Sunday

Sunday was a fun day. We had the princess breakfast and got to meet Jasmine, Ariel, Snow White, Cinderella, and Belle. It was so fun for the kids. The food was so yummy. I felt bad for this one guy. He and his daughter ran ahead of everyone who was waiting to be let into the restaurant when it first opened. We had reservations for 8:30 which is when it first opened. He told his daughter to hurry so they could get good seats. Then when they get to the restaurant he couldn 't get seated for a while since they were booked up with the reservations.

Gunnar did pretty good that day except for the little fever and being slightly dehydrated he was ok.

We went on Pirates of the Carribean since that is my favorite ride. We took the kids on the Haunted Mansion and on the Pooh ride. We had a lot of fun. The girls both got to drive cars at the Autopia ride and Gunnar was so mad that I didn't let him drive since he couldn't reach the steering wheel.

It wasn't bad for being a holiday. A little warmer then I planned but it was a great day.

Saturday

Well, Saturday was an incredibly long day. I didn't even sleep on Friday night by 1 am I just decided I would drive better if I didn't sleep then just sleep for an hour.

Friday night before we left was kind of interesting. I went down to the bank just to deposit $5. It was all we needed in there to pay a bill. I had one of those new 5 dollar bill and the people there thought it was counterfeit until the bank manager looked it up online and of course I was right but it was kind of stupid.

We woke the kids up since they didn't know we were going to leave that day for Disneyland. We had told them we were practicing packing for Disneyland and that we were not really going for 5 weeks. We turned the light on and told the kids to wake up. Of course they didn't want to. Then we said, "The Easter Bunny came come look what you got." They opened their eyes for maybe a second and then went back to sleep. Then we told them that we were bored so we were going to go to Disneyland. That got them up. We finished getting ready then took off. We were out by 2 am. I wasn't really tired just excited.

Novalee was the one who started saying that her tummy hurt by the time we got to St George she was saying that she had to go potty. We took her in to the gas station and she went right to the toilet and said " I have to go potty because I have to throw up" so she did. Then I went and checked on the rest of the kids and Gunnar was really warm. I brought him in to the gas station and gave him some tylenol and of course he threw that up. The lady at the gas station was so nice and helping us with the 2 sick kids getting everything cleaned up and trying different things to make them feel better.

We buy dramamine Novalee takes her part, give some to Harley and that in turn makes her throw up. We caught it in a sack before it went anywhere. Gunnar finally took some tylenol and we took off again just thinking about carsickness.

In Baker, we checked Gunnar again and he was really warm. He just looked so miserable his eyes were tearing up and just crying. He didn't want to eat just to be cuddled so we said a prayer for Gunnar and Jason drove while I sat with Gunnar.

We got to California about 1 and went up to our room. It was so cool. Gunnar was still looking really sick. We just figured it was because he was tired from traveling. The girls were good enough to be fighting so I wasn't worried about them.

We decided to go to Disneyland (we had 5 day hopper tickets) and check things out and grab some dinner. After one ride I thought Gunnar would feel better because he loves the rides at Fantasyland. We saw Goofy as we were walking out of our hotel and Goofy was in the lobby. He saw Gunnar with his red eyes in the stroller and he came over and gave him a kiss. Gunnar just still had the miserable look on his face but we didn't know what else to do.

We went to the park saw a few characters and rode one ride. Gunnar was still really warm and his eyes were incredibly red. We all went home. Gunnar was so warm and his eyes were just so red I was scared. I walked out of the park just crying because I was so worried about Gunnar.

I got back to the hotel and I called the lobby asking if they had a doctor or someone who could help me because I was so scared for Gunnar. They had a nurse who sent some thermometers up and just gave me some help over the phone. We took his temp the first time and it was 102 with tylenol. Jason gave him a blessing and we finally got Gunnar to sleep well. I layed next to him and fell asleep. One hour later I woke up to Gunnar just crying in pain. I thought he was saying something like Dying or something and I freaked out I looked at him and he was just crying saying help. I just thought something was so wrong. His eyes were so red they just blended in with his red body. He was burning up. It was too soon to give him more medicine and I think with the nervousness of waking up to him asking him for help I called my dad who was renting a house for a week in California and he took Gunnar and I to the hospital. When we were finally there and finally being seen his fever was over 104. They took him right in instead of sending us back to wait. The doctor was incredibly nice. Gunnar just had a cold and for some reason his body was fighting really hard.

