Some Ohio Pictures

Here is a link to see all of our vacation pictures! And here are a few random pics

Jaden, Lily and Kaylee



Kaylee and Jaden


Kaylee and Lily


Mykenzie and Uncle Tony riding Jaden's dirtbike


My girls and Rachel's boys


Papa, Abby, Kaylee and Mykenzie

3:16

God so loved the World that he gave his one and only Son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.


We have been studying this verse in church for the past 5 weeks. I thought it was appropriate to post in on here today being that it is Good Friday. Until this study I hadn't fully grasped the sacrifice that was made for all of us. My pastor said something while describing Jesus' brutal beating and Crucifixion that will stay with me always. He said Jesus didn't just die FOR us but he died BECAUSE of us. Wow. I never thought of it that way and I have to say that it makes me feel much more grateful when it is put to me like that.

Here is the sermon if you are interested
http://www.fbcsmyrna.org/common.aspx?shellfunction=mediacenter&cid=624&aid=5

Have a Great Easter everyone!

I'll admit I am "that" mom

I take Mykenzie to school in my pj's. Sometimes no shoes, sometimes Travis' sandals with socks. In my defense I don't have to get out of the car and I am only gone 5 minutes. IF I had to get out of the car I would get myself presentable. I was putting the girls in the car this morning to go to school and Kaylee says to me "Mom your hair is a mess" of course I reply, "Thanks Kaylee that is so nice" to which Mykenzie chimes in "No it's not Kaylee, It always looks like that." Lovely. I just looked at her and she quickly replied "well in the mornings it does" Kids are way to honest sometimes

Cold!

Ohio in March sucks. I said a couple of years ago that I would never go back to Ohio for spring break. Now stupid me decided it would be a great idea this year. The high the whole time we will be there is 40 degrees, oh and snow. Seriously I am over winter and ready for spring!! I guess next year we will have our butts out in the cold in January going door to door selling cookies. No more phone calls to try and sell them :( This is the LAST year I go to Ohio for spring break! It is such a good thing that I like visiting everyone who lives there. Hopefully this year I will be able to see more of everyone but I doubt it. I am already booked for Tuesday, Wed, and Thursday. Sunday is Easter and Monday is Travis' bday. I have no idea when I am going to see my Grandpa, my Grammy or my Aunt or Uncle even though I really want to see all of them. I will have to figure it out. I wish they weren't all spread out, that would be easier. I guess I will figure something out. Problem is people get mad if I only stay places for an hour or 2 and move on but there is really no other way for me to do it. I have so many people to see and so little time to do it plus working around every one's schedules. Freakin stress I tell ya! Now add cold and snow to it! GRRR

For crying out loud

So it started today. My child is giving smart ass answers on her homework. She had a graph she had to fill in (no clue how to do it thanks to teacher of the year) Then the question was name 2 facts about this graph. She writes "The graph is a fool. I don't know why." Can you hear me smacking myself in the forehead?!?! Then she gave the definition of a perimeter of a triangle rather than the actual perimeter of the triangle. This one I don't think was intentional since the question only read "what is the perimeter?" Not what is the perimeter of the triangle, but geeze! She got it wrong both on the school work side of the paper as well as the homework which just goes to show she isn't actually being taught these things.

On a side note about school they are starting to do multiplication already! She is doing x1, x2 and x5. Not all that difficult but still I was surprised to see her doing it. Parent/ Teacher conference on Saturday, joy of joys. I so love talking with this lady. I was checking out the 3rd grade teachers web pages today to get an idea of who to request so I don't have to deal with this crap again. I have it down to 2 people so now I have to ask around about them. Pray we get a good teacher next year!!!

Long time no blog

Kaylee is better. Whatever she had only lasted 2 days. Right now my brother in law, Tony and his girlfriend, Jordan are here. We have been putting Tony to work in our garage. We had a leak in the roof and it was ruining the ceiling in the garage and it was getting all moldy and nasty.

We decided to just give up with our huge fight with our home warranty people and just take the $300 they offered us so we can move on and have working appliances again. It sucks cause it was a waste of money for us but it is NICE to have a microwave and dishwasher again. Travis and Tony installed both of them yesterday. They finished the ceiling today while the girls and I played in the snow (yes we got snow again!!) Then Tony put up some picture frame molding in my dining room. Now I need to figure out what I am doing as far as paint goes in there. I can't seem to make up my mind. My latest plan Travis isn't on board with at all! lol He just doesn't want to do the work because it involves painting a room we just recently did. We will see. I need to worry about finding a kitchen table and some end tables for my living room first.

Now for the snow. This time it actually covered the ground and it was like 2 inches worth. The girls made snow angels and threw snowballs but the snow was too powdery and wouldn't pack well enough to make a snow man. It is now 2pm and most of it has melted. We went out right after breakfast to play so we didn't miss our chance.

We will be going to Ohio for Spring break this year, including Easter day. We have never been there on a holiday other than July 4th and Memorial Day before. Mykenzie is hoping the Easter bunny will be able to find us. I hate going up there at this time of year cause you have to bring your entire wardrobe with you. Hopefully we will get more spring weather and less winter. Who knows since it is a flipping blizzard up there now. I am excited to see everyone. There are 2 babies that I need to meet still! We leave in 13 days I guess I should be making some plans. Time is flying and it is sneaking up on me!

Poor Pitiful Girl

Obviously I am not abiding to the terms of our bet but, whatever. Kaylee is sick and wants me to be in the same room with her so really what else am I gonna do? She woke up around 12:30am crying and saying her throat hurt, I gave her some motrin and she went back to sleep. She woke up crying at 3 saying her legs hurt. She had a fever all this time too. I figured it was either strep or the flu because they are both going around. When we came downstairs to eat breakfast she threw up. She ended up throwing up 2 more times after that. I gave her a bath and she just cried and said ouch, ouch, ouch, the whole time. she went to the doctor and had a temp of 102.5. The doctor did a strep test and a flu test on her but they both came up negative. The doctor just kept shaking her head and saying "I can't believe they both came up negative." So she decided that with the symptoms she was having and how pitiful she was that she was treating her for both of them anyhow. She said the vomiting could be from strep. And that the way she looked and was acting combine with the other symptoms she was having was exactly like all the other kids who came in and tested positive for the flu. So right now we are pushing liquids to make sure she can keep them down and then we will start the meds.
She fell asleep in the car on the way home from the pharmacy and slept until 2:10, I didn't want to start pushing liquids then since we were about to get Kenzie from school (didn't want puking in the car if I could help it) Now it has been about an hour and a half and she has kept what she has drank down and her fever is way down with the motrin.
While she was waiting for her motrin before we got Mykenzie she just laid on the kitchen floor. She was so pitiful laying there. Of course I took a couple pics

I'll be damned

So I have lost a bet. My husband and I just made an incredibly stupid bet. We just saw Laura Linney on the pre Oscar show. Travis was asking what she was on and it dawned on him that she was on The Truman Show. He said she played his wife. Well I disagreed and said that she wasn't his wife. I just saw the last the 45 mins or so of it last week and he was trying to escape so he could go find that girl who was his girlfriend. I was positive he wasn't married in that show. Well freaking Wikipedia just proved me wrong, she was his wife. So the bet was no computer for a week for me or Travis had to wash dishes for a week. So I lost so I will be off the computer for a week. Isn't that nice. Seriously, this blows. I thought I was right!!!!! AHHH!

