tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91919002024-03-06T21:29:40.748-07:00Spoiled Rottenblessed beyond measureMaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15471993309516576874noreply@blogger.comBlogger874125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191900.post-49963482068150772762015-12-18T16:50:00.004-07:002015-12-18T16:50:53.720-07:00December (to this point)<div style="text-align: center;">
I not only got bad at blogging, but I've realized that I've gotten bad at taken pictures. There are no pictures of the Ward party, the class parties, an ornament exchange, football parties, dinner with friends, book club, pajama parties, Ugly Sweater parties, spirit days etc.</div>
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But here goes my lame attempt at December anyway.</div>
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Our Elf finally showed up after a few forgetful nights.</div>
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I made this up to take to a friend's house for dinner one night all on my own!</div>
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We watched a lot of football -- BYU and Iowa. This day was the kids watching the ramp up to the Iowa vs. Michigan State game.</div>
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We put the kids to bed and headed to a friend's house to watch the game. Thankfully the company and food was good.</div>
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My friend Sara came over to help me frost some cupcakes to take to a party so they would look somewhat presentable. We squirted the extra frosting right into every child's mouth in the house.</div>
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Sugar overload is just a given at the Rogers home.</div>
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Nate had a band concert. I could not have been more proud. He spoke well and played wonderfully.</div>
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The holiday treats started pouring in and of course I was still unable to run.</div>
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Cheer competition!</div>
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Luke came to the car one day with lunch still all over his face! It's been so cold here that we actually have to wear coats to school!</div>
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While delivering Christmas gifts to neighbors, Luke came home with this fun puzzle.</div>
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Nate's team won Judge's Choice at school for their Roller Coaster in their science unit.</div>
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One of the two boxes of cookies I brought home from my friend Lauri's EPIC cookie exchange. You bring 12 dozen, but somehow come home with closer to 200 cookies.</div>
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Sadie decided she wanted an Ugly Swear just like me.</div>
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She also decided to check out the letter A encyclopedia from school to read over the break.</div>
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And a lovely dinner last night with friends that we love.</div>
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The kids are officially on break as of today and it's been wonderful. I sat on the couch and updated this blog all day long. They all cleaned their rooms and played nicely and fed themselves. Ellie babysat for a little bit and Sadie has a friend staying with us for the weekend. In a little bit Ellie will head to a party and I'll take Sadie and her friend to a different party so we'll only have TWO KIDS! I hope Christmas break stays this perfect.</div>
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Almost caught up!</div>
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Dustin was released at the end of October, so the very beginning of November, we started attending our new Ward. Sadie's Primary teacher gave her a gift that she brings with her to church every week. Everyone is doing really well in the new Ward and making friends. It helped that we stayed in the Stake.</div>
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I started preparing for Christmas! I like to be done with my shopping by Thanksgiving. It doesn't happen that way 100%, but I'm usually pretty ready for Christmas by then. We sent little gifts in for all the teachers to count down the end of school.</div>
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I flew out to Colorado to watch my nieces while baby Bitsy had surgery. We had lots of fun until I caught their stomach flu and spent my last night there throwing up.</div>
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Ellie broke in the sleep-over room (aka the guest suite) for Veteran's Day.</div>
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Nate went shopping with all of his birthday money. This picture makes me sad because he looks so grown up.</div>
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And then I see this picture and laugh. He's now an 11 year old scout, and I bought his shirt big, but I swear he better not ever outgrow this thing!</div>
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A much needed brunch date with friends. It seems like we are all so busy these days that we don't get to see each other as much as we would like.</div>
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Saturday play dates while the parents try to make it to all the siblings' games.</div>
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More house projects checked off!</div>
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The start of cheer season. Sadie and her friend Alexa were the only two cheerleaders to stay for the second basketball game one week. It was so cute to watch them take charge and then do a half time cheer just the two of them!</div>
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We watched our friends' 2 year old for a weekend while they went to a Utah football game. We had so much and she was such a good baby. Unfortunately we needed something warm for her to wear to the Stake Fair ;)</div>
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Here's what I actually did one week.</div>
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Nate discovered there is SALAD PIZZA! His mind was blown. He hates cheese, so he usually hates pizza. But he loves salad. . . and so. . . total happiness!</div>
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Nate's team -- football champions once again. I was so proud of these boys as it was their first season in an older age bracket. They really stepped it up!</div>
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Ellie does really entertaining things when she babysits.</div>
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My girlfriend threw me a surprise party for my birthday. We played Capture the Flag and about half an hour in, I did something to my Achilles which put me out from running for a month. So sad, but still such a fun birthday. </div>
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Luke started writing his Christmas list. I told him I was doing shopping so he'd better stop writing lists. </div>
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1. Ice Cream machine 2. Lego Star Wars 3. Coupon 4. Movies 5. DVD. 6. A toy light saber 7. A nice goodie 8 A toy storm trooper<br />
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Ellie made dessert for my birthday. She researched recipes on Pinterest. It was ridiculously good. It was chocolate chip cookies layered with brownies and then more chocolate chip cookies and topped off with sea salt caramel ice cream. I love how helpful and independent she is becoming.</div>
