my birthday.

Wednesday, May 21, was my 29th birthday.

Chris and I woke at 5am SICK.

So unfair!

I had a lunch date, a dinner date and a wonderful cheesecake all waiting for me that day.

Instead, we did nothing.

I did have friends and family call me and bring me stuff though.

That made my day!!!

We finally got to celebrate on Thursday night and my cheesecake was amazing! Thanks to my sweet friend JoDee!

Thank you all for making my sick birthday special anyway!

This is me and Heather Hull.

I believe we were 11 years old.

We swam in her pool every chance we got!

She posted a birthday shout out for me and added this picture.

It made me laugh and brought back SO many memories!

Love you Heather!

Girls Night Out.

While the boys were gone camping, us girls took the opportunity to have a girls night out, so we headed for the mall (where else do girls go?). We ate until we couldn't eat anymore. Then off to the pet store to see the cute little baby animals. We saw two kittens that looked just like Viggo. Taylor teared up and was trying to hide it. Which in turn made me tear up and I too tried to hide it. We asked if we could hold them. Out of curiosity I asked how much?

Only $699!

We loved on them for a few more minutes and left.

We had our first photo booth photo shoot.

Then went to Claire's for some much needed nail polish and fake nails for the girls. After some serious indecision from Taylor we finally found what she wanted and left. But not before we had some Dots. On the way home Taylor came up with a great idea to go rent a movie and stay up late! We ended the night with some nail care and sprawling out on the couch watching Matilda.

It was perfect.

insomnia at it's best (or is that worst?)

9:55 pm- bed. toss and turn for a bit and fall fast asleep.
11:02 pm- wake up and pee. SO thirsty, get a drink.
1:00 am- wake up, pee, SO thirsty, get a little drink.
2:01 am- Ellie comes in crying because she peed a little. I help her change and find out it was not just a little. Lay towel down over pee spot, get new blanket, tuck her in and call it good. Go pee (didn't even really have to go that much this time), go back to bed.
2:24 am- roll over to check time.
2:24-3:34 am- toss and turn wondering how much longer it will take to fall asleep this time. Lots of topics/people enter my mind. I have scenerios and conversations running through my head until it all comes to a hault when I feel very impressed to get up and write a letter. Hmmm, seriously? No. I'm going to fall asleep any minute. Toss and turn. Reluctantly get out of bed. Grab pen and paper and any magazine I could find for my lap desk. Write out what needs to be said. Read it over twice. Wow, that actually sounds pretty good. Tuck into my top drawer plop back down into bed. oh yeah, and I peed.
4:30 am- last look at the clock before I fall asleep while thinking, "I'm so proud I got something important done instead of lay in bed and cry and feel sorry for myself, cuz here we go again." (my insomnia has gotten progressively worse with each pregnancy. This time it started 2 months earlier than usual. boo-hoo for me.)

6:30 am- wake up to alarm clock. I slept so comfy and sound that it felt like only 20 minutes. Pushed snooze.

7:07 am- Peyton comes in and climbs in on Chris' side. Tell Chris about my sleepless night. Get out of bed, hating 8:30 church, and take a much needed shower, ahhhh.

8:37 am- walk out the door for church. Made it in time for the sacrament, yes!

9:50 am- tell Chris I'm going home and taking a nap.

10:00 am- strip and crawl into bed.

10:43 am- last look at the clock before I fall fast asleep, ahhhh.

11:15 am- wake up. What already?! I still have 30 minutes before everyone comes in fighting and being obnoxiously too loud! Oh, well, Tylenol PM will be my friend tonight.

7 random things about me...

I've been tagged by Kim

1. I remember dates pretty well. I'm kind of a freak of nature. I see a calendar in my head and there's names all over the place on certain dates. Growing up I thought everyone had a calendar in their head. It's really bad to the point where someone will tell me a day that something is going on and I'll say, "That's so and so's birthday or anniversary or so and so's due date, but really had their baby on such and such a date". I try really hard to just think it and not say it out loud cuz I get a lot of weird looks like I'm crazy.

