One Awesome Day!

This morning I woke up "One year older and wiser too". The boys and I started the day off right...we had ice cream cake (from the girls camp auction last night) straight out of the box on the couch while watching SpongeBob! Then we went to R's team pictures, had a wonderful lunch at the Airport Cafe watching 2-seater airplanes take off and land, a nice visit to the library, and then off to R's 1st game! It was in the 70's today, so sunny and bright, perfectly awesome!
R amazed me, he's only made it to a few practices with me getting sick and J being deployed, so I wasn't sure how the game would go. His first time at bat he smacked that ball! He never struck out, and he did pretty good on the outfield too. It was just so much fun! We all had a great time!

Friday Favorites!

1. Crystal Light packets - Sometimes I have a hard time drinking water, and I'm a bit of a pop-a-holic, and so these little H2O flavor packets are just perfect!

2. Courage - I get lost so easily, I mean VERY easily, like if I blink too much during traffic I will lose my way! Before we got our cell phones I had gotten Very lost in a city not too far from me, I didn't know where I was or how to find my way for 45 long minutes, if the boys hadn't been with me I'd have been bawling! But they were there and so I kept my cool. Well, I went back to that city today (with my charged phone just in case) and I drove around, went to a few stores and made my way out like it was nothing!

3. A new book series - My friend M lent me the "Fishers of Men" series by Gerald N. Lund. It is a 3 book series that is set during the time Jesus was living on the earth. I have just started the first one, but am very excited about them!

4. Long Showers - I have to admit that I love to take very long showers to unwind. But I'm not the only one. When R is getting very cranky I tell him to go take a shower, he usually gives me a terrible look and pouts his way in there, but 30 minutes later he emerges a clean smelling happy kid! Yesterday I did this after he had forgotten his homework, and so last night he had a whole weeks worth to do, I made him do all of it and by the end he was as crabby and stressed as can be. So then I said, hop in the shower and stay there til the hot water runs out. He came out feeling so much better and was our R that is fun to be around!

5. Unplugged - I told the boys the X-Box got broken and I stashed it away. L went through serious gaming withdrawals, but it has been so good! He has become unplugged! J also took L's DS with him when he went underway, so right now there is only one DS for 2 boys and they are pretty much waiting til the the other one comes home to play with them. I am seriously considering canceling Satellite, but I have to wait to talk that over with J when he gets back!

Yummy!

Oatmeal either gets eaten fast in our home, or sits on our shelves forever. J, R and I have all go through oatmeal phases. L has never liked the stuff, but I would offer it to him.
The other day I asked L if he wanted oatmeal. He said, "NO! That stuff looks like boogers, I think I don't want to eat boogers!" It was so funny, so I promised him that I'd never make him eat oatmeal since it disgusts him.
So now you know...
This turns into this

My Little Side-Kick...

L is my fun little side-kick! He is so headstrong, sometimes so independent, smart, funny, sarcastic, cute, hilarious, frustrating, joy infusing, make me laugh, awesome, make me grateful to be a Mom, almost 5 year old! Yesterday he was my little helper, he washed dishes with me made is own toast picked flowers for me

And lately he has been obsessed with band aides. Any scratch, bump, bruise, or owie deserves its very own band aide. I have been finding them all over the place, the one on the wall just cracked me up, what was he thinking?!
I just love my L!

Childrens Museum!

We got to go to the Children's Museum at our State capitol! It was so much fun! We went with the W family and the W family; with my 2 boys we had a total of 10 kids to us 3 Moms, crazy and so worth it! It was very busy there, but the kids all played non-stop for 3 hours. When we left I asked R is he liked it and he said he did, but next time he wishes we'd stay longer, and L agreed. So next time none of this measly 3hr play time, they want me to make it an all day fun-fest! I liked it because they used up so much imagination, and there were places I could sit (still sick) while I watched them play. I am seriously considering the year pass, that place rocks!

Conference Weekend!

