Jun For Fun

Just for fun, I thought I would post a few pictures of myself... AAUUUGGHHHH!!! But I am doing it for the "hair" purpose. The first two (My bridal and my Engagement picture) you can see my hair is long and blond. One year later when we were sealed in the Logan Temple, my hair is very short and black.

It was a stage.

Respective years are 2002, 2003.

Fridays Feast

Appetizer

What does the color dark green make you think of?
All shades of green now remind me of Organ Donation.

Soup

How many cousins do you have?
11

Salad

On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being highest, how honest are you?
A 9. I wish so much that I could say a 10 but I tell white lies to Lilly every now and then... "Sure honey, after your nap you can have some candies."

Main Course

Name something that is truly free.
Gratitude.

Dessert

Using the letters in the word SPRING, write a sentence.
Some People Remain In Nice Gardens. (I know... Lame. I'm not that good at this sort of thing.)


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Recent Pictures

Here are my photos from this past week:

Mr Magoo was a little sweaty in the car seat but he was happy.

We decided to go out and celebrate one night. It is so much fun getting out of the house with the whole family. We have so much fun.
Daddy loves his Little girl.

Man, I have a good lookin family!

She wears her sunglasses at night!

She is definitely a Diva.

Princess had fun playing with the "friends" through the window.

BOO!

She's not making a face. She looks like this every morning. (JK sis!)

Even Mr Magoo was happy that early.

Princess likes to help Dad cook cheesy eggs EVERY morning.

She is quite good at it. And we have learned, if we let her cook it... she will eat it. YAY!

As you might have seen in my previous post, this was HILARIOUS!

Magoo was just chillin. What a good sport

He things the cord to my mouse is like the cord to the echo wands. He likes to chew on those too.

That's our wrap up. Till next week!

Another Cheesecake Adventure

Except this time, it was for MY birthday. And I had SO much fun. Not only did I get to hang out with my good friend Jen, I also got to finally meet my other good friend Leeann IN PERSON!

I know many of you don't understand that. But yes, even though we never met until last night she is one of my best friends. And I echo her sentiments of wishing all my friends lived on my same street so we could see each other more and our kids could hang out.

But, because I am sure so many of you are waiting patiently for a recap of our adventure.... here goes:

Jen and I met Leeann at the Cheesecake Factory. As usual, the wait was about 50 minutes so we sat outside and chatted the whole time. Then when we were sat, we ordered 2 orders of Nachos. Yes, you read that right. We are determined to have all the grub we wanted AND still take some home. Then we ate our yummy dinners, followed by even yummier cheesecake. We all got to take home left overs of everything (I ate mine for lunch today and it was SO yummy).

We chatted the whole time and laughed and wanted to cry.... it was a wonderful Girls Night Out. and I CAN NOT WAIT to do it AGAIN!!!!

Here are a few photos of my BEAUTIFUL friends!

Thank you Ladies, for making this one of the funnest birthday celebrations I have ever had.

Just Going For a Ride

This is just too funny.

A Blogging Revolution

I've been pondering over some thoughts concerning my blogs recently. For some time I have felt like I lost the purpose and reasoning behind why I truly started to blog. It suddenly became about how many link backs and site visitors or feed subscribers I could get. I wanted the WHOLE world to see my beautiful children and hopefully be inspired by the things we do every day.

But now I have realized (or remembered) that the WHOLE world isn't always a good place. And it isn't always full of good people.

Yesterday, as my family was talking about Food Storage, I made the comment that as a mom I couldn't ever allow myself to be responsible for something bad happening to my children. I would cut off my own leg and use it to make BBQ before I would let them starve. It was a comment made in jest but with some seriousness buried inside.

It got me back to thinking about my blogs and how the WHOLE world can see how cute they really are. Am I doing everything I can to protect them?

Now, I don't want to go crazy and become a shut in and not share our stories with people. The scriptures say "Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill can not be hid. Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candle stick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in Heaven." And I believe it is important to share our light with others. But I also don't want that light to be a beacon to those that would do us harm.

My current decision is to stop "public blogging." That doesn't mean I am going private (at least not right now) but I am going to stop participating in all the meme's like Wordless Wednesday and Thursday Thirteen... things that will give people a link back to my blog. I can still do them for my own benefit and for those who read my blog, but I won't be linking to the list of participants. When (and if) I comment on others blogs, I will do so without a link back to my blog.

I also would like to ask that anyone who has a link to my blog on their blog roll remove it. I don't want to increase the traffic to my blog anymore. Just in case it gets into the hands of someone I don't want.

I hope that those of you who read will continue to stop by and continue to read my feeds. I have made many friends through blogging that I absolutely LOVE and I don't want to stop this outlet. There are days as a work from home mom (and I am sure many of you can relate) that I only see the outdoors and have "grown up" discussions through blogging. I just feel like I need to be a bit more conservative in the display and discussion concerning my precious babies... and therefor my family.

I hope everyone can understand. It's one of those things that I've put a lot of thought into because I do enjoy blogging so much. But the thing is, I love my kids more. I don't want to be paranoid, I just want to be safe. And if the day comes when I have to stop or go private, I will. Because as a mom I would go to any length (even being semi paranoid if need be) to protect my children.

It's much easier than cutting off my leg.
Thanks.



P.S. This is no way reflects on my thoughts of other blogging moms out there. This is a personal decision that was made in relation to how I view MY blogging and MY feelings about it. I have made it into something I no longer wanted. I still read all the other fun blogs I have found and there is no judgement passed by me on what you post on your blogs or what meme's you participate in.... just thought I should clarify.

