Friday 18th
play group at pool with friends
clean and pack
5 Gabe takes us to the airport
7 plane supposed to leave, but mechanical problems
8 we got a new plane and take off
entertain alyssa while michael takes care of the boys across the aisle
alyssa sleeps--hallelujah! the boys also sleep
Michael sleeps and I read my magazines!
Saturday 19th
Sunday 20th
Monday 21st
Tuesday 22nd
Wednesday 23rd
Thursday 24th
Friday 25th
Saturday 26th
Sunday 27th
4:30am wake up
drive to airport and find car rental place
6:30am fly out of Oakland direct to Austin
all 5 of us sleep on the plane!
Monday, July 28, 2008
Thursday, July 17, 2008
A week
We had swim lessons all week at 9:40 am the kids are swimming amazingly.
Monday we drove down to South Austin with our friend Jessica to go to lunch at BJ's I'd never been there before, we got yummy deep dish pizza and Pizzookie's for dessert (cookie pizza).
We got home around 3pm and vegged
We then went in the evening to the Round Rock Express Baseball game from 7-10pm then got mcdonalds ice cream cones on the drive home
Tuesday after swim lessons we did jobs around the house, went to take pictures of alyssa in her black and pink outfit that i got for her birthday...pulled the boys away from a dead bat on the ground (so far, no rabies to report). We ran to wash hands. I bribed them with RR donuts after and then we had to run to HEB to get food from a near empty fridge. At 1:30 tyler had piano and we ment stacy and nathan at the park, then at 2pm went to Debra's house for sewing time. The kids played amazingly for 3 hours while we chatted and i sewed buttons on abigails pinky. mac and cheese and watermelon for dinner that night. Michael and I try to secure hotels in san diego (lotta cash) but didn't quite yet. Tried to use Discover cash back $$$ but too many loopholes. Sang happy birthday to Kirk.
Wednesday after swim lessons (i read Eclipse and chatted with gretchen at lessons while adoring my children who are improving their swim skills by leaps and bounds) I purchased a 5D and paid for overnight shipping. we had to hurry and change to go to gymnastics. The kids love to go and i enjoy sitting and watching. Talked to stacey A. about possibly getting their time share for san diego trip. Zane came over to play with kids while I edited pictures from 1-3. At 3 were were going to go swim with Stacy/Nathan but she was sick. I had to finish the lasagna for us and the molina's so that was fine. 5:30 eat lasagna and fresh pineapple/yogurt with family. 6 run dinner to molina's with baby girl gift. Home. Michael works on the fridge, I read my book and computer time.
Thursday Alyssa puked a few times in the night, but never got a fever and was fine in the morning. I had to cancel taking pictures of baby molina as to not get her sick, but then we think AJ had food poisoning or something. It was the last day of swim practice and the kids were so excited that they accomplished the goals on their checklist from their coach, Bryce. Boys swam on their backs and swam the lenght of the pool, so fun! We chilled at home to help AJ recouperate and to wait for my 5D to arrive. I prayed that I wouldn't miss the UPS guy and when was supposed to take the kids at 1 to a play date, I linger just a little longer and UPS came at 1:10. I was SO happy and felt it an answer to prayer. I left the box and took all 3 kids to the Bairds (alyssa seemed fine all day, so i went for it). While they played, I ran errands for the cali trip we go on tomorrow. Got the boys $1 happy meal transformer toys at mcdonalds (went to 4 stores, got 4 different guys) got the ladybug saudered onto my charm bracelet and got smelly hand sanitizer for the plane and a wal mart run. All in about 2 hours. I got the kids at about 3:45, came home, opened my 5D box, played a bit, and took it to molina's at 5:30 to take pictures of baby girl. 6:30 home pack, get kids ready for bed, scriptures, prayer. 7:15 michael goes to his meeting and i jump on the computer to edit canyon lake pictures and pack in my room while the convert from RAW to JPG. Sang happy birthday to Alayna
WHEW!
Monday we drove down to South Austin with our friend Jessica to go to lunch at BJ's I'd never been there before, we got yummy deep dish pizza and Pizzookie's for dessert (cookie pizza).
We got home around 3pm and vegged
We then went in the evening to the Round Rock Express Baseball game from 7-10pm then got mcdonalds ice cream cones on the drive home
Tuesday after swim lessons we did jobs around the house, went to take pictures of alyssa in her black and pink outfit that i got for her birthday...pulled the boys away from a dead bat on the ground (so far, no rabies to report). We ran to wash hands. I bribed them with RR donuts after and then we had to run to HEB to get food from a near empty fridge. At 1:30 tyler had piano and we ment stacy and nathan at the park, then at 2pm went to Debra's house for sewing time. The kids played amazingly for 3 hours while we chatted and i sewed buttons on abigails pinky. mac and cheese and watermelon for dinner that night. Michael and I try to secure hotels in san diego (lotta cash) but didn't quite yet. Tried to use Discover cash back $$$ but too many loopholes. Sang happy birthday to Kirk.
Wednesday after swim lessons (i read Eclipse and chatted with gretchen at lessons while adoring my children who are improving their swim skills by leaps and bounds) I purchased a 5D and paid for overnight shipping. we had to hurry and change to go to gymnastics. The kids love to go and i enjoy sitting and watching. Talked to stacey A. about possibly getting their time share for san diego trip. Zane came over to play with kids while I edited pictures from 1-3. At 3 were were going to go swim with Stacy/Nathan but she was sick. I had to finish the lasagna for us and the molina's so that was fine. 5:30 eat lasagna and fresh pineapple/yogurt with family. 6 run dinner to molina's with baby girl gift. Home. Michael works on the fridge, I read my book and computer time.
Thursday Alyssa puked a few times in the night, but never got a fever and was fine in the morning. I had to cancel taking pictures of baby molina as to not get her sick, but then we think AJ had food poisoning or something. It was the last day of swim practice and the kids were so excited that they accomplished the goals on their checklist from their coach, Bryce. Boys swam on their backs and swam the lenght of the pool, so fun! We chilled at home to help AJ recouperate and to wait for my 5D to arrive. I prayed that I wouldn't miss the UPS guy and when was supposed to take the kids at 1 to a play date, I linger just a little longer and UPS came at 1:10. I was SO happy and felt it an answer to prayer. I left the box and took all 3 kids to the Bairds (alyssa seemed fine all day, so i went for it). While they played, I ran errands for the cali trip we go on tomorrow. Got the boys $1 happy meal transformer toys at mcdonalds (went to 4 stores, got 4 different guys) got the ladybug saudered onto my charm bracelet and got smelly hand sanitizer for the plane and a wal mart run. All in about 2 hours. I got the kids at about 3:45, came home, opened my 5D box, played a bit, and took it to molina's at 5:30 to take pictures of baby girl. 6:30 home pack, get kids ready for bed, scriptures, prayer. 7:15 michael goes to his meeting and i jump on the computer to edit canyon lake pictures and pack in my room while the convert from RAW to JPG. Sang happy birthday to Alayna
WHEW!
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Thursday, June 5 2008
6:50 am text from jessica that shes ready to walk
7:10 wake the kids
7:20 jessica arrives
out to walk/run with my "ghetto" stroller with no front wheel
run into justin and natalie
tyler hurt his leg, so was lagging behind
8:15 back home
jess home
kids watch PBS cartoons: clifford, dragon tales, word world
me where?? computer:)
jobs around the house....
11:30 lunch
12 to HEB for supplies
1 home
package from linda and alyssa's new bracelet
countdown 30 days to my birthday with presents...which means she isn't coming:(
i am SO excited about the presents! I start on Saturday
call her...it was fun
2 shower and get ready
2:30 drop matthew and alyssa off at stacy's
tyler and i have an outing
2:40 dr. fitzpatricks office for my "annual" while Tyler reads his chapter book in the lobby. Stress about insurance, almost have to pay out of pocket, but ok
3:45 race to tylers dr. appt. get there late
wait an hour...teach him to do Sudoku in the lobby
4:45 get in the office with dermatologist..numbing and taking off more of his bumpy legion/mole
Tyler was sooo brave! I sang "i am a child of god" in his ear as he whispered "ow, ow, ow" but was soo tough. The doctor said he was tougher than most adults and ALL children. They cut out a perfect circle to get all the extra tissue out and then stiched it up with 3 stiches. He did awesome!
All the nurses and doctors said so:)
5:25 we leave...stop at wendy's for a frostie and hamburger
matthew was sad when we got home, tyler shared:)
Tyler was so excited to tell michael about how the doctor said he was so brave
dinner with fam
6:30 michael helped me shred chicken...teaching enrichment on mexican tacos
6:45 to class...10 people to eat tacos also taught with Adriana Vargas
8 chat with natale clayton and others
9 home
check computer, write this...to bed at 10
7:10 wake the kids
7:20 jessica arrives
out to walk/run with my "ghetto" stroller with no front wheel
run into justin and natalie
tyler hurt his leg, so was lagging behind
8:15 back home
jess home
kids watch PBS cartoons: clifford, dragon tales, word world
me where?? computer:)
jobs around the house....
11:30 lunch
12 to HEB for supplies
1 home
package from linda and alyssa's new bracelet
countdown 30 days to my birthday with presents...which means she isn't coming:(
i am SO excited about the presents! I start on Saturday
call her...it was fun
2 shower and get ready
2:30 drop matthew and alyssa off at stacy's
tyler and i have an outing
2:40 dr. fitzpatricks office for my "annual" while Tyler reads his chapter book in the lobby. Stress about insurance, almost have to pay out of pocket, but ok
3:45 race to tylers dr. appt. get there late
wait an hour...teach him to do Sudoku in the lobby
4:45 get in the office with dermatologist..numbing and taking off more of his bumpy legion/mole
Tyler was sooo brave! I sang "i am a child of god" in his ear as he whispered "ow, ow, ow" but was soo tough. The doctor said he was tougher than most adults and ALL children. They cut out a perfect circle to get all the extra tissue out and then stiched it up with 3 stiches. He did awesome!
All the nurses and doctors said so:)
5:25 we leave...stop at wendy's for a frostie and hamburger
matthew was sad when we got home, tyler shared:)
Tyler was so excited to tell michael about how the doctor said he was so brave
dinner with fam
6:30 michael helped me shred chicken...teaching enrichment on mexican tacos
6:45 to class...10 people to eat tacos also taught with Adriana Vargas
8 chat with natale clayton and others
9 home
check computer, write this...to bed at 10
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
7:30 meet Jessica at her house to walk...no jog stroller for me b/c missing screw, borrow her regular stroller...run into Cerie and sharon on the trail
8:30 she heads back home, I stay with kids at the park and walk to her house up that steep hill with my kids running ahead of me
9 arrive at our car, give her her stroller
home...shower...quick computer burn disc for michele
10:15 drop off disc of baby Sophie blessing to Michele
early to gym, take kids to park down the road...talk to Jen in DC about their new home
11 enroll all 3 kids in summer gymnastics, fun hour of tumbling, talk to Karen, Emily, Becca on the side, talk to car dealership as they tell me how much $$$ our car will be to fix (1K)
12:15 leave gym, drive up to dealership to look for my wallet in our van (karen spotted me $20 just in case)
12:30 yay, our prayers are answered..found my wallet!
Happy Meal for kids at McD's while I get chipotle burrito...play at the geargetown wood park and have our picnic (summer fun jar activity)
1:30 leave the park and head to Target
find a few dresses for myself and bday present for tylers friend
2:30 call from michael while he tries to work out our car details
3 take kids to snow cones (as promised from day before--they were so good with all the van changing and running to dealership)
3:30 home to rest and relax....
kids watch Diego
I burn disc for Karen and vegge a bit
4:30 stacy comes buy to get cookies to take to st. clair's for dinner
phone rings off the hook (so unusual)
5:30 michael home...eat leftovers
6 leave to go to tylers first baseball practice
7 take michael to church meeting
7:30 alyssa fell asleep in car (yay) stop by to give karen her $20 and picture disc
7:45 stop by sonya's to say goodbye (she is moving) and see her fruit trees in her yard
8 home, alyssa to bed, boys get ready
scripture, to bed
9 computer for a bit
9:30 michael home from meeting, run to walgreens looking for glycerin...not there! I need a small bag of chips---sour cream and onion lays
10 headache again:( tylenol and to bed
8:30 she heads back home, I stay with kids at the park and walk to her house up that steep hill with my kids running ahead of me
9 arrive at our car, give her her stroller
home...shower...quick computer burn disc for michele
10:15 drop off disc of baby Sophie blessing to Michele
early to gym, take kids to park down the road...talk to Jen in DC about their new home
11 enroll all 3 kids in summer gymnastics, fun hour of tumbling, talk to Karen, Emily, Becca on the side, talk to car dealership as they tell me how much $$$ our car will be to fix (1K)
12:15 leave gym, drive up to dealership to look for my wallet in our van (karen spotted me $20 just in case)
12:30 yay, our prayers are answered..found my wallet!
Happy Meal for kids at McD's while I get chipotle burrito...play at the geargetown wood park and have our picnic (summer fun jar activity)
1:30 leave the park and head to Target
find a few dresses for myself and bday present for tylers friend
2:30 call from michael while he tries to work out our car details
3 take kids to snow cones (as promised from day before--they were so good with all the van changing and running to dealership)
3:30 home to rest and relax....
kids watch Diego
I burn disc for Karen and vegge a bit
4:30 stacy comes buy to get cookies to take to st. clair's for dinner
phone rings off the hook (so unusual)
5:30 michael home...eat leftovers
6 leave to go to tylers first baseball practice
7 take michael to church meeting
7:30 alyssa fell asleep in car (yay) stop by to give karen her $20 and picture disc
7:45 stop by sonya's to say goodbye (she is moving) and see her fruit trees in her yard
8 home, alyssa to bed, boys get ready
scripture, to bed
9 computer for a bit
9:30 michael home from meeting, run to walgreens looking for glycerin...not there! I need a small bag of chips---sour cream and onion lays
10 headache again:( tylenol and to bed
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
June 3rd 2008
Wow, what a day!
7:30am call the Mazda dealership about fixing our car (can't go on the planned morning walk with Jessica)
8:30 try to start the car (the key wouldn't come out of the ignition last night) and it was dead--then the key came out.
Called Jackie and Heidi to see if they could pick us up and take us to party (we can't all fit in any one persons car with their kids)
8:45am Whoops, alyssa tries to reach a bag of pretzels on the counter and down comes last nights dirty dinner casserole dish to the ground....crashing shards of glass everywhere
I sternly tell her to get out of the kitchen (so she won't step in glass) and she gets her feelings hurt and starts to cry and walk away...oh well...I'll talk to her in a minute
clean up the wet, nasty glass: sweep, mop, vacuum
Talk to Aj and explain why I had to quickly tell her to get out...so she won't get hurt
9:15 am kids play, i work a bit on computer
get us dressed
find alyssa in my bathroom putting on my make up (isn't she too young for this?)
9:45 heidi comes, and tyler sits in between her boys in her car
9:50 jackie comes and matthew jumps in the back with her boys while alyssa sits by "baby brooky"
10:10 we all arrive at the mall for Xander's birthday party...a jumpy place
kids jump, I run out to a few stores
chat with friends
11 upstairs to eat cake and ice cream, i run to a few more stores
12 wind down, head to cars
12:30 home, heidi trys to help me jump my car, but I can't get it out of the garage, won't go into neutral...run to clairs to look for longer jumper cables, call russ for help, etc. no dice
send her home
12:30 listen to voice mail that I signed up to feed the Sister Missionaries tonight
12:45 tyler has his first piano lesson in 45 min. try to call 5 or 6 people for rides and only one person was home...she had extras at her house and it wouldn't work
1:25 call piano teacher and leave message about our dead car
1:30 put on Madagascar for the kids while I try to unwind on the computer IM with michael about the situation.
