Ty & Nancy Mackey

Just an evening at the Park (well, kinda)

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This is what we did for our FHE activity one night, the kids all had a lot of fun, lol

My Cute Kids

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So her it is bed-time and my kiddos decide to put on a show for me- pretty funny, and super cute.

They sang (made up) songs and hammered out a beat and then got to work, it was pretty funny!

At our Pool

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We have a pool at our apartment complex! we love it! SO MUCH FUN!

My Wild Sleepers

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So, both of my boys are CRAZY sleepers, I had them totally spread apart on my bed and this is how they end up, it looks like they are wrestling in their sleep!

the Chi's first Day of School

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Nobody's going to tell him it's on upside-down- lol

7 peaks

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fun fun fun!

Miss Kitty's Birthday Party

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Yep, now she's nine, what a cutie!

Sisters, have a feeling some things are never going to change...

We were so luck to have so many cousins and friends who were able to come!

Nemo's Splash Pad

2011-10-08T19:19:00.000-07:00

My Aunt Tonya took us all to the splash pad, and we had a lot of fun! Thanks Tonya!!

hmmm, I think I'll just stay here where it's safe...

Yeah BABY!!

Or maybe I'll spray people- ya that's fun, I'll spray people!

The "Drencher"

hmmm, maybe I can touch the water...

Malchi tried (and loved) it all.

what are you girls doing?

and it's not so bad on my feet...

maybe I can try this other one...

hanging with the big boys!

loving every minute!

There we go- fully persuaded- and loving it!

hmmm... been there done that...

My oldest wanted to stay home with Grammy and help get ready for Aunt Christine's baby shower.

Summer Pool Pic's

2011-10-08T19:08:00.000-07:00

These were all at Grammy's house. My kids LOVED this pool, we were at my mom's house for 2 weeks and my kids came home looking like they had been dipped in chocolate because they were in this pool pretty much EVERY DAY!

Fun in the (shaded) sun Buggie style!

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This was at my mom's house, all the other kids got to play in the big pool, Buggie, got one all to himself!

hmmm, did you think he had fun?!

The Hideout!

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Looking for some outlaws? My baby brother has a hideout (location undisclosed) pretty great stuff!

I think Candra was the only one interested in being found! lol!

Drivin' thru the flats

2011-10-08T18:48:00.000-07:00

On my Way to my mom's house, you just gotta make the drive as interesting as possible, so I thought, why not! The kids got a kick out of it, but we didn't stay long it was way windy and so HOT! What can I say, I will probably always be the girl to whom the air-conditioning beckons! ;)

Foam Days!

2011-10-08T18:45:00.000-07:00

So, In Lehi on July 23rd they do "Foam Days". The fire department comes to a local park and fills sectioned off areas with fire retardant. Then they blow a horn and everyone goes for it! The kids have A LOT of fun, and they even spray the kids off afterwards (if they want). But here's the catch- this stuff is REALLY STINKY. First on my to-do list is showering all the kids. YUK YUK YUK. But all worth it in the end. :)

MIssing Summer Photos

2011-10-08T18:39:00.000-07:00

so this is one of the things we did this summer- park hopping. In truth we only went a few times and one of the times we went Cherry was up! yea!! It was so fun to go with everyone, and just kinda hang!

Our Fourth!!

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Glitter Toes

2011-06-22T13:26:00.000-07:00

So I had never heard of glitter toes until this week!! My SIL mentioned something about them on facebook, and when I googled it I found a DIY at home version- hello 40% off at Hobby Lobby!!! SO FUN!!! Thanks Hollie!!

Malachi's Birthday

2011-06-22T13:23:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to my Malachi! love you buddy!!

His favorite present; from Grammy of course!! He uses some part if not all of the costume EVERY DAY!

My Birthday

2011-06-22T13:15:00.000-07:00

Okay, I was SSOOO not looking forward to my birthday this year, but my friends made it GREAT!!! First my friend Kim, got a few friends together for lunch ( and I forgot my camera- of course!!), it was SSOOO yummy! Then Nat got a bunch of friends together and we went to Appleby's for dinner; I love Appleby's! I love the shrimp parmesean steak; seriously it's my fav., and apparently I'm not the only one because I think that our table had four or five orders! Thanks Ladies!! You made me smile ALL DAY!!!

