So I guess I have been officially TAGGED

Ten Years ago I:
Was a senior in high school (my ten year reunion is this June!!!)
I was in love with... well I won't mention it because some of you may know him and that would be REALLY embarassing, but let's just say in 3rd grade I wrote "I love .... (his name)" on 10 sheets of paper (why I will NEVER know) and my supposed best friend got a hold of them and passed them out to the class. From then on, I am afraid to say he was never the same around me.
Dressed up as a Spice Girl for a night on the town (peer pressure)
Getting ready to join the BIG town of Rexburg, Idaho (to meet my handsome prince)
I was buried in homework because I thought it would be fun to have 3 AP classes my senior year
I lost my best friend and met my first love (really)
To Do List:
This last week, I have sworn off of these, because I think they just set me up for failure and seriously who wants to fail EVERY single day. Well the inevitable happened and I ended up making a to do list... to which I will NOT finish, but being a Type A personality does not help much.. so here it is
Get dressed
Do my hair
Put on my makeup ... hey I have to put things on I can cross off
Get the kids ready, change diapers, feed kids, get kids off to school
Go to the store
Pack ( I am going to Vegas for a week... YEAH)
Print off powerpoints for my Neonatal Conference I am attending in VEGAS
Get kids off bus
Occupy kids
Cry myself to sleep because I am going to miss my kids

Snacks I Enjoy:

ANYTHING with chocolate, carbs, chocolate or carbs

Good thing I have a GREAT friend who keeps me going to the gym (who I am goin to miss dearly when she moves next month!!!)

What would I do If I were a Billionaire:
Seriously are you really asking me this question?
I would pay off all my debts and my families debts
Go off on a world trip with all my family
Get Savannah her surgery on her legs
Build an all boys or an all girls school for troubled teens
Invest and live off the interest

3 Bad Habits:
Swearing... but I wouldn't really say that was all that bad
Stay up way too late.
Diet Soda…keeps me up when I work all night
Yelling at my kids (me yell?)
Eating to much... oh I was supposed to stop at three. I guess I just aired out all the dirty laundry.... speaking of laundry I did TEN loads in 2 days and it SUCKED (see the swearing)

Places I have Lived:
Mesa, AZ
Austin, TX
Provo, UT
Rexburg, ID

Jobs I have Had:
Alpine Valley (all through high school)
Hogi Yogi (loved working with my GIRLS!!!!!)
Tutoring Math and Ricks and UVSC
RC Willey
The Gap (I got fired.... it was a BAD day)
MIHS (in the NICU)

5 Things people don’t know about me:
When I brush my teeth I slurp up the water when I am rinsing my mouth (my dad always said I would annoy my husband, but thankfully he does it TOOOOO!!!)
I ran a marathon and 4 half marathons (this is for you Christy)
I have a house cleaner
I am SUPER competitive
I have a therapist (her name is Megan and she is free... no I am not sharing)

I tag Christy, Jessica Steed, Angelica

Mommy am I a boy or a girl?

Ok not as bad as the title sounds. I was sitting with Mikenna and we saw these pics and she said mommy is that me? I said yes and she said mommy am I a boy? No that is you.... she thought it was Daxton. Can you believe the resemblance? I wouldn't have if I hadn't seen it...

Don't forget the little people

And these are pictures of Daxton. What kind of mother would I be if I didn't post some of these for all to see what a cutie he is.

I was talking to a girlfriend the other day and we were saying how we just can't put our babies in bed to let them cry, or if they do cry we can't let them, we have to pick them up, and they are spoiled spoiled spoiled (I don't really believe you can spoil a baby until they are at least 2). But we talked that our 3rd was different somehow (maybe the 4 year gap??)


Anyway, the top picture is Daxton the night Logan proposed to Natalie. Grandpa thought it would be fun to take a picture of him with the ring and the Martinelli's. He is so funny. But I am sure that whomever he (Daxton) asks to marry would be very SMART to say yes.... so this one is for all the 10 month old baby girls out there.

Then there are the girls with Daxton. We used to say that he had three cries: hungry, tired, and when the girls were around. He has since been able to communicate slightly better, but I can still tell when the girls are getting to close to his comfort zone. What do you do?

Reminiscing

So I found these pictures on my mom's computer and I remember taking them almost 2 YEARS ago. Wow I can' t believe how time is flying. I got an email the other day that asked me what day I was looking forward to and there wasn't really one (ok you got me, next Tuesday

I am going to Las Vegas with Doug for a week.... with NO kids), but before then there really wasn't anything I wanted the days to pass for. It seems like I forget to enjoy the little things in life like doing puzzles, reading books, or taking the kids to the park. So here are some pictures to remind me to slow down and that life comes at me TOO fast.

