Kristen's Words

Last years resolutions....This years too

2009-12-31T13:02:00.001-08:00

My 2009 resolutions....
Have a cleaner car. (Jenn, didn't you say you had something that would help me get the chocolate milk off the roof upholstery?)
(well I just bought a new one with more room for the junk)

Have a great 30th birthday and achieve my goal by then
Run the half marathon in SF.
(my birthday was ok, and Ididn't get the 1/2 marathon due to being preggers, guess thats next year)
Think about a new job...
(I thought about it, but then decided for the time my job is good for my life and kids)
Take the kids to Disneyland.
(next year:)
Finish painting and repainting my house.
(ha ha ha ha ha so much for that)
Finish my kids bathroom (Leslie this is your job to keep me on my toes for this)
(failed)
Repay off all the credit cards we have used for home improvement stuff.
(yup, but then I used them for Christmas:)
When those are done, try to talk Tim into a new car.
(checked off)
Start saving every month.
(uh....having a baby and not working during that time can affect this:)
Pray more and worry less.
(Yup)

2010 Resolutions.
Finish the Kids bathroom.
Disneyland (after my bros wedding)
Get back into running, 1/2 marathon.
Lose the baby weight, plus more.
Be a friend to all, be it bird or fish or tiny mole! Or anyone:)
Start saving.
Keep my Mom's memory close for myself and my family.
Drink more wine , cause it's good for you.
Keep the house clean! HAHAHA! With 3 kids....
Have Molly sleep through the night.
Plant more flowers.

Molly Grace

2009-11-19T17:27:00.000-08:00

for those of you with out Facebook....

Labor day or Halloween?

2009-10-31T14:42:00.000-07:00

An update on me...
For those of you who haven't heard....
Last night I was having contractions pretty much all night but nothing real, they were waking me up while sleeping, or I was dreaming about them (which I think were real ones just not too strong) When Tim left for work at 3:30 am I joked that I would be calling him in a little bit. After he left, they got stronger and more consistent. I called him around 6 and we went to the hospital around 7:30am. Once there I had a contraction in the elevator, and then not a single one once they put me on the monitor (shy Molly). The nurse had me walk around for about 20 minutes and I had 3 more, yet they weren't as strong. She put me back on the monitor for about 20 minutes and I only had one:(
I got sent home, which made me happy cause I can take the kids trick-or-treating:)
As it stands now, I have had them consistently all day, but they are about 10-12 minutes apart. The nurse said to come back at about 7 min apart. She seamed to think that this was early labor and I would be back later today or early tomorrow.
So we are going out to trick-or -treat about 4pm. and we are going to Tims moms neighborhood which is close to the hospital so that if we have to leave we can....
To be continued.....

Things Madden does to your husband...

2009-08-13T13:05:00.000-07:00

He gets no sleep the night before in anticipation of getting the game.
He warns me that I should go to the movies after work, as the TV and him are otherwise occupied.
He asks the cat (whos asleep in the couch) if she has a problem. Over and over....
He hasn't brushed his hair all day.
He asked me to hold his controller while putting Jason in his carseat, but wouldn't shut the car door until I gave it back.
Two days ago the Fedex driver delivered to the neighbors, He went out to make sure that it wasn't his game that got delivered.
Yesterday he tracked the package on Fedex site so much that I thought it was going to pop up and say, "just be patient dang it"

I can't keep up

2009-07-24T13:11:00.000-07:00

Although the blog Olympics are fun, I can't keep up, so I guess I am withdrawing from them:) Some of us have to work.:)

two bumps in two days.

2009-07-23T09:35:00.000-07:00

Poor Jason's head. Yesterday he "fell" (aka got pushed , by his lovely sister) off the diving board on to the concrete. Then just a few minutes ago ran right into the corner of the kitchen cupboards. In almost the same spot! While yesterdays I' m sure hurt worse, today's, looks worse.....:(
(37pts)

Things I learned this morning watching Mickey

2009-07-23T08:15:00.000-07:00

That Daisy can climb a wall in pumps.
For some reason Daisy is the driver of the Mickey car.
That you can slow down Pete with bubbles
That Pete is a cat. Did anyone else know that? Crazy!
And because he is a cat he can be slowed with a ball of string.
To do the hot dog dance you swing your hips and snap you fingers ( I never knew there was a special way until the told us today)
To clean stinky shoes you need one bar of soap and one bottle of perfume, and of course the stinky shoes.

Thats all.

(31pts)

Home improvments...

2009-07-22T15:18:00.000-07:00

Tim and I made a list of home improvements that we would like to to do, hopefully before the baby is here. We are actually getting somewhere on it. I have the living room half painted. We are still deciding if Tim likes the color or not.

We got the paint for the outside of our house, as well as lined up the supplies to do it with. Thanks to a friend of Tim's who's girlfriend works for a paint company, we got 20 gallons of free paint. We are waiting on a stucco guy to come do some work before we throw the paint on.

We also ordered new windows to replace the last 4 single pane metal ones that were left. I am kind of bummed that the new windows won't have that swing out character that our current ones add. But the new ones will be much more energy efficient.

Yesterday I mentioned to Tim that I had picked out the new ceiling fan I wanted to get for Kara's room since hers quit working about 8 months ago. So he called Greg (his step dad and electrician) and asked when he would have time to put it up. He said he would be over in an hour. So I had to run to the store right then to get it.

Just a few items to check off the list of to be done.

(20pts)

is this fair?

2009-07-22T13:10:00.000-07:00

Joel and Leslie share a account and so do Mike and Jamie. So when comments say Joel and Leslie or Littau Family can the both count them as points?
(13pts)

#1

2009-07-22T07:26:00.000-07:00

I can't believe no one has posted yet for the blog Olympics, so here I am to kick it off. It's going to be hot today! And I am going swimming! Yup thats all.

Kara's picture!

2009-07-07T22:38:00.000-07:00

Kara drew a picture of her family. From left to right, Daddy, Kara, Jason, Mommy and Mommy is holding her new baby sister.

Skateboards

2009-06-22T22:49:00.000-07:00

Kara wants to get everyone skate boards.
Here's what she wants to get everyone....
Kara gets a princess skateboard.
Jason gets a Mickey skateboard.
Daddy gets a Giants skateboard.
And Mommy gets a Mommy skateboard.(I guess Mommy has no other interests but being a Mommy)

The best daddy...

2009-06-21T22:54:00.000-07:00

So today after church, I say to Kara, "hurry get in your seat we have to go get daddys father's day present, because he is the best daddy in the world."
Kara says, "Mommy he's not the best daddy in the world." (long pause, I get kind of worried.) "hes the best daddy in the universe".
Sounds good!

The fair

2009-06-19T08:15:00.000-07:00

Yesterday afternoon we headed out to the fair, of course it was the hottest day of the month so far. So after we got there we went to go on some rides and it was just to hot to stand in the sun. So off to the buildings we went so Kara could collect her backpack full of free stuff from the CHP and other booths. After that we went and listened to some music on one of the stages and Kara got some good dance moves in. People were laughing and watching her, Jason joined her for one song too.
By then it was time to hit the Ferris wheel. Kara had been talking about wanting to ride the Ferris wheel. So she and Tim went up and around. I'm not sure if Tim was as big of a fan as she was. Then Kara spotted the goldfish game. So I gave her $1 and she got 5 balls to throw. The 5th one was the winner! So we now have "dory" to go with "nemo" from last fair's fish. (although Nemo is the replacement from the fish that died after we brought him home last year, but don't tell Kara)
Back to the kids area we went, where we meet up with Grandma and Papa, and the kids got to ride some more rides. Tim was taking Jason on a roller coaster so I took her to the fun house, the funny thing is she stands by the measuring thing for every ride and waits to see if she is big enough. So she goes in the fun house, and comes out, some of the kids she was just in there with were going back in so I said yes she could go too. She had to stand and measure up again, though. This went on like 8 or 9 times, each time she would measure up and wait to be told she could go in, until the last one she said, "I'm big enough" and just walked in. The lady working thought she was the funniest thing.
Then it was off to ride the motorcycles. At the end of the ride, one little boy yells, "I'm the winner". Kara yells "no she's the winner" and points to the girl in front of her. Then the boy yells something back, Kara gets off her motorcycle and proceeds to go over and tell him how he didn't win. So funny!
We topped off the whole day with fair food, yum!

if, ands & buts...

2009-06-14T22:37:00.000-07:00

Ahh...
It's been a long week. We had our sonogram last Thursday and found out the baby is a girl, and the lady said "you won't be coming to me telling me I was wrong", which gave me confidence that we won't have one of those oops,it's a boy moments at the hospital. Now for names.....tricky....suggestions will be taken. I like Madden Elizabeth or just Elizabeth or Paige....Tim likes none of the above....:)

After much thought we decided to give away our puppy, but she went to a great home where she will roam 6 acres of land and go on hikes everyday to a creek. Makes it easier to let her go.

I am excited to get back to a normal routine, I feel like things have been crazy busy lately but maybe they will slow down? Not likely.....

Tim and I made a todo list for our house. We are getting ready to paint inside the house this week and hopefully prepare to paint the outside. After that maybe stain the concreate out front, put up a new fence, get Jason into a big bed, move the crib to the baby's room, maybe put in new flooring, get new windows for the 3 single pane ones left..... oh did I start rambling?

I have been missing my favortie shows, so I have gotten hooked on the "little couple" and "18 kids and counting" and of course "Jon&kate", but that's starting to make me sad.

ok that all my ramblings for the night, I need to get some sleep .....
I am going to post some pictures from my mini vacation soon.....

100th post, Survey says, a four year old, commands and Many & little one.

2009-05-31T18:35:00.000-07:00

Wow this is my 100th post!