1:35 call AAA to come jump start my car
1:45 piano teacher calls to see if we remember the lesson and I tell her about the message I left that she didn't hear. I feel bad, but she is really understanding and offers a 3:30 slot if we can get the car fixed
2:05 AAA is fast and starts the jump and diagnosis (while I chat online with michael)
the car starts, but the key won't come out again, AAA guy says I need to take it in somewhere and get a new ignition
2:20 I let the car sit idle in our driveway...Michael would flip, but oh well.
3:10 car still idle, kids movie is over, I tell 'em to get shoes on and get in the car
3:30 drop tyler off at piano...drive around with matthew and alyssa and stop by candida's house
tell her my scenario and that I'm gonna take it to the dealership and just rent a car...she offers her white mini van (she just got a new van and they haven't sold the old one yet).
wow...how nice...I take her up on it
4 go get tyler from his first lesson (he was all smiles)
4:10 back to candida's, she sends 3 of her kids to a neighbors and follows me to the dealership up a few miles north on the interstate
4:30 drop off the car, unload my kids, load them into her new van
BREATHE
4:45 back to her house, get her white van, load my kids into THAT one
hurry home b/c Sister missionaries come to dinner at 6
5 my neighbor Clair offers to pick up anything at the store for me and I tell her french bread and 2 frozen apple juices
5:15 make spaghetti casserole and mini choco cookies
bread and juice delivered by clair's husband, Brad
Michael home
Quick clean of the house
5:50 Sisters come just a bit early
we finish cleaning the kitchen
6 sit down to dinner
nice chat, but I have a headache
6:30 they shared a message about Abinidi and ask the kids if they know who he is, Matthew says, "He was killed by the bad King Noah" and Tyler says "by fire" and the Sister says, "but his message was heard by a good Priest of Noah" and Tyler says, "Alma" to which they amazingly said, "yes, wow you really know this one" to which I just sat and smiled:)
7 they left...time to do our "fun jar" activity that never got done b/c of all the chaos: blindfold taste testing...it was a lot of fun, thinking of different things to put into each others mouths...a test of trust, too. Tyler and Matthew really got into to:)
7:25 Michael got the kids ready for bed, I took Tylenol, laid on the couch for a minute
we read scriptures, prayed, and sent the kids to bed
7:30 Alyssa and I watched a few minutes of "mommy's show" and then I walked her and Strawberry back to bed singing "popcorn popping" all the way back. As I said goodbye, she reminded me as she does every single night (doy=door) "Leave my doy open, leave the brothers doy open, leave your doy open, leave everyones doy open." It makes me smile coming from her cute 2 year old voice.
7:45 I get on the computer, my mind numbing activity...and eat a few cookies.
8 send emails to a bunch of photography forum peeps reminding them to submit recipes to our Photographers cookbook
8:30 edit picts of michele's baby sophie blessing day
9blog a bit
10 pray with michael and send him to bed
10:30 write this little ditty
7:30am call the Mazda dealership about fixing our car (can't go on the planned morning walk with Jessica)
8:30 try to start the car (the key wouldn't come out of the ignition last night) and it was dead--then the key came out.
Called Jackie and Heidi to see if they could pick us up and take us to party (we can't all fit in any one persons car with their kids)
8:45am Whoops, alyssa tries to reach a bag of pretzels on the counter and down comes last nights dirty dinner casserole dish to the ground....crashing shards of glass everywhere
I sternly tell her to get out of the kitchen (so she won't step in glass) and she gets her feelings hurt and starts to cry and walk away...oh well...I'll talk to her in a minute
clean up the wet, nasty glass: sweep, mop, vacuum
Talk to Aj and explain why I had to quickly tell her to get out...so she won't get hurt
9:15 am kids play, i work a bit on computer
get us dressed
find alyssa in my bathroom putting on my make up (isn't she too young for this?)
9:45 heidi comes, and tyler sits in between her boys in her car
9:50 jackie comes and matthew jumps in the back with her boys while alyssa sits by "baby brooky"
10:10 we all arrive at the mall for Xander's birthday party...a jumpy place
kids jump, I run out to a few stores
chat with friends
11 upstairs to eat cake and ice cream, i run to a few more stores
12 wind down, head to cars
12:30 home, heidi trys to help me jump my car, but I can't get it out of the garage, won't go into neutral...run to clairs to look for longer jumper cables, call russ for help, etc. no dice
send her home
12:30 listen to voice mail that I signed up to feed the Sister Missionaries tonight
12:45 tyler has his first piano lesson in 45 min. try to call 5 or 6 people for rides and only one person was home...she had extras at her house and it wouldn't work
1:25 call piano teacher and leave message about our dead car
1:30 put on Madagascar for the kids while I try to unwind on the computer IM with michael about the situation.
1:35 call AAA to come jump start my car
1:45 piano teacher calls to see if we remember the lesson and I tell her about the message I left that she didn't hear. I feel bad, but she is really understanding and offers a 3:30 slot if we can get the car fixed
2:05 AAA is fast and starts the jump and diagnosis (while I chat online with michael)
the car starts, but the key won't come out again, AAA guy says I need to take it in somewhere and get a new ignition
2:20 I let the car sit idle in our driveway...Michael would flip, but oh well.
3:10 car still idle, kids movie is over, I tell 'em to get shoes on and get in the car
3:30 drop tyler off at piano...drive around with matthew and alyssa and stop by candida's house
tell her my scenario and that I'm gonna take it to the dealership and just rent a car...she offers her white mini van (she just got a new van and they haven't sold the old one yet).
wow...how nice...I take her up on it
4 go get tyler from his first lesson (he was all smiles)
4:10 back to candida's, she sends 3 of her kids to a neighbors and follows me to the dealership up a few miles north on the interstate
4:30 drop off the car, unload my kids, load them into her new van
BREATHE
4:45 back to her house, get her white van, load my kids into THAT one
hurry home b/c Sister missionaries come to dinner at 6
5 my neighbor Clair offers to pick up anything at the store for me and I tell her french bread and 2 frozen apple juices
5:15 make spaghetti casserole and mini choco cookies
bread and juice delivered by clair's husband, Brad
Michael home
Quick clean of the house
5:50 Sisters come just a bit early
we finish cleaning the kitchen
6 sit down to dinner
nice chat, but I have a headache
6:30 they shared a message about Abinidi and ask the kids if they know who he is, Matthew says, "He was killed by the bad King Noah" and Tyler says "by fire" and the Sister says, "but his message was heard by a good Priest of Noah" and Tyler says, "Alma" to which they amazingly said, "yes, wow you really know this one" to which I just sat and smiled:)
7 they left...time to do our "fun jar" activity that never got done b/c of all the chaos: blindfold taste testing...it was a lot of fun, thinking of different things to put into each others mouths...a test of trust, too. Tyler and Matthew really got into to:)
7:25 Michael got the kids ready for bed, I took Tylenol, laid on the couch for a minute
we read scriptures, prayed, and sent the kids to bed
7:30 Alyssa and I watched a few minutes of "mommy's show" and then I walked her and Strawberry back to bed singing "popcorn popping" all the way back. As I said goodbye, she reminded me as she does every single night (doy=door) "Leave my doy open, leave the brothers doy open, leave your doy open, leave everyones doy open." It makes me smile coming from her cute 2 year old voice.
7:45 I get on the computer, my mind numbing activity...and eat a few cookies.
8 send emails to a bunch of photography forum peeps reminding them to submit recipes to our Photographers cookbook
8:30 edit picts of michele's baby sophie blessing day
9blog a bit
10 pray with michael and send him to bed
10:30 write this little ditty
Monday, June 2, 2008
The first official Day of Summer!
Monday, June 2nd 2008
7:45 am tyler comes into my room with his fake $5 to wake me up saying he's ready for a snack. When I question whether or not he just had breakfast and find that he did, I suggest he wait on the snack.
8am Curios George and Clifford on PBD
9 tv off, Nathan L. over to watch while mom and sister go to the doctor
I work on sophie blessing picts on the computer
10 computer off...play "house" in alyssa's room, and she likes me to chase her with the shopping cart and pretend we are sleeping
10:30 have a talk with the boys about being kind to each other
11 stacy and julia come back...chat for a bit
11:30 lunch with kids
12 head out to a play group with the baird children (they have boy boy girl the same age as ours, plus a baby)
hang at their house
12:30 to the stone canyone pool (realize we hadn't been there since going with marianne and linda 3 years ago)
hang at the pool, kids having fun, chat with Jennifer, Cerie comes and chats, too
2:50 leave
(key was stuck in the van, covered it with a shirt and locked with my spare)
to HEB to get just a few things
run into Grace from Tyler's 1st grade class and her mom
run into other school moms
at checkout, the man behind me commented on how "she needs a nap" and I notice Alyssa nodding off while sitting in the grocery cart...I pull her to my shoulder to briefly rest
3:33 pm we get in the car to go home, alyssa was asleep by the time we left the parking lot
Once at home, change, shower, sit on couch
time for our fun jar activity: watch old home movies of tyler and matthew as a baby...it was so fun, laughs and giggles. Matthew said, "I want to hold baby Matthew." Hmmmm, how will that happen?
5pm make Lemon Chicken for dinner with rice
5:30 Michael home...tell him about our fun day
6 family home evening: "It's nice to be important, but its more important to be nice."
More home movies and snickerdoodles
7 scriptures, prayer, and kids to bed
7:45 am tyler comes into my room with his fake $5 to wake me up saying he's ready for a snack. When I question whether or not he just had breakfast and find that he did, I suggest he wait on the snack.
8am Curios George and Clifford on PBD
9 tv off, Nathan L. over to watch while mom and sister go to the doctor
I work on sophie blessing picts on the computer
10 computer off...play "house" in alyssa's room, and she likes me to chase her with the shopping cart and pretend we are sleeping
10:30 have a talk with the boys about being kind to each other
11 stacy and julia come back...chat for a bit
11:30 lunch with kids
12 head out to a play group with the baird children (they have boy boy girl the same age as ours, plus a baby)
hang at their house
12:30 to the stone canyone pool (realize we hadn't been there since going with marianne and linda 3 years ago)
hang at the pool, kids having fun, chat with Jennifer, Cerie comes and chats, too
2:50 leave
(key was stuck in the van, covered it with a shirt and locked with my spare)
to HEB to get just a few things
run into Grace from Tyler's 1st grade class and her mom
run into other school moms
at checkout, the man behind me commented on how "she needs a nap" and I notice Alyssa nodding off while sitting in the grocery cart...I pull her to my shoulder to briefly rest
3:33 pm we get in the car to go home, alyssa was asleep by the time we left the parking lot
Once at home, change, shower, sit on couch
time for our fun jar activity: watch old home movies of tyler and matthew as a baby...it was so fun, laughs and giggles. Matthew said, "I want to hold baby Matthew." Hmmmm, how will that happen?
5pm make Lemon Chicken for dinner with rice
5:30 Michael home...tell him about our fun day
6 family home evening: "It's nice to be important, but its more important to be nice."
More home movies and snickerdoodles
7 scriptures, prayer, and kids to bed
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Sunday, June 1st 2008
Relased from my calling as a Primary counselor after 23 months
baby Sophie blessed, Michael joined
finish up in Primary...say goodbye, share testimony, sit by my boys
home, relax
1:30 to steeds for "after baby blessing" lunch (Monica salad and I made my potato salad)
chat with people, eat, take picts of baby
4 leave..quick home
4:30 Broughs had us over for dinner (rare double booking)
eat yummy ham and potatoes and peach cobbler
kids loved the alligator and other "stuffed" animals
they played with baby ezra
play cards with tyler and chat
matthew and alyssa played "mommy and daddy" alyssa would say "i'm the mom"
8 home, kids to bed
relax...fun day with friends
baby Sophie blessed, Michael joined
finish up in Primary...say goodbye, share testimony, sit by my boys
home, relax
1:30 to steeds for "after baby blessing" lunch (Monica salad and I made my potato salad)
chat with people, eat, take picts of baby
4 leave..quick home
4:30 Broughs had us over for dinner (rare double booking)
eat yummy ham and potatoes and peach cobbler
kids loved the alligator and other "stuffed" animals
they played with baby ezra
play cards with tyler and chat
matthew and alyssa played "mommy and daddy" alyssa would say "i'm the mom"
8 home, kids to bed
relax...fun day with friends
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
The past week
Wednesday April 30th
Bryce over for the day while Candida is in Utah at the funeral for Rich
kids to Davis
to Dentist
Field Trip for bee school to ceramic place
Chuys for Naomi shower
Tuesday April 29th
walk to HEB with matthew and alyssa
clean and cook lasagna andcookies all day
music around the house
6 Torgerson, new fam, over for dinner
movie with Michael
Monday April 28th
matthew to bee school at stacey b.'s
stores with alyssa
bc womens association meets at the park
chat with dawn--says she knows me from somewhere...?
woozy from face meds
Linda calls from Utah
Sunday April 27th
I get to talk in church on Service...told lots of stories...went well...I didn't have to be asked to slow down for the translators:)
Saturday April 26th
8 to Bennetts to watch their kids while they do their trial triathlon (they watched our kids the weekend before)
Read my green book given by Stacy
Home, relax
Bye Bye to the binkie's
drive to LaGrange for michael's coworkers wedding
Friday April 25th
Tyler had early release
family to Dominoes and to Longhorn park (by round rock) to eat our Pizza...kids wave to cars driving by, bringing joy:)
Kynaston farewell at the park
Talk to Karen Hyatt/Linda
News that Rich Lloyd passed away
Thursday April 24th
2 Lights at the park
Wednesday April 23rd
???????
Tuesday April 22nd
9 take clair and violet picts in the bluebonnets
10 get tyler at school
10:45 derm for me, but ask about tyler's bump on his arm
back to school, but sad
????
8pm to Liz's for Jocelyns farewell
Monday April 21st
Debra teaches Bee School
to gym for Pilates class with Jackie
run a few errands ($10 off bath and body handsoap)to make our bee job chart
pick up matthew and ethan
go to jackie's and her 2 little ones just fell and got bloody
hold ice pack to carter while she does to brooke
she takes carter to doctor while i stay home with her others
surprised she asked me for help, grateful:)
FHE make our bee job chart...yay!
Bryce over for the day while Candida is in Utah at the funeral for Rich
kids to Davis
to Dentist
Field Trip for bee school to ceramic place
Chuys for Naomi shower
Tuesday April 29th
walk to HEB with matthew and alyssa
clean and cook lasagna andcookies all day
music around the house
6 Torgerson, new fam, over for dinner
movie with Michael
Monday April 28th
matthew to bee school at stacey b.'s
stores with alyssa
bc womens association meets at the park
chat with dawn--says she knows me from somewhere...?
woozy from face meds
Linda calls from Utah
Sunday April 27th
I get to talk in church on Service...told lots of stories...went well...I didn't have to be asked to slow down for the translators:)
Saturday April 26th
8 to Bennetts to watch their kids while they do their trial triathlon (they watched our kids the weekend before)
Read my green book given by Stacy
Home, relax
Bye Bye to the binkie's
drive to LaGrange for michael's coworkers wedding
Friday April 25th
Tyler had early release
family to Dominoes and to Longhorn park (by round rock) to eat our Pizza...kids wave to cars driving by, bringing joy:)
Kynaston farewell at the park
Talk to Karen Hyatt/Linda
News that Rich Lloyd passed away
Thursday April 24th
2 Lights at the park
Wednesday April 23rd
???????
