Saturday, February 2, 2008

This past week...

Well we have done okay...now just one more week to go. Jason left for Wyoming early Monday morning and got there without any trouble this time. (Last week he left and they flew around for 4 hours trying to land in Salt Lake but couldn't due to the weather and then flew back to Phoenix only to get back on a plane and head back to Salt Lake...sounds like fun!) I think I was in denial all day Monday and didn't really want to think I would be alone for 2 weeks with 3 sick kids. Plus I had a nasty cold that always makes life interesting. The kids really started not doing so hot on Wednesday when of course I had YW's and I was in charge of the treats. I ended up going late and was just going to drop of the apples and dip, but had to sit in the room because the boys were stealing all the apples!! That made me so mad that they were eating them without any permission. Who do they think they are?!? Well the kids had fun running around (thanks ibuprofren), and I had fun visiting with the girls and the leaders! Thursday we didn't do too much, we went outside and Tanner wanted to play basketball, and then we went out front and rode bicycles. We just needed some fresh air and needed to get out of the house. Friday morning there was a "sprinkle" for one of my friends that is having a baby. I was so looking forward to going but Tanner woke up coughing and saying his tummy hurt. Which I thought was maybe his lungs. I was really worried due to the fact he was hoarse and his cough was pretty tight. So needless to say we didn't go, sad I needed the socialization. I felt bad Jason called and I brokedown. Gratefully it was only for about 5 minutes then I was okay. So I thought we would do something fun and we went and picked up a pizza and then had a picnic on the living room floor. The kids loved it, Tanner said that was so cool mom. That made my day! I got the kids to bed and then layed on the floor to watch Lost, but fell asleep. Guess all my late nights are catching up to me!


Saturday I figured I would get up and excercise so it would be 3 times this week, but ended up talking to my mom for an hour and then decided that it would be better to watch the funeral of President Hinckley.
I have all the love, honor and respect for him. What a great man he was a great example and great leader I will truly miss him but know he is extremely happy that he can be with his wife again.

After the funeral I made a fort for Tanner and Kylie and they watched a movie while I got ready for the day. We took a walk and Tanner rode his bike while I pulled Kylie and Paige in the wagon. Kylie will stay in the wagon 1/2 of the time and then gets out and wants me to hold her. Well I can't hold her and so she starts crying and ends up crying the rest of the way home. I 'm sure it's a sight me walking really fast ( have to keep up with Tanner) pulling a wagon, holding hands with a screaming child. No wonder I get so many comments like you have your hands full!

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Sore

Like the thousands of other Americans one of my many New Years resolutions is to get into shape...and I'm finally starting to excercise (one of my other goals is not procrastinate...not doing so well with that one!). I know it is already the end of January but a late start is better than no start at all. Jason and I have a cruise planned (without kids) for the middle of June so I have about 4 1/2 months to reach my goal and hopefully stop being so sore!

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

In a tight spot....


I was in the study when I hear Tanner yelling mom help me. I didn't think much of it because they (Tanner and Kylie) have been playing "rescue" lately. Well I walk out to the family room and there is Tanner stuck behind the couch. I don't even know how he got in there it is such a tight space. I tried to pull him out and this is the result .....
So I ended up having to move the couch and he was able to get out. I found out he was trying to rescue a necklace! Crazy kids....Paige is almost six months and is getting really good at picking things up and putting them in her mouth. She started some solids and loves carrots, peas and bananas. She doesn't like the rice cereal too much but we will work on it.

And here is our Kylie such a sassy girl as it says on her shirt. She had a couple of meltdowns and wanted daddy today....all the kids have such a hard time when dad is away. Luckily he gets to come home this weekend then we'll see how we do with him being gone for 2 weeks.

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Safeway


Well I got to say I have a love hate relationship with Safeway. We now have a grocery store less than 2 minutes from our house where before we would have to drive 15 minutes one way to go grocery shopping. I love it having a store so close but maybe a little too much. It is so nice to be able to go and get something and be home within 10 minutes but now I keep forgetting little things and end up going to the grocery store to get what I forgot plus a few items. We (Jason and I) decided that we can only go 1 time a week.


The "grand opening" was last weekend and they were giving away 200 ipod shuffles. So we decided to go see if we could win one. We got in different lines and I was so sad I didn't win, but then I heard them say congratulations and yes Jason won! His face actually turned red when they told him we were pretty excited!

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Tanner



Tanner got a haircut today and looks so handsome he would correct me and say he looks cool not handsome. I can't believe how old he is looking....and how dark his hair has gotten. I love this boy!!

Sunday, January 6, 2008

Rest of Christmas

So I am finally getting around to posting about the rest of our Christmas. We woke up to this...




and I loved it's been so long since I woke up to a White Christmas. We had a great day with lots of presents and food. Tanner got a bike and a crashing race track, some new cars and clothes. Kylie got princess shoes, 2 dolls and a stroller, playpen, and high chair, and of course clothes. Paige also got some clothes and a new toy. Jason got some new clothes and a travel bag, and he gave me a smugmug site where I can store and display our pictures! It was really fun because Tanner was so into the whole day. He absolutely loved it, and of course it made Kylie excited too. They love the Christmas music and are still singing Jingle Bells, and I think in Sacrament meeting today Kylie was singing O Christmas Tree. Grandma and Grandpa Startup came and spent the day with us, I think they enjoyed being around all the kids as they opened their gifts. I'm so glad that they were there to share the day with us.







We opened our santa gifts, and then everyone came over for breakfast. Mom had made cinnamon rolls, and we had sausage and lots of eggs, and juice. Then we went down and opened the gifts from the family. Mom spoiled us again this year, I got all sorts of new pans for the kitchen, and she made each one of us girls a new quilt. I can't believe how much work she did for us. After we had opened all the gifts it was time to get dressed and get ready for dinner.



The rest of the week we didn't do a whole bunch due to the fact that everyone got sick. We did some shopping, some more playing in the snow, oh and we did go bowling. That was a lot of fun. Kim and Trent, and Lori went with us and the kids had a blast! Tanner did really well for his first time. I'm glad that we were able to do that.









We decided last minute to leave on Sunday the 30th instead of waiting until after the new year, so Saturday night I went and spent some time with both sets of grandparents. I enjoyed it so much just having the chance to sit and talk with them. I love them both so much!!

Friday, January 4, 2008

Christmas Eve

Paige and Grandpa Startup

Our family has a tradition of Chinese food on Christmas Eve. It all started with my mom's side of the family. My grandparents owns a candy business called Startups Candy and so they were always really busy up to Christmas. So when it came time for dinner on Christmas Eve they tried to find some where to eat and the only place that was open was Chinese, so that was their dinner. Now our family goes to eat Chinese every Christmas Eve I think we look forward to it all year long. Here is a few pictures of our lunch.
Linzee and Paige our Santa babies


Mom, Andrea, Kim, Me, Lori and Amy