MOMMY & ME

Kayshas Room

2011-05-30T10:30:00.000-07:00

I decided to fill all the holes in the wall and repaint in Kaysha's room... Got everything all finished up.. Ok mostly, I still need to add to her wall with the frames but I am not 100% sure what I else I want to put up there. It still looks bare to me tho. I got the frames at the dollar store and they were gold and black (super ugly) and Repainted them. The wire thing under the frames is also a dollar store find that I added beads to. The Bug hooks, I had the wood from another dollar store find, that was super ugly, I ripped the paper off and repainted and decoupaged the new paper on, then screwed on the hooks. The Vanity I got for Christmas when I was 16, I re attached the legs (they were just wobbly) and re-covered the seat. The Chandelier in the corner is a plant hanger I again repainted and added ribbon to (I really really love the way it turned out). My mom made one of the curtains, I did the other. The Lace banner on the wall Is made of lace ribbon and a curtain rod. The flowers are the flowers I tried to get my daughter to wear in her hair that she refused to wear so why not decorate with them. She takes them down ALL the time to put in her doll's hair. She's just grown so much. I just love this girl!

Behind again...

2011-01-07T20:26:00.001-08:00

GO FIGURE!!!!!!! thats just for you Brandee

Catching up........

2010-11-03T16:18:00.000-07:00

OK I havent posted since JUNE! holy cow. So The next like 10 posts or so are all from pictures that have been in my phone waiting to be blogged/talked about... However the posts arent exactly wordy LOL.

Date Night

2010-11-03T16:13:00.000-07:00

Dan, Georgia, Brandon and I all went on a date up to corn bellies. We had a blast, Went in the maze, and the haunted house, and saw some pig races. It was freezing but so worth it.
Dan and I Got lost in the corn maze. So we decided to take a picture.

Dan and I posing for the camera. I dont know who's random arm that is ;) LOL.

At the Park

2010-11-03T16:11:00.000-07:00

Dan and I at the Park ... Kaysha decided she would rather play in the water.

Kaysha playing in the water at the new North Park in spanish fork.

Demolition Derby

2010-11-03T16:09:00.000-07:00

I have never felt so redneck in my life as I did at the demo derby... And I LOVED it... It may have had something to do with who i was there with. :) but it was a blast.

Tie Dye Shirts

2010-11-03T16:07:00.000-07:00

Kaysha is Working on getting every speck of white on that shirt colored with dye.

Here's the shirt in it's tye dye bucket.

My Last 5K

2010-11-03T15:59:00.000-07:00

One of my Best Friends Stephne and I did a 5K this summer with my parents. Stephne is such an awsome friend she kept me going and WALKED the whole thing with me. Its harder than you think to do this after you've had knee surgery let me tell ya. LOL

DUN DA DUN DUN... Lol. Here I am Pre-race obviously... trust me i wasnt as cute after the race.

Here I am with my Mom. She's so awsome.

I am so Proud of my Mom and Dad and all their hard work for getting into shape and eating right. This was the last 5k I plan on doing for a long time. and I am glad i made it to the end. Thanks for your inspiration Mom and Dad.

New Name

2010-11-03T15:56:00.000-07:00

Yay Kaysha's name change has gone all the way through and she's officially all the way a Murray now.

We decided to throw a party and invite all her friends and family. It was a blast even if Emmy was the only little friend to make it.
Kaysha and Emmy Were so cute together at the party we threw in honor of Kaysha's legal name change... Any reason to throw a party right?

They were just so adorable here's another one.

Mr and Mrs Sockie McSockerson

2010-11-03T15:54:00.000-07:00

Do they really need any Captions.... :)

Jason's boat

2010-11-03T15:53:00.000-07:00

Here I am on Jason's boat, Kaysha refused to be in any pictures that day, so this is all i have.

Strawberry Res.

2010-11-03T15:44:00.000-07:00

How cute Kaysha is trying to fish... it only took her about 5 minutes to realize how boring it can be.

Apparently Jason only knows how to make big fires... and this one almost caught the cabin on fire.

Here's Kaysha running back and forth on the deck... I love how beautiful the tree's are!

Here's Kaysha teasing me..

Here's Grandma and Kaysha around the camp fire...
We had a chance to stop and see the farmers market in Heber. I decided to get a tatoo... ok ok it's henna.. but it still looked pretty cool.

Another Hair post!

2010-11-03T11:50:00.000-07:00

Ok so I absolutly had to post this... KAYSHA HAS HAIR!!!! and it's long enough to style!!!

And she is so happy that it's out of her face!!! love it

Kaysha the cook

2010-11-03T11:45:00.000-07:00

This is Kaysha... she likes to cook! Here she is cutting carrots for grandma... not much else going on there. Im just proud my 4 year old wants to help with everything! And when she's old enough she can cook dinner for me all by herself.

Homemade Tea Party Hats

2010-06-21T15:11:00.000-07:00

Here are the pictures of just the hats, I cropped everything else out so you could just see the hats.

Rylee's Hat

Ryan's Hat.

This is one of Ryan's hat that show's the flower.

Tayler's Hat.

Emerson's Hat.

Chyanne's Hat

Kaysha's Hat

Lakeshore Homecoming Fun!

2010-06-20T16:50:00.000-07:00

Well all the hard work of many has paid off. Thanks to my mom and her ambition, she organized and delegated to get our float for homecoming done. She also decided on the title and theme... Hat's Off to Tea Time.
Jason made sure to get the float put together, and sturdy for the kiddos to sit on. two wagons with a sheet of ply wood screwed to them. My mom, Sister, and Bobby Decorated the float, and made the little flowers outside in the dark with crape paper and pipe cleaners, and stapled everything down. They also got the picnic basket (hey boo boo.. how about that pic a nic basket). Brandee and I did some leg work searching just about everywhere we could think of, including DI (thanks mom for that idea, i would have never thought, even if it did turn up dry I'm glad i looked). And Finally on a WHIM, and by Whim i mean, I just felt like looking in tai pan cause i love that store, and found These Adorable Babies......

I got two just in case, so they are stacked.

Brandee and I went back up with our 4 kiddos, Wow was that a TREAT! and got two for her girls. THEN we found out Sharon (brandee's sister) didn't have hats, so my mom sent Brandon up to get two more... what a bunch of headless chickens we turned out to be. Brandee and I stayed up til 12:30 adding tulle, ribbon, flowers, gems and buttons to the hats. (Wow this is really starting to sound like an awards speech or something, better add a i thank my family friends and the man upstairs just in case) I got home at almost 1 and found stuff that i needed to get glued together, and well what the heck, i was already COVERED in hot glue what harm could it do... well i was up til 230, I also decided to fold laundry, I know I know, i must be on crack or something. finally kinda slept, kept tossing and turning thinking what am i forgetting, and WHY cant i get somethings off my mind! and then my alarm went off at 630... time to get started for the day... by 8, I was showered dressed, Frazzled, and ready for it to be over, Before the fun part even started. WOW. We, and by we i mean my mom got the float over to it's starting point while i tried to get kaysha ready to take off and NOT forget anything. Did I mention NOT forget... by that i mean leave the camera at home. Got all the Girlies adjusted on the float, here they are waiting patiently-ish (i don't care if that's not a word). The parade started and I took my place in the crowd, only to have to stand up and run over, because apparently two 8 year olds can't pull a float with 6 girls between 3 and 6 over loose gravel... they were STUCK. gotta love it, so here comes Mom to save the day and help get the float moving. Boy I'm sure that was quite the spectacle. Only to turn around and run back to my spot while the crowed watched, doubt they were looking at me. But i still feel like i stuck out like a sore thumb! on their way back I got a few more shots.

