One of My Favorite Pals

Cosmo is such an awesome dog. He is a little crazy and hyper but he brings a certain joy to our family. He is such a funny little dog too. He loves to play and he loves to sunbathe. He cracks me up because he will find any little spot where sun is shining in and lay in it. He is such a good family dog. He's great with the kids especially considering they torture him so much. Cosmo really helps brighten my days. He is such a lovey cuddly dog. He is a great part of our family. I love him to pieces.Spoiled little dog. Grandma got him all bundled up in the chair in their room. His newest toy. Grandma convinced me to buy it. It's as big as he is!My cute sunbathing dog.I love this dog. He is such a good pal!!! I just can't resist that cute little face and those big ears!

Things You May Not Know About Me

1.What color is your tooth brush? purple and green

2. What were you doing 45 minutes ago? getting myself and the kids dressed for the day

3. What is your favorite candy bar? snickers cruncher bars and hershey cookies and mint (they don't make either of them anymore)

4. What is the last thing you said aloud? don't touch (to noah!) (pretty much say that all day)

5. What is the best ice cream flavor? sweet cream ice cream with double brownie and black
cherries (from cold stone)

6. What is the last thing you had to drink? raspberry blackberry flavored water from safeway

7. What are you wearing right now? jeans and a comfy baby doll top

8. What was the last thing you ate? a hostess 100 calorie pack chocolate cupcake

9. Have you bought any new clothing items this week? i bought me 2 new shirts on saturday

10. When was the last time you ran? it's been a couple years, i love to run though

11. Do you take vitamins daily? yes, flintstones chewables

12. Do you go to church every Sunday? try to, usually always go unless me or kids are sick

13. Do you like Chinese food over pizza? yes

14. Do you drink soda with a straw? only at restaurants

15. What are you doing tomorrow? going to a primary presidency meeting, running errands,
doing something with the hubby and the kids

16. Look to your left, what do you see? outside and zoey sitting next to me drawing a picture

17. What color is your favorite pair of shoes? red

18. Do you use chap stick? yes, but not as often as i need to

19. Whats your favorite thing to do in your free time? read, blog, cross stitch, scrapbook, crafts, watch movies

20.Last guy you talked on the phone with? jay

21. Any fun vacation plans soon? unfortunately no

22.Can you say the alphabet backwards? yes but probably not as good as i used to

23.Do any of your friends have children? yes, it trips me out too

24.Do you use the word Hello daily? yes

25.How did you get your worst scar? from running into the corner of the wall when i was little (retard me was playing tag with my sister with our eyes closed, who's brilliant idea was that?!)

26.What is your favorite smell? too many, i love the smell of clean little babies, fresh baked
bread, jay's clo and rain

27.What is the last DVD you watched? ghostown

28.What is your favorite number? 3 or 5

29.Do you toast your pop tarts? most the time, i like brown sugar ones and cherry ones, toasted
with butter on it

30. Have you ever waited tables? nope

31. Where did you have your first kiss? how sad i don't really remember, think it was on the
swings at the park

32. What should you be doing? nothing else really

33.Do you enjoy wasting time blogging? i do but i don't feel like it is a waste of time

34. I tag anyone else who is bored, enjoys tags, or likes wasting time blogging:)

Valentines Weekend

Jay and I got so lucky this year. We got to have a weekend away together and it happened to fall on Valentine's weekend. We just got a hotel in Scottsdale. It was nice because we didn't have to drive far and it was just so relaxing. Friday night we didn't get there until late so we just hung out in the room and watched a movie on HBO. On Saturday we got up late and had breakfast at Village Inn. It was delicious! Then we ventured to down town Phoenix to go to the Science Center. We had a good time there. The Star Trek exhibit was there and that was kind of fun to see. The only lame part was that we weren't allowed to take any pictures. We think the whole thing was overpriced but it gave us something to do and we had a good time just being together.This thing was gross. It had little drawers you open and it showed you what kind of parasites you can get on that part of your body. Nasty! Another lovely thing. A real visual of the digestive tract. These were actually someones insides. I couldn't resist taking a picture and sharing with you all. I can't believe these were someones intestines and stuff. Anyone for lunch???!!! I'm gross. I know. Sorry.Jay working on some plans for a house. Maybe he can draw up plans for my dream home! Trying to figure out this pipework. It was not successful. My new friend. I call her the house building lady. She was such a nice lady! :) This was kind of cool. It was fun to sit and watch people play with it. This one dad was doing all sorts of fun things with his little boy. This earth thing was way cool. Doesn't it look like it's just floating there? It was some sort of digital something or other. It was cool.There was this GIANT map on the wall at the Science Center. Jay is pointing to exactly where out hotel was. We thought it was kind of cool.

