Who never knew that "SHE" existed...

I know of the Tooth Fairy;
She comes at night and takes your teeth and gives you money for a even trade...

...and we all wish that we had our own Fairy Godmother; so we can have all of our dreams come true and have our very own Happily Ever After...

...and this Fairy, I know that "He" is out there, but I just won't go there...

...I know that there are many story book fairies too, the ones that live in a far far away place that do nothing but help make thing beautiful and little girls "believe"

...and we can't forget one of the most famous fairies; Tinkerbell and her little fairy friends, everyone wants to have the spunk and attitude of these fairies...

...BUT the one fairy I had no idea ever existed is the...

HAIR FAIRY!
And during the night last night, she came to our home and visited Cassie.
This is what Cassie looked like when she got up this morning.
Crazy hair and all.
So if you ever wounder if the Hair Fairy exists, then wounder no more, for Cassie has the proof that She came and met her match with our miss Cassie's hair.
The Hair Fairy makes sure that you have a good night sleep, She works with the Sandman.

Anyways, if you wake up with hair like this, you can thank the Hair Fairy herself, for now I KNOW that she does really exists.

Reality on hold....

OK, this past weekend, I told you that Dan and I (with our really good friends, Liza and Curtis) headed down south to spend the weekend in Vegas.

So being in Vegas, not a moment to waste...we went to brunch around 11am; we were able to sleep in with no kids to wake us up.

Off to the Aliante Hotel to eat at "The Feast," the casino's buffet. The name couldn't have been more perfect, because there was tons to eat. Liza was able to eat from "around the world" in just one plate!

Also, we were lucky...we got a free show before we ate. We were in Vegas, you know!

Before the buffet opened, we were waiting in line and all of the sudden a fight breaks out between a "bum" and a guy playing at a game table. It was so wired to watch, but what was even more wired, security didn't show up for like 5 minutes!

I swear that you are always being watched in Vegas, there are cameras everywhere, but for some reason, no one came...no bouncer, no police, no pit boss. In fact, a janitor with a garbage can walks right throw the fight before help got there.

Thank goodness that a under cover OFF DUTY metro cop was also waiting in line to eat, he ran over to get the fight under control.

CRAZY! I guess you see it all in Vegas!

So Friday Night, we hit the strip


DINNER later that night:
Metro Pizza
The closest pizza to New York style pizza and not going to the east coast. So Yummy!
Look at our table, there is easily enough food to last a week and there was only 5 of us there.
Crazy! Thanks John (Liza's Dad) for a great dinner and even better company!
Look closely to the gate...Can you name the person(s) that live in this house???

Sigfried and Roy! You know the guys that LOVE tigers.

Liza went on a field trip when she was in the first grade with her school, so she wanted to show us were the "famous" live in Vegas. Their house is in a wried area for the "famous," but it takes up an entire neighborhood block!

Spontaneous!

That is what we are!

Yes, we are standing next to Mickey, giving him a hug...and the last time I can remember, there was nothing to do with Disney in VEGAS...We are in DISNEYLAND!!!!

Yeah, we got in the car about 5 am on Saturday morning and drove 4 more hours to spend ONE day in Disneyland!!! It was so worth it!

If anyone has not ever gone with kids, it is a whole different place.

See when Dan and I take the kids, (almost every year) the only thing the girls want to do is stand in line for hours to meet the princesses. Then we get their autographs and then we run to the next line where we wait for another princess...we spend the entire day like that!

Don't get me wrong, I love watching the kids faces and seeing the magic from them...

...BUT this time was different!

No kids, No Lines, No PRINCESS!

The four of us went on ALL the rides! I haven't done that in years! It was a whole different place. I did find out that I am a bit of a baby when it comes to the rides...Screamin' in California Adventures made me sick! After that I was a bit nerves to go on the rides, but Liza MADE me go on them. I think the unknown of the outcome of each ride was the worse part, so I am glad that I toughed up and did them.

Here was the after photo from Screamin'...leave it to them to take me on that ride second. They were nice at first and took us to Soaring very first.

