long haul

Today is a looooong haul for me. I babysit and Trevor has a work dinner tonight. So for 6 hours I will have 4 kiddos under the age of 4 and Trevor won't get home until after bedtime.

That's all I can think about right now. I know lame, but it is a little daunting.

New Blog

I made a new blog it is about dinner and food and cooking. Things that I am cooking, trying to cook. The never ending attempt to try to have a good dinner on the table. and how planning dinner takes over my whole day. It might not last long but I figured I would try it out.

I LOVE FOOD. I like cooking and I love having good food for my family but I often fail at it.

www.thedinnerpanic.blogspot.com

annoyance

So I have been trying to upload pictures of my hair cut. For some reason it will only upload this one before picture. It seems to think it has uploaded the rest but I say nay nay it is not here. Imagine that I have some great side bangs, it has been thinned out and I have a big old happy smile on my face.

I went to the expensive place that I have been going back and forward on.

We recently adopted my parents dog when we found out my brother Matt is allergic. I took him to his first groomers appointment and it cost a whopping $50. bucks to get him groomed. and he goes every 2 months. I refuse to pay less for my haircut than my dogs. even though his is still more because he goes 6 times a year and I go 2.

Boo why wont they load. I had my Mumma cut Lizzy's hair too. It looks cute and healthy. But I miss her long long braids.

Time

This is more of a reflective post.

A couple of my old roommates just had their 6 year anniversary.

(Jessica and John)

(Megan and Ryan)

I am having a hard time soaking in the fact that it was over 6 years ago that I started at BYU.

(freshman year Megan and I)

I mean 6 YEARS. That is junior high and senior high... or...all of elementary school. In life before college six years was a major amount of time.

(Grade 9 graduation)

Then I get to thinking about it. Have Trevor and I really been married for 5 years. I swear I just met him a couple months ago...and WHERE DID ALL THESE KIDS COME FROM.

My parents went to New York, my mom and I were talking when she got back. We talked about how when you go on a trip and get back it seems like you were never really there.

I have had the songs from Newsies stuck in my head for a couple days now. Then I realized that it was about 9 years ago that Megan, Jos and I were obsessed with it. 9 years = forever. 9 years ago i had boy short hair and my biggest obstacle was math (since we didn't have to take gym anymore at that point.)

Thinking back is always fun for me.

(Me, Megan,Kasie and Natalie)

High School
- dances

(Jos, Me and Megan)

-road trips to Magrath
-garage bands
-the rare sleep over

-efy

(Alaina, Megan, Joslyn and I)
-Newsies

-photography and art classes
-having contests to see who could last the longest with the heat cranked (I never won)
-making pasta
-taking pictures in stores

(Pictures at Walmart or Superstore)
-cheerios and christmas lights
-peters drive in

(Milkshakes after the dance - Norm, Julianne, Craig, Amy, Jeff, Skye, Joslyn and Megan)

College
-sitting outside listening to music
-watching chick flicks with the girls

(Jessica, Adrian, Kasie, Megan, Natalie, Me)

-pushing our beds together
-crawling out the window for fun
-bleaching my hair

(Ahhhhh)
-Romeo and Juliet

-Preference

(Me, Kasie, Natalie, Adrian and Megan)

-going for pop runs

-awesome snow forts

(jealous?)
-finding someone with a car to take us for groceries
-football games

(back - Kasie, Jessica and Adrian -front - Me, Natalie and Kambria)

-Vegas

(nuff said)

(shopping for some cool accessories in Vegas with Natalie)

-Seattle

(Me and Kambria)

(Kambria)

The day Kambria and I moved into King Henry

(loved this poster, first thing your saw when you came in)

Then to think about it all in reverse. What will there be in 6 or 10 years. Will I still live where I live (hah). My kids will all be in school. What movie will I love love love and who will I still have contact with.

( Natalie, Kambria and I at Megan's wedding)

(Jessica's bridal shower)

hmmm

Just went through ALL my old photos and I am thinking of doing a massive facebook tag everyone I ever knew photo album, maybe not there are photos that were never ever suppose to be seen again in there...

boo

I forgot to put the garbage out again (honestly). It doesn't help matters that they come to my street first. I swear they sit at the end of the street until 7 and they go. My kids don't even wake up that early.

At least I won't put it out tonight and look like a moron again.

I am a total space cadet lately. We have things on and I completely forget them. I have to add them to my calendar before I forget again. If I write it down then I usually remember better. Trevor accused em of only remembering my things. I told him it is because he doesn't write his things on my calendar so they don't exist. He is excited to go to the shooting range with the elder quorm this week.

I had Trevor and Scott (thanks Scott) rearrange my living room the other day. The room feel so much bigger. And the kids can now get into their toy trunk easier. As a result them emptied it all out onto the floor and used the trunk as a ship.

