Camping in

Well, this last weekend we were supposed to go to Cokeville Wyoming with some of my family, and "camp out". It turned out to be not such great weather, so we ended up not going. Kylee and Jack were pretty darn excited to go, and were pretty darn disappointed when we weren't going. So we decided to set the tent up in Kylee's room, and have a "camp in" instead of a "camp out". They were so excited, they could barely hold still. We told stories, and laid there for a while, then Joe and I left and started watching a show, and just let them play for a few. Well, it got to be about 10:30 and they hadn't settled yet, so we put them in their own beds and they fell fast asleep before we even left their rooms. It was a fun little evening for them, even though they didn't actually "sleep" in the tent. It did make me excited to go camping sometime.

Random Recipe

So, I have decided to do a Random Recipe every once in a while, just for fun. This happens to be my hundredth post, isn't that awesome. So what a way to start a new tradition on the hundredth post. I don't know how to take good food pictures just yet, but hopefully I will learn fast. So, this is a lot better than it looks. This is called Crispy Chicken Wrap, and I found it on My Kitchen Cafe. It is SUPER easy, and my kids even ate it.....it may have taken an hour, but they ate it nonetheless. Try it, it is worth it, EASY (which is my thing) and very delicious!



CRISPY CHICKEN WRAP

**To prevent the wraps from unrolling during cooking, be sure to start them seam-side down in step 3.

1/3 cup mayonnaise, light or regular
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
3 scallions, sliced very thin
2 celery ribs, chopped fine (I omitted these due to my non-celery preference)
2 tablespoons sour cream, light or regular
2 teaspoons hot sauce (this does not make them spicy but adds great flavor!)
1 rotisserie chicken, skin discarded, meat shredded into bite-sized pieces (about 3 cups)
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese (the sharper the better, in my book)
4 (12-inch) flour tortillas

1. Whisk the mayonnaise, cilantro, scallions, celery, sour cream and hot sauce in a large bowl. Add chicken and toss to combine.

2. Sprinkle cheese over tortillas, leaving 1/2-inch border around edges, then arrange chicken mixture down the center of each tortilla. Roll stuffed tortillas, leaving edges open. Spray the tortillas all over with cooking spray.

3. Heat a large non-stick skillet (or griddle) over medium heat for 1 minute. Arrange 2 wraps, seam-side down, in pan and cook until golden brown and crisp, about 2-3 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate and repeat with remaining wraps. Serve.

Toothless wonder, green eggs and ham, and St.Patricks day.

So I am a bit of an idiot. I realized (well, actually Joe realized) that our little usb port thingy wasn't plugged in last week and that is why I couldn't upload these pictures. Here they are finally a week and a half later. Here is Kylee with no two front teeth. Grandma Margaret says she has a hole in her smile, but it is a cute smile nonetheless.


I don't know if I mentioned this in the previous post, but Kylee got to choose what she had for breakfast on her Birthday and she chose green eggs and ham. Don't ask me why. We have never had it before.

Last Monday the granparents and Barb came over and brought St. Patricks Day shamrock cookies and we all decorated them. It was fun and yummy!!

Sakes alive! Guess who is 5!!!

Today is my Kylee's birthday. I can't believe she is 5 years old!!! HOLY CROW!!! This is probably one of the cutest cards I have ever seen! Joe's mom Margaret made it for Kylee. The pictures were taken a few months ago. Kylee is holding a huge umbrella and wearing my shoes. So the front of the card says "Sakes alive, guess who is 5" and it has a picture from behind the umbrella with just cute legs and big shoes. Then you open the card and it says "Our beautiful Kylee" SOOOOOO cute and creative! My mother-in-law is the best! Kylee has been such a joy to us. She helps me out a lot around the house, and with Mia and Jack. She has such a huge heart and is always concerned about everyone around her. I just love her so much! When Kylee was just under 2 years old she fell and smacked her face on our granite counter tops and knocked her two front teeth out. Well, one was in half length wise and the other in half width wise. One of them was totally dead so she got a root canal, and got caps put on. So she just keeps bumping her teeth and last Friday I was planning on going to get her caps put back on because one was completely off and the other was loose. Well, the dentist ended up just pulling both teeth. So Kylee on her 5th birthday had a hole in her smile. It is a darn cute hole though. I have pictures, but my camera is being retarded so I will post those later. She was very brave. She had to fast after dinner on Thursday night, so we let her choose what to have for dinner, and she chose the "popcorn restaurant" (Wingers) it was a fun little family date night. The next morning my sister-in-law Mari came and stayed with Jack and Mia while Joe and I took Kylee. She got a shot in her arm (which was what she was most afraid of) and then she was out in about 2 min. She did awesome, and the dentists office was great! They gave her toy after toy! She was spoiled! Then the tooth fairy came and gave her a dollar a tooth! (it was a lot less when I was young!!!) HAPPY toothless BIRTHDAY KYLEE! I hope by next year you have teeth growing in...doubt it!!

