Our Family

Jace's Birthday!

2010-11-05T23:56:00.000-07:00

I can't believe Jace is 11 years old. This cutie pie warms my heart. I sure love watching him in everything he does. From mma, racing dirt bikes, and his love of football. Football is his life right now and is so deticated to getting enough sleep for his games to eating right. I can't believe the self decipline he has only being 11.
He is a great player playing offense and defense most of the game. Tonight we had his birthday party. It looked like he had a lot of fun. His friends came over for pizza and played in the back until we loaded them up and went to jump street.
It was craziness there but they all had fun. I made Jace a football cake with his jersey number on it. #5!
He got some great gifts. What a great night. Jace has his first playoff game at 8am tomorrow which means he has to wake up at 6:15am. boo to early games! I sure do love my freckle face boy.

Parker is 5!!!

2010-10-13T17:27:00.000-07:00

How can my baby be 5 already! I'm still in denial. He had the best birthday party ever! We rented a huge blow up water slide for his party. Parker had so much fun going down it. Between the water slide, our pool and two trampolines all the kiddos had a great time.

Carter's Baptism

2010-10-13T17:16:00.000-07:00

What a special day! I get so emotional during baptisms. Carter was so excited. He was so funny. When I was driving he was asking me questions about his baptism day. One of them was "Mom can dad dip me two times"? I bought him a new suit and he looked so handsome.
The kids were all so excited for Carter's big day!
Daddy and Carter
Mommy, Daddy and Carter
Not the greatest pic of me but it's Carter's day. I can't believe that 3 of our kids have been bapitized and only one to go:) I sure do love my family and I'm so thankful for all my family and friends that came to Carter's baptism.

Happy Birthday Carter!

2010-08-11T13:45:00.000-07:00

When did this happen?? my sweet boy Carter is now eight years old. Time is flying by and I don't like it at all! We went to Red Robin for his birthday dinner. It is our favorite place eat out as a family.
Carter wanted to have a bowling party. He has sooo much fun. He always had a smile on his face. He is usually shy but was up front dancing the cha cha slide. So was Parker.
Carter and his Mommy!I sure love my boy!

I'm a worn out mama!

2010-05-09T22:40:00.000-07:00

The past 6 weeks have been some of the hardest weeks of my life..and fun! I definetly signed up the kids for too many acivities. I'm soooo ready for May to be over!! This is what we've been up to. I was able to go on a fieldtrip with Carter to the Maricopa County fair. It was a lot of fun spending that time with him and he thought it was really cool to have his mom there. Yes i've gained weight.. but a good friend told me that I need to take pics anyways. The kids really liked the rockets. Jace has loved playing tackle but he is on the worst team ever. It's the coach. He is horrible! But he is having fun anyways. At three practices a week i'm ready for it to be over but we still have 5 weeks. Hayley is still dancing. She takes hip hop, hip hop company, jazz and clogging. It has been way too much for me. She also got pick to represent Dance Element at Starbound dance Comp which meant more practices. and she has extra practices for the recital. I love watching her dance but i'm so ready for it to be over. Heck i'm ready to do nothing but swim all day with the kiddos. Anyways her dance trio took 2nd place and so did her dance group. i will post videos later. My girl Hayley.
The kids last day of school is June 2nd. Hooray!! I can't wait!!! I will make it through the month of May! I will I will!!

Things that can go.

2010-03-19T00:43:00.000-07:00

This is what Parker's preschool field trip was about. He was able to bring his bike. He rode it everywhere!! He had so much fun with his friends. Parker really likes going to preschool and he is learning so much stuff.

Character Counts

2010-03-19T00:39:00.000-07:00

Carter recieved an award for Character Counts. Resonsibility. He was very proud of it and he should be. Only two kids per class, per quarter recieve it. He is such a good student. Mrs. Willman really enjoys having him in class. He is missing his two front teeth. What a cutie. Way to go Carter!

the day that never ends....

2010-03-19T00:14:00.000-07:00

Today has been one of the longest days ever..... Have been going none stop since I woke up this morning. I went to the gym today. Stretched out in the sauna then 30min on the eliptical. I just kept staring at the cycle door. A class was going on and I miss it. It is the best feeling ever when you complete that class. It's hardcore and I haven't had such a feeling of accomplishment as far as an excercise class goes. I'm jealous when I see everyone walk out sweating like crazy, smiling and talking. I will try it soon. My muffin top went away finally with that class and my muffin top is back! And that is not a good thing.
Emotional day for me. I really need to figure somethings out. I really need to read my scriptures and some uplifting books on self esteem. I really lack it even though maybe I put up a front that I have it all together to most people that know me. Wish I did but I don't.
I should send my mom a card.Even though we haven't talked in a lonnggg time I can tell her hi and that I do love and miss her.
Today was the first day of back to back soccer/football practice and I'm exhausted. I let Hayley go to the movies with a friend alone today. The first time I have ever done this. Then they did a little shopping. She had fun. I took the boys to lunch. It was fun. They were really good. Went home cleaned up my living room, dining room and kitchen and washed a load of laundry. Got the boys ready for practice. Picked Hayley and her friend up and went to soccer practice. Parker did really good. The parents helped out a lot today which I really enjoyed doing. We kicked the ball back and forth and he practiced kickind and stopping the ball. They also practiced making goals. I'm really enjoying my baby boy. If I had younger kids right now I wouldn't be able to spend this time with him. I would be chasing a 2 year old around. They straight to Jace's practice. It took me 25 min to get there. I'm going to try a different route tomorrow. Jace's coaches really like him. They are excited about how fast he can run and how he catches everything! He is also really good at throwing the ball. Even though it's really busy for me, trying to juggle a lot of things at a time. I'm glad we are out of the house. I will have to start packing a dinner or we will be eating out every night. and I don't want to do that. Maybe a lot of subway. Please Heavenly Father, give me the energy I need to take care of my family. I need it!

a CrAzY mama!!

2010-03-10T18:59:00.000-08:00

So the time has come. Jace, Carter and Parker will all be playing a sport this spring. Carter and Parker start this week and Jace starts next week. Jace is playing tackle football, Carter is playing flag football and Parker is playing soccer. They are all very excited. So far the practices are on the days that are good for me. Haven't heard from Jace's coach yet. Jace's schedule will be the busiest. He will have three practices a week for the first few weeks then twice a week after that. I rather be busy and enjoying life with my kiddos. I find so much joy through them.
So yesterday while Hayley was at dance class the boys and I went and bought some fruit/vegtable plants and seeds. We have a place for a small garden. I've wanted to a garden for a long time now and we are excited about it! It's teeny tiny but its a start! I'm so excited!! I haven't been able to workout like I use to. It's been about four months since I've been able to go Monday-Satuday. I miss it and it has caused me some depression. My back is finally feeling better. Seeing the right doctor is amazing at the results I'm now getting. Went to the wrong one for a year now. So my SIL Lacy has been doing these workout dvd's and is getting great results and feeling good!
Since I can't take my favorite classes at the gym I'm going to give them a try. Hayley is going to do it with me. It's going to be fun!

long time no blog

2010-03-08T22:46:00.000-08:00

Well hopefully I can get into the swing of things again. Not that I have ever been an awesome blogger but I strive to be! Now if my computer will just behave itself. My goals is to blog everyday. yes I said everyday. I forget too many small things in my everyday life that are great memories to write down.

Merry Christmas!

2010-01-01T15:50:00.000-08:00

Can't believe Christmas has come and gone so fast! We were super excited about the kids opening their gifts this year. Hayley wanted Vans and a prepaid credit card.
Jace a Fitzgerald Cardinal Jersey. Carter wanted legos and guitar hero game for his nintendo ds. He is so easy to please. Parker is happy with anything. He did get one thomas train but his favorite was his big wheels from Santa.
I really did a bad job at taking pics. Parker dropped my camera on the lens and broke it. So we have been using Chandlers which is ancient. I can tell I'm not taking as many pics which isn't a good thing. I'm so proud of myself for not stressing out this Christmas day. Well I did a little. It was my turn for the Pearce family Christmas dinner. I think it went well. We decided to have Mexican food instead of the usual ham and cheesy potatoes. Everything was soo yummy. Should of took a picture! We hung out and played games. I'm really glad it's over though and I'm ready for the new year.
I sure do love my family and I'm so thankful for a wonderful husband and how hard he works for our family. I really am excited for 2010!

Hmm can I even catch up!

2009-11-23T14:53:00.000-08:00

Lets start with Disneyland. Have you ever gone on a vacation and realized you spent way tooo much money and it probably wasn't the smartest thing to do. To come home with an almost empty bank account. Bills? we have to pay them?? jk.. yeah that was us. Not too smart but we did have a lot of fun!! I couldn't eat enough cotton candy! I made myself sick going from eating healthy to fast food for every meal and drinking enough coke to swim in it.. Here are some of my favorite pics.

At Disneyland our family was able to go on most of the rides together. Parker even went on space mountain. Poor boy. During the ride I felt so bad for him. Afterwards he cried. The other kiddos loved it of course. The kids loved the tea cups. One time was enough for me but they went on and on again.

I can't figure out why my blog isn't uploading the pics like it use to. I need some serious help!! This is why I haven't blogged in forever. i guess I will have to blog without pics and add them later because life is passing me by and my memory is horrible!

what i've been up to!

2009-10-24T10:17:00.000-07:00

What I need to blog about:
Football! Jace has been playing awesome and it's been so much fun watching him.
My new love... RPM which is a cycling class at the gym. My legs are looking sooo good!
Trip to California.. Disneyland, Newport and getting lost in down town LA. and me throwing up a little in the car.
Doing a lot of self reflecting and trying to figure some stuff out.
I love Chandler!
I love my sisters. They live to far away!
Spent time with my dad last night. yummy food and a movie. Chandler is at an over night scout campout and the kids were at a Halloween sleepover at granma's and papa's.
Hayley performed at the state fair and did awesome!
Kind of finally getting setteling in.
Love friends.
Thats it for now. :)

blah!

2009-10-17T18:13:00.000-07:00

Need to blog.... don't want to.. maybe soon!

Happy Birthday Parker baby boo!

2009-09-09T10:37:00.000-07:00

Okay so he is not a baby anymore.
But he will always be my little guy. I have never had a kid that wanted to grow up so much! Maybe it's because he is the youngest and wants to do everything his older brothers and sister do. Parker is having so much fun in preschool. He would go everyday if he could. (he goes 3 days) He is still a cuddeler and i love it! When I fix his hair he tells me he wants a mohawk! He knew his birthday was coming up and kept asking us how many more night times. When is was his birthday September 1st he kept jumping up and down and throwing his arms out saying it's my birthday it's my birthday! He really enjoyed his day. He got a new foot ball, sponge bob dominos and of course some new battery operated trains. He will get a new bike when it cools down. It is still to hot to ride outside so i didn't want to get him a bike and have it sit in the garage. It would be torture. He wanted a thomas the tank engine birthday cake. He didn't let us finish singing happy birthday before he blew out the candels. What can I say. I love this little guy!

Somethings gotta change

2009-08-16T23:18:00.001-07:00

I'm so up and down these days. But I am having more ups than downs. Something that I'm very happy about is I feel like being creative again. If you know me this is huge for me. I love to make things anything you can be creative at. I just made some beautiful new necklaces to put on my business blog. I need to get some pics taken and also make a couple of new pairs of flips flops. Then some business cards and put some vinyl back on my car. At least I can cut out my own vinyl now since i have a cricut machine to do it. So i'm excited and I hope i can get business just using my blog. We will see i guess. That is why i'm only going to put a few things on there to see if I get any response.
I do miss exercising and have to wear my boot four more weeks. That makes me sooo sad. I miss going to the gym and have dreamed that I was taking step class. I just want to cycle really bad but i'm sure i will have to ease back into it. I have some physical therapy i'm going to have to do at home. My foot is so jacked up and feels very strange at times. My nerves are acting strange. House is getting more organized everyday. I just can't keep up with my kids right now and they know it. The boot has slowed me down and I just keep on them like i need to. So around my birthday i should be bootless! yeah!
I have got to get off soda again. My body is mush. For me excersing and eating right go hand in hand. So i've decided this is the perfect oppurtunity to get my healthy eating habits back and when i do get back to the gym i can start firming up again. So no more soda as of tomorrow. I've done it so many times so i know that i can do it.
I'm really not ready for the week. Jace's homework is killing me. and he has been having to correct some school work to. He is struggling right now in school and i know it's because of him having a horrible third grade year with a sub most of the year. He needs to stop comparing himself to others and hayley. She effortlessly gets good grades and he doesn't understand why it's harder for him. I feel bad for him. I told him to just try his best that's all he can do. and to let his teacher know if he doesn't understand. he's embarassed to ask her.
So life is getting better. slowly but it is. we have some stuff going on right now that could really bring us down. but we just stay positive and know it will all work out for the best. If you are close to me you know but i don't want to put it out there on my blog. It's a sad situation and i hope it will be over soon.
This week is busy but what week isn't. On top of everything else i have to call the dentist because instead of getting my butt off the ground and getting a staple remover i used my teeth and broke a little piece of tooth off my front tooth. It's really little but i need to get it fixed. I also get to go get my yearly check up. I have another lump in my left breast this time. I'm sure it's more fabroids (not sure if i spelled it right) but want to make sure.
wow i'm sure getting personal right now.
well here is to a good week and i hope i can stay organized, be a good mom, good wife and good to myself.