We got home about 2 and Gunnar slept so well. I found out that Ibuprofen works better and is stronger the tylenol and the next morning when he woke up he said "park" he was up and wanting to go meet Mickey.

Thats Saturday.

Back

Well we got back late last night with many cute pics and an unplanned er visit more later!

Random quotes

Yesterday we were on the way to Taco Bell which we had promised Harley we would go to and I heard a start of an arguement.

Novalee : Harley you don't have a head
Harley: Yes I have a head.
Novalee: No you don't

At this point I stopped listening over this arguement because I was trying not to laugh at the ridiculous things they fight over. I knew they kept fighting though because Harley started crying which is a frequent occurance at our house.

A cute picture of Gunnar (he is still here)

Somehow Gunnar got the idea to stick a pencil behind his ear and it was so cute!

The other picture we were trying to make cookies and all he wanted to do was pick out the chocolate chips.

Houston, we have a problem

On the way home tonight we heard the joyful sounds of the kids fighting, its not uncommon but tonight it was different. We only heard Novalee say things, I don't know if Harley was whispering things to her because we know that happens a lot when one of them don't want us to know that they are being mean.
Novalee : Mom! Harley is looking at me like she thinks I am fat!
Novalee: Harley thinks I ate too much and now I am fat!
Us: Did she say anything to you?
Novalee: No but she is thinking it I can tell

Is this normal for a 6 year old to say?

What a big girl!

Today was an exciting day for us. Harley lost her first tooth! She seems too little to lose a tooth. She is only 5! Novalee was 5 but she was in kindergarten so that makes her seem older to me. I think Novalee was like 2 months older then Harley is now when she lost her first tooth.

I have a picture of her showing off her new grin but I will have to sneak it in this post later I am too lazy tonight. We have had a busy day.

I should just mention as I write this post that Novalee is an awesome reader. She can read so well and is now reading chapter books. Her favorite book is Flat Stanley. I haven't read it but she talks about it. She is also reading this post out loud as I write it and I hope she knows how much her Dad and I love and appreciate her. She is an important part of our family and we love her wonderful personality. We are so thankful for her and she is such a sweetheart. I love all my kids but I just wanted Novalee not to forget how much we love her.

Harley-isms

Mommy I am so sick my voice is all crooked!

If you do drugs then you are all druggy.

If we put dog poop in Dad's hair I can lick Dad's hair but not the dog poop.
-that one came out of ways to make Daddy mad

I know this was funny

I went to Cafe Rio for my weekly reward to have a clean home and while I was stuck in traffic for like 5 minutes, I got bored and decided to prank call Jason. So I call and as soon as he answers I hang up. I don't have caller id and so this is so perfect for my house. I start laughing so hard and Harley asks what I was doing. I tell her I am making Daddy so mad. I call a few more times and hang up. I keep laughing at myself because I am incredibly funny and Harley said, "Mommy, do you know what would make Daddy so mad? We put a tree on him!" That made me laugh even harder. Then I call my dad and tell him to call Jason and just ask him random questions just don't tell him I told him to call. My dad calls Jason and then he calls me back and tells me how Jason sounded like he was mad when he said hello but then realized it was my dad.
I thought this was funny but then Jason asked if I kept calling and I couldn't stop laughing and he knew it was me. He was mad at me for a while but he got over it because it was funny and Jason needs to learn how to take a joke.
This reminded me of the time maybe 3 years ago my dad had me call his cousins office and tell the receptionist that I had heard on the radio that his office was doing free doctors appointments.

I think she doesn't like pop rocks

Lisa and Ava came over and from the look of these pictures I don't think she likes pop rocks. My kids however couldn't get enough of them. We had lots of fun and Gunnar really liked Ava. Hopefully they weren't scared by my family.

Really Quick

I can't find Gunnar, do you know where he

is?

New Email again

Ok yet again I have a new email, utahespinoza1@gmail.com we finally have high speed, don't forget to email me your addresses so I can go private and put a

really cute picture on here. Heres a hint, its called Gunnar goes wild! Does that help? I think its cute but I don't want people to think something else. so EMAIL ME!! I might not update my blog right away since I have to transfer all my email junkand stuff I don't know I just know my house was really "clean" when the guy came to set up and now I need to really clean it again. YeahI am a dork I know

Sorry to all you many fans

I know I have been an incredible slacker on my blog, there has been a lot going on which is surprising because its me and I am really boring. I still have tons to write about which include a crazy guy on a bike following me around flipping me off., but I have loads of homework I need to do.
I just have some quick things to post about though for today,

• I finally convinced Jason to upgrade our Internet so they are going to come on Monday to bring the modem, this will mean that my email address will change again, which I hate to do but Jason promised me that we will keep that one. This is coming as a result of Jason trying to do some homework online. While the new Internet is faster then our last one it is still dial up and its slow.

