Deep, Dark Secrets Reveled

My husband, he likes Hannah Montana.


He read Twilight, in 3 days.



There I said it. It is no longer a secret. Now you can all join me in making fun of him.

To his benefit though, this song by Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus is actually REALLY good, and I have been singing it all day.

Also he has always loved vampires. I knew the second that I heard about the Twilight series that he would love to read them. I just think that it is still fun to tease him about it.


Just because this is funny:
My Big Bro likes Hannah Montana too! He just isn't going to admit it yet.

House of Order

I have been taking these weekly classes on organizing you home and just about every aspect in life. It has been pretty helpful for me so far, and I look forward to the rest of the classes.

I thought that I would post the website for for anyone that feels they need a little help. You can read tons of ideas on here, and even purchase her book. I think she is pretty amazing!

http://www.houseoforder.com/index.htm

Check out part 4 of my Timeline.

I just posted part 4 of my Timeline. You can see it here. I am not totally sure why it was put clear down there. Oh well! Part 5 will be coming soon then I won't bore anyone with my history anymore.

Thanks for being patient though! I don't have any of this written down anywhere else.

I swear I didn't show ANY skin - just a cake!

I get SO many hits on my site for this Lightning McQueen birthday cake that I made for little dude last year. Really, it was cute but I never thought it would make me famous. Kind of anyway.

I thought that I would take a look at where all those hits are coming from. Mostly it is from a Google search, so I went and did a search to see what I could find. To my surprise I was number 7 when you search for Lightning McQueen birthday cake. See here is my proof.....

It is really hard to see, I know, but I am there! I showed it to my hubby and he had to ask me if I had to show some skin to be on the front page of a Google search. Nope just a cake!

If you must see the cake you can see it here.

2:00 am Ramblings from a Booger Covered Brain

Yes, it is 2:00 AM! No, I didn't take the job with the paper route. I am trying to get stuff done. The worst part about being sick all week and being lazy is that all the things that I had to get done by this Sunday didn't get done by it's self. Young Women Newsletter's, Calendars, and my lesson which I decided to MAKE UP A GAME (who does that?) doesn't automatically get done when your brain is gummed up with boogers.

I was on a roll an hour or so ago, getting it all wrapped up, then the baby woke up. TO PLAY, he wasn't tired, he wasn't hungry, he just wanted hang out I guess. Then the tv was left on to Rob and Big, (one of the funniest shows on the planet) and I just can't get into my groove again.

Why did I decide to blog all this right now? Who knows!

Master Bathroom Remodel

At the beginning of December my husband got a while hair to start remodeling our master bathroom. It REALLY needed it don't get me wrong. The tile was coming off and there was TONS of mildew and mold and bugs, and yuck under the tile so he decided that it needed to be done NOW. So my Super Awesome Talented Hardworking Husband and my Master Tile Craftsman Dad spend their Christmas break tiling my shower and bathtub. I thought that I would share with you the end result. Can I just say that I LOVE IT! I can't stop looking at it. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Now we are not done though. The floor has been torn out and the tile will be laid sometime. I think that boys need a bit of a break!

Oh and isn't that the COOLEST shower head ever?

The last 10 year in a timeline. Part 4

Are we any closer yet? Don't worry, I will try not be as long winded as I have been in Part 1, Part 2 and in Part 3. So many things happened in 2004, I am not sure how well that will work out.



2004- I honestly don't remember much about the beginning of this year except for being pregnant, working, having a cute little boy, and my hubby was working and going to school. We were really just trying to stay afloat. I was also pretty busy with my church calling in the Relief Society Presidency. (Man I loved that calling)

In Feb. Little dude turned 1 then 2 months later on April 28th my Little Princess was born. I couldn't believe that I had two such small kids, one boy, one girl. I remember sitting in the hospital with her and really feeling blessed. I hadn't planned to be pregnant, but I knew without a doubt that she was a special gift to us and that she was meant to be here. She even today such a joy and I learn so much from her.