My Sister is cooler than your sister!

2011-06-22T13:09:00.000-07:00

Okay, so actually I have A LOT of REALLY AWESOME sisters, who are beyond wonderful to me. But still, how cool is this?! My little sister, Christine sent this to me, just because!
I have to say that sometimes, okay a lot of the time "just because" is the best reason to be given anything! LoVe It!!! Check out those strawberries! They were almost as big as my fist! AH-Mazing!
And obviously my kids loved it too!

Do It Anyway

2011-05-20T07:51:00.000-07:00

This is just something I'm thinking about today so I thought I'd put it on my blog so I can pull it up quickly when I want to remind myself .... :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j4ntLTp3fQ&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr_iNfxZl0I&feature=related

Ethan's birthday

2011-05-14T12:43:00.000-07:00

Ethan turned two this week!! May 10th, he was actually born on Mother's Day. I think I found the pattern for this cake on parenting.com- it was pretty simple to put together.
My sweet sweet two year old!!! He is just so much fun!!!

looks like it tasted good too! Last year he was completely uninterested in eating any cake.

This is the face that inspired me to look for a monkey cake- it totally cracks me up everytime he does it, so disappointed that I didn't get a good pic of it, but Ty's nephew did (when they came to visit a couple months ago), so I'll have to post that one!

This is what Grammy sent him!!

Happy Birthday Buggy!!!

2011-04-26T06:39:00.000-07:00

I know Easter is over, but I saw this on a friend's blog, and I had to repost it- Thanks Leslie!
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DEpFhS0dAduc&h=e1d17

Easter Morning!

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More Egg Hunt Pic's

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I SO NEED ONE OF THESE AT HOME!!! ;)

Egg Hunt!

2011-04-25T22:10:00.000-07:00

We went to an Egg Hunt- it was so much fun, with so many fun activities!

The kiddo's favorite activity was the pony ride, Ethan actually threw a fit when I took him off!

Ethan & Daddy

2011-04-25T22:05:00.000-07:00

Ethan really enjoys being with Daddy! (No matter how they spend their time!)

April Fools Cupcakes

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How fun is this? I stole the idea off Our Best Bites! Love that site!

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Love these fun boys!!

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50's Daddy Daughter Dance!

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The girls had a 50's themed Daddy Daughter Dance at school, I just cut some shapes out of felt glued them together, and pinned them (with saftey pins). The girls totally loved it- it was so fun!!!

New Years!

2011-04-25T21:50:00.000-07:00

There We go! I finally figured out how to do more than one at a time! This is our New Year Party! With Cookie frosting, chips, cheese Puffs, Salsa, crowns, noise makers, and movies!

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Ethan- what a sweetheart!

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Ya, so I hope your sitting down

2011-04-25T20:14:00.000-07:00

Yes, I know... barely heard from me, and I've got some good reasons, but I'm not sharing them all, among other things, Ethan broke my smaller camera lens, and then I lost my camera's battery charger.... so, starting to make sense? But the good news is: Ty is incredible and got me a Nikon Coolpix for Christmas. So in reality that means I've only been slacking for about four or five months now (lol). Anyway I'm going to play picture catch-up! Here is Christmas! Hey for some reason Picasa will only let me do one photo at a time... oh well, have fun!

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Halloween

2010-10-30T18:47:00.000-07:00

Ethan was a Lion! (You should hear him Roar!)

Malachi was Spiderman! (He doesn't exactly enjoy the mask)

Brittney was a Vampire- (she's sick, poor kid second year in a row that she's been sick on Halloween. Can you tell that she really enjoyed me taking her picture? ;)

Candra was a fairy- and FROZE because it was sprinkling at least a little the WHOLE time and she wore sandals- well, I suppose many things are endurable when pursuing beauty!

