The Magic of the Eraser Thank goodness

Well, what can I say? Yesterday was an especially difficult mommy day and I was wondering what in the hell I was thinking when I had children. Seriously I thought I might go crazy before Ammon got home and saved us all from eachother.

So, the only thing I'm disappointed about is that I didn't get a picture of what really happened and how bad it was. Rylan was being especially naughty and I sent him to his room to get dressed and think about being a good boy. Well, I think he must've tried to draw a picture of it on the wall with his markers because that's just what I saw when I went in to check on him. I can't express how pissed off I was to see his artwork and the hole he had also made in the mattress pad thing that's on his bed. My hell! He hadn't been in the bedroom that long and he made sure he used every minute to tear the place up. Any other day I may have secretly laughed about it, but yesterday I blew my top and felt like I could cry.

So, today I feel better about life and I'm posting a pic of Rylan and his dad cleaning up the wreckage and letting you know that magic erasers really do work (even in the hands of a 3 year old). Yes I made him clean it up.....

I sure Love Rylan, but when he is short on sleep (and I am too) we just clash and barely make it through the freakin day. I'm happy to say we came through fine and that he really is precious most of the time......

Where oh where did we go they ask????

So, I realize we have been a little on the low down for a week or two. It's a mix of a mess to try and explain everything and anything about what we've been doing.....oh yeah and not doing as pointed out nicely by Amee. Here's a short insight to a day in the life:

**Tending babyJett full-time now everyday.
**Being referee to Rylan and McKinley (which makes me wonder what my name is after a day)
**Some housework (if I have time & energy of course) followed by some quality couch time
**A few hours of school three days a week (sometimes homework is on time).
**Couple of days of work each week
**And who know what else I've been doing. Evertyhing seems a little cloudy these days and I hope to break through sooner than later... (any ideas?)

No, there's really actually a logical explanation for why I haven't posted. You know when I got my new camera several months ago I was super impressed of course and snapped a lot of shots (about 439 to be exact) and I had never printed them until last month and the damages were $50 bucks! EEck! So I've decided that I've become camera shy for fear that I'll get slapped by the kodak machine again. I'm gonna work on this detail. How does everyone else get the prints? Do you have any cool tricks or online things that you do or am I as normal as the rest of the world? (you don't have to answer that)

Here's a couple of shots that we took of our little picnic the other day. It's kinda funny cuz it shows all of us at the same lace and time but definitely enjoying it differently :o)

Well it's 50 degrees and we had to get out! This is of course just up the street from our house where we went with Ammon's sister and her little munchkin and walked and hiked around on the rocks and so on. We had a fun little afternoon and of course it gave me Spring fever in a bad way! How's the snow treating everyone? This is when I love where I live cuz we're freezing when it's 50 :o)

My Random thoughts...

So, I thought I would be deep into my studies by the second week when in fact I haven't attended really any of my classes yet. I started with one schedule of classes and decided they were not what I wanted to study of be in for 3 months, so I dropped them and am in the process of getting added into the classes I really want to take. I'm retarded for waiting, but hopefully the professors will be nice and sign me in.

The other day I was doing a scrapping project and came upon my new favorite saying. It may just be my new theme thought.

It is: Every path has its puddles.

I've thought about this a lot. I really think there is so much truth to it and it simplifies why things are the way they are and why things happen. No matter the path chosen, there will be bumps and trials to over come, jump over, swim through, or crawl around. What do you think??

Memorable Moments

It's been awhile since we touched base. Here's a couple of random pictures from the last couple of days (more like weeks) that shows what we've been up to. I wish it was something extraordinary, but it's just life.... Some highlights have been: Our Family Christmas/ New Year's Party! We had all my siblings there except Weston and his family. We even got Daren and Meg here from New Mex. We had a alot of FUN Thanks for coming and CA Albrecht's we missed you! Other happenings were two new nephews being born. Jett Lundin on Dec 22 and Gus Albrecht on Jan 2. It's so exciting to have new munchkins in the family CONGRATS to O1 and Dayna's Family! I started back to school on Monday too so we will see how that goes.

Here's sweet little baby Gus Albrecht. He is adorable and makes the cutest little grunts.

This is my cute Mom, Aspen, and Dallee playing at the park.


This is us ringing in the New Year and watching the Fire Works! Happy 2009!

This is a few of the party-goers cuddling babies :o)

These are my little techno-geek children playing their computers from Aunt Jane from Christmas. they are so cute in their chairs being cute and smart.

This is cute little Jett baby. He is so sweet and cuddly.

This is Ms. McKinley. We did her hair so cute and had her all dolled up. She's such a girl cuz she totally acted differently (until she napped of course and everything changed and relaxed)

This Aspen, Dallee, and McKin playing while little Gus was in the hospital with his mommy and daddy. They played together and had so much fun. Thanks Giggle

Meryy Christmas & Happy New Year!

ok, well they are a little out of order, but it gives you an idea of some of the fun we've been having. This is us and my dad. He came to visit for a minute.
This is dad with the newest Grandbaby Jett Lundin. He is Dayna's first baby born on Dec 22nd. He is so precious and we're all so glad he has finally arrived.

So this is what Santa brought Rylan and McKinley. Their faces were so fun to watch.

This is Rylan and McKinley's Grannie Grace (Ammon's mom). We had a really fun Christmas Eve Party with her, Jane, and the King's.

This is of course a shopping trip to the mall and the kids Have To ride on the dang toys that I curse everytime they're in sight. Gotta love it!

This is our newest addition Snow Mann. He was brought to life yes in St. George last week and sadly taken away a couple days later. Rylan and his dad had a fun time building him and of course you can tell they are in the South cuz Mr. Weirdo Mann is still wearing shorts. Go figure... We really have had a lot of snow here for the area. It's ok I guess, but I don't love it.

Well, I hope you have all had a Very Happy Holiday and that the Parties are not yet over. Enjoy the Family, Fun, and Food cuz the time is going fast and it will soon be over and the grind will resume.

So From ours to yours MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

So the other night we had FHE and I wanted to show everyone what great assemblers we are. We didn't actually mean to have three different houses at the party, but we all wanted to do something to surprise everyone and have fun and I guess it just proves that great minds think alike. We had a lot of fun and made some Great Memories! Oh yeah, you also have to love the timer aspect of picture taking. You can see that Rylan is hidden by the houses, McKinley has her shirt half way off, and the adults are just there for the flash. I love that everything doesn't have to be perfect to be a success. Thanks guys for the fun night Love Ya!