Disney on Ice...

Our lives have been filled with way to much stress lately. So on friday Blu and I decided that we were going to get away for a day and have fun with the kids. They really wanted to go to Disney on Ice. So we decided to surprise the kids and take them on Sunday.

I woke Kaysha up first that morning and asked her if she wanted to take her dad and Kagan to the Cheesecake Factory. That is her favorite place to eat. She popped out of bed and preceeded to tell me what the seating arrangements would be when we ate and what she would order for lunch. She was so excited!

Then I woke Kagan up and asked him if he wanted to go to Salt Lake and have lunch with mom and dad. He smiled his cute little smile. His first question was isn't Kaysha going? He loves his "sissy". He jumped out of bed and got ready.

When we got to Salt Lake to the Energy Solutions Arena we told the kids that we had to stop here first and get some stuff for Blu's boss Jared. That was the best we could come up with.

When we got to the doors the kids still had no idea what we were doing. I gave the man our tickets and went in. They finally saw all the Disney on Ice booths. Kaysha grinned from ear to ear and Kagan just giggled his cute little laugh.

We all had a great time. The show included Little Mermaid, The Cars, The Lion King and Tinker Bell. The Cars show was the funniest. We laughed a lot. Blu and I couldn't stop smiling either because the kids were so excited.


We didn't make it to the Cheesecake Factory because we had to get back for Kendyl's fourth birthday party. Kaysha said it was ok. Disney on Ice was even better than going there.


We are back to reality now and the stress continues but at the end of the day we have the best reward in the world. Our healthy beautiful kids!

The best kids EVER!!!!

This week was parent teacher conference.... Blu and I have been so excited to talk with Kaysha and Kagans teachers to find out how well they are doing....

First was Kagan's on Wednesday with Mrs. Brown. His report was wonderful! She said he is a great student and does very well in class. Testing isn't his favorite, but he does great if you don't say the "test" word. So proud of that boy!!!

Kaysha's was on thursday with Mrs. Bagley. Mrs. Bagley said that these are her favorite parent teacher conferences when you have a student that does as well as Kaysha does. Most of her scores were 100%. She more than doubled her NWEA testing from the beginning of the year. She started out at the beginning of the year scoring 58 and the middle of the year she scored 156. Way above the class average. So proud of that girl!!!

Kagan's 6th Birthday

Tomorrow is Kagan's 6th birthday.WOW I can't believe that MY SWEET SWEET baby boy is getting so big. It makes me sad at how fast he is growing up. But excited for the adventures ahead of us!





He has been so much fun! He has the funniest personality and the sweetest heart EVER! I love you so much! Happy Birthday Kagan!

A NEW Fabulous Year it will be.....

This last year was full of many ups and downs but we MADE it through!!!WHEW.... It was pure craziness! 2010 will probably be even more crazy but I guess that is the way we like things at our house! Blu and I have decided for the new year we would get into better shape and maybe shed a few pounds... We bought a new treadmill yesterday....HOPEFULLY we can motivate each other to get on it!

I LoVe LOVE lOvE my family and friends.Thank you for another fabulous year!


LOVE YOU!!!!

Christmas Memories

I LOVE Christmas.........I love to see the expresssion on the faces of my family and friends when they open up their gifts....Having family traditions. This year I have been so busy trying to making a living that I almost forgot the part of what makes my life....Spending time with my family. Work has been so time consuming and overwhelming. I kept telling myself that I am doing it because there are a lot of people out there that are depending on me to keep them healthy.....Which is totally why someone becomes a nurse. I only hope that my family can forgive me....My husband has been amazing through all of it. He has picked up my slack and kept everthing going!

On Saturday after I got home from work from yet another clinic I sat down with the kids to make our Christmas cards. They hugged on me and loved me and didn't want to let me out of their site....I thought what they heck am I doing? It is Christmas in one week and what have we done to create memories for the kids. So we spent all weekend baking, making cards and wrapping presents. Santa Claus made a suprise appearance in our window to check in..... So every night till Christmas we have projects to do. The kids are loving it and so am I.

Merry Christmas everyone! May the New Year be an AWESOME one!

Three day weekend started off with a bang

Last weekend I decided I would take a much needed break from work and take Friday off.

WOW did it start out with a bang!



I had just dropped Kagan off to school and was going to run some errands. The girl hit me and "didn't know what happened". Lucky for me the cop gave her a ticket for improper lane change and she did have insurance. Now just the hassle of getting it fixed. What a huge blessing that Kagan wasn't with me. That was the door he was sitting by.......

On Saturday we went to Salt Lake and stayed downtown. We had tickets to watch the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on Sunday. When we got to Salt Lake we walked downtown to Temple Square to walk through the lights.







The pictures are a little dark but we had a great time! The lights are beautiful!

After we walked through Temple Square we decided to walk down to 2News and check out the studio. We were there close enough to 10:00 that we hung out at the Gallivan Center until it was time for the 10:00 news. Then we went down there to try to get on the news. Kaysha and Haddy had a ball. We made it on the news in the background behind Brian Mullahy.








The Morman Tabernacle Choir was amazing! That was a very special program! Thank you so much Grandma Sharon for inviting us to come with you! We had a great weekend!

Thanksgiving Weekend.....

Our Thanksgiving Holiday was filled with many hours driving in the car and waiting in lines....

Wednesday night before Thanksgiving was Blu's 32nd birthday. We celebrated at South China Cafe...

Thanksgiving we traveled to Grand Junction to have Thanksgiving with my family. Lots of traveling but well worth it. The sweet potatoes were to die for! Good Job Ang on the new recipe!


Next came early morning shopping at WalMart....We arrived at Walmart at 3:00 am. My sister and sister-n-law are the BEST! They helped me get everything I needed! I left me house at 2:30am and got home at 9:30...Yes I am crazy. 7 hours of shopping in by 9:30 in the morning. The things we do for our kids!

Black Friday was Deagan's 6th birthday also. We went to McDonalds to celebrate his birthday. I am not sure who had more fun Blu and Rodger or the kids.They only broke 2 trays as they were sliding down the slides on them. Michelle, Ang and I were trying to stay awake from our early morning adventure.

On Saturday we went to Jumpin Jacks and then to the light parade in Spanish fork. Kagan's favorite things there were the jumpin frogs, horses and the ski jump. Kaysha loved the balarina dancers. It is amazing to drive through there. We had a great weekend!