Freak out time!

I just tried to change my background on here and when I did all of the text was GONE!! I thought in one second I had lost years of blogging! Came pretty close to a heart attack. If this happens to you please know that the template is not compatible with new blogger. So for now I have a generic blogger background till I can find a cute one that works!

If you haven't read these books, your missing out

Well not all of you. But if you like some light hearted fun chick-lit then I reccomend these books. The way Meg Cabot writes is how if I wrote a book I would want it to sound. Like a real person! I finally after many months of slacking finished the Heather Wells series, this includes Size 12 is Not Fat, Size 14 is not Fat Either and Big Boned. They are funny murder mysteries if you can imagine that! By page 5 of Big Boned I was cracking up laughing! Here is a snippit of why.

She is obviously not a thin fit person but she is dating someone who is. He has asked her to join him for an early 6am run (she is not an early bird or a runner) Here is what takes place....

"You go ahead," I tell him, with a smile. I'll be right behind you."

Tad shruggs, gives me a good-bye wink- I guess he knows as well as I do that he is going to leave me in his dust-and takes off.

Yeah. No way I am going to keep up with that. But that's okay. I'll just go at my own pace. Nice and easy. Here we go. There, see? I'm doing it. I'm running! Hey, look at me! I'm running! I'm-

Okay, well, that's enough of that. Whew. I mean, a girl could hyperventilate from doing that. And seriously, it's my first day. Don't want to overdo it.

Also, I think I felt something come loose back there. I'm not trying to overreact or anything, but I think it was my uterus. Honest. I think my uterus jiggled free.

OMG! It is so flipping funny! Go read them for yourself. They are easy, fast reads (if you actually sit down and do it) and are really funny and enjoyable :) She also wrote the Queen of Babble series (new one will be out this summer)which is also really good! Next I am moving on to Straight Talking by Jane Green :) Happy reading!

Let's resurrect a dead horse, shall we

So awhile ago I decided to bring some personal issues to light and get some opinions on the whole thing. I had a comment that came a few weeks after the fact that she wants me to comment on so rather than go back and comment in the comment section I figured I would just start a new post. You can click this link to read the original post

First of all let me talk about this point that was made.

"We are all hypocrites. The difference is the word repentance. Repentance is not just asking for forgiveness, it is turning from that sin and trying not to continue in that sin. But we can't do this alone. We need the Holy Spirit for that"

I agree we are all hypocrites! People who preach the word of God while having an affair astound me. However, if you read the Bible there are MANY things that are considered sin. Some Baptists believe that is a sin to dance. Some religions believe that it is a sin for a woman to wear pants. The Bible says that I have to obey my husband. Whatever! Love and respect, yes. Obey? I don't think so. All of these things I do, so I am living in sin because of them according to the Bible. I will not stop doing these things, so I cannot truly repent for them. Nor do I feel like I ever need to. So here is where it gets tricky, If all sin is equal in God's eyes and we all sin and will never truly repent for every sin we commit yet are required to repent all of our sin... How are any of us going to make it into Heaven? If ALL sin is the same in God's eyes, how can we assume that he just didn't mean those things and if we do those we will be ok??

Moving on to homosexuality
Here is the quote
"You said you believe that homosexuals are born gay. This is what you have to remember. God is not going to make someone gay and condemn them to hell. That is setting someone up for failure and that is not our God. Our God is love and he is for us, not against us. Also remember that Jesus came for the sick and the lost, not for the healthy. So, the people you are defending are the ones that need him the most. They are lost. And these are the ones that feel the most rejected.....Homosexuals feel rejection on a daily basis. Why? Is because they are being judged or is it because they know deep down inside their soul that something isn't right? I don't care who you are, we all at one point in our lives, question our sexuality. Every one of us as human beings wonder what it would be like to be with the same sex. You can deny it all you want but it is a temptation Satan will use to veer you off track of your life. "

I do believe that some people choose to be "gay" for a minute because they think it is the in thing. However I also don't believe these people are truly gay. That said I do think people are born gay. As for their feelings of rejection, well if you look at their lives they probably grew up with kids at school using words like "fag" and "queer" to talk to them with constant teasing and ridicule. Just like when kids in school are called "stupid", "ugly" or "fat" will always feel tormented and have feelings of rejection because of it. Also these people were brought up being taught that homosexuality is wrong, from their parents and society. How would they not feel rejected? They were probably brought to church as children and listening to the preacher tell them that gays were going to burn in hell, would that not scare the crap out of you as a child?? Most gay people didn't come to the realization that they were gay at an old age; they have known all their lives. They may push it aside because they are so afraid that what everyone says is true but since God knows are hearts he knows anyhow and it eventually comes out. Not to mention the fact that a lot of gay people are not having any of the feelings that you mentioned. They are happy, normal people living their lives being productive and are just good people. As far as the comment about we have all questioned our sexuality, well I am sorry to say NOPE! I have said that I should give up men and turn gay because boys suck, but never actually thought I would. I was born a heterosexual and there is no changing that just like there is no changing those who were born homosexual.

I won’t even get into gay marriage and how it is a travesty that the current administration wants to make it illegal as far as amending the Constitution!!! All I have to say is that if marriage is a religious thing, then why are Atheist's and non-Christians allowed to be married?? Maybe we should put that in the Constitution as well. Hmm, that will make you think huh?

I know this person was worried I was mad since I hadn't responded, but I am not. You are entitled to your opinion and I wouldn't have asked for opinions if I couldn't handle the opposing point of view. You didn't tackle abortion in your comment. I assume that was coming in part 2 of your reply. I don't plan to debate it with anyone. I am tired of doing it. My views are not going to change and those who feel the opposite of me are not going to change their minds. I have seriously talked about that issue so much that I am done....for now. ;)

And if all of that wasn't enough, here is a little food for thought. Aren’t having an abortion and the death penalty the same thing? Sure one is a baby with a clean soul and the other is a criminal. Is it our job to make that decision? Maybe God was keeping that person alive so he could repent and go to Heaven but you just decided you would make that choice for Him and now they don't have the chance. I guess you just played God, same as in an abortion. Hmm. How can you be prolife but also pro death penalty? Makes no sense to me!

*For the record I am pro-choice and pro death penalty
I am not writing to change people’s minds or start a riot! Just open your mind and get you thinking. Truth be told all of these things are simply things you BELIEVE! You may believe them with your whole heart but in the end someone will be wrong, you just hope it isn’t you ;)

Ok. here are some pics of my hair

Be honest. It is a bit too blonde for me. I would prefer no blonde at all. The bottom pic. is more accurate for the shade of blonde that it is.

Today I Love Aldi & Hate Old Navy. Who'd of thought?