Tuesday April 22nd
9 take clair and violet picts in the bluebonnets
10 get tyler at school
10:45 derm for me, but ask about tyler's bump on his arm
back to school, but sad
????
8pm to Liz's for Jocelyns farewell
Monday April 21st
Debra teaches Bee School
to gym for Pilates class with Jackie
run a few errands ($10 off bath and body handsoap)to make our bee job chart
pick up matthew and ethan
go to jackie's and her 2 little ones just fell and got bloody
hold ice pack to carter while she does to brooke
she takes carter to doctor while i stay home with her others
surprised she asked me for help, grateful:)
FHE make our bee job chart...yay!
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Several Weeks Worth
Friday April 4th--Mom's birthday
A little gathering over here of friends, Jason's Deli catered
Saturday April 5th
Soccer Game
General Conference
with Stacy to 2nd session at church
in the evening, Mom, the kids and I ate at Mesa Rosa and visited Michele and week old baby Sophie with her mom and Chrissta
Tuesday April 8th
Take picts of baby Sophie with purple petticoat under
Saturday April 12th
Senior Picts of Lindsay
10:30 Soccer game
Matthew rock climb at healthy kids day
work on vegetable garden--dirt
Register Tyler for baseball
Wed. April 16th
Debra re finishes my piano bench after I teach bee school
1:30 Zane over to play with kids while I work on the computer a little
Thursday April 17th
to Tyler's class at school to make Mrs. Milburn cards b/c her husband passed away suddenly
Ward potluck at park
Friday April 18th
take Davis kids picts in the greenbelt
10 park play group, meet Dawn, Jamie Petersons neighbor
1 I got my haircut...shorter than its been in a while
5 Bennetts offer to watch our kids
PF Changs for dinner--yummy! Gift card given from Goggins
7 meet Hansens for maternity picts in bluebonnets
to Waterloo for dessert
9 chat with bennetts
Saturday April 19th
8am Matthew's soccer game
10 Liz brunch baby shower
play fun games and sit by natalie c.
give Liz her picts in an album
hang at home
3:30 head out to downtown to take Dylan/Megan engagement picts in Austin
7:30 home
Sunday April 20th
I teach Sharing time and Matthew is VIPP
Sharing on "heeding direction" of the prophet--maze on following the prophet
A little gathering over here of friends, Jason's Deli catered
Saturday April 5th
Soccer Game
General Conference
with Stacy to 2nd session at church
in the evening, Mom, the kids and I ate at Mesa Rosa and visited Michele and week old baby Sophie with her mom and Chrissta
Tuesday April 8th
Take picts of baby Sophie with purple petticoat under
Saturday April 12th
Senior Picts of Lindsay
10:30 Soccer game
Matthew rock climb at healthy kids day
work on vegetable garden--dirt
Register Tyler for baseball
Wed. April 16th
Debra re finishes my piano bench after I teach bee school
1:30 Zane over to play with kids while I work on the computer a little
Thursday April 17th
to Tyler's class at school to make Mrs. Milburn cards b/c her husband passed away suddenly
Ward potluck at park
Friday April 18th
take Davis kids picts in the greenbelt
10 park play group, meet Dawn, Jamie Petersons neighbor
1 I got my haircut...shorter than its been in a while
5 Bennetts offer to watch our kids
PF Changs for dinner--yummy! Gift card given from Goggins
7 meet Hansens for maternity picts in bluebonnets
to Waterloo for dessert
9 chat with bennetts
Saturday April 19th
8am Matthew's soccer game
10 Liz brunch baby shower
play fun games and sit by natalie c.
give Liz her picts in an album
hang at home
3:30 head out to downtown to take Dylan/Megan engagement picts in Austin
7:30 home
Sunday April 20th
I teach Sharing time and Matthew is VIPP
Sharing on "heeding direction" of the prophet--maze on following the prophet
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Good to be home
Wednesday
Kindergarten Roundup
Alyssa to jacob's
matthew and i to school to register
meet tyler at lunch
find out that brooke likes tyler from neisha
give erin c. a tour of the school
get alyssa
meet bee school group at park for field trip
chat with michele about recovery, nursing, etc.
1 home matthew watches star wars, alyssa watches cinderalla, i am editing picts
3 go get tyler
to park with stacy and kids
talk food storage and trips
try to get alyssa to potty in the grass but it doesn't work
home: corn dogs and fruit with yogurt for dinner
6 jacob over to watch
kids jump and get tired
scriptures, bed
michael to meeting
quiet house: music for me and computer
emily s. calls from utah...no baby yet
Tuesday April 1st
not much in the morning: Janet to the airport at 10am
to target with kids: groceries
play at Toys R Us
1pm alyssa invited to play at ashlee's
matthew and i stay an hour and let her play alone an hour
home for a bit
get tyler
get alyssa
home again
boys climb tree in backyard
pizza poppers for dinner, alyssa helps me
make death by chocolate cookies with butterscotch chips...sooooyummy!
computer late
Monday March 31st
cuddle with my kids all morning
tyler to school
Janet still here
Matthew to bee school
go visit little baby sophie, chat with michele
home, chat with clair, janet on driveway
get matthew at bee school
home off and on computer downloading pictures to computer
trampoline and books with matthew and alyssa
tyler at school
big hugs!
janet make dinner
michael home
fhe: watch their mexican hat dance, etc.
pinata
kids to bed
Kindergarten Roundup
Alyssa to jacob's
matthew and i to school to register
meet tyler at lunch
find out that brooke likes tyler from neisha
give erin c. a tour of the school
get alyssa
meet bee school group at park for field trip
chat with michele about recovery, nursing, etc.
1 home matthew watches star wars, alyssa watches cinderalla, i am editing picts
3 go get tyler
to park with stacy and kids
talk food storage and trips
try to get alyssa to potty in the grass but it doesn't work
home: corn dogs and fruit with yogurt for dinner
6 jacob over to watch
kids jump and get tired
scriptures, bed
michael to meeting
quiet house: music for me and computer
emily s. calls from utah...no baby yet
Tuesday April 1st
not much in the morning: Janet to the airport at 10am
to target with kids: groceries
play at Toys R Us
1pm alyssa invited to play at ashlee's
matthew and i stay an hour and let her play alone an hour
home for a bit
get tyler
get alyssa
home again
boys climb tree in backyard
pizza poppers for dinner, alyssa helps me
make death by chocolate cookies with butterscotch chips...sooooyummy!
computer late
Monday March 31st
cuddle with my kids all morning
tyler to school
Janet still here
Matthew to bee school
go visit little baby sophie, chat with michele
home, chat with clair, janet on driveway
get matthew at bee school
home off and on computer downloading pictures to computer
trampoline and books with matthew and alyssa
tyler at school
big hugs!
janet make dinner
michael home
fhe: watch their mexican hat dance, etc.
pinata
kids to bed
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Traveling
Sunday 30th
9am church alone
back to abbi's a few more picts with her and her kids
say goodbye:(
to airport
meet russ and kim
12:30 fly out to SLC
lunch in airport
starbucks peppermint hot chocolate
fly to Austin, read and finish my book, scriptures, little magazine, russ comes to chat with my while kim studies (i had an empty seat next to me on both flights)
9 michael gets me at the airport
drive home
Saturday March 29th
to columbia river temple in Richland
wedding picts
ticket while following family to reception hall
mad then cry a bit
pull myself together for the luncheon
fred meyer 1 hour photos
to kims cousins house
reception
picts
i'm a rockstar:)
head back to yakima on a late night drive and sing with kim so i don't fall asleep
10:30 drop kim and russ off, to abbi's
up late chatting
Friday 28th
loung around, take pictures
12:05 pick up russ and kim
bring 'em back to abbi's
take 'em to kim's grandparents
hang for a bit
shop/lunch with abbi
4 meet russ and kim to drive to tri cities
Aikele family pictures
late night Pasco airport for Gavin
Reception Hall
bed and breakfast, share room with kim
death by chocolate cookies
YUM
Thursday 27th
lounge around, shop around town
out to lunch
get ready for girls night out
6 to Zesta Cuchina with Abbi's friends
home to watch Enchanted with friends
up late chatting with lil Abner
Wednesday 26th
5:30am rise and shine
6 michael drives me to the airport
7 roam around reading magazines
8 board the plane and fly to utah, 2:45, meet rebecca, a professor at UT who is flying to a conference...lady on the plane is having pregnancy pains and the paramedics get her off when we land in SLC
breakfast in SLC, croissandwich...not as good as i remember as a child
call emily s. to break into my email to get abbi's phone number for me: get chastised b/c it is so full (of emails i need to delete)
fly from SLC to Yakima
read The Wednesday Letters
12:05pm arrive in Yakima...the smallest airport I've ever been in....Abbi picks me up in her white land rover with her 2 cutie kids in the back
to Albertsons
to her home, eat lunch, chat, i fall asleep on the floor
when i wake up we walk to Chinese Buffet where her son eats clams
up late talking
Tuesday
get ready for my trip
hang at michele's, black jammie pants to her
pick up janet at the airport with michael
get ready to fly outta town--matthew sad and cried
Monday
Matthew bee school at Xander's
alyssa and i here, i pack/organize/clean
Lunch with Jessica Brough at Jason's Deli
chat and kids eat lots of free ice cream:)
9am church alone
back to abbi's a few more picts with her and her kids
say goodbye:(
to airport
meet russ and kim
12:30 fly out to SLC
lunch in airport
starbucks peppermint hot chocolate
fly to Austin, read and finish my book, scriptures, little magazine, russ comes to chat with my while kim studies (i had an empty seat next to me on both flights)
9 michael gets me at the airport
drive home
Saturday March 29th
to columbia river temple in Richland
wedding picts
ticket while following family to reception hall
mad then cry a bit
pull myself together for the luncheon
fred meyer 1 hour photos
to kims cousins house
reception
picts
i'm a rockstar:)
head back to yakima on a late night drive and sing with kim so i don't fall asleep
10:30 drop kim and russ off, to abbi's
up late chatting
Friday 28th
loung around, take pictures
12:05 pick up russ and kim
bring 'em back to abbi's
take 'em to kim's grandparents
hang for a bit
shop/lunch with abbi
4 meet russ and kim to drive to tri cities
Aikele family pictures
late night Pasco airport for Gavin
Reception Hall
bed and breakfast, share room with kim
death by chocolate cookies
YUM
Thursday 27th
lounge around, shop around town
out to lunch
get ready for girls night out
6 to Zesta Cuchina with Abbi's friends
home to watch Enchanted with friends
up late chatting with lil Abner
Wednesday 26th
5:30am rise and shine
6 michael drives me to the airport
7 roam around reading magazines
8 board the plane and fly to utah, 2:45, meet rebecca, a professor at UT who is flying to a conference...lady on the plane is having pregnancy pains and the paramedics get her off when we land in SLC
breakfast in SLC, croissandwich...not as good as i remember as a child
call emily s. to break into my email to get abbi's phone number for me: get chastised b/c it is so full (of emails i need to delete)
fly from SLC to Yakima
read The Wednesday Letters
12:05pm arrive in Yakima...the smallest airport I've ever been in....Abbi picks me up in her white land rover with her 2 cutie kids in the back
to Albertsons
to her home, eat lunch, chat, i fall asleep on the floor
when i wake up we walk to Chinese Buffet where her son eats clams
up late talking
Tuesday
get ready for my trip
hang at michele's, black jammie pants to her
pick up janet at the airport with michael
get ready to fly outta town--matthew sad and cried
Monday
Matthew bee school at Xander's
alyssa and i here, i pack/organize/clean
Lunch with Jessica Brough at Jason's Deli
chat and kids eat lots of free ice cream:)
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Easter Sunday
Sunday
Alyssa's pretty lavender butterfly Easter dress
church
home
Russ and Kim come over (2:30)
prepare ham/strawberry cake/deviled eggs
5 Molina's over
enjoy dinner/chatting
7 everyone leaves
scriptures with russ and kim
they head home
Saturday
8 am Senior Photography Session
9:40 home and scramble
9:55 Primary activity: Easter Egg Hunt
Michael carrot javelin throw
Stacy help with egg on a spoon
egg hunt/take pictures
linger and chat
home: michael bike ride
i edit picts while the kids jump
garage open all day to let nice air in
5 shaw kids come over
kids play, i edit on computer
8 shaw kids go home, our kids bath and bed
Friday
Good Friday--Tyler off of school
park--Gattiland
WalMart
M home early
trampoline
family walk to HEB snow cone stand
5 Shaws
M & I Johnny Carino's date
Marie Antoinette
Thursday
go to the gym
Tylers' school for lunch
he begs us to stay for recess
we do...i "biff it" on the playground in tight workout pants (more embarresing)
he's sad when i say he can't go home with us
dilemma with teacher, she tells me to go
i feel bad
home...phone with linda
cancelled lunch, but Mindy didn't get the memo
chat with her for a bit
she goes
3 get tyler at school
5 Michael home...dinner
7 dress Rehearsal He is the Christ
Wednesday
Tyler to school
9 Easter Bee School party here
girls mean to Alyssa gets my blood boiling
sassy sassy girls
12 pick up time
12:30 head out to Sams, Wal Mart for food storage stuff
2:30 get tyler early from school, drop off kids at Stacy's pick up Michele
massage/pedicure
fun, laughing, relaxing
6 home
7 take kids to amy m.'s baby shower
stay just a few minutes
edit photos
Tuesday
photo shoot with the 3 girls from Houston
holding off the rainstorm...overcast
12 they head out
3 get tyler in thunderstorm rain
steed kids come over to play
5:30 domino's pizza--feed the two families
j and michele stay to chat
7 they head out, get kids ready for bed
Alyssa's pretty lavender butterfly Easter dress
church
home
Russ and Kim come over (2:30)
prepare ham/strawberry cake/deviled eggs
5 Molina's over
enjoy dinner/chatting
7 everyone leaves
scriptures with russ and kim
they head home
Saturday
8 am Senior Photography Session
9:40 home and scramble
9:55 Primary activity: Easter Egg Hunt
Michael carrot javelin throw
Stacy help with egg on a spoon
egg hunt/take pictures
linger and chat
home: michael bike ride
i edit picts while the kids jump
garage open all day to let nice air in
5 shaw kids come over
kids play, i edit on computer
8 shaw kids go home, our kids bath and bed
Friday
Good Friday--Tyler off of school
park--Gattiland
WalMart
M home early
trampoline
family walk to HEB snow cone stand
5 Shaws
M & I Johnny Carino's date
Marie Antoinette
Thursday
go to the gym
Tylers' school for lunch
he begs us to stay for recess
we do...i "biff it" on the playground in tight workout pants (more embarresing)
he's sad when i say he can't go home with us
dilemma with teacher, she tells me to go
i feel bad
home...phone with linda
cancelled lunch, but Mindy didn't get the memo
chat with her for a bit
she goes
3 get tyler at school
5 Michael home...dinner
7 dress Rehearsal He is the Christ
Wednesday
Tyler to school
9 Easter Bee School party here
girls mean to Alyssa gets my blood boiling
sassy sassy girls
12 pick up time
12:30 head out to Sams, Wal Mart for food storage stuff
2:30 get tyler early from school, drop off kids at Stacy's pick up Michele
massage/pedicure
fun, laughing, relaxing
6 home
7 take kids to amy m.'s baby shower
stay just a few minutes
edit photos
Tuesday
photo shoot with the 3 girls from Houston
holding off the rainstorm...overcast
12 they head out
3 get tyler in thunderstorm rain
steed kids come over to play
5:30 domino's pizza--feed the two families
j and michele stay to chat
7 they head out, get kids ready for bed
Monday, March 17, 2008
St Patricks Day
Last week was Spring Break and I documented nearly every move, so check the Many Joyous Occasions blog for a play by play there.
