Is Image That Important?

So the time has come to make a very important decision in my life. The question is to be cool or to be practical. It has been a rough road. Sometimes, I believe the answer to to be cool, for instance, if you have a great pair of shoes that look great but feel horrible and you know your feet will be in pain for days after wearing them, sometimes it's worth it.

Is this one of those situations? Well I after much deliberation, I've decided that the practical side of this situation outweighed the cool side. So yes......I am proud to say that I am an owner of a shiny, new, black.....mini van! However this is not just your average mini van, oh no, outside of the automatic sliding doors it contains: a computer system, satellite t.v., 2 DVD players, i pod (in the computer system), channel changer on the steering wheel, back up screen, like 20 cup holders, seat warmers, rear air control, back windows that roll down, and much more. I could live in this thing. By the way, it's okay to brag about a mini van, because after all, it's still a mini van. There's no getting around it.

I've never been one of those kind of people that really cares what I drive, as long as it's in good condition, fits my kids, and gets me to where I need to go then I'm happy. No matter how nice my car is, let's face it, it's going to be full of french fries, fishy crackers, and Macy's shoes and socks that she takes off the second I strap her in.

The lease on Kurts truck is up, so we had to make a decision to whether get him a new car, or let me get something with more seating, which I really needed. Even with only two kids I think three rows of seating is essential. Just this year I wasn't able to car pool with everyone I wanted to to preschool because I was the only one who didn't have enough room in my car.

The leases on these new vans in the month of April were awesome so we did it. Don't think I'm crazy, but Kurt brought home a decked out Durango for me to test drive, but I choose the mini van instead, with gas prices, I just couldn't do it. I didn't want to feel trapped in my house because I didn't want to spend the money on gas. Did I mention that mini vans have auto sliding doors? This feature alone sold me, no more freaking out when Raegan opens her door in the parking lot and nails the car next to her. No more Raegan running around the car while I put Macy in her car seat, she can just get in all by herself. No more not being able to transfer anyone else in my car. I'm excited about it, all y-all should go purchase yourselves a fancy mini van, and be not ashamed.

Kento-Bean

My dads business has launched a new website, basically he writes funny stories on it, that's what I've gathered so far. He's extremely talented and is one of those do it all kind of guys. When ever I have any sort of random question, I ask my dad, I swear to you he knows everything about anything. I love him dearly.
Check it out! Yes that is my dad's picture, what do you think? Do we look alike? Nah.
http://dev.570knrs.com/pages/kentsmith.html

Why I'm the Mom

So my aunt Becky has given a grosser than gross challenge. I'm pretty sure that my mouse post qualifies. But I wanted to post something for Kurt concerning this. This actually isn't even a gross thing, but in my cute hubbys head there isn't anything more repulsing.
So heres the story:
A few months ago Kurt had the morning off. We were following our usual morning routine. I bathed to the kids and was getting them dressed. I was standing in the laundry room ironing Raegans shirt when Kurt comes running, no, I'd should say sprinting around the corner, throws a tub of disinfecting wipes at me and slams himself into the bathroom. Next thing I hear is him puking his guts out. It sounded like WWII, it went on and on. My heart started pounding and I'm thinking something is terribly wrong with my husband, I'm also thinking that the toilet must be filled to the top and he should do a mid flush (sorry, that's gross but you must know he threw up a ton). As I stand outside the door wondering if were going to be making a trip to the hospital or not, the toilet flushes and out walks my ever so calm husband. He says to me "Do you mind cleaning up Macy's diaper on the bathroom floor from her bath this morning?" and he starts to walk away. No explanation for what just went on.
I'm still worried and I ask him what the heck is going on? He tells me that he stepped on Macy's overly wet diaper and the crystally stuff in the diaper squirted on the wall and he was cleaning it up when he started dry heaving and he just couldn't take it anymore. Really! Stepping on a wet diaper made my husband vomit like crazy. I still laugh when I think about it.

Sorry!

I just had to apologize for the image below. I wanted all of you to suffer with me. It was just to much to handle alone. Thanks for being disgusted with me.

No More Pistachio Nibbler

Decapitating a mouse was not my intention when I opened my dishwasher......I'm feeling nauseous.

Emotional Rollercoaster at age 4.