• After taking some really cute pictures of my kids I decided that I am going to need to do a major new look with new pictures to my blog, expect it in the next few weeks. I might just wait until after Disneyland. Jason has set up 4 character meals for us which really surprised me but then he also set up Blue Bayou which is where I have always wanted to eat since I love Pirates of the Caribbean.

• Lastly I decided as most of the blogs I look at, I am going to go private. So email me your address to my current email or my new email which I will post later. I have some emails in my address book but if I don't have your email or I don't really know you but yet you are fascinated by my interesting life just let me know. You can also just post a comment and since I approve all comments I just won't approve them. I think I will change to private on April 1. Maybe sooner I will let you know.
  Yeah my life is lame. Sorry

I've Been Tagged!
A- Attached or single: Happily Attached
B- Best friend: Jason
C- Cake or Pie: Cake, it has frosting
D- Day of Choice: Saturdays will be pretty soon since Junior Jazz is ending
E- Essential Item: Diaper Wipes
F- Favorite Color: pink and purple
G- Gummie Worms or Bears: Gummie Bears are cuter
H- Hometown: Orem Utah
I- Indulgence{s}: Cafe Rio and a good book
J- January or July: January other then Novalee's birthday is in July
K- Kids: Novalee, Harley and Gunnar
L- Life is incomplete without: My Family
M- Marriage Date: Married for time April 20, 2000, married for eternity September 28, 2008. I guess I am technically a newlywed.
N- Number of siblings: 2 sisters
O- Oranges or Apples: Oranges as long as they don't have that funny tasteto them
P- Phobias or Fears: Dying and my loved ones dying
R- Reason to smile:Disneyland
S- Season:Spring
T- Tag Three: Crystal, Kyla, and Erika
V-Vegetarian or Oppressor of animal: Yeah read above about Cafe Rio. Pork Salad!
W- Worst habit: I stress about everything
X- X-ray or Ultrasound: Ultrasounds are so exciting when you are looking at your baby but, if you are looking to see something that might be a problem its really scary.
Y- Your favorite food: Depends on my mood
Z- Zimbabwee or New Zealand: Zimbabwee because it is cool to say

Where is the U???

A Ghost Story

It was a dark and stormy night, Mommy and Daddy were asleep, Novalee was asleep, and Gunnar was asleep. Harley was awake laying in her bed. She was just laying there when suddenly this appeared on the wall. Time to call in Ghosthunters!

Happy Birthday!

So while I was almost on my deathbed I forgot to mention that there was an important birthday JULIA!!

Ok so maybe I am too dramatic

Well, I figured out something smart, while I changed my email address for my blogger account, I didn't change it for my comments, suprising considering I am so close to perfect.
Anyways earlier this month was my beautiful nieces birthday. I didn't go to her party because I was feeling lightheaded and dizzy. I felt like that for lke 2 weeks. Finally after considering some serious diseases that I had, I realized it was stress.
So this Sunday, I was sitting in Relief Society and I suddenly just felt so sick and achy. I got up and got Jason and we took the kids and went home. I thought I had the flu and that I was so sick I was going to go to the hospital. So after sitting at home crying and coming so close to death on Monday, I gave in and went to the doctor on Tuesday. While we were walking back the nurse told someone not to go in one of the rooms since someone who had influenza had been in there. I thought I might have to call everyone in my ward and tell them that I might have exposed them to a deady disease. I go to the back and they do a strep test and they check all these things on me. The devestating news is that Cafe Rio's salads have 2100 calories!!! The other news is that I have a bad cold. So sympathy for me please.

Testing out my new stuff

These might be old pictures I am just seeing how fast they download now. It just goes to show you what I will do to not be doing homework!

Yep.

So I got a new email address now utahespinoza1@netzero.net cool huh?

I finally got proof!

I finally took a picture of Novalee's picture today. Isn't it cute??

Happy Birthday Harley!!

Well, since I am such a slacker I forgot to post about Harley's 5th birthday on January 20th. She was so excited and kept waking us up for a few days asking if was her party day. We have been sick for about a month at our house so I didn't plan things really well but she had fun and got lots of fun things that she doesn't want to share. She also had an incredible Strawberry Shortcake cake.