Parker couldn't be happier!

2009-08-11T13:35:00.000-07:00

Our little Parker is so excited for preschool! He will be four years old on September first so he is more than ready. He was excited to wear his new spiderman back pack. He keeps telling me he wants to grow up like daddy so i'm sure he feels more like a big boy now going to school like his brothers and sister.
When we got to school (it's at Mrs. Shannons house) he put his backpack in his cubby then we found his name on his desk. There was playdoh on the table so he had fun playing with it. Gave me a hug and off I went. He had a great day and he can't wait to go back again. Now for me. It was bitter sweet. I was alone for the first time without having to pay for a sitter. I ran some errands really fast then ended up going to Ross and finding some really cute stuff for the house. I found a frame I liked for a family photo I finally enlarged. It was a mirror though and was gold. So I painted it and took the mirror out. I love it! I think it turned out great. I also bought a really cute se of Halloween ceramic pumkin bowls. I don't know why I love Halloween so much whenever I first see the signs of Halloween in stores my heart starts beating hard and I get so excited. I love that time of year.
I'm feeling so good right now considering broken foot and attorney stuff. I haven't felt this happy in a long time. I feel yucky from not being able to work out but I'm getting a lot of other things on track in my life. I will just have to cycle off this tummy that has reappeared dang it.

Happy Birthday Carter!!

2009-08-09T23:57:00.000-07:00

Carter turned 7 yrs old on August 6th. I can't believe he is seven and i'm sadden to think how time is flying by with him. He is such a sweetheart. He was the best baby, toddler, and little boy. He is going through a rough spot right now with his behavior but we have has some really good days lately. He is really into music and will be taking guitar lessons when we can afford to do it. He really needs his own thing and that is what he wants to do. You should see him rock out on guitar hero. He is the best in our family, he can play on expert. He is Parkers buddy and he really misses him when he is at school. I scored on his bday gift. I found a brand new rock band for him for 85 dollars on ebay. That is what he wanted so i'm glad i found it for half price and free shipping. We celebrated at grandma connies house. Make a wish!
This year i've started to alternate bday partys. Next year he will be 8 so he will have a big party. He is enjoying 1st grade and likes his friends. He is growing more independent everyday. I love Carters smile. It is the best!

hope it goes well...

2009-07-29T09:01:00.000-07:00

Well i'm just waiting around to go to the foot dr. this morning. I hope it is good news and that my foot isn't worse than the urgent care dr thought. I'm just sick of limping around, hurting, not keeping up on my house, and most of working out at the gym. I miss it so bad. It makes me feel so good and its a great way to start my day. I hope to be there soon. In cycling class sweating my butt off. I'm eating so my junk and drinking so much soda. I'm bloated and feeling yuck. It doesn't help that we are dealing with some family issues and attorneys right now. I hate it.
I have the cutest idea how to paint/decorate hayleys bathroom and i can't wait to do it. I need to paint all the kids rooms and bathrooms. I have the paint just need to feel good enough to do. I was going to paint my bedroom but the color doesn't clash too bad with my bedding so it will be last on the list if i even do it. Just trying to get the main areas downstairs organized and decorated.
Carter got in trouble yesterday and had to go talk to Mr. Merrill (the principal). He actually really likes Carter and tells me how he is such a great kid. I'm sure he was shocked to see Carter in trouble. He didn't want to stop talking and wouldn't listen to his teacher. He ran out of the class and hid somewhere. GREAT! what a great way to start the new year. Luckily he has a sweet and understanding teacher. Hope today goes better. I did bribe him with extra wintergreen gum his favorite if he is good at school.

I want to try to blog about more of the day to day things not just important events or fun things we do. I'm excited to be back in the area, close to the school and friends. The kids are loving it. It is nice to see familiar faces at church too. Even though the ward has split into thirds since we moved there are people we know. I'm not happy that i got called to cub scouts again. That is the one calling i was praying that i wouldn't get. I want to cry when he asked me. But i'm going to give it a try. It's being the bear assistant so at least it isn't the leader this time. And jace is a bear so he is very excited.

Back to school

2009-07-27T10:35:00.000-07:00

The kids are back to school. Yeah! We had a really good morning. I'm proud of them for waking up with no problem. Jace requested german pancakes so woke up a little early to make them. I can't believe school has already started. Carter is in first grade.Jace is in 4th grade.Hayley is in 6th grade. She got embarrassed when i took her picture in front of her friends.

This summer flew by. I hope they are having a good day. They were all excited to see their friends. I really need to get my house in order. I hurt my foot two weeks ago today and it is still hurting. I was cleaning my stove top and placed the cast iron burners on the counter. While i grabbed one to put it back the one behind it fail off the counter unto my right foot. It dropped me to the ground and I laid there and cried like a baby. It was one of those moments in life where once you start crying you cry and cry because you have to much stuff built up inside of you. The kids came running in and hayley said i scared her. It took me a little while to stop crying like a baby and tell them what happened. She got ice for me and they helped me get to the couch. What sweeties. Anyways i did fracture my foot. Dr. told me to ice it and to try to stay off of it. It's not much better so i went back four days ago. He told me to use heat on it now and prescribed me some medication for the swelling. Well today i called to make an appt with a foot specialist. I hope it's not screwed up more than the urgent care dr said it was. I need to be able to do some things around here. I miss going to the gym and i feel like mush. I didn't go for five days while moving, then we went out of town for 1 1/2 weeks went back one day thinking yeah i'm back this feels so good to hurting my foot the next day. Blah blah blah. life will go on. just need to get better. Can't wait to hear about the kids first day of school.

Utah trip

2009-07-16T22:10:00.000-07:00

Life is just busy and everyday just flies by. at least for me. I'm having a hard time getting motivated to do much of anything. I feel bad for my kids because I should be planning things with friends and having fun with them, since there is only one week til school starts. I feel like they are growing up too quickly and slipping through my fingers. I need to change that and really put time into my kids like i use to. I just have felt so unsettled ever since we decided to put our home up for sale in 2006. It was on the market forever and we haven't been completely unpacked since. I hope to make this house our home and hopefully when we move again it will be into our own house again and have it be our last move.
I am so excited to be close to the school where i can walk the kids to school and i will just have them come home on there own. it's going to save so much time not having to drive them. We went to our kinda old ward again. There are a few people in the ward before it was split into thirds after we moved out last summer. so it was nice to see some familiar faces, the kids are back with friends they go to school with.
These last fews years i have really become interverted and i hate feeling this way. I keep getting burned by people I really open up to (well twice) and it really makes me guarded now. I really am fun to be around and can be a great friend. But i'm so done with one sided friendships. I didn't realize I was going to have a therapy session. ha.. well i really meant to blog on our first vacation in two years. We needed and deserved it!
We went to Utah to celebrate the 4th of July with my family. It was such a busy time since we finally got moved into this house the 29th and left for utah early on the 2nd.
My sister misty and her family go the keys to their new home the day we arrived so we helped them move over the past couple of days. We drank lots of red bull and got a lot done. I wish I could of done more but my family was ready to have some fun. We went swimming at spanish for highschool pool. It's like a mini water park. My kids always have fun playing in water! My dad had a bbq at his house later that day. The food was great and i loved hangning out with everyone. We did fireworks and enjoyed the company.

We were going to stay at my dads that night but learned that carter was allergic to their cats. So we went and stayed at a hotel for a couple of nights. monday we took the kids to bridal veil falls. it was beautiful!

We also went on a boat ride with Grandpa. It was quite the adventure.
On tuesday we went up to midway. We went to kamas (they have an indoor water park) with Chandlers cousin Jason and his family. We also visited with Kristine and her kids. The kids had a lot of fun playing at their clubhouse. On wednesday we decided to hike up timpanogos and take the kids on the cave tour. It was a tough hike but all the kids made it, even Parker.
I can't believe he did the hike on his own and made it about half way down before wanting to be carried. I love times like these that make our family grow stronger. It was definetly something that drew us closer together>
The kids were amazed at the beauty of the crystals. and that we walked through a real vault line.. We later went to the Mcknights who let us stay the night with them.

They have a horse and we had fun riding it. Misty and I had a girls night. We went shopping and i helped her find some really cute new clothes. I love my little sister! I wish we lived closer. I love this pic of us, not sure why I look Asian? We all went to see Grandma Hacking. It is always good to see her. She is such a sweet heart. I hope to see her again next year. She just turned 94yrs old. I think she looks a lot younger.So that was our trip. I can't believe we did all of that! Thanks to everyone for letting us stay with you! It was an awesome trip!

End of the School Year wrap up.

2009-06-17T16:44:00.000-07:00

Well we survived another school year. School actually ended on June 3rd but as you can see i'm behind in my blogging life. Carter is a first grader now! It's wierd to think he could be in 2nd grade if I didn't have him start right when he turned five. He really didn't learn anything new but his self confidence is so much higher than when he started. He's still shy but not as much. He did such a good job in his star program. (graduation). I just love his smile!
Jace had his rain forest cafe. They have to make a life like animal and write a report on it. I got an A. Ha. He had the frilled lizard. He is so silly around his friends. He will be in 4th grade and hopefully get the teacher I requested for him.
Finally Hayley had to type out a ten page report on Hawaii. and make a brochure. She did such a great job. Everyone in her class had to pick a state and make a food that represents their state. It was a lot of fun and there was a lot of yummy food. Can you believe she will be in 6th grade! I have to add a picture of my underwear boy. And yes they are clean :).

hi

2009-06-16T10:39:00.000-07:00

i will blog soon. i promise promise promise. By the way only 4.4 pounds left tell i hit my goal. FINALLY!!!!! I hope i can maintain when i'm in utah for the 4th of july. check back!!!

whats going on

2009-04-29T21:41:00.000-07:00

I'm so excited that it is getting hot here because that means that we are closer to moving back to our old neighborhood. We are all very excited, especially the kids. They miss being close to there friends and i'm sick of driving them back and forth, back and forth. It will be so good for all of us. I will be closer to some of my old ward friends which just makes life so much easier when you live close by. Things change when you move, it just isn't as convenient. I'm so busy and days are just a big blur. I just helped jace make a Frilled Lizard out of mold magic (it didn't work as great as i thought) It looks good though but we still need to paint it and finish his report. Hayley has a huge project she is working on about Hawaii. I'm so lucky to have a child that is so responsible with her school work. Hayley did awesome at her dance competition. They took second place in all their dances. She loves it. We had 3 extra practices a week for the last month on top of her 3 regular practices. So yeah it's over. She has a huge recital on May 30th. I will love saving the money i spend on dance since she is taking a break over the summer.
So what have i've been up to.
1. Working out daily again. LOVE IT AND FEELING GREAT!
2. Eating super healthy and having a lot of cravings for all the junk that i like to eat. I signed up for this program though that makes you log everything you eat.
3. If I keep this up (i promise i will) i will hit my goal June 23rd.
4. Packing packing and yeah more packing. Instead of panicking about this i've already started.
5. I will finally be having my varicose vein surgery on May 22nd. I can't wait!
6. I want boobies. ha ha ( i hope to be up to this in the near future) it consumes my mind too much during the day.
7. Just trying to be positive and happy. We are being so blessed right now.
8. I made my niece Caylin some headbands for her ist birthday. I miss her.
9. I signed Parker up for next school years preschool. starts august 7th. After the day i had with him it will be nice to have a break. He is usually good but he has been a handful lately. boredom.

I'm so happy friends are reading my blog again. It makes me feel oh so special!

Hayley

2009-04-22T14:30:00.000-07:00

Hayley and I went to the orthodontics today. She will be getting braces as soon as her last baby tooth falls out which it's already a little wiggely. She is acting like it sucks but i know she secretly wants them. When you are a preteen you think that they are cool. I can't believe she has lost almost all of her teeth. I can't believe I got a little emotional about it. On our way to school she reminded me that i told her in 6th grade she can wear mascara. I told her I would think about it. When we made that deal she was in 2nd grade I think. She is in such a hurry to grow up. I'm not ready for it. She is such a huge help to me. Most of the time. She offered to watch Carter and Parker this evening while I take Jace to the Pit. So that is what we are going to start doing every wednesday. Parker and Carter are out of control there so this will help a lot! Hayley has a huge dance compition this weekend. She is such a great hip hop dancer. She has a group dance then she has a special trio number. The teacher pics the best three and they get to do a special performance. She has had so many extra practices so i can't wait for it to be over. I find so much joy in her dancing. I will admit that i'm living through her. By the way the pink hair is fake. That was a comprimise. She wore them to freak her grandma connie out and grandma ended up liking them!

