Beautiful Baby Blankets

My friend Katri just put her amazing baby blankets on sell for $35 and the Lovey's for $19.95. My Garrik has one of each and he just loves them. He calls the little one his lovey (I know, real original) but it's way cute to hear him asking for it befor bed and nap times. So don't miss out on this great sell. They will be perfect for any baby. I'm ordering one for my sil! Click here to order yours today!

100 Things About Me

I loved how my friend Katri did this so I lifted the idea from her blog and am doing one about me. Hope you still like me after reading it.

1. I love being me and wouldn't trade my life
2. I have the most wonderful husband ever
3. My children make life fun and challenging
4. I can't imagine my life without my husband and kids
5. I belong to the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
6. I love the Gospel and am grateful for my parents for seeking it out and joining
7. I love my parents conversion story
8. My parents are still madly in love with each other
9. I have a temper
10. I like to be right
11. Sometimes I can get too passionate about things
12. Being a mother is my greatest accomplishment
13. I'm very sarcastic
14. Sometimes my sarcasm gets me into trouble
15. I love how my close friends get me
16. At times my parents don't get me
17. My in-laws think they get me, but they don't
18. Sometimes that makes me sad
19. I think it's funny when people think they know me
20. I can't spell
21. You should see my stuff before spell check
22. I hate math. God bless the calculator.
23. Word problems scare me (who cares if the train is going North or South)
24. I love to read
25. I'm not a creator
26. I copy almost all of what I do
27. Guess you could say I'm a copiater (a little Michelle-ism for you).
28. I love to shop
29. I would much rather spend $100 on one shirt that I love then get 20 shirts that I just like
30. I get bored easy
31. Any project I work on needs to be done in a few days else it gets set aside
32. I'm selfish
33. I love to be on channel one
34. Sometimes I visit channel one too much
35. I hate to clean
36. I would love a house keeper
37. Grocery shopping takes too much energy so I go as little as possible
38. I spell speghetti instead of spaghetti
39. My hubby laughs at that
40. I love music
41. When I get bugged by people I have a secret song I play
42. At times I play it a lot
43. I blast my music when I clean
44. Talking on the phone is a favorite past time. Especially when I'm cleaning my house.
45. I love to work out
46. I love the escape a book gives
47. My favorite escape book is Harry Potter. I love to visit his world.
48. I'm not very patient
49. My husband is. I admire that about him.
50. My children and husband have taught me a little about patients.
51. I would rather be hot then cold.
52. I love to watch the sweet moments between my kids.
53. I'm a procrastinator.
54. You'll usually find me up late finishing a project.
55. I love to make new friends.
56. I make friends easy.
57. My friends are very important to me.
58. I have been told that I'm a good friend.
59. I have a lot of weaknesses and have come to terms with them.
60. I embrace my strengths.
61. I like to give the illusion that I'm organized. Truth be told, I'm not.
62. I love it when my hubby wears green and red. He looks good in those colors.
63. I hate to be left out.
64. I don't like it when others are left out.
65. I like to make lists. Although I don't usually follow them (back to the whole organization illusion).
66. Things that are pretty make me happy.
67. I love to feel pretty.
68. I put on makeup everyday.
69. I'm not an affectionate person.
70. Physical touch is not a love language of mine. (The Five Love Languages)
71. I show my love through service.
72. Blake is always telling me I'm pretty. I love that!
73. I think the Simple Life Goes to Camp is funny. Not a fan of Paris Hilton but funny is funny.
74. I love Deadliest Catch.
75. The Office makes me LOL!
76. I try to work things out so that I can have the best of both worlds.
77. I'm not a Thank You cards person.
78. Some people get offended by that.
79. I love to have parties. I find hosting lots of fun.
80. I need a girls night out at least twice a month.
81. I'm a much better mom when I have my night out.
82. I'm addicted to Blogging.
83. Dr. Pepper is my elixir of life.
84. Vacations with my children are very fun and I love them.
85. Get away weekends with my hubby are cherished.
86. I don't like ice cream or cake.
87. When I was little I never ate my birthday cake.
88. Pedicures are a big fav. of mine.
89. I have to live near a super Walmart or Target.
90. I can rough it when I'm camping but not for long, 3 days is my limit.
91. Don't like football or baseball.
92. Love March Madness playoffs. I even do a fantasy picks game.
93. I find joy in decorating my home.
94. I peed in my pants on a date with Blake. We were going through a haunted forest and the guy with the chainsaw put his hand on my shoulder and it scared the pee out of me...literally. He still married me.
95. I'm slow to ask for help but quick to give it.
96. I used to find it hard to say no to things I don't want to do.
97. I hate to be taken advantage of and want to be appreciated for what I do.
98. When I'm sad I like to cry in the shower.
99. I don't wear my emotions on my sleeve. The only person that ever knows something is truly wrong is Blake. He can read me like a book.
100. My husband is the love of my life.