We are so lucky to have her in our family. Harley is so fun to play with. She loves her sister and brother and is always wanting to make others happy.

I do have other kids

I have noticed that the last bit of my blogs lately have been about Novalee I do have other kids though.

Harley - Her birthday is on Sunday and she can't wait! She can't decide what she wants for her birthday. She, like Novalee, has bags packed for Disneyland in March. The other day we cut up one of Daddy's old shirt and we made hats out of the sleeves. Suprisingly, Harley, who is usually the one that gets sick, only got a runny nose this last week while the other 2 had bronchitis. She has been so bored being stuck at home because I didn't want her to get anyone else sick. This morning she woke up at 5:30 and was looking all the house for her Tinkerbell purse from Grandma Rena and she couldn't find it! She even woke up Jason because I told her that he took it. Then when we got in the car to take Jason to work, it was in there and she started crying and said that one of us put it in the car after she went to bed. Yeah. Luckily so far nothing too shocking out of her mouth.

Gunnar - His new word is "Shut up" he says it to the sirls and they tattle, then we remind them that they say it all the time and so they can't tell us. He has been sick and coughing so hard that he throws up. He's doing really good though. We keep telling ourselves that we are going to make him sleep in his bed instead of ours but we are too tired when it comes to bedtime that we just put him in our bed and he falls asleep really fast. We were going to do it over Christmas break but he kept getting sick and hopefully this 4 day weekend we can do it. As long as he doesn't cough too much. He has been asking to go play at other people's houses "Kates house", but he is sick and so we can't do that. Dinosaur fascination going on still. We have been watching a lot of Disney movies lately not just because we are going to Disneyland soon but because we have to bribe Gunnar to take his medicine and so Jason lets him pick out from the Disney shelf. That means a lot of Lilo and Stitch.

Overheard Today

Novalee: If you don't help me make my bed, you are going to smoke when you grow up.
Harley: I don't want to smoke when I grow up, I don't want to go to jail
Novalee: Its not fun being in jail they make you work really hard
Harley: Does the food taste good
Novalee: No the food in prison is so bad and you have to clean all the time
Harley: Are they nice to people
Novalee: No
Harley: I don't want to go to prison
Novalee: You need to help me make my bed
Harley: MOM!!! I DON'T WANT TO SMOKE WHEN I GROW UP AND NOVALEE SAID I HAVE TOO!!

To answer Bonny's question

No, thank goodness Jason doesn't read my blog. I do tell him what I write after someone says something to me in front of him. He does know about the last blog though. That was hilarious.

Mmmm Grease! (Jason is going to kill me)

I know I just wrote a story about Novalee but, this has had me laughing so I thought I should mention it. Novalee was playing with Jason's hair one day and I started laughing and told her not to play with Daddy's hair because it was greasy because Daddy hadn't washed it yet. So she started licking her comb and said "Mmmm I love grease!" It was so gross but I couldn't stop laughing. Yeah Jason is going to get so mad at this but it was funny.

Harry and his bucket full of dinosaurs

I always thought I would feel like an adult once we bought a house but, I made reservations for us to go to Disneyland in March and now I am officially a grown up!

I don't know how to say this

Ok so I went to pick up Novalee from school today and on the wall, the kids had written their new year's resolutions. Novalee's was to be "good in bed" it sounds so funny to me but I know she got in trouble last night for playing in her bed and not sleeping. Maybe that was it.

Christmas 2007

Our kids woke us up at 3:30 am. They were so excited. Novalee got a princess barbie castle and a carriage with a new barbie Harley got a stroller, car seat ,a swing and a new doll not to mention her white care bear that she has been asking for for months and Gunnar got dinosaurs. Once Gunnar saw his dinosaur he didn't want to open anything else. We got him to open one thing finally but then it was some shoes so he didn't go for anymore.

They had a wonderful Christmas we spent time at Grandpa Art and Kathys in Salt Lake. They went to Grandma Karen and Grandpa Roberts house in Spanish Fork and Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Jerry here in Provo. The kids were given so much and had so much fun. I was so excited because they were so excited. I forgot my camera when I went to my Dad's and I was too tired when I went to my Mom's and to Jason's parents house that I didn't take pictures. Hopefully Bonny emails me some pictures of Christmas that she took later. (HINT!)

Who needs a teddy bear?