I hit up Aldi for a few things today and while checking out some pretty purple roses caught my eye. I was checking them out and even though they were starting to wilt for $2.99 I still wanted them. The manager walked up and asked me what I thought about them. I said they look like they are dying. So he said "buy one get one free!" So I got a dozen roses for $2.99 today!! Yay! They are so pretty on my table.


Old Navy sucks. They are having the baby sale and it is 40% all the kids clothes. Perfect time to buy Kaylee some new pants since she just outgrew her 3T's. Would you believe they didn't have a single pair of 4T pants in the store!!! AHHH So I tried to order online and the freaking site is down! Dang it!

Funny pics

This was after a playdate we had on Friday. I think they were a little worn out! LOL

Wow

Kaylee is officially wearing the same clothes that Mykenzie was wearing when Kaylee was born! Seriously time has gone by so fast. I can't believe that Kaylee will be 4 and Mykenzie will be EIGHT!!! Geeze I am old. My 10 year reunion is coming up in September. I don't think I am going but I am keeping the option open. Mykenzie will have a 3 day weekend the weekend of the reunion so it is possible. There aren't a ton of people I would want to see and I am not sure if those I would want to would actually go! lol Maybe though.

Thanks honey!

I decided that this is big news and deserves a blog post! Travis today decided to take it upon himself to wash the massive amount of dishes that accumulated over the weekend. This isn't as easy as it seems since our dishwasher still doesn't work, so they all had to be washed by hand!! Thank you Travis for doing that, I sooooo appreciate it. I love you!

Errrr, A Snow Day???

At the risk of looking like a moron to all of my neighbors, I braved the cold and snow to you bring you this picture of our snow storm that closed all of the schools in all of the surrounding counties. Mykenzie is thrilled for the day off! When I got up this morning to get her ready for school I noticed some snow on the neighbors roof through the window. But that was all there was none on the ground or roads. But alas they closed the schools anyhow. Now it is at least starting to cover more surfaces so it makes it a little worth wild. It is so strange living in the south sometimes.



Warning* Objects (such as snowflakes) may appear larger than they actually are


Enjoy, I almost broke my computer during the making of this post. But it is ok!

Bummer

As I went to bed last night I thought of an idea for a great blog post. I was so excited about it that I almost came downstairs and wrote it. I decided I was tired and it could till today. Do you think I have a clue what it was even about? Nope.

Today is a crappy day it is pouring down rain and is just gloomy out. On a positive note Kaylee hasn't thrown up since around 8 yesterday morning and is running around acting crazy and fine so she is going to school today. I have to return some jeans to Kohls and bring my secret valentine a little treat and then I am curling up on my couch and reading my book. Have a great gloomy day guys.

What's up?

I realized today that I haven't updated this blog about what the girls are up to these days and I think it is high time soooo

Mykenzie is still loving girl scouts and just got finshed with her cookie sales. She ended up selling 114 boxes this year. We decided not to go door to door in our neighborhood this time because it was too cold and too much of a hassle. We sold to family and friends instead so thank you all who bought. Now we are on the task of delivering all of them.

She seems to be enjoying going to school alot more lately. She still isn't getting the grades I think she deserves in Math but is doing well in everything else. She got an I for improving in Math. I think she does pretty well. The only time she ever gets anything wrong is when she isn't paying attention and doesn't read a story problem right or she just skips over it completely and forgets to go back to it. She comes home with math homework every night and she does it and I check it. If she got any wrong I explain how she has to do it and SURPRISE she gets it. I don't think her teacher teaches her in a way that she can understand. I am ready for this year to be over with I swear!! They are currently working on borrowing while subtracting 2 digit numbers. She brought it home on her homework 1 night and had no clue how to do it. I explained it and gave some examples and she had it that night. The next day I get a looooong drawn out explanation to how she teaches borrowing (now known as regrouping) Well mykenzie doesn't need to do it her way she can do it fine. Of course we get a note explaining how she teaches 1 of the things that she picks up in 2 minutes, but when I send in notes specifically asking her how she does something I get no response. Did I mention I am ready for this year to be over??

Mykenzie has struggled with reading in the past. I am sure it has something to do with my lack of patience and my frustration with it. She really hated reading though and acted like it was torture. I have noticed that she was reading more and more at bedtime but I thought it was just because she was avoiding going to sleep. Much to my surprise this morning she was laying in bed reading after she woke up. And at chapter book at that! Normally she wakes up about a half hour before I get up and she goes into the loft and watches cartoons. She kept reading it all through the morning and even said, mom I love chapeter books!!!! I am so glad that she is starting to find a love for books and reading.

We have been going to church for the past 5 months with some friends and where Kaylee has always loved going and is excited about it Mykenzie has not. She has had plenty of days where she hasn't come with us because she doesn't want to go. I am not going to force religion on her so I don't make her join us. Well the past 3 weeks she has been really excited about it. I didn't let her go a couple of Sundays ago because I wasn't going to go and last minute decided to go and didn't have enough time to get them ready and she was really mad. But yesterday the whole drive she was talking about how excited she was and she practically ran to get to her class. I don't have a clue what gave her this change of heart, she just keeps on surprising me. She is growing up so fast and changing and maturing everyday.

Kaylee woke up this morning and was sleepy and whiny until we came downstairs and I was getting them breakfast and she proceeded to throw up. I caught it just in time with the trash can. A few minutes ago I wasn't that lucky and she threw up all over the kitchen. I mean all over. So apparently she isn't going to be eating today. She only had 2 saltine crackers and a small glass of juice mixed with water. poor kiddo. She is laying on the couch with me watching cartoons now. She wants food so bad and can't understand why I wont feed her :(

She is doing really well at school. She has only had 3 yellow lights all year long and only 1 of those was once she got her new teacher who can actually handle a class of 3 year olds. I am so glad she got a new teacher!! She has learned so much! She can recognize her name. She can't spell it yet but knows it starts with a K and ends with 2 E's. She knows all of her letters and most of their sounds. She also knows her numbers. They are currently practicing tracing and cutting with scissors. She does really well with tracing. It took Mykenzie much longer to grasp the fine motor skills but Kaylee has them down pretty well. I haven't seen her use scissors yet so I don't know how well she is doing with that. I didn't know where our kid scissors were so we haven't done it at home but much to my dismay she found them on Saturday. Apparently they were in the pencil holder on the desk. She found them and proceeded to cut her hair. She didn't cut a ton but she cut some of her front pieces about chin length. She is frustrated with her bangs these days and doesn't want them any more so we were going to grow them out anyhow which means we would have had to get some layers put in her hair soon, she was just getting a head start! lol

She has a friend at school named Addison. They are so cute playing together, and she named her baby that she got for Christmas after her. I asked her the other day when we were getting ready for school if she wanted her hair in a pony tail and she said, "Um, no. Addison doesn't like ponytails" When we got to school that day Addison's mom told me that she had gotten up that morning and requested that her hair be done like Kaylee's! LOL 3 years old and they are already worried about impressing their friends with their hair! too funny I think that is the reason she wants to get rid of her bangs too, cause Addison doesn't have any! lol

Last night I read Kaylee her current favorite book, Dora Saves the Mermaid Kingdom. When we were done she took it over to Travis and asked him to read it. He told her he wasn't going to read the same book to go get a different one. Instead she sat beside him and said I will read it to you. He said, good I like that idea. She sat there for a second holding the book like she was going to start reading and then she looked at him and said "but dad, I don't know any of these words" Needless to say he ended up reading her the book. It was too funny. She knows how to work it.

