tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57533714449306706382024-03-13T19:59:43.565-07:00House Full of Monkeys! Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger993125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753371444930670638.post-40113800127186329712019-01-02T08:15:00.000-08:002019-01-02T08:15:20.197-08:00Interview with a 6 year old...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mom: What's on your heart?<br />
Vivian: I think about Jaden in my heart, that he is sleeping in the snow.<br />
M: Hes not sleeping in the snow, just really really cold. What happened in your day today?<br />
V: Boston was babysitting me and we maked a fort and me and Truman played Barbies. This morning I snuggled with grandpa on the couch.<br />
M: What makes you cry or makes you sad?<br />
V: When Truman pinches me really hard or when Boston bes mean to me.<br />
M: What do you dream about?<br />
V: When all of us are at DisneyWorld and then we go and swim at the ocean by it.<br />
M: What would you do if you could do anything in the world?<br />
V: GO do Disneyland and play there.<br />
M: What else?!<br />
V: Go do the cousins!<br />
M: What kinds of things make you feel loved?<br />
V: I like it when you snuggle with me. I like when you give me hugs and kisses.<br />
M: I love that too!! What is your favorite kind of food?<br />
V: Salad.<br />
M; What kind?<br />
V; Ceaser salad<br />
M: What other foods?<br />
V: Mac and Roni and Cheese!<br />
M: What do you need from me?<br />
V: I need to color with you and watch a movie with you.<br />
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M: What makes you happy?<br />
V: When I play with the cousins and when I play with you and Boston and pearce and dad and Truman and Kamryn and Jaden, and when I go on bike rides with dad and Pearcen, I'm happy when we go to the movies.<br />
M: What did you like about the last movie we watched?<br />
V: When Mary Poppins put them in the bath and they, like, and I saw the dolphins.<br />
M: Which kind of music makes you want to sing?<br />
V: Let it Go and Christmas music!<br />
M: What are the things that make you angry?<br />
V: When you tell me that I have to go outside and feed the chickens, when my room is dirty and you say I have to clean it and when my brothers tease me.<br />
M: What kinds of things do you like to talk about?<br />
V: UNICORNS! Narwhals, movies and princesses.<br />
M: What makes you afraid?<br />
V: Dark, and that's all.<br />
M: WHat's your favorite memory?<br />
V: Going on a trip.<br />
M: Which one?<br />
V: Going to the cousins and going on the trip to the beach with the baby cheetah and holding the baby tiger. I liked seeing those, like, what are they called? they was on the little thing. I can't remember it.<br />
M: What makes you laugh?<br />
V: When Pearcen does jokes to me, when Truman farts, when mom says "don't smile vivvy"<br />
M: What re the 3 most important things to you?<br />
V: Family. Dogs. Jesus.<br />
M: Those are awesome things Vivian. I love you.<br />
V: I love you<br />
M: Last question...Do you know how much I love you?<br />
V: 2 thousand, 10 thousand 10 hundred 10 hundred plus 10 hundred 10 thousand!!!!!!<br />
M: Nailed it!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753371444930670638.post-28942459468642606472019-01-01T16:51:00.001-08:002019-01-01T16:51:15.777-08:00Hardest December Ever<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This December was a less than exciting one. I spent most days wanting them to go by faster, but they didn't. It's been DECEMBER FOR SO LONG! I was so glad to wake up this morning to January! That means only 21 more days until I get to hug Jaden and have a new beginning for our relationship! He seems to be doing great...atually enjoying it out there. The trail walkers all say he's the most positive kid out there, and he sticks pretty close to them to avoid the bad talk from the other young walkers. His letters have been great. He still struggles to show emotion and feelings, but he IS a teenage boy. But both him and each member of our family has been orking on changes in our heart towards each other. We've been listening to the anatomy of peace, and working in the family "walk of WE" workbooks each morning and we've already noticed so many great changes in each of us. Jaden's letters are something I"ll treasure forever. He's such an amazing kid and I hope this adventure teaches him that so that he can't deny his potential or our love for him. I really hope we can gain a firm trust in each other and create a transparent relationship...with each member of our family. I miss him like CRAZY...like I think about him night and day and pray so many times a day for him (especially in these 2 freezing cold days), but I know that the Lord has made this possible for the benefit of our famly's peace and love. I hope this is something Jaden will always think of as an opportunity and gift, because thats where our hearts were when we chose for him to go. <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VXSoJpN4F94/XCwBfD9DXpI/AAAAAAAACl8/Mti_-Jl6GA83pbhRD80VILeij1ETdZ4OACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_6350.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VXSoJpN4F94/XCwBfD9DXpI/AAAAAAAACl8/Mti_-Jl6GA83pbhRD80VILeij1ETdZ4OACLcBGAs/s640/IMG_6350.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753371444930670638.post-21910004482879105192018-12-04T09:18:00.000-08:002018-12-04T09:18:27.488-08:00A hole<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This Christmas season I feel a hole. WE don't have our Jaden with us for 8 weeks and we are all feeling empty. He does like to get everyone worked up, but he also likes to make everyone laugh. He means so much as the oldest sibling in our family. I hope and pray that our family can make the changes we need to to be happy and peaceful and to want to all be together.<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S4jqAn8dvaw/XAam949DueI/AAAAAAAACjc/F8cPU63bCus0BdqqI8j5JQUiAdLri0oLACLcBGAs/s1600/jaden%2Bboss%2Bpearce%2Btru.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S4jqAn8dvaw/XAam949DueI/AAAAAAAACjc/F8cPU63bCus0BdqqI8j5JQUiAdLri0oLACLcBGAs/s640/jaden%2Bboss%2Bpearce%2Btru.jpg" width="426" /></a></div>
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About a month ago we went up to the ski resort to get passes for the year and we decided to go check out the quakein aspens. They were beautiful!<br />
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Lately, noting super exciting has happened, except for lots I guess. Pearcen had a birthday, which was so much fun, but I'll blog about that separately. Kamryn has been killing it as volleyball manager and doing dance and piano. I LOVE hearing her play piano everyday. She's so amazing. Jaden has been working at the pawn shop, hanging out with friends and of course hanging out with Glory. I love this girl, and I love who Jaden is when he's with her. She's amazing!<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zXlOgRnztFk/W7fd_Xhe0tI/AAAAAAAACic/NpbQi1vIB8s5rP7EKZu8n9zPCausttBTwCLcBGAs/s1600/jaden%2Bglory2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zXlOgRnztFk/W7fd_Xhe0tI/AAAAAAAACic/NpbQi1vIB8s5rP7EKZu8n9zPCausttBTwCLcBGAs/s400/jaden%2Bglory2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>
