Lewis is ONE and I have confessions

Because I'm an honest blogger...I'll tell you this. Lewis is one....and we didn't have a party, I bought a cake (okay GOT a free one from Albertsons) that no one ate, Lewis tried it and then threw it up that night.....I didn't take pictures on his first birthday......so I did last night (a week late)....and check out the mess.....Dad let him play with the cheerios. (NOT ME) So, Happy Birthday Lewis, you're my third, and I LOVE you! I promise you're second or third birthday will be better! (but you won't remember anyways!!) So maybe your 4th, 5th or 6th! and I COULD NOT, for the life of me get all 3 kids to look at me and give me decent, normal smiles....oh well...they fit the chaos in the house!!

Seriously, could she get any sweeter?

Aislee knows how to get me. She is such a sweetheart. The other day I had a bad day, and I found this card/note tucked underneath my pillow. I cried. Life is wonderful. I love being a Mom. Family is all I need. She makes me happy, and I'll cherish this forever.

Oh and by the way...if anyone really KNOWS me...they KNOW these are my favorite things! Horses and the color purple! And who doesn't love a stick of gum?!!! She's never asked me these things....she just pays attention!

January-Easton turned 4...and Started Preschool

My little bud had a little separation anxiety....okay not little...HUGE. We're talking he NEVER went to nursery once...okay, once, but we were quickly called in to get him because he threw up from crying so hard. So, on his 4th birthday he woke up and said (with excitement) "Do I get to go to school now???"..........little pause.....YEP!! I said, you do, you start next week. Then I scrambled and got my neighbor in on it...and we enrolled Easton and Halle (BFF's) into preschool together. The first day...he was so excited and never cried. The second time he cried HARD. I had to strap him in a seatbelt sobbing and reaching for me. HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE. I had to call my mom right after and make sure I wasn't the worst mom ever. But now, I'm happy to say he's consistent in not crying and LOVING preschool! Church is not quite there yet...but I think we're close!

December- Winter in St. George

These pics are from December...and yes it did snow here in St. George....so of course the kids had to hurry outside to enjoy it while it lasted! Aislee wanted to make a snowman...isn't it cute?! It was probably only 2 feet tall and didn't make it through the day...but it was worth it!

Cute Easter Idea

I just found this cute idea:

How to grow Easter grass using wheat!!

My "Honest Blogger" Proposal

So, talking with my fave neighbor and friend recently, and also having similar conversations with my sisters and friends.....it is VERY easy to feel depressed when reading everyone's blogs. Don't get me wrong....I LOVE to read everyone's blogs. I LOVE reading what my friends are up to, see cute pictures of their kids, and read all about there latest trip, new car, new house, new furniture, and see how cute their new clothes are. But sometimes I find myself taking an inventory of my life after and realizing everything I don't have that I want. And why are there kids so perfect...what's wrong with my screaming little rascals??? Is it me....or do we all just put our perfect blog worthy moments up....I know that's all I want to post. I mean, the world is reading. (or at least they could, if they wanted)
Not saying that those moments aren't worth blogging about, or even that we shouldn't blog about the wonderful moments in our lives. We definitely need to remember those moments. BUT....I am proposing that we form a little group...an
"Honest Blogger" group. I'm pretty sure that all of us, or at least 99% of us have struggles in our life. And I'm sure a lot of us could relate to one another. I know I would feel a little better knowing I am not the only ones with problems. So...maybe being a part of the "honest blogger" group means that it is definitely OK to post your problems too, or even pictures of your kids with boogers and jam all over there face, your messy house...etc etc.
Is anyone really creative?? We could even post a really cute "Honest Blogger" button on our blogs! But someone would have to design it!
Let me just share some "Honest Blogger" moments in my life right now:

**I feel like I will be renting for the REST of my life. Have you tried getting a loan lately....you only have to have a million dollars down..........

** There is NOT enough time in the day to get myself ready, and all my children, cook dinner (and all other meals) work out, eat the food I cook, do laundry, wipe my kids faces, mop my floor (I just did--but my crawling kids' feet are black), build a puppet show stage (i've been wanting to for a year), oh and did you know I have a husband....I'd love to hang out with you and take care of you too!

**I SOOOO wish music could play in the background of my life, I think it make life funner, more dramatic (in a good way), and would probably make me look cuter when I cry

**Lewis just had surgery, and I hate it. I'm so lucky it's just minor, but I hate it.

**I wish I could dance like Brittany on Glee, and have her body too.

**I'm choosing right now to be a little lazy...I swear in RS on Sunday they talked about not doing what I'm doing right now, that I could be spending my time a little better.

Just being an HONEST BLOGGER!
I challenge you to do the same! (we'll all feel better, and we'll all be better friends!)
I Love my life....so I'm going to go turn up my Dog DAYS are OVER song........and dance, cause I LOVE that song, and I LOVE my crazy life!

Aislee is dancer of the month

Aislee was picked to be Dancer of the month at her dance studio! I'm so excited and proud of her.
Here's the link:


http://www.onstagedancestudio.com/


Scroll all the way down to see her picture!

What we've been up to!

Aislee lost her first tooth. We were at Grandpa and Grandma Congers watching Ramona and Beezus (so cute), and she wiggled it the whole time until it fell out! The Tooth Fairy came and brought her $5. But, I had to remind her that the Tooth Fairy brings more money when you lose a tooth and Grandma and Grandpas house!

We went to Disneyland with the Webster Family! I LOVE Disneyland. My husband LOVES Disneyland, and my kids LOVE Disneyland!! It's just so magical. We stayed at the Marriott across the street and never ate out once, we cooked crockpot meals in our room! So, we saved tons of money, seriously tons, like HUNDREDS of dollars!! We would put our kids to bed at night, except Ais, and then we would go out and play (Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Webster for staying back with the little ones).....Aislee discovered so many fun new rides...including Hollywood Tower of Terror, Thundermountain Railroad, Space Mountain & even Splash Mountain! She is a brave little girl. She kept her hands up the whole time in Hollywood Tower of Terror cause her uncle Danny dared her too. If you've ever tried to do that...it's freakin hard. She then explained the feeling to her brother...."you'll never need to eat again, because it makes your tummy so full!"

Aislee holding my nephew Tayton, then there's my neice Melayna, and Easton! The cousins had so much fun together!

We got to meet Rapunzel, and even Santa and his reindeer were there! (look at King Lewy the 3rd...he's as big as Aislee!)

Aislee was chosen to be on a competing Gymnastics team. They had there first get-together to meet their new team and to also go over some things...and they had her already doing flips off the bar (into the pit). She's so excited. They will compete in the Spring. That was a hard decision for Brian and I to make, because it is a lot more time during the week. But she loves it, she's good at it, and we're all really excited!! Just to give you an idea of how Aislee works. She decided she wanted to have her backbends down to show her new teacher...so the day before they got together she practiced and practiced until she got it. If she puts her mind to it, she gets so frustrated until shes mastered it. So, I'm excited to see what this little girl will accomplish now that they will actually be working towards something.

Then came to rain.

The Virgin River flooded right behind our house. Look closely in the picture above, just left of that white sign, is the actual river on the road. And if you look even closer, you can see how close it is to the bridge, just to the right of the green tall tree. By the way, on a normal day, you cannot see the river behind our house. It's just a little thing floatin along minding its own business!

And then Christmas. I love this time of year!

Merry Christmas Family and Friends! We love you and are thankful for you in our lives!
HAPPY NEW YEAR TOO!

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