hi

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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.