Brian and Charity

Thank you Easter Bunny!!

2011-04-26T17:22:00.000-07:00

Well I got lucky and the candy and eggs made it to the baskets... yippee!! We got yard work done. I fell off the brick wall in our back yard . We visited grandparents and family. All in all it was a very nice Easter break.

Hip to the Hop

2011-04-17T13:49:00.000-07:00

Well life goes on. Easter is a week away and I still have no Hop in my step. Hopefully I am able to gather up a basket full of goodies by next Sunday. :) I keep thinking I will be better at updating this and uploading pictures but that too seems to go undone. I had a interesting talk (whining session) with Brian the other day and he helped me to realize a few things. All things we want can happen, if we just do it. So..... I think I will blog more. My kids are all in school now and there is no reason that I can't. It's only that I don't. I get caught up on other things that I don't really want to be doing ...... Anyway, stay tuned. I will let ya know next week how Easter turns out and by doing that I will also be blogging.. Yippee Two birds w one stone.

2011-01-04T22:42:00.000-08:00

holy hell here we go again.... ok i know i said this before but this time it's real.. new blog new out look go follow me and Jt at "wearenotplayinghouse.blogspot.com" could be the funnest thing you do today..lol

Let The Wind Blow

2010-09-22T22:50:00.000-07:00

For a month or so now I have felt pretty in control of things. I have my chores done (including laundry) and crap is just falling into place. Then it started happening .... oldthat slide back into the rut. I noticed it this morning as I moped from the couch into the kitchen to make school lunches and realized i still hadn't got bologna.... *sigh* " just have hot lunch" I told them Hayden was super excited about that good news.... I wandered back to my bedroom and found my better half taking a shower (lucky guy ) I thought as I envied his peaceful ALONE self grooming time... we have a huge mirror on the wall close by so of coarse I saw myself and the truth stared me back in the face.. " I can tell I'm depressed , look at me, look at the shi# laying around, things are starting to get lax again." "it's not bad"husband answer so he wont have to hear me complain " eew, yes they are.. Look at my skin. I look like crap lately.. seriously wth.. (pulling at my cheek and leaning close to the mirror) I don't feel like doing anything cuz I don't feel that woo woo I'm awesome feeling." "yeah I don't feel like that much either."

I was frustrated as I pulled on my Awesome sweat pants and kick ass hot pink t shirt to go drive middle school carpool... they better not judge me ... I made it back safely and was set on making this day amount to something.. I text JT and told her I suck and we need to fix it, so off to her house I went.. Shes a good fixer..lol

While there I got a call from a friend and we all talked about Boy problems... and how the wind just gets taken out of Ur sail sometimes.. Seriously sometimes ya really do think maybe jumping in and swimming might be easier.. hahaha Well after a long day of back and forth friendship fluffing I realized something very, very important... as i lay next to my other half on our huge (I can't see you from way over here) bed. (after having a few touchy topics come up/ that didn't turn out so great) I realized... He must feel like he is paddling up stream all the time. He must look at our house and not see crap laying around but instead see huge payment he needs to come up with.Or watch me sulk out the door to drive carpool and see me drive away in his dreams of owning season tickets but have turned into a gas fund... he must lay back at night and just wish the wind would blow really hard so he could rest his arms for a bit...

I love my husband. He isn't perfect. He fights with me over really stupid crap . He does however, paddle our boat and makes sure we stay sailing......... lets all pray for wind.. lol

Amazing new Friend Awesome New project !i!i!

2010-09-18T00:21:00.000-07:00

The kids left me..... :'(
Having someone with you during every part of your day (even in the bathroom) seems overwhelming... till their gone and your alone.......
I floundered <<<<< big word usage there around for a Day or two, I really didn't know what I should do with all my time. I had looked forward to this day for so long. Thinking I would have so much time for my stuff (write my book) and fun things. (as you can see it's 1:30am so,not true) really tho I was like a cat that had lost her Kittens.. I wandered around my house .......went and saw a friend .....made it home just in time for Drake to come home... NOTHING ACCOMPLISHED FOR THE DAY!
As you all know a house of Chaos is a house of Contention and a house of Contention is a house of Fighting!

Our house was in chaos. like the Amazing wife I knew I could be I figured out a plan to fix this BS......
lucky for me,my new friend Jennifer aka JenWow needed help with stuff too... so the next morning our MOMNESS was of the chain... we made a Homemakers Spreadsheet that is crazy organized ( I've read lots of books about it so we took a bit from each) lol
as we started putting things on paper we realized how awesome it would be to share this crap with other moms.. so Taa Daaa our Blog was born "My mom is better than your Mom" its been fun staying on task ...getting shiz done... life honestly has run smoother... things are clean in this house that haven't been in years... (that's sad I know) anyway, go check it out and follow us. It's gonna be fun!!! All the cool kids are doin it ;0)

Back to School

2010-08-15T17:07:00.000-07:00

Summer went way to fast! The kids were all excited for school to start this year though so it must have been perfect timing.
We did have a very low key summer this year and didn't take any huge vacations..... but we had lots of fun together doing the simple things that made us happy.

Hayden started first grade this year. Davin aka SkinnyD is a big time 2nd grader. Beautiful Jayme is already in 5th grade. Time truly has sped up and only seems to get faster.

I didn't get a picture of Drake on his first day of 7th grade but he did look impressive... :O)

All in all the day went well. I am learning to be alone and how nice it is to get chores done and they stay clean (at least till everyone get back home) I hopefully will update this more often now and get back into writing. Someday I will finish a project I'm sure..lol... lots of love friends

14 down forever to go...

2010-06-14T13:32:00.000-07:00

Time flys....... I am so lucky to have found a boy that liked me.. and turned into a man that loves me...

In our adventures so far I have learned so many things. I know this road can be bumpy. I know sometimes I want to run ahead or even grab Brian's hand and tell him to slow down . I know that I am lucky. I know that many times pot holes get the best of us. I know that this walk would be a ton less fun if Iwas alone. Nothing beats having a best friend to make this journey with.. (except having a hot sexy best friend ! which I do..) I am so glad Brian chose to be with me.. I am so glad that I have been able to watch him grow up. He really did walk into my life and had my heart the moment I saw him.I love you Brian Forever and ever..

playing w phone

2010-06-09T09:16:00.003-07:00

i hate not having a good app we shall see how this works.

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2010-05-24T17:47:00.001-07:00

Best Threat Ever

2010-02-08T14:16:00.000-08:00

Once again it is MONDAY the day we all love to hate. Poor Monday.

I hope that everyone was up and at um bright and early this morning...lol Me and Bri went to the gym this morning at 5:3o. Brian honestly had to shove me up the stairs when we got home.(ya know when your legs feel like tight rubber bands) Anyway on my wobbly way to crash on the bed.... I saw it ... the NOTEBOOK "Ugh, I have to do that stupid thing." so with my chipper attitude I opened it to see what it was I had planned for Mondays... Remember I forget easy... Well, I had Bathrooms,My laundry,game closet.

Okay, let me tell you the best thing I have ever done. I used to dread cleaning the toilet in the kids bathroom.(Boys pee everywhere) but last month I had finally had it.