Look at my face; not very flattering, but Liza is sleeping. Nothing scares that girl.

If you thought the first was bad, look at me in this picture! Pure Terror!

I guess the name really fits that ride...Tower of Terror

So after Disneyland, we got in the car almost at 11pm and heading back to Vegas...We got back at 3am. So worth it, like I said before. I am glad that I got to experience Disneyland as a "grown-up," but be a kid at the same time!

The funny thing is, my kids (and even my own sister who was watching the kids while we were out playing) didn't even know we were going to Disneyland. Good thing we brought home some trip treats from there to ease the pain.

...And this picture is what Curtis had to drive in on Sunday as we headed back from home!
What normally would have taken 6 hours to get home, we got stuck in a nasty snow storm and it took us 9 hours to get home!
Thank goodness that we didn't have kids in the car, that would have made a long trip even longer!
Thanks to Curtis for his safe driving, my "good deed" doing, some answered prayers, we made it home safely where the kids were so excited to have Dan and I home.


Like I have said many times, I am lucky for good friends, a great Husband, and a birthday.
Too bad we can't have more then one a year! I could really use more birthday trips.
Here is to a great year being 29!
Someone asked me, what is Dan going to do for when you turn 30???
I am sure he is already feeling the pressure!

Birthday Weekend #2 Vegas

Memories and Fun are right now in the process of being made now...

Watch Monday for Dan and our weekend update.

I LOVE Vegas.

I Love Mini Getaways.

I Love our friends.

I Love Fun Times.

I LOVE DAN!

I wouldn't have missed it!

This morning Mackenzie had her 2nd Grade Doughnut Date and she invited me to go with her. I was so excited to be able to go to Mackenzie's classroom and read with her this morning.

Mackenzie is such a sweet girl and she takes all decision making into great thought. She wants to make sure that she doesn't hurt anyone's feelings. For Kindergarten, she invited her Oma and Opa, 1st grade, it was Dan, so this year, I was the one that was invited.

We walked hand in hand together into the school, Kenzie then got her doughnut and got mine too, she picked out the book and she cuddled right up to me. I loved it!

I read the first book and then she read to me then the bell rang to go...

...Kenzie gave me the biggest hug ever.

I can't believe that she is growing up and heaven forbid there ever comes a day when she is embarrassed by me, but I want to treasure this moments while I have them.

I was the lucky one and there is no way I would have missed this day for anything!

Thanks Kenzie for the special doughnut date! I Love you!

What a day!

It must be a big day today...they are throwing a BIG party in Washington DC and it's all for me??

See today is MY birthday!

The kids (with the help of Dan) got me one of my favorites: a peanut butter chocolate ice cream cake from Cold Stone. The kids were all excited to give me the cards/pictures that they worked so hard on while I was on my mini trip.

Dan gave me a mini weekend trip to Veges THIS weekend!

I get another getaway with Dan (no kids) Birthday trip #2! I can't wait to spend time with Dan.

You know what they say about Vegas...what happens there, stays there. :)

Thanks Feef and Kory ahead of time for watching the kids. We owe you, we already know, don't need to rub it in. Let is just enjoy the trip.
In the evening...some of my girlfriends wanted to take me out for dinner. It was either that or enrichment...Wow! I feel the love!

Hey, how did this random picture get on this post... Did I spend my birthday there??? Eliza would know. I did get to catch up on my Family Fun magazine reading for a short time. Off to Red Robin with the girls. (I LOVE the A1 Peppercorn Burger. I highly recommend it!)

I have the best girl friends! They made me feel special on my day.
Thanks for the love, the gifts, the laughs, and your friendships.

In fact, I want to thank Everyone who sent me texts, email, and phone calls to send their love and well wishes. That means a lot. I know you all have busy lives and for you to take time and think of me, means a lot!

This is my last year in the twenties...I plan to live it up and have fun this year.

