Randon 10 on Thursday

1.  A huge shout out to my hubby. He's the most amazing man ever. He does everything in his power to provide for his family. He comes home from work and plays with the kids. Yes, he spends a lot of time on his projects but he makes sure everyone's needs are met before he spends time on his hobby's and projects. I love him for that! 

 



 

2. As soon as Leroy get's home from work, Leilani goes crazy! If he walks past her which picking her up and saying hi. She freaks out. She will start crawling after him until she finds him and basically wouldn't let him ignore her. She's 100% a daughters girl. I think, Leah gets a little bit jealous but it's okay...Daddy has enough love for all of his girls! 

2.  Logan learned how to build this kite at cub scouts, the weather isn't too nice at the moment and so we haven't had a chance to see if it will fly or not! He can't wait to try it out!

 

 

3.  I decided it was time to start dyeing my hair, way too much gray hair showing. I was starting to get a gray patch, right in the front. I'm not that old, my birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks. It's hard to believe that I'm almost 35. Where did all the time go? Well, at least I have my baby girl to help me still feel young...young at heart...lol!

 

 

4. This baby could be a model. She's so stink'n cute. We can't get enough of her. The kids always are picking her up and giving her tons of hugs and kisses.

 

She's almost too amazing. How did we get such a beautiful baby girl? She's a chatter box (babbles non-stop), smiles all the time, not shy at all (she will go to anyone), and she's  almost walking, and she's super smart!!!!!!!

 

I never did sew for a baby before so it's been a ton of fun. All the ruffles are just too cute on my baby. I'm still sewing like crazy but I'm making focusing on Leah this week but I will go back probably next week to the baby!

 

5. The big thing this week is testing for Landon is school testing. Landon's really enjoying it, they bribe the kids with treats and awards for their hard efforts. In kindergarten, he had testing which they don't do anymore in Kindergarten and he was the top test performer in his class. He only got one question wrong. Logan had his testing last week, it went well for him as well. I always tell the kids that I expect them to do their best and that's that. I don't expect them to make straight A's but I do expect them to give it their all.

It's hard to believe that Landon will be in Middle school next year.

6.  I'm still working hard on losing weight. I seriously, screwed up last week. I didn't follow the program, I ended up munching on so much candy. I gained back a couple of pounds. I talk to my partner and we're starting over. So, I'm a lot happier about it.

Losing weight is such a mental game. You have to be so tough on yourself or else it's so easy to slip back into bad eating habits.



I'm running and lifting weights.
I'm back to my old schedule. Chalean Extreme three days a week and running three days a week.

I'm drinking a gallon of water each day! I'm not going to lie, the first day was super hard but now I love it.

I only have ten more pounds to lose. I want to lose it all by the time I have my birthday which is May 30th!

7.  My BFF moved away, she hates it in Centerton. I don't blame her, it's pretty boring out there. The neighbor's are white trash. I could write a whole post on her first week there. The horrors. She's counting down the months until she can move back to Bella Vista.

8.  I have to go...I can't think of anything else to say.

9. Yesterday, I pick up Ms. Donna to take her to quilting group. She's my visiting teacher, I have been picking her up and driving her to quilt group for the past couple of months. She's in her 80's. It's been a lot of fun, getting to know her. She's always telling me stories about being a little girl growing up during the depression. She's old enough to be my grandma but we still always have a lot of things to talk about. Yesterday, she told me that you use to be able to buy yard of fabric for 5 cents and you could buy a store made dress for one dollar.

10. Oh, one more thing...we're going to Branson this weekend. Leroy's BFF invited us to join their family to Branson. He's BFF is from Branson and we will be staying at his parents house. Landon is excited that he will be able to finally brag about going to Branson. When I told him that we're not going to Silver Dollar City, he wasn't too happy. I'm not sure what were doing but the guys are planning this trip. I'm really excited to go away for the weekend!

 

11.  This is the really creepy one, this isn't a joke! Yes, I know that someday I will die and I know where I will be buried. It's a little bit weird but I guess you can't be too prepared.

 

 

Randon TEN on Wed

1.  If you're going to complain about something than come up with a solution or else just keep your mouth shut. Lots of people love to complain about things but if you really feel passionate about something than go for it and make your plan of action!

2. Do you every wonder if someone has made you into some sort of project. I have a really awkward situation, I'm not sure if I'm just reading into something and it's really no big deal but someone I know keeps calling and inviting my kids to things. The problem is my kids aren't friends with this persons kids. We have known each other for almost ten years but I can't say were friends at all. I'm always nice to her at church and she's nice to me but that's that. I keep declining but it's sort of weird. Where is this coming from...I'm a little bit worried that maybe she's trying to make me into some type of weird project. I know my BFF is moving to Centerton but my kids have a billion friends and I have a lot of friends as well. My hubby told me to just ignore her and not to over think it. I'm ok, I'm not looking to replace my BFF. It's a little bit strange. It's not my goal to be super duper friends with everyone at church. Anyway, I'm almost positive, she doesn't read my blog but if she does...you need to stop calling and emailing me so much. It's a little bit weird being our kids don't mix with each other, at all.

