First snowfall!

The first big snowstorm hit!! My kids couldn't wait to get out there and play! Kaydee said "i'll make sure I don't eat the yellow snow k mom?" so cute. Haidyn still wanted to mow the lawn (I hope he still wants to do that when hes older!) I love watching their faces light up when they roll around in it. I remeber how much I used to love the snow. Some how the older I get the less fond I've become of it. I guess you don't relize all the work that goes into dressing three kids then an hour later stiripping off layers of clothes and trying to get those pink faces and hands warm. What fun for them. Now time for some hot chocolate (if i only had Kristy's cocoa maker haha)

Christmas dance recital

My girls have had their first dance recital, We had the oppurtunity to watch them perform at the Christmas gift show at the expo center. I was so amazed at how well they did in front of the crowd even being a little nervous! I was worried how they would do because i asked Taylor over and over to show me and she was reluctant to practice in front of me. Mckaydee has always had a nack for free style and I was worried Taylors rythum would be a little off but, she NAIELD it front and center. All the other girls were following her lead. She had a smile on her face the entire time! How proud I am of them. I was tickled pink. Kaydee was funny after her dance she admitted to me she was nervous infront of all those people but she overcame her fear and danced her little heart out! We are changing Dance studios in January to give the girls a little more challenging routines. They will be starting at Center Stage where many dancers from Dancing with the stars has danced! (including Marie Osmond!) Im excited to see what this next year will bring!! I love you my little ballerinas!!

Here is Taylor starting it off Kaydee is to the left!!

Birthday boy

Baby Killian has just turned one!! He is such a doll I just wanted to tell him how happy I am that he is in my life. I have been tending him while his mamma works at provo craft. I can proudly say im his second momma. He will go to me over everyone else (if sis is not around!) and I love it. He has helped to curb my baby hunger. he is such a peanut but doesn't let it stop him. He loves the chaous of my house and want to be like the big kids!! I love you lil KK and know you will grow into such a carasmatic and mystivous young man. xoxoxox know that your mom loves you very much and is always there to protect you. She worries that sometimes shes not a good mom (like most of us) but I know your father in Heaven has sent you down to her because she is so attentive and loving to you. Always be a good boy and try not to cause her too much grief. I have a feeling you wil be pretty adventerous as you get older and that just might give her a heart attack. much love myy lil man!

I have been having so much fun making tutus. I have started to sell them and I've called my new little bussiness Precious Additudes! My Taylor was kind enough to model one for me, she is where I got the name because she does have such a precious additude! I hope to make a little extra money and grow bigger so i can do tutu parties! wouldn't that be fun!!

Vader

This is our newes edition to our family!! His name is Vader we inherited him from my sis Kami who couldnt take care of him they way she wanted to! He is a mix of terrior and chiuaua. he was the only fluffy one of the bunch! he is so cute and cuddly he is really quiet and the kids love to haul him around. He is so funny he hops around instead of runs! he will snuggle up in a corner or just put himself in his crate for a nap!! Ella has just taken to him she has been his surrogant mother and watches to make sure he is alright. I love this lil pup!

ok so Halloween totally snuck up on me this year, but never the less it was a blast!! we took the kids to see all the whitches at Gardner Village and it was such a beautiful day! lil monster even got hot!! so I had two Fairy princesses (with out wings! I could not find any to save my life!) Thanks anyway Sis for calling around! and a lil stinker!! he was so cut he would say "pee-ewww I stinky!!" I have always loved Halloween. This year we did the famous hommade chilli and breadsticks and got to visit with are fam. The kids got totally loaded up on sugar wich i guess is expected and came home and crashed!! Tom always had the great responsibility of carving the pumpkins as I am too whimpy and cant get them cleaned all the way! oh well i guess taking picks is a good job too!! I love you sweet babies never loose your sense of adventure!!

Daddy Daughter date!!

Taylor had been telling everyone that she was going to go to Chilli's with Tom for dinner for her birth-day. She has been such a good girl and so helpful that we decided we would suprise her and Tom asked her out on a date! She was so excited Tom had given her a corsauge to make it official! I don't know why she wanted to go to Chilli's so bad, I guess because when me and Tom go for dinner (very rarely) we end up at Chilli's so I guess she thought it was a pretty special place. so cute. She had Tom's outfit picked out and everything, such a girl. She wouldn't let him wear it until the went because it was on reserve!She thought she was the cats meow! Tom let her order anything she wanted and even let her get desert. He said when they brought out her Ice Cream Cake her eyes just got huge! I think It was really special because Tom has been working so much they don't get to spend as much time together. She is such a Daddy's girl and always has been. I can't say she has bad taste in men! LOL . Now Mckaydee's ready for her turn! Guess where she wants to go? I.H.O.P shes so easy to please!! I just love my girls. Happy dates for now, I have a feeling it wont be so easy girls when you get older. Daddy will be hard for the boys to impress!!

Cookie monsters!!