Jessica and I were discussing the Chinese baby prediction calender. She said that it predicts this baby will be a boy. She also said that it is almost always right. So I looked up both my kids and the calender was wrong on both! She said that it puts me in a 10% range where it was wrong. So if you get time look at the chart and let me know if yours were right or wrong.
Both the age and the month are at the time of conception.
http://parenting.ivillage.com/ttc/ttcsigns/0,,j736,00.html

Kara just celebrated her 4th birthday last Monday. She did it up right with friends, swimming, a pinata and a Tinkerbell cake. She also received a huge dollhouse. Which has become her favorite toy.

Jason is begun to talk more, but has also become very opinionated, voicing his dis concern for nap time and bedtime and telling you what he wants! Milk! More! Ball! are all said as commands and not requests.

Kara as two new favorite words/sayings....first
"Many" everything is many. I have many friends, presents, or toys.
The second has become Jason's new nickname...
"Little one" Tim and I say that she sounds native American when she says. "here little one have many toys"....

Where does she get this stuff?

2009-05-16T21:35:00.000-07:00

Tonight on the way home from dinner and ice cream we are driving in the car and Kara says "Mommy I love you"..."that's just my heart talking"

She is the best!

major breakthrough....

2009-05-06T09:34:00.001-07:00

this just in.... Tim opened the door, and Dora ran crazily through the house. Jack and Bella just watched, no crying! Jenn there is hope!

odds and ends...

2009-04-26T22:42:00.000-07:00

Right now I am watching the amazing race and they are getting painful foot massages. I want a foot massage but that looks a little harsh.

Friday I took the kids to target with me while I was getting supplies for a baby shower I was throwing. Kara got out of the car carrying her (which is really Jason's) Mickey Mouse toy. I didn't feel like trying to talk her out of bringing it in so I allowed it. We did all of our shopping and when we were in the checkout line I realized that Mickey was missing. So back through the store we trekked looking for him, yet he was no where to be found. Kara was so upset that I asked the girl at the service desk if they would call us if he turned up. Yes she said. (now here's the cute part of the story) So Kara miss upset, said "he has big black round ears, and red on and yellow shoes...." I said "Kara I think she knows what Mickey looks like":). (Mickey was found and we returned for him about an hour later)

I think that I blog about the biggest loser too much as, I received a comment on my "windy Wednesday" post, where someone thought I was the Kristin from the biggest loser.

Today we took the kids to the new yogurt shop 'you top it' by blockbuster. It was awesome , you fill up your own cup with yogurt and all the toppings you want, and at the end you just pay by the ounce. And they even have kids cups where they can get whatever they want for $1.99. So Kara had like 6 toppings on her yogurt.

Do not read if you haven't watched the Biggest Loser yet

2009-04-22T15:33:00.000-07:00

I hate Ron! Can you say "hey Kristin, I got your back......... with this knife!" GRRR!!!!!!

Getting the upper hand.....

2009-04-19T23:09:00.000-07:00

I am finally about to over take the laundry again. I have been really slacking on it for the past 5 or so weeks, as laying on the coach sounded so much better. But one day I realized that 2 very full laundry baskets plus clothes piling up on the floor as well as the kids laundry growing was going to soon take over the house. I was almost the Sara Sylvia Cynthia Stout of laundry. So I have been putting an extra effort in to get through it... Now if I can get 3 loads done tomorrow I may just finally win!
Then I have to put it all away.....

Windy Wednesday.

2009-04-15T10:42:00.001-07:00

Yesterday, we made the trip to Sacramento to see George and Shawna's baby, Makayla. She was so little, in case you don't know she was born 14 weeks early and weighed 1lb 7oz. Yesterday she weighed a heft 2lbs even. It was neat to be there to see how they take care of her, and Shawna explained all the stats to me on her moniter, and they were all good, close to those of a full term baby. It was just crazy to see how tiny she was.

Right now Jack is wearing Kara's shoes and walking around the house, and Kara and Bella are playing candyland, with no rules. Jason is throwing around a diaper. I got them under control!

A cute Kara story. A couple weeks ago, the kids and Grandma and I went to Khols, Kara wanted to bring her blanket in, Grandma said no, but I said yes, thinking that she would sit in the stroller and be good. Kara looks at Grandma and goes, "ha ha Grandma you lose!"

I just got done watching last nights biggest loser, so stop reading if you haven't watched it yet. I think I cried like 4 times. What a great episode. I felt so bad for Mike's brother Max he was so sad seeing his dad and brothers transformations. I think they should put him on next season. That is if he turns 18 by then. Right now Mike and Kristin are my favorites. I like Tara but she is way to crazy in the game. The best final four would be Mike, Kristin, Filipe and Tara. I felt bad for Laura as she wanted to stay in the game but her hip fracture just put her out of the game.

Easter Sunday.

2009-04-12T20:04:00.000-07:00

Ah what a nice day we had. Such great weather, Kara was able to wear her Easter dress without a sweater or tights.
Our Easter began yesterday with the egg drop. Fun, yet crazy! Kara was just happy to get a few pieces of candy, and she was able to see friends. Meet the Easter bunny and pet real live bunnies.
This morning, we woke up to find baskets of goodies with chocolate bunnies, squirt guns and watering cans for outside. The Easter bunny also brought Kara a set of Snow white figurines that included all the dwarfs, the prince, the queen and of course snow white. Small dolls are Kara favorite things to play with right now so that worked out. Jason also got a magna doodle. He has been loving drawing and coloring lately. I don't remember Kara liking to color until she was almost 3, so its neat to see Jason color.
After pancakes, it was off to church which was awesome. Since we has so many volunteers from the Fair Oaks church, I got to go to the service instead of being in nursery. Which was nice because I was kind of bummed to miss the Easter service. After church we picked up Grandma and headed to an egg hunt at Gold Hills Golf course. Where we were supposed to see Papa but, he was a few holes away and we missed him. Then we had lunch and came home for naps.
After nap, we went to Safeway and got some steaks for BBQing. And strawberries and ice cream yum!(and ran into Jes!) We had my Mom and Dad over for dinner and then watched the kids play in the sprinklers.
Now its almost bedtime and I am tired!

Blogging.....

2009-03-30T14:09:00.000-07:00

Just 6 posts away from 100!
I haven't blogged anything worthy of reading for a long time, maybe today will be the day. Maybe not.
I have been busy lately, but today the kids didn't seam to be feeling 100% so we stayed home from the gym and hung out around the house all morning, except for a trip to Winco... It was nice to not rush out the door and then get back home just in time for lunch and naps. A nice change.
Jason has learned how to climb out of his crib, but he knows he isn't supposed to do it so most of the time he stays in.
Kara is into surprises, everyday she wants to know if I am going to take her to a surprise after nap. It could be a trip to the coffee shop for a chocolate milk or going to the park. Its all the same, as long as it is a surprise to look forward to.
Dora the puppy is getting bigger and a little less aggressive with the kids, she is learning to not jump up on them , and Kara is learning to feed her everyday and give her water. This is all practice for the new baby, so Kara can get up with him/her in the middle of the night:)

Just an idea...

2009-03-17T22:13:00.000-07:00

The should get Kleenex to sponsor the elimination room on the biggest loser.

There are always convenient adds on the show why not? Extra, Jello, Cool whip, that protein drink, ziplock.....ect....

Don't you love kids...

2009-03-14T14:21:00.000-07:00

So the other night we go to my Sister in laws house. My niece says, "hey aunt Kristen are you having another baby?" "yup" I say "did you mom tell you that?". Just wait till you hear her answer.....
"no I just noticed that you were getting fatter!"

In case you hadn't heard.....

2009-03-05T07:37:00.000-08:00

Baby Gurley coming this fall!

Kara loves Jason!

2009-03-02T21:52:00.000-08:00

Yesterday after church I didn' feel like making lunch so we stopped by Puerto Vallrata for their kids eat for .99 cents deal. (and happened to see many familiar faces) But while we were sitting there waiting for our food, Kara started praying. I couldn't hear what she said so I asked her. It was so cute. She said "I just asked Jesus to be in Jasons heart too, because I love him" I have found that Kara has such a fondness for her brother. This morning we baked our bread that Kara made at kids church. Then I sliced it up and she shared with me and Jason. When we were done there was some left and kara got out two ziplock baggies to save the leftovers for her and Jason. Then she packed them in her pack-pack to take to the gym. But I thought it was so sweet that she wanted to save a piece for him.

Skating....

2009-02-28T21:39:00.000-08:00

Today I took Kara roller skating for the first time. Wow talk about walking into a time capsule. It hasn't changed in the past 20 years since I went there as a kid. Including the prices. Kids skate for $3! Parents just $1!. So sweet!. Anyway. I strapped on Kara's skates and off we went. She did pretty well on the carpet, but once we hit the rink it was so much more slick she had a harder time. But we did make progress and make it around the rink then took a break and made a couple more loops. I did wish that I had worn steel toe boots because my feet may have been a little banged up due to skates hitting them. By the time we were done Kara was tired, and me too. But it was fun!

My life as a movie in Itunes

2009-02-27T14:04:00.000-08:00

So, here's how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
7. No cheating and doctoring your list to make yourself look cooler than the person you took this from

this sounds like fun...

Opening Credits:
Brad Paisley "ain't nothin like"

First Day At School:
Garth Brooks "the river"

Breaking Up:
Ashlee Simpson "La La"

Prom:
Sublime "Summertime"

Sex scene:
CCR "good golly miss molly"

Life's Ok:
No doubt "I'm just a girl"

Mental:
Dirty Dancing Soundtrack "I've had the time of my life"

Flashback:
Blake Shelton "the Baby"

Getting Back Together:
Lonestar "I'm already there"

Wedding Scene:
Gretchen Wilson "when I think about cheating" (seriously? whatever!)

Birth of Child:
Faith Hill "Mississippi girl"

Falling In Love:
Jessica Simpson " I think I am in love with you"

Final Battle:
Kenny Chesney "woman with you"

Death Scene:
The beatles "Rocky Raccoon"

Funeral Scene:
The Beatles "let it be"

End Credits:
Jessica Simpson " I don't want to care"

Over exaggerated?