? umm yeah i'm brain dead

2009-03-25T18:44:00.000-07:00

I really like to blog with pictures but the computer isn't recognizing my camera for some reason! I've tried downloading the driver again and it keeps saying error. I'm so frustrated. So i will blog for now with no pictures. I will have to go get my pics burned onto a cd for now. then i will add pics later.
The kids are back in school after a 2 1/2 week break. At the begining of every break i'm so happy they are on break. then towards the end they are soooo bored and driving me crazy. and our schedule gets so off. I can hardly keep up with things around here. So yeah they are back in school and we are back into the swing of things.
We didn't do too much. I miss the days of going to san diego or L.A. for spring break. I did take the kids to see bolt all by myself. Everyone was so good and Parker watched the whole movie. Carter started to cry during the fire scene where bolt and the girl pass out. he is my tender hearted son. Jace and Carter did some MX riding. We took the kids to the skateboard park. Hayley had a few sleepovers with friends and went swimming at basha pool. I tried to stay sane. the gym is my outlet but i'm spining my wheels trying to lose the last bit of weight from Parker. Oh yeah i went to an consult appt for something i'm really excited but scared about.
We went for a picnic and hike by the salt river. it was so beautiful. This was our first family hike and it was a lot of fun. We saw a few lizards and Jace found a tiny bat hanging upside down in a rock.
Today I finally did something that i wanted to do. i told myself i wasn't going to the gym today. i work out six days a week and my body really needs a break. soo i ended up staying in my pjs and scrapbooked. i am so behind but i'm determined to get caught up. i managed to do 6 12by 12 pages and plan on doing more tonight. well maybe not surviver is on in 10 minutes. while i was scrapbooking Parker came up to me with two bloody hands. I started shaking ( i hate blood seeing blood on my kids) washed his hand and found that the cut was only on one finger. at the crease of his right pointer finger. he cut it with the measuring tape. so i have a greasy head, pale blotchy face and in my pjs. Jace was home from school today sick so i had him watch parker and tried to look a little less white trash. Parker was a trooper. he was lucky that they were able to use glue instead of stitches to fix his finger.
Chandler has been busy with work so there is light at the end of the tunnel with the hard last year we have had. We are receiving so many blessings. pictures will be added soon.

um yeah. an update!

2009-02-27T19:09:00.001-08:00

Why oh why do I let myself get behind a whole month in the blogging world! Where to start. Hayley turned 11years old on January 29th. I heart attacked her room while she was at school. She loved it. She is such an amazing girl. love her. she was the sweetest baby. She decided to start my labor while i was shopping with my sister misty. I told misty i feel like there is a huge hole in my crotch. So i drove myself to the hospital. On the way I stopped and grabbed a grilled ham and cheese sandwhich because I knew you aren't able to eat if your admitted and I was starving. So they kept me and said to call Chandler. She was born 6 hrs later. My beautiful princess. 6lbs 5oz. Perfect in everyway. Hayley was always in a hurry to grow up from the start. Crawling at 6months. walking by 8 months. decided she wanted to go potty on the toilet at 18months. She is was so easy and pretty much still is. She had 10 girls over for a sleepover party. They had fun singing and dancing.

I learned not to put candles in hot peach cobbler. duh. they melted!
I feel bad because i became a mean mom about 1am. They were still loud and crazy and it echoed upstairs. I kept texting hayley be quiet. I still feel bad about being like that.
Jace finished flag football and is excited to spend saturdays at the motocross track again. He misses it. He loves sports though. He did awesome at flagfootball. He likes to dive for peoples flags even if it means knocking them over. and yes he did get some penalties for it. he also caught some awesome long passes. It was fun seeing the cousins playing on the same team together. Carter is riding his motorcycle too. That's his only hobby right now. that and rocking out to guitar hero.
I just tried downloading my pics and it's not working!! so frustrating.
i've been going through some crap lately so i have been doing some emotional eating and gaining some of the weight that i have worked so hard to lose! but i'm doing better this week. i actually cut soda out again. today was my first no soda day and it has been tough! i miss diet dr. pepper.yum . but i know it has been making me feel like crap and making me bloat like i'm prego. not a good feeling. I was able to go on Jace's field trip this week. It's fun hanging out with him and sitting with him and a buddy on the bus.
Chandlers birthday is coming up and i have no idea what to do for him. I better think fast.

HIP HOP HAYLEY

2009-01-28T18:14:00.001-08:00

Things have been busier than usual around here. Hayley performed in Phoenix twice in the last week. She first dance before the Globetrotters game. She had practice before the performance in a back court where the Phoenix Suns practice. Well while they were practicing their dance Steve Nash came walkling in talking on his cell phone. He watched them practice then took a picture with them. He put his hand on Hayleys shoulder. She knew who he was a couldn't stop talking about it all the way home. They watched him shoot some hoops too. She did really well in her performance. She loves it and has an amazing teacher.

Six days later she opened for the Suns game. It's alway fun watching her dance. I'm living through my child. I always wanted to take dance. I love it.

Jace got his cast off on friday! He is still limping because he is use to his leg being heavy.

Hayley will be 11 yrs old on the 29th and is having a sleepover party. I'm making peach cobbler instead of a cake. I hope everyone has a fun time. I always worry about that. i want everyone to have a great time. I don't want my kids to have a lame-o pparty.

I'm still hitting the gym six times a week and i feel great! I have about 5 more pound to go then to just maintain. I'm the strongest i have ever been in my life and the best shape i can be in after having lots of babies.

Happy New Year!! 2009

2009-01-08T10:43:00.000-08:00

I can't believe that it's 2009. We had friends over for a New Years Party. It was a lot of fun. At times chaotic. Unsupervised kids will make things that way. I think there were 14 kiddos running around. We played games and ate yummy food. It was just fun hanging out. All the kids stayed up til midnight including the really young ones. I can't believe they all made it. A friend brought fireworks so the kids had a blast.

We have a lot going on. Jace has a really bad sprang at his growth plate in his right foot. the dr. put him a cast to help it heal faster. He was jumping off of the stairs at the Lambs house. He needs to chill! I was dreading the first day of school because of course everyone wants to know what happened. no cool story on his dirtbike, just jumping off stairs.

We are able to stay in the house. Yeah! I really didn't feel like moving again. But we will be leaving when our contract is up, July 1st. We will be moving back into our old ward and renting a house really close to the school. my kids will be able to walk to school. i've had to drive them since we moved in 2005. so i can't wait. it is the home of our favorite sitter. her dad got a job in oklahoma so they will be moving mid June. I'm sad to Aubrey go. She is awesome. The rent is 350 dollars less a month and it's a little bit bigger then this house. still five bedroom three baths with a large backyard with a pool. so yeah for us! i can't wait to move out of this house now.

I've been thinking about making new goals or maybe i shouldn't. i hate not following through which is what i do a lot these days. I finally got around to making some very realistic goals which i'm sticking too. i really am excited for this new year and for Chandlers new project. THE PIT. I will go into that more later. I will be going there today to get more pics to post.

The kids all love their new primary classes. Hayley is in the all girls class this year. I can't believe it. She keeps reminding me one more year till young womans. what the heck!!!! jace will be in all boys class next year. he has male teachers which is a first. carters teacher is sister Carter so he thinks that is cool. And Parker is now a Sunbeam. No more waiting to put babies in nursery, no more walking the halls wondering why do i even come. no more nursing in the mothers lounge. it is a crazy phase in life that i'm entering. it's exciting but also sad. i miss having a baby. i had the worst pregnancies but was blessed with the happiest babies. Well i need to go hit the pile of laundry calling my name.

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-31T07:39:00.000-08:00

We have had a wonderful holiday season. It has been wet and cold Christmas. Usually we can still play outside this time of year. Today it will be in the low 70's but a few days ago there was frost on our grass. not a common sight to see.

Our ward had a Christmas breakfast with Santa. The kids had a lot of fun seeing Santa. Parker was very shy. I took Parker to see Santa at the mall when the other kids were at school. He was so cute with Santa. He was so shy but still managed to let Santa know that he wanted a Thomas choo choo train.

We went to Chandlers moms house for Christmas Eve. This time it was spent with the Oberlys (step family) and it was a lot of fun. The Oberlys are a lot of fun to hang out with. The kids usually act out the Christmas story while papa Skip reads it but this year Grandma Connie wrote a little script to go with it. The kids had a lot of fun acting and saying their parts. It was a very fun night full of yummy food and great company.

That night i was so dead tired. Even thought the kids are on break I still wake up at 6am and go to the gym. So i'm tired around 9 9:30. I'm soo done. The kids are so off schedule. On sunday they slept in till 10am. good thing our church time is at 12:30pm.. so i kept falling asleep on the couch because it was 9:30 and we were still trying to get the kids to settle down. I finally had to go shower to wake up some. I still had some wrapping to do. We'll i gave up getting Parker to sleep and Santa finally came. The kids woke up at 6am. Everyone loved their gifts! A little too much.

They all got ninetendo ds's and won't put them down, I've had to threaten them with taking them away just to have them get dressed for the day and eat. I've been buying myself stuff this last month for my Christmas gifts. I got some new workout clothes, jeans, music, and gym shoes which i love love love! Chandlers gift was having money to start his MMA gym. I did fix his favorite watch, slippers, a hoodie, and some cologne. We then had a late lunch at Buffys house. Yummy food again. I lost again playing a ticket to ride. It's a fun game but i'm two for two as being the LOSER. ha but it's fun..

Workouts still on. It is my outlet and i love going to the gym! Feeling good for the most part. We are having friends over tonight to celebrate the new year! I hope everyone has fun tonight! I always get nervous entertaining because I want everyone to have a good time.

Life blah blah blah!

2008-12-15T20:43:00.000-08:00

Well can you say STRESSED OUT! that is what I am. I have really learned to control my stresses in life but really! Last week Chandler found a forclosure notice taped to our garage door. We are in a rental and they haven't been making a payment on the house since we've moved in. the forclosure date is feb 13th. so Chandler called our landlord and he said they are refinancing the house and it won't forclose. that's a bunch of crap! homes aren't worth what people owe so there is no way they are going to be able to refinance. so things are up in the air! We do have a rental lined up but not til July 1st. I was talking to our sitters mom and she said they will be renting there house out and would rather rent to us than somebody they don't know. They aren't upside down on the house so i know we won't get forclosed on. it's five bedrooms with a pool for four hundred less than we are paying now. and is walking distance to the school. we would be in our old ward. well kind of. they split it into thirds but we know a lot of people in that ward still. the kids are excited and so am i. i just hate the situation because it is so dishonest! why rent to us if you know you will be losing the house! argh.. so a negative then a positive. i don't know what we will do if we have to move out feb. it will all work out right! we will know more after Christmas.

last monday i threw my back out doing the back lift in body pump. i haven't ever thrown my back out and let me tell you it really sucks! so i went to the chiropractor and he looks at my xrays and tell me i have the beginning stages of arthritist in my lower back. insurance doesn't cover the chiro. great! lets just add it to the fixing Casey list. well the chiro tells me how much it's going to be to get adjusted and do decompression therapy yadda yadda. we definetly don't have anything extra this month. i ended up seeing one of my brother in laws friends there in the office. he is a chiro too. he started telling my chiro about the mma gym that my husband is going to start in january. he offered me half price on the adjustments ($26) and my therapy which is $40 a treatment and i need 10 treatments for free if Chandler advertises him in the mma gym for the fighters. Chandler agrees of course! HUGE blessing! We are so blessed to be so close to the temple. We always enjoy going to look at the Christmas lights and the huge beautiful statue of Christ.
Jace got in a fight at scouts on Wednesday. I hate fighting but i am so proud of Jace for standing up to this kid. This boy has been pushing Jace around the last few weeks in class. He is bigger than Jace and Jace proved to him that size doesn't matter. The kid was pushing Jace and Jace told him to stop. He said what are you going to do about it. so Jace flipped him over onto the ground and got behind him and started to do a rear naked choke on him. the kid then bit his arm and the leaders finally saw what was going on. Jace is a squirt. but he is tough, and thanks to his dad he knows how to stand up for himself! go jace!

Thursday morning started with Hayley telling me that she had a band concert that night and needed to wear all black. she does this to me all of the time. she did it to me tonight actually. "mom you need to come to the last 15 minutes of hip hop". there went my finish christmas shopping plans. She has to take band and at first she was excited about it. now she doesn't like it at all. I can't believe that she picked the trombone to play. She looked very pretty and we had a lot of fun taking pics of her and the trombone before the concert.
Friday Hayley and Jace stayed the night at grandmas and we went on a date. I won a cheesecake factory gift card at bunco so we ate there. yummo and i ate myself sick! We also got free suns tickets at the last minute so we ended up going to the suns game! We had a lot of fun.

Saturday Carter had a bday party a peterpiper pizza. Then i had to go pick my dad up at the truck stop, went to Hayleys dance performance at the old folks home, went to eat with grandpa, and my dad let the kids pick out a christmas gift at walmart. fun fun busy busy! I think i'm most excited for 12:30 chrurch. we have had church at 8am and it changed this sunday. yeah!!
So if you haven't heard from me for a while. I apologize especially to tiffani and janel. I know you wanted to go to lunch last week Janel! and i haven't talked to tiff in forever. Posting random pics. All of my pics of Hayley with her trombone and temple aren't uploading. It's saying the are corrupt. nice.
Are you regretting reading this post! I think I just had a therapy session. :)

is it over yet?