2. I LOVE LOVE LOVE newborns! I wish the newborn stage lasted a full 6 months to a year. They are soooo cute and little and cuddily. My baby is almost 2 and it's so strange that I am not expecting another one....a good thing though. I need the break!

3. I slept with my baby blanket till I was 25. As a kid if I forgot to bring it to sleep overs I would have my mom bring it to me. It was no secret I HAD to have it. After I got married Chris wondered if I would ever give it up. I honestly thought I never would. After 6 years I weaned myself from it. It went like this: from hugging it every night (I never sucked my thumb and smelt it like some) to putting it above my head between my pillow and the wall to it landing on the floor once and I didn't HAVE to pick it up...immediately, to eventually putting in the hall closet. And guess what? It's STILL there! Trust me, it's an impressive feat. I see it every now and then and think, "Oh look, my blanket" and then I manage to walk away. I still love it. My mom told me once I should cut a square of it and frame it and use it as decor! I don't know what the hell she was thinking!!! She's crazy to think I could ever freaking CUT it!!!

4. I wish I could play piano. I am really pathetic and listen to George Winston and will lay in bed with my eyes closed and picture myself playing with a huge audience watching me and thinking wow, that girl is sooo talented! Lame, I know. I will take piano lessons someday! But I'm sure I'll never be good enough to have a huge audience at a concert. I'll have my own concert with just my family...and my friend Corinne cuz she's going to teach me :)

5. I want to be a flight attendant. I want to work like 2 to 4 times a month and have all the flight benefits so I can take my family where ever I want and travel a ton and make lots of memories.

6. I pee my pants a little bit almost everyday. I really do. I have I guess what they call incontinence. Or something like that. It use to only happpen when I had to run after a child running into the street or jumping on the trampoline or when I yell really loud. But now it is to the point where I am just standing there making dinner or walking down the hall. I have a friend that has the same problem, I won't name any names, and she checked out the surgery you can have to fix it. BUT one of the possible side effects is loss of sexual function. So we both decided peeing our pants a little everday isn't so bad.

7. I laugh when people get hurt. I seriously can't help it. If you stub your toe or smash your finger or run into a garbage can while riding your bike (Annelise) I WILL laugh. I try soooo hard not too. Chris gets so mad and I have to hide my face. If someone got hurt so bad like getting hit by a car I WOULD NOT laugh. I would freak out and most likely be useless in that kind of an emergency. Or if an old person fell and broke their hip, I WOULD NOT laugh. (note: I have not experienced either one of these. It's just an assumption that I would not laugh.) I do have to say, that I don't laugh when my kids get hurt. I think it's just other people my age or older.


Now I tag: EVERYONE who reads this! (who hasn't done this already)

Iowa- In a really BIG nutshell!

This post is not entirely in chronological order.

This trip was just way too fun to tell EVERYTHING!!!

And I don't think my kids will let me sit here long enough to detail it.

Uploading the pics alone was way too long of a task!

We are smiling here, but the flight from PHX. to Denver was nothing to smile about.

The cabin pressure and the turbulance were aweful! We both felt so nauseous and headachy.

It was YUCK!

Luckily the flight from Denver to Kansas City, Missouri was MUCH better.

It is a lot cheaper to fly into MO. than it is to Des Moines, Iowa.

Unfortunatley Kansas City is nearly 3 hours away from my sisters house and Des Moines is 5 minutes away.

So when we arrived we had a long drive ahead of us in the middle of the night.

These gas stations are all over the place.

Why don't we have CREATIVE names for our gas stations?!

We had good eats at Champps Bar and Grill,


but not before we took tons of pictures of ourselves.
I'll just share one and spare you the rest.

For those of you wondering, my sister-in-law, Kim, came along with me.
Us 3 do well together :)



We shopped a TON!!!


Are we HOT or what?!


Grandma Cook and Grandma Black.

I met a BUNCH of family I had never met before.

I had the most wonderful time being LOVED on by my sweet little Miss Kinley!!!