Then tried to get a close up of kaysha, that WASN'T happening. But Ron sure perked up and posed for a picture.

The Kids also got a chance to go down the big slide, here are a few goodies... I hope KZ had fun, cause she was sure worn out by the end of the day.

Poor Neglected blog!

2010-06-15T11:07:00.000-07:00

So.... Yes I am a slacker, No I don't plan on changing, OK well actually I want to try, but seriously who am I kidding... Here we go.

On Tuesday June 8Th I had surgery, yes ANOTHER surgery. This time they took my gallbladder. . . I think i got screwed on genetics I swear! None of my other siblings have had their appendix, or gallbladder out, or their knees reconstructed. It's a miracle I have lived this long, LOL. I pray I NEVER have surgery again, EVER! That's what I am hoping for, I fully intend to do everything I can to keep myself healthy, and by being healthy I'm pretty sure I'll be happy right? that's my hope. That having been said. It actually hurts when I eat something greasy or spicy so... there's the diet change I have been looking for! Bad food + Jesica= OUCH. Not for me! And when I can start working out again, and really moving around I want to start walking Provo river trail with kaysha, and eventually work my way up to taking the both of us on the trail on bikes. yes that might be a while, mostly cause the 40 extra lbs from kaysha on the back of the bike takes quite a toll after a while. Maybe she'll get a Bike of her own this summer. If I can find the money to pay for it. Might just have to put in some over time. (sometimes i just hate overtime) but boy does that kiddo LOVE to be outside and in the sun. definitely mine. so now that i have wandered off track a little.... It kind of worked out to my advantage that this last week was all together crappy weather, it made it easier to keep Kaysha in the house. But she just wanted to lay on me and cuddle me. And BOY was she BORED!

By Sunday she was just Itching to get out of the house. We went to Church bright and early in the am, I think our bishop almost passed out from shock when he saw me walk in. And no, the church didn't go up in flames. First thing he asked me was, Did your schedule change? sadly no. I had to have surgery to get the day off. But the Sunday I ended up having off was a good one. It was my friends Baby blessing. After sacrament We went home and changed then over to the Ekins's for BBQ, those Ekins's sure put on a good BBQ. We got home at about 1-ish, and the two of us just crashed. I think we slept til about 8pm. Not so much a shock for me. but for her quite surprising. She got the much needed friend time she's been craving so bad.

Monday was my last day off before my return to work. And i was feeling pretty good, so I decided to try and get some sewing in. Well Robin and Jason came home with two ADORABLE lab puppies. I love Puppies, so does Kaysha. I did finish my sewing but much later. I am sure there is more im forgetting, but i'm done typing for now :)

The Zoo

2010-05-30T06:38:00.000-07:00

Kaysha went with Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Zach, and Aunt Britney to the Zoo on Saturday... I of course was at work and all she had to say about it was, Mom they didnt have any horses or chickens or pigs. What a Kid!

5K

2010-05-23T12:13:00.000-07:00

So they day for the 5K has come and gone, I am so glad I went........ IT was FREEZING COLD!!!!!!!!!!!!! I walked with my dad, we werent the fastest.. ok truth be told.. I was the last of the 7 of us to be in. I can completely see why my dr said no... But I plan on going next year.. at least this time around I have Way more time to prepare.
Sorry not much more to write, I am just not in the typing mood but havent updated for a while.

I'll sleep when I'm dead...

2010-05-11T14:18:00.000-07:00

I think my body is mad at me. The SMALLEST things wake me up. Not just startle me, WAKE ME UP. For hours at a time. I'll elaborate... I have been pretty much graveyard shift since I started working for dispatch just over 3 years ago. With day shift rotations every 4 months or so for 8 weeks (never long enough to even adjust). I am Now day shift, And have a rather great schedule and I am thinking my body thinks it's a joke or something.
Kaysha was sleep talking last night (I sleep talk too not anything out of the ordinary, wait, actually Zach, my little bro, sleep Yells... that's not ordinary) it was so cute (Kaysha, not Zach)... until about 4am when I still couldn't fall asleep. and every time I got close she either started talking, or did this super cute snore. Cute, not conducive to sleeping. I don't know how long it will take for me to adjust. I don't think I will EVER get my sanity back. As if I really had any to begin with.
On another note. I have so many things I want to get done and things I want to go see before my weekends off comes to an end. The biggest of all those things... BREAKING Kaysha's BAD BAD BAD (mostly my fault) Habits! I swear that kid could get away with murder. And I will be honest, a lot of it is my fault. I am not going to make excuses. But. I will make a point. Single mom working 40+Hrs a week. I don't know how those single mom's with more than one kid, and no family help can do it. I defiantly look up to them.
So Keep your eyes peeled, I am sure there will be PLENTY of great Kaysha Vs. Mom stories... maybe I should keep count.. That sounds like a good idea, Watch the side bar for an official Score! :D Happy reading.

Mother's day

2010-05-10T11:59:00.001-07:00

I worked on mother's day for a greater portion of the day. When I got home Kaysha was just waking up from a nap, and we decided to do makeup..... She's SO cute when she smiles.

Even when she does this.

Kaysha did my makeup too. she used the brush for eye's with my bronzer and drew pictures on my face, unfortunatly (ok not really) it didnt show up in the picture she took of me.

5K

2010-05-10T10:07:00.000-07:00

So... I was told no more running, AT ALL!!! Last month the Dr had to do some fun little things with needle's and my knees... it was painful. I lived if you were wondering. BUT This 5K on the 22ND (in two weeks-ish) Is a walk jog run 5K. I am supporting my Mom I believe this marks the end of her 100 day challenge that she's been participating in. She looks amazing, she seems so much happier. She tried on my 'fat' jeans the other day, got them on and everything, but she's not so thrilled about the low cut style that i have to get, cause lets face it. I don't have a butt. So low cut actually fits me quite well. that's beside the point. She didn't like the style, but she got them on and zipped em up! for me (hopefully for her too) it was a proud moment. and wow am i getting off track here...
So 5K, I'm not supposed to run. but I can WALK it! I will be there with my Mom, My brothers, and my sister in law, and I think my dad. My sister unfortunately has to work. But I am sure she would too. I am SOOO excited to be doing something like this with my family. I am so happy that we can all be healthy and fit, and doing things like this together.
I slightly envy my Mom she's done so well on her new 'healthy diet' I personally struggle... I hope one day I can get to the point she's at preferably sooner. Like in the next week or so, as soon as I can get a sleep schedule that's not crazy insane with this shift change that's just happened. My fingers are crossed.

New Baby

2010-05-09T15:23:00.000-07:00

Baby Aiden... I hope I spelled that right. He's so TINY.... he's just hit the 5lb mark and I finally got to see him (i was sick when Sharon had him, and decided to wait a while)

Kaysha keeps asking me when I am going to have a baby so she can have a little sister. As I was sitting there holding Aiden I decided to see what KZ thought. I made her sit with me on the chair and hold the baby. She wasn't nervous, but didn't seem to care that there was a cute little baby in her arms, it was so interesting to watch. I then asked her if she still wanted a baby sister. and told her it would come out just like aiden. She then said Never mind I don't want one now...... YES YES YES YES YES YES... how many times can i say that?... i think she will FINALLY quit asking me... Sharon, seeing little Aiden on Saturday was so much more Pleasing than i ever thought possible. LOL.

Chicken!!!

2010-05-02T10:40:00.001-07:00

My brother bought my sister in law some ADORABLE chicks....

