Our attempt at FHE

Tonight I suggested that we have Family Home Evening. Before I know it, everyone including the baby is saying lets play the wii. I guess that is better than nothing. We all had a good time and we were together.

"Oh the Olden Days"

Tonight I was getting diner started and realized that I had forgotten to unload the dishwasher. So I started diner and then went to unload and to my surprise I had forgotten to start it. So here I was with a sink full of dishes and diner getting ready to be served??? What to do???
My mother phoned and asked," How my day had went." I told her that I was bugged about the situation, she said,"Well why don't y0u wash them by hand?? "
Honestly that was the first time I even thought that thought. So the dishwasher was going and so was I at the sink.
Trent walks in and says,"What is this 1910?"
I said, "I know remember when we were little?"
He said, "No I never have washed dishes by hand!"
"LUCKY" I said

Well done thou good and faithful servant

June 23, 1910 - January 27, 2008

This was a very sad day for all of us! He was a very loved man. We will miss him and are grateful for all he has done for us!!

Tomorrow, Happy, Something and So On ........

Tomorrow...I hope for warmer days!

Happy... Is knowing life is looking up for me!

Something I know.... That I have an eternal family!

Currently... not wanting to clean this house.

Wanting… a laundry maid… just once a week!

Favorite gadget...my new smart crock pot…. It is so cool

Thankful.. .for our good health also, everyone around us is sick!! So really thankful!

Wondering...if I will ever get this house clean?!?!

Words never to be Forgotten

My little handsome fellow was suppose to be a sleep, he came into my room and I was giving myself a pedicure and he asked, "What are you doing?" I simply stated, " Doing a pedicure on myself." I then told him,"Go to bed!"
The next day he came home right after school jumped up on my bed, took off his socks and said, "Mom will you give me a "panicure"?"
I just think that he is my boy through and through!!!

A couple nights later......

Now K'Leigh was not minding her dad and going to sleep. I was not home and he was getting ready to work out so he wanted her asleep. She came in one more time and her told her she would be grounded if he saw her again.
I got home and found this note on our bed,
"Dear Dad,
I Love you but you are being silly.
I can't understand you.
Love,
A Secret Family "Memar"

We see who has who around their fingers!!
It is so much fun to watch them grow and change, but SO hard to let go.

I love my kids so much and don't want to forget the little things.

Look what Blanding has........

My sister emailed me these pictures today. I am totally just amazed that these big gorgeous animals are just hanging out in her back yard. They say they have had to stop to let them cross the roads and everything.

They are so beautiful!!

Look how many their are?!?!?

Last but obviously not the least my beautiful baby Madden. This is her on her Blessing day. Her dad's aunt crochet the blanket and the dress!!! She is the most perfect thing their is !!
I love her and her mommy so much!!

The after shots of the day at the Salon!!

I round brushed the twenty one month's old hair. She has these new little bangs that are growing in and it was by far a bigger task than I was wanting for some pictures for the blog!!

This is how excited she was the whole time!!

This is K'Leigh's after shot!! Not much change, just a little trim. K'Leigh wants to grow all her hair long!!!

This is me holding on to Hannah's shirt before she runs to the bathroom!! She did not want her hair done or her picture taken.

The Little Girls Get to Go to The Salon!!

K'Leigh and Hannah at the Salon

K'Leigh just got a trim! Her hair is finally thickening up and starting to have some body!!
K'Leigh was such a good example to her baby sister!!!

Hannah was such a big girl. I thought it was going to take me, Trent and a sucker to get this job done. She just sat on my lap and was such a big girl. I have to brag the lady could not believe the amount of hair my baby has!! I was not so lucky the first time around so I was thankful for the thick curly hair I have been blessed with the second time!!

Life little Pleasures

I was watching my favorite show tonight and life just seems to change so fast. I am writing to express my love and appreciation to all those that have supported and encouraged me in my life. I have had a few ups and downs lately and their have been so many people to thank and show my appreciation to. You know who you are and how you have helped me.
The phone calls, texts, all the emails and everything. It is great to know that you are loved!!
Life is so short and I wanted everyone to know that I am very blessed and I appreciate all of my blessings!
Love you all
Tanya

I also have took a little trip to the Hair Salon

FRONT VIEW
I decided to go to the Salon after seeing how cute Aunt Bonnie's and Aunt Autumn's hair was short. This is not the best picture! Maybe I just need some sun light or something!!

BACK VIEW

100 Fun and Boring Facts about ME

Here goes nothing. This may seem weird, but I am doing this for the soul sake of my children to read and learn about my life history and things that they might not know about me. (I started this like two months ago and I finally finished!)