While we are playing dress up Gunnar who didn't find it as fun, went to sleep when we went down to check on him, he had a new friend. I know this wouldn't have happened if he was awake

Novalee and Harley

When Bonny first came here I went to my mom's house and she got the girls dressed up with makeup and did their hair, Harley loved to smile for the camera. I tried to do different poses with her but she just wanted to look at the camera. Novalee loved to pose for the camera. I had to tell her to stop posing and just look at the camera. The girls loved getting dressed up. They loved having fun with Bonny.

I think someone is allergic

We spent the night at my mom's house a few weeks ago and Novalee was playing with the cats when we got home her eyes were red and itchy. We figured that she must be allergic to cats. Then yesterday we went to my dads and she played with his dog. Her eye was so swollen that she couldn't open it very wide. I took these pictures a few hours after we got home. (She kept posing for the camera)

*Bonus news! Bonny is back in town and I am so happy. We get her until the 30th. I know she misses Junaid but hopefully we can see him in March.

Novalee has problems

We went to Grandma Karen's house on Saturday to decorate cookies. Novalee however, had more important things on her mind. Like kissing Logan (Crystal's son, her cousin!) She kept saying. "Logan protects me" and that she wanted to kiss him so much. She kept following him and kept trying to shut the two of them in the bathroom together. On the way home she kept talking about how much she loves Logan. We had a talk on how you can love your cousin.

By the way Crystal, I hope you don't mind I put a picture of Logan on here. He is really cute!

Gunnar's pretty nails

So I was feeling a little unmotivated one day to do any house work. (Like most days) Forget about homework, finals were coming up so I thought, Lets paint our nails!! Harley got to do her own nails and Gunnar felt left out so we let him get his nails done. He liked his toenails but tried to wipe off the fingernails. I emailed Jason the picture too. It was fun!

We got Cooties!!

One of the great fun things we have been doing lately is playing games with the kids. No matter what we play it ends up with Novalee crying because the world is against her, Harley letting Novalee win because she is crying and Gunnar trying to growl at the game, Jason is getting mad at Novalee because she is crying again and I am the only one trying to beat everyone else. I am very competitive. Here is a picture of Gunnar playing with some of the Cootie bugs after we were done playing.

Things that bug me

Ok I have been annoyed by so many things lately so I thought you should know

1. Why can people not tie their shoes? Don't they know how dangerous it is to have shoelaces flying everywhere? Not to mention that it is a risk because your shoes might fall off and they would fall down. Also have you ever seen those shoelaces?? GROSS!!



2. People walking down the sidewalk. People walk down the sidewalk and sometimes get in my way when I am trying to get out of my driveway. Don't they know what reverse lights mean?? It means that I am backing up so move it. I hate honking my horn so that they will move.



3. Stupid people. Need I say more?



4. I am soo annoyed that sometimes I forget what I am talking about while I am talking. Duh why do people bother me? Then I won't forget what I am talking about.



5. I can't stand the color green. In my house Christmas colors are red and pink. Green is for frogs and dinosaurs not Christmas trees.



6. I hate when people take my picture and my eyes are closed. Can't they wait until I open them? Really how rude is that?



7. I cannot stand people on the news. They look like total dorks, "Ha ha, um I think, um, I think that 50 people died last night. Not that its funny but I farted during the commercial so thats funny, um I think."



8. When they have a marathon of Ghost Hunters and they show the same episodes as a few weeks ago instead of ones they haven't aired in a few months!



9. When I wake up and my Christmas tree somehow has its ornaments moved around. I fix them everyday but I have a feeling I have nighttime wanderers around my house.



10. That people get offended too easy. Relax. Not everything is about you.



11. I can't stand when my kids don't live up to their potential. Last night I was trying to teach Novalee long division and all she wanted to do was memorize her multiplication tables


12. Don't you hate it when the tooth fairy forgets to come because she fell asleep?

A dumb man

ok so anyways now that I have said so many weird things about me I have to mention what happened Monday night. I picked Jason up from class at about 9:45 so we headed to Toysrus really quick to pick something up for Harley's present. Jason goes in at like 9:55. 5 minutes later the entry doors automatically lock so people can't come in. Around 10:10 this guy pulls up runs to the front doors and realizes that the store is closed but since he sees workers still in there, he tries to pry the front doors apart. It was so funny watching this grown man try to pry a door open when the store is closed. You would think he would just deal with it. (sorry I watch kids nation) So when Jason leaves the store this guy comes in through the exit doors that open automatically and he gets in the store but they make him leave. I thought it was funny. I didn't know people are that dumb

Its definite I am going crazy!

