Shyler has way too much fun playing on my iPad...

yes, the gum went back in her mouth.

Ok- we have fun too...

I'm not a good blogger

I am not a good blogger. I can admit it. So that is why I haven't been blogging much... but I thought I better give you a quick little tease... We are off to Belize in 10 days for a quick but exciting trip... I will be posting pictures... YAY!!!

But in the meantime... not much going on in our lives. I'm still working. Cole is barely working (although as soon as we get back from our trip, he'll be looking or something new...joy..)

Easton has been enjoying life...as you can see from his picture below...

Easton loves his hos

What was lost...now is found...

I take my wedding ring off a lot when I'm cooking, because I'm constantly having to wash my hands. Last night was no different- wedding ring off, placed in pocket- continue on with dinner...

Fast forward to after dinner while lounging on the couch with the family. I noticed my bare hand, and thought, "Oh- I need to put my ring back on"... I was surprised to find my pocket empty! Hmm... I went to the kitchen to see if I had placed it on the counter or table... nope... inspected all the couch cushions... nope... Panic begins... Cole began helping me lift up the couch and check under and all the nooks and crannies... nope.. no ring... I double checked the kitchen... still no ring. I opened the cupboard under the sink and began sifting through wet garbage and slimy food scraps..."sick" I think and "this is silly, it's not in here". I stop looking in the garbage, but then think " I better just check again on the other side of the bag"... pushing all the gunk aside- I see a sparkle..."No!" I say in disbelief (in my head of course)...but yes...there was my wedding ring, amid all the stinky, wet, discarded mess just waiting to be thrown out...

I only cried a little...ok, I didn't really cry, but I was close.

UVU Wolverines!

Tuesday night Shyler told me she had received two tickets to the UVU men's basketball game and wanted to go. Tip off was at 7:05 and it was 6:45...I really wanted to say no, and continue my laziness on the couch...but I thought to myself, "would a good mother sit on her butt and say no to taking her children to a game?" My answer to myself...no...so I jumped up, instructed the kids to hurry and grab their jackets and away we went. Since I am currently a student, I was able to buy a ticket for just $2. We were a few minutes late, but still enjoyed it. And we left a few minutes before it ended too, in order to avoid the crowds. The kids had a good time, and I enjoyed being there with them and being a good mom...it doesn't happen often enough. ;)

(**disclaimer** I am NOT calling you a bad mom, if your child also had tickets and you didn't take them. But since I'm a working mom, I figured I need to take advantage of things more and spend more time doing things that they ask to do)

Please don't follow my example

Yesterday I was driving with the kids and at a light, I turned left, not yielding to a pedestrian (he was barely off the sidewalk and we had two lanes between us, so there was no danger of hitting him). I said, "Oh, oops, sorry guy, didn't see you"

Shyler looks over and me and says, "He's probably calling you an idiot. Like you call other people."

HAHAHA I guess I need to control my "road rage".

Dear Santa

The kids had letters for Santa that I told them I would bring with me to work and make sure I got them to Santa. Here is Easton's... I love that he didn't even ask for anything, he just wrote him a note. :)

Shyler on the other hand knew EXACTLY what she wanted!

We saw Santa on Monday at the Mall, and Shyler asked for a Guitar and Easton a Nintendo DS w/ Mario... We'll see if in fact Santa can make it happen ;)wink

Found treasure

Found this in my laptop bag- I believe it was written at the beginning of school...Oh Shyler...