Working Hard For the Money

We have a family vacation planned in April. We have encouraged the kids to earn some of their own money. So today I baked cookies and my little boys went door to door selling them. They actually sold every last one. I was so proud of them! And I might mention what nice neighbors I have, who bought them.

Spring Break

My husband has been wanting to get a four wheeler of our own now for about a year now. However, we have never done it. With Easter approaching, and the desire to get a four wheeler growing, we bought a four wheeler. Originally Kirk had been looking at one for him so that he could attach a snow plow for the winter. We ended up buying a little one for the boys. My dad also bought one just like it for all of the grand kids to ride.

My kids are out of school for spring break, so we headed south to spend time with Grandma, Grandpa, aunts, uncles, and cousins. My parents have a great piece of property (which I think is a little piece of heaven) where the boys can be boys. They hike, play in the grass, play in the dirt, and ride four wheelers. We were really looking forward to some fun in the sun. And grandpa brought down the new four wheelers. The boys didn't know about it, so it was a complete surprise.

Our little Easter weekend was a blast! The kids had so much fun riding the four wheelers. The little four wheelers are so cute. They are white and they are automatic, so all the boys can ride them with ease. You can also adjust them so that they don't go above a certain speed. We had a huge Easter egg hunt, we dyed eggs, roasted hot dogs and marshmallows, and hiked. And the weather was perfect. I am not used to the sunshine and I wasn't prepared. All of my little boys have sun kissed cheeks. We videoed a lot of the weekend, but failed to take many pictures.

Happy Easter to Me!!!

Last week my husband went to Chicago for work. Sometimes when he travels, he will bring me home a little treat. My favorite is when he finds a Body Shop at the airport and brings me home some of their body butter. It is my favorite! When he got back from Chicago he told me he had bought me something. I was thinking, maybe some body butter. From behind his back he revealed a little turquoise box with a bow. I said, "You went to Tiffany's?!?!?"

He replied, "How did you know I went there?"

I have never been to Tiffany's, but I knew. I couldn't believe it! He bought me some beautiful silver earrings. I am so lucky! I love my husband! I can't believe I own jewelry from Tiffany's! Happy Easter to me!

Now I don't collect shopping bags anymore, but I am keeping this shopping bag. It will probably be the only one I ever get from Tiffany's.

My Latest Hobby

When I was a freshman at BYU the hardest decision ahead of me was what to major in. Well one day I realized what it was that I wanted to do. I remember how excited I was and I remember calling my parents. I was full of excitement as I told them that I wanted to major in Fashion Merchandising. They didn't quite have the excitement that I did. Not only did they lack the excitement, they did not want me to major in something like that. As they said, "You don't need a degree to work at Nordstrom."

Now I know that is true, but I have always loved design and clothes, always! And I didn't want to work at Nordstrom, I wanted to design, I wanted to be a buyer, I didn't really want to work in retail. When I was little I used to collect shopping bags. I even had a box full of tags off of different clothes that I had. Does anyone remember Units, Girbaud, or Esprit? I do, I loved it. I grew up in a small town and I lived for the times we would visit grandma and get to go to the mall.

Since college, I have earned a degree (just not in fashion), gotten married, had children, and become a full time mom. I still love shopping and I still love clothes. I like to be busy. My husband is an entrepreneur and has encouraged me to do something. I have always wanted to design denim, but I am a little out of the loop. So recently I acquired a new hobby (it is not collecting shopping bags), I started selling clothing for Modbe.

I started out just buying their swimming suits (which are awesome). We have a trip to Hawaii planned for April. Between me, my mom, and my sister, we bought a lot of suits. And then I decided I might as well sell this stuff myself. Now I am not a fan of the home party things, but so far I have done 2 parties and they have been so much fun. I told my husband, this wasn't to make money, just for fun. Fortunately I have made a little money and I am having a lot of fun. Modbe is having a design contest this summer which I hope to enter. So here I am living a little more of the dream.

Not to be left out

Since I started the blog, I have mentioned my youngest son, Tyler, (who has been up to some more tricks) and the twins. I can't not mention my other little boy, Ethan. He is in kindergarten, which he goes to in the morning, so we get to be together all afternoon. He won an award at school last week and earned a certificate for a free meal at Applebees. I know he is my son because he likes to eat out just like me! I enjoy having him home in the afternoons. We have a good time and occasionally a really great lunch date.

Tyler was out riding his bike a couple of days ago. When he came in, he had all the neighbors newspapers, which he had gathered on his ride. He said, "Look mom! I brought for you!" Luckily he remembered where he picked them up and we returned them. Although I am not sure if we got the right papers to the right neighbors. He keeps me smiling.

Happy Birthday Jacob and David!!!

Today my twins turn 7 years old. I can't believe it. They are growing up so fast! Time has flown by. I feel so lucky to have had twins. They are so special. A good friend of mine recently gave birth to twins. I went to see her and got to sit and hold those little babies. It was so much fun. It brought back so many wonderful memories. And they really are wonderful. I loved having 2 babies to take care of, I loved it! Thankfully they were good babies and now they are good little boys. We just went to their parent teacher conferences and got great feedback. I am so proud of them. They are smart, pleasant, and kind little boys. And they are very happy to be 7. If you didn't know better, you would have thought it was Christmas at our house this morning. They were so excited. We opened presents before they left for school. I love their energy and excitement. I know someday when we are empty nesters I will really miss it. I already miss it when they are away at school all day.

A Milestone

For the past couple of nights, my youngest has son gone to bed without a diaper. And for the past couple of mornings he has woken up dry. He has been the hardest to potty train and has taken the longest of all my kids. We are so excited for him! It is a big milestone for us. No more diapers or pull-ups ever. Hooray!!! We are officially beginning to exit the baby stage of our lives. I have been buying diapers for the past 7 years.


It has been a REALLY long winter. At least it seems that way for me. I am sure there will still be a few surprise snow showers, but we have really enjoyed the sunshine. My kids have been able to ride bikes and play outside. My youngest son had been outside for awhile yesterday when I opened the door to check on him. It looked like he might need to use the bathroom, so I invited him in. He said, "No Mom, I already went potty." His pants were dry. He told me he went outside. So we had to have a discussion about where we go potty. He seemed to understand.


So today as we were out running errands he said, "Mom, I go potty on the snow?" I told him no, then he asked, "Mom, I go potty on the flowers?" Again I told him no. Then he said, "Mom I go potty on Grandpa's field?" I told him he would have to ask his Grandpa. I don't know why it is so fascinating to urinate outdoors. As a little girl, I couldn't think of anything worse. So here we are leaving the baby/toddler stage behind and entering the little boy stage. I can't wait to see what he will think of next.