I know mine should be called Saturday night confessions...whatever!

1. I have 10 lbs to lose to be back to pre-pregnancy weight...it will NEVER happen!
2. I have a hard time feeling loved and appreciated, it is very frustrating...grr
3. I truly have love in my heart for every person I have ever been acquainted with.
4. How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop? I have never tried.
5. I only ever had 10 pimples in my life until I gave birth to Chelsie, since then I get 10 a day (not really but I always have one or two)

Confessions of a mommy drama queen...

1. I am obsessed with Harry Potter, books, movies, I don't care give me all of it!
2. Jason has been begging me for baby #4 since January...I've told him NO! so far, I just don't feel ready yet, kids are a lot of work. Especially with a fireman husband.
3. I have never read the Book of Mormon cover to cover, mostly because I have never clearly understood it enough to have the desire. I challenged myself in January and have LOVED every minute of it. WHAT a truly amazing gift from Heavenly Father, he really knows what is best for us.
4. I wake up every morning Mon-Thurs. at 5:45 and jog 2 miles, it really has become such a joy!
5. I don't like sharing my food from my plate with my kids, or anyone really, but I am happy to get you your own plate of food. LOL

Beautiful daughters of God.

It's rare to Sydnie showing such affection towards Chelsie but when she does we want to capture every moment of it, so we can prove it later. HA HA HA
The girls always look so beautiful before church but by the time sacrament wrestling is over the story has changed so here is a before to show how nice they look all cleaned up!

I must confess...

1. I hate everything about gasoline, buying it, pumping it, the fact that I need it to drive,GRRR
2. I talk to myself on a daily basis, maybe even hourly :)
3. My whole life I was told that roses were my favorite flower, so I went with it. NOT true I love Calla lilies.
4. Cosmetology is my passion, especially color!
5. Someday I will own a business, a restaurant, day spa, candy store, bakery...any of these would fulfill my dream.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

Friday night confessions...

Ok well my friend Tara talked me into this so here's how it works every Friday night I will post five confessions about me...here goes
1. I am having an affair...with sugar in any form. (I can't resist it)
2. I realized recently that I have some pride issues to work on. (Shocker, I know)
3. I have been in love 3 times (my heart was broken twice...grr)
4. When Chelsie was 2 I found out I had a parasite on my skin that was causing what looked like terrible acne (how embarrassing) but its gone now thanks to Julie Davis the voodoo Dr.
5. I had 3 miscarriages between Chelsie and Sydnie, I would come home crying from church sometimes after baby blessings.
Be brave and try confessing your secrets, its fun!

Chelsie had aunt Sami over and it was a b-e-a-utiful day so we got the sprinkler ball out and I thought they looked pretty amazing when they cleared the ball in one jump! Little acrobats, aren't they awesome! Sami is Jasons sister for those of you who don't know ;) We all look forward to more days like this...however not the part where we left Cocoa (our puppy) alone with the ball and she ATE it, grrr naughty Cocoa!

"hope ya know, we had a hard time"

"Hope you know I had a hard time"

Red & yellow & pink & green....

Purple & orange & blue, I can sing a rainbow sing a rainbow sing a rainbow too!
Listen with your eyes and you can see how fantastic this was! Rainbows amaze me and I was so excited to see two rainbows one above the other. The second one is a little hard to see so look closely. I took the pictures on redwood road while I was driving, Chelsie thought I was crazy, but it was well worth it to me.

A new member of our family!

SUGAR! She is our new kitten! Jason and the girls got her for Brandie for Mothers day. She is so fun and is very tolerant as you can see. Sydnie holds her by the neck and skin all the time and Sugar just hangs there, they were meant to be together we guess.

Sydnie, the big helper!

Surprisingly Sydnie wanted to help me vacuum! I say that with such enthusiasm because up until this day she was terrified of the vacuum cleaner, it may or may not have something to do with the fact that I always chase her onto the couch when I turn it on...LOL Anywho, we had fun vacuuming, now I need to get her to wipe her own toosh!

A couple of weeks ago, when we thought spring had sprung, we ventured to the park for the afternoon. Jasie had SO much fun, this was her first time and she probably went down the slide 50 times in a half an hour. She was so cute, as you can see! The girls are growing so fast I am already wishing time to slow down so I can enjoy every single moment with them. Here's to Spring returning soon...

Ok so I am totally hooked on coupons now...I can't believe how much I can save just by getting the paper and clipping coupons. I always thought "what a waste of time" or I really won't save enough for it to be worth my time. Well I was obviously naive! The pictures above will demonstrate the amount you can save, and how quickly you can build food storage.
8 boxes of frosted flakes
2 boxes of frosted mini wheats
4 -5 packs of fiber one bars
5 -3 packs of irish spring soap
5 packages of angel hair pasta
10- 8 packs of rice crispie treats
5 colgate expressions toothpaste
4 packs of wrigleys gum
5 -4 packs of dannon yogurt smoothies
4 aerosol cans of lysol disinfectant spray
2 tubes of neosporin
4 -45 count dixie plates
1 -25 count dixie bowls
5 bags of quaker rice cake snacks
RETAIL TOTAL = $210
AMOUNT SPENT = $76.71
AMOUNT SAVED = $133.29 WOW!!!

