Every once in awhile kids will do the craziest things. Emilee is a little monkey at times. Emilee decided to climb onto her daddy's arm and not let go. She thought it was the funniest thing, it really worked out Adams arm.
Naptime
I was able to take a nap this morning, thanks to Emilee. We had to wake up early this morning to take Adam to work, no big deal. I usually just come home and start my day while Emilee goes back to bed. That is exactly what I did today. I came home and took a short shower and did some things around the house until Emilee woke up. We had breakfast, and then I realized I wasn't able to keep my eyes open. I figure I was so tired because my body is recovering from being sick. Since I could tell my eyes weren't going to stay open I decided to do something I never do. I let Emilee choose a movie, and told her that I was going to lay on the couch (that way I was in the same room) and take a small nap. I also told her if she needed anything she could wake me up. Emilee made sure I was covered in a blanket, she sang me a song, and then let me sleep. A few times while I was asleep I could feel her rubbing my face. She took really good care of me, and didn't get into any type of trouble while I was napping. It was a great small nap.
Book Shelf
I love the bookshelf that Adam and Erik built for my kitchen. It has left the space feeling more open, and it fits all of my cookbooks. It's only partially done right now, Adam still needs to stain it. My cookbooks and Adams school books look great all organized.
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| Before |
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| After with all of the books |
New Hobbies
Tom boy or Princess? Why choose, Emilee has decided to do everything, her latest interest proves this point. We were shopping at Target and lucked into a lot of their toys being 50 percent off. We decided to look at the toys and see if there was anything we wanted to get her for her birthday. Instead Emilee found 2 toys that she really wanted that were cheap enough I didn't care if we gave them to her right away. She loves playing with both toys.
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| Playing with her new mixer |
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| Learning how to use her new tools |
Pop
For some reason when I get sad, depressed, mad, upset, any feelings that fall into that area I want to eat. Right now I want to eat, but I've chosen to write instead. I've decided that I don't like the rule of 3's, have you ever noticed things really do seem to happen in 3's. In December Adams Grandma Lucy passed away, then My Aunt Darlene got really sick, and now Pop isn't doing well. I've had a flood of memories come rushing to me the past few hours.
I remember going to the beach with my family we all loved the beach. Even I love the beach even though the sun does not love me. We would go with everyone, it was so much fun to play with the cousins. I remember Pop helping me jump the waves when I was little. I somewhat remember the Caravan, I was really little at the time. Pop and Grandma spending the Holidays with us when they lived here. I remember the day I got married and I was blessed to be sealed by Pop. I am thankful that he was able to come and visit us the last few years. I could keep rambling through memories, but I won't make you suffer. Life is precious, we need to remember to enjoy the everyday moments. Sometimes it's hard to enjoy everyday, it might have been a bad day, or just a normal day with chores and errands. You never know what moments will leave an imprint on your heart or the hearts of those around you.
Pop we all love you and wish we could be there. Since we are far away we will keep you in our prayers and our thoughts.
I remember going to the beach with my family we all loved the beach. Even I love the beach even though the sun does not love me. We would go with everyone, it was so much fun to play with the cousins. I remember Pop helping me jump the waves when I was little. I somewhat remember the Caravan, I was really little at the time. Pop and Grandma spending the Holidays with us when they lived here. I remember the day I got married and I was blessed to be sealed by Pop. I am thankful that he was able to come and visit us the last few years. I could keep rambling through memories, but I won't make you suffer. Life is precious, we need to remember to enjoy the everyday moments. Sometimes it's hard to enjoy everyday, it might have been a bad day, or just a normal day with chores and errands. You never know what moments will leave an imprint on your heart or the hearts of those around you.
Pop we all love you and wish we could be there. Since we are far away we will keep you in our prayers and our thoughts.
Clean Carpets=.....
I live in a house full of accident prone people, Adam would say its mainly Emilee and I. We cleaned our carpets this week and they looked wonderful. Today we were hanging our pictures when tragedy occurred red kool-aid was spilt all over the carpets. I really couldn't yell at anyone because it was my fault. I was determining if I liked how the pictures looked on the wall. I wasn't paying attention and backed right into the table with the cup full of kool-aid. Luckily we still have my parents carpet cleaner and were able to clean the carpet again.
