New Moon Pictures!

Here's some pictures from the New Moon party, we had such a great time! The before party was so much fun, lots of girls and lots of laughing and lots of desserts!

I won 3rd place in the trivia contest. There were 3 of us who got all the answers to the quiz right but I got the tie breaking question wrong. That's me on the end on the left, for those who don't know me well ;). Natalie made all kinds of really cute stuff, I picked out some earrings.


A couple group photos of all the ladies!

One giant step...

I've been meaning to post for the past couple days but I got side tracked reading this really awesome book that was suggested to me by a blogging friend, I've been totally engrossed!

Anyway, on Monday Ron and I went to the county clerks office and got our marriage license. So now we've got 30 days to make it official. I don't think I'm really going to make a big deal out of it, I just don't have the energy to make a huge production out of it. I just kinda want it all to be over with. Seriously, I'm so exhausted all the time that just thinking about it makes me even more tired.

So, I'm thinking we'll probably just go back to the clerks office and have it solomized there and then go out to dinner with the family or something. Maybe have a small reception next spring when I'm not pregnant. Because I know Elise would be upset if we didn't do something to celebrate the blessed event.

2 more days until Twilight...I need to get a black shirt. There's a dress code for the group ;)

New Moon

I'm a total dork and I freely admit it! I've got tickets along with a bunch of friends to go see New Moon on Friday night so this week is going to be my blogs Twilight week. Yesterday I just finished reading all the books again so I'm all ready for the movie :).

On Friday, my new neighbor and friend Dina and I are going to meet up with my old friends from Lehi for a before party with yummy food, trivia games and I'm sure lots of really neat prizes, I can't wait. After that we head off to the movie, let me just tell you that I've never found anything cooler than some of the thearters around here, I bought my tickets 2 months ago and I've already got assigned seats, how freakin cool is that?!

So, right now as excited as I am I'm really hoping that they've done a much better job with New Moon than they did with Twilight. I was not really to happy with Twilight, if I hadn't read the books I dont' think I would have liked it very much. So lets all keep our fingers crossed that it's worth watching...

Noah's Christmas Wish

Devon posted this on her blog the other day and I thought I should pass it along to all who read mine. This little boy Noah is dying of cancer and they Dr's have given him 2 weeks to live. He want's to celebrate Christmas this weekend and would love to get a bunch of Christmas cards. I say lets make his wish come true!! I looked this up on snopes and it's true.

I say let us all send this little boy a Christmas card and pass it on to your friends as well.

his address is here

Apple Cider Cheese Cake

Ok, so I got this recipe over a year ago and saved it becuase I thought it sound pretty awesome. I finally got around to making it the other day and it is dang good, so I thought I'd put up and share it with all the other cheese cake lovers out there :)

Apple Cider Cheese Cake

1 9" pie crust (I used a graham cracker crust cause I think they're super yummy)
4 packages instant spiced cider
4 TBL sour cream
10 oz cream cheese, softened
1/2 c whipped topping thawed
1 1/2 c canned apple pie filling
1 crunchy type granola bar

Spread apple pie filling on the bottom of pie crust. In large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, sour cream and spiced cider mix until fluffy. Beat in thawed whipped topping. Pour (I don't know what they mean by pour, it was more like try and spread it over, there was no pouring involved when I made it) over apple pie filling and refrigerate. Crush granola bar and sprinkle on top just before serving.

Random Tuesday Thoughts

Since I'm trying to get back into the whole blogging thing I thought today I'd take a page from Cristin's book and do some randomness.

I woke up the other morning to find a huge sopping patch of carpet right in front of the kitchen tile. Of course I stepped in it with socks on! When I asked my children why the carpet was sopping wet, Emi told me that Beeba did it, she was watering her garden.

Eden has learned to take her clothes off. The other day I looked over to find her sitting naked on the floor legs spread with a spoon in her hand. I'll give you 2 guesses to figure out what she was doing. 30 secs later she peed on the floor, guess you can't really expect a 17 month old to go to long without a diaper.

