Ten on Tuesday

I'm going to try this new ten on Tuesday thing to remind me off all the crazy stuff I do all week. Someday I'm sure I'll want to remember it, LOL

1. Went to breakfast with my fab friends, Emma, Shana and April. It was lovely.

2. Took Carson to the dentist for the 1st time. No cavities, YAY!

3. Went to my first Enrichment Committee meeting, we planned out the rest of super Tuesday which is sure to be fun.

4. I walked 4 miles which for me is awesome.

5. Finished my visiting teaching for the month. YAY done a week earlier than usual!

6. Went to Caleb's soccer game. It was a tie. They played awesome, the best I've seen them play to date.

7. Went to church and watched the primary program and bawled like a baby off and on the whole time. LOVED IT!

8. Kenzi came over this weekend and as a punishment for lying to me, I made her clean the playroom. I'm sure she'll never lie again after that, LOL!

9. Played crazy rummy with Tia, Stacha and Kenz. I won.

10. Helped Nicki plan the ultimate scrapbook room for Nat. I wished that I lived up there so that I could have helped her! It was cool to be included even though I live 300 miles away.

That was my last week in a nutshell.

Carson's first day of preschool

(We are going to pretend that its the first of September when this event actually happened!)



Carson is in preschool, YAY! I have no children home for 2 1/2 hours a day, 3 times a week. It is fabulous. I get to go to the grocery store by myself and run my errands alone. LOVE IT! And Carson loves to go play with the kids. It is wonderful that he is independent enough to just say "bye mom" and there are no tears or anything. HE used to be awful when I dropped him off at nursery. They always had to come and find me because he wouldn't calm down. Whew, glad he's over that!



And now, for your viewing enjoyment, some pictures!

Guess what I forgot?

Yeah, I totally forgot school pictures this year. I swear that I am losing it! They were yesterday. Totally spaced them. I did call the school and retakes are in October. Crap.

I guess "Mother of the Year" is out of my reach this year too.

I don't know about you, but I just can't get into the groove of school this year. I feel completely unorganized and lost. I'm hoping that it gets better as the year goes on. Taking a cruise probably didn't help with my issues either. I think I need something to help with my focus. Maybe I should drink more caffeine. I'm sure that will help. Well, it will make me feel me better anyway.

Ouch.

Went to the dentist today. It sucked. I'm pretty sure my mouth has turned into hamburger and it won't stop bleeding. I can't even drink my lovely sonic drink (diet DP with strawberry) because my mouth is too numb. It is sucky. I have to have this fun (and by fun I mean sucky) procedure every few years. I think child birth hurts less. Or it might be the same. I'm still deciding. However, without modern dentistry I wouldn't have a front tooth so I am grateful. Or I will be later.

How is your day?
Did you do anything fun this weekend?
Are all your teeth real?
Are you afraid of the dentist like I am?

Tell me!

10 Years!

Today is our 10 year anniversary! At this time that I am typing this we were having our wedding ceremony 10 years ago at the beautiful Pine Valley chapel, the oldest chapel still in use by the LDS Church. At the age of 22, I was older than most of my friends when I got married, Allan was younger than most of his. How ironic is that? I'm very fortunate to be married to my best friend, the person who knows all my bad traits and loves me anyway. He is a great husband, a wonderful father and a man of high integrity. He is the love of my life. We truly enjoy each other's company.

The top 10 reasons that I love Allan

1. He is fun. We are always doing something, anything to keep us from being bored. Boredom is not an issue in our marriage. We love to go on adventures together.

2. He loves me even though I am a slob and he's not. I know that it makes him crazy to come home to a messy house everyday but he rarely makes a comment about it. My gift to Allan today is to come home to a clean house!

3. He is the kind of father that every boy should have, mostly because he still acts like a kid! Its not uncommon to see Allan flying down the street on Caleb's 50 motorcycle. He like to play games, sports, hunt and camp. And the boys adore him. Carson thinks that daddy is the coolest person ever! I think he's cool too.

4. He is the love of my life. Period. No questions asked.

5. He thinks that I am beautiful even though right now I'm about 20 pounds heavier than I am comfortable with (my own insecurity not something that he said to me!). It is nice to be adored by your husband.

6. He is a great provider. This man will work from sun up until sun down to make sure that his family will never go without. A few years ago, we were broke. Allan went out and washed windows, going from door to door, to make sure that we had food on the table and diapers for Caleb. He is amazing.

7. He makes me happy. He is always doing crazy things that make me smile.

8. He gives me time away to have a weekend with the girls. It makes me be a better mother and wife when I get the break and he understands that I need this.

9. He loves to take me out on dates. Its never an issue to get a sitter and go out to spend time together. It is awesome to be married to your best friend.

10. He spoils us all. A lot. New house? Check. New car? Check. Want new clothes? Check. But he is spoiled too and that's OK with me!

I love you babe!

I'm baack!

OK, this post is going to be of many random things so just bear with me, ok?! I'm just overflowing with thought!

First of all, I love Sara Palin!

I think she is an awesome choice for VP! I love that a woman that I can relate to will (hopefully) be in the White House! She has a family, she is a hockey mom, and she loves her husband. Wow, what a concept! Finally, someone in this race that I can stomach...she is the perfect choice. I wish she was running for president. I would be out on the streets campaigning for her! LOVE HER! She is what politics should be. OK I feel better, I have wanted to post that for weeks!

I know, I know, you want to know about my cruise. Well, we had a great time! But in the same breath, I don't really love the cruising thing. Its too scheduled for me. Be on the boat at 4. Dinner is at 8. Blah blah blah! Plus, everything on the boat is just too damn expensive. No thanks! Give me a hotel with a beach front any day. Cruising just ain't for me.