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And this guy, this guys has decided to become a Menace...Dennis some would call him. He cut his hair and while I was searching for the scissors, he dumped an entire Costco sized bag of veggie straws all over the kitchen. He also loves to play in make up, ride Otis while yelling "neeeeiiigh!", sneak candy, dump toys all over, hit, throw things and fall asleep at all the wrong times. But luckily, he's THEE most adorable thing ever!<br />
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And Little Miss Crafts-a-lot is constantly creating. I love her. She loves baking, crafting, coloring, drawing, reading and gymnastics. That pretty much describes her day everyday. <br />
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Lit a candle, whipped out a box of M&M's and watched "nailed it" on Netflix, which is Viv's favorite.<br />
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Then she decided that we need to put on face masks....but that feeling left her after having them on for about a minute and they started to tighten. She said they're too itchy!! So we took them off.<br />
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Then she wanted to take daddy's spot in my bed so we laid down and started the greatest showman and she was out after the first 10 minutes....just like daddy.<br />
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Lately I've been hugging my kids A LOT. I can't believe we're hitting the stage where they start leaving already. They're my favorite and I want them to stay with me forever!!!! I'm just going to keep praying that most of them marry locals that want to live here!!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753371444930670638.post-14585104239262498442018-08-24T12:59:00.000-07:002018-08-24T12:59:08.031-07:00ServiceI am HORRIBLE at figuring out ways to serve others that don't involve making meals or goodies for them. And I AM so grateful for the blessing of loving cooking and baking because I'm realizing not all or many moms like it like I do, but I want to do more, so I'm always grateful to hear of other people's acts of service that I can try and do. A friend posted this today on FB and when I read it, it reminded me of how badly I wanted someone to help me out after my babies. My mom always came for a day or two...or she got trapped with me for. a week and a half after I had Boston because he came 8 days late, but it's those next few months of feeling trapped and gross and tired and scared and overwhelmed in every possible way:<br />
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PSA: If you live near someone who has a baby under 5 months old, assume they need help. Because I had pretty bad postpartum depression after Cohen and then a little bit with each of the others, I worry/suspect that lots of others have it. Instead of telling the new mom, “Let me know if you need anything”, here are things you can offer to do: </div>
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Another thing I wish I'd known sooner is that she may crave sweets and carbs but those will make her feel worse. She needs protein each time she nurses or bottle feeds so that she gets some protein every few hours. Protein will stabilize her blood sugar and moods. (handful of nuts, hard boiled egg, beef jerky, greek yogurt, deli meat)</div>
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“I’d like to take your baby for a few hours on Tuesday. What’s a good time. I know I don’t have to, I want to. No, no one at my house is sick.” <span class="_5mfr _47e3" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle;"><img alt="" class="img" height="16" role="presentation" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/f7f/1/16/1f60a.png?_nc_eui2=AeHy3rzvHhCzXirtIl5tydp4C1NPIlcFcqdu4Z9AU3K4RegFLh9--_VKmj-c1lZctN-zyNix405xa9uL5F_pcenDe5mKB9h6nCHICnfQOlDXCw" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: -3px;" width="16" /><span class="_7oe" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0px; width: 0px;">😊</span></span><span class="_5mfr _47e3" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle;"><img alt="" class="img" height="16" role="presentation" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/f20/1/16/1f61c.png?_nc_eui2=AeG8wObsIj-DtOjRl4BhsEOU3RGkyw0FS3zkK9pcLx8XsAdM-XUYTSTwN8Rp7AVZh-Amfay9hpRoiaqwfexCky02lheaYVt55HgsEoqr__4LNw" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: -3px;" width="16" /><span class="_7oe" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0px; width: 0px;">😜</span></span></div>
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I also have another friend that gets other moms out for walks. And two other friends that offer FREE aerobic classes twice a week for years and years and years!!!! Right now in life, I need to do simple acts of service, because yes, I'm feeling overwhelmed with my own life and even making an extra mean (or 2 or 3) on my service meal nights sometimes wears me out. No one warned me that having teenagers and toddlers at the same time would be thee most insane part of this journey, but alas, it is. A reckless teenager who I believe, truly feels that he is invincible, and a toddler that loves to go around the house making messes faster than I can clean them. A-N-X-I-E-T-Y!!!!!!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753371444930670638.post-62584016988158686992018-05-30T17:24:00.000-07:002018-05-30T17:24:00.309-07:00OrrenOur sweet neighbor Orren passed away last week. He had a heart attack. He's been pretty sad since his wife died in August but Vivian has always been able to make him smile. She'd go over there about once. a week with a plate of homemade cookies and he'd trade her for Oreos that he always had in his cookie jar. He always let us know how much he loved having the kids come say hi. he even told his parents and siblings because at his funeral they all made sure to come and meet the Vivian that always made Orren's day. In fact, they told her that Orren wanted her to have his cookie jar...and they filled it with Oreo's. She hugged his brother and thanked him and then let us know that when she prays to Heavenly Father, she says hi to Orren too. We'll miss Orren. He was such a fun, kind neighbor which was a breath of fresh air after our Taylor neighbor that did all he could to try and make our life miserable.<br />
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Also, Boston, of course is busy making banana bread and selling it this summer already. Our house smells SO great every time he does it and he's gotten so good at making them all by himself and cleaning up 90% of his mess.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753371444930670638.post-50084185796381850892018-05-30T16:10:00.001-07:002018-05-30T16:10:15.621-07:00Starting Summer off....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
