Mother's Day Boutique

SassyChic Presents:

Mother’s Day Boutique

Come buy your Mother’s Day gifts and have money left over to buy something for yourself!

Who: Anyone and Everyone. Tell all your family, friends, and neighbors.

When: Saturday, May 2, 2009

11 am to 4 pm

Where: 371 N. 100 W., Lehi

(Behind the Legacy Center)

We will have several different Vendors at the Boutique offering everything from Jewelry, children’s hair bows, Infant car seat covers, Scrapbooking materials, and more! Door prizes will be offered and light refreshments will be served.

Tappin' out and 10%

Not sure why everything is underlined, but let's just say it's par for the day! It has been quite the day. In fact, I am tappin' out and going to bed soon. It all sort of set in after work. Kev and I are on the Police Dept Special Response Team. Tonight was training. I got the call last night that a large salad needed to be prepared for this afternoon after our training. So, after work, I picked up Luke and headed to the store. Then home for a quick change into my man-gear, dropped the kids at the neighbors (I have to say on a side note - I have the BEST neighbors that are always willing to help watch our kids. I am glad that they are all for trading!! ) Anywho, after standing outside while the boys on SRT team completed their team tryout (I am the scribe for our team, so I kept time for each member.)I was speeding home to pick the kids up and I remembered that the lady that bought our shed is coming tonight to pick it up. Crap. I have a trailer to move (Kev was supposed to get that moved earlier today..guess he forgot about the shed-lady too!) and I am in my car. The truck is at the Police Station. Detour - I ran to the PD to get the truck. Ran home, hooked up the trailer (I was super proud of myself for doing this all by myself...I haven't done it yet with this trailer and I was a bit nervous.)So, after I accounted for all the kids, I pulled out slowly and headed around the first curve. And I didn't swing wide enough and wiped out a few of my neighbors plants. Ouch. I managed to get the trailer around to the front and told Kev that's where it's staying til he can move it tomorrow. I know my limits and backing the trailer back into the driveway was NOT going to happen unless he was prepared to pay for a new side of the house. (I am pretty sure I'd have wiped that out too!!) So, the shed lady shows up; they get the shed up on thier trailer. Just as they are leaving, Luke quite loudly announces that he has just peed in his pants. Note: there are rocks and dirt (which I will add, he has peed on with no problem all last summer)just right next to him. Dang. I get him inside and get him changed. He is a mess...he's overly tired, overly exposed to the sun today, and overly ready for bed. It's only 7:15 pm. Oh well, he's done and so am I. I send him and Alex up to get their pj's on. I go to the kitchen to get their chocolate milk for the night. Alex comes down stairs and says,"mom, you might want to come upstairs and see what Luke's done." Not only didn't I pick up on the fact that it was entirely too quiet upstairs, but when Alex comes and tells me that, I just know it's never good. Hence the picture below.



That's shaving cream. All over the bathroom floor. I rolled up the rug, put the can on the counter, and then I shut door. Kev can clean it up tomorrow. I am tapped out. I am done for the night. I took a picture and sent it to Kev. Then I gave him my notice!

Next up was actually getting the kids into bed. After family prayer, everyone was sent to bed. Mama is done and needs some quiet time. By the time I got Alex settled into bed, I went back in to check on Luke. He was already OUT COLD! Nice..I am grateful for the little things! 1 down, 2 to go. At least the other 2 are in bed and quiet. So, I go in and wash my face before heading downstairs to watch GemsTV. (My latest addiction!!) I wash, then I pull out a cotton ball to put some cleaner on my face. I am wiping away all over my face. I think to myself," this smells different than usual." DUHHHHH, it's not my usual stuff...it's NAIL POLISH REMOVER. What the?? How did that happen. My face is on fire. I'll let you know if it clears it up or breaks me out.

