A little bit of Crazy

Christmas is coming Fast!

2011-09-27T11:53:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite deal sites that helped me last year was Freebies 2 Deals! She finds amazing deals through out the year, but especially during the holiday! I know if you are trying to stay in a budget than you should totally check her out! Last year I got most of our presents from her telling us the deals. I got the tag books for my kids leapster games, I got the twilight movies for like $5! Just a little tid bit!

2010-10-18T00:00:00.000-07:00

Jasmine started getting her teeth when she was 4 months, and got almost all of them by one. So it shouldn't of surprise me when I saw this in her mouth.

Yeah, kindof trippy looking! It was off to the dentist we went. It turned out that she was going to need her 2 front baby teeth pulled out to make room for them. I couldn't believe my baby had to do that! So we made another appointment and I dreaded for the day to come (silently)

She started out pretty good. I was soo proud of her.

But then the Dr. came in and that was a different story! It was sooo sad! She was crying and screaming for mama!! Oh, I was so glad when it was over! That purple box is where they put her 2 teeth in. See the red eyes and drying tears? yah, torture for me! Luckily, I told her we were gonna get ice cream! And get a visit from the tooth fairy!

What a doll! She got a toy from the tooth fairy and some change! Oh she was super excited! She even got up in the middle of the night, turned on the light to look at her fortune!! Haha

Surprise! You might die today!

2010-10-17T21:01:00.000-07:00

So my good friend Rachael said she had a surprise for me, for my bday! She wouldnt tell me what it was but she said just wear workout clothes. I immediately had to ask her"are you taking me running?" hahaha. She laughed too! So the day came and I was a little anxious. We went to her parents house to meet up with our "instructors" Before we were about to leave her parents said lets say a prayer before you go rock climbing. I immediately yelled out "We're going ROCKCLIMBING???!!!" she yelled "mom it was a surprise!!!" hahahahaha. So now I was super nervous!!! She didnt know I was a bit scared of heights! I decided to put my big girl undies and not cry. But oh man, I thought I was going to die on my bday! Well, her brother and his friend were pros and taught 100's of people, so my trust in them was handed to them.

Yep, there I go! I actually went 2nd, so I was able to watch and learn from Rach going first!

Yes, I made it!

AND I decided to keep going up!!!

I am about to start repelling down! Her brother said turn around and look at the beautiful mountains! I was so scared I didnt want to but I had to , I mean I was up there!!! So I did, real fast, peed my pants and said yep thats a good enough look.

Now I can say, look at me, I'm tough! hahahahaha

Our awesome coaches!

Just hiking down the mountain I needed my gear!! I am holding on the tree for dear life and laughing uncontrollable at the same time!

We are awesome!

This is us doing the crazy dance. hahahaha

I had an awesome start of a wonderful birthday!! It is sure one I will never forget!

I dont wanna grow up!

2010-10-16T14:40:00.000-07:00

So After all my girls bdays, mine is last. But that totally did not mean I get the shaft! I totally was excited for mine because The Twilight Saga: Eclipse was coming out at midnight on my bday! So I decided to do a twilight Party! I had soooo much fun planning for it! I wish money grew on trees because I would of probably of done more.

I spent a lot of time getting things so I could make the table of treats look nice.

I decided to serve dinner. We had Spaghetti with either white or red sauce, and garlic bread.

I know as we grow older we tend to down play a lot of things and make our things not a big deal! But, I wanted to be able to have fun and act like we were teenagers again! I am so glad my friends played along!!

I think one of the highlights of the night was that I some how convinced my husband to be Jacob and his buddy to be Edward! LOL I made masks to cover their faces! hahahaha

I don't know about everyone, but I think that just made us have such a blast! I lOVE BIRTHDAYS!! We will just ignore the fact that I get older!

The movie Eclipse turned to be awesome as well! I couldn't of asked for a better birthday!

Oh snap! I even got action!!! hahahahaha

Everyone even went home with a goodie bag. :)

Please send me pics of my girls bdays!!!

2010-10-05T15:07:00.000-07:00

The one thing I LOVE about Aliyah: Everyday before we say goodbye or goodnight, she says "See ya later alligator, Happy Valentine's Day!" and she makes us say it too!

So my precious Aliyah turned 3 this summer as well! It is crazy having 2 birthdays a week apart!!! Her theme was Dora!! And I need pictures BAD!!! So if you have any from this day, please, send them to me!!!I only have her opening presents, nothing else, not even the cake!!! That is just not cool!! I spend hours on their cakes, I want to have atleast the picture of their existence!

Luckily, the weather turned out better for her birthday, so we were able to have it outside and rent a bouncy house for all the kids.

They just keep getting bigger and bigger!!!

2010-10-04T14:53:00.000-07:00

One thing I love about Jasmine is that she is such a good sister and helper! She really helps out and she really is so obedient!

Jasmine's turned 5 yrs. this summer! I can't believe she is going to school this year! Agh!!!!

For her birthday we had princess and the frog theme! And I feel horrible but, Hunter (the amazing husband that he is) left our camera on the top of the car and drove off. So I didnt get many good pics of her party! So if anyone out there has them please email them to me or something!!!!

Random enough, it was still pretty dang cold and raining in June, so we had to change her party to indoors. But I think it turned out great because I had tons of games for the kids and I think it made them have fun!

We played sac hop, pin the lips on the frog, egg run, hit the pinata and other ones I can't remember.

The cakes turned out, even though I wanted to throw it against the wall the night before!