That is it in a nutshell. They have really bad days where all they do is fight and get in trouble but then they have days where they play great together. Seems like they come in spurts but boy I sure hate the days they are fighting!! Overall they are both doing really well and are pretty good kids. I am a lucky girl

A letter to me

Watch this video then continue reading...



I keep hearing this song on the radio and I wonder what I would write in a letter to myself at 17. It was only 10.5 years ago for me but some things would have been helpful to know.....

To Jacy at 17
Your summer before your senior year will ROCK! So much fun, but the rest of the year till the end sucks. Don't hide from your feelings this summer, go for it or you will regret it come September. You will have a break down in Mr. Hardings class, get out of there a little sooner to save some embarassement. At some point you will feel the need to write a letter, if you have already ignored my advice about going for your feelings in the summer please push that feeling aside and DON'T write it. Seriously, you'll thank me for that. Don't quit your job at Kmart, I know you hate it but stick with it. That job will give you 2 beautiful girls one day, sooner than you think. There is a guy named Aaron you'll meet at work, he is nice and you are trying to avoid going to the prom with someone else, but these are NOT reasons to date him. He will eventually tell you that you are fat and he will lick your face alot. It is NASTY! and he is a selfish ass. Plus your husband one day will never let you live down the fact that you dated him. Nikki is a whore, everyone knows that, if you would like to keep the death threats at a minimum you should keep that to yourself and not tell her new boyfriend even if he has the right to know.

In 10 years you will have been married for 8 years with 2 kids, you are still thin but your body has changed ALOT and you would kill to have the thighs from when you were 17. ENJOY those thighs and flat belly they will be gone soon so shut up and stop saying you are fat, News Flash, size 3 is NOT fat!!

It is hard to imagine with all the drama and cliques at school but you will not know any of these people soon. high school is such a TINY part of your life. At the time you can't even imagine, but really listen to your mom it is true. You wont even remember half of the things that you think you will never forget.

Be nice to Aimee, she is your little sister and you are not being a very good big sister at all. She needs love from you not critisism. It could affect the outcome of her life. Give your mom a hug and tell her you love her and appreciate her. One day you will wish that the 2 of you were closer.

I wish you would try harder your senior year to learn as much as you can. Don't work so much and study a little harder. Go to college when you graduate, you can do it in another state (when that arises)and even when you have a baby. Get your degree ASAP otherwise you will be back in school at 30.

Always remember who your true friends are and they will remain with you always. Don't be so bitchy and just have fun with your boys and your girls.

Savannah will only be for a short time so hang in there. Columbia will bring you 2 wonderful friendships and Tennessee will bring in a whole slew of friends. When Jenna tries to get you to hang out, do it every chance you get, no excuses. Hug her now and then and when she wants to get margaritas, do it. Call her when you want,you are not bothering her and if you are she will tell you :) You carry stress in your neck and throat but don't find that out till many opportunities have passed you by. When you think it is strep or a virus it isn't, go to the hospital anyhow. Don't have any regrets.

You will be so happy when you get here. You have a great life and family and are very blessed. So much to look forward to.

Love, Jacy at 27

What would you write in a letter to yourself at 17??

Well it could be fixed

I have had 2 people come out and look at my dishwasher and microwave in the last week. The first guy ran the dishwasher and said, I think it needs a new motor. (It wasn't rinsing the dishes properly and had standing water in the bottom) The microwave turn table was making an awful noise, otherwise it worked fine. The 1st guy decided to let the microwave run with the turn table on for 3 minutes. Well it started sparking and going crazy and then lost all power. So guy #1 left and said we needed a new mircowave cause he didn't think it could be fixed now and my dishwasher needed a new motor. My warranty company called us the next day to give the report and he told them the same about the microwave but said that there was nothing wrong with the dishwasher!!!! GRRR! Then why sir do I have to hand wash my dishes??
The warranty company sends out guy #2 from a different company. He gets power to my microwave but is isn't heating so says it needs new sparks plugs and new turntable motor, if that doesn't work (but he is sure it will) then they will replace it. He actually got down on the floor and worked on the dishwasher and said it seemed to be working now so I have to run dishes through a few times to make sure it is. none dirty right now though. He even fixed the door which has been broken for a long time. It wouldn't catch it would just slam open to the floor. So hopefully the dishwasher really works and he can get the parts quickly for the microwave. I was really hoping to get a new dishwasher, no such luck

Just sad

I just have nothing to blog about. Normal people would just not blog at all but I am apparently not normal! lol I am tired of seeing the "What Jacy Means" post on the screen when I get on here so I am writing something, anything so I don't have to look at it anymore!

Today is Super Tuesday so if you live in one of the many states that had a primary today I hope you went out and voted. I am so glad I took advantage of early voting here! I hope that no one who reads this voted for Mike Huckabee,Cause I just have to say that he may be a bigger idiot than we already have in the Oval Office. I voted for Obama so fingers crossed that he wins! :) I just want this done and over with. Why is it that we have to drag elections out for so flipping long?!?!?

OK and here is something that is bothering me. Can someone PLEASE tell Taylor Swift that her new song called "Our Song" does not make sence!!! I really like the song but there is a line that says this "when we're on the phone and you talk real slow,cause it's late and your mama don't know" Seriously what is talking slow going to do? Soooo iiiiiffff yyyyoooouuuu taaaaalllllk rreeeaaaal ssslllooowwwwlly maaaayyybbeee yyyooouuuuurrrrr moooooommmmm wwwoooon'ttt hhhheeeaaaarrr yyyyoooouuu? Why oh why would she not say talk real low????? Travis of course thinks I am insane that I even noticed it but it drives me NUTS!

Ok I think I have written enough to bump the last post off the page. Aren't you glad you stopped by today to get your bits of useless rambling? Just think that is 5 minutes of your life you will never get back :)

What's in a name??

I swiped this from my friend Tanya's blog. I'd say some of it is true but part is definitley not! lol

What Jacy Means

You are fair, honest, and logical. You are a natural leader, and people respect you. You never give up, and you will succeed... even if it takes you a hundred tries. You are rational enough to see every part of a problem. You are great at giving other people advice. You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic "Type A" personality. You are very open. You communicate well, and you connect with other people easily. You are a naturally creative person. Ideas just flow from your mind. A true chameleon, you are many things at different points in your life. You are very adaptable. You are a free spirit, and you resent anyone who tries to fence you in. You are unpredictable, adventurous, and always a little surprising. You may miss out by not settling down, but you're too busy having fun to care.

