My hot date

Isn't he handsome? Jaysen took me to a Valentine's Day dinner and dance last night. Though the dancing portion wasn't quite what I had hoped it would be, the dinner was good and the company was SO FUN! I had a blast and it was nice to go and do something grown-up. I got to dance with my hubby, get dressed up, and eat fancy food.
Thanks for taking me Jaysen. You are the most awesome hubby ever! I love you!

Happy Valentine's Day!

District Champs!!!

We went to my neice, Haylee's, basketball game on Monday night. Haylee is like her older sister Jordan and plays basketball for the Jerome Tigers. If you remember from last year, I posted about Jerome going to the state tournaments. We followed Jordan up to Boise to watch her play in the tournaments as it was her senior year of high school.

Well, Haylee will be off to state in a few weeks too! They played Burley on Monday night to determine who would be district champions and Jerome won HANDS DOWN. Haylee is just a freshman in high school this year, but is already on the Varsity team. It was fun to go and watch her play and cheer her on. We are so excited for her to go and participate in her first state championship.

Go Haylee!

Haylee is 15!

Haylee was just 9 when I first met her. I can't believe she's old enough to drive! It's crazy!

We went over to Jerome to wish her a happy birthday on Saturday night and to celebrate with cake and ice cream.

Mackenzee spilled the beans and told Haylee what we got her for her birthday before she even opened up the present. Sigh.....Oh well. Baby Jeremy was so excited about the wrapping paper and gift box! He kept edging closer and closer to Haylee until she just gave the box to him. He's such a cutie!

Anyway...Happy Birthday Haylee! We love you!

And obey the law of the pack...

Last night Landon received his Wolf Badge in Cub Scouts. He worked really hard to complete all of the requirements, too. Because our wards split at the beginning of last year, we ended up without a cub scout leaders for a couple of months. So, Landon didn't officially get started until March, which meant he only had nine months to get it all done instead of 12.

He was just beaming last night when he recieved all of his awards. He not only got his Wolf Badge, but he also received a gold arrow and three silver arrows. After the awards ceremony, he was officially welcomed into the Bear Pack. As his mommy, they had me present him with his new manual and kerchief. Sadly, I didn't have my camera with me, so I dont' have any pictures to show you.

BUT! For those of you with scouts out there, or soon to be scouts...do I have some news for you! Two words....Badge Magic. Most of you know that sewing badges on a uniform is NOT fun. And, it seems like it's a never ending project. You'll get them all on, and then at the next den meeting they get new badges. Well, when I was at the scouting office I found this sheet of stickery goodness call Badge Magic.

You simply peel off the paper from the matching picture on the sheet and underneath it is the perfect sized shape for your patch. You stick the patch to the sheet and when you pull it back up, the stickiness peels off with it. Tah dah! Your patch is now a sticker. Stick it on the cub shirt wherever it belongs, rub it in good, and pop it in the dryer for about 10 minutes. It's stuck now...and no needle and thread. Hallelujah! Even better, if you need to reuse the shirt for a different child, simply take it to the dry cleaner or use Goo Gone on it and the patches will all come off and you can start fresh for the new kid.

Isn't it magical? It saved me...that much I can tell you. My son's shirt is finally finished....ten months after he started scouts. I don't have to be a slacker mom anymore AND, even better, he gets to display his patches for everyone. Which is what the boys like to do....

Cuz scouting patches....mean you are COOL. :0)

Naptime Fun

Honestly, naptime is my least favorite time of day. How is it that when we are little we fight so hard NOT to have to take a nap, and then when we are grown up we have to fight so hard NOT to fall asleep?

Mackenzee is like this. She hates taking naps. So, every day after lunch the battle begins. It really gets old. Today was no different. I put her to bed and went about doing my other things. Mackenzee must assume I am deaf because I could hear her running back and forth across the floor upstairs. So, I went upstairs and found her with her cat inside my bathroom with the door closed. I'm not sure why she chose the bathroom...but perhaps she thought this would be the "safest" place to hide.

Of course, she gets in trouble and is given the usual threat that if she doesn't go to sleep then blah, blah, blah...{the threat changes from day to day depending on my mood} Well, today wasn't one of my better days. I was doing ROCK homework and was NOT in the mood for naptime problems. So, I left her in her bed and went back to my homework. AGAIN....I hear running. The entire process gets repeated numerous times over the course of an hour. And, at this point...

I am SO done.

She gets the ULTIMATE threat. Yes....a swat on the bum if she doesn't go to sleep.

Guess what she still didn't do?

So, I delivered on my threat. That's right....I'm a mean mom that way.

At this point, you'd think she would be in tears because her mom had gone ALL THE WAY this time. You think she'd hurry and try to go to sleep so it didn't happen again..right?

Wanna know what my daughter did instead?

I swatted her on the bum and she looked at me with her most defiant look and said, "I should have farted on your hand!"

Sigh....such a princess I have...

I blame it on her brother. :0)

{Just so you know, it still took another 30 minutes for her to finally go to sleep}

Dancing Queen

Today was Mackenzee's first day of dance class. She has been looking forward to this for WEEKS! Miss Cassia was kind enough to squeeze her in mid year because I was such a slacker in September. So, we do have some catching up to do with the other girls, but Kenzee looked like she was up for the challenge.

Though I had prepped her for what to expect I still wasn't sure how she would handle it. I told her she would have to go into the dance studio by herself and that I was only able to watch her from outside the window in the waiting area. She wasn't sure about it when I first told her, but seemed to accept it when I reminded her this morning. Miss Cassia was so surprised to see Mackenzee walk in the door and march right into the dance studio to "warm up" with the other girls running around the room. She didn't even look back.

So, we officially have a dancing queen in our home. Notice the ALL pink outfit she chose. {The shoes aren't her official dance shoes, though. She doesn't get to wear those outside of dance class. These are her pink "sparkle" shoes.} She can't wait to show you all her wicked moves. :0)