Surprised the kids with clover necklaces, tatoos, stickers, and gold coins this morning...finished off the Lucky Charms.
I taught Bee School today and we had a St. Patty's Day party! I got a green clover tablecloth, fun cookies, clover cups, clover green necklaces...fun times.
Kids liked jumping on the trampoline.
After bee school I took Michele some clover cookies and we invited Jackson to come over. Instead Matthew stayed to play and she came over to do some Maternity pictures
Took her back home, got matthew
we got tyler at school
Is Michele in labor? Maybe not...
Kaitlin and friends here to take pictures...over to the greenbelt
tyler lost....looking for him for 20 minutes
Kaitlin and Alyssa found him at home
prayers answered
he got in a little trouble
Green pancakes for dinner made by michael
I'm a little sad, so he does FHE and gets the kids ready for bed
kids to bed, girls out shopping
michael to walmart
quiet time for me to edit michele's picts and the girls
Surprised the kids with clover necklaces, tatoos, stickers, and gold coins this morning...finished off the Lucky Charms.
I taught Bee School today and we had a St. Patty's Day party! I got a green clover tablecloth, fun cookies, clover cups, clover green necklaces...fun times.
Kids liked jumping on the trampoline.
After bee school I took Michele some clover cookies and we invited Jackson to come over. Instead Matthew stayed to play and she came over to do some Maternity pictures
Took her back home, got matthew
we got tyler at school
Is Michele in labor? Maybe not...
Kaitlin and friends here to take pictures...over to the greenbelt
tyler lost....looking for him for 20 minutes
Kaitlin and Alyssa found him at home
prayers answered
he got in a little trouble
Green pancakes for dinner made by michael
I'm a little sad, so he does FHE and gets the kids ready for bed
kids to bed, girls out shopping
michael to walmart
quiet time for me to edit michele's picts and the girls
Saturday, March 8, 2008
It's been about a week
Saturday
6:30 up and get ready to go
7:02 am we leave to drive to S.A. to go to the temple
excellent timing, kids doing great
arrive for kimmie to babysit at 8:45am
9am head out to temple...wrong way...get right way
9:40 inside
10am session begins
see 2 families from our ward there for marriage
run into book store at temple/across the street
1 head back to kimmies
Major Traffic
what should have been 20 minutes took an hour and a half
2:30 pile everyone in the car, Jason's Deli for lunch
our treat to say thank you to kimmie
take her home
3:30 depart S.A. a little traffic
in Ausitn, TRAFFIC! auto accident:(
I guess we aren't going to the first wedding reception..it was from 3-5 and we got home at 6
home to change, kids want to go to party with cake, we left michael at home
7 arrive in pfluger chapel for wilding reception
kids have fun roaming around, i chat with strangers and friends
8:30 head home
drop kids off while i head out to grocery for pull ups and meal for tomorrow b/c guests are coming
notified of daylight saving, change clocks
10 michael to bed, i stay up to work on pictures
Friday
watch candida's kids
liz come over with her kids
1 tylers school for the 1st grade Hoedown
check him out early
3 michael home
stacy over to take julia's 1 year picts, k.m. brings me my backdrops
take j picts
4 head to church to set up with emily while michael watches her kids
building open house, set up primary room
5 back home, get ready
5:45 head back, stop at jackinthebox for texas cheeseburger
6-8 at church for open house, meet nice people, stand around a lot:)
8:30 home, michael and I watch King of California
11 head to bed
Thursday
5:30 am michael and i hear crazy noise outside, figure it is thunder
6:30 we wake to lights flashing outside our window
i peek over the fence and see 4 cop cars, a tow truck with a smashed car, and amublance and the whole road blocked off
all day wondered what happened
9:30am meeting for primary at emily's
11home for a few
run errands to bank and rr donuts
to micheles to try to take pictures
xander, matthew, jackson play
chrissta comes back from dentist
chat
it rains and is cold
head to smoothie cafe for my favorite yummy chicken caesar sandwich on focchia bread
alyssa falls asleep and i put her on chairs
it is a pouring monsoon outside
gotta go get the kids at school in the rain
3:25 finally pick up freezing cold tyler
home to relax and watch tv b/c that is what is cozy when it rains
i check my email and find out that dan barely missed being hit by that car this morning, it hit the trees...he was jogging...WOW
5 michael home early
heat up leftover lasagna
6:20 head out to enrichment night
potatos and salad
play game
chat with peeps
8:40 head home
Wednesday
7:30 tyler to school
go jogging with matthew and alyssa...could barely keep up with m.a.d. push him just 5 minutes of the 30 we jogged
change
take him to bee school at temples
alyssa and I run errands to walmart (easter candy) hannah d's (sunglasses) payless (white flats) wolf camara (try to check out lenses, but they have none)
11 home, unload groceries, cook sausage for lasagana later
12 pick up matthew and ethan
12:15 take ethan home and stay to chat for a bit so the kids can play for a bit
1 head home
1:30 zane comes over to play with kids while i computerize...they play soccer in the back yard, build a fort inside, have fun
3 go get tyler and drop off zane on street near his home
3:15 make 2 big lasagna's 1 for us and 1 for a girl i vt who had a baby
4 quick to park for just 30 minutes: meet stacy and kids
chat with sonja on phone while we deliver
Dinner to Audrey and family
6 home, our fam eats lasagna
family fun time
7 ready for bed, michael heads to a meeting
7:30 a little quiet time for me
kids didn't watch tv ALL day! wow!
Tuesday
9:10 kickboxing
10:30 head home
11 shower...already tired
go on a walk with matthew and alyssa to greenbelt trail and roam around for a while playing "transformers" and playing on the "big stairs" which matthew loves
entice them to go home and get a snack
2 chill
2:40 head out early to go get tyler at school so I can read my BOM in the car (reading in 97 days for pres hinckley)
3 hi tyler!
4:20 clair over to watch my kids
4:30 senior portrait session
6 home to michael and leftovers
Monday
7:30 tyler to school
cartoons/computer
9 matthew to bee school
alyssa and I run errands, but I can't remember where
12 get matthew
michele drop off a treat and matthew
run to HEB with alyssa
back to michele's for just a bit before getting tyler at school
3 get tyler
go to lights for cake and play time for just an hour
potatoes in the oven
chilly day, make baked potato soup
michael loves it, kids not so much
6 family home evening: Kindness..."Kindness begins with me"
scriptures/prayer (I don't always write this b/c it seems second nature every night)
kids to bed
a little tv, but quiet time reading both of us our BOM
6:30 up and get ready to go
7:02 am we leave to drive to S.A. to go to the temple
excellent timing, kids doing great
arrive for kimmie to babysit at 8:45am
9am head out to temple...wrong way...get right way
9:40 inside
10am session begins
see 2 families from our ward there for marriage
run into book store at temple/across the street
1 head back to kimmies
Major Traffic
what should have been 20 minutes took an hour and a half
2:30 pile everyone in the car, Jason's Deli for lunch
our treat to say thank you to kimmie
take her home
3:30 depart S.A. a little traffic
in Ausitn, TRAFFIC! auto accident:(
I guess we aren't going to the first wedding reception..it was from 3-5 and we got home at 6
home to change, kids want to go to party with cake, we left michael at home
7 arrive in pfluger chapel for wilding reception
kids have fun roaming around, i chat with strangers and friends
8:30 head home
drop kids off while i head out to grocery for pull ups and meal for tomorrow b/c guests are coming
notified of daylight saving, change clocks
10 michael to bed, i stay up to work on pictures
Friday
watch candida's kids
liz come over with her kids
1 tylers school for the 1st grade Hoedown
check him out early
3 michael home
stacy over to take julia's 1 year picts, k.m. brings me my backdrops
take j picts
4 head to church to set up with emily while michael watches her kids
building open house, set up primary room
5 back home, get ready
5:45 head back, stop at jackinthebox for texas cheeseburger
6-8 at church for open house, meet nice people, stand around a lot:)
8:30 home, michael and I watch King of California
11 head to bed
Thursday
5:30 am michael and i hear crazy noise outside, figure it is thunder
6:30 we wake to lights flashing outside our window
i peek over the fence and see 4 cop cars, a tow truck with a smashed car, and amublance and the whole road blocked off
all day wondered what happened
9:30am meeting for primary at emily's
11home for a few
run errands to bank and rr donuts
to micheles to try to take pictures
xander, matthew, jackson play
chrissta comes back from dentist
chat
it rains and is cold
head to smoothie cafe for my favorite yummy chicken caesar sandwich on focchia bread
alyssa falls asleep and i put her on chairs
it is a pouring monsoon outside
gotta go get the kids at school in the rain
3:25 finally pick up freezing cold tyler
home to relax and watch tv b/c that is what is cozy when it rains
i check my email and find out that dan barely missed being hit by that car this morning, it hit the trees...he was jogging...WOW
5 michael home early
heat up leftover lasagna
6:20 head out to enrichment night
potatos and salad
play game
chat with peeps
8:40 head home
Wednesday
7:30 tyler to school
go jogging with matthew and alyssa...could barely keep up with m.a.d. push him just 5 minutes of the 30 we jogged
change
take him to bee school at temples
alyssa and I run errands to walmart (easter candy) hannah d's (sunglasses) payless (white flats) wolf camara (try to check out lenses, but they have none)
11 home, unload groceries, cook sausage for lasagana later
12 pick up matthew and ethan
12:15 take ethan home and stay to chat for a bit so the kids can play for a bit
1 head home
1:30 zane comes over to play with kids while i computerize...they play soccer in the back yard, build a fort inside, have fun
3 go get tyler and drop off zane on street near his home
3:15 make 2 big lasagna's 1 for us and 1 for a girl i vt who had a baby
4 quick to park for just 30 minutes: meet stacy and kids
chat with sonja on phone while we deliver
Dinner to Audrey and family
6 home, our fam eats lasagna
family fun time
7 ready for bed, michael heads to a meeting
7:30 a little quiet time for me
kids didn't watch tv ALL day! wow!
Tuesday
9:10 kickboxing
10:30 head home
11 shower...already tired
go on a walk with matthew and alyssa to greenbelt trail and roam around for a while playing "transformers" and playing on the "big stairs" which matthew loves
entice them to go home and get a snack
2 chill
2:40 head out early to go get tyler at school so I can read my BOM in the car (reading in 97 days for pres hinckley)
3 hi tyler!
4:20 clair over to watch my kids
4:30 senior portrait session
6 home to michael and leftovers
Monday
7:30 tyler to school
cartoons/computer
9 matthew to bee school
alyssa and I run errands, but I can't remember where
12 get matthew
michele drop off a treat and matthew
run to HEB with alyssa
back to michele's for just a bit before getting tyler at school
3 get tyler
go to lights for cake and play time for just an hour
potatoes in the oven
chilly day, make baked potato soup
michael loves it, kids not so much
6 family home evening: Kindness..."Kindness begins with me"
scriptures/prayer (I don't always write this b/c it seems second nature every night)
kids to bed
a little tv, but quiet time reading both of us our BOM
Sunday, March 2, 2008
days
Sunday
8:40 dad drives into town
8:45 leave after helping him adjust his pants that are too big for him and borrowing one of michaels ties
8:55 arrive at church
Lights confirmation day--hold Julia and nathan joins while they are confirmed
Michael confirms
Primary, etc
after church: michael meetings
dad home and playing games with me and kids
2:20 michael home from meeting
hang, games
3:30 michael makes crepes since we missed pancake jamboree yesterday
4:30 lights come over
dad chats, we talk about the confirmation, Priesthood responsibilities, PEF, etc
6:30 they head out, dad falls asleep
7:15 michele drops off a treat to me, chat
7:30 michael juggles things for kids, kids to bed
8 michael and i both off and on the phone: emily m., candida, my mom...him: elders stuff
Saturday
7 michael leaves to go to leadership meeting
7:30 kids and I up
9 michael home
10 our fam goes to stake baptism...its tyler in november:)
11 I head out to Kily's baby shower at Chuys, michael takes kids home
eat and chat with friends, happy for Kily, sit by Trish, help emily take care of Jacob and he kinda latched onto me
12:45 head home
1 take tyler to nadia's birthday party while matthew and michael work in the backyard
nadia's party had a mad scientist magic show
stay for a bit b/c tyler was timid (didn't want to breath the dry ice air) alyssa played with girly toys
2 home for a bit
3 get tyler with kids while michael goes with adam to help move a fridge
3:30 home with kids...play in backyard and in front yard...waiting for michael, he endedup being 3 hours:) precious saturday time serving. I was surprisingly ok. chatted with brad, clair and violet, boys threw frisbee across the street to each other
returned my monster lens with UPS...didn't get insurance, i hope its okay...
6 michael home
leftovers for dinner
bath the bearded lady and the boys
pack in the car to go check out trampolines at sams and academy
8:30 kids to bed
m and I lounge
Friday
8:30 try to go to gym, but it is closed for babysitting:(
workout a little at home
get gas at HEB
9:15 brother Hyatt called to say he found my credit card on the ground at HEB when he got gas...what a miracle! I didn't even know it was lost....
10:30 to the park lots of ladies from church there...stacy came, chat with erin ch. my new visiting teachee...little tiff with little boys
end with michele, she came over for a bit after park for lunch
2:45 michael home from work, michele leaves to go get her kids, michael gets tyler:)
4 michael and kids want to go to the pool (in february) I brought the super lens and took pictures and read my magazine
home with chilly kids
dinner
kids to bed
Michael and I watch No Reservations--cute movie:)
8:40 dad drives into town
8:45 leave after helping him adjust his pants that are too big for him and borrowing one of michaels ties
8:55 arrive at church
Lights confirmation day--hold Julia and nathan joins while they are confirmed
Michael confirms
Primary, etc
after church: michael meetings
dad home and playing games with me and kids
2:20 michael home from meeting
hang, games
3:30 michael makes crepes since we missed pancake jamboree yesterday
4:30 lights come over
dad chats, we talk about the confirmation, Priesthood responsibilities, PEF, etc
6:30 they head out, dad falls asleep
7:15 michele drops off a treat to me, chat
7:30 michael juggles things for kids, kids to bed
8 michael and i both off and on the phone: emily m., candida, my mom...him: elders stuff
Saturday
7 michael leaves to go to leadership meeting
7:30 kids and I up
9 michael home
10 our fam goes to stake baptism...its tyler in november:)
11 I head out to Kily's baby shower at Chuys, michael takes kids home
eat and chat with friends, happy for Kily, sit by Trish, help emily take care of Jacob and he kinda latched onto me
12:45 head home
1 take tyler to nadia's birthday party while matthew and michael work in the backyard
nadia's party had a mad scientist magic show
stay for a bit b/c tyler was timid (didn't want to breath the dry ice air) alyssa played with girly toys
2 home for a bit
3 get tyler with kids while michael goes with adam to help move a fridge
3:30 home with kids...play in backyard and in front yard...waiting for michael, he endedup being 3 hours:) precious saturday time serving. I was surprisingly ok. chatted with brad, clair and violet, boys threw frisbee across the street to each other
returned my monster lens with UPS...didn't get insurance, i hope its okay...
6 michael home
leftovers for dinner
bath the bearded lady and the boys
pack in the car to go check out trampolines at sams and academy
8:30 kids to bed
m and I lounge
Friday
8:30 try to go to gym, but it is closed for babysitting:(
workout a little at home
get gas at HEB
9:15 brother Hyatt called to say he found my credit card on the ground at HEB when he got gas...what a miracle! I didn't even know it was lost....