My Sweet Baby

2010-10-03T13:55:00.000-07:00

So my sweet baby, Caylee turned 1 this past April! Boy, how this year for her went to darn fast! I want her to stay my little baby forever!!! She is soo sweet, oh how I love her so.

So anyways, for her birthday I planned a butterfly themed party, and I have to say I LOVED how it turned out!

These are the invites I made

Since I only invited kids her age I didnt make a cake, instead I made these cute Butterfly cupcakes, that in the end turned out pretty dang cute!!

I original was going to make a cake for Caylee to eat(as tradition) But It was way too big for her and I wanted my family who was coming later that day to see it. I ran out of time so this is how it looked. LOL! :

and I tried making chocolate covered pretzels shaped as butterflies, but that was so much work and tons of chocolate that I only made a few.

Her cute little friends that came:

Madison, Nico

Lydia, Mason

Derrick, Ava

She didnt know what to think about this at first. She started out to eat it like a lady

and then she so got the hang of it, she even wanted to share!!!

We had the friend party at 3pm and then the family party at 6pm. It was a long day but so worth my bundle of joy! And exciting but my sister had her baby born this same day!!! So we visited her the next day!

Isa-Body Contest

2010-10-02T13:39:00.000-07:00

This past year I entered in an IsaBody Contest where you tried to change your body for the better, they judged 1/2 on how you looked and the other 1/2 on an essay you had to write.

1st prize got $5,000 2nd prize $2000 3rd 1,000 and 4th and 5th got $500

They all also got free trip to San Diego, and free tickets to convention.

I decided to do this for 2 reasons:

1. I wanted to return to my pre-pregnancy weight

2. I wanted some Free Money!!

It was a learning experience for me, because I actually learned a lot aboutmyself andhow I sabotage my success at times. It really was about persistence, and sticking to it!

I went from this:

To this:

Even though I wasnt in the top 5 I was in fact in the TOP TEN!! I am and was so proud of my accomplishments, and even though I didnt win money, I won myself back. I feel more confident, and that is worth a million bucks to me. :)

How time flies!

2010-10-01T13:35:00.000-07:00

I realize how much time flies when I put things off. Say things like , MY BLOGS! Geez, this summer was fun filled and I am quite sad that its pretty much over! Now its on to all the seasonal festivities, that seem to never stop until January!!! So I do want to catch up on somethings that I loved this summer! So here I go!

Who wants a shopping spree to Tai-Pan??!!

2010-07-15T11:11:00.000-07:00

My Friend is giving a $50 Gift Card to Tai-Pan! She is simply amazing on the fashion section of the store! She has true talent! The best part? She is always giving away cute things from there! Purses, necklaces, and now money! So go to her blog and sign up to win! Here is her link : http://jenniadores.blogspot.com/

Betty Crockers in Training!

2010-03-05T09:57:00.000-08:00

Jasmine saw a picture of bakery cookies in a store ad and she proceeded to cut it out and told me to put this on my list. I finally told her that we could make some that would taste better.

Both girls are in the stage where they want to help, add this, stir that. It is kind of annoying because anyone that knows me, knows the kitchen is my place to create. So they tend to get in the way. But, I hold my breath and deal with it, because I once was a child eager to learn and cook. And I want my girls to learn and feel like they are welcomed in the kitchen to do just that.

So knowing this moment would be for them, to make something they love and enjoy, I know we all would have fun! And that we did!

Jasmine was soooo proud that she got to use the hand blender all by herself! She actually did a good job handling it. Aliyah really loves adding and mixing. They added the chocolate chips and then started to "steal" them out of the bowl! I let them because I thought it was so cute. We made some with regular chocolate chips and some with white chocolate chips. I don't like regular, but I love white!!! I don't know why that is. But if you give me a chocolate chip cookie, I eat around the chips. Anyways, the girls where so proud of their masterpieces!!!

I took a picture of them in front of their cookies and let them take a cookie to eat. When I took a pic of Aliyah she snatched 2 cookies as fast as she could and took a bite of both, and then held one so tightly in her hand that it was beginning to crumble( I think she was afraid I would say no, and take it away,lol). It was a fun little night for us girls

All about Caylee

2010-03-02T23:20:00.000-08:00

Aww, teething sucks!

So Caylee just got 4 of her top teeth!! This consisted of sleepless night, uncontrollable crying, snotty nose, little fever, and even a cough. Once they broke thru all of that stopped. Hallelujah!! She is my sweet little angel, and it is so hard for her to go thru that.

On a good note♪.... She started crawling!!!! For awhile she was bouncing on her bum to get around, but like 2 week ago she just started! It is so cute! She also makes these cute little face, when she is about to cry! I am getting sad that she is getting bigger. Her birthday is in 2 months! Noooo! My baby won't be a baby soon! Knowing she is my last makes everything feel like it is going to fast!!!

She is such a good sleeper. She sleeps all night(unless shes teething,lol). She is so good at eating. She loves eating! Real food please, none of that baby jar crap! She loves her sisters, they play so good, they make her laugh alot. I see how much she is loved by everyone and it makes me smile from ear to ear. She is my angel.

I've decided I love to eat

2010-03-01T21:10:00.000-08:00

Yummy, Yummy food. I look forward to meal times. I know a lot of people dont like to fuss about cooking, so they eat a sandwich, or a bowl of cereal. But me!, why waste it on something crappy! I will go out of my way to cook something yummy even if it's just for me!! I will make fresh, homemade guacamole for my chicken tacos, just for lunch. I love to find mini meals as my snacks in between my meals, so I feel I get more yummy food during the day!!

