My kids are afraid of me-

So yesterday I took the boys to get haircuts and Austin had a little mishap. He took his cell phone and i-touch with him in his jacket pocket which he is not suppose to do because his mother has told him they will fall out. Also, the phone is suppose to stay with me unless he is going somewhere or he is home alone (we don't have a home phone). He kept this all a secret until around 9:30pm. He was being all huggy and loving on me (I should have known something was up). I told him to go to bed and he broke down and said he had to tell me he had lost his phone and i-touch, but that he was scared to tell me during the day. I was upset that he lost them but even more bugged he didn't tell me during daylight so we could atleast find them. I called my friend who cuts their hair and she went out with a flaslight and couldn't find them. At 7am Chad went over with a flashlight and couldn't find them. I started thinking maybe I should go look because you know how women sometimes see things men don't. I mean sometimes Chad asks me before he even looks and it is right in front of him! So I went over and found them after a little searching in the grass and snow- they were frozen to the grass!

Austin is very excited because he was going to get his birthday cancelled if he didn't find them. I wanted to go to school and tell him because he was so worried but Chad told me to let him sweat it out so he will be more careful next time. I just keep thinking we are CRAZY for giving our 12 year old these expensive electronics in the first place!

Celebrating being 6!!!

For London's birthday she wanted to go to build-a-bear with some friends. And because she is sooo spoiled that is where we went. It was pretty fun for all the little girl's but a little stressful for Mom.

London Jayde

London: Mom, why didn't you buy my school pictures?
Mom: I don't like school pictures. Wait until we get family pictures and I'll get some of you.
London: You're are breaking my heart right now because you don't want my pictures!
Mom: But honey that isn't your good smile.
London: I will do better at retakes. I'll smile and show teeth- you'll see but, please buy my pictures. You are hurting my heart that you don't want my pictures.
Mom; Honey, I love you but I still don't like school pictures. I want good pictures of you. Just wait until we get professional pictures.
London:Mom, come on just pay for my retakes, I'll smile pretty

This was the conversation last week, so today we went to take some of her outside. It was so cold (suppose to snow) that she didn't last long outside. We just went to my sisters and I took them so she wouldn't think I didn't want pictures of her. She is really good at the guilt thing!

Early Birthday Gifts from Grandma and Grandpa

Grandpa is going on his annual Harley ride to Mesquite so London got to open her birthday present early. Lucky her, she will be spoiled all week! Can you believe my baby is going to be 6!

A BIG girl room!

When we moved in this house almost 4 yrs ago I decorated the kids rooms all cute- Austin got a dragon room, Braden got a pirate room, and London got a Tinkerbell room. Now that my baby is turning 6 she doesn't think she wants a Tinkerbell room anymore. So we have been going back and forth whether we should redo her room. The problem is she is so destructive that she has pulled letters off her wall, broken picture frames and tore posters down. Basically, she doesn't take care of her stuff so should we spend the money to redo what was a cute room. Well this week is her birthday so I decided (and dragged Chad along) to go ahead and order her a bedspread and she picked out some paint and we re-vamped her room. Here are the before and after pictures.

Side Note: When Chad's Grandpa died Chad took the kids over to his house to see if they wanted anything and London fell in love with this lazyboy chair. I guess it is antique - so it looks like a throne. At least that's what my little princess thinks. She says it makes her feel like a queen. We all know that is impossible because I am the queen of this house! J/K! So the chair is purple and that is one of her favorite colors but , we had already picked out pink and green for her room. So I know it doesn't really match but we made it work so she could have her throne. The things you do for your kids

Side- Side Note: I still need to put her name letters on the wall so it won't stay empty above her bed.

My Joy in Life!

As you can tell I am still learning how to use my fancy camera. What ever happened to keeping things simple! The camera is great except I haven't quite figured out how to take action shots.

Thank-you for all your thoughts!

This year has been a wild ride. Last January Chad's grandma died, in February Chad's mom got diagnosed with breast cancer, around the end of August she got an infection while on chemo and gave us quite a scare, this January Chad's grandpa died, and a week later my little sister was found dead. I know you never get more than you can handle but I am putting my foot down I can't handle anymore bad news! The only thing that keeps me from going crazy is my kids. For them, the world still goes on and so I keep moving along with them. I have never been happier for part-time work, basketball practices, indoor games, gymnastics, and homework. I am just keeping busy which, for me is the best thing. I just wanted to say thank-you to everyone that has left messages, sent cards, emails, or just listened to me talk. I think when someone dies so unexpectantly you start thinking crazy things- what could you have done different, said different, etc. and it can all make you a little crazy! Planning her funeral was a surreal experience for Me and my sisters- who knew the decisions that had to be made. But the funeral turned out really nice and it did help us with a little bit of closier.