Funny Stuff

Dude in one day if I could remember all the weird and funny stuff the kids say and Jason and I say back.

Here's me documenting before I forget. Funny they are all about me. What can I say, with my birthday week upon us, its all about ME! Mammapalooza Begins.

"Mom your feet kinda smell" Darby

"Mom you are the prettiest girl in the world. and on the inside too." Baylie (she must have wanted something that girl is sneaky, and she only gives out compliments if she is trying to get on your good side...side note we are talking about being pretty on the inside not just the out to try and combat the bedazzlement of princesses).

"You stink Mom" Luke...he got in trouble for that one...he wasn't talking about my smell, he was mad that I turned off the tv for a show I don't like them to watch.


ok, thats all I got for the moment.



my kids are big into jinx and double jinx and triple jinx and infinity jinx and if you break that the person owes you a soda...no sodas have actually been exchanged but I think darby owes luke twenty ...he never thinks she wins...its rigged I tell ya.



Paisley keeps peeing on the floor....mental note take her to the bathroom more often.




Most the kids thought my dinner was gross tonite. Chinese chicken salad, potstickers, and rice. Can't always please the critics.




Church was really good today. I love missionary farewells. And Christie bore her testimony. Jason did too and did a great job what I heard in the hall wrangling three bananas children...he cracked two jokes, he just. can't. help. it. (isn't that the cool thing to do with periods now? word I'm cool)




Kindergarten roundup this week, registering Baylie for KINDERGARTEN! I can't believe it.
Lucky for her she takes after me and win the fantastic prize of being the shortest person in her class. Its a coveted position.




We arranged the girls rooms for the bazillioneth time. With five kids, four bedrooms and four of them being girls, its always getting switched around. As of tonite, Paisley is in Ivy's room and Darby and Baylie together although Baylie is super jealous that Darby has a lamp and gets to read in bed even though Baylie now is in the top bunk. Drama.

Cubscouts, Ellen and lazy Saturday

Pack meeting this Tuesday was the Blue and Gold dinner. It was the Olympics and it was awesome.

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I like this picture of Jason if I say so myself.

Oh yes, and ya know how I'm not a planner, more a fly by the seat of her pants girl? Well luckily I have friends who plan fun things, way in advance. Like months. Tina let me go the Ellen show with her and she is an Ellen show pro. Seriously, her and Becky got picked out of the entire audience and Amber and I tagged along and they prepped us back stage and pumped us up to do something awesome and be on tv and then it fizzled out, but it was still the most awesome day.

Jason took off work (bonus of major advance planning). I was up by 4:30 a.m. cause I couldn't sleep anymore I was so excited. We were there in Burbank at 6:30 a.m. Almost the first ones there. Waited in line for our numbers til about 9 a.m. Went and ate the most delicious breakfast. Went to the mall. Bought some stuff. Went back to wait in line. Got picked out of the crowd. Got all this special treatment for being selected and front of the line, went to the show. Cheered and dance. Saw a little of the Warner Bros lot, drank a Zumba Juice. Called it a day and went home and wished I would have stayed out longer til after the kids were in bed. (re-entry back to reality is always bumpy) Was so tired after the very fun day and had tons of fun and girl time.

Holy crap that was a lot in one day. I've always thought that Ellen kinda looks like my mom. I don't know if she'd like that, but also thought that about Princess Diana.

Oh yes, and between the four of us, we have eighteen children. thats a lot of planning.

and becky doesn't have any makeup yet. How did I not get any of her afterwards? She looks amazing still.

6:30 a.m. baby! Thanks Tina!

I gave Ivy frozen blueberries to nosh on while I worked in the kitchen. Change of pace from frozen peas. She loved them but she looked like Violet from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

We went to Baskin Robbins today as a family before we went location scouting for Luke's party.

Ya know with all the yogurt craze, sometimes ya just need some real ice cream. (although I do looove Pinkberry) While I'm typing this, Jason is yelling at the losing BYU basketball team on the tv.

We liked this field but the bathrooms are too far away.

Can you spot Luke? Strange. He said it was the best place to lie in the shade. Is it lay or lie?

No plan for Saturday

Can I just say how glad I am that Luke is not in baseball right now? And the girls not in tee ball or softball? Freaking awesome.

Cause today we have nothing to do. No plans.

Well, I was going to haul everyone to the Getty Center but we are weeny Californians and its a tiny bit cold. Actually today has been gorgeous so we could have gone. I've been wanting to go to the Getty for like forever now. That and Sea World. One day.

Ok, so the point it. I love not having a schedule. The only thing my kids are in is the oldest two in Piano and Luke in cub scouts on Wednesday nites (but nobody goes with him and Jason takes him home). So awesome.

Luke is great at baseball and loves it but we also love just hanging out with our family.

Instead we want to go to the beach more. Or other stuff.

We've cleaned, organized, played video games, donelaundry, been lazy, colored on t-shirts with fabric markers, worked on cub scouts.

Jason and I do have a date tonite for Indian food.

Also, I am not starting the rest of the girls in piano til they are 8.

Every family is different, but this is us. Low key.

p.s. my favorite day of the year is coming up...my birthday! Wahoo for March. Love my birthday. Love one day of the year where I do exactly what I want to do...at least for most of the day, until I start getting ready for Luke's birthday the next day.

This year for Luke's birthday he wants to play football. Its gonna take a bunch of kids to have a pick up game, but he doesn't need presents (he is already plenty spoiled by us) and had plenty of birthday parties. Thanks to Jackson Byrd's awesome idea who donated to the Autism foundation for his birthday, Luke is going to collect money for the Wounded Warrior Project to aid wounded troops instead...so if you want to donate, let us know. Here is the link. He is excited about it and picked which organization he wanted to support.

Christie's Baptism

This past Sunday we had some really awesome news...Christie got baptized! By Jason! It was even better than the Oscars (on the same nite). Plus Brandon and Avi got to come!

What can I say about Christie? Well, my kids love her and she has just been a big blessing in our life. I did not know how I would be able to have four kids and a new baby and Christie helped me so much and lightened my load. Seriously she has been an answer to prayer and the fact that she is now a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is so dang awesome and cool. Jason was honored that she asked him to do it!

It has been so inspiring watching her embrace the gospel and she has read the Book of Mormon faster than anyone I know (I think like a month!)...I could take a few notes from her. the cute young women in our ward have really loved her and they've had scripture reading parties during the week to help her with her goal. Having some the of the missionary discussions at our house was very special and I am just so proud of her and love her and so glad we have her in our life. She is already going to seminary at 6:30 a.m. every morning before school! Thats dedication!