Ive been tagged!!

Ive officially been tagged so here it goes.....

1.What was I doing 10 years ago? Oh thats so funny you asked because I have been talking alot about this latley. 10 years ago in mid March (not sure what day excatly...) I got engaged! How crazy is that? Being a blonde back then, and i mean bleach blonde, and rockin my very favorite Ralph Lauren overalls and matching bag, I somehow thought that my purple contacts were the perfect accessory. Oh Man! And how can I forget driving my white Geo Prism that had no back window (the small little one) because we had to break it to find the keys I locked in there. I was also trying to find time to graduate, which I did.

3 things on my to do list:

(only 3??)
1. fill out my NCAA bracket
2. Get ready to leave for disneyland
3. Take the boys to the dr.

5 snacks I enjoy:

Cadbury mini choc eggs
Rockstar energy drinks
Cadbury mini choc eggs
Peeps
Cadbury mini Choc eggs


3 bad habits:

Tivo and reality tv.
Staying up late
this habit drives Jeff crazy...that I drink 85% of my sodas, and for some reason I don't finish the rest. (its really because I think the rest is yucky backwash.)

5 places Ive lived
American Fork
Plano Texas (like 3 months)
Raintree in Provo
Sandy
Saratoga Springs
Yeah I know B-O-R-I-N-G!!!!

5 Jobs
Taco Bell Hahahahahaha
Matrix Marketing, who hasnt'?
Good Earth, thanks todd and rachel
Wingers, Hostess, The worst thing after taco bell
Lowly CNA at Nursing home, i scored points in heaven for that job
Morgan Stanley
Harris Direct, DLJ, Credit Suisse First Bank, Bank of Montreal,

5 things you dont know about me......hmm thats hard, depending on who you are depends on what you know!!!

I Love Love the canyon, especially the provo canyon trail. I drag my kids up there and now
I want lots of kids. Lots for me is 5 or so, and I want to adopt someday
I love BYU football
I secretly resent all my sisters (except Amy now) for not living close to me. I can't talk about it........ :)
I cant' spell to save my life. no joke

That was fun. Now I tag Amy, Jessica and Brianne because you all haven't done yours yet, and Im adding Michelle. Can't wait to read all about yall

Jordans birthday

Jordan is 1!! I can't belive it has been one year since I was in the hospital delivering Jordan. He has truly been such a blessing to our family and gets cuter each day. We just decided to have his birthday at Brick Oven. So we all enjoyed pizza and watching Jordan play Peek a boo. His new favorite game. As you can see, he is still getting the cover your eyes part down.

Older brothers and sisters means plenty of help when it comes to opening presents

Jordan is very lucky to have so many people that love him. We had a good time and Jordan absolutly loves all his new toys.

Snowmobiling

Oh do I have some good stuff to post today! We went up to my parents cabin over the weekend and had the best time ever. The kids absolutley loved playing in snow taller then themselves and playing with all the snow toys. Amy couldn't get enough of the snow. She was the one with all the good ideas, including strapping on the skiis and being pulled behind the snowmobile. We are glad she didn't catch a wedge and loose a limb!

Kaylee took her very first ride on a snowmobile. Colton showed her a few things and without any hesitation she jumps on the machine and guns it.....I thought we would have to talk her into riding it alone, but no...watch the clip below and see how she did.

Kiley was so kind to take Jeff and I on a little ride through the mountians. Jeff and I are far from pro so it took us alittle bit to get used to the machines. Just when you think you are getting the hang of it, this happens. (push play)

Right after the "jump"

What a beautiful place. It is amazing feeling like you are floating through clouds at 60+ mph...........HEAVEN! Thats what I call a playground

Jeff now has "Arctic Cat" tattooed on his knee

This weekend was so much fun. We missed the rest of the crew, so we will definatly have to do it again soon.

I liked the snow.......but can I say BRING ON THE SUN!!!!!

This is funny, we went tubing up American Fork Canyon. The kids could have stayed all day. Jeff and I on the other hand, we didn't dress nearly as warm as we should have so we have frost bite.