10:30 to the park lots of ladies from church there...stacy came, chat with erin ch. my new visiting teachee...little tiff with little boys
end with michele, she came over for a bit after park for lunch
2:45 michael home from work, michele leaves to go get her kids, michael gets tyler:)
4 michael and kids want to go to the pool (in february) I brought the super lens and took pictures and read my magazine
home with chilly kids
dinner
kids to bed
Michael and I watch No Reservations--cute movie:)
Thursday, February 28, 2008
week
Thursday
tyler to school
clean room, clean out the van
take Clair out for her birthday to IHOP with violet, alyssa, and matthew
on to the outlet malls...return and buy at the GAP
find cool lunchbox card games at KB toys
12:30 to tylers school for a rountable lunch with his principal and 8 other parents--very informative
1:40 head home for just an hour, play new games with matthew and alyssa (cookie game and storybook make up game)
2:45 head out to get tyler, read BOM in car and Us Weekly
3 home: aj fell asleep tyler and matthew play star wars plug in game in my room, little computer time for me (first time today)
4 boys play outside, alyssa still sleep, trying to get off computer
4:30 start making dinner
5:15 michael home early, taco salad for dinner
aj wake up groggy
eat, play new games with family
7 i head out for a bit to heidi s. for gardening class
7:55 head home for my date with michael
8 LOST on, alyssa watches with us (because of her long nap)
9 i have a HUGE headache, michael massages my head
alyssa wants me to take her to bed, she is so adorable when she squeeks when asked a question
aj in bed, little computer for me
10 winding down
Wednesday
field trip?
nope, run errands with m and aj...donuts, walmart
11:30 to candida's to help her move, check out her new house
1 she runs into HEB to grab a few things while i sit with her kids in the car (and mine)
home
m,a, and i picnic in backyard
go fish inside
get tyler at school
3 meet stacy and kids at olsen m. park
matthew, "we have an EMERGENCY" nathans' shoe stuck in the mud
tyler then got stuck
never found 1 of nathans shoes
run into trish c.
clair and violet join us
4:45 head home
kids bath
wash muddy clothes
make mac and cheese for dinner
get ready for michele's shower: queso, group gift, my gift, my moms gift
6:40 stacy picks me up
7 shower, i take picts
9:15 head home
chat with michael
Tuesday
9:30 to the gym
10:30 jackie over to help me clean
all day! she scrubbed all my doors
our kids play happily the whole time
3 go get tyler
chill
5 call jen. d. b/c it is her birthday--she always makes me feel happy
leftover chicken curry broccoli
scriptures/prayer
kids to bed
michael to meeting
i sit and watch one tree hill while on the computer--my alone time
m and I read sep. our BOM
Monday
tyler to school
cartoons/computer
9matthew to bee school
errands with aj: kohls and target (get new shower curtain very similar to old one)
12 pick up matthew
home
read books on the couch and can barely stay away
play pirate ship with matthew and alyssa
play in aj's kitchen
3 get tyler at school
5 family favorite meal chicken curry broccoli casserole
FHE dedicate our home and bless oil
kids to bed
??? can't remember
shop with aj
tyler to school
clean room, clean out the van
take Clair out for her birthday to IHOP with violet, alyssa, and matthew
on to the outlet malls...return and buy at the GAP
find cool lunchbox card games at KB toys
12:30 to tylers school for a rountable lunch with his principal and 8 other parents--very informative
1:40 head home for just an hour, play new games with matthew and alyssa (cookie game and storybook make up game)
2:45 head out to get tyler, read BOM in car and Us Weekly
3 home: aj fell asleep tyler and matthew play star wars plug in game in my room, little computer time for me (first time today)
4 boys play outside, alyssa still sleep, trying to get off computer
4:30 start making dinner
5:15 michael home early, taco salad for dinner
aj wake up groggy
eat, play new games with family
7 i head out for a bit to heidi s. for gardening class
7:55 head home for my date with michael
8 LOST on, alyssa watches with us (because of her long nap)
9 i have a HUGE headache, michael massages my head
alyssa wants me to take her to bed, she is so adorable when she squeeks when asked a question
aj in bed, little computer for me
10 winding down
Wednesday
field trip?
nope, run errands with m and aj...donuts, walmart
11:30 to candida's to help her move, check out her new house
1 she runs into HEB to grab a few things while i sit with her kids in the car (and mine)
home
m,a, and i picnic in backyard
go fish inside
get tyler at school
3 meet stacy and kids at olsen m. park
matthew, "we have an EMERGENCY" nathans' shoe stuck in the mud
tyler then got stuck
never found 1 of nathans shoes
run into trish c.
clair and violet join us
4:45 head home
kids bath
wash muddy clothes
make mac and cheese for dinner
get ready for michele's shower: queso, group gift, my gift, my moms gift
6:40 stacy picks me up
7 shower, i take picts
9:15 head home
chat with michael
Tuesday
9:30 to the gym
10:30 jackie over to help me clean
all day! she scrubbed all my doors
our kids play happily the whole time
3 go get tyler
chill
5 call jen. d. b/c it is her birthday--she always makes me feel happy
leftover chicken curry broccoli
scriptures/prayer
kids to bed
michael to meeting
i sit and watch one tree hill while on the computer--my alone time
m and I read sep. our BOM
Monday
tyler to school
cartoons/computer
9matthew to bee school
errands with aj: kohls and target (get new shower curtain very similar to old one)
12 pick up matthew
home
read books on the couch and can barely stay away
play pirate ship with matthew and alyssa
play in aj's kitchen
3 get tyler at school
5 family favorite meal chicken curry broccoli casserole
FHE dedicate our home and bless oil
kids to bed
??? can't remember
shop with aj
Sunday, February 24, 2008
The baptism day
Church
Lights over for lunch
show them the baptism and talk
stacy gave me her typed out "conversion story"
work on Holy Ghost talk while michael created a Liahona
4:30 head to church
of course they are already there
5 Baptism--lots of ward family supporters
Amazing
Great musical number with flute: J.S. first prayer
Dan went down under water twice
Stacy once, said Nathan: "why does he get to go 2 times and mom only once?" Laughter from the group. Nathan knows the primary songs so well:)
Linger with them and watch everyone congratulate them. Smile.
Everyone leaves
CHat outside with them...they are all smiles:)
Men stay for Stake Priesthood Meeting
I head home with the kids
REady for bed
Blog for the night
Lights over for lunch
show them the baptism and talk
stacy gave me her typed out "conversion story"
work on Holy Ghost talk while michael created a Liahona
4:30 head to church
of course they are already there
5 Baptism--lots of ward family supporters
Amazing
Great musical number with flute: J.S. first prayer
Dan went down under water twice
Stacy once, said Nathan: "why does he get to go 2 times and mom only once?" Laughter from the group. Nathan knows the primary songs so well:)
Linger with them and watch everyone congratulate them. Smile.
Everyone leaves
CHat outside with them...they are all smiles:)
Men stay for Stake Priesthood Meeting
I head home with the kids
REady for bed
Blog for the night
2 days
Saturday
8:30 head to women's conference early with stacy
Rachelle Wilkinson talk about Quints, fantastic!
food storage class (good recipes)
other speakers, reaffirmed what i felt the night before about changes
also need to be less selfish
12 lunch and fashion show of modest dresses
1 linger longer with stacy, michele, debra
2 head home
no one home
a little quiet time (email jeff)
they cleaned while i was gone!
2:30 family home
3 drop of bday present to chrissta
take boys to eva birthday party
withalyssa to outlet mall (gap)
back to party
chat with Liz. E. and neighbors about upcoming 5k
6pm home, michael cleaned
play go fish as a fam
kids to bed
michael and I watch LOST
Friday
Tyler sick AGAIN
home
10:30 Alyssa bday party for Olivia--dress as a princess
boys wait in car:)
McD's for lunch (as promised to good boys in car)
obscure Target locations---still run into friends (chrissta and michele)
2pm sad drive home:(
family bike ride with bike trailer
matthew and alyssa ride then matthew ran , then matthew got a ride on the back of michaels bike--big smiles:)
6:30 Stake Women's Conference with Stacy
answer to my prayers...I'm making some BIG changes (Jeff will help)
9 after we head to Liz home for hot tub, but stacy and I sit out and chat with liz, candida, cerie, and michelle k.
talk about utah, efy, all sorts of new fun stuff
11 head home
8:30 head to women's conference early with stacy
Rachelle Wilkinson talk about Quints, fantastic!
food storage class (good recipes)
other speakers, reaffirmed what i felt the night before about changes
also need to be less selfish
12 lunch and fashion show of modest dresses
1 linger longer with stacy, michele, debra
2 head home
no one home
a little quiet time (email jeff)
they cleaned while i was gone!
2:30 family home
3 drop of bday present to chrissta
take boys to eva birthday party
withalyssa to outlet mall (gap)
back to party
chat with Liz. E. and neighbors about upcoming 5k
6pm home, michael cleaned
play go fish as a fam
kids to bed
michael and I watch LOST
Friday
Tyler sick AGAIN
home
10:30 Alyssa bday party for Olivia--dress as a princess
boys wait in car:)
McD's for lunch (as promised to good boys in car)
obscure Target locations---still run into friends (chrissta and michele)
2pm sad drive home:(
family bike ride with bike trailer
matthew and alyssa ride then matthew ran , then matthew got a ride on the back of michaels bike--big smiles:)
6:30 Stake Women's Conference with Stacy
answer to my prayers...I'm making some BIG changes (Jeff will help)
9 after we head to Liz home for hot tub, but stacy and I sit out and chat with liz, candida, cerie, and michelle k.
talk about utah, efy, all sorts of new fun stuff
11 head home
Thursday, February 21, 2008
a few days
Tuesday
Tyler home sick
tylenol helped
9:30 my vt's Liz and Heidi come for an hour
2 diane drove in from san antonio for her bridals
bridal shoot in backyard with backdrops
stop at Sonic to get drinks
round rock BBQ for red wall
alyssa spilled drink
drive around town to do her bridals...alyssa sad
4:30 done, get little caesars $3 pizza
feeling sick
eat, diane leaves, take a nap
michael home
i sleep from 5-7:30
kids are in bed, michael to meeting
headache/medicine
computer time..sitting up to get rid of the headache
Wednesday
tyler to school
9 matthew to bee school
edit diane's bridals
alyssa watch cartoons
11 to church to stake primary meeting lunch
12:30 chrissta brought matthew to me
1:25 leave lunch
1:30 stacey b. called me b/c the school called her b/c tyler is sick at school
pick up tyler
home to rest
2:02 pm doorbell rings--UPS man--my lens!
3 stacy picks up matthew to go to the park
4:30 matthew home
frito pie for dinner
Thursday
Tyler home sick
8-11 molina kids
12 em calls from utah
7 babysitter
movie with michael
Tyler home sick
tylenol helped
9:30 my vt's Liz and Heidi come for an hour
2 diane drove in from san antonio for her bridals
bridal shoot in backyard with backdrops
stop at Sonic to get drinks
round rock BBQ for red wall
alyssa spilled drink
drive around town to do her bridals...alyssa sad
4:30 done, get little caesars $3 pizza
feeling sick
eat, diane leaves, take a nap
michael home
i sleep from 5-7:30
kids are in bed, michael to meeting
headache/medicine
computer time..sitting up to get rid of the headache
Wednesday
tyler to school
9 matthew to bee school
edit diane's bridals
alyssa watch cartoons
11 to church to stake primary meeting lunch
12:30 chrissta brought matthew to me
1:25 leave lunch
1:30 stacey b. called me b/c the school called her b/c tyler is sick at school
pick up tyler
home to rest
2:02 pm doorbell rings--UPS man--my lens!
3 stacy picks up matthew to go to the park
4:30 matthew home
frito pie for dinner
Thursday
Tyler home sick
8-11 molina kids
12 em calls from utah
7 babysitter
movie with michael
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Just a few more days...
Sunday
Alyssa sick
my mom stays home from church with her
easy low key Sacrament Meeting:)
Tyler sat with Great Grandpa and sang the hymns with him
Ward Conference--Lights sit on their own bench
Stacy takes my grandma around church since I'm in Primary and my mom is home
Shows her to R.S. and even introduces her for me:)
I teach sharing time in front of stake primary...no biggy:)
Teach on bible stories
Rush home
quick clean
Set out food
Lights and Steeds come over for lunch to get to know my grandparents
nice chatting: Food storage, story of my ancestors joining the church, church history
2 michael home from his meeting, last hour of chatting
alyssa sick on my lap and sleeping in my bed...warm, won't eat medicine.
3:30 friends head out
4 mom and grandparents say goodbye...the boys really had a nice time with them, special to have them here.
hurry and get stuff ready to for great to be 8...I should have beent thinking about this!
frantically printing stuff
4:55 out the door
5:02 scurry in, trim the program with paper cutter and pass 'em out
conduct Great to be 8
short and sweet...each parent said something special/unique about their child
go over baptism stuff
treat
6 chat and head home
7 alyssa sleeping on couch, boys and I eat dinner...fun chat with boys being silly and michael
tylers tooth needs to come out, so we begin the drama
30 minutes later, the tooth is out and he is sipping on cold water
front and center tooth...big hole there now!
boys to bed
aj up and back to sleep
blogging for me
catchup on BOM reading (97 days)
Saturday
cold and rainy
tyler and matthew play board games with great grandpa (sequence)
Grandma and grandpa talk to me about family history while I type it out
michael and grandpa fix the backyard fence while tyler and matthew watch and help
2 alyssa goes to ashlee's princess party
rest of us go out to eat at Logan's
4:30 get alyssa, invited in for cake
5 home, michael out with bishopric and stake presidency on visits
7 michael and i go to ward adult fireside
great talks: President Brown talked about counciling with his children and asking them to "bring their scriptures" also thought about a yearly family scripture as a theme on a plaque and have many throughout the years
9home, mom at HEB shopping for us
10 all to bed
Friday
Tyler to school
make chocolate ganache strawberry cake for party tonight
matthew not feeling well
lounge around here with everyone
to Sams to stock up on stuff
1 get tyler early at school
to Tropical Smoothie Cafe for lunch
visit Michael at work...matthew asleep in van on mom's shoulder, they stay in van
back home again
michael get bags of mulch
mulch the yard with tyler
the rain comes down
7 valentines party at the Bean's house...michael and I head out
dinner, chatting, dancing with friends
11 home, sleep
Thursday--Valentines Day
6:30 up, spread out balloons, start making heart shaped french toast
boys up a few minutes later walking out with big smiles on their faces
valentines table cloth and red dishes...fun breakfast:)
make tyler's heart and love themed lunch
take him to school
girls valentines party at Baird's
dash home
mom and grandparents arrive
leave kids with them
to tyler's school
decorate room and help tyler pass out valentines while the rest of his class is at recess
fun one on one time with him
Class party:)
so cute and fun and great to be able to be there and share that with him
check him out
1:30 home with everyone
games with grandparents
alyssa pull great grandma to help her go potty
2 stacy bring my heart shaped pizza's to me
stay and get to know my grandparents for a bit
make pizza's for fam
lounge in the evening
gave michael his race medal, he got my chocolate covered strawberries
chat late with everyone
Alyssa sick
my mom stays home from church with her
easy low key Sacrament Meeting:)
Tyler sat with Great Grandpa and sang the hymns with him
Ward Conference--Lights sit on their own bench
Stacy takes my grandma around church since I'm in Primary and my mom is home
Shows her to R.S. and even introduces her for me:)
I teach sharing time in front of stake primary...no biggy:)
Teach on bible stories
Rush home
quick clean
Set out food
Lights and Steeds come over for lunch to get to know my grandparents
nice chatting: Food storage, story of my ancestors joining the church, church history
2 michael home from his meeting, last hour of chatting
alyssa sick on my lap and sleeping in my bed...warm, won't eat medicine.