2008-12-03T07:39:00.000-08:00

Those of you who know me really well know all the crap i've gone through with my dang teeth!! I have had five root canal with crowns, and now i need to redo all the work i had done two years ago which included a root canal and two fillings that need to be crowns now. all of my back teeth will be crowns by the time i'm 40 i swear. well on my last root canal there wasn't enough structure left to put on the crown so today i'm having crown lengthening done and i have to admit that i am very nervous! My appointment is in about two hours. The dentist was so casual with me,, all i have to do is go in and cut away some gum tissue and bone.. that's it. ummm okay. so he gave me some medication to take before my appt that is suppose to help with the anxiety of all of my dang dental procedures i have had done! so i will be out of it the rest of the day, a mini vacation i guess. i can do this right? how do i expect to get my ta ta's fixed if i can't deal with this! enough of my poor me! by the way i love the body pump class at the gym. if your gym offers this class take it! you'll love it!

UPdate: Okay so I survived my oral surgery! it wasn't bad at all! yeah! the medication definitely helped. I couldn't even walk straight. Now it's Parkers turn. This morning he will be getting drugged and teeth fixed. :( can't wait for it to be over with. my children inherited my wonderful teeth. not! carter and hayley have no cavities and Jace has two little ones that the dentist said he won't even have to numb jace so the teeth saga is getting better!

Tis the Season!

2008-11-28T19:05:00.001-08:00

We had a fun thanksgiving! The Kindergartners had a program at school for thanksgiving. They made really cute turkey t shirts and sang a lot of cute songs. Carter did a great job at singing and doing the actions. He was so happy to see us there. For thanksiving dinner I made some yummy mashed potatoes and green bean casserole. Everything was so tasty and I'm so proud of myself for not eating myself to death. I'm so proud of myself for going to the gym thaksgiving morning. it felt really good to do the body pump class and then some cardio. We had Thanksgiving at Cody and Kristine's house. Everyone had a lot of fun. Of course Parker spent most of the day at the train table and wetted his pants twice. Same thing happens at home when he plays trains. He just doesn't want to stop. I love that all the cousins get along so well and we don't have to worry about them when they play together. After we ate we went to the park to have the kids flag football. They played a game then the growns up played with them. It was so much fun and I hope to play again soon. I haven't played flag football in forever and i caught the ball most of the time. I was my teams "secret weapon". Tons of fun. We then had some yummy pie and played a game. We have really enjoyed this thanksgiving season. We took our family picture this weekend. The sun was too bright so we ended up taking it my some really cool doors in the shade, by the building, by the park. I like it. Everyone looks good. I have most of the Christmas shopping done. Yeah! We put our Christmas tree up and decorated too.

Yadda Yadda

2008-11-17T21:15:00.000-08:00

Okay I just bought the soundtrack to twilight and i love it. There are some really rockin songs on it and i can't wait to have some new music to exercise to. Janel are you ready!!!! i haven"t ever been this excited for a movie. Chandler surprised me with the tickets a couple weeks ago for the midnight showing. Janel and i will be having dinner and still showing up early to get decent seats! My dad stopped through on his way from vegas to texas and was able to hang out for a couple days. It was a lot of fun. He was able to see the boys ride there dirt bikes and to see Jace play flag football. the kids never want him to leave, especially Carter.
If you find my brain on the side of the road please return it to me. Last tuesday i was going out to the track and stopped at walmart on the way. Well Parker had to pee so i hurried him to the bathroom and forgot my keys in the cart. FYI walmart will not use the intercom to help find lost items. My extra set of keys were locked in the car along with my dead cell phone. So i finally started walking around looking in peoples carts and i actually found them. I about freaked the guy out. Oh my gosh my keys. he didn't even notice them. Yeah i was very relieved, i had no idea what i was going to do if i didn't find them. i'm trying to get excited about the holidays. maybe i will decorate some like janel so it will feel like thanksgiving. life is flashing before me. i really have a lot to be thankful for. being brain dead isn't one of them. ha

Jace is nine!

2008-10-30T14:38:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Jace! I'm a few days behind, his birthday was actually on the 27th but I still wanted to journal it down. Chandler and I took Jace to golfland for his birthday. It was a lot of fun. We went through the haunted house. It was so scary. I haven't been to a haunted house since i was 16 and i won't go again for another 16. It was so freaky. I saw the exit door about 30 feet in front of me and i bolted as soon as i heard the chain saw! i am a wimp. Jace had fun going through it but wouldn't do it again with chandler. We then went miniature golfing. Jace was so cute with just mom and dad. His personality shined through and didn't have to compete with the other kids for attention. After golfing we raced on the go carts. Jace was mad that he wasn't tall enough to ride on his own. He ended up having fun anyways. Jace kept telling me more gas mom, brake here mom, then more gas again. Chandler got stuck in a slow car. Ha! We also went to red robin with my dad, step mom and step sister. ( i"ve never have said that before) my dad was here for a funeral and spent monday night with us. Jace is my oldest son and i love him so very much. He is such a crazy, brave, smart, daring, and funny kid. He has always kept me on my toes, those of you who know him you know all of the crazy things he has done since he could walk at nine months. He was my largest baby at 7 pounds 13 ounces, now he is a rail! but strong. I need to plan a birthday party for him still. it is always crazy to get all his friends together around halloween time so i'm thinking monday the 8th we will have a football party. Happy Birthday Jacers Man!

Fun Stuff

2008-10-21T19:04:00.000-07:00

I need to start blogging more often because so much has gone on and i cram it all in on one post! The kids are back into the swing of things. They are in school year round so we just finished their 2 1/2 week break. I was able to go to the SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE concert with Hayley, and our friends Janel and Sadie. It was a lot of fun ! The dancers are amazing and this is truly my favorite show. I took the kids swimming with Cambria and her kiddos. It was a hot, beautiful october day! The kids and I had a lot of fun and hey i got a tan right before winter! We took the kids to see the hohokam indian ruins. It was really cool. I thought there would be more to it but it was really neat to imagine them thriving in the middle of the Arizona desert. They lived here at the begining of the 1400's. I am feeling so much better, mentally, emotionally, and physically. I have been going to the gym six days a week and it has made me feel awesome. I lost three pounds of fat and gained 2 pounds of muscle! No wonder why the scale wasn't really budging. So i should meet my goal by the end of the year! Finally! I have been down this road a few times since i have had Parker and give up when i'm close but not this time!!!! Jace is turning nine on the 27th. What the heck! He is the star player on the flag fooball team . He scored 3 touchdowns and an extra point! He loves it!
He is riding again. His doctor gave us the green light on riding his dirt bike again. He is getting more confident with every practice. Carter is riding like a pro. Hayley chopped her hair and donated it to locks of love! She loves her new haircut but misses her long hair too. Parker is driving me crazy! He has been using the potty since July and has been popping and peeing in his under wear for a month now! I know you shouldn't put them back in pullups but i did yesterday. I've had it! He is actually taking them off to go potty on the toilet and when he has an accident i' m not as mad since i don't have as much laundry to do.. so that's whats up in the pearce household!

Where is the Lost Dutchman?

2008-09-30T19:32:00.000-07:00

Since we won't be going to our favorite vacation spot (California) any time soon we are going to start exploring Arizona. I found a website that tells you all about the best places to visit in AZ. We will be going on a lot of hikes and exploring a lot of awesome places. We started with the Superstition mountains. We were going to go hiking but when we finally got to the trail we were going to hike we looked at it and it would be really hard for Carter and Parker. So we went off road to try to find some other trails. We ended up at a Museum for the lost dutchman who was on a search for gold. Gold has been found many times in the superstition mountain. Chandler we need to get a metal detector! I wouldn't mind finding a gold nugget or two. So we toured the museum which was full of old treasure maps and a lot of other neat artifacts. The museum was right next to an old movie set for many old movies that were filmed three. It was burnt down a while ago but the barn was still there and so was the chapel where Elvis Presley performed at. We thought it was really cool. Then we visited the goldfield ghost town which we always have fun at. The superstition mountains are so grand and they look fake! I'm so glad that we are getting back to enjoying nature. I have missed it!

M.I.A. not really

2008-09-19T11:47:00.000-07:00

LIfe is just crazy!! I'm glad that the kids will be on break soon! Here is what we have been up to in the past couple of weeks! Jace took first place in the 65 age group. This is from six months ago. They just finally had the awards ceremony. Arm is healing amazingly well! I also went to Utah sept 5-6th. It was a very quick trip but i am so glad that i was able to go. I met my niece Caylin. She is such a doll. She is such a great baby. So easy going. Colby was baptized. He has such a sweet spirit to him. And Caden was my hugging buddy. With having my kiddos always giving my hugs and kisses i found myself missing it. so i finally grabbed Caden and gave him a big hug! Misty didn't know that i was coming and I can't believe that she didn't find out because i found out everyone else did! Freddy is a great brother in law and i'm so glad misty has him in her life. I was able to visit Grandma Hacking. Love her! and i saw more family that i haven't seen in 11 years. It was so good to see them and i promised myself that i need to stay in touch better with my extended family.

Happy Birthday Parker!

2008-09-01T10:55:00.000-07:00

Our little Parker turned 3 years old today! If anyone remember my pregnancy with him is was very physically and mentally tough. I still notice the scar on my bicep from my pick line that went in my bicep, into the larger vein and was place 3 cm from my heart. crazy!! But my little guy was worth it all. He is such a sweetie. He is such an easy going kid! I guess you need to be being the youngest of four. He is infatuated with thomas the train and sponge bob. The night before I had Parker i was miserable. I always have my babies early and was hoping he would come soon to give my body some relief. But not before September 1st. If I had him before midnight on august 31st our insurance wouldn't cover my birth at all. We'll I decided to sleep in the recliner that night and i felt a gush of wetness. I thought I peed my pants because my water never broke on it's own. I knew with the others once my water broke i had my babies fast. I looked at the clock and it was 12:15 am. I'm safe as far as my insurance goes if my water broke i told chandler and he told me that most likely my water didn't break.(men think they know everything) Then came the intense pain and labor. I called Janel and she took the other kiddos for us so we could go to the hospital. I was definetly in labor and Parker Abe Pearce was born at 5:00am. He weighed 5 pds 6 ounces. He was 3 1/2 weeks early just like carter. He was perfect! So tiny. Carter weighed 2 more pounds exactly than Parker. He is my little buddy. You should hear him laugh. He has the best laugh and you can't help but laugh with him! Our family loves little Parker! Here is a video of him on his first birthday. So cute!

Just thinking about the good ole days of SYTYCD

2008-08-17T21:28:00.000-07:00

Actually all of the seasons have been GREAT!!! But for some reason season 2 has been my favorite! Of course I have my favorites from all seasons. I just found these pics organizing and thought I'd share. I am so pale! and I thought I looked so good until I saw the pics. I had lost 22 pounds doing BFL with Janel and thought I was smoking.. ANyways, Janel and I went to the concert for our birthdays and waited afterwards to meet everyone. Everyone was soo nice and sweet. This is my favorite show!!!!! LOve IT!!!!

Back to the Gym

2008-08-12T10:15:00.000-07:00

When I work out I fell sooooooo good and so much better about myself! So I finally got my booty back to the gym today and already feel good. I feel dead but good. Already had a protein shake this morning(yuck) and getting ready to eat my apple and string cheese! So I'm feeling it again. Coke and Chocolate will be a saturday treat if I'm a good girl this week. Everyone knows that I'm an addict!! Eating healthy is too much work! Too much prep! They need fast food salad and sandwhiches! Anyways I'm going to do some house cleaning, check out hobby lobby, and buy me some new makeup today. It's amazing how much i get down with only having Parker home. Here is to a Great and Healthy day!

It finally happened!

2008-08-07T23:31:00.000-07:00

I finally got the call from Chandler that i knew i would eventually get. On the night of July 3rd Jace broke his arm. When i say broke his arm it is completely broken in half. He is a major motocross dirtbike rider. He lives to ride his dirtbike! He was clearing about a forty foot jump and while he was in the air his motor cycle lost power. He knew he was going to wreck poor guy. He said it was black for a few seconds. He is so lucky that is the only thing that broke. He is a trooper. When ever he is in pain he acts like nothing is wrong. Chandler took him to the urgent care and they said he was going to have to have surgery that night which freaked me out. I met chandler and Jace at Phoenix Childrens hospital. He was dooped up on morphine which made him very itchy. We met with the orthopedic surgeon and he said with that kind of break they just put it in a splint and a sling. What are you crazy is what i was thinking. So they sent us home with a prescription for oxycotin. which did nothing for the pain he was in. So the next morning we took him back in and they re did the splint and gave him tylenol with codine. That did the trick. Aweek later we met with the pediatric orthopedic doctor. They took him out of the splint and put him a very secure sling that actually went around his waste too so he couldn't move his arm. Three weeks later he is wearing no sling. There is a lot of new bone growth. Gravity is suppose to pull his arm down eventually. They showed me pictures of other kids with the same break. He still has restictions on what he is aloud to do but it is amazing how fast it is healling. it woun't fully heal for about one year. THis has been a crazy summer!!!