Well in case you wanted more proof on how weird I am, I stress over little things way too much. I focus on something I need to do (usually its the cleaning the house) but then I get overwhelmed at like cleaning the bathroom that I just can't do it. If I have a day that I have a lot of things to do I stress because I worry that when I come home the house won't be clean and I will be too tired to take care of my kids. I plan things that I want to do but when I actually have to do them I stress thinking of all the other things I need to do and the things I need to do later and all the what ifs that might happen when I leave and I just give up and don't leave the house unless its something that I have to do.
And do I need to mention when I go to the store? I have in mind what I want and need to buy. But when I go with Jason it takes 45 minutes just to get to the grocery part because he has to look at the toys and the movies which involves the kids crying because they want everything that was ever created because its their favorite and they either want it for Christmas or for their birthday. So when we get to buying food what we need, Jason is irritated because we have been in the store too long (He complained about this the other day but when I reminded him where we spend more of our time at the store he didn't say anything else) the kids are bored so they are trying to jump from one cart or another or trying to yell things that will make people look at them (Novalee's favorite is FIRE!) and Gunnar is crying because he wants out and wants to walk around the store like his sisters. I start getting panic attacks and just have to grab what I can because I can't think. When we get into the car I am about to cry and by the time we get home I am so tired from our adventure of buying groceries which didn't even consist of half the things I need. That I just can't do anything else. I have no energy the rest of the night. Okay so you know something else weird about me. I know its really stupid that I do this but I can't help it sometimes and I try to make it seem like I can do everything that I want to but sometimes I just can't handle too much on my to do list.

I was tagged, forever ago!!

Ok I have been tagged more then once but I will do this one right now. Just so you know I hate dial up computers,


6 things about me that you probably don't know these all probably sound really weird since these are things I usually don't like to tell people.





1 - People bother me all the time. Sometimes I can't stand being around other people especially when I know that they are being fake. I am not saying I don't like to be around my friends. Its one things to be polite and be shy or just act a certain way but when someone just is fake or just has a bad attitude on everything. Or when they say something really stupid like "Don't use lysol because it has things they use to embalm bodies" Duh that really bothered me when I heard that. I had a nice answer for that but still I get so annoyed. That is a big reason that I just like to keep to myself a lot. I don't mind.


2 - I hate my feet. You probaby wouldn't guess since I wear my sandals everyday. They are so dry and cracked I can't stand them. Someone told me probably 10 or more years ago that my toes look they had been cut in half since they are short. I hate my feet.



3 - If I miss church because I am sick or we are going somewhere that day, I stress so much about missing church. I have been like that since I started going back by myself when Novalee was just a baby. Then when I had Harley it was even more hard to deal with 2 kids under 2 by myself. If I didn't go I felt so much guilt and I couldn't tell Jason because he would think it was people at church who were giving me a hard time for missing but it was me not them. Even when my nephew died, I had a hard time feeling ok for missing church. I think I am too hard on myself for not being perfect but I know that if I don't force myself to do things I don't feel like doing then I worry that they won't get done later.



4 - I had a really bad car accident on the freeway in Dec of 2000. I lost control of my car and a semi hit me. Luckily with some miracle (seriously) I only had whiplash. As I was spinning across the freeway, I thought I was going to die. Since then I am so paranoid and still sometimes I have dreams that something is happening and I am going to die, I will wake up catching my breath and just in a daze because I am so scared. It was seriously a traumatic event for me that I still worry about.

5 - I waste too much time blog hopping. I do it all the time instead of the things I am supposed to be doing. Jason thinks I am really dumb to do it but I just do. I can't ever just sit and watch tv I have to be doing something. I don't know why I even care to do it as much as I do since I don't know the people or I haven't talked to them in a really long time. Its really sad and I try to spend more time off the computer instead of online when I am bored but when I do, I find my DVR.

6 - I think I spend too much time thinking about what I don't have and not enough time being grateful for what I have. Its frustrating that we still don't own a house and in reality probably shouldn't buy until we take care of other financial responsibilities first and Jason finishes school. I get sad thinking we are not living in the house that our kids will finish growing up in because I was hoping we could be in our home before our kids were older and that they could come home from school and just talk about their memories in their house growing up. I know it sounds stupid and kids rarely live in the same house their whole life but Novalee will probably be around 8 or 9 before we get our permanent house. We have been fortunate to have only moved 2 times and this rental is ok but I think I need to take advantage of it more and appreciate the low monthly payment and learn to enjoy what I have.