I went back to work full time again after having my Little Princess and it killed me every day to wake up at 4:30 every morning to then work 10 hour days. It took everything out of me. I was tired, stressed, and unhappy that I couldn't spend more time with my family. The summer went on though and it never really seemed to get better. While trying to figure out what I cold do to better myself I realized that maybe I had Post Partum Depression. I went and talked to a doctor and got some help. And what a help it was, I really started to feel better!

That was until the end of August. I have mentioned before here about my friend Kirsten. You can read the full story about her here. She was killed in a car accident on her way home from a family vacation. Her death effected me more than anyone will ever know. I truly did shut down. It made me evaluate myself as a mother, as a wife. I cried almost every day for almost 2 years, and even still when I think about her I cry. Following her death and my life evaluation I could see the importance of being a stay at home mom.

I knew I needed more faith that things would work out financially but that is so much easier said than done though. Finally, after much trouble with this decision, my Hubby and I decided that I would quit my job and stay at home. October 15, 2004 was the last day that I worked full time. Quitting my job was what I needed, what my family needed. I really felt more free and less weighed down. I am grateful that I have been able to stay at home ever since. I did get a part time job at the mall. It was mindless and not too much trouble.

On December 9th, 2004 my sweet little baby girl that was only 7 months old fell off my bed and got her leg stuck between the rail and the mattress and broke her femur. While at the hospital the doctors and nurses where drilling me for hours to see if I was harming my baby and abusing her. At one point they even took her away from me and said that they will bring her back when they knew she wasn't being abused. She was gone from us for almost 2 hours, and when they brought her back she was cold and necked. They gave her back to me and said that they couldn't tell that she had been abused. DUH! I had been telling them that all day! To top off my year of struggling with myself and my abilities as a mother I now had doctors and nurses thinking that possibly I was abusing my child. That was hard for me. REALLY REALLY hard for me. It did work out though. She had to have a little, pink cast that went all the way from the top of her hip down to her ankle. It was so sad, she was just too little for something like that.

2005- This year things started to get better. Little Dude turned 2 and Little Princess turned 1. We spent most of this year just being a family. We were a little less stressed. I was still working part time at the mall and I had even picked up a few students to teach guitar to. I also started working with Holly more at Reed Photographic shooting wedding and stuff. She was teaching me tons and every time I would go to a wedding with her I knew this was something that I wanted to do.

That summer was so much fun! Being with my kids and my hubby was just what I needed to get out of my rut! Even with my hubby working an hour and a half away and still in school we were a happier family. Don't get me wrong it was still really hard on him. He was getting worn down and was starting to have some problems with his work. It was time for a change for him. He just didn't know what yet.

The last 10 year in a timeline. Part 3

To post this every day didn't exactly work. I have been sick this last week so I haven't been feeling like doing much, but today I felt that I needed to post a few more years of my history. (Sorry for those that are bored. I will post something for you a little later today) For those that are not bored and need to catch up you can check out part 1 here and part 2 here.

2002- After we moved into our house, got some of our yard done and even dealt with our car being stolen we had a pretty interesting year the year before. We also found some family members that needed places to stay. At the end of 2001 and into 2002 we had family members living with us. It was a little more frustrating that I thought, but at times it was actually fun. At the beginning of 2002 I had started to think about starting our family. My hubby was not. He was still working at Snowbird and was also going to school as much as he could. Life was really busy. We talked about it for months and months sometimes even argued about it. He had his really good reasons to wait a little longer but I really felt that it was time. So we agreed that we would just both have to pray about it a little harder.

In the mean time my job was going through some interesting changes. I had worked at Muzak for a little while and had really grown to like it. Little did I know that one day when I showed up to work everything was going to change. I got to work a little early and noticed that all the "BIG" bosses had flown into town and were all sitting in the office waiting for people to show up. As soon as I got there they asked me to join them in the office. I really thought I was going to be fired! They had said to me that they were going to be making some really big changes and were going to have a big meeting about it as soon as everyone gets there. After the meeting though they wanted to meet with everyone together, but at that time they wanted me to leave the building for a few hours. I had NO IDEA what was going on. I didn't have a car at the time so one of them loaned me their Mustang to drive around for about 3 hours. Finally I got a call that I could return to the office. I showed up to find out that everyone had been fired BUT me. CRAZY! At that point I really didn't understand what was going on, but was totally grateful that I still had a job. They changed my position and I was to be "the office person and sales support." What a change.