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I was barely off of crutches by Thanksgiving, so I spent a lot of the day on the couch with my foot up.</div>
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We bought our turkey from the Ward turkey pit, which the Young Men and Women put on as a fundraiser. That means Ellie cooked our turkey! </div>
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We had lots of friends over, so tables were everywhere in the house.</div>
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The kids put on their usual Thanksgiving play. I will say this was not our best year yet. </div>
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We also convinced the dads that it was their year for Black Friday shopping and talked them into taking Ellie and Kyla along for the ride. </div>
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Ellie told me that the dads were way more fun than the moms.</div>
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The day after Thanksgiving is always my favorite day as we put up Christmas!</div>
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October always means. . . BREAK!</div>
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This year Ellie's break was a completely different week than the other three, so we stayed put and just had fun in Arizona.</div>
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Luke read his first chapter book, "Magice Tree House Hashtag 1."</div>
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I needed to go to IKEA to get some things for the house and it entertained us all day.</div>
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It was still in the 100's so we went swimming.</div>
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We had some youth over from our Ward to watch a session of conference.</div>
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And then had our usual Priesthood session at the park with all the moms and kids.</div>
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These girls took beautiful notes. Maybe did an even better job than the parents.</div>
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We spent another long morning at the library.</div>
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And then picked up goodies at the dollar store.</div>
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Purchased some Halloween costumes.</div>
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And threw Nate a birthday party. He wanted a sleepover, so I told him that he had to limit it to 3 friends.</div>
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They ate a lot of junk food and spent the night at Flipside playing laser tag and bowling.</div>
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We went to see Pan (not that great)</div>
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Our neighborhood Boo'ed each other as Halloween approached.</div>
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Friends still helped us with never ending house projects. Best.friends.ever!</div>
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Lots of Halloween parties! New ward, old ward, friends. . .</div>
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. . . a witches lunch. . .</div>
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. . . and Wanda Witch.</div>
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For Nate's birthday, Dustin took him to a Cardinal's Monday Night Football Game.</div>
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And then we took him to Oregano's for dinner on his actual birthday.</div>
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He also received his Arrow of Light in Cub Scouts.<br /> He had an amazing leader. We miss him already.</div>
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Our neighborhood threw a block party for Halloween, complete with the fire department there with a fire truck.</div>
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And Ellie ditched us shortly after this photo to go trick-or-treating with friends. As always, we ended up with way too much candy.</div>
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The same weekend we closed on the house, Dustin's mom came to town. It was so fun to take her up to school to eat lunch with the kids.</div>
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We still had painters coming in and lighting being installed, so we didn't move in that weekend, but we moved in our bar stools as our very first piece of furniture.</div>
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Luke had to entertain himself since everything was packed for the move:</div>
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We moved in the next weekend. Our friends were amazing. </div>
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They brought us meal they watched my kids, they sent their husbands and big kids with trucks. We had everything moved in just a few hours and everything was unpacked by that night.</div>
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It was so nice to finally sit down and put my feet up after months of organizing, purging and packing.</div>
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Although apparently the boys were more exhausted than I was.</div>
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Dustin still hadn't been released as Bishop, so we were lucky enough to still attend the Cooper 1st ward for 2 more months. </div>
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Luke entertained us as a waiter one Sunday.</div>
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Sadie received an award for being awesome! Actually I think it was for her love of learning, enthusiasm, great questions and love for reading which has made her an excellent writer.</div>
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A Real Housewives fiesta.</div>
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Sports started on a very hot weekend. Football for the boys, soccer for Sadie and tennis for Ellie.</div>
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And the catch up continues with a rather uneventful August.</div>
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Ellie went to back to school a few weeks after the other kids (her last year in a different district, she'll be back on our schedule for High School) and I started missing my personal assistant.</div>
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To celebrate all of the kids being in school, a few us went floating down the river. It was epic-ly fun!</div>
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Dustin and I celebrated our 16th wedding anniversary. </div>
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Progress continued quickly on the house as we approached the last month.</div>
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One week, Luke started telling everyone at church that he was going to make them cookies and brownies so we had to deliver!</div>
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School in session means subbing! I love that I get to teach my own children, my children's friends and my friends' children! </div>
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My girlfriend and I threw a little lunch.</div>
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We took the kids to see Wicked.</div>
