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Ah Ah Ah Chew!

After torturing Coleman by putting him on a "no dairy" diet, I decided it was time to take him to the allergy dr. If you are not familiar with the offical allergy test, they put (in Coleman's case) 75 little black dots on your back with a marker and then they take the serum and make a little scratch on each little black dot. Whatever you are allergic to, that area will swell up. It was hard to take good pictures of the whole thing, but it is hard to take pictures and hold a screaming 6 year old down at the same time. If you notice the picture of him laying and eating the sucker, that nurse is rubbing his back with a cottonball and he was in HEAVEN. It itched SOOOOOO bad! :( But on the other hand, he is allergic to peas, green beans (in which is LOVES), oats, celery and he is NOT allergic to dairy. So when we got home the first thing he asked for was a glass of milk and he took one SWIG of it and then said, "It's good to be back!" It made me laugh! :)

O Christmas Tree!

I took the tree up to Idaho this past weekend and the kids had a lot of fun decorating it (I think Eric enjoyed it just as much!). It has been a lot of fun to do these things as a family. Unfortunally I left my camera home so these pictures were taken from my camera phone.

Tag Nab It!

Where is your cell phone? falling apart
2. Where is your significant other? Idaho
3. Your hair color? brown
4. Your mother? sweet
5. Your father? Funny
6. Your favorite thing? family
7. Your dream last night? don't remember
8. Your dream/goal? happy kids
9. The room you're in? dark
10. Your hobby? talking
11. Your fear? failure
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? home
13. Where were you last night? home
14. What you're not? hungry
15. One of your wish-list items? vacation in hawaii
16. Where you grew up? west jordan
17. The last thing you did? talked to Eric on the phone
18. What are you wearing? pj's
19. Your TV? watching "the suite life of zack and cody" fun.....
20. Your pet? No thanks!
21. Your computer? laptop
22. Your mood? blah
23. Missing someone? yes
24. Your car? malibu
25. Something you're not wearing? my ring
26. Favorite store? reams (only cuz it's close!)
27. Your summer? FUN!
28. Love someone? Eric
29. Your favorite color? Pretty in PINK
30. When is the last time you laughed? Today
31. Last time you cried? Today

Now tagging: AISLIN, Jadie, Kristy A., anyone else.

Happy Halloween!

Hope you all had a safe and halloween!

The 4th of 4th

I saw this fun "tag" on friend's blog, and even though she didn't tag me, I'm going to do it anyway. Afterall, I don't really have anything else to share at the moment.

This is a picture of me this past August in Lake Powell with some friends of mine. Although there were many kids there and mine were not there (they were with their dad), I had a nice time. I am on the boat holding Landon (something I did a lot of). The weather was really nice. I love boating and soaking up the sun! :)

So here's what you do. Choose the 4th photo file on your computer and then the 4th picture in that file and tell about it. Kinda fun! :) Btw, I tag all of you! lol

Coleman riding his bike!

He is just so excited about it so I thought I would share it!!!

The other night I told Coleman that it was time to learn to ride a "big boy" bike. I was also really mean and told him I would not take the training wheels off HIS
bike until he learned. So he picked up Mackenzie's old bike and took off. Luckily I was sitting there with the camera so I could take some pictures. When Mackenzie was young (only 1 1/2 years ago), Curt and Dorisann had to bribe her with money to learn it the "big girl" way! She got all excited to get money and she got on the bike and literally took off riding! It was like she knew what she was doning (granted she was 7 years old!)
I was not prepared for her to do that so I didn't even have the camera with me! Needless to say, I now have 2 big kids riding big kid bikes!
I also found this picture of my sweet older sister, Jeannie trying to teach me ride my big girl banana seat bike back in 1982. I was 5 years old. It must have been on a Saturday because we both have curlers in our hair and we always had curly hair for Sundays! Also something that is kind of fun, is that all of these pictures were taken on the same street! I would like to say that all 3 of us became "big kids" on the same street, but when Mackenzie learned, we were at our friends house out in Tooele....(Thanks again Curt & Dorisann!)

Sugar & Spice Vs Puppy dog tails

(Does he think he is going rock climbing w/ spring and chain and then throwing the yellow ball and fly down w/ his one wing?)



Ok, so we all know that there are differences in boys and girls. Ya know....Sugar and spice and everything nice. That is what little girls are made of. And Snails and puppy dog tails. That is what little boys are made of. Well after Mackenzie took it upon herself to sort the laundry I put my book down (Breaking Dawn. Yeah, I know I am a little late at reading it, but I have been extremly busy) and started the wash. After going through all the pockets, this is what I found. That yellow ball is not gum or candy. It is a PAINT BALL!




