What happens while mommy is in the shower.... doesn't stay in the shower...

How we got this way you ask... let me tell you the story. One happy saturday afternoon I really worked super hard getting the house clean. By 4:00 I was lucky enough to see Taylor and Kate totally engrossed in a tea party with their stuffed animals... so I decided to make the break... SHOWER!

When I got back upstairs I saw Taylor and Kate in the bathroom. Kate was facing me and looked totally normal and Taylor had the scissors. Oh Phew, I thought, thinking I had saved something, then Kate turned around. I seriously almost started to cry. Taylor cut all of the back of Kate's hair off. She had mentioned a few times that it wasn't fair that Kate had long hair and could do fun things with it.... I told Taylor over and over that she had asked to have her hair short because she didn't like it when I did her hair! Oh how do you please a 5-year-old? So, I think she tried to even the score! And this is what happened.

So I took them to Ronny and Lisa, long time family friend's Hair Salon...they needed a fix.

For some lucky reason we thought this braid grandma did was pretty cute.... her hair was pretty long.

This is what it looked like when I got out of the shower...

Taylor's too... see the chop above her ear? Then below is what it looked like when I cut off the long stuff. too bad it wasn't thick enough to keep it like that, it was pretty cute. Too Bad~

Conference Weekend in St George

We had such a great time in St. George with Steve and Audrey, and of course the dogs. Terra and her mother cleo had a great time together. They totally wore each other out! Occasionally Roxy would try to join in by jumping off the couch, run up to them and bark at them a few times, then get out of there! It was so funny.

Taylor had so much fun with the dogs. They are totally her thing. I have never known a child who loved animals so much.

These colorful strips were like wristbands you get at the fair or something with the sticky tab. Audrey acquired them last year to help her identify the 12 puppies. So she had about 476 left over and it was great entertainment for the children during conference!

What do I do?

I am feeling tons of mixed emotions right now. This past weekend we went with the whole family and the dogs down to St. George. We all had a great time. However, before St. George I had pretty much had it with my huge loving dog. She is a ton of work and a big space taker-upper! I don't claim to be a dog person, I do love my dogs, but I have felt for a long time that my life would be incredibly simpler with out Terra.

Yes, Yes! I remember how much I wanted her. I remember that I missed her and was so so sad when she went to St. George and we almost got rid of her before. I love this dog. More importantly, my children LOVE this dog. They all show her love and affection, but sometimes she is more than I want to handle.

Last night I put an ad on KSL and it was answered. Someone wants to come pick her up today! I just don't know! I had made my decision, I was firm, and now I am totally waffling. I don't want to be this sentimental over her, but this is a really big decision.

So, today she has been a perfect dog, only barked once, not crazy, I am sure I am insane. Ryan says my perspective has changed, I am sure it has, but what do I do. I need you to talk some sense into me! I have made this matter of prayer and I need to know! I don't want to make a huge mistake of getting rid of her.

Jordan already knows and was much more upset than I would have thought. This morning he was so sweet with her.

Yesterday I was so ready, and today I am not so convinced! I am so confused.

one toy at a time

As I am cleaning my house, slower than my daughters are messing it up. I decided I need to collaborate good ideas from other moms and share the ones I have. I am not really a super scheduled person, so I have a hard time committing to anything.

I need to be better, I have plenty of time to get my house clean today! I do, I need to do it! So I have created a new blog, come see me there and be a part of it. it is called onetoyatatime.blogspot.com

I called it that because although there are millions of things to pick up, dust, wipe, scour, and vacuum, it only starts with one toy. So here we go, lets get cleaning and organized!

Come see me.

Not the first day of school...

Getting ready for Kindergarten, SO exciting

She wouldn't even slow down to let me take her picture again....

until we got to the bus stop. Of course, Abie was there, she is Taylor's bus budy on the way to school...

So here she is getting on the bus. She was so happy, but only seconds later the bus driver told her it was a day early. We had to wait one more day. She was SO upset, walked home with her head down. However we are so lucky now and have been in school a week! And luckily she loves it!

Family Night in the Mountains

We had so much fun with my Mom and Dad last night for family night. We went up to Tanners Flat and felt the first of the cool nights. It was delightful. Jordan enjoyed braving the cold water in his sandals, putting weeds in the fire and cooking marshmallows and hot dogs. Kate loved jumping off rocks, "one... two... six!" Taylor took her chair which she loves and sat in it proudly like a queen. Grandpa used his ingenuity to create hot dog cookers with pliers and hangers, the best I have ever seen out of hangers. Mom kept Ashley and Kate warm. We had a great time. Thanks mom and dad!

Chilly's World: Times When We Do Science

Chilly's World: Times When We Do Science

Go check this out! This is what my children did last Saturday night while Ryan and I were on our date. Kristy my friend, kindly bailed me out and my kids apparently had the time of their lives~