Since I have been busy, I haven't been around much the past week I haven't had a chance to see kaysha with them. But she sure talks about them

Color My World Dance Performance

2010-04-25T04:47:00.000-07:00

Kaysha, Jeremy and I went to Kenzi and Alexis last school dance recital for the year. this was Kenzi's last one for high school (I still cant believe she's graduating) I still cant believe how much we have all grown.... Kaysha and Dallin sat and teased each other the whole night. Dallin just had a blast, or at least appeared. But then again he was listening to kaysha's commentary on all of the dances... and dancers... yes kaysha made a wonderfully embarassing comment... one of the larger girls out dancing, unbeknownst to her, was pointed at by kaysha, as she said loudly "Mom, what's the fat girls name?" um yes, face red, stunned, with my jaw practically on the floor, I silently prayed no one heard. Wrong again. Dallin did. fortunatly for me just him. and he pointed and laughed as he was all but rolling on the floor. Sooo glad we could provide that entertainment for him.
Well here are a few shots of the girls, no i did not take them.
So this is the only picture of kenz out dancing. That's Her with the dark blue and white tutu, and the dark hair... yep only a back side shot... :( Maybe I'll find another one and add it later.

Here's a flamingo picture with flippy dresses! I think kaysha would love to have a dress up dress that has the movement these dresses have. (that's my cousin alexis)

Kaysha kept commenting on the 'fancy jumps' that all the girls kept doing. She LOVED it. I really want to get her into dance, but just dont really have the best schedule for it. hopefully one day it'll all work out and she can get to do the fun things she wants to do.

This is one was just so cool lookin i had to add it...

Yeah, for some reason there were a ton of good shots of lex.

Short and sweet

2010-04-22T01:47:00.000-07:00

My new hair color... ok, so it's not much different. A little darker but not much.

I dont have too much more to blog about. Kaysha and I have Been Obsessed with going outside lately. We were on the trampoline the other night and she said. mom can we just be outside forever? It was ADORABLE!!!

She's also decided that she's not going to sleep in her bed anymore, cause it's cold. So I have let her. Now I swear I have a permanently kinked neck! bahhh!!! LOL.

Blogging

2010-04-20T00:18:00.001-07:00

So, dunno why, but lately I just dont feel like blogging... I dont really have much going on. And thus dont feel like writing about it... maybe i'll find something here soon....

If i were....

2010-04-11T22:08:00.000-07:00

*If I were a month, I’d be June.
*If I were a day of the week, I’d be Monday. (cause that's the end of my week)
*If I were a time of day, I’d be the middle of the day when the sun is at it's highest.
*If I were a planet, I’d be Earth. (nuff said)
*If I were a sea animal, I’d be a Star fish. (cause they are just my favorite)
*If I were a direction, I’d be the right one. (LOL, do you know how to find N, S, E, and W from where your standing?)
*If I were a piece of furniture, I’d be a Fluffy couch.
*If I were a liquid, I’d be a Water. (it fits well with ALMOST anything)
*If I were a tree, I’d be a Maple Tree. (provide amazing shade in the summer with thick lush leaves)
*If I were a gemstone, I'd be a pearl. (they take time to cultivate, and have many layers)
*If I were a tool, I’d be Level. (I like to be able to see when things aren't quite right)
*If I were a flower, I’d be a Lilly.
*If I were a kind of weather, I’d be the sunshine after the rain.
*If I were a musical instrument, I’d be a drum. (sometimes I just like to be heard, other times I just like to enhance the background)
*If I were a color, I’d be Orange.
*If I were an emotion, I’d be insanity. (yes the other voice in your head might be me!)
*If I were a fruit, I’d be an Orange. (OK OK i know oranges and I have a love hate relationship, but I am on the love side of that.)
*If I were a sound, I’d be a Heart beat. (you don't have to hear it to know it's there)
*If I were an element, I’d be Fire.
(I'd rather be warm than cold)
*If I were a car, I’d be a Classic.
*If I were a food, I’d be Whip Cream. (light and fluffy, but not exactly good for you)
*If I were a material, I’d be Cotton. (cotton is AMAZING stuff my friends)
*If I were a taste, I’d be sweet.
*If I were a scent, I’d be Fruity. (see the emotion answer above)
*If I were an object, I’d be a foot stool. (OK not really, but sometimes it feels like it.)
*If I were a body part, I’d be a Shoulder. (you can lean on me, cry on me or just give me a pat, I'll always be what you need me to be)
*If I were a facial expression, I’d be A Cheesy smile. (that's what i do best)
*If I were a pair of shoes, I'd be Sneakers. (i may look worn and tired, but I'm comfortable and sometimes that's just what you need)
What would you be?

FINISHED!

2010-03-26T05:10:00.000-07:00

I have stuff that I plan on hanging from the pegs on this white shelf. I just haven't decided exactly how I want them. however it's mostly done.

Yep, my messy closet......

Awe how cute. I love my bed! I really like the plate rack with the tiles. I think that's my favorite in the whole room.

And my lovely window, mostly showing I didn't leave out the wall space on either side.

And the last wall. I wont show what is behind the door, you can just trust me that its cute. I have my long mirror and the hooks holding more clothes... Just didn't feel like displaying EVERY item of clothing I have....
So there ya have it. That's my cute new room.

Kayzee!

2010-03-22T05:13:00.000-07:00

My little girl is growing up... OK she's got quite a ways to go But still. she's bigger EVERY day!
I also don't understand how she can sit still to have her hair done, and makeup... eyeliner and all. When Britney is doing her hair and makeup. However if Attempt to get closer than 10 ft with a brush or anything even remotely close to hair product I get yelled at or she runs away. Not only that, but she smiles for Pictures taken by Aunt Britney. So I guess I cant really complain... She likes her Aunt Britney, and that makes me happy. I kinda like her too. (but don't tell her that or it might get to her head. Sorry Brit.)
Kaysha amazes me every day. She's learning how to spell her name, Quite the task for someone that wants to draw circles with all those lines in her name. Her hobbies include, singing, dancing, playing dress up, her princess friends, and pushing ALL of moms buttons... wait maybe that should be at the top of the list. Either way that cute little "cautious woman" has me wrapped around her finger, and anything else she seems to get her little paws on. (by the way, she called herself a cautious woman the other, too cute, and so totally random.. yep she's mine)

Here Duckie Duckie

2010-03-18T21:35:00.000-07:00

We love to feed the ducks. LOVE IT!!! This first picture looks photo shopped but I promise it isn't. I was shocked myself when I realized I had taken such a cool looking picture with my Blackberry... yep, my phone folks!

Kaysha trying to catch the ducks.

Kaysha standing with the ducks, kinda...

Momma standing at the car with her glasses on.. it was bright.

Kaysha pushing her limits...

Sittin in the sun! it was a nice day

Painting the Room

2010-03-18T21:30:00.000-07:00

DUAH DAH DAH DAH!!! Ok, so those of you that knew I was painting my room, here are the before and in between pictures.
My room in all it's bright pink glory.....

Kaysha refused to leave the room to watch her movie while I was painting, and ended up falling asleep... she was moved just shortly after she fell asleep.

After we got all the primer done, here is the first coat of the tan. Kaysha insisted on doing EVERYTHING she could reach... until her arms got tired.

And then she insisted on working on some extra green spots while I was trying to finish up the corners... Needless to say, my corners look like hell... but at least all the walls are the right colors as of right now.

Here are a few more pictures of the room to show the colors. I will post another post when I get the decorations up and the corners finished. It wont happen until Kaysha's next day of school. For Obvious reasons....

Kaysha Makin Faces

2010-03-18T21:24:00.000-07:00

And here are more pictures. Sorry to over load with pictures, but we see to have taken quite a few this week.