OK why the talk of food???? I AM CLEANSING!!! I am feeling fine, but I as already planning what I am going to eat tomorrow. I never thought I could ever cleanse, but the way it makes me feel, is so worth it. I tell myself there is always tomorrow for food.

Here is what I am going to eat tomorrow(just bare with me food on my mind!)

8:00 am- Power shake (different then normal shake)

11:00am- Power shake (cause I need on after the gym)

1:30-2pm- Mini meal - egg muffin - 1 egg with turkey bacon, slice of cheese and whole wheat english muffin.

430-5pm- celery and salsa (trust me its yummy, it replaces my chips)

7:30- Honey Chile Chicken, brown rice, veggies

Why am I cleansing? 2 reasons 1- To make sure I can stay at my tip top shape in my health(it makes me look younger too). 2. To get back to my pre-pregnancy weight or better!

We are Moving AGAIN!

2009-12-27T23:14:00.000-08:00

You would think we love to move but we just are moving closer and closer until one day we are living in our dream home! We are going to be living in Pleasant Grove again! Wahoo! It is a crazy time to be moving with all the holidays and the crazy cold weather, but I am grateful. It is a new townhome that will have a pool for the summer time!!! Yay! I will post pictures when we get settled in!

Her first broken bone!

2009-09-04T09:12:00.000-07:00

Cute and sad! No little 2 year old should have to be in a cast! It is so hard for them to understand why.
We feel so bad! She fell off her sister's bike and we didn't take her in to see the dr, until 2 days after because I felt there was something wrong! We felt so guilty when we found out she needed a cast!!! She was so good when they put it on, but the minute we walked out of the dr. she asked to take it off. Every 5 minutes she would ask for us to take it off. "off,mom" Anytime we did something different. Take a bath "take it off mom", Going to bed"take it off mom", getting dressed "take it off mom" ANYTHING. Eventually she did get use to it and became her old self again! She is a trooper!

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my 33rd Birthday!

2009-07-07T13:21:00.000-07:00

That's right I'm 33. Had a fun family BBQ at my house. Went out for dinner with some friends at Red Robin another day! Love Birthdays! The End.

Aliyah's 2nd birthday!

2009-07-07T10:55:00.000-07:00

My baby girl is 2!!!! She acts so big for her age and it probably has to do with the fact that she has an older sister. The day before we took them swimming and boy they had a blast! Surely I have 2 summer girls!!! Then they spent the night at grandma Donna's ,which they always seem to cheer for. On her birthday we had planned to do it at the park, but the dumb RAIN had to go and ruin it! So we ended keeping it indoors, but we still had a blast! It was a Little Einstein's theme, and the kids seemed to thought the cake was sooo cool even though I was putting it together 1/2 hour before and thought it was a disaster! All in all, she had a wonderful birthday.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALIYAH! Your smile brightens up anyone's day! I LOVE YOU!

Bowling Party with the family

2009-07-06T18:53:00.000-07:00

Jasmine is lucky because she got 2 parties this year! We had a bowling party with my family! Jasmine really loves bowling, she always talks about it! I think we all had so much fun!

Jasmine's 4th birthday!!

2009-07-06T17:19:00.000-07:00

Birthday's are sooo fun for me! But this year I had an unwelcomed visitor....RAIN! It poured like we lived in Florida. The jumpy thing I rented totally started blowing away! It took me, hunter and Greg(our neighbor) to catch it and stake it down! We were totally drenched!Luckily 1 hour before the party started it stopped. It became a beautiful day!!!! The kids loved the jumper, the piñata and the cake! It was a fun day after all!
HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY, JASMINE!!!!! WE LOVE YOU!!

Princess Festival

2009-07-06T16:06:00.000-07:00

So the princess festival is held in Lindon every year for girls 4-12 years. This was sooo fun for Jasmine! They have a theme where they try to incorporate many different princesses. And the kids have to help save them! So she got to meet them and take pictures! She totally got into it! She would say "mom hurry lets go save her!" I would recommend it to any little girl! The castle was cool and they got to play after the show was over.

The month of June!

2009-07-06T15:45:00.000-07:00

The month of June is a crazy month filled with birthdays add a newborn into the mix and you get a mom who doesn't blog! So here ya go! I am going to play the catch up game!

She is Here!

2009-05-07T13:20:00.001-07:00

the time finally came! I got to pop our munchkin out!!
*She was born April 28, 2009 at 4:45pm!
*she was a whoppin 8 lbs. 3oz. 20 inches
*and absolutely adorable!!
*We named her Caylee Violet.
*It was pretty tough as she cried ALOT her first few days home!
*things are getting better
*thank you for all who has helped out in anyway, big or small it all has helped!

Fireside

2009-04-23T22:22:00.000-07:00

We went as a family up to the mountains and hiked, a very little hike(come on what do you expect me being 9 months pregos and having 2 little kids).

We had an awesome view of the valley and Utah Lake, we made a fire, which the girls LOVED, and made smores. Truthfully, I never ate smores before, I always was more fascinated with the getting the marshmallow on fire, the smores never really appealed to me. But, since being a mom I wanted to try what I was giving them. Well, as it turns out they weren't so bad, but for sure you got to make sure your chocolate is melted mostly, at least that's what I think. Anyways, Aliyah of course ate hers all, and Jasmine, she gave it back and said "I don't like it" and she proceeded on rather roasting them! I laughed because like mother like daughter! We really had a good time! We will definitely do this again! We were pretty prepared except for the fact that Aliyah kept telling us she had to go potty, and I heard her but I was not really full listening and what do you know poor girl wet her pants! So some of the pics that what you see! Oh, me and Hunter felt bad because we didn't stop what we were doing to help her, so next time we will bring a change of clothes just in case.