2009-02-25T14:09:00.000-08:00

Did anyone else think that the Bob and the former blue teams exaggeration last night about switching trainers was a little much? Jeez it's not like some on died!
I must admit I was quite mad because they changed the time of the show and my dvr didn't record it! It recorded an hour of who wants to be a millionaire. But lucky for me my awesome husband downloaded it onto his playstation for me! It was even better with out commercials!

Scavenger hunting

2009-02-25T08:27:00.000-08:00

So last night we went on a scavenger hunt. The list included getting pictures on the sundial bridge, in the mall and with a police officer and in a firetruck. I am happy to say that my team got them all! Just barely. Poor Jen was stuck with all the "rule followers" but at least we let our "rebel" get in the police car.

To prevent a heartattack....

2009-02-24T13:18:00.000-08:00

I am warning you all that I am coming to woman's group tonight....
Can someone tell me where Jamie' s house is? I know the area that the subdivision is in but not which street.....

I'm bored why not....

2009-02-18T13:24:00.000-08:00

1. Vacuuming – Run it through the house hitting the heavy-track areas; or, move most of your furniture to get as much carpet as possible? (get the heavy traffic area. I mostly sweep though do to the wood floors. I only move the coach to sweep under like once a week.)

2. Milk – Use well past the date on the carton, until it smells funny; or throw it out the day after the date on the carton? (between Tim and Jason this is not an issue. We go through 4-5 gallons a week.)

3. Childhood – What do you do as an adult that you weren't allowed as a child? (leave my stuff everywhere!)

4. Toilet Paper – Roll the paper over the top, or roll it under? (to me it doesnt matter. but I know so many people who have to have it the other way I put it over the top...)

5. Bed-Making – It's made every morning, occasionally, or not at all? (make a bed? maybe if company is coming.)

6. Most Hated Household Chore – Cleaning bathrooms; doing laundry; or dusting/vacuuming? (laundry never ends!).

7. Favorite Type of Vacation – Each day planned out with reservations; or, hit the road and go wherever you end up? (not planned. If we know where we are going I like to make reservations because they are generally cheaper on line but otherwise...)

8. Butter – Stored in the fridge, or in the pantry? (fidge....I don't have a pantry....I buy the spreadable butter for things like bagels)

9. Bathing – Shower or bath; and once or twice daily? (once normally.)

10. Handling Life's Curveballs – When life hands you a big lemon, which way do you tend to handle it: get upset then make lemonade out of the lemons; or smile and make lemon creme pie and figure you may as well enjoy the lemons you were handed? (be upset then try to see the bright side!)

Looooooooooong day

2009-02-16T19:55:00.000-08:00

Ahhh....I hate to be stuck at home. But when you have a sick little girl that's what happens.....here is my day....
7:02am Jason starts crying/ talking....I hope that he goes back to sleep....
7:13am I decide that I should go see if I can give Jason his binkie and he will go back to sleep.
7:14am walk into Jason's room and realize that the stink is why he won't go back to sleep. so I start my day before my coffee, changing a stinky diaper.
7:22am Weigh in on my new scale. turn on computer to post weight. Mike is slacking....go to facebook instead.
7:30am Kara wakes up.
7:32am we let in Dora. Jason cries because she is so excited that she tries to give him too many kisses.
7:42am began toasting bagels.
7:50am everyone has a bagel with butter.
7:54am check blog again still no post.
8:06am check again. oh it there...post weight. Wonder if the prime rib helped Josh get to first place
8:10 am rescue Jason from Dora again.
8:20 turn on music, do dishes, and laundry, balance checkbook. pay car insureance online.
8:59 realize that I want to get ready for the gym. get Jason dressed. Get Kara to put her clothes on. Put on shoes and jackets. Change from jamies to gym clothes.
9:15am Kids are in the car. and we are off.
9:18am stop at the bank
9:20am drive by "Mommas work"
9:25am drive over the bridge and Jason goes "bagels" at manhattan bagel.
9:34am arrive in the gym in the daycare area. Talk to Leslie (daycare lady) about her new hairdo. Say hi to Emily and Ally. Realize that Jason's snack has peanut butter in it. Warn Leslie as I know about Allys allergy. We put it away.
9:38 am on the treadmill fix sock...run 1.5 miles while waiting for Zumba.
9:55am talk to Mike and tell him to remind Jamie to come to Zumba someday.
10:00am in zumba room. fun fun fun!
11:05 zumba over. and I am tired.
11:10 am picking up kids Jason has a nasty diaper ....someone says stomach flu is going around....I groan....
11:25am drive home. when arriving make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches by request for lunch. cook mahi mahi for me with steamed green beans yum!
11:55 lay down jason for nap
12:30 lay kara down for nap...
12:36 post on face book that its naptime ahhh quiet...
12:42 Kara calls me to her room....doesn't feel good and pukes on 5 blankets her hair her new valintine bear and my leg! it smells like pbjs...
12:50 Have Kara in the shower, her bed has been striped.
12:55 allow Kara to lay on the coach and watch cartoons. (towel underneath her head)
1:45 Kara asks about the surprise I promised her.I agree and get out the beads that I got so she could make necklaces.
2:10pm. Kara takes a break from making necklaces to puke. at this point I teach her the importance of puking in the toliet.
2:47 Jason wakes up....Kara pukes again
3:02 Kara finishes her necklace.
3:24pm we are laying on the coach watching the doctors. kids are hiding from Dora. Dora exits the room Jason looks both ways, gets off the coach runs to in front of the tv to find 2 lone fruit snacks. books it back to me before the dog gets him.....I laugh.
3:27pm Kara has to go potty, starts off the coach with the puppy nipping at her heals, turns and yells a monstery scream, dora backs off... I laugh again.

ok I am to tired to finish.....

Why I love Khols....

2009-02-14T13:37:00.000-08:00

Because today they have their clearance an extra 25% off. I got a frog rug for the kid's bathroom, princess light up boots for Kara, capris for me, sweats for Jason, 2 coffee mugs, a swimsuit top, and a brand new pair of running shoes all for $33!

Kids, Kids, Kids and one more kid....and a puppy too!

2009-02-10T15:03:00.001-08:00

Today was my first day of watching Bella and Jackson while their mom was at work. Bella and Kara were inseparable. Jason and Jackson needed to be separated. The boys wanted to play with the same toys at the same time so that was a bit of a challenge. But I figured out the key to happy kids....Snack bags!
Then it was play play play! After a while it was lunch time where Mac and Cheese was on the menu. I was so impressed with Jackson eating as he managed to not make a mess at all. So impressive that I had to take a picture.
Jason after Mac and Cheese. (notice it on his clothes and face, it was even in his hair.)
Jackson after Mac and Cheese.

Meet Dora our new puppy. Kara and Jason love her! Guess who named her Dora the Explorer?

Did anyone else?

2009-02-08T22:59:00.000-08:00

Did anyone else see that Lawrence Taylor is going to be on dancing with the stars? Holy macaroni! Tim will be watching it with me. And Shawn Johnson I love her!

oh yeah and ....

Did anyone else freak out when Joel was on the top of the ladder today, talking about risk, and hope that he didn't fall. And simultaneously hope that Cody could really catch him.

oh yeah and.....

Can someone explain Jed's blog to me? All I got was that it was about Jenn, again....

being random

2009-02-01T20:48:00.000-08:00

Tim and I leave for Reno Tuesday morning! We got the spa suite! We made our reservations last month. Then the price went down so we got a better price. Then last week we got a better price. Now we are at about half the original price. Pretty soon they are going to pay us to stay there.

So I am thinking of writing a book. Unfortunately right now I only have two ideas for plots.
1. Vampires werewolves and Teenagers. oops that's already taken.
2. A story of a pastor and his wife who go on vacation...darn....
I am going to have to give this more thought.

I need a book to read. Any ideas? Seams like everyone is reading "the Shack" maybe I will read that. Oh and I think there is a new Nicolas Sparks book....

We just got our taxes done! I love our tax guy. If anyone needs a quick reliable and pretty cheap tax guy let me know and I will give you his number. He always get me more back than I figured. Did you know you can write off car registration. and miles to kids doctors appointments?

I just scored 90 points in a scrabble game with the word "knowing".

I am only winning Heather and I's running challenge by a little over a mile! She could pass me tomorrow! AGH! I hate losing! I guess this means zumba and a 6 mile run:) Or maybe I will wear it to work.

I took Kara to hotel for dogs the other night. That was a good movie. I was expecting to be bored out of my mind, but I wasn't. Taken was a great movie too!

Jason was so jealous of me holding baby Kaitlyn in the nursery he tried to lay across my lap and hers to prove that I belonged to him. Then he tried to kiss her. Silly boy.

Kara was trying to entertain my Grandma, Mom and me today. She was wearing her Cinderella dress with glass slippers flower crown and had the microphone. She sang we wish you a merry Christmas. When she tried to change songs for Twinkle twinkle little star. She had the other tune still stuck in her head so it came out. "twinkle twinkle we wish you a merry..." then she would stop and try again it took her about 3 times to get it right.

What Joel and Leslie REALLY did on their vacation.....

