Meet the Robinson's

Corbin's first day of school!

2012-02-01T10:08:00.000-08:00

Today was Corbin's first day of pre-school. He is only 2, but since he turns 3 on the 23rd of this month, they let him start today! My sister in law Chrissie is one of the teachers there, and I am so glad he gets to go there! Hopefully he will love it and won't be too big of a handful for his teachers.

28 Weeks

2012-01-29T15:47:00.000-08:00

Well here it is. The Bump.

Technically in this picture I'm almost 29 weeks, 28 and 5 days to be exact.. but who's counting? Let's see what's new this pregnancy??? I'm definitely poking out, I get asked by everybody I see when I'm due, I want to eat fish-n-chips with chocolate for dessert everyday (although I don't), I am already wearing my belly band full time, and this little boy is so active you can see my tummy move from across the room.

I had another dream where I could see this little guy, and he looked a lot like Corbin, but with a little bit more of my brown hair. Apparently my subconscious mind is trying to help me cope with another boy in my dreams, because in my dreams he comes out the sweetest, happiest content baby.

A girl can dream.

One of every mom's fears

2012-01-29T15:37:00.000-08:00

Every mom has fears. Your child getting lost or worst kidnapped, getting really sick, getting hurt or needing stitches. There are a list of things that scare me about being a mother. But today one happened.

I was at the store with my mom and sister. Corbin had been running around with Brylee and Sawyer, and I told him if he didn't stop running around I was going to hold his arm and make him stand next to me. Sure enough I turn around and BAM. It happens. Corbin claims Brylee did it, but from what I gathered he was trying to climb a shelf, fell and hit his face. I picked him up and flipped him around so I could see his face and access the damage. Blood. Lots of blood. Normally it wouldn't bother me, but for some reason this pregnancy has made me very sensitive and queasy to things like blood and injuries. I can see it's localized on his lip and mouth, so my mom carried him to the bathroom for me, and we got him all cleaned up.

After staring at his bloody lip in the mirror Corbin decided all he needed was a band aid and he'd be fine. Thank goodness his teeth and everything were fine, it was only the pink part of his lip.

But it made me so sick to my stomach! I hope he can make it through April without anymore of these accidents! A few days ago Corbin got out of the car at home and took off running tward the snow ice patch on the side of our house, and before I could warn him he slipped and landed flat on his back. All he did was stand up and say, aw that hurt mom. Ha ha he's pretty tough, I just wish he didn't think he has to learn everything the hard way.

Yep. He's listening.

2012-01-22T23:50:00.000-08:00

Let me set this story up correctly, Brittney and all the kids came over to my house Saturday night to help me with the nursery and play. 5 children under the age of 5 running around my house, while Britt and I tried to work on the nursery. During a dinner break this conversation happened:

Brittney to Sawyer "Here drink lots of water so you can grow big and strong!"

Sawyer takes a drink of the water cup. Then walks away.

Corbin asks Britt "Can I have a drink?"

Corbin takes a BIG drink, then looks down and sighs sadly, "Oh I'm sad"

Julia "Corbin why are you so sad?"

Corbin "Cause I'm still small! WAHHH!"

Ha ha ha. He he he. Corbin heard Brittney telling Sawyer and he believed it would happen to him instantly! Sawyer could have cared less, but Brittney broke the poor kids heart.

Corbin really listens to what everyone says.

2 New Rooms

2012-01-17T10:20:00.000-08:00

Well for a few reasons we have decided to move Corbin out of his Nursery/Room into what was our office, so we can do a new nursery closer to our bedroom for baby #2. Corbin was pretty excited to get a new bed and a new room, this was him playing after bath time.

So now phase one. Clean everything out, clean the walls and paint! I have decided to go with a grey two tone wall color, so hopefully it turns out cute.

These will be some of my 'Before' pictures. I am excited to get started! Hopefully if I do a little at a time it will help the next 3 months go by a little faster for me.

I'm 27 weeks (6 months) preggers and chugging along! I have been horrible at taking any pictures this time.. mostly cause I don't want to admit I'm getting that big already..Oh well..

I'm finally blogging again!

2012-01-13T20:15:00.000-08:00

Look at these adorable PJ's that Lisa and my dad got Corbin for Christmas. I love this older style of PJ's they are so dang cute!! And Corbin loves them too. Thanks guys!

Anyway I needed a picture to post and I didn't want it to be of me.. so you got Corbin instead. Maybe tomorrow I'll be more brave.

I need to start blogging more, my life is somewhat back into order and going smooth. I'm 27 weeks (6months) pregnant and now in my 3rd trimester! I am so excited, I even bought my first double stroller for Corbin and the baby! It gets me excited every time I see it. I am going to start moving Corbin's bedroom and decorating the nursery soon, so hopefully that will help the next 3 months go by fast! I am huge. Yes HUGE. It's OK I've come to terms with it, no sense in trying to hide it. For some reason my body makes absolutely NO attempt to hide the baby inside, it's all out front like a giant beach ball. It's great for back aches, uncomfortable sleep and preventing me from reaching anything. Corbin tells me everyday how BIG my belly is, like "a biggest balloon ever". Aren't kids sweet? But right now I'm enjoying being pregnant. Close parking at work, everyone offers me food, I never have to carry anything, sweet old ladies tell me how cute my 'little' bump is,and I get to feel him move around and Karate chop me all day long. At least I think he's sleeping during the night and up during the day, fingers crossed this is a good sign. I am measuring good with the doctors, and the baby is healthy.

This week my sister Brittney and I started doing a Zumba class and a Step class. It's great! I'm not even the only pregnant chick and we can take our kids! It rocks! I've been working out at home here and there, going for walks, yoga, and a few strength/toning things, but I need this cardio. I wish we would have started going sooner. We're going to try to keep going, and I'm definitely going back to help loose the baby weight.

2012 is off to a great start for me, and I hope it is for everyone else out there!

Sundace

2012-01-10T09:13:00.000-08:00

So I have been working up at The Sundance Resort since May 2011 and I am really loving it! I work with a lot of great people, and the time I spend up there usually flies by and I have a great time.

One of the perks of this job is going to be the Film Festival! I've never been up to Sundance during the Festival, so this year will definitely be new and interesting for me.

We see a lot of Celebrities up there, and no I'm not allowed to take pics with them or ask for autographes, but I can tell you who I've met/seen up there lately.. I'm not usually one to care.. but when Pierce Brosnan is smiling at you, you can't help but feel kinda cool :)

Pierce Brosnan- Really nice guy to everyone he talked to.

Kathryn Morrison (Cold Case)

Danny Masterson (That 70's Show)

Scott Wolf and his wife Kelly Limp
(I loved Scott in Party of Five and he is still just as handsome!)

The Guys from No Doubt and their families came in. They have some cute kiddos!

The simple things in life..

2012-01-10T08:58:00.000-08:00

Well it finally snowed in Utah! Enough for Corbin to gear up and go outside. He had so much fun just stomping around through it 'like a T-Rex'. Then I told him with his gloves on he could pick it up and play with it. He thought it was so cool. Then Darren came out with his sled and pulled him around the front yard. I took some video and Corbin is laughing so hard and yelling "I wanna go again!" the whole time he's in the sled. Isn't it wonderful to have moments like this in life? Just playing in the front yard with the family can mean so much to this little guy.

I can't wait for more snow so we can take him sledding for real, I know he's going to have so much fun.

Christmas Eve and Boy or Girl?????

2011-12-25T12:19:00.000-08:00

The pictures should describe our night. We had my family over at my house for Christmas Eve Dinner, and then we let the kids open presents since we won't be seeing everyone again on Christmas. The day started off OK I had to work until about 3pm then I came home to a house full of people and my mom preparing dinner. The meal turned out great, I took a picture because it's a rare occasion that my whole family sits around a table and eats a big meal. Bob brought his guitar and we sang Christmas songs, everything would have been wonderful but I started to feel really sick... what's worse than having to work Christmas Eve and Christmas Day? Getting the flu and throwing up all night when your 23 weeks pregnant. I should know.

So without anymore suspense here it is:

It's a boy!

Originally I had planned to take a picture with this pinned to my shirt and send it to everyone when we found out... but there was NO WAY I was going to be in any pictures after the horrible night I had. And laying on the couch and finding out just isn't the same when you can't move to celebrate for fear of throwing up again. We found out at about 5am, then I went back to lay in bed.. so when I woke up we just decided to text and call a few people. Kinda sucks.. Oh well I made it till Christmas morning, and we are so excited to be having another boy, I really wanted Corbin to have a brother, and Darren was CERTAIN it was a boy :)

Christmas cookies and Christmas lights

2011-12-25T12:04:00.000-08:00

We made cookies for Santa, and then went for a ride to the Spanish Fork Festival of lights. Corbin and Jordyn had a blast.

Kids say the darndest things...

2011-12-23T12:10:00.000-08:00

Corbin, what do you want for Christmas?

I tried to get some video of Corbin talking, but he's bouncing off the walls. He's almost 3 and has enough sass and attitude to entertain for hours.

Jingle Bells

2011-12-15T14:06:00.000-08:00

Corbin singing Jingle Bells for Daddy

Dec 12th 2011

Corbin is hilarious lately. I have been so awful at taking video's of him. Goal this next week- take video's of Corbin talking and put them on here. Check back to laugh your butt off!

Stewart Family Photo's and my 25th Birthday!

2011-12-12T09:40:00.000-08:00

December 10, 2011

My 25th Birthday! WOW I can't believe I'm 25. I will always remember when my Aunt Lexi turned 25 I lived with her and she said, "I'm half way to 50!" ha ha. So that is what I thought of on Saturday. It was a great day, I got to sleep in until 9am! Can you believe it?! My sweet husband entertained Corbin while I got some much needed beauty sleep. Then I hung out, got ready and relaxed while Corbin took a nap.

We decided to get together and take a family photo for my mom's side of the family. It's seriously been a LONG time since we had all my brothers and sister together for a photo.

Testing the lighting and letting Corbin practice his new 'pirate smile'. He kept smiling like this and closing one eye! It was hillarious.