The power of prayer.

*****WARNING***** this is more like a journal entry, and my be boring to some of you, so read at your own will!

What a wonderful day. Sundays are always great days because we get to go eat at the in-law's house, but today was extra special because we had a special visitor eating with us today. Elder L. Tom Perry and Barbara Perry ate with us today. We are kind of spoiled because this isn't the first time they have eaten with us. Elder Perry is Joe's uncle. Not by blood, but his aunt is Elder Perry's second wife. Anyway, we had a really cool experience today. First of all, let me go back to when Joe and I were newlyweds we were eating Sunday dinner, which ALWAYS consists of some sort of dead cow, potatoes, gravy corn, salad, and rolls. (I know, no wonder I can't lose any weight) So Joe has a small esophagus and he didn't chew his meat well enough, it was a fast Sunday so he wanted to scarf down his food. But, his first bite got caught in his esophagus. (note, the food throat, not the breathing throat) so he can breath, but he can't get any water, food....NOTHING down. So he has to either force it down, or try to get it back up. Well, that day he ended up going to the emergency room, and going into surgery with a tube down his throat to try to get the meat out. A few hundred dollars later, he was all better. So, today he gets meat stuck in his throat again, and is struggling he couldn't get it to go one way or another. So after about 25 min my amazing and inspired mother-in-law asked my father-in-law if we could have a little prayer for Joe. He asked if Elder Perry would say it, and he did. It was such a great prayer, it may seem silly to you, but it was such a powerful prayer, and he blessed that it would pass. (Joe didn't even know we were having a prayer, he had been in the bathroom working on it the whole time) LITERALLY not even ONE minute later Joe came out of the bathroom, and had worked it down. It was so amazing, and it to me was a real miracle. I was just thinking to myself..."we can't afford it, we don't have time, Joe can't miss work, how are we going to do this..." then my mother-in-law, who I think is always inspired asked to have a prayer! AMAZING! I am so grateful to be a part of this miraculous amazing gospel. I KNOW my Father in heaven hears and answers prayers. I KNOW he knows of our needs. I am so thankful to be in such an amazing family. By the way, just in case you didn't know my husband is awesome!!!

My trash was kicked!

First of all, I will give major props to anyone who can name that movie that quote is from. It actually is (pardon my french) "my nuts was kicked" but it is a funny movie. Joe can't guess, cause I KNOW you will get it. Anyway, back to my trash being kicked, yes I am struggling. I HATE THE STINKING TIME CHANGE!!! I am always tired, but about the time I start getting used to the time change, it changes again. What is up with that? Plus it just complicates it even more when you have kids, that don't know any better. We finally got Jack sleeping until 7 by telling him he can't come out of his room until there was a 7 on his clock. He just got really good at it, and now it will actually be 6 when there is a 7. So, we decided to just leave his clock alone, so his is still an hour behind, so now MY clock says 8 when his says 7, so it makes me feel just a little bit better. We will see how long this lasts!! I just think we should do away with the time changing, but what do I know.

It's only just begun.

Yep, now that Mia is one, she is all over the place. I swear I am cleaning up mess after mess. Here is Mia the day after I SCRUBBED the house clean, she got into one of the plants, and left a BIG MESS! It's a good thing we lover her (yes buger nose and all)!

