Little Boys!!!

I know that I am still a newbie when it comes to boys and I am often surprised by the things that Ty does. I believe that I was totally spoiled with my girls. They never got in to anything they were happy and content to sit on the floor and play with their toys as long as I was in the same room. They never got out of the house and wondered off or even drew on the walls if they happened upon a pen, marker etc.

Well this weekend my sister came down from Santaquin to visit. She is a pro at the boy thing having three of her own plus she takes care of my nephew. She on the other hand is a newbie with girls, but after three boys Ashlyn is a piece of cake. Ashlyn and Ty are real close in age and the play really good together.

Yesterday we decided to go to the store and as we were trying to get all the older boys to get their shoes on and get in the car Ty and Ashlyn went missing. Janara heard a faint "mom help". She found them across the street in the neighbors backyard stuck in the mud! Janara not wanting to get herself all muddy talked Ty out of being stuck, which meant he took his foot out of his boot and walked through the mud barefoot. When Janara came walking up the sidewalk with Ty and Ashlyn I noticed Ty was walking a little funny. The closer I got the more I realized why. He was covered from toe to waste in mud and not just a little mud. Ashlyn has some on her pant and shoes, but came out mostly clean.

In all my years of watching my nephews grow up I never saw them like this. An occasional muddy shoe but that was it. I really think that Ty has taken the cake on this one or maybe I should say the pie...mud pie

Happy Birthday Megan!!!

This past Saturday was Megan's 7th birthday.
I honestly can't believe that I have a 7 years old. Where has the time gone? Wayne was able to come home this past weekend, but had a terrible nasty cold. Due to Wayne being sick I had Megan open her present from us that morning so Wayne could watch. Then Wayne was quarantined to the basement until after the party. We celebrated her birthday by having a HSM birthday party. She invited 7 of her closest friends and when you put 7 little girls together for and hour things get pretty crazy. They had pizza for lunch and then we broke out the cake and ice cream. I bought some trick candles and it was pretty fun to watch Megan blow out her candles again and again. When the girls were done eating they played a game (which turned out better then I thought it would). After the game Megan got to open her gifts. She got a lot of stuff that I normally wouldn't buy for her so I think she liked those ones the most

We still need to go and get her birthday outfit and get her pictures taken. Which I will add to the post. This is one of our brithday traditions that both of the girls love.

I am so proud of Megan. She is becoming a wonderful young lady. She is the second mom of the house. She helps with Ty and plays with her sister. She loves going to church and school and on occasion dance. Megan loves having her friends over and in recent months has become quite the little fashion diva. She also has a gained a great interest in drawing. Time seems to be flying by and my little girl isn't so little anymore. We want Megan to know that we love her and wish her a Happy Birthday!

Christmas Morning!

Well we hope ya'll had a wonderful Christmas like we did. We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas morning here at the house. This is the first year we didn't haul everything up to mine or Wayne's parents house. It was really nice to sleep in our own beds and wake up and not have to wait for anyone.

Megan and Kaitlyn woke up at their normal time of 7:30 am and were just sitting in their beds talking to each other waiting for Wayne and I to get up. They were so sweet to let Wayne and I sleep in (if we wanted). I am sure this will not last much longer, but I am going to enjoy it while I can. Ty on the other hand was so asleep that even after Wayne and I got up set the camera up and the girls being all giggly on our bed he didn't even crack and eye. I had to wake him up.

Wayne likes to go and "make sure that every thing came", but he is really getting the camera ready for their reaction. The kids walked in and the girls got all excited and Ty didn't seem to notice anything different. We had to show him his Lighting McQueen bean bag chair to get a reaction out of him.

We started off with opening one at a time, but that lasted one gift and it became a free for all. Megan and Kaitlyn both got the one gift they asked for from Santa which was a leapster and Ty got cars, cars and more cars.

Wayne and I had decided to get a gift we could both enjoy and bought tickets to the AMA super cross finales in Las Vegas. Now I know what you are thinking that sounds like a gift more for Wayne then me, but let me assure you that I am just as excited as he is. I can name nearly all the riders and I can even tell you what bike they are riding. We get to meet the riders as well, so we are really excited.

Well since that was our agreement I didn't bother to buy anything else for Wayne. He on the other had decided to break our agreement and bought me a gorgeous ring. I love it! I am still a little peeved that he did it, but what are you going to do.

After we had breakfast we headed up to Utah County to spend the rest of Christmas with family. We ended up a my parents house first and enjoyed visiting and stuffing our faces with yummy food. Then we headed to Wayne's parents and did the same.

We spent Thursday though Sunday up there and other then Kaitlyn getting the 24 hour flu it was great! Thanks to Audra and Linn for putting up with us for 3 days.

New Coupon Blog

I have started a blog for the deals I have found using coupons. The blog address is www.cedarcitycoupons.blogspot.com . I have already made a few post, so take a look and start saving!

Christmas Letters from Santa

I found these really cute personalized Christmas Letters from Santa today while looking on PYP. I think they are cute and would be so fun for the kids. Here is a link to the site . This site also has a great deal on a Christmas book that you can personalize with your kids name in the story for only a penny plus shipping and handling it ends up being $4.00.

This would be a great Christmas present for any kid!

Tagged by Rachelle

This post is all about belief. Here are the rules --some of your answers can't be religious. You should include at least one belief about food and one belief or unbelief that reflects your philosophy about life.

6 Things I believe:

I believe that God blesses you when you put in your part of the work
I believe that miracles happen
I believe in putting on comfy pj's and sipping hot cocoa while watching the first snow fall
I believe good friends make all the difference.
I believe (and know) if you take the time and put in the effort you can spend less to get more
I believe you should be able to eat ice cream and those calories shouldn't count.

6 Things I don't Believe:

I don't believe in getting something for nothing
I don't believe in Ghost stories (although I love to hear about them)
I don't believe that anything is impossible
I don't believe that is has taken me 10min to think of 6 things I don't believe
I don't believe in getting up before 7 am unless I have to.
I don't believe parents should live through their children.

6 Things I am not sure about:

I am not sure if my house will ever be as clean as all my friends houses.
I am not sure if I will finish all the projects I have started
I am not sure if I will be able to let any of my kids leave the house when they are ready
I am not sure if my carpet will survive one more year of Ty
I am not sure if I will ever go back to school
I am not sure if we will ever finish the basement or the backyard

Now I am tagging: Lori, Kelly, Camille, Stevie, Kim

Correction

As I was looking at my receipt this morning I realized that the milk I was suppose to get for free wasn't deducted. So I really only paid $87.37 for the first one. But then if you minus out the rebate on the popcorn, which is you buy three for $5 bucks you get $5 bucks back with a mail in rebate then I really only paid $82.37 on the first one. All in all I ended up paying $.77 per item. Not to shabby if I do say so myself.