1. Born in Brigham City Utah in 1980
2. My parents got divorced when I was an infant.
3. I have one Biological Brother, one step sister, one step brother, two half sisters ( I am really close with one and not so close with the other. I am open to change this)
4. I lived in Lehi Ut until I was in third grade.
5. I moved to Costa Mesa California in third grade and then to Newport Beach soon after.
6. I loved the beach..... But grateful we did not stay their long.
7. Moved to Orem Utah in Sixth grade.
8. My mom dated my Junior High school Principal..... That sucked!!
9. We moved to Moab Ut my freshman year.
10. Personally for myself this town is wicked and I still get a sick feeling when I drive through it.
11. When I was a sophomore, one of my best friends got killed in a car accident. Not that was tragic enough, I went to see her parents a couple of weeks later and they told me I could go and visit with her. They had got her cremated and she was in a box on top of a shelf. This was very strange for me, but it was very interesting situation.
12. I never really liked Moab much. I suffered some personal things and my parents thought it was best that I went and lived with my dad.
13. This is not a very pleasant thing but it is apart of me. I am by no means proud of this. I had been living with my dad for about one week and I was struggling so I thought it would be a good idea to swallow a whole bunch of pills and take my own life. My dad had to take me to the hospital and I had to drink charcoal. This was one of the hardest things for me to get over. I am so thankful to this day that I am still alive.
14. I continued living with my dad until the spring of my senior year, and I had a few more mishaps, so I was living on my own until I graduated.
15. I graduated from Davis High School in 1998.
16 . Moved to Blanding Ut. The BEST thing ever.
17. Plan was to go to the Nursing Program at CEU.
18. I had a great summer.
19. I dated a few guys.
20. I went with a guy to Family Home Evening, and I left with Trent.
21. We hung out every moment of everyday.
22. I would not go over to Trent's parents house if I was wearing to short of shorts of a tank top.
I would make him take me home to change before going to his house.
23. Me and Trent hung out with the best most fun group of friends that summer.
24. We would have a bomb fire where ever, whenever.
25. Trent and his friends were so crazy that they took me bunny chasing in the middle of the night.
26. I asked Trent to marry me. We were spending a late night together on his parents couch. We were talking about how in love we were with each other and I said, " Will you marry me?"
Just after three weeks, I know but when you know, you know!!
27. We went to Provo a week or so later and I told him to pick out the ring and surprise me and he said NO. So I told him I would pick a few and he had to make the final decision.
28. He took me to the Provo Temple and got down on one knee and asked me to marry him on July 25, 1998.
29. We got married on October 23, 1998 in the Monticello Temple. It was perfect!!
30. Trents's Grandma Audrey said once, "We were not sure about knowing each other for only three weeks." Then she said," We love you and are glad that you are apart of our family."
31. We moved in to a basement apartment of an older ladies house in Blanding. We lived with her for six months.
32. I worked for a Medical billing department in Blanding.
33. We bought a house their in Blanding. It was an older home, but we loved it!!
34. We had a house and I was ready to fill it with lots of little babies. ( I always thought being a mommy was the funnest thing in the world, I had no idea how hard it would be)
35. I found out I was pregnant when I was on three weeks and four days. It was the longest pregnancy known to man.
36. Trent was up north in Salt Lake for some reason or another when I called to tell him I was pregnant. So he claims he was out of town when I got pregnant. Ha Ha!
37. We were so excited at eighteen weeks we found out that we were having a baby girl. We she also had a birth defect called Gastroschisis. This means her intestines, liver and appendix were all on the outside of her body. We continued with the pregnancy as normal.
38. Trent went sledding with some of our crazy wild friends. Seeing that I was thirty weeks pregnant I voted to stay home. Well he lost his wallet that night. He told me when he was getting ready for work the next morning, it must have just been enough stress to send me into labor. I got flown out of Blanding and had to remain in Utah County until I had her at thirty six weeks.
39. K'Leigh Audrey was born on April 17, 2000 weighing 4lbs. 10 oz and was 181/2 inchs long. She had surgery when she was five hours old and spent three weeks at Primary Children's. We have never looked back.
40. We went home around the first of May, the first time I had seen home in over ten weeks.
41. K'Leigh is a very big and powerful light in my life. She is very determined and very strong. I am very grateful for this most of the time.
42. When K'Leigh was about 14 months old we decided she needed a play partner. She was always looking for a friend.
43. When we found out we were pregnant we thought we would keep it a secret but that only lasted until I was about 7 weeks along. I thought I made quite the progress from the first one.
44. The pregnancy was very easy going.
45. We decided or should I say Trent decided not to find out what it was . This was very hard for me at the time. I am thankful for the experience now though.