Malachi's Birthday

2010-06-30T08:10:00.000-07:00

Our Malachi is four! He is the most funny little boy! he crackes me up DAILY! Here are some of the more funny things he has said, most of these I just copied and pasted from my status updates on face book. enjoy!

While jumping on the trampoline with all his might every so often he gets a really good jump and says "WOW! I'm like a ROCKETSHIP or something!" Then later in the shower "Mom, my skin is turning brown, and my fingernails are turning white!" (he is getting VERY tan) then I hear him talking to him...self "Ya (very proud tone) I change colors!"

love this kid!

While looking for his shoes and I knew where they were (and he and Ty have been playing this game lately where they are "secret agents"- great way to get a 4 year old to do stuff) and when I gave him his shoes he asks me "How did you (always) know that?!" then he says "Oh, I know! your a Secret Agent!" ...and I said "I am?" and he said "and you have super powers!"

At night while begging for cereal for 20 minutes... He comes upstairs leans back against the wall for support, then with what seemed a great amount of effort (for he seemed in iminent danger of fainting) he opened his eyes to a slit and said "I'm losing energy"

Ty and I are sitting watching TV and I am explaining the lame story line (that he missed) and Malachi (who is sitting on my lap) keeps singing the opening line to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star over and over and he suddenly says "Man, I have that song stuck in my head! Man! I can't remember the words!" He then allowed mom only to sing the words to him! I just adore this little guy!

I told Malachi I was going to go to bed and he said "No, it's not BED time!" I told him that it was after bed time and that I was going to bed and he said "NO!! That's the wrong decision!" - Who needs cable?!

on our way to church when Candra told Malachi his hair looked nice {she was doing this to tease him, he HATES us doing his hair} and he said "No it DOESN'T!! It's RIDICULOUS!!!"

Malachi saw that VW BUG commercial, ya, so now he just kind of randomly will {fake} punch Ty and I while exclaiming some color- I think he may have misunderstood the meaning... on the other hand, maybe not! ;)

Right now Malachi has a favorite catch phrase. I think he got the idea from a game he plays, but whenever he thinks that he or I did something espically cool, or that something cool is going to happen he exclaims "BO-nus" and then when he REALLY likes something he exclai...ms "BOnus points!" - the best part? This happens at least 2-3 times a day! Cracks me up!

Malachi was riding around on one of those little push around toys with wheels, and he tiped it over- typical boy- and he looks up at me, all surprised and says "Whoa! I didn't see THAT comming!"

Hey, do you like the cake I made? It was better in my imagination, but not too shabby in real life? BTW Malachi asked for Orange- it's his favorite color!

Malachi asleep in the corner

2010-06-30T08:07:00.001-07:00

no wonder he was being so grumpy....

Dance Festival

2010-06-30T07:52:00.001-07:00

The girls school had it's own little dance festival! Brittney's class did a May Pole dance which was very cool, Candra's class did a High School Musical dance that was very cute & fun!

Malachi had fun running around on the back feild ;)

Sweet Boy

2010-06-30T07:46:00.001-07:00

Do you see this crazy hair? No, it doesn't just look like this because he is sleeping and has "bed head" or something.

His hair is like this ALL THE TIME. We try to get it to lay flat and it does, until it dries! However if we spike it, it pretty much stays.

Everywhere I go people notice it, and I do mean EVERYWHERE! I think it adds personality, it's cute!

School Carnival

2010-06-30T07:34:00.000-07:00

Our cousins invited us to their school carnival! It was a blast! Thanks Amy!

Family Fitness Fair

2010-06-30T07:18:00.000-07:00

More of May! A local school had a "family fitness fair" all kinds of fun activities- it was SO COLD! But you know kids, "I won't be cold!" If you ask me those teachers who did the dunking booth deserve medals!

Look! Malachi got him! He LoVeD that!

Ethan's Birthday!

