About Died Laughing!!!!

It doesn't take much to make me smile and laugh, but this was the best!!! I was talking to my mom on the phone and couldn't talk cause I was laughing so hard! Audrey started it and kept doing it as she saw she was getting a great reaction then Cambria joined her! I love it!

A Fun Friend get together!

I was able to see some more of my old college roommates recently. We met at Jenny's house that she is house sitting and had a fun breakfast while we caught up on our lives and talked about good old time! Me and Audrey went, in the back is Jenny, then Alyssa, and Trisha and her little boy.

Hogle Zoo 2010

Tim was gone away on a business trip to Atlanta Georgia so I took the girls to the Hogle Zoo with Natalie, Meagan and Ryan. We've been to the zoo a few times but discovered a whole unexplored area that we had never gone before. It is called the discovery land which I have seen before but never went to check out. It was way fun, and the girls had a great time!!
Tim was glad we had gone to the zoo without him and then he didn't have to suffer through it. Plus we got to stay way longer than 30 min! We stayed for over 2 hours!!

After the zoo we were all heading out when I realized i had a flat tire. I quickly called Meg over and Ryan was able to put on my bicycle looking spare tire. This picture is of Audrey being such a sweety while waiting in the car the whole time.
Cambria was a really good girl also watching all the stuff we had to empty out of the trunk.


Yea for spare tires. I had to drive it like this to the airport later that evening to pick up Tim.
Also I forgot the night before me and the girls stayed the night with Natalie and then she watched them while Meagan and I participated in the Salt Lake City 5k (we forgot to take pictures, maybe we'll take some after thought ones anyway!) Then later after we had gotten some rest we went to the zoo and then to Wendy's for dinner. It was a fun day and I enjoyed being with family!

Super Funny Stuff!!

So last week me and the girls went to Idaho for the week and Tim stayed in Utah. Last Friday night he was working out at home in his wife beater tank top, shorts, glasses and had his hair slicked back with conditioner. He accidentally dropped some of the weights. He was then getting all the stuff ready that I asked him to bring home like our Christmas tree in a large red bag and Cambria's size 5 clothes. He took down the red tree bag to our car and when going back upstairs our downstairs neighbor asked if everything was alright. We have lived in our apartment for 2 1/2 years and have had the same downstairs neighbors and have not once said one word to them, so Tim thought he was talking to someone in his own apartment and went on upstairs. About 15 minutes later he heard a knock on the door, not sure if he wanted to answer it or not (we never have visitors or anyone come to our door that we don't already know who it will be) he went to the door and opened it. There stood four police officers at our front door. They told Tim they had a call about some suspicious behavior and a strong chemical smell emanating from the apartment. They asked him if everything was alright, and if he lived alone. He said things were fine and he lived with his family, wife and two daughters. They took down his information then asked if they could see inside his trunk. He put on some shoes and took them to our car and opened the trunk. They asked him to open the red bag. He did and showed them our Christmas tree. They said sorry to bother him and went to our neighbors to talk to them. While outside Tim saw three cop cars, to regular and one a canine unit. He called and related me the whole story after they left and I about died laughing just because we were safe at my mom's house. I am thankful that we do have concerned neighbors. I probably should go down and introduce myself and explain where we were and that I had just cleaned all my furniture and Tim is a wonderful husband and father who would never kill us off and stick us in a Christmas tree bag to dispose of us.

Easter in Grace

Easter morning and we are all bright and happy!
Cambria was good and got the eggs that fuzzy wouldn't be able to reach.

Audrey need no help figuring out how to open the eggs and get the candy. Next year the Easter bunny might be putting in healthy snacks. (we thought of it too late this year)



A fun easter this year!!

My 29th birthday

So for my birthday Meagan came and got my kids after school and took them to her house for the weekend. Tim and I worked out together Friday and on Saturday we went to Park City shopping, to the mall where I got an awesome deal on new pants, out to eat at the Cheese Cake factory and to a 10:00 pm movie. It was great having some time to ourselves even though we missed the girls. I definitely think every three months we may have to have Meg take our girls so we can reconnect with each other and hear each other talk! Sunday we went to Megs and had an awesome birthday dinner and cake with my parents, and Doug and Kristin's family. Afterwards my parents took me and the girls to Grace with them to spend the week.

Having fun with Aunt Meagan

For my 29th birthday, Meagan took my kids for the weekend! It was great fun to spend some time with Tim! She took them to a park and to a fun kids museum in Ogden, here are some pictures of their fun adventures!

Swimming lesson

Cambria went to two sessions of swimming lessons and really improved and did so well with learning the swimming strokes, breathing out her nose, and side breathing! She had a fun time and it was great to be able to swim during the winter in a warm indoor pool!! Now we just need to wait for the weather to warm up to go to our apartment pool!!

Up to date

Here is a little update on things that are happening in our lives. We are still looking for a house. Tim took over for a few months and went out on his own with our agent. We also went last Thursday and looked at 4, non that were "the one". Our lease ends this month so we will be signing either a 5 month (if they will let us) or a 6 month, which will put us at the end of September.

Tim has been job searching for a while and has had a few interviews. A hopefully promising job could be with Goldman Sachs. One day he had his first interview which turned out to be three (while me and the girls were waiting in the car in the parking lot for 2 hours)(excuse for missing work... doctor appointments, why so long? traffic, pharmacy). Then a week and a half later he was scheduled for four (excuse for missing work... sick - felt better that afternoon). Yesterday he had his last interview on the phone (excuse for missing work... he took it during his lunch hour). All have gone really well he thinks, now we just have to wait and see what happens!

