O.k. so I am not sure what the heck just happened the other night!! One minute it was as calm as could be outside. The kids were out riding their bikes, and the next minute, I saw this wall of dust coming straight for us. It suddenly got very dark outside, and we ran inside just in time. Within about 5 minutes the power had gone off and we heard this loud boom in the backyard. After the winds calmed down, we went outside and this is what we saw.......one of our 60ft pine trees had fallen right over! To this day I am not sure how it did not go through our house. If the wind had been blowing just a little bit more to the right, it would have been a direct hit! WOW We did lose our covered patio and Joe's poor little grill got demolished, but everyone was safe and we are counting our blessings today. Now, I knew moving up here that the winds literally never stop, but this was crazy! Thanks to all of our wonderful neighbors and friends for lending a hand in the clean up!!! I think it might be time to consider taking down all the trees in our back yard, that could possibly hit our house:) Just a thought

Oh Boys!!!

This is just a little converstaion that took place in our home the other night....Let me set the scene. It is 10:00 at night.. The kids are suppose to be asslep, and Joe and I are sitting and relaxing, catching up on a few shows.

This is what we heard

Carson: "Dad, um when do I start to get hair under my arms"? ( He is dead serious at this point)

Joe: "What?, why are you asking me this"?

Carson: "Well, Me and Landon are laying in our beds and I put my finger in my arm pi,t and I think I felt a hair". (Mind you he is 8 years old!)

Kim: I am laughing at this point...."Carson you did not feel a hair in your arm pit". "You probably won't till you are at least 12 or something like that"? (Like I know what age to tell him)

Landon: ( Please keep in mind that all the lights are pretty much off, and from the middle of a dark kitchen we here...) Dad... I think I might have a hair under my arm to?

Joe: "Boys you do not have hair in your arm pits, you are way to young". "Let me see then".

Carson then comes over to show us this "hair".

Joe: "O.k. I do not see anything, go back to bed we will talk about your hair on your body and where it comes in at, at a later date."

By this point I am laughing my butt off! (Are we really having this converstaion?)

Carson: " But I swear I felt something.

Joe: "Well you must have plucked it out then"

We all started to laugh, and eventually they went to bed. First off, why in the heck are they even checking for arm pit hair? Oh Boys...don't grow up to fast!!! Ya WIERDOS.

O.k. so there are two things wrong about these pictures....the first one is Abby with a black eye. I recently went on a trip with my Mom for 4 day's and Joe was kind enough to take a few days off to watch the kids. Well it seemed like they had a great time, the house was still standing, the kids appeared to have had a bath or two while I was gone, all the food that was bought was pretty much gone, and I could still see the carpet, which meant that there was probably a few pick ups here and there. However upon inquiring about the black eye the only response was that there was a collision between Landon and Abby and that is all that was said......I didn't ask anymore questions, who really knows what goes on when Mom is away?

Now this second picture I may need some help on. I have been talking up the whole going in the potty with Abby. ( She is 2 and I swear I was told by several people that girls are easier than boys to potty train.....um are you sure?) She really is just not into it yet. She really likes to sit on the potty, but only for a second, because I think she knows that if she sits down for a minute then the fun part comes next of pulling on the toilet paper, and flushing it down the toilet. The next problem is that the has no desire to really sit on the potty like a girl......you see the boys are always in a hurry, they first run in the house, and because they are trying to be fast so that they don't miss anything outside, it seems that it is impossible for them to close the door. The problem is Abby occasionally will follow them, and sees that they stand up to go pee, so why can't she? Every time she is asked to try to go to the bathroom, she quickly runs in lifts up her shirt and holds on to that cute belly button that sticks out in hopes that the plumbing will work.....she is very hopeful it will happen one day. HELP any suggestions? She also wants to wear Landon's underwear all the time. I guess it is a good thing she likes the feel of the underwear, but wants to wear the boys kind. What am I going to do with this girl?

The best sale ever......if you have kids

O.k. so this is the greatest sale ever! I have been doing it for almost 7 years now. It the a children's consignment sale that is held in Sandy every Spring and Fall. It is a place where you you can sell your children's items, such as toys, clothes, baby items, kids furniture, bikes, scooters strollers...really just about anythings that you can think of. They all are gently used or like new stuff. They are very strict about what they will let you sell. They cannot have stains or be worn out. What ever you sell, you get to keep 70% and the people that put it on keep the other 30% and donate it various charities across the community. So you can make a little money, and you can shop for new things for your kiddos. I went to the Spring sale last night and got all of this for around $55.00. ( and not all of it is in the picture below.) I got the boys a bout 3 pairs each of denim shorts, and a few shirts. Abby was the spoiled one.......any surprise? She got a few sun dresses, a purse, a princess back back, some play food, some princess dress up outfits, some puzzles, books, a cute wooden high chair for her dolls, a blanket, and a few pairs of p.j.s for summer. I also got the boys, a bags of mini cars, some action figures and each of them a pair of sandals. Yep all this for around 55.00!! I wish I could have had time to shop some more, cause there was so much stuff. There next sale is in September. If anyone wants info about it let me know. I will post about the next sale as it gets closer.