Our new baby girl ROXY

2008-08-07T11:40:00.000-07:00

This is the newest addition to our family. She is a little chihuahua. She weighs 9ounces and will weigh about 2 pounds fully grown. She is such a sweetie and has a fun little personality. TOO CUTE!

First Day of School

2008-08-07T11:24:00.000-07:00

The kids started school on July 23rd. Hayley and Jace jumped right back into the swing of things. Hayley is in 5th grade this year. When we got to school she took off, she yelled bye mom. i'm thinking ummm okay bye. Jace took off about five minutes later. So i waited with Carter until he left with his class. The first couple of days he did really good. Then we had about 4 days of crying and not wanted to go. He said he was so bored and it he was gone a long time. Kindergarten is all day. He could of went to first grade this year but because of his age we waited to start kindergarten this year. He is such a smart boy. Loves to learn and he is such a great reader. He will start getting more work next week since he knows all the stuff they are doing. And they usually have kinderstep kids help other classmates too. I hope we made the right decision on putting him in kindergarten twice. (not the same school) I only have my buddy Parker at home. He is such a sweetie. He i mean i slacked off big time on potty training since we moved july 1st. He was doing really good. Then before i knew it he was in pull ups all the time until they were soggy. Poor guy. He didn't care though which was really bad. Since the kids have been back to school he is doing awesome at going potty. He is in underwear all the time. He has one accident everyday though but we age getting there. He is going my old v.t. house today so i can help in jace's class today. So hopefully he won't have an accident there. I'm glad that i found someone that is watching kids so i can help in class more. I will be in Carters class from 12-3 on wednesdays and alternating between Hayleys and Jace's class on thursday from 12-3pm. Time to go!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARTER!!

2008-08-07T11:14:00.000-07:00

Carter turned six years old on the 6th. He is such a sweet and tender boy.(most of the time) He was such a sweet baby. I call him my "break" between the craziness of Jace and Parker. We had friends and cousins over for a pool party. It seemed like everyone had a blast. Pizza, cupcakes and otter pops too! Chandler and Carter sit on our bed almost every night and play music. Chandler plays on his acoustic guitar while Carter plays a drum beat on the side of it. Chandler wrote a song called hallelujah and Carter sings it with him. Carter said for his birthday he wanted a hallelujah guitar. Chandler put it on the side of his bed that night so when he woke up on his birthday he would see it. He loves it. He got a lot of great gifts and loves all of his new webkins. Thanks everyone for making Carters birthday a lot of fun!

Sun Splash Fun

2008-06-27T12:50:00.001-07:00

We took the kids to Sun Splash yesterday. It was a lot of fun. Parker had tons of fun going down the slide. We met family there which was fun to hang out with. I forgot to put sunscreen on my chest and it is really burned, same with my nose. I can't believe we haven't ever gone. We didn't know that it's a huge water park. I just thought it had a couple of slides. Anyways. I thought I was going to lose Carter when we were on the double tube going down the Master blaster. He was on my lap and everytime we hit a bump we got air and i thought he was going to get bumped off. That was his favorite ride. I didn't get any pics of Hayley. She was running around with a friend. It was nice to have a break from all of the craziness of moving. Now time to finish up everything so we can move on the first!

Time for a MAJOR recap

2008-06-19T00:25:00.001-07:00

So much is going on or has gone on. For some of you that know I have had a lot of personal issues to deal with. I'm so ready to move on. We have two offers on our house which is great. We are moving out on July 1st and we are soooo ready. We need a fresh start. I am ready to pull my head out and to be happy. I'm so sick of being stressed out over everything. Every little thing stressed me out and it takes all my energy to do. I was hanging by a thread when school got out. I wish i could have a do over year. This next school year will be better!! I will be more on top of what is going on. Especially with Hayley. She is just so independent and effortlessly gets all of her work done. We just had to many I need this or that today moments. Or forgetting stuff at home so i would have to go back to the school. I need to just move on.

The kids are so excited that we will have a swimming pool again. That is what we have missed the most is not having a pool like our old house. We drove buy are old house and it made Hayley and I cry when we opened the back gate. There are weeds taller than me. Tons and tons of them. And our once beautiful pool is now green with only two feet of water in it. We did so much to that house. The people forclosed on it in May. We are looking into possibly buying it back one day and rent it out.

This is going to be the longest post ever. Since my last post Hayley had a school play, and she was picked to be in the talent show. She did a hip hop routine with three girls that she takes hip hop with. She also had her recital which she danced awesome at. She was hitting all the beats so hard and perfect!! She is so talented. Hayley is also a great artist and writer. She is going into 5th grade!!

Jace had scout day camp. Three days from 2pm-11pm of shooting bb guns, archery, sling shots and a lot of other fun stuff. I went on the second day and Chandler went on the third. It was so hot 107degrees but it was a lot of fun! Jace is taking a breakdancing class with Hayley. There are a couple of other boys in the class too. He is riding his dirtbike on three days a week now. He is a great rider! He will be going into 3rd grade!!

Carter is touching up his swimming with some swim lessons. Kids his age are usually swimming for years by now (arizona kids) . we moved out right before he turned 3yrs and was swimming under water to us. It takes him all summer to get to that point. We have only gone swimming 2 times and he has had 2 lessons and he is swimming under water by himself. He will be swimming the crawl in the next few weeks. He is so excited! Carter will be 6yrs old in 1 1/2 months. He is starting kindergarten and is very excited. He also rides his dirt bike really fast and sometimes gets a little air

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Parker is talking a lot now. I love how he says more please. A lady in our ward makes bread for our sacrament and it is soo good. I had to take Parker out after he had a piece of bread because he was so loud saying more please! More please! He plays with his trains forever. We have gone back a few steps on potty training. I have been too busy to stay with it. He loves to swim in our kiddie pool that we have in the backyard. He jumps from the top of the slide into it. Yes he is Jace's little brother!
I have a lot more to write about but this is a great start. Thanks for ready my book!

AMERICAN IDOL!!!

2008-05-21T21:35:00.001-07:00

DAVID COOK WON AMERICAN IDOL!!! YEAH, I'M SOOOOO EXCITED THAT A ROCKER FINALLY WON!

days fly by

2008-04-20T19:34:00.001-07:00

every week flies by. i wish time would slow down. the kids are growing up too fast. i have so much to blog about so I'm going to have to do a blogging rewind soon. Hayley's birthday, jace's supercross trip, and my anniversary really need to be written down. these last few weeks have been crazy. i have been packing on the days i have been motivated to do so. i was able to go on jace's field trip to the maricopa county fair. it was a lot of fun and it's always great to get the one on one time with him. the kids had fun and couldn't help but pick out all of the gross stuff with the animals. for example the one stick of hay sticking straight out of the goats bum. the funnel cake smelled too good. there was a rule of not buying anything. dang!! the next day i went on a field trip to the zoo with carter's class. we were able to meet them there which was great. of i wouldn't of been able to go. i couldn't leave parker two days in a row. hayley has had aims testing a really time consuming oral book report with a project due last week. it is her second oral report and has one more in may. she is also in a play her class is doing on may 8Th. she is really excited about it. i can't believe this school year is almost over and i will have three of my kiddos gone during the day. i have been really busy getting stuff together to finally sell my stuff on the web!!! i'm going to be selling my flip flops, jewelry, and hats and clothing with personalized bling on them. i can't wait. i have so many sales i lose because i don't have a web store. it is just more convenient for customers. so many ask me but i give them a business card to email me and i will send them pics and prices. and that's where it usually ends. so i'm really excited and i will let you all know when it is on the web. oh yeah. i have lost 11 pounds now!! and i love the definition i'm seeing on my body!!

ROCKIN WITH BON JOVI

2008-04-16T14:42:00.000-07:00

Thanks Celia for taking me to see Bon Jovi on friday night! I wanted to go sooooo bad! Chandler was going to take me for my valentines gift but his brother had a rage in the cage fight the same night and he is his coach. So i was bummed (a brat) because I love love bon jovi. On thursday night we got a call that Jason(Celia's) husband had two free tickets and to see if i wanted to go with Celia! Heck Yeah!! It was fun. We were high in a sky box which freaked me out at first. I'm a chicken now when it comes to heights. Daughtry opened for Bon Jovi and they were really really good live. Bon Jovi put on a great show of course. I could listen to Jon sing forever! It did take us 45 minutes to find are car. I joked to Celia it was a good thing that we didn't drink or we would have probably never found it.

Look who's riding now!!! CARTER!!

2008-04-02T08:56:00.000-07:00

Carter has been riding his dirt bike with training wheels for a few months. He really wanted to ride but he wasn't confident in riding without his training wheels. Well he has been riding without them for a month now and is doing awesome!! It is fun to watch him ride and hear the excitement when he talks about it. I do have a video but can't upload it because I'm horrible at figuring things out on the computer. help someone!! Here is a cool pic of Jace during last race! He was first in the beginner class and had to move up because of over all points. Jace is amazing on his dirt bike. He took first place but is the only one in his age group 4-8yrs. There are a couple of boys in the beginner class that will have to move up to age soon which will make the racing funner. He races at the same time as the 9-12 year olds and held his own. He is only 6 seconds slower than one of the fastest kids in that age group (which he beat at the hole shot).

Workouts great. eating, slacking some do to myself being a emotional eater. i have been dealing with the sale of our home since nov 2006 and since the market in az took a huge hit we have to short sale our home. we finally got an offer this last week but it is up to the bank to except it or not. stress stress stress!!! I still have lost 9 pounds since feb 15. half way to my goal. the true results are in the body fat testing which will be april 15th!!!

Hayleys Hall of Fame Dance compition

2008-04-02T08:41:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday Hayley had a dance compition. I hate when she wears make up for performances because it makes her look so much older. She is barely 10. We had Emily do a really cool updo for the performance. Hayley did great. She loves loves loves Hip Hop dancing. She is always dancing around the house. She is in two classes. one is every monday and the compition class is every other monday which isn't enough dancing for her. The dance company got gold which is 3rd. They weren't very happy. At the end all of the dance companies went on the stage and they did the cha cha slide. At least 150 kids doing the cha cha slide. It looked like a lot of fun and i wish i was up there!!

Beautiful day for a hike

2008-03-21T21:52:00.001-07:00

Today I was able to hike south mountain with Hayley and her young girls church group. I was reminded of how much i love hiking. I use to go hiking in Utah all of the time. Since I was a teenager there I knew of all of the cool places to hike. I have missed it. I would really like to go hiking again before it gets too hot. but today was perfect. only 87degrees. Hayley had a lot of fun and it was fun hanging out with her. She gets so silly and giggly around her friends.

Why we crave chocolate. thought this was interesting....

2008-03-20T00:04:00.000-07:00

I read this in a fitness magazine. While some experts attribute our cocoa lust to the candy's aroma, flavor, and texture, others believe we can actually get hooked on the emotional lift it provides. "Eating it can boost levels of serotonin and dopamine, two chemicals responsible for regulating mood and behavior. It also has small amounts of drug-like substances known to affect brain chemistry.
Spanish researchers found that chocolate contains the same alkaloid compounds linked to alcoholism. A separate study showed that the candy contains theobromine, a stimulant used in place of codeine in cough syrup. another group connected some of the chemical in chocolate to the mood elevators found in marijuana. Women who have tried to suppress all thoughts of chocolate ate 50 percent more of it than those who didn't .. so allow yourself a square or two of chocolate each day and savor them when you aren't distracted.. This blew me away. i thought it was very interesting.

I have lost six pounds and 3percent body fat!! I haven't been able to workout everyday this last week due to all of us being sick. But i'm not stopping! i"m soo motivated i probably drive everyone crazy talking about it because it is such a huge part of my life right now.

EEEWWWWWW! GROSS!! not for the tender tummy

2008-03-04T13:14:00.000-08:00

Parker came up to me with his poop covered hands! yuck! It was everywhere. On his hands, back, the floor, and some books on the bookcase had some on it too. This was so gross. I really need to potty train him. he is 2 and half and has been ready for months now.

My workouts and diet has been great. I have been sticking to my diet about 90% of the time. No coke or anything else but water since feb 15th! i have lost 4 1/2 pounds so far and it feels great!! It's amazing what eating healthy and exercising will do.ha! i have been waking up at 4:45am on mon, wed, fri to go to the body pump class. my body is looking so much stronger. i'm getting definition in my arms again and i can see my calf muscle too! On tues and thurs i do cardio. It is happening. Yeah me!! It's tough but it's worth it. goal is to have my best body EVER!!!!!

A RUDE AWAKENING!! Just what I need!!

