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Marathon!

2010-01-20T11:53:00.001-08:00

Ryan ran the PF Changs rock and roll Arizona marathon on Sunday. It was his third full marathon and the second time he had run this one. He had a goal to run it in 3 hours and 45 minutes. He ran it in 3 hours 51 minutes. Which still took 8 minutes off his best time. I was so proud of him. It is always so exciting to go watch. Some of those people look like its not even a effort for them. It amazes me. Laurel (Ryans mom) went with us. We watched him take off then went to find somewhere to eat breakfast along the way. She told me which freeway to go on and I was sure it was the other one so we got lost. Then we hit a bunch of road closures after breakfast and once again I didn't listen to her and it took us forever to get there. Then after the marathon we got stuck in the parking garage for 1 hour and 45 minutes. Fun! Oh well, we got to see him and that's all that matters. Hre are some pictures from the day.

He had me write on the back of his legs for fun

The family before the marathon
One last pit stop (hehehe his gonna kill me for posting this one)
Getting ready to go
His corral number (he was in corral 7 the first time he ran, they do it by expected time to finish)
There he is right before the start (right in the middle)
Waiting for him at the finish line (yes Jeremy is sucking on the bar)
Him running over the finish line (in the red. The clock time said 3:53 but his chip time was 3:51)
Here we are in the family reuinion area after the marathon
I am so proud of him. He did such a good job!!

Toothless Wonder

2010-01-19T15:19:00.001-08:00

Jeremy has lost 3 teeth in the last month. I think they look so cute when they are missing their front teeth I had to share.

Poor Mirror

2009-12-11T19:10:00.001-08:00

So my sister and I went to Las Vegas for a conference. The first night we were there I hit a cement pilar with my mirror when it wouldn't move out of the way. Poor mirror. Called my husband and he ordered the mirror the next day and installed it for me when I got home. What a ditzy thing to do. lol
Before: After:

Jeremy's Birthday!!

2009-12-01T12:40:00.000-08:00

Oh my gosh my baby turned 6 yesterday. I can't believe it!! He is so big. We took him spiderman cupcakes to his class. Then we let him decide where he wanted to go to dinner and he wanted Texas Roadhouse (I might have influenced that one lol). Here are some pictures from our night.
And you will notice Dad is not in any of the pictures because he never lets me take his picture and last night was no exception. :(

The Birthday Boy with his presents

His sister who didn't want her picture taken
Mom and the Birthday Boy
The Birthday Boy opening his presents
Just a cute little smile from the Birthday Boy
He was not happy about getting in the saddle...lol what a face! But notice the prized Spidey ring!
And like last year....he got sick on his birthday. He was up on and off all night coughing and coughing. He had several breathing treatments and started him on steroids so his asthma would not get worse when he was sick. :( Poor baby!

The Weddings

2009-11-04T22:04:00.001-08:00

We had a weekend of weddings the weekend before Halloween. First on Friday night was Ryans youngest brother, Chris' wedding. We had so much fun!!! Here is just a couple of pics of the brothers (in birth order) and their wives.
First, us

Second, John and Sabrina

Third, Greg and Shannon

4th, and a drumroll please....the bride and groom, Chris and Trish.

More pics to follow on other posts.

Samanthas Floor

2009-10-12T21:49:00.000-07:00

This is Samanthas beautiful flooring my hubby just installed. It was the last room with carpet. So now I have and entire carpet free house. :) I will post a pic of the room put back together when it is. lol
I'm participating at A Soft Place to Land, Between Naps on the Porch and Shades of Pink....click on the links below for some great inspiration!

Woohoo!!

2009-10-11T13:48:00.000-07:00

Just want to let you all know that I won the giveaway!!!!! Woohoo!!! I am so excited I am getting my little owl pillow :)

Little Red Roost Giveaway

2009-10-07T08:16:00.000-07:00

I found a link to this darling blog on my sisters blog and they are having cute little giveaway. They are giving away a darling little throw pillow. Your choice. I personally love the little owl one. Here is the link check it out: http://littleredroost.blogspot.com/2009/10/gift-for-me-and-gift-for-you.html

Old News...New Pictures

2009-10-07T07:53:00.000-07:00

Both my babies had big first days of school this year. Jeremy started Kindergarten and Samantha started middle schoo. :( They were both so excited. And their mom was so sad and scared for them to grow up. They both love it and are doing so well. Their teachers love them, and say what a joy they are to have in class.

Cute Christmas Crafts

2009-09-29T14:30:00.001-07:00

I actually finished some of the crafts I started last year for Christmas and some for this year as well. These are Super Saturday crafts that I have finished. Won’t I be able to put up some cute decor items this year? (Sorry about the quality of the pictures, I took them with my phone)

I am participating in DIY Day at A Soft Place to Land, click below to join up!