I took Drake and Davin in to the bathroom and sat them on the side of the tub. I explained to them how nasty it is to have to clean up their pee all the time!!! I had them both lean over and look at the gross sickening pucky pee puddles on the sides of the toilet. I had them lift the seat and look at all the nastiness that they cause.... then I busted out the paper towels and the Lysol spray. I told them "Every single time you pee in this toilet you will wipe the sides the front and under the seat. Then you will spray it down with Lysol,and say out loud "I wiped the seat" do you understand me?" they shook their heads yes. Then I had them play it out. (practice makes perfect right) after they had both had a simulation run I laid out the threats...."If you do not do this and there is pee all over again, YOU WILL SIT TO PEE."

My toilets have never been cleaner

SNACKS should be SECRET

2010-02-04T07:21:00.000-08:00

So this week for my "closet" I am organizing the Pantry.

I have to tell ya me and Brian are doing that HCG diet aka Starvation.

Anyway, here I am organizing FOOD that I can't eat and in walks Hayden. She needed a "Snack". (fyi I hate making snacks on this diet) So she rummaged through the yummy piles of goodness that have now taken over the counter and found "Popcorn". That's good. I thought to myself That crap is so outta date it's gonna be yucky anyway............................................................................................................ 20 mins later............................................................................................... "your right Mom this is a yummy mix" ....................................................................................................................6hrs later (Brian is home now)

"Do you want the rest of my sandwich Dad?"asked Davin

"No, I cant eat that" Bri

"why did mommy eat Snacks with me today then?" Hayden

Let me just say.... it was only shredded wheat... ok, ok, it was chocolate frosted but I was seduced by it's yummyness and Hayden made me do it.

Point of the day: do a food less closet or.... make sure your kids aren't looking when you sneak a snack.

2010-02-02T15:31:00.000-08:00

Sweet!!! Throw your hands up and say YEA!!!

We have 6 more weeks till we have to spring clean...

Seriously though this is good news for us.. If we start today.. then in 6 weeks, we will be so far ahead of the game we will look like pros. ( prolly should look pro anyway after doing this for 14 yrs)

So, hope that you did your room at least today, and tidy up the rest of the house right? Good job. Oh and you shoulda done the laundry that was meant for today also and put it away too.

If you have done those then you are so so awesome.. eat a cookie or something you earned it.. ;0)

Now pick a closet to fix this week. While that Groundhog sleeps a Lil more lets get those crammed full of crap things cleaned out okay.. Have fun and best of luck..

2010-02-01T09:56:00.000-08:00

Okay... Big day today girls...

As we all know it's the worst day of the week... MONDAY!!

Our only goal today is to make it through the day... just kidding I wish . Really truly Monday doesn't have to be the worst day. It is all in how we break the week down. Monday, might end up being your favorite... ya whatever... Okay, today we need to do a 10 min tiding in every room that is seen by ppl. Meaning close your kids bedroom doors and we will tackle that another day. So all rooms that are accessed by ppl (other than your family) we need to do a quick tidy. Don't worry about the deep cleaning we don't have time for that today. After you have finished that, let's see I have 6 rooms x's 10 mins so about an hour get a note book and meet me at the kitchen table..

Okay in your note book we need to make a list of the rooms you just cleaned.

Kitchen , Living room, Guest bath, stairs/landing, basement. Now remember that card of the laundry days? Go find that (or actually write one now if you faked it and never did). Okay my card says Mon, M&D Tue, G Thur,B Fri Towels. Okay you /I need to decide what room to assign to which day.. try and think of your week (Remember Fridays are a bitch)

This is how you can make Monday your favorite day. If you hate cleaning the bathrooms. Then save them for Tuesday. No one is really gonna care if you put it off for one more day and if it makes you a funner person to come home to then, yee gads move it all ready.

So just to recap. 1: tidy.(every room) 2: make a list of rooms in need of cleaning 3:add your laundry day to list.

There you have your daily chore for the month of February.. we will get better at this as we go along but as for now if the only thing clean is the room listed on your card then you Did It! have fun and good luck.

The Weekend Comes

2010-01-30T14:42:00.001-08:00

Ladies, I hope you all made it through Fridays task.

Note to self : Fridays sucks cuz of the carpool thing and the bball practices never plan that big of thing on Friday again.

Let me just say, "I know the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, but honestly I had to buy Albertsons cookies." This might come as a surprise to some of you, but I often forget things. Yes Me, and I forgot the Crazy Crappy day Fridays are and planned too many things. But, huge pat on the back here.... I managed to finish my assignment anyway.. people really don't care if they eat my cookies vs Al's cookies anyway right? so why overstress myself . Like I said earlier SIMPLIFY!!!

Anyway today we are MOMness our 1 main goal today is to be a nicer mom. Yell less let things like egg crusted spatulas slide and dirty George Foreman grills... life is short and those kids are only gonna remember if you were nice or mean not how clean the house was... best of luck and ttyt

Friday = Funday

2010-01-28T13:03:00.000-08:00

Yep this is going to be FUN!!!

Now maybe you all are living in Mormontopia and keep up on your VT. I live in reality and I don't. So on this quest for best HEE one of the check marks is doing your VT. So yeah, you guessed it we are gonna bust this out..... now I have not made appointments nor am I gonna. So we are gonna "Simplify " After all wasn't it council once to "Simplify and life will be Simple"

So Today : make 4 batches of cookies.

I have 4 families. If you have different then change it. (Its almost the end of the month so we gotta get this done.) Don't make sugar cookies ,waaay to hard and pulse we need those for next month (heart shaped) lol... okay so mix up your cookies. While they are baking we are gonna do something for ourselves... it's super fun.... MOPPING!!!! I know right, like the funnest thing ever ever. The act of doing it sucks but the feel of the clean floor on your bare feet is so worth it..... OOOOO if only we were barefoot and pregnant then the stereotype would be so true....

Best of luck and go ahead and make a few cookies for your kids too... after all that's what a HEE would do right? And you can burn the calories if you walk to deliver them.. (I'm gonna drive I'm lazy) LOVE YA

btw: you have to wash the room laundry that you assigned to Friday...DON'T FORGET

Wonder MOM!!!

2010-01-28T08:24:00.000-08:00

So, I 'm sure you already know this about yourself ,but I am on this self discovery mission this year to Be. Ya know be the ME I was meant to be. Hopefully that explains the picture..lol... she is who I want to be.. all hot and wonderful...lol... even in the wind her hair looks amazing..hahahaha

Anyway, along this road to becoming Wonder Mom i guess there are things I have to do. Things/Villains I must defeat and bring to submission. (if only I had those kick ass wrist bands and golden lasso of truth)

Today was a trying morning to say the least. Many times I thought about bagging this whole plan but then I realized DA DA DA DA "this is the work of the DARK ONE." lol.. So I can't let him win right? Again the DARK ONE throws back a "you will never get this house cleaned,,,, this is way way to hard for you"

Well, I quickly did the Wonder Woman spin outta that and into a plan.... today we will break down the HUGE overwhelming jobs and destroy them one bit at a time. This pile of mess in our laundry room floor has got to go. Every time I look at that man eating mountain it is self defeating... like Kryptonite. so It must go.....