What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

Whew

All that serious talk and now I am exhausted! Thanks for all the responses and conversation that my question brought on. Now I am sorry to tell ya, we have to go back to the random pointless stuff. That is how I roll people. I don't have anything exciting to bring to you tonight, I know your shocked. This week is going by so slowly! It is my week of appointments this week. I got to go to the doctor yesterday, Cami had to go to the doctor today for shots and both girls go to the dentist tomorrow. That is alot for a girl with a horrible memory to have to remember. Add in a bday party and a meeting and whew! Thank goodness for calendars cause I would have forgotten all of them! I really need to try Ginko and see if that helps.

I am doing a secret valentine with my playgroup now. I am having so much fun with it. I am so lucky that I found this group before I moved here and had a bunch of people who were "friends" already. Life is good

Christianity vs Liberalism

Can these things go hand in hand? This is something that has been on my mind alot lately. I have always considered myself a Christian and for my adult life I have considered myself a Liberal. I happen to believe that Homosexuality is something that you are born feeling not something you choose. I believe that they should have rights same as Heterosexual people. They should be able to get married, adopt children and live their lives the way they choose without the judgement of others cast upon them.

I believe that women should have the right to choose. I believe that having an abortion is not a decision that anyone should take lightly. If my daughter at a young age by rape or because she made a mistake were to get pregnant I would encourage her to have an abortion. If when I am older and my kids are grown and moved away and I got pregnant I would consider having an abortion. I don't know if I would be able to go through with it myself but I am glad that I have that option. I know without a doubt if I were to find out I was pregnant and then that I had cancer I would abort (in early stages of pregnancy) and I would do what I had to do to stay alive for the children I already have. Period.

Now when I express these views to other people who believe themselves to be Christians I get a very negative response. Not everyone has to agree with my point of view that is fine, but to act like because I believe this way that it isn't possible for me to have a relationship with God and be saved and enter into the gates of Heaven one day astound me. Because I believe this way can I never set foot into Heaven? Can I not call myself a Christian? Will Jesus turn his back on me and say that because I did not follow his every word that I can never be saved because the blood that he shed on the cross is not for my sin because my beliefs are just too bad?

I don't want a debate about the sanctity of life, I know the other side of the argument, I used to believe it myself and then I became a mother. I don't want to hear that Gays will burn in Hell and that they chose that life.

I believe that God created everyone equally. I believe He is good and loves all people. And if he has a plan for all of us before we are born than what makes you think that his plan for that unborn baby was to be aborted to teach its parents some kind of a lesson about changing their lifestyle? And that the gay man really wasn't made by God to be Gay to teach us all about acceptance? If God has a plan for us can we really alter it so much that at the age of 9 you realize that you are Gay? What child would want that? And at 9years old can you really derail God's plan that much?

I have increasingly been feeling very down about myself and that my entire belief system had been rocked. I have been attending church for a few months now and where one week it lifts me up another week it brings me so far down. After talking to my preacher about my thoughts yesterday I feel a bit better. He still didn't make me feel like I could have these ideals. So instead I prayed and I asked God to help me see and to help me open my heart fully to Him and know whether I can be accepted into his arms. And you know what? I think the answer has been what I have believed all along. I am already there. Can I be a Christian? Absolutely. I believe in a loving accepting God, I will be in Heaven with Him one day. I may not be the best Christian out there but that doesn't change the fact that indeed I am one.

Please if you have never left me a comment now would be the time to do so. I would LOVE to hear what other people thought about this topic. Oh, and look at the top right there is a poll, please take a second to answer it.

WoW!!!

I have hit 200!! My last post put me at the 200 mark for number of blog entries! I'd like to apologize to all of you reading cause that was a heck of a lot of useless information and time you will never get back. However I love my blog, I love writing in it even when I truly have nothing to say! This blog has kept many memories alive for me and I am so glad that I have it. Thanks to those of you who read and have stuck with me for 200 posts! I have many many more to come :)

A Lazy Day??

Hmm. Well a lazy day is just what I had in mind for today. I planned on doing nothing other than getting my DVR cleaned out and some laundry done (no clean clothes)and enjoy all of the peace and quiet that having both kids in school would bring. In my doing "nothing" I actually got quite a bit done.

*Balanced my checkbook and got bills ready to pay Friday
*Laundry is done (not put away but done)
*Dishes are done
*kitchen is clean
*living room is clean
*toy basket cleaned out and extra toys upstairs and put away
*Target run for some things on my list
*post office to finally mail a bday gift
*chat on the phone with a friend
*DVR cleaned out
*voted in the primary
*called my Aunt Shari and got her GS cookie order so I can get that ready to turn in tomorrow
*got the new Janet Evanovich book put on hold at the library
*talked to my MIL on the phone
*watched Sunday's sermon online since I had to miss church
*caught up on email and playgroup board
*updated blog

So my do nothing day was an accomplished day after all and yet I don't feel like I did a whole lot. I am tired but that is from last week staying up late. Now my back is killing me so I am really going to do nothing and relax and watch Biggest Loser.

I love Tennessee!!!!

I voted today for the upcoming democrat primary. Yes it won't officially take place till Super Tuesday but here in Tennessee we have early voting. I had never heard of this before I lived here and in the past have been to nervous to go. I already feel like my vote doesn't count living in a mostly republican state but I felt like early voting would really make it not count. Well after Travis called and told me I should go do it cause they weren't busy I decided to go after I picked Kaylee up from school. There was NO line at all!!! I was in and out in less than 5 minutes! How great is that! I will defiantly be early voting in the presidential election and any others that occur! Just think we are down to less than a year before George Bush is no longer in charge! WooHoo!! It can't happen soon enough, I just hope the right person gets the job and can get our country out of the toilet before it is too late.

Family Time :)

My mom, Aimee and Abby came for a visit this past week!! They came on the 13th and left the 20th. We had a really great visit, did alot of shopping, mostly window shopping and just hung out. We took the kids to CEC on Saturday and it was a madhouse but it was alot of fun. The kids had some fights over toys but overall had alot of fun playing together. Mykenzie and Kaylee love having their Aunt Aimee and Nanny here to play with them too. It was really great to see my mom! We haven't seen her in a year and a half so I am really glad she came. I hope we don't wait that long to get together again. We will be visiting the rest of the family for Easter, over the girls spring break from school. We are looking forward to visiting everyone else then :) Pics from the trip are on the other computer so they will be uploaded soon, I'd guess at some point tomorrow.

I need a swift kick in my butt

I can't get motivated at all to clean my house. I have people coming over Thursday, I am having playdate on Friday and my mom and sister are coming to visit on Sunday for a week. So all of these things should be motivating me but still I can't seem to do it. I am sleepy and I want to go to bed early. Maybe I will feel like doing it tomorrow while Kaylee is in school? The problem is that I start to clean and then I end up doing dumb things like cleaning out my junk drawer or organizing my sock drawer, seriously that is what I have accomplished. I need a maid. Or a good swift kick in the butt!