2009-01-29T19:14:00.000-08:00

Well we all know that it began with 7 trips back into the house for kisses with Zack. The kid was so ready for them to leave by then so that he could play with his toys that he actually threw one at them on their last attempt for a kiss.
Then they began driving toward their destination and low and behold they had to turn around to go back and make sure that all the doors were locked on the house.
Finally on their way, Joel was pulled over for speeding. After talking to the cop (also a hurting packers fan) they were able to get away with no ticket.
Arriving at the Genesee home they began to unload the car an realized that they left the bag with their toiletries including deodorant and toothbrushes at home. Figuring that they would take a ride to the nearest wal greens to pick up supplies they laughed it off. Checked into their room and thought of what to do next. Begin exploring. They went for a walk down one of the peaceful trails and were thoroughly enjoying each others company, when a mouse crossed their path. Leslie jumped into Joel's arms and refused to get down. Joel finally convinced her to get down and as soon as she did a snake came slithering by chasing the mouse. AGH! Back to the house they headed.
By now it was almost dinner time and they gathered around the table to have dinner with the hosts and other couples. Joel attempted to talk to another pastor about football unfortunately the other pastor said he was glad that Kurt Warner and the rams were in the super bowl. Joel stopped listening. Leslie struck up conversation about babies and pretty soon was comparing baby poop stories with other moms. After dinner all the guests began to play charades. Joel acted out being a cheese head and some guy from the office. No one guessed what he was so they finally told him his turn was over. Tired after a long day they headed off to bed. They had forgotten to go to the store so skipped brushing their teeth.
Day 2 began with the sun rising and a rooster crowing at 6:30 am which didn't help with Joel's plan to sleep in. That's ok he said. "Lets go fishing today!" Joel and Leslie went down and had breakfast with all the others. During breakfast Leslie and Joel devised a plan of bringing a lunch to the pond and catching fresh fish. After they had eaten the host couple helped get them supplies and show them the way to the pond. They headed down the trail. Leslie watching wearily for mice, and snakes, and Joel ready to drop all his stuff and catch her if need be. Arriving at the pond it was a glorious morning. They set down their tackle boxes and picnic lunch. Leslie grabbed a book that she was planning on reading and settled under a tree. Joel loaded up his pole and got ready to cast. The first one just went a few feet out so he reeled it back in. He then gave it a big sling and heard a yell behind him. Figuring that Leslie had just seen another animal, he concentrated on his line and trying to see how far it had gone into the pond. Hearing another yell from Leslie forced him to turn around. She had the fishhook stuck in her nose. (when you see her pretend like she got her nose pierced on purpose). Leslie was done with the fishing seen and headed back bravely by her self to fix up her nose and take a nap. Something you can't do to much as a mom. Joel continued to fish. He caught a tree limb, his lunch box and a fish the size of a candy bar (regular size not king). Proud of his catch, but with no where to keep it he threw it back in. Early afternoon came and he headed up to check on his bride. Leslie was snoring peacefully with Zack's baby blanket snuggled in her arms. Joel sat in a chair by the window and began to read. Unfortunately he fell asleep, and awoke with a horrible Crick in his neck that made him wish that Jed was there. Late afternoon came and the both awoke and decide to take a ride to town to get their needed toiletries. They found a local drug store and picked up all their supplies. Arriving at the counter Leslie waited for Joel to pay and Joel waited for Leslie to pay. Each thinking that the other had brought the envelope of money for "general supplies". When they discovered neither had it, the pulled out their visa card the next best thing right? Unfortunately the store did not accept visa. Only MasterCard. They headed back with out a single purchase as all the other stores were closed. Returning just in time for dinner they told the story of their trip to town, and the host couple said that they should have said something because they had extra supplies, and that they would get them for them after dinner. Thankful that they could brush their teeth that night they began eating the spaghetti and garlic bread. (With extra garlic). After dinner, all the couples retired to the sitting room and began telling stories and laughing. After one particular funny joke Leslie couldn't take the non- teeth brushed thing anymore and reminded the couple of their promise. Leslie followed the wife down to a storage closet. Once their it was discovered that all the toothbrushes were gone. And the toothpaste too! She was able to score one old spice deodorant to share with Joel and one bottle of pert plus shampoo. She headed up to take a shower and wash her hair. Looking around the room she tried to think of something that she could use to brush her teeth. The thought occurred quickly that she maybe able to sneak into someone else's rooms for a little toothpaste(to use on her finger), as everyone was down stairs telling stories. She snuck into the room across the hall, the one that the nice pastor and his wife from Oregon were sharing. As she was putting a little bit of toothpaste on her finger and about to leave the room, the light suddenly switched on startling her. Luckily it was just Joel, he had seen her tiptoeing across the hall. What a great idea he said, let me have some toothpaste too. Leslie put some toothpaste on Joel's finger and they were about to exit and go back to their room when they heard a noise in the hall. It's the couple who were staying in the room they were in. Thinking fast Joel grabbed Leslie and pretended that she wondered into the wrong room. The couple who's room it was had their backs to them but turned around startled at the noise behind them. (Joel and Leslie could have snuck out with out being seen.) Joel quickly explained that Leslie got lost on her way back from the bathroom and he had seen her go in the wrong room. Joel pulled Leslie into their room and shut the door. Both fell down laughing on the bed and knocked off a lamp onto the floor. It broke. (Bet that's how Mike broke his.) The other couple shrugged their shoulders but wondered how Leslie got lost on the way to her room when the bathroom was inside of the bed rooms, but chalked it up to them being Californians. The broken lamp and the close encounter had Leslie and Joel laughing so hard that they began crying. And then they wiped their eyes. Both forgetting that they had toothpaste on their fingers. Which was now in their eyes. Stinging and burning they flushed them out in the sink, but no longer had toothpaste. Ahh, they decided time for bed. First thing in the morning a trip to the store. Across the hall the Oregon couple wondered how their toothpaste ended up on the floor and with out the cap on. But shrugged their shoulders and got out a fresh tube.
Day 3. Began like day 2, rooster crowing at 6:30 am. Joel put a pillow over his head and went back to sleep, for five minutes. Until Leslie made him get up. She wanted to get breakfast and go to town. So down the went. Trying to not talk to closely to others as to contain the morning breath. The ate breakfast and drank some coffee. They also encouraged the host couple to stay out of their room, until they got back from the store with some super glue for the lamp.
In their car they hopped and off to the store. Making sure that they had the cash envelope they drove happily to town. Rushing in the drug store Leslie grabbed toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, conditioner, visine eye drops (for their irritated eyes) and deodorant oh yeah and super glue. At the counter they paid for their purchases and the store owner even offered to allow them the use of their bathroom to brush their teeth. Back on the street they began walking around. They spotted and in and out burger. Joel said "Leslie, we are on vacation, I could really go for an in and out 12x12 burger and a large soda to wash it down." Leslie said "I guess". So in they went Joel ordered the biggest hamburger he had ever eaten. And he finished it all! Only took 3 hours.
Later back at the house Joel didn't feel to well so he laid down for a nap. Leslie went down and played checkers and scrabble with some other guests. Pretty soon it was dinner time. Leslie went up and go Joel to wake up and tell him to come down for dinner. After dinner they began discussing how they were missing all their favorite shows. So they began acting out scenes from LOST and 24. Other people looked at them weird, but the strange looks increased when they asked them to pretend to be Simon, Paula and Randy, so they could pretend to be watching American idol. People just shook their heads and said that couple....they're from Redding.
Day 4 would have began like day 2 and 3 but Joel and Leslie were smart and had bought earplugs at the store the day before and they remembered to close the shades before going to bed. In they slept, through breakfast and past lunch. 2pm to be exact. The other couples were begun to worry, they wondered if they had to leave during the night or if they were just mocking another show. Finally when they came down stairs in the early afternoon, people just smiled knowingly as why they had been in bed all day. Those details I can not disclose as this is a G rated blog.
Soon after Joel headed down for another try at fishing, and Leslie began knitting booties and hats for Zack. Upon seeing the choice of colors that Leslie was knitting with another wife asked if she was expecting another baby. Leslie explained that no these were just packers colors and Joel liked them best. "oh" said the other wife although she had no idea what "packer's colors" meant.
Dinner was uneventful for once and Joel and Leslie retired early to begin packing up and put back together the broken lamp. Joel glued it back together and went to turn it on, but his finger was stuck to the switch. Leslie got some soap out and was able to help free him and the carefully set the lamp back down. Enjoying their last night of slumber with out a baby in the next room, they slept like babies but remeberd to set an alarm clock.
Day 5. 8 am. The alarm went off. They jumped out of bed and began picking up their stuff to go home. After a quick breakfast the started packing up the car. Only to find the toiletry bag in the trunk. oops. The drive home was fast and hit no major bumps, and they were able to reunite with Zack who was so happy to see his mom that he hugged her for 27 minutes straight, then took off his diaper and threw it at his dad.

Goodbye pink room!

2009-01-28T08:40:00.000-08:00

Tim and I finally got around to painting the scary pink room. Now it is just normal!
Before.
After.

The biggest loser...

2009-01-26T13:32:00.000-08:00

I can't believe that no one has blogged about this seasons biggest loser yet. Seriously who wants Joelle gone? And was anyone else totally mad when they voted off the red team instead of the silver team last week? GRR! I do feel bad for Carla her partner at home who is working hard to get herself in shape for when she gets to come back. Unfortunalty Joelle has burned bridges with almost all the other teams. I think they are just keeping her around because she is consitantly in the below the yellow line area.
The orange team of the two young boys is so sad. I am so glad that they have been kept in the game. I didn't like seeing the one at home eating fried chicken and at a buffet. But Ron's heartfelt speech before the first elimination where he said that the orange team needed to stay actually brought me to tears. His son is only one year different in age than those boys.
Tara on the green team (the former models) is one of the most competitive people I have seen on there. She puts her heart in every challange and goes for the win. I worry that her partner at home isn't going to put in the work and may pull her down.
Oh and I love that guy on the blue team. Filipe he cracks me up!

Cereal addicts, Zumba, Reno and a new toy.

2009-01-13T14:45:00.000-08:00

Kara is into cereal right now. All she wants to eat is cearal for breakfast. And 3 bowls if I will let her. Jason has a yucky cough cold going on. Poor guy has had a hard time sleeping, but seams better today.

Ahh a new season of the Bridge Biggest Loser. Fun. I love the accountability that it provides. Knowing that Monday mornings I have to post my weight on the internet keeps me a little more in check. I was also happy that I had not gained anyback during the Christmas break. A major accomplishment for anyone who has ever done December at Cattlemens. Cookies, cake, coffees and candy are the standard for banquets.