While I've been Pregos...

2009-04-14T10:32:00.000-07:00

Aliyah gets potty trained!

So I know some of you are like what?! She's not even 2 years yet, but I really did not want 2 kids in diapers, and the stink of changing her really just made me gag! So yeah, when she was 19 months, we started and she has it down which I love. We still have her wear one to bed, but hey not a biggie.

Valentines Day!

I don't have the best picture of it, but I just decorated a couch so when they woke up and walked out of there room they saw FUN...they loved it!

Busy being a Business Woman
I decided a while ago that I was going to do Isagenix full time and it has paid off! Hunter keeps calling me his sugar mama! I have slowed down the past week, but understandable right? I traveled to California at 7 months pregnant and to Arizona at 8 months! I know I can accomplish anything now! I want to give a shout out to my partner Sarah and my millionaire trainer, my dad. GO ME!

St. Patricks Day

Ok, so I didn't really have anything planned for this day, in fact I was going to let it go without them knowing, but my good friend Rachel called and asked if she could come over and have all the kids frost cookies and eat lunch for it. I said sure! Which I couldn't believe because she was farther along in her pregnancy than me!
So, we frosted cookies with green frosting, had green apple juice,green jello and corndogs(sorry folks we didn't have those green!)
Thanks Rachel and Braxton!

Hunter's birthday

Ok, so I feel somewhat bad because I am usually the birthday queen, but this pregnancy has left me wiped out...so I didn't go all out. But we had Hunter's parents watch the girls and we went to dinner with his friends at Iggys, no thanks to me. He pretty much planned it. But, on the upside, we agreed for his bday present he would get a scooter.Which by the way HE LOVES!

Taxes

Can we say Yuck, to some, but Hooray for others! If you get money back it is always nice! I love having kids for that reason. We got an awesome C.P.A.(certified personal accountant) who really worked the best for us! My sister recommended him and we are glad we did! We got $5,300 back and we are glad, because with a new baby coming and taking off from work it couldn'nt come at a better time.

Bowling for "Bubba's" b-day

Also known as Braxton, He had his party at the Willkinson Center at BYU, for some fun bowling! I have to admit I was in a sourpuss mood at first because parking was Horrible and I had to walk 10 minutes from our car with my 2 girls, no stroller, and my fat stomach at 9 months prego. But, when we finally arrived me sweating like I had ran a marathon, the girls had a blast and Jasmine can't stop talking about it even to this day!

Easter
I don't think I got pictures ,but we had a great morning, to the girls waking up to the Easter Bunny's gifts and eggs he left behind, and then we went to Hunter's parents where we had the traditional Easter dinner (ham and funeral potatoes,which I think most people rename but, I know what they really are!) and the kids had to find their baskets and then go on their Easter egg hunt! Fun day!

Now that I have caught up, let the baby come!

I am lazy.

2009-03-08T10:14:00.000-07:00

Since I am almost done with this pregnancy, it feels like anything extra I have to do is a chore. I have slacked on my blogging and I have so much to blog about! So anyways, I am going to do better about it again!

Duck, Duck, Goose

2008-12-19T12:33:00.000-08:00

In My world, there is no goose, just ducks.

Holy Sh@#! There's a Fire!!!!!!!!!

2008-12-17T10:51:00.000-08:00

It all started on a normal evening when my honey Hunter said I am going to wash my hair. I laughed as I thought gosh that is such a girl thing to say! Well, Aliyah went with him since she loves the bathtub. So he grabbed a towel through it on the counter and stuck his head under the bathtub water and washed his hair. About 5-10 minutes later I hear "HOLY SH@#! THERE'S A FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!" I ran in and the towel was up in flames and he was banging it against the floor trying to get it out. Which he did but it was still burning slowly, so he turned on the faucet sink and said go get me a glass a water so I can put it out. I stood there and said "why don't you just stick it under the sink?" He gave me this Look Like Oh, duh! Anyways, everyone made it out alive except the towel. I know Aliyah was probably scared even though she didn't cry.

How did the fire start you ask?

Well, as many of you have your own husbands, we all know when they go to the bathroom it can stink up the whole house(I might be exaggerating alittle) And since I am pregnant, I dry heave because of the smell, so we put on a candle every so often if I feel I need to and good ol' Hunter just threw the towel on top of the candle without thinking.

Little Aliyah everytime she goes to the bathroom she points to the candle and with a concerned face starts "talking about it"

Anyways~ All Is well! It could of been alot worst that is for sure!

1st Dream

2008-12-13T16:26:00.000-08:00

So 2 days ago Jasmine got up and said "Yesterday Aliyah was in the microwave and she was melting" I sat there and thought Oh my gosh, she is telling me her dream for the 1st time!
I said "Oh Honey, it was just a dream"
She said"But, she was in the microwave and you came and gave her food.Why did you let her in there? She was getting hurt."
I said again"sweetheart it was just a dream, it didn't really happen, see Aliyah is ok"

Through out the day she would bring it up. She was really sweet and mommy like to Aliyah, like she was thankful that she was alright.

This is NOT my baby Aliyah, so don't even think I would ever do that to her or any child!