Today we got down and dirty making our favorite Halloween treats. Sugar cookies that the kids had a blast decorating. Even baby killian,(he likes throwing everything off the table!) Kristy got a Boo flyer on her door with some treats so she had to make some to put at her neighbors house. So i guess I got conned into it! (she really didn't have to try to hard!) I can't believe how much fun they all had and how creative they were with there cookies. I am not one for messes and let me tell you I was cleaning up green frosting for days! I laughed every time I opened up the cookie bin and each of my kids new exactly wich of the cookies were theirs! I cant even remember what I did yesterday!! haha so on with the Halloween Festivities!! We ended the night with some fine lookin vampires! I was laughing so hard they all looked so silly with those big teeth. Tom and Kelly were even disscussing if they could be eatin. Oh what fun conversations!! Yeah For HALLOWEEN!!

8 Things I'm passionate about:
1. my children
2. my family
3. meditation
4. hair
5. giving to those in need
6. cleaning (I know I know I'm weird)
7. Learning new things
8. angels

8 Words or phrases I say often:

1. good morning sunshine!
2. are you having issues?
3. luvs
4. little monkey butt!
5. honey
6. It's nighty nighty time for you...(and it goes on!)
7. goober
8. do-be-do!

8 Things i want to do before I die:
1. See my babies graduate
2. See my babies confidant and self-reliant
3. get a boob job (i know superficial)
4. not live pay check to pay check
5. travel to exotic places
6. have a full clientele
7. become a reiki master
8. sit on a porch swing and look back with no regrets with my soul mate!

8 Things I have learned from my past:
1. the squeeky wheel gets the greese.
2. I don't have babies I have monkey's
3. you only get out of life what you put into it.
4. if you dont relax you will become nurotic (still working on that one!)
5. people you love the most can be taken from you in a blink of an eye.
6. those people will still have an effect on you.
7. you never know who is watching....make sure its something good!
8. take each day at a time it may be all you have time for!

8 places I would love to go or see:
1. cruise ship
2. wisconsin in the summer to see Steph
3. France
4. Heaven (not to soon though)
5. Vegas hair show
6. sugarland concert
7. cabo
8. the temple

8 things I currently need or want:
1. money
2. lots of money
3. a new car
4. lipo and a boob job
5. more energy
6. self enlightenment
7. a live in maid
8. a day off!! hahaha

I tag kristy!( steph already did it and at this time thats all on my list!! hehe

The ZOO!

The kids LOVE the zoo. This was the perfect day it wasn't to hot and most kids were in school so it wasn't too crowded. My aunt Patty was here for a couple of weeks and we wanted to take all the kids so we loaded up and off we went. Taylor was in school and she wasn't very happy she missed it when she got home!the kids sat on the elephant it made sneezing noises and sprayed water at them. they are all watching to see the spray. They have really done a lot of work to the zoo it is looking really nice. They have added a carosel the kids were so excited. Baby KK was too nervous to sit on one of the animals by himself so grandma decided to get on one with him. He loved it. I loved seeing my mom up there!! haha. I love watching how much they love the different animals and seeing them learn about them. My favorite is the monkey's I would love to take one home! I figure I raise monkey's anyway so it would feel right at home!!

Its crazy how I am reminded every day that these little beings that I care for are growing so fast right before my eyes, Even though the mundane chores of the day are tiresome and I am often tried beyond what I think I can bear, It only takes one small moment or a song that brings floods of emotions of them going to be on there own. Now i know they are only 6,5 and 3 but it seems as though every morning they have grown a little slowly changing into the adults they will one day become and i remember that my most important job is them. I hope that even with my many mistakes they will grow into confident and well adjusted people. It amazes me the heart ache I have knowing I will be leaving them in a few short weeks when I go to oklahoma to visit my aunt for a week. I have never left my children for that long ever!! I know I will have fun but some how a mothers worry never leaves! I dont think I will beable to totally relax. I just hope they know how important they are to me and how much I love them, They bring such joy to my life. They are doing so many fun things and I wonder what new changes I will see when i return! I am eternally greatfull.

Dancing Queens!

Today was the girl's first dance lesson. I didn't think that I would be as excited to see them go as I was. It was an all day event! Kristy and I went to register them with our boys (who were not as excited to be there!) and then we were off to shop for the perfect outfits! Kristy has danced her way through life and was determind to get my girls involved! we went to Target where we had nasty lunch and no luck with clothes or shoes! We had to find black all leather Ballet shoes and oh by the way none of the Paylesses in utah county carry them!! so off we were to Jordan Landing we went! where Kristy had found adorable skirts and shirts for the girls at carters~! (and she had a coupon that was burning a hole in her pocket!!LOL! Thankfully there was a Payless nearby with an abundance of black ballet shoes!! We were in bussiness!! (good thing too because we only had 15 min to be home before the girls got off the bus!) we got them dressed and headed out! We were the only mom's poking our heads through the window to catch a glimpse of the girls in action!! Im sure the teacher just loved us! They are taking a combo of jazz,tumbling,and ballet! they will be performing twice this year! so I'm sure there will be many more dance pics!! I decided we needed a little photog shoot when they got home and the girls were a little tired from the day so they were a little hard too work with! Mckaydee was showing her exhaustion by wanting to be asleep in every shot!! haha those girls keep me on my toes!! Thank you Kristy for all your help!! Dance usually brings up bad memories for me. Taking kristy to and from dance always in rush hour traffic 4-5 days a week and her continuosly fliting around the house!! I had a new sense of excitement today seeinf there cute little faces lght up! Taylor was all worried she would be late she didn't want to miss out on anything!! I think this will be a new fun chapter for the girls!! Dance like no one is watching girls!!! Have fun I love you~ mom

My Ballerinas!