So my friend from the gym texted me other day and said lets try this class beginning on Monday, Zumba. I thought OK, but don't laugh at my rhythm. Yesterday morning was the first class and it was lots of fun. I was so bad at the moves but who cares. And it was a good cardio workout. One hour burned over 600 calories, and that was even with sitting out a song (i twisted my ankle on the like third move). Tomorrow I go back to show off my moves again.

Tim and I are going to Reno at the beginning of February for a Montley Cure concert (I actually have no clue what they sing really) and it will be our first vacation away from the kids. I am nervous about leaving them for two nights with Tim's dad and step mom, (since we have never been away from them) but I think they will be fine and have tons of fun. I will probably be the one crying:) I am very excited for the vacation though! YAY!

I got this new Nike+Ipod thing. It plugs into your ipod then has a senor that goes on your shoe. When you run it tracks how far, how long and how fast. Then when you plug it into your computer it uploads to nike.com and you can see how you run. So cool. You can also put in goals and challenges. Right now Heather and I have a challange of first to 50 miles. Its so cool I love it!

Thats about all my thoughts right now. Thanks for listening to my ramblings...

The 5th M...

2009-01-11T11:46:00.000-08:00

Music....how could I forget?
I need new work out music, any suggestions?

My four M's

2009-01-09T09:00:00.000-08:00

1. Motivation. What motivated me. My Kids, my husband, my life. I didn't want to have health issues, heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure all run in my family. And the biggest contributor to those are being overweight. So I thought about it and I wanted to be active for my kids, to be able to be a healthy example and be around to spend lots of time with my grand kids.
2. Mindset. I am a believer that you won't ever lose weight until you are ready. I tried to lose weight many many many times before. But I never cared enough to see it through. After a few days I would give up, but one day I decided that it was time and that was it, I was off and running (literally)
3. Momentum. Once I got started after a few weeks, I was feeling so much better. I never believed when people said that it gives you more energy, but now I know it does. And when people started noticing that just pushed me more.
4. Maintaining. The one I haven't gotten to. I maintain my workouts and am going to work to lose the rest of it. Then it will all be about keeping it up. I don't ever want to gain it back.
January 2008

November 2008.(its the latest picture I could find of myself)

a blessed year 2008....and my new resolutions.

2009-01-05T13:12:00.000-08:00

-Tim and I bought a house.
-We also strengthened our relationship and its awesome!
-I finally accomplished a goal of losing weight, and hope to finish it by May. (and my 30th birthday)
-I have made new friends, and learned to appreciate good wine.
-Both my children now sleep all night long! and are waking up after 7am generally.
-I took up running which I love! I can't wait until October and the woman's marathon.
-We found the Bridge where we feel at home every week and people love us:) and Kara can't wait to go everyweek.
2008 It was great.(like my rhyme?)

My 2009 resolutions....
Have a cleaner car. (Jenn, didn't you say you had something that would help me get the chocolate milk off the roof upholstery?)
Have a great 30th birthday and achieve my goal by then
Run the half marathon in SF.
Think about a new job...
Take the kids to Disneyland.
Finish painting and repainting my house.
Finish my kids bathroom (Leslie this is your job to keep me on my toes for this)
Repay off all the credit cards we have used for home improvement stuff.
When those are done, try to talk Tim into a new car.
Start saving every month.
Pray more and worry less.

Thanks Joel!

2009-01-04T13:07:00.000-08:00

I want to thank Joel for making the comment today in during his sermon "you know there are some kids that you just want to kill because they are brats but you can't because their parents are right there....." Which caused Tim and Brenda to look at me and laugh....
Thanks now I know your true feelings on my princess! I am not sure if Tim could feel my glare but.....

Christmas Pictures....

2008-12-26T15:30:00.000-08:00

Kara in the Church program. Who says she's not an angel?
After the program with her new puppy.
Santa was here!
Jason's new ride.
Kara was mad that she got woke up until.....
she saw that Santa had been there.
All she wanted from Santa was....
Hungry Hungry Hippos! Santa listened!
What a great day!

Silly face dragon

2008-12-23T22:06:00.000-08:00

Kara has been telling us that Santa was going to bring her a silly face dragon for Christmas, well we had no clue what it was. My fear was the huge ride on $200plus dinosaurs that they have at target and costco. So I begun paying attention to commercials during her favorite shows in hopes of finding the "silly face dragon". Well as I am all finished shopping for Christmas (and finished wrapping too), I find out tonight that the silly face dragon is just hungry hungry hippos. So I guess I will be out and about tomorrow looking for that game. Hopefully someone has it!

Go Black Go!

2008-12-16T22:23:00.000-08:00

I just got done watching the biggest loser season finale and I am so stoked that Michelle won! I wanted her to win, and Ed to win if she didn't, I was so glad when Vicky-icky was one pound away from beating Ed! Ha! I was glad to see that Heba won the at home prize, although Amy or Amy would have been a better choice. I was shocked when Ed was the third finalist not Heba, but then again I wondered if people would vote for him because he asked them not to.
The preview for the next one looked very interesting, having the the biggest contestant ever and being only 19 years old. I hope that he can stay on he ranch for a while to get into good shape.
Anyway, Tim and the kids and I went down to the downtown Christmas lights and saw Santa and rode the train tonight. We then stopped for pizza at the little pizza shop and it was delicious. The train ride was quite cold though even with warm jackets on.

Christmas Photos.....

2008-12-14T22:51:00.000-08:00

These are my best shots at an attempt to get cute photos of my kids. Absolutely none of the ones together turned out well enough to even post:(

Do I dare?

2008-12-08T22:28:00.000-08:00

Our next goal. Nike womans half marathon. Running around the SF bay would could ask for more, oh and getting a tiffanys necklace for finishing....Perfect!
Check out the map

Jenni's 4th file challenge

2008-12-01T22:09:00.000-08:00

This is the 4th picture in my 4th file. Me holding Emma June when she was just a few hours old. Taken on November 11th 2003. This is the morning picture not the one from the middle of the night when she was just born (that was 4th file #3) Emma June is the daughter of my lifelong best friend Arwen. And in case you didn't know my middle name is June too, coincidence I think not!:)

Competitive Kara!

2008-11-29T14:33:00.000-08:00

So Kara ran in her own turkey trot the other day. They had all the kids 0-4 run together. Tim went to the finish line while I stayed at the start. As the kids started running Kara ran, and she cried. Why? Because she wasn't the fastest I guess. At the time we thought it was because she was scared because she couldn't see us and she had never been in a race before. In the aftermath we realized it was because she was not the fastest. I have had this conversation many times with her since.
Me- Kara you did a really good job in that race!
Kara- I'm sorry guys I am just to slow. All the other kids were faster.
M- Kara you did good you finished the race.
K - All the other kids were so fast they got to the finished the race first.
M- Kara is doesn't matter that you didn't finish first, just that you did it. I didn't finish first in my race either.
K- Mommy, all the other mommies were faster than you too, you were too slow too. (thanks Kara!)

This just goes on and on as I try to convince her that she did good. Today we got our Keva juice that she got for participating in the race and she did seam to think that it would make her faster. We will be working on our running now.
I guess she's got that competitive bug!

Mission Completion!

2008-11-27T12:43:00.000-08:00

1 hour 6 min 44 sec! That was my time! Yay!
First Kara did the desielhorst dash.Although she ran it, she cried the whole way. Then it was time for my run. Such a good time! The first mile flew by. The second, seamed so long. I got through the third with the promise of water on the other side:) Made it through the forth, then just into the fifth I passed someone I knew and then made it to the end! Decent time. I wanted under an hour but that will just have to be my goal for next year. This was a goal accomplished! Here's some photos.
Heather and I before the race.
Jessica recognized Tim taking pictures.
finishing!
see my time as I cross the line
Running buddies after the race. (no thats not wine in the cup:))

647

2008-11-26T13:41:00.000-08:00

Yup that's my turkey trot number! Bring on the run!

The view from my kitchen window.

2008-11-23T12:48:00.000-08:00

Who could ask for more?

Introducing Scary!

2008-11-22T13:20:00.000-08:00

This little guy is scary. One of Kara's favorite toys. He came home from Emma's halloween birthday party and hardly a day has gone by since where Scary hasn't been talked about or too. He has even been in time out for hitting a barbie.

Wednesday writings

2008-11-19T12:52:00.000-08:00

I can't decide who I want to win dancing with the stars. Brook Burke who has been the top the whole time until this week where she slipped, or Lance Bass who did such a great job this week to make me glad that I always cheer for the underdog. One thing I know for sure is that Warren Sapp is not going to win!

Thanksgiving is only a week away and I can't wait to stuff myself yum! I will have to workout extra hard for the next week to prepare to eat stuffing and pie all day.

Vicky is my least favorite player on biggest loser. Followed very closely if not evenly by Heba. How can Vicky be mad at Amy C. for "backstabbing her". But what gives her the right to be in charge of the eliminations? Amy has been one that I liked from the beginning along with Colleen. For Amy to win she will have to get every guy off because her starting weight was 239. To lose 50% weight would be the absolute max she could really go. Ed's starting weight was 335 pounds he could lose more like 55-60%. Can I just say we should all dress 80s sometime? Oh yeah and I was just waiting for Richard Simmons to jump out and go crazy.

I am ready for Christmas season, since it always flys by so fast I am ready to start celebrating earlier and longer so that we can enjoy it. We got the lights for the house (but don't have them up yet) And everywhere we go Kara says "Mommy its Christmas!"

I am excited because I know what I am getting Tim for Christmas and I know he is going to love it! YAY!

6 miles here I come!

2008-11-17T13:15:00.000-08:00

I am signing up for the 6 mile Turkey Trot! I hope to see you all out there on Thanksgiving morning!

Yet another Kara story.....