Silly Girls

2010-03-18T21:07:00.001-07:00

And here are just a bunch of pictures Kaysha and I have taken. just figured I would post them.

Outside

2010-03-18T21:03:00.001-07:00

Kaysha, Zach, Mitchell and I went to fly kites at the park over by our house. It was a nice walk down. We all got our kites ready and as I was deomonstrating to kaysha how to use her kite, I got running and my pants started to fall down.... who'd a thought that to be possible... well you loose a few pounds and your pants are no longer as reliable as they used to be... it sure was fun tho!

KITES!!! Kaysha loved flying kites. she kept having to stop for just a second to look and it was fall down, silly kites.

It was so nice we had to take a picture of the mountain. Kaysha took this one.

Hop scotch feet... yep that's their new name, we made a hop scotch with chalk and she had a blast, her feet are now hop scotch feet.

Here's the proud owner of a bright red volcano! Kaysha loves her volcano, and had a blast making it bubble.

Volcano!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!! (and my phone died so i couldnt get a picture of the actual erruption)

She kept asking me to jump on the trampoline with her. After having her, it's just not quite as fun as it used to be!

"I love to jump"... she's so adorable! windy hair and all!

Pirates

2010-03-18T20:57:00.000-07:00

Kaysha is all about pirates lately, So we made a pirate ship.

Here's the one she drew on the sidewalk outside a few days ago.

and on the same day she drew this on my leg

and one on her hand

and here she is while she's 'concentrating' on drawing it

St George

2010-03-18T20:55:00.001-07:00

Kaysha, Kc, Riley and I went to St. George March 1st to March 3rd.
We had quite a bit of fun, delt with quite a few tantrums, mostly Kaysha.... We were in the out door pool at 2 in the afternoon and it was B-E-A-U-TIFUL!! We had a Great time down there... here are some pictures.

Here is a Dragon my uncle Matt made. I Think it looks awsome!

Here's a picture of Kaysha and Riley at the Dinosaur museum.

Baby blanket

2010-03-06T20:34:00.000-08:00

This blanket is a wall hanging, but I am going to make a baby blanket with the same basic pattern.

http://www.modabakeshop.com/2010/02/sunday-blocks.html#more

Happiness Is...

2010-03-06T20:25:00.000-08:00

-Kaysha's smile, she keeps me going.
-Dress up time :) I think Kz looks so much cuter in my clothes sometimes.
-The support of my family, and a place to call home.
-Family parties.
-Spending time with friends.
-The outdoors!
-WALKING, sounds odd, but being able to walk, jog, and run without pain makes me happy.
-Changing weather, I love EVERY season. They all have their own beauty.
-Cleaning, sounds crazy but it's totally refreshing when your room/house is clean and the laundry is done.
-Cooking/Baking.
-The park, the swings particularly, I hope I never grow too old for them.

- I tag anyone that feels they have the need to share their lives happy moments

Not quite to the Olympics yet.

2010-02-27T02:28:00.000-08:00

Kaysha and I had quite a busy evening Tuesday. We left the house at about 5p or so and went and vacuumed the car, and went through the car wash. Trying to kill time. Then we went across town to grab some dinner, then back to the other side of town to the Ice Arena. We sat in the parking lot and waited for the open skate after finishing our dinners we went in. KZ got nervous as soon as we walked in. But she was Brave and kept moving. We got our skates and went to put them on. Kz didn't say a word, just let me tie them up and we were off. As soon as we got on the ice she got nervous, She got a little walker thingy. Don't know the 'technical' term for it. but we still had to be right up against the wall, and go slow. Finally she told me her ankles hurt. she wanted bigger skates, well she was sized for the skates, so i knew they were the right size, But they were too tight around her ankles. Trying to explain to her that they are supposed to be tight didn't get me anywhere. So we slowly made our way around. When we came out she decided she was done. And since I have been kinda a slacker Mom the past week. I decided we should go find something else to do for the night.

We drove by Color Me Mine. Kz loves to paint. But they were closing soon so we decided to not stop there. We ended up going up to the Disney store to look around. We ended up in Build a Bear. Kz was so excited to pick out a bear. She filled up her bear, kissed her heart, gave her a bath, and put on some cute PJ's (cause it was almost bedtime she said) She was so excited about her new bear that we had to go show it off. I don't think I really seen her this excited about anything since we got her bed, that she doesn't sleep in all night I guess some is better than none. We got home and were off to bed after she showed off her bear to everyone. Now she carries the bear around. So stinkin cute.

Here we are Ice skating, she's not smiling cause she's nervous without me right behind her.

It's a Beautiful day!

2010-02-27T02:23:00.001-08:00

Kaysha decided to just walk out side and hang out last week, on one of the rare beautiful days this winter. I cleaned out my car while she played with uncle Jason. Somehow she convinced him to pull her around in the wagon. She decided to lay down and look at the clouds.

Hunter's Safety

2010-02-27T01:55:00.000-08:00

Zachary and I decided to take hunter's safety. You never know when you are going to use it. And I figured Eventually I will. We both had fun, there were some SUPER interesting people in our class. One guy decided he wanted to talk anyone that would look at him, and some that didnt. He was NON STOP talker, he wanted everyone to know that he was rusty in shooting cause he was on his mission for the last two years.... pretty sure NO ONE CARED (he re took his shooting test more than once) and then there was the kid that you couldnt help but feel bad for. but he was ALWAYS making comments about stuff that had NOTHING to do with hunting. On a lighter note, there was a very interesting gent there that was from south africa. I got the chance to chat with him a few times. He had moved here recently, and was VERY interested in hunting here in utah. He's quite the avid hunter. His accent was pretty cool too. and pretty much the rest of our class were kids that were just old enough to take the class. Either way, I had a BLAST! learned quite a bit, and was only mildy disgusted by the gutting video (not to mention that I was pretty sick myself that day didnt help) Just glad it didnt make me throw up.

Zach and I went to our shooting test on Presidents day. WE had fun teasing each other on who was a better shot. I was SOOO worried I wouldnt pass because they were counting 3 of our 4 targets, the prone, kneeling, and standing.... I had to kneel on my right knee... yeah. You can see where the disaster starts right? I had to keep stopping and adjusting cause it was SOOO uncomfortable. But I did good, and got 26/30 (which means 26 of the 30 counted shots were in the 10 or 9 area on the target)

Our Written exam was on Thursday, I was late :(wah:(wah, LOL. But i was still one of the first ones done. Got my test scored and got 100% WAHOO! yeah i know im lame ;) Zach only missed one question, so he did great.

Since my class has been over KZ has decided that she's going to shoot a deer with her nerf gun, and go lookin for em with her dora the explorer binoculars. she's such a cutie!

oh and here's a photo of my WORST target, the one that I shot while on my bad knee.

Baby Ryder

2010-02-27T01:52:00.000-08:00

Kaysha and I went up to visit Baby Ryder on monday the 15th, Kaysha has no deemed him as her's and she's only seen him once. Here she is holding the little guy.

Happy Balemtime's Day.

2010-02-15T01:48:00.000-08:00

On Saturday Kaysha and Grandma made me a valentines day cake. KZ frosted it and put sprinkles on it, and promptly after showing me she licked it from bottom to the top and then said oh mom it's good do you want some. I responded No, I am good but thank you it looks tasty. And she said yep it's good.

Today Kaysha came and woke me up this morning. And Our conversation went like this...