Trying to get everyone ready.

The final product. My friend Brightly was our photographer and she did a great job. Considering we took all the pics in the freezing cold outside and within 30 mins.

After the pics we walked around the Riverwoods all the Christmas lights were beautiful, and then we went to dinner at Shoots Chinese Restaurant. All in all it was a great Bday!

Ultrasound baby #2

2011-12-07T10:15:00.000-08:00

Dec 6th 2011 I had my 21 week ultrasound for baby #2! I told the Ultrasound tech that I didn't want to find out the sex of the baby so I started with my eyes closed. Good thing I did because within 3 seconds she said she knew the gender! She said the 'baby' was spread eagle and showing a perfect view! Ha ha, just like Corbin was. Once she measured the legs I was able to open my eyes so I could watch her measure a show me everything else. She was very careful and told me when to close my eyes so there was no peeking on my part! After seeing the baby looking so healthy and moving around so well I got so emotional! Call it the pregnancy hormones or a wave of relief knowing everything was OK but I started crying. I couldn't help it, I was so unbelievably happy and grateful to have a healthy baby! It is such a wonderful feeling knowing I'm creating a life. I am so blessed to have Darren, Corbin and now another baby in my life. I bet all day my face was glowing with a smile.

Everything is big and healthy with the baby.I measure a week bigger than they thought I was with the first ultrasound, but I always measured big with Corbin. Must be my super healthy, and super unhealty diet. Fruit and chocolate grow great babies! Due date is still the same for now, April 17 will be 40 weeks.

They sent me home with a few pictures not showing the gender, a DVD that shows the gender, and 2 pictures with the gender are sealed in the envelope. I'm so excited, Christmas morning we can open the envelope and watch the DVD to see our little baby! What a great present, I don't even need anything else. I think it's going to be so amazing for Darren, Corbin and I to all find out at the same time! I wonder if Corbin will fully understand.. maybe I need to start prepping him so when I get all emotional and cry he'll know why ha ha.

Oh and I'm still 90% sure it's a BOY

Thanksgiving and what not lately..

2011-12-04T18:06:00.000-08:00

Well it's now December. Wow. Where did November go?

Thanksgiving- This was the year to spend Thanksgiving with my family. Since I didn't work the whole month of November (not by choice) we decided going to Idaho wasn't going to happen. But my Grandma Nacele held a wonderful Dinner at her house, and then Christmas Bingo the Saturday afterwards. It seems around this time Corbin began his wild emotions faze where tears are involved every 15 mins or so...

I really wasn't feeling that great so it was hard to be everywhere all the time but we tried. And with not feeling so well and dealing with Corbin.. I really wasn't in the 'take picture' kinda mood.. so here is what I found on my camera.

This is Corbin and I after we got home from Thanksgiving.

Corbin and his cuteness playing in his room.

19 1/2 weeks Prego- 'technically' half way since I'm only planning on being preggers for 39 weeks.

Photobucket fun. Corbin is totally vein and likes seeing his pic on the computer, so while I was uploading photo's we had some fun. He thinks this is like on TV for everyone to see.

Right now the phase of the day is Spider Man. Everything is Spider Man. He wears red gloves and hat's and runs around using his super powers. He likes to watch the old 1970's cartoon Spider Man episodes on Netflix.

Since I'm preggers and getting big so fast, I've been trying to exercise by getting out on walks. These pictures were taken while out on one of our walks. I thought he looked so cute and he was willing so we stopped on the bike path by our house and had a photo shoot.

Well I'm finally back to working a few days a week, the house is decorated for Christmas and all is well at the Robinson house... for now...

Happy Halloween and 16 weeks.

2011-11-04T18:57:00.000-07:00

(Sad this is the only picture I got of Corbin and I...)

For Halloween this year Corbin was supposed to be Woody from Toy Story. But.. he ended up being "Booty" Woody's cousin. I couldn't find cowboy boots (under$50) so Converse it was, and even though Woody doesn't wear chaps, this cowboy did! He loved his costume and wore it most of the month of October, well parts of his costume.

Saturday before Halloween we went to the Riverwoods with my family to Trick or Treat and party with Radio Disney. The kids had a blast! I had to work and didn't know we were going so Corbin is a cowboy courtesy of what Brittney could find at home really quick.

On Halloween we took Corbin to Mapleton to Trunk or Treat and he had a blast. People in my in-laws ward really go all out decorating down this road for the kids. There was hot cider, donuts, and popcorn bags. Corbin had a blast.

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16 Weeks

So I went to my 16 Week Appointment on Nov 3rd.
* The baby's heart beat was at 160 which is pretty fast so according to the old wives tale that could indicate a girl..
* My blood pressure is low, so this explains all the dizziness and fainting. Not dangerously low or anything, I just need to be careful. (unlike the reckless pregnancy I've been living so far..?)
* Made the appt for the Ultra sound, Dec 6th. Apparently right after Thanksgiving they are really busy. So I'll be 21 weeks instead of 20.

Nope. I think it's a boy again.

2011-10-30T20:48:00.000-07:00

I know the old 'wives tales' say I'm having a girl. I think it's a little boy. Or should I say BIG boy. I'm almost 4 months pregnant and I feel like I POPPED out last week. I'm no longer in the 'is she getting fat or prego' stage. It's full blown into the season of 'when are you due' days. UGH. I'm in for a LONG winter. Good thing it's finally starting to get cold so I can hide/stuff myself into hoodies. I refuse to buy ugly maternity clothes and I'm too cheap to buy 'nice' ones. So I just squeeze into whatever will cover me in the closet. Luckily the rubber band trick still works on my jeans for now. Why can't I just be like my sister and wear size 1 jeans until I deliver and wear them home from the hospital? Seriously is that TOO much to ask for? Oh that's right I ate 4 sugar cookies today and who knows what else...

In good news I can feel the baby move already. It is such a comforting feeling. Almost like I didn't believe I was prego, even seeing the untrasound.. twice.. I was still a little in denial. BUT when you feel something alive in you. There is no denying the truth. I love it. It is my only reward to the uncomfortable, can't sleep, can't get comfortable, getting huge, being overly emotional ride we call being pregnant.

It's Halloween tomorrow. Holy crap where did this month go? I hope I can enjoy some of November!

2 Trimester Baby #2

2011-10-13T09:31:00.000-07:00

I feel like I haven't acted as excited for this baby as I did with Corbin. But it's not true I promise! I am just as happy and excited, but I have been trying really REALLY hard not to whine. So instead of jumping on FaceBook and writting about how I felt like I had a horrible flu for the ENTIRE month of September or how October is hardly looking better...

I'm trying to stay positive and not complain. Because I am really grateful for this baby and every sick moment, pain and restless night will be 100% worth it.

So here is a run down of whats been going on.

August I found out I was preggers.. wanted to wait to tell everyone until I was about 13 weeks or at least in my second trimester, but then when I started to get so sick all the time.. we knew I couldn't hide it forever. So we let the cat out of the bag on our 4 yr wedding anniversary Aug 18, 2011.

Found out my 'official' 40 week due date is April 17th, but do to complications with Corbin we're probably looking at an induction date around April 10th. Which I would love because 10 is my favorite number and when I was born, Dec 10th.

Since I found out Darren and I have both been sure it's another boy. Which part of me really wants so Corbin can have a brother close in age. The other part has still always wanted a little girl my whole life...

Now here are the...

TOP 5 REASONS I THINK I AM HAVING A GIRL
(With Corbin all of these things were the complete opposite.)
1. I have been more sick/nauseous
2. My hair is fuller/softer/stronger
3. I am showing sooner and higher
4. WAY more emotional
5. Craving desserts/treats

I will post a baby bump shot when I actually take one.. so for now here is Corbin and his new gun that he hasn't put down for 3 days now.

Funny when it happens to someone else..

2011-10-03T09:13:00.000-07:00

So a few weeks ago I'm standing by the bleachers at one of our softball games and I look down to see a stream of pee landing on my cleats. YES you read right PEE. I looked down and Corbin had dropped his pants and was peeing on my feet in front of everyone watching the softball game going on. I screamed and jumped back (which only drew more attention to my half naked child) when he was finished he simply pulled his pants up.

Not to go into too much detail, the picture pretty much says it all, but it wasn't just a little pee... we're talking like a gallon! ha ha. We figured he had to go so bad all the sudden it was pee his pants or drop them and go.

I'm glad he didn't pee his pants.. but my feet really?!

The next week at our game he quietly walked over to a tree and repeated this. Hopefully winter will teach him to use a toilet.

Hogal Zoo 2011

2011-09-26T10:33:00.000-07:00

Well a whole gang of us went to the Hogal Zoo this September. The kids had a blast with the seeing the animals, riding the train, and playing on the playground. For weeks afterwards Corbin keeps telling everyone that he went to the Zoo, and saw the bird show. He loves animals, I'm glad my mom planned this so we could all go!

Timpanogos Hike

2011-09-26T09:59:00.000-07:00

5am Labor Day weekend we set off to hike Timp! It was on grandma's bucket list, but we all thought it would be fun. There was a big group of us... but the group went on ahead to make it to the top while the two preggers, grama, Dar, and Darren stayed together. I knew Darren wouldn't leave me behind, and it's a good thing he came back or we wouldn't have made it as far as we did. He was so helpful and sweet, even carried Grama's pack :)

Sunrise

It was so beautiful and Green

This was where we turned around, we almost made it to the glaciers, but as soon as the heat hit we decided to turn back.

Showing his 2 packs

The waterfall on the way back was definitely the best part.

It was so beautiful and felt soo good to cool down.

This was at the bottom first waterfall. We did it!

Thanks to Grandma and Lisa for planning this, we should do it every year!

Halloween is coming!

2011-09-19T18:15:00.000-07:00

I don't know why, but this year I am really getting excited about Halloween! Today I made this wreath and it's only fueled the fire! I am actually decorating the OUTSIDE of my house this year. I have never done it in the past so we'll see how it turns out... I know the inside is looking good!

Click Here if you want to see how I made it.

