I am beginning to realize why I hate to clean...

Bode has been into making messes lately, BIG messes. I finally have started to put locks on everything throughout the house because I can't clean it up anymore (I am sure that he will find something else to get in to). Within 24 hours, Bode made these 2 huge messes, on top of the regular messes he makes. I couldn't help but laugh at first, but then when cleaning them up, I got really frustrated:(

Peiton had woke up from her nap and it is normal for Bode to go in and just play in the room while she is still in the crib. It kind of makes it nice because it entertains her for a little bit longer. Well, I was downstairs cleaning of course...and after about 5 to 10 minutes of him being in there Peiton started screaming, that was my que to go and get her out of her crib. Well when I walked in, this is what I found...

Bode had taken all the toys from Peitons room, the toys in his toy box from his room, all of the baskets on her shelf's full of hair bows, diapers, lotions and what not. He then took the wipes and pulled everyone out of the bag, got all of her books and put them in there. There was a whole lot of everything in that crib. And to top it off, Peiton was in there screaming because she had no where to stand anymore, and Peiton's crib is set to the lowest setting, it was a crib full of stuff!

I am so mean to let her sit there and scream while I take pictures, but at the moment I was laughing pretty hard...not so funny when I decided to actually clean it up so Peiton could go to bed that night. The nice thing about it was that her room looked spotless, due to everything being in the crib:)

Well so the next adventure, Bode was the ring leader and pulled Peiton into the fun. I was in the office working on somethings for maybe 5 minutes or so. I came to check on the kids and this is what I found this time....

The little munchkins cleaning out the kitchen for me. Another mess for me to clean up. But then again, the good thing is, it forced me to clean out ALL of my cupboards, which needed done desperately:)

After making all of these messes, Bode decided to take a crash, right smack on the middle of the floor with his dinosaur and "George" the monkey:)

He is soooo sweet while he is sleeping:)

On Saturday night 26 of us went sledding to Soldier Hollow. It was a blast! I have never done this before and I am so glad I went. My friend Alicia put the big group together so we could get a better deal...a lot of work for her:) Thanks Leish! Our final trip down the hill was a 26 person train...it was so much fun. I have now decided we need to take Cooper and Bode, they would have a blast!

Getting ready to conquer the hill. So nice that you don't have to walk up the hill, I guess that is why you pay the money you do:)

Adventures down the hill..

Some of the ladies...Trisha where are you??

"Nerd Alert"

For school today, the kids were suppose to dress up as "nerds." What really determines a "nerd" anyway. Well this is what Cooper thought a nerd should look like. I think we did a pretty good job.

Doesn't he make one cute "nerd"?

Love you my goofy "Nerd!"

St. George 1/2 Marathon

I am back from a quick (too quick), fun, warm & relaxing trip. We had a great time and it went by way to fast.

We left our cute fam's about 12:30 on Friday afternoon and headed down to St. George. The drive was filled with fun conversation and Lou lou' name that tune, which made the time go by pretty fast. When we finally arrived in St. George, the thermostat said 63!! It was so nice! Kind of lame to get excited about 63 degrees, but when you leave home at 25, it seems really nice:)

We stayed with my grandparents who are the best hostess's. I love to spend time with them, they are so full of personality and I just love to sit and talk with them. Soon after we arrived we were off to eat...had to get that pre-race carb load, and we just love to eat:)

I was so dreading doing this race, the training wasn't so great and I was so worried about my back and leg. But I surprised myself and did alright. Keysha rocked it, I am going to brag for you Keysha because I know you won't do it:) She finished with a time of like 1:43, a 7 something mile! She is one tough Chick-ita and my grandparents were amazed by her toughness:) Leslie did great to, without having ANY training, she sprained her ankle a while ago and hadn't been able to run on it. and she did awesome too.

It is always so great to have a awesome cheer team. My mom is always so good to support me in all my races. If she can be there she will be and I love to have her support:)

The race was done and it was time to play and eat. Keysha's parents treated us to a yummy lunch at Texas Roadhouse ( I love that place) and then we headed to the theaters to see Bride Wars. I thought it was a cute flick, kind of slow at places, but a fun show. And the huge bowl of popcorn and Hot Tamales I indulged made it even better:) After the movie my mom treated us to a dinner at Bajio and then we treated her to some ice cream at Cold Stone...yes, I think I did mention that we like to eat:)

Come Sunday morning we weren't ready to go home, ready to see our fam's and relieve our husbands, but not ready to go home to the cold. Little getaways are always so much fun to look forward too and I guess I will just have to look forward to this again next year.

Thanks Grandma and Pa for letting us stay with you. You are the best!
Keysha and Lou lou I had a great time with you...you guys are a riot and we had some great laughs and you both smell so yummy how couldn't I love ya?
And Mom, you know how I feel about you...Love ya much and so glad that you came with us.

We will say "SEE YA!"

I am off! I am so lucky to go down to SUNNY (57 degrees, sounds so great!) St. George for a little girls getaway. The purpose of the trip is to run the Painter's 1/2 marathon, which is going to be tough because the training has been very weak because of my little back issue. But, I am still going to do it anyway, and I can always use the little getaway. It actually is kind of nice that I am going into this race with NO expectations and I can just have fun, well that is until mile 8 and then when I hit a wall and can't finish the race, it might not be so much fun:) But the time to veg, watch movies and just be with good friends, my mom and grandparents is all worth it.