3:30 friends head out
4 mom and grandparents say goodbye...the boys really had a nice time with them, special to have them here.
hurry and get stuff ready to for great to be 8...I should have beent thinking about this!
frantically printing stuff
4:55 out the door
5:02 scurry in, trim the program with paper cutter and pass 'em out
conduct Great to be 8
short and sweet...each parent said something special/unique about their child
go over baptism stuff
treat
6 chat and head home
7 alyssa sleeping on couch, boys and I eat dinner...fun chat with boys being silly and michael
tylers tooth needs to come out, so we begin the drama
30 minutes later, the tooth is out and he is sipping on cold water
front and center tooth...big hole there now!
boys to bed
aj up and back to sleep
blogging for me
catchup on BOM reading (97 days)
Saturday
cold and rainy
tyler and matthew play board games with great grandpa (sequence)
Grandma and grandpa talk to me about family history while I type it out
michael and grandpa fix the backyard fence while tyler and matthew watch and help
2 alyssa goes to ashlee's princess party
rest of us go out to eat at Logan's
4:30 get alyssa, invited in for cake
5 home, michael out with bishopric and stake presidency on visits
7 michael and i go to ward adult fireside
great talks: President Brown talked about counciling with his children and asking them to "bring their scriptures" also thought about a yearly family scripture as a theme on a plaque and have many throughout the years
9home, mom at HEB shopping for us
10 all to bed
Friday
Tyler to school
make chocolate ganache strawberry cake for party tonight
matthew not feeling well
lounge around here with everyone
to Sams to stock up on stuff
1 get tyler early at school
to Tropical Smoothie Cafe for lunch
visit Michael at work...matthew asleep in van on mom's shoulder, they stay in van
back home again
michael get bags of mulch
mulch the yard with tyler
the rain comes down
7 valentines party at the Bean's house...michael and I head out
dinner, chatting, dancing with friends
11 home, sleep
Thursday--Valentines Day
6:30 up, spread out balloons, start making heart shaped french toast
boys up a few minutes later walking out with big smiles on their faces
valentines table cloth and red dishes...fun breakfast:)
make tyler's heart and love themed lunch
take him to school
girls valentines party at Baird's
dash home
mom and grandparents arrive
leave kids with them
to tyler's school
decorate room and help tyler pass out valentines while the rest of his class is at recess
fun one on one time with him
Class party:)
so cute and fun and great to be able to be there and share that with him
check him out
1:30 home with everyone
games with grandparents
alyssa pull great grandma to help her go potty
2 stacy bring my heart shaped pizza's to me
stay and get to know my grandparents for a bit
make pizza's for fam
lounge in the evening
gave michael his race medal, he got my chocolate covered strawberries
chat late with everyone
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
days....
Wednesday--I had a bad day
early shower
tyler to school
matthew and alyssa bath
cartoon/computer/dry and flatten my hair
9:30 to kohls and old navy to return
10:25 to library for valentines party...thinking i was early, found out i was late:
1st frustration of the day
lunch
feel ill...aunt flow
2nd frustration
certain person shows unkindness, as usual, even though i try to show kindness
3rd frustration
michele take my kids to her house, i cry alone in the car just a little
take care of frustration #2 and go online to buy my lens (always feel a bit better when i can spend some $$$)
12:30 to michele's to lay on her couch and fegge while kids play
1:50 rush back to my house for 2pm visiting teachers...they don't show
4th frustration
read 7 pages of book of mormon
2:35 head back to micheles to get my kids
3 get tyler at school
my medicine finally kicks in
3:10 meet stacy at the park
tyler a bit sad, so build tunnels in the sand
a kid knocks it down, tyler is sad
5th frustration
help tyler build another
alyssa has to go potty
lift her awkwardly on the water fountain
6th frustration
more tunnel building while chatting with stacy and the kids play
home to prepare leftover dinner (yay)
watch a little tv on couch
5:45 michael home with my yummy valentines chocolate covered strawberries
dinner
kids ready for bed
8pm my vt finally calls to say why she ditched me...michael took a message so i didn'thave to talk
clean kitchen, get house ready for vday
8:30 to HEB to get balloons i ordered--2 dozen (the lady said many people wanted them, she protected them for me)
9 still cleaning kitchen while michael does taxes online
10 a little computer time
10:30 bed
Tuesday
9:30 5k wing ding meeting at meredith
12 HEB
3 tyler at school
Monday
tyler to school
matthw to preschool
errands with alyssa
ship lens back via fed*x
medal for michael
whole foods (yummy treat) and homeopathic stuff
old navy 40% off kids stuff!!!
12 pick up matthew/xander and audrey's
drop xander off
12:15 meet michele go to park with her and jackson and my kids...dino dig park
eat bread from whole foods
chat/chill
2:45 back home
3 get tyler at school
fhe valentines day...what we love about each other
early shower
tyler to school
matthew and alyssa bath
cartoon/computer/dry and flatten my hair
9:30 to kohls and old navy to return
10:25 to library for valentines party...thinking i was early, found out i was late:
1st frustration of the day
lunch
feel ill...aunt flow
2nd frustration
certain person shows unkindness, as usual, even though i try to show kindness
3rd frustration
michele take my kids to her house, i cry alone in the car just a little
take care of frustration #2 and go online to buy my lens (always feel a bit better when i can spend some $$$)
12:30 to michele's to lay on her couch and fegge while kids play
1:50 rush back to my house for 2pm visiting teachers...they don't show
4th frustration
read 7 pages of book of mormon
2:35 head back to micheles to get my kids
3 get tyler at school
my medicine finally kicks in
3:10 meet stacy at the park
tyler a bit sad, so build tunnels in the sand
a kid knocks it down, tyler is sad
5th frustration
help tyler build another
alyssa has to go potty
lift her awkwardly on the water fountain
6th frustration
more tunnel building while chatting with stacy and the kids play
home to prepare leftover dinner (yay)
watch a little tv on couch
5:45 michael home with my yummy valentines chocolate covered strawberries
dinner
kids ready for bed
8pm my vt finally calls to say why she ditched me...michael took a message so i didn'thave to talk
clean kitchen, get house ready for vday
8:30 to HEB to get balloons i ordered--2 dozen (the lady said many people wanted them, she protected them for me)
9 still cleaning kitchen while michael does taxes online
10 a little computer time
10:30 bed
Tuesday
9:30 5k wing ding meeting at meredith
12 HEB
3 tyler at school
Monday
tyler to school
matthw to preschool
errands with alyssa
ship lens back via fed*x
medal for michael
whole foods (yummy treat) and homeopathic stuff
old navy 40% off kids stuff!!!
12 pick up matthew/xander and audrey's
drop xander off
12:15 meet michele go to park with her and jackson and my kids...dino dig park
eat bread from whole foods
chat/chill
2:45 back home
3 get tyler at school
fhe valentines day...what we love about each other
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Sunday
7:20 michael made sure i was awake before he left
work on my sharing time lesson and great to be 8 invitations
get kids breakfast and ready for church
8:45 leave to church
8:50 early:)
9-12 church
lunch
make cookie pops with kids
2 michael meetings
kids watch book of mormon cartoon
3 michael home
he and kids make paper airplanes from daily calendar that was lost then found
Saturday
7:20 michael left for a 50 mile bike ride with the scouts
8 kids up, breakfast, get dressed to jog
8:20 i push alyssa in jog stroller while tyler and matthew run
we run on trail to park by firestation....i do lunges and kicks while they play
30 minutes later, we jog back home
9 clean kids rooms spick and span
watch borrowed Fairytopia
clean kitchen/family room
lunch
1:30 michael home from ride, tired
I run a few errands to deliver disc to p. taylor and drop off to chrissta and junk to good will (bye by square patterned rug...I loved you, but had to let you go)
5:30 get ready for date
6:45 pick up brianna
7 lights pick us up, by to kids and "babysitter"
7:30 Dinner at the Melting Pot
yummy fondue
9:45 we leave
10:10 home to babysitter, kids did good:) yay!
11 bed
Friday
9:45 liz and kids come over
9:50 clair calls
10 we all walk to the park to meet ladies from church
big group there, beautiful day
10:30-1 park, kids play, alyssa swing, chat with friends
jackson over while michele goes to the doctor
2"30 michele gets jackson
3 get tyler at school, run into HEB for DVD and a few things
3:45 stacey and girls come to deliver girl scout cookies
kids ride bikes
4 p taylor picks up her wedding album
daddy home:)
play
kids to bed
quick trip to HEB for Cherry Garcia ice cream
watch Fly Boys
7:20 michael made sure i was awake before he left
work on my sharing time lesson and great to be 8 invitations
get kids breakfast and ready for church
8:45 leave to church
8:50 early:)
9-12 church
lunch
make cookie pops with kids
2 michael meetings
kids watch book of mormon cartoon
3 michael home
he and kids make paper airplanes from daily calendar that was lost then found
Saturday
7:20 michael left for a 50 mile bike ride with the scouts
8 kids up, breakfast, get dressed to jog
8:20 i push alyssa in jog stroller while tyler and matthew run
we run on trail to park by firestation....i do lunges and kicks while they play
30 minutes later, we jog back home
9 clean kids rooms spick and span
watch borrowed Fairytopia
clean kitchen/family room
lunch
1:30 michael home from ride, tired
I run a few errands to deliver disc to p. taylor and drop off to chrissta and junk to good will (bye by square patterned rug...I loved you, but had to let you go)
5:30 get ready for date
6:45 pick up brianna
7 lights pick us up, by to kids and "babysitter"
7:30 Dinner at the Melting Pot
yummy fondue
9:45 we leave
10:10 home to babysitter, kids did good:) yay!
11 bed
Friday
9:45 liz and kids come over
9:50 clair calls
10 we all walk to the park to meet ladies from church
big group there, beautiful day
10:30-1 park, kids play, alyssa swing, chat with friends
jackson over while michele goes to the doctor
2"30 michele gets jackson
3 get tyler at school, run into HEB for DVD and a few things
3:45 stacey and girls come to deliver girl scout cookies
kids ride bikes
4 p taylor picks up her wedding album
daddy home:)
play
kids to bed
quick trip to HEB for Cherry Garcia ice cream
watch Fly Boys
Friday, February 8, 2008
Monday
Thursday
tyler to school
to emily's fix dvd's chat, lunch
clean up at home
1 debra over, picts of addy
2 stacy over, debra leave, chat she takes matthew to play
2:30 stacy leaves, chat with maggie and cassie on driveway
2:45 doorbell...who is it??? rachelle picking up disc of quints
2:55 go get tyler at school
plan to meet at inflatable wonderland, but i accidentally drove to ready set play...so tyler alyssa and i went to the bread store and stacy brought matthew home
michael home, dinner
7 stake primary meeting
yay, only 1 hour
8 LOST with Michael
computer: digital album create for engagement
Wednesday
bee school at lauren's matthew play
take alyssa to get haircut (sadness) and cut mine, too
home, go for a walk and take picts with 70-200 L IS 4.0
tyler at school
home
reheat lasagna
tyler, matthew, and i go to hannah montana concert 3D movie
9 home
late computer night
Tuesday--Mardi Gras
wear mardi gras shirts
gym, kids play at gym
shower
computer
12 get tyler at school
tyler dentist--don't want to pull his teeth!
go pick up king cake and rr donuts
run into sams for pictures
home, kids excited about king cake
blog mardi gras
make lasagna for dinner and salad
pick king cake slices
eat:)
7:30 michael to meeting
put away laundry and watch one tree hill
computer
Monday
7 michael wakes me up to alert me that all 3 children are asleep next to my bed...when matthew came in at 3:30 am, alyssa was already there (i didn't realize it) he told me he had a bad dream about mr. robinson (from "who broke my window" CD) so i told him to lay down there..not sure when tyler came in...got a cute picture
7:30 tyler to school
7:45 elmo and curious george while i blog
8:45 matthew to bee school at laurens
tyler to school
to emily's fix dvd's chat, lunch
clean up at home
1 debra over, picts of addy
2 stacy over, debra leave, chat she takes matthew to play
2:30 stacy leaves, chat with maggie and cassie on driveway
2:45 doorbell...who is it??? rachelle picking up disc of quints
2:55 go get tyler at school
plan to meet at inflatable wonderland, but i accidentally drove to ready set play...so tyler alyssa and i went to the bread store and stacy brought matthew home
michael home, dinner
7 stake primary meeting
yay, only 1 hour
8 LOST with Michael
computer: digital album create for engagement
Wednesday
bee school at lauren's matthew play
take alyssa to get haircut (sadness) and cut mine, too
home, go for a walk and take picts with 70-200 L IS 4.0
tyler at school
home
reheat lasagna
tyler, matthew, and i go to hannah montana concert 3D movie
9 home
late computer night
Tuesday--Mardi Gras
wear mardi gras shirts
gym, kids play at gym
shower
computer
12 get tyler at school
tyler dentist--don't want to pull his teeth!
go pick up king cake and rr donuts
run into sams for pictures
home, kids excited about king cake
blog mardi gras
make lasagna for dinner and salad
pick king cake slices
eat:)
7:30 michael to meeting
put away laundry and watch one tree hill
computer
Monday
7 michael wakes me up to alert me that all 3 children are asleep next to my bed...when matthew came in at 3:30 am, alyssa was already there (i didn't realize it) he told me he had a bad dream about mr. robinson (from "who broke my window" CD) so i told him to lay down there..not sure when tyler came in...got a cute picture
7:30 tyler to school
7:45 elmo and curious george while i blog
8:45 matthew to bee school at laurens
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Eventful Week
Sunday
7:37 up...micheal set an alarm for the boys to wake me:) he was at a meeting
get kids ready, flat iron my hair
8:50 early to church, yay
Testimony meeting...sit wit Lights
Primary
Family Search intro combined meeting...left primary to go
home, michael stays for meeting
while still fasting make: 7 layer dip, nilla wafer/vanilla pudding icebox cake, limeaid for our "non superbowl family party" later on
2 michael home and i sit....
family help make pigs in a blanket
eat blankets on blanket--picnic in living room
m and i eat 7 layer dip
5:20 becca calls to invite us over for blueberry pie
6 kids get ready for bed
6:30 to the blacks for dessert and conversation and play guitar hero on the keyboard
8:30 head home...kids to bed
i read Our Heritage while Michael emails the elders quorum and talks to his parents
10 get online for a few minutes
10:20 michael and i read conference talk (we try to each night) and go to bed
Saturday
michael not feeling well but still took boys to pick up dan and nathan to go to the church for service project: spread mulch
alyssa and I read books here, play kitchen, watch strawberry shortcake/computer to update my website
10:20 boys home, michael rests on the floor while kids play and i finish my updates
11:30 I take the kids out of the house so michael can nap...we try to get our garage door opener from the rental place that i left in our rental car, but it had already been transfered to a new location...ugh!
to Target for plastic drawers for aj and groceries
to walmart for a few more things
1:30 home, get ready for the race...boys so excited for their 1st race! Mardi Gras 5K
2:15 lights come to our house to caravan to the race
3 we finally get there after traveling through hill country for a while
3:30 kids fun run begins: 1K I started to run their "trial run" then figured they'd be ok to go alone...tyler and matthew ran really fast, ahead of most kids their age...they love to run!
4 adults race...dan and Michael run while we cheer them on...
they came in FAST and running together...over all, Michael placed 12 and Dan 16th...Michael got 1ST place in his age category!!!! (30-34) SO exciting! (Go Daddy Go!)
