Christmas Tag- after Christmas

1. Favorite Christmas song? O Holy Night
2. Favorite Christmas beverage? Hot cocoa
3. Favorite Christmas activity with your family? Driving around looking at Christmas lights.
4. Favorite Christmas TV special? Frosty the Snowman
5. Favorite Christmas candy? Sister Hedquist's toffee!!
6. Naughty or nice? Do you even have to ask?
7. Biggest Christmas hassle? Cards, that is why I didn't do any!!!
8. Hassle or not, my favorite thing to do for Christmas is _________? Baking and letting the kids help me!! I am not good with little helpers!
9.Tree topper: Star, angel or other? Other, a Father Christmas thingy! It is pretty and stays on the tree!
10. The person you are most excited to give to this year? Myself, I mean ... Jade maybe?!
11. What is on your wrapping paper? Honestly, whatever I can find on sale!
12. Dreaming of a White Christmas? Yeah, a little bit.
13. Going caroling? Not on your life, at least not this year!
14. Gift you are hoping for most this year? Some pants without holes!!

What I left in St.George

So the kids and I decided to come and join Jade in Salt Lake last Friday, easy right, until you add in the flu bug the kids gave me! It started Thursday after the kids were asleep so none of them could cry "Mommy's sick, guys be quiet stuff coming out of mom's mouth." That is what happened last time I puked. After I got Ty to school I convinced my Mom that she wanted to watch my kids while I slept. I called Jade and told him to choose between a clean house and seeing his family, he actually chose his family!! After school we took off without incident! Here is a list of what I forgot! I like to keep things exciting!!

• My travel roll up bag filled with:
• Face wash
• Face lotion
• Toothbrushes
• Kids toothpaste
• Chapstick
• Hair bows
• Bum cream
• Jade's church belt
• Jade's phone tools
• A good attitude!!

Another snippit

About an hour after my last post Tori puked all I mean all over her bed. I lovingly got her out of her crib and cleaned her up changed her jammies so she could puke all over my bed! Again and again and again. By the second time I had a bucket for her to puke in but the damage was done. I washed so much laundry today I could scream. Tomorrow I am taking all the blankets to my Mom's to use her super washing machine!! Ty had a hard time getting ready for school this morning so instead of taking him to school late we went to McDonalds and they played while I ate!! Hot diggity dog that's what I'm talkin about!!

A little snippit

Here we go Jade is out of town again and we are all surviving! Here is a little snippit of what is going on!
All four kids are in bed. Well Tayla and Tate now sleep on the floor, its cool to do that, and Ty is in my bed! Tori is corralled in her crib!! Thank goodness to crib makers!!
The downstairs is vacummed (because someone,Tori, got food everywhere).
My upstairs still has crackers everywhere from Hurricane KaTori's naughty rampage!
Tayla let me know that "Mom you got a lot of butt!" That was after her Hannah Montana singing (yelling) at the dinner table to get out of eating! She makes up songs with Hannah Montana and Child of God and I love my Mom so much in them! I love it!
Did I mention that Jade finished Electrical school? One major test left and he'll be officially a Sparky!
Tayla threw the fit of all fits on Wednesday, when I was mother helper at preschool making us 20 minutes late. She had her clothes on, but her hair was not done! I felt pretty crappy but she made the choice to yell at me instead of getting her hair done.
After Relief Society on Wednesday Tori took a face dive off the sidewalk and smashed her tooth into her lip. The only way she stopped crying was when I said she could call her dadadada.
I am stinking tired and I am going to bed!! First I have got to move Ty out of it!

Tate is 5

My Tate turned 5 on Friday! Here is the great part, we had the neighbors over for a barbecue on his birthday and I got a migraine so I was upstairs puking while they ate. So the next day I finished making his birthday snake with cupcakes and the neighborhood boys invited themselves for the party. Jade invited Jason and his kids, the rest were uninvited!

I love my kids so much. I don't know what I would do without any of them. Tate is definately my crazy child. His laugh is contagious!

Out of Town

Tori stole my Oreo pie when I turned my back! That shirt is ruined!

Jade picked up some work out of town last week and here are a few high-lights and low-lights of the week.