Weekly Update

So this week... Mikenna went into the office and said, Daddy I really want a snack can I have one? I asked her, what did your mom say. She gave me her best I'm 4 going on 40 voice and said, Dad just don't worry about her OK? I just want a snack. I replied, That's fine, go ask your mom. To which she replied, I said don't worry about her. I later found out that she had asked Brittany and was told no so she was playing the I'll sweet talk my daddy card.......too bad I was an expert at that little game and saw right through her, HA.

Daxton is starting to get a little temper like Mikenna and he has the loud girl scream like savannah, so looks like he got the best parts of both of his older sisters. I'm hoping that girl scream goes away soon. If his voice stays high for as many years as mine did we might have to sign him up for the Vienna Boys Choir.

This week was spring break so no school. Every day the girls woke up asking where they were going today. The answer, NOWHERE, didn't seem to be sufficient.

We planted corn, cantalope, cucumbers, squash and a few other things in our garden a week and a half ago for home evening so I'm hoping they start peeking through sometime this week. The weather is starting to get hot. I took the kids for a walk today and it's getting uncomfortable to be outside during the day. My small grasssy area is almost green, if I water it this week it should look pretty good by the end of the week

PS Doug wrote this as an email to his family and I posted it

Smorgesborg

SO these are my girlies from college (makes me sound young again... LOL) Julie, Kristi, Atyaf, and Chrisanne.


Not a great picture of everybody, but at least I look ok and that is really all that matters (and Doug looks the same in ALL his pictures)

Ok so I know it was awhile ago, but I couldn't resist not putting up pictures of the girlies I spent 16 months of my life with! I miss them all dearly. We had so much "fun" in school, although I am glad we are graduated and all have jobs where we don't usually work for free!

My sister is graduating this May from ASU and I guess I am feeling a bit nostalgic. I am however grateful to not be completing all the projects, doing the homework, and working for free like my sister.... sorry sis.

I also wanted to post a picture of my little girlies and husband who supported me all through school. At graduation when I walked they met me at the bottom of the stairs and they were so cute with their roses. For the next week, Savannah walked around telling anybody who would listen that "My mommy is a NURSE!!!" She was so proud.

So today I have spent most of the day with my kiddos (I know shocking). Savannah was home sick so this morning we did "projects." Those consist of coloring, tracing our names, counting, gluing, and just hanging out... and all the while poor Daxton was left to fend for himself, eating cheese in his high chair, crying on the floor, sleeping in his crib... yes he felt like the third child today. I do enjoy spending time with them, time flies to fast and they are getting sooo big.

QUESTION: Mikenna wakes up DAILY (of course she does) with the same question, "Mommy, where am I going today?" I don't know why but it really gets under my skin and I just want to scream "NOWHERE, we are staying HOME today." and sometimes I do, but have since realized that adult temper tantrums only lead to kid temper tantrums and that is really NOT a great combination. So my question to you all is what do you do to keep your kids that stay at home busy all day? AND what am I going to do with Mikenna next year when she can't go to kindergarten and only goes to Early Learners for a few hours. She is killing me!

Thanks to all

Kunz Kidsizms

Savannah was reading the Book of Mormon reader today and she was saying that the "Glass plates were mean (what she was referring to was Laban was mean)" and Mikenna pipes in and says, "No, Savannah, the glass plates aren't mean because they don't have a face."

I about peed my pants.

Mikenna also says, "Mom tell me the story of Moroni and the Glass Plates" ok really I am teaching them it is the brass plates, but kids are so funny in what they hear or say because of undeveloped speech.

Well I got my hair cut, colored, and layered and I hate it all. Why do I get layers... is it really that hard to remember that I really dislike them? I grow them out. Shouldn't that be enough to say that I don't love them? Also there was clearly a misunderstanding in the color of my hair because it ended up 2 shades darker than I wanted and so it is now my revisited disastrous dark hair.

Seriously.

Well I have spent far to much time "blogging" tonight. I knew that the moment I started that I would be hooked. I need to work on "cool" things to post, but I am sure it will come.

Caving In

Well I finally caved in after careful consideration on my part and have begun a blog. It is not up to the par that I want it to be, but hopefully with time and practice I will be able to navigate and muddle through cyperspace.