Okay there you have it, the good and the bad. I am what I am!

Korby-ism

So you know that the boys had been gone to Phillmont this past weekend. Well I just found out that as they were leaving Korbin turns and says, "Bye butt lows see you next time." Ha!! Butt lows instead of bufallo's. I just couldn't stop laughing when my mil told me that.

Crockpot Chicken

Crock Pot Chicken

6 to 8 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 can cream of chicken soup
8 oz. cream cheese
1 pkg. Italian dressing mix
½ tsp. pepper

Put chicken in the crock pot and add all other ingredients on top of chicken. Cook on low. Serve over rice and enjoy!!

Menu Plan Monday

This is my newest obsession (like I need more) thanks to Mique. The blog is I'm an Organizing Junkie. You can link your menu to it and the best thing is that you can see everyone else's menu. So if you are sick of the same old same old give this a try. My menu for this week is:

Monday: Shepherd's Pie, rolls, fruit salad

Tuesday: Crock pot chicken, rice, green beans

Wednesday: Spaghetti, green salad, garlic bread

Thursday: Hamburgers, baked beans, chips

Friday: Leftover Buffet

Saturday: Taco's, refried beans, spanish rice

Sunday: Curry chicken w/ rice, rolls

The Beauty of Strength

That is was I thought of when I first saw Sheye Rosemeyer's blog. I was led to this blog from Marta's blog. I could never begin to understand the pain she is suffering from the loss of her beautiful Ava. Her blog is the most beautiful and inspiring I have ever seen. Even in tragedy she still sees the beauty in all things. Her strength truely is beautiful. After reading her blog, go and hug your children a little bit longer, laugh a little louder and play... just play.

Even though I have enjoyed my few days without my older two, I can't wait to see them tomorrow and hear all about the fun time they had. I must remember to not take for granted the "noise" that they make. Thank you Sheye and thank you Ava for the gift you just gave me.

10 Reasons Why...

...I'm enjoying my days without my older two boys.

1. No fighing
2. No annoying Sponge Bob cartoon
3. No trail of toys leading from the bedroom to the living room to the kitchen
4. No taking things from Garrik making him scream and cry
5. No fighting, sorry but that warrents being said twice if not more
6. No mess 10 seconds after I clean the house (guess we know who the mess makers are)
7. No noise after Garrik goes down for a nap
8. No "what are we doing fun today" questions
9. No "I'm hungry, feed me" demands
10. Time with just Garrik

A New Found Respect

First I must say cudos to Brekkon, my 7 year old, for doing the Tuff Kids Tri. I definalty respect him and all the hard work he put into it. It's alot easier to stand by the pool and say, "Come on, one more lap".

I just got done doing a Tri class today and it totally kicked my butt. We did a 30 min. run (I ran about 3 miles), 16 mile bike ride and a 30 min. swim. I did about 12 laps in that time, which I am very proud of seeing as how I have NEVER swam laps befor. I decided to do the class because there is a Tri coming up in Sept. that I have been thinking about doing so I wanted to see what I could do. Much to my surprise I loved it all, the running, the biking, the swiming. I am still not sure if I'll do the Tri but I plan on training for it and seeing where I'm at in Aug.