2010-05-24T13:15:00.000-07:00

I can't believe my Baby is One! We kept his birthday pretty low-key. We invited some family for cake and ice cream. Our nick-name for Ethan is Ethan-bug, it just fits him, it always has. So, for his birthday I found an inch-worm cake how-to on Betty Crocker, but I decided a catepillar would be better- turned out pretty good for a first timer! Ethan was just trying to figure out what was going on the whole time- I think he was a little over whelmed. It was fun though. Sure love my little Mother's Day present!

Grammy and the kid'lins!

2010-05-24T13:12:00.000-07:00

At the end of April my Mom came up for Pat's graduation! I know, I know- I should have taken pictures, but we were running late, I couldn't remember where I put my camera, and theres no way I could have carried one more thing anyway!

Ethan

2010-05-24T13:02:00.000-07:00

I just adore this little guy! He fits right into our family- which means he is completely full of personality! He says: Da, Mom, Dada (Candra), Titi (Malachi), and BA! (Brittney) He also gets the biggest kick out of crawling around saying "mom, mom, mom..." He laughs when I say "What?" He laughs all the time. He loves his family SO MUCH! When ever the girls come home from school or Malachi wakes up from his nap and when Ty walks in the door, Ethan gets super excited and has to get on over to them as fast as he can and give them loves! He and Malachi are allready such good friends for at least four months now I'll just find the two of them playing so cute in Malachi's room, wouldn't have thought at this age the two of them would have so much fun with each other, but they sure do! Malachi gets the biggest kick out of how much Ethan loves him. Each time Ethan wants to give Malachi loves, Malachi laughs and then says "ooohhh" while Ethan hugs him- it completely melts my heart!

Cousins!

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These boys really got to be friends! They all had so much fun together!

Crazy Hair Day at School!

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Candra wanted "Puppy Ears"

Brittney just wanted Crazy- so fits her personality!

2010-05-24T12:51:00.000-07:00

Hollie, Mackenzie (Hollie's Sister) and I all went to a nearby Easter Egg Hunt, it was FREEZING!!! But because it was so cold there was not a big turnout and it was over pretty quick!

These boys are really good friends! We sure miss you Jefferson!

Daddy Daughter Dance

2010-05-24T12:48:00.000-07:00

The school had a Daddy Daughter Dance, Ty took the girls and then took them to get a rootbeer float afterwards! They had SSOOO much fun dancing the night away! When they got home the girls faces were still glowing! Ty had fun too (as soon as I was done taking pictures!)

Dr Suess Day!

2010-05-24T12:43:00.000-07:00

For Dr. Suess Day (actually week) at school the girls wanted Green Eggs and Ham for breakfast- this is also the morning Ethan BROKE my Camera lens- well, can a baby really be blamed?! NO! but still, I was pretty sad that little mister velcro fingers grabbed dropped and broke my camera! But the green Eggs and ham (and green pancakes) were a big success!

Christmas '09

2010-05-24T12:07:00.000-07:00

We went to Idaho for Christmas! We had to go very last minute because Ty was working, but Aros and Lana let us stay at their home Christmas Eve- good thing Santa is magic, or he may not have found us! Thanks Aros, Lana, Jett, Emry and Alea! Love you guys and miss you so much!

Super Bobby

2010-04-10T07:49:00.001-07:00

Okay, so this is completely random, however I think it's funny and i don't want to forget, so... Malachi has this doll, a cloth boy with dark hair. My Dad convinced him to name the doll Bobby, because apparently my Dad had a doll named Bobby when he was young. I figure it is good for little boys to have toys that they have to "take care" of and give love to, right? My basic feeling is that it should encourage a caring and nurturing side in my little boy. He does sleep with it occasionally (more like once a month now - it used to be more), take it on little outings when we go places, and sometimes talk to him when he plays alone. But a couple of times I have threatened to take Bobby away, Ty even has. You see, Bobby has, well I guess you could call it a secret identity, except it's not secret. Maybe I should call it an alter ego? I'm not sure, but I think secret identity works pretty well, because he also has another name. Now keep in mind this is ALL Malachi. Bobby's other name is Super Bobby. Super Bobby is basically a daredevil and stunt double. Meaning if there is any cool, daring trick that Malachi thinks of; Super Bobby to the rescue! Apparently Super Bobby is more than willing to do several connecting aerials and finish by slamming into the ceiling, or be twisted in half, or have his head and other body parts slammed against multiple objects; well so long as you first proudly proclaim his acclamation by introducing each stunt with a shout of "SU-PER BOBBY!!!" I knew a little bit of what was going on but one day I came face to face with some fairly aggressive "stunts". When I told Malachi that he needed to be nice to Bobby, he said "But he is SUPER Bobby!" I told him that if he couldn't be more nice to Super Bobby I would have to take Bobby away. Ty even threatened to give Bobby to someone who would treat him nice, LOL. It worked. Super Bobby still does stunts, just not as aggressively, maybe he'll live threw Malachi's childhood after all. LOL!

