My knight in shinning armor

Who would have ever guessed that I was married to a knight in shinning armor! (Except myselft that is) As you all know we had quite a storm yesterday. I was starting to get nervous since Michael was on his way home. I called to let him know that the roads in and out of Eagle Mtn. and Saratoga Springs were closed and to see where he was on his way home. Our phone connection was HORRIBLE. I finally heard through the fuzz that he was on his way but needed to drop Dave off in Eagle Mtn. on the way home. I rarely know who he has in his car so I said "Okay, but the roads are closed leading to Eagle Mtn." He jokingly said well me might have company for dinner then. I laughed as said that's fine see you soon. Well.... we did have company, in he walks with who I assumed was a client, in tow. We introduced oursleves and Michael stepped out of the room to make a call to someone. This is when Haley said so..... you work with my daddy? He says nope... he rescued me and my dog from our stranded car on the side of the road. WHAT!!!!! I spun around and almost dropped what was in my hand. He was a stranger... and since when did we have a dog in the garage? I tried to compose myself so Ididn't come off too rude. He turned out to be a very nice man. He slid off the road and was frantically trying to flag people down but no one would stop. Michael picked him up (and Bobos, his dog) and tried to take him home. When that was not possible he brought him home to wait out the storm. Well we all sat down to dinner (thankfully because I had just taken dinner to a sick neighbor we had PLENTY! ) He was so nice and pleasant and thankful for dinner and everything. Our kids played all around him, Avery sat on his lap and he read a story to Dylan. I sat there thinking. How could a stranger be so readily accepted by my kids? (Maybe a lesson in stranger danger was in order AGAIN! jk) It did start me thinking about different times or different era where there would be no worry for strangers and terrorist, just a genuine conern for someone's safety stuck in a horrible storm. Finally the roads opened (so we thought) and my husband and our new friend set off to try to get him home. Come to find out the roads were opened for mere minutes before another crash shut them down again. So now Michael drove him to his car and spent hours trying to pull it out of the ditch until his Brother- in -Law was able to come and take him home.

This whole thing made me REALLY appreciate my husband! He is one of those people who genuinely cares about other people and will go WAY ABOVE and beyond in order to help them. To this he would reply "I would want someone to do it for you and the kids if you were stranded" But really how many would? I thought about this all night. To top it all off since we were up so late with all of this stuff it was after midnight and he asks "Do you want your valentines presents " PRESENTS... as in plural? SURE bring it on! He spoiled me once again (he is truly the best gift giver I have ever met) He bought me a new Rebel camera and photo shop to play with all my new pictures I take! He also got me the software to make my phone work like an MP3 player. Seeing how I got him an office chair (nothing says love like office furniture!) I am feeling like a little bit of a shmuck today! In my defense he did tell me that's what he wanted, but still it does not compare with my gifts. So thank you to my knight in shinning armor for being my best friend. A wonderful father and the best husband I could have ever wished for! I hope that the next 9 years are as fabulous as the last. I love you! Happy Valentines Day!

My very first Pigtails

Look how cute I am! Mommy put pigtails in my hair today for the first time. She said she needed to do something with my mullet. What's a mullet anyway? I felt like such a big girl! I sat there real still and let her comb my hair. I was so good that mommy almost forgave me for my all my naughty stunts yesterday.

Pretty funny that her cheeks stick out as far as her pigtails do. Still.... how could you not love this face!

Just one of those days!

It's funny sometimes the rollercoaster ride we get to experience everyday when dealing with kids. Your day can go from perfectly fine to positively awful in a matter on minutes. Take the day I had today for instance. So my original idea for today's post was to write about all of the things kids do that are not so cute now but that I am positive one day I will actually miss. Like the little fingers that magicly appear under the bathroom door as soon as you shut it and try to have a moment by yourself.


Or my personal favorite is everyday when I get into the shower my little one wanders in and first makes her prescence know by yelling HI... at the top of her lungs at least 4 or 5 times. Then she does this. For the rest of the time you are in the shower. Sometimes she mixes it up and puts her mouth on the shower door. Or if she is feeling really funny..... her feet. But none the less every day this is what I see! It actually is cute now, it makes me smile EVERYDAY. Then however your day can change instantly.

We decided to bring out the dreaded moon sand this afternoon. (If you don't already know.... this stuff is awful.) There is a reason that sand is kept outside in a sandbox or should be left at the beach. But after a lot of pleading I decided to let them play with it. ( I was SOOOOOooooooo STUPID to buy it. I have no one to blame but myself for this really ) All was going well except for an ocasional tantrum or two (nothing major) so I started to make dinner. I was in the same room as my two youngest monsters when something hit me in the back of the head. I look down to see blue and yellow sand at my feet as well as some floating in our dinner. I turned around and gasped. This is what I saw....