Lots of newz

2011-09-18T17:52:00.000-07:00

Well I feel like I've been so crappy at posting lately. Nothing really fun and exciting is going on in my life, and I'm trying NOT to complain about being pregnant.. but it's really hard this time! I'm only 10 weeks so far.. so hopefully things get better before they get worse.

Anyway.. I will post about my hike up Timpanogos with my family as soon as I find my memory card, and after that there's the Hogal Zoo.. But until then you get this.

I am finally feeling a little bit better, so I started sewing again. In between watching kids, needing a nap everyday and working I haven't had the energy until now. So in celebration I am doing another give away!

The beanie shown is some of the new styles I am making so follow my blog here or like me on FaceBook here by Sep 30th to be entered to win! I'll ship it anywhere in the US for free.

A Love for Music

2011-08-26T08:45:00.000-07:00

What is cuter than a kid with no pants, playing the guitar and singing you a song?

We're cleaning out our office this week to not only get it ready for Corbin to move into in a few weeks, but also to make room for Josh my brother first. He is going to be staying with us for a few months and then Corbin is getting a new room so I can get his old room turned into the new nursery!

We found this guitar in the closet and Corbin started strummin and singing away. Future idea's for Christmas presents I guess....

Big Brother

2011-08-21T08:17:00.001-07:00

Baby #2 is on the way! Corbin is going to be a big brother April of 2012

August 18, 2011

2011-08-18T13:17:00.000-07:00

Happy 4 year wedding anniversary to the love of my life!

Lagoon

2011-08-11T11:17:00.000-07:00

Lagoon "It's what FUN is"... and now I remember why I only go once a year. 7hrs straight of this- heat, sweating, standing in lines, kids fighting, potty breaks, 10 seconds of fun on a ride, getting snacks and water constantly for 4 kids, arguing, rude people, sunshine, smiles, tears and being tired. whew.. that's a lot.

I think we took Brylee, Sawyer, Jordyn and Corbin on EVERY ride in tiny town.. no joke.. plus the new roller coaster, got soaked on Rattle Snake Rapids, and Brittney and I went on Wicked. The kids had a blast.. as long as the were on a ride... lines seemed to be the hardest on Corbin.

A Leash?

Yes it's true, he wore a 'Harness' that has a monkey tail aka Leash attached. You would not believe how many dirty looks I got from parents, but you know what? I don't even care! We were out numbered adult to kid ratio and frankly I didn't want my 2 1/2 year old lost at Lagoon. Even with the harness he was on a constant rampage everywhere we went. I know he had fun and I had fun, don't get me wrong, but when you child has no regard for getting lost and wont hold my had for longer than 20 seconds I had no choice. While we sat down to eat Bob looks at me and tells me how for 15 years he has been soo against parents using leashes for their kids... until he met Corbin HA HA HA HA.. some might think it's from my 'bad' parenting.. if you think that, you either don't have kids, had really good kids or should mind your own business ha ha.

Rub-A-Dub-Dub

2011-08-11T08:17:00.000-07:00

3 Boys in the tub

This is Corbin and the 2 neighbor boys that I babysit, Carter and Brakin.

I filled up this turtle before nap time and by the time they woke up to play in it the water had to be 85 degrees! They kept calling it a 'warm bath' and a hot tub.

Idaho Camping Trip 2011

2011-08-01T11:00:00.000-07:00

Ahh... vacation. What is better than taking naps in your underwear? We just spent 4 days and 3 nights in Idaho with our family for our annual Idaho Camping Trip and it was so much fun! .

We go up to Pine, ID and camp along a river. This is the best place to camp. There is the river to float and fish in, there are hot springs, 4 wheeler trails, and everything you can imagine for camping! It's so beautiful up there and the weather was perfect.

This was our camp site. Perfect. Lots of shade and sun with a fire pit and space to roam. We played horse shoes,washoes and hung out by the fire.

It was so great seeing all of my moms family. Everyday we load up a truck and trailer and go up the road to be dropped off to float the river. On the second day we were unloading to get into the river and some people we knew where already in the river and they were laughing and going crazy over how many people kept coming down the hill to get into the river and float! There had to have been 20 of us! In the 20 min truck ride to float the river Corbin and Sawyer fell asleep in their life jackets and everything.. so Sawyer went back to camp but Corbin stayed asleep for about 45 mins and woke up with Darren floating the river! It was so funny he woke up, looked at Darren and said, "I'm on the RIVER!" He did great floating, he thought it was so fun and would point to the water every time there was a fish or a whale. (Note: we didn't see any fish or whales while floating... only Corbin could see them..)

This last picture was Corbin in the truck on the way home. He was so tan and dirty! He did so good in the truck on the way home. I was a little nervous because on the way there he kept crying saying he wanted to go home and get out of his seat. But he played in the back seat with his toys and had a blast.

This is was of the best vacations I've ever been on. For once we didn't have any catastrophes happen, no one got sick and no one got hurt.... Other than Corbin stubbing his toe. We had a great time and I hope I can make it again next year!

Tutorial

2011-06-16T07:56:00.000-07:00

I posted a tutorial on my SmallTownJulia Blog check it out here.

It's idea's/tips on bathroom decor. I just gave my guest bathroom a face lift. Don't forget to be a follower!

Hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine!

Crazy schedule

2011-06-03T07:53:00.000-07:00

Wow. A lot has been going on in my life recently. I'm not writting this to ask for sympathy, I'm simply writting it for my own documentation, and for those of you who are curious about why I have disapeared lately.

Fact #1. I got a new Job, I am working at Sundance in the Restaurants now. Nights and weekends mostly.

Fact #2. I still have my old job. For now. I put my notice in, but I'm not sure when my last day is yet..

Fact #3. I am still running SmallTownJulia and trying to be a good mom to Corbin.

So here was/is my schedule this week...

Monday- Memorial Day, unpack from camping, clean, then work 4 to 11:30pm.

Tuesday- Take Corbin to 7 Peaks (that kid has cabin fever bad!), then work 4 to 10:30pm.

Wednesday- Work 8am to 12pm at one job, go to gym, pick up Corbin, go to work at other job from 4 to 11pm.

Thursday- My only day off. Yeah right. Plan a baby shower for this Saturday from 10am to 4pm, then 3hrs of yard work, laundry, clean, make 4 batches of star shaped sugar cookies for Saturday bed by 11pm.

Friday- Work 8-4pm at one job, work 4 to (11pm?) tonight.

Saturday- Baby shower from 10 to 2pm then work from 4 to midnight.

few... I need a nap. Did I mention Corbin wakes up BEFORE 7am?

Conflicting

2011-05-24T09:06:00.000-07:00

Sure Social Media like Facebook and Blogger is great! But sometimes I want to get on there and post stuff and then I have to stop and think.. oh yeah I'm friends with this person and I don't want them to see this or that. I HATE that feeling. Now hold on, I'm not talking gossip.. I mean MY life in general. I have co-workers that I am friends with to my 15 yr. old cousins and good 'ol Grandma. That's quite a variety if you ask me.

So.. I'll risk it on here and not FaceBook for the time being. But I am so excited!!! I FINALLY found another job. For those of you who don't know, I've been looking for an evening part time job for almost a year now. Really.. it took that long. I am currently working, but during the day and I needed nights.

But I'm keeping it a secret for now.. details later!

Hope everyone is having a fabulous day! I am gearing up for this memorial weekend, we are going camping with Darren's family and I can't wait! Post to come later with pics I'm sure ;)

Am I the only one?

2011-05-18T09:31:00.000-07:00

Here's some back ground. My husband is into fishing. Not hard core have to fish all the time in every lake and river, just 'hey I have some free time, I think I'll go fishing somewhere close to home' kinda guy. Well now that Corbin is old enough to go, and even has his own pole Darren has taken him a few times.

Now he wants me to go. SIGH... I think the best part about fishing is laying out in the warm sunshine.

My background on fishing.. the FEW times I remember going as a child, tears were involved.. usually mine. First off I went through years of being a vegitarian to prove that I was an animal lover. So when my family would fish they obviously eat it afterwards and that freaked me out. (Give me a break I was a child!) One event that stands out in my mind was watching one of my brothers and a cousin catch a fish and put in on the ground to watch it die. It sat and flopped around and they began to tell me how the fish was 'drowning' because it couldn't breath. How awful is that?

SO .... back to my question.. am I the only one that feels bad for the poor fish? Even if you do catch and release.. you hook it's mouth, pull it out where it can't breathe and then chuck it back in.

(Just to clearify this pic.. Corbin wanted to kiss the fish not bite it's head)

So.. I helped Corbin catch a fish at the Spanish Fork Resevoir. I did it for Darren and Corbin. And yes I felt bad. And NO I don't want to do it again.

It's fine if Darren and Corbin want to fish.. I'll come along and read a great book, while enjoying the sunshine.

PS. Corbin is so cute fishing. He calls the fish 'baby sharks' and cries everytime Darren throws it back. He wants to keep them.

Baby Madden

2011-05-06T10:43:00.000-07:00

Isn't he precious!? Madden is 10 days old here. Brittney and her friend Michelle took these pictures and I used my photo editing skills to make turn them into art. He is so cute and tiny!

Corbin's 2 yr photo shoot

2011-04-28T17:32:00.000-07:00

I know I know.. Corbin turned 2 in February. But the weather has been crappy and I haven't got around to taking some pictures of Corbin. Finally today was a nice day so my sister in law Chrissie took some pictures of Corbin for me. He was a little stinker running away and not wanting to smile very much, but they turned out great!

This place is just down the road from my house and one day I was driving by it and thought it would be a cool place to take some pics, and there was so many cool things for him to stand by.

We love you Corbin you are so handsome and fun!

PS.. I made the tie!

Baby Madden is here!

2011-04-26T14:57:00.000-07:00

Justyn Madden Jeffs (Madden)

4/25/11 at 2:30pm

6lbs 19in.

This was around 1pm before Brittney delivered

Corbin and Sawyer hanging out in Brittney's hospital room

My first time holding him, he is so tiny and precious!

Brittney and Madden. She looks great as usual.

Their whole family. Brylee was a little leary at first, but she warmed right up.