2008-11-11T13:27:00.000-08:00

We are driving in the car

Kara says "momma we need a doggie door".
I say "Kara what do we need that for?".
K-"well so that when the doggie has to go potty it can go outside and when it wants to come back in it can"
M-"oh-"
K-"and when its raining the doggie can comein"
M-"but kara we don't have a dog"
K-"its ok momma, papa said he would talk to daddy about it"
M-"what, papa?"
K-"yeah papa said that he would tell him its ok I can have a dog"

My Dad is now in trouble.

Love Story...

2008-11-10T12:51:00.000-08:00

I love this song! Does anyone else love it as much as me?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXKAzgBMWxc

Kara-ish

2008-11-04T22:05:00.000-08:00

Kara has her own way to say just about anything. I am not sure if you can all understand her all the time.....So here are some of my favorites.....

Up-down- this normally means inside out as in "mommy i can't put my panties on cause they are up-down." This also can mean that she wants you to pick her up and put her upside down.

Slow- this is normally used to describe the volume of the TV. "Mommy the TV is to slow I can't hear it" known to most of us as to low or quiet.

Big-little or little big - not used interchangeably. This is normally used to describe her self compared to others. "mommy, I am big little like Jason" or "Mommy I am little big like you" See the difference

Hiding- this is when we are looking for something and we find it. "Mommy, there is my juice hiding by the milk"

The wrong button- This is when Jason turns the channel while she is watching TV. "Mommy, Jason pushed the wrong button in mommy's room"

I want to pick one- This is where she exerts her right to make choices. Almost every time I know which baby, cereal or piece of candy she will choose but every time its "Mommy I want to pick on, please" This is followed by her looking back and forth between the two with her finger at her mouth looking like the decision is paining her.

Mickey come inside- This is just her way of saying Mickey Mouse. Due to the cartoon Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. "Mommy, I want to watch Mickey come inside" Ask Jenn she was confusing her one time cause Jenn was like Mickey was already in side...

It's OK, Daddy will fix it later- This is for anything broken especially things that we want to leave for the moment. "oops we dropped daddy's PS3 controller, Mommy its OK, daddy will fix it later"

I have a great idea - which has already been discused in a previous post along with Somewhere fun (anywhere where she can play with other kids) "mommy I have a great idea, you take a shower, I watch cartoons Jason take a nap and then we can go somewhere fun, like the silly face bouncy house!"(AKA nor cal elite gym)

Leslie say no?- Leslie is the daycare lady at our gym so sometimes Kara wants to bring things to the daycare that I don't think that she should, (like her baseball bat)I hear "Mommy, Leslie says no?" my answer... always yes (poor Leslie she gets the bad rap)

The big show- the movies. wheneer we drive by movies 10 I hear "Mommy, I want daddy to take me to the big show again and see Horton and have popcorn and soda"

These are just the ones on the top of my head, never a dull moment with Kara...

Halloween!

2008-11-02T12:44:00.000-08:00

Well due to rain in the forcast Tim and I decided it was best to start trick or treating early while the rain was on hiatitus. So right after nap at about 3 we started getting the kids ready and went out to begin visiting Grandparents. First Grandma Haynes' work. Then Granny and Papas where we ran into the Wilburn clan. Then out for trick or treating for a little while. Then to Grandma Ninas apartments then to Grandma Debby and Papa John's. This is how we kept Jason walking between houses. Then more trick or treatin then, home to our neighborhood and to Jim and Ada's and other houses then Kara even managed to score some new teeth at a carnival around the courner.
Whew, are you as tired as I am thinking about that?

Fairytale land....

2008-10-28T13:26:00.000-07:00

Monday, Jen, Alicia, Anna, Bella, Jack, Jason, Kara and I all made the trip to Sacramento to see Jessica and Wesley and get our yearly kids in Halloween cousins picture. The kids and I made it out of the house just in time for our 8:30 leave time but had a long trip there. Or maybe it just felt long to me. In corning Kara had to go potty. And Jason had been screaming since Anderson so we pulled off at Starbucks. We went in and Kara brought her little toy puppy on a leash. I told her to bring it in the bathroom with us but she said she wanted to tie it up outside the door. No I said bring it in, so she says, "oh momma that girl is going to take my puppy if i leave it here?" (that girl is a 40 year old woman who didn't look to be a toy puppy stealer). At the same stop I discover the reason Jason has been screaming was that his sippy cup leaked all over him and he was soaked. So I had only brought him his costume as a change of clothes and I had an extra pair of pants that had come with the shirt and I went to put them on, and they were a 3t (the shirt was 24m) So now he has no shirt, and pants that are about 8 inches to long. So we finally made it to Jessica's and then we all headed out to Fairytale land. First we picnicked in the park where Bella gave us a fun surprise. Then it was costume time! Kara was Ariel, Jason Batman, Bella a cupcake, Jack a skeleton, Anna Strawberry shortcake and Wesley a bee. Kara also got her hair painted red. I got to send a thank you out to Jen for helping fix Kara's costume where it had a hole in it. And to Tessa who had a great idea that we could cover the hole with a seashell and stick it on with bubble gum. Brilliant! We wondered around fairytale town and took pictures of the kids playing and attempted to get them all in one, not soo easy with a group of 4-one yearolds, a two year old and a three year old.

At least my drive back was semi peaceful....

BTW girls I win!

The benefits of a 3 year old, and pumpkin patch pictures...

2008-10-24T12:51:00.000-07:00

They can put on their own shoes,
yet they may not match.
They love to see new things,
yet may chase the turkey into the corner and trap it (Leslie, I am with you I was freaked out!)
They want to ride the train,
and convince everyone to get on. Who knew a 3 year old could fill up the train and get it going.
And they just look like angels...
but sometimes may not act like them....no picture available....(Ask me sometime to see the video though)
They love the good things in life like pumpkins
and don't realize that they didn't grow there when the tractor is putting them out(they must have run out)

And of course the Jason pics....
Climbing the fence
with the goat
on the train
and being the capri sun spokes boy

Creativity needed....

2008-10-20T12:29:00.000-07:00

I have been working on the kids bathroom for a while (ok not activly working but whatever) So I have about half of the wall paper pulled off but it is a pain to get the upper boarder. But my motivation has been lacking. I think that it is because I don't have a theme of what i want to do. I have thought about a sea theme with sandcastles and shells and gray blue paint. Then there is my monkey idea, which involves palm trees and bright paint. But I am not wild about either one. It has to be unisex (otherwise it would be princesses if Kara had her way) Something that will look nice and still kid friendly. Currently it has blue and tan linolium, but that can be changed. It will require a shower curtin so that has to be part of the idea and the sink and mirrors are light wood. So help me with ideas!

200 calories

2008-10-16T14:31:00.000-07:00

Very cool website with pictures of tons of food and 200 calories of each. Compare the celery to the cheeseburger...
And you get more doughnut than bagel....
interesting...
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-200-calories-look-like.htm

Lost a Kara...

2008-10-13T14:00:00.000-07:00

This morning after stepping on the scale and doing a little math I figured out that since I began losing weigh in March, I have now officially lost a Kara. You see Kara weighs 34 pounds and I now have lost 34 pounds. So now I am trying to imagine strapping kara on to me and putting on my clothes. Not cute... Its much better now.:)

Whats going on at the Gurleys house?

2008-10-12T22:03:00.000-07:00

I am so excited for my lawn! Look its growing!
Jason likes it too!
Here is Kara asleep in her bed. Kara likes to tuck all of her toys in with her. The half naked fake barbie/bratz doll was a prize from going to the convince store with Tim. The legs arms and head all fell off in the first 10 minutes providing laughs. As well as the cop car that Jason got that's bumper, wing and hub caps fell off of.
Otherwise our house is pretty calm, we are just waiting for the Giants game tomorrow night! So far undefeated! I will unfortunately be working Monday night football at work during the game, but at least I get to wear my Jersey. So if you want $2 ribs come see me:).
My injury is getting better, although it doesn't look as bad as Jenni's I have put the picture up for everyone to see. I hope that by Tuesday it will be good enough to run on again. (doubtful) So ideas for workouts that do not involve using you right foot alot will be welcomed. The little spot is a blood blister that is one of the most painful parts!
Ah and me and the kids as we were waiting for the cowboys game to get over (yes they lost!) so we could go eat dinner.

Injured!

2008-10-11T13:36:00.000-07:00

So did you know that it is possible to go from total excitement (got the kids a swing set at a yard sale for $25) to total pain? (stepping of the curb to get back in your car and hurting your ankle.)
Right now I am just praying for it to be good enough to get through work tonight. I need the money!
Funny I was just running this morning and thinking about how strong my legs have become and that my ankles haven't bothered me in years ( I have always had easily twisted ankles since I crashed my brothers go kart and sprained them both)....
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
Not to mention that this could throw a wrench in my workouts. Well on the bright side, I don't think its broken. Pray for fast healing:)

Kara has an "Idea"

2008-10-08T12:03:00.000-07:00

You may or maynot know that Kara is the queen of ideas. Everyday, we have the same conversation on the way home from the gym,....
Kara- Mommy I have and Idea.....
Me- Kara what is your idea
K- You can take a shower (cause i am all sweaty from the gym) Jason can take a nap, I will watch cartoons and we will go somewhere fun!
M- Oh...(its the same idea everyday)
K- Mommy say thats a great idea.
M- Kara thats a great Idea!
K- Thank you mommy!

Six Flags part deux....

2008-09-30T10:46:00.000-07:00

This last Sunday my Mom and I took the kids back to six flags to make good use of our season passes. Adam and Traci came with us! We had such a fun day! I was glad that Adam came because he kindof looked after Kara alot while I took care of Jason. Then we went down and stayed at his house and went to the mall the next day.
They love the rides
Jason fell asleep like this...
The caped kids
Kara looks up to Traci
With Grandma
and my happy boy

Serious? My work wants me to lose biggest loser....

2008-09-28T07:04:00.001-07:00

Someone has it in for me they wamted me to drink all these free jamba juices at work....I am sure that they aren't the all fruit ones! Yummy!

Sabatoged!