Cambria got accepted into a charter school for kindergarten and Tim couldn't be more excited. He is the one who took care of it all, I was OK with a traditional public school. We signed her up and she now has a spot but we will see if we end up finding a house in that area.

I took my girls to the apartment playground last week and it was great! It was fun to hear their laughter and see their bright smiling faces at being outside! Cambria made a friend right a way and played with him for a little while. They were making dirt piles and I overheard some of their conversation. She was telling him that Jesus and Heavenly Father made the earth and everything on it, but on Sunday they took a break! Audrey smiled and said hi to everyone she saw and of course they smiled and said hi back. We truly should be like little children!!! (and what great children I am lucky to have!!!)

Hair cuts by Peggy

It was time for hair cuts, I got us all in with Peggy while we were in Grace. Cambria's hair was getting really long which I loved and thought was so pretty. She told Peggy how much she wanted off and then told her more after she cut that off. It is still medium length and is way cute on her and looks a lot healthier!
Audrey got her first hair cut and some of her baby curls cut off. Peggy is so good to put them in an envelope and write the date on it. I was a little worried about how Audrey would do but she sat as still as a statue and was a very good girl!!!


Peggy has cut four generations of hair in my family. My grandma Ruth used to get her hair cut every Friday (and Peggy fixed it for her funeral) My mom gets hers cut every Thursday. She has cut my hair since I've had hair and now my two girls!!

Johnson birthday party

Kristin invited us to Brandon and Ryan's combined birthday party at a fun tumbling place. The girls had a great time running around and Cambria enjoyed the swing and jumping into the foam!!

Best Husband Ever

So I need to pay tribute to my wonderful husband!! Everyday he is amazing but there are some days when he surprises me with extras! Saturday I found out about my missing vertebrae and the Chiropractor told me to take it easy for the weekend and not make the bed or vacuum or other various activities in the home. Tim stepped up and took over and was wonderful. He made dinner and cleaned up on Sunday and vacuumed and cleaned and did laundry on Monday. (which a side story, he kept telling me that he had to work Monday so he woke me up to take him to work so I could have the car to go to the chiro again and when I went out to the kitchen the girls were sitting down to waffles and omelets and a plate was waiting for me. Then he told me he didn't have to work, surprise!!) Then today I had to go to traffic school at 5:45 so I picked him up from work and he drove us down town for my class. He and the girls had to wait for me so he took them to yuckdonalds (only their second time there and hopefully last) and then drove around down town Salt Lake until 7:00. What a wonderful man!! I feel so blessed and lucky so I had to put this out there!

Interesting Things

So for those of you who know me well, you know that I have had back pain on and off for a long time. Last summer I had to go to the Chiropractor just a few weeks before my half marathon to get quickly put back together again. Well last Saturday I had to go again because it was hurting so bad. I found a Chiropractor close and went. I have never had an xray done except for my broken arm and he suggested we take a couple just to see what was going on. Well I am missing my 5th vertebrae. Crazy stuff I know. He told me about 3-4% of people are missing one and other have 6. Mine started to develop but never completed. I do have a nice curve of my spine though! So the 5th vertebrae is supposed to carry 55% of your weight and is a key component in exercise and lifting! Since I don't have one my #4 is picking up the slack hence all of my back pain and problems. What am I to do you ask? Well I need to heal my current pain and then learn how to correctly strengthen my lower back muscles so that I can prevent future back pain. Great things you can learn when you are almost 29 about your body! here are pictures of my xrays the best I could get them.If you start at the top square it goes 11, 12, 1,2,3,and ends at 4.
This xray was like a crooked pictures that you want to straiten! Everything is shifted to the right.

Valentines Day

Tim was wonderful as always and made Valentines dinner! We had spaghetti and garlic bread and beans. As you can see Audrey was loving it and had a bath afterwards! She did use a fork for the first few bits!

My super cute girls!!

Cambria and Audrey being cute one day sharing a drink! I sure do love my girls!!

Cleaning

I was being nice and cleaning and organizing all of Tim's gym clothes. I emptied this drawer so I could fold everything and I had a new tenet move in! She even brought some things she wanted in her new house! Now I'm having troubles keeping the clothes in that drawer, she has laid claim!!

Waking up from a nap

I heard Audrey awake from a nap so I went in to get her and this is what I found!! She had pulled herself up and out of her crib onto the dresser. Scary! So I changed the girls room around and now Cambria's bed is where the crib used to be and Audrey's crib is where Cambria's bed was. Crazy kid!

A Great New Year

There must be something about the word NEW that is just exciting. A new year is here and I'm excited! Yesterday I decided to reorganize my life. I'm going to get my pictures organized and labeled as well as on the computer, make DVDs of videos I've taken of our family and a few other things. I feel re energized and pumped to get things done and see it happen! I have restarted Cambria's job chart and a few discipline ideas! If she wants to do things like watch cartoons she can watch 3 if she gets dressed, puts away her clothes and brushes her teeth, so far today she has gotten dressed and put her clothes away and has yet to brush her teeth but she has also forgotten that she wanted to watch cartoons! This is working out great!!! Tim and I are doing a two week eating program to help get rid of the 4-5 pounds we gained during the holidays and to put us back on track for our weight loss goals!

I've decided that my blog is going to be my journal or photo journal so I've found out how to print it into a book, now I just need to back blog on a few months and print it out by the end of January. I'm way excited to see how it turns out and see what I want to change on my blog for 2010. Well this is the new me for the new year, getting a few things in my life organized and doing things that make me and my family happy! Happy New Year