OK the funniest thing happened the first night at dinner. We all ordered shrimp cocktail and Allan was like "why is there only 4 shrimp on the plate, there should be 10." So he tells this to our waiter and the waiter says "you want 10, I'll bring you 10" and instead of 10 shrimp on a plate, he brought out 10 plates of shrimp! So we are all laughing our butts off eating shrimp because there was no way we were going to let all that good shrimp go to waste!

MMMM....Shrimp

Anywho, we went to San Diego on Tuesday. We went to Sea World and that was pretty dang cool. Those animals have got talent! I think this was the most fun that we had on the whole cruise. I'm not gonna lie, amusement parks without your kids are way more fun!

Loving those sharks!

Taking the pink flamingos for a walk. Does anyone know why pink flamingos are pink? Because they eat shrimp...We have decided that Allan should be pink too from all the shrimp he ate the night before.

The coolest looking lizard I have ever seen. And no, I didn't touch it.

The second day of the cruise, we went to Catalina Island. We went on a tour of the island and then to the Wrigley Memorial Bontanical Gardens. The island is very pretty. If you want to spend a fortune on a t-shirt and a meal, this is the place to go! HAHA, just kidding. I'm sounding a little cheap in this post but those who know me know that's not true. OK, back to Catalina. After the tour we went and played on the beach. It was the smallest beach I have ever seen! But it was cool to just chill out and get a tan while my husband played in the ocean like a little boy. Honestly, I have never seen Allan as happy as he is when he gets near the ocean. It is hilarious!

Allan and me on the tour. We were the youngest people on the tour by like 40 years, LOL. Even the bus driver didn't believe we were on the tour. He said we were way to young, HAHA!
We love those pretty flowers! If my hubby wasn't a landscaper, I would worry about what his love of flowers meant...
Insert joke here. I know that we made a whole bunch!

Up on Wrigleys Memorial. Nate, Andrea, me and Allan. Aren't we just so hot?
In front of the cool looking fountain. Those are all handmade tiles. I think they are nifty.

The next day we were in Ensenada, unfortunately. It was lame. We went back to the ship and took a nap. Later that night, Allan and I went to karaoke and it was so funny to watch! Seriously, I was laughing so hard that I had tears running down my face. People will do anything for attention that's all I can say! After listening to the many "talented" singers we went to a comedy show and the guy was actually pretty funny. Then we realized it was like 2 in the morning and we had to be up at 6 to go home so we went to bed. End of cruise. Drive for 7 hours. Then we were home!

To be continued.....

I'm cruising, BABY!

Whoo-hoo! We are leaving for our cruise in the morning and I can't wait! I will be back to my old bloggy self in a week or so with a ton of pictures to post. I will update you on my crazy life and then you have to comment or I'll cry! Have a great week!

Tagged...

List 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 obsessions/collections, 3 surprising facts and then tag five other people. Leave a comment for the people you tag so they know they have been tagged. Okay, here goes...

3 Joys

1. Allan and our kids are the biggest source of joy in my life. I love (OK 99% of the time, anyhow!) hanging out with them and just doing all the fun stuff that we do. Its really great to be married to someone who is also your friend. I also love that my boys have a great sense of humor. We laugh and joke a lot, it just makes me happy.

2. I love to shop. I don't care if it is just window shopping, it just makes me feel great! I think its called a 'shopper's high'. It gives me that euphoric feeling whenever I enter any kind of store, even the grocery store. Crazy, I know!

3. Girls trips! I take at least 2-3 girl trips a year. They will always be the best memories of my life (even that crazy Cali trip, Nat! LOL). It is awesome to have women in my life who live all over but we can get together and it seems like just yesterday that we were together. These are the kind of friends in my life that I imagine visiting when I'm old and gray (OK, seriously, I'll never have gray hair! The hairdresser in me won't allow it, LOL) and giggling like we are teenagers again. So to all my friends YOU ARE THE BEST!

3 fears

1. OK, I'll start with the obvious. I don't know how I would go on if I lost Caleb, Carson, or Allan. They are my world and I just don't know if I could live in a world without them.

2. I'm completely afraid of heights. And ironically enough, Allan is a pilot and we own a small airplane (see fear #1) and I have flown a lot. But it scares the crap out of me!

3. I'm totally scared of scorpions and spiders. I check my bed at night to make sure that there isn't anything in my bed. I have found a scorpion in my bed before and it freaks me out. Creepy!

3 obsessions/collections

1. I collect scrapbook paper, embellishments and equipment. I have a whole room filled with products and I hardly ever scrapbook. I intend to scrapbook at least once a week now that Caleb and Carson are in school. I also love to digital scrapbook. It depends on what mood I'm in.

2. I also collect candles. Love them! I don't like those melty things, I actually like to see the flicker of the candle. It is relaxing.

3. I love holidays! I have only lived in this house for 2 years and I have already had to have extra storage added in the garage to store all my decorations. It gives me great happiness to decorate my home for the holidays. Love it!!

3 surprising facts

1. I have moved over 40 times in my life.

2. When I was 19, I had brain surgery to remove a large tumor.

3. After I had Carson, I knew I was done having kids. I have never had another inkling to get pregnant or have another baby. People tell me all the time that I'll regret not having any more but I really don't feel like I will. I feel blessed that I was able to have kids after the brain tumor thing so I'm completely content with the 2 that I have. And no I don't want to try one more time so that I can have a girl. LOL