Shhhh! Don't tell.

See what I made today?

I am making one of these for everyone for Valentine's Day. Today I glued all the candy and only got just this one put together. Now that I have one under my belt I think I will get quicker. One down, three to go. I think the kids are going to love them. 

I got the instructions here.  http://ediblecraftsonline.com/candy_bouquets/index.htm

Thanks Dalayney for the inspiration.

Holy Hormones Batman

Yesterday we were strapped on a roller-coaster of hormones and I never thought the ride would end. Emma cried no less than a dozen times. It was *really* out of control. First she wasn't popular enough, then it was because we had a fence (WTH???), then there were tears over homework, tears because grandma was there, tears when Paul came home from work, tears because her teacher told me she was a really good student and doing great academically, tears because of this & tears because of that. 

You get the idea? Every. Little. Thing. Made. Her. Cry. 

Paul wanted her to know that she is loved and very special to us so he asked if he could take her to lunch. Unlike the birthday lunches I was allowed to come with them this time. We went to Rubio's and it was delicious. We were able to talk rationally (hallelujah) and let her know that she is loved and that we are very grateful to have her. 

I am so glad that today was a better day because yesterday I was ready to lock myself in a closet until she was 18. Please tell me it won't always be like this. 

Not something you see every day...

We're driving over to American Fork to meet Paul for dinner at In-N-Out and Emma says "I think I just saw a sheep give birth." My response? "um, I really doubt it." She then says "well I saw a red bubble hanging out of it's butt." My response? "That's worth going back for!" I whip the car around and sure enough there is momma licking a new baby clean.  

We watched her for a minute will all the appropriate oohs and ahs and then decide we better get going so we don't make Paul wait too long. As we are getting in the car she turns and we see her start to have a contraction. 

***Warning*** The picture below could be considered graphic by some. 

So she contracts for just a minute and out pops #3. We *SAW* it fall out and we saw all the stuff gush out. The kids, oh gosh how I wish I had this recorded, were like awww, then oh yuck, then EWWW!!!  Seriously it was the funniest thing. I'm laughing right now thinking about it. The looks on their faces when all the afterbirth stuff came gushing out was priceless. 

There's nothing like eating a cheeseburger after watching a birth. 

Now that's a big mess of nasty spongy fries! 

We all got the cheeseburger combo but each burger was different. 

On the way home we had to drive by the lambs/sheep. (seriously, what are these things?) Two of the babies were up and #3 was just starting to stand. 

They were so cute!

Dang Groundhog!

Will someone please stuff that critter back into it's hole and tell him to try again. Please? 

So, my list of 10 can't miss photos things to represent January turned into 24 pictures. Hmmm, wonder how that happened? I think that this really does represent our January though so I am happy. Maybe I can work harder on taking less pictures in the months to come. Nope, I don't really see that happening.

On a sad note, we can't find my Valentine decorations. We have all of our holiday stuff in plastic bins from Costco on shelves. While they aren't organized very well, we can get to them all and none of them had V-Day stuff in them. Paul was saying that he remembers the love stuff was in a different kind of bin and I'm thinking he is right. I don't know if it fit on our shelves or not so I am thinking that it is buried under our pile of things we are hoping to yard sale. The other place it could be is storage but I really doubt that. I'm ready to brighten things up by busting out the pink and the red.

Fried Food Fiesta!

I went out earlier today and got everything I needed for Cashew Chicken. It would be the third new recipe this week. (I still need to blog the second one, but it sucked so I'm not in a hurry to share.) 

As the day wore on my motivation left. I did not feel like cooking anymore. I'll take it a step further. After my Thai wrap this afternoon I didn't feel like homemade Chinese. Honestly I didn't want to hear the kids exclaim in horror that there's nuts on their chicken either. See? It just wasn't in the cards. 

It was the perfect Friday for a fried food fiesta. 

This is one of my favorite meals to serve the family. It's fast, it's yummy, no one complains and the edamame makes it a healthy meal. Right? 

I pulled out all the stops. Notice the fine china? The table is fancy, no?

Everyone gets a meal that is customized just for them.

Look how happy they are? 

I followed the meal with a gourmet dessert. Who can resist boiled cookies?

Not me! I don't even wait for them to cool. I just eat the warm goo straight out of a bowl with a spoon. 

 

No, I don't have PMS.

It's Official

We cancelled our room reservation in Moab last night. We will not be going to Four Corners, the Anasazi Ruins or Arches this year for President's weekend. It is the first time in 3 years that we won't be flying south for the winter. They have been hit so hard with snow and cold weather. As you can see we have been there when there is a little snow on the ground and it makes hiking hard and dangerous. I can't imagine what it would be like this year. 


I won't lie, I'm disappointed, but I know it could have been really messy and we probably wouldn't have had as much fun as we have had in the past. It's for the best.


Instead I am going to beg my mom to keep the kids Friday night so I can take Paul to see Valentine's Day (Can you believe there is a movie I actually want to see?) and then we will get dinner. Maybe Thai. Yum! I live for date nights.


Saturday I plan to celebrate Valentine's Day. I will get everything ready while the kids are with my parents. When they get home the table will be set all cute and festive for them. I've convinced myself it would be too hard to do it on Sunday with church and them there watching, and heaven forbid wanting to help. LOL! 


Sunday after church we will just veg. out and pretend it isn't a holiday. 


That leaves Monday. What can we do? If you have any suggestions on fun, budget friendly things to do in Utah for the day please let me know. Seriously I'm stumped. 

Daddy Daughter Ski Date

Paul took Emma out of school today to go skiing. They had a good time and made it home safely. With all the avalanches that they have been having coming home safe was a pretty big deal. (Yes I worry a lot)