Ok that is some weird things about me, just don't think I am too strange now. This is stuff not a lot of people know about me.

For Bonny

Well I have been so busy lately and I am looking forward to December because school will be over!! I have had so much to do, I am kind of worried because one class I forget to email the assignments to my teacher. She said I was ok but then I forgot to turn another assignment in.

Note to self

Don't pretend to fall asleep while Jason is talking about his day, its not funny.

The answers to life

1. What is the name of my cousin 5 times removed?

I don't know but maybe there is a Jason there. That is a common name.

2. There is a picture of my house where I am standing by mickey mouse. What is the color of the shirt I am wearing?

If you don't know I am so mad at you its gray

3. What was my address of my house when I lived in St. Johns?

1420 w 6th N, St. Johns AZ

4. How did Jason cut his hair in the summer of 2006 that I didn't like?

A dorky Mohawk that was crooked thanks to me

5. My mom cut the paw of a cat what was its name?

Lucky

6. Who was I in love with in 6th grade?

Patrick Swayze to name one

7. What toy was used as a bribe to get my friends to clean my room for me?

A magic 8 ball, I was actually supposed to be cleaning my room my mom left and said I had to clean so I could go to the fair but instead I called my friends over and whoever cleaned the most in my room got to play with the 8 ball but instead they cleaned and by the time they were done I think my mom came home so I had to hide them in the closet

8. According to my awesome uncle Brian, who am I related to?

The headless horseman from the story "Sleepy Hollow"and our bloodline is cursed because of it

9. What did Jason have the author of The Christmas Jar sign in our book?

To Jason's awesome wife (It was funny because the author's name is Jason too)

10. At one of the dances I went to in high school Evangeline and I had a problem with the air freshener in her car, what was it?

We opened the whole air freshener and we smelt like pine so strong all night

11. What was the name of my math teacher that later ended up working with my husband and I, and I still to this day, can't call him by his first name.

Mr Kyte

12. My little sister one time thought something scary about all of our family. That when she was sleeping we were doing what and who were we really?

Bonny thought we were all aliens and at night we would stay up late and talk about how we were going to kill her

13. In high school what would we ask the guys at BYU when we were sluffing school and driving around campus?

We would drive around in Lisa's car and I would be the one to ask them to give me five. Most just gave me a strange look

14. How many times does Jason have my name tattooed on him?

None the dork

15. What is my favorite show that my DVR has to record every week?

Ghost Hunters

16. How many step brothers and step sisters do I have?

6

17. What is our next vacation that we are planning on next year?

Disneyland

18. What is the name of Harley's boyfriend that I caught her kissing last week?

Our scarecrow by the front door. It was a tender moment

19. What fellow blogger likes to put her daughter in the trunk of the car just like I do?

Monica

20. What blogger secretly looks up to me?

Everyone

21. I was offered a job last week but since I didn't want to have to wake up by 8:00 am I turned it down what was it?

My own reality show

22. Who do I know that had their house broken into last week but scared away the intruder when she yelled, "Don't come in yet! I am washing the dishes!"

Libby

23. What did I do last year that ended up in a yelling argument in the kindergarten class last year?

I told the principal that the boy who choked Novalee needed to know you can't choke people

24. In your opinion where do babies come from?

Amy and Lucia to name some maybe Kate??

25. What is the name of my famous former brother in law? (Bonny's ex, not the troll though)

Josh Groban, Novalee told a bunch of people at the store also.

26. What is the name of the fan club I started recently?

We love Betty

27. Do you have anything else you want to know about me?

Well no one answered this one so random thing. I can't find Gunnar's coat or shoes!! AHH It's getting cold!

Happy Halloween!

Ok I will get to the answers on my quiz later and I was tagged but life is busy and I am trying to pay more attention to my kids not the computer. Its been crazy we have had some really stressful days where I feel like crying Halloween was so fun. We went to the ward's Halloween Party and went trick or treating upstairs. They decorated doorway's along the primary hall and it was so fun for the kids. Then we came home and went up and down our street. The kids got so much candy that Harley's bag broke.

The quiz about Katrina

Ok I was tagged by Lucia but she needs to come and comment on my blog so I am giving you all a quiz about me I will post the answers later. Who ever gets these all right gets a smile from me.