Today... separate the pile into boys, girls, Mom and Dad rooms. then one other pile Towels.

Then on a card make a list. decide witch day you will do each room there should be 4 piles so only 4 days of laundry a week. I like doing towels on the weekend so the kids can fold them and they can learn how to run the washer. good luck super moms and may the force be with you....

2010-01-26T19:07:00.000-08:00

Well guess what.... i did it. it took me 15mins to fold the towels and put them away... I was so proud of myself that i took Bri in the bathroom and showed him the neat job I'd done. (like a 5yr old wanting praise) I am kinda a baby and need that pat on the back..lol

It did feel good knowing I had done something I said I would do.

While I was folding I was thinking..... Holy Crap I Work Tmrw!!!.... now, the last yrs model of Charity would just simply say "oh well ,I will just skip a day".... but remember this is the New Me,The BE SOMETHING Me and so I will post tonight for tmrws chore. (that's call planning ahead, apparently its really big in the organized world.)

Wednesday: Mirrors that's all.

Now the reasoning behind this is, they are super fast to do. Honestly, I want them done because when I come home the house will be a mess/kids and when I walk down the hall past the bathroom I want the satisfaction of seeing the mirror I cleaned. Also when I crash its on my bed and my side looks directly at the huge mirror and I know hand swipes (as cute as they are) will make me moody so.... yep just the mirrors tmrw.. good luck sistas..love ya all

2010-01-26T11:55:00.000-08:00

It' has been far too long my friends.

You would think I'd been off doing great wonderful things while I was gone but.... nope. Same old crap just a different day. I planned (in my mind) that this year would be different/better. I would DO something. Find a purpose, contribute,not just Be... but be Something... It is a struggle for me to understand and except that I am Being Something by being a MOM. I watch all my friends going to school to be nurses and teachers and have their jobs that they go to everyday and think to myself... well I have my laundry (that i never ever do). Then I roll over on my bed and cry into my pillow (that prolly needs the case washed to tell the truth)...

So Today being the 26th day of my life changing year I am going to take this laundry basket by the handles and Do Something so I can Be Something. I invite all of you to join me in this crusade. Together we can BE the best HEE... Home Executives Ever !

We will have one goal a day to accomplish... that's it for the rest of January!!

Lets do it together. If you have a different goal then what I suggest feel free to comment and maybe someone else will take your advice.

Today's goal is to wash all the towels in the house. Fold them and put them away. Yes folding and putting away are part of the "washing "process. otherwise they will end up back on the floor and in the mountain of laundry. That's it, Simple. now go do it and Tmrw we will have a new goal..... ready set GO!

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You do it cuz I said so that's why....

2009-12-06T20:03:00.000-08:00

I have the cutest mom and dad..... Saturday I got do their Christmas pictures and it always turns out to be fun. I love that they just let me tell them what to do. I think I could get them to stand on their heads if I wanted... jk.. they are always willing to pose and then pose some more and I love them for it.. Dad always has to get silly and let his creative side show..lol...They are cute.. I think Dad might be Johnny Cash's younger brother..hahahah

2009-12-06T20:01:00.001-08:00

hhhhmmm

2009-11-30T11:18:00.000-08:00

Well i saw this and had to write about it....lol...

i loved the books myself but I know there were many ppl that don't understand the big deal..... those are the folks that didn't read it.... anyway, what if it is just a pile of crap and the love of Edward or even Jacob is all fake story book stuff? Are we (the fans) the true idiots? Does it in the long run hurt our reality to believe in such fantasy? (my love life is perfect so this is all directed to you guys) just wondering...later gators

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Worn out Fences

2009-11-28T08:51:00.000-08:00

I have always loved animals.. especially Dogs!
Well a month ago I was walking to the bus w Hayden and my friend and we noticed all the worn out fences and the scary looking dogs behind them. We made it safely there though so don't worry........ but, now this is the exciting part. I decided that I was gonna get some exercise (never a good idea) and walk up the big hill behind our house. I said good by to Kendra and headed home. I got to the top of the hill and saw my neighbor walking his dog on a leash plus a body harness. I should know then. Anyway I said to him " that's an awful lot a leash for one dog." then he stopped we talked about how big his dog is getting (great Dane Norwegian ridge back mix) HUGE. I said "he's friendly right?" stuck the back of my hand twrd his nose and .......... well he jumped up and I leaned back just enough to feel his breath on my face but not his teeth on my lips. I spun around and put my arm up just as he jumped and snipped again but this time he got my arm. Well I was spinning so Yea!!! the teeth that did go in got pulled through my flesh AWESOME! My neighbor grabbed him (not knowing he had got me) and kept apologizing I know how it is when your dog is misbehaving (we own 2 boxers) so I bravely said "Oh, its totally okay I understand " cujo jumped at me again and I said "Well I'm gonna go" I turned and walked speedily away hearing him scold his dog in the background. My arm was on fire. never in my 27 yrs (lol) have i been bitten. I got to the corner and burst into tears.. full on sobbing... I text Brian and bawled all the way home. Brian of coarse being logical and grownup told me I had to go back and tell them their dog bit me. (i hate confrontation) luckily when I got home they were in their backyard so I was able to just talk to them over our fences. AWKWARD.. They are great neighbors and I hate situations like that. Well good new is.. I LIVED!!! and I learned not all scary things are behind fences and just because something looks safe doesn't mean it is!

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Nashville YEE HAW

2009-10-25T21:29:00.000-07:00

This month(2 months ago now) Brian had a conference in Nashville Tennessee. It just happen to fall on the 14th of Oct. Now a lil Brian Charity history real quick..... Our first date was Oct 13 (sadies i had to ask him) Then by the 15th of Oct. well Brian was madly in love with me...lol.. anyway it was a fun chance to get away together and fall in love again. We Left right after Davin and Brian's big winning football game (GO LIL GIANTS) and headed to Vegas.

The ride was fun! We had a few good laughs and got some great funny pictures. When we got to Vegas we met up with our friend Jess and ate dinner at PF Chang's.. i had never been so i was pretty stoked. The food was okay but we were starving so it all worked out. After we ate we walked around the huge mall and I think we looked at everything. Brian and Jess looked at the girl dancing on the slot machine and I looked at clothes. We said good bye to Jess and went to check in our room........ you wont believe this........ they put us in the suite.. the one at the end.. so from the bath tub you could see the whole strip.. it was so so amazing too bad we had to get up early for our flight.
We got to Nashville around noon and checked into our waaay more expensive waaay smaller room. My days were spent laying in bed or walking over to the mall while I waited for Brian to get done with class. We got lost a few times in our adventures around the Gaylord Hotel.
Our Nashville night was not Brian's favorite. It was freezing cold and everywhere we went it was country Music (go figure). We did eat Fried dill pickles, had a full beer spilled on me, (and my new white coat) and watched people that were waay to drunk try and dance so I believe we had a Nashville experience. One afternoon we went and saw the Grand Ole Opry House.. it was fun they had a Marty Robins display and many other things that reminded me of my Dad. All in all it was a fun fun time and fun to get away and just be the 2 of us. I love you Brian. (btw he did have a mullet and loved country music when we met)

When I grow up...