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Molly, Kristin and I are all from Oregon and have known each other almost all out lives. It's so cool that our girls are all growing up as friends now!</div>
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We got home from Virginia just in time for the kids to start school. </div>
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A little more than 24 hours after we returned to Arizona, these 3 had to head back to the land of uniforms, back packs and homework. I love school for the structure it provides to our lives, but I really miss lazy mornings after I get home from the gym and having my kids around to entertain me!</div>
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While the kids were gone, I went off my annual Back-to-School brunch with my girlfriends. Luckily, I had a helper at home to do my grunt work:</div>
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Everyone's goals for the year:</div>
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1. Stay on Green. 2. Take an AR test</div>
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All A's, Golden Scholar, No 9th hour</div>
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Get Honor Roll 2 times and meet every AR goal</div>
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That same week, Dustin and I headed out for a little trip, just the two of us, to California for the Crossfit games. I know it sounds kind of odd, but we both love it and had the best time. It was my gift to Dustin for Father's Day. I already can't wait to go back next year!</div>
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Beach week is always one of my favorites. There is nothing like sitting in the sand, doing nothing all day.</div>
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As we drove in, we could see a thunderstorm brewing. It didn't stop us from stopping at the ice cream shop at the entrance to the neighborhood to wait for our PA cousins.</div>
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The reunion couldn't have been sweeter.</div>
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We hurried to check out the beach house view. PERFECT!</div>
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And then jumped into the pool for a stormy swim.</div>
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My sister made these awesome shirts for all the kids to wear for the reunion.</div>
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It was a sad day when the week was over. After we said good bye to our family we drove up to Williamsburg for one more stop at the Cheeseshop and . . . .</div>
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To see my sister one more time. A week wasn't enough. We needed 30 more minutes before we headed to the airport.</div>
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We finally made it to Chicago, but due to the bad weather, all the planes out of Chicago were delayed for hours. Every 15 minutes they kept telling us they had found us a crew and hour after hour we didn't leave. </div>
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We finally made it home around 3 am, or about 20 hours after we left the beach house. Never fly through Chicago!!</div>
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We started out July with some of our favorite people. As the only people left in town for the 4th of July, we spent the night bowling and shooting off fireworks with the Christensens. </div>
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We are so lucky that even though we're far from family, we never spend a holiday alone.</div>
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Luke started wearing his new favorite shirt -- his muscle shirt.</div>
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We picked out the granite slabs for our new house. . . and finally told the kids we were moving in 2 months.</div>
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Then we sent the biggest two kids off to Tennessee for a week with their cousins. </div>
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Nate and Ellie are so lucky to get to spend a week every summer with their cousins. Last year we got to host them all here, so it was their turn to go to TN this year. Darian and Jen's house is way cooler than ours and they are loads more fun too, so I was sure the kids would never want to come home.</div>
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We left at 3 am the next day for our own little adventure with Grandma and Grandpa in Virginia.</div>
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Dustin gave Sadie and I the upgrade to first class. As Luke walked through he shouted, "Second class is way better, right Dad?" Everyone got a good giggle and we were only separated by a row so we could sneak them all our snacks.</div>
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Dustin's favorite part of Virginia -- Rita's!! </div>
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My mom and dad are the cutest ever. We took the kids fishing, but they didn't catch a thing.</div>
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We got donuts for out own little tea party. </div>
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It was very fancy -- pinkies up!</div>
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We spent some time in Colonial Williamsburg.</div>
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And ate a lot of food.</div>
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Sadie requested a fancy lunch out, so we hit up the Blue Talon for some french food.</div>
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Sadie was impressed the moment she had her first Shirley Temple. But it took Luke until dessert to be really wowed.</div>
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My mom and I went to Yoga.</div>
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We got pedicures.</div>
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The kids were living it up with Alex Anne and Wyatt.</div>
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Shopping, 4 different jump places, water parks, and lots of fun places to eat. I guess they were up until the wee hours of the morning every day and slept until noon.</div>
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We took the kids out for a real Southern breakfast.</div>
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Luke fell into a food coma.</div>
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Finally we headed out for our week at the Beach</div>
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While Dustin drove to Raleigh to pick these guys up from TN to meet us at the beach house.</div>
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Father's Day. I love Dustin! My kids love their dad. We are lucky. I cannot gush enough about him, so I won't even start.</div>
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Luke invented his own food -- Cesarine Surpreme. It's a piece of pizza, chicken nuggets, and french fries inside a burger. It's so gross (Ellie says, "It's actually delicious") and Luke is so proud of it.</div>
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We did some shopping for our upcoming beach trip.</div>
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And sent Ellie off to Girl's Camp</div>
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It was her last year as a Cooper 1st Ward girl. I love all of her friends so much and how they have grown up together.</div>
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While Ellie was gone, we played a lot. Many days were spent at Big Surf.</div>