2008-09-26T22:29:00.000-07:00

This is what I saw tonight when I went to get bread for my first table....
Normally when there are extra brownies laying around they are kind of dried out and hard from sitting under the fan all afternoon, but I touched one and they were soft....I resisted all night, yet it wasn't easy!

In the name of good health

2008-09-26T14:13:00.000-07:00

I was at the gym the other day and was reading O magazine and they said that drinking up to three glasses of red wine everyday can decrease you chances of having dementia when you get older by a half. My work buddies Heather and Karly have decided that we should try this treatment... I will let you know if it works.
PS. This EOS Petite Sirah is the best!

My husband is the best.

2008-09-26T12:49:00.001-07:00

Due to my dilemma last night I ended up recording survivor and supernatural. Tim today found Greys that he can download onto the PS3 so I can still watch it on the tv, and with no commercials! YAY I love having a computer nerd husband!

Major Dilemma

2008-09-25T12:14:00.000-07:00

I just don't know what to do tonight. I have to work. Survivor and Greys anatomy both premiere tonight sweet, good thing that I have the dvr that can record two shows at once. here is my dilemma. Tim has it set to record supernatural his only show that he watches everyweek. The way I see it I have two options,
1. Take off his supernatural and hope that he decides to get it on his PS3.
2. Just record survivor and watch Greys on ABC.com.... But its just not the same.... HUM......

48 hours....

2008-09-24T14:58:00.000-07:00

It has been almost two days since I posted and Jen was begining to worry so I thought I would post. I have been busy! Yesterday my fiends husband came over with a tractor and got rid of all the weeds in the backyard so now we are one step closer to putting in the grass. Unfortunately when they were out there some pipes got busted, so today Tim and I have been digging trenches and trouble shooting the whole system. We have it kind of figured out, so now its time to go to the store and get the stuff to fix it. Otherwise I have been working out and getting ready for this weeks weigh in.
Kara has learned that she is really really cute and can talk people into things. Last night my parents were watching her and Jason and They were planning on taking them ot black bear for dinner. Well Kara wanted Taco bell because that's where papa normally takes her. Papa says hey you gotta talk to grandma about that. So Kara turns on the charm and goes "Grandma," ever so sweetly... "do you want to go to taco bell?"....Well it was so cute, grandma said yes. I guess that they eventually talked Kara into black bear but it involved a bribe of ice cream.

I can't wait....

2008-09-22T15:14:00.000-07:00

For dancing with the stars is finally on tonight and tmmorrow and the next day. YAY! They have a great cast this time! I can't pick my faorite until after the premire but already I am rooting for Susan Luci....and Misty May....

Bittersweet

2008-09-22T12:28:00.000-07:00

Congrats Jed, Brenda and Jed for being the first weeks winners. To me this just showed me that everyone is taking this alot more serious than I thought, thats great more motivation. I am sad that I only lost .8lbs this week, but I am reminding my self that i did lose over 2 last week, and 27 since march (unfortunatly all before the competion started), and that maybe I will have a big week this week. I am just going to work harder and eat better. I already started with an extra intesive workout this morning. Anyone who wants to meet to walk, jog or do playground work out this week let me know.
Anyways congrats everyone!

Jen Eats Cake!

2008-09-21T21:02:00.000-07:00

Alais, Jen may try to say that Jed and I were consuming major cake and ice cream and she was strong but as she was leaving she shoved this in her mouth.....

Jason's first haircut

2008-09-20T14:02:00.001-07:00

Jason finally got his hair out of his eyes with his first haircut! Yay he looks so grown up! Thanks Tricia!
Before ....
During....
After....
And Kara too!

Inspiration....

2008-09-18T23:33:00.000-07:00

It's funny, sometimes you don't realize that things that you do in your life inspire other people. I have been working out for about 6 months and have been building up my stamina of running. I can now run for 20 minutes with out stopping and am working on speeding up. I remember the days when I would run for 30 seconds to a minute to try to reach a goal and then take 1-2 minutes to recover.
Today at the gym another woman says to me that I inspire her. This is a thin girl around my age, who I see several days a week there. I say "really?" and she says "yes. I see you running everyday on that treadmill and I could never do that."
I personally never thought that I would inspire someone, in that way.
Interesting....It makes me think about the people that inspire me, and if they know that they do?
There are so many people who inspire me in every way of my life.... Like my friend Heather who has inspired me to go green, who I think about guiltily if I go to the store and forget my reusable bags. Like Jamie (and the other kidventure teachers) who puts so much work in every week to make church fun for kids. And Shannon my floor sup at work, who I wanted so badly to not like and I can't not like her, her confidence and personality just won't let me and I am thankful for that because I would've missed out on this person who has become a friend. Joel for inspiring me everyweek with a message that is relevant in my life, that I feel like he is talking straight to me. And for not kicking me and Kara out because she is dancing all over or trying to play the drums on the chairs and asking if its time to go to kids church yet. My Mom who has had a not so great last 3 years and still keeps on trucking, to doctors appointments and dialysis, and never says how much she hates it although I know she must. And Dad who takes such good care of her and is so passionate about it. And Tim who knows me so well that he isn't afraid to point out things to me when he sees fault in my thoughts. Who has become such and inspirtation to me and the things I never knew he could do, like keep his calm when one of our babies have their first fall and I am freaking out. Or get Jason to lie still to change a diaper when he always crawls away from me.
Who inspires you?

My Biggest Loser Strategy....

2008-09-16T08:32:00.000-07:00

Here is my stratagey to win the Bridge biggest loser....

Exercise---
*Bump my work out from 1 hour to one and half everyday. Include more running and try to make it in time for the 9am class. Switch up my work out to burn more calories, my new goal is 750 in one hour.
*That being said, get a new battery for my heart rate watch so that it will help me track my progress. It froze about 3 weeks ago.
*Try to add a second workout in a day, after work, maybe running around a friends neighbor hood or just hitting the gym again.
*Take the kids to the park and while they are playing do some exercise. Squats on the slide steps, pullups on the monkey bars and my favorite (and the hardest) pushups with one hand on each swing.
*Use Jason and Kara as weights for cardio stair climbing and bicep curls.
*At work, do lunges accross the kitchen and 10 jumping jacks everytime I go in the walkin. Also try to convince the hostesses to seat me in several sections so that I have to move around the restraunt at a faster pace.

Eating---
*Eat veggies and fruit and try to not eat mac and cheese with the kids.
*Not snack on the kids lunches and dinners while I am getting it ready and not eating their leftovers.
*At work.....Absolutly No tumbleweeds, fries and bread. When I see someone making an oreo shake, donot decide to have one too! Make my salad with more vinegar and nonfat italian and just a dab of blue cheese. Drink only water and club soda. If we go out afterwork for a drink, have wine not a margarita. And none of Rivers delicious fried olives.
*Get back on my myfitnesspal.com account to log food and exercise.
*Buy more healthy choice steamer meals, Yummy!
*No more midafternoon blended coffee drinks :(. Instead Iced nonfat and (gulp)sugarfree ones, if I have that craving.

I am only telling you this so that you know how to (try) to beat me!

Funny Video!

2008-09-15T10:51:00.000-07:00

Just watch it! After the first minute it is awesome!

Weding Party Dance - The best video clips are here

A peer pressure blog

2008-09-11T08:31:00.000-07:00

Jenn and I are planning on giving Jason and Jackson Mohawks for Halloween. We are trying to get a third 1 year old to be part of the group.... As Jamie said no. So we are calling out to Jessica and little Wesley. Wouldn't he look good with a Mohawk?

Get ready to stomp them out!

2008-09-05T08:24:00.000-07:00

The giants kicked off the season in style with our first of many wins! Luckliy Plaxico Burris signed his new contract 20 minutes before the game, which caused Tim to yell "35 million dollars" every time he caught an awesome pass. The game was great and I was happy to see that our defense wasn't too bad off with out all our superstars from last year. This is the video of Strahans introduction of the Superbowl Champion Ny Giants!

So its only Sept. first but.....

2008-09-01T14:55:00.000-07:00

For some reason I am so excited about Halloween. I can't wait. I want to get the kids costumes and for the fall weather to set in. I think that it has something to do with we didn't really have a summer due to the fires and smoke that I am just ready for it to be over and turn seasons. I also am excited to have our own house where we can go trick or treating in our own neighborhood and hand out candy.
So what I really need is costume ideas. I want to have the kids do a theme. And maybe Tim and I too. Kara has mentioned Ariel. So we thought, Jason as Sebastian or flounder, then I said Daddy can be, King Tritan (although he said he didn't have the abbs for it). And what does that leave me as the seawitch? Kara also mentioned Cinderella. Then I would make Jason, Gus Gus. And Tim and I wouldn't dress up. So anyone have any great ideas? Either for just the kids or for all of us? Wouldn't it be fun to be the Jetson's? Hum....
I am also thinking about sewing my kids costumes. That is very brave for me. I can follow directions very well but....or if I get stuck I could recruit, Aunt Dixie, Granny, and Ada's sewing group for help. That's another idea.

Four years, two kids and a mortgage later....

2008-08-29T07:52:00.000-07:00

Happy Anniversay Tim! I love you!
I love you because you took me to my first giants game. And told me not to be afraid when I thought we were going to get beat-up.
I love that you made my proposal extra special. I love how you are always there for me, you are the best husband and dad that I (and the kids) could ever ask for!

So in case you want to know

2008-08-25T14:10:00.000-07:00

Well if you have seen Kara in the last 3 days you may have seen her owie. She has a bruise/cut on the bridge of her nose. So I asked her what happened because I was at work. So she said "momma, come here look." So I follow her to her room and I guess this is what happened. From what I gather was she was standing on the motorcycle rocking thing and fell... Thank goodness that she didn't get her eye...
I didn't ask what happened to her forehead....

Great story, but you might cry...