2008-02-20T21:53:00.003-08:00

I joined a new gym that is only a five minute drive from my house! yeah!!! I have been working out for about a week when i finally got the nerve to get my body fat done by calipers. I went in on the 15th feeling and looking bloated and just yuck!! i asked for a female trainer and of course there wasn't one available. A trainer manager came up and started talking to me. telling me he could do it for me and that he won't judge me. he's been a trainer/nutritionist for 13 years. he also told me that he has three kids which made me feel a lot better. so i let him check my body fat. and i'm not going to post it. about 10% more than i thought it was. i'm surprised i didn't fall over. i felt gross and that is all that i needed to pull my head out and finally hit my goals that i set march 30 2006. He sat down with me and figured out a meal plan for me that is super clean and promised me that i will get great results if i stick to it at least 8 weeks. so i'm doing it. lucky for me i did drink a protein shake on the way to the gym but i didn't plan for no more coke, no chocolate and del taco!!!! i have become an emotional eater too which doesn't help. he also told me that i needed to lift heavy weight. only 8 reps about 4 to 5 sets. what? lift weights! i really don't enjoy lifting. there is a class at fitness works that i love. it is called body pump and it is a full body work out with weights. it kicks my butt, but i can tell that i'm getting stronger already. he told me to take that class at least three times a week. add some lifting and i can do some cardio if i want.. i have lost three pounds already! of just flushing out my system with lots of water, no coke or fast food. I would love any ideas for some snacks/ meals that are close to what i need to stick to. i would love support!! i crave chocolate more than coke. ha . that surprised me.
breakfast myoplex lite and one fish oil 25 g protein 18 carbs 193 cal
snack apple and string cheese 8 g protein 22 carbs 6 g fat 161 cal.
lunch 6 oz lean turkey or chicken on wheat bread or wheat tortillia 43 grams protein 32 carbs 4 grams fat 341 cal.
snack myoplex lite 25 g protein 18 carbs 190 cal
dinner 1 cup veggies 6 ounces chicken 2 fish oil 37 g protein carbs 21 g 3 g fat
total 138 g protein 111 g carbs 18 g fat total calories 1161

It's almost been one week of eating super healthy. It is hard but it is already becoming a habit. I love the way i feel, i can't wait to love the way i look.

lots of stuff

2008-01-29T21:05:00.000-08:00

I'm a little behind it's been craziness in our house! Last week started off with the kids bringing home a dog from the park. Well their friend took it home but since they already have two dogs they asked us to take it. This dog was sooo sweet but very nervous. He just shook the whole time. I slept with him on the couch and he curled right up to me. The next morning i took him to the vet to see if he had a micro chip but he didn't. i had errands to run so i took him with me. i'm so glad that i put a blanket in the car with us because the dog (kids named him scrappy) threw up three times. if anyone has seen a dog throw up it is sooo gross!!!! He was good besides that. I had 15 minutes to burn until i had to get the kids so i did a drive around the neigborhood. Right when i pulled in there was a flyer. YEAH!!!! his name is max and he lives right around the corner from us. His family had me put him in the side gate. The kids had a complete melt down in the car. But we aren't ready for a dog again.
on tuesday night i got a call from chandler saying jace broke his hand which meant no supercross if he is in a cast. so we decided to wait until we got back from supercross to get an xray. Jace had a race on saturday which he rode half a lap and went off the track. so we packed up early and chandler took him to urgent care. no broken hand!!! just severly damaged muscle. his hand is badly bruised. thursday we went to red robin for dinner which we always do for birthdays. we celebrated hayleys birthday early. her birthday is today. Well i left my really cute blinged out cell phone on the table and someone stole it.. all my numbers and cute pictures and videos gone. so i got the exact same pink razor and blinged it out right away. turned out really cute! Hayley is having a slumber party for her 10th birthday. i feel bad that she can't have it this weekend but Chandler, Jace, Hayley and i are going to anaheim friday for jace's supercross race. we will see how he rides. he hasn't been on a 50 for six months. he rides a much bigger and faster bike now so it will be interesting. he is excited and so are we. My sweet friend holly is watching carter and parker. They love her and her girls and my boys are best pals. Here is a picture of hayleys birthday invitation. I made them and i must say i think they turned out really cute! Now i will be busy packing up for the trip and getting the two younger boys stuff together, homework finished, a flip flop order finished, keeping the house cleaned, etc etc! I will post again after supercross!

You can't stop the beat!!

2008-01-20T20:39:00.000-08:00

Chandler bought tickets to see The National Hairspray broadway tour. It was my Christmas present. We went on wednesday night. We ate at the Hard Rock then went to watch the show. The show was awesome!! I loved every minute of it. I only get these two picks at the beginning of Tracy singing Good Morning Baltimore. The guy behind me tapped me on the shoulder and rudely said you can't take pictures with his finger pointing at me. I even turned the flash off but whatever. Besides that it was so fun. It was a lot more riskay (don't know if i spelled that right) than the movie. I wasn't able to go to see Hairspray on broadway when i went to NYC last year. And that was something i wanted to see sooo bad. But was on a time limit and went shopping in China town instead. When we got back to get tickets they were sold out. Anyways! Thanks Chandler! I had so much fun with you! I hate how i scrunch my face when i take a picture of myself. Note to self have Chandler take the picture next time.

Hi. My name is Casey and I'm a Coke Aholic.

2008-01-14T20:48:00.001-08:00

I finally got my booty to the gym this year! I finally got to the point of feeling soooo gross because of bad habits. I don't know why it is so easy to slip into the bad habits that i have. Like coke for breakfast. Yum. You know your a cokeaholic when you had your only can of coke at lunch and by 9pm your dying to have one. I thought i would make it till today but a friend who is also a cokeaholic put a cold one on her porch for me. She's all, it's there if you want it. For half an hour all i did was think about that cold coke sitting out on the porch, calling my name! Yes i am weak. I went and grabbed it a 10pm. So i couldn't fall asleep until 1:30am but i still got up at 5:30am and went to the gym. I only did 35 minutes cardio but i walked on an incline or i ran. It takes me a 40 minute round trip to get to the gym. And i have to get back in time to get the kids up for school. So i did it! Yeah for me. And i ate really healthy today. 96 ounces of water, and 105 grams of protein. I need to get my protein up a little more and my carbs down. I did have a can of coke with my chicken green salad at lunch. hey i'm an addict. but at least i'm choosing not to live off of it anymore. Well i'm going to get my stuff ready for the gym. Can't stop now cause i'm on fire. I will lose these last 10 pounds!!!!!!!!!!!!! good night.

Award night at the ET motopark banquet

2008-01-11T18:54:00.000-08:00

Jace got third place in the 65 beginners division. There are two two part series and each series is six months. Five months ago he had to move up from the 50's peewee division because he got first place two times in a row and smoked everyone. So he had to move up. The first race in this last series he got lapped by the guy in first place. Then the next race he was like 6th and has improved very quickly. He did win first place one moto and 2nd the other. He is now jumping 80 foot jumps and does some freestyle tricks like no footers and tail whips. When he is in mid air i always hold my breath until he lands safely. About two weeks ago his dirt bike died in mid air. He landed and went over his front wheel and hit his head against the ground. It's true what they say about helmets. We had to replace the visor since it was broken but it save jace's head. He also had pains breathing for a day. Oh what fun. It happened right before i went out there so i am glad that i didn't see it. Anyways, part one of the first series was on the 5th and jace got 2nd place. I'm sooooo excited for supercross. Chandler, Jace, Hayley and I are going. My sweet friend Holly is watching Carter and Parker. We received the official packet today and i got so excited for him while reading it. It is going to be a crazy end of the month because it is also hayleys 10th birthday. We are getting her an awesome gift which i can't say what it is because she likes to read the blog. kids are back in school. I was able to make myself some new jewelry this week. I made hayley a cute necklace. It's a silver "dog tag" i blinged it with swarovski crystals . I did the H in black with tiny purple crystal around the tag. She wore it today to school and now all of her friend have requested one for their birthdays. Let me know if anyone wants one.

Freezing in Flagstaff & some awesome news!

2008-01-08T23:13:00.000-08:00

We decided to take the kids to play in the snow on monday. I've been dreading this trip because we freeze and we always end up getting stuck. Of course both happened. We left our house at 9:30am for our quick trip to flagstaff. It normally takes 2 1/2 hrs to 3 hrs to drive but it took us five. We didn't get there till 2:30pm. We were at a dead stop up in the mountains due to some 18 wheelers jack knifing. And a few cars sliding and getting stuck. Our kids did really well and were very patient just sitting there. We decided to let them out of the car to play but the cars started to move. We found a really cool place to sled online so we followed the map past snowbowl only to get to a gate that was closed. Someone told us there was another hill for sledding a few more miles up. We found it and attempted to pull in so we didn't have to walk forever with the kids and all of our stuff. But we got stuck. Really stuck! Some men came over and helped us but we weren't budging. Then another vehicle pulled in and pushed us about forty feet back to the main road. He then said he was going to drop off his wife and kid to play and he would be right back. But he didn't come back and we had about another 40 feet to go. We just sat there and waited. We let jace and hayley out to go sledding. Finally a truck came by with a tow package and after a lot of pushing and pulling we finally got out. We went down by the college and found some small hills (about 4pm). We ended up having a great time. I don't know which of kids had the most fun. Even parker played in the snow and loved going down the sled. It was only 21 degrees!! We finally hit our freezing limit and headed back to our beautiful 60 degree weather. We got home at 8:30pm. We had a very fun and exhausting day.
The kids went back to school today. Yeah, because our schedule was sooo off. 7am came too fast this morning but the kids didn't have a problem getting ready. I can't believe half of the school year is over. I hate that time is going soo fast.
The awesome news is.... Jace randomly got picked for the supercross ktm challenge. He will be racing against 11 other kids during the supercross halftime. It is a once and a lifetime opportunity. It will be in Anaheim, California on Saturday, Feb 2nd. If anyone knows about how huge supercross is, this is a huge thing for Jace. We are so excited for him to experience this.

Christmas day catch up

2008-01-02T21:52:00.000-08:00

Jace was sooo excited that he woke hayley and carter up at 6am and they came into our room and we got up to watch them unwrap gifts. I knew Parker wasn't going to get a nap that day so we let him sleep. Chandler and I went back to sleep till Parker woke up which was at 8am. He didn't know what was going on but he was an expert at unwrapping gifts. Jace got a double bike ramp from Santa. Santa brought hayley a digital camera. what a lucky girl!! Carter got the loop de loop hotwheels car thingy. It was just what he wanted! Parker got an electric dirt bike. He will be a motox pro at 3yrs old.Everyone loved their gifts. We also got the family an air hockey table. It will be fun once we figure out the scoring metal things. i will call the 800 number tomorrow. frustrating. all in all it was a great day. we always get together on christmas eve with chandlers family. the kids put on the christmas story, we eat and exchange gifts. On christmas we get together for a late lunch with family and play games and hang out. I can't believe that it has been a week since Christmas day. I got all of the decorations put away from the inside of the house. Tomorrow i will my part of the outside. I always miss my family a lot during this time of year. I wish that i could see them more. I'm so thankful for my own family. Here's to a great 2008!

Ten days til Christmas!

2007-12-14T21:43:00.000-08:00

I usually send out Christmas cards on the 1st but I have been dragging my feet on getting them finished. No Christmas letter this year. Just a card and a picture. The card has glitter on the front and it reads Let it snow! I did have to put my own personal touch and embellish the i with a crystal. looks good. I took a few pics of the kids at the Christmas tree lot a few weeks ago and not one turned out the way i would of liked. So tonight i went through all of my pics and found one of all of the kids on our bed watching t.v. They were just laying there and being good. I made it black and white and i really like it. They look like a bunch of rug rats but it's cute. I will mail them out tomorrow night. Jace has a race tomorrow. and the track is finally open. we were only open one day out of two weeks because of all the rain. we need the rain but i'm sooo glad it's drying up and the blue skies are back. I still have shopping to do which i will do on monday. Complaint of the week( i feel like i complain tooo much) Jace has to do a project and it's due on tuesday. we haven't started it yet. why do they have 2nd graders do oral reports with visual aides? I still need to do the food list sign up for Carter's class for his holiday party. blah blah blah. i did sell four pairs on flip flops at the boutique and got a nice check yesterday. I tried earlier this year to start an online store to sell my flip flops but it was way to difficult for me. so i bagged the idea. well i decided yesterday that i really need to get an online store. i have so many people ask me if a sell them online. so i really think this is the only way i'm going to get my business really going. i will sell my jewelry on it too with some blingy shirts too. Slogan is: Casey's Creations Swarovski Embellished Flip Flops, Jewelry & more. I tried starting a store up again today and failed again so i'm just going to have to pay someone to do it for me.. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions for me i'll gladly listen. Off to finish my cards so all i have to do is slip in the pics.

Maricopa Agriculture Center

2007-12-11T23:06:00.000-08:00

I was finally able to go on a field trip this year. We went to the Maricopa Agriculture Center where we learned a lot about corn and water conservation. Jace was able to grind corn with a stone. I think this was his favorite part of the day. We had lunch together too. I loved sharing this alone time with him. The bus drive was way toooo long. It was almost and hour there and an hour back. I was so tired due to the fact that i only got four hours of sleep the night before. I thought i was going to jump out of the bus on the way home. I was so tired and there were ten boys in the back of the bus with me. They were good, just very very loud. One group played rock paper scissors over and over and over again and the other group made up a song. Ola. They just saying Ola over and over again with different rhythms. But it was worth it. We had a lot of fun together and i know jace loved the one on one attention he got from me.