In fact, I plan to collect things/special events of this upcoming year and then at my 30th birthday, write notes to my kids and seal up the package and then when the kids reach their 30th birthday they can open the timecapsule. Something the kids (and myself) can look back on and see how things use to be.

So here is to being 29! Happy Birthday to ME! (and many more)

History is made Today!

OBAMA is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America

Barack H. Obama became the 44th president of the United States on Tuesday before a massive crowd reveling in a moment of historical significance, and called on Americans to confront together an economic crisis that he said was caused by “our collective failure to make hard choices.”

-USA TODAY-

Today is a important day for all mankind and I have to have hope and faith that no matter on who is the president of the USA, that they will take the best interest of the country and that change for the better will take place.

I know the Obama has made some promise for change, so all I can do now is support him and hope that promises will be kept.

I will be watching closely to see what Obama can do in this next four years and though it is not who I wanted in the office, the American people have spoken and I guess I need not to judge and give Obama a chance...who knows, he may lead us out of this economy mess.

I am proud to be able to live in this Country, where I can live in freedom and have many opportunities. A land where dreams can come true and History can be made!

May God bless America and we never forget just how lucky we are.

Birthday Weekend #1

Dan planned a fun birthday get-a-way for me this past weekend with my mom up in Oregon for an entire WEEKEND of scrap booking.

Thursday: Watched the news to see that a commercial jet has landed in the Hudson River off of New York City: What a miracle that was that NO ONE on the plane died.

The pilot is a real HERO!

Great I have to fly the same day after just watching this plane wreak on tv all afternoon...

*Off to airport to head to Oregon. I am ready for a break from being "mom" and spend the weekend with parents.

*My plane was late, so I sit and wait and wait and wait. Aren't airport so much fun??

Also, I NEED to Thank Dan for being "Super" DAD for taking on all responsibilities with the kids and doing it all by yourself. YOU ARE GREAT! Bring on the FUN!

Friday: I got to sleep in!!!

*My dad brought me a hot chocolate and "Dunkin' Doughnuts" (the owners of the store call the doughnuts something different so they don't have to pay royalties, but they are the exact doughnut.)

*My mom and I meet up with my Aunt Tammy and we spend the morning shopping and getting her daughter's wedding planned. It was fun to hung with her.

*Meet my Dad for lunch at Paddington's Pizza ( Only the BEST pizza out there...I am a whippersnapper girl.)

*Into Mom's office to say hi to my cousin and while I was there I had a motivation moment:

Look at this sweater: I thought I worked it...

...BUT someone at my mom's work thought differently...

I walked in and started talking to some of my mom's girlfriends when this "Lady" (we will call her that to save my mom's job :) comes to me and starts small talk.

She then says, " I hear that you are expecting..." I then say, "My birthday??" Instead of just saying "Oh that is totally what I was thinking...she opens her mouth and inserts her foot and keeps going and don't stop.

"Oh, I thought you were expecting a baby!" My Gosh Lady! Stop when you are ahead, but NO she keeps on asking questions and letting me know that I could have another and she would have for sure thought it was me.

I have to admit, that I handled it well for what was taking place, but like I said it was a MOTIVATION MOMENT! I don't want ANYONE to think that I am prego when I am NOT, So I am here to tell you publicly, I am going to start weight watchers and will be tracking my progress openly on this blog on a weekly basis.

*Home to take a little NAP, yes I said NAP. It feels good to be able to do what I want when I want with out any crying, fighting, or arguing.

* 6:00 rolls around and off my mom and I go to crop to our hearts intent!

Saturday: Still cropping at the Shio Inn till 12:30...we need some sleep!

*Home to sleep till 8 and then off to crop some more!

*Non-stop till 12:30 again! Almost 15 hours of scrap booking in ONE day! I loved it!

*While we were there I meet some fun girls! With them, we had some good laughs!

I want to give a shout out to Michelle and Heidi! You girls are awesome!

***Also, something else kinda funny...I was scrapping at my table, when I lady comes up to me and introduces herself and lets me know that she knows all about me...she came across my blog and now reads it often. Small world...who would have ever thought I would meet one of my readers. I felt a bit famous and was in shock that people actually read our family blog.