Raegan: "Mom, can I go outside and water your plants"
Me: "Yes, but you need to go in the backyard, not the front."
Raegan: "But I wanna go in the front."
Me: "Sorry, only in the back or you can play in the house."
Raegan: screaming mad..."I WANNA GO IN THE FRONT!"
Me: "Come inside. If your going to act that way then you don't get to be outside."
Raegan, while running through the house still so mad: "I DON'T WANT TO PLAY! I JUST WANT TO BE BY MYSELF!!!" and she slams the door to my bedroom.
A few minutes later she comes out, still mad, her face never redder, and she says, "Big girls just want to water flowers in the front! Mom's say no and that makes big girls mad, so they run in the house, and they lock Mommy's door. They get into Mommy's make up, and then they stop. Then they get into Mommy's jewelry, then they stop. Then they come out here and they THROW A FIT! Your trying to be a nice mommy and I'm not being a nice girl. I'm being naughty." This is where she breaks down into tears: "I'm sorry mommy, I'll be a nice girl."
Whoa. Talk about emotions.

Happy Birthday to Me!

So it was my birthday this past week and all the sudden 30 doesn't sound too old! I'm not quite there yet, but I do remember the days where I thought that 30 was stinkin old and I just knew that I would never get to it. I've come to the conclusion that yes, believe it or not, I will hit 30; and I'm alright with it. I feel more in control of my life then ever before and I kinda like it.
So in honor of my 29th birthday I thought that I would post 29 random things about myself, please don't feel pressured to read them, this is also for my journal and I would have loved to hear little things about my mother at 29 and I think that my children might feel the same way... maybe not.
1. I'm in the process of making dresses for my girls, who would of thought?
2. I love preserving memories: hence blogging, scrapbooking, taking millions of pictures, video recording etc...
3. I'm trying, this is recent, to live a healthy lifestyle. I've changed my eating habits and I'm exercising.
4. I now tell myself "If you have time to: blog, watch American Idol, etc.. then you have time to read your scriptures."
5. My kids are my life.
6. I still adore my husband.
7. In order to go to sleep conditions have to be perfect: laying on my side, hair covering my ears, pillow in right position, legs shaved, teeth brushed, face washed etc..
8. Even with the conditions perfect I still lay awake at least a hour every night trying to fall asleep. Insomnia. I often think of names that start with the same letter to get myself to sleep. It's kinda like counting sheep.
9. I love the smell of lemon.
10. I hate waking up early.
11. My closet it always a mess.
12. My favorite color is yellow.
13. I hate banana flavored candy.
14. I've never broken a bone, outside of the rib I cracked while pregnant with Raegan.
15. My first cavity was at age 18.
16. I never had braces, but probably needed them.
17. I had to wear a patch over my eye to the first day of Kindergarten thanks to my baby sister scratching it.
18. I've had Shingles.
19. I love hot chocolate and drink it in the summer.
20. I don't dare to answer the door without my makeup on.
21. I feel guilty spending money on clothes or shoes for myself.
22. If you ask me my age, on any day besides my birthday, I will tell you 26, because I never remember how old I am.
23. I can't stand for my dishes not to be done.
24. Just last week I ate a handful of pistachios before noticing that a mouse had gotten into the bag and they were full of mouse poop. I thought I was going to die.
25. I'm somewhat of a Hypochondriac.
26. I hate watching the news, it depresses me.
27. I'm terrified of spiders.
28. I'm scared of heights.
29. I hate being recognized on my birthday, I don't want to be sung to, especially in restaurants and I would hate a surprise birthday party, I like to fly under the radar.
With that being said I know your thinking, then why does she post all this for her birthday? Well I can't just post all my families birthdays and not my own. So oh well.

Raegans Tagged!

Raegan was tagged by Isla! Rules: 7 random facts about her, then tag five others.

1. Raegan is so caring. The other day I was laying on the floor on a pillow, and Raegan came into the room and asked if I was asleep. I told her no and I was just resting, she ran into her room and came back with her blanket, covered me up, and was rubbing my back saying " I'll take good care of you mom." She made me pie in her kitchen and hot chocolate. How cute is that!

2. Raegan will pretty much only eat carbs. Sometimes she throws in an apple or some grapes. Dinner time is always a fight. Pointers?

3. She looks forward to getting the mail everyday. She just knows that one of these days there's going to be a letter for her in there.

4. Raegan has never had an ear infection.

5. She had a CAT scan at 12 months old, she hit her head on the wall, which was a normal thing for her. The poor girl wasn't blessed with the best coordination.

6. She is trying to grow her hair out like Rapunzel.

7. Raegan put a shoe in time out because she fell on it and it hurt her. Raegan is at that age where everything she says and asks is funny. I love listening to her stories and having mommy, daughter talks with her. She is such a good girl and I'm so grateful that I get to spend everyday with her.