46. During this pregnancy I got up in the middle of the night, being that I was hungry. I went to sit in the recliner with my toast and I set in a crochet hook. I screamed and woke Trent up and he said I can get it out. This hurt real bad. Let me tell you all the hook part was in me and it hurt real bad to have that yanked out of my leg.
47. During my third trimester Trent got laid off from his job. So he decided to follow his life dream and become a Police officer. This meant me home alone all week and him home on the weekends. While he went to school in Salt Lake.
48. We had McKay on March 29. 2002 in Blanding, Ut. This was fun and a little scary it was all natural childbirth. This is just a side note, I did bite Trent's thumb during labor. It is way more painful than I ever thought it could be.
49. Trent got their in time for the delivery on Thursday and while he was home for the weekend he potty trained K'Leigh! That was great.
50. This was one of the hardest parts of my life, a barely two year old and a brand new baby all on my own. Thank goodness we had lots of family close by.
51. Trent Graduated from the Police Academy in June 2002! Yeah what a life goal.
52. We got hired on with San Juan County in October 2002 and stayed in Blanding until February.
53. Off to live at Bullfrog Marina! The BEST thing we could have ever done!!
54. We had so much fun and we settled in very good!
55. K'Leigh got her ShiTzu puppy, TinkerBell for her third Birthday that year. We still have her and love her very much.
56. I had a part time job while living at Lake Powell. I worked at a little grocery store out on the water and I loved to meet all the people.
57. We met all kinds of different people and that is what we and miss the most about that place. 58. We decided to Move to Aurora Utah when it was time for the kids to be enrolled in school.
59. We also found out that we were expecting a third child in the mist of moving! We were very excited!!
60. Trent got hired on with Salina City Police Department and he loved it. It truly is like working for his dad. the chief is ONE of the best.
61. While in Aurora we lived in a tiny house we called the "cracker box," The people we rented it from say it was a thousand square feet but we did not believe them.
62. We bought a older home in Salina . We closed on it like two weeks before the baby was born.
63. Thanks to Aunt Autumn and friends we got the house cleaned, painted and almost all moved in before she came.
64. On April 20, 2006, Hannah Marie was born. She had a lot of dark brown hair. She weighed 7 lbs. and she was twenty inchs long. It was a great delivery and we love her so much.
65. My Kids are the reason I get up everyday. They are the funnest, happiest kids. (most of the time)
66. I am a very outspoken person. You usually know where you stand with me.
67. I have a very bad potty mouth and I am trying to clean it up. So please just remind me!!
68. I feel happiest when my house is clean, but it usually only lasts about ten minutes!
69. My husband is my true best friend and I love him so much.
70. My mom and I are close. We have a very complicated relationship, I truly try to work on it daily.
71. Me and my cell phone?! ?! It is a very serious problem but I love everything about it!!
72. My children and their tenderness and sometimes fighting can bring me to tears once a day!/
73. I cry WAY to easy, I wish I could change that about me.
74. I love my husbands family more than words can ever tell.
75. I love having all of my wonderful sister-in laws. They keep me together most everyday
76. My Baby sister just had a baby and it was very fun and neat to see my little sister have a baby and enjoy the learning experience with her.
77. I strive to have a goos wholesome relationship with my own father.
78. I would love to have a beautiful yard someday.
79. I am not so good with decorating my house. That is something else I would love to work on.
80. Sewing is my favorite hobby.
81. Starting a Quilt and finishing it is a great feeling.
82. My Grandmother is the most wonderful caring people I know. If I could be half of the woman she is I would die a happier person.
83. I hope to be a positive role model to my children.
84. I love the differences in my kids personalities.
85. A dream for me is to have a date night at least once a month with my husband.
86. My favorite TV show is hands down Grey's Anatomy.
87. I love Pepsi way to much. Someday SOON I hope I will switch to the dark side and drink Diet.?>?>?
88. Simple things make me the happiest!
89. I tend to get grouchy when people are grouchy and outwardly rude!
90. I love to help others out. It is something that always makes me smile inside!
91. Sometimes the willingness to help can get me in trouble.
92. I did not get a tattoo on our Mother's Day weekend. I think I surprised mu husband and everyone that knows me including myself.
93. I HATE to be cold, I would rather be to hot.
94. Warm weather is my favorite time of year. Playing in the pool and working outside. This is real fun.
95. I have a very strong testimony of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
96. I am trying to think more positive about myself and the things I think about matter.
97. My one goal is to have more will power over my life.
98. Someday soon I want to be 100% content with my past.
99. I love all my family big and small!
100. I love the people that I am sharing this with and I hope that someday my children will read it and learn somethings they did not know about our family.

Thank you all that inspire me to be a better person and I am thankful for you all everyday!! This was one of the tens of thousands New Years Resolutions to get finished.