An apology and promise....

First, I am sorry I have been slacking in the blogging department lately. Things have been crazy with moving, everyone being sick with the stomach flu *bleck*, colds, and now with Tyler, Pneumonia. I think we have gone to our new ward as a whole family once in the two months we've been here.

Second, I promise I will be better. I kinda have been avoiding the computer so much because I find I get more done in the day when I'm not sucked into the addictiveness of the Internet with blogs, facebook, and such. So I do want to start posting more often. And though it may not be as often as I have done in the past, I will do my best to be more vigilant on keeping it updated.

Just for the few who care. ;)
Thanks!

Moving day!!

Yes, you read that right, tomorrow is moving day for us! I'm very excited. We found a cute 3 bedroom 2 bath home with a HUGE backyard. Chloe is excited for her own room and David and I are excited to be out of an Association!!! And if we do any repairs or when David sprays the house for bugs, the owner is going to take it off the rent. So we are going to fix up the yard (no trees and a fence around the front for the dogs) and paint a little inside, and even maybe replace the cupboards in the kitchen ( hopefully sooner than later). They have already done a lot (new tile, carpet, paint), but if we are able to do something that was already on their list, we get reimbursed or rent off for it. We are way excited. So everyone, come visit us at our new house!!! :)

Now if the sale of our own home continues to go well...

Pay it forward!

I saw this idea the other day and I thought it would be fun to do, so here we go!!

The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me!

My choice. For you.

This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1 - I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2 - What I create will be just for you.
3 - It'll be done this year (might take a little while).
4 - You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be a story. It may be poetry or an article. I may crochet or quilt something. I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!
5 - I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

The catch?
Oh, the catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me!

Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it! Good luck!
One last thing..... I actually have to KNOW your in real life, so no blog stalkers please!!

Nursery, Jeep, bedtime with grandpa, and goofy kids

AKA: Catch up... ;)

Nursery

Being in nursery has it's good points. You have snack time, play with toys, the lesson is only about 3 min. long, so no risk of falling asleep...unless it's nap time. The other good thing is I got to take the pics for the kids this year. What's so good about that, you ask? Well, you can pick the best picture for your own child instead of someone else getting some goofy-looking, face-making 18 month old...right? Not so much. Unknowingly, I picked Tyler's goofiest picture of the bunch. I don't know how I missed the nice picture I got of him...right next to the silly one... but oh well. No biggie, he's cute anytime in my book.

Picked Picture

Missed Picture

Jeep

Chloe's prized possession (besides her yellow teddy bear) is her Jeep. Any chance she gets she wants to drive it. Now that she can steer it, and not just go in a straight line, she wants to ride it more than ever. And Tyler loves to go for a ride. It won't be long before he will be able to drive it himself....if he can pry it from Chloe's fingers....

Putting gas in her Jeep.

Bedtime with Grandpa

David and I had an early Valentine's Day date. We went to Vegas and went to dinner at Macaroni Grill. Mmm mmm. So good. Aunt Beka watched the kids, but Grandpa Jennings picked them up for bedtime. This is what we came home to find...

Goofy Kids

Here are just random pictures of my goofy kids.

Night of misery and woe

Typed last week:

Last night was very eventful at our house. First off, while I was in the bathroom doing was most people do in the bathroom....needless to say, I couldn't get up very quickly. Anyway...Tyler decided it would be fun to climb in our shower. Then he decided to close the shower door. In the meantime, I am calling him, trying to get him out. All of a sudden I hear a spray bottle and him swallowing. The only thing in the bathroom that as a spray nozzle is the Shower Cleaner we spray after each use! AAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!! I grab him as fast as a mother can who currently *cough* preoccupied, but not after he had a few tastes. So I had a rather nice conversation with poison control. Thankfully, I had already done what they would have suggested (including taking the spray bottle away, LOL) and Tyler was fine. Then after I put the kids in bed, Chloe got the croup really bad and after being up with her half the night, she finally fell asleep in my bed. Of course it was the night David was gone. Curse Murphey and his law....

Little miss

Mommy: Chloe, those sun glasses are SO COOL!

Chloe: No mommy! They are AWSOME!

Yay for mom and Beka!!!!!

They finished the 5k! And MORE!!! Here are the happy runners..

My mom and sister just finished a 5k run this morning...sort of. My sis has run a lot and ran the marathon this past summer. But my mom has worked so hard to lose weight. After having 7 kids, she was too busy taking care of us than herself. The other day she told me she went looking for size 12 jeans (an accomplishment for her) and came home with size 8!!. She hasn't been able to wear size 8 jeans since before she had me (27 years ago). So this was really big for her this morning to run this 5k.

Now for the funny part....

They had the 5k and 1/2 marathon runners start and end in the same spot. They split up somewhere durning the race. Unfortunately, my mom and sister missed that part. They ran until they say mile marker 4! Oops... They, somewhere, took a shortcut (for the 1/2 marathon) and made it through the finish line with some of the first marathon runners!! LOL!! They said it was really funny becuase they were way ahead of the first runners when they started passing them. So it looked like they finished the 1/2 marathon in just over an hour!!! They were even offered a metal for being among the first finshed! So instead of running the three miles ( my mom's goal) they went above and beyond!! More like 7 or 8 miles! I really am proud of her. And you too, Beka!

Blogging? What's that??

Yeah....I've been slacking, I know. But David is in Phoenix tonight with his dad to try to sell his Classic Pontiac, and I'm going to be up all night worried about him until I know he gets there safe (he should arrive there approx. 5am tomorrow morning). So I thought I would take this time to catch up.

Daddy showing Chloe how to hold the little bird. Yes everyone, he's still alive (the bird).

Do you think she's proud of herself??

Tyler thought he was so smart to climb up to the table and finish Chloe's frozen treat.

But I mean, really....could you tell that boy no?

Okay, that's all for now. More to come later.

Jesus wants her for a Sunbeam...

...but Chloe doesn't! My little girl is a Sunbeam now!!! I can't believe it! Unfortunately, neither can Chloe. She had a hard time on Sunday adjusting, so by the end she ended up in the Jr. Nursery with Dave and I. She cried....no screamed when I dropped her off to her class. Her teacher insisted she would be fine so I went to nursery. She went to Sharing Time and it didn't get better. She had to 'go potty' and didn't want to go back. *Sigh* Hopefully next week will be better.

Here she is before the tears...