Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Best of Both Worlds



Right now as I am watching the POURING RAIN outside...I love thinking about what weather blessings I have right now.
First off: I LOVE RAIN!! I love springtime because of all the rain (my birthday is April 28th & Spencer's is May 1st.) Did I mention how much I love rain!?

Second: I LOVE FALL!! I do, I just love the smells, the FOOTBALL games,hot chocolate, the LEAVES turning colors, the anticipation of going back to school, just everything..

So, as I look outside and realize I have the best of both worlds..I am just plain happy!

Friday, September 21, 2007

Scariest thing to happen..to date

So last night after dinner, Luke, Livi and I were sitting on the couch talking about our move in February. Spencer was walking around playing with toys when he went into the kitchen and went through our cabinets (not a big deal..he LOVES pots and pans and even the oven mitts)
Anyway, a few minutes later he comes walking out with an oven mitt on one hand and a knife in the other!!! I was freaking out--forget being calm!!
I got it away from him and scolded him and sent him to time out (yes, he understands!)
Well, after that I was freaking out of what might have been...when Luke informs me that Spencer had had it IN his mouth and was walking..one little trip, bump or anything and the likely hood of us not having our Spencer is overwhelming...(I am crying typing this)
I feel like such a bad mom..we didn't have a gate (we do NOW! As of 8:30 a.m. this morning, but had a chair blocking the way..and the knife was far back on the counter..I had used it earlier to cut open a salad bag.
SO..just a reminder to moms, dads, aunts/uncles, etc...always, ALWAYS put the knife back or in the sink. I seriously don't know how spencer got it, but always be cautious!!

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Look Alike

Look below to see who our kids look more like. Intersting eh? Although who really puts any merit into these things? (Nobody!) Besides EVERYONE thinks that both of our kids look just like Luke! (Guess this helps me feel better about myself :)




Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Books I've Read so far this year...

I am a readaholic..it's true! I love to read and read and read all the time..well into the night, oops!
Here is the list, many of them were great and some not so great, but at least try some! (I will update the list as I continue reading...)

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
Hannah's Hope by Jennifer Saake
Sophia Kinsella Books:
-Confessions of a Shopaholic
-Shopaholic & Baby
-Shopaholic & Sister
-Shopaholic Ties the Knot
-Shopaholic Takes Manhattan
-The Undomestic Goddess
-Can You Keep a Secret?
Harry Potter 2-6 by J. K. Rowling
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
Angus, Thongs & Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
The 5 People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Tending Roses by Lisa Wingate
The 13th Tale by Diane Setterfield
Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife by Linda Berdoll
The Proper Care & Fedding of Husbands by Dr. Laura Schlessinger
Betsy B. Green Books:
-Hearts in Hiding
-Double Cross
-Until Proven Guilty
-Foul Play
Star Girl by Jerry Spinelli
Harry Potter #7 by J.K. Rowling
Cross by James Patterson
The Watchers by Mark Andrew Olsen
Twilight by Stephenie Meyers
The Watchman by Robert Crais
New Moon by Stephenie Meyers
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyers
Something Borrowed by Emily Griffin
Something Blue by Emily Griffin
Baby Proof by Emily Griffin
Swapping lives by Jane Green
Step on a Crack by James Patterson
Superstition by Karen Robards
vanished by Karen Robards
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (Nov. 2007)
Persuasion by Jane Austen (December 3)

Friday, September 7, 2007

Before watching...push pause on my music down below!

My Turn

Alright, so a few of you have written about one of your days this past week..now it's my turn.
Please note: That this has been almost a typical day/night for me for the past 3 days since luke has been gone...let's start with Wednesday night. And yes, it is extremely long..but seriously have fun reading it!

Wednesday night/Thursday morning:
11:00p.m. LIVI finally falls asleep (long nap that day)
12:15 a.m. I'm in bed & finally falling asleep
12:30 a.m Spencer up crying
1:30 Spencer up crying
2:30 Spencer up SCREAMING--his stomach is grumbling (for real this time) & so I fed him a bite of banana and a string cheese
4:45 Livi up coughing
7:30 up for school
9:15 Nap time for spencer & me
10:45 Spencer up crying...I still slept (lazy I know)
11:10 I finally drag myself off the couch and get Spencer to find that the reason he was crying was...he was POOPIE--BAD MOM!!
11:20 Go to pick up Livi
11:45 Go to Lunch at McD's with Shannon & Avery
1:20 Leave McD's (BTW, it was AWESOME getting out & going to lunch...THANK YOU SHANNON!!)
1:30 Start to clean bathroom
-Spencer wants to help clean too
1:45 Spencer down for nap
4:00 Start dinner/Livi fell asleep/Spencer woke up
5:00 Get ready for Enrichment
6:00 Enrichment dinner..W.O.W. it was amazing! (Word of Wisdom and eating grains)
8:15 Bring kids home
8:45 Spencer to bed
9:30 Livi to bed
At this time, I am vegging on the couch, watching t.v. and talking to luke on the phone
10:30 Still vegging, but off the phone with luke
11:45 start to check email, blog, you know the usual random stuff online