• I did not seriously harm any child.
• We made it to school on time everyday!
• My Dad had his gallbladder removed the same day my Mom was suppose to watch Tori. So I took Tori to preschool and Holly picked her up for me! Thanks Holly.
• My Dad is doing much better.
• Tayla yelled at Tate and Tate yelled at Tayla so I asked what was going on and Tate said: "Tayla said the B word." Ty said "What is the B word?" Tate: "Damn it." Tayla said "Yeah Damn it."
• Ty was suppose to help me fold laundry and he was not cooperating. I left the room and came back a couple minutes later and he was almost done with the laundry so I said what happened to change his mind and start helping me and he said "I said a prayer that I would start listening and helping my Mom." How awesome is that!
• My friend Megan does not have to do chemo anymore. The not good news is that the chemo did nothing and her tumors have grown. They don't know what to do for her now.
• I know there was alot more that happened this week but I know Heavenly Father helps me forget the bad so I can survive!!!!!
• It was a good week. I am so grateful for the work that Jade got. I am also so grateful that my parents live so close!

Turkey Day

My family celebrated Thanksgiving last weekend.

Ronnie has the weekend off so they came up along with

Rhondelle and her kids.

Tayla and Kena playing in a dirt pile after dinner.

Mason weed-eating. My Mom with Mason, Ty, Jaxon,

Tate and Kenadee.


Jaxon Ty and Tate. Kalen and McCall

Most of the grandkids on the golf cart. Rhondelle and Kastan.

Rhondelle and my Dad. Kalen Kastan McCall and

Rhondelle with my Dad.


The kids playing duck duck goose.




Jeff and Jodi came for dinner. Lakota our friend in the back.


Ronnie Brit and Rhondelle. Brit is expecting a baby!

Mason playing, Tori eating rocks.

Ty, Tate, Jason and Kastan playing ball!

We had a fantastic weekend. We have not been together as a family for a long long time. We had a great time and we are so glad we got to spend time with Rhondelle and her kids! Thanks Mom and Dad for putting it all together at the last minute!

Tagging

8 T.V. Shows I watch:
CSI
CSI Miami
The First 48 (when Jade is asleep)
Ghosthunters (because Jade always has the remote)
The Rookies
The Office
Trauma: Life in the ER (when Jade is asleep)
Family Guy (because Jade always has the remote)

8 Things that happened yesterday and today:
Ty had an emergency tooth-en-dectomy!!!
Tayla threw up in preschool
Donated my plasma for $20
Bought a pair of jeans that fit for $16
Bought underwear for Ty for $4
Let Tate play at Jaxon's
Took Brooklyn Tayla and Tori to pick up Tate from Jaxon's
Took Tate Tayla Tori and Brooklyn to pick up Lydia and Ty from school!
Texted my sister a gazillion times because she is coming today!

8 Things I am looking forward to:
Seeing Rhondelle and her kids tomorrow
Tate's birthday next week
A Thanksgiving dinner I don't have to cook (Saturday)
Christmas morning with my family
Jade's graduation from electrical school
When my kids turn into angels
Seeing Jade's family from Texas and New York
Sleeping through the night without out someone crying, singing, falling out of their bed or peeing the bed

8 Things things on my wish list:
A house with a garage
A truck for Jade
A new microwave
Money for Christmas
A greater desire to be Christlike
New pants and shoes for the whole family
Kitchen floors that aren't warped
Someone to clean my bathrooms and mop my floors weekly

8 People I am tagging:
everyone
that
didn't
play
memory
tag
with
me!

Halloween

Ty was a bloody ninja. Brooklyn the neighbor was a princess and Tate was a knight.

I took this picture because this was the first time they were this close to each other

without hitting or yelling at each other.

Tori was a "buddafly" as Tayla put it, who was Supergirl. Lydia was a mummy,

she designed the costume herself.

It was beautiful on Halloween. We were in shorts. My kids didn't care

if they went trick or treating of not. I had to beg them to get the

costumes on. It was awesome.


Megan is doing good. Here she is as she was popping a bubble.


My little Messy Marvinskee. Jade's parents came down for Halloween.

Sharon is a wonderful grandma and so great to have around.

Thanks for all you do Clif and Sharon.

This was at the preschool party on Wednesday. Jaxon is Darth Vader.