Time to Change
The last two days we have spent the time rearranging our family room. We haven't changed the furniture since right after Emilee was born, it was definitely time to change. The room felt way different last night, and we weren't sure if we liked it. As of right now I love it, as Emilee would say it feels warm and cozy. It just proves that sometimes change is good. Tomorrow we will work on replacing the pictures, that way they will look right with the new arrangement.
Tell me About yourself....
Remember when you would go into job interviews and they would ask "tell me about yourself", or when you move into a new ward and they want you to "tell about yourself", you even have to "tell about yourself" when you meet new people. I'm about to tell you a secret.... I dread that question or any question like it! Why? because I am very self conscious and shy, so I never know what to say, and I always wonder after if I said the right things.
If I don't like the question so much why am I talking about it? It's because the last two weeks in December I was trying to decide my goals for the New Year, and I kept asking myself about that question. The first little bit I was worried sick about how I was answering myself, crazy I know. Little by little I answered the question, and was able to make goals on areas I really wanted to improve on. I personally think Heavenly Father made me ask myself that question, because he knew I would have to think. He also knew that while I was thinking I would realize I am not a nobody (something I've been struggling with).
I have decided that once a week, every 2 weeks or once a month, I will let you in and tell you some things about me. You may find them boring, funny or interesting. If you are perfectly happy with how much you know about me don't read on.
I was born with very little, to no hair. I have always heard about how bald I was and how long it took for me to get hair, not to worry though. I have a lot of hair and it's very thick. I believe that I had very little hair for so long because it was so thick that it had to work harder to reach the surface.
I am a lefty, and proud of it. Even though in school I had a teacher who wouldn't let me cut with my left hand. She kept trying to force right handed scissors on me and then would get mad if I used my left hand. I believe she thought she was fixing me, she wasn't. Thanks to her that motor skill was never fully developed. I still struggle with cutting. Even though I struggle with cutting I write really well. I have been told by lots of people how well I write for being left handed. Even though in school I did get in trouble for my cursive letters leaning in the wrong direction. One time I was filling out some paper work for a customer and he noticed I was left handed. He asked me how I learned to write so well, he wanted me to show his daughter how I was holding the pencil and writing. She was also left handed, but had the habit of bending her wrist when she wrote. Plus even if I'm not great, most of the greats are left handed.
I HATE Spiders and snakes. I hate them so much that when I go to the zoo and we visit the building with the reptiles and insects I walk directly down the middle that way I am not to close to the cages. If there is a spider in the house Adam has to kill it, before I got married my siblings or parents had to kill it. I have killed a few if I have a vacuum to suck it up and it's about to "attack". I have also killed a couple with Adams huge boots, he hates when I do that because I leave the boot on it. So when he picks up his boot there is a nice surprise he has to clean up. Why am I so scared, I blame it on a dream I had as a child. It was one of the dreams where it was real. I was lying in my bed, and spiders started to crawl on me and they kept coming big ones, little ones all sorts. I knew they were coming to kill me. I was so scared I couldn't move or scream. I tried to scream but nothing came out of my mouth, so all I could do was wait. Eventually the dream ended and to this day I know that spiders want to kill me. To this day I still think that dream happened when I was awake and that it was very real. My brain reminds me if it was real where did all of the spiders go. I also have had the pleasure of a spider walking across me when I was sitting there minding my own business. When I noticed that evil spider I jumped up, it didn't fall of so I flicked at it, thinking it would come off. No the legs fell off one by one as I jumped up and down flicking at it. My family had a great time laughing at me. I hate spiders. I hate snakes because they are evil looking and to me scary.
I know that was a lot of me, it was strange to tell that much about me all at once. Like I said I will share more secrets about me, in future posts. I hope you weren't bored.