Seriously in hog heaven with this little girl!

Nothing like sharing some FISHY KISSES!!!

My sister's beautiful kids!!!

Kayleigh, Mason, Mckinley, Kyndall (not enjoying being squished)

PEACHES N' CREAM CORN

The yummiest corn ever!!!

We brought home a dozen and I so wish we would have had room for more!

On Saturday night we went to the Funny Bone Comedy Club.

I can't even described how freakin' hilarious it was!

We laughed so stinkin' hard!

This was one night I would love to relive over and over!

We were right up front!

We saw LOTS of spit FLY, but none landed on us thank goodness!
My very BEAUTIFUL sister!

and very BEAUTIFUL sister-in-law!

These 2 guys were AWESOME!!!

John T. Bush and John Pinnett

You may recognize John Pinnett from Revenge of the Nerds and Comedy Central.

Pauly Shore is coming to the Funny Bone on July 27th!

I am soooo sad that I won't be there! He's so cute!

But I don't know how clean his shows are.

GOODBYES SUCK!!!

Mason is my little man!

The last picture just before boarding the plane.

I had the most fabulous time!

I can't wait to go back!

Missy, it's your turn to come here now!

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Leaving on a Jet Plane!

I am off to Iowa in a couple hours to visit my sister, Missy, in Iowa! I can't wait to get there and start enjoying my little vacation! I'll be back on here Monday to tell you all about my trip!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Dumb Blonde?

On Monday night I had my FIRST outcall massage for someone I had never met. I was a little nervous. As I was driving to the guys house, I was chatting with Chris on my cell phone. When I got to his street I saw the guy in his front yard waiting for me. I quickly told Chris I LOVE him and said GOODBYE. I pull up in front of his house and parked. I jump out of my huge truck and go introduce myself. I tell him I need to get my table out. So I turn around and notice how I am totally not parked that close to the curb. I get my stuff out and put it on the sidewalk and tell him I need to fix my parking job. I get in and I am NERVOUS and feel DUMB I was having to repark. I hurry and back up so I can pull in closer to the curb right in front of his house. As I was backing up I HIT his neighbors black garbage can and knocked it OVER! (it was in the street!) I was SOOO EMBARASSED! Thankfully it was empty. I got out of the truck and apologized and he was laughing and said it's ok, as he was walking over to pick it up. "That's a big truck you are driving!" I wanted to tell him that I drive that thing everyday and have been for a year and a half! But if I said that he might wonder how on earth I managed to hit a garbage can. I said, "well, I've never hit a garbage can before! It was totally in my blind spot!" I felt like he must think I am the BIGGEST dumb blonde! Luckily there was no mishaps during his massage!

9 Wonderful Years!

Tonight we celebrated 9 years of marriage! It's amazing that time has past so quickly!

We went out to dinner where we go every year, Aznio Landing. We love the food and the atmosphere. It is so yummy and quiet there.

When we were done, we went home and watched a couple of episodes of 24. We are sooo addicted! We were planning on going and seeing a movie, but we decided to stay in the comfort of our own home and get a few more shows in so we didn't stay up till 2am like we have been doing lately.

I still feel so young with my 2 huge shiners on my forehead! Funny thing is, I had 2 huge zits on my forehead 9 years ago today. I was soooo mad! And I look pregnant, which I AM NOT! I really wish you could choose where your fat goes. I bet you can all guess where I'd put it!

My handsome husband!

I just saw this picture big and I've got food all over my tongue! Gross! Really I think it's funny more than gross.

This is our (but mostly mine) Anniversary gift. I have been wanting a cute and really sleek camera with a bigger screen. Thank you honey! I love it and most of all I love you!!!




When we got back to Chris' parents house, this is what we came back to.
Peyton was asleep on the couch hanging off! He just looks so stinkin' cute!





Everyone was so tired.
Grandma and Grandpa always take such good care of our kids!


Thank you for watching them so we could go out and celebrate!

Cute Toes!

