Its just hard to get back to normal life after doing a little bit of this! 
I'm waiting to get a few more pictures and then I will make a great post I promise!
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
Quirks
My sister-in-law, Michelle, posted three quirks about herself of her blog and tagged me and a couple of others to do the same. So any of you who read this, its now passed on to you too!
I have so many quirks, but I haven't taken the time to think about them. I guess I usually avoid self evaluation!
The first strange thing that comes to mind is that I can't stand to have my eye lashes touched! I'm not sure why. It makes my skin crawl. Its not that I'm concerned about the mascara running or anything. Its just the feeling of them being messed with. Strange I know.
The second thing is that I can't stand to keep my hair the same for very long. Case in point here is what my hair looked like a year and a half ago and what it looks like now! (Lots of blond highlights again!) Maybe its just a girl thing, and not so much a quirk.
The third quirk is that I can't stand stinky smells, especially a dish rag that has been left out too long and has that musty mildew smell. I've been known to walk in the house, smell something, and go on a search for the offending odor. I use color safe bleach on every towel load of laundry and other more stinky loads because it helps keep them smelling better longer.
I just thought of a fourth to replace the thing about hair, because I know lots of us who love to visit the salon often! So instead, I will say I have this obsession about locking doors. My doors are bolted all day long and I check them all again before I go to bed. And if Bryant says, "I don't think I locked the door" no matter how tired I am, I can't got to sleep without making sure all the doors are locked. Its not just because of Bryson trying to get outside, I did it even before I had kids. I can't stand to leave a door unlocked. I guess I'm paranoid. :)
Now I can think of more since I started doing this, but I'd better stop!
I have so many quirks, but I haven't taken the time to think about them. I guess I usually avoid self evaluation!
The first strange thing that comes to mind is that I can't stand to have my eye lashes touched! I'm not sure why. It makes my skin crawl. Its not that I'm concerned about the mascara running or anything. Its just the feeling of them being messed with. Strange I know.
The second thing is that I can't stand to keep my hair the same for very long. Case in point here is what my hair looked like a year and a half ago and what it looks like now! (Lots of blond highlights again!) Maybe its just a girl thing, and not so much a quirk.
The third quirk is that I can't stand stinky smells, especially a dish rag that has been left out too long and has that musty mildew smell. I've been known to walk in the house, smell something, and go on a search for the offending odor. I use color safe bleach on every towel load of laundry and other more stinky loads because it helps keep them smelling better longer.
I just thought of a fourth to replace the thing about hair, because I know lots of us who love to visit the salon often! So instead, I will say I have this obsession about locking doors. My doors are bolted all day long and I check them all again before I go to bed. And if Bryant says, "I don't think I locked the door" no matter how tired I am, I can't got to sleep without making sure all the doors are locked. Its not just because of Bryson trying to get outside, I did it even before I had kids. I can't stand to leave a door unlocked. I guess I'm paranoid. :)
Now I can think of more since I started doing this, but I'd better stop!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Help!
Is it the Arctic, or my backyard? That is debatable today. Bryson hates the snow if you can't tell. Our snow just started to melt and then we were hit with a big storm! It started snowing yesterday about 3pm and still hasn't stopped. We got over 1 foot in 1 night and had 60+ mile per hour winds. The snow in my backyard goes half way up my thigh in some places and I still had a couple more inches of snow between me and the ground. Despite all that, school wasn't canceled. Bryant took Ashelynn in the truck because I would not have made it in the van. If it wasn't Valentines day I would have kept her home. She was in charge of bringing the cookies for the party and was very concerned about getting to school. Utah has it just as bad as we do I've heard.
Here are a couple of pictures of the yard before we walked through it.
Monday, February 4, 2008
29
Saturday night I was up all night long with either Ashelynn or Bryson. Bryant was sick last week and the rest of us got it Saturday night. Sunday I could barely talk and was so achy and tired. The kids both had fevers on and off all day long. Sunday was a long day.
Ashelynn stayed home from school today because she still had a little fever when she woke up. Bryson is doing better but coughing a lot and has a very runny nose.