KZ "Mom, I am glad you are awake today."
Me "Oh yeah, Whys that?"
KZ "Cause......."
Me- roll my eyes and smile
KZ "Well it's just a special day"
Me "OH.... It is isn't it"
KZ "yep sure is, I just forgot which one"
Me "Valentines day, will you be my Valentine today?"
KZ "YES!! will you be my Balemtime?"

I am just so glad to be Kz's Balemtime! It made my day today! Kaysha is such a wonderful kiddo, I don't know what I'd do without her she keeps me going and on my toes. If it weren't for her I would probably not know half the stuff I know now, or be as strong of a person as I have become, she keeps me going. LOVE MY KZ!!!!

Last but not least

2010-02-12T01:21:00.000-08:00

Wed night was the last set of games I had for the league tournament. Kz decided she wanted to watch me play. So I convinced Jason and Robin to come along so they could keep an eye on her while I played volleyball. She Loved watching the games and was getting excited along with everyone else. our first game went by pretty fast, and she was trying to figure out how to focus on watching Mommy play and not so much Parker... (Aprils little kiddo that Kaysha has a crush on) Finally during the second game she figured it all out. She was jumping up and clapping. and everytime I rotated out she would give me a big hug and say "Mom you are so great" It was adorable. Over all we took 3rd place. As we were walking out she said to me "Mom you are an AMAZING volleyball player" that totally made my day, cause even if I stunk she still would have been proud. (not that I am gloating or anything like that, but Robin sure seemed suprised at how well I played.)

Art Museum

2010-02-12T00:43:00.001-08:00

Kaysha created her own art museum. She made a giraffe, an Octupus, and a spider to name a few. She also decided to Move the bench that's in the front entry way so that you can look right at it. She also put a stool right next to the door so she could stand on it and tell you the story about all the animals, and how a little girl found them in the woods and took them home to take care of them.

Here is a picture of her Museum, She is VERY proud.

Pirate Stache

2010-02-12T00:42:00.001-08:00

I recently decided to clean out our storage room and make sure everything that wasnt quite in boxes made their way into the proper boxes. Kaysha found the bin of Halloween clothes. She really liked the pirate stuff. Here she is just after I decided to give her a Pirate 'stache. I finally convinced her to let me wash it off two days later.

Duck, Duck, Freddie the Duck

2010-02-12T00:41:00.002-08:00

Bright and early Monday morning Kaysha and I went to get our taxes done. OK not so bright and early, it was 3pm, but working graves that's early for me. She was throwing a fit about putting on her clothes but wanted to go with. I was about ready to leave when I decided to give it one last try. I told her we would go feed ducks if she was nice and put her clothes on.... 30 seconds later we were dressed ready and in the kitchen getting some bread. Yes folks that's how easy it was. She wanted to see Freddie the Duck. So we went in to the CPA's office. and she still had the bread bag in hand. As we were about done getting our I's dotted and T's crossed, She holds up the bag and proclaims she's going to feed ALL the ducks. We couldn't stop laughing, it was so adorable. After we got finished up we drove over to this small pond by BYU and fed the ducks. After the bread was finished off we decided to walk around in the ducks (by they way these ducks are not shy) Kaysha started pointing at ducks saying that's not Freddie the duck, or that's just a duck mom. As if there were nothing special about them. Then she pointed to one duck and said "Mom, That's my duck Freddie"

These are our Freddie the duck pictures. I wont lie I don't remember which one is Freddie.

Up the Nose

2010-02-12T00:41:00.001-08:00

Kaysha, Kaysha, Kaysha..... What are we going to do with you?? She takes after her Uncle Jason. Yes Jason my friends, He's the infamous one that's done it first.. or rather the first one that's memorable in our family. . . Here's a Lego Kaysha put up her nose, it's round and Just the RIGHT SIZE, according to her. She told Grandma just before church, that the one side of her nose was hard and the other soft. So Grandma too a look and sure enough she put something up there. They didn't get the chance to pull it out before church, so she got to go to church with the Lego in her nose. She told me that she liked going to Grandma's classes (we weren't going to leave her un-attended with any possibility of other objects joining that lonely Lego) After church they were able to get the Lego out with out too much of a fuss, and a small sized bloody nose. Which unfortunately for her is quite a common thing. I am beginning to believe that my be part of the cause of those bloody noses. Here are a few photos of the Lego.

Past Cakes

2010-01-29T09:53:00.000-08:00

Kaysha's Birthday cake for her 4th Birthday

2010-01-29T09:50:00.000-08:00

Kaysha and her slacker mom

2010-01-14T12:26:00.000-08:00

Yep.... I'm the slacker mom. I have let kaysha run around the house too long just in her underwear. Now I have a nudist on my hands! She has now decided to ditch the drawers and run around in her birthday suit... Yes her birthday is coming up, but that's NO excuse. She is also trying to rub her nudie ways on others. Yesterday she asked me if I would take my clothes off and run around with her, cause it's fun..... um... right.... fun... NOT! Not to mention my brother and sister in law just moved in and I am pretty sure they would not appreciate that and neither would the other poor souls that occupy our house. Needless to say it has to stop. So I went to the bank today and got a WHOLE TON of quarters. And yes I plan on bribing my child to keep her clothing on I know bribing a child isnt always the best way to go, but I am not sure i can fight her any other way..... all I can say is pray for me... I dont know how much longer I can let this little nudist run around.

60 questions

2010-01-07T13:13:00.000-08:00

1. WHAT IS IN THE BACK SEAT OF YOUR CAR RIGHT NOW? Kaysha's car seat
2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WENT OUT TO DINNER? Pretty recently
3. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE WORD OR PHRASE? Really?
4. NAME 3 PEOPLE WHO MADE YOU SMILE TODAY? Liz, Alicia, and Emily
5. WHAT WERE YOU DOING AT 8AM THIS MORNING? Working
6. WHAT WERE YOU DOING 30 MINUTES AGO? Eating a Granny B cookie
7. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO A STRIP CLUB? Not that i recall...
8.WHAT IS THE LAST THING YOU SAID OUT LOUD? copy ambulance 81
9. WHAT IS THE BEST ICE CREAM FLAVOR? Vanilla it goes with everything
10. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU HAD TO DRINK? Pepsi
11. WHAT ARE YOU WEARING RIGHT NOW?Jeans, Blue shirt with white undershirt
12. WHAT IS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? Granny B cookie
13. HAVE YOU BOUGHT ANY NEW CLOTHING ITEMS THIS WEEK? not this week.
14. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU RAN? A few days ago.
15. WHAT IS THE LAST SPORTING EVENT YOU WATCHED? The Orange Bowl
16. IF YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WHERE WOULD YOU GO? my only choice right now is somewhere warm
17. EVER GO CAMPING? Love to camp, havent gone for a while
18. DO YOU GO TANNING? sometimes, not often
19. HAVE YOU EVER LOST ANYTHING DOWN THE TOILET? I think i have pictures on here of the things kaysha's put in my
20. WHAT IS YOUR GUILTY PLEASURE? Quilting
21. DO YOU DRINK YOU SODA FROM A STRAW? Nope
22. WHAT DID YOUR LAST TEXT SAY? K.
23. ARE YOU SOMEONES BEST FRIEND? I hope so
24. WHAT ARE YOU DOING TOMORROW? Working again
25. ARE YOU IN LOVE? Not at the moment
26. LOOK TO YOUR LEFT, WHAT DO YOU SEE? My Driving record
27. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR WATCH? Dont wear one
28. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU THINK "AUSTRALIA"? Hugh Jackman
29. LIKE ROLLER COASTERS? LOVE ROLLER COASTERS!
30. BIRTHSTONE? Pearl
31. DO YOU GO IN TO EAT AT FAST FOOD PLACES OR GO TO THE DRIVE UP? usually just the drive up
32. DO YOU HAVE ANY FRIENDS ON FACEBOOK, THAT YOU ACTUALLY HATE? no, Pointless to have
33. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? Someone calling to report an animal problem
34. ANY PLANS TODAY? other than work none
35. WHERE ARE YOU AT RIGHT NOW? Work
36. BIGGEST ANNOYANCE IN LIFE RIGHT NOW? Not knowing
37. LAST SONG YOU LISTENED TO? not sure.
38. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs
39. ARE YOU ALLERGIC TO ANYTHING? Many things sadly
40. FAVORITE PAIR OF SHOES? Brown healed boots, that i cant find
41. ARE YOU JEALOUS OF ANYONE? Where do i start....
42. ARE YOU MARRIED? NOPE
43. IS ANYONE JEALOUS OF YOU? I hope not.
44. WHAT TIME IS IT? 1430hrs
45. DO ANY OF YOUR FRIENDS HAVE CHILDREN? about half of them do.
46. DO YOU EAT HEALTHY? Most of the time
47. WHAT DO YOU USUALLY DO DURING THE DAY? If i am not at work, i Clean or play
48. ANY VACATIONS PLANNED? not really anything in stone
49. DO YOU USE THE WORD "HELLO" DAILY? yes. many times
50. HOW MANY KIDS DO YOU WANT? unsure.
51. HOW OLD WILL YOU BE TURNING ON YOUR NEXT BIRTHDAY? 25
52. FAVORITE BOY AND GIRL NAMES? I have many
53. FAVORITE COLOR? today, Red
54. WHERE WERE YOU AT THE LAST TIME YOU KISSED SOMEONE? in a doorway
55. FAVORITE PLACE TO EAT? anything mexican
56. ALL TIME FAVORITE MOVIE? hummmmm??? All of them... today, Someone like you
57. COLOR OF INK YOU PREFER? Black
58. IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB IN THE WORLD, WHAT WOULD IT BE? none.... can i get paid to sit on my butt?
59. WHERE DO YOU WANT TO BE RIGHT NOW? at a boys house.
60. ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD? Nope