One down

I bought these file folders at Walmart the other day and finally put the girls school papers in them last night. I am hoping that they will hold all of their elementary school papers anyhow. They each have 19 pockets so they should depending on how much I actually keep. I can't seem to find where I put Mykenzie's 1st grade folder of school papers so I need to find that and add it to her file box still too but I am going to say that goes along with getting my house organized! lol I think that this is a good idea and a nice solution to the problem I was having. Plus the girls will be able to have them one day. My mom gave me all of my old papers but she did it when Mykenzie was 1 so I didn't appreciate it and threw them away. Now I wish I would have kept them so I could compare my stuff to my girls to see if we were at the same level. But they will have theirs to compare to their own childrens one day.
So I now have one thing crossed off my things to accomplish in 2008 list! Granted it was the easiest thing on my list. Still it is January 5th and I already have a check mark. I am pretty happy about it no matter how small it is :)

Girl Scout cookies! You know you want some!

Hey Everyone it is that time of year again already. I swear I just did this. Girl scout cookie orders are starting just in time for all those "I am going to lose weight" resolutions. They are $3.50 a box but you don't have to pay until they come in.

They got rid of the cafe cookies and the little brownie things they had last year

There are 2 new cookies this year.

One is called Lemon Chalet Cremes. Vanilla sandwich with a hint of cinnamon-ginger spice with a zesty lemon creme filling.

The other new one is a sugar free Chocolate Chip (they are pretty good we got to try them)

Then there are still the favorites from the past...

Trefoils (shortbread)

Do-Si-Dos (Peanut butter sandwich cookies)

Samoas (Carmel and coconut )

All Abouts (vanilla cookie with a fudge coating on the bottom)

Tagalongs (chocolate covered peanut butter cookies)

Thin Mints

If anyone is interested you can respond here or email me

Shhhh!

I don't want to say it to loud because I don't want to jinx it but I am going to go on a limb and say Kaylee is potty trained! I started putting her in panties last weekend and we have had a few accidents and she wasn't really going without being told to go try but as the week went on more and more she has been going when she needs to and she hasn't had an accident since around Monday. She has only been in a diaper at night and has stayed dry while out and about and at school!!!! I was beginning to think this day would never come but I think if I would have stuck her little butt in panties a long time ago it would have been done then. It is harder when you have 2 kids and especially since she is in school already to find the time to just stick them in panties and let them go.

We went to McDonalds Wednesday to play and she walked around to every table and pulled her panties up out of her pants and showed them to everyone. Pretty embarrassing but very funny too cause she was so proud. I am very proud of her too! It took longer than Mykenzie did but I am just so happy she finally got it! She is just a month shy of being three and a half, better late than never! Way to go Kaylee, Mommy and Daddy are so proud of you for being a big girl and using the potty!

2008!

It is already 2008! Seems like we were just hearing about all of the Y2K panic all over the news. This year Travis and I will celebrate being together for 10 years! Holy Moly! Mykenzie will turn 8 and my baby will turn 4! I will turn 28 *gulp*

So this year I have some resolutions but I am setting them as things that are actually realistic. Sure there are things about myself that I want to change, be more patient more positive ect but those aren't really things that you can cross off a list. So on that note my resolutions for 2008 are....

1. Copy all of my VHS home videos onto DVDs (we bought the DVD burner last Christmas and still haven't done it.

2. Get all of my pictures burned to cds off the computer, and keep up with it.

3. Get all of my pictures organized. They are laying all over my bedroom with all my scrapbook supplies. I want them all either scrapped or in photo albums.

4. Figure out a better system for my kids school papers. I am better about throwing stuff away but I still have a ton. My current folder situation is not working anymore.

5. Overall get my house more organized. I have alot of things done already but it takes me no time to junk it up again and then I have to do it again. I have to do Kaylee's closet (the keeper of all the clothes that don't fit) every 3 months.

6. Keeping with the picture/video theme, I want to get more of Kaylee on video. I have truly sucked with it. I probably have at least 1000 hours of Mykenzie and I probably have 10 of Kaylee. It is really really sad. More photos too. But of both girls. I seem to only take pics when it is a special occasion anymore I need some more candid shots.

7. Learn how to work my sewing machine. I am going to go pick out a seemingly simple pattern and learn how to make something with my sewing machine. I seriously have had that thing for long enough, it is time to blow the dust off of it and learn how to use it. I have 3 pairs of pants that need hemmed and one that needs a zipper replaced and I would love if I could do it myself. Don't worry I am not going to try, I will pay someone for that. I am gonna start small people!

Ok so there is my list of practical things to accomplish in 2008! Losing 15 pounds and getting fit would be nice too ;) But you'll notice that isn't on my list of practical things! lol Travis is starting his no more smoking quest starting today so wish him luck. Well really wish me and the girls luck cause it is gonna suck for us for a while. lol We want him with us for a long time though so I suppose listening to him bitch for a while is ok. As long as it isn't too long! lol

I hope all of you have a wonderful 2008 and that you accomplish all of your resolutions this year!!! Happy New Year!

Pictures from Christmas Day

Santa Came! Yay!!!

Mykenzie got 4 game boy games this year!!

A glimpse to how Kaylee acted opening gifts this year! Do you think she was excited? I love this picture.

Girls with their Santa gifts


Here is a link to all of our Christmas pictures if you haven't gotten enough yet.

Christmas Eve pictures

Happy Christmas Eve!

Kaylee with her gifts from Nanny, Grandpa, Aimee and Great Grammy


Mykenzie with her gifts from Nanny, Grandpa, Aimee, and Great Grammy


Girls hanging their new ornaments on the tree



Milk and cookies for Santa

Merry Christmas Everyone!

We had a fabulous Christmas this year! The girls both loved all of their gifts from everyone. Kaylee got lots of horses and My Little Pony toys, playdoh and baby dolls and baby doll accessories. Mykenzie got board games, video games, dog/animal toys and baby doll stuff. They went shopping today so they could spend their money from their PaPa and Uncle Tony and Kaylee picked out more Ponies and Mykenzie picked out more dogs! lol They both got some clothes too. Uncle Mike sent them both some money and I think they are going to get a membership to the Discovery Center with it since they both loving going there so much this way we can go more often. They will both have some left but they truly don't need any more toys so they may save it till they find something they are dying to have :)

I had an awesome Christmas! My husband spoils me for sure! I got the wine rack I have wanted for my kitchen for 3 years and haven't bought, a belt (totally needed it badly), a car charger for cell phone, and some other things but my main gift was my laptop and a wireless router!! Yay! I am so excited to have this thing! I totally love it. Travis was pretty happy with his iPod. I got him the 80gb video one so he can put a TON of songs and movies on it. I think he will love it even more when he is traveling alot. Not a Wii but still pretty good I think.