After praying about starting a family my hubby came to me and decided that now really was the right time. 2 weeks later I was pregnant. See I knew it was the right time! I knew that I had been blessed to not loose my job at such a life changing moment. We were super excited and I knew I was having a boy. What was even more fun about this is that my sister that got married 71 days after was going to have a baby 1 month before me! Fun times!

As winter came my hubby was getting excited to get out on the slopes and go boarding. They had opened the lifts but the terrain was still pretty crappy. He went anyway. He ended up catching an edge and falling on his shoulder and was pretty hurt. His friend rushed him to the emergency room then called me from there. I didn't have a car. My hubby's Jeep CJ5 had been having problems and had become impractical so we sold it. I got a ride to the ER with a friend. The doctors thought that he had broken his collar bone, but after many x-ray's they found out that he had just dislocated his sternum. He was in tons of pain! To be honest, to this day he still has problems with it hurting.

Life went on though with a pregnant wife and hurt hubby. Then New Years Eve came. Has anyone ever had the thought that how the very end of the year is is a sign to how the new year will be? Well, this was VERY true in our case that year. I had REALLY high blood pressure and was admitted to the hospital on New Years Eve and then started to go into pre-term labor. What a night. They got everything taken care of and I was released a little while before midnight.

2003- This year is ranked #2 for the year that I learned the most about myself. What a year! To start it off, the Jeep that we traded our car in for (that was a little less than a year old) was totaled when my hubby got rear ended in the fog by a huge truck. This was the beginning of January, by the end I was put on best rest for Toxemia.

On February 21 our first born child was born. Little dude was such a joy, but we were CLUELESS parents. It seemed that we fought all the time about little things because we were so tired and so stressed out. When I returned to work I REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO BE THERE! I hated sending him to a babysitter every day! Plus my job was just not fun anymore. My hubby was unhappy at his job too! Those were some really hard times.

Little Dude was a little over 3 months old when I got a call at work from my hubby. He had just been laid off from his job (for no reason) and was heading back home. As if things couldn't have gotten any worse! I knew I hated my job and I honestly didn't know how much longer that office was going to stay open, so I started to look around a bit. Luckily I found a really good job being an Accountant for the Residential Living at the U of U. My hubby still unemployed, still with one working car, a new baby that really didn't like to sleep at night, and being TOTALLY poor I was a little stressed out. We all where.

I got sick and went to the doctor. It was nothing major but I need to have some tests done so I had been in a few times over a week or so. Then I got a call one night from my doctor, it was late, like 9:00 or so. He tells me that he has something that he needs to tell me. He even wanted me to sit down. I was scared. I thought he was going to tell me that I had cancer or something. Nope! Just that I was pregnant again. He was working late and had a feeling that he needed to take some of the urine sample that he had taken that day and do a test. He had no reason other than a feeling and it turned out that he was right. He thought it was great to call and tell me that, Me on the other hand almost died! Good thing I was sitting down!

So with a new job, new insurance, a new baby still, one income, and one car we were going to have another baby. We didn't know what else to do that night other than sit on the couch, in the dark and cry. After about 4 hours of just crying we decided to make a few changes. We decided that we would attend the temple that next morning to figure a few things out.

By the beginning of November or so my hubby had found a new job. In Orem. Ugh! Well at least it was a job and I could complain too much. We ended that year REALLY poor and really stressed, but it was still better than the end of the year before, we had a cute little boy and another baby on the way and we were both employed. (Not that I was happy about working, but I knew I had to keep a happy face for the sake of our sanity.)

The last 10 year in a timeline. Part 2

To continue my look back on the last 10 years of my life. If you missed part one you can see it here.



2000- On Feb. 25, 2000 my hubby and I were married for time and all eternity in the Mt. Timpanogos Temple. It was the very best day of my life! We had made it! Accomplished our goal and were the happiest couple on the planet. Despite me being really sick and sitting in an Instacare for hours the next day. We headed off to West Yellowstone to go snowmobiling for our honeymoon.