For the last day of Jaden's lunch group we did a big BBQ here at the house. I love this group of kids. A LOT! They're so great and fun and happy and funny and creative and they love each other so much! I always feel ok with Jaden hanging out with them because I know they like to keep him in line.</div>
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Ah, this nakie bum! I love it! I'm so sad he's getting so tall. He loves to cuddle after naps and baths and I gladly oblige. <br />
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Bibs is done with kindergarten!!!! Another sad moment. So happy for her though. She was talking about the program for weeks before it was time. It was thee cutest ever. Sadly she was put in the back and had 2 tall kids in front her her...ugh, but she did great! She's already planning lots of trips to her kindergarten teacher's classroom next year. She's already made some cute artwork for her too.<br />
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I got to take pictures of the Gardner kids this last week and Tru came out in his overalls, so you KNOW I had to snap a few. He's into putting his arms up in the air and closing his eyes. I have no idea why, but that's what we get for now.<br />
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I LOVE being with the kids all the time. Sometimes a vacation or a weekend away, or even a long date sounds nice, but when I actually do it, I enjoy it, but regret the time away from them at this stage....of all of them. A friend just texted me that she's working as if it were a burden and I thought, "um, single moming for a few days this week 24/hr a day is working"...but then I instantly thought about how there's NOTHING else I'd rather be doing. Um, of course I'd love a maid and a 2nd full time parent, but Jase is really busy with his clinics right now so he's spending a lot of time down there, but I'm so glad I get to hang out with these guys all summer. We have an awesome plan set up and so far our days are going smoothly...well, a bit messy, but a lot of fun....ok, except potty training Truman...well, it's actually fun, and we're ALL involved, but it's not going well. I don't think he's ready, but we're giving it one more day.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753371444930670638.post-77826420498930322002018-05-23T23:07:00.003-07:002018-05-23T23:07:58.831-07:00May 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
May was an awesome month! Boston got the priesthood! We were lucky enough to get to do it at our house with grandpa, uncle tracy, and bishop McDowell. It was very special. He's such a great kid and he's so excited to be part of young mens!<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RgkuMBUi0CQ/WwZG2ny2xFI/AAAAAAAACZs/dzgSjn-fNj84lYI9bDxvmrqJe1vvJKbnQCLcBGAs/s1600/Boston%2BPreisthood.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="266" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RgkuMBUi0CQ/WwZG2ny2xFI/AAAAAAAACZs/dzgSjn-fNj84lYI9bDxvmrqJe1vvJKbnQCLcBGAs/s400/Boston%2BPreisthood.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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The other day I wanted to take pictures of baby Truman and of course, Jaden was walking around without a shirt on, so I had to snap a few since it's so much fun to look back at Jason's shirtless pictures when he was a teenager. Jaden's a pretty adorable kid. Sure glad he's part of us! He keeps me on the edge of my seat...DAILY...but he cracks me up and makes me proud everyday!<br />
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He's officially dating Glory...whom we LOVE! She's a doll and makes Jaden try harder to be awesome. They're so hilarious and fun together and all of the kids adore Glory.<br />
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Ok, this is THEE most overload ever! SOOO many crazy pictures of the baby of our family! He was being so wacky and cracking us up.<br />
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Boston got a sweet electric scooter for his birthday and Kam took Tru for a ride. He had a great time!<br />
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And I'm a HUGE slacker...these are THEE only two pictures I got from Easter. We ended up driving to the valley right after our Easter egg hunt so we could have Easter with the cousins, b ut these are the only pictures I got.<br />
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And this was on Mother's Day. Tru was helping dad make a shake in his shirtless overall outfit.<br />
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And after church he brought me a chocolate dipped strawberry, they he may have taken a few bites out of already.<br />
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I really love all of these kids. They're all so great, and so amazing, and so fun! Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753371444930670638.post-64361959124218981102018-05-07T15:12:00.000-07:002018-05-07T15:13:37.301-07:00Lessons....So, I haven't blogged in A LONG time. Life has been crazy...hard and crazy! I feel overwhelmed at the end of pretty much EVERYDAY, but still wake up excited and ready for life. The mornings are great. We all meet on the couch at 6:15 for scriptures...which is either reading from the scriptures, or reading from Scripture Heres or watching a conference talk. Then we have family prayer and head off to do our "zones". Which usually consists of the kids walking around slowly and playing for about half hour then freaking out and moving fast to get them done before 735 when Jase checks them off. Then they all go to the car and get a ride...which is now a ride by Mr. License, Jaden. Tru and I stick around here and finish the kitchen, throw in some laundry, get changed, and go to our workout. Today we got to babysit a sweet little 3 month old and it was so much fun. Then the day continues on with lots of carpooling, cooking and cleaning. The days end with no more energy, usually a kid that's mad and we can't calm him down, so we all go to bed a bit uneasy but ready for sleep. I'm learning that challenges are sent to teach us and help us grown and learn patience like we've Neve thought we could have. I've learned challenges are sent just for us to see how incredibly much we really do love our kids and what we will go through for their happiness and well being. I've learned that challenges, though they might weigh on your mind heavier than an elephant, don't determine your happiness. YOU determine your happinesss, and knowing that you're a child of God and you're trying your best can help you feel that happiness daily.<br />
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I've learned that 6 year old girls playing pretend are HILARIOUS when they don't know you're listening or watching.<br />
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I've learned that boys just come home smelly. You can send them fresh from the shower, but they'll come home smelly.<br />
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I've learned that not all teenage girls are dramatic and obnoxious.<br />