Kaylee is such a dramatic kid to begin with but watching her open her gifts was too funny this year. Everything got a huge smile a loud squeal and a big hug! Mykenzie was even more enthusiastic this year. Normally she just opens, looks, and tosses them aside this year she was alot more excited this year. We had a relaxing day playing with new toys and eating turkey :) It was a great day, but now we have to find a place for all the new toys and get our house back to normal, take down the tree ect. Just think in 11 months we get to do it all over again :) I hope all of you had a wonderful day too! Pictures will be coming later, I haven't had a chance to install the software for my new camera yet :)

Merry Eve of Christmas Eve to Me!

We all gathered around the tree today after church to take a family picture. This is something we really haven't done and we really have next to zero pics of the 4 of us together. We got a decent, not great but I am happy, picture and then it happened. My camera lens would not go back in. It is clearly broken. Now this is probably something that can be fixed, maybe, however tomorrow is Christmas Eve followed by Christmas. Point being I need a camera and it wouldn't be done in time. So shopping we went and now I have a 7.2 megapixel Sony Cybershot camera. It is small and cute and teal! Woo Hoo! My husband rocks for buying me this when all of his Christmas shopping for me was already done. I am so glad that I won't have to go without a camera this Christmas! Thanks Honey! I love you!

Something nice for Santa??

Mykenzie "Mom, I think we should do something good for Santa, like leave carrots or something."

Me "ok"

Mykenzie "Really Mom I think we should do something nice for Santa. Like, maybe wax his reindeer's collars or something. I think that's a good idea."

Hi Santa!

I took the girls to the mall to see Santa today. Kaylee sat on his lap and barely whispered what she wanted. Santa kept telling her she had to speak up. Finally I told her that if she didn't tell him what she wanted he wouldn't know what to bring her and she finally spoke slightly louder so he could hear :) Mykenzie acted like he had the plague. She barely went near him, didn't tell him what she wanted and I had to "make" her get in the picture. This may be the last year for her :( They grow up too fast!

Oh how I love you Sonic!

I bribed my kids that if they were good today while I ran errands then I would get them a special treat. I decided that would be a frozen treat from Sonic. They both picked a small chocolate milkshake and I decided to try the new (well new to me) Java Chillers (Caramel of course). OMG it was so yummy! For $2.50 I will most definitly be back for more!

6 days left!!

Are you ready?? I am so beyond ready. I get too excited too soon and now I that I have been done shopping it took the fun out of it! lol I suppose I need to go do some other fun things instead. I plan to take the girls to see Santa, maybe today. We also may do our Christmas cookie baking today. Travis has to work work work so we wont see him too much but then he is going to be off off off so he will be here all the time! lol He has is work Christmas party for his "guys" tomorrow night, he decided to take them to dinner and then to play laser tag. He is pretty excited about it. He is so convinced that he is getting a Nintendo Wii for Christmas, I really hope he isn't too disappointed when he wakes up Christmas morning! I think while he is at his party and my kids are sleeping I am gonna tackle all of the wrapping that needs to be done. I have mailed all my gifts that needed mailed and they should have them all by now! yay! I mailed my last batch of Christmas cards out yesterday, most are local so they should get them pretty quickly. I hand delivered some to give it that extra "personal touch" aka I was being cheap! lol

So, Kaylee all day yesterday walked around saying "This is the worst Christmas ever!" Travis asked her why and if it was a bad Christmas or a good Christmas. She said it was good. So we explained that good would be best not worst! lol Now she is saying it is the "Best Christmas ever!" I am sure when she sees that she is getting 2 of the 3 things that are at the top of her list she will really think that it is indeed the best Christmas ever!

Gingerbread house?

We ended up waiting until Saturday to make our gingerbread house since Travis was still feeling yucky Friday. So after a long day of fun and junk food we made a candy house! lol We had several mishaps but in the end it tasted, I mean looked, pretty good ;)

Kaylee funny

We ran to blockbuster yesterday after I picked Kaylee up from school to pick up a gift card. When I unbuckled her seatbelt she said, "Thanks for keeping me safe mom" It was too cute and too funny! She is growing up so fast, there are some days Travis and I just look at her and ask when she got so big!

Yeah Baby!

It is December 7th and I am done with my Christmas shopping!! I think this is the earliest that I have been done ever and I got the latest start! I guess I could check my blog from last year and see cause that would be a close 2nd. I technically still have to get Mykenzie's ornament for Christmas eve but otherwise I am totally finished! I am still waiting for a couple of things that should be arriving in the mail for other people that I need to wrap but other than that all the gifts that will be leaving my house are also wrapped and ready to go!
I think I have all of my bases covered, I have 3 teacher gifts, a girl scout leader gift, 4 ornaments for exchanges, 3 books for exchanges, 23 of something for Kenzie's class as well as plates and napkins, all of the sets of parents, all of the nieces and nephews and my husband and children! I have already turned in my Angel tree stuff, sent in stuff for Kenzie's class to donate to a shelter and gotten my toys for tots stuff to turn in at Girl Scouts!! I am feeling pretty good and I did it all and stayed stress free!!! Yay! Now I just get to enjoy the rest of the time between now and Christmas soaking up the holiday and having fun! We are going to do our gingerbread house tonight! The girls don't know about that yet, they will be so excited! Oh and Frosty the Snowman is on tonight too!!! Tomorrow we have a birthday party and then our playgroups Christmas party where we will be getting a visit from Santa himself! They don't know about this either :) I am really looking forward to it. Sunday after church we will be spending hours at the table while the girls make their gifts to send to their grandparents. I love having them make something that comes from them for the people they love. Mykenzie is painting ornaments and Kaylee is doing Christmas sun catchers. A fun filled Christmasy weekend is in store! Have I mentioned that I love this time of year?

Christmas Fun!!

I so love Christmas cartoons! Watching Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, the Grinch, Frosty the Snow Man and Charlie Brown Christmas take me right back to when I was little like my girls are now. I love that we share that time together and the tradition of watching all the Christmas specials continues. I don't think I have missed them ever since I was a little girl. Seeing how much they love watching them and how excited they get when they come on every year makes me love them even more.

We have been enjoying all the Christmas specials as well as listening to the all Christmas radio station and singing Christmas songs in the car. This is such a fun time of year!! It is so easy to get so consumed with everything you have to do and get so stressed over the little things that you don't truly enjoy it. I am just having a great time buying things for our family this year and enjoying all of the fun things, the simple things like singing Christmas music and watching cartoons, to taking a drive to enjoy every one's Christmas decorations. Seriously, it is "The most wonderful time of the year!"

It's killing me!

This doll may send me out of my stress free state of mind! lol Ok so I am not really stressed just a little annoyed. Since it works out in my favor I am glad that it is happening but annoyed none the less.

I originally purchased this doll with dark hair for Kaylee. It was so cute and I just knew she would love it under the tree this year. Well once I got it home and showed it to Travis after the kids went to bed I saw the fine print in the bottom right corner of the box that told me that it was in fact Spanish speaking only! So once Thanksgiving break was over I exchanged it at Toys R Us for the blonde since she is not Spanish speaking. Problem solved. I went to Target a few days later to continue my shopping and found the same doll for $10 less. So I bought it there and returned it to Toys R Us to save my $10. I was just going through the ads and what do I see, oh yes, the same doll once again for $10 less than the last price I paid! So I am totally happy that I get it even cheaper but I am annoyed that these stores just don't put the lowest sale price from the get go so I don't have to keep returning stuff!! I guess most people don't take advantage of going back for adjustments. So I started out paying $60 and this week will end up paying only $40, who knows maybe next week I will get it for $30! Pick a price people!!!