Corbin was so cute, he loves the baby and kept wanting to hold him.

Well those are the pics here is the quick story... I had the privilege of babysitting Corbin, Brylee and Sawyer in the hospital while my mom was in the delivery room. My mom and I arrived at the hospital with the kids in tow around 11:30am and hung out with Britt until it was time for her to deliver. I left the hospital room around 2:10pm and by 2:20pm I heard the nurse get on the phone and tell the doc to run that she was one push away! Sure enough I see her doctor come sprinting down the hall to her room, apparently he had time to put his gloves on and catch the baby! He was ready to come in a hurry! Brittney and the baby both did great. A little while after he was born I got to go in and see her and him. Brittney informed me that the baby (who didn't have a name yet) had a knot tied in the cord and was her miracle baby. If the knot had been pulled tight it could have caused her to miscarry or later in the pregnancy caused an emergency C-Section.

We're glad he is here and they are both safe!

The 5 most recent pictures on my cell phone

2011-04-20T07:53:00.000-07:00

4/17/11-Corbin enjoying a Strawberry Banana Milkshake at Denny's with Mom and Dad

4/18/11- Corbin stealing raw onions off the cutting board while I was making Dinner.-(yes he ate them.. and came back for more!)-

4/16/11- Brylee, Corbin and Sawyer at Kambria's Bday Party in Orem.

The cute birthday girl! I love her hat!

Brylee, Kambria, Alaysha and Sawyer

Sewing Box and Give A Way!

2011-04-09T15:12:00.000-07:00

Darren surprised me one day and built me a box to hold all my ribbon and sewing/craft stuff. It was so sweet of him I didn't even ask him for one! I think he was getting tired of my mess every time I pulled out my sewing machine.

He didn't finish or paint it though he thought I'd want to decorate it. And so I finally did.

I bought this stencil at Hobby Lobby (my new favorite store!) And I LOVE how it turned out. It looks kinda vintage or antique.

Corbin did a puzzle while I painted.

TA-DAAA!! I really like how it turned out. I just kind of made up the design as I went cause I couldn't decide what to do. But I think it turned out really nice, and it keeps all my stuff organized better. (Plus it matches my bedroom so it can sit on my vanity and blend right into the decor )

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Corbin and Mommy's first Vacation!

2011-03-28T09:05:00.000-07:00

Friday afternoon Corbin and I loaded up and headed out to St. George to visit some friends and family, and spend some time together.

Miriam and Corbin chillin in the back seat while we went shoppin!

I think Miriam got Corbin hooked on Barney!

She was such a doll all weekend and even shared all her toys with Corbin

Trying to get a pic with him is hard

Saturday night we all went out to Chili's, it was delicious!

Dad, Miriam and Lisa

Uncle Ty came to dinner with us too!

Got to spend a little time with my best friend Steph, they just built the most beautiful house down there! I seriously want to move in! ha ha..

This is Dad and Lisa's kitchen before...

And after!!

My camera takes horrible indoor photo's, but while I was down I helped Lisa make some new curtains for her kitchen and I LOVE how they turned out.. our next goal is to make some for her living room :)

Cute little Miriam fell asleep while we were getting ready to leave. She really is so cute and such a well behaved little girl!

Sunday morning we walked down to the river and let the kids throw rocks and play in the mud. Corbin loved it! He was filthy when I had to drag him back home.

Lisa and Corbin before we left. Corbin had a blast playing in Miriam's toy room all weekend, she has so many fun toys.

On the way home we stopped at a gas station and since Corbin was doing so good going potty I told him he could pick out any treat he wanted, guess what he chose? A gas station banana.. OK it wouldn't be my first choice, but at least he'll eat fruit!

In Scipio they have a petting zoo right next to a Gas Station now, so I made sure we had time to stop on they way home.

It was FREEZING and windy though.. so we didn't stay long, but Corbin loved all the animals!

They even had a baby zebra my favorite animal!

This little pony was a wild thing! I don't petting Zoo should be his thing since he would run back and forth and bite any kid that dared but their had within reach! Ha ha it was hilarious there was these kids there warning me that if I went near it, it would bit us! But Corbin just like to watch his run back and forth, he thought it was pretty funny.

It was a rough weekend not having Darren there to help me with Corbin, but all in all we had a good time. Saturday was rainy, but we were inside sewing anyway.. Sunday was beautiful! We took the kids to the park and let them play in the river by my dads house. Corbin loved throwing the rocks in the water, so much that he got carried away and threw Miriam's shoe in!

Love my family, hope to see you guys again soon!!!

Corbster

2011-03-24T09:44:00.002-07:00

Let me just start out by saying, don't judge me. I think I am a pretty great mom when it comes to most things, but putting up with poop and diapers is another thing. No Amy it's not another poop story.. I'd rather forget those! This is an update on our lives as of lately :)

As of this week I can officially say Corbin is potty trained and diaper free! By diaper free I mean I WILL NOT buy another pack unless I have another child. Sure I still have some that I will use when he sleeps at other peoples houses, but I don't at home anymore. I know lots of moms and other smart people out there think you have to wait until your child is 'ready' to get them started.. but let's just say I may have slightly forced the situation on Corbin. But don't worry, he is already 2 and there shouldn't be any serious emotional scaring from the whole event.

The fun side of Corbin lately... all the attitude he has when he talks! I was watching Dr. Phill the other day on how to train your child NOT to be a brat. Let's just say I took serious mental notes. He has learned the words 'shut up' not from me or Darren, but from the movie Brother Bear. Thanks Disney! :( And he uses that phrase daily. It's so funny I try not to laugh and put on my serious mom face, but how do you not laugh when a toy goes off or someone is crying and he tells them to shut up! He also has some funny phrases that he picked up during potty training. I always ask him is he needs to go potty and if he says no I ask him, "are you sure?" So now even if it's not potty related he goes "I SHORE mommy I SHORE!" ha ha it's so funny and out of context I need to get it on film.

He has quite the vocabulary and will repeat anything you ask him to say. Even encyclopedia. His favorite movie lately has been Tarzan, and he could care less about the Gorilla's or even Tarzan, he's all about Elephants! He asks, 'I wanna watch the elephant' and holds his toy elephant while he watches it. Check out this video for his elephant noise.....he was too busy playing.. but you kinda get the idea...

Other fun Corbin facts-
He sleeps with a baby doll or teddy bear every night.
Loves to wake up early and crawl into bed and cuddle his mommy
He will ask you to cuddle all the time
Could drink Chocolate milk all day long
Eats anything mom and dad eat, even salad and veggies!
Loves to watch Mickey Mouse and movies.
When asked what McQueen says he yells, "CACHOWW!!"
Still loves to carry around and sleep with soft blankies.
Everywhere I take him I get compliments on how cute and funny he is

Sure love that kiddo!

Fort Time

2011-03-24T09:44:00.001-07:00

The other day I was babysitting and all the kids have CabinFever and were dying to get outside but it was way too cold.. so to entertain them we built a fort.

They had so much fun playing in it. I remember when I was little I loved to make forts!

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2011-03-17T13:42:00.000-07:00

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My new thing...

2011-03-13T13:06:00.000-07:00

I love making and sewing things all the time so after making these just for presents, I've decided to start selling some of my work! I have been giving these little girl skirts to my friends having baby girls and they always love them and want more, so here they are!

I have them on Etsy right now, but you can also email me at smalltownjulia@gmail.com or comment to me on here to order some! They vary in size from preemie to 5T so far.. but if requested I can make them bigger, any color and prices are $10-$25.

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Corbin's 2nd Birthday

2011-03-10T08:32:00.000-08:00

Lightning McQueen cake my mom and I created!

WELL..Corbin had his 2nd Birthday on Feb 23, 2011. I know it took me forever to post about it.. but I didn't take ANY pictures of the party, so I had to get them from others. I wasn't feeling good and I was so busy with the party, plus my batteries died in my camera. Oh well, it wasn't about me, it was all about Corbin.

We had a few friends and family over had a light dinner, a Lightning McQueen Piñata, cake and presents. I think all the kids had a blast with all the candy and presents.Corbin was totally spoiled with OOdDDles of new toys and some cute clothes. His family and friends sure love him!

Side note- since I didn't get any pictures of Corbin I am going to try to get some done this Saturday of just him for his 2 year photo shoot and I will do a comparison of his 1st and 2nd bday pics.

Kitchen make over!

2011-02-23T09:07:00.000-08:00

Since we moved into our house Darren and I have wanted to give our kitchen a SERIOUS make-over. He really wanted to make new cabinets and I wanted new flooring. SOO... the other day I decided that instead of Darren having to build new expensive cabinets all summer, I'd just re-paint ours, and in time for Corbin's birthday on the 23rd this month. Well I started Thursday the 10th with the help of Ginger, and then worked on it ALL weekend with Darren. Then I finished up the door painting throughout the week and finally on Saturday the 19th we have a finished put back together kitchen.

As for the floor.. we decided to wait and take a break from projects for awhile. And for tax returns :)

This project was a lot of hard work, but totally worth it! I looked at a lot of blogs and DIY stuff for idea's and here is a list of thigs I wish someone would have told me!

1. It will take longer than 1 weekend.

2. LABLE everything. Use tape and a sharpy.

3. Remove everything from your cupboards. I tried to put a bag over stuff.. but in the end it was all covered in dust and had to be washed.

4. Remove the hardware, baggy and lable each one.

5. Get a baby sitter!

If you would like to see exactly how I did this step by step along with tips and pricing of what I paid check

out the HUB HERE I did on it.

I know this is crappy color quality, but I just wanted to show the distress detail.

It's the simple things in Life..

2011-02-19T14:02:00.000-08:00

Well here it is another Saturday. After spending the last 10 ten days and all morning working on our kitchen I took a break and headed out to get my nails done. I decided to be BOLD and pic Zebra and I totally love them!!

Oh it gets better... I am treating myself to one of these!