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I've learned that when you're playing with your last 2 year old, you sometimes break down in tears realizing this is the end of having little monkeys.<br />
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I've learned that you NEVER regret saying no to a fun social activity to cuddle up and watch tv with your kids.<br />
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I've learned some stains just never will come out.<br />
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I've learned you're not the ugliest thing in the world just because you have wrinkles and saggy body parts.<br />
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I've learned it's great to get to know lots of people each move, but that there are some friends that just know you, know what you need, know when you need it and that you're comfortable sharing it all with.<br />
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I've learned to not get frustrated when I don't have time to learn a new skill or to wash my face, or to make my hair look decent....soon enough there will be too much time for it.<br />
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I've learned that I have THEE coolest family in the world and that I find joy EVERY...SINGLE...DAY just being with them.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753371444930670638.post-5515082077412761892018-02-11T11:50:00.000-08:002018-02-11T11:50:09.155-08:00Get myself backI've been listening to a book called "present over perfect". I don't recommend it, but it has a few good points, and the first that I took from it was to say no! Say no to things that overwhelm you and don't give you satisfaction. Things outside of your two inner circles of people. Your children, husband, close family and friends. I think a lot of time, especially being a person that moves A LOT, I feel a need to quickly make my way into people's hearts, no matter who they are, because I probably won't have long to. But we've been in this house now for a year and a half, which is a long time for us, a nd I'm ready to slow down. More no's to those outside of my inner circle. My inner circle is pretty consuming at this season of life and my inner circle is growing up WAYY to fast and I cry about being out of the baby stage of life at least once a week, but Jase assures me, we are done. I tried to invite more family's over for dinner, go out with other couple's more, attend more girl's lunches and girl's nights, but NONE of these things brought me satisfaction. They brought me temporary joy and I did have fun getting to know some great new people, but the time that it took away from my inner circle, or the extra stress that it caused me which gave my inner circle a mom that they don't deserve was NOT worth it. When you say no to one thing, you're saying yes to another. And I have to make sure that my no's to things outside of my circle are creating more valuable yes's for my inner circle. And likewise, that the yes's that I AM giving outside of my home aren't creating no's for those inside my home. I've watched a lot of women close to me chose social lives over creating memories and teaching things within the home, and likewise I've seen so many women that hardly ever attend girl's nights, or girl's trips or even many couple's trips with their spouse to relish the quick years that they have at home with their children. I'm so grateful for those examples that I once judged as being boring or overly committed. There are SO many distractions for moms to pull us outside of our homes, so many that aren't enriching or inspiring, so many that actually do the opposite, create gossip, complaining about family or even just fun time that would have still been better spent inside the home. I'm hoping to have more no's the the things that take away from my important inner circle yes's.<br />
I also took away from the book that we can't shove down that part inside of us as women, that is unique to each of us, that pushes us to become who we want to be. Paraphrasing, she said, "wear clothes from vintage shops, drive a vespa, plant a garden, do whatever it is that yo've always wanted to do or be!" so many women just push that down and chose to be a mom. And when I thought about what I'd want to be doing right now, there is NOTHING I'd rather be doing than being a mom, but on the side, I do want to dress more fun like I used to in HS and college...my own unique style that helped me stand out. Now I wear what most mormon mom's wear and I think I just blend right in. I DO want to create an amazing garden, and this year I'm going to do what it takes! and I'd LOVE to drive a vespa, hopefully after we get this house built and get Truman into school I'll get one! There are so many side dreams of the woman I always wanted to be during my mom years and I've sat them aside to focus on momming, or to blend in, but that's not who I ever was for the first 20 years of my life. So 20 years of standing out, 20 years of blending in, and now it's time to stand out again.<br />
I'm also realizing thatI'm too focused on my weight. I'm so tired of carrying around all of this extra weight, but I let it determine my mood for the day. If I'm down a pound, Im the fun, crazy mom, if I'm up a pound, we clean...and we clean all day unless you play outside...without your mom. I know this won't be an easy fix, but it's GOT to be fixed. I watched a darling commercial from Kay Jewelry about these 3 or 4 couples. It went through their whole love story from beginning until now, when they have kids...and they talked about how they still have to connect now that they have kids. The men spoke of how lucky they are when they spot their wife from across a busy room and think "how did I get so lucky that she chose me?!"...and I loved that these men felt this way about these women, but it was mostly because they were all overweight except for one...and the one had a skinny husband, and the other 3 had chubby husbands. I just feel like it should match up, and I'm big and Jase is tiny so I carry so much focus on my weight because I feel so. uncomfortable being with him. Wish me luck!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753371444930670638.post-47336847221615736042018-01-30T19:45:00.001-08:002018-01-30T19:45:09.482-08:00Dance and Animals<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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And since we're done having kids (huge mistake) I made us get a bunch of baby animals. A baby bunny named "bugs" or "Cadbury"...he answers to neither....<br />
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A bunch more baby chicks that hopefully survive all of the love.<br />
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A cute round headed baby boy....<br />
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A curly haired fluffy puppy named Otis.<br />
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I LOOOOOVVVEE days when they all get along and play games together...even if it's the most obnoxious game ever.<br />
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just a little shot of our big ole family with all of the new members after church.</div>