So here is a shout out to Charmayne!

SUNDAY: we cropped till 4 in the afternoon...so I was able to get 30 2-page layouts done! I was so pleased with what I got done. Many of you are thinking "WHY" I can hear you already, but I love everything about scrap booking. It is how I relax and when I get pages done, my kids love to look at them. So everyone is rewarded and no one goes without.

*After the crop, Mom and I have Dad bring Chinese home for dinner and wee spend the evening doing NOTHING!

* Dad and I did play Rummy with a deck of cards of the title of the UNIVERSE, which I still hold the title of!!! I am the champion!

* Talk to Dan and hear all the naughty things the kids are doing: the fighting, making messes, Cassie dumps a entire gallon of chocolate milk on the kitchen floor, ect. Dan is ready for me to come home.

*Off to bed with not fights and arguing from anyone. No one to steel the covers, no one to hog the bed, just me and only me. (Don't get me wrong, I would never want to not have Dan or the kids, but it is nice to have a break every once in awhile)

MONDAY: Early morning and off to hang at mom's office for a bit till she was able to take me to the airport.

*Broad the plane + 2 hour fight = HOME in UTAH!

It is good to see the mountains as we were getting ready to land.

* I am excited to see my kids and Dan and I know that DAN is EXCITED to have me home.

Not moments of being home, the kids are fighting on who can pull my suitcase and I am ready to jump right back on the plane.

HOME SWEET HOME!

Something never change and you just have to learn to love them or else you will be going crazy!

***All in all I had a fabulous weekend!***

Thanks to my parents for letting me get away from reality for a bit. It was perfect and was a great birthday treat!

Thanks to the lady opened her mouth and who gave me my motivational moment. Sometimes the truth hurts and we don't like to hear it, but really do

Thanks to all the ladies in the cropping room for allowing me to wear my hair in a pony ALL weekend and letting me wear my cozies.

Thanks to my kids who gave up there mom for a whole weekend so she could play. I really needed it and love it all.

BUT most importantly...

Thanks to Dan for the love and support you give me and allowing me to do the things that I enjoy. You are truly the best and I am lucky to have you. Also, thanks for trying to show interest and looking at all the pages that I have done. I know that it is your favorite thing.

I know that I am one LUCKY girl who is now ready to be MOM again!

ONE WORD: ME

Here's what you are supposed to do...and please don't spoil the Fun!

Type in the FIRST word (only one) that comes to your mind.

1. Where is your cell phone? Charged

2. Your significant other? Work

3. Your hair? Pony

4. Your mother? Friend

5. Your father? Itunes

6. Your favorite thing? Bed

7. Your dream last night? Weird

8. Your favorite drink? Pepper

9 . Your dream/goal? Forever

10. What Room are you in? TV

11. Your hobby? Crafts

12. Your fear? Clowns

13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? ALIVE

14. Where were you last night? Home

15. Something that you aren't? Blond

16. Muffins? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tcR19y7GPM (no spaces so it is one word)17. Wish list item? Birthday

18. Where you grew up? Salem

19. Last thing you did? Dan

20. What are you wearing? Jeans

22. Your pets? Circus

23. Friends? Lucky

24. Your life? Blessed

25. Your mood? Blah

26. Missing someone? Yes

27. Your car? Dirty

28. Something you're not wearing? Helmet

29. Your favorite store? Target

32. Your favorite color? Red

33. When is the last time you laughed? "Whole in the Wall"

34. Last time you cried? Forgot

35. Who will read this? Everyone!

36. ONE place that I go to over and over again? Crazy

37. ONE person who emails me regularly: Facebook

39. ONE place I would like to go right now : Bed

So that is ME today...Take it or leave it!

Play the game of ONE Word...I Dare ya!

WORK??!?!??

My friends in the neighborhood have been wondering where have I been??

I haven't done much chitty chat on the phone, haven't gone out to "play" with them, or even gone to Sonic for my regular 44 oz Diet Dr. Pepper...