TWILIGHT

2008-11-23T11:06:00.000-08:00

I went to see this opening day at 1:00 pm with my friend Rachel! We are both fans of the books, she is the one who got me to read this in the first place!
Anyways, the movie was still packed,but we managed to get good seats! I wasn't so sure I loved the movie, maybe because there was so much missing from the book and it seemed to be going to fast!(even though the movie is 2 hrs long!)
But, I went to see it again with some other friends the next day and I knew what to expect this time so guess what?
Alright you probably guessed...
I LOVED IT. I really got to enjoy it more this time! Obviously it will never replace the love for the book itself, but I loved it! I am excited they are going to make the next book! Since this was a low budget film, they will definitely have more money to make the next one! And make it even more awesome!
I suggest if you haven't read the books, go see it You will love it, If you have read the books, it might take you seeing it twice for you to fall in love with it!

DAILY FUN

2008-11-20T20:31:00.000-08:00

I am constantly entertained by my girls everyday! They make me laugh and smile tons! I Thought this was so cute. My girls dressed themselves up and I hurried to find the camera.

Princess Rapper and old time Mobster!
LOL!

Erased

2008-11-04T19:24:00.000-08:00

This is partly my fault, but I have been putting off downloading pictures/videos because of some foreign thing in me, I keep saying I will do it tomorrow. Just like this blog, I will blog tomorrow. Well, today Jasmine accidentally erased EVERYTHING on my camera, pictures and videos! NO! I screamed! I had so much that I hadn't saved! I was really upset at her. She said "Sorry mommy" it took me a while to actually say I forgive you, but I did because she actually looked really sad.
I gave her a hug and kissed her and said that I still loved her. About 10 minutes later we were just playing and stuff and she said again" I'm sorry mommy for erasing the camera" I said again" I forgive you, sweetie" and gave her a kiss.

The moral of the story: Tomorrow Never comes.

Who's With Me?!

2008-10-12T10:28:00.000-07:00

This Is A MUST See for the holidays! I get giddy everytime I see the trailer! I am planning to have a group to go the first showing on Friday, November 21. I am not gonna go to the midnight show for 3 reasons

a) Their will be too many high school girls giggling, screaming ( it's ok if I do because I can control it)

b) I am pregnant and have kids and so I just can't stay up that late.

c) I don't want to wait 2-3 hours or more in line just to get a good seat.

So who's with me?!

It will be the first showing that can be anywhere from 11 am to 1 pm find a babysitter and join me! I want to make t-shirts ahead of times that we can all wear. Anywho, watch the new trailer that just came out this past week and squeal with me!

Watch this now!

Jersey Souvenir

2008-10-01T12:19:00.000-07:00

So the secret is out...we are expecting another munchkin into our lives! I could not hide it much longer since we share the house with my family and they were starting to wonder what the heck was wrong with me, since all I wanted to do is sleep and lay around! Plus, being that it is our 3rd my stomach tends to be swelling up much faster!
So hopefully this answer your question on why the lack of blogs. All my energy was spent on trying to pretend nothing was wrong! Ha, Ha! Anyways, that's it. I don't have a specific date from the doctor yet since I haven't been but I would have to say End of April - May 7th. Love ya all!

Lions, and tigers, and bears, OH MY!

2008-08-22T06:29:00.000-07:00

THE BRONX ZOO

It was Amazing! It really is worth going if you are ever in the area. The park was so big, I don't think we even got to see all of it!
Hunter got to come with us, so that made us happy! We saw so many animals, the girls had a blast!~even the sleeping baby Aliyah!

We did tons of walking but worth every step! We even rode camels!
Jasmine enjoyed it, Aliyah was scared the whole time, she didn't know what to think, she kept grunting to get off! It was funny. We got to capture how fun everyone was having! Enjoy the pics.

We're off to see the Wizard

2008-08-17T12:59:00.000-07:00

So if you have ever heard about the Broadway play "Wicked" you know how AMAZING it is. If you haven't heard and could care less about Broadway, this is the one you should break the rule for! It was down right the best play I have ever seen in my whole 32 years of existence! I went with my beautiful mom and we both were blown away we knew that we would definitely see it again. Well guess what your dream and our dream has come true because it is coming to Utah April 2009! WORTH EVERY PENNY. Save your money and go. Or tell a guy that wants you to go on a date with him that he must take you to it or else! Ha, Ha!

Real quick it is about the 2 witches from the wizard of oz. The story before Dorthy ever showed up!

P.S. I got tons of souvenirs that I love! (thanks mom (well and my dad too, because I'm sure it was his money), without her I could of never gone in NYC)

Who says I can't be Ghetto Fabulous?!

2008-08-17T12:39:00.000-07:00

So while at battery park a "sista" stopped me and practically begged me to get my hair cornrowed so I did. And so this is me getting my "hair did" LOL Aren't I ghetto fabulous?!

Ground Zero and Battery Park

2008-08-16T22:08:00.000-07:00

So My mom admits that she can only do one thing a day,because I had this huge list of things to see in New York today and she was like "lets just do one or two and then go from there" LOL. So today we went to Ground Zero where it was just a big construction site,but still neat to be there.

We then went to a 911 tribute memorial, which was so packed that it started not to be enjoyable, but then I complained to the front desk and they suggested to do the tour backwards and that turned out to be perfect. It was an indescribable feeling that was there. There were pictures of all the people that died in one room, like a big collage. In another room, tons of stuff they found in the mist of the rubble, two that caught my attention was an airplane window that made it and a stuffed animal lamb from a child.
We then walked to Battery Park where you would get on a ferry and go see the statue of Liberty, but my mom's stomach didn't feel so good so I could tell she really didn't want to be in the heat on an overcrowded ferry, so I told her "not a big deal" I could see the statue of Liberty and get the gist of the whole thing. It's cool to see it FINALLY, after all my life hearing about this thing and the meaning of it all, regardless how small it looked from the park.