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I couldn't get logged onto my blogger for months! That's why the huge break. But I can't catch up because I don't have time, so I'm just going to start with the last week...Jaden's first date! Winter formal with Glory Craun! The two cutest kids in the High School! They had a day long date that ended with a snowy night.</div>
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And Jadens not short...he's just by the two tallest guys!<br />
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Truman wanted to be a part of every picture. He loves Jaden and Glory!<br />
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These pictures are from the fall of Millie and Vivvy. They are THEE two cutest girls ever. They had so much fun dancing and laughing out in the field...we didn't even need to pose them. They're just naturally hilarious and adorable.<br />
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This last week Trubear has LIVED in his highchair. no lie. About 75% of his waking hours are spent in the highchair. He just want to eat...anything! This week it's been a lot of watermelon, deli meat, mangoes and avocado. On Wednesday he chose watermelon, and A LOT of it. I let him go to town since I was busy making lettuce wraps. </div>
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When he was done, he was covered in stickiness so we threw him in the sink to splash and play for a bit.<br />
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Then his biggest fans slowly started trickling in and entertaining him.<br />
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but then they gave him another slice of watermelon, that got bubble dunked a few times.<br />
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Today Jase and I were sitting on our front porch swing eating cookies that one of our neighbors brought us before our kids realized we had them, and we were talking and Jase asked, "seriously, how did we get so many cute kids?!" Our two middle boys were busting up laughing at each other and they both looked over with their big sparkle eyes when he asked that. They're so awesome! We really are THE most blessed family I know.</div>
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Today was our first irrigation of the year. The kids went crazy. Our whole front yard was a big swimming pool. They had races, and raced Gus and did a few science projects with our bridge and their toy tractors, then realized IT"S FREEZING!!! The water is SO cold and it's windy today! They're so crazy!</div>
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This guy, however, is a little smarter. He stayed on the porch with me.....<br />
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He's so stinking naughty though! He's pulled the flowers off of almost all of my flags! I'm nervous the snap drags are next, then the Shasta's, and then my long awaited peonies! I need to train him quickly or he'll be wearing a straight jacket everytime we go outside this summer.<br />
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This week we planted a ton of flowers and started getting our garden spot ready....and I guess we got another bunny. Next week we're hopefully getting more chicks, planting our garden and picking our neighbors weeds. And Jase just told me...for Mother's Day....I get to pick out a new puppy!!!!!! I'm so excited. I've got it narrowed down to two breeds. I've missed having a little dog around the house since Fox died a few months ago. Gus is SUCH a great dog though. We hug everyday, which if you knew me 3 years ago, you know I HATED big dogs. I was afraid of every single one, but now thanks to Gus, I'm only afraid of pit bulls, rotweilers, Dobermans and German shperads! Maybe someday Ill like em all (doubt it)<br />
And Bibs wanted to plant strawberries and basil. She picked this little spot in the yard for the basil. I'm a bit nervous it won't get enough sun, but she's excited about it.<br />
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Easter is always so much fun with the Hatch's. We did another egg hunt at the Bollwinkles, but it was even better because it was Caitee's homecoming, Randa's 50th birthday (major dance party!) and Zane opened his call...to Dominica Republic!!!!! He's going to do AMAZING there!!!<br />
Here's the smaller monkeys pre hunt....<br />
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Tru just wanted one egg and he was happy. He wasn't feeling tops. This teething thing is a pain in the booty for him, but I LOVE that he wants to cuddle so much!<br />
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The other day Vivian picked out this girly outfit, and asked me if she looked pretty. And she loved wearing the dress with the horses....but then....<br />
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Truman came into her room and she decided to take all of his clothes off and put them on herself and ask, "do I look like a tough guy?" ha! Too cute to be tough!<br />
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The other day this stud came up for me to take his senior pictures. We hd so much fun! He's THE sweetest, most easy going teenager I've ever known. <br />
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Vivian and Caitee came with us. I got this quick shot of Vivian as I was checking the lighting.<br />
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I think I have a picture of all of my kids surrounded by a mess, figured I couldn't leave this guy out.<br />
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Um, sexy! He got his mamas figure.<br />
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I just have a lot of really cute pictures of this really cute boy!<br />
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and then...WHAT?! This is Pearcen....same kid!!!!<br />
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And I just LOVE when my kids fall asleep in random places. Not that the couch is random, but still. Her hands...her belly, her feet!!!! STOP GROWING BIBBY GIRL!!!<br />
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Mom and Dad have waited years...decades...to take their kids on a trip, and finally last year was able to plan it. We decided on a cruise and it was amazing! We left on a Sunday and got back on a Sunday. Flew to Houston, met the Jones and cruised out and went to Cozumel Mexico, the Grand Caymans and Jamaica. </div>
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standing by the edge talking about the ship.<br />
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We played a lot of cards, shuffleboard and hit all of the shows. The comedians were hilarious, the ice show was ok, and the last night musical was lame I guess...I was sleeping right through it.<br />
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The first stop was Cozumel and we rented jeeps and toured around a bit before we found a great little beach where the girls parked it and the boys snorkeled for a bit then we all ate.<br />
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Us and our beach boys right before we took off.<br />
