Tag...your it!

My friend Jen tagged me with this trip down memory lane! My memory is terrible but I will do my best!



20 years ago 1988

1. 8th grade-I ran and won a successful campaign for student council

2. Injured my knee dancing and had surgery

3. Had my first kiss



10 years ago 1998

1. Celebrated my 1st year of motherhood

2. Was called as the secretary for Primary

3. Worked at Purple Pig Pizza



5 years ago 2003

1. Matthais turned six and started Kindergarten

2. Ian received his Autism diagnosis and started preschool

3. Millie turned one



1 year ago 2007

1. started my weight loss journey...again

2. Started running... again

3. Rode the Polar express with my kids at Christmas time



So far this year2008

1. Ran my first half-marathon

2. met my Weight watchers goal

3. Been to St. George twice



Yesterday June 24th

1. Cleaned for summer get together

2. ran 5 miles

3. my kids made me crazy



Today June 25th

1. I plan on a 5 mile run with Micheale

2. Hosted a summer get together

3. crashed after said get together



Tomorrow June 27th

1. Camping at Mutual Dell

2. Going to Wheeler farm for Daycare training

3. Visiting teachers are coming



Next year 2009

1. celebrate my 14th wedding anniversary

2. run the Wasatch back with 12 of my closest friends (any takers?)

3. finally have friends in my new ward

Ok, so now I tag Micheale, Shauna, Kris and Rachel (notice they are the only other friends I have that blog...I'm a bloser; a blog loser!)

The casualties of Ian

The following are listed among the known casualties of Ian in the last 7 days alone. I am not exaggerating either.


3 fish. We've had 2 of these fish for AT LEAST 8 years. He decided they were hungry and needed the entire bottle of food.

a bottle of Windex. On the kitchen table

a container of Juice. Minutes after I brought it home from the store; not-so-carefully poured into 6 cups and one dirty pitcher.

my flowers on the front porch. Lovingly picked and passed to Owen through the open window.

The chipboard "E" from Emilia. When I painted Millie's room a few months ago I bought the letters to spell her name on the wall. This was no simple task since the letters had been discontinued and I went to 3 Roberts to get her whole name.

a package of pumpkin seeds. We'll have pumpkins this year after all...just don't know where they will grow from.

a bottle of straitening serum. Dumped down the sink so he could use the bottle to spray Emilia with water.

an entire bottle of syrup. The amount you need for one pancake on a stick.

His hair. Yes, we has a repeat of a few weeks ago. He cut his hair to the scalp again.

bottle of shampoo. The tub needed more bubbles.


The following were only wounded in battle


my mp3 player. Completely my fault. I let him listen to it because it is one of the few things that will keep him entertained for more than 2 minutes. It still works on half volume.

The back porch. It was in desperate need of watering...Ian was only helping

The second bottle of juice- survived several spills and still hanging on

A book- unfortunately, not ours, the libraries. But..it's just a few tears...I think it will make it


Who knew I lived in a war zone? Oh wait...I did.

It's what fun is....

LAGOON! We had so much fun at lagoon on Saturday. We always do! I get so excited just like a kid every time we go. Ian wore one of his Autism shirts and I'm glad since he had a fit anytime we had to wait. The worst was when we waited in line 25 minutes for the mini-dragon coaster. He cried the whole time wanting to get on. When it finally our turn to get on he refused. He had just gone on jet star 2 and was too scared to ride the dragon. I was not happy to say the least. Also not happy that rattlesnake rapids was closed; that is a family favorite. but...with season passes again this year we will be sure to get a chance to ride it. I'm already looking forward to our next trip!

I'm an addict...I know...

I can't help it. I love diet coke. First thing in the morning. last thing at night. Any time the kids are driving me crazy, just give me my diet coke. I blame it on my mom who drank it when I was a kid therefore I drank it.

It's just sad that now my almost 2 year old asks for diet coke when he's thirsty. Seriously. The thing is, he's never even tasted it. But he can pick it out in any store and cries if I don't buy it. Obviously he sees my addiction and wants to feed it. Or maybe I'm just raising the next generation of diet coke heads. But hey, it's 99% water! who can complain about that?

Coming to a Old Navy near you

Next time you visit the Old Navy in Am Fork you might be surprised to see this symbol over my picture. That's right. I am sure to be banned from Old Navy. I ran there this morning to return some flip flops I bought for Owen (I figured why does a kid who won't wear shoes need more than one pair?). I spot Liz there and am so happy to see her since she now lives in North Carolina. Of course where there is Liz, there is bound to be Janelle also and she is a favorite as well. I'm doing my usual chatting and ignoring the 21 month-old as he runs around being obnoxious. I'm thinking, compared to how he acts at Wal-mart he's being an angel. Out of the corner of my eye I see the employees with their "get your kid in control" looks but I ignore them, I'm busy for heavens sake! But, then I get the look I can't ignore. It's the "oh my heck where is your mom!" look. I peek around the corner to find Owen sitting on the floor naked in a puddle of pee. Yep. That's how the potty training's going so far. So I ask for a bag and some paper towels and clean up. Janelle gives me a diaper and I calmly leave completely embarrassed, hoping I won't have to ever show my face in Old Navy again. But alas, I have to revel in my humility. I can't find my keys. I have to go back in and look. The first thing the girl mopping up the pee says is "boy, it's sure not your day!" All I can say in response is "it never is." Turns out the keys were in the van after all. What can I say? Life is always interesting at my house.

My new best friend

I am so excited. My Garmin will be here tomorrow. Thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU to my wonderful husband who decided to let me buy this. I can't wait to test it out!

Potty time

Now that Ian is back in school I decided it was time to go ahead and start the potty training. Owen is not quite two yet and I know it's still kinda early but since he'd rather not wear a diaper anyway I thought I'd go ahead. Things are going ok. He can accomplish #2 on the potty very well. He just hasn't gotten the hang of #1. Doesn't that seem backward? I hope that is a good sign and that he'll get it all figured out soon. The great thing is that he loves the potty. I just walked into my bathroom and saw him sitting on it. He climbed on all by himself with no stool and figure out how to stay on without his little Elmo potty seat. Not bad for day one.