The joys of children Heavenly Father blesses us with

I could really use a nap, a break, or even better, a padded room. I've always been one that needs SOMETHING going all ALL the time. I hate being bored or being stuck in one place. Well my children are the "somethings" that ALWAYS go on. Yesterday I got us all ready and showered (after Takara dumped milk over Kimi's head) and on to the list of ladies I go visit teach. We met at McDonalds for lunch and the kids played and had a good time, but when Takara was ready to go...she was ready to go. She yelled, cried and threw a fit screaming out into the lunch rush crowd, "I'm ready to go!!!". As we were walking out the door an older, toothless, man looked at Kimi and said, at least she's not crying, I don't like babies because they cry too much. Nice. We went on to our other places and things went pretty well. One of the ladies I met with was selling her house and I was really interested after looking at it and thought Evan would like it too. We got home and Evan was home from work so I got Kimi some mac and cheese, and Takara a PBJ sandwich. We are breeding our two mares to one of our friends studs and we're squeezing it in right before the season ends so we had to get two injections called ludalyse to bring them into heat. So I went out to help Evan set up the corrals while the girls were eating and when I came back in...You guessed it, Takara had dumped the mac n cheese all over kimi and was rubbing the Peanutbutter half of the sandwich all over herself and in both girls hair. In the shower they went for the second time. We loaded the girls up after and went to go see the house I looked through earlier. Its in a secluded area and the girls had a movie playing in the truck so we thought, we'll go take a peek while they are strapped in and being occupied. We came back to the truck to find Takara out of her seat..her and Kimi COVERED in chocolate from a big M&M dispenser. It wasn't the end of the world, I mean it wasn't out of character for them. As we drove down the road I looked over and saw the ludalyse syringes..EMPTY!!! Now we were freaking out. We called the vet..no answer. We called poison control...we stumped poison control!! Who does that?! The vet called us back and told us to go to the ER. Away we went and when we got there they checked out both girls to see how much, if any, of the ludalyse they had ingested. They seemed fine but we had to stick around 4 hours getting regular evalutions and vitals taken. Takara was screaming and going ballistic and wouldn't let the drs touch her until, she got some chicken nuggets. Of all things, chicken nuggets. Thank goodness for grandmas, we couldn't get Takara to shut up until she had her stupid chicken nuggets. By time we got home we were drained and I didn't want to wake up this morning to babysit my nephew Trenton but really had no choice. And not so surprising, Takara was in a BAD mood and took it out on everyone. The rest of the day went pretty good, up until a few moments ago when Takara got stuck under our bathroom sink and couldn't get out fast enough and pooped, yes, pooped under the sink. I'm so glad its Friday.

Fantastic Fall!!

I love fall weather. I love the smells, the colors, the temperature, and just the feeling in general. I always feel August/September marks the beginning of the year instead of January. Probably because of school but it always feels like a fresh start, so I usually start my resolutions now instead of the real "new year". I'm on one of my weight loss kicks again, a constant battle I've gone through my entire life, after two kids its even harder. Losing the weight has never been my problem, its keeping it off. Feeding children with high metabolisms and bottomless pit tummies is my major setback. If I can stay away from food I do ok but when I'm constantly digging in the cupboards and fridge to feed the girls' demands I find myself popping things in my mouth all day! I figured after our annual labor day reunion on the mountains I would kick myself into gear, so far so good. I have motivation to lose weight, summer 2011 we are planning to visit Evans brother in California! I'm so excited! Also in Sept 2011 we are planning on an Alaskan cruise! As the girls get older it seems like life runs a little more smoothly. We debated for awhile if we should have another baby right now but we figured we would do a few things that we wanted before we tie ourselves down with more kids. I can't put a number on how many we WILL have but I do know that we want at least 4. Evan wants to be done when he's 30 or soon after just so that we can enjoy our children while we are young, and still have some youth in us to enjoy each other and travel by time they are on their own. Kids are hard work but they are the most entertaining creatures in the world. They are snuggly, lovey, and honest. There are times you want to beat them and times when your heart aches because they are sick or hurt. I can't imagine what life would be without them. Evan is such a good Dad and Takara loves him more than anything in this world. It is so cute when he snuggles down with Takara in her itty bitty toddler bed to watch a movie. I don't remember what its like to go to the bathroom or take a shower alone, or sleep without playing musical beds. I can't think back to what it was like to sleep in or be able to stay up all night. A clean house lasts as long as a nap, and packing for a trip takes days instead of an hour. The first moment you hold a new fuzzy soft baby is worth going through all this alone, but luckily even as our babies grow it reinforces how blessed we are to have a person that loves us and forgives so easily. I love my family very much and I am thankful that Heavenly Father has blessed me with the riches of this life!