Parker

2007-12-11T22:59:00.000-08:00

My sweet Parker. I love this picture of Parker and I. He is such a sweetie. He plays with his trains all day long. He lines them up in a row and then he drives them to another part on the rug and does it all over again. He is so ready to be potty trained. I just need to find a day where i don't have any appointments or obligations. This is a pic of him with his first poop in the potty. He is so proud of himself and he knows he did a good job. He has gone pee once and poop once. i just need to do it. He is only 27 months but his doctor told me to do it now a couple of weeks ago. Sorry if this post grosses you out. I hate that he is growing up so fast. He is talking a lot too. I think we need to stop calling him Parker Baby Boo.

Christmas Party

2007-12-11T22:38:00.000-08:00

Our ward Christmas party was chaos. We got there thirty minutes late because my brother dropped in from out of town. It was good seeing him and i wish we could of visited longer but we both had places to get to. Anyways. I guess they didn't plan for so many of us to show up. When we arrived they were putting up more tables and chairs. I can't believe we were all able to fit. There wasn't enough food. We had servers so we got the littlest portion of food to make it go further. nag nag nag. But when the children came out and the story of the birth or our savior was read it calmed everyone down. Jace was asked to be Joseph. He did a great job. Hayley and Carter were shepards. It turned out to be a very good night.

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE!!!!

2007-11-21T07:39:00.000-08:00

Hayley, Lacy and I went to the So You THink You Can Dance concert. They are all amazing!!! I loved all of the dances. Last year there were very specific dances that i had to see. THis year I couldn't wait to see all of them. Their bodies are amazing!! They are all so talented. We had excellent seats. All of the breakers did a dance together which was really cool. I love Dance!!!

Jace's special day!

2007-11-21T07:28:00.001-08:00

Jace got baptized on Saturday, November 17th. He looked so beautiful in white. He was very excited. We bought him a suit for the special day. He also got green scriptures with his name on them. It was a very special day. My dad and step mom came from Utah. We had most of Chandlers family there. Afterwards we had a BBQ. Jace has been kinda mean lately so he asked if he got a bad spirit when Chandler confirmed him. Oh my.

Pumpkin Patch

2007-11-02T12:56:00.000-07:00

Parker is such a cutie!! He had so much fun at the pumpkin patch. he kept walking around trying to lift them up. He also found a broken stem on the ground. He picked it up and walked around to different pumpkins trying to stick it back on. So funny. On our front porch we had Halloween lights up and he would walk up to them and tried to blow them out like fire.

Jace's 8th Birthday!!

2007-11-02T12:35:00.000-07:00

I can't believe our little Jace is eight years old now. He is such a good kid. We had our primary program at church last week and all of the 8 & 9 year old boys sang a song about the priesthood. Watching Jace sing really melted me heart and i felt the spirit so strong that my little boy has. It was incredible. He sung his heart out. We had a halloween party for his birthday. We played lots of games. I think eveyones favorite game was the mummy wrap. There are teams of two kids and one wraps their partner up until the roll runs out then the other partner has to do the same. The winners are who finishes first. Jace and his friend Tyler won. It was so fun to watch and the kids loved it. Then they had a toilet paper fight. didn't think about that but everyone helped clean up. I have some really cool news too. Jace got a sponsor last week. Lytle Racing Group heard about Jace's last race and wants to sponsor him. Tooo cool!!! He gets everything half off which is major!! with how expensive motox gear is. He got a new helmet and boots for his birthday which still put us back $200.00. He has a race on saturday. He is in 3rd place overall in the series. There are two more races to go though and the points are soo close between the top three kids anything could happen. We will see. Hayley has a dance compition at the state fair saturday too. so it is going to be a crazy day. I did get someone to watch Carter and Parker. We usually all go out to the track but i'm going early to hopefully see his first moto then hayley, a friend, and i are going to the state fair for their dance and hopefully get back in time for Jace's 2nd moto. I don't want to miss it!!

you tube video of Jace

2007-11-01T21:51:00.000-07:00

We had someone at the track record Jace for his birthday to surprise him. He is always watching dirt bike riders on you tube. We were so excited to get it and it was the shortest video ever with a small jump. It is still cool to watch though even though it could have been better. All that matters is Jace loved it. CHECK IT OUT! go to you tube and search JACE PEARCE. i have computers issues right now. my usb on my computer broke and so i've been using chandlers computer to download my camera. well it is now in the shop because he slipped on a piece of paper and it shattered his screen. oh what fun! lots and lots of pics and blogging soon. you will all be sick of me. ha!

Race weekend and i'm pooped!!!

2007-10-20T20:16:00.000-07:00

Things have been crazy around here but that's nothing new. I had to take Carter to the Doctor again because he had another infected lymph node in his neck. The second one in less than a month. She is treating him with an antibiotic and 2 allergy medications. She thinks he has allergies.Carter also had a sore in the back of his heel that was filled with puss so he had to get it drained. They did a culture on it and it came back as strep. What?? it's already healed though! Parker has been fighting a cold for over a week so it has been getting worse so they had me bring him in on friday. Poor guy has a double ear infection, and he is wheezing really bad. Whenever he gets a cold he gets really wheezy. So he is on an antibiotic, albuterol and polmacort. He will be on polmacort all through winter. Fun Fun!!!! Jace had a race today! I wish i could of recorded it. The best one ever!!!! We we're at the track friday night for practice. Parker was not feeling good but he loves going out there which i know made him feel better. We got home late then had to wake up at 6:30am to get there in time for one practice. Two air vacuations and an ambulance before the race even started. not good. but luckily that was all of the accidents of the day.. Jace won his first first place moto in the 65 class. He battled this boy the whole time(who is a sixth grader and is twelve years old) Jace beat him by about ten feet. Too close. It was so fun to see him to excited and proud! 2nd moto they were close again. Jace got second place by a tire. It was sooooo close. But he did the best he has ever done on his 65. Here is a picture of Jace passing number 89 to win the first moto. OH YEAH!!!! now the story of our rv. parents don't leave your kids in a running car. Lessoned learned. Our generator keeps going off while we are in the rv so we turned it completely on so we could turn on the ac. well parker goes up to sit on the drivers seat and pops it out of gear. luckily chandler hurried and stepped on the break. bearly missing jace's dirt bike(which was parked right in front of the rv) but later when we were about to leave three of the four kids were in the rv. Hayley was in charge. well the generator was on and it turned off so hayley decide to turn it on and she bumped the car into drive by accident and it crashed into this metal cage( it protects some electrical stuff) and smashed the front end. Luckily no one got hurt but we have had a hard time selling it and we had someone very interested that wanted to meet us after the race to test drive it.. anyways, she is still intested. she just wants us to get a quote on how much it is going to be to fix. i was surprised by that but she really likes the inside. loooooongest day ever and ever. i have more blogging to catch up on with stuff i did over the break. i'm going to go drink a coke and chill on the couch.

first day

2007-09-26T09:55:00.000-07:00

Today is my first official day of work. I have training today and tomorrow on the register. Then next week i'll be training in my department(bras) then the week after that i have to step it up on my own. ugh. I'm more nervous than i thought i would be. reallly nervous that my stomach gets butterflies when i think about it and i feel sick. I just have to get tonight over with so i know more of what to expect. The first day of work or school was always the worse. I look so official in my new black suits. i love them.

Victoria Secret

2007-09-21T10:00:00.000-07:00

I got the call last night!! I'm hired at Victoria Secret. I had a group interview wednesday night. it went really well but ya never know what they are thinking. i haven't worked for ten years so my application was blank but i had a long list of references. this is such an esteem booster for me. because they hired me for me not because of my work history. the hiring manage said it will take about a week or so to hear back from her so i was soooo happy i didn't have to wait that long. i'll be working in the evening from 6-11pm at the chandler mall. (by the way it's the second grossing store in the nation following las vegas of course) super busy!! i applied to stock because i thought i had to stock to get the late shift but the shift is the same for sales. she said she couldn't put me back in the stock room that i would be more of an asset in sales. so i'm in the bra department. awesome discount too. woot woot. i start orientation this saturday. so while three of my kiddos are at school at i have to find some black dress slacks and a black jacket. so if your at the mall come say hi!! and buy a bra! ;)

lots and lots of pics of new york!! part one.

2007-09-19T20:56:00.000-07:00

This is going to be a long long post. I did well flying thanks to the pills. and they really did help a lot. I got to tiffani's at midnight since i had a small delay in chicago. She lives in up state ny and it's beautiful. I love the homes too. Siding, grass, and trees, oh my!!! We went to bed at 2:00am if i remember correctly and woke up at 7 to drive 1 1/2 hours to take the 1 1/2hour train ride into new york city. We missed the the 9:30 train by about 20 steps. So we had to wait an hour till the next train. Taking the train into the city was really cool. It went by the Bronx. The housing is crazy there. Building after building and they are just full of apartments. Train stop was a grand central station. We stayed at the holiday inn in times square. Tiffani scored we got the room for 200.00 including tax. we checked into our hotel room and then went to the middle of times square. i told tiff i hope we see the naked cowboy. and we did!!! so for a dollar you got a picture with him. he was really nice. we were laughing our heads off. We then took the subway to south manhattan. We saw the statue of liberty. Really cool. then went to ground zero. watching the horrible acts of violence that happend on 9/11 on t.v. doesn't even compare to seeing it with your own eyes. tiffani told me that they are still finding body parts. the memorial that they are building is going to be really neat. you should look it up. there is a little catholic church right next to ground zero and it didn't lose one pane of glass when the towers came down. it was filled with memory stuff. pictures and letters. soooo sad but i'm glad i got to experience it. i love that they have the usa flag hanging at ground zero. i will continue my ny trip more later. there is soo much more!

NYC HERE I COME

2007-09-10T21:56:00.000-07:00

happy birthday to me!!! i'm sooo nervous for wednesday. i leave at 1:55pm az time and get to ny albany at 10:50pm. I feel like i'm going to be bored out of my mind. and to be afraid of flying. not fun. at lestt when i fly with chandler and the kids i'm occupied keeping them busy. i'm trying not to get worked up about how nervous i am to fly. i have plenty of time for that as i'm taking off, flying, and there's the landing. i will survive and it will be worth it. i know that i'm going to have so much fun with tiffani. i can't wait. i still have a lot to do. i promised chandler that i would make spagetti and a chicken casserole. so he can just heat dinner up. i still need to pack. i want to finish all homework tomorrow so chandler doesn't have to worry about it. oh yeah, i did get medicine. hopefully it will help. so bye for now. next post will be of some pics of my trip!! pic is of chandlera parker and i on our way to mesquite, nevada march 2007

trying to make a link list

2007-09-07T12:50:00.000-07:00

this is my attempt to make a links list.. it went alll wrong. HELP!! now i need to figure out how to fix my blog. ugh

Labor day fun

2007-09-06T19:17:00.000-07:00

We went to Buffy's (chans sister) house for a bbq and swimming on labor day. We were there for six hours of swimming, talking, eating and singing karoke. It was so fun. I had a lot of fun singing with Lacy! Here are some cool pics of Jace doing back flips and hayley would do a back bend into the pool.

Parker turns two!!

2007-09-06T19:07:00.001-07:00

Parker turned two on September 1st. I am sad. I'm having a harder time than i thought i would having my baby grow up. I can't believe it has been two years already. He is such a sweetie. He fights me most of the time while i get him dressed. He really puts up a fight!! He is such a mamas boy too.. So i hope he won't be hard for Chandler while i'm gone next week. His hair is still very blonde. We bought him his first big boy bike. He burnt his finger because he touched the flame when were singing happy birthday. I love my little Parker!

VELVET BOUTIQUE

2007-08-21T21:23:00.000-07:00

My Swarovski Crystal Havaianas are now being sold at the Velvet Boutique. It's a very high end store with lots of blingy stuff. A friend went there a couple of weeks ago and noticed that didn't have any blingy flip flops so she told the owner about me and they said for me to bring my shoes in. So last wednesday i did. Since then i have sold four pairs!!!! They are on consignment for now until next month. So i get paid when they sale. I took a high wedge and a flat pair in yesterday and they sold today. Cha Ching!!!!!!! In september she wants to start buying them from me when i bring them in instead of consignment. About six to eight pairs at a time. So i told holly i owe her lunch and a pedicure. She openend the door for me. They also asked if i want to start selling them at other boutiques if i would let them know before hand because they would want the chance to keep me exclusively there. Now that i'm all excited about this and all i hope i'm not jinxing myself. fingerscrossed that it keeps going well and that i can bring my own spending money to new york!!

Feeling Spoiled!!!