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And Back-to-School shopping. In June.</div>
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Who looks this gorgeous without showering??</div>
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<br />Maddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15471993309516576874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191900.post-65315263371151314702015-06-18T14:25:00.001-07:002015-06-18T14:25:45.666-07:00Summertime So Far<div style="text-align: center;">
It's officially SUMMER in Arizona. That means we have a low of 80 in the morning (when we run at 5 am) and it's suppose to be 114 outside today. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Yay!</span></div>
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Our summer plans got all wonky and because of that we're home in June and all our fun comes at the very end. I was really worried about entertaining everyone, but we are 3 weeks in and so far we haven't been bored yet (well, the kids maybe, but not me).</div>
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-- summer school for Sadie and Luke</div>
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(Sadie was in a Reader's Theater play today that we all got to go watch) </div>
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(my girlfriend's church has this amazing Vacation Bible School and Luke and Sadie signed up with friends)</div>
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-- fresh veggies from people's gardens </div>
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-- Arachnophobia movie night at a friend's "outdoor theater"</div>
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-- teaching Sadie to make pin wheels which are now all over my house</div>
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Maddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15471993309516576874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191900.post-52495162412907516862015-06-05T13:59:00.000-07:002015-06-18T13:59:39.547-07:00Luke at 6<br />
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Favorite Number: <span style="font-weight: bold;">1,000</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>Favorite Drink:<span style="font-weight: bold;"> apple juice</span><br />
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Favorite Food:<b> watermelon</b><br />
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Favorite Color:<b> <span style="font-weight: bold;">red and blue</span></b><br />
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Favorite Dessert: <b>brownies</b><br />
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Favorite Game: <b>iPod</b><br />
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Favorite Animal: <b>lion</b><br />
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Favorite TV Show: <span style="font-weight: bold;">Teen Titans</span><br /><br />
I feel sad when: <span style="font-weight: bold;">no one is around me</span><br />
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I feel mad when: <span style="font-weight: bold;">people yell at me</span><br />
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I like it when my friends: <span style="font-weight: bold;">like me</span><br />
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I like it when I: <b>was a baby</b><br />
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I wish I could: <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">be like my dad</span></b><br />
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Who is your best friend? <span style="font-weight: bold;">Briggs</span><br />
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Why? <span style="font-weight: bold;">Because I'm nice</span><br />
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What makes you laugh?<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Funny voices</span><br />
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What is your favorite movie? <span style="font-weight: bold;">Inside Out (he has not seen this yet)</span><br />
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What are you most afraid of? <span style="font-weight: bold;">zombies</span><br />
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What is your favorite song? <b>Snake Happy Birthday</b><br />
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What is your favorite activity? <span style="font-weight: bold;">have fun</span><br />
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What do you want to be when you grow up? <span style="font-weight: bold;">fire fighter</span><br />
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What three things are you are good at? <b>math, art, and magic</b><br />
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What is the best thing about being six? <b>That I get more friends</b><br />
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What makes you special? <span style="font-weight: bold;">Happiness</span>Maddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15471993309516576874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191900.post-88005053343481544282015-06-04T13:40:00.000-07:002015-06-18T13:41:00.203-07:00Birthday Boy!Luke turned 6! I can hardly believe he is that old. I can no longer shop in the toddler section of the store.<br />
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But we still CELEBRATED!!<br />
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He had been dying to open his presents for over a week, so he tore into those things as soon as he woke up. Dinosaur legos from Aunt Beaney, a sno cone maker and a skateboard from my parents. Our gift to him was his birthday party.<br />
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He had summer school in the morning (I put Luke and Sadie in classes over the summer to entertain them while we waited for Ellie to wake up each morning) and then we went to the store to pick out a cake. That's right, not only did I not bake a cake, I waited until an hour before the party to even pick something up. I am either loosening up or getting lazier in my old age.<br />
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He picked out a Skylanders cake from Fry's, where I paid double the price of a Costco cake for half the size of cake just so I wouldn't have leftovers for weeks.<br />
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And then we went to BOUNCE U!! The happiest place on earth for mothers who don't want strange children running around their house, jumping on their furniture and messing up their bathrooms. See the kid on the left -- he wasn't actually invited to party. We think he just found another kid's invite and gave it to his mom. I felt too awkward to ask who he was when she RSVPed.<br />
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And that night to celebrate, he went to X-treme Week (Vacation Bible School) which he looooved. All week long his sticker had a birthday cake on it and he couldn't wait for everyone to wish him happy birthday. I don't think we could have picked a better way to celebrate his birthday. He's still sad every day that VBS is over.<br />
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<br />Maddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15471993309516576874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191900.post-67862894002023354712015-05-29T21:02:00.000-07:002015-06-14T21:02:43.608-07:00Last Day(s) of School(s)!Ellie's school district finished up school a few days before the Nate, Sadie and Luke's.<br />