Christmas was so fun!! This is right before the kids got to see what Santa left for them. Look at Jaxon. I laughed for so long at this picture! I think that the lack of sleep the night before has gotten him a bit confused!!

Christmas morning was a success. Santa did pretty good considering the kids continued to change and add to the list up until Christmas Eve. Case and point...... BUMBLEBEE!! That is a story that we wont ever forget! 2 weeks before Christmas, Jaxon decided that he had to have the Bumbleebee Transformer. I had seen those in Costco for months and passed them by thinking I had no need for them. *sigh* So we get ahold of one on Ebay. You know those people that hog up all the hot toys for the season and then try to make a buck, or MORE off a kids Christmas list...... Well that's who we were dealing with. We made the point very clear that we needed by Christmas and we would pay to upgrade to overnight shipping. Well 4 days before Christmas this grinch informs us that he mailed it and it should get to us by DECEMBER 27!!!! AHHHH PANIC! He is a Jerk and has no consideration for the situation and taunts us by saying how much fun his kid will have opening his on Christmas, and it is just as good on the 27th as it is on the 25th. Anyway He and Jeff go back and forth for awhile and finally Jeff decides to use his blog as a little "revenge" He asks his readers for a Christmas present.......email this guy and let him know what kind of person does this to a 4 year old on Christmas. Apparently hundreds and hundreds of emails were sent and you could imagine how mad he was!! I loved it. I was so mad at him. BUT....the day we found out this wasnt' going to get to us in time we found a wonderful lady who was willing to express overnight to us and we should get it Christmas Eve. So with 2 transformers on there way, we were hoping we would get at least one. We did. Christmas eve we got one and the rest is history. You can see Jeff trying to put the complicated thing together!

Then off to my Mom and Dads. We made out with some great gifts. We missed Jessica and her family, and Monica and her crew, but we sure had good times with the karaoke! Watch the video of Amy and my Dad....Karaoke at its finest

Having a good time yet?? This is how parents typically look by noon. (we do anyway)

Christmas at Kohlers is always a hit. The kids were spoiled as always and had a blast!

SNOW DAY!

What do you get when you add Jeff + boring Saturday+ snow on the ground?

You guessed it.....MAD JAXON!!

Dad better hope Santa didn't see or he will be getting a LUMP OF COAL!

Its that time of year again when all the Christmas programs are in full swing. The kids have been working really hard on the "Big Shows." Kaylee's dance studio put on the "Nutcracker." So push play and treat yourself to a cute Elephant dance below :)

Isn't she the cutest Elephant you have ever seen?

Next up we have Jaxon. Jaxons preschool put on a cute little program with the best Christmas songs I have heard all year. Sorry for the rotten quality, I wasn't sitting as close as I would have liked.....

Jordan (9 mo) enjoing the show

Jaxon knows this song best so that's why I put this one up instead of a Christmas song. He loves his school and teacher so much. Jaxon is reading now and is passing off 1 book a week! It is so fun to watch him learn and succeed. I found myself talking to Jeff about what we are going to do with Jaxon next year. He will be turning 5 in June, so technically he should be going to Kindergarten.

2 years ago I had a goal. My final "we've made it" goal would be to mainstream Jaxon to Kindergarten. I often thought to myself on the way to Dr's appointments and on the way home from therapy that if I could just get Jaxon into Kindergarten then WE would have won the battle and the "A" word would be nothing more than a distant memory. Sometimes it seemed like such a far fetched reality that I would have to remember not to set myself up for disappointments. Thankfully we had more hopeful moments then discouraging moments.

So fast forward to today. I find myself in a whole new debate. Jaxon is now reading and is indistinguishable from his peers. He is ahead of 95% of the kids his age. When he goes to kindergarten they will be learning the things he has already learned. The question now is not "If I can just get him to Kindergarten..." it is "WHEN DO WE START?" I feel like the luckiest mom in the world. I have 3 happy and healthy children. This is what life is all about.