Bound for warmer weather.......

I forgot to mention that we are heading to St. George this weekend for a baseball tournament. I will not forget to mention the forecast.................

Mostly Clear. Highs around 60

After the winter we have had here 60 degrees will seem like 90. Can't wait. Baseball season starting up. YEA!!

Big Brother 9

The first winter season of Big Brother premiered tonight thanks to the writers strike. It is usually just a summer reality treat!! So excited!! I have given up most of my tv shows but I always make time for this one. Cheesy as it is I love it!!

Black Eyes

Luke is a bit of a ruffian. He is not a mean spirited toddler he is just rough. He woke up yesterday with a black eye that I am not even sure how he got it. This got me thinking about how many black eyes we have had in our family in the last month or so. All but a couple a result of Luke.

As I was sleeping I was very abruptly woken up by a flying Buzz Lightyear space vehicle that hit me right in the eye. Black Eye #1

Ally was hit by a flying Lightning McQueen car. Black Eye #2

Ally was hit by a second Lightning McQueen car. Black Eye #3

Jake was hit in the eye with a football at school. Black Eye #4

Luke jumped from the top of my stairs to the bottom and landed on his face. Cutting his lip and nose. The landing looked like a crime scene. The result...... Black Eye #5

I believe that Luke may have gotten clobbered(well deserved) by his girlfriend Mariyah.
Black Eye #6

Needless to say at our house if Luke has a car in his hand you better be on your toes.

Proud Mom of The Student of the Month

Jake came home from school the other day and handed me an invitation to come to his school. I had been invited to come to the Student of the Month Luncheon where Jake would be honored. He was very excited since they only choose one student from each class per month. So the day arrived and I had invited my mom to come with me because her and Jake are very close and I knew that it would mean a lot to him if she was there. We were all sitting at the table before anything had started and the principal came up to me and my mom and started raving about Jake. Some of her exact comments were.....
"If we could clone a student to fill a whole school it would be one exactly like Jake."
"You son is the so responsible, respectful and hardworking."
She made up some scenario about recess where if there were a bunch of kids out at recess throwing snowballs Jake would be the one trying to stop it from happening but in a way where they would respect what he was saying instead of making fun of him.
She said he was always more than willing to help other students or teachers.
This went on for literally a full 5 minutes, in fact she was saying such incredible things I looked over at my mom and she was crying. It was a really proud moment for me and also quite a shocking one and of course I will tell you why.....

I know that Jake is a very good student and always has been because that is evident in his grades. What I always wonder about is his citizenship because at home Jake can at times be a little difficult. He is a lot like his mother in a lot of ways. I have always done a very good job at spoiling him. He does not like to hear the word NO. He also thinks that anything that goes wrong is anyones fault but his own. Dont get me wrong he is the most caring, most responsible, cleanest and funniest little man you will ever meet. I love him more than I can express but I have always worried a little bit about the respecting your elder thing. So, what I am starting to learn is that there is a HOME Jake and a SCHOOL or ANYWHERE ELSE Jake. I guess I taught him something good somewhere along the line because atleast he acts appropriately outside of our house right??

Anyway, I was soooo very proud of him for receiving that award and I know he deserved it. He truly is an example to me and the older he gets the more proud I am. Love you buddy!!!

Funny Luke Story

There are just few things that I wanted to document so that i will remember them.

The first one is the funniest thing that Luke said and did on Sunday when we were getting ready for church. I am not sure how he knew that is where we were getting ready to go but as I was standing there doing my hair he came running in the bathroom and he had gotten one of his button down church shirts on over his pajamas and his church shoes and he said "I am ready!!" Two things struck me: One was that he knew were all getting ready for church, and two that he knew those were his "church" items.

Then about an hour later I laid him on my bed to remove the pajamas out from under the church clothes he had put on I couldnt get him to lay his head down. He was on his back but it looked like he was attempting to do a crunch.
I said, "Luke lay down."
This was his reply, "You messing yup my hair"
I gotta say for a two year old to even be worried about what his hair looks like was quite shocking and even more hilarious. I have always spiked up both of my boys hair from pretty much the time they come out so I am starting to wonder if I am making them this way because his big brother is and always has been the same way about his hair. Something to think about.

Merry Christmas!!

Well it has been another crazy holiday season. Before I know it we will be starting the new year and looking forward to spring. I love Christmas and the spirit it brings. I love Christmas because of what it represents. I love that it gives you a reason to get together with all your loved ones. Some of them you only see at Christmas time. I love Christmas because I love buying presents for people. I love it because we get to listen to Christmas music. I love Christmas because of all the yummy treats that people bring me. I love Christmas because of all the opportunities there are to give. I love Christmas because I love to shop.(to a certain extent) I love Christmas because my kids love it. And most of all I love it when the madness is over!!

OH Ally!!

So the other day we return from some errands and I started getting Luke out of the car and Ally starts saying that she is stuck in her seatbelt. I kind of brushed it off because she can sometimes make up drama to get attention. In fact, I was encouraging Luke to make fun of her by saying, "DUH ALLY"(which I later felt bad for). So, after I get Luke out I walk around the car to help her out just so I don't have to hear about it anymore. When I get there I realize she is really starting to get upset. As I check out the situation I realize that she is really stuck. The seatbelt is unbuckled and somehow she had gotten it wrapped around her waist. The problem was that the seat belt had locked where I couldn't get it to release. At this point she is having a hard time breathing and she is saying she feels like she is going to throw up. So, as I am having flashes in my head of calling the fire department she is really starting to freak out. I think Luke started to sense something was really wrong and he starts to get upset. The next thing I try and do is to lift her up trying to get her closer to the top of the seatbelt thinking it would release. It didn't instead it cinched the belt tighter around her waste. Fearing she was gonna pass out or have internal injuries I left her hanging there and ran into my house desperately trying to find some scissors which I have a hard time finding because coincidentally Ally has every pair up hidden in her room. So I get a pair of scissors and cut the freaking seatbelt. I must say it was a little bit scary. So, as I look back at it now that she is okay I have to think to myself what was she doing in the first place. This is the story of Ally's life. We are constantly saying Oh Ally!!

In fact tonight we went to a wedding reception and as she takes off across the room to get some more food from the buffet she completely falls on her face. You could tell she had hurt herself but the humiliation overcame the pain and continued on her way as though nothing had happened. This was followed by her older brother dumping his ranch dressing all down the side of her new dress. It is like that movie "Pure Luck" with Martin Short.

She is like our Goofy. I have to share one more Ally story. She is in a tumbling class a couple times a week. The last 5 minutes of each class they get to choose their favorite skill and show everyone in the class. The less quirky children chose a cartwheel, backbend or something of that nature. Well, Ally gets up in front of the class and wraps her whole arm around the back of her head and takes her fingers and puts them over her face and pulls her nose up like a pig. This was her favorite skill that she had learned in tumbling class. MONEY WELL SPENT!!

This just a sample of my Ally stories. The reason they crack me up so much is that whenever I tell my mom about something new that she has done I always get the same response: "You were the same way when you were little." I love that!! A little me. She is such a cute quirky little thing and I wouldn't change a thing about her.