Raegan tags:

Kenlie

Mallory

Jack

Seth

Jasmine

Kaden

Macy got tagged!

Macy has been tagged by Eli and now she must share 7 random facts about herself.

1. A couple months ago, overnight, Macy went from being the most laid back, easy-going, toddler into a: into everything, never stop moving, going, going, going, dancing, jumping, singing, screaming, maniac. The other day she woke up from her nap and was still mellow so I sat her on my bed with her blanket and turned on the t.v. for her. I went out of the room and walked back in, not five minutes later, to find her in the exact same spot, as if she hadn't moved, with a roll of tape, pair of scissors, and two permanent Sharpie markers and she was scribbling all over her pants and my bed spread. Nice.

I can't take my eye off her for a second.

2. Loves to eat and follows me around the house saying "I hongee"

3. She once dipped a piece of bread in the toilet and slurked it.

4. Macy's name was almost Avery. We debated until the last second in the hospital.

5. She loves to show off she is always saying "Look at me! Look at me!"

6. In the past couple days Macy has: eaten a tube of medicated chapstick, pulled out every wipe out of the package in her room, pulled all the floss out of the thingy, colored on the floor with markers, painted her face, clothes, and playhouse with nail polish, and gotten into my make-up. I really do keep an eye on her all day long, these things only take her a second, when I'm filling a sippy cup, warming up mac-n-cheese, or changing the laundry.

7. Macy sleeps with a blue puppy every night.

I love, love, love being Macy's mom, even if lately she's giving me a run for my money. She really is a darling girl and she makes me laugh everyday. She is so loving and is constantly giving kisses. I really could just squish her I love her so much.

Now Macy tags:

Afton

Lily

Tyler H.

Milo

Brenden

Definitely Not Alright With Me...

What is with people? Seriously! I'm not sure why this really, really, really bothers me...but it does. Kurt and I went to see the dumb movie 10,000 B.C. on Friday night. In walks a family with 3 kids, I'd say the youngest being probably 3 years old. During the movie there is tons of killing, blood and guts. It's scary for a three year old. What the heck are these parents thinking?

Anyway, that didn't bother me nearly as bad as when Kurt and I saw the movie The Bucket List rated P.G. 13. A single mom comes in with her three kids, probably ages 4, 6, and 8 and sits directly in front of us. This is definitely not a kid show! HELLO! If your going to take your KIDS to a movie, see a KIDS movie!
The Bucket List had horrible language, and adult humor, nothing I would EVER want my kids to see, not even at age 13 would I let my child go see that movie. So during the movie, that should have been funny, I was so irritated any time something inappropriate for kids would come on (which was all the time) that I could not enjoy it because I was worried about these children watching this! And a mom that PAID for her children to watch and listen to inappropriate language and behavior.
I was expressing my irritation to Kurt later that night and he said, "Well, you really can't be bothered, because if it's a show that a 3 year old shouldn't see then you shouldn't be watching it either." Give me a break. If that were the case then we would all be watching nothing but Dora and Barney. We wouldn't even be able to watch the news. I'm almost 30 and should be able to watch a P.G. 13 movie, Dancing with the Stars, and the Bachelor if I choose to.
I wish that I had the guts to tap that lady on the shoulder during the movie and ask her to take her children out because she was not only ruining the movie for me, but destroying her children's innocent little minds.

Bling Bling!

Elena-that title's for you!.

I've been asking Raegan for awhile now if she would like to get her ears pierced. She has always told me no, until the other day she asked me if she could get her earrings now. So the next day, off to Wal-Mart we went to pierce ears. She was so excited, she wrote "the lady" that pierces ears a letter and skipped happily into the store. I told her if she didn't cry that we would go pick out some stickers. She did great and only fussed for a second. She loves her "diamonds".

Now don't think that I'm a horrible mother, but after much debating, I had Macy's ears pierced too. I know, I know, torturous. But Macy has these cute little pokey outey ears and I thought might as well make them pretty while they poke. She did cry ,and after the first ear I was regretting my decision, but we couldn't let her go with one ear done, so I held her tight as they pierced the other one. She stopped crying quickly and completely stopped all fussing once we found her a treat. We all know that the girl wants to eat when shes in pain. I'm probably not helping her cause by letting her. I'll put a stop to it. But then was not the time to change bad habits.

Raegan later was getting into the car and holding both of her ears. When I asked her why she said, "I don't want my earrings to blow away!" Also in the tub she was afraid that they might wash off and was relieved to see them safely in her ears when she was done bathing.