2008-08-24T21:07:00.000-07:00

Last night, there was a young man who came into Cattlemens and he was going to propose to his girlfriend that night at dinner for their anniversary. Doug, my manager, asks him if he wants to down play it or if he would like for us to make his table special (normally we do a tablecloth and candle). The guy said sure. So they put the tablecloth on and, Doug leaves work and goes to Safeway and buys roses. Misty my other manager picks up some sparkling cider (as they look young so we would have an alternative to champagne).
So the table is set and waiting for them. Their server Carla was waiting on another table across from the one set up and it was a couple celebrating their 50Th wedding anniversary. They asked what was going on with the table, and Carla told them the story. Then after the young couple arrived and the 50Th anniversary couple told Carla that they would like to buy the dinner of the young couple. Not only that but they asked her to get an envelope because they wanted to leave $100 as an engagement gift.
I think I am going to cry again:)

Boredum+kids are napping, brought about these thoughts

2008-08-23T15:04:00.000-07:00

*I love project runway, they can do a show with drag queens and I am still interested. Seriously what other show could do one and I would be like I can't wait to see what they do? And one is named hedda lettuce? Funny...

*Why do guys who drive Lexus' think that its alright to park in handicaped spots? Is it because they spent so much on that car that it permanently hurt their wallets?

*I am going to miss watching the Olympics all day and all night every day, but maybe then I will get some more sleep.

*Did you know it takes more calories to digest celery than are in it? Too bad I like peanut butter or spinach dip on mine.

*Jason is cutting a new tooth, a molar I think so he wines sometimes in the middle of the night prompting me to get up, then I end up watching the Olympics... But I do wonder is it possible that men don't hear their children crying in the middle of the night? Although Thursday night I was up for 2 hours and I was praying that the kids would sleep till 8:00 so I could sleep later and would you know it, but Tim got up with them?

*Did you know that I got cute jeans, for me today, at JC Penny's for $1.59 that's including the tax? Score!

*Giants are going to beat on Jet Farve here in just a few minutes, I hate to admit but I am excited for football season to start.

*What I am not excited about is Madden, Tim gets so into the games that, sometimes I wonder if he would notice that the house was burning down around him. Case in point, the guy he was playing 2 days ago called him when the game was over and said he had just gone outside and someone had stolen his car while he was playing. (this was like in LA or something).

*I love that whenever I go to the store and plan on baking something that I have to buy brown sugar because I am not sure if I have any. I was just making muffins and saw at least 3 unopened packages. Same with powdered sugar. But I never think maybe I need flour, sugar or eggs, and those are the things I never have when I want to make cookies.

*Everyday Kara asks to go to, the gym, the bounce houses, the mall (she loves that play area) and chuck e cheese. I think that is in hopes of getting one Last weekend we were at the mall and Kara spun the wheel at one of the booths and won a month of free gymnastics classes. I can't wait to have her go and have fun!

For Aunt Dixies reading enjoyment....and everyone elses...

2008-08-16T08:31:00.000-07:00

This is one of my best Kara stories although it happend a few months ago I wanted to share it with you all.

Whenever we go to Costco, Kara always looks forward to the end where she gets to hold the receipt and get a smiley face when we get it marked going out the door. So this day Kara was talking about it all through check out. "momma its going to be soooooo silly" She said that about 6 times. As we are walking up I see that it is the one guy who never makes smileys for the kids he always just marks them and gives them back. So I am praying that he is going to make this silly face that Kara is looking forward too. We get up there and he just marks it with the line and hands it back. So I know that he didn't do it. So I start pushing the basket as fast as I can to prevent everyone form hearing the scream that I am sure to come. Kara flips over the receipt looks at it and looks at it...... "Momma" I am holding my breath "yeah" I say. "Momma he made me a magic wand!"

I love her!

Spur of the moment vacation.

2008-08-08T13:40:00.001-07:00

Tim and I have been saying that we want to go on vacation....But we haven't planned one, didn't have the time or the money ready. But somehow Tim text me on Sunday while he was at work and said let get away tommorrow. 6 flags or the coast. Both sounded good to me, and I just happened to have Monday tuesday and wednesday off it worked out. Monday we went to six flags discovery kingdom. Where if you buy your tickets right now they are $29.99 but for $39.99 you can get a season pass for six visits. So we went for that and plan on going back once a month until January.
Then from there we weren't ready to go home so we drove to peataluma and spent the night. In the morning we debated where to go and ended up going north on our way to Eureka. We saw the turn off for Fort Bragg and said why not, and went that way. Stopping in mendicino and then for lunch and Ocean playing in fort bragg. The kids loved it. The water was cold but the sand was warm. So we would get out feet wet then bury them in the sand to warm them up. And I was able to get a Family picture! It seams like the first good one since Jason was born! After the ocean we headed up toward Eureka stopping in Leggett to pick blackberries, yum! Through the avenue of giants, and made it to Eureka where all the rooms were booked and we got the very last one. At, a hefty price:(....(well we probablly could have gotten a roach motel). In the morning we hit the mall for a little bit then made our way towards home. We stopped at the trinity river and let the kids wade in it for a while. And then in Weaverville for a late lunch. What a relaxing trip, with no intinary no rules and no reservations. We decided that we need to do it more often. Along the way we read The five people you meet in heaven. I read aloud to Tim as we were driving, and we finished it about 45 minutes before we got home. What a great book. It definetly puts your mind to thinking about where you fit in Gods plan and the people in your life and why they are there. Even someone who you may have only meet once or not even at all. You should all read it.

Sunday picnic.....

2008-08-07T13:50:00.000-07:00

Well you were all there, well not everyone in the world but all my family...so there is no need to tell you about the picnic or who was there because you all saw so I am just posting some pictures...
Anna and Jason

The older girls spining..

Jason giving Grandma kisses

Granny and Anna

The Great Grand kids and the Great Grandparents

Granny and Grandpa

Me and Jes

Me and Tim

And Kara doing what she always does, some thing her own way....down the slide upside down...

And then Jason was one!

2008-07-30T08:13:00.000-07:00

My baby boy is one! Last weekend we had a fun birthday party for him. We had people come over and swim and have enchiladas and cupcakes. I made Jason his own little football cake, then Tim went and got a little giants guy figurine and we put that on the cake too. When I was making the cake I was tryin to figure out how I was going to make brown frosting, I was like what colors do you mix to get brown, then I thought duh, chocolate. So he got a chocolate frosted cake. And he ate the whole thing. He even tried to lick the plate! I was just going to turn the hose one him and the high chair, but everyone thought that was mean so we took him out and hosed him off:). Here is a picture of why we invite my dad to these events, to free the toys from the packages!
The next day on his official birthday, We were going to go to Leatherbys, but they were closed. What ice cream place closes at 5pm in summer in redding? so we went to perkos for dinner and after dinner we ordered a huge ice cream called the pot of gold to all share. Yum!

Two months in....

2008-07-26T14:45:00.000-07:00

Well we are two months in to the new house and we love it! Things have been repainted and fixed and most boxes unpacked. If I could just get the time and motivation to finish. I have one room left to paint too. The kids love the backyard, with the kiddie pool and I just got a canopy so that we have shade out there. My grapes are growing and pretty soon I will have millions for everyone. Although it has been hot, our cooler has been keeping up well and I think there was only one day that I was ready to go buy central air.

In other news my baby boy will be one in just 2 day! How fast this last year has gone by! I can't belive it. He is walking pretty good and only crawls when he is trying to catch Kara. Who is smarter and funner than ever. She remebers everything, she always notices when we are driving by a place she has been before like my work, she will yell "Momma there's your work", whenever we are on Hilltop.

Today we went to Need 2 Speed with my work it was a reward for working a night we had for charity where we donated all of our tips. Need 2 speed was so fun! I can't wait to take Tim and my dad and Adam back they will love it! The second time we were racing I had a kart that seamed to have balder tires and I kept sliding around the courners. (or maybe I was going faster and braver). I spun out one time and then like 3 laps later someone hit me from behind and we crashed. It was so fun. So go do it!

You'll be seeing less of me...

2008-07-24T15:49:00.000-07:00

Well, back in march I decided that I was going to be dedicated to losing weight this year. I signed up for myfitnesspal.com which I love (and its free) and going to the gym 4-5 days a week. I started feeling better and began losing weight now. I am down 20 pounds and it feels awesome.... My goal is to lose 40 more before my 30th birthday! Which is 10 months away....

MyFitnessPal - Free Calorie Counter

And now for a Gurley update....

2008-05-04T09:35:00.001-07:00

Well there are lots of things going on over here in the Gurley house, we have boxes everywhere, and hopefully will be moving them all by the end of next week...We have been supposed to get our house for like the last 3 weeks, but we keep getting stalled up, the appraiser, the loan people, grr.....but we should be good this week... We plan on taking a few days to paint and pull up the carpet to check out the hardwood floors. From what we have seen the floors are beautiful and wont requrie refinishing, but we dont know for sure. I can't wait to get it!
As for Jason, he just had his nine month appointment, he is 17lbs 3 oz and 27 1/2 inches, the doctor said he is a little short and light, but proportined nicely.
He loves, Momma:), playing in his sisters room, and just Kara in general. He loves to walk and gets mad when you stop holding his hands and helping him. He is getting more and more brave and is trying standing with out holding on.
Kara, wow shes going to be 3 in just 3 weeks... and she is so smart, she can count, in english and spanish (thanks Dora), and loves jt as much as he loves her. She will walk him around all day, bring him toys, binkies, and always shake his bottle. She loves coloring and is starting to get it more inside the lines. She also loves playing baseball. She can hit really well (thanks Jed) so I think that a t-ball set is in store for her birthday. Nap time is becoming more of a fight, here she is asleep, after like one minute of screaming that she didn't want to take a nap.
As for me I have taken up running, and currently try to do 2 miles a day. I am trying to train for the 6 mile turkey trot by then, so if you want to do it too let me know. Its fun, and I love the challenge. Well I got to go pack more boxes... See ya'll later, next post will hopefully be from the new place....