My Little Ballerina's!

camping with vern and patty

We had so much fun going to Vern and Patty's cabin (my best friends dad and girlfriend) . I have known Vern forever and he has kinda adopted me and my family. I think because Steph lives so far away im the closest thing to her and i appreciate that! We got to ride four wheelers and just hang out and relax. It was so beautiful up there. We stayed on the deck most of the day watching the kids play and I got fried!!! my face looked like a lobster. lol. we roasted marshmellows and made smores! mmmm. My kids absolutely love the outdoors and it was fun to just let them relax and enjoy the beauty.Taylor loves their dogs chase and bailey but, they are older and dont enjoy her carting them around as much!! we had to keep reminding her that htey were old!! she is such an animal lover! she keeps trying to convince me of getting her a fish which in most houses would be a reasonable pet! But you may not know Im deathly afraid of them!! My dad got me and my sister crayola fish tanks one year for christmas and we jammed as many little fish in there we could. I think there just wasn't enough room so when I would go to feed them some of them would jump out and I would run to the kitchen grab a spoon scoop them back up into the tank. Needless to say some of them started swimming sideways and that ws the end of my love for fish! one day maybe i will swallow my fear and suprise her with an attiquite tank with the a good lid!! haha thank you so much vern for letting us stay with you hope to see more of the cabin next year!!

My Ella

my lil Ella her story is neat one she is my chug. She is the daughter of my old chiuahua "boss" and Kristy's pug "Bailey" I had been begging Kristy with a chug ever since I can remember but she never relented until she became so tired and pregnant with killian that she said if I took care of Bailey for a few months she would let me have one!! It didn't take long for Bailey and Boss to become "stuck together" as my kids called it and Bailey was pregnant! She bacame really big and uncomfortable so we new it wasn't going to be long for the pups to be here. We had gotten a couple of opinions on how many pups she would have they all said three or four!! We got on u tube and started reading up on the birth because me and Kristy both didn't know much about it. We soon found out just how detailed and how involved we would be!! Kristy said she would volenteer moral support but I would be the one in charge of all the dirty details!! on april 22,08 Bailey went into labor about 4 in the moring. I came in her room and sat with her . She deliverd her first baby about 6:30 am a big boy who paved the way for not 3 or 4 but 8 pups!! I helped her through the whole thing helping break their bags suctioning out their little faces and tying off their cords! Bailey was such a trooper! she is a baby making machine! she had one just about every hour after she started labor sometime two at once! I didnt relize how much of a bond you can make with a dog going through a similar process to bring fourth life! I was so honord to have been there for her and in return I got to keep the runt of the litter a lil girl we named Ella (short for Cinderella) cause i thought she was going to be my little princess! I love her a ton even though at times she tries my patience!! She loves to sleep with Taylor and loves people. She is kinds a attention hog!! I didn't relize that alot of Bailey's personality traits are genetic! she didn't get much of Boss's quiteness. the girls got alot of personality, she just wouldn't fit in our family if she didn't! we love you Ella!

THE CIRCUS

Just wanted to take a few moments to express my love for my kids. I was so excited last night to have a date night while my kiddies were at the Circus.(thanks mom) and me and Tom did have have fun but I noticed myself getting ansy as the time went on watch the clock waiting for my babies to get home and tell me all about the fun time they had. They got home at 10:30 and were tuckerd out I got haidyn out of the car and he said "nigh night mommy" so I new he was a gonner. They told me stories of the elephants and the Lions the looks on their faces where priceless. I loved hearing each ones randitions of what happened. Taylor the big girl she is was matter of fact and so well worded, Mckaydee told me her story in her little voice and her cute little way of saying this like poepoe instead of pillow she still has trouble pronouncing some of her letters like r it was so neat. I love these little guys and being home full time with them has allowed me to appreciate them so much more I didn't realize the little things I was missing before. I love you all my little chitlions!

Fourth of July on of my favortie holidays. Jaisen and Ryan came to visit so we got all the kids together it was so much fun. My girls really miss their cousins because they are so close to the same age. Time flies so fast and love to capture those small fun moments i will cherish. The fireworks were so fun we got to watch them from our front yard! I hope I can instill what the importance of the 4th really means to them its all carnivals and fireworks. God bless the men and women of our country fighting for all!