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Little Baby Sweet and Small...

Rowan was born 4 weeks early. Technically she should still be in her mommy's tummy but instead she was at my house today with her super tired (as should be) mama so that I could take pictures of her. Here are some pictures that I've worked on...I'm loving the black and white with hints of pink...What do you think?

American Idol

I started to watch American Idol the other night. I always enjoy the first few shows where they show all the "rejects" and we get a laugh at their expense. I always wonder if they are really that bad and know it or if they are seriously tone deaf. I could barely watch it this time around. I seriously was having issues with the whole show, so I really didn't watch it that much and totally forgot to watch it last night. Am I missing something?

What most of you may not know, is that the show (as with probably 100% of shows on TV these days) are not what they seem to be. They make you believe one thing when in actuality something completely different is going on...How do I know this you may ask?

4 seasons ago, I was here:


Lovely hair...I know!

I met this guy:


Our buddy John...He cut us off driving into the
Cow Palace. License plate...UTAH...good ol' Mormon
boy who I still am trying to hook up with my niece

and these guys:


Ummmm, well...you know...it was San Francisco

I stood in this:


Not as many people that you see on TV hah? Truth is, only half of
the Cow Palace was occupied with American Idol hopefuls.

to get one of these:


Yes, I am wearing super cool 80's hair rollers. I did make sure they
were out of my hair (unlike some people) when I stood in line!

I brought my moral support:


My friend Tammy who should already be famous because she's met
so many fameous people already...I want to be like her when I grow up!

and got up at the butt crack of dawn to do this:


This is an official American Idol Photograph I got off of their website. Please
excuse my lack of knowledge in fashion because I certainitly thought I looked
cool ,but as you can see...I was sadly mistaken.

AND I didn't even once see him:


or him:



or even her:



You see, TV makes you believe it's all happening in that moment, but my friends, it's not. And although I would love to go into details about the whole process, I think I signed my life away when I auditioned that fateful day. I realized two things during that process, 1.) I don't ever want to be on TV and 2.) My career as a Domestic Engineer, is the best job EVER! Besides my kids think I rock...



and that's all that matters!

"Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for this day. Thank you for mommy's birthday. Please bless me that I can be gooder. Please keep me safe. In the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen" ~Malia's prayer tonight

"Excuse me mom, can I watch Scooby Doo" I shake my head no and say "It's bedtime" Before I know it, little hands are wrapped around my face forcing my head to shake up and down as if I'm nodding "YES"..."Oh yes mommy? Thank you" with a sweet kiss on the forehead...~Ethan

ME: "Raya, it's 9:07" (She's supposed to be in bed by 9:00) Raya: Mom, can I stay up a little bit later, like 9:10"

I love my kids! They are so awesome!

Of course everything Carly does is cute (except when she pukes up curdled milk), I am truly blessed with sweet spirits!

Tis the Season

Tis the season to be sick
Fa la la la la la barf barf barf.

Washing jammies and blankets
Fa la la la la la barf barf barf.

Doctor says it's going around
Fa la la, la la la, barf barf barf

Cleaning up throw up pound by pound
FA LA LA LA LA, LA BARF BARF BARF!

I hope my little Carly feels better in the morning...I have a date I'm supposed to go on tomorrow...I'm having her sleep with me tonight because she's thrown up in her sleep all day long...Let's just hope it stays on the protectant mattress cover and off my new bedding...

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow...

I love where I live. I love being able to drive 2 hours and sit on a nice warm sandy beach looking out to rippling waves of the Pacific Ocean and I love being able to drive 2 hours up to the mountains where it snows, play in it for awhile and then leave the snow behind when we return home. Carly turned one and on her birthday we decided that we would head up to the snow to celebrate her special day.




We went to a place called Cisco Grove...It was pretty crowded, but we found this really cool tubing park. We paid $10 for parking which was worth it seeing that the other side of the freeway was jammed packed with people. I wished we would have prepared a little better and brought more money so that we all could have gone tubing. It was real cool. They had an escalator type thing so people didn't have to climb the hill to tube. Raya was the only one that got to go tubing because it was $15 per person...a tad too steep for us right now. She had a blast and returned with a soaking wet butt.



Ethan enjoyed climbing hills and throwing snowballs at Malia and daddy, but his favorite part was eating as much snow as he could. Let's just hope it wasn't yellow in color.



Malia also enjoyed throwing snowballs and eating snow. She climbed up hills and slid down on her butt. She had a blast but got cold about an hour in and was ready to get into nice warm jammies and hop into a nice warm car.




While everyone was playing, I took lots of pictures of Carly. Carly wasn't quite sure what to think of the snow and was a little upset that her hands were covered in the snow suit, but she just chilled in the sled as I pulled her around keeping her occupied. She also decided to crawl out while I was watching Raya and explore a little bit. While we were up there, it started snowing pretty hard. It was fun watching her experience snow for the first time. She didn't know quite what to think of it.





As for me...Let's just say, I'm glad I don't live in the snow and I will just keep it at that.