Cute Kids

2009-09-07T11:27:00.001-07:00

We went to Road Runner Sports with Ryan and the kids were playing so cute together I had to take a picture (one of the rare times that they play nice with echother lol). Samantha was taking Jeremy for a ride in the jogging stroller. lol

Jeremys Artwork

2009-09-07T11:22:00.001-07:00

We went to Grandma's last night and he was creating masterpieces. He made this whole display of his artwork. Grandma kept hanging them up so he kept making them.

Crazy Boy

2009-09-04T11:57:00.000-07:00

Jeremy was begging me to take his picture last night with my new phone. So I said smile and this is what he did. It made me laugh cuz he is such a goof ball. Just one of those moments you think they are so cute!!

Kitties

2009-09-03T18:21:00.001-07:00

This is where I found my kitties this afternoon. Which was nice to have them in the same room and not fighting. Sophie doesn't like the new kitty very much. :(

The Claw Machine

2009-09-02T14:54:00.001-07:00

We stopped at a rest stop on our way to Utah and Jeremy was goofing off with the claw machine. Apparently someone left money in it cuz he won this and gave it to his cousin Emma.

Samanthas Hair

2009-09-02T14:39:00.000-07:00

This summer we took the kids for a haircut. Samantha was insistent that she didn't want to get it even trimmed. Then when we got there we looked at style books and she decided to cut it. We donated 10 inches to locks of love and she loves her hair now. :)

Before

The Donation

After

New Kitty

2009-08-30T12:15:00.001-07:00

This is our new kitty we got in July. This was his first night in his new home. He has grown a ton and is not scared or shy anymore. He annoys Sophie our female 8 year old cat to death. She hisses at him constantly. We were waiting for Samantha to come home so we could name him and just started calling him Kitty Kitty and it got shortened to Kiki and so far that's his name. Poor guy.

High School Musical on ice

2009-02-15T07:53:00.001-08:00

When my parents were here my mom and I had the opportunity to take the kids to see HSM on ice. The skating was nothing remakable but the kids had a blast!! And they wanted cotton candy so of course you get robbed buying stuff like that. We had to pay 10 bucks because it came with this beautiful silver glitter hat. Jeremy loved it!! It was his most prized posession and here is a picture of him wearing it:

Cleaning for the parents arrival

2009-02-15T07:41:00.001-08:00

Before my parents arrived we did a lot of overdue "spring cleaning" and organizing. Here's a couple of funny pictures from our adventures in cleaning:

Jeremy put on all the fun things we found and this is what he came up with. lol

This is what we found in my daughters trundle. lol I am so organized I have no idea where she would have got that from. rofl!!!

birthday cake

2009-02-15T07:39:00.001-08:00

Samantha's birthday "cake". I thought he turned out so cute!!

Okay Okay

2009-02-15T07:08:00.000-08:00

I know I have not blogged in like......forever. I am sorry. Life got the better of me. The holidays, then my parents coming to visit. I just got out of the habit. I am sorry. :( I will try to keep up. Samantha's birthday is on the 25th. I made her a cake while my parents were here because we celebrated with them. I will make another post to include pictures of the cake. I was actually cupcakes. She loved it. We had a nice visit with my parents. It was a little chaotic and stressful because we looked at a lot of houses as they are thinking of moving here. We also saw a few we loved for us too. lol My mom has been getting headaches for no unknown reason and we have been worried. She had an mri last week and it showed that everything is fine. Whew what a relief. She has an appointment this week with a neurologist to see what they can do about it. So that is my life in a nutshell right now.

Holiday Concert

2008-12-17T06:39:00.001-08:00

Samantha and her cousin Austin had their holiday concert for chior yesterday. I forgot my camera, so here is the best I could do on my phone. And if you can find them you have better eyesight than me. It was a cute concert.

Kitty in a box

2008-12-17T06:37:00.001-08:00

I got some boxes to mail Christmas gifts out and this is what happened as soon as I brought them in the house. Our kitty, Sophie, loves boxes and bags. :) Do you think anyone wants a kitty for Christmas? I could wrap her up.

Candy Wreath

2008-12-15T07:38:00.000-08:00

This is a candy wreath my daughter made while she was staying the weekend at Grandma's. I thought it was so cute!! The scissors are attatched to it so that you can cut off a piece when you want it.

Tag!!

2008-12-03T15:03:00.000-08:00

So my sister tagged me in her blog. So here it goes....I've never been tagged before.