Silence is Golden

My two older boys are off to Philmont Scout Ranch in the rugged New Mexico wilderness. They flew out this morning with Nanna and Grandpa. My sil Kelli works there as a guide. They went out to pay her a little fun visit. From what I understand she has some fun hikes planed for my boys. Yes Kelli, wear them out!

It has been so nice being here with just baby G. I am just loving it. Although I must confess, I wish the G-man could have gone also. Shhh, don't tell him ;).

The bad thing is that with Bill and Teri gone things have been extra crazy with the business. We got a new listing, buyers wanting to look at property and a closing. All of which Blake gets to handle on his lonesome. So I wont be expecting him home these next few nights until after 8:00.

So what am I doing with my free time? Blogging (duh, that's a given!), reading, catching up on my internet scrapbooking and anything else that I can think of. Oh, I just can't keep this smile off my face.

I just can't get enough!

I don't know what it is about this show on the Discovery Channel but I LOVE it. It is called Deadliest Catch. It comes on every Tuesday night @ 10:00. Season three just ended last night so I guess I'll just have to watch the reruns till season four starts. The show is devided into two parts, the first is King Crab and the second is Ophelia Crab which is the smaller crab. It is just amazing to me how these men honestly love what they do. And I have to say I love what they do too!! YUM, YUM. After the show they sit and talk with all the captains and some of the crew. I know, CRAZY but what can I say!

Pictured above is the boat of my fav crew the Northwestern. Its captain is Sig Hansen. Below is a pod full of red gold - that is what the fishermen call the crab.

Annimated Me!

Thanks Chanda for sharing this fun site. This annimated me is in a normal mall doing ALOT of shopping!! Also check out my friend Laurie, does she have attitude or what!

My personality report

This is so much fun and I thought it decribed me dead on. Check out your Personal DNA Report. If you want to read my full report go here: My personalDNA Report

Happy Father's Day

We just love father's day! This year Blake got new bike shoes. I'm not sure if I have mentioned that Blake has taken up biking as a sport. He loves to go road and dirt biking. He has been borrowing his dads shoes, so for fathers day I decided to get him a pair. I got some that can be used for both dirt and road biking. Now he just needs to get the clips put on them and off he goes. I guess we will be looking into a new bike soon.... He also got some much needed shorts and t-shirts.

But I think the best present was what we got for Bill, Blake's dad. For FHE We went to this pottery place here in St. George called Brushfire Pottery Studio. Anyway, we made the plate pictured above. We gave it to him just before we ate our Father's Day dinner. The boys were so excited for him to open his present and eat off it. The big joke is that they will always touch grandpa's food.

Seadoo Fun

After Korbin's party we decided to take the Seadoo's out on the lake for the first time this summer. They actuallyhaven't been used in almost 2 years. Anyway, Dustin and his brother Gunner worked hard to get them cleaned up and ready. After finally registering them here in Utah we were ready to roll. It was very windy and the water was COLD but that didn't stop us! Sure it was too choppy to wake board or ski but the waves were fun to jump and do 360's in.

Dustin and Lindsay. Oh, I forgot to mention that this is Dustin and Gunner's first time ever on Jet ski's! Gunner started of mild but soon grew very gutsy and even threw Blake off a few times :D!

Just give him his drink and some Cheetos and he is good to go! As soon as we find or buy (which ever comes first) a life jacket for G we will take him out on the Seadoos. But for today he just enjoyed watching.


Hanging out on the beach.

Funny cheeto story. The Cheeto he is currently eating had fallen to the ground. So what did my son do? Well, he washed it off all clean...with lake water! We were all just cracking up at him.

Happy Birthday Korbin!

We celebrated Korbin's birthday this last Sat. at Sandhollow Aquatic Center. It is an indoor pool with a big slide, a little kiddie area and a lily pad frog walk. All the kids seemed to enjoy themselves and the birthday boy had a blast so overall I would say it was a big success!

Here is a picture of the big slide and kiddie area.