What a summer

I have mixed feelings about summer coming to an end, mainly because I hate being trapped in the house with two little kids during cold weather. On the other hand I LOVE the fall, sweatshirt weather. And then theres the string of holidays, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, to look forward to. I thought today I'd share a recap of our summer in 2010. June came and went pretty quickly. Evan turned 27 on the 17th, I got my horse Saki,

and our trip to Rapid City was AWE-SOME. During our vacation we went to:

"The Cosmos"- This place was pretty cool, Evan wasn't too impressed but the whole place threw me off and I felt very sick and dizzy inside because my head was trying to figure out what my body couldn't. Evan stood off the wall and was completely balanced, we saw a ball and water run uphill, and trees being bowed because of gravity

Old McDonalds Farm- ok so this place was nothing new to us but because of Takaras love of farm animals we decided she would appreciate it more than most of the other stops. My favorite was the nursery, they had tiny baby goats that I could have fit into my purse, lambs, and all sorts of babies.

Bear Country-This was fun although most of the bears didn't seem to notice the line of cars driving through their home. It was cool to see them up that close but once again my favorite part was "babyland".

Reptile Gardens- This was one of the main stops we made. We had a lot of fun here, Takara got to pet an baby gator, we walked through the little town, watched some reptile shows and pet the giant, old, tortoises. Storybook Island- This was one of Takara's favorite stops...the best part, it was FREE! Every cartoon and storybook character you could imagine was here. They had bridges to walk over, slides and playhouses, a train to ride, and charicature drawings. This summer was also filled with many yard sales, town celebrations and parades. Almost every saturday Evan and I made our traditional stop to maverik to get a pop and scout the town for yard sales. We gave ourselves a $20.00 spending limit together and found some awesome treasures. We usually didn't even bring money with us just so that we wouldn't be tempted to buy junk we didn't need. If it was something we thought would be worth running to get our money for, it was usually worth it. I think Evans top treasure this summer was his leather holster and belt for his .22 pistol for $10.00. I had to many to count :) the most memorable for me was the brand new hooked on phonics set, some craft stuff, a bike for takara, and a mini recliner for takara all for $10.00 all together. I'm a bargain shopper!

In July we lost our dachshund Dixie but also welcomed our new little baby bassetthound Dinky to the family. We also had the Park County Fair where Takara participated in the "goat dress up" show. She was a hula girl and the goat carried the roasted pig.

We also celebrated Kimi's 1st birthday! It was such a fun day with lots of family and fun. I decorated her cake and we had a blast at chuck-e-cheese. Kimi has been walking since she was 10 1/2 months old and says little words here and there. Right now her favorite is I'm hungry. She's ALWAYS hungry. It also means thirsty. grocery shopping is hard because Kimi reaches out for everything saying I'm hungry and everyone looks at me like I starve my child.


August rolled around and it seemed like summer flew by in a blink. We got our first family truck! Evan has been skipping around like its his birthday and Christmas rolled into one. Everywhere we go he has a grin plastered on his face and always says, I love my truck. This month we also celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary! I can't believe how fast time has gone by. The first year of marriage was hard, just trying to mesh two different lives together. Now things flow smoothly and its wonderful being able to share our lives together. If you ask Evan he'll jokingly tell you that he's just learned to go along with whatever I want...haha which is probably true.

I'm going to miss summer but there will be many more to come and many more adventures to be had!