The Museum of Natural History

2008-08-16T19:57:00.000-07:00

First day out to New York with my mom here was The Museum. We rode the train into New York and then took the subway. It was a real cool experience, aside from the fact the million of school groups there! Not a quiet atmosphere like mom would of expected but none the less COOL. The girls loved it.

Where the Heck have I been?!

2008-08-10T10:52:00.000-07:00

So you probably have noticed the lack of blogs lately. That soon will change! I have been crazy busy, my mom came to New Jersey for a week and we were none stop action and then we flew home with her to Utah for 2 weeks. I go back to Jersey Monday, Aug.11 so watch out blogs here I come! Miss you all back in Jersey! See ya soon!

My boob is gonna pop.

2008-07-19T12:00:00.000-07:00

Ok well, not really, but sad day has come where I say good-bye to babyhood and hello to toddlermania. 2 nights ago, I stopped nursing Aliyah and she was totally fine with it. I think I took it harder then her. Emotionally and physically. My boob was getting so sore by the next day, pretty much throbbing or should I say screaming for someone to latch and suck(no thank you Hunter I will pass on your offer!). My friend Tasha's baby is like 2-3 months old and yesterday her mom happen to be going to a broadway show with family and she left cute little baby with my friend Jenni, well Jenni came over because baby Mya was crying and needed alittle help because her munchkin was jealous of her holding Mya. To make a long story short...NO, I did not feed her even though my boobs throb to the beat of her crying and grew a couple inches in hopes of reaching her mouth. I did offer, Jenni pretty grossed out said "umm, no". Well, today I still have a hard rock boob but no more throbbing, so babies across america stay away from me until I dry it all out.

Just to let you know I was only feeding her once right before bed for the last 3 weeks so I didn't think it would of affected me like it did.
Even though we all get anxious to be through nursing when the time actually comes it is a bit sad.
I love my little baby and how she is growing to be a big girl.

This is her where she randomly fell asleep when I propped her up on this teddy bear. Ahh, the days of easy sleeping.

Walking

2008-07-18T08:05:00.000-07:00

Aliyah started walking on mother's day a few steps, she caught on real fast. By her birthday she had it pretty good, now she is almost running she is so fast. The cutest thing ever. Oh, they grow up so fast! I can't stand it!

Jumping

2008-07-18T06:58:00.000-07:00

Jasmine and Hunter went out one day after the rain and had fun jumping in puddles. It was so cute! He took some awesome pics as I video taped from across the street (in my balcony). So I thought I would share some pictures with you.

The 2 Scares

2008-07-11T11:30:00.000-07:00

I haven't been frightened like this since halloween 2004. No, but seriously, this is something no one with kids ever want to go thru. First, Jasmine was sitting on the ledge of our window it happen to be all the way open because I was cleaning the oven and it was stinky. Anyways, the screen popped out and so did Jasmine. It was atleast a 8 or 9 feet drop. Luckily she was ok. I went thru so many emotions in such little time.

Second, we were swimming and Aliyah knows how to swim with her floaties ON(no fear really).
Well I guess she tried to take it off and she ripped it so it floated away and she tried to go get it and guess what she found out real quick she couldn't swim with just one. I started to get her but the lifeguard had already jump in and grabbed her. She too was ok, all she did was cough and then wanted to go back in.

ANGELS ARE WATCHING OVER US.

My 32nd Birthday

2008-07-02T06:00:00.000-07:00

That's right I am now 32 and I feel the older you get the smaller the party festivities goes. It was still a nice day. We had a friend take our whole family to a restaurant called Uno. I didn't feel bad one bit since we feed him so much at home. The rest of the day was much to do about nothing. Hunter got me these awesome, cute New Balance Shoes that are meant to be my everyday shoes instead of using my workout shoes everyday. Later that night we went over to Jenni's and it turned out to be a little surprise party with a lot of the people from work. Which was so nice of her to throw together because she had been out of town. I made my own ice cream cake because I wanted to and everyone devoured it. I am old. The End.

Aliyah's party

2008-06-23T13:08:00.000-07:00

So for Aliyah, her theme was Ladybugs! It was cute! We painted little ladybugs on everyone's cheeks and gave them antennas. I made 5 different types of pizzas and had mac n cheese(kid food ya hear). They played pin the spot on the bug and a bug race that didn't work so well. The kids really just ran around and played themselves. I was a little tired so I didn't even care that we didn't have more games! I let Aliyah have her own cake and let her at it! She had fun being around everyone!

The cakes turned out great! The middle one was especially for Aliyah! What a treat!

The pin the dot was so funny to watch. Lolo tried pinning one on Hunter(see above) and Jasmine did really good considering she was also blind folded. Aliyah really didn't dig in to the cake she more just played with it. Jace and Jojo finished it off by digging into the cakes with their faces! What hams!

Jasmine's Party

2008-06-23T12:20:00.000-07:00

It was a hit!Since we were away from family we had all her new friends we met out her come. Grama Donna came out this week and so she was here for it. A little piece of home helped. We had Corndogs, homemade mac n cheese and homemade pizza for food. They played the hokie pokie, limbo, the chicken dance, and hit the pinata, and then we sang happy birthday, ate cake and ice cream, and opened her presents. All the kids really enjoyed the easy games, I did too, because all I had to do was turn on the music! I made a thrown for her, which I never got a good picture of, but you can see it behind the boys in the picture above.