2009-09-15T13:40:00.000-07:00

Well I stared my class three weeks ago. It has been awesome. I love being able to join in a conversation and feel like I actually know what I'm talking about. It is fun to learn new ways of presenting what is in my mind. I like learning all the tricks to keep a reader interested. it is a fun fun class. anyway I have my story I am working on and most of you have read it but when it is finished in the final form I will post it. I love the feed back I got both criticisms and praise. It is threw your opinions that I can become better so don't hesitate.... look forward to you reading my thoughts.. * smile*

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My favorites....

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1. sugar
2.love
3. the rush of happiness I feel when Brian smiles at me
4. The fact that Brian still does smile at me.
5. each one of my kids
6. that my dogs love me unconditionally
7. that my kids have no idea how crappy of a mom i am sometimes and love me anyway
8. my bed
9. having Brian next to me in my bed
10. chocolate
11. my ability to find humor in odd things
12. my ability to make friends I love friends
13. yellow flowers.. I love yellow flowers.. they are earths happiness
14. My girlfriends... I need them
15. my big fat crazy family... I love that even though we talk shit about each other occasionally in a tuff spot they would be there for me.
16. My sisters!!!! they need me... lol..jk i need them too
17. My DAD! he gets me like no one ever will.. I love my Dad totally.
18. my MOM! she has showed me so many things in life that she doesn't even know about.
19. LAUGHING i love it.. wish i could do more of it.
20. My Briguy! he is my everything and even though we talk shit about each other...lol.. jk I love hi more each day and I know he loves me!

21.barefoot walks with a good friend

22. fire works

23.kissing

24. crying really hard at a sad movie

25. bread...lol.. all carbs

2009-07-13T15:12:00.000-07:00

I slip in bed when you're asleep To hold you close and feel your breath on me Tomorrow there'll be so much to do So tonight I'll drift in a dream with you.

I read this on a friends blog and burst into tears... I'm not even joking.. I think the reality of life just hit me really hard.. My babies that I used to cuddle up in bed with and feel their chubby little hands and kiss their foreheads while they slept. Are not babies anymore!
All to often I say the words. "not right now... Just a second .. go play..maybe.. we'll see... Sooner then I know they will quit asking me to play dolls or pet shops. They will lose interest in sharing their stories they wrote or how cool this Poke'mon is..
Life is complicated and i really get hung up on nothing ever being clean or looking right. This quote just brings the true importance of life to light... who gives a crap if the house is messy! I'm sick of fighting a losing battle anyway....lol..A clean house is just that a clean house ... but a home with kids and love and playing has messes.. and i would much rather have a HOME any day...

All American Rejects

2009-07-09T14:45:00.000-07:00

Thanks to a great friend me and Brian got free tickets to go to the AAR concert in Vegas on Friday.. I love that band and all their songs.. we had a blast Tim and Teri were roped into going with us and it made it lots of fun... I had a girl friend to dance around with and Brian had a guy to talk to on the ride up and back.. During the concert the security kept making us stop with the pics so we played around in the parking lot after word.. I think Jess may have thought we were all crazy!!!

Geo Cacheing on the 4th... wee woo

2009-07-09T14:42:00.000-07:00

9 kids WOW

2009-06-12T07:29:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I got Jen's lil kids for the day. We had a good time. Ashley loved feeding Doc. We had planned on going to pick cherries but that got cancelled. So instead we went to Walmart and bought things to paint.....
While there the girls found the wood letters and spelled things out.. I shoulda told them that wasn't funny but it kinda was so instead I took their picture.
I must be too relaxed about things like that cus earlier that day Davin came in my room dieing laughing " Mom , there is a team named The Nuggets." and then a few hours later he thought it was hilarity to tell Brian they found a baseball card and the guys last name was Sax... hhmmm I don't know where he gets that from...

We did it Again...

2009-06-11T21:01:00.000-07:00

What??? k so we went to California. In our minds it was gonna be this sweet time at the beach and just chill out and relax... uummm nope. It was cold!!!
i do have to say I thought it was very pretty though.
While playing at the beach i learned a great life lesson...i told each of my kids "don't get wet" ( I know totally lame right) I told them if they got wet it was gonna be cold and Dad would want to leave and blah blah blah...
well they didn't listen.. with in moments they were letting the water on there feet... I said again "don't get your clothes wet" further and further they waded out into the water.. they held there pants up but with this being there first time at the beach and not knowing that with each wave there would be a different height of the splash they ended up getting wet... they all screamed and ran back up the beach.. "oh I'm sorry Mom......" then slowly they would get closer and closer to the water again.. Some of them thought they could out run the water.. One of them really showed her rebel side.. She would run backwards from the wave.. I walked down to her and did the "Super Nanny Thing" ( got on her eye level) "listen if you slip while running backwards and fall the water will catch you and not only will you be wet but muddy too." "Oh, okay I wont." and with out skipping a beat she went right back to it.. This made me think of my own life. The stupid things I do. Even when the truth and reality are staring me in the face. I just shrug my shoulders and say "Oh well that wont happen to me." How many times have I had to walk back up the beach and say "Oh I'm so sorry" The water and the fun of the waves is so fun though..
One of my kids was perfectly fine to stay on the sand and find fun there. Safe and dry building castles & finding shells. Both were equally having fun but in the end the one in the sand didn't have the discomfort of the wet clothes.....I am so glad for the lessons I learn from being a Mom and scared after watching them and there choices with things as simple as water...lol

our trip to magic mnt

2009-06-10T02:14:00.000-07:00

well it is stinkin late so I am not gonna write about it yet but.. I hope you like the slide shows so far.. stories are soon to come..

2009-06-10T02:13:00.001-07:00

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2009-05-26T09:44:00.001-07:00

Our Cruise

2009-05-26T08:04:00.000-07:00

Well we finally did it. We went on our first cruise. It started out as us and a bunch of friends going and ended up being just the 2 of us going.... lucky for us we like each other and still had a good time. We drove down to San Diego the night before so we wouldn't miss the boat while trying to find it... turns out we made it by just a 1/2 hr anyway. We had fun once we figured out there really wasn't much more to do then sleep,eat, dance ,eat, sleep, dance, eat, sleep....
We made friends with the people from our table and had a blast karaokeing with them. All in all it was a fun time and I hope you like the slide show of our cruise.. if I can load the hairy chest competition I will Brian was a Hott Sexy man in it ...And many people kept telling him that he reminded them of yep Chris Daughtry...lol... he still thinks I put them up to it but I didn't

Is it time for Vacation yet?

2009-04-25T07:13:00.000-07:00

Ya know that song "California Dreaming".... I totally feel that way. I want to go on vacation so bad. Just to have those days where we had nothing to do but be with each other and have fun. To wake up and go play. I know that the reality of life is not that way and we all need to be responsible adults.... It is fun when the biggest decision is Disneyland or Universal Studios though... and not do the laundry or scrub the toilet!!! :) Lucky for me we are going on a cruise in a week. I hope we have a blast. It will be nice to be with Brian alone... That makes a nice entrance into summer break. We are planning a California trip soon also ... so anyone that wants to join us let me know....