Today also I turned 29. I had to cancel the baby sitter for tonight because we still aren't 100%. Its snowed all day long too. I have had so many birthdays where it has snowed all day and caused plans to be changed. That is just how it goes when you have a Feb. birthday. The only nice weather I've had on my birthday was last year when we were in Florida on my birthday. Bryant sent me a big basket of flowers, which was so nice and brightened my day. We are going to celebrate later in the week. Oh, also my mom was going to come up (which she couldn't have anyway because of the bad roads) but was in a 40 car pile up accident last Monday and her car was totalled and she injured her back. Thankfully that was all that was injured.
I was talking to her earlier that day while she was driving home from Provo and she said that the roads were so bad and that she needed to hang up. Several hours later I got a call from my dad, with sirens in the back ground, and he told me she had been in an accident, but didn't have any major injuries and was being taken to the hospital to be checked out. My aunt Holly also called me because somehow my mom's phone had called her house during the accident and my cousin Amy could hear my mom yelling to some other people who had been hit by a semi with more crashing in the background. I got the whole story later that night. My mom was almost home when a semi sped past her and she saw it jack-knife. She, and all the other cars around her tired to stop, but the blizzard made it almost impossible to stop. Also the visibility was zero. She hit the car in front of her and was hit also from behind. Her car went dead, but she had the strong impression that she needed to get into the median. She tried her car again and it started. She backed off of the bumper of the car infront of her, and pulled down into the median. As she came to a slow stop she saw another jack-knifed semi in her re-view mirror sliding down the freeway hitting the cars where she just had been. Stunned, she looked up at the road and saw a couple in their 60's huddled on the road, without coats, in the wreckage. Her first thought was to get them into her car and pull out to the other side of the freeway and drive out of there. Her car would not start. She grabbed a blanket from her car and her purse and went to help the stunned couple. She yelled asking them where there car was and they pointed to a black car pinned under a semi. She had no idea how they got out. They were dazed and in shock. After checking to make sure it was clear, she hurried them off of the high way as more cars continued to crash into the wreckage. They went down the hill to a Rite-aid phramacy to call 911. My dad met her there. They couldn't get through to 911 and called the dispatch office for the Payson police. They hadn't heard about the accident yet. They asked her how many were involved and she could only tell them, "more and more" as they continued to hear more crashing. More people came off of the freeway to find shelter and help and the store. After my mom and dad got to the hospital they learned that there were so many accidents that day that the hospitals in area had run out of ambulances. She was all right, but had a very twisted spine. She has gone to the chiropractor several times since last Monday. They found their car 2 days later and it had been hit several more times since my mom left it.
I am so thankful that she was blessed and only came away with minor injuries and that I didn't lose my mom right before I turned 29. Despite the weather and being sick, its a great birthday. I have a family that loves me, good friends, and so many blessings from our Heavenly Father.
Here is a link to the web page that has a little news video of the accident. http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=2562157
Ashelynn stayed home from school today because she still had a little fever when she woke up. Bryson is doing better but coughing a lot and has a very runny nose.
Today also I turned 29. I had to cancel the baby sitter for tonight because we still aren't 100%. Its snowed all day long too. I have had so many birthdays where it has snowed all day and caused plans to be changed. That is just how it goes when you have a Feb. birthday. The only nice weather I've had on my birthday was last year when we were in Florida on my birthday. Bryant sent me a big basket of flowers, which was so nice and brightened my day. We are going to celebrate later in the week. Oh, also my mom was going to come up (which she couldn't have anyway because of the bad roads) but was in a 40 car pile up accident last Monday and her car was totalled and she injured her back. Thankfully that was all that was injured.