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She had an excellent year and earned the Golden Scholar award.<br />
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This is given to all students who earn straight A's throughout the year. I was proud. Dustin was proud. She was proud. I can't believe she'll be off to High School in one more year.<br />
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Since she was done with school and the rest weren't, she proceeded to spend the night at her best friends' house for what seemed like a week.<br />
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I don't know what they did, but I did get this picture on night. <br />
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Luke had Kindergarten graduation. I managed not to cry, but mainly because I had been subbing Kinder during the song practice and had already gotten all my tears out two other days.<br />
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Luke's award was for all of his spirit and energy that he brings to class. Also his creativity and desire to understand how things work.<br />
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This year was a great year for all of the kids honestly. We had the best teachers and everyone left the year happier, and taller!<br />
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<br />Maddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15471993309516576874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191900.post-2864537576346917972015-05-25T13:48:00.000-07:002015-06-18T13:48:32.283-07:00WatermelonWe spent Memorial Day with the Ashtons and Simpsons like we usually do. There's swimming, barbecuing, and my kids favorite tradition is the Water Melon Eating Contest.<br />
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This year we divided the kids up into 3 groups and shockingly, my kids won 2 out of 3 times.<br />
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Surprisingly, the only time my kids lost was when there were TWO of them. <br />
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Also, Ellie gave Sadie really cool hair.<br />
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Every girl deserves a sister.Maddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15471993309516576874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191900.post-74826593345288222442015-05-20T20:46:00.000-07:002015-06-14T20:48:06.501-07:00May DaysMay was a good month for our family. The end of the school year is always a little stressful but there is just something wonderful knowing that summer is coming!<br />
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Dustin came back from staying with his parents in Iowa and brought us all Iowa shirts.<br />
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We finished up sports for the season.<br />
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Sadie managed to find her stride at softball during the last game. I caught her excitement as she came home for her second run of the night.<br />
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I was selected to chaperone the 4th grade field trip.<br />
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I had heard to scavenger hunt was hard, so I came prepared with a plan of which monuments we were going to in which order so we could knock that baby out. Too bad it rained and foiled my plan! At least it wasn't hot.<br />
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Ellie decided she wanted to learn to make deviled eggs. And she did! <br />
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The kids entertained themselves with nothing more than a roll of paper and markers<br />
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And then the next day it was so cold I needed a sweater and the fire turned on during dinner out.<br />
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For 4th grade Famous Arizona reports the kids had to wear their costumes all day. I about died when I walked out to the playground during 4th grade recess to see a bunch of boys in suits. I was a little worried that Nate would not come home with something to wear on Sunday.<br />
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Nate got 100% on everything -- presentation, report and essay! Which he totally should have because it consumed our lives for a month straight.<br />
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Luke also rocked his end of the year tests!<br />
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do, and she only had 4 items on her list: sleep overs, Tennessee, Big
Surf and Waffle Love. Luckily they were right by our house the very next
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And my long lost cousin came to town! He's actually my mom's cousin but we love when Ryan shows up.<br />
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It started off so lovely when my husband had cookies from Levain bakery in New York delivered to me. Ridiculously delicious.<br />
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And it was also my LAST Mother's Day Tea with a Kindergartener. Luke is so loving that you can't help but feel like the most important person in the world.<br />
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And then Friday afternoon we heard that Dustin's dad had fallen off of his stool and broken his hip. It was a scary news as he has Parkinson's and isn't in the best of health. He would need to have surgery soon.<br />
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We were all obviously worried as we tried to carry on with the weekend and figure out when surgery would be.<br />
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Nate's team had their championship game and Dustin managed to help coach them to another win!<br />
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Dustin ended up flying out Saturday night and was able to be there in time to see his dad come out of surgery.<br />
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We were sad to not have Dustin on Mother's Day, especially since he had cancelled all of his Sunday meetings and he hadn't been in town for more than a few days at a time since January, but we all knew he should be with his mom and dad. I am so grateful that he was able to be there to support his mom as she went through such a difficult time.<br />
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My kids did a great job spoiling me.<br />
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After church I was treated to a pedicure with cold water in my mixing bowl and TWO lunches that were almost identical. Luke and Sadie were having a competition to see whose lunch I like better.<br />
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I ordered a turkey sandwich with cheese and mustard. Sadie brought me a sandwich with turkey and mustard and Luke brought me a sandwich with turkey and cheese. So I put the two together and called it good.<br />
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They even set a fancy table for dinner. And made me a trophy!! I love these kids and I'm so grateful to be their mother.Maddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15471993309516576874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191900.post-53111091777817410812015-05-04T19:45:00.000-07:002015-06-14T19:45:26.010-07:00Utah or Bust!Every other year, I go up to Utah with some girlfriends for BYU's Women's Conference. Every year our group gets larger and every year we have more fun!<br />
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This year we decided to skip the two cars and rent a 15 passenger van.