Hayden could teach dance class ;)

2009-04-25T06:53:00.000-07:00

the perfect body

2009-04-09T09:01:00.000-07:00

K so we are going on a cruise the end of this month.. that means swim suits..blah! Anyway we (me & Brian) decided to be super good tell then. I hate this plan! But I did go along with it even though its that time of the month when you just want to eat marshmallows and peanut butter by the spoonfuls and lay in bed and feel fat and ugly

Yep I agreed so anyway every freaking morning we wake up and weigh.. not good.. Brian looses weight in his sleep every night and I don't do shizz... so then the tone for the day is set of pissed offness..
during my day at work yesterday I was feeling really blah and frustrated. Then i had a patient that changed everything... I was entering her info in the computer and she said " you are such a beauty." I smiled and told her thank you. "you just have the cutest figure and oh you are just so pretty."... I was so grateful I told her how we are going on a cruise and i had felt chubby all day. she laughed and said " oh my gosh you don't know what chubby is. look at my flappy arms. I teased my hair today and about slapped myself silly with them.".
"sweety one day you go to bed and then you wake up old and ugly so enjoy your youth." We had a few more good laughs and when she left I told her thanks again for making me feel better and she was gone. So life lesson learned is love who I am now and be glad I'm not old and ugly yet..jk is know how to be grateful for what i do got and not nit pick the lil things..

My Guy

2009-04-02T15:01:00.000-07:00

I met Brian and I immediately knew I was gonna have his babies!!! He was quiet but sure of himself. He had all his ducks in a row so to speak...lol Brian was my match for sure. I the spazzy out going one and he the strong silent type.... I fell for sure. I have to say I think he liked me too.
Over the past years we have been through tons of life lessons. Looking back and realizing how young we really were (19) I can honestly say I have grown up with my Best Friend! I love all people and consider everyone a friend but my Briguy will always be my best friend....

I wish I were a bird so I could fly far far away.....

2009-03-30T19:50:00.000-07:00

So lately I have been thinking of our trip to California and remembering how much fun it was.. We spent a whole week together with Brian's siblings and there families. We did the whole Disney land thing and all that jazz.. anyway days like today I just wish I could run back there and be that happy and free ....

My poem

2009-03-27T14:57:00.000-07:00

Know
Yesterdays jester
tomorrows fool
holding my breath
I feel like a tool
back and forth
the pendulum swings
the dark is upon me
the clock tower rings
off in the distance
up out of this mist
my heart is a puddle
I splash with my fist
anger and heartache
go hand in hand
reminding myself
I am only a man
fighting for air
as the sky seems to clear
the cold of my face
is burnt by a tear
hope is not given
its something we find
time is not granted
nor does it rewind
be true to ones self
seems so hard to find
is life a looking glass
or is it half full
these are the things
I think and now know

6th of the 6th

2009-03-24T01:58:00.000-07:00

This looked like fun so here it is take the sixth folder in your pictures and the sixth picture and explain...here it goes

Wow.. Random huh.. Well this is at Emilio's Bday party.. The kids got to ride around in a barrel train. They had super fun. We went to his party because I worked with his dad Cesar and I was Emilio's preschool teacher. Cesar's family were very nice and made us feel like part of the family. It was weird to be there in a way we were the minority.lol.. It was a great time and we all had fun.

Friends Forever

2009-03-23T22:50:00.000-07:00

How often do we really find a good friend that we really really hope will be with us the rest of forever? I have thought about it tons over the past few weeks and realize friendship is an amazing thing.. It has powers to heal hearts and calm fears and just make things better all around.. I mean honestly. Who hasn't been dumped by a boyfriend and then found comfort in a girls night slumber party? When I was younger and would have to walk home from the church in the dark after YW. If my friends were with me the fear was gone. When I am sad or feel like I'm a crazy weirdo i know that my friends are there. People are meant to be together. No man is an Island. This being said, I hope all my friends know how much I truly Love them.. Love is what makes us who we are..Love does make the world go round... It separates us from the beasts.. I hope that I can live my life knowing that the people I love knew that I loved them !!!

2009-01-27T16:02:00.001-08:00

crate training

2009-01-27T15:42:00.001-08:00

They are going home soon.

2009-01-27T15:02:00.000-08:00

Well this time around was a million times easier... We have loved the babies so so much and it's nice that they have there own room... it will be nice to see them go home. cus with them goes there pooh... I am sick of cleaning up pooh. and the house smelling like puppy food and pooh all the time... I will miss them though the way they just love ya no matter what. There is nothing better then a puppy.

They Came..at last!!! (uuguh)

2008-12-18T06:05:00.000-08:00

Sooo, after night after night, Day after day of thinking "it's gonna happen" it did! Saturday night Kit had 9 cute little babies. She was such a good girl. she had 6 then seemed to stop. Looking at her worried me cus she was still very lumpy! Lumps mean pups and she still had quite a few lumps...so she stopped and rested a bit and fed the 6 babies she had. The whole time I'm sitting there thinking (Sheesh, what are we gonna do with all of these) Then after making a phone call to "a very smart trusted good looking dog wise friend ;) " I was reassured that it's fine if she rested.. 1hour and 1/2 later she started up again. This time she didn't look as happy. Finally #7 was born. Not very easy for Kit. He was all black and was so cute. She had a hard time getting him cleaned up.Bye the time Brian got home she had delivered 8 puppies. I told Brian all about the night and then set out to the shower thinking she was done. I got in to the bathroom and I hear Bri yelling "Hey,Hey Charity,She's doing it again!" By the end of the night we had 9 little pups Kit was good all was well.....Sunday morning I was holding the Lil black one and he started choking..long sad story short he died...It's such a shitty feeling to have something so Lil and helpless die literally in your hands.. We hadn't let the kids around the pups yet so me and Bri just dealt with that together...Life goes on and things are getting better. We have one lil guy named Pinky ( fingernail polish on his paw) that we have to feed but things seem good. We are excited for them to get big enough to play with Hayden can't hardly wait. so that's the up date on our DLS's.... love ya all

Our Dirty Little Secret

2008-12-09T22:39:00.000-08:00

Well it's no secret. She is as huge as a house. Not like we could hide it any more. Obviously if you don't spay or neuter your pets they will reproduce. Again and again. Nature is funny that way. so if you scroll down to um May's post you can read where I said " We are not doing this again." Guess What? We are.! Fun times! I really have taken a different approach this time in hopes that it will be a lot less emotionally draining. No ultrasounds and all that jazz. Just a normal dog having puppies. So there you have it. Our Dirty Little Secret. And if anyone wants to own a DLS they will be available to go home February 10th.

Ouch!

