Bachelorette Hangover

I want to give a special thanks to Jodie Melton, my only true friend that decided to come to my fabulous viewing party last night. We made banana cookies and ate chips and salsa, and had the best time listening to James commentate from the peanut gallery about how lame the Bachelorette is, even though I know he likes it deep down inside. This morning it was painful getting out of bed and just as I was getting ready, I get this text from Jodie, "Are you feeling like you have a bachelorette hangover this morning?" It kinda reminded me of the old times on our coul de sac when the kids would fall asleep at one of our houses and we would stay up late to watch the latest dvr. I really miss that house and my friend so close by!

I also want to especially thank my husband for cleaning the house and getting the kids to bed for my party of 1. You're the best!

boot camp month 2

I started a boot camp class last month, when my friends Jessie and Julie talked me into it. I love the workout(as hard as it is), but I hate the diet. Tonight I had mahi with spinach salad. Yummm, not. I really don't get excited to eat anymore. Last week I told the whole class I had lost 15 pounds. I was so excited to be losing the weight so fast. In disbelief, I weighed myself again when I got out of the shower. Apparently your scale on the bath mat makes you lighter than you really are. I was so embarrassed. Half the class hated me and the other half wanted to know what I was doing. I just decided it would probably motivate everyone more to not tell them the truth. But seeing how my friends will probably be reading the blog soon, my little secret will be out. So far, I've lost like 5 pounds, which is better than nothing, I promise to keep everyone posted on my new life. My goal is to lose 20 pounds by Levi's birthday.

The kids are getting so smart. They teach me new things everyday. Layla wanted to watch only the weather tonight when we got home from gymnastics. She's been learning about the weather at school. Avery just started mini kittens today. I brought a new leotard into the gym to have her try on and she dropped her pants in front of the entire class. It was so cute to see her so excited to be in her own class. She's so grown up. Harley is probably the funniest kid I have ever met. I'm always nervous when we get around our friends and family. You never know what that kid might say. He's turning 4 this month and every sunday at church he wants the primary to sing to him. Either he's a visitor or it's his birthday. James and I lay in bed every night talking about how much fun the kids are and how lucky we are to have them. I wonder sometimes what Levi's personality would be like. I have a feeling he's the polar opposite of Harley which would mean he would get less timeouts and not as much soap in his mouth.

New Year's Resolution

1. Get organized (list includes, meal planning, shelves cleaned off, etc.)
2. Lose weight (start new diet and ruin it by 5:00)
3. Read my scriptures, say my prayers (every night)
4. Make more entries on the blog (I thought that Sunday would be a good day to wrap up the week, me trying to be organized.)
I just got home from work tonight. Usually, it's around 10 on Tuesdays, that I end up walking in the door, which I actually prefer as compared to chopping up my work days into little segments like when I was working after I had Layla. James informed me that Avery has gotten serious about potty training herself. He said he handed her a pull-up and told her to change into her jammies and she is doing it. It's pretty amazing that the Avery is two and is potty trained and dressing herself. Harley still can't get dressed on his own. James claims it is because he has a huge head and it's too hard to pull his shirts on and off.
Layla called me today at work to ask if she could have Presley over to do homework with her after school. I thought it was hillarious that 1. she could actually call me 2. that she was using the homework as an excuse to have friends over. She thinks she's a teenager or something and she's 5.
Harley's ride to school had to call and inform me of what Harley had said to him so that he would not forget. Apparently Harley was having a conversation with Chris (Shea's dad) on the way to preschool and after about the 4th or 5th question, Harley mumbled something from the back seat that goes something like this,"This is why I like it when Jessie takes me to school. She doesn't ask me any questions". Who says that?
Everyday I come home from work, if the kids are awake, I get a huge freakout homecoming. I love it. Avery always says"Mommy, miss you" and gives me a huge kiss, mouth open of course. She is our only child that loves to cuddle, kinda like one of those lap dogs that quietly follows you around. She wants you to hold her all the time and I don't really mind cause she weighs about 18 pounds. Lately I can't get enough of her. She's at such a fun age where everything she does is cute. Who can resist those dimples?
This past weekend, James took the ym to brianhead and I thought it would be a good weekend for me to get out of town with the kids. We surprised nanna and flew her to California to spend time with her grandkids and get some sun. It was a really fun weekend of swimming, Disneyland and the beach. The weather was perfect and I never had to put the kids in time out. I just decided to let them plan where and when that weekend and it worked out great. I thought it was pretty funny that when I asked Harley if he wanted to go to Disneyland, he responded,"Do they have a swimming pool?" I guess they missed being in the pool all the time. I definitly have some Vegas kids.