A special thanks goes out to my awesome husband, who again lets me do these little things (he knows it is in his best interest if he wants a sane wife, well somewhat sane wife). And again he always supports me in everything and I mean everything that I want to do. Thanks babe! Have fun with the kids, I know they are excited to spend time with you...dad time is play time! Love ya much!

{My little Pei-Pei}

Peiton has made such a change the last couple months, it has been so much fun. She is FINALLY walking, I think she realized yes, I am 16 months, I probably should be walking now. One day she just started and has not stopped since. Now that she has been walking, her attitude has changed. She is much happier and she can entertain herself much better, which makes my life a little easier. Before she needed my constant attention and needed me right by her side, and this has changed a bit.

She also LOVES to smile for the camera...isn't she so dang cute?

The few words she says are "Da-da" and "Aw-o." We are working on a few more.

This is a self portrait that we took ourselves, I am surprised how good she smiled:)

I love this little girl so much, all though she is a challenge everyday, she brings so much joy in our life. We are so happy we finally got our little "princess" and that she is...

I HEART my Chiropractor!

My back and my leg have had some serious issues lately, they have really thrown me for a loop. Back on Thanksgiving I started having this awful pain. I would get these legs spasms coming from my groin muscle down my leg through my thigh. They were awful pains, so bad that the day after Thanksgiving I couldn't even walk, which kept me home from all the "Black Friday"sales (Keysha I know that doesn't sound bad to you:) I was pretty much kept up in bed that whole weekend which really made me super mad! The pain started getting better, but not all the way. I finally went to a Orthopedic who diagnosed me with having IT band issues, I did all the exercises he told me and really nothing got too much better. Then a couple of weeks ago the extreme pain came back, worse than it was before. The spasms going through my leg were so much more intense that I would just drop to the floor whenever I would have one. By then I realized that this is more than just a muscle tear or something, it has to be something with nerves. So I made an appointment with the Chiropractor because I had to get this fixed or find out what is going on with my body. So off to Dr. Hudson I went!

I got there and he took some tests and did some x-rays and found that my spine is messed up. It kind of starts making the curve like scoliosis (not as intense, and not the whole spine) and because of that, the pain is finally starting to kick in. It makes me wonder how long it has been like this, all my running probably has something to do with it (not going to stop me yet) who knows, all I know that from the 5 adjustments I have had so far, the pain has gone down 75% I don't get the shooting pain down my leg anymore, I just have pain in my back and some movements trigger a little sensitivity to my leg.

I had never been to a chiropractor before and now I am now sold on going regularly. (I think I will have too) The theory behind the Chiropractor is really cool. How the spine controls the body movements and how it is attached to all these nerves, kind of complex for me, but what I do understand about it, makes me think it is pretty cool.

No more private...

Well it has been about 10 days since I last posted anything, I guess you could say slacker, or no time, nothing really going on, no desire or any other excuse I can come up with. But I am back and I am no longer doing this private thing. I tried it for a while and I really don't like it too much, who know's maybe I will be switching back to private again. Hopefully not.

New Years Day

For the last couple of years we have been meeting the Richard's family at a breakfast place to have breakfast on New Years morning. The last couple of years we have been going to this place called Brinton's, it is one of those places where the decorating isn't so great and you may not think it would be the best place to eat, but I haven't been disappointed yet. There food is actually really great and I gobbled mine right up. It is a fun tradition that we have started and I hope it continues to go on.

After breakfast we came home, Collin took the boys sledding and we sat on our rear's the rest of the day. That is always nice for a little bit, but by the end of the day my rear was pretty sore from sitting all day and my eyes were sore from watching too much TV. But, it was a great day and a wonderful holiday season!

New Years Eve

New Years eve was actually pretty fun this year. It seems like New Year's is kind of put on the back burner when you have young kids. You can't really find a babysitter on New Year's and it is too much of a hassle to take the kids anywhere so you just kind of don't do much. Well our friends the Jones' invited us over for a New Years get together and we were planning on bringing our kids with us. We wouldn't have lasted long because Peiton would start freaking out about 7 and who knows what kind of mood Bode would be in. Well earlier in the day Collin's mom called and said that they wanted to come out and tend the kids that night...WHAT? Awesome! It truly was a blessing, we needed the night out without kids so much. So we still went over to the Jones' and had a fantastic time eating, chatting and playing a little Rock Band. Collin has never played it before and he was pretty dang good, I was quite impressed:)

Alica, Me, Rachel

Jason and Collin

TJ

The Jones' were the first family to welcome us into the neighborhood, she dropped by with her yummy caramel corn and we hit it off. We have known them for almost 4 years now and we have had a ton of fun memories with them. They are the type of people that would drop anything that they are doing and help you if you are in need. One thing that I love about Alicia is that she always lets the people she loves know that she loves them she is very great at speaking her feelings and I really admire that. They have been fabulous friends.
As for the Olson's, I have mentioned them before, it is amazing that two of the nicest people found each other and got married. They are both gems and both hilarious! Rachel is the best story teller, she can make a boring story and way exciting story. We are pretty lucky to have these amazing families as some of our closest friends. Thanks for the great night folks!



When we came home, this is what we found. Cooper was so pumped to stay up for the New Year and it just didn't quite make it. Thanks so much Holly and Charlie for tending, it meant a lot and we had a great time because of it. Your awesome!

Some of my favorites of 2008!