FRIDAY
1:30 a.m. yes, still up, but doing laundry & making my bed...
1:55 get ready for bed, brush teeth, bathroom, wash face
2:00 I hear Livi open up her bedroom door..
2:02 Silence
2:03 "Livi! Come here honey"
2:03.6 "Mommy, I sick!" as she starts dry heaving...
2:03.7 Run her to the kitchen sink..it is the closest thing I have!!
2:04.3 Get her a bowl & ask her if she had already thrown up in her room...she told me no.
2:04.5 I told her to go to the couch so that I can check on her room anyway
2:05 NOT HAPPY!! I am not happy bob, not happy!
2:05.6 with flashlight now in mouth (hand) I conquer her bed...because Spencer is sleeping, I can't just turn on the light...so in the mouth the flashlight went...and stripped her sheets.
2:08 As I am walking to her bathroom, I step in something wet...you guessed it!
2:08.2 walking into her bathroom, I almost slip and fell on something wet...you guessed it!
2:15 Washing sheets out in toilet--gross, I know, but it would be worse if I just threw them in the washer
2:20 Finished washing sheets out
2:23 Sprayed her bed with cleaning product
2:25 Scrubbed carpet outside her door
2:28 Cleaned the bathroom floor
2:31 Started Laundry & BLEACHING
2:35 Cleaned Toilet
2:37 went back into her room and got the extra toddler mattress we have & it gets stuck on the floor..random, I know!
2:37.9 After dragging it into the living room, I noticed that one of our spider/mouse traps has gotten stuck to the bottom of it & that it was stuck to the carpet...hence the stickyness. YUCK!
2:40 made her "island" on the floor. This bed was decked out!! The first layer was the bed, then the sleeping bag, then a sheet...Under the pillow was 2 towels, then her thrown up/cleaned up pillow in a linen laundry bag, not a pillow case (It was 2:40 in the morning!!!!!!) Then livi went down, a blanket, a towel & then another blanket on top. Surrounding the bed was several towels...it was pretty cool if I do say so myself, DEFINATELY KLOPECK (for those that have seen the Burbs :) or to those that haven't..TRAILER TRASH! (For those that find it hard to believe..please ask Kristin, she came by and saw it..) 2 bowls (1 for puking, 1 for backup) 1 wet hand towel to wipe her mouth & a dry hand towel
2:45 I got my pillow & a blanket, texted Luke and settled on the couch
3:30 Livi threw up--I cleaned & lysol(ed) the bowl
4:30 Livi threw up--I cleaned & Lysoled the bowl
6:00 Livi threw up and wet herself on the floor--I cleaned & Lysoled the bowl & scrubbed the carpet, scrubbed her, changed underwear, pjs & sent her back to bed...
7:30 Livi threw up--I rinsed out the bowl & gave it back to her --NO LYSOL!! :)
7:45 I fell asleep as Spencer woke up!! I prayed, PRAYED to Heavenly Father to just let him sleep for 15 more minutes
8:00 Spencer awake & now so is LIvi
8:10 Spencer eating a banana in high chair, Livi watching t.v., mommy sleeping on couch
8:20 Spencer whining..I got up and got him a string cheese
8:23 Whining continues because he INHALED the cheese...I got up and actually made him some oatmeal...
8:30 Texted Kristin
8:40 Started devising a way that I could keep the 2 kids away from each other so spencer didn't get sick again...
8:42 Still devising
8:45 BATHTIME PLAN FORMED
8:51 Kristin texted back
8:55 Bathtime
9:00 Spencer is LOVING LIFE & Livi is still watching t.v.
9:01 Susan Johnson calls with Primary info.
9:03 Kristin calls & offers to bring crackers & sprite (bless her heart)
9:13 Spencer takes the squatting position..for those moms out there..you know what I am talking about..
9:13.2 Spencer DO NOT POOP!!
9:13.3 Spencer pooped!
9:13.4 Kristin I'll call you back
9:14 Scoop Poop to toilet
9:14.3 Spencer out, water out CLEAN & DISINFECT TUB!!
9:14.4 Spencer running around house naked..and right for Livi!
9:14.7 Wipe out tub & make a run for Spencer as I am turning on the water faucet.
9:17 Spencer back in tub & playing like there was nothing wrong
9:24 Call Kristin back
9:26 Luke calls
9:45 Spencer down for nap...does not fall asleep!
9:50 Kristin shows up with the goods
10:10 Livi eats some saltines and sips some Sprite
10:14 Livi throws up

YOU KNOW..I GIVE UP!! Haha..I know some of this post was a little explicit, but those that know me, know that I never sugar coat anything...so this is my life and I wouldn't have it any other way!