It was the best decision we ever made. I loved being with everyone the
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Like when we took a pit stop at this gas station and had to get our picture in the giant rocking chair!<br />
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We spent the ride up chatting, making fun of Meredith sleeping, and reading People magazine.<br />
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We made really great time, ate dinner at Guru's, checked in and immediately went to play tennis. Our games were ridiculous, but we had the best time.<br />
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After that we filled our bellies with ice cream at the BYU creamery. <br />
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Thursday morning I ran into 2 of my Freshman roommates from BYU. They were both as beautiful as I remember them. Funny story, I tried to get Dustin to go out with the middle one multiple times when the two of us were just friends.<br />
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Shannon is not a member and her family kept asking her if we had converted her yet. <br />
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The classes were really good, but Rita's Water Ice was even better! <br />
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That night we went to Wallaby's for dinner and then initiated the last few left who didn't belong to the cult of Ooga Booga! <br />
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And then just stayed up late chatting.<br />
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Friday was LOVE day!<br />
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Ate dinner at Pizzeria 712<br />
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Saturday we woke up early to clean up, check out and hike the Y <br />
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Kristin and I treated it like a work out and booked it up the mountain. <br />
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I love seeing Provo from the top of the Y<br />
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To treat ourselves, we had brunch at Cafe 300. So yummy and the portions are giant.<br />
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On our way home we stopped by the Payson temple open house<br />
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Where somehow Molly got us a golden ticket to skip the line and the movie!<br />
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We spent the night in St. George where we gorged on Cafe Rio and Swigg Cookies<br />
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Sunday we made the slow trip home in our BAM! shirts and said good bye to each other, but HELLO to our families and all the goodies we had brought home (cinnamon bears and BYU mint brownies). <br />
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Can't wait for 2017!Maddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15471993309516576874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191900.post-90295271272256770632015-04-25T18:52:00.000-07:002015-06-14T19:06:03.780-07:00Birthday Girl!We officially have a teenager living in our house!! And we couldn't have picked a better one if we tried.<br />
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Ellie started off her morning with McDonald's pancakes. I found this an odd choice, but it's what she wanted. Luke actually would like to eat McDonald's for every meal out, but the other kids always poo poo it. Finally one day he cried, "Why do you all hate McDonald's?" Apparently they do not disapprove of McDonald's breakfast.<br />
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She tried to talk me into letting her stay home from school for the day, but off she went. For dinner she picked Oregano's which wins with the entire family. Mainly because of the pizza cookies.<br />
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It's like she just woke up and looked older.<br />
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She wanted a penny board for her birthday and to not have an official birthday party. Luckily her birthday lined up nicely with Father and Sons. <br />
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The boys took off, I sent Sadie to a sleep over and then prepared to entertain 3 of Ellie's friends for the evening (I had Dustin's car so that as many as I could fit).<br />
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We baked pizzas, bought cookie dough, ice cream and chips and then my only other job was to ignore them. I dropped them off for a movie, picked them back up and then shut myself into my room. I set out some ground rules, but I've known all these girls since they were in diapers and I know I can trust them so I fell asleep before 10 pm.<br />
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I took them all out for breakfast and then they all disappeared into Ellie's room. There are some definite perks to teenagers!Maddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15471993309516576874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191900.post-73151361686103207362015-04-23T19:00:00.000-07:002015-06-14T19:06:50.633-07:00Ellie at 13!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Favorite Color: <span style="font-weight: bold;">white and gold</span><br />
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Favorite Number: <span style="font-weight: bold;">101</span><br />
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Favorite Drink:<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Root Beer</span><br />
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Favorite Food:<b> Pizza</b><br />
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Favorite Dessert: <b>Souffle</b><br />
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Favorite Game: <b>Boo!</b><br />
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Favorite Animal: <b>Elephant</b><br />
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Favorite TV Show: <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dance Moms</span><br />
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I feel sad when: <span style="font-weight: bold;">I get hurt</span><br />
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I feel mad when: <span style="font-weight: bold;">people yell at me</span><br />
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I like it when my friends: <span style="font-weight: bold;">are with me</span><br />
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I like it when I: <b>get good grades</b><br />
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I wish I could: <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">be in a movie</span></b><br />
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Who is your best friend? <span style="font-weight: bold;">my mom</span><br />
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Why? <span style="font-weight: bold;">Because she will be with me forever</span><br />
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What makes you laugh?<span style="font-weight: bold;"> when Luke tries to be funny</span><br />
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What is your favorite movie? <span style="font-weight: bold;">Little Meraind</span><br />
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What are you most afraid of? <span style="font-weight: bold;">Being kidnapped</span><br />
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What is your favorite song? <b>Bad Blood</b><br />
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What is your favorite activity? <span style="font-weight: bold;">Acting</span><br />
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What do you want to be when you grow up? <span style="font-weight: bold;">An actress and a mom</span><br />
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What three things are you are good at? <b>Sleeping, eating, and being sarcastic</b><br />
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What is the best thing about being thirteen? <b>I'm a teenager!</b><br />