Once back from our honeymoon life would start as just the two of us in our tiny duplex apartment. (Even though his sister lived next door). We loved life! That was until I started having problems at work. My boss was actually giving me a hard time for being LDS and a few other things. It was really hard to work there even though my new hubby worked around the corner from my desk. I happened to mention to them that I was going to look and see what other job opportunities where out there. They were so kind to say "We will give you 30 days to find a new job. Then we will have to let you go." Being a newlywed this was a very hard thing. We had only been married for about 2 months. The 30 days came and I still didn't have a job. I spent my first day of unemployment crying most of the morning because I had put or new little family in a bind. Then the phone rang. I had a new job by the next day.




I started an accounts receivable position at a place called Muzak. It was hard not driving to work with my hubby every day, but this new job was refreshing for me. I loved it. I was even making more money and new friends. This was a better opportunity for me!




During the rest of this year we had moved into my sister in laws old duplex apartment that was next door to our first place. It was bigger and nicer. We were feeling restless though. We wanted to buy a house.





2001- On our first year anniversary we found where we were going to build our new home. We had looked everywhere and really felt at home in the neighborhood that he had picked. We packed up all of our stuff and moved it all right into a storage unit. Then we stayed with my parents until our house was done. We lived there for 3 months and worked really hard on tile, paint, wiring and other small stuff to make sure that house was perfect. When move in day came I couldn't believe it! Married one year and we were able to build a new house! We couldn't have been more excited!



We were able to finish our front yard our first summer in our house. While working on it we had to park our cars in the driveway because the garage was so full of stuff for the yard. We woke up one Sunday morning and my little red Acura was stolen, our jeep had been broken in to and even our friends car that was parked there while he was in Oregon was broken in to. Tons of stuff gone or broken. We couldn't believe it!



After 4 days they found the guy that had taken my car driving it in Tooele. He was arrested and went to trial all to have the case dismissed. I am still annoyed by that to this day. Shortly after we got the car back we traded it in and got my Jeep Grand Cherokee. Too bad that Jeep was short lived.

The last 10 year in a timeline. Part 1

Happy New Years!

I am sure that this thought comes to everyone every now and then, "Boy time goes by so fast" With little kids I think that all the time! With this new year I have been thinking about my life in the last 10 years, and how fast the time has gone by. I have also been thinking a little about my personal history (which I have another idea for, come back Friday and you see what I have in store for this new year). In the last week or so I came up with the idea to write down what happened in the last 10 years and a few thoughts in a time line format. So sit back, grab some popcorn and be prepared for a little look into my life, well a little less than half of it anyway.

1998- This was probably one of the most difficult years in my life. I learned more about myself in this year that any other year in my life so far. I was in the middle of my Senior year of High School, and was caught between a battle of rebellion and what I knew was good for me. I was dating a guy named Kevin (I can see my entire family cringing now). He was in the Air Force and lived at Hill Air Force Base. To me, at the time, he was my outlet for the rebel in me. In the early Spring of 1998, before I graduated, I moved out of my parent's house and into a basement apartment with a friend. My parents made me promise one thing before I moved, that I would graduate from Seminary. They knew that would be something that I would never be able to go back and do and they knew that it would make a huge impact on my life. (later I realized that it really did). I did end up graduating from both Seminary and from High School.

I worked at Crossland Mortgage Corp. full time after graduation. I hated the job but with no plans of going to college there was nothing else that I could do that would pay my rent. I even took two weeks off unpaid so I could go to San Antonio, TX. with Kevin over Father's Day. To leave my dad on Father's Day was a decision that I have always regretted. Throughout the summer I spent my time going to clubs, spending time with Kevin, fighting with my roommate and working. With my boy friend's crappy influence I even got a tattoo that summer.

This was that year that I hit rock bottom. My relationship with Kevin was a horrible one and was getting even worse by the day. My friendship with my friend that I had moved in with was over. Her and I even got into a fist fight one morning. I was going nowhere fast. I moved back into my parents house with full intentions on being there a short time and moving back out after the Holidays.

