They will kill me for this one day.

One day my girls will be very upset that I posted embarrassing photos of them on the internet.

We had been out one night and K fell asleep in the car, but woke up when we brought her inside and she said she was hungry. I went upstairs with tay and after 10 minutes noticed how quiet things were downstairs, "she must be doing something naughty", I thought. And I found her asleep at the table, sandwich half eaten.

I didn't take a single photo of our thanksgiving (I did bust out the video camera though). We have been hating life without a kitchen and were very grateful that ryan's brother, Jason, invited us down to their timeshare in Newport for 3 nights. We had a great yummy thanksgiving dinner, paper-plate style (I know I still can't believe Cathy was ok with that :) ). We loved swimming in the pools, going to see 'tangled' and going to the beach in great california weather...........hahaha Utah. The pic below is the only photo I took that weekend. This is my favorite thing about Tayvlee, she has the chubbist legs ever, I love her little saddlebags. Chubby babies are the best.

We are still dealing with the leak aftermath, removing damage and hopefully rebuilding soon, might have to clear out the neigbors house first to get a mold-clearance-certificate.

I am back to work 2 weeks now and feeling so out of shape, I am sore after every class and every class seems to beat me up. I was in better shape at 37 weeks pregnant than I am now. I'll get back there eventually.

For some reason both times I had a baby, I completely lose my rear-end afterwards. Now I am totally sef-concious, especially in my workout clothes. I don't even look like I should be teaching the class, I look so un-athletic. Maybe I can stuff, they make that stuff, right? LOL And believe me this mama can eat, but I seem to just keep losing weight,ugh! I need some major muscle growth.

I decided to not let this whole kitchen thing stress me out, so I am grateful to not have to think of what to cook for dinner (just where to go out to eat) and grateful not to have to cook any meals, and grateful not to have to do dishes (using paper goods) and not having to mop any kitchen floors. See this isn't so bad, is it.

Ryan just started school, so he is busy every night with homework. He is getting his MBA at Califorina Lutheran University (CLU). It is a 2-year program. Here's to being a single parent at nights! But ryan is great at letting me sleep in on the weekends and he gets up with the girls, so he is a single parent in the mornings. Thanks babe!

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My house is a MICROBIAL HAZARD, stay clear.

When it rains it pours in our house. All the bad stuff hits at once. We got a slab leak 3 weeks ago, causing water damage and now mold. So they are gutting our kitchen (cabinets and all) and even the drywall). Then we have to have someone come in and build it back. If I had an older kitche I might actually be grateful for the opportunity to upgrade, but I really liked my kitchen. WHAT A PAIN.

And then within the same time period our foyer tiles have cracked and it looks like we will be replacing the flooring as well. We are thinking hardwood floors. I hate carpet in main traffic areas anyways.

So with these problems and the new AC we got last month, our house is becoming a money pit.



Besides being busy with all of this, I have been busy again with photos. It's picture taking season, ya know. This photostrip below is of my old boss. If you want to see more, click on the Photography link above or click HERE.

Why am I doing this?

I really don't know why I blog. I know many people do it to keep a journal, and will later turn it into a book, but I haven't planned on doing that................so why do I do it, I barely have time to.

I started this blog 3 years ago as a way of sharing pictures with my parents and siblings who live in Utah. And then over time I started to find friends and families blogs and it was fun to see what all those people who live so far away from me are up to. But turns out my parents don't even read this and I haven't found time to read other people's blogs in a long time. So if I don't post anything in a while, just know that it isn't a huge priority.

Hey mom, if you happen to read this, let me know, 'cause if you are, then I will keep posting lots more.