Happy Birthday to me!

So, I am getting closer to the 30 mark. Not so sure that I'm going to be okay with that. It's inevitable, but what can I do about it? Sure, I can continue to slather my face with anti-aging creams....but the number will still come. Sigh.
So, I was supposed to go on a scrapbook retreat this past weekend. Since I went to one in October, I have been dying to do it all over again. Three days of no kids, no hubby....just girls scrapping. Nice, huh? I get a lot of stuff done too. It's actually the only real time I get to scrapbook. Anyway... I also knew the next time I went, I wanted my mom and sisters to go with me. Well, since my sis-in-law was in moving process, and my little sister was planning on a big move to Boise....that left my mom and older sister to ask if they wanted to run away with me. They were game and so it was all planned. And then I had to go and ruin it all by buying a new house. Where we had just barely listed our house, I was worried we would get potential buyers wanting to come and see it while I was gone. And honestly, guys just don't keep things clean the way us girls do. Jaysen is a stacker. He thinks things are "clean" if he's put them into piles. Sigh. So, I knew I couldn't leave for three days. So, instead, my mom and sis and I decided we would just "retreat" to my mom's house and scrap there for the three days.

That way, if someone did want to see the house, I could
run home really quick and help get things in order. I already had all of my stuff packed up for the retreat anyway...so we went for it. And it was really fun! I got 19 pages done! Holy cow!
Can you believe it? It's awesome. My mom devoted her time to organizing her pictures and so it was fun to go through some of them with her. We got out our baby pictures and others from when we were little. Some good laughs over the outfits we were wearing back in the 80s. Man were we cool! And my sister got lots of her wedding photos scrapbooked.
All in all it was a good birthday weekend. We went out for pasta....my favorite! And my mom got me a new bracelet for my collection. (It's one I've been wanting) And...the house showed THREE times! No offers yet, but it hasn't even been on the market for a week. Hopefully it keeps going steady this way so we can move forward.
A BIG THANKS to Jaysen for letting me run away...not only for three days (he had to take two days off of work) of having the kids all to himself, but also for letting me do it on my birthday. We had to have our family celebration a day late and I know he was kind of bummed about it. Love you Jaysen!

Moving

So, I won't be posting as often for the next month or so. We went insane last week and decided to buy a new house.....before we sold this one. I really think we lost it. So, on top of packing up my house, I have to keep it spotless in case a realtor wants to show it to a prospective buyer. I've only been doing it for three days and I'm already tired. Sigh.


Anyway...we are excited about the new house though. It's a five bedroom, soon to be three bath (third bath only partly done). And, it has a full basement. Which is what we were looking for so we had a place to shove the kids. ;0) Isn't it great? Anyway...if you know of anyone looking for a house...tell them to buy mine!













It's cute! I promise. And I just put in a new little flowerbed in the backyard with climbing vines and pretty purple perennials. It's beautiful. We just put it in last month. So, I'll be sad to leave it behind.





Anyway.....yeah....because of the packing and the moving....and what not...posting may not be as frequent. But, I'll try to keep up. Wish me luck!

Wuv you

So, my brother is moving his family away. They just barely moved here last May and are already leaving. He found a new job back in Utah and so they are packing it all up. They have actually already been down in Utah for the last month as he started his job a while ago. They are selling their house here, so had to come back yesterday to keep that going. Anyway...needless to say, we missed them. Cousins are so fun to have close by and now we don't have any at all.



But, we did get a call yesterday afternoon from Austin asking if he could come and spend the night. So, of course, we said yes. Austin is a couple of years younger than Landon, but they are best buds and always have been. So, you'd think I would be posting a picture of the two of them right? Well, silly you! Mackenzee also loves Austin. He has a little sister the same age as Mackenzee and so he is very good to her. This morning, she tackled him and smothered him with hugs and kisses. He humored her. It was adorable. How could I not get a picture of it?

HAPPY FATHERS DAY!

Happy Fathers Day! I hope all you fathers out there had a great day and were well taken care of by your kids and spouses.

Jaysen took my dad and his dad out golfing Saturday morning, so I was able to grap a couple of photos of the kids with Papa for the old scrapbook. ;0) The guys had a good time golfing and came home tired. Just in time for the US Open too. ;0) So, Jaysen was able to get in some lazy tv time Saturday afternoon.