3. My bff is in the process of moving. It's sad, when lots of people told her that they would help her move and no one show up to help. What's wrong with people, don't offer if you didn't mean it. I feel really bad for her because she's totally awesome. I'm watching her kids again, this afternoon but now I'm thinking maybe I should of organized a clean up crew or meals for her. I feel like a bad BFF at the moment but hindsight is everything. Plus, if anyone has a washer and dryer that's for sell. Let me know, she's having to go the laundry mat and you know how awful that can be!

4. Easter was great, we had our own Easter Egg Hunt at the house. I'm really proud of the boys for organizing it at the last minute. They even had raffle tickets and door prizes.

5.  The weather is cold, again! When will Spring get here! I'm so tired of the clouds and lack of sunshine. I want lots of sunshine!

6. I feel super lame for not running in the Bentonville Half Marathon. I'm having lots of regrets at the moment. Why didn't I just push myself, why didn't I make the commitment, and why not? I know why I didn't do it but still I'm wishing I was running in it. I have a baby, she's a little bit more important than running in a race but I'm still jealous of all of my friends running this weekend. I will be cheering all of my friends on but it stinks to be on the sidelines.

7.  I'm sewing up some really cute sundresses for the baby. The apron pinafore dress is my new favorite thing to sew. I need to work on a couple of dresses for Leah. She's out growing all of her clothes. I could sew 24/7 but I still have a family. It's so hard to balance things out.

8.  My neighbor came over on Monday and she dyed my hair a brownish/reddish color with blond highlights. I'm going to see, if she can go back and add some more highlights. I thought it would be more red but it's not. It's okay, I didn't want to do anything too crazy.

9.  I currently doing the 9 weeks get in shape for Summer challenge. I'm really doing poorly at the moment. I feel like crap posting this because it's not hard at all. I'm so lacking discipline at the moment. I did managed to workout every morning but all the other stuff isn't happening. No treats, that's a hard one to follow plus I keep forgetting to do all of my stuff for it. I just don't have enough time to do everything. I'm hoping to drop the last ten pounds. I just need to get my act together and stop making excuses.

10.  The last thing, I'm currently weaning leilani. I'm hoping that once, she's completely weaned the last ten pounds will come off. She's down to two nursing sessions but my milk will not dry up completely. I feel like I could nurse triplets and I could still have milk leftover. She's doing really good taking a bottle and she's eating up everything. I'm hoping that maybe by the end of next week or maybe next week.

Easter Clothes

Easter Sunday...my favorite part is seeing all the kids dressed up in their Easter clothes. It's such a great way to celebrate the Resurrection!

All of the speakers at church did a great job, I really felt the spirit at church. I usually don't care the fifth Sunday lessons but the Relief Society did a great job with their lesson.

The ham is in the oven. I already whipped up some funeral potatoes, candied carrots, and fresh corn on the cob.

The kids managed to clean up their huge mess from yesterday from the Easter Egg Hunt.

We didn't do Easter baskets and the kids didn't even miss them. No more baskets for us. We're going to keep up the new tradition of keeping Sunday for the real reason of Easter and Saturday will be set apart for the Easter Bunny/Easter Egg Hunts!

"He is Risen" is the real reason of celebrating Easter.

I'm glad my kids know why we celebrate. It's not all about new clothes and Easter egg hunts.

The Savior...is the reason why we are here!

He Is Risen

I hope everyone is having a great Easter Sunday. If you are interested and have a few minutes, here is a great video entitled "He Is Risen"!

Easter Bunny!

Easter Bunny: Love it or Hate it!

Logan: Hate's it!
Leah: Love's it!
Leilani: Love's it!

I'm not sure but things might change next year. Logan hasn't been a fan of the big bunny since he was little. I have a picture of him about two years old and he's screaming his head off. I remember, I literally throw him in to the arms of the Easter Bunny.

So, I decided to make sure to get a picture of the baby with the Bunny because I didn't want to take any chances of her being older next year and she might be scared of him. As of now, she's the big bunny. I could of left her with the Easter Bunny and I think she would of be quite happy!

I told Logan if he wanted to collect his bag full of Easter Eggs. He would have to get his picture with the big bunny. He's still not a fan!

Nothing says I love you like...

A thread and needle hard at work! The boys are always complaining that I don't make them anything any more. So, I decided to whip up some neck ties for church. I didn't realize, when I started this project that neck ties need to be hand sewn. I managed to get four ties done in less than two days. The boys were so excited to see them. I might have to start making them on a regular bases.

Little Miss Radio Flyer!

Good thing for best friends, my bff pick up this little Radio Flyer trike on a Curb Alert on Craigslist. Yes, it's in tough shape but the baby loves it. I thought she was too little for it but Landon wanted to try it out with her. She feel right in love with it. It wouldn't be too much longer before she's actually pedalling away on it.



She's trying to figure out how to ride the bike...lol!



Excuse the messy face, just finished my afternoon snack of mac & cheese and vanilla pudding!



Gotta love those chubby cheeks and thighs!