I was talking to her earlier that day while she was driving home from Provo and she said that the roads were so bad and that she needed to hang up. Several hours later I got a call from my dad, with sirens in the back ground, and he told me she had been in an accident, but didn't have any major injuries and was being taken to the hospital to be checked out. My aunt Holly also called me because somehow my mom's phone had called her house during the accident and my cousin Amy could hear my mom yelling to some other people who had been hit by a semi with more crashing in the background. I got the whole story later that night. My mom was almost home when a semi sped past her and she saw it jack-knife. She, and all the other cars around her tired to stop, but the blizzard made it almost impossible to stop. Also the visibility was zero. She hit the car in front of her and was hit also from behind. Her car went dead, but she had the strong impression that she needed to get into the median. She tried her car again and it started. She backed off of the bumper of the car infront of her, and pulled down into the median. As she came to a slow stop she saw another jack-knifed semi in her re-view mirror sliding down the freeway hitting the cars where she just had been. Stunned, she looked up at the road and saw a couple in their 60's huddled on the road, without coats, in the wreckage. Her first thought was to get them into her car and pull out to the other side of the freeway and drive out of there. Her car would not start. She grabbed a blanket from her car and her purse and went to help the stunned couple. She yelled asking them where there car was and they pointed to a black car pinned under a semi. She had no idea how they got out. They were dazed and in shock. After checking to make sure it was clear, she hurried them off of the high way as more cars continued to crash into the wreckage. They went down the hill to a Rite-aid phramacy to call 911. My dad met her there. They couldn't get through to 911 and called the dispatch office for the Payson police. They hadn't heard about the accident yet. They asked her how many were involved and she could only tell them, "more and more" as they continued to hear more crashing. More people came off of the freeway to find shelter and help and the store. After my mom and dad got to the hospital they learned that there were so many accidents that day that the hospitals in area had run out of ambulances. She was all right, but had a very twisted spine. She has gone to the chiropractor several times since last Monday. They found their car 2 days later and it had been hit several more times since my mom left it.
I am so thankful that she was blessed and only came away with minor injuries and that I didn't lose my mom right before I turned 29. Despite the weather and being sick, its a great birthday. I have a family that loves me, good friends, and so many blessings from our Heavenly Father.
Here is a link to the web page that has a little news video of the accident. http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=2562157
Monday, January 14, 2008
Christmas 2007
As soon as Nutcracker slowed to an end I frantically began putting our Christmas letter together, did last minute Christmas shopping and managed to get out a few plates of Christmas cookies before we headed down to UT.
The night before we were going to leave I was up late wrapping Christmas presents and getting all of our stuff together to load into the car. It was about 11pm when I finished and I went downstairs to put the last few few things by the garage door for Bryant to pack. I found him in the basement taking everything out of the toy room. Our basement bedroom/toy room was flooded! There was about an inch of standing water in the room. Our pipe that went to a faucet in the back yard had frozen and broke. Bryant had tried to turn it on to fill up the spa that night because it had warmed up outside a bit and the spa had to be full before we left. When he turned the water on it wasn't coming out very well. When he finished the spa he went to the basement to get a cooler for our trip and found out why the water pressure was bad. Half of it ended up in the basement! We were up until 3 in the morning pulling the carpet and pad out of the room and mopping up all the standing water. It was terrible! We got to UT a lot later than we had planned (after filing an insurance claim for the damage and turning off the water to the whole house!), but made it in time to celebrate Bryson's second birthday with my family.
I bet you can guess who played with the remote control car the most!
The new year seems to have started out just as busy as the last one. Ashelynn started indoor soccer again and Bryson can't understand why he can't play too. I got released as choir director and am now in the nursery with Bryson. Being choir director was the only calling I've really ever, been sad to be released from, but I'm enjoying hanging out with Bryson. Our basement is still torn apart, but hopefully it will be back to normal in a couple of weeks.
The night before we were going to leave I was up late wrapping Christmas presents and getting all of our stuff together to load into the car. It was about 11pm when I finished and I went downstairs to put the last few few things by the garage door for Bryant to pack. I found him in the basement taking everything out of the toy room. Our basement bedroom/toy room was flooded! There was about an inch of standing water in the room. Our pipe that went to a faucet in the back yard had frozen and broke. Bryant had tried to turn it on to fill up the spa that night because it had warmed up outside a bit and the spa had to be full before we left. When he turned the water on it wasn't coming out very well. When he finished the spa he went to the basement to get a cooler for our trip and found out why the water pressure was bad. Half of it ended up in the basement! We were up until 3 in the morning pulling the carpet and pad out of the room and mopping up all the standing water. It was terrible! We got to UT a lot later than we had planned (after filing an insurance claim for the damage and turning off the water to the whole house!), but made it in time to celebrate Bryson's second birthday with my family.
I bet you can guess who played with the remote control car the most!Christmas was fun and relaxing. We caught up on some shopping while in UT and spent lots of time visiting with family and friends. We went to the 
mall and rode on a Christmas train for Christmas eve, and did all the other traditional things. Christmas morning was really fun to see the kids open their presents.
