Horse Back Riding

My mom found this place that will teach Addie how to ride horses and she loves it and can't wait to go back each week. Its her calling in life. The other day she was wearing the saddle of one of her play horses as a watch. Its weird how they just come out the way they are. I hope one day she can have a horse of her own. But seriously you can own a car for less and it goes much faster.!

Happy 28th!

I turned 28 on March 10th. I was soooo fine with it I was almost happy. Sure I am getting closer to 30 but I think even when I turn the big three zero I will be happy that day too. I have had all my kids already. If things worked as I had planned I would be pregnant at 30. But now that they are all out of the way I am glad I am not trying to get a thirty year old body to bounce back. I got it all wrapped up at 27. I can run a 6 min 30 sec mile after 5 kids! You can drink the haterade all you want but I am ripe and ready to roll and it can only get better from here. So God BLESS 28!!!!!. I cant wait to see what I will be doing at 30. Good news is it will have nothing to do with weight watchers, baby showers, birth control, potty training, or postpartum depression. But all you prego women out there are in my prayers and I will bring nice big gifts to your showers and walk out soooooo glad its not me. And then maybe go clubbing or something other 28 year olds in college are doing. What do other 28 years olds do??? Are they still in college? Hum... I will have to look into that.

This weeks Track Meet

I feel like Andrew and I have different parenting roles. To explain this better I will use the analogy of sports. I am the runner down on the track running the race and jumping the hurdles. He is the sports fan that really wants the team to win and does really care that his runner wins the race but he is eating a hot dog drinking a diet coke in the stands complaining when the actual athlete isnt preforming well enough. And like most lazy sports fans with a beer gut they are not doing much work yet always front and center when its celebration time.
(I know he feels the same way with me when one of his paychecks come in)
O well. I must keep my fans happy so on with the race and lets see what kind of hurdles I will be jumping over this week.

Hurdle-#1 Derek wont wear shoes

Derek refuses to walk in shoes. Does not matter what kind or what shape. He acts like I put 50lb weights on his feet and he cant move. I have every Sun City (retirement community we live by) grey haired opinionated old lady imaginable telling me he should have shoes on every where I go. I hate how people you have never met think they can come up and inform you your the worst parent they have ever seen and think you will take it well. ???? I KNOW HE DOESN'T HAVE SHOES ON!!! He wont wear them. I know I need to eventually get him to cause it will be summer time here soon and the pavement on most days is nothing cooler than 210 degrees. Game plan- I will have him wear them at home as much as I can so no one thinks he is being abused and I can avoid more drama in the future. Wish me luck.

Hurdles- #2 Olivia cant blow her nose

Olivia has the greenest nose right now. I think she is allergic to the winter grass here cause every day she wakes up and needs her nose wiped. And you can tell by the way she is breathing and talking she has a pound of snot that needs to come out. Problem!! She wont blow. She thinks its funny and she just sucks in. It drives me crazy to know there is all that stuff up there and she cant get it to come out. Its like talking to some one with a giant pimple on their face that is white and oozing. You just cant concentrate. So I will dedicate much of this week to seeing if she can blow. I just have no clue how to explain what it takes to blow from your nose. Trust me showing her just makes her laugh.
(the crying in the background is Derek with his shoes on)

Happy Valentines Day

Annette is notorious for sending a package for Valentines Day and the kids get so excited. They wont be in love for a few more years so this is all they can hope for. They got them a couple of days ago. They were so excited when they saw them that I was able to con them into cleaning their rooms and scrubbing the toilets before they could see what was inside. I am sorry Annette but its all I have! They wanted to say thank you. They loved all the stuff.

Dallin go a Spiderman shirt and pajama pants. The shirt lights up. I was way excited about that fact. But he has seen so many at school to him it was high time he had one too. He is so wise cause right after the opening ceremonies he was quick to hide away all candy. Now you can see him walking around with a mouthful here and there but he will never tell you were he got it from.