You may ask, So where have I been lately???

I have been WORKING!

well, kinda, if that is what you want to call it.

My Girlfriend (Christina Treu) who owns the her own business (my pages talk) for voice recorders that you can decorate, asked me to design for her upcoming CHA Expo.

I am always honored when she asks me to help her out.

See, I love crafts and being able to sit down at my table and start from scratch and see what I can create with my own two hands is pretty neat.

So, to me, this isn't really work at all. It is something I really enjoy.

Yes, it does take time, but it is actually relaxing for me. Call me crazy, but I really do.

There is something about meeting a deadline, feeling the stress, and having someone depending on you to get them what they want. I love it! It is what keeps me going.

In fact, it is really the only time that I feel like it is okay to scrapbook, see if it is not "work" and I am just doing it to do it, then I feel guilty; like I should be doing something around the house, BUT if it is "work" then I can't let that person down and I must help out a friend. Right??

So, with all the projects done and my "work" is done. I met my deadlines and I am pleased how the 6 projects turned out...

...Ladies I am ready to "play" again and go out to have some fun on the town, (as much fun as our little town has here in Utah) so give me a ring and let's plan something.

Twice the ENTERTAINMENT

Here are the Twins just doing what they do best...being themselves!

Cassie is rockin' out, wearing the attire that a rock star would wear; no shirt and notice that her pants are unbuttoned. She knows how to show what her her fans what...

To be entertained with her talent...

...oh and it doesn't hurt to flash your flashy smile to win the hearts of your fans.

Cassie knows how to rock on and is not shy to show it!

Carson is proud to be TINKERBELL, but on a more masculine level.

This "Tinkerbell" is on some mission of weapons and defence.

Hey, with three sisters, Carson can be a "princess" with his own twist.

You two kids can always bring a smile to my face and you never know what you two are up too, thank goodness that this time, it didn't include any messes or anything breaking.

But I won't hold my breath for too long, that is just what you two do, work together and just be yourselves. I (am learning more) love that about you two, that is just how you are.

Watch out BOYS!!

Girls can do anything boys can do, and tonight Mackenzie started basketball for the Jr. Jazz,

but Mackenzie was the ONLY girl on both her own team AND against the other team as well.

That didn't seem to slow her down at all, in fact, she was able to play just as good maybe even better then some of the boys. She used her height as an advantage and was able to block the ball and guard the player from the other team and she even stole the ball from a boy from the other team.

I was proud of her, but she does have a "girly" run. As she runs down the court, it has a skip and a trot all in one. It is pretty cute to watch.

Watch out BOYS, Mackenzie has some major GIRL POWER and she is not afraid to use it when she goes onto the court.

One thing I think is so cute to watch during the games, is that there is no fouls, no boundaries, and you don't have to dribble down the court. They try and teach the kids the rule of the game, but they also want the kids to gain the confidence and have fun with the sport. I think that is excellent for Mackenzie and the other players on the team. Sometimes the parents get too involved and put pressure on these kids and they forget that it is suppose to be fun.

We are all looking forward to watching Mackenzie improve and and dominate the boys this basketball season. This should be a fun two months.

I think what seemed to help Mackenzie play this year on the team was that she is lucky enough to be on the same team as two of her friends from her 2nd grade class...Johnny (who is in the picture with her) and Taylor. Also, she has boys that are in the same grade, so she sees them at church and at school.

Johnny and Mackenzie have been in the same first AND second grade class. They have been in the same primary class as well...we tease Kenzie that Johnny is her BOYFRIEND, but she just smiles and says that he is just a really good friend. (That is how Dan and I fell in love, we were friends at first, with being friends, there is no pressure.) Either way, the two of them, Kenzie and Johnny have a fun bond right now and that is what is important. Heaven for bid the two of them ever having to be separated...

Born to be WILD...

...but Carson will never own one of these while he is living in our house,

But a "boy" can dream.

Every time we drive down south to Lindon, Carson points out the window and shouts that he wants to go and look at the motorcycles at the Harley-Davidson store.