If I don't like the question so much why am I talking about it? It's because the last two weeks in December I was trying to decide my goals for the New Year, and I kept asking myself about that question. The first little bit I was worried sick about how I was answering myself, crazy I know. Little by little I answered the question, and was able to make goals on areas I really wanted to improve on. I personally think Heavenly Father made me ask myself that question, because he knew I would have to think. He also knew that while I was thinking I would realize I am not a nobody (something I've been struggling with).
I have decided that once a week, every 2 weeks or once a month, I will let you in and tell you some things about me. You may find them boring, funny or interesting. If you are perfectly happy with how much you know about me don't read on.
I was born with very little, to no hair. I have always heard about how bald I was and how long it took for me to get hair, not to worry though. I have a lot of hair and it's very thick. I believe that I had very little hair for so long because it was so thick that it had to work harder to reach the surface.
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| No Hair |
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| Lots of hair |
I am a lefty, and proud of it. Even though in school I had a teacher who wouldn't let me cut with my left hand. She kept trying to force right handed scissors on me and then would get mad if I used my left hand. I believe she thought she was fixing me, she wasn't. Thanks to her that motor skill was never fully developed. I still struggle with cutting. Even though I struggle with cutting I write really well. I have been told by lots of people how well I write for being left handed. Even though in school I did get in trouble for my cursive letters leaning in the wrong direction. One time I was filling out some paper work for a customer and he noticed I was left handed. He asked me how I learned to write so well, he wanted me to show his daughter how I was holding the pencil and writing. She was also left handed, but had the habit of bending her wrist when she wrote. Plus even if I'm not great, most of the greats are left handed.
I HATE Spiders and snakes. I hate them so much that when I go to the zoo and we visit the building with the reptiles and insects I walk directly down the middle that way I am not to close to the cages. If there is a spider in the house Adam has to kill it, before I got married my siblings or parents had to kill it. I have killed a few if I have a vacuum to suck it up and it's about to "attack". I have also killed a couple with Adams huge boots, he hates when I do that because I leave the boot on it. So when he picks up his boot there is a nice surprise he has to clean up. Why am I so scared, I blame it on a dream I had as a child. It was one of the dreams where it was real. I was lying in my bed, and spiders started to crawl on me and they kept coming big ones, little ones all sorts. I knew they were coming to kill me. I was so scared I couldn't move or scream. I tried to scream but nothing came out of my mouth, so all I could do was wait. Eventually the dream ended and to this day I know that spiders want to kill me. To this day I still think that dream happened when I was awake and that it was very real. My brain reminds me if it was real where did all of the spiders go. I also have had the pleasure of a spider walking across me when I was sitting there minding my own business. When I noticed that evil spider I jumped up, it didn't fall of so I flicked at it, thinking it would come off. No the legs fell off one by one as I jumped up and down flicking at it. My family had a great time laughing at me. I hate spiders. I hate snakes because they are evil looking and to me scary.
I know that was a lot of me, it was strange to tell that much about me all at once. Like I said I will share more secrets about me, in future posts. I hope you weren't bored.
Beginning of a New Year
Last night was a lot of fun. We had yummy snacks, Emilee liked the chips and dip, and the little smokies. Emilee went to bed around her normal time, no reason to keep a 3 year old up (she would be ornery today if we did). Adam and I watched episodes of Grey's Anatomy the rest of the night. I was totally amazed, we stayed up until midnight. I really did believe that we would end up in bed around 10.
I have no idea why, but I am totally excited for the New Year. I woke up this morning and felt full of hope. I don't know what this New Year will hold for me or my family, but I feel like it's going to be good. I know what I would love to have happen, but I have no idea what will happen and nothing ever happens as I want it to. So I am looking forward the the surprises, and changes that this year will hopefully be full of. Lets hope I still feel this way in 3,6, or even 11 1/2 months from now.
I have no idea why, but I am totally excited for the New Year. I woke up this morning and felt full of hope. I don't know what this New Year will hold for me or my family, but I feel like it's going to be good. I know what I would love to have happen, but I have no idea what will happen and nothing ever happens as I want it to. So I am looking forward the the surprises, and changes that this year will hopefully be full of. Lets hope I still feel this way in 3,6, or even 11 1/2 months from now.
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