If you haven't been lured into buying one of these over-priced treats than you should!! Wow, let me take another bite..... Yes, Yes it really is THAT good.. OK if you like Red Velvet and CHEESECAKE.. which I do. But I asked Darren what he thought of it, and he said it was just ok.. SO if your like me and everything tastes better overloaded with yumminess than I bet you'll love this. For example of yumminess overload.. If I make my own banana split, you'd better believe I will put every topping possible on it. And yes at Arctic Circle you can get a Rocky Road milkshake and add caramel and extra marshmellos ha ha. I love me some rainly saturday bliss...

But you might want to add in a few extra miles on the treadmill after eating it.. ha ha

Hope everyone else is having a great day too :)

Corbin's 2 year check up

2011-02-18T14:19:00.000-08:00

Well this is our little guy as of lately..

I took him to the doctor today for his 2 year check up and he is doing great! He weighs 29lbs and is 36in long! He is still in the 97th percentile for height the 74th for weight and 76th for his head size. So he is doing great! Oh and I almost forgot, he had to get one shot in his leg today and he didn't cry but afterward he looked at me and said "it hurts" and I asked where and he pointed to his band aid :) ha ha it was the look on his face that was the best.

Paper Wreath

2011-02-18T14:14:00.000-08:00

I was at Roberts Crafts the other day and saw some Spring Decor that gave me an idea for this!

This was SOOO easy and most of you probably have everything you need to make it already at home.

Bam! This is all you need.. and a glue gun.

I cut out the center of a paper plate (optional Spray paint it just in case you have any gaps)
Pick out some pretty colored scrapbook paper, I would recommend 3-4 for variety
Use a cup and trace perfect circles, then cut them out
Hot glue the paper to the plate (right face up like your going to eat off it)
Add a ribbon to hang it with or not, and your done!

I made both of these in about 15 mins from start to finish. What a fun way to make a wreath for every Holiday to switch out. I needed something to hang under this picture in my hall, and this turned out great.

Krispy Kreme

2011-02-09T09:50:00.000-08:00

My sister Brittney and I were out shopping on Saturday and decided to meet up with our friend Michelle at Krispy Kreme Doughnuts for some fun. Corbin liked to watch the doughnuts be made as much as he liked to eat them!

I can't believe my little boy is going to be 2 in just 2weeks! But he is so much fun I love having him! I've been planning his Bday for a few days now, we're going to have a little Disney Cars Party. Should be really fun!!

Help a great Family adopt

2011-02-01T12:13:00.000-08:00

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Some fun videos of Corbin lately

2011-01-31T18:52:00.000-08:00

This video was taken 1/31/11- Corbin has been sick so he hasn't been eating very much, but he was starting to feel better today so Darren wanted him to eat some of his dinner. It is egg salad on toast which Corbin likes. But after 15 mins of not taking a bite Darren tried this.

I couldn't resist catching this on film.. I've been trying to Potty Train Corbin for what seems like forever. Some days he will some days he won't.. but give him a Nemo Book on the Potty and he calms right down

A Perfect Sunday

2011-01-31T12:35:00.000-08:00

Sunday morning Darren went for a hike with Kyle up the mountains by our house while I stayed home with Corbin. We had taken Corbin to the Doc on Saturday and found out he had 2 ear infections (yet again) so he had a rough morning. After Darren got home and we got some Tylenol in Corbin we thought he might like to go on a short walk and get some fresh air.

We ended up going to feed the ducks at the pond by our house and they are so domesticated that they come running out of the water when they see people, and follow you. It's really cute but kinda sad ha ha...

Corbin loved to throw the bread and say "HERE" it was so cute. Then he waved bye and told them all he'd "see you later!"

After we got home Corbin took a nap so Darren and I played oh about 6 games of Phase 10 Twist and how many did Darren win...? ALL 6 rounds! I swear I could not beat him at this game. It made me so mad I was totally acting like a poor sport!

Then later I challenged him to a game of REGULAR Phase 10 and I won.. barely.. he's got too much luck I want some!!!

But it was a nice relaxing day and we even had Kyle, Chrissie and Mason over for a wonderful steak dinner prepared by Darren. It was nice.. other than the Pro Bowl there was no Football on so Darren and I weren't glued to the TV ha ha..

Corbin is starting to feel better finally, but the Pediatrician wants me to bring him back in on Wednesday to take another look at his ears.. hopefully he doensn't need anything else done.. I really don't want him to have to get tubes or anything drastic done.. I should probably just take him to the Chiropractor again once he recovers from this wave of infection.

A Prayer is Answered

2011-01-24T13:59:00.000-08:00

After the following story happened I was on such a 'helpful/grateful' high that I came home and told Darren the story very detailed. Hopefully someone out there will appreciate it more than the laugh and sarcastic remarks he gave me. (In a loving way.. )

Saturday morning I left the house to run some errands, while Darren and Corbin stayed home to nap. I went and got my oil changed and then was going to go to Macy's and pick up a few things when something stopped me. I thought for a second and realized they are REALLY busy on Saturday's so I went to Fresh Market that costs a little bit more, but is closer to my house.

I grabbed the handful of items on my list using one of those new tiny shopping carts (that I never get to try out cause I'm usually packing 3 children with me) and headed out the door. I parked further away then I usually do after realizing how out of shape I am from my work out this morning, I thought I could use the exercise. I stopped at the door and thought about leaving the cart and carrying my items, but changed my mind and pushed to cart out to my car. I unloaded the groceries into my car and looked around... I totally admit I thought about just leaving that shopping cart right there instead of walking it a whole 100 ft. to the cart return. UGH. I need the exercise remember? So I walked the cart back (It's FREEZING and the wind is blowing) and I hear, "excuse me ma'am" I turned to see a cute little old lady bundled up holding her purse. She said the battery in her keyless lock died and she couldn't get her car started. She looked really embarrassed and asked if I could give her a ride home. This is awful to admit, but my first thought was, 'Is this some kind of Scam? How could I get hurt or taken advantage of trying to help her?' SAD I know.. but that is what the world is like in my eyes these days.. Anyway, she said she just lived across the highway in the Trailer Park which happened to be on my way home, so I told her I wouldn't mind at all.

In the car as I'm driving her home so was telling me how grateful she was that I could give her a ride. When she couldn't get her car started she told me she said a little prayer, got out of her car and then I was walking right by her. I was touched! I'm so glad I was there to answer her prayer.

It turns out she went to the store to get her sick husband some 7up and her battery in her car, and in the key-less remote died. I ended up taking her back and jumping her car for her. I left my # and told her if she ever needed anything to please call me.

I hope she does call me if she needs any help, and I hope someday someone will do something nice for me when I need it too.

Too cute not to write about.

2011-01-19T08:32:00.000-08:00

So Corbin has always been going thru fases of 'his favorite thing' almost daily. At first he was all about Elmo, then he was pushed aside for Mater, the Lightning McQueen and finally Mac Truck and Trailer. He takes his favorite toy everywhere with him, the car, nap time, around the house, the bath tub (if I let him) and even bed at night. Well since Christmas he has the whole Disney Cars crew; Mac, McQueen, Mater, Sally, Luigi, Guido, Doc and Sheriff. He tries to carry around as many as he can hold all the time. So bed time comes around and every night he helps me put some of his toys away, we read some books, cuddle and then he goes to bed. So yesturday he started carrying around this green care bear I gave him and he'd feed it, put it down for a nap and kiss it all day. After reading last night I was trying to get him ready for bed and it took me longer than usual beacuse he had a list of demands before he would go to bed here they go:

1. His soft white blanky
2. His soft green blanky
3. His Cars pillow Mac side showing
4.Green Care Bear
5.McQueen
6.Mater

Finally after convincing him that Mater was on his bedspread and he didn't have enough hands to hold one of his 5 Mater toys I got him to settle down. But before I can sneak out the door he yells out in his cute little voice, "I cuddle mama!" "Cuddle mama!" it was so cute, how could I say no? So I layed in his bed with him while we both rocked his Care Bear to bed and tucked him in with the green blanket.

It was so cute.. I love these moments :)

Great Idea for Healthy Pizza's! YUMMMY!!

2011-01-08T11:38:00.000-08:00

I made spaghetti one night for my small family and had half a jar of sauce left over, so I saved it in the fridge. I have a hard time throwing away food, so I try to 'over lap' my meals whenever possible. It saves me a TON of money, and I don't waste food. Plus sometimes it helps me create new fun things to make. So I was at the store picking up some other things and I walked by the Deli and saw these "Flatout" sundried tomato whole grain wraps. I had a great idea, I'd use the extra sause to make pizza for lunch!

Super easy and if you do it right these are a great healthy way to enjoy pizza.
Spread a thin layer of tomatoe sauce on the flat bread, top with toppings and bake at 350 in the oven for about 8-12 mins. How easy is that? I made a cheese and olive one for my son, and then a Hawaiian one for my husband and I using cheese, canned pineapple and deli cut ham.

Buzz cut

2011-01-07T10:41:00.000-08:00

The other day I was complaining to Darren about Corbin's hair. It's so thin and whispy but everytime I try to style it he screams and runs from me. But I hate having it look like a mess all the time. So I had Cheslea cut his hair shorter and it looked better for awhile, but Corbin's hair grows really fast like mine, so in no time it was sticking up everywhere again. I was telling Darren we should just buzz it off until it grows in thicker.

Later that night I could hear Darren and Corbin laughing in the bathroom, then Corbin came running down the hall looking like this...

MOWHAWK

I need to VENT

2010-12-30T10:34:00.000-08:00

Without going into to much personal detail here is a mixture of my spilling emotions today..

A tiny 2 month old baby boy whom I have never met returned to his Heavenly Father the other night and I can't stop crying and thinking about him. He suffered head trauma that no child should EVER have to experience, and it cost him his tiny little life. I know him through a friend and I hate feeling helpless.

Why are some women so incredibly stupid, yet they are blessed with beautiful children and take it for granite?
Then other woman who love children and try for a baby of their own can't have kids?

It's just not fair, I know God works in mysterious ways and everything happens for a reason, but I can't help but think that this sick feeling I have is my motivation to do something to help. That's just it. I am going to do what I can to help kids in trouble in my area. Sure kids around the world need help, but kids right here in my neighborhood need help too. I'm not posting this to talk anyone else into helping and I'm not asking for any money. I just don't know what to do with all this built up emotions I am having toward these crappy moms I seem to keep hearing about.