8 restaurants I enjoy:
1. Texas Roadhouse
2. Starbucks (I love peppermint hot chocolate)
3. Chili's
4. Cheesecake Factory
5. P.F. Chang's
6. Old Pueblo Cafe
7. Anything Mexican
8. NYPD Pizza

8 things that happened yesterday
1. I drove 8 hours home from my sisters with 2 kids
2. My son whined for 8 hours on the way home
3. We bought our annual Christmas bear
4. We went out to dinner
5. I got to see my hubby for the first time in 6 days. :)
6. We watched the Biggest Loser
7. I called my Emma to wish her Happy Birthday
8. I didn't get enough sleep. :(

8 things I am looking forward to:
1. The gym tonight after work. I have missed it believe it or not
2. Sleep after the gym after work tonight.
3. Christmas!!!
4. My families multiperson birthday party on Sunday
5. Celebrating Christ's birth
6. Feeling better
7. The Biggest Loser finale in 2 weeks
8. Christmas shopping

8 things on my wish list:
1. Self esteem
2. To be fit
3. To be able to shop in the regular clothes stores
4. A house with bigger bedrooms and a guest room and an office and a huge garage
5. Food storage
6. Motivation to eat healthy
7. To be a better example to my children
8. More patience

8 people I tag
1. Amey
2. Amy S.
3. Darlena
4. Rozanna
5. Shannon
6. Kim C
7. I don't think I know anyone else that blogs. :(

Have fun girls!!

Utah!!

2008-12-03T06:46:00.000-08:00

My kids and I went to Utah for Thanksgiving. My sister moved to St. George this summer and we have never visited there. Our kids had so much fun playing together. The boys made big messes but had a blast. The girls enjoyed riding bikes and watching movies together. Grandma and Grandpa were there too. The kids love being around their Grandparents. We had a very nice Thanksgiving dinner. After I ran to the store because I ruined the first batch of stuffing. Oops. Then we got up at 3a.m. and went Black Friday shopping. Mom and Teri and I had fun. This is the first year I have gotten everything I wanted to get. Then on Saturday Brian (my brother in law) took us up Snow Canyon on some little hikes. It was so beautiful. Then Sunday was Jeremy's fifth birthday. I made him a turtle cake. He was sick on his birthday. He had a cold. He not only turned 5 but lost his second tooth. On Monday Grandma and Grandpa left and Teri and I hung out with our kiddos. We took them to get their pictures taken. Then we went to see Santa. Then the girls wanted to get their ears pierced, so we took them. It was such a fun visit!! There is so much to do around St. George, I can't wait to go back. We missed Ryan though. :( I am so grateful for my family and all they do for me. I hope you enjoy a few pictures from our trip. I will post more later.

This is what we like to call Little People Palooza! lol

These are some pictures from our hikes in Snow Canyon.

This is his birthday cake. It was fun to make!!

Not only did he turn 5, but he lost his second tooth on the same day.

These are pictures of the girls after they got their ears pierced. They look so cute!!

Obama

2008-11-23T14:24:00.000-08:00

I am reading a fictional book about people that are living in the last days. They have had major world crisis and the President has been killed. I was reading a conversation between the secretary of defense and the president of the f.b.i. and it struck me that it was describing Obama perfectly. Here it is.....see what you think:

"The president we elected. He was good and smooth and said all the right things. But he didn't love his country, at least not like you and I do. Not like our fathers. Not like our grandfathers. He saw our country as not that much different from all the others, not much better, in some ways maybe worse. He saw our sins and determined they precluded us form any further greatness. It wasn't that he had an evil heart, he just couldn't see or didn't choose to see the good that was our country."

What do you think?

Twilight

2008-11-22T06:11:00.000-08:00

On Thursday night at Midnight Twilight the movie came out. There was a group of us that are die hard Twilight fans so we bought our tickets for the movie last week. We went to Red Robin for dinner and then picked up our friend Amy that had just had surgery that afternoon. We went and got our seats at 930 p.m. We had so much fun. I didn't get home until 3. We were calling ourselves the Twilight Nerds. We weren't the only ones who were nerdy like that. There was 4 theaters full of nerdy people there at midnight. And that was just at one movie theaters. lol We are already planning to do it when the next movie comes out.

Had a bad start today!!

2008-11-19T07:05:00.000-08:00

I was picking Shannon up for work before I went to the gym this morning. I woke up 10 minutes later than I usually do. So of course I was speeding to get her to work on time. I got a speeding ticket 2 minutes from her work and she was really late then. :( That was a fine thank you after all she helped me this morning. Oh well I deserved it. Then when I got to the gym my ipod (my motivator) was dead. Blah!! Oh well, hopefully my day will get better.

Had a good day Yesterday!!

2008-11-19T06:52:00.001-08:00

My beautiful clean pantry!!

This is my yummy lasagna I made for dinner. I even made the sauce from scratch. :) I was so proud, because I am not a cook!