Thursday, September 6, 2007

You are gonna love this...

Some video from the wedding...and trust me, for those of you that know us, you are going to want to watch it to the end. Don't forget to turn off/pause the music on my site FIRST! Also, I think that Livi is an awesome dancer...must have gotten that from her dad!

Saturday, September 1, 2007

Day #3,4,5,6 (monday through thursday)

MONDAY
**So Monday morning, we traveled up to Pocatello, Idaho to meet up with Luke's brother, Brian, and his fiancée, Jenny. (Side note: yes, we already have a Jenn in the family & now we will have a Jenny!) Then Luke did an audit on Brian's company. We ventured over to Jenny & Brian's house...HOLY COW--nice and huge!! Jenny and I got bored, so we venture down to Idaho Falls, met up with Iris & went down to Rexburg.
*This is Terry late at night spraying for ants...funny time to do it, hence the pictures*
TUESDAY
**Tuesday we went to Rexburg & went to the new school carnival they hold at Porter Park. Free cotton candy, popcorn, games & a chance to win a wii. It was pretty fun. We went to Laurie's (luke's sister) new house and HOLY COW--it was awesome & beautiful! Luke & family spent most of the time in the hot tub, I didn't get a chance because Spencer was being GRUMPY!!

WEDNESDAY
**Wednesday...ugghhhh!!!! Dress shopping--need I say more? Probably not. Although, I will say that I found my dress within the first 15 minutes of shopping, but my sister-in-law, Jenn, took 7 hours! @#$#$%@#$#@!@!!!! Yes, I was EXHAUSTED by the end of the day. Ok, so was Luke, since he was home taking care of the kids :) We went home & had a bbq.

THURSDAY
**Thursday I hooked up with my old roomies. It was great seeing them & spending time with their children...we now have 6 kids and 1 more on the way!! It is crazy how things change within a year...last time we met, we only had 3 kids..doubled in a year! Luke went 4-wheeling with his brother, Jeramy & brother-in-law, Mike. Jenn cut & colored my hair..then we headed over for another bbq @ Jeramy & Jenn's new home--HOLY COW it is way nice, big & beautiful!!
Livi playing in mud...grrr..with Savannah. Roommates: lft to rt-Adrienne (currently pregnant), Brooke, Me & Becca. Kids lft to rt: Savannah & Hudson (Brooke's), Spencer & Livi (mine) and Brisa (Becca's--Garon had just woken up from a nap and wasn't in the picture mood:)
This is what Luke looked like after 4-wheeling..you didn't see his outfit though...1 word: DUSTY!

*So as you can see..Luke's entire family has BRAND NEW HOMES that are decorated AMAZINGLY & BEAUTIFULLY...and we are still in an apartment. Oh, well...maybe within the next 10 years :)

Idah Trip Day #2 & 3

We chilled by ourselves for the 1st half of the day, since Kiera & Josh weren't back from their Europe/Chicago trip. Then we went & picked Josh up from the airport. Came home, walked up to BYU campus for a bit & then we ventured over to Sunday Dinner with the Strangfeld Family in Orem. My maternal grandmother & aunt, uncles & cousins were there. We haven't seen them in a LONG TIME. Plus, Spencer needed to meet his "namesake" my cousin Spencer. (We are about 6 weeks apart in age & he is AWESOME!!)

Please note the food in these pictures...it is a FEAST!! And they do this EVERY SINGLE SUNDAY!! Who wouldn't want to live down there..right?


Also, livi is eating homemade icecream in this next pictures...and got a bit messy, hence the reason she is in the high chair & spencer is not! :) Mitt & Josh


This 1st picture is with Oma (my maternal grandmother) & the 2nd is with Nana (my paternal grandmother.) We spent the night at Nana's and played hand and foot until 4 a.m.!! She is definately a NIGHT OWL!! Also, I don't know how I gained 15lbs in my face overnight, but whatever..right? Probably the good food & staying up so late.

Idaho Trip Day #1

So, this will start the long series of posts...here was the timeline!

August 18th -- We flew into SLC Airport. My Aunt Eva & Uncle Martin picked us up & drove us back down to my sister & brother-in-law's condo in Provo.

We went out to eat at the Brick Oven with our good friends, Sarah & Brock & Kayden Ellis and Mary & Dave Christensen. We had a great time catching up & then they came over to the condo for some more talky-talky.