with a pair of scissors, cutting up her favorite blanket .

She was so not happy with me when I made her bag it and throw it in the trash can.

Cross your fingers that she learned her lesson!!!

Okay, and here is a really gross photo of ants.

NO!!!! Those ants were not in my Potato Pantry!

These ants were in the front of the city swimming pool when I took pictures of our YW the other night. GROSS!!

**** I WON A CONTEST****

Okay Everybody, I won a contest in March and wanted to show you what I won.

The Fabulous Company Writing On The Wall

Picked my quote and Word of the Year as the winner!

Make sure that you check out her fabulous vinyl signage.

I want to say a BIG, HUGE Thank you to Lauralee for picking me!

My Word of the Year is SHINE! I wanted to remember not to hide my light under a bushel.

And My quote of the year is...

I am already discovering that I can do things that I am scared of. I mean I never would have thought that I could run 13.1 miles. But I did. Don't let the fear of failure stop you. Give it a try!

I want to also thank KRISTI

for the best blog around. She has such great idea's and such fun giveaways. Thanks ladies for my great Vinyl Signs. I am continually inspired my by signs everyday!