Album for my Sister

2010-04-05T12:40:00.000-07:00

I know it has been FOREVER since I blogged, what can I say? Anyway this is a project I just finished, for my sister. Mostly I am posting it because my Mom gave me tons of help (looking for, finding, scanning and sending me the pictures). It took up a lot of my Mom's time, and I wanted her to be able to see the finished product. Mom, you are the BEST!!! I actually gave her a list of pictures to look for and she found them! Amazing! Pictures of the album continue on the next page too. Anyway, Thanks Mom, and enjoy!

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These are pictures of family members who have passed away...

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these first two group pictures are mini pages

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these next two are miniture pages, and in case you are wondering what they are doing... well, lets just say they were goofing around and reinacting a famous play...

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okay so these are all mini pages

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New Pictures!

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We went and had our family pictures taken here are some of my favorite in no particular order

today I am thankful that...

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Today I am thankful for a good laugh. Is that shallow? I don't know. Today, when we got home from church, for some reason my kids we on the war path. They would not stop going at each other. I was on the phone with my sister, I called her because I was feeling a little lonely. Ty left for St. George and maybe for California today (he hasn't decided yet), just knowing he's not coming home tonight makes me feel really lonely. Anyway I knew talking to my sister would put me in a better mood... So here I am on the phone with her and the kids just WILL NOT STOP GOING AT EACH OTHER. I was on the phone with her for almost 40 minutes (I was getting dinner ready) and I had to mediate I think 5 different episodes. I was actually able to keep my cool. I did not yell, I did not even get truly irritated, I didn't even hand out time outs. So finally dinner is done and I get off the phone. Candra comes to the table and I see that she has collected a small box of toys, when I asked her why she said "to sell". "Why?" I asked, "Because!!" she said "Because Why?" I asked... She wouldn't tell me. I think she was trying to get me to go and comfort her, tell her that those were her favorite toys and I just wasn't going to do it. I gave up being patient and said "maybe we should just give them to DI." (my tone very matter-of-fact and not sympathetic AT ALL) she did not like that one. She said "Maybe I should just get my things and go away!!" Okay, maybe I shouldn't have, but I am determined to not buy into her drama if I don't have to- so I asked her "Where are you going to go? Do you want me to pack for you?" (matter-of-fact tone again) It really called her bluff, the look she gave me, I think I actually snickered as I went back to dishing out dinner. It's so frosty here today that had she actually done it i would have had to take pictures- lol!
I am also thankful for a husband who says nice things (well, lies actually- but he always sounds like he believes them) to me.
Friday Ty watched the kids so I could go to a Relief Society thing (super Saturday but we had to have it on Friday). It was GREAT! I went to a hair cutting class, and a photography class. Both classes were exceptional! I learned so much. Ty cancelled what he had going on (he had forgotten about the activity) to watch the kids for me, he was even on time! After the Relief Society activity I went a saw a movie with Hollie and Amy, it was really fun! Thanks Girls!! I'm thankful to have girls to do stuff with!

Thankful!!