His award was a mardi gras mask
kids eat free popcorn and cotton candy and got balloons swords in a holster and jumped in a jumpy house that deflated on them
5:30 we left the race and went out to eat at The County Line
Yummy ribs and sausage:)
7:30 we head back to round rock after a fun day
8:15 rent the Waitress at HEB...kids to bed...watch movie
10:45 to bed
Friday
10 to monica's (candida's neighbor) to plan michele's baby shower, she made yummy blueberry muffins and i watched her make Icebox cake with nilla wafers and vanilla pudding so i got the recipe
12 visit candida who was supposed to be at the planning meeting but was sick..prepping her house to sell
12:30 head out, go with alyssa and matthew to the Avery Ranch Park for an hour to play, just the 3 of us
1:40 back home, relax for a bit til we need to get tyler
2:45 pick up tyler at school
3 home...michael came home shortly thereafter after buying new running shoes for himself (early friday)
4 our van is ready, so go to pick it up (all alone) and say goodbye to the nice rental we had
stopped at Jack in the Box on the way out and get myself a Texas Cheeseburger and curly fries...It had been a while since i indulged:)
5 back home, but decide to sit in my car for a bit and read my book, Our Heritage
7 kids to bed, Michael and I watch LOST season premiere that we taped the night before
m to bed early...I stayed up til 12 working on updating my website and props message board
Thursday
7:30 tyler to school (we listen to teh Bobby Bones show on the radio every morning and the boys start to ask for him and "lunchbox" a guy on the show
dressed and to the gym, yay!
alyssa sad at first to let me go until we got her binky out of the car (we leave it in there now, weining her off)
8:30-10 workout while watching Ellen and reading a magazine
shower cartoons, computer
11ish michele and jackson come over with lots of shakes for me (our exchange, i pay for something for her, she gets me shakes)
we go to YMCA to sign the boys up for soccer
2 they head home
2:45 we go get tyler at school
jobs and homework and after school snack
Haystacks again for dinner (3rd night in a row)
play Sequence with the kids and michael
scriptures, prayer, bedtime routines
7 vegge with michael and chat
8:30 stacy meets at my house, emily comes over, too we pick up candida and michele to go see the late movie, 27 Dresses...cuter than i thought (i wanted to see it but nervous about profanity and such with friends)
11:45 back home, bye to friends
Wednesday
Teach Bee School to just Matthew, Xander, and Ethan
cannot seem to remember the rest of the day
7:37 up...micheal set an alarm for the boys to wake me:) he was at a meeting
get kids ready, flat iron my hair
8:50 early to church, yay
Testimony meeting...sit wit Lights
Primary
Family Search intro combined meeting...left primary to go
home, michael stays for meeting
while still fasting make: 7 layer dip, nilla wafer/vanilla pudding icebox cake, limeaid for our "non superbowl family party" later on
2 michael home and i sit....
family help make pigs in a blanket
eat blankets on blanket--picnic in living room
m and i eat 7 layer dip
5:20 becca calls to invite us over for blueberry pie
6 kids get ready for bed
6:30 to the blacks for dessert and conversation and play guitar hero on the keyboard
8:30 head home...kids to bed
i read Our Heritage while Michael emails the elders quorum and talks to his parents
10 get online for a few minutes
10:20 michael and i read conference talk (we try to each night) and go to bed
Saturday
michael not feeling well but still took boys to pick up dan and nathan to go to the church for service project: spread mulch
alyssa and I read books here, play kitchen, watch strawberry shortcake/computer to update my website
10:20 boys home, michael rests on the floor while kids play and i finish my updates
11:30 I take the kids out of the house so michael can nap...we try to get our garage door opener from the rental place that i left in our rental car, but it had already been transfered to a new location...ugh!
to Target for plastic drawers for aj and groceries
to walmart for a few more things
1:30 home, get ready for the race...boys so excited for their 1st race! Mardi Gras 5K
2:15 lights come to our house to caravan to the race
3 we finally get there after traveling through hill country for a while
3:30 kids fun run begins: 1K I started to run their "trial run" then figured they'd be ok to go alone...tyler and matthew ran really fast, ahead of most kids their age...they love to run!
4 adults race...dan and Michael run while we cheer them on...
they came in FAST and running together...over all, Michael placed 12 and Dan 16th...Michael got 1ST place in his age category!!!! (30-34) SO exciting! (Go Daddy Go!)
His award was a mardi gras mask
kids eat free popcorn and cotton candy and got balloons swords in a holster and jumped in a jumpy house that deflated on them
5:30 we left the race and went out to eat at The County Line
Yummy ribs and sausage:)
7:30 we head back to round rock after a fun day
8:15 rent the Waitress at HEB...kids to bed...watch movie
10:45 to bed
Friday
10 to monica's (candida's neighbor) to plan michele's baby shower, she made yummy blueberry muffins and i watched her make Icebox cake with nilla wafers and vanilla pudding so i got the recipe
12 visit candida who was supposed to be at the planning meeting but was sick..prepping her house to sell
12:30 head out, go with alyssa and matthew to the Avery Ranch Park for an hour to play, just the 3 of us
1:40 back home, relax for a bit til we need to get tyler
2:45 pick up tyler at school
3 home...michael came home shortly thereafter after buying new running shoes for himself (early friday)
4 our van is ready, so go to pick it up (all alone) and say goodbye to the nice rental we had
stopped at Jack in the Box on the way out and get myself a Texas Cheeseburger and curly fries...It had been a while since i indulged:)
5 back home, but decide to sit in my car for a bit and read my book, Our Heritage
7 kids to bed, Michael and I watch LOST season premiere that we taped the night before
m to bed early...I stayed up til 12 working on updating my website and props message board
Thursday
7:30 tyler to school (we listen to teh Bobby Bones show on the radio every morning and the boys start to ask for him and "lunchbox" a guy on the show
dressed and to the gym, yay!
alyssa sad at first to let me go until we got her binky out of the car (we leave it in there now, weining her off)
8:30-10 workout while watching Ellen and reading a magazine
shower cartoons, computer
11ish michele and jackson come over with lots of shakes for me (our exchange, i pay for something for her, she gets me shakes)
we go to YMCA to sign the boys up for soccer
2 they head home
2:45 we go get tyler at school
jobs and homework and after school snack
Haystacks again for dinner (3rd night in a row)
play Sequence with the kids and michael
scriptures, prayer, bedtime routines
7 vegge with michael and chat
8:30 stacy meets at my house, emily comes over, too we pick up candida and michele to go see the late movie, 27 Dresses...cuter than i thought (i wanted to see it but nervous about profanity and such with friends)
11:45 back home, bye to friends
Wednesday
Teach Bee School to just Matthew, Xander, and Ethan
cannot seem to remember the rest of the day
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
3 days
Tuesday
tyler to school
8 meeting for room moms about carnival
9 home....computer/cartoons
11 off...clean....lunch for kids...dishes....read books...pretend play with matthew driving the wheel of the bottom of our rocker...our ship
1:30 to HEB for groceries
2:30 home, unpack
3 tyler at school
3:10 meet stacy, nathan, julia at park...play...chat...alyssa go potty at the park
4:30 head home
boys do jobs
5make hawaiin haystacks while watching taped Extra/Oprah
5:45 michael home, dinner...kids give it 2 thumbs up, then 170 thumbs up:)
6:45 alyssa to bed, a la michael method (like a charm)
boys to back after scriptures/prayer
7:15 michael to meeting
read Our Heritage
7:45 computer time for me:) finish diane and taylor and burn disc, post barrett family online
One Tree Hill
9 michael home
Monday
after taking tyler to school, michael called at 7:45am from his cell phone to tell me he just hear on the radio that President Hinckley passed away last night
Bee School not many showed up, ethan and carter play with my kids while i was on computer
11:30 pick up michele and jackson meet friends at gattiland for Becca's birthday lunch
1:45 drop michele off at home so she can v.t.
jackson come over...becca and ashlee come, too
2:45 go get tyler at school
3 to micheles to take jackson home...stay and chat
5 head home
5:30 michael home
dinner
FHE on President Hinckley passing...tender moments with kids
kids to bed
Sunday
up and ready for church...rush in at the last minute with the kids while Michael saves us a seat
join sunday school for a few minutes...talk about Holy Ghost
conduct in Primary
home...fix salad
1:30 lunch with the Quintuplet Wilkinson family
michael had never met them
Eat, kids play, chat, hold babies...until 6pm when we had to leave
home, feeling tired (too much chatting wore me out?)
alyssa fell asleep in the car:)
boys to bed, michael to meeting, kj lay down
bed early
talk to michael's mom about coming to watch the kids for my trip
tyler to school
8 meeting for room moms about carnival
9 home....computer/cartoons
11 off...clean....lunch for kids...dishes....read books...pretend play with matthew driving the wheel of the bottom of our rocker...our ship
1:30 to HEB for groceries
2:30 home, unpack
3 tyler at school
3:10 meet stacy, nathan, julia at park...play...chat...alyssa go potty at the park
4:30 head home
boys do jobs
5make hawaiin haystacks while watching taped Extra/Oprah
5:45 michael home, dinner...kids give it 2 thumbs up, then 170 thumbs up:)
6:45 alyssa to bed, a la michael method (like a charm)
boys to back after scriptures/prayer
7:15 michael to meeting
read Our Heritage
7:45 computer time for me:) finish diane and taylor and burn disc, post barrett family online
One Tree Hill
9 michael home
Monday
after taking tyler to school, michael called at 7:45am from his cell phone to tell me he just hear on the radio that President Hinckley passed away last night
Bee School not many showed up, ethan and carter play with my kids while i was on computer
11:30 pick up michele and jackson meet friends at gattiland for Becca's birthday lunch
1:45 drop michele off at home so she can v.t.
jackson come over...becca and ashlee come, too
2:45 go get tyler at school
3 to micheles to take jackson home...stay and chat
5 head home
5:30 michael home
dinner
FHE on President Hinckley passing...tender moments with kids
kids to bed
Sunday
up and ready for church...rush in at the last minute with the kids while Michael saves us a seat
join sunday school for a few minutes...talk about Holy Ghost
conduct in Primary
home...fix salad
1:30 lunch with the Quintuplet Wilkinson family
michael had never met them
Eat, kids play, chat, hold babies...until 6pm when we had to leave
home, feeling tired (too much chatting wore me out?)
alyssa fell asleep in the car:)
boys to bed, michael to meeting, kj lay down
bed early
talk to michael's mom about coming to watch the kids for my trip
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Another fun week
Saturday 26th
6:55 am alyssa is nude in our room moaning for her binkie...I run to get it, put on a diaper, and put the binkie in, she falls back asleep...
7 i get dressed and head out to walmart for a stool and groceries...its foggy outside
8:05 back home, michael and alyssa still asleep, boys dressed and playing in their room quietly
8:35 crepe jamboree
8:50 leave to take picts...yay, the sun is out and warming up!
9am drag 6 stools, 1 step ladder, and 1 tripod out to the greenbelt with a little help
21 people family pictures
Kerry...contacted me a few months ago to set this 50th anniverary family picture
10:20 back home, michael stretching
10:35 he leaves for bike ride (tag team)
he is meeting the scouts for a 25 mile ride
11 upload picts to computer
play alyssa's kitchen (new peanut butter and jelly lunch box wooden set)
bath for kids
2 michael home
2:30 leave to go downtown...Precision camera store (check out 3 lenses) and park for kids
4 leave park to head home
Ice cream at McD*nalds
4:30 home, shower, michael clean out garage
6pm kids to shaws to babysit
6:15 broughs pick us up for dinner
7 reservations at Buca
fun time, eating, chatting, laughing
use 3 different gift cards that equals $50
9:30 late to pick up kids
10 watch F*antastic 4, Silver Surf*r
Friday 25th
rainy and dark outside
take tyler to school
computer/kids cartoons
10 turn it off and call michele to come over
10:30 jackson and michele over
make 2 kinds of brownies
go get Lunch at Tropical Sm**thie Cafe
warm food on a cold day (Chicken Caesar Sandwich)
chat at home
3 go get kids at school
3:30 michael home from work
family clean up the office
frozen pizza for dinner
7 to beans for bezzant family farewell
mingle, eat, chat
9 home
Thursday 24th
8:45 dermatologist appointment, bring matthew and alyssa
prescription
rainy
go to new target, wedding gift
11 home...clean and vegge
3 tyler at school
kids do jobs? play?
5:45 michael home, spaghetti for dinner
7 michele picks me up, stop at starbucks for mint hot chocolate
8 movie: Juno at the mall
10 home
late computer night....organize family pictures, blogs, photog forum
Wednesday 23rd
7 tyler to school
8 computer/cartoons
9 matthew to bee school at jackie's
home...computer, clean, play with aj kitchen
11 HEB with AJ
12 pick up matthew
12:15 michele and jackson over, vege on the couch
alyssa falls asleep after demanding I read her "family picture puerto rico"
3 get tyler at school
3:15 stacy and nathan over to play
5 they leave, reheat leftover spaghetti
6 family play
7:15 michael to mtg at church
computer for me while alyssa "sleep da brudders"
8:45 michael home and tries to put alyssa to bed...doesn't work (nap) so decides its a night for changes
i talk to emily s. in utah while he "trains" aj
10 she is asleep and so can we:)
Tuesday 22nd
tyler to school
home: computer, cartoons
10 take matthew and alyssa to the mall...head to ch*rlotte Russe and get myself the coolest green coat and cute black babydoll shirt
12 home, get ready
1 get tyler at school
1:30 due in court for a traffic ticket...bring all 3 kids hoping I'll get some sympathy
got to go inquickly b/c of the kids:)
decide to take defensive driving
3 home, oprah, etc
5:45 michael home, prepare yw lesson
6:45 set up photography stuff
7-8:30 teach 7 beehives photography and backdrop with pictures
9 home and tired
late night phone call with Linda in Florida
Monday 21st
Martin Luther King Holiday
Tyler no school
Rainy and dark outside all day
9 take van into Calibur to get work done
walk next door to enterprise to rent full size car
TIGHT SQUEEZE
10 to Target to shop around...bday cards for natalie and susan L.
11:30 meet michele and chrissta at G*ttiland
call Stacy, she meets us up there, too
the place is PACKED! cold, rainy, holiday, moms eat free...wow
1:20 head out and call insurance to complain about car....get more $ so i can upgrade to mini van
home for a bit
4 trade in taurus for dodge grand caravan with electric doors!
5:30 michael beat us home
6 family home evening on Fasting
Sunday 20th
9 church...Lights join us on our row
12 home, michael has meetings
lunch to kids, burn hymns on cd for lights
1:30 take them primary book and cds and church history dvds
2 home, michael home
watch church history dvds as a family
make brownies
Saturday 19th
michael bikes with the scouts
rent Pirates of the Caribbean
6:55 am alyssa is nude in our room moaning for her binkie...I run to get it, put on a diaper, and put the binkie in, she falls back asleep...
7 i get dressed and head out to walmart for a stool and groceries...its foggy outside
8:05 back home, michael and alyssa still asleep, boys dressed and playing in their room quietly
8:35 crepe jamboree
8:50 leave to take picts...yay, the sun is out and warming up!