This is sand people.... in my house.... my carpet... all the way across the kitchen, dinning room and living room...everywhere !!!! Just like the commercials say "IT NEVER DRIES OUT, so I will be finding this in every nook and crany for the next 20 years! My brilliant little ones decided it would be way funner to throw the moon sand then to play with it! I am so mad at this point that I don't know what to do with myself except laugh.... not the good kind either, the histerical shrill I might actually hurt my child kind of a laugh. Apperently this is not a clear signal to a 4 year old and an 18 month old as to how mad your mommy really is. Because if they REALLY knew how mad mommy was they would NEVER have done this.

This picture is of the mess they made WHILE I was cleaning up the stupid moon sand!!!!! Can you believe that. This is Nesquick chocolate milk powder they dumped out on the clean part of the kitchen floor. Seriously now I am wondering if I need Anger Management therapy before dealing with the two of them. Of course this is also the night that Daddy is working late. So I emailed these pictures to him. I just wanted him to be aware that if he wanted to see his children in one piece he may want to come home SOON.

Wish me luck tomorrow I am sure that I will be in for another rollercoster ride

Me and my sisters

I am a lucky girl. I have 3 sisters and no brothers. Although I am sad I never had a brother to torment (I did fine just tormenting my sisters growing up) Even though we fought A LOT.... I mean A LOT! People who knew us growing up are dumbfounded to find out we actually like each other now. I think the problems was that we all have fairly strong personalities (he he he maybe that's understating it a bit!) but none the less. All we needed to become friends was to move out from under the same roof. Viola' now we are the best of friends. I talk to each of them almost everyday. I know I can count on them for everything. For instance I had to met someone who wanted to see our car for sale. Being the nut case I am I got a tad bit nervous meeting some strange person at a random parking lot in Roy. So my little sister came to save me .... well really she just gave me a safe warm place to hang out while he test drove the car but still. Who else do you know that would give up their Saturday to hang out at the Village Inn parking lot(other than family) He turned out to be very nice ((not a homicidle maniac)) he even wanted to but the car WaHoooooo! After my last post with my sister at the Hanna Montana concert I had a few comments on how much we looked alike. This made me curious, I have always been told that my younger sister and I looked the most alike but what do you think? This is the most recent picture of all of us. So what do you think? Who looks the most alike?

This picture is just for fun. This is me and my little sister on her first day of kindergarten and my first day of 1st grade. People always thought we were twins so I was ALWAYS dressed in pink and she was always dressed in blue. (No laughing at the hair! We were kids and had no say in how we were dressed or how our hair was cut. )

Thank You

Thanks for the valentines day package Tam! I totally suck when it comes to thank you notes or cards. I always mean to send them or call but I guess I am just to easily sidetracked and I forget. So the kids really wanted to say thanks and I thought this would be faster and you would actually get it this way. So thanks for the hats and little cards and candies! Dylan especially liked his hat (probably has something to do with the Diego on it) but he won't take it off except to sleep! (or except when his youngest sister yanks it off his head and runs away saying hat.... hat... hat. He then in return body slams her and takes it back away and puts it on his head! Did I tell you thanks yet? )

Haley's Hanna Day

So.... my very nice sister let Haley hang with her and the big kid cousins on Saturday. They went to the Hanna Montana Concert. It was a 3D movie of an actual concert (or something like that) Needless to say she was so excited, well excited was not the right word for it more like on cloud nine. My brother-in-law went an hour early to stand in line just so they could get some really good seats. Aren't they the best Aunt and Uncle ever!

This was them waiting in line ready to go in. Notice the very stylish 3D glasses. Haley brought some of these home for Dylan. He thinks they are spy glasses and he LOVES them!

Here she is inside the movie theatre. Haley has been trained by her daddy that when she sees a movie she get nachos, popcorn, candy and a drink. She came home with a big belly ache. I WONDER why!

Well she had a really great time. Thanks again Susie for making your niece so happy!

Wanna Make a snowflake?

Well it's preschool week again and I was looking for ideas for my "seasons theme" you see I am doing a winter theme on Tuesday and a summer theme on Thursday. Anyway... one of the craft projects for the winter day is the little guys are going to be making a bunch of snowflakes to take home. (Don't you remember doing those in school, they were always so FUN!) I couldn't remember how to fold the paper from way back in the day. I was online looking for directions when I came across this. I thought that it was fun so I thought I would share it with all of you. ENJOY! Nothing like a little mindless fun to brighten a dull winter day!

http://snowflakes.lookandfeel.com/

We will be out playing in the snow for the last half of the preschool day tommorow... wish me luck I am sure a snowball fight will break out and I am sure I am going down!