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Today I am thankful for the love of my children! Is there anything quite like the way a child sees you? Like you can do anything! They come to you with every problem, why? Because YOU can do it! And is there anything like the way they are over-joyed just because you showed up? They run to you and jump into your arms, as if the most wonderful thing they ever imagined just came into their life. Is there anything like the way they cling to you when they are asleep? I was holding my sleeping baby the other day as I realized this. Even in his sleep he clings to me with such innocence, trust, love, dependence... that list could probably go on FOREVER {I really don't have that much time, LOL}! Yes, I am thankful for the love of my children, they make me feel, well, I can't actually describe it, but they sure make us feel like we already have every beautiful and wonderful thing in the world, like we can be every beautiful and wonderful thing in the world, how lucky are we?! To be able to hold something so special in our lives, in our arms even. Yes we are blessed!

Guess I better do two today, right?! I am also thankful for inspiration. Of course, I believe all {good} inspiration comes from our Heavenly Father. However I am thankful for the inspiration that comes to me from him through other people! I am sure that so many of the people I know have no idea how they have helped to lift me, to encourage and to inspire me! I am thankful for their goodness and that they are open to that inspiration and that they share it with me!

Random Thoughts, Moments and Thanks too!

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{Ever been in an "Ok, so...." mood? I am today- just a random thought ;) }
okay, so at the beginning of this post I have to admit something:
Yes! It is completely true! I Bribe my children! So glad I got that one off my chest! {LOL}
Okay, so ya, I bribe my children. "You can have Friends over after you clean your room"; "If everyone can be good and help mom, we can go to the library"; and "if you go potty on the toilet, I'll give you a candy".

Many of you already know but this year I potty trained Malachi. Oh my goodness! It took FOREVER! And I learned that I am completely lacking in patience. Anyway, because he still has very occasional accidents, and because we still have tons of Halloween candy, about once a week I give him candy for good potty behavior, for example if he verbally tells me he has to go {as opposed to the "potty dance"}, gets himself on the potty, pulls up and down his own pants; hopefully you get the idea... Anyway today was a "good" potty day. As Malachi was getting off the toilet he informed me that he had 3 poops and that he got three whoppers {yes, I realize the irony here}, when he tells me things like this, he is actually asking me to confirm it. I of course, dutifully and enthusiastically replied "YES! But after lunch, okay." That worked for him as he walked down the hall holding and recounting several times his three fingers.

Okay, so, as if that isn't funny enough, right? {So not to the punch line yet!}

He eats his lunch and I forgot to give him his whoppers. I was downstairs feeding Ethan, when Malachi said "Mom, can I have whoppers?". Now unfortunately I cannot properly convey his tone, so funny; sort of a mixture of indulgence, and reminding with his head cocked to the side and a smirk on his face- seriously comical! I said "OH! YA! Sorry!" "I get three!" he says, once again holding and counting his fingers. "And what do I get?" I ask, expecting the usual hug or kiss. Instead he replies {as though it was some rehearsed answer} "Poop in the toilet!" I about died laughing, to which he nodded his head knowingly and said "yep!"
I am so thankful for this boy, and his wonderful sense of humor! He is so very fun!

Last night I got 6 or 7 hours of sleep!! Just when I was beginning to wonder if it would be months... See miracles {of large and small magnitude} happen every day. It was SSSOOOO nice to get some good sleep. Poor Ethan is still sick, but the congestion must FINALLY be breaking up enough for him to sleep. I am so thankful to live when I do. I am so grateful to have a decongestant and cough suppressant for my children, something that many have had to do without.

I am thankful for my sight, both actual and figurative. Have you ever known anyone who just doesn't seem to see something right in front of them? Me too. I am sure that I am that person often enough, but I am thankful for the things that my Heavenly Father has seen fit to show and make known to me, so very thankful.

So, I think that covers the days I missed!! yahoo, hope I at least gave you a snicker! ;)

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Okay, so I missed a couple of days!!
Yesterday Ty took off work! WooHoo!!!!
We spent the whole day together as a family, we even went and saw a matinee. It was really fun! Then we went to go and see some of my family. My cousin and her husband just reached the end of their long road to adoption. In all they have adopted three children {who, by the way are stinking cute!} and were just sealed to the last two on Saturday. So we went to go celebrate with them, it was great to see them!