OMG Look at her butt.....

Cute

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Thanksgiving and this and that

Our Thanksgiving was great! We had some friends over and between the two families we had so much food it was crazy. I only had a slight mishap with the potatos but we don't need to get into that. lol Everything worked out and was yummy. After dinner the kids all ran around playing and the grown ups played some Texas Hold'em. I so love that game. I have never played with people before, well I've played with people just not face to face I am an online gal. Let me just say that I kicked butt and it was great!

Rather than brave all of the stores on black Friday we opted to stay home and invite some friends over to play. Much better idea I'd say. There was nothing in any of those ads to get me out of the house on such a cold nasty day. Sunday's ad's however are saving me about $20 cause some stuff I already bought is now on sale! Yay! I will be doing that tomorrow while Kaylee is in school as well as returning the baby doll I got Kaylee that is Spanish speaking only. Yeah.

I ended up sick for most of the girls Thanksgiving break but luckily they were really good for me and helped take care of their mommy since Travis had to work all weekend long. I wish we could have done something a little more fun on their break though. Oh well, Christmas break will be here in a few weeks. This my friends is when the potty training will take place. I am talking hard core potty training there will be no more diapers. I haven't been very consistent with the whole thing which is why it isn't already done I am sure but this is it. I have got to get her potty trained.

My car is fixed! It was making a nasty noise everytime I would hit a small bump or a dip in the road so I took it in today and to my delight it was covered under my warranty so it didn't cost me a cent! I love a warranty!! I thought for sure it would be something stupid that wasn't covered but I was seriously being positive and hopeful. I am trying to be more positive and less stressed about stuff lately and I have been doing a pretty good job. I have lost most of my brain function because of it cause apparently I can't use my brain without stress but whatever, small price to pay for being happy/stress free right! :)

And on a final note Cami got a $70,yes I said $70 hair cut today. Check it out
*Warning* you may not want to take a drink of anything prior to looking at the picture because you may have a small mess to clean up
Kaylee's reaction: "Mommy what are you doing? That's not our dog!"
Mykenzie's reaction: "Oh my gosh! She looks like a rat!"

Welcome Christmas!

We are welcoming Christmas into our house already!!! Our tree is up and is beautiful! Our stockings have been hung by the chimney with care. My new nativity scene is looking nice on my mantle. We just hung out outside lights. I still have some lighted garland to hang inside a little later. I still have most of my shopping to do but I am not stressed about it anymore! I still don't really know what I am getting my kids, I've already bought the things they REALLY want. Kaylee is going crazy for a singing pony. OMG if it wasn't so pricey I'd be handing the dang thing over just to shut her up about it! Seriously she cries every day, several times a day for it. It is insane!! She will be so happy Christmas morning when she opens it up :)

So my house is ready for Christmas and my fridge is ready for Thanksgiving. Travis invited some friends over (I know shocking right, lol). They are bringing some food as well, including the turkey! Yeah baby! I am gonna do a ham and some sides and she is doing a turkey and some sides. Sounds like we are gonna have a TON of food. We will be eating it till Christmas! lol I love the holidays!

Mykenzie the porcupine!

Mykenzie's school play was Thursday night and she did a great job! The play was adorable. I didn't get good pics but I did get it on video. They will also be playing it on our local channel 3 sometime in the near future :)

Kaylee's Thanksgiving feast

Kaylee had her Thanksgiving dinner on Tuesday. It turned out that they wore costumes and sang a few songs too, I wish I would have known that so I would have brought my video camera. It was really cute though and she did a really good job. They had little crafts on the table that the kids had made as well as the costumes. Kaylee's class were the turkeys. On each feather they had something that they were thankful for written on them, she had Mommy, Daddy, Sissy and my dog on hers :)

Hmmm....

I have been a total slacker at blogging lately. I have been really busy yet I can't come up with anything to write about. That is just sad. My life has been a bit consumed with finding the materials to make a porcupine costume for Mykenzie's school play next week, but thank God a friend said she would help me out and make it for me. She says help me out I say save my life! lol That was a nightmare and I am glad it is over and I can focus on the fun part of helping Mykenzie with her lines and watching her in the play. Her line is "Thanks for showing up Mrs. Sun, that rain gave us the chills. I'm soaked right to the bottom of my perfect porcupine quills." It sounds like it is going to be really cute so I can't wait to see it. They will do it for the school Thursday and then for the PTO and the parents on Thursday night. The new school has a stage so that will be nice, we will be able to see much better than last time when they were just on the gym floor.

Kaylee's Thanksgiving dinner at school is Tuesday! Can you even believe it is almost Thanksgiving? We already had Mykenzies yesterday. This year just flew by. I must admit I am getting really excited for Christmas. I can't wait to put up all of our decorations. We are getting some new stuff for outside this year so Travis is excited about that. I have sucked with my shopping. I only have 2 people with a check mark by their names indicating they are done. I have nothing for my kids but I am hoping to pick some stuff up this week. I have a few definite things that I am getting so I need to do it before they all sell out. I was feeling stressed and crazy about not having more done but I am feeling better about it now. I at least have some ideas now and a week ago I didn't even have that so things are moving forward! lol

Mykenzie and I are headed out to girl scout camp in a couple of hours. I must say that I am dreading it. Not cause I don't think I will have a good time but because I have had a looong week and I have been up till after 1am for the past two days in a row which is not normal for me. It was totally worth it though :) I hosted bunco last night and it was soooo fun. I love hanging out with all of my mommy friends, I wish we could do it more often! But tonight I get to hang out with a bunch of 7-10 year olds and we always have a good time and I am sure all of their youthful energy will rub off on me, so I will manage to stay awake. I may be bringing some coffee though! Thank God we sleep in cabins with electricity!! That is my kind of camping :) I have nothing planned on Monday so after we take Mykenzie to school Kaylee and I will be having a day of rest! Perfect. Have a good weekend everyone

Happy Halloween (a couple days late)

We have had a great fall so far. We've been keeping busy with trips to the pumpkin patch, fall festivals and lots of school activities! We carved our pumpkins on Sunday and they were pretty rotten by Halloween!
Kaylee wanted nothing to do with cleaning out the pumpkin and was pretty upset when Travis flung some guts onto her.
Mykenzie on the other hand helped clean out her pumpkin and it was the first time she actually willingly did it!

Trick or treat here is on Halloween night so we went out from about 6:30-7:30 and got a ton of candy and then came home and passed some out to the trick or treaters. Kaylee decided that she was going to be Princess Dora for trick or treat and Mykenzie chose a witch.
They had a great time and Kaylee was really into it this year. Every time she would get candy from someone she would run to us and say "Can I get some more candy!!"

Here are some more pics of the seasons events