Last Friday night my friend, Melodie, called and said, "I'm going to get a fill, do you want to come and get a pedicure?" I said sure and she said, "K, hurry cuz I'm parked out front!" So I hurry and clear it through Chris and Taylor says she wants to come so she came. It was our first time going together! She loves being pampered! She just eats it up. One time she and Chris came down to my school to get a massage and it was really slow so they got asked to stay and get another one and Taylor was soooo excited! She got 2 back to back 50 minute massages! I asked her if she got bored and she said, "NO! It feels good!" She is always asking for massages! I'd be rich if she were a paying client!

Korean Birthday Gifts!

My friend, Annelise, and her husband are in Korea teaching English and for my birthday she sent me a package of Korean candy and super cute slippers! I was so surprised when I got it in the mail. I love the slippers! They are so cute and comfortable. Taylor wishes she had a pair for her. We had fun trying out the new kinds of candy. Most of it was really good! Better than Mexican candy I might add.

Thanks again Lise! That was really sweet of you!

Grad night!

I graduated Friday, May 25th! It was such a great feeling! Unfortunately our cameras battery died and Chris was unable to get a nice clear picture! I was so bummed! Oh well. At least we got what we got. It had been a week since I had seen all my friends from school so that was so great to see everyone all dressed up! While everyone was out partying and celebrating, we went home and got our kids in bed and then I massaged my mom while Chris went to Best Buy to get a portable dvd player then we went grocery shopping for our trip to Rocky Point the next day. Needless to say, we stayed up late, not exactly partying though. We aren't exactly the partying type anyways. We throw our own party :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!

I can't believe I am 28 years old! I don't feel like it and I don't think I look like it either, do I? I ended up having a better birthday than I thought since it was on a Monday (the 21st). Thanks to my sister-in-law Melissa who watched my kids while I went shopping for a swim suit and for some other things for our Rocky Point trip. After all my shopping I met up with her and we went to Ned's for lunch and my other sis-in-law came and my mother-in-law. It was fun to go out with them. After Chris got home from work we went to see Spiderman 3. I was excited to see it, but wished Pirates 3 was out instead! After the movie, which was kinda disappointing- deffinately not as good as the other two, we went to Red Robin and got take out. While we waited for our food we entertained ourselves by being dorks and taking a bunch of pics of ourselves. It was so fun and I felt super dumb when I looked over at the hostess just staring at us! She didn't even try to hide it!

Then of course when we were done with dinner we went and got our kids from grandma and grandpas and went home and had my beloved CHEESECAKE!!! YUM!

As you can see from this picture my arms hyperextend so nicely and attractively so I could never be a cheerleader even despite my amazing dancing abilities.




I got this cute Elvis tshirt from Target for $2.98!
I love it!

Still so in love!

Last Night of School!

WE DID IT!!!!

Class picture with our favorite instructor, Dave!

April, Karen and Me (Such dear sweet friends!)

Shamecca (or Mashecca as Taylor calls her) & Me

Me,Samantha and Bree! (Love these girls!)

Sam, Alana, Buffy and Me (Even some staff showed up to the party!)

Ashlyn, April, Me, and Kiesa (Kiesa just found out she's preggo! Congrats!)



Well, it finally happened! The very last night of class! I still can't believe it. I do still have one more clinic shift on Saturday so I am not completely done with school, but at 1:30pm tomorrow I will be officially done! All the hard work has paid off! Other than getting an education is Massage Therapy and becoming an LMT I have made some awesome friends! This past year has been a HUGE growing experience for me. I could not have done it without my number one supporter, my hubby, Chris! He has been cheering me on every step of the way! I love you babe! You're the best! Thanks for encouraging me and believing in me from the very beginning! There were some who had their doubts and opinions about me going into massage therapy, but most of you have been awesome positive supporters and I thank you for that!

I so look forward to having my evenings and Saturdays back with my family!

I also look forward to growing my clientel and getting out in the massage world and start getting paid for all my massages dang it! No more freebe's! I have a student loan to pay back! :)