I love Corbin so much my heart hurts, I can't imagine not doing everything in my power to provide him with a safe, happy and healthy environment full of love and attention.

Crappy moms should not have the law protecting them! And if there are crack head moms out there that keep getting pregnant and having their children taken away they should have their tubes tied and not be allowed to have anymore children.

Ughh... OK I feel a little bit better.

Thanks for letting me vent!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

2010-12-21T08:13:00.000-08:00

Since we have lived at this house we have NEVER got this much snow! I'm talking cars stuck up and down the street this morning, school cancelled and LOTS of snow removal. At least it's Christmas this week and we've really been looking forward to taking Corbin sledding for the first time! Last night Darren and I dropped off Corbin with Grama Susie and went out for a romantic dinner together. When we got home it was snowing pretty hard and there was a few inches on the ground. I put Corbin down in the garage and he ran out into the driveway and started yelling at the snow! He loved it he was dancing in it and trying to bend down and splash it like water. How fun. I can't wait to take him!!

Eavesdropping, personal space and suckers.

2010-12-17T07:49:00.000-08:00

This may look like a long post. But if you want to laugh I suggest you read it, yes read it.

Wednesday night after book club Brittney, Brightly and I decided to go out and do some late (9pm-midnight) Christmas Shopping. On our last stop home we're standing in the surprisingly LONG line at Wal-Mart at checkout. Brightly asked me how my BDay went, since she was 'sick' and couldn't make it... ha ha.. anyway I start telling how it was and I notice the lady in front of us in line totally listening in. No she was bluntly eavesdropping! She would completely turn her body to listen to my story, so I started to make the story a little more intense. No not by lying, but putting in some dramatic pauses and talking louder. By the end of my story, which I need to keep confidential, I could see the look on her face like, 'what happened next?' and ' I hope she finished before I check out and have to leave'. It was HILARIOUS! Even Britt and Brightly noticed how into my story she was. Then as a total shock right as I finish talking I here this voice right behind me in my ear, "Ya know if you get new tires..." And pause- In my head I'm thinking, "How did he know I got new tires today?" Which I did earlier that day.. then the guy continued, "It could affect your speedometer". LOL I instantly realized he was giving his input into my story as well. Apparently if your in line at Wal Mart it's courteous to join in your fellow shoppers conversations with friendly advice. Maybe he's just in the Christmas spirit. But his mom should have taught him about personal space, I seriously think if I were to put my hand on my hip I would have bumped into him he was standing so close to me!

So if you hear me tell this 'story' of the 'story' in person. It's much funnier :) This covers the eavesdropping and the personal space.. so onto the suckers.

I get home from shopping, and side note, I got the cutest work out pants at Ross!! Love that store, anyway I get home around midnight and when I walk in the house I see Darren asleep on the couch on my way down the hall. I walk past Corbin's room and notice his door is halfway open and there is a movie still running the ending on his TV. So I set my stuff down in my room and go back to Corbin's room to turn it off and tuck him in. I open his door and he's not in his bed. I REPEAT Corbin is not in his bed. PANIC, I run back to my room to make sure he's not in my bed he's not, run to the guest room and he's not in there, I'm just about to scream at Darren to wake him up when I round the couch to go into the living room and see my little boy face down on the rug asleep. I went into Corbin's room, turned off the TV and then grabbed his blanket to go pick him up and put him in bed. As I picked it up I felt something sticky.. a half eaten sucker stuck to his blanket. Then I ran my hand across his bed and found another sucker stick and a wrapper. OK so Corbin got into the suckers while Daddy was sleeping that's nice to know.. I pick Corbin up off the floor and see that he has yet another sucker stuck to his face. He fell asleep face down while eating a sucker on the floor in front of Daddy.. I peeled it off and put him in bed.

Note to Mommy- If you leave Daddy home alone with Corbin at night, lock the doors, lock the fridge and hide the candy better!

I did take a pic of Corbin on the floor and Darren asleep.. I had to!

Dec 10th

2010-12-10T14:10:00.000-08:00

... TO ME!

Yes it's my birthday today and I'm writting about myself. Do you know what I want for my birthday? I want this cold I woke up with to go away! Every hour my head hurts worse and I feel worse! My sinus' hurt so bad and nothing is helping.. ugh.. Happy 24th not so important bday to me. I do feel very loved and rememberd today. My phone had been beeping off the hook today.. thank you FaceBook for forcing everyone to know that today is my day :) Even still I feel loved. Thanks everyone!

This is probably going to be the best bday I've had in awhile even with the cold. I have a cute little boy, an amazing hubby and a great life.

News around the Family

2010-12-06T20:37:00.000-08:00

Well lately I feel like all I've done is put up pictures on here with captions and I haven't talked about too much.. so here is me randomly spilling my guts for all of you who care, to know.

My sister Brittney is pregnant again with her 3rd child and is having another little boy in March 2011. I'm excited for her and our boys. It will be fun having Sawyer, Corbin and the next little boy all so close in age. Next tonight Dallas had his appendix removed, so Brittney has been staying with him at the hospital with him. For how much she hates being at a hospital this shows a lot of love. He should be able to go home tomorrow afternoon.

For Darren's birthday I got tickets for us to go see Rodney Carrington out in Wendover on Dec. 4th. Sadly this fell on the same night as Grandma's famous Christmas Bingo.. so we stopped by and got a few pics for proof I made an appearance. Grandma made like 60-something aprons for everyone! The are amazing! There were so many cute ones that I had to go with the most reasonable reason to pick one out. The one that matched my kitchen the most. So I got this red/black fine little number. And yes, stop by my house and I will be cooking and baking while wearing it :) Corbin even got to pick one out too! Don't worry we're going to break his in the right way by decorating cookies!

Back to Wendover. Can I just tell you that this was hands down the FUNNEST trip Darren and I have ever been on! We ate at a really nice steak house, called 'The Steak House', and you'd be surprised how amazing it was to have dinner with each other in an adult restaurant. My food was AMAZING! Crab and cream cheese stuffed prawns and lobster mashed potatoes! Can you say YUM? Uh just writing about it makes me want to drive 2 and a half hours out there just to eat them again. We stayed out way too late and got up way to early, but loved every minute of it. It was some much needed mommy and daddy time. We had a blast at the show and hanging out with Chelsea and James. GOOD IDEA to Chelsea.

So lately I'm only working part time in the office and running a zoo at my house the other days. It's confusing to explain, but basically every other week I have 2 to 4 kids I babysit for my neighbor and Chrissie my sister in law. But it's fun, hard work, but fun to have little munchkins running around destroying my house. I think it's really good for Corbin, who has a really hard time sharing not only his toys, but his moms attention. At first he only cared for younger kids that he could bully, but not it's flopped. Corbin is not even two and he has the 3 year old I watch coming to me for help all the time. Here's what I hear almost daily out of the other kids:

"Corbin's not sharing"

"Corbin just bit me"

"Corbin is pushing my brother down"

"Corbin took my blanket"

Now this is what I hear from the other room:

"Ouch Corbin get off of me!"

"I'm playing with this truck!"

"MINE MINE MINE"

"I'm telling on you"

Ha ha I know this makes Corbin sound like a demon child, well he's not. He's just.. very persistent and 'strong willed' :) Guess we won't have to worry about him being bullied it's going to be the other way around. I can almost hear the phone calls from other parents.. but there's still time.

Corbin as of lately

2010-12-02T09:32:00.000-08:00

Well the week of Thanksgiving this year at almost 21 months Corbin decided to climb out of his crib. Talk about the worst feeling in your stomach, laying in bed hearing a loud THUD followed by a huge scream. I ran in there to find him on the floor trying to stand up. I ran up to him and picked him up, and after he calmed down a little bit I asked him if he climbed out of his crib and he said 'Ya' so I asked him if he was OK and he said 'No' then put his head on my shoulder and started to cry again. It broke my heart. So we decided it was time to take his beautiful crib down and let him sleep on the mattress until we got a bed.

Corbin's first night sleeping out of a crib. He thought it was really cool and exciting until about 1:30am when he felt the need to climb into my bed and kick me in the ear all night.

So we picked him up a twin bed and a Disney 'Cars' bed set. Before we could even make his bed he was climbin on it saying 'night night' in his little Mater pj's. Finally we got his bed made and let him climb in it and before he could lay down he had to point to every character and tell us who was on his blankets and pillow.

He is obsessed with Cars. He calls them 'Queen', 'Mater'and Mac. He fell asleep in his cars bed, wearing his cars Pj's, drinking from his cars sippy and watching Cars! ha ha hey don't judge me, whatever will help him sleep in a big boy bed sounds good to me!

The crib is now in pieces in my bedroom until we get the courage to take it out to the shed. I look at it and in a weird way it breaks my heart! My little baby isn't a baby anymore and he's not in the crib that we spent hours building and looking at before he was born. My house feels weird now.. maybe we'll set it up for use again sometime soon! No that wasn't my headway into saying I'm pregnant, just throwing a hint out there to the hubby if he reads this ha ha !!

Other news about Corbin, he is obsessed with movies! It's a curse and blessing. Sure it's nice when he won't go back to sleep at 5am to throw in some Elmo and take a nap while he watches it, but then again when he cries and throws a fit cause I wont let him sit in front of the TV all day it sucks! We've got a pretty good system worked out that in the morning and the later afternoon I let him watch a short Seasame Street video about numbers and then letters so he's actually learning something. Then usually every other day or a little bit at night time we let him watch Cars. The good thing about the educational videos are Corbin is actually learning! He can count to ten, and knows some of his colors already! He's not even two!

He is a crazy little stinker, but man is he funny and we love him :)

Thanksgiving, sweaters and more

2010-11-30T10:04:00.000-08:00

Well this year we spent Thanksgiving with Darren's family over at his parents house. We had a nice relaxing day with turkey, football and of course entertainment from Corbin.