My favorite part about the trunk is the easy clean up, just throw it all back in.

Lizzy and Sam did their makeup the other day. Nice huh. They do this often.

Sam likes to play with Abbi It is seriously so cute. Sometimes he gets a little rough but usually he just tries to make her happy.

Zoo season has begun at out house. Yesterday we called up Jaxon (the Piskos live just up the street from us. It is perfect!!)and had them come with us. ( called Amanda up and asked if she wanted to go right now. It was nice of her to come at the last minute without any notice)

Lizzy didn't like the wind blowing her scarf off so she had me tie her hood on with my "tie".

Looking for the Hippos

There they are

We went on the snake slide

and the Caterpillar slide

Abbi and Owen were so good (somehow I didn't get pictures of Owen, he is one week older than Abbi)

We look forward to going to the zoo lots and lots again this summer.

So let it be written...

...so let it be done

I am doing it. I swore I wasn't going to for another year at least.

I am starting to potty train Sam. Ugh what Am I thinking? He likes to sit on the potty though. and has gone in it once or twice.

So we have the little potty set up with the splash gaurd so he can sit on it and watch tv. he has his cup of water to drink. Maybe this will go quicker and easier than it did with Lizzy. (yeh right but I can dream)

Here goes.

I have also started Abbi on solids. woo woo. It is actually fun.

Up till now she has had no interest in anything real food related. But now she can't get enough. I can't believe how much she eats. Last night we cooked up an acorn squash. and shw was wanting food. It was really nice to just give her some. I forgot how easy it was.

I have also ( are you sick of the also's?) been trying to decide something else. For the past two years we have had zoo passes. We have had a lot of fun. This year do I renew? or get Heritage Park passes? or both? Can't decide. We will see.

My cheapness..

..is sucking all the fun out. I LOVE having my family pictures done, and we have had them done every year since we have been married. And I plan on getting them done every year.

The first ones were our engagement and wedding. which my parent paid for the photographer of my choice.

The next two years I did them myself. I would continue to do this, but with 3 kids?!?! ugh doesn't sound like fun.

The next year my cousin Rachel did them for me

Last year do to pregnancy and snow My cousin Natalie did them for me


This year I am at a crossroads.

Do I

a-fork out the money for a really good photographer which can basically promise me the pictures I want.

b-Bribe my cousins to do them for me again ARE YOU READING THIS? lol

c- attempt to do them myself again.

The cheapness in me is saying the myself or bribery route. But my love of these photos are telling me to just pay the money and have a good experience with it. I have loved Devon's pictures for a really long time. But she lives down in Lethbrige and is about the same price as Kim. A new favorite. I had been secretly looking at her photos on her personal profile on facebook and got a chance to meet her at a birthday party.

What would you do?

Taxes

Well it is done. Today we filed our 2009 taxes. It is funny I have always been excited for a refund.
But I heard someone talk about it a different way. It is like having 100 bucks in your wallet. Someone steals 50 then gives you 10 back, and you are happy about it?
You know what though. I am happy about it. it is better to get some back then lose it all right. That is one thing I don't look forward to about getting old. The year when you no longer get a refund and you have to pay. ewww.

But this year is done - and what will we do with our return - pay off debt BOO. Trevor and I made a goal this year to abolish all debt except our house (for obvious reasons).

So Abbi is starting eating. HOORAY! except that my cousin Rachel taught my other to kids how to eat and I am struggeling, she keeps spitting it out . COME VISIT ME I NEED YOU!

My Parents are in New York, and Trevor has left to go skiing for the weekend. Everyone is going on trips but me :( I guess I will have to make a trip to Super Walmart and pretend I am shopping in Utah. lol.

The secret life of NOTHING

Elizabeth- (pick a question) - where are you - what are you doing - what are you eating - what are you playing with -

The answer lately is always NOTHING

In the "Ashley's handbook of instruction" the definition is as follows

Nothing: When given this answer from a 3 year year old it means: I am up to no good and if you really knew what I was upto/eating/doing/or where I am you would not be happy with me.
-When you are given this answer you must proceed quickly to investigate. Do not be alarmed when you find a large mess at the source of the nothing.

Part of my kids "cabin fever" is that they are on a non stop use of the word nothing. Every 3-5 minutes there is another use of this word. (about the amount of time it takes me to clean up the last "nothing")

Oh spring where art thou?

Oh Spring?

This si so totally us. It doesn't help that it feels like spring, but it is totally faking us out. in true calgary fashion spring is only what 2 1/2 more months away. sigh

I think my favorite guy is the guy at the beginning who say "I've got it toooo" What's yours?