LEXIS' 15th BIRTHDAY!

May 29th, 2008

A Surprise Party!

We started out the afternoon's events by heading to one of the local beauty schools under the rouse that Lexis, Grace and I woud get pedicures. (One of Lexis' favorite things and "just somthing to do...) Lexis and I walk in and go directly to the receptionist counter where I say
we are here for our pedi appointments and the girl begins to search for our ficticious reservation. The poor, young girl has no idea I gave her the wrong information and at that point I do nothing to help her out as I wait patiently, attempting to mask my smile while at the same time srambling for my camera as I watch 5 of Lexis' close friends all in matching white t-shirts and blue jeans hold magazines in front of their faces directly behind us on the waiting room's bench.
Lexis turns to sit down herself and as most of the seats are taken :) :) she begins to walk to another area of the waiting room before sweet, impatient Kendal sneezes dramatically and everyone starts to giggle. Lexis is truely surprised and her reaction was "I noticed them sitting there but I just wondered why they wer all sitting like that!" How cute is she! (Unfortunatly, we walked away from THE surprise moment without a picture.) I say, 'let the party begin!' Each of the girls are called
to get their hair done and each one chooses to have the ever-so chic curls done to their hair. Next, we are off to take pictures of the newly coifed, conveniently matching friends. After 226!!!! photos snapped we head to near by Pizza Factory for dinner. Lexis is given a pizza in the shape of a 15! to be continued...

A super FANTASTIC Birthday Party for LEXIS!

Happy 10th Birthday, Noah!

It's true-he's 10 years old! Where does the time go? I can so easily picture him as my sweet baby boy and what a beautiful baby he was...some things don't change! We celebrated his day by passing out candy bars to all of his classmates and he went to his favorite fancy restaraunt with his Dad for dinner then back home for cake and gifts. Noah got a MOTORCYCLE from his Dad! Mom is really not sure how she feels about that, actually, Mom knows just how she feels about that and it's not positive. Noah is, of course, thrilled! We are having his party with friends in a week because he really wanted to have a water party at the park and the weather hasn't been cooperating. Hopefully, next week we'll see some sun...

What We Do at 4AM

So Michael is completley not sleeping these days! I WISH I knew what was happening. His medicine doesn't seem to be affecting him, the Dr's up-ed his dosage which is bewildering since he is already taking an adult size of an adult anti-psychotic. (The insurance wouldn't even cover it becuase they refused to cover it for such a small child!) But they did and it hasn't made a difference. He really just doesn't sleep! I am a walking zombie! I cry easily, feel overwhelmed with all that is being neglected elsewhere and have in turn made life more difficult becuase it seems that the only time I may have to get some sleep is in the afternoon when he is off at school which literally takes up my time to get other things done creating the need for me to finish homework, housework and the like in the middle of the night when Michael is awake. The catch 22 there? I've developed a habit of being up all night and find it hard to fall asleep on the occasion that Michael does. I am truely grateful that while he is not sleeping a huge percentage of the time he is content to play, laugh (as seen in our 4am video) and eat making this a HUGE improvement from a year ago when he was awake and really angry! How grateful I am for that!

Spring Break in San Diego

San Diego

Laughter

I just happened to run by this video on my computer tonight and Oh MY Goodness! How wonderfully fun to see my two little ones so happy and so little!

Spring Break!

"Our best day!" Each one of our mouths uttered those words today!

What a fun day we had today! Carly took a day off from her own life to show us around her fantastic home of San Diego!

A day off

The older kids are home from school today! Some "Teacher Workshop" day (they seem to have quite a few of those.) Only two weeks left of school and out of those two weeks we have two days of vacation. I'm not complaining...Noah has his friend, J, over and they are busy playing the Wii. Noah is in heaven! Grace is out washing my car! I know, I know! SHE's Heaven! Lexis went with a group of girls this morning and they 'kidnapped' two of their friends who just had birthdays and took them to Magleby's for breakfast. Very fun! Michael is at school and so I really should be doing homework but this is so much more fun. :) P.S. Little side note...You'll note that Grace refuses to smile in pictures. She's been doing this for a while now. Not sure what it's all about but a captured smile can be worth thousands and I will pay!

I'll take mine in bed, please.

A very nice day

Lexis took this picture of Grace all ready for church! A rare photographed smile from my little red head who has decided she will no longer pose for the camera! After a few "Cheese, Grace!" pleas from the other side of the camera her standard reply is most often, "I don't know how!"

Grace made me breakfast in bed this morning. Scrambled eggs, french toast and bacon in the shape of a smiley face on my plate. All done on her own!

Noah and Grace both sang sweet Mother's Day songs in sacrament meeting which was wonderful to see. Michael kept screaming. I don't know if it he could hear his voice echoing inside the church building or what but he thought it was very funny.

I made my favorite, Jambalaya for dinner and the kids made a German chocolate cake for desert--another of my favorites. It was a very nice day!

Rock Canyon Extravaganza!

Grace shows off her face painting and hair coloring from the Rock Canyon Extravaganza tonight as she works diligently at Grandma's calendar! She had a black mustache painted on as well as the "BYU" but it had been smudged off already by the time of this picture. We had a great time at the Extravaganza. It is always a fun activity and signifies the ending of a school year. I can't hardly belief it!

Yoga Anyone?

Grace and Noah doing Yoga with their stuffed animals!!! They are so very funny!

Hoping to catch Michael saying "Mama" on tape... He Does say it!!

TIME

These photos were stuck in a scrapbook I had worked on back when 'scrapbooking' was all the rage and I could not get over the darlingness of my little children! I remember taking these pictures! I remember dressing them in matching red clothes, fixing their hair and moving the leopard print ottamon so that it sat in front of the Christmas tree. We lived in Cedar Hills at the time and it was Grace's first Christmas. I can hardly believe how small they each look and how much time has passed since. Please help me to remember..

Take time to think – thoughts are the source of power.

Take time to play – play is the secret of perpetual youth.

Take time to read – reading is the fountain of wisdom.

Take time to pray – prayer can be a rock of strength in time of need.

Take time to love – loving is what makes living worthwhile.

Take time to be friendly – friendships give life a delicious flavor.

Take time to laugh – laughter is the music of the soul.

Take time to give – sharing brings joy to your heart.

Take time to work – work is the price of success.

Take time to dream – dreams show you what is possible.

Take time to do your work well – pride in your work nourishes the mind and the spirit.

Take time to show appreciation – it's the frosting on the cake of life.