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What makes you special? <span style="font-weight: bold;">I am the oldest</span>Maddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15471993309516576874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191900.post-83234934940355279972015-04-18T18:35:00.000-07:002015-06-14T18:35:51.105-07:00A Week in the LifeI was super impressed with my ability to hold a wall sit with a weighted plate AND my trainer.<br />
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Ellie was part of a Family Home Evening fashion show that the Empty Nesters put on. I am not even going to pretend like it made sense to me. It was suppose to be "pun-ny" but it went over my head but it was a great opportunity for her to serve.<br />
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She's got on a dress made out of the finest "tissue" and a "scoop neck."<br />
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Our neighbors went out of town, which meant we were welcome to use their pool. Which we did every.day. <br />
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I spent most of my time up at school either subbing or teaching Art Masterpiece. Sometimes my kids steal my phone and leave me awesome shots.<br />
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I did take a day off to celebrate one of my favorite friend's birthday. This will hopefully be the first and the last time I use a selfie stick.<br />
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Ellie and her friend Lizzie cleaned a friend's house to earn money for Girl's Camp and then came back to our house for make-overs before mutual.<br />
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I fed them corn dogs in the car on the way to mutual because I was running around so much that day/afternoon/evening. I think everyone ate in the car that day. Not my best mom moment.<br />
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Every day after school, Luke walks to the car with a bunch of older girls. It cracks me up. They call him Lolli Pop<br />
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Friday I took my favorite kids out to celebrate National Siblings Day. I couldn't celebrate with mine, but they could celebrate with each other. <br />
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And then we met up with one of my favorite couples for dinner and a movie. Someone in their brother's ward was producer, director, and actor of the movie and we thought we were so cool going to an independent film. <br />
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Saturday after football and amid parties, hair cuts and fundraisers, Nate and I headed up to Taliesin West (winter home of Frank Lloyd Wright) as part of his 4th grade Famous Arizonan research.<br />
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We also squeezed in a trip to The Fractured Prune for fresh donuts.<br />
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You get to pick your own glaze and toppings and every single one was delicious.<br />
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Saturday morning we had our Easter egg hunt. I was so proud of myself for not going overboard on gifts this year. The kids each got a swimsuit, flip flops and one little summer treat.<br />
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That night we had our usual Priesthood-less at the Park for which I have zero pictures. Usually we do sleep overs and do Conference with the McGuire girls, but they had family in town for a reunion, so I took all of my own kids home and put them to bed.<br />
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My amazing girlfriend, Deborah, made cinnamon rolls which everyone scarfed down for nreakfast and then we cuddled on the couch.<br />
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Our friends, the Bryners, came over for dinner. I didn't take a single picture except for a picture of the piece of shortcake Mike took before Dustin drove him to the airport.<br />
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Right from the center. The Bryners are moving to Utah this summer and we will miss celebrating the holidays with them.Maddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15471993309516576874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191900.post-43526226240353951032015-04-01T17:53:00.000-07:002015-06-14T18:59:29.240-07:00April Fool's DayI was really behind the ball on April Fool's Day this year. Luckily my kids have grown to love the Wacky Cafe, which can be put together in a just a few minutes. Basically, I open up my pantry and fridge and come up with crazy names for what I want to get rid of. I was really lacking in imagination this year, so I just wrote them all in different foreign languages.<br />
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Luke was the ultimate winner this year. He got all of his favorite foods plus 3 desserts. His approach was to just go down the menu and check off practically everything. Nate was a little pickier and ended up with a weird mash-up: peas, pasta and bacon.Maddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15471993309516576874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191900.post-75572630343165750192015-03-31T20:31:00.000-07:002015-04-01T20:32:05.129-07:00In Other March MadnessBesides hiking, skiing, having guests and getting baptized, we still had MORE fun in March. <br />
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Luke was the star student! I remember spending days on Ellie's poster. It had ribbon! And flowers! Nate and Sadie's were very much the same. And then poor Luke. We knocked this baby out in 25 minutes.<br />
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He still loved it miraculously. And I didn't feel so guilty throwing it away.<br />
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We were out at dinner one night with friends and I mentioned making bread balls as a child. It's where you take a loaf of bread and mash it all up together and eat it. For Valentine's Day she made me one and while we all died laughing, Luke fell in love and became obsessed.<br />
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One day he was suppose to be making his lunch, he came to show me his very own bread ball.<br />
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Dustin married one of our old babysitters. That came out wrong. Dustin <i>performed the marriage </i>for one of our old babysitters. <br />
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I cannot get over all these kids growing up. Including my own. I took her to get her eyebrows waxed and she suddenly looked older. <br />
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Luckily she does not always act that way.<br />
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Nate's football team played their main rivals for the football championship. Our team had won 2 out of 3 championships up until that point. The game was insanely heated with parents on the other team behaving poorly (including calling out our plays and screaming across the field). It was so heated, we actually had to have the league commissioner come over at half time and ref the rest of the game.<br />
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But we WON!!!! And by 2 touch downs. It was a great game and a fun pizza party afterwards. Little did we know 2 weeks later and a new season we'd be playing them again.<br />
<br />Luke proved that he is the best game player of all time by winning UNO! repeatedly.<br />
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Dustin and I squeezed in a few date nights with friends.<br />
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We also got to go on field trips! The 2nd grade and Kindergarten field trips were the same day so after a few days of mourning the fact that I couldn't go on both, I talked Dustin into going on one.<br />
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I'd actually been on the Kindergarten field trip three times prior, and
