Workin' Man

Braeden is finally earning his keep at the ripe old age of 12. He is a referee for our local soccer league. Saturday was his first day and he absolutely loved it!......and he made a ridiculous amount of money for only 4 hours of "work".

total bummer

Today Cary and I are celebrating 15 years of wedded bliss....that is not the total bummer. Last night he surprised me by telling me he had taken the day off today so that we could go to the temple and then spend the day together. The total bummer?.....Kate woke up sick. So, she is home today and I sent Cary to work. We are going to try to have a do-over on Friday. Gotta love kids!

Cary's Theme Song

I love my nerdy, engineer husband!

Beiber Fever

I was not a big Justin Beiber fan...until Saturday. I am not embarrassed to say that I have jumped on the Beiber bandwagon after seeing "Never Say Never" with Kate on Saturday. It brings me back to my NKOTB days. Besides Kate ONLY likes him because, "That boy is super talented"...those are her words, not mine. :)

26 days and other random stuff

That's how many days are left until we make our way to the happiest place on earth! SUPER Excited!!



We had a very low key Valentines Day...just the way I like it. No dressing up, no waiting in lines for a table...just me and Cary in our pajamas eating our favorite chips and salsa. Then we feasted on chocolate dipped strawberries.

This morning I was getting Joshua ready for school and out of the blue he says to me, "Eating green beans is way worse then getting sick." What? I would really love to spend a day in the head of that kid.


Sunday I am speaking in sacrament. So, most of my week will be spent thinking, pondering, and writing a talk. If I had it my way I would totally be reading this:

I read The Hunger Games last week and couldn't put it down so I was super happy when Cary brought me home the other two books in the series. Catching Fire is gonna have to wait until Sunday afternoon though. Until then it will be waiting on my nightstand along the third book, Mockingjay.

beast-mode

This is a word that my children, particularly by boys LOVE to use. I don't even think it's a real word, but it's one of those made up words that some one used one day and now everything is beast-mode or beast. I guess it's used in place of words like fantastic, awesome, terrific, or even cool. Everything lately is totally beast-mode....or as Braeden sometimes like to say, "I am so beast".

Speaking of Braeden, this morning I was talking to him and I realized that I actually had to look up at him. For awhile we have been eye to eye, but all of a sudden he has really shot up. In the middle of our conversation I was thinking to myself, "Holy cow! How did this happen? How has he grown up so fast?" I don't like it...it's totally not beast-mode.

here it "snows" again

This is how I am feeling today about the snow and the freezing temps. I am so ready for it to go away. I am really looking forward to Sunday when it is suppose to get up to 69 degrees.


Joshua wanted something warm and yummy that he could dip in milk for breakfast. So I tried a new recipe this morning. It was an epic FAIL. I hate when that happens. I followed the directions exactly right, so it wasn't me...it was the crappy recipe. That one is going in the trash along with the flat muffins. We opted for french toast and hot chocolate instead.

Braeden has the right idea about today. He is still in bed at 11:07am. I don't plan on waking him any time soon..after all, he is a growing boy.

I promised pics form my bday. I totally forgot to take any pictures of the night...except for this one. My wonderful husband who loves me so much, grilling fajita meat for me and my friends in the snow and ice. Oh, I love him! Love the headlamp!

Day 4

I saw this on facebook and thought it was funny!

This is what it has looked like at our house the last few days. I am so grateful for game systems, netflix, and warm toasty blankets. They have saved us!

Today is my birthday. I asked Mother Nature to take away the ice and the cold for my birthday. She basically laughed in my face. This is what we woke up to this morning.

My kids are so over the ice and snow. They won't even get out in it long enough for me to take some pictures. This one was taken from the car.. (yes, we actually ventured out today) After all it is my birthday and I NEEDED to get out.

Tonight I am having a little party. It should be amusing to watch Cary grill fajitas in the snow. Pictures will be posted soon. Happy Birthday to me!!

Cabin Fever

Rolling black outs, temps of 10 degrees with windchills of -4, and streets paved in solid sheets of ice.....I thought we lived in Texas.

After two days of freezing temps Braeden has had enough. He is an outdoors type of kid..so he put on the layers and duct taped his pants...he was ready for some ice soccer. I can't believe he lasted for as long as he did. I hate the cold!


This cold weather is making me crazy and I am eating like a pig! Why is it I feel the need to bake more and eat more? The muffins, and bread, and brownies, and oh so good creamy hot chocolate are adding inches to my middle. Not to mention, it doesn't help when I am trying to work it all off on the treadmill and it decides to stop in the middle of a w0rkout because the power goes out. Oh, and my skin is itchy...did i mention I hate the cold?

I am hoping that by Friday we have thawed out enough so that I don't have to do a redo for my birthday....Pretty please, Mother Nature...with a cherry on top....