Time is Flying

Wow here it is Tuesday already... My life is so busy lately that it just seems to be flying by at times... Well it's official i finally got our vacation scheduled. For valentine's day steve gave me a week timeshare stay that a co worker was not using so she gave it to him to use. however we can only get the time off in june to go so by the time we got things rolled over so we could book it alot of the places were not available. We were thinking we were going to go to hawaii but there wasnt much left in hawaii to choose from that looked decent so we found one at Grand Cayman Island that we booked. It looks pretty nice and we are going to go learn to scuba dive while we are there. There is a place called sting ray bay that they take divers out to and let them dive down and swim with the sting rays and touch and hold them. Also there is supposed to be a sunken ship they let you go explore so sounds like it should be fun..... Just to get away from my kids for a week will be heaven.... Is that horrible of me to say? It has just been so crazy here with all the fighting and bickering and the crazy schedules that my life is like a whirl wind and I just never have enough time in the day to get everything done and my kids just are driving me up the wall... I am just in need of some serious sleep and relaxation. A little R&R... Cant wait!!!

My parents are also coming in June the week before and we are going to go to upstate New york and see some of the historical sites and run into the city and see the statue of liberty and the empire state building and ground zero. Then try to head to philly and see some of the things over there like the liberty bell.. And if we can manage to fit washington in we would like to go see the smithsonian and some of the monuments over there as well, however I dont think with the cayman island trip that second week we will have enough time to fit it all in... I think I will need a vacation after my vacation with all the going we are going to be doing... LOL But i am excited it will be a fun month....

I got some exciting news today from a doctor i went to follow up with on my knee.. He said I could still run as long as I can do it without hurting.. That I need to build up slowly and take it easy and with some physical therapy to get my muscle stimulated and working again that it should help alot with the pain and I should be able to get back into running. So that made my day.. It's funny how there can be such a diffrence of opinion between diffrent doctors. But as long as one told me I could I am going for it.. Of course i already was... LOL for more details check out my running blog..

Well guess I better go still have things to do and its already 10:00 pm.

Friday's Feast

Appetizer
When someone smiles at you, do you smile back?

Always!!

Soup
Describe the flooring in your home. Do you have carpet, hardwood, vinyl, a mix?

Well in the current home we are renting it has carpet and tile.

Salad
Write a sentence with only 5 words, but all of the words have to start with the first letter of your first name.

Roger Rabbit rarely reads roadmaps
Main Course
Do you know anyone whose life has been touched by adoption?

Yes our good friends from utah who just came and visited a couple weeks ago that was steve's counter partner in this company..

Dessert
Name 2 blue things.

The sky and the ocean.
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Busy Week

It has been a crazy week. We have just been running from one thing to another and i just havn't had the time to get on here. Last night we went to Austin's baseball game and they played a really good game. So far they have won all but the first game. Austin got to play catcher and Sat he will try pitching so he is excited.

Well we finally convinced Allie to cut her hair short. She has really fine thin hair that just doesnt grow and she got a perm in it at christmas time to help give it some body while she tried to grow it out but the perm was just about out and not looking good so we knew we would either need to straighten it re perm it or cut it. She has such a long face with her long thin body so we really thought she would look alot better if she went short. We have been trying to convince her of this for a couple years now but you know how girls exspecially at the age of 11 and 12 are really getting into appearance and changes and having long hair. I just think that she will never be able to have long pretty hair like she would like. She just doesnt have the hair.. So I found a web site that allows you to upload a picture of yourself and try on diffrent hair styles so i picked several short cuts on her and showed her the picts and it kinda got her excited so we went in and cut it all off on monday. I think it really shows her face and eyes off alot. Made her face look fuller and not so drawn out. They cut a little too much off on the top and her bangs. It didnt quite look like the picture but hopefully in a month or so it will be about right. And at least this way its easy to do and she doesnt have to comb out the snarles and cry.. my girls have extremely tender heads so they just hate to have me comb their hair. Jessie wants to cutt off all hers as well just for that sole purpose but there is no way we will let her. She has such beautiful thick long hair. Well it used to be long until she kept playing barber shop with the scissors and cut off all her hair and logans. It was down to her butt and now it is just past the shoulders after a year of growing it back out. This was her at age 2

And after her haircut attept.. I cant imaging how long it would have been if we didnt have to cut it.

Austin had a 3rd grade choir concert on tues we went to and he did a great job. They sang some pretty difficult songs for being 3rd graders. They sang one song that was all in swahili... It has been fun hearing him practice at home. He has always liked singing. I will never forget when he was 3 or 4 and we went to temple square at christmas time to see the lights and as we were walking around he was singing at the top of his lungs the spirit of god like a fire is burning. He knew all the words to the first verse and he was just singing away. We had some senior missionarys stop us and say how cute that was and told him to keep singing and that he would make a great missionary some day. It was cute....

Anyways I am glad that tomorrow is friday however it's probably going to be the most busiest of days for us. I have a mothers tea party to go to in the morning with jessie at her school and she is so excited. She has to wear a dress and look neat she says and has to have her hair look nice and neat. Then go pick up logan. Just to get home in time for the air and heating guys come do some repair work on our heater. Then i have to run to the store to get food for a dinner that I am taking to a family in our ward who just had a cecerean birth. Then its get Austin to karate at 5 and pick up the babysitter at 6:30. Then its off on a dinner date with my husband while the kids get their first babysitter since moving here.. Yeah i am so excited.. Finally a date night.......We have only been here 5 months its about time we go out!!! LOL Another crazy run day...

Have a wonderful Mother's day weekend to all the mothers out there.

Friday's Feast

Appetizer
What was your favorite cartoon when you were a child?

I think I would have to say Tom and Jerry

Soup
Pretend you are about to get a new pet. Which animal would you pick, and what would you name it?

Oh my kids would probably talk me into another kitten. We had to give ours away when we moved so they are really missing her. we would probably name her Tinkerbell.

Salad
On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how much do you enjoy getting all dressed up for a special occasion?

I love to get dressed up for special occasions, because that means I am actually going out somewhere!!!!!!!! LOL. It rarely happens.......
Main Course
What kind of music do you listen to while you drive?

oh variety. It depends on the mood I am in. Usually its pop but now and then I like country or easy light music.

Dessert
When was the last time you bought a clock? And in which room did you put it?

I just bought a clock last saturday to go in my computer room..