My neighbor, Sarah, is an ICU nurse and was working Sat night, she said the ICU was full and that 60% of the paitents were people with H1N1. Several dying from it, I really starting to get kinda freaked out about it. I mean I personally haven't had the flu in over 10 years and have never gotten a flu shot but this year I'm seriously debating it. I think it might be hearing about all the pregnant women who have died from it. There have been several familes in my neighborhood who have had it.

My vacuum cleaner is clogged and I can't find where it is. My office REALLY needs vacuuming.

I love my neighborhood, the other day one of my neighbors boys came over in his boy scout uniform and asked me if he could rake up my leaves. He needed some extra service hours. A couple days later another couple boys came over and raked them up again. It's nice to have one thing I don't have to worry about doing.

Dreyer's peppermint ice cream is AWESOME and so is Pumpkin Spice egg nog.

I've been feeling kinda guilty because I actually prefer the cranberry juice with the high fructose corn syrup in it to the 100% juice one. The one that's 100% juice one uses apple juice to sweeten it and tastes like cran apple, I not a huge fan of cran apple. When I want cranberry juice I just want cranberry juice.

Last Friday we went to my old neighbor, Mauri's daughters birthday 5th birthday party and one of the party favors were these pink little cowboy boot cups the girls LOVE them and don't want to drink out of anything else.

Wow, I guess I'm pretty boring tonight I can't think of anything else to write about except that it's time to put my kids to bed! Time for some quiet and ice cream :)

Fall fun

The other day we had a bunch of fun over at our neighbor, Sarah's, house. We raked all the leaves up into a huge pile and all the kids had a great time jumping in them, throwing them and pretty much running around like little hooligans! Eden, sadly, was not apart of this fall fun, she was taking a nap. But we'll have some pictures of her up soon :)

Annie being chased by Preston, Gentrie and Emi
Baylee, Emi, Annie, Gentrie and little Sam in the background.

Baylee, Annie, Emi, Gentrie and again little Sam in the background

Baylee and Emi making beds.

Annie and Preston

Emi

Emi

Annie and Emi

Annie, Emi and Preston

Annie, Emi and Preston

Emi and Preston

Update

Tito and my sister got to go home on Saturday!

More sadness...

More sad news. My little nephew, Tito, has been in Oakland Children's Hospital now for almost 2 weeks. He was hospitalized earlier in the month with severe dehydration and pnemonia and was in for about a week. He was sent home once they got his fever to break and he started eating again. He was of course sent home with anti biotics, took those for a week but they didn't do anything. When he was done taking those and still wasn't coughing and started getting a fever again my sister took him back to the emergency room and they sent them to the Children's Hospital.

They did x rays and tests and discovered that his left lung was collapsed because he had so much fluid in his chest cavity and they intubated him to drain the fluid. They took the tubes out 2 days ago and were going to send him home but he now has air in his chest that is collapsing his lung and the fever has come back. They have him on oxygen to try to get the air to move/leave his chest cavity. So it looks like they're not going to get to go home after all. My poor sister has been living at the hospital with him for the past 13 days and poor Tito had to spend his birthday sick in the hospital with tubes in his chest. Thoughts and prayers would be greatly appreciated.

Hopefully I'll have some good things to post about soon. I took a bunch of picture of the girls playing in the leaves yesterday, I'll try to get those pictures posted this evening.

A Tribute

Today I am posting in tribute to a very dear friend, Darla, who on Tuesday, October 6th at 4:45 in the afternoon lost her fight with breast cancer. Although, I only knew Darla for a few short years her warmth, kindness, strength and genoristy of spirit made a huge impact on me. She was a truly amazing woman and I feel so very blessed to have had her in my life. Just 2 weeks ago Darla graduated from BYU and last week took a trip with her family to Mt Rushmore. She was going right up to the very end.

Her funeral was this morning at 10 am, it was bittersweet I laughed and I cried. It was nice to hear all the amazing things said about her by her family and friends. She touched so many people in her short life, she will be missed greatly. Please, all of you who read this, I ask that you take the time to say a short prayer for her family and all those she left behind.

I'm going back to school.