Random Pieces of Information.......

Carson with his two amazing Great Grandmothers.

The kids coloring their eggs for the Easter Bunny.

Abby and Haldey..Best Friends. I see this picture and it makes me miss my nieces and nephews!

Abby with her newest cousin Aspen. She thought she was like one of her dolls.

Carson in his new suit...he looks so grown up!


We had quite the Easter Weekend! We had all of our family up this weekend and let me tell you it was a blast. Granted, I am soooo tired, but well worth it. Abby was in heaven with her girl cousins. She loved that she had other girls to dress up with and play in her princess tent with, while Carson, Landon with their boy cousins seemed to either be down stairs playing the Wii or outside in the back playing a mean game of hoops. They had so much fun. Every night this week they have gone to bed so good, even around 8:00, because they are so stinkin tired from the sleepless weekend. Saturday we had a Easter egg hunt. First for the kids, and then the kids got to hide stuff for the adults. It was to fun watching them get excited about us finding the candy they hid. Next we had a huge lunch/dinner, and then we all were able to go and see Carson be baptized. It was an amazing day, and we feel like we have the best family in the world!!! Thanks everyone for sharing a wonderful weekend with us.

So there was a little scare, Carson was convinced that he figured out who the Easter Bunny was. You see at about 12:30 a.m. Carson decided that nature was calling, and for some reason he was going to use the bathroom in my room, instead of the one in the hall way like he normally does. Well, I did not know this because the adults were in the living room watching t.v and talking. On Easter morning, I got up, got the video camera ready so that I could catch their reactions to their Easter baskets. As Carson came into the living room and found his hidden basket, his reply was,

"I Knew It"! I asked him what was he talking about. He admitted that he had saw these same baskets on my floor in my bedroom, when he went to the bathroom the night before. I tried to stall as I needed to come up with something, anything! My reply..... "Well I think the Easter Bunny tired to come earlier in the night last night, but he saw that you guys were all still awake and because he had a million other houses to go to, he had no choice but to leave them on the front porch". I told him that I just happen to look out the window, saw them sitting there, decided to bring them inside so they would be safe and put them in my room, so that the surprise would not be ruined, and that I put them in the living room before I went to bed, and that is why he saw them in my room. His reply....."Oh now I get it". Well, we dodged a bullet there!! Man these kids are sneaky, it won't be to long (which makes me so sad), before all the questions start coming up. Please don't grow up!

So that was our big exciting weekend. I am very busy preparing for this consignment sale that I am doing this week. I finally decided to start selling a bunch of my kids clothes. I figure why not try to make a little money off them. After that, I will be getting in the zone for my girls trip with my Mom to Vegas, I cannot wait!

The kids only have about 7 more weeks of school. They are getting excited for that. They also start baseball season the middle May. Yes they wait unitl the middle of May because they figure it might be a little warmer. Joe is super busy at work right now, nothing exciting to report on his end.....he is such a hard worker. Abby is in a play group once a week. It hillarious to have the kids at our house, because Abby just sits back and watches all the kids touch her toys. She is not sure what to do. Well enough rambling on. That is our life right now in a nut shell. Let you know if anything else exciting happens.

Day at the Zoo

So I know that our Spring Break was about 2 weeks ago, and for some reason I just have not had any desire to blog....but I am slowly coming out of it, so sorry for the late pictures. Of course we went down to Utah, and the weather was so nice while we were there, so we promised the kids that we would take them to the zoo. I think this was Abby's first time and she loved it! My Dad's birthday was also while we were there, so we had a little party for him. It was fun to just hang out and relax.

We have a very busy weekend coming up. All of my family and Joe's family are coming up for the Easter weekend. Carson is going to be baptized, and so they all decided to make a whole weekend out of it. I think that we counted 30 people that are coming up, ( not all are staying with us.....that would be insane) so it should be a crazy, fun old time. I will post lots of pictures of our fun weekend! TTFN...

Well another season has come to an end. The final.......7 wins, 2 loses and 1 tie for the Badger Bearings. (Yes, that was their team name.) Up here they have local businesses sponsor the teams and well, this is what we got. We were just glad that we got the light blue jersey's this time, and not the bright deer hunter orange like the other team. Carson had a blast playing basketball this year. He was on a great team, and we sure enjoyed the weekly entertainment of him pretending he was D Williams from the Utah Jazz. Way to go Buddy!!! Now let's bring on Baseball season.

There is just something about a girl....

I had to share this picture. Joe came home for lunch today and asked if all I do all day is dress Abby up and take pictures of her. My reply....YEP. She is really into dressing up these days, so it is all her, and I love every minute of it.