Happy Easter

A Few Random Thoughts

I had to tell Noah "no" for the first time today. He has started eating solids (and doing VERY well by the way) and today he blew bubbles after I had put food in his mouth... spraying it everywhere. Very normal behavior... but it still deserved a No.

I went to the spa today and got my eye lashes dyed, my eyebrows waxed and dyed, and... a PEDI!! It was SO nice!

I was SO mad today. We have an old freezer that we wanted to get rid of so we called the power company to come and get it. We moved the freezer from the garage and put it under the car port so it was ready to move... Then today we get a letter from the city code enforcer saying we have until the 9th to remove the storage of garbage on our property. It made me SO mad.

Before we moved into this house we lived less than a mile away in the same city. Where was this jerk enforcer guy when we lived there? Our neighbors where the messiest people I have ever seen and they never had to clean up. And yet, they happen to drive by my house right before the stupid power company comes to pick up the freezer.

You would think that I shouldn't be upset because at least it's a problem that's already being taken care of... but your wrong. I HATE that someone can come and give me a warning or a ticket for something that is on my own land.

With tomorrow being Easter and the "sick season" finally wearing down, I have decided to venture out and take the whole family to church. I am really looking forward to it... I just hope we don't end up getting sick.

So, I had more things to say but I can't think of them right now. I think the headache today killed off half my brain cells. Hopefully they will grow back if I can get some decent sleep tonight.

Mary Kay

I just finished putting together the Mary Kay contest package for Tammy. And I just wanted to post about how much fun it was!! I got a little carried away (as Tammy will soon find out).

In the process of deciding what to send her, I made a HUGE pile of awesome stuff I am going to give away in future contests. You will definitely NOT want to miss out.

And, since I had so much fun, I want to play with all my Mary Kay inventory again... so whoever makes a purchase on my Mary Kay website before April 1st and mentions this blog will receive 10% OFF their entire order PLUS if it the order is over $30 it will include a FREE Gift. And as always, shipping is free!!

Your support of my work-from-home business is ALWAYS appreciated!!


P.S. Don't forget Mother's Day and Father's Day are coming up. I have the PERFECT gifts!!

Fridays Feast

Appetizer

Given the choice, would you prefer to live in the country or in the city?

I would love to live on 5 acres in the city. I like the quiet and room in the country but can't stand the slower paced life. Going to Wendy's should take 15 seconds not 15 minutes!!

Soup

Who is the cutest kid you know?

As if you even have to ask. Have you not seen my kids?

Salad

Fill in the blank: I couldn't believe it when I heard ___________.

I couldn't believe it when I heard Noah had a donor heart.

Main Course

If you could star in a commercial for one of your favorite products, which one would you want to advertise?

Probably 7-11 for their coke slurpees!

Dessert
What type(s) of vitamins and/or supplements do you take on a regular basis?

I take a multi vitamin but I also take a Vitamin D supplement and a Fish Oil Supplement.

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I Am Legend

Shane and I haven't been able to go see movies like we did before we had kids. But we planned a special date night and went to see I Am Legend on the big screen.

It was SO good. And this is coming from someone who HATES stressful or scary movies.

This movie is awesome. So when it was released on DVD yesterday we HAD to buy it on BlueRay. We got to watch it again last night and it was just as good as I remembered.

BUT! I saw the book available at Walmart the other day and thought I would love to read the book. It's always more exciting than the movies. Unfortunately that wasn't the case.

This book is actually a short story that takes place in LA with Vampires (both living and dead ones). The Will Smith character is a lush and instead of making a difference, he moans and complains and tries not to think sexual thoughts about the female vampires. SUCH A LET DOWN!!

On a scale of one to ten I would give it a 2. Maybe for it's time it was a wonderful Vampire novel. And I will admit the story concept is good but the movie took the potential of the story and turned it into a masterpiece.

But if you do decide to read it, when the other short random stories start it has nothing to do with the I Am Legend story. They really are just short random odd stories.

Spring is Coming!!

Spring is coming... I can smell it in the air.

Today, as I was driving with my window down, I smelled it for the first time this year....

The sweetest smell in the world.

Russian Olive Trees.

Oh, they smell good. We don't get to smell them for very long. Just a short time during the Spring. But it's one smell that instantly uplifts my mood and puts a smile on my face.

Wordless Wednesday

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Some New Pictures

I just posted some new pictures over at Noah's Adventure. So I thought I would post a few of Lilly over here.

As you can tell, she found her new fashion accessory. And she wears it everywhere.

***UPDATE***

I now know why she wears this all day. She has been watching Sleepy Beauty everyday lately and the Princess wears a black headband! How in the world does she figure all this stuff out? I am completely amazed.

August Rush

I just watched a WONDERFUL movie.

Shane brought home August Rush from the local Red Box because he knew I had been wanting to see it. And let me just say, it's one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. I really enjoyed it.

If you haven't seen it then consider it a must see.

Heads or Tails - A Place In My House

This weeks Heads or Tails is being guest hosted by Jen at Tidbits of the Tippets. The theme is Heads-Any part of (or place in) a house.

So for my post I decided to share a place in my house very few get to see. It's hidden deep in my basement... it's where my husband keeps his GI Joe collection and all his custom dioramas. This picture is of his hand made custom Cobra Mountain. He made this while I was in Denver.... Out of 70 pounds of plaster.

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