For Conference weekend I invited some friends over to watch it with the boys and I. They came over for second session on Saturday and would have come over on Sunday if L hadn't been up til 5am feeling yucky on Saturday night!
So on Saturday I had the boys play with playdoh while I had the TV on up loud so they could hear it but not be restless. We had lunch with our friends, had a pinata for M's b-day and watched conference. I totally loved it, I'm so grateful that we were able to watch it at home and feel the spirit. I am so grateful for our church leaders, and for our new prophet Thomas S. Monson!
Sunday I was able to watch exactly half of each session, the other half for each I totally slept, that happens when you get only a few hours of sleep the night before! I sure am glad that I can read/listen to it online.

Trip to the Zoo!

On Thursday the 3rd we went to the Point Defiance Zoo with Aunt MP and friend G with her 4 kids. It was way too much fun! It was super busy there, more kids than I'd ever seen at the zoo; so everyone had the same great idea as we did!
I packed up some lunches in my big bag, then had L and R take backpacks in with all the gear and food they'd need. Too bad R decided he was hungry early and ate most of his food before we even got to the zoo! But I had enough food to share and that ravenous 8 year old didn't starve!
The weather was perfect, sunny but not hot. The animals were all out, we got to see the whales do a few tricks,and the outdoor show with the birds. We even found Aunt M with her kids and her friend with her kids! I started to get sick, but was able to survive thanks to R's inhaler and some Excedrin. All in all it was one great day!

Mommy Monday

“Because She Is a Mother”
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

When you have come to the Lord in meekness and lowliness of heart and, as one mother said, “pounded on the doors of heaven to ask for, to plead for, to demand guidance and wisdom and help for this wondrous task,” that door is thrown open to provide you the influence and the help of all eternity. Claim the promises of the Savior of the world. Ask for the healing balm of the Atonement for whatever may be troubling you or your children. Know that in faith things will be made right in spite of you, or more correctly, because of you.

You can’t possibly do this alone, but you do have help. The Master of Heaven and Earth is there to bless you—He who resolutely goes after the lost sheep, sweeps thoroughly to find the lost coin, waits everlastingly for the return of the prodigal son. Yours is the work of salvation, and therefore you will be magnified, compensated, made more than you are and better than you have ever been as you try to make honest effort, however feeble you may sometimes feel that to be.

Remember, remember all the days of your motherhood: “Ye have not come thus far save it were by the word of Christ with unshaken faith in him, relying wholly upon the merits of him who is mighty to save.” 2 Nephi 31:19

Rely on Him. Rely on Him heavily. Rely on Him forever. And “press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope.” 2 Ne. 31:20. You are doing God’s work. You are doing it wonderfully well. He is blessing you and He will bless you, even—no, especially—when your days and your nights may be the most challenging. Like the woman who anonymously, meekly, perhaps even with hesitation and some embarrassment, fought her way through the crowd just to touch the hem of the Master’s garment, so Christ will say to the women who worry and wonder and sometimes weep over their responsibility as mothers, “Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole.” Matt. 9:22 And it will make your children whole as well.

In the sacred and holy name of the Lord Jesus Christ, amen.

April, We Meet Again...

I've missed Mommy Monday and there won't be a Friday Favorites, and I've yet to post about our Zoo trip, all because I'm allergic to April.
It started a few years back, every April I'd get a bad cold. Then a friend told me it was probably allergies, she was right.
Last year my bad cold turned into something else when April came to visit, I got sick as a dog with Bronchitis and Asthma. It happened on my trip to Utah and I got to visit an emergency room, woohoo!
But of course I never really think about how mean April is to me until April gets here. Boy was I excited that April arrived, I welcomed her with open arms, and then I felt a funny tickle in my chest. No worries I thought, then at the Zoo I was stealing R's inhaler ever 2 hours! So yesterday I told on April to the Doc, who gave me 4 Rx's and told me next year during the safety of March to come in and get the meds I need to battle April.
Man April is tough, I sure got my butt kicked!

Yee-Ha!

So I survived Finals week, but by how much?
Well....for Teaching as a Profession I got 1000 points out of a possible 1000!
For Algebra I got 948 points out of a possible 1000, so an A for that as well!
I've had straight A's since I started University of Phoenix in November 2006. I've had two A- so my GPA is 3.95.
Yee-Ha!