2008-11-23T09:28:00.000-08:00

On Saturday the kids came running in screaming "Davin's bleeding!" Now my first reaction was (here we go again) because Hayden had been in twice already to get band aids for people. Then we heard Davin. Brian flew off the couch and up the stairs. He can move pretty fast when he wants to. When we got up there his mouth was just a bloody mess. The kids were all trying to explain at the same time. We got him to the sink and started rinsing. Ya know when there is alot of blood, but you don't want to scare your kid. That's how this was. When we looked in his mouth it was like "Wow that is not gonna work". Me and Bri were standing at the sink. Holding our little guy. We looked at each other and thought the same thing (Damn Kids) just kidding. We did both agree that something needed to be fixed. We tried and tried to get a hold of our dentist. Tried calling family members that had the dentist cell number. Tried the dentist again. After what seemed like for ever we reached him. Our dentist was in California at a wedding. We did however go see his partner. He was such a nice guy. He pulled the tooth and checked everything else out. We didn't end up stitching the lip closed but today it is nasty looken. I'm just glad it all worked out good and was only a tooth we lost. I love ya little Davin. Everyone be safe on the trampoline.:)

Grandpa Scoma

2008-11-17T07:30:00.000-08:00

Well life truly does go on. A week ago today I was sitting at Grandpa funeral. As we all know though today I am sitting at my computer ignoring the laundry. Funny how life doesn't stop. (or the messes) Anyway I will say it was a good funeral. As good as one can be that is. It was fun to see family that I haven't seen in 12 yrs. On the other hand it made things a little more sad. Seeing everyone made being old a reality. When you don't see people for that amount of time. It is almost like a dream world that you knew them in.Seeing them made my dream world with all my memories change some. No longer is it me and Little Nino sleeping on Grandpas deck getting eaten by mosquito's. We are all grown up. That was more sad to me then the passing of Grandpa. The reality that this part of my life is over. sucks. I hope everyone is doing great. love you all.

2008-11-02T09:53:00.001-08:00

Two Vampires and Two wacky Bananas

2008-11-01T18:45:00.000-07:00

Well last night was lost of fun. we had Jayme vampire #1.Davin vampire #2. Drake was wacky banana #1. Hayden was yep you got it wacky banana #2. We went to see Grandparents and ate chilli dogs and got tons of candy. We hope everyone had a fun safe night. oh yeah and Hayden says " Get out there and be Mavericky and vote on Tuesday"

2008-10-26T07:42:00.001-07:00

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Davin Brown Adams

2008-10-20T08:48:00.000-07:00

I can't believe he is turning Six already. It seems to have gone bye way too fast. Davin has been such a fun little guy. I love being his mom. He threatens Brian that he is going to steal me away all the time. Then he usually follows that up with a kiss to prove his point. I love that he loves me so very much and so unconditionally. Because there are often times as a mom that I feel very unworthy of any of my kids love. Davin has always had a sweet little face that reminds me of "Roo" off of Winnie the Pooh. He is just so eager to make others smile and wants to be big and has such a tender little heart. He is such a cutie pie. I really can't think of what to say but that. He loves everyone and everything. I hope he will stay this way and the cold world wont change him to much. For now I will just relish in the constant request to snuggle and be stolen away bye my little boy. He truly has my heart. I Love You Davin!

Sweet Davin Brown

2008-10-20T08:40:00.001-07:00

I'll miss you Alicia.

2008-10-11T06:58:00.000-07:00

As we all know Mom and Dad moved. Now Alicia and Alfred are moving too. I tell ya this thing better end with them. If one more person calls me to say they are moving in a week I swear. That being said I want the Als to know how much I love them. especially Alicia. We are going to lunch today but really I want to just make you stay. I think this picture is self explanatory. I love you and wish the best for you.

2008-10-04T12:43:00.001-07:00

THE CHIEFS!!!!!! kinda

2008-10-04T11:51:00.000-07:00

There isn't much to say except,WOW. If you were there you know what I mean. "It was like watching grown men herding cats." said Jason. " It was so cool!" said Jayme. (she and Hayden spent most the game on the playground) All in all it was a learning experience for the team and the coaches. They played like the true Chiefs.
Way to live up to the name boys. It was so cute and it will be fun to see the rest.

What is this Music

2008-09-27T07:58:00.000-07:00

This post is for Bret. I told him I don't like FaceBook and I like blogger much better. His reply was, "That's because it's not all about you." So this post is for him. I made my music all about me. I do love blogger better.

The Cycle.....the other one

2008-09-27T07:22:00.000-07:00

Lately I have felt a little crazy. I don't know how to explain it but hopefully you know what I mean. It seems like every night I go to sleep with great intentions. Only to wake up the next day already defeated. I think " Why clean? It is going to look like crap in an hour anyway." I was trying to explain to my niece that crazyness goes in cycles. Like your period. There is the week were life is great and I am supermom. I love everything and want to make everyone happy.Next is "It's all falling apart week" That would be the time when I try to over organize and get frustrated because (no one cares but me). Then the week of rage (Brian's fav) this is when I scream and yell and can't believe that kids leave there sock outside by the tramp, stuff like that ya know. Then finally the 'whatever' week. I just decide screw it. Well usually at the end of this cycle is the Crazyness part. That night where I stay up and get the house back in order and ready for the "life is great" week.Well anyway I was telling her that I haven't had that part of the cycle in a long time. I just go from Whatever week right into life is great week. It shows too. The house seems really chaotic. I think she understood that crazyness is just a part of the cycle and a needed thing. The crappy thing is I Think I am Going Through Crazyness Menopause. IS THERE A PILL FOR THIS?

Happy B-Day Drake

2008-09-22T19:03:00.001-07:00

Drake and his cake!

2008-09-22T18:15:00.001-07:00

Drake Lewis Adams

2008-09-22T16:58:00.000-07:00

Wow 11 ! That went by so fast. My little super hero is growing up faster than a "speeding bullet." I really love you Drake. I love the memories you have made for us. I know that you do so much to help out in this family and I love you for that too. You've always been a good helper. Probably because Dad was in school and you knew I needed you. I love the boy you are and the man I know you will become. Your tender heart is a special thing. Always try and keep it that way. (that is a big reason I fell in love with Dad.) You are a great kid to be around and your humor and personality develop more and more each day. I think you are very witty and funny. Just remember to be respectful of others and never Joke or laugh at others expense. You are the best! We Love You! Happy B-Day!

The Bomb

2008-09-16T19:37:00.000-07:00

Wow! I don't even know what to say. Maybe that is why I haven't said anything all month. I had Mom and Dad over for the first Grandparents Dinner. Little did I know it would also be the last. After they left I was telling the kids that they shouldn't talk about going swimming and all the other things they wanted to do when they had guest over. I told them that they should make them feel important and that we were glad they were there not hurry up and leave so we can swim. They all said okay and well then we went swimming. Anyway, when we got home Brian was gone to his football draft so I put the kids to bed. Then Mom called and said oh were moving and oh yeah in 2 weeks. What? I was like Oh. Yeah I just thought Oh. I just didn't know what to say. I got off the phone and had a breakdown. I think it was the shock of it was gonna happen so fast. I felt like the wind got knocked out of me. I text Brian and told him. I told him that my heart hurt. He knows that means its serious. I know it may sound dumb to a lot of people but I was truly heart broken. I kept thinking "Who's gonna do all my hair brained ideas with me?" I felt lost. I am so glad I have awesome big sisters that I can call. I am glad that they feel the same way as me about most things so I can call them and cry about our Mom and Dad moving away and I don't have to feel dumb. I know that Mom and Dad will have a good experience. It just sucks that it happened so fast. I think it will take awhile to get used to no Sunday dinners at Mom's. I will really really miss you. I cry when I think about it. I know time heals all wounds. and I hope this adventure is great for Mom and Dad. I wish you the Best.

