I spoke too soon!

So my peace lasted about 5 mins. Yesterday took the kids to pump it up and then to mcdonalds. They were worn out so we came home and mackenzie proceeded to have a meltdown so I put her in bed, landon was half asleep on the couch watching some cartoons, so i figured why bother him I'll just let him sleep there. Got ashton and thought I will go feed him in my room and watch some olympics. checked on mackenzie who was still and bed and not making any sounds, assumed she was asleep. About 30 mins. later Landon comes into my room and says, someone put something in the microwave and it is smoking all over the place. I run into the kitchen which is now full of smoke. I get the windows open and some box fans going and smoke starts to clear. Yeah the microwave is still smoking. I am afraid it is going to blow up on me. Come to find out that someone (landon) climbed on top of the fridge to unlock the pantry, climbed up to the top of the pantry to get some popcorn, climbed up another counter to get to some scissors to cut the plastic off the popcorn and then put it in the microwave for who knows how long. Now the next day I am sitting in a still stinky house( nothing smells worse than burnt popcorn), thinking of ways I can get rid of the smell, and getting ready to go install my new pantry doorknob complete with a lock that needs a key to open.

Sweet Peace!

On Sun. my mom and sister and her kids were all getting ready to leave for Utah. As I am leaving church my mom says, if lindsay wants to come back before Mon. maybe I'll take Ethan with us. WHAT!!! So lindsay said she did want to come back before Mon. so Ethan has been gone since Sun. with them. Why is it that when you take just one kids out of the mix things seem to be so much calmer. I mean we have still had our share of meltdowns and fighting, but one less kids to fight with makes for less noise. Although I will say I am slightly stressed about how Ethan is behaving. I keep waking up in the morning wondering if he has already been awake for a few hours and has woken everyone else up. To call Ethan an early riser is an understatement. So here is to a calmer week (now i have no excuse to forget children in the car) and to my mom and sister for actually taking ethan with them. Hopefully they bring him home in their car. Apparently on the ride up ethan made up songs and sang them the entire car ride. NOTE TO SELF: make sure to pick up ear plugs before our drive to texas at christmas!

I have really lost it this time!

So here I am earlier today thinking "Wow, I made it I am down to the last week before school starts and I have not been committed to any institutions." Then I did something that has to be the worst possible thing ever.

My sister and I had a baby shower to go to. We needed to stop by target before we went so I told her I'll come over early and get you. Ethan had soccer practice, so I told jared if he would take all the big kids to soccer I would take Ashton with me. So off we all went. While my sister and I were driving I was venting about something that was bugging me, the parking lot was packed and I was just thinking about how I don't want to park a million miles away. We park, we both get out and start walking and talking again. I get to the end of the parking asile, and am just about to cross to walk into target and I stopped. To my horror, I realized I had FORGOTTEN Ashton in the car. It is still deeply disturbing to me that I really did forget my own child, in the car no less. All these horrible thoughts keep running through my mind about what would have happened if I had not remembered. I truly think I have lost my mind (apparently someone else realizes this and was thinking for me when it dawned on me where he was). Everytime I think about it I get that feeling usually reserved for when I turn around in the store and one of my kids has gotten away from me. I am still in shock that this happened. I think I am going to need some therapy for this. My poor baby ashton, has been dragged all over town with me this summer and spent many hot afternoons on the patio at my mom's house under a fan while I watch the kids swim only to be forgotten. So now i feel a little better after venting about how horrible I feel. Hopefully the judgements won't be too harsh, I wouldn't want to lose any votes in the Mom of the year contest that I can hopefully re-enter next year since this year is obviously out.

P.S. My sister (lindsay) is probably thinking I am even crazier for writing about this on my blog but I had to get it off my chest, and I am wanting to make a family book out of this blog, so events (even bad ones) make it on here.

Calling all Memories!!

I have been seeing this on other blogs. Since I have been recalling memories, let us see if anyone else does!

1. Leave one memory that you and I had together, as a comment on my blog. It doesn't matter if you know 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. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. Have a nice little trip down memory lane!

(I know you just had a great memory of us....now leave a comment about it!!!)

Calling all Tai Pan fans!!!

So this morning jared said he was going to go check the mail before he left for work, what he brought back sent me into a frenzy! A postcard from Tai Pan saying they are opening a new store in............