My baby's FIRST!

Yes, today is Mia's first birthday (sniff sniff, sob sob, boo hoo!!!) I cannot believe how fast the time goes. I don't want Mia to be this old already. I honestly don't know where this year went! Mia is such a great girl. She is such a joy to have in our family, her cute actions, to her amazing spirit just bring us so much happiness!! Here is a little tribute to Mia. Somethings she likes, likes to do, and has accomplished....

Mia has always let her big brother and sister MAUL her. They lug her around like she is a doll. This shows me that she is very patient! (unless it has to do with food, then she is NOT patient at all.

Mia can sign please, drink, and more. (pretty good in my eyes)

Mia started walking at 10 1/2 months.

Mia is such a daddy's little girl. She loves me but, if daddy is home, she wants only him. One day she was having a hard day, and it was almost time for Joe to be getting home, so the only thing that made her happy was to wait by the window and watch for Daddy. When cars would pass by she would get mad if it wasn't him. Then he got home...she got so excited...his car went into the garage, and she was mad at me for not going into the garage also. She thought I wasn't taking her to him, but I was going the other way.

Mia takes two 2 hour (or longer) naps per day!!!! YES!!!! This helps so I can do hair. She also goes to bed at about 7:15 and sleeps until 7. FINALLY!!!!

Mia was my little cuddler. Jack and Kylee wouldn't really cuddle with me, but Mia would....that didn't last too long though.

Mia loves to give "Kissem's" if we say "kissem" she will pretty much give a big tongue kiss! Yummy.

Mia puts her hand in the air, hand facing up, toward whatever she wants then looks at you to make sure you can see her, then says please. This might be one of my favorite things right now.

Mia has a hook for a finger.....it is hilarious that she uses her finger like a hook, and it is ALWAYS in her mouth.

There are plenty more things I could put down, but I will stop at that. I LOVE my little Mia. I can't imagine life without her. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY LITTLE BABY!!!

By the way, Kylee took this picture. I was quite proud of her.

My personal photographer

Kylee loves to take pictures, she even got a little camera for Christmas. This was before Christmas, but I was going through my pictures yesterday and laughing sooooo hard at these. Kylee wanted to take some picutres of Mia so she did. They are so funny, I couldn't decide which one I wanted to blog, so I had to make a collage!!! So, if any of you are in need of a photographer, just call Kylee, as you can see she is very professional!!!! I love my Mia, she is so cute, these pictures for sure don't do her justice in the "beautiful" category, but they sure do her justice in the FREAKING FUNNY category!!!

Our new favorite thing!

Kylee and Jack have a new favorite thing to do in the winter. Kylee found this little mat on Mia's changing station (that we never use) and decided to put it to use, (cause we never use it). I laughed pretty hard when I saw what they were doing. It brought back memories for me, I remember sliding down the stairs in sleeping bags, and cardboard boxes! Sorry the video is so dark, and my voice is so loud. URG!! I hate hearing my own voice. Good times!

Week or so in a nutshell

Well, I am a little behind here, I haven't posted for a while, that is because my poor little Jack-a-buda is a sick little guy. It all started Friday night poor Barbara was over here babysitting, while Joe and I went to the hunting expo (which is a whole other great story) and Jack got sick, and threw up while Barb was here. She was awesome (as usual) and cleaned it all up. He pretty much hasn't been able to keep anything down since then. It really is sad. He really looks like the walking dead. I called the doctor and the nurse said that it is going around instead of being the 24 hour flu it is like a week long flu, so watch out!!!

Here is Jack when he is feeling well, he got this pirate outfit from his cousin for his birthday (Thanks John and Ang) I didn't get a picture of his little hiney, but let me tell you it is soooo cute in this thing! He loves it!