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Every night we met at the same table at 5:30 with the same awesome waiters. Dress up night was fun even though I never got around to buying a fancy dress...I figured a big ugly necklace and an updo will dress up any dress enough.<br />
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The whole gang for dress up night #2.<br />
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We took a lot of pictures of these fine people, and these ones are my favorite! Dad does NOT LIKE pictures...he talks his way right through them. Honestly, my sisters and I rarely get a picture where dad isn't talking. It's hilarious. And mom is always by his side looking as adorable as ever!<br />
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but I LOOVE these pictures...it's his real smile because our little Indian waiter came right up and said he's his son and gave him a big hug on the last night.<br />
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Our waiters were amazing. They even knew by the last night to bring me chocolate milk and sliders before I even ordered (yup, gained 8 pounds in a 8 days)<br />
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It was such a fun trip and we were lucky enough to get to bring Caitee Jo. She got home from her mission just a day before we left, so we couldn't just ditch her. Here's a shot of Tru and her at the airport...he was teething big time, but obviously very happy to see her.<br />
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And this last week I was lucky enough to have Zane sneak up here for some senior pictures. I LOVE THIS KID!!! He's so sweet and caring and smiley and happy...and obviously good looking!<br />
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Vivian came with us because Caitee was there and Viv loves Caitee...so of course I snapped a quick shot of V in this dead old field. <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753371444930670638.post-44962522549673559862017-04-04T16:56:00.001-07:002017-04-04T16:56:47.367-07:00A day in the life on Mom Mulder 2017I decided I needed to write a typical day since I went back about 8 or 9 years ago (3 or 4 kids ago) and read a typical day and was amazed at all the time I had to workout, quilt, do puzzles with the littles and make awesome meals for every meal!<br />
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5: wake up, don't get up.<br />
5:30 : Jase gets up to go to the gym.<br />
5:45 : Jase goes to gym, I get out of bed and change into workout clothes and start a Jillian Michaels yoga.<br />
6: Boston wakes up and I tell him it's not time, but he's up anyway, so Jillian must go, so I wake everyone else up to get going on zones.<br />
6:45 : I start breakfast, which today was easy...yesterday's waffles in the toaster.<br />
7: Jase stumbles in, I make the kids come to the table and turn on a conference talk (since we missed conference last weekend)<br />
7:20 : everyone cleans up, I brush hair, check rooms, feed Tru, clean him up.<br />
735 : I take the first "bus" to school, which only Kam and Jaden caught.<br />
7:45 : I take the second "bus" with Pearcen and Boston.<br />
7:55 : come home to finish cleaning and change Truman.<br />
8:30 : a load of laundry switched, folded, put away.<br />
9: Dress Viv and Tru<br />
9:15 : Take V to dance...realize I'm 15 minutes early, take package to UPS to ship.<br />
9:30 : take V to dance...where she begs me to stay and watch, so I stay and watch and write my grocery list with tru's help.<br />
10:15: Grab a quick lunch for V.<br />
10:35 : Take V home to get her backpack and change out of dance clothes<br />
10:45. Take V to preschool.<br />
11: get home, change Tru, lay him down, do some more laundry then get interrupted by a guy wanting to sell me a super awesome huge galvanized trough for a pool/garden.<br />
11:30: Figure out where all of this weeks money has already gone (first of the month, dance, piano, voice, preschool, restock fridge from trip, baseball pants and shoes)<br />
12: Start 60 minute Turbo Fire<br />
12:30 : Tru wakes up. Feed him some baby food and grapes.<br />
1 : Vivian gets home from preschool by walking with dad, but dad stayed to "play with the neighbor" (to see how his wife is doing...leukemia)<br />
130 : Feed Vivian some grapes, turn on Beauty and the Beast so I can finish that load of laundry.<br />
2: make this weeks meal plan and finish grocery list.<br />
2:30 : lay Vivian down and start dinner.<br />
3: Pearce and Boss get home and I have to weigh and measure them for the special olympics track program.<br />
3:30 : Bathe Tru since he pooped all over. Change his bedding.<br />
3:50 Lay Tru back down<br />
3:55: Run Boss to baseball<br />
4: Finish Turbo Fire<br />
4:30 : Kam gets home<br />
4:40 : Jaden gets home. I sit down to write this...and here's the rest of my day...<br />
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5:10 : Go pick up Pearcen from the neighbors and take him to piano then come home to check on dinner<br />
5:30: Jase might be home, and I'll go pick up Boston from baseball and drop him off at home.<br />
5:45 : Pick up Pearen from piano.<br />
6: Make everyone sit down and eat these delicious crock pot tacos!!!<br />
6:25: Clean up a bit, then load everyone up to go to Boston's pack meeting.<br />
7:30 : get back home and finish cleaning up. Throw a couple of kids in the bath.<br />
8: Lay Tru down. Jase reads with one and I read with the other of Pearcen and Vivian and Boss reads to himself<br />
8:30, middle 3 go down and J and I watch some TV with the older two or help them with their homework.<br />
9:30: Older two go down. and I either clean, fold laundry and watch more TV, write down goals, read old goals, Pin, or hopefully I'll get the energy to do a last minute workout.<br />
10:30-11:30: BEEEEDDDDDD!!!!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753371444930670638.post-90186967974486377372017-03-24T10:18:00.000-07:002017-03-24T10:18:09.260-07:00March<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
March has happened WAYYY too fast! We had Disneyland, then a week of school to get caught up, then spring break, and now a week of school, and now we're packing to leave the country for a week. April and May WILL slow down! I loved February with it's unbusiness and the pictures and time I got with my kids. I've known for a few months that March would be insane. But we did sneak in a few happy memories. The kids all wore green for St. Patrick's day, but I didn't do a dang mom thing. No green food, no green crafts, nada! So I snapped this pic of a few of my boys together. They're pretty handsome!</div>
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Then Stratton and Millie came up and made spring break amazing! These two really feed each other's energy level, but they have such a good time doing it, that we just kick them outside and let them burn it all off!<br />
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Favorite thing about March is still this....<br />