Anyway, back to my theme! I am thankful to have a day of fun with my husband. I am thankful for my eternal family. I am thankful to have such a truly great family {immediate and extended}. I am thankful for reasons to celebrate.

Nov 6

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Thankful, some days it takes some work, right? Today I am thankful I didn't kill... no wait!! That is SSSSOOOO not what this is for!! Today I am thankful to not be sick, and that I got ANY sleep. Today I am thankful for my mom (I know you think yours is good, but, ahhemm...) she is completely awesome! And family that I can try and do favors for (it just awesome when you can do something super simple and someone else thinks your great) even though I remain unconvinced that I ever actually do them favors; so I guess instead I should be thankful that they are very good actors and really great to me! Okay, I guess I better go! I need to go be thankful for a house to clean!

Nov 5

2009-11-05T06:08:00.000-08:00

Okay, so I'm not sure I should actually put this out there, but here goes. When I got up this morning I was great, Ethan seems to be pulling out of his sickness, Malachi is sick, but at least it wasn't two at a time! Very thankful for that!

Not long after I got up I started feeling, well, my basic thought was "people are jerks!"; I know, I know, fairly juvenile right? Anyway I was basically feeling sorry for myself, then i went "blog hopping". My friend Arianne, has decided to do the same "Thankful" thing that I am doing; and in her post she credited me! How sweet is that, especially when I am just copying the idea myself!

So then of course, I was thinking, people are great, sweet, awesome! ha! At this point I remembered a conversation I had with my cousin just LAST NIGHT. (Yes, how easily I forget) About how we each must create our own happiness. I believe that. Happiness is not something external, or something that can be given. It is something we must find within ourselves and then cultivate. There are times we must even start from scratch and actually create it.

The point? I am so thankful for the wonderful people in my life! I am thankful for the opportunity to choose to rise higher (which I suppose means I'm thankful for the less than nice things and people too). I am thankful to be Happy! I am thankful for the goodness in people and in everything that surrounds me! I am thankful to our Heavenly Father from whence all good things come! I am thankful for smiles and laughter! I am thankful to end each day by tucking in my little ones, and that even my nine year old still begs me to do it when I am busy!

Nov 4

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Today I'm thankful that even though my precious baby is sick, that i have an excuse to ignore everything else and just hold him while he sleeps!

Thankful

2009-11-03T08:40:00.000-08:00

A blog i saw today{Heidi Swapp's} is doing a "i am thankful for" type of theme each day through November - I love it!
a few things I am thankful for today:

My sweet little Malachi, and his confidence that a hug from his mom will fix almost anything.

Kleenex with lotion

to be feeling better

My Candra and how every time I drop her off at school she has a routine of blowing kisses and hugs to me that absolutely warms my heart.

Hugs from my husband and that he helped me send off the kids this morning.

pillows!

Brittney, that she is feeling better, and that she SSOOOO loves being a helper

finding a radio station I like

my sweet Ethan who I was so scared to have and enjoy so much

that I can see the floor in my girls room!

my 'lil pumpkins!

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We went for a drive and saw this pumpkin patch... so fun!

Minature Parade

2009-07-13T14:53:00.000-07:00

We had a really fun day- first we went to the museum, the kids had all kinds of fun trying on these hats! Then we went to a parade that had minature floats!! I absolutely loved the floats, the theme was: "If I could, I would:" I didn't get a picture of my favorite; "If I could I would kiss a lot of frogs to find my prince!" it was way cute!

Fireman Chi!

My littlest brother!! He is way too handsome!

If I could I would have a pet dinosaur

If I could I would live a Bug's life

I can't remember what this one was

The Horse Parade!

2009-07-13T14:47:00.000-07:00

this is the horse Parade!! The theme was pink to support breast cancer! how great is that!

We sat by the nicest people at the Parade, she just couldn't resist buying all the kids a popcicle!