Corbin with Grama Becky

Trying to keep these two entertained while the food was still cookin.

Like father like son....

Outfit #2 of the day...

Corbin changed to his next amsemble

Chrissy made Turkey hats for the kids, so cute!

Lil Mason.. he's getting big so fast!

The day after Thanksgiving our friends Jeff and Ginger had an 'ugly sweater' party. We had a blast! I'm considering using this wonderful family photo for Christmas cards this year!

I easily look 100lbs heavier, Darren's face and sweater are awesome, and Corbin completes the picture with his angry kid face.

I think he won the best outfit that night. We got that bad boy at DI the day of the party.. This picture just does not do the faded yarn, and store bought disaster justice.

Me and Ginger

My friend Anastasia was in town from Arizona, so we met up on Friday afternoon at PF Changs to appreciate a little fine dinning. I forgot what it felt like to go to a nice sit down restaurant without having to look at the kids menu, beg your child to be quiet and be stared at. Not to mention have a conversation without hearing Corbin yell random things like Cookie Monster and Mater when he pleases. We ordered so much food that I asked to have it wrapped up to go, but after walking around the mall for a half hour I realized I left it sitting on the table. Yeah, that would be something I'd do. Nas and I have this tradition started that everytime we get together we end up at the mall in the chocolate store, then sit in front of the fireplace and eat it. This time we wound up in Kara Chocolates and she introduced me to 'Petite Fours' yeah I know that's probably not how you spell it.. but anyhoo they are amazing! We both know how to appreciate the good chocolate and treats in life. It's probably a good things she lives in Arizona or we'd be eating desserts everyday together! I miss her and I'm glad when she's in town she always makes time to see me so we can complain, shop and sugar up together.

It was a great holiday weekend! Plus I got the HOTTEST new boots for myself. I am seriously going to wear them everyday weither they match or not.

Book Club

2010-11-17T08:42:00.000-08:00

Yes the rumors are true! I started a book club in my area with some friends and it's going really good! I even started a book club blog! So even if you don't live in UT or if your not able to come to the meetings, you can still be a part of the club if you'd like. Just check the blog if you ever want an idea on a book to read, or if you want to read our reviews on the books that we read as a club. I will try to update it everyweek.

http://ladiesnightbookclub-ut.blogspot.com/

Thanksgiving Dinner in St. George

2010-11-15T09:42:00.000-08:00

This last weekend we all headed to St. George to have Thanksgiving Dinner with my dad, Lisa and Miriam. I'm so glad we were all able to make it, all of my brothers and sisters where there for the first time in years it felt like! The house was caotic all day with Corbin, Sawyer, Brylee, Miriam, Jordyn and Caylynn running around! But it was a lot of fun, the guys went out shooting and dirt bike riding while the ladies cooked. Like always each girl was in charge of a dessert, I made pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting, Lisa made pumpkin bread with walnuts and choc chips, Lori made choc donut holes with caramel inside, and since Brittney is pregnant again she felt like homemade cheese ball. I think Lisa's pumpkin bread won this year, it was so yummy! And Brittney in a catagory of her own did awesome with the homemade cheese ball.

This was the cheif Lisa- everybody agree'd she made a perfect turkey, and everything was delicious.

Jordyn was a little wore out from all they playing and eating

Bed time for Brylee and Sawyer

Chad, Ty and Josh

Ty Guy

My dad cut his finger while the guys were out.. ouch..

Britt doing what she does best.. LOL jk she's relaxing with the kiddo's

Nap time!

The kids played outside on the porch and drew all over with sidewalk chalk.

Since we were all together I wanted to get a picture with our dad! There was three camera's going at once though, so it was hard to get us all looking the same way.

This is most of us, Jordyn was still asleep but we needed a group shot!

Check out the new fireplace in the back, my dad and Lisa did that this last year and it looks so good! I love it. They had Darren make the mantel out of this really old wood and it turned out really nice.

It was a great weekend, even though we were all exhausted from lack of sleep and too much eating we had a great time. Sunday morning Darren and my dad went golfing, then on the way home we hit a blizzard! Darren told me how it was crazy golfing in the morning and then driving home in a white out a few hours later ha ha. I'm glad my dad and Lisa organize this every year so we have a chance to see them for the holiday's.

Photo shoot with Corbin 11/9/10

2010-11-10T09:08:00.000-08:00

I took Corbin over to our neighborhood park even though it was cold, because he wanted to go outside so bad. So I thought why not snap some photo's while we're here? This is Corbin at 21 months old.

I love his rosey cheeks and red nose

King of the playground. Look how beautiful the mountains look behind him.

This is his 'CHEESE' face

serious face

This was fun, I felt like I hadn't taken pictures of Corbin in awhile. It was so cold outside we (me) only lasted about 40 minutes and then I was freezing and ready to go. But Corbin wasn't, he started crying saying, "outside, outside!" while I carried him back to the car. I felt bad for him... then I thought.. oh crap all winter keeping him in the house? Yeah right. I better buy him some snow pants! After changing his mind with the influence of french fries I took him to good 'ol McD's to let him play inside for a little bit while I grabbed a Redbox.

P.S. Darren and I watched Grown Ups, and Darren laughed his butt off! That is totally him in a few years ;)

Corbin's first pumpkin

2010-10-20T11:15:00.000-07:00

I was lucky to snap these photo's during the whole 8 minutes we spent picking out pumpkins before Corbin lost his patience. Apparantly it wasn't his thing, but he does like his pumpkin on our front porch.

Halloween Parties 2010

2010-10-17T12:33:00.000-07:00

Witches Party 2010

The food was amazing!

Dancing

Halloween Party 2010

Darren and I

Darren and Jeff

The witches

Best costume of the night, Todd as the Reno 911 cop! ha ha.

getting crafty

2010-10-17T12:20:00.000-07:00

Here is my new hobby lately, I've been hand painting all of these decoration blocks! It is so easy and so much fun! I started making them for my house and I got carried away with idea's.. so now I am selling a few at a consignment shop in Springville. I still have lots of paints and blocks left so if anyone wants me to make them any let me know! The pictures don't show all the detail, but I think they look pretty dang good in person. I think I'm going to make me some for every holiday and season to put up on my shelves.

The table that Darren built

2010-10-10T18:12:00.000-07:00

So this is our old, cheap, ugly, fake wood table before...

And this is the new top after! Darren made this new top out of alder and walnut, then just put it on top of the old frame. It is so beautiful and it adds so much to our kitchen.

I'm so lucky to have such a talented husband! I love it babe!

Fall time is the best time

2010-10-10T18:03:00.000-07:00

My dad and Lisa came up to visit so Saturday we grabbed some lunch and went shooting up Hobble Creek. Darren got a new shot gun, and after shooting it Lisa and I both felt like someone punched us in the arm.

The kids had to wait in the truck while we shot, so we got them out to run around and get some wiggles out.

The leaves were so pretty I wanted to get a picture, but of course Miriam and Corbin were not having it.

Miriam and Corbin both loved to be down by the water, and Miriam even put her feet in the freezing cold water!

It is so beautiful this time of year I love it! I just wished it lasted longer than a few weeks..

Robinson Family Pictures October 2010

2010-10-08T14:23:00.000-07:00

Well this is how Corbin started off in family pictures... he kept wiggling and crying and didn't want anything.

But somehow we managed to get a few good ones.

This walking one is my favorite! I want to blow it up big and frame it

They say it's the story behind the family pictures that counts...

2010-10-03T21:05:00.000-07:00

Well this morning started off great.. I mean way to early for me. After only about 5 hours of tossing and turning all night we started off our Sunday at Don and Becky's for a little conference breakfast.
Then since I spent all week getting Corbin and Darren ready for our family pictures, and not me, I had to run to the store to find a tank top to wear under my sweater. Who thought finding a tank top would be so difficult? After two stores and a finally finding an over priced average tank I headed home to get ready. We decided to get family pics done with all of Darren's family today and we started planning it last Sunday. Well today arrived, we head up the canyon to Jolly's Ranch where we had planned and of course after the most beautiful week in October since 1934 it's pouring rain.

Plan B, we decided to head back to Spanish Fork to Chrissie's Grandma's Barn where it wasn't raining. But it wouldn't be a family outing without out something going wrong. We are all following each other in 4 different cars, Kyle Driving first, then Darren, Don and Chels. Next thing I know I hear tires skidding behind me, CRASH. With the fresh rain and slick roads The Camry hit my Altima. First panic thought is Corbin OK? It scared him so he cried a little but was fine in just a few mins. We all had seat belts on and the damage was just to my bumper, Don and Becky's Camry took the hit like a champ and was fine. A few of us gathered in the rain to assess the damage, just cosmetic so I wanted to go get the pictures done anyway. No sense in letting a little bump ruin our plans and make us all plan and get ready again.

The pictures of course.. well I will be not surprised, but SHOCKED if Corbin is smiling in any of them. I have no clue what his deal was other than lately his mood is, 'be as big of a monster as I can' with him. Nothing would make this kid happy I kid you not. We pulled in all the shots, food, toys, standing, holding him, bribing him. Nothing. So we did what we could, DeLynn, Chrissie's sister, took the pictures for us and she did a great job not only putting up with Corbin, but the last minute location change, and never smiling at once family.
All in all I'm sure some of the pictures will turn out good, DeLynn has got some photo shopping skills :)

Corbin at 19 months

2010-09-17T09:04:00.000-07:00

For those of you that don't have the joy of experiencing Corbin lately.. here is what my child is up to lately.

Funny things he says-
"Oh gosh"
"I don't know"
"I wuv you"
everything is "NOOO" or "yup"
"dain coo" (Thank you)
"Pees" (Please in a very high pitched sound)
Every time he sees a bear ie; Panda Express, he starts roaring really loud.

The cute moments-
He likes to cuddle with mom every morning when he wakes up and every night before he goes to bed.
He loves to read books, any time of the day.
He picks up his cereal, places it on his spoon and then eats it.
He tries to ride our dog Bailey like a horse.
He LOVES the movies; Cars, Spirit and Elmo.