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He's the most beautiful baby boy, and these two are seriously glowy! I love it!<br />
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Meanwhile, MY Mr. beautiful has turned naughty, just this week, which sucks because he's going to stay with Danica for a week. He LOVES to open every cupboard and pull everything out as fast as he can. He loves to throw all of his food on the floor as fast as he can..even if he wants it...he wants it to hit the ground first. He's obnoxious! and SOOO CUTE!!!<br />
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Justin and Elissa finally had Baby Benson!!!!! That pregnancy was longer than any of mine...seriously felt that way...even longer than this last horrible Truman pregnancy. I couldn't wait for her pregnancy to be over and everyone safe and an adorable happy Mulder family. He's seriously as cute as my own too! Ok, as cute as mine and doesn't have the swollen nose. He kinda came out completely perfect! We rushed down to hold him and take a few pictures on Saturday when he was born, and now Jase and I are both DYING to hold him again! He was 9 pounds 5 ounce, the Mulder average, and 21" long...again, the Mulder average. He's going to fit right in! It was so great to see Justy and Lissy so happy and a feeling of relief was in the room for all. I couldn't help but cry when I first got to hold him because of how long everyone has waited for this little man, and all of the trials that had to happen before he could come. He's seriously an amazing blessing to the whole Mulder family. Congratulations Justy and Lissy and welcome baby Benny!<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N_P-nEEYj2k/WMaZFEi8tkI/AAAAAAAABr8/TXbjwKr7If4lzNf03h7wZ31rNkBZeRGMACLcB/s1600/aelisaj.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N_P-nEEYj2k/WMaZFEi8tkI/AAAAAAAABr8/TXbjwKr7If4lzNf03h7wZ31rNkBZeRGMACLcB/s400/aelisaj.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753371444930670638.post-62604426212119745422017-03-08T14:42:00.000-08:002017-03-08T14:42:33.811-08:00Grateful for...So, I have a hard time getting much excitement out of anything anymore. I'm happy, and I know I'm blessed, and I have more LOVE than ever before, but I feel boring, and bored, and I think back to when I didn't feel this way and I felt so much more alive. I was more active, I was more creative, I was more adventurous and I was more confident. I know I used to write a weekly gratitude post on here, so I'm starting it up again. Each week, I'm writing my top 5 things that I'm most grateful for that week. And I'm interviewing my kids again, and taking quizzes on here so my kids can know me at all stages of life. Because 10 years ago when I first started this blog, I was A MUCH different person than I am now....good ways and bad ways. Hopefully I can get it all back to good ASAP! For now, my top 5!<br />
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Country Living! I just got off the phone yesterday with a. friend that moved from here to Gilbert, and we both agree, things are much too "fancy and perky" there, but she was saying how now she could never move back because the education system is so much better there...and I agree, it is. I told her there are great things and obnoxious things about both places, and it just depends on what you feel is a better way of living for your kids. I do wish the schools were better here. I wish they had a gifted program for my 3 straight A kids, or any program to keep them on the up and up, but the daily living lessons they learn here are what make country living worth the crappy school system. And I shouldn't say crappy school system. Honestly my kids have had some of their best teachers ever in the snowflake/taylor system, but we lack so much funding!!!! But I love how many kids are in each class and I love how personable the teachers are. But getting chickens and bunnies in a couple of weeks, and riding their bikes down to Ed's and quads in the wash and the huge, wide, clean street that we live on with huge old trees and super friendly people that love to garden all day. I LOVE IT!!! I know you can get all of this in the outsikirts of the country, but it's never the same (speaking from experience) I know some in the "smaller cities" of the valley feel that it's country, but when there are so many stop lights, so many cars, so many people and SO many nail salons. haha, it's not real country livin.<br />
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This van! I'm SO grateful for this awesome van. This last family road trip was probably the best we've had as far as getting alone, being comfortable and having a good time in the car. There was 2 kids to a row, Jase put a TV in it, and there were blankets and pillow all over the place. Per request of Jaden I made the kids individual snack boxes to keep em refreshed the whole week, and everyone was set. There was a couple of usual squabbles, but nothing that even got my feathers ruffled. (country girl speaking there)<br />
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Health. I've been SO obsessed with how chubby I am these last 2 years (it's been bad, and I've SUCKED and dieting) but lately I'm so glad that I'm able to run around with my kids, and wrestle with my littles, and jump on the trampoline and go for jogs. I'm so grateful for my sight and hearing. My sight is going downhill QUICKLY the last year and a half. At night I can't even see road signs, and the words I'm typing now are even a bit blurry, but I'm so glad that I'm able to see my cute kids faces and watch them learn for the first time, and hear their squeaky voices, and my older two and their amazing singing voices. I am So grateful for a healthy body!<br />
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FOOD! Ok, on the flip flop, I wish I didn't eat so much of it, but I love playing with food. I love making new recipes, I love buying new foods and I love spending half of my life in my kitchen! I'm so glad I'm not a picky eater. Well, I do wish I didn't like sugar and cheese, but I'm so glad that I'm willing to try anything and like most everything except octopus, crab, squid, shrimp, cod and mushrooms. Ok, and some really hot things. I'm wuss, I need to build up my spicy glands or whatever. but I love food!<br />
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My parents! I'm so glad they live so close. I see them most every single day, wait, I see them EVERYDAY that we're both home. Dad comes over to take pictures of me with his jewelry on, and to try and win over Tru, and mom comes by to get caught up on whatever is going on with her calling and whatever is going on with the family. Last night I was in a pickle! Jase was in the valley and I dropped Jaden off at soccer, then had to run with the other 5 to Boston's pack meeting. In the middle of the pack meeting I remembered Kam has dance in 30 minutes, the same time Jaden has to be picked up at soccer, and the pack meeting had another hour! I called mom and they were there in a jiffy...even took Jaden out to dinner, which he needed after a day of studying to catch up, going to soccer with out dinner and sweating his gross little teenage guts out (stinky!). They save me! And we get to have dinner together every Sunday. We all look forward to that, sometimes followed up by a game of cards. I'm So grateful for their health and that my kids get to know them while they are so active still. They're such fun grandparents and so caring and great examples of service and kindness and humility to my kids.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753371444930670638.post-90128260086586808492017-03-06T13:52:00.001-08:002017-03-06T13:52:20.508-08:00FINALLY DISNEYLAND!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Truman was a bit freaked out, but also very intrigued by the characters.<br />