Dan and I never would stop, but Carson knew that his Pappy would take him, and yeah, he was right!

Both Paps and Carson were in heaven!

There were a couple bikes that Pappy had his eye on, but he is holding out for his '64 Camero...here's to hoping.

The Harley shop had all kinds of pretty bikes.

Carson though that is was cool to be able to sit on a real motorcycles and he wanted to take one home. We had to tell him that it wasn't that easy and I wasn't going to let my baby boy get it in his head that it is ok to have a real motorcycles either.

Even though Carson didn't get his bike, he did have a good time looking around, trying on the helmets, and sitting on the bikes.

With him being with all those motorcycles, he was enjoying the moment and didn't know what to look at next.

I was just scared, leave it to Cassie to knock over the bikes; she didn't, but I wouldn't have put it past her if I would have let go of her hand for more then two minutes. I wasn't about to tempt fate.

Leave it to Pappy to give Carson some "Boy Time" and leave it to me to follow along with a camera.

One thing I learned from this outing was; no matter how old a "boy" may be, Boys will be Boys and Boys do love their toys!

Lesson Learned:

NEVER promise kids something...they NEVER forget and will constantly remind you until you do what you PROMISED...(even if it is the day Nana and Pappy are heading to the airport in a couple of hours.)

A Promise is a Promise!

The kids wanted to so badly make these reindeer cookies that Nana was telling them about before Christmas, and the next thing we know is that it is the day that Nana and Paps are leaving and the cookies never got made; we were just that busy doing all kinds of fun things, but the kids were dying to make these cookies...

So Nana can't break a promise to her grandkids, those kids are her life and whatever the kids want, Nana gives them. Aren't Nana's wonderful?!?!

So, here are the finished "reindeer" cookies. The cookies started out as reindeer, but then the kids let their creative run wild. The kids had just as much fun decorating the cookies as they did helping Nana adding the ingredients...

....and everyone else enjoyed eating all the cookies. With all of us, Feef, and Nana/Pappy, the cookies didn't last long at all. It was good that I captured them in pictures, because the rest is history, gone and in our bellies.

Way to go kids and making sure that this promise wasn't broken. All your hard work paid off and tasted great!

Now if you were that persistence on cleaning your rooms or doing your laundry...I would be just as grateful for all your hard work as your cookie making.

An Evening full of emotion...

I spent the end of 2008 with my husband, good friends, and

David Archuleta!!!

Anxious - off at 4:00 with Liza and Curtis on our date. Thanks Mom & Dad for watching the kids. I know we got the better end of the deal

Stuffed - Good food and lots of it at PF Changs

Cold - Waiting in line outside for 20 min. in the freezing cold waiting for the doors to open

Outgoing - Learning that we are not real fans, sharing conversation with those in line and their David websites

Surprised - to find out David might not be performing

Upset - to find out the truth that he is not performing at the show we have tickets for. Diss UVU

Freezing - doors open almost 40 min late

Frantic - racing to the floor to get a great seat

Entertained - Osmond 2nd Generation and Rockapella we surprisingly entertaining

Desperate - fork out some extra money for tickets to the correct David event. thanks all babysitters for understanding our addiction

Frostbite - having to stand outside again while the building is cleared between events

Shocked - to see what the girls "do not" wear today, let alone in the cold

Excitement - we are in the same room as David

Irritated - with the fashion show, the dancers and punk kids

Hot - sweat and smelly with that many bodies

Fear - my life flashing before me with fear of being trampled

Faint - was it the crowd or because David looked at me!!

Pee your pant excited - It is David! He looked at me!!

Satisfied - I saw him

2009 is here

Desperation - Get me out of this place enough crowd's

Worth it - with the noise and people. I got a migraine off to bed when I get home

Told you it was a night full of emotion and it was all worth it. You will have to check out http://www.fansofdavid.com/ Dan & Curtis jumped into a picture and made it on to there website. They were the real fans that traveled from all over to see David.