The next shopping spree was smaller but still amazing!
5 boxes of 26 count electrasol dishwasher tabs
2 -75 oz. bottles of electrasol dishwasher liquid
3 tubes of neopsporin
3 -35 count lysol disinfecting wipes
2 aerosol cans of glade air freshener (free by the way)
2 -2 packs of hot hot pockets
1 red baron pizza
RETAIL TOTAL = $87
AMOUNT SPENT = $11.50
AMOUNT SAVED = $75...WOW!!!
Maybe you think I'm crazy but this actually works and all you have to do is buy the Sunday newspaper and clip the coupons. Its worth a try for anyone, especially during the economy crisis!

8th anniversary celebration

Happy anniversary to us...March 15th. We celebrated by taking the kids for sleepovers with grandparents and aunt Whitney. Then we made our way to Ruby Tuesday where our server was the most amazing...Debi Hawkes, LOL we had so much fun and she took these pictures for us. Then to Sees candies for my fav treat...butterscotch squares. After that we headed to Wiseguys comedy club where we had a good laugh. And ended up at home alone, which was really weird I kept wanting to check the kids but nope they weren't there. It was a great night, one we will remember for a long time. It's great to date! LOL

Usborne Books

We found this amazing book company! We are consultants and would love you to look at our website. Fantastic kids books and learning tools. Check it out here...

Interesting facts

In my new ward I was asked by the relief society to fill out an information sheet and return it. When I got to the question asking to tell something interesting about myself I couldn't think of anything good so I e-mailed Jason because he was at work and this was his response.

Yes
you gave birth to a child naturally and actually want to do it again
you have a huge family
you swallowed a fruit snack whole and survived to tell about it
you have an amazing ear for playing music without knowing how to officially read music
you know how to use American sign language
you were a mommy to over 40 rowdy college boys before the age of 26
you can almost do your splits perfectly
you have the most painful donkey kick in the world
you can automatically throw something and have it land in my eye whether i am wearing a helmet or securely hidden in a body bag

there are millions of things but i have to go now i will send you more later!!!! I love you profusely!

that is my word of the day PROFUSELY
HE CRACKS ME UP, AND THIS MADE ME FEEL LIKE I HAD SOMETHING INTERESTING TO SHARE. PS the only one I shared was the rowdy college dorm mom.

Life.

As I watch myself and others struggle in this life, my heart breaks for all the disappointment and heartache that we endure. I know it's rare for me to share spiritual experiences but now is a time in my life when I am reflecting on the importance of this earthly life and those I choose to take with me on my journey here. I have always tried to be a helping hand to those around me (bluntness and all) :) But I find myself looking back and realizing that I was doing those things because that is what I needed. Instead of seeing what the recipient was in need of. I have found recently that holding on to acquaintances, whom I thought of as friends has led me down some paths I wouldn't have chosen for myself if I could have seen the hindsight. So I have come to a point where I must make some decisions for myself, which in my mind I have not done often, although it may have looked that way at times. I must let go of the negative influences in my life, choose not to let them effect my choices and my spirituality, some are family and some friends. I know this sounds like a depressing reality, however this is very cleansing for me to write and share with those I love and respect. If you are reading this then have no worries you're not on the "bye-bye" list. ;)
I had the opportunity to attend a temple session at the Mount Timpanogis temple with my hubby last week, first session since before Jasie was born, I know I was naughty...bad me. The next day I was able to attend the Draper temple open house which was SO amazing! The spirit there was so strong that in the sealing room as I was trying to talk to Chelsie a little about my sealing to Jason I couldn't help the tears from flowing. It was so great to have her there and see her experience the temple for the first time. It was a glimpse of what will come in the future for my beautiful daughters. I have so much love in my heart for all of you, the gospel and of course my eternal family. Since the new year I have been studying the Book of Mormon. I have never read and understood the words so clear before, I am amazed what I can learn and how just adding personal scripture study to my life has changed my perspective on my family and there receptiveness to me. Learning of the creation from the temple and then learning it again in the scriptures has given me an "a-ha" moment this week. 2 Nephi 2:25 "Adam fell that man might be; and men are, that they might have joy." To me this always meant that I should have joy because that's what it meant, but I have discovered that we cannot have joy without the fall of Adam because there would be no knowledge of this joy if there were no misery. So we must pass through sorrow to know repentance, and we must have our hearts broken to find mercy, and we must suffer some misery to understand real joy. I have experienced all of these as have you all I'm sure, however he never said it would be easy just that it would be worth it. I can't wait to see you all in all your glory that you have earned, there we see each other as we really are.
Love to all!

I had to.

This is Jason, very excited for his German chocolate cherry cake...It was too funny not to blog. Sorry Babe-a

Thats what I call flexible.

So this is the a fore mentioned "bear bear" that Jasie got for Christmas. She cannot sleep without it, as you can see whether its sitting up laying down or folded in half as you see here. I love these little things the girls do to bring bits of joy to my life.

FINALLY...I KNOW!!!

This is our amazing house! We are loving it to the MAX! 4 bedrooms 2 baths fully FANTASTIC! I have only 10 boxes left and we will be unpacked...then onto the "decor" which I will be asking for help with so be thinking of great ideas. ;) If you want our new address send me an e-mail and I will be glad to send it. LOVE TO ALL! PS. can you believe all the snow in our front yard? WHAT THE? It's cold...brrr.