Recuperating

Well, we got home last night from our fun filled vacation. Our plane landed at 10:59 pm , we got home around 12:30 am Sunday. It was a long day spent at the airport! I will be posting in the next few days or so about our trip, but I have 450 pictures to sort through first! Just wanted to say our trip was great, we ate lots of good food and some not so good food, we played, relaxed, had fun and got home safely. Check back for more.....

Family Vacation 18 Months in the Making

We are taking off tomorrow for the Happiest Place on Earth.

Yep, we are going to Disney World!

We planned this trip 18 months ago and it is finally here!!! We'll be gone for a while so I won't be in blogland, but I will update you on all the funness when we return.

You know you're an 80's child if...

I put a star next to those I truly connected with.

You had a crush on one of the New Kids on the Block members.**
You wanted to be on StarSearch.
You ever uttered the word "Radical!"
You wore jelly shoes and jelly bracelets
You thought "Ghostbusters" was by far the coolest movie
You remember watching shows like "Punky Brewster" , "Webster", "You Can't Do That On Television" , "Wild&Crazy Kids" and "Double Dare"
You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off. Or even when he had those freaky eyes in "Thriller" at the end of the video.
You wore a banana clip in your hair or one of those slap on wrist bands at some point during your youth.*
You rolled up the bottoms of your splatter painted jeans.*
You wore loafers with everything, and you put the laces in those little rolls.
You had slouch socks, and puff painted your own shirt at least once.*
You owned a doll with 'Xavier Roberts' signed on it's butt.
You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."
You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off."
You can name half of the members of the elite "Brat Pack."*
You can remember watching Full House and Saved by the Bell for endless hours!*
You have seen at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock.*
You yearned to be a member of The Babysitters Club, and tried to start a club of your own.***
You sat on your back porch, playing with your "My Little Pony" , "Rainbow Brite" , and "Strawberry Shortcake" dolls
You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer."
You hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future."*
You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name."
You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool.
You know what "sike" and "not!" mean
You fell victim to 80's fashion : big hair, crimped, combed over to the side, big hoop earrings, and possibly the worst:you wore spandex pants.
You wanted to be a Goonie, or Elliot from E.T.
You owned an extensive collection of Cabbage Patch Kids and trolls.
You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince."
You actually saw Ted Danson as the MacDaddy he played "Sam" to be.
You ever wore flourescent -neon if you will clothing....*
You could breakdance, or wished you could.
You know who He-Man and She-Ra are.*
You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.*
You know all the words to "Ice Ice Baby".*
You remember MC hammer well.You can still sing the rap to "Fresh Prince of Belair".
You own any cassettes.*
You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.
You remember and/or own any of the CareBear Glass collection from PizzaHut.
Pizza Hut was the coolest place to hang.
Poltergeist freaked you out.
You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an E.T. lunchbox.
You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.
You wanted to communicate with some being named Cinergy, or you wanted green hair like that lead singer of the Misfits.*
You totally LOVED Barbie's cooler, punkier counterpart, "Jem" and her "Rockers"*
You wanted to have an alien like Alf living in your house.
You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.*
You wore tights under shorts and felt stylish.*
You layered your multi-colored slouch socks, and added suspenders to make your outfit complete.*
You ever had a Swatch Watch.
You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the care-bear stare.
You had a crush on one of the Coreys
You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
You had WonderWoman or Superman underwear.**
You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.
You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power"
You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You ever owned or wanted any of the NKOTB action figures or dolls.**(still do!)
You remember when Deborah Gibson was "Debbie" Gibson
You know who Max Headroom is

Sleepless nights

I have been at work now for 11 1/2 hours. My shift is almost over! I have spent the night hanging antibiotics, taking temperatures and silencing alarms for the babies I am taking care of. It has actually been fairly quiet so I have been able to read a little (shh, don't tell the superiors!), and I am longing for my pillow now. But I wonder, what do you do on sleepless nights?

At the Fair

A few weekends ago we had the pleasure of going to the Utah County Fair right here in Spanish Fork! It was small, but we had a very fun time. I climbed a rock wall...barefoot! We had yummy shaved ice (thanks Dad/Grandpa), the kids rode a few carnival rides and the big slide. We saw cows, sheep and pigs and all of the neat crafts from the 4H club. Not to mention, I won a free $100 gas card and a 3day-2night trip for 2 to Anaheim all expenses paid (if I listen to the 90min spiel about the Wyndham Resort, could be worth it right?) Livvy won a free dozen donuts at the Macey's cakewalk, actually I think everyone who was with us that day won a free one dozen of something, not too shabby! The highlight of the day can be seen in the video below. I totally toasted Wendy on the tractor race!

Making Jam

My mother has a beautiful, big apricot tree in her front yard so I decided to make jam the other day. Now don't let your expectations get too high, I made freezer jam, not cooked jam. I know how to make cooked jam, but it was hot and well, it was hot.

So I started with these:

Sliced, cut and chopped.

Added LOTS of sugar, pectin, stirred and put into these:

The whole time I had one of these attached to my leg:

He's not very happy. But the jam tastes delicious!

Happy Anniversary

Friday, August 1st marked Kenny and my 5th wedding anniversary. I can't believe we have been married for 5 years. To be honest, it feels like longer, like we have always been together. It is nice to know we will always be together too!! Have you ever heard "the first year is the hardest"? I am still waiting to see if that year ever shows up in our marriage. Our 5 years have been wonderful and the addition of two beautiful children has made it
pretty close to perfection.

Kenny is the love of my life. After some stupid mistakes and hardships in my past, Kenny came into my life at the right time and completed what was missing. As I sit here typing I am trying to put into words what Kenny means to me and I keep having to backspace because no words can describe what I feel for him. He is my love, my best friend, the best father in the world. He is such a hard worker, providing for our family. He never, ever raises his voice, in fact I don't think I have ever seen him get mad. He loves life, is always ready for an adventure. His optimism is contagious and he is a friend to everyone he meets. Even though I tease him about being a big kid and loving toys, I love it about him too.
Kenny, I love you! Keep being goofy, don't ever grow up. Thank you for these past 5years. I can't wait to see what adventure our future holds.