Shabby Apple Shakespeare Garden Dress GIVEAWAY!!!!

Shabby Apple Shakespeare Garden Dress GIVEAWAY!!!!

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...

I don't run.

My sister has been hassling me for 1 1/2 years to run.

I finally conquered my inner demons and did it.

I ran a 5K.

Don't tell Steph, but it was almost fun...I said almost.

I'm the one in the red sweatshirt.
Notice there are people behind me?
Thanks for the picture Beth.

Dreams really do come true

 

A life long dream of mine and Bens' when we were kids was to go see the Harlem Globetrotters. Of course we never got to go. Naturally when they came to Salt Lake City we took the boys.

Ben splurged and bought second row tickets. For some reason there was no one sitting in the front row so it was as if we had front row tickets. I always wondered what kind of people paid that much for front row tickets....oh, people like Ben.

We got to stand on the court and they let the boys bounce their ball at half time. It was a lot of fun for the boys and a thrill for me and Ben too because if any of you know where are season tickets are...the floor is only a dream to be able to stand on it. That dream came true that night.

Eat your heart out mom, we even got to touch the official Jazz basketball standard.

The whole team was so fun.but our favorite player was Hang Time who kept slamming the ball in lots of amazing ways. This is him hanging upside down on the rim. I don't know if you can see it, but it was awesome. The ref was trying to jump up there and get him down, but of couse he couldn't jump that high. Poor ref.

My other favorite part of the show was the little guy on the Generals. Big Easy kept calling him the baby and making jokes about the baby all night. It was hilarious. Lots of fun had by all and hopefully great memories for the boys. I know multiple dreams came true for me so I have some great ones...who needs Princesses on ice anyway?

The Weatherman

I am addicted to watching the weather channel and I have passed that trait on the Noah. Every morning we check the weather channel to see if he needs his  boots or just his shoes for school. Last week on Wednesday morning we saw that it was supposed to snow on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday and clear up on Saturday. So, Noah wore boots to school. As we all know it didn't snow on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday. So I pick Noah up from school on Friday and he says to me;
Noah: "Mom, it didn't snow today again."
Me: "I know. Sometimes weathermen are wrong."
Noah: "Yeah it was supposed to snow for the past 3 days."
Me: "I know, I'm sorry."
Noah: "That Al is full of crap!"
Me: Laughing, "He is full of crap isn't he."

I love that! That is a good lesson for Noah to learn while he is young. Get used to being dissapointed by the weather. I can predict that it will snow within 4 days of when it actually snows. Maybe I should be a weatherman, or maybe Noah.

Hello 2010

I just want to say Happy New Year to everyone. I especially want to take a minute and tell Ben how much I am grateful for him. He has had the whole week off and he has taken good care of us this week. He basically re-decorated and re-organized the whole house. He got me a new bed because we have been sleeping on the floor for the past 4 months. He put up all the pictures/shelves/curtain rods in the house that have been sitting around waiting for me to find a hammer and nails to do it myself. He has taken us to eat at all the yummy places that we wanted to. He has taken the boys sledding twice because he knows that they want to go really bad and he also knows that I hate to be in the snow. The list goes on and on. Essentially if Ben wasn't around this household and I would fall apart. Ben I love you and I am so blessed to be able to spend the next year with you. Lets do some great things this year!

My daughter???

Today I was talking to a women who didn't know my family. She started to talk to my kids and asked Adam, "so how is it being the only sister in between your two brothers?" He immediately ripped off his hat and said to her, "no, I'm a boy not a girl!" Why would anyone ever assume that a child with a blue coat, black boots, a spongebob hat and baseball gloves on was a girl??? She made the excuse that he was beautiful and his eyelashes were unbelievable for a boy. Luckily Adam laughed about it all the way home. He kept repeating to himself, "Duh, I'm a boy!" My comment is that he is beautiful and emotional enough to be a girl, but I assure you...he is all BOY!!!