1. What is the name of my cousin 5 times removed?



2. There is a picture of my house where I am standing by mickey mouse. What is the color of the shirt I am wearing?



3. What was my address of my house when I lived in St. Johns?



4. How did Jason cut his hair in the summer of 2006 that I didn't like?



5. My mom cut the paw of a cat what was its name?



6. Who was I in love with in 6th grade?





7. What toy was used as a bribe to get my friends to clean my room for me?





8. According to my awesome uncle Brian, who am I related to?





9. What did Jason have the author of The Christmas Jar sign in our book?





10. At one of the dances I went to in high school Evangeline and I had a problem with the air freshener in her car, what was it?





11. What was the name of my math teacher that later ended up working with my husband and I, and I still to this day, can't call him by his first name.





12. My little sister one time thought something scary about all of our family. That when she was sleeping we were doing what and who were we really?





13. In high school what would we ask the guys at BYU when we were sluffing school and driving around campus?



14. How many times does Jason have my name tattooed on him?



15. What is my favorite show that my DVR has to record every week?



16. How many step brothers and step sisters do I have?



17. What is our next vacation that we are planning on next year?



18. What is the name of Harley's boyfriend that I caught her kissing last week?



19. What fellow blogger likes to put her daughter in the trunk of the car just like I do?



20. What blogger secretly looks up to me?



21. I was offered a job last week but since I didn't want to have to wake up by 8:00 am I turned it down what was it?



22. Who do I know that had their house broken into last week but scared away the intruder when she yelled, "Don't come in yet! I am washing the dishes!"



23. What did I do last year that ended up in a yelling argument in the kindergarten class last year?

24. In your opinion where do babies come from?

25. What is the name of my famous former brother in law? (Bonny's ex, not the troll though)


26. What is the name of the fan club I started recently?

27. Do you have anything else you want to know about me?

I know you missed me

Well, since my blogger finally works, there was a lot going on that everyone missed. Now I have forgotten it all and I am busy emailing Bonny while I am putting off cleaning my house which has built up a mess since Gunnar has been sick. I enjoyed holding him while I have been watching Ghost Hunters and TLC. I am slacking on some things outside the house though like I still need to go to pick up a costume for Gunnar that I am borrowing from someone.
I feel so bad for my kids lately we have been soo busy with all these things I have planned for them that I can't do all the fun things when we are home with the kids like we used to. I already know next semester, I am not going to go full time. When Gunnar got sick I had to cancel 5 things planned. I need to get a schedule! Anyways, this is really boring so I will go cause some drama and write more later!

Hopefully

OK I hope this works. This is my tester blog.

How to make Poison

Random Things about some people ( My house is clean, kids are playing, what to do?)

My Celebrity Sightings

Where Babies Come From

I am taking a human development class at school and we were talking about a child's idea of where babies come from. My teacher had a good story. When his kids were younger his 5 year old came to think that to have babies the mom and dad got naked and held hands skipping over a hill. So I asked my kids (separately) where babies come from.

Novalee - "Well, ____ said, that you have to be sexy to have a baby." ( I didn't put in the girl's names)

Harley - "A mommy puts a baby in her tummy then drinks lots of milk and the baby grows."

I thought all of you mommies would appreciate this.

Gunnar is 2!

Well yesterday was Gunnar's second birthday but, we didn't have the birthday party, we are going to do it today. He is my special boy and I love him so much. We gave him his presents to open from us yesterday morning he first opened a little dinosaur, got excited, then moves onto the next present, the second he tells its clothes he puts it down and plays with the dinosaur! He is the most fun little boy. We are so lucky to have him!

About Monica

Ok so Monica just called and said this it, "Monica ______, you know Eric's wife??" Well silly Monica, I would know who you were if you had just said Monica. Just to show you how well I actually know you here are some facts about Monica.

• My kids remember her
  
• She has a husband named Eric and a daughter named Nora
  
• I said hi to her before
  
• One time I almost hit a dog and I told myself to tell Monica next time I saw her
  
• When she was growing up she had a dog named Brownie
  
• She has blond hair and blue eyes
  
• She has a car
  
• Her name starts with a "M"
  
• It ends with a "A"
• She saved a grasshopper from a burning home
• She can play the violin
• Monica was born with an extra toe on her left foot but chose to remove it after kids started calling her "11" when she was 12 years old.
• She always tells me how gorgeous I am
• I know her
• She has 2 eyes
• She has never been on Judge Judy
• She uses Geico Insurance

That's Monica!

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