Here are some of the kids in line ready to go on the slide. Oh, Garrik went down also and wouldn't you know not a single picture of that!

Brekkon and Korbin coming down the slide.

Fun on the lily pads.

For those of you that don't know, Korbin has a BIG obsession with Spider-Man. When the third movie came out he was begging to go see it. So naturally he would have a Spider-Man party. We had cup cakes in the shape of Spider-man (from Wal-mart), black spidy and red spidy plates and cups. He loved it!

Girls Camp

The Camp Ground

I have been to girls camp before in Texas and boy do those girls have it easy! Cabins, bathrooms and showers were missed by me; and the girls here can only dream of luxury like that. The camp is up in Cedar Mtn. about 2 hours from St. George. It was the most beautiful drive up to the camp site. We were a little worried about the weather because it had snowed the weekend before camp. But we were pleasantly surprised by how nice it was. The snow had melted and the ground was dry and not a cloud in the sky. It did cool WAY down at night to about 32 degrees so a roaring camp fire is a definite must.

This is what our camp looked like after we got set up. The men set up a canopy over our "kitchen" and eating area. Our camp name was Camp Patience. We did a play on words and had our theme be "Save a girl, save a generation" and we all wore scrubs and we called ourselves the Patience Care Unit. We had signs that we put everywhere such as: the girls tent was the ICU, the out house was the Emergency Room, the cars were Ambulances and so on.

Showing off the scrubs.

Some much needed r&r after all the work of setting up.

Some of our beautiful Young Women.

The Skits

After we got all set up and relaxed we went down to the amphitheatre to do our skit. This year the Stake gave each ward a song and we had Thriller. So the girls learned the dance moves to the song and they did a cute skit where they were mad surgeons chasing Matthew McConaughey with a syringe full of love potion. One of our YW held a pic of Matthew over her face. You can't see it very well but I'm sure you get the idea.

The Devotional

I did the ward devotional on Wed. They asked each leader to pick a Dr. and go from there. My talk was titled Sweet Little Somethings, inspired by my friend Katri. I loved the story she told about her son when they were eating donuts. Anyway, the Dr. I chose to be was a Psychiatrist because they help people with their problems and help them see the good in themselves and others. I pointed out that the best Psychiatrist in our practice was our Savior Jesus Christ. I shared the Parable of the Tomato Plant. I ended by reading the last part of the 13th article of faith. Replacing the word "we" with "I". I told the girls that the Lord is always blessing our lives with sweet little somethings but it is up to us to find them. Even in the simple things as eating a donut. After I gave out these cute little handouts.

Family Fun

For FHE (Family Home Evening) we went to Fiesta Fun and rode the go-karts and bumper boats. We went with Nana Teri, Grandpa Bill, Lindsay, Dustin and Gunner (Dustin's little brother).

All of us waiting in line for the big race. Brekkon and Gunner rode together and Korbin rode with Dustin.

Brekkon and Gunner ready to race!!

Korbin and Dustin comming up fast!

Blake and I are fighting for who will lead. Unfortunatly he wins because the kid that is next to me spun me out. Bummer!!

Back in the race and there is no way I am letting my son and his little lead footed friend pass me!

After the go-karts Blake, Brekkon, Korbin, Gunner and Dustin decided to cool off with a nice water fight. I don't know who had the most fun, us watching or them.

Gunner and Korbin decide to get smart and squirt us spectators. That boy is SO on my list!

Here they are nice and wet. Can you tell they are all a little cold?

Those poor animals!

I took the kids to the Wildlife Museum here in St. George for something to do. They have the animals set up where they appear like they are in their natural habitate. Now you have to know that it is a taxidurm museum. It is actually a pretty cool museum. After we were there for a while Korbin said, "mom why aren't the animals moving?". Before I could answer Brekkon pips up with, "thats because they are dead." Next thing I know Korbin starts crying and says, "Their dead! Poor animals!! Why are they dead!" The thing is that he has been to that museum before with his preschool and he couldn't stop talking about the animals. I just didn't realize that he has thought they were real this whole time.