The Castle Cake

2008-06-19T08:32:00.001-07:00

I love making cakes, so here is the cake that I made for my princess. It was a bit easier then I thought it would be. You just have to make sure you plan ahead for it. Everyone loved it and thought how cool.

This cinderella dress is one of the presents she got at her party.What a pretty princess!

The Start of the birthday madness!

2008-06-18T12:30:00.000-07:00

OK so I know that I haven't written in a while, but June is our birthday month! I have been so busy preparing for parties. This is how it looks:

June 15~Jasmine's ( she just turned 3!)

June 20~ Aliyah's (she will be 1!)

June 29~ My birthday! and yes I am making my own cake! Don't ask how old.

So I have lots of different pics and video of Jasmine's birthday, which I will add. the video might take me longer because I am not the best at those.

The night before her birthday I had Cinderella call her! It was cute she loved it.

it only cost 2.49 for Disney to do it. They have different characters too. Here is the website DisneyEnchantedCalls.com

I video taped her, I tried to put in on speaker but, it is still hard to hear but her facial expression is priceless. Aliyah just happened to start coughing. Anyways, this was the kick off to her awesome birthday!

Tagged by my Sister

2008-05-22T07:16:00.000-07:00

Ok so here's the deal...I got tagged by my sister to list my 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 obsessions, 3 goals, 3 random facts about me, and then I have to tag 5 other people(if I even have 5 other friends!) if I tag you I will leave you a message on your blog so you know to look and do. So here it goes...

3 Joys

1. Seeing my girls having fun and smiling!

2. Being around friends and family.

3. Shopping (even if its just grocery shopping)

3 Fears

1. Not having enough money

2.Either my family or I getting in a serious car accident.

3.My girls going through life not knowing their true worth.

3 obsessions/ collections

1. I am obsessed with Stephenie Meyer's books! Twilight, New Moon,Eclipse
and her new one The Host! I am sure I will love Breaking Dawn when it comes out. Love, Love, Love! I even dream about them. Can't wait for the movie Twilight!

2.Vacuuming! I seriously like to vacuum atleast 3 times a day.

3.Working out.

3 Goals

1.Having a body like Fergie from Black Eyed Peas.(She surprisingly is my body type).

2.Trademark my style of indoor cycling, because it IS DIFFERENT.

3.Accept that people live their own movie, so don't try to change it. I can however chose to be a memorable character in it. (I have the lead role in mine anyways!)

3 random/surprising facts about myself

1. My passion growing up was Acting in movies. It still is, but having a family takes priority. As I see it I am in a live movie of my life everyday.

2.I haven't eaten red meat since 1992.

3.If I see a bug in my house I can't squish it. I grab any sort of house cleaner or perfume and spray it to death. ( I tell my daughter its sleeping and we throw it outside so they can "wake up".)

Tag your it!:
Jenni
Rachel
Laura
my mom(just send it in an email, I'd love to know your answers)
any of my other friends that don't have a blog send it in an email!

Need a chuckle?

2008-05-07T11:07:00.001-07:00

53 seconds to make you chuckle. Even if you think its stupid!

Now have a good day!

And Another thing...

2008-05-03T06:55:00.000-07:00

Most of you know we don't drink tap water. In utah we would buy a gallon then go back to the store and refill it at one of the reverse osmosis machines for like .33cents. They don' t believe in that out here. In fact I have asked SEVERAL people where I could do that and no one knows what I am talking about! That concept does NOT exist! Crazy. It can get pricey to buy a gallon of water for a dollar when we are use to using 14 gallons a week!
One more thing... when buying meat you have to be careful, they seriously sell meat like past the due date, not just like one or two days , but my friend bought one and she thought it smelled funny so she looked at the date and it had expired A MONTH earlier! I personally don't trust buying meat anywhere but Costco. Good ol' Costco. I have come to love so much more living in Utah.
Ok so I am done with my little complaints. I really think it is interesting how it can be so different on the other side of the states.

I am in a land of Zoolanders!

2008-05-03T06:39:00.000-07:00

OK , so all you know I am in Jersey right now, I feel like I am in the Zoolander movie! Not because there are stupid beautiful male models, but because I feel everyone has the fear of turning left! It is truly annoying! They have a barrier in the middle of the road like a highway, so if you want to go to any stores or streets on your left you cant! Once every 5- 10 miles it has a light with a big sign saying NO LEFT TURN!( the light is there for the people getting off of one of the many freeways, I have broken the law doing what the sign says not to do! Them Zoolanders honk like mad when I try to do a forbidden left! I just scream at them! I just need to find out how those righties function on life without any lefts. How do they get to those places? I am just so fustrated! Blah, Blah, Blah.

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

2008-05-02T19:50:00.000-07:00

My girls are soo cute. We go often to the park near by and the girls have a ball. If you love my girls as much as I do you should watch this short 1 min video.

Before it falls off...

2008-04-23T19:52:00.000-07:00

I wanted to show you again my thumb. Ugly,huh? It looks like it is going to fall off. If you look closely(if you dare) you can see the nail is detached, I actually took a pin and cleaned some of the dried blood from the hole. Gross, I know.
Atleast I know it's come to the end of the blackness. Gotta look at the brighter side!

Our new place!