Time Waster's

2009-11-15T05:20:00.000-08:00

Answer the following with only one word.

1. Where is your cell phone? .................... PURSE.
2. Your significant other?....................... LOST.
3. Your hair?.................................... MESSY.
4. Your mother? ................................. HOME.
5. Your father?.................................. AWAKE.
6. Your favorite thing?.......................... KAYSHA.
7. Your dream last night?........................ CRAZY.
8. Your favorite drink........................... PEPSI.
9. Your dream/goal?.............................. HOMEMAKER.
10. The room you're in?.......................... DISPATCH.
11. Your children?............................... ASLEEP.
12. Your fear?................................... HEIGHTS.
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years........... MARRIED.
14. Where were you last night?................... HOME.
15. What you're not?............................. PSYCHOPATH.
16. Muffins...................................... ALMOND-POPPYSEED.
17. One of your wish list items?................. MANHUNK
18. Where you grew up?........................... EVERYWHERE.
19. What you read last........................... BLOGS.
20. What are you wearing?........................ PANTS.
21. Your TV?..................................... BROKEN.
22. Your pets?................................... FACEBOOK.
23. Your computer? .............................. HELPLESS.
24. Your life?................................... SLEEPY.
25. Your mood?................................... SLEEPY.
26. Missing someone?............................. MUCH.
27. Your car?.................................... CLEAN.
28. Something you're not wearing?................ JEWELERY.
29. Favorite Store?.............................. MALL.
30. Your summer?................................. PERFECT.
31. Like someone?................................ MUCH.
32. Your favorite color?......................... YELLOW.
33. Last time you laughed........................ EARLIER.
34. Last time you cried?......................... BEFORE.

So, yeah I try and try.

2009-10-10T16:47:00.000-07:00

So I try to keep my blog updated. But I am so stinking bad at it. SOOOOOO in my catching up I decided to copy one of my friends, and here's a picture she had posted.

The Basement!!!

2009-09-17T10:08:00.000-07:00

SO..... I am hoping to get the basement done this winter. Yes my fingers are crossed. So I spent the past weekend cleaning and De junking... I promised I would take pictures throughout the project, However Due to my own embarrassment I decided to fore go the 'before' picture until the basement was clean.... and yes about 90% of what was down there making the mess was Kaysha toys, dirty clothing, blankets, and Jason's stuff that needs to be re-located... LOL. SO that having been said... I will take a picture when I am done putting the blankets away and some of the boxes moved or stacked better. And again you just need to trust me and don't want to see the before before picture... I have enough Embarrassing moments don't need another.

I did get Kaysha's special toy place Mostly done. We have moved the books that were under the stairs up to the office, and now there is space on those shelves for Kaysha's toys to be 'out of the way' OK i know that really only goes so far. But it's always worth the try. I want to Make a cute curtain to put up but Am still going back and forth with what i like. so that's still to be decided. and i am thinking of painting the shelves. again still undecided.

As for the basement I am hoping to get The rest of the sheet rock taken care of and the light's taken care of, Get that sucker Mudded and Textured and then Paint :) Carpet may be a while but if the rest of the room is done then we can move the entertainment center downstairs and whatever else my mom decides she wants down there. and maybe even get the 'kitchen' area done. But for now, I want to concentrate on the Living room area.

SO that's the plan... I promise more pictures to come.

A few missed events.

2009-09-03T13:47:00.000-07:00

SLACKER, that having been said... here's a few things i missed

We had a family reunion on the carter side at the park in mapleton. Kaysha loved playing at the park. I got to talk to a few cousins of mine that I havent seen in a long time and meet a few I didnt even know. We send the Pasta salad with Brandon who was going to drop it off on his to work. Brandon being the responsible one that he is, put the salad at the fridge at my grandmas house so it wouldnt go bad sitting out at the park. Well..... NO one knew it was at grandmas house, not even grandma. So the reunion was pasta salad-less. When we all parted ways, we sent someone up to check and make sure it wasnt still in his car parked at the mall. I rode over with Britney and we made it almost to the house and grandma called to let us know there was a large salad in her fridge, HOORAY!!! we found the salad. It was still good. Way to go BRAN makin' sure the salad stays cold.

Kaysha And I went to Color Me Mine on a saturday night, she was my date. She picked out this piggy bank that she just fell in love with, and yes it was the first thing she saw. I tried to get her to pick out something else, but she wanted her piggy. So started painting. I decided to make a princess plate and cup. Kaysha helped with the cup. I walked over to get a little more purple for the cup. Kaysha was left to gaurd the stuff.... well the paper that protects their tables can be decieving. She put down the cup on the paper, and there was no table under it. SHE WAS SO MORTIFIED!!! it scared her so bad she just started crying. I hurried back to the table, and she just sat on my lap and cried. She felt so bad that she broke her princess cup. I finally convinced her that it was ok. We turned in our stuff and left. We were almost home and she was sad again. She didnt want her piggy to sleep at that store. He needed to sleep in her house. I told her they had to keep piggy for a few days then we could go pick him up. A few days later she asked if we could go get piggy yet... we finally made it up there and she held him on his lap the whole way home. An Evening well spent.