9am drag 6 stools, 1 step ladder, and 1 tripod out to the greenbelt with a little help
21 people family pictures
Kerry...contacted me a few months ago to set this 50th anniverary family picture
10:20 back home, michael stretching
10:35 he leaves for bike ride (tag team)
he is meeting the scouts for a 25 mile ride
11 upload picts to computer
play alyssa's kitchen (new peanut butter and jelly lunch box wooden set)
bath for kids
2 michael home
2:30 leave to go downtown...Precision camera store (check out 3 lenses) and park for kids
4 leave park to head home
Ice cream at McD*nalds
4:30 home, shower, michael clean out garage
6pm kids to shaws to babysit
6:15 broughs pick us up for dinner
7 reservations at Buca
fun time, eating, chatting, laughing
use 3 different gift cards that equals $50
9:30 late to pick up kids
10 watch F*antastic 4, Silver Surf*r
Friday 25th
rainy and dark outside
take tyler to school
computer/kids cartoons
10 turn it off and call michele to come over
10:30 jackson and michele over
make 2 kinds of brownies
go get Lunch at Tropical Sm**thie Cafe
warm food on a cold day (Chicken Caesar Sandwich)
chat at home
3 go get kids at school
3:30 michael home from work
family clean up the office
frozen pizza for dinner
7 to beans for bezzant family farewell
mingle, eat, chat
9 home
Thursday 24th
8:45 dermatologist appointment, bring matthew and alyssa
prescription
rainy
go to new target, wedding gift
11 home...clean and vegge
3 tyler at school
kids do jobs? play?
5:45 michael home, spaghetti for dinner
7 michele picks me up, stop at starbucks for mint hot chocolate
8 movie: Juno at the mall
10 home
late computer night....organize family pictures, blogs, photog forum
Wednesday 23rd
7 tyler to school
8 computer/cartoons
9 matthew to bee school at jackie's
home...computer, clean, play with aj kitchen
11 HEB with AJ
12 pick up matthew
12:15 michele and jackson over, vege on the couch
alyssa falls asleep after demanding I read her "family picture puerto rico"
3 get tyler at school
3:15 stacy and nathan over to play
5 they leave, reheat leftover spaghetti
6 family play
7:15 michael to mtg at church
computer for me while alyssa "sleep da brudders"
8:45 michael home and tries to put alyssa to bed...doesn't work (nap) so decides its a night for changes
i talk to emily s. in utah while he "trains" aj
10 she is asleep and so can we:)
Tuesday 22nd
tyler to school
home: computer, cartoons
10 take matthew and alyssa to the mall...head to ch*rlotte Russe and get myself the coolest green coat and cute black babydoll shirt
12 home, get ready
1 get tyler at school
1:30 due in court for a traffic ticket...bring all 3 kids hoping I'll get some sympathy
got to go inquickly b/c of the kids:)
decide to take defensive driving
3 home, oprah, etc
5:45 michael home, prepare yw lesson
6:45 set up photography stuff
7-8:30 teach 7 beehives photography and backdrop with pictures
9 home and tired
late night phone call with Linda in Florida
Monday 21st
Martin Luther King Holiday
Tyler no school
Rainy and dark outside all day
9 take van into Calibur to get work done
walk next door to enterprise to rent full size car
TIGHT SQUEEZE
10 to Target to shop around...bday cards for natalie and susan L.
11:30 meet michele and chrissta at G*ttiland
call Stacy, she meets us up there, too
the place is PACKED! cold, rainy, holiday, moms eat free...wow
1:20 head out and call insurance to complain about car....get more $ so i can upgrade to mini van
home for a bit
4 trade in taurus for dodge grand caravan with electric doors!
5:30 michael beat us home
6 family home evening on Fasting
Sunday 20th
9 church...Lights join us on our row
12 home, michael has meetings
lunch to kids, burn hymns on cd for lights
1:30 take them primary book and cds and church history dvds
2 home, michael home
watch church history dvds as a family
make brownies
Saturday 19th
michael bikes with the scouts
rent Pirates of the Caribbean
Friday, January 18, 2008
a few days
Friday
7:30 tyler to school, very cold and rainy
home to get ready
8:45 matthew and alyssa to michele's house
9:10 meet at school
kids get on bus
ride with meredith and other ladies downtown
sooooo cold
nature and science museam
fun with tyler and kids
2 head home, lunch in classroom
check tyler out early
pick up kids at michele's
colllld
home, boys watch star wars and tyler quizes himself with books read, online
4:20 michael home after fixing car loud noice at precision
cold
5:30 shaw kids over
pancakes for dinner
Thursday
taylor swift on ellen
xander over
michele and jackson over
clean alyssa's room
chat with michele
show her my recent picts
1:30 chrissta gets xander
2:45 michele leaves, we each go get our kids at school
3 home with kids
clean kitchen, bathroom
5:45 michael home taco salad reheat again
7 shower
8 primarymeeting
9:30 heb for a few items for tomorrows field trip
Wednesday
tyler to school
matthew to bee school at marian's at 9
alyssa and I chill at home
11 stacy pick us up for lunch
620 cafe, sausage for me:) with pancakes
back home to chat
1:30 get matthew at xander's...stay and chat
2:40 go get tyler at school
not feeling well, lay in bed
kids play well, but don't do jobs:(
michael home, heat up leftovers
7:30 tyler to school, very cold and rainy
home to get ready
8:45 matthew and alyssa to michele's house
9:10 meet at school
kids get on bus
ride with meredith and other ladies downtown
sooooo cold
nature and science museam
fun with tyler and kids
2 head home, lunch in classroom
check tyler out early
pick up kids at michele's
colllld
home, boys watch star wars and tyler quizes himself with books read, online
4:20 michael home after fixing car loud noice at precision
cold
5:30 shaw kids over
pancakes for dinner
Thursday
taylor swift on ellen
xander over
michele and jackson over
clean alyssa's room
chat with michele
show her my recent picts
1:30 chrissta gets xander
2:45 michele leaves, we each go get our kids at school
3 home with kids
clean kitchen, bathroom
5:45 michael home taco salad reheat again
7 shower
8 primarymeeting
9:30 heb for a few items for tomorrows field trip
Wednesday
tyler to school
matthew to bee school at marian's at 9
alyssa and I chill at home
11 stacy pick us up for lunch
620 cafe, sausage for me:) with pancakes
back home to chat
1:30 get matthew at xander's...stay and chat
2:40 go get tyler at school
not feeling well, lay in bed
kids play well, but don't do jobs:(
michael home, heat up leftovers
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
a week plus
Tuesday
7:30 tyler to school
8 inside to take yearbook picts
8:30 to gym, alyssa sad but ends up ok
work out
9:30 head home
10 kids watch a few cartoons
11 to matthews room, lay on floor and read books...maybe fall asleep for 2 minutes
11:30 back to tylers school for his lunch and more yearbook picts
12:30 to HEB for groceries
mail cd of picts to ryan at post office
home, play
3 tyler at school
meet friends at the park: light, steed, molina, h. shaw, j. baird
cold outside
5 home, kids don't do jobs
6 m home, alyssa fell asleep, dinner
7 m leave to mtg
kids to bed
computer for me
Monday
7:30 tyler to school
8 kids cartoons, computer for me
9 jackie pick up matthew to take to bee school at audreys
10 a little more computer
10:30 alyssa helps me clean, read books
12 get matthew, cynthia call
get round rock donuts with kids, take picts of it
headache, free chipotle burrito
wal mart with matthew and alyssa
3 get tyler at school
park with mykids, not feeling well, sit on merry go round as alyssa turns me
4 home, kids expected to do their jobs while i lay down...they clean toilets and think its fun
5 not quite done, so i had to take away a toy
almost 6 michael home, kids have cereal for dinner, he makes a concoction
6:20 family home evening on the golden rule
7 kids to bed
read my book, computer time
Sunday
9 church, stacy and her kids sit with us
10:30 teach sharing time on the plan of salvation, michael teach kids I am a child of God in French
12 home, change
1 lunch at the steeds with the lights
6:30 home
7 read Our Hertigage
8 computer
9 linda call with sad Rich news
10 bed
Saturday
8:30 head to temple alone, nice time
10:30 home, meet diane, help her pick out clothes
help taylor pick out clothes
1:30 impromptu engagement session with taylor and diane
russ play with my kids, kim my assistant
4:30 head home
5 pack
6 pick up michael, onthe road again
drive home
Friday
michael to a sports conference at the medical center
kim and i take kids to lunch at BRAVO and meet photogs for lunch
temple dist. center
to natasha's to work on her laptop
grocery store with kim and kids
bbq hamburgers, michael done at 8, russ home
Thursday
6:30 am home, read scriptures early (my new years plan)
i'm surprising not too tired after night with the quints
matthew dentist
drive to san antonio
Wednesday
matthew to bee school at chrissta's
jackson spend the day
michele stay to chat
10 candida and i watch the quints all night
Tuesday
tyler to school
alyssa potty train, home all day
Monday
tylers last day before school starts
fun sand park dig for bones, nature trail, ride bikes,
7:30 tyler to school
8 inside to take yearbook picts
8:30 to gym, alyssa sad but ends up ok
work out
9:30 head home
10 kids watch a few cartoons
11 to matthews room, lay on floor and read books...maybe fall asleep for 2 minutes
11:30 back to tylers school for his lunch and more yearbook picts
12:30 to HEB for groceries
mail cd of picts to ryan at post office
home, play
3 tyler at school
meet friends at the park: light, steed, molina, h. shaw, j. baird
cold outside
5 home, kids don't do jobs
6 m home, alyssa fell asleep, dinner
7 m leave to mtg
kids to bed
computer for me
Monday
7:30 tyler to school
8 kids cartoons, computer for me
9 jackie pick up matthew to take to bee school at audreys
10 a little more computer
10:30 alyssa helps me clean, read books
12 get matthew, cynthia call
get round rock donuts with kids, take picts of it
headache, free chipotle burrito
wal mart with matthew and alyssa
3 get tyler at school
park with mykids, not feeling well, sit on merry go round as alyssa turns me
4 home, kids expected to do their jobs while i lay down...they clean toilets and think its fun
5 not quite done, so i had to take away a toy
almost 6 michael home, kids have cereal for dinner, he makes a concoction
6:20 family home evening on the golden rule
7 kids to bed
read my book, computer time
Sunday
9 church, stacy and her kids sit with us
10:30 teach sharing time on the plan of salvation, michael teach kids I am a child of God in French
12 home, change
1 lunch at the steeds with the lights
6:30 home
7 read Our Hertigage
8 computer
9 linda call with sad Rich news
10 bed
Saturday
8:30 head to temple alone, nice time
10:30 home, meet diane, help her pick out clothes
help taylor pick out clothes
1:30 impromptu engagement session with taylor and diane
russ play with my kids, kim my assistant
4:30 head home
5 pack
6 pick up michael, onthe road again
drive home
Friday
michael to a sports conference at the medical center
kim and i take kids to lunch at BRAVO and meet photogs for lunch
temple dist. center
to natasha's to work on her laptop
grocery store with kim and kids
bbq hamburgers, michael done at 8, russ home
Thursday
6:30 am home, read scriptures early (my new years plan)
i'm surprising not too tired after night with the quints
matthew dentist
drive to san antonio
Wednesday
matthew to bee school at chrissta's
jackson spend the day
michele stay to chat
10 candida and i watch the quints all night
Tuesday
tyler to school
alyssa potty train, home all day
Monday
tylers last day before school starts
fun sand park dig for bones, nature trail, ride bikes,
Monday, January 7, 2008
Monday
Tyler's last day of "winter break"
kids enjoy cartoons in the morning while i work on wall galleries
12 head out to a new park with dinosaur bones in the sand and a big rock formation, nature trail
meet new Irish friend
2 leave park, head to wal mart
tired and hungry
3:20 home
clean with kids
make dinner
5:40 michael home, eat dinner
FHE: The wise man built his house upon the rock
cross reference Matthew 7 with Helaman 5:12
alyssa fall asleep on my shoulder
7:20 scriptures, prayer, boys to bed
8 msd watch american gladiators while i do computer stuff...working on family blurb albums
kids enjoy cartoons in the morning while i work on wall galleries
12 head out to a new park with dinosaur bones in the sand and a big rock formation, nature trail
meet new Irish friend
2 leave park, head to wal mart
tired and hungry
3:20 home
clean with kids
make dinner
5:40 michael home, eat dinner
FHE: The wise man built his house upon the rock
cross reference Matthew 7 with Helaman 5:12
alyssa fall asleep on my shoulder
7:20 scriptures, prayer, boys to bed
8 msd watch american gladiators while i do computer stuff...working on family blurb albums
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Another week goes by....
Sunday
restless sleep, matthew next to me
8:45 lights pick us up for church
enjoyable meetings, introducing lights to our services
primary mayhem, new classes, etc.
12 home with the Lights for lunch, fun and enlightening church discussions
3 home with matthew
play lots of games: checkers, bingo, cariboo, operation
jackie calls....
talk to emily m. and michele
5:30 neighbor janice stops by with sammy
5:45 michael, alysssa, and tyler home....family together again:)
family play sequence
scripture time
Saturday
pictures of baby merrick
hang all day
5pm matthew and i leave
talk photo album of m and my engagement on the drive home
mcd's again:)
8:30 home, matthew slep
little computer time at home working on wedding picts
Friday
run errands to bank, watch Baird boys, Stacy over for play date with Nathan
2 Michael home, pack for ft. worth
leave 4pm
uh oh on the drive in Hillsboro
McD's for 2 hours, miracle, its fixed!
9pm arrive at the dukes
Thursday
Paren'ts come to town, Liz E. and kids come to play
parents take kids to lunch while i work on website at home
to georgetown with parents to park and face soap place
home, michaelhome, parents leave
surprise Stacy with birthday dinner with friends
chuy's oh so yummy tres leches
Wednesday
Michael back to work
organize with kids at home
1pm cold outside, but play with Bairds at the park
8pm primary pres. mtg.
Tuesday--New Years Day
hang in the morning
10:30 michael and us go to race
Resolution 5K run
meet the lights, dan and michael run it
stacy tells me they plan to come to church sunday
dan got medal in his age group, he ran just behind michael, but michael didn't place in his age group
family organize/clean
6:30 to Blacks for fireworks, matthew got a bit in his eye:(
michael to pres mtg.
restless sleep, matthew next to me
8:45 lights pick us up for church
enjoyable meetings, introducing lights to our services
primary mayhem, new classes, etc.
12 home with the Lights for lunch, fun and enlightening church discussions
3 home with matthew
play lots of games: checkers, bingo, cariboo, operation
jackie calls....
talk to emily m. and michele
5:30 neighbor janice stops by with sammy
5:45 michael, alysssa, and tyler home....family together again:)
family play sequence
scripture time
Saturday
pictures of baby merrick
hang all day
5pm matthew and i leave
talk photo album of m and my engagement on the drive home
mcd's again:)
8:30 home, matthew slep
little computer time at home working on wedding picts
Friday
run errands to bank, watch Baird boys, Stacy over for play date with Nathan
2 Michael home, pack for ft. worth
leave 4pm
uh oh on the drive in Hillsboro
McD's for 2 hours, miracle, its fixed!
9pm arrive at the dukes
Thursday
Paren'ts come to town, Liz E. and kids come to play
parents take kids to lunch while i work on website at home
to georgetown with parents to park and face soap place
home, michaelhome, parents leave
surprise Stacy with birthday dinner with friends
chuy's oh so yummy tres leches
Wednesday
Michael back to work
organize with kids at home
1pm cold outside, but play with Bairds at the park
8pm primary pres. mtg.
Tuesday--New Years Day
hang in the morning
10:30 michael and us go to race
Resolution 5K run
meet the lights, dan and michael run it
stacy tells me they plan to come to church sunday
dan got medal in his age group, he ran just behind michael, but michael didn't place in his age group
family organize/clean
6:30 to Blacks for fireworks, matthew got a bit in his eye:(
michael to pres mtg.
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