There was one night late September that I had a conversation with my mom and a blessing from my dad (I will have to talk about this experience another time. It is a life changing one, but will take up too much time here.) I decided at that time that I was going to do two things. I was going to apply at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort for a job. Any job, I didn't care, I wanted to snowboard all winter long. And I was going to give college a try.

I enrolled in one class, a history class, at the University of Utah. I even got a job at Snowbird and started on October 12, 1998. I hated both my first day of work and my history class. My mom convinced me to give my new job one more day. That next day this good looking guy started in the office next to me and I thought that I could give it a little longer (even though I was still dating Kevin.)

Shortly after starting at Snowbird I realized that I no longer wanted Kevin to apart of my life. We broke up and I started dating a few other people. One was that really cute guy that worked at Snowbird with me. We had our first date on December 9th, 1998. After two weeks he was spending Christmas with my family, and I knew I was in love with him.

1999- My new love and I had been dating a short while and were starting to realize the greater things in life. Like our future. This scared me a little. Even though I had been a rebel for most of my life and pretty much inactive from my church for awhile, I still wanted to picture perfect life of being married in the temple and raising my kids in the church. He wasn't active either and I didn't really think that it was something that he wanted. One day I decided to lay it all on the line. I called him up and said "I really like you, but I want to get married in the temple some day. If this isn't something that you want then we need to break up because I am wasting my time." To my surprise that WAS something that he wanted. He had always wanted it, but never had the influence around him to help encourage him.

So together we decided to break some bad habits and to work together to go to the temple some day. With a meeting with the Bishop and some heavy duty goals, our decision was made. We were starting to go to church together and really starting to change our lives. We needed to wait 1 year from the first of February to go through the temple.

The entire year of 1999 was dedicated to spending as much time with my love, and working all the goals that we had set. We did so many fun things together. Hiking, 4 wheeling in his Jeep CJ5, driving up the canyon with friend to have a hot dog roast, and working together. Still a little ruined from my previous relationship I was always on my guard. For no reason though, he was perfect!

9/9/1999 He proposed to me! We were to be married on Feb. 25, 2000. The rest of the year was for making wedding plans for me and for my sister that was going to be married 71 days after me. (my poor parents!)

Hypothetically Speaking

IF I forgot to put gas in my car and IF I forgot to tell my hubby before we went out for his Birthday that we needed gas, and we stalled in the middle of the intersection turning left off of Bangerter Hwy, PLEASE all you passer by's REMEMBER that this is the SEASON TO BE JOLLY! TO BE GIVING! NOT TO BE HONKING YOUR HORN AND CALLING OUT RUDE NAMES! IF this really did happen....couldn't you maybe think that instead of being rude to the stalled car that you could ask if they needed help?

Not that this really did happen. I am just sayin'. ;)


Happy Birthday yesterday Hubby! I promise ice cream and cake next year! Love you!

Oh and thanks for coming to our rescue Matt!

Good Heavens! He is AMAZING!

It is things like this that make me feel I have failed as a mom. Ok or at least make me feel like I need to get started on learning all the countries are so I can someday teach them to my kids.

Check it out, this kid it TOTALLY AMAZING!

Thanks Arianne for letting me exploit your nephew! I just watched it and I am still in awe!

Just being "conscientious" doesn't prevent pregnancy!

Not for a 16 year old anyway! I found this story about Jamie Lynn Spears being pregnant VERY disturbing! Mostly the part where Lynn Spears says "I didn't believe it because Jamie Lynn's always been so conscientious." Ummmm......What about "I didn't believe it because I taught my kids to not have premarital sex, not just taught them to be careful!"

Then there is this part:
What message does she want to send to other teens about premarital sex?
"I definitely don't think it's something you should do; it's better to wait," she says. "But I can't be judgmental because it's a position I put myself in."


Oh sad! What really sucks is that she is a role model and that there are so many little girls that will have so many questions. Some that don't have anyone to talk to about them.