2007-08-17T21:58:00.000-07:00

So it's my birthday next month and I take it for all that it's worth.. I'm going to the So You Think You Can Dance concert with Hayley and My sister in law Lacy. We got great seats. Last year I had sooo much fun with Janel. The concert is't until November so can't wait, can't wait!!!! I have a round trip ticket to anywhere in the U.S. that needs to be used by October 1st. I've been wanting to go to New York to see my friend Tiffani but too chicken to fly by myself and it's a pain figuring out what to do with the kids while i would be gone. But today I booked my tickets and I'm going thanks to my GREAT mother in law and my sweetie chandler. It will be a lot of work for chandler but i really need this and heck i deserve a little break. I really hate flying.. Vallum anyone???? And it's a long day of traveling. Plan is get there late wednesday night, sept. 12th, and come home noon on Saturday sept 15th. i will have two full days gone with one of them staying in new york city. I haven't ever been to nyc sooo i'm super excited to go with tiffani. She moved to albany ny a year ago and i miss her tons.. so this is going to be a blast.. lots of knock offs there if anyone wants anything let me know. i will be going to the today show, wtc memorial, maybe hairspray on broadway. central park, rockerfellar center, i will get to see the statue of liberty but it almost takes half a day to get out there and back. And SHOPPING! SHOPPING! SHOPPING!!!! CAN YOU TELL I'M SOOOOO EXCITED!! I will miss my family. I already do when i think i won't be here for them. yes i'm a control freak when it comes to them. So now i have a goal to work towards for the next month.. five pounds of fat needs to come off before the 12th. it's possible..

Thanks goodness for Grandma Connie Sleepovers

2007-08-09T21:51:00.000-07:00

The kids get to have a sleepover with their cousins tomorrow night. They always have a lot of fun with grandma and getting to know their new grandpa better. Chandler and I are in need of a break from our kiddos.. We are going to go out to dinner with just Parker. He is so good for us. Tonight I spent almost two hours getting them to bed. I had a really crazy busy week. I have been dedicated on going to the gym and i have really pushed myself physically. It feels good and i love the workout high that i'm on. My eating could be better. Having Carter's birthday party and last night was my turn to host bunco it's been hard to say no to munchies. I'm just trying to get our new schedule worked out. With three kids with homework, activities, and such.
So You Think You Can Dance tickets go on sale tomorrow so i'm getting to the gym at 5:30am so i can be online to buy tickets at 10:00am.. I love love love that show.. Last year i went to the dance concert with my friend Janel and we had soo much fun. We stayed afterwards and waited about two hours to meet everyone. It was worth the wait. We were able to get pics too.. But the venue is at a larger place this year so i'm not sure if i'll be able to meet them.. I'll just count this as a partial early birthday gift. I can't let Chandler off the hook totally. Ha!!!

We bounced and bounced til we couldn't bounce no more!!!

2007-08-07T10:08:00.000-07:00

Carter is five!! We had such a fun day. I took treats to his class and we celebrated his birthday. We had his party at a place called Bounce U.. It has a huge slide and lots of blown up stuff for the kids to climb on, bounce and slide down. Carter had so much fun playing with his cousins and friends. Carter is usually shy but he was running around and being crazy. It was so fun for me to see him like this. It was his specail day and he really enjoyed all of the attention. Now time to think about my baby turning two in three weeks. bah!

COOOOOOL PICS OF JACE THE CRAZY KID

2007-08-06T08:14:00.000-07:00

These pictures are from saturday morning practice. Jace is doing some freestyle tricks now and i just pray he doesn't hurt himself. He has always been this way. NO FEAR!!! I'm glad Carter is more calm and mellow. At least for now. I think Parker will be crazier than Jace. He runs around the house reving up his motorcycle and runs around like he is riding one. We always find Parker in the garage sitting on jace's motorcycle.

Off to the gym i go. I have lost 1 1/2 pounds last week so i just need to keep it up. Worked out w, th and saturday. This week will be better. I did have three great workouts. My legs are finally feeling better having sunday to rest them. I want to stay on this workout high. Only a sliver on Carter's birthday cake for me.

yeah i feel soooo good!!!

2007-08-02T00:12:00.000-07:00

Yes! I finally did it. I got my booty to the gym. I only did cardio but i did burn 550 calories, I was finshed by 9:15am. I'm so proud of myself. I finally got all the kids ready at 7 and dropped hayley and jace at school at 8. It really is hard and is an accomplishment for me. I use to do it everyday but i got lazy this summer and i just need to get into the routine again. my friend holly is working out with me tomorrow so it will be a good workout. I ate really good today. only one coke before scouts. ha! stress.. i didn't eat enough though so i will have to make sure i eat more tomorrow.
Scouts went good. I think it's having my kids home while i do scouts that drives me crazy!!! Oh well there is nothing i can do about that.
I just got done making some very beautiful necklaces with swarovski crystals. i made one for my moms birthday which was yesterday. Then of course i made hayley one and myself two. I haven't made jewelery this year so it was fun.
i have nothing going on tomorrow!! finally. i just need to put clothes away and clean the boys bathroom. i should go to the orientation for parents at the school which is thursday night but chandler won't be here and i hate paying for a sitter on stuff like that. only half the parents go anyways. they will send home the handouts with the students too..
well i'm going to try to get some sleep.

overwhelmed!

2007-07-31T23:16:00.000-07:00

i don't even know if i spelled that correctly. i feel like i have too much to do and it's really affecting my sleep really bad. i only got three hours of sleep last night. it's late and i should be tired but i'm not. i have scouts tomorrow and i'm really dreading it. i really don't like my calling right now. with everything else it is something i could do without. i need to get over it because i'll probably be in scouts for awhile. boo hoo.
the kids are enjoying school. especially carter. he is turning five on monday and we are having a huge party at bounce u. he deserves it. he is such a good boy. we invited a lot of kiddos since you can have up to 25. we have cousins coming, church friends, and new school friends. it will be fun. it will be parkers birthday on a few weeks later.
i need to write out my workout game plan and my food menu. i don't know why i keep putting it off. if i can get everyone ready before school i can go straight to the gym like i use to do and be done working out by 9:15 which will leave me 2 hours for errands. i feel like crap and gross from all of the soda and junk. i look at all my cute jeans i bought last fall that i can't fit into anymore. i have only gained 6 pounds but i'm so smushy and bloated. hmmm soda. sodium. i have this 10 day cleanse that i really want to do.. it is a ten day cleanse. call the master cleanse. i did it just for one day and i quit. my reasoning being hayley and i were going to go out to eat and to nelly fertado concert and also my friend tiffani was coming in from ny for a visit and we were going to eat out. so i quit. now i can't find ten days in a row yet that i can do it. maybe thursday august 10th. the cleanse is called the master cleanse. you can find people doing it on you tube.
it's suppose to detox all of your muscles organs and joints. making you feel great. we'll see.

Back to school

2007-07-24T22:11:00.001-07:00

The kids started school yesterday. They were soooo ready and so was i. It so quite now in the house so i am missing them but i'm not missing all of the i'm bored, i'm hungry and the fighting. Hayley is now in fourth grade. Jace is in second grade and Carter is in kindersteps(half day kindergarten). I think Carter was the most excited about going to school. All day he kept asking me what time it was and how many more minutes til school. On the way to school he said "i'm so excited and i'm so happy". He has enjoyed his first two days of school. He told me today that he missed me. Yeah, i'm still needed. Still trying to figure out parkers nap schedule with carters school schedule. It has been hard on parker these past two days. I really want to start scrapbooking again. it has been forever and i'm feeling very motivated. i also have a gift certificate to use at recollections to buy some new stuff to help get started. I will start with our trip to san diego. I can make time for it but i need to just write down my plan for the day and figure out when i will be doing my cleaning. i also need to plan out my meals to lose my last ten pounds. my sister in law called my hot today. yeah i'll glady take the compliment. choa!

darn it!

2007-07-24T21:48:00.000-07:00

the video upload didn't work. i'll have to try to figure this out

Jace being silly!

2007-07-24T21:45:00.000-07:00

I had to share this. He is so funny and quite the entertainer. Hope you get a laugh out of it.

Moto Man Jace

2007-07-11T23:24:00.000-07:00

Here are some pics from April of Jace. I can talk about him riding his motorcycle all day long so sorry if i brag too much but i'm an impressed and proud mom!!! He is gearing up for the 2nd series of the year. There are two series in the year. Part one just finished and he didn't place. If you win first place three times you get bumped up. So since he had to move on from pee wee beginner riding his 50 we put him on his 65. So he went from first place in the 50's class to 2nd to last in the 65 beginner. But jace gets faster way to quick. His first race on his 65 he got 2nd to last out of 12 riders. The 2nd race he got 7th out of 11 riders. Now in the june race he got 3rd! He is kicking butt and jumping most of the jumps. I will try to download a video clip. These little boys are crazy!! He has his first race of the series this Saturday and we can't wait.. I feel like i'm going to pass out when he is at the starting gate and i hold my breath when he jumps in the air until he safetly lands. But he loves it and is good at it. Go JACE GO!!! MY MOTOCROSS BOY!! YOU ROCK! okay my bragging is done. for now.....

Yes, there is more.....

2007-07-06T21:53:00.001-07:00

The kids really liked the hands on star exhibit. They got to handle the starfish which are alive. Hayley made friends with the lady in charge of the exhibit. Hayley hung out with her asking question after question. Parkers favorite time at seaworld was the deep sea fish. He kept running over to the glass, pointing at, and saying fishies fishies. We had fun and we are exhausted. Glad we went! Now time to gear up for back to school.

Sea World on the 4th!

2007-07-06T21:47:00.000-07:00

The first pic is the Atlantis ride. It is actually a roller coaster. Soooo much fun. Carter was able to go on and after the huge drop he wanted to get off. Yeah for Shamu the whale!!!

Our San Diego Trip

2007-07-06T21:40:00.001-07:00

Here are some pics of Pacific Coast Beach. The weather was perfect. The water was cold for us Arizonias. We built sand castles which Parker demolished of course.

5 reasons Parker is banned from Spaghetti

2007-06-26T13:14:00.000-07:00

cool dude!

2007-06-26T13:10:00.000-07:00

Parker knows that he is toooo cool!!

Zonked!

2007-06-12T21:55:00.000-07:00

Could it be? When i looked back and saw jace and hayley sleeping like this i had to take a picture. They are usually beating each other up so this was a rare moment. I love this picture!

i'm in flip flop heaven!

2007-06-12T21:47:00.000-07:00

I think I have found my calling in life besides being a mommy. I really am in flip flop heaven!! I've had a lot of success with my little business this month. I've made more money than i thought i would. I enjoy being creative. It makes me feel good. A sister of a friend is having me do a flip flop party at her house. She has already bought five pairs and is addicted (easy to do with all the bling). So now she can earn some free flip flops with her party. I think of everyone she has invited and it should be a huge turn out. I'm trying to not get to excited so I don't get let down. But i'm sure someone at the party will want to have one and so on and so on so this is huge for me.

I'm so excited!!!

2007-04-28T20:21:00.000-07:00

Alrighty! this week i already have two orders placed on my flip flops and another possible sale. Yeah!!

more pics.

2007-04-22T13:39:00.000-07:00

Too much to do Too little time

2007-04-22T13:07:00.000-07:00

I need to update more. I have had a great week. I had great workouts and i'm feeling good. I'm still drinking my soda but not as much and i'm drinking almost a gallon of water a day.
Update on hayley. She is practicing a lot for her recital on june 2nd. it's a huge production at the highschool auditorium. It was so much fun watching everyone last year and i can't wait to see her do her routine. It's a lot harder than last years. She has great rhythm. My one and only girl. Love her. She is such a huge help to me.
Jace had a race last night. He raced his 65 dirtbike for the first time. I was so nervous. He did great. He got bumped up from the peewee group because he took first place the first half of the series. He did so good on his 65. He got seventh in the 65 beginner and in the 65 open he got 12 out of 13 the first moto . then he got 6th out of 13 the 2nd moto. he was on fire. It so fun watching him and cheering him on. Jace also got first place when he raced in mesquite nevada in march. He also took first at speed world which is the other motox track on the other side of phoenix. i could go on and on about it. so hey i'm a proud mom.
Carter got in kindersteps for the next school year. He can officialy go to kindergarten this year but we don't want him to. He is so ready for kindergarten but kindergarten is all day now and it would be a long day for him and i'm not ready to lose him yet. kindersteps is exactly like kindergarten. after kindersteps they can move on to first grade. He already can write his first and last name. write all of his letters and write his number one through twenty. he's a smarty pants.
Parker is almost twenty months. He loves motorcycles. Friday night when we went to watch jace practice he started making motocycles noises as we pulled into the track. he does this around the house too. he is enjoying having grass finally in the backyard. He likes to go down the slide.
As for me. i'm trying to get my little business going. I make hand embellished swarvoski crystal havaianas. I finally got my business cards made. I'm going to put them everywhere. i'm also going to get a magnet for my car. I just need to get my name out there. i love making them and i'm fast at it. They are beautiful. I would love to do flip flop partys too. If anyone have ideas for marketing please share.
I have a dr's apppointment for my darn leg tomorrow. Hope they can do something for me.