My mom's anniversary

2009-07-13T14:42:00.000-07:00

while Grammy (my mom) was here, helping me move, her 15th anniversary rolled around. Isn't she great to come anyway? Grandpa Jeff sent her a box of her very favorite Lavendar Roses! He also sent me some minature yellow roses as a sort of house warming gift- Isn't he great?!

Silly Kids and a Wig!!

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This is my brother Tony!! isn't he a little heart-breaker?! he is such a great guy! He was so over-the-top helpful while he and my mom were here(like an adult would be), and always had such a great attitude about it! Here he is with my troublemakers just goofing off!

Grammy and Ethan

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more pics of our new home

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Yes all these flowers are at our new home!! How cool is that?! There are also some white roses and lavendar roses too! Also in the back yard there is a gigantic butterfly bush, an apple tree, a plum tree, and I think some kind of small peach tree.

Malachi's Birthday!

2009-07-12T19:06:00.000-07:00

Before we moved, Levi & Alicia let us have Malachi's Birthday Party at their house- Thanks guys!!! I can't believe my chi-chi is 3!!! We have so much fun with him! He has such a fun little personality!

All Moved!

2009-07-12T06:43:00.000-07:00

oops, I accidently selected this picture, and now I don't know how to pull it out- This is Ethan and Daddy before we moved- taking a nap together- well, sort of!

So we are all moved to Utah!! My mom came and stayed with us for two weeks (a little over really) and helped me move out and then helped me move in.

{Thanks SSSSOOOOO much MoM!!!} She is the best, anyway here are some pictures of our home!! I am really excited because I only live a little ways from Jeremy& Amy, and when they get back- Pat and Hollie! How fun is that?!?!

I worked my mom to the bone while she was here- she was super awesome!! Love you Mom!!

My aunt Kathy came and helped too!!! Thank You so much!!

stolen

2009-05-26T09:14:00.000-07:00

so, ya, I was scammed- my email address was stolen- do not send me money!! The other day I got an email that I thought was from hotmail, and it said that I needed to verify my account or it would be deleted, ya I guess I should have known better- but what can I say? it looked official, dang it! I am not out of the country, no one stole my purse or whatever; and I do not need money to get home! I hope nobody else gets scammed too! Sorry for the trouble!

Malachi's powers

2009-05-15T09:00:00.000-07:00

okay so a few nights ago- well actually in the early morning hours of 5-13-09 {I'm saving the date so that I can remember later} I woke up in the middle of the night not to the sound of Ethan crying, but to the sound of little feet running around... and thought "hmmm... what in the world is going on?" so I got up, and Malachi was standing in the bathroom- he had to go potty. So of course now Ethan was up too- so I went into the living room switched on the TV and sat down to feed him, Malachi would NOT go back to bed, he just came and sat next to me and was watching me. All of a sudden he said to me, all sad and downcast "mommy, I don't have any powers" Okay I can only assume that he picked up this idea from watching The Incredibles the week before. I said to him, just to make sure I heard him right, "You don't have any powers?" Malachi looked down so sad and shaking his head said "no, I don't" he said it so sad that I just wanted to cry. And I said "Well honey, Daddy doesn't have any powers, does he? and we still love him, I don't have any powers and you still love me.." But he was still just fixated on this thought that he had no powers... He looked out side and he could see a light from the house across the street, but it was coming through a bunch of bushes that we have in our front yard; and he pointed outside and said "there are powers!" and I said "what we need to run outside and get them?" {which of course I couldn't do- I was sitting there feeding the baby} and he said "yes- CATCH them!" and I said "Buddy, we all have powers and they come out when we try to be good" he was not impressed by my words- so I tried another angle I said "Your powers are in your heart, and they come out when you try to be like Jesus, and try really hard to be good." he liked that better, he lifted up his shirt and put his hand on where he thought his heart was {his stomach} and said "My powers in my Heart?" and I said "yes, and they come out when we try really hard to be good and to be like Jesus." He really liked that. Every time I told the story he would interrupt me to remind me, while he pulled up his shirt for emphasis, "MY POWERS IN MY HEART!" indeed his powers are in his heart!! How sweet!

Meet baby Ethan!

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