I think I've finally decided what it is I want to do with my life. I know, about time, right!? But I guess it's better late than never. Anyway, I've decided that I'm going to go back to school to become a midwife. I've been thinking about becoming a nurse for years but I think that a midwife would be a much better fit for me.

So, I guess this surprise pregnancy has brought along some benefits already. I've decided to go natural this time, use a midwife and go to a birthing center, and while I was researching the birthing centers I came across the one that I'm going to use and saw that they do midwifery training there and from the birthing center I found out about the MCU, Midwives College of Utah, and it all just kinda came together for me! I'm really excited about this and it just feels right. Now all I've got to do is find the money...

I'm Back...

I know, it's been forever since I posted anything, over 3 months...what can I say other than I've been outside enjoying as much sunshine as I can before the neverending winter descends on us. I love my new neighbors, they are a fantastic group of women and I feel so very blessed to have them in my life.

Not much of any major import has happened in the months I've been away. Lots of trying to keep my house cleaned, breaking up of arguments and squabbles, playing with the neighbors, eating popsicles and most of all trying to stay cool in my unairconditioned house. So, in short, it's been a pretty typical summer.

Beeba is eager for her birthday on the 20th so she can be a big girl. I'm still trying to potty train her. Emi is a little mommy and thinks she's the boss of everyone, she's a huge helper around the house though and is such a great big sister and is really good about helping her sisters out. Eden is a tiny little thing and now at 15 months is only 17lbs. She dosn't even look like she's old enough to be walking but now that she's been doing it for almost 4 months now she's an old pro. She dosn't realize how little she is and gets herself hurt a lot trying to do all the things the big kids do. She's still a little angel, such a sweet baby.

I do have some news though, I just found out 2 weeks ago that I'm pregnant, again. I was shocked and not to happy about the news but am adjusting to it. I'll have more on that soon but for now I'm glad that I actually got something down and am glad to get back to blogging. Until tomorrow...

Home again, home again...

Jiggity jog, I got back home last night about 10 and was so happy to be here.  It was a very long drive and it felt so good to get out of the car and just be in my own home again.  There was also a plesant surprise waiting for me inside, as well.  I had expected to come home to a bigger mess than what I'd left it in but wonder of wonders the place was clean.  Thank you SOOOOO much, Elise for cleaning up and for everything else you did while I was gone.  I don't know how I'll ever repay you.

I just wanted to put up a quick post, I'll be back later to tell about my trip.

I think I did it!

Ok, it looks like I've got this all pulled together and will tomorrow be leaving for sunny San Diego!  My amazing sister in law, Elise, has offered to come and pick up the girls at 5 from my neighbor, Sarah and then Ron will get them when he gets off work.  Man, Elise, I owe you more than I can say!!

I can't belive that I'm actually going to get to go.  I've got so much to get together today...

Arrrghhhh

Ok, so I've been trying to plan an escape because I'm in dire need of one and seriously haven't ever taken a night off from being mom in like 4 years!!  Anyway, my friend and old neighbor, Mauri, is driving down to Oceanside, Ca for a family vacation.  For those of you who don't know that's where I was living before we moved to Utah and my very dear friend, Carolyn, lives in Encinitas not to very far away.  So they're leaving sun and coming back on fri.  

It started off as a kinda joke last saturday at our girls craft night.  But then I started thinking more and more about it and was just like, yeah, I should totally see if I could work this out.  I haven't seen Carolyn in forever and I am in desperate need of a little get away for my sanity.  I have just been feeling so trapped and claustrophobic lately.  

Ron dosn't work on mon and I was going to just have him stay home on tues as well my neighbor, Sarah said she would help out and I was really hoping that Elise would be able to help out as well.  Her boss is out of the country all next week and she has to be in the office because she'll be the only management.  I just can't get it to work out and it's breaking my  heart.  I'm wracking my brain thinking of some way I can get it to but I can't see any solution.  Sarah said she would watch the girls wed-fri during the day if Ron could be home at 5 but he said that's impossible.  

This needs to work, it just has to!!  I'm visualizing and praying and everything else that I can think of...

Is it so wrong for me to want to take a couple of days away from my kids to even need to?  ARRRAAAHHHHH