RANCHO CUCAMONGA!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe I no longer have to go all the way to utah (st. george to be exact, drove up one night with my mom, got up shopped for 4 hours straight, unloaded my 4 baskets into my car and drove home). It will now be about 2 hours away (less with no traffic but who are we kidding, there is always traffic in LA) . Best of all no luggage to take up all the room in my car so that I have to watch how much I buy since I still have to get it home. It is supposed to open in Sept. Just in time for Chirstmas. So now of course I need to start saving and planning my trip. There are bargins to be found, cute things to buy, oh the sweet joy of walking into that huge store with so many things I don't know where to start. Oh and lets not forget the furniture that was once just looked at but never purchsed because we could never get it home. For those of you who have been you know what I am talking about. It is the only way to purchase home decorations. Once you have been you will never want to buy stuff anywhere else after you see the prices. I am in heaven and I am sure jared is shaking his head. Start saving ladies there is shopping to be done!

P.S. For our family in texas, since we are driving out for christmas I can tell you where your gifts will now be purchsed. If you have any requests let me know!!

21 days to go!!!

We are almost there. Just a little bit more of dealing with my kids at home, then onto dealing with them in the car back and forth to school, soccer, dance, ect. I would much rather be busy though. Last week we went on a field trip with some other moms in the ward to California Pizza Kitchen. It was great. The kids had so much fun, the guy doing the tour was so organized, and best of all it was free. The kids got to make and eat their pizza, get some soda and watch the little show the guy puts on.

This past weekend we also picked up a Wii Fit. We played it almost all day on Sat. My first Wii age was 43. Then when I figured out what it was asking me to do, I did it again later and got an age of 34. That is more like it. I was surpised at how hard it actually is to do. They have a jogging game where you run this trail type thing. Well while I was running in place I realized that my rear was bouncing at a different pace then the rest of my body. I am really out of shape. It is a pretty fun way to get some exercise though. Sorry no pictures of us playing the Wii fit, it is not pretty.

Lazy Days

So as you can tell i have been lazy about my blog these days. My sister in law teresa says she is about to get fierce with me if I don't start updating. My days have been filled with bored kids and lots of cleaning and laundry. This past weekend we had a 4th of july barbecue and we also blessed ashton. We have had jared's parents here which has been such a huge help. So here are my ramblings for the last few weeks.

The Bachelorette---Come one people. If i hear one more contestant say i didn't expect to fall in love i just might throw up a little. What did you expect when you go on a show where you are supposed to find a potential husband/wife. Deanna....Jesse? Really? I was rooting for jason but i think he will be the next bachelor so i will just wait for that. I thought it would be jeremy but with that embarrassing bout of graveling and crying i don't think so. He is a good looking guy with a good job and a nice family, obviously the guy has issues.

So you think you can dance----I am loving this season. I don't' know how I feel about some of the new choreographers but I do have my favorite couples. Mark and Chelsea, Gev and Courtney, Twitch and Kerrington, and Josh and Katie. For those that don't watch start now. Great entertainment.

Kids Shows---- These i have seen way to much of as have my children. I did learn something about myself from one of my most hated shows. Max and Ruby. I loathe this show but mackenzie loves it. So i let her watch it. After a really bad day of dealing with ethan (that is an entire post itself) I sat down on the couch while mackenzie was watching this show. What I realized was that I am just like ruby. I make the biggest deal out of the littlest things with the kids. I do not pick my battles very well. Ruby is constantly trying to correct what max is doing when what he is doing is either working for him or is really not a big deal. It drives me crazy. So i guess i must drive myself crazy. I have seriously got to work on this.

Cleaning---I need a maid. I just cannot keep up with all of it. I hate it. I avoid it like the plague. Sometimes I will just leave my house for the day just to avoid looking at it and then get upset when I have to come back home and see how messy it is again. With gas over 4 dollars i am now just at my house avoiding the messy rooms. One clean room is better than none so I think we will just spend most of our time in that room.

Wii----we finally got one. I have to say it has been a great threat for discipline. The kids love we and we love it. We did get guitar hero aerosmith which jared really loves and i am slowly learning. I did make it through one whole song though. We even got jared's dad to play it. once he got started the competitive side of him wouldn't let him quit without giving each song a few try's.

So hopefully that will cover me for the next few weeks. Below are pictures from the latest events. I hope we don't melt this week. It is supposed to be a 111 today. Honestly that is too hot even for good ol' bako.