never been on the 2nd grade field trip, so I was really trying to talk
Dustin into letting me go with Sadie. Guess where I ended up.</div>
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I will say Kindergarteners are the sweetest though. They all wanted to hold my hand and Luke constantly told me how much he loved me.<br />
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Plus, we get lunch as part of our field trip. It was at 10:30 and consisted of deep fried foods, but there was dessert!<br />
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Dustin had an excellent time on his field trip too.<br />
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And to end the month off, Sadie started softball.<br />
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She definitely needs some work on the field, but off the field she's a star!Maddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15471993309516576874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191900.post-53163986165921777762015-03-15T18:15:00.000-07:002015-04-01T19:52:41.784-07:00Baptism!The day after we got home from our whirlwind trip, it was time to switch modes to get ready for Sadie's baptism!! She had to wait a few months for family to be able to come, and finally it was time. <br />
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My mom and dad flew in on Thursday and Friday morning, my Aunt Kristine and Uncle Dave showed up. We spent Friday playing: shopping, getting paint samples for our hallway bathroom (nothing like a home improvement project before 60 people show up at your house), pedicures, bike rides for ice cream. . . <br />
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It was no surprise that by the time we went out for dinner the kids were exhausted. I was a little worried Sadie was getting sick, but it appears she was just so exhausted from all the fun.<br />
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Dustin insisted that we have the luncheon after catered so that made the
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She was baptized in one of my old dresses from the 1980's. Vintage, baby! It used to have navy blue trim and was a little sailor dress. My sister was baptized in it, as was Ellie.<br />
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My family gave all the talks and said such sweet things about Sadie. She really is the best!!<br />
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A large portion of our families were unable to attend, and I was worried with it being Spring Break that all of our friends would be out of town as well. Even with some missing, we ended up with a full house.<br />
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Dustin insisted that we cater so that we wouldn't have to worry about making food. Best decision ever. It was so nice to just relax and chat with everyone. Plus the leftover Cafe Rio lasted for days. Perfect for company!<br />
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One of the best things about the day was having my mom and aunt there. Growing up we would always ask my mom who her best friend was and she always replied, "My sister." Kathleen and I would roll our eyes, but now we are each other's best friends. I hope Sadie and Ellie will be the same way.<br />
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After everyone left, we did a little cleaning, saw Cinderella in the recliner seat theater and headed out for some night swimming and a Midnight Run.<br />
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I'm amazed at how little stress there was (although my last baptism was right in the middle of our turkey trot, my birthday, hosting Thanksgiving for 25 and 9 out of town guests). It was a perfect day for a perfect girl!<br />
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We still had a few days left with my parents so we squeezed in a trip to the zoo and my mom and I finished off the bathroom so it wasn't just a room of paint swatches.<br />
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I need to get rid of the hints of green now.<br />
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Oh yeah, and Luke got gum in his hair. Hence the peanut butter remedy.<br />
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This is actually my first kid to ever get gum in his hair. He seems to introduce me to a lot of firsts in parenthood.</div>
Maddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15471993309516576874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9191900.post-27282290610019179732015-03-06T21:45:00.000-07:002015-03-31T21:47:10.056-07:00Solo TripI can count the number of times I have taken the kids on a trip without Dustin on one hand. He just has this way of calming everyone down and making every problem seem small, so I enjoy trips with him about a million times more. But truth be told, he doesn't have as much free time as I would like and the kids are getting big enough that it's time to start taking off on our own some more.<br />
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When my sister had to cancel her trip to Arizona, I knew we needed to come up with something fun to do on Spring Break. Luckily for me, my girlfriends had already planned a trip and let me tag along. So technically I wasn't even all that solo, but I'm taking baby steps here!<br />
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When we combine Molly and Meredith's family with mine, we create a perfect trifecta of children. Everyone has a friend which means way less work for the moms and really quiet car trips.<br />
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Our first stop was beautiful Sedona. We had packed picnic lunches and went hiking in the gorgeous red rocks.<br />
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The kids pretty much took off and we tried to keep track of them. <br />
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That night we headed up to Flagstaff to pick up our ski rentals and dinner at Five Guys.<br />
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While the moms tried to watch the BYU game, the kids were divided into rooms. The boys managed to make Molly's room look like a garbage dump in ten minutes while the girls burnt popcorn in the microwave in my room which smelled oh so divine.<br />
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We had two double beds and Nate slept on a blow up mattress. I thought I was so smart sharing a bed with the smallest one, until I remembered how much of a bed hog Luke was. He asked me to sing him a song to fall asleep, which then reduced him to tears (this is the kid who cries at Silent Night). But finally everyone fell asleep, which was good because I made everyone get up at 6 am the next morning.<br />
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The next day was SKI DAY!! I put 3 of the kids into ski lessons for the day, so that I could enjoy myself too. Luke ended up in a group with a 10 year old and Nate and Sadie had pretty much a private lesson where they skiied down black runs all afternoon.<br />
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Ellie and Lindsay decided that they were big enough to ski around by themselves. EEK! Are we already to this point in life?<br />
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Molly, Meredith and I took off to do our own runs. It was pretty empty, so we got a bunch of runs in before it was time to wrap up for the end of the day. That was probably the most chaotic time of the day. Trying to find everyone was no easy task and they were all hungry and tired so if you can tell from the picture -- we're not all the happiest at the moment.<br />
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But all in all, it was a great trip and I'm so glad we went. We had disgusting Taco Bell for dinner and then made a sleepy drive home. I love my little family and it's kind of exciting to start stepping out on our own a little more.Maddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15471993309516576874noreply@blogger.com0