Pillow Talk

We had the hardest time getting our little princess to bed last night. We thought that it was because of taking a long nap during the day, but after a little while I think we figured out why she couldn't sleep.

It had actually been a little while since she had gotten out of bed. We went and checked on her and she was just falling asleep. Shortly after we hear her in her room talking to something. We walked in and she was talking to her pillow. We asked her what was wrong and this is what she said....

"I'm grumpy with my pillow!"

Daddy- "Why are you grumpy with your pillow?"

"Because it won't let me sleep on it."

Insert me in the hall just DYING! I am trying SO hard to not laugh!

Daddy - "Well, I don't think that your bed is mad at you. Just lay down and I will cuddle with you."

This may have been her sneaky way to get her daddy to cuddle with her, but I still think that it is SUPER cute! She even fell asleep. Hopefully tonight her pillow will be a little nicer.

Lazy? Maybe.....

So I didn't show up to my 3AM appointment. I wasn't even in bed until 2:00. 3:00 just wasn't going to work for me. I realize that sometimes you have to sacrifice , but I am not one to sacrifice sleep. I don't get enough as it is. They only thing that I will miss is my plan to get a Carmel Apple Cider every morning on my way home...guess I need to think of some other way to get one every morning.

I take after him.....

My Big Bro surprises me sometimes. I find out that he and I are more alike that I thought. Last night I went out shopping with a friend and we stopped at Starbucks to get a warm drink (you have to do that when it is 20 degrees outside.) I saw that they had a Carmel Apple Cider drink. I couldn't resist, I had to get it. 10 minutes later I was standing in the electronics section of Shopko just in heaven! HEAVEN I TELL YOU! I loved my warm drink SO much that NaTasha was trying to talk to me and I didn't even notice. I was enjoying it way too much.

So this morning I check my Big Brother's blog and he has this posted on there. Apparently he has a new love to! (Hi bro!) I knew I loved him for some reason! Now thanks to him I have been craving a Carmel Apple Cider ALL DAY!

Go ahead, Laugh!

I was looking through the paper a few weeks ago and I saw this nice green piece of paper that said someone was looking for me. There was a number on the paper so I called it. Left a message and then waited.

Ok really, I saw that they needed someone to deliver the newspaper in my area, so I called. Just to see. I thought "hey I could use some extra money!" I never thought that they would actually call me back, but I was interested about how it all works.

They called. I have a paper route starting tomorrow morning at 3.....AM. What have I done?

'Tis the season...

Broken spring on garage door........$250 to repair.

Crappy TV that only works a quarter of the time.......if up to my hubby somewhere between $800 and $1300 to replace.

A bathroom that has been torn to pieces, tile ripped out, sheet rock torn down, stairs built, and shower taken down.......too much money that it is not completely purchased yet.

A BRAND NEW external hard drive that is currently storing ALL of my photo sessions, pictures of my kids, movies and music that is completely not working no matter what we try.........(it makes me cry when I think about it.) Not sure that it can even be recovered but totally irreplaceable!

So 'Tis the Season for everything to break at our house! I really hope that the current condition of things in my house at the end of this year is not a sign as to how next year will be for us.

I hope the rest of you are having a fantastic holiday season!

Pop Rocks

Is there something wrong with my 8 month old baby because he likes Pop Rocks? What a silly kid. He was laughing so hard. So were the rest of us! FUN TIMES!

Congrats!!

I found out tonight that my brother-in-law Shannon just signed a contract to play semi-professional basketball for a new team in Texas the Lake Jackson Lakers! I am super excited for him! He has always loved basketball and is REALLY good at it. He has tried out for some other semi-pro teams before including the Globetrotters but it just hasn't worked out for him. This is such a neat thing for him and his family! It is a true example of following your dreams no matter how many times you have been put down and no matter how old you get. I wanted to congratulate him on all his hard work and his family for some really fun times a head! Way to go Shannon!

P.S. I was looking through my pictures to see if I had a picture to post of him, but I only found some of his kids......




BUT, I did find one of SOME of him.....Not sure how this happened. Oh well, just take a little from all of his kids and but it to this body and you get the idea. :)