(Is she getting all prettied up so that she can go get a scoop of ice cream w/ her Baskin Robins tasting spoon? That little tiny thing is the hook that goes on the end of a necklace. Why do you think she is saving that? Not only that, but the last time I can remember going to Baskin Robins is EARLY summer when they had 31 cent ice cream and I KNOW I have done laundry since then. hmmmmm)

First day of school

Well it's that time of year again. You know, the time where you spend all sorts of money on new clothes, shoes, backpacks, folders and everything else that is school related? Then you send them off to the first day of school and you take pictures and you say to yourself, "where has the time gone?" Well that is exactaly what has happened to me again!!! I can't believe I have a 3rd grader and I can't believe that Coleman is in Kindergarten! Seriously, where has the time gone? I am really starting to feel old! It felt weird to go over to the school after the bell rang to go home and to allow Coleman to get on the bus without me!! It was sad when I realized that it is time to allow both of my babies to take the next step into "growing up". I mean, I really want them to grow up but at the same time it is sad. Now if I could just get them to clean up after themselves. Doesn't that come with the growing up thing??????

The past 2 weeks!

The past 2 weeks have been soooo quiet at my house. My kids are with their dad in Oregon and won't be back until Tuesday, August 12th! I miss them soooooooo much! I have been playing with my nephews to try to fill that void. I have been trying to keep myself busy. I am in the middle of moving and I thought it would be such a great idea to pack the kids stuff while they were gone. I didn't realize how much stuff the have "collected". I spent a week in Lake Powell with some friends, last week I drove to Cortez, Colorado for the day for work and I have also been up to Idaho (that seems to be my favorite spot these days!) :) and in the morning I am headed for a vacation in Vegas! I am really glad my kids get to spend this time with their dad but I am going to be so glad to have them back home!

My sleepy child!

I think I have one of the sweetest little boys out there. He loves to talk, play, hug, kiss, organize and aparently he likes to sleep! The first 2 pictures are of him sleeping through the fireworks on the 4th of July! Yeah, he slept through them ALL! The 3rd picture is seriously of him eating a french fry! I couldn't believe it. I think he just has so much energy all the time that he wears himself out at akward times! I sure do love him!

Meet my siblings.........

As I look through all of my blogs that I have blogged, I noticed that I have made this all about me and my 2 kids, so I thought I would introduce you to my siblings. Really, they are nice people!!!! lol The first one is my oldest sister Jeannie. She is the smart one of the group. Then you know me, Mackenzie and Coleman. The next picture is my younger brother Marshall. He is a helicopter pilot. His wife is about to have a baby!!! Then there is Ben. He is an officer at the State Prison and is about to be hired on for the Draper P.D. Last but not least is my youngest sister Lydia. She is has a 4 year old boy. She is engaged to be married sometime in the future!! Soooo, that is my family. I would also like to point out that none of us were together when these pictures were taken. I think that is what makes it funnier! We took these all on our very own!!!!!!!

Grrrrrrrrrr

I noticed that it has been well over a month since I have posted a blog, but that is because we have had a very busy month!!! My girlfriend Shelley and I planned a trip with all the kids (together we have 5) to Bear World in Idaho. Her kids were a little sick, and it was a little rainy, but we had a blast.....well at least I did cuz my kids were not sick!! We borrowed another friends SUV so we could all travel in the same car and we stayed with friends and family in Idaho (thanks Dustin & Jen!) It was a lot of fun. A few years ago Shelley and I took them to a wedding in California (we miss you Heather & Kaj) and while we were there we hit Sea World, Lego Land and the beach. Now I think we need to save our pennies for something like a cruise WITH OUT the kiddos! Anyone else want to come with (or babysit for that matter)?????

Just a little update on my kids with their chores. I really don't have anything bad to say! They are doing such an awesome job! I would like to say that their chores have become a daily habit, but I know if I do say that, things will change. I can honestly say that I know they don't enjoy it (good to know they are normal!) but they LOVE it when pay day comes around. We are going to go to Bear World for Memorial Day weekend, and they are saving every last dollar for our vacation! Maybe they will be willing to pitch in for gas! LOL

B*O*W*L*I*N*G

My oldest brother has been in town this last week and excluding my grandmother's funeral that we all attended, my siblings and I had an enjoyable time together! Something I discovered though, is that I need to get my kids out more! They were so excited to be at the bowling alley, they didn't know what to do with themselves!! They were so cute!!! And I think they even bowled better then some of my brother's and sister! It was fun! :)