Things to come!

The weather around here the last couple of days has been wonderful. It's been warm enough for the kids to play outside in the back yard and enjoy it for more than a half an hour at a time. I have been enjoying being able to send them out to burn off all of the energy they have. Until this afternoon when Camren realized that she could scream as loud as she wanted and nobody would stop her. This went on for 5 minutes or so. I started to feel sorry for the neighbors, so I asked her to stop. After about ten more minutes she finally did. I was trying to explain to her why she couldn't scream so loud and it hit me I tortured my neighbors when I was younger to. Hopefully this is not the start of something awful for our future neighbors!

I was a little monster in my younger days and I'm sure my neighbor thought so to. We loved to play tricks on her. One time we tried to sell her some gum wrappers. After maybe three attempts her husbands finally came to the door. He told us that if we ever came back he would cut our ears off. Then made a scary face. We ran off screaming.(He really was a nice man) We deserved it. After that we would knock on their door and run away. This got so bad that they called the police on us.

She used to go to bed early every night. We knew it and it was our goal to wake her up. In the summer we slept out on our trampoline every night. It was our goal to see how loud and obnoxious we could be. When she would come out to tell us to be quiet we would all hide under our sleeping bags and pretend to be asleep. She would yell at us for awhile and then go back into her house. I don't know how she was so patient, but there was one time she turned the sprinklers on us. Ending our fun for the night.

I don't know how many summer this went on for. I hope not many. I don't ever remember getting in trouble for it either. My parent had to know it was happening, but I don't know if they ever did anything to stop us. So here is my official apology to my poor neighbors. I am so sorry! I will try to keep our kids from torturing any future neighbors.

Bright

There's not a lot going on here. So I gave my blog a face lift. Its kind of hard to look at, but I LOVE yellow. I won't keep it up for to long. It just makes me happy to look at it.

Tagged

A. The rules are posted at the beginning.
B. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people by posting their names; then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged.

10 years ago:


I was in my first year of college. Sadly, I didn't do that well. The Month after I moved out from under the wings of my parents my mom was diagnosed with cancer. It was a very traumatic time and instead of studying I spent my time driving back and forth to see my mom.

On a lighter note in a about six months from now I will meet Chris. We will become instant friends and by this time the next year we are kissing friends!(still not dating each other)

Snacks I enjoy:
I really love pineapple and watermelon.

My guilty pleasure is Chocolate.

I eat candy. The truth is I have no will power. Even if I don't think that it tastes good I still eat it.

Five things on my to-do list today:
This is the true list. My lucky day.

1. Help Camren with piano
   
2. FHE
3. Take dinner to someone.
4. play in snow
   
5. Grocery shopping

This is not a normal list. Usually my #1 goal is to survive the day.

Things I would do if I were suddenly made a billionaire:

Honestly, I don't think I would want to be a billionaire. Money makes me nervous. However, if I did turn into a billionaire I would buy a summer house in Maine and get my pilots license so I could go there when ever I wanted. I would travel the world. I would give some to Chris and he would be the one to help out our families. He is way more generous than I am. Then we would invest the rest.


Three of my bad habits:

Getting upset with the kids.

Sitting around thinking that I have so much to do.

Sleeping in.

Five places I have lived:

Idaho
Utah
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Colorado

Jobs I have had:

Hot Dog stand worker
Treadmill maker
Hardware Cashier
Cell Phone Customer Service
IRS worker
Ortho Assistant
Ice Cream Server

Things people don't know about me:

I have anxiety issues. This is probably not such a surprise if you've ever gotten a phone call from me. I don't like the phone. I check my doors at least twice a night. Can't sleep at night unless I know that they are locked. I am afraid of medicine. These are a few of my anxieties. Maybe someday I'll tell you more about this.

I tag:
My list of bloggers isn't that big yet. These are the people I don't think have been tagged.

Lindy
Livia
Chris (You can use mine!)

Camren's Wedding

Camren is obsessed with getting married. She wakes up in the morning has breakfast and then goes down stairs and gets on her wedding dress. She stays in it until she has to go to school and then as soon as she gets home she is back in her wedding dress. Some of the things that she come up with in her head are so funny to me. Mostly because I don't know where it comes from. For example, today she came upstairs all upset. I asked her what was wrong. This is what she had to say. Keep in mind that she only knows that 70 and 60 are big numbers.

Camren: My husband just asked me to marry him.
Me: Sounds okay to me.
Camren: No its not he is like 70. I told him He would be dead by the time I'm ready to get married.

The other day we were playing and she decided that she needed to have a rest before her wedding. I told her that was probably a good idea so that she could think clearly at her wedding. This is how the conversation went after that.

Camren: Don't worry mom I already talked with my husband and I know that we both like to go hiking and fishing. I don't know though because he likes to build things and I don't.
Me: Its okay if you don't like to build, he can make you a house and then you can decorate it.
Camren: Oh, I like decorating. I guess it will be okay.

Awhile back she came upstairs. Hailey was following behind her.

Camren: Hello Mrs. would you like to meet my husband.
Me: Sure
Camren: This (Hailey) is my husband. We are getting married today. We have like 40 kids.
Me: oh yeah.
Camren: Yeah, we adopted them my husband is like 60 years old.

What's for dinner?

My kraft magazine came in the mail last week. I usually don't make the recipes in it, but I like to look through it to get ideas. Then I look for different recipes that don't use cream cheese or soup in them. I had one hour on Monday where I didn't have to take the kids grocery shopping with me so I hurried and made a list from the kraft magazine and other things that are quick and easy. Everyday this week we are having soup in some form or another.

My menu

• Hawaiian Hay stacks (made with cream of chicken)
• Chicken enchiladas (made with cream of mushroom)
• Chicken pot pie(made with cream of chicken)
• French dip (made with beef consume)
• Soup and bread bowls (not Campbell's, Homemade)
• Shepherd's Pie (okay not soup, but it does have cream cheese)

I know! But it will probably happen again. It was worth the hour of alone time.

Life is good!

For the past six months Chris has been working these crazy insane hours. He usually works six days a week and sometimes they are 12 hour shifts. Plus add a move and a new baby. Wow its been very overwhelming. I've always thought that I was pretty good with change, but this one has thrown me for a loop. You might be asking why life is good? Well for the last three weeks Chris has only been working 4 days a week with two twelve hour shifts. I like having him around and so do the girls. Our whole house feels a lot calmer and I finally feel like I can breath again. Such a good feeling!

Snowball Fight!

We have been having a blast with all of the snow! We've made snowmen in our back yard complete with a baby carrot noses. Had snowball fights. And eaten a ton of snow! Chris finally had a day off the other day and took the girls sledding. They had a great time until Camren ran into a bush.
Here is a video of their first snow ball fight! Hailey and Camren have so much fun together. I am so glad that they are such good friends.