Now, about the hunting expo (not usually my thing, but it sure is Joe's thing) we were invited (by Senator Margaret Dayton, oh the connections we have in this family) to a Private dinner and auction hosted by Jeff Foxworthy, we were on like the second row, and then we were on the sixth row for the show after which was a Jeff Foxworthy comedy show! The dinner was awesome, great food, more than I needed, and then we went to the award thing/auction where Jeff Foxworthy (hosted it), Carl Malone (I was sitting like 3 feet away from him and he is HUGE) Shaun Bradly (another basketball player who is probably the tallest person I have EVER seen) and Marcus Luttrell (an AMAZING GUY) were. It was so great I cried even at the thing, I guess that isn't saying much, cause I cry a ton! If you don't know who Marcus Luttrell is, go here. He is the author of the book called Lone Survivor, and he is the Lone Survivor!!! YOU HAVE TO SEE IT!!! If you didn't click on "go here" YOU NEED TO!!!! It is long, but it is worth it! He was there signing books, and he spoke for about 20 min, it was very sobering, he didn't beat around the bush about things, he said how it is! I am grateful for all of our troops, they are amazing to be fighting for our freedom, and we all need to recognize that.

A Child's Prayer

Too cute not to write down....

Kylee's Prayer tonight...
"Bless Heavenly Father and Jesus to be healthy,
Bless me to have a good home to live in,
Bless my heart and bones not to be filthy,
Bless me never to drink smoke,
Bless me to never do bad things like a bad guy."

She was also thankful for things( you know the usual things), but these were the things that I thought were too cute not to write down. She is such a great girl. I LOVE YOU KY!!!

Tiny, yet almost 5

First of all, my kids are CRAZY. Second of all, can I just say that Kylee is TEENIE?!!!?? She never ceases to amaze me at the things she can put on. I was incredulous the other week when she was still wearing her little skirt that Barb got her when she was like 2. Her waist, her legs, her arms everything (except for her cute pumpkin head) is so small. So the other day I told her to go get her pj's on. She ran out of the room, when and got pj's on and came back. I looked at her and couldn't figure out where she got these new pajama Capri pants. Then I figured it out....THEY ARE MIA'S PANTS!!! Yep, 9-12 month pants, Kylee had them on, and it wasn't like they were tight either! Did I mention she will be 5 in March? YES! She cracks me up! Jack wanted his "silly" picture taken after he saw Kylee posing silly! So, here is Jack being silly too.

I can't believe it!!!

I guess I can believe it.....MIA IS WALKING!! About a week ago she kinda would walk from me to Joe, and then she got scared and wouldn't really do it. Then on Sunday she kind of thought about it, and yesterday we went to Logan to visit my grandparents there and all of the sudden she was just taking off by herself. She let's go of things and stands there all by herself, and even starts walking by herself. She is almost 11 months old. Kylee started walking when she was like 9 1/2 months old, but Jack was a year when he finally started walking, so Mia is pretty much right in between! She is so fun and cute. So here is some video of her walking a little bit.

More snow fun.

So you would think that we really love the snow for how often we are playing in it. This is at my sister's house. We had so much snow that they were able to build a HUGE slide to sled down and sled the whole way across their yard. It was actually really cool. The kids absolutely had a blast. Thanks for the sledding fun cousins!!!

And The WINNERS are......

Okay, so the day has come to choose a winner for the 2 free haircuts. Well, actually I said I was going to choose tomorrow, but it is basically tomorrow, and pretty much everyone has commented who is going to right? RIGHT! Well, I went to Random.org to choose the winners, and it definitely was random. Here are the numbers it chose.

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

7
1

Timestamp: 2009-01-21 01:47:04 UTC



Note: The numbers are generated left to right, i.e., across columns.

so, Number 7 was MEGHAN!!!! YEAH!!!
MEG said: Ok, I would like the free haircut, but I cannot promise to pay it forward. I don't think I have many talents. I would be happy to take someone to lunch, though! Would that count? Just give me the freakin' haircut would ya? I would even pay you to highlight it too! See? Ha ha. Now you better pick me!

January 11, 2009 10:35 PM

And Number 1 was JENI! Yes, it can count for when you come next, you just remind me okay!
Here is what Jeni said: What about when I come visit... can't a redeem it then if I win!! Love ya sis, you're awesome!