This will be so good.

2008-08-22T12:07:00.000-07:00

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Laundry Situation

2008-08-20T20:49:00.000-07:00

Do you agree that laundry is the worst job ever, ever, ever!? It doesn't really matter if you agree. I know for a fact without anyone agreeing with me that it is. I know this because it's the only chore that causes fights in our home. The worst is when I am trying to explain to Brian that I didn't know he needed the "green" scrubs but I did do laundry and the kids come in and say "Mom, I don't have any socks." and I am like "look in the sock basket then" and in comes Jayme "Mom I don't have any shirts for school......"well, did you look on the recliner in my room?" I mean don't they know how to look? Doesn't everyone keep there socks in a basket and there clothes (clean ones) on the recliner. If it is on the floor it is dirtyI hate it. I have to admit that I was never ever going to have a sock basket . It also grosses me out to watch the show Clean House or even Cops. Then I go through our bedroom and reality sets in. Then I kinda feel bad for the people on those shows and wonder if they just had a bad day or maybe just let the Laundry situation get out of hand.

Deck Update

2008-08-15T20:58:00.000-07:00

Time for an update. The deck is almost done. It is about 3/4ths done. I do have to tell Brian how awesome he is for doing this thing. Our yard has changed so much. I love it. It will be so worth it in the end. Also a shout out to Jas. Without him it would have really sucked. Soon we can have a deck party. Can't wait.

The Deck

2008-08-15T20:55:00.001-07:00

First Day Back

2008-08-12T21:45:00.000-07:00

Well like everyone they went back today. Drake started 5th grade. Jayme started 3rd and Davin is in Kindergarten. They were all excited but showed it in different ways. Drake was dead set against me walking him to class. Jayme was afraid no one would like her. Davin was just ready. Drake, well he did end up needing my help after all ;) and as you all know people just loved Jayme (how could you not) Davin did get to go for a little bit today and his first real day will be on Thursday. I am so excited for all of them. I remember the tears the day Drake left for Kindergarten and I think there were some when he went to 1st grade. Now it is more tears of joy that they have to go. j/k I really do love them to pieces and know that they are having fun there. As you can tell by the picture (cell phone in the parking lot) the day was crazy. At least there is this one to remember it by. Best wishes to all back to schoolers and cheers to all stay at home moms :0

Our Summer Trip

2008-07-30T21:30:00.000-07:00

We finally made the trip to AZ. I was sitting around thinking and realized that school starts on August 12th. That is only two weeks away. It seems like the summer has flown by. We never really went anywhere with the kids. So we decided that this was the time to go. Lucky for us the 24th is a day off for Bri. He ended up taking Friday off and that way we could go for 5 days. It was so worth the drive. The kids had so much fun together. Me and Shannon and Amanda went to the spa on the 24th for Amanda's 15th B-day. It was so so so fun. Brian spent the morning with the kids and then took Jayme and Becca (two 8 year olds) shopping. Then we all met up for lunch at the Cheese Cake Factory. The day was good and fun. The rest of the week we played in the pool, and our new favorite game,Ticket to Ride. On Saturday it was my b-day. Shannon made me tons of cinnamon rolls and we went to eat at Caraba's (the best place ever). Then we went to Jestrz Improv Club. They were hilarious. We did also go to a water park.( some people may still be chaffed from that) All in all it was a fun time and the kids now have something to write about when the teacher asks them what they did over summer break.

Funny Things

2008-07-30T07:08:00.000-07:00

Huh?

'My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it.'

- Barack Obama

Fun Memories

2008-07-17T20:30:00.000-07:00

A Game called Memory Lane. I saw this on Jessica's blog and I thought it sounded like fun but only if people really left a memory in the comments so please do!

Here are the directions:
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses.

Even if you don't want to play please leave a comment and you could leave it anonymous if you want!

The Man I Madly Love!!!!!

2008-07-15T10:00:00.001-07:00

Camping with the Normans

2008-07-11T07:54:00.001-07:00

"Man I wish it was Swinter!"

2008-07-10T14:58:00.000-07:00

Well as you know we have been working on the yard this year. It truly sucks. It will be worth it in the end. That's what I keep telling myself anyway. We did get the middle level taken out and the fake grass in. It does look pretty sweet. If I could have recorded the day we had to haul the fake grass to the back yard, it would be the funniest video ever. Imagine Brian ( after hours of working with me and the kids) he was so tiered and moody and ready to be done. We get ready to move the grass and I can't pick it up. I could kinda wrap my arms around it and move a little but holy cow it was so so heavy and well lets just say " Ugh Charity, are you serious?" was said tons and a few other words that would look like this #@%$@% *&^*&$ . Anyway we figured out a plan ( really I figured it out). We put the lawnmower under my end and me and Drake and Jayme pushed that while Brian carried the other end. How the heck he did that I don't know. Yes I do It was his Muscles. Anyway we did it and it would be classic to see footage of it. now we are on the deck phase and it goes about as well. Me and the kids and Brian tried to do it yesterday and we got one board done in three hours! I am not kidding THREE HOURS = ONE BOARD. It was &%@^%$^%$. but during those three hours we grew closer as a family ;) Not really but what ever. We did have a fun conversation about SWINTER though. While holding the board in the 102 degree sun Jayme tells us "Man I wish it was Swinter. Then I wouldn't be so hot. Ya know when it is winter in the summer?"She said. We all had a laugh and about five minutes later Brian finally called it and we went in. All in all it will be worth it in the end. Hopefully!

The fun were having so far.

2008-06-29T18:25:00.001-07:00

Summertime Hayden

2008-06-25T20:47:00.001-07:00

Fun Day

2008-05-22T10:30:00.001-07:00

The Puppies

2008-05-21T10:00:00.001-07:00

IT HAS BEEN FOREVER SINCE I BLOGGED !!