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But then we got a nice guy to snap one of all of us in front of the castle on Main Street!<br />
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Here's a usual picture of my boy Jaden....his palm.<br />
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But then some lady behind me in the dole whip line talked him into moving his hand for a second. Thanks lady.<br />
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Tru's first taste of a dole whip float was a win! He loved it!<br />
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The jungle cruise was so great! We had a hilarious skipper and watching the younger 3 was so much fun!<br />
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I got a picture of most everyone, but not everyone at the same time, so here's one by one on the jungle cruise.<br />
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Jase and I were in awe when we walked into Car's land for the first time! I LOVE IT! I LOOVVED growing up in Podunk northern Az, and all of the cute stuff there reminded me of all of it! I have so many pictures from HS by the Here it is sign at Jack Rabbit, so of course, we had to get one with it here....</div>
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Bugsland was a lot of fun, except I realized my younger kids haven't seen A Bug's life. It's on my to do list now. But they had a lotta fun riding these incredibly slow bumper cars.<br />
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And then the jellyfish ride...these first 3 pictures crack me up, Vivian is making a different wacky face in each one.<br />
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This picture freaks me out! They look so old! They both look like teenagers! YIKES!<br />
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This Ramen jacket got as much attention as the characters at the parks! Especially by girls.<br />
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Not gunna lie, we were already getting worn out by this day....but we were excited to hit splash and space mountain again!</div>
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It's hard to get a picture of this one. He's either eating, putting his and up to the camera, or turning away faster than I can snap. So you'll get hand pictures and eating pictures, but he's a cool kid, and it's funny to watch him in public as he attract the ladies.<br />
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I'm so glad Kam had Sheronni to hang with! They're both awesome!!<br />
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Vivian wanted a picture with the castle, so yea, I took a bunch. She has her 1st visit button and her birthday button on, and her magic bubble wand in hand and the Belle dress that she chose from the many princesses dresses in the closet of the condo we rented.<br />
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THE TEACUPS!!!!!! They had so much fun riding the teacups with dad!<br />
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For Vivian's birthday, Jase and I decided to take a couple of hours out of our DL adventures and take the 3 littles to a character dinner, so we hit Goofy's Kitchen. I really wish I would have taken video. Vivian and Pearcen were SO excited to see everyone!!! <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u7ui1XSwYz4/WL3RDVym0yI/AAAAAAAABnk/iTxpd8mqcRM1PpEpBJ6arcfJMyFhTLJMwCLcB/s1600/IMG_8098a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u7ui1XSwYz4/WL3RDVym0yI/AAAAAAAABnk/iTxpd8mqcRM1PpEpBJ6arcfJMyFhTLJMwCLcB/s640/IMG_8098a.jpg" width="426" /></a></div>
Truman was indifferent. He could take or leave Goofy and be fine.<br />
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Vivian was so glad there was a girl character! <br />
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These guys had a great time and had fun at the buffet, especially the dessert part.<br />
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It's pretty sad that Vivian is ALREADY 5! All year she's been saying she's going to turn 2 on her next birthday, I wish she could. But sadly, it's 5. Kindergarten year. The last 5 years have been a struggle for me. Something in my brain is off, and there have been a lot of challenges in our family, but thankfully this little girl is truly my Sunshine! She learned how to sing that song at 2 and still sings it all the time...and even wants a Sunshine birthday party. She's so happy and hoppy and lovey! She makes my day everyday!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753371444930670638.post-22415053616173685002017-03-06T13:13:00.000-08:002017-03-06T13:13:14.959-08:00Last day at California Adventure<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
On our last day at California Adventure, we better understood that you have to get constant fast passes for the Car's Ride. It was our favorite! Probably because we have lived right there by all of that and it was like reliving our childhood...even my older kids spent their first 3 or 4 years of elementary school there between "there it is" and the wigwams. Pearcen LOOOVVEES the Lego store, so that's where he spent his fun money, and of course a quick shot with Bruce Banner gone crazy.</div>
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Pearcen was finally brave enough to go on California Screaming, so I took Vivian and Tru on the carousal right by it.</div>
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On our way to the Frozen show (which was AMAZING...seriously like a broadway musical, but so fun and funny and only an hour long) we ran into Bro. Incredible!<br />
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The family picture of the day by the waterfall that made us sad that the rapids were closed.<br />
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Vivian and her BFF Sheronni by the waterfall.</div>
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One of my favorite things about this day was on our way on the tram, Boston said "one of the things I hate"...and Jase and I quickly corrected him that he doesn't actually hate whatever it is he's about to say, then he said, "ok, one of the things I really do NOT like about cheap toilet paper is that it scratches my butt up". haha! Then we agreed, that's a hate! Jase passed down his toilet paper snobbery.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0