January 11, 2009 5:03 PM

Now, here is the rest of my funny story, I decided since I had a very dedicated commenter and I really can't believe she didn't get picked, I want to give one more free haircut away, and I will choose.....I choose.....MARCIE who commented 7 times and deserves a free hair cut, plus I wanted to do someone I didn't know, so there you go. Meg and Jeni, call when you want your haircuts, and Marcie just leave me your e-mail address, and I will get you my number! THANKS Ya'll for participating, now pay it forward!!!

Payin' it Forward

Okay, so my sister-in-law Barbara whom I always talk about is doing this pay it forward thing, where you give (of your own talents)to some random person. So, I thought I would try it out. By the way I think you can still comment on Barbs blog, she makes awesome things for babies and what not. Anyway, I decided to (since I can't really make anything) give away two free haircuts. So, how you play is you leave a comment or two on this entry, (the more comments you leave the more likely you will win) and at the end of 10 days I will randomly choose two people who commented, and they get free haircuts. Capish? (is that even how you spell that?) I know a lot of you are far away, so I am sorry, this only applies to those who can come to my house and get it done here, if you have friends who need haircuts, just send them over and tell them to comment. Sorry Barb, you are out on this one because you already get free haircuts for watching my kids, and also because I was out on yours...just kidding. So, ten days from today, which is Wednesday the 28th I will choose two weeners! By the way this is a wash, cut, and style of your choice. Now, if you want to you can choose to pay if forward after reading my blog, do it, it is AWESOME!!!!!

My 4 year old teenager.

I LOVE KYLEE!! Well, I love all my kids, but Kylee is just such a great little girl. She is getting way to smart for her own good. She said something to me yesterday that made me laugh, and then she said something that I NEVER want to hear her say again as long as I live. (not really, but it made her seem so old) Okay, first she was doing my hair, cause she loves to do hair, and she said after she combed my bangs down...."Oh, Mom, you look HOT!" I totally laughed and was a little caught off guard. Then in the evening she was getting undressed and she had a little shade-type spaghetti strap shirt on under her sweater, and she said...."Mom, do you totally think I look HOT in this shirt" I was like, okay, Hannah Montana is OUT!!! Just kidding, but I couldn't believe it. So we had a little talk about how our bodies are like temples, and that is why we don't "show shoulders" and we want to look beautiful and not HOT! She is such a good girl, I love her, I just hope I can keep her tame for a really long time. Seriously what did I get myself into here?

Sledding

 
Okay, so I said I would get to the Christmas stuff, but I have to do things in a little bit of an order. We went sledding on Christmas Eve with my sister Ana and her boys. It was too much fun! We took the my in-laws truck, which Joe and his brother named Brutus, (the brother to Bernice their old white truck) and tied ropes to the back of the truck, and someone pulled us around a field. The kids were real sports, especially Joseph (Ana's youngest) he was such a trooper. He just kept going and going. Kylee too surprised me, she was quite the good sport. We had lots of fun, and some of us got dumped more than others!! I was a scrooge about the snow, but that was definitely fun!

Jack's Birthday

I know I am a little late, but here it is. Jack's birthday was on Dec. 22nd, and he wanted to have some cousins over, and go to the Jumping Jack's in Springville, it was really fun. Everyone had a blast. He also wanted a spider man cake. My sister had a pan for it, so I just baked the cake, and took it out. When I took it out it totally broke, so I decided to just put blue or red frosting on instead of trying to make it look good. I asked Jack what color frosting he wanted and he said red. I tried and I tried to get it red, but it was pink. So he had a pink spider man cake. Well, I couldn't do that to Jack, so I went to Walmart and bought a blue cake for him. FUNNY! I am retarded! Well, Jack is 3 now, and he is a big as anyone else. He is such a joy in our lives, even though he is really tough. Today he threw a little hard (like hard as a rock) ball at this neighbor boy, and it gave the little boy a little big of a black eye. He is such a boy, we are trying to direct his energy toward good. Yesterday we went to my grandparent's house to visit for a while, and my grandpa just watched him and said...."Man, I bet he doesn't even stop when he is sleeping." IT IS SOOOO TRUE!!! WE love ya Jack-a-boo! You can tell Joe had fun at Jumping Jack's too!!!