Grandma's Birthday. Grandma had a birthday, and I'm still trying to figure out how she's still 21, and I am 24, I'll never understand :) When I got home from work in the morning, I cleaned house. Shocking I know I should have taken pictures. But I made sure that Before I went to sleep the house was clean. When I woke up Kaysha and I spent an afternoon working on getting stuff for grandma for her b day. We went over to Grandma Clark's and made a flower arrangement. Then we went over to Maceys and picked up 2 dozen, yes TWO dozen balloons for Grandma since she loves them SOOO MUCH!!! and went home. Getting the balloons out of the car was actually harder than putting them in. We only popped only 1. I had to work (shocker i know) So I dont know what kind of festivities went on after I left but it was a great day.

Off the top of my head that's all I can think of at this point. If i remember anything else I will add it here and there.

Makin' Bread's

2009-07-31T20:26:00.001-07:00

Kaysha had a BLAST kneading the dough. she got to make her hands in it. Not to mention the fun she had with the flour! We drew all sorts of pictures in the flour after we finished the dough. and some how it all ended up on the floor

And this is how you make French Bread with a 3 year old.

And another picture just cause. She was totally cheesing it up, but my camera was too slow.

She got mad at me for putting the dough on a pan to rise. . . and took off running i gave her a few min to calm down and went in to check on her and she was out!

And here's a close up of her cute face, she was so exhausted. That was our 3rd project for the day, we also painted her ceramic ponies, and cut veggies for the chicken lasagna! Oh by the way, the chicken lasagna was really good.

Another Hair CUT!!!

2009-07-31T20:18:00.001-07:00

How precious!!!! she cut HER OWN hair, while it was still in a pony tail, i took the pony tail out and brushed it, it came out in globbs.

Here she is at Aunt Youngsun's Getting ready for her hair to really be cut.

She now has bangs!

And how cute she is! what a kid. I told her if she cut her hair by herself again, We are shaving it off! (hollow threat i swear!)

24th Parade

2009-07-31T20:11:00.001-07:00

Here's Kaysha sitting back on her chair watching the rest of the parade. We had to move like 6 times to get out of the shade.

Here is a picture of me and my Grandma. I dont think i have any other pictures with me and her.

Here's Kaysha and I while we were in the sun. She wanted my glasses and then still wanted to put her hands over her eyes.

Here's a cute one of kaysha.... trying not to get her picture taken. She had so much fun watching the 'princess's' she didnt care for ANY of the vehicles with lights or sirens.

Animals and Ice Cream

2009-07-31T20:05:00.000-07:00

This black swan was following us around as we walked back and forth, but as soon as we turned around to look at it it would hide.

Oh how cute the piggie piggies are!

This crazy guy kept trying to peck at us.

Oh what a cute goat!
We went over to see the animals with Britney and told Britney that we were going to get ice cream and tricked her into going with us. we still went and got ice cream after we were done looking at the animals.

Princess's in a row

2009-07-31T20:04:00.001-07:00

Kaysha is so proud of her princess's. They were having a parade on the end of my bed.
We got to sing princess songs... non of which i remember we made them up as we went. Then they all did swan dives off the bed post!

ABC.....

2009-07-20T01:38:00.000-07:00

So Kaysha and I were sitting at the computer at home while i was trying to fix my phone, and she started drawing on the scratch paper and started singing her ABC's. It went like this... ABCDEF.... MOM......What's the rest? It was just too cute!

2009-07-15T00:47:00.001-07:00

Happy Birthday to me!!! So we didnt Celebrate my Birthday on the day of my Birthday cause i had work. But im ok with that. Here is a picture of my B-day cake... And no I wasnt really adopted, but britney got a kick out of it, I think...

Grandma busted out the Guitar Hero so we could play a few rounds. But since our memor card sucks we have to rebeat the game everytime we play, so it's like starting over everytime. But this time we convinced kaysha to get in on the action! yeah!!!

I know lively but it was great.

Kaysha came in to wake me up and said Happy Birthday Mom! I said thanks kiddo. and then she said "We got you a present Mom, It's a shirt!" can i just say i WOW! How cute!

Spacebutt.

2009-07-09T04:06:00.000-07:00

Ok, Brandon Got a kitty, and it has now chosen Kaysha to follow around..... and love.... well Brandon named it Facebook. And Kaysha says it so cute... pronounciation is actually spacebutt. But she loves her little kitty. Better name to come soon:)

Hopefully we will have many more stories to come about Kaysha and Spacebutt.

New Hair Cut

2009-06-12T21:22:00.001-07:00

Ok not the greatest picture, because i tried to take it while i was in the car. anywho. Here's a shot of my new hair cut from the front. And if I can get more I will post them. but dont hold your breath. :)

Work/Home

2009-06-11T17:53:00.000-07:00

I miss my kiddo so much when i am at work. I swear i am always at work! She is always doing the cutest things. I am so glad my mom knows how to take pictures on her phone. :) ok mom love ya, and your probably smarter on YOUR phone than I am. anywho here's my little rain walker.

Tubby Time

2009-06-09T21:04:00.000-07:00

Tubby Monster Attacks the un-suspecting ducks. (this one actually fell after the picture was taken)

Yep folks she's attempting to eat the ducks.

Kaysha now realizing that she's actually being photographed.

Kaysha sneaking up on the ducks.

Kaysha with her ducks in a row.

2009-06-07T22:46:00.001-07:00

Grandma got out the Ice Cream and the shake maker.. and Kaysha helped with the Ice Cream.... and Helped some more.... and Helped some more.. Its so nice to Help yourself!

Toiletpaper MESS!!!

2009-06-07T22:43:00.000-07:00

The little Munchkin has recently (ok not too recently) Decided that it is so fun to unroll the WHOLE roll of toilet paper when it is in its proper location, It's so much easier to roll.... So I have to keep taking it off its holder and putting it on the cupboard so it mysteriously doesnt unravel. But then that poses another problem. It gets wet when she sneaks in to play in the sink. I swear you can never win!

Sleepy Pants.

2009-06-07T22:40:00.000-07:00

I have recently learned that Kaysha doesnt like overalls.. She took them off as soon as she could, we were still driving in the car. Then she realized how cold she was. And of course we didnt bring a blanket that day. (usually we have one everywhere we go) She then realized it was probably a better idea to keep her pants on. and she fell asleep that way.

Swim Table.

2009-06-07T22:38:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of kaysha on her swim table. I'm pretty sure the table said somewhere on it that you shouldnt be in it. But she was having too much fun.

Monkey Face

2009-06-07T22:37:00.000-07:00

Kaysha loves when i make faces, she loves it even more when she makes faces.... here is her monkey face. Notice the fingers in the ears, not pulling them out.

Laundry Monster

2009-06-07T22:32:00.000-07:00

Kaysha Loves to help with the laundry. Her favorite part is when the container is empty and she can wear it around the house and be a monster.

She is the most adorable monster I know.

Grandpa in the hospital.

2009-06-07T22:29:00.000-07:00

Kaysha's entertainment while she was sitting with grandma and grandpa at the hospital. She got to play on the tall spinny chair, and she played with the sponge bob balloons! what a kid. We Got to see AirMed land, and she really liked that. But me being the dork i am totally forgot to take a picture..

Britney's Big Strawberry

2009-06-07T22:26:00.000-07:00

So...... Mom bought some strawberries, and they looked so good... but usually she buys them for a project or something, so i left them alone, but Britney came in with this huge honker!!! and woah buddy, talk about steroids....

I had to post this picture, but Britney thinks she looks cross eyed in it.

The Aquarium......

2009-06-07T22:13:00.000-07:00

Kaysha And Cinderella looking at the fishies.

Gross......... The underside of a Octopus!!!

More Randomness......

And some more......

Oh by the way, Kaysha had a blast!

But she wasnt a big fan of the sharks.

More to come

2009-05-24T16:09:00.000-07:00

So I just added all of the pictures that were on my camera that havent been seen yet.... so now i have to get all the pictures off my phone and then i am all caught up.