Doesn't he look so tired in this picture? Almost makes you feel bad for the guy. ALMOST.

Anyway....

HAPPY FATHERS DAY!

It's Fantastic!

So, we had girls night tonight, and much to my disappointment, only three of us showed up. Apparently I'm one of the only mom's that wants a night away from not only her kids, but the hubby too. And with GIRLS. Sigh. Anyway....We were supposed to go bowling, but with only three of us there, we ditched the alley and decided to go catch a flick instead. With not much out there that was appealling we decided on the Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer. My friend, Fonda's, hubby was going to go see it later tonight anyway, so she thought she'd squeeze it in before he went. As his hubby was at my hubby's house with all of the kids, I bought a 9:15 ticket for Jaysen too so he could go with Matt after we got done at the theater. (Did that make sense) Anyway...I was feeling guilty going to see this without Jaysen because he was really wanting to see it, and honestly, it wasn't on my list of must-sees for the summer. I haven't even seen the first Fantastic 4!

So, I had no expectations whatsoever about this movie, and only knew the basic gist of it because of my 7 year old. But, all in all, it was a pretty good movie. It had all of the super hero stuff in it, and a good overall "moral" to the story. And, it kept you going and was....ONLY 1 hr. 35 min. long! So much better than 2 hr. 45 min. like some other movies I previously blogged about. ;0)

Anyway...the three of us had a fabulous time at the movie for girls night. Fonda is in charge next month...so we'll see what's in store for us then!

Watersliding fun!

Rub a dub dub, three men in a tub!


We were invited over to Jaysen's brother Steve's house for watersliding last night. It was kind of a windy night, so every few minutes the kids would run into the hot tub to get warm. This is Jesse, Landon, and Kaden warming up after just a few runs on the waterslide. Silly boys!



Mackenzee, as you have learned from this blog, does everything that Landon does. So, we suited her up and let her go for it. Crazy girl! She loved it. She was on that thing just as long as everyone else. Water.....and being outside...two of her favorite things. All we had to do was set her up at the top and let go. She would scoot herself down a little bit until the water slid her to the bottom. Being so small she was all over the place. It was so funny to watch. And as soon as she hit the

bottom, she wanted up to the top again.


Summertime fun!

The Pout

So, we had our usual mother/son argument this morning thanks to Jaysen. Landon has a SERIOUS addiction problem when it comes to video games. I'm not kidding either. It has caused a lot of problems. So, We took the Playstation and hid it and told him that he was NEVER playing again. Sigh. Then, Jaysen comes home from work last night and asks Landon if he wants to play Tiger Woods golf with him on the Playstation! He told me that he just wanted to spend some time with Landon. Ummm...yeah. So, they played for about an hour and then it was bedtime, so at least they were able to finish up nicely without huffing and puffing from Landon.

Landon got up this morning and the Playstation was still out. He asks Jaysen if he can play it today and Jaysen says, "It's up to mom." What??? Now I have to be the bad person and say that it was a one time only thing. Not fair! I tell Landon he's got chores to do before I even consider it. He seriously asked me if he could play it five different times in thirty minutes. And I'm not kidding. No attempt at getting his room clean was made. Yeah. Then the argument began. Why do I have to be the bad parent? Argh!!!!! So, when Jaysen called this morning he got an earful. It's a good thing I love him, otherwise I would have beat him up!


This picture is what Landon did after Jaysen told him he wasn't going to be playing video games today. He stomped into the back yard and pouted behind this tree. Because by doing so, he is going to end up convincing me that he should be able to get his way. It always works. YEAH RIGHT!

The point of all of this, is that Mackenzee...who copies everything that Landon does...marched outside right behind Landon and sat behind the tree right next to his. The goober! She is so silly! She just sat there watching him to see what he would do next.

She would get up every now and again and go stand next to him, crouching down to see into his face...and then walk back to her tree and sit down. She just adores him.



She saw me snapping pictures and gave me a cute grin. Do you like the red paint all over her legs? yeah....she got into Landon's paint pens this morning. good thing they are washable.

Kids!!!! It's a good thing we love them otherwise.....I don't know...It's just a good thing we do!