So, this brings me to the 10% part. I read a book about giving and extra 10% of yourself. It could be in your marriage, in exercise, in family, in relationships, patience, giving, etc. So, I have put it to the test. Yesterday I gave my extra 10% by taking the kids for a walk AND bringing the dog too. (A whole other story - 6 kids and a large dog. And because the weather was nice..everyone and their dogs were out too. Needless to say, I have one sore arm from trying to keep my dog from chasing all the other dogs!) So my 10% for today? Exercise. As you can tell from all the above, I was already done. Exercise was not on the list for tonight. The donut on the counter and a few TV shows were. Then the 10% crept up on me. I didn't indulge in the donut AND I manged to get in a workout - running up and down my stairs. And then when I was done, I gave 10% more and did one more set. I gotta say, yea me!! I am loving the 10% thing. Next up...my vision board. I love the power of positive thinking!!

Happy Easter, pt 2

So after our disastrous Egg Hunt at the local park, I thought we'd make it up to the kids and have our own Egg Hunt at our house tonight. So, 3 kids, dog in the background, 3 Easter Baskets, several eggs, and lots of hiding places, our in-house Egg Hunt was a success. You can see the excitement and anticipation on their faces. We made them wait for a minute until I got a picture of them. They must have been really excited because they went up and got their pj's on while we were hiding the eggs..without being asked to do so. I love these little stinkers! Hope everyone had a lovely Easter. I know we did!

On a side note..I got to teach the Primary lesson today. What a blessing to be able to teach these children more about Christ and the Atonement. I enjoyed teaching the lesson and I learned much more about the Resurrection and the Eternal Plan. We are so blessed to have this knowledge. What a great day.

Happy Easter

B at the Easter Egg Hunt




Luke at the Egg Hunt



Alex at the Egg Hunt





The fam, minus dad...he was at work.



The 3 with their EMPTY Easter baskets. Yes, EMPTY. We got there literally about 5 seconds after the horn blew. My kids hit the field and looked around and ALL the eggs were gone. Luckily, we saw one of our neighbors walked by and his boy had a whole backpack full of eggs. (Wonder what time they got there to get up close enough to actually come away with more than 1 egg?) Anyway, his son so graciously gave each of my kids an egg. (Which is quite funny because I told B that I didn't want to go to the Egg Hunt because there would be millions of kids and they will probably only get 1 egg anyway!!!) Needless to say, the Easter Bunny will be hiding eggs around the house tomorrow for them to find. Happy Easter!

New Do

Got my hair done by my fab friend who was in our area last week. LOVE it! She did such a great job. Love the color, love the cut. It's darker than I thought it would be, but it looks good! I like the way my complexion looks now with the dark hair a lot better than the blonde. I don't feel like I have to wear a ton of make-up with the darker hair. Anyway, here's a picture of the new do!

Baby Steps....

Baby steps...day 3. No caffine and only a minor headache. Got my hair done, so that took my mind off the driving want/need for a couple of hours. I love good distractions like that.

Still fighting the urge now, but my youngest boy has his arm around my shoulders and just told me that my hair looks pretty. How can I give into temptation when I have such good support here?? I love my family. They are always pushing me to do better and be better.

Deflated, but not Defeated

The last few weeks have been a bit interesting for me. I have done a lot of internal investigation. I don't know everything, but there's a lot that I know. I have a family that loves me dearly. I am blessed in so many ways. The heart, mind, and body will eventually put itself back together, the best way it can. With a healing heart, some self destructive behavior can become part of a daily life. Before my sister passed away, I was on the "healthy" life plan. After she passed away, I kinda let it all go. I have put on a few "lb's" and have not kept up on my fitness..at all. So, I had some choices to make. Kev and I have started the P90X workouts, and are doing them as we can. I haven't fully committed to them yet. I am working on it! Then, last Tuesday we were able to go to the gym together. It's been awhile since we have been able to do that. Last time we were there, we were able to run 2.5 miles without stopping. Well, going back into the gym, I knew that it was intimidating. Everything I worked so hard to gain before was gone. Or so I thought. I couldn't do the 2.5, but I did manage one. Today, I'll take it. I wasn't totally defeated. Just deflated. So, I am throwing myself into a better lifestyle, a better hobby, and a better me. Wish me luck!