The not so cute moments...
If you let him walk anywhere besides home be will run away from you.
He pinches
He bites
He hits
He throws tantrums if he doesn't get what he wants instantly.
He opens drawers and doors and pulls everything he can onto the floor.
While I do laundry he tries to climb in the dryer every time I open the door.
He has learned how to draw on walls.
I can't sit at the computer chair without him trying to touch the mouse or crawl on my lap.
The more tired he gets, the louder and hyper he gets.

Corbin is such a handful and every day I find myself saying, "why me?" but then he does something cute and it makes it all worth it.

Rod Works

2010-08-27T10:05:00.000-07:00

This sale is too good not to spread the word!

Rod Works

Lehi Clearance Center

Closing This Saturday

For The Winter Season

This Saturday Only August 28, 2010

All Items 75% Off

Doors Open at 10am

Great Rod Works items and

many one of kinds!

****

Lehi Clearance Center is located in the basement of the

Lehi Rod Works Retail Store.

Clearance Store Hours

10am to 6pm.

No returns or exchanges on Clearance items.

But WAIT to make things even better.. Check out City deals for a $25 Gift Certificate for only $15!!!

Click Here!

If you have never shopped here I'll give you a quick run down... home decor galore! They are known for there Bronze/Black Iron decor, but they have everything from picture frames, wreaths, light switch covers, magnet boards, candles you name it. They have a similar feel to Tai Pan Trading, For Every Home and parts of Roberts Craft.
I'll be there in line at 9:30am!!!

A deal at Jo-Ann's

2010-08-23T14:48:00.000-07:00

So I have been looking for a wreath for my front door for what feels like months and I FINALLY found something I like. I wanted something that would go with every season.. cause lets face it who has time or money to keep switching them out? Well Jo-Ann's mailed me a coupon for 40% an item so I made this.

18in Grapevine wreath         3.99
        40% off                      -1.60
(2) White Pepper 1.19ea      2.38
TOTAL                             $4.77

Take that $40 Wreath from Rod works that I almost bought! By the way I buy those little pepper things all the time and cut them with wire cutters and put them in stuff. A great cheap way to add detail to things.

2 new studs

2010-08-23T14:28:00.000-07:00

Welcome Cheech and no name baby horse to the fam! As you may know Darren and I sold our other two horses a few months ago. Well Darren bought Cheech (the Sarro, brown one) a few weeks ago and this last weekend Don bought this little palimino stud colt.

3 Years

2010-08-18T21:55:00.000-07:00

Happy 3 Year Anniversary!

Three years ago today Darren and I said I do. Looking back over the last 3 years a LOT has changed. We have Corbin, we bought a house, I'm on my 3rd (yes I know..) vehicle, my job has changed and so much more. It's amazing how much life changes all the time. I hope the next 3 years can slow down.. even just a little. Last night Darren and I took Corbin to Kyle and Chrissie's house and went to a movie. It's strange how having a baby effets even little things like going to a movie. We hardly ever get to go out, especially just the two of us. So it was so nice to go out and see a funny movie, cuddle and hold hands like we used to when we were single. I still love him and he still loves me. And we continue to live happily ever after!

Corbin and Mason

2010-08-08T21:08:00.000-07:00

For Becky's birthday present Chrissie and I took pictures of Corbin and Mason. Darren said these pictures make Corbin look like a little Dennis the Menace and I have to agree! Ha ha especially the one of just him in the barn scene. His blond hair parted, overalls and even his face!

What's the deal?

2010-08-08T13:00:00.000-07:00

If you don't want to hear me whine and feel picked on. THEN STOP READING NOW. As I'm sitting here thinking about the last week I can't help but think, what did I do to deserve this? Is Murphey's Law after me? Do I have bad karma? Is God testing me? Is the universe as after Darren and I? SERIOUSLY!

Here is how my week went-

Monday night I shampoo'd all my carpet in my house. It was much needed and took me like 3 hours. (Corbin ran away from me while I changed him, steped in poop and carried it down the hall for me)

Wednesday morning I woke up went in to get Corbin and see him standing with just a shirt on peeing on his sheets. He had pooped in his diaper, taken off his pants and diaper, then stood up. Luckily I got to him before too much poop got everywhere. So I throw him in the tub wash off the rest of him and as the water is still filling up yellow water started gushing out.

Luckily Corbin was mostly washed when it started to come out, so I turned the water off and got Corbin out. (The picture came out really bright, it wasn't really nuclear glowing yellow)

Told Darren, called the city, had it looked at and the conclusion was... our soft water tank blew up. I guess there is a bladder inside the tank that holds all these little yellow balls and they are now through out my pipes in my house.

Here is the inside of one toilet.

Yay. So we had to turn off our water and flush out what we could. NO Showers, NO AC and NO drinking water for 2 days. We finally figured out a way to get hot water to parts of the house and one toilet working until Monday when the soft water people can come.

Friday I really wanted to get out of the house, so we got a sitter and went to a movie with our friends Amy and Cody. Of course I picked the ghetto theater by our house to save a couple bucks, and I picked the movie, 'The Other Guys'. Needless to say it couldn't go smoothly.. the movie sucked (sadly I know, it looked funny!) and about an hour into it the screen went black. Yep 11pm and the movie stops. We go out into the lobby to get our money back and no one was there! It took us ten minutes to find someone that worked there before the angry croud gathering in the lobby could get there money back. The best part is she couldn't even re-start the movie cause she didn't know how! And she was the only one there ha ha.

Saturday morning I finally decided to get my house cleaned up from the no dish washer or laundry for a few days. Remember those sheets of Corbin's? Sadly they were still in his laundry basket so I threw them in the washer and headed out with Darren to run some errands before his mom's suprise birhtday party that night. We were gone for about 3 hours and when we got home Darren walked down the hall into a puddle of water. The washer was STILL filling with water! It just never stopped for 3 hours!!! WHY ME? And for some reason it didn't drain. She we left, went to the party (had a good time I'll post pics later) and came home to a nightmare swamp in our house.

My laundry room is in the hall so it flooded my furnice room all the way to our bedroom down the hall.

Darren had to get a hose out and suck the water out.

Now Sunday I"m still out a washer with even more laundry than you can imagine. Note I shampoo'd carpets and 2 days later it was ruined. Great.

Can someone just blow my house up so we can start over? Seriously! I know these are the things that come with being a homeowner, but Darren and I need a break from 'unfortunate' things always happening or we're both going to lose it.

Ginger's Batchlorette Party

2010-08-06T13:10:00.000-07:00

July 31, 2010- Ginger's Batchlorette Party was in SLC at Key's on Main. Talk about a good time! The piano players are amazing and funny! They played everything from Journey to Justin Timberlake 'Bringing Sexy Back'. We all had such a good time dancing and singing along. I am totally going to go back there again. I'm sure a big part of the fun was all the cool girls that were there including Jeff's family, those girls know how to have a good time! Ha ha. All of us requested 'Love Shack' for Ginger so she had to stand up on stage while they played that song. After the song started she looked embarassed so Chels and I ran up to join her. Our table was right by the piano stage best seats in the house.

BBQ

2010-07-30T08:53:00.000-07:00

7/28/10- We went up Provo Canyon for a BBQ, it was perfect weather!

The 24th of July and Paul's Farewell

2010-07-26T12:01:00.000-07:00

Picture overload I know.. but there was so many people at Grama's for the 24th and for Paul. I tried to get at least one picture of everyone.. who knows how I did, but this way everyone can steal these pictures for themselves or their blogs as well.

We had so much fun getting to see everyone! The boys played football and basketball, there was washew games and lots of good food. The kids all ran around playing together and we all had a blast.

Sunday we headed up to see Paul speak for his farewell. He did a really good job on his talk, Darren and I talked about un-eaten donuts on the way home ;)

Toy Story 3

2010-07-18T16:40:00.000-07:00

Friday I took Corbin, Jordyn and Brylee to see Toy Story 3 with my friend Danielle. We made it all the way through the movie! Other than Corbin falling asleep at the end and Jordyn screaming a couple times I was impressed at how well 3 little ones did for that long.

They were all so tired after the movie we headed back to my house for nap time.

I had a toddler in every room sleeping, and loved every minute of it! I can't wait till Darren and I are able to have another baby.. hopefully some day I'll have a baby girl too... Until then I'll just spend time with my nieces and my nephews.

Chris' Birthday

2010-07-01T08:16:00.000-07:00

I know.. I know.. lots of Birthday posts.. well there was a lot of June Birthday's! 6/29/10 Chris' birthday so we had a BBQ in my mom's back yard. I love all the cheesy faces jumping on the tramp, the kids had a blast. Note Corbin in the last picture, no he didn't pee his pants, he just loves to dump water all over himself for a wet tee shirt contest.

Harley and Presley's Birthday BBQ

2010-07-01T07:56:00.000-07:00

Harley Birthday girl #1

Presley Birthday girl #2

Cupcake time!!

6/26/2010 I took Jordyn with me and Corbin to our friends birthday party and the kids had a blast! Sisters Harley turned 5 and Presley turned 2.

Jordyn's Bday

2010-06-27T22:48:00.000-07:00

6/19/2010 Happy 2nd Birthday Jordyn! Chris threw Jordyn a princess party at my moms house and the we all headed to 7 peaks. The kids all had so much fun, I wish I would have been better at taking pictures though. Corbin had so much fun he wore himself out and almost fell asleep at the park!

More home remodeling

2010-06-26T12:19:00.000-07:00

I updated our kitchen a little bit added some vinyl lettering, a new table cloth (from Glory thanks!), a black runner (that I made) and a cool new bowl (also from Glory..) and some cool things I found at the Dollar store. You can't beat that!

We also got new couches (again curtisy of Glory) and a new ceiling fan. Darren's brother Kyle is an electrician so he came over one night and helped Darren put it up.

So shout out to Glory, thanks for remodeling my house.

Updating the house a little..

2010-06-24T18:01:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago I decided to pain our master (tiny) bathroom a light/cream tan color called 'Cozy Cottage' and update the walls. My camera couldn't quite capture the color.. but in person it really brightened up the room.

Before...

After!