Ashelynn got a singing Barbie, which mesmerized the little boys and Bryson got a trike, otherwise known as a "gupy."
We don't know why, but Bryson calls all bikes "gupies" 
mall and rode on a Christmas train for Christmas eve, and did all the other traditional things. Christmas morning was really fun to see the kids open their presents.Ashelynn got a singing Barbie, which mesmerized the little boys and Bryson got a trike, otherwise known as a "gupy."
We don't know why, but Bryson calls all bikes "gupies" We got to go to Wayne and Misti's house one night and had dinner with their family, Jared and Nicole's family, Jim and Mindy's family, and April and Shaun's family. It was so fun to see all of them. It had been too long since we saw them last, Ashelynn even had trouble remembering everybody! Thanks Wayne and Misti for hosting! Taking a picture of all the kids was interesting, but I'm glad that I have it with tears and all!
The new year seems to have started out just as busy as the last one. Ashelynn started indoor soccer again and Bryson can't understand why he can't play too. I got released as choir director and am now in the nursery with Bryson. Being choir director was the only calling I've really ever, been sad to be released from, but I'm enjoying hanging out with Bryson. Our basement is still torn apart, but hopefully it will be back to normal in a couple of weeks.
Monday, December 10, 2007
Play List
I just figured out how to put a play list on my blog. The music choices are pretty random, but I hope you enjoy them anyway. Hopefully I'll update them from time to time.
Lately
Ok. . .I knew I wouldn't be the greatest at this. Its been a long time since I've updated anything, but we have been so very busy. It all started last year when I took Ashelynn to see the Nutcracker ballet that is put on every year by the Sweetwater County Performing Arts. Ellen was involved with it for years when she lived here and I remember coming to see it when she or her boys were in it many times. So last year when I took Ashelynn I thought it would be a fun mommy / daughter night and that she might get bored with it. Well she fell in love with it and was totally enthralled the entire 2 and a half hours of it. She begged me to be in it the next year (now). Our life this fall has been Nutcracker ever since October. It started out simple enough and became increasingly more involved. The final shows are this coming weekend and then life will be back to normal. Some of the rehearsals lately have been 6 hours long! You would think that a 5 year old would be so worn out and having a hard time, but she thrives on it! I am in trouble! 
It makes it all worth it to see her up on stage though.
It makes it all worth it to see her up on stage though.The costumes are great and she looks so darn cute I've taken about a million pictures! She is a mouse in the first act of the play and then a Cherry Blossom in the second act.
She told me that next year she wants to be Clara. She is ambitious! So every night lately there we are at the high school waiting to go on, changing in and out of costumes, waiting, and helping other little girls with their costumes! She will be sad when it is done, but I won't! I am ready for a break!
She told me that next year she wants to be Clara. She is ambitious! So every night lately there we are at the high school waiting to go on, changing in and out of costumes, waiting, and helping other little girls with their costumes! She will be sad when it is done, but I won't! I am ready for a break!
Oh, she also had a Tavaci concert in the middle of all the Nutcracker chaos (Tavaci is a kids singing group that she used to love until ballet came along).
And lost her first tooth!
And lost her first tooth!
Bryant and Bryson are getting a lot of bonding time throughout it all. Which is good for me because taking Bryson to rehearsals and shows is not easy! My sweet little boy has turned into a terrible two's tornado! Its a good thing he is still so darn cute! He is sitting on my lap right now trying to type and talking about, what else, cars!
I also discovered the only way to get Bryant to a ballet is to have his daughter in it!
I've been so busy with this ballet I forgot to mention that we had a great Thanksgiving with Bryant's family here in Green River. It was fun to see everyone in his family and spend time together. The best part was the day after Thanksgiving shopping with all the girls. All the kids go
t their own Turkey drumstick. Here is the great picture of it!
t their own Turkey drumstick. Here is the great picture of it!The kids and I got out of Nutcracker practice for one night after Thanksgiving and went to UT to surprise my mom for her birthday. It was good to get away and so very good to see my family!
My sister and her kids couldn't be there because they were sick, which was sad, but it was good to see my mom and dad and brother!
Ok, all you really good bloggers. Here is a question for you. I have made a friend list a couple of times, but when I change my template I loose my list. It is so frustrating! How do I keep that from happening?
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