Valentine's dinner was about as romantic as it gets. :) We ordered some pork ribs from this drive thru place by the hotel and took them back to the room to eat. It sounds lame but they were some YUMMY ribs and we paid for a hotel so we figured we might as well spend as much time as we could in the room. That was about what we did. We actually exchanged gifts on Friday night after midnight because we didn't want to wait. I was so shocked and excited to see what Jay got me. I have been wanting a laptop for forever and he found an awesome deal on one. It was such an awesome gift. I couldn't believe it. I have such an awesome husband! His gift from me seemed to pale in comparison. I just got him a bag full of some of his favorite things. Some dice and characters for his gaming, Hershey dark chocolate bar, flaming hot munchie mix, Starburst jellybeans, a computer game, and the best was a picture frame I made for him. It turned out so cute and I was very proud. Of course I put a picture of me in it since I must be his VERY FAVORITE thing. Yummy ribs!!!!!My awesome computer. It looks almost exactly like this one. The only difference is mine is all black on the inside. Way awesome!!! My picture frame that I am so proud of. I think it turned out so cute. It is wood and I painted it white on the front. Then I used a stamp and did all the flowers. I added the couple other little things and that was that. I really think it's cute. I am proud of it if you can't tell.

It really was such an awesome weekend and of course it ended too quickly. I love Jay so much. The weekend was great because it gave us a chance to reconnect and get closer to each other. We tend to get so caught up in our lives at home that I think time for each other isn't always the top priority. All we had this weekend was time for each other without any distractions. It really was so awesome. I love Jay more and my feelings for him are stronger than they were before we went. He truly is my best friend and the love of my life. I wouldn't want anyone but him and I am so blessed to be married to such a wonderful man. I love you Jay!!!

Of course, thank you Mom and Dad for watching the kids and for the $. We really appreciate you guys letting us have this weekend. You guys are great!

Cousins and Friends

Donnie and Amy and the kids came over a couple weeks ago. It is so fun to have them close and for all the kids to get to play together. Elyssa was cute because she latched on to Zoey right away and followed her everywhere. Kella and Zoey get along really great too and have such a fun time playing together. I am so glad my kids have cousins close by again. They have such a fun time playing with them. Davey and Kella got to spend the night. Grandma was awesome and them and Zoey got to frost and put sprinkles on some Valentine's cookies. They had a great time.

They are such a cute duo. Thanks Grandma for doing something fun with the kids. They always love it!

My Spoiled Kids

I know a lot of people think this is crazy but we put a TV and DVD player in the kids room. They love to watch movies and it's only set up to do that. They can't watch TV on it at all, it's just for DVDs and videos. It has actually been really nice because when things get crazy at night I get them ready for bed and send them to watch a movie. Most often they will fall asleep watching something. It is really nice and it is the best way to get them calmed down at night. They look so dang cute too, laying in their beds watching a movie.

Zoey's Favorite Pal

Zoey absolutely loves to spend time with her Grandpa. Some days she will follow him around all day. I try to discourage it sometimes so she doesn't drive him crazy but he always assures me that he doesn't mind. He is such a good grandpa. He almost always plays whatever Zoey wants him to whenever she wants to. They have a good time together and I think it is so sweet. Grandpa you are the greatest!!!One of Zoey's favorite things to do with Grandpa is play cards. She loves go fish and war.Her little hands holding all the cards always makes me laugh. She does a good job though.Her favorite place to sit when playing with Grandpa is right on his roll top desk. She fits just right. It's like it was made for her.

Zoey the Pony

Zoey insisted that Noah ride on her back. I didn't encourage it because I thought he was too big. They are maybe 10 pounds different in weight. Zoey got him on though and was able to crawl around. It was a slow crawl but she did it and they had so much fun. I really was surprised that she was even able to do it.

Zoey's New Haircut

I just couldn't stand to fight with Zoey to do her hair all the time. She never wants to have it done because it was long at got tangled all the time. I had been wanting to do something different with it anyway so I took her to get it cut. It is a plain little bob but we think she looks so cute. She really likes it too and I am looking forward to her not being such a spaz about getting her hair done. I love my Zoey. I think she is such a pretty little girl.

Just Having Fun

I was bored so I started snapping a bunch of pictures. I love to try and take pictures with myself in them while trying to hold the camera. It's just fun. The kids had fun taking pictures with Mommy and I even bugged Jay. It passed some time and it was a good time.I absolutely love my kids and my hubby and my dog. They make my life so happy!

A Good Mommy Day

I was a nice mom today and I went in the backyard to hang out with the kids. They played in the dirt and I pushed them in their swings. Then they had fun pushing each other around in the big dump truck. I absolutely LOVE my kids but I do find that I have to really be conscious of spending quality time with them. I always have fun with them but it takes me some real thought to do stuff with them. It's not that I don't enjoy it because I really do. I just am one that feels like there is always something I should be getting done (cleaning, laundry, finish projects, working on primary stuff.......). So often I feel guilty at the end of the day because I don't feel like I did enough with Zoey and Noah. I really do have to be conscious of how I spend my time and I am trying to be better about letting things go so I can spend more time having fun with my kids.

What's in Your Diaper Box?

I was going through pictures and found these. I thought they were cute. I guess you should always check things out after you buy them. You never know what will make it home with you.

Looks like an ordinary box of diapers.........

What???!!! There's something peeking out of the box!
The most awesome surprise I have ever gotten in a box of diapers. This is way better than coupons. I think I just might keep him. He is pretty dang cute!