I had a very productive day yesterday. Had a great workout. Got my daughters Christmas dress. Then came home and clean up my junk heap front room. Cleaned out my kids closets and dressers. Have 4 tubs of crap for Goodwill!!! :) Then my sister in law (the best one in the whole world) came over and helped me clean my pantry. It is so beautiful now!! It took us a couple hours. But we were supervising children. And I made a really yummy dinner for us. This is great because I don't cook!

Sore but Proud!

2008-11-12T06:29:00.001-08:00

I have gotten back into my exercise routine this week. Yesterday was my best workout in a long time. I did a strictly strength class at the gym and pushed myself. I was so tired. But it felt so good. So I decided to go before work this morning and I did. It was tough getting up but I knew I would get a better workout before work than after. So I went and I started my run on the treadmill and I ran a whole mile!! That may not sound like a lot to some of you, but to me it was and awesome accomplishment!! I haven't done that since high school. :) I was so proud of myself. And the endorphins feel great too!!

Jeremy

2008-11-12T06:04:00.000-08:00

Jeremy is such a funny kid. He will 5 the end of the month. I just wanted to share a couple of those darling pictures that he drew. We were playing Monopoly and he drew the one of the person behind bars. He said this is you mommy with your fat belly, you are in jail. lol I said that is not very nice of you to say someone is fat. He said no mommy there's a baby in your belly. I went oh no there's not. lol The other one is a picture of our cat. I just thought they were cute. The top one is his practice writing c's. I love it when they are starting to write and they write backwards.

My Anniversary

2008-11-12T05:56:00.000-08:00

This is a picture from our anniversary. We celebrated 11 years on Sunday. It was really nice. My husband took me to a really nice restaurant called Donavan's. It was so yummy!! We have had such a good week.

Kid stuff!!

2008-11-09T10:46:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to share some pics and cute stuff about my kiddos.

This is the view of me from the eyes of my 4 year old. lol He wanted to take a picture of me, so I let him and this is how it turned out. It was so funny I had to save it.

The kiddos "driving" grandpa's big rig. Samantha got to start it twice. She was so excited.

This is Samantha at her basketball class. She loves to play and she is very good too!!

Jeremy lost his first tooth a couple of weeks ago. He is too little. :(

Samantha made this in sewing class. She is so talented

Jeremy wrote his whole name for the first time. Well almost his whole name. lol

My Anniversary!!

2008-11-09T06:11:00.000-08:00

Today is my anniversary. 11 years of holy wedded bliss. lol Today is a day that I always think about how much my husband does for me everyday. He is keeping up the house right now because I have been working so much. I couldn't do it without him at home helping me so much. He runs our limo business, keeps track of our finances and keeps them out of the red, he cleans, cooks, bathes, launders, and makes sure our kids get where they need to go and have their vitamins and brush their teeth. He is such a help to me. I know I couldn't do it without him. Don't get me wrong, we fight plenty. But the good times far outweigh the bad. Thank you Ryan!! I love you!!

Guilt

2008-11-09T06:07:00.000-08:00

I was having such guilt last night. Today is my 5th 12 hour shift in a row. And on Thursday I went to enrichment night and the gym after work, on Friday I had a meeting and went to dinner after work and last night I went to a birthday party after work. So my children hadn't seen me much. I was feeling like such a horrible mom. I was thinking to myself how could Heavenly Father give me such beautiful, loving children? I don't deserve them. When I came home last night they ran to the door and wrapped their arms around me and told me how much they love me. They are such understanding, forgiving children. What a blessing they are to my life. I am so lucky to have them.

Flowers

2008-11-07T20:28:00.001-08:00

My patient and her family gave me flowers today. It made me feel so good and bad at the same time. It made me feel so good because I felt like she appreciated what I did to help in that special time in her life. I felt bad because they drove me crazy the first part of the day and I felt like I didn't put my best foot forward. I did feel like I worked really hard to help her deliver though because it was a rough delivery. I am grateful there are such nice people out there. :)

My beautiful kids!!

2008-11-06T14:36:00.000-08:00

These are my beautiful children. Samantha is my loving daughter. She loves to play basketball and just play outside. She loves playstation and is a very good student. Jeremy is my playful son. He loves to be around his mom and play. He loves cars and loves to play outside and get dirty. They are such good kiddos!!

Halloween

2008-11-06T13:59:00.001-08:00

These are my little ghouls. We went trunk or treating at church a couple of days before Halloween. These are the only pics I have of them in their costumes. :(

Who are you most like?

2008-11-06T07:34:00.000-08:00

I found this on my sisters blog. It was kind of fun. for those of you who have read the Twilight series and are so excited to see the movie this is kinda fun!

Take the Quiz and Share Your Results!

My first blog

2008-10-19T19:55:00.000-07:00

This is my first blog ever. I will write more about me later. I just wanted to get one started. :) My sister inspired me.