2008-05-20T23:18:00.000-07:00

I know it has been forever since I updated. You all should know I have had a busy time though. I have had the little babies to take care of. Kit had 5 puppies on April 23 at 3:30 pm. 2 boys and 3 girls. ( much to Brian's dismay) He really didn't want to be around when that happened. Not only was he there but I was busy teaching preschool. About 2 days later though Kit just didn't seem right. She would dig up the bedding and pace around the room. I thought it was that she was hot so I didn't worry too much about it. We later found out those are signs of a much bigger problem. On Sunday morning I went in to check on the puppies and the one the kids had named Happy was crying. I picked her up and snuggled her next to Kit so she could eat. She latched on and immediately fell asleep. I tried to wake her up but she wouldn't. Then I noticed that her little nose had turned white and her paw pads were white. I yelled for Drake and he woke up Brian for me. The ER vet told us to warm up the puppy and feed her with a dropper. After about 10 minutes of trying that we went to the pet hospital. There they told us that the puppy had died. My heart was broken. Just a few minutes ago this baby was crying and wiggling now she is gone. It totally sucked. We headed home with the puppy. I told Brian " I just want to cry really really hard so that I wont in front of the kids." He slowed down so that I could cry alot. My heart was broken not only for the lose of the puppy but I had 4 little kids waiting at home. I told myself over and over that it was okay and that she may have been a sick dog and all the other things I could think of to make myself be okay with it. When we got home I sat on the couch next to Davin. He smiled and said " Is she gonna be okay?" My heart sank,"No. She died but it's going to be alright." The poor little guy just crumbled. I could just see his heart break like mine had five minutes earlier. We gathered around and talked about life and how sad death is. We talked to the kids about how Happy was in heaven now and didn't have to feel hungry or cold ever again. We went over that the body would stay and that the spirit would leave . We told them that it was okay to be sad and to cry. They each took a turn saying goodbye to Happy. It truly broke my heart to see them experience the pain of death. We found a pink shoe box and lined it with a silky shirt. We had a nice little funeral for Happy. The kids a agreed that now she really was Happy.
When we went back in we talked about making sure the puppies stayed warm and had there turn to eat. If a smaller one gets pushed away too many times they will eventually stop trying and just stay asleep. They all agreed to help make sure the puppies were good. The rest of the day sucked really bad. I just kept thinking in my mind if only I would have fed her yesterday or went to the hospital sooner. crap like that all day. Brian was so good he knew how bad it hurt me. He was very sweet. A few times during that day I would just start to cry and he would hug me and tell me it was going to be okay. I remember asking him how long it was going to take for my heart to heal. He just held me closer and I think that helped alot. Luckily life does go on and busy things take your mind off of sad things. Two days later the puppy we call Ginger was acting the same way. I didn't mess around this time. It was 2:30 in the morning and I loaded all the puppies and Kit in the truck and went to the hospital. The way there I prayed that Ginger wouldn't die. I couldn't take another dead puppy home to my kids. The vet showed me how to tube feed the puppies and to do that every hour. That is when the labor of love truly started. If a puppy is crying they are hungry. That day when I dropped Drake and Jayme at school me and Davin and Hayden went to Petco and bought puppy formula and bottles. Every 45 minutes the puppies would eat. they wouldn't use the stupid bottles so I would have to sit in there and make sure they all got a turn with mom. This was very time consuming. I don't think the laundry or the anything for that matter got done for about a week. During that week I was teaching preschool and went up to check on Kit and realized she was not good. She honestly looked like death. She wouldn't even get by the puppies. I called the vet and told him everything that happened and he told me to give her half of an aspirin and come in the next morning. Okay I don't own aspirin. I can't go get aspirin because I have a House full of preschoolers. Life at that moment sucked. I just had to pray that everything would be okay and it turned out it was. The next morning when I took her in they told me Kit had mastitis. That is why she dug around the room (restlessness) that is why puppies were dying (Happy, almost Ginger) . I just wish I could have caught it sooner. Plus now her boob was going to explode. yes you read that right. Her Breast was going to burst. Oh my crap. That is all I had to say. let me just tell you that was the worst week ever I had to hot pack Kits breast every hour plus feed the babies every 45 minutes plus clean up there mess so that Kits wound wouldn't get infected and cause gain green. I just kept thinking it's par for the coarse. luckily we made it through and we are on the down hill fun side. The puppies are 4 weeks old today and are thriving little fa ttys. This experience has been a hard one. I truly want to thank Brian for loving me and letting me do this. I know it has been hard for him to be alone a lot at night. I hope you know Brian that I will always remember how tender you were to me when my heart had truly been broken. You are a great man and I love you.

"Oh My Gosh Is That Chris Daughtry!"

2008-03-31T19:52:00.000-07:00

On Saturday we went to Vegas with friends for Jason's B-day. We were getting dressed and I told Brian to shave his face like Chris Daughtry's. ( I think he is hot) Anyway, he did and I think he looked just as hot as Chris. Well after dinner. That was so yummy. We tried to go dancing and it didn't work out. So we went to the Pirate Show. Well that didn't work out either. Me and Heather decided we would tell people we saw "Chris Daughtry" We set off through the crowd and pretended we were star struck and had just ran into the real Chris Daughtry. As luck would have it we ran into a group of young girls and they soaked it all up and the headed over to sneek a peek at Chris. Me and Heather laughed so hard. I think I could have peed. Anyway they stood and stared at Brian/Chris for a long time but wouldn't dare approach him. It was funny. Brian was a little embarresed about the attention. It truly was my favorite part of the night. And just so you know Brian you are the only bald man for me. and I think you were actually hotter than Chris.

Mom and Hayden in Minnie's house

2008-03-26T12:24:00.000-07:00

2008-03-26T07:23:00.000-07:00

The Zoo was or first stop on our trip. It was also one of my favorite. I loved walking around and seeing all the animals. The best part of the day was the bus ride at the end. We had lots of fun. I love looking at the pictures. Davin is striking a pose in everyone. He is so funny.

The Zoo

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Christmas Wishes Come True

2008-03-19T12:10:00.000-07:00

It started out with one little girls dream to see Cinderella for Christmas.(Hayden) So as a family we all decided to ask Santa for tickets to Disneyland. All of our cousins asked Santa also. Luckily we were all well behaved and all ended up with tickets. As luck would have it all the grownups were able to take work off on the same days. On March 1st we all set off for California!!! The pictures can hopefully tell you how much fun we had. I do have to say the line to meet the Princesses was long long long. But seeing the awe in Hayden and Jayme's eyes when they finally met them was so worth the wait.

My movie star

2008-02-12T12:01:00.001-08:00

Who's Your Movie Star Double?

My Result: Cameron Diaz

A joker like you needs to be played by someone charming, someone who isn't afraid to get a little silly — but someone who always knows the difference between being outrageous and being obnoxious. That's why Cameron Diaz would be perfect for the part. With her dazzling smile, addictive laugh, and great comedic timing, people would immediately identify with the lighthearted fun you bring to this world. Like Cameron, you love laughing — and making other people laugh, too.

Back in school, were you the one making prank phone calls or organizing spoofs of all the teachers? Sure you've matured at least a little bit since then, but you've still probably got that 14-carat sense of humor. Because of that, you're probably the center of attention at parties, as friends gather to hear you making a mockery of everything from current events to the computer-illiterate idiot who sits next to you at work. You, like Cameron, don't want to take life too seriously, and that's what will shine through if Cameron plays you in the movie of your life.

What are you?
http://web.tickle.com/rd/50651/tests/stardouble/index.jsp?testname=stardoubleogt&resultid=C

Super Bowl/ Snow Bowl

2008-02-11T18:04:00.000-08:00

We had John Mahi and his son Dreyson and duaghter Tia over. We had pizza and John made Hawiian pork. It was so good. Anyway I think the best part besides the baby commercial, was the Snow. We loved it!!! Thank goodness for TIVO. We were glad we could puase and play. Also glad for the new friends we made.