2008-04-19T21:25:00.000-07:00

Our new place is more like a hotel then anything. We have underground parking that you can't get in unless you have a special garage opener, quick breakfast out in the lobby in the morning( it consist of muffins, yogurt, different fruits, and OJ) We usually go grab some and save it for snack time later! Through out the day they have a plate of cookies just sitting out for us to taste( I believe they are milanos) They have this kick butt workout room, to work off all the cookies and muffins they feed us! A sweet big pool that we can't wait to jump into(it's heated so technically we could do it right now) A cool movie theater room that we are able to reserve to watch movies or our favorite tv shows(like One Tree Hill!) Once a month they host a little shindig for all tenants to mingle. We just had one thursday and they served hot dogs, nachos, popcorn, cake, cookies, sodas, big pretzels, etc. The theme was like baseball they had peanuts in buckets to decorate and yankees stuff. They personal deliver your mail to the front door.
What I'm trying to say is I LOVE our new place, it is making this transition so much more enjoyable! Now if you want to see what our house looks like inside then click on this video! The very end will make you laugh!

About the Fried Pickles...

2008-04-19T15:30:00.000-07:00

Real quick, Yes the fried pickles were surprisingly good! I can see how people can get addicted to them, Heck I probably would to if I didn't care about looking like 2 ton hippo.Yum, Yum, let me stop talking about them before I want them again.

Road trip to New Jersey

2008-04-13T11:12:00.000-07:00

Have you ever road cross country with a 2 year old and a 9 month old? I did, and let me tell you it was not what I was expecting. We started our journey at Utah at 10:00 pm at night( we wanted to make it so they wouldn't be awake for most of it), we drove all night until the next day about 4:00 pm. The girls were AMAZING! They didn't really complain at all! We called it a day and rewarded them by stopping in Iowa getting a hotel room and went swimming. Screw the whole driving all night thing we wanted to sleep in a bed not curled up in a ball in a little honda civic! It took us 3 1/2 days to get New Jersey, we didn't rush it, we even stopped at a amish community and had lunch in one of their restaurants. We tried FRIED PICKLES for the very first time. I was really scared to try them but I always keep hearing people from the south rave about it, so we decided to give it a try.
I am greatful that we made it here safe and sound. I think we all were screaming HALLELUJAH! we are finally here! Now, I wouldn't say that it was the most amazing experience but my girls are truly sweet little angels! They made our trip interesting and unforgettable.

What about the bunny?

2008-03-31T20:19:00.000-07:00

So I know that Easter is sooo over, but I never got to tell ya about it. It was pretty funny, I put out the baskets and easter eggs the night before so when we woke up we could do a little easter egg hunt. Jasmine usually wakes me up by yelling my name until I come in her room, but that morning was different. She woke up came out saw all the goodies and had her own egg hunt and opened all the gifts! She finally came in our room and said "look mom I got presents form easter bunny!" in her little hunt she made herself at home by eating the treats as she went! Mmmm...m&m's and snicker such a healthy breakfast! the rest of the day was fun for her, we went to Hunter's parents and had a another egg hunt, which she had sooo much fun, because those had money in it! She got another basket and new clothes from them. And then we went to my sister's house to celebrate Hunter and David's(my bro.in law) birthdays. Fun and exahusting day! Oh I made the cake and I think it turned out awesome. Ice cream cake of cookies and cream and strawberries, caramel, and magic shell. Yum.

What the POOP?!

2008-03-30T10:03:00.000-07:00

I woke up this morning, looked out the window and then almost pooped my pants because all I saw was white snowy flakes. Crazy Utah Weather! All I know is it better not stay long since we are leaving to Jersey in a week. Oh how I wished I lived in Florida right now, or Hawaii, or Bora-Bora! Little song for all you who care " Snow, Snow Go away never come back until Christmas day" made it up myself feel free to sing it anytime!

Will it ever HEAL?

2008-03-29T10:37:00.000-07:00

Oh my goodness, it has been over a stinkin' month and my thumb still looks like crap. If you don't remember I smashed it in the door of my mom's SUV and let me tell you it hurt like hell! It was pronounced fractured. It is alot better, I still have to be careful not to bang it too hard. I just want it to look normal again. That's All, goodbye.

Disney On Ice

2008-03-20T10:56:00.000-07:00

Princesses, monsters, snow cones, and fun is what Jasmine experienced going to Disney On Ice , a princess celebration. There where little princesses galore, and 1 princess mommy(me, I guess the other moms where to cool to get into it.) It was sooooo much fun just to see Jasmine's reaction to everything. Grama Donna invited us and bought our tickets with the rest of the grandkids. I think besides us watching jassy, she is the one who had the most fun. She even got up in the middle of it and started dancing. If you every have the chance to take your little girls to a show like that I say "Do It!" and get all dolled up for it to. the more you get into the more she will too!

Going to New Jersey!

2008-03-07T19:45:00.000-08:00

So I don't know if you know, but we are heading out to New Jersey for the Spring/Summer season! It will definitely be an adventure. Hunter is going out there for his job with APX, he will be selling security systems., and I will be hanging out by the pool with the girls! If he works hard and I motivate we have the potential of making great money. I know that Hunter can do it. Pray for our family while were gone. We will keep in touch with most of you since I will have nothing better to do. This is the picture of the place we are staying...nice,huh?

Family Fun!

2008-03-06T21:10:00.000-08:00

We went to Chuck E Cheese today with the girls! It was so fun to see both of them have a blast! Jasmine couldn't go fast enough and Aliyah would kick her legs when she was on a ride. This is exactly what our little family needed. Hunter has been working hard and needed to relax and have fun. I on the other hand have been held hostage in my own home! (We have one car so not much I can do while Hunter is gone). We kindof celebrated the fact that we did our taxes and we made out like a bandit! $6,340 is amazingly awesome! We are going to payoff so much of our debt and start feeling like there is a light at the end of the tunnel!