Easter 2009

2009-05-24T16:08:00.001-07:00

St. George Trip

2009-05-24T15:59:00.001-07:00

Kayshas Birthday Party

2009-05-24T15:51:00.000-07:00

Knee Surgery.

2009-04-23T09:24:00.000-07:00

Well as most of you know, I had knee surgery. My surgery was on April 7th at about 10am.

This is my Before picture. I am pretty swolen but it's not so bad, just really painful to walk on. And here are my two after pictures. the first one is right after i took the bandage and ace wrap off. it doesnt even look like a knee to me. More like a huge lump on my leg. You can also see that my calf muscle is smaller cause I havent been using my leg too much. so yeah.... this picture is day Two.

This one is less un sightly but still not pretty. This is day three, it got less swelling, but it's still huge.

I dont have any new pictures, but now my knee looks normal again. and recovery is going great, I even get to play soft ball soon....... WAHOO! ! !

Salem Pond.

2009-04-23T09:18:00.000-07:00

Kaysha and I went to Salem pond just before I had my knee surgery, so this was about the first week of April-ish... I love this picture of her, she just loved how her hair was 'flying' in the wind.

Here we are being cheese heads. LOL.

and momma givin Kay's a kiss. she liked this picture, so i had to add it.

Makin' Uptcapes. (cupcakes)

2009-03-19T08:19:00.001-07:00

We by we I mean I, decided it would be fun to make some cupcakes. Since it is March, we decided to make clovers. Kaysha Did not want to help when i started, But I let her put the ingredients in, after I measured them of course, once she realized she was making something. She had to do EVERYTHING! So I decided to give her a measureing cup and let her have at it.

We did well for the first little bit....

Then she kept trying to get the batter close enough to taste.

So you take a un-cooked uptcape. and put the marbles in

like this.......

and this......

and this.........

Then you have a pan full of uptcapes and put them in the oven and then....

They come out like this!!!

Salem Pond

2009-03-19T08:09:00.000-07:00

Oh the Warm weather. Little Miss Stir Crazy and I went to the pond and fed the ducks and played at the park. The swings were by far the Coolest Attraction there.

And here are a few pictues of us two goofballs having fun at the park.

Bubbles....

2009-03-19T08:05:00.001-07:00

Kaysha can now blow her own bubbles.... and she's so good at it! Oh and on another note..... SHE'S DRESSED!!!!!!!!

Dressing Myself.

2009-03-19T08:02:00.000-07:00

They are clothes.... they Match.... 's'all im saying.

Faces.

2009-03-19T07:53:00.000-07:00

Well to start off, This is the calm before the storm (not pictured) Here is Kaysha looking out the window of the exam room at the dr office (dont worry she's fine just a check up) So we start here with basically a profile.

Then we move to the 'Cheese' face.

And here is the 'Cute hair" picture

Then the 'Sneak Sly' look.

And the 'Neener Neener' face.

Then a cross between the 'Neener Neener' face and The 'Satanic' look.

And finally.... the only face she can do so well....... 'Got 'chew mom' face..... she's such a pro!

Family Game Night

2009-03-19T07:44:00.000-07:00

Family Game Night.. ahhh.. this picture is Jason and Robin.... This one is Jelena.... She is so FUNNY!!!

And this particular night, she was just plain Goofy.

See what'd i tell ya.. a Regular Goofball.

and then there's Zach and Brett... Oh and we were playing Pit. I would highly Recommend it.

'Cation... cont...

2009-03-19T07:36:00.000-07:00

This is the last of the vacation pictures, these ones were taken in Mesquite. Our hotel room wasn't ready yet, so we drove around looking for something to do. We found a mini golf that was open, and decided that would be fun. Kaysha kicked all our butts. she got a hole in ONE!! Such a little pro... no help from mom.....

She even helped grandpa keep is par low..... here she is helping him out.

'Cation...

2009-03-10T07:45:00.001-07:00

Kaysha and I got to go on a vacation.. she kept calling it a 'cation. We went down to visit Grandma Clark in St. George. We got to do many things while we were down there, this picture below is of her eating the Fudge that we got at rocky mtn

Here is the Mongolian Chicken egg....... can we say BBQ ?

Here it is again, from the top, with my feet in the picture.

WOW look it that........ a Dinosaur... foot....

How cute are you? Kaysha the poser.

And Kaysha and Grandma.

Yep here's my little poser again. she's so cute she could stop an army! (but i am not willing to test that theory)

Clothes

2009-03-10T07:39:00.000-07:00

Despite the fact that my child is rarely ever dressed. Here she is putting clothes on.... lots of clothes. I think she put on one of everthing that was in her dresser.

Valentine Tree

2009-03-10T07:34:00.000-07:00

My mom bought these cute decorations to put in the tree we have by the front door. So Kaysha decided to put them all on. She had so much fun. and yet again, my poor heathan child is not fully clothed. no matter how hard i try to keep her dressed she seems to strip just as fast.

Dress up time.

2009-03-10T07:30:00.000-07:00

What an ADORABLE Child..... She was so cranky, then grandma gave her a special dress that used to be her mommies.... yes that dress will actually fit an adult, when you take out all the pins and ties.

Mumification.....

2009-03-10T07:25:00.001-07:00

Well here we are using our resources..... we had left over creape paper, so we decided to wrap the birthday girl up! seeing as she's almost always only in her underwear or diaper, i figured she could use another layer.

Kayshas Birthday.... Jan ...

2009-03-10T07:21:00.001-07:00

Check out my new Skates, Kaysha, Chyanne, and Tayler had a blast with the new roller skates.

Unfortunatly i dont have my camera with me, so i will have to post a picture of the cake another time, and a picture of all the girls that came.

The little aprons that they are wearing, i made them.... they are super cute. We all had fun, we made candy necklaces, played pin the princess in her window, and decorated cookies.

OK OK ....

2009-03-07T03:46:00.000-08:00

as soon as i figure out how to do the slide shows I will add about 100 pictures or so of the last few months. so if anyone know's how to do that and wants to help me out that would be awsome!

The Potty.....

2009-02-04T00:57:00.000-08:00

I now have a true parenting moment to embarrass my child with! AND I CANT WAIT!!!! So at our feeble attempts to get this child potty trained... she's peed in the bed, on the floor, in the hallway, on the stairs, under the table, on the kitchen floor, and in the entry way, and until tonight (for me anyway) I kept telling kaysha that i needed to go to work, and she kept saying stay home. I told her i had to go to work. and she was not happy with that. I was in the kitchen getting my food for work and she came running in and said mom i gotta peeps... so we ran in the bathroom and she went!!! so i gave her a surprise.. what kid isn't spoiled if not for mine. any who. she kept giving me hugs. and ever time i said i gotta go. she'd give me another hug, and say mom i did good. i went peeps. Then hug me again! what a Character .... gotta love the peeps.

Kaysha's Birthday Party

2009-01-22T04:17:00.000-08:00

Kaysha had a wonderful Birthday Party on Monday. All her friends came and we played games made necklaces, decorated cookies, and pinned Cinderella in the Castle. Kaysha got to finally have her Castle cake (thanks mom). All of the little girls got new aprons for the party, they all looked so cute.

I plan on posting pictures. i just dont have my camera with me today at work.

Friends to the end.

2009-01-14T02:57:00.001-08:00

Friends to the end. Sometimes it's so hard to find a good friend that you can laugh with and cry with, someone you could call your sister away from home. Its even more rare to find those good friends who's children share the same bond. I love that Kaysha and I have such good friends to share those moments with.