So Glad It Is Done- Finally

I just got done getting all of these things on the wall:
The Master Bathroom
This shelf was downstairs in the bathroom and I moved it to my bathroom.
Hand Towel Ring







The Main Bathroom




This was already done, but thought I would post it for my own history!










The Basement Bathroom

This shelf was in my bathroom and I moved it to the basement! There is no where good for a toilet paper holder in this bathroom, but I am so tired of a whole roll falling out of kids hands and into the toilet, so I put it here! Once I hang a towel, hopefully it will look a little better.
Hand Towel Ring
And made one of the only things my 3 year old

will eat for lunch- a cheese taco!
All this plus this post and it is only 1pm! I love a productive day!

Breakfast Shake Recipe

Yum, my kids love this! It will use some of your food storage too allowing you to rotate all that good stuff. Also, a good after school, or right before sport practise snack. What's great about it, you can take it in the car if you are in a rush.
So easy and fast!!!
Put in blender: ice, some water 1 cup? maybe, then whatever you want! I usually put in an orange, frozen strawberries, peaches, a banana, I had grapes to use up so I threw those in, I had a few kiwi's I threw in once you could buy the frozen bag of mixed fruit at Costco, which is what I will do when I run out of my other stuff, a handful of spinach. Just whatever! I don't add any sugar or sweetener. Oh, I almost forgot, put 1/2 cup of oatmeal with 1 cup of water in microwave and cook for 1:33 and then add that to your mixture.
Turn blender on for about 2 minutes until all the spinach leaves, etc. are ground up and pour into glasses!!!
Just use whatever you want. Maybe start with a nongreen shake! And maybe don't let them know you put spinach in it until they drink it all and then lay it on them!!!!
For the toast I do butter it and then I do sometimes sprinkle a little bit of a cinnamon sugar mix on it.

Breakfast

I have often wondered why "sugar cereal" is for breakfast, and why we send our kids off to school with a bowl full of sugar and think it is getting their brains and bodies ready for the day. I was talking to Jared about this not long ago when Alex chirped in, "It's healthy, the box says it has vitamins in it and it lowers your cholesterol!" We just had to laugh!
So since the kids have gone back to school after Christmas break we have decided no more sugar cereal in the mornings and have made toast and a healthy drink.
Just look at the color, it has too be healthy! The best thing is my kids love it and request it! There were a few days this week I forgot to add the spinach, and yesterday they asked me to remember to add the spinach! Can you hardly believe that?! This has no yogurt or milk to add any more sugar, calories, or fat! Yum! Yum! Drink up!

Today Jared and I got to go volunteer at the Draper Temple VIP Open House. Our shift was really slow, but it was still fun. We got to go on a guided tour (when it is open to the public, it will not be guided) from our Stake President. The Temple is so Peaceful and Beautiful and I highly recommend everyone go through the Open House. Remember, you do not need to be LDS (Mormon) to go through the public open house! It is open to the public until sometime in March.

Reverant-to be or not to be?

The first week of implementing a new rule: if you are not going to be reverent during church you will have to practise when we get home. I guess no one believed me!
(I pulled the camera out and Alex tried to get out of the picture, Andrew just sat there grumpy and look Aubrey smiled for the camera!!!)
If you decide to goof around at home on the chair an extra minute will be added to the first 15 minutes. Boy did they sit quiet at home and no extra minutes had to be added! If we have to do this again, each week we will add 5 minutes to the base...see if we are back here with 20 minutes next week- I am guessing no!
Oh, how I hated it when my mom made us sit on chair when we got home if we were naughty in church!!!! Ha!
On a happier note, the oldest three are liking their new Primary class and teacher's. But, child #4 has a little issue: Funny how kid's cry because they have to go to nursrey, and then they cry because they have to leave! Well Anika loved her nursrey teachers, Brother and Sister Jensen and Sister Kilborne and was actually excited to go to Primary, until it actually came down to it. After a little fit, some coaxing and the Primary worker having to take her in the hall and talk to her she finally decided to stay. But, half way through the class, I had to take her potty and found out she had been hiding under her chair becasue she was "scared"! After that though she was fine and sat on her chair nicely!
That is her latest thing, to be "scared" of anything and everything-she even does it to Grandparents! So, I don't know what this phase is!

Surprise

A nice surprise from Jared last Friday.
Thanks for loving me.
Y.A.M.S.

I Have a Butt, NOT a Tail

Tonight Jared was carrying Anika into the store and he told her she is very squirrelly-she quickly responded back to him, "I NOT a Squirrel, I have a butt, not a tail-see!" He wasn't sure if he heard her right so he said, "what" and she went on to repeat the whole thing, "I have a Butt, not a tail!"

Christmas

We enjoyed a fun visit with my family
in Calgary, Canada over the Christmas week. It was fun to see everyone and for the kids to see their cousins. It was however, very cold, with the temperatures down to -32C ( I will have to figure out the degrees F, but let's just put it this way, -40C and -40F are the same!) I forgot what real cold is and cannot complain about Utah winters! This is why I decided to move! The last winter I lived in Calgary, (about 12 years ago) it was record breaking cold, yes it can get colder than what I posted! Add the wind chill and you will wonder why so many people still live there!!! Too late to be posting, so will write another day!

Christmas Eve

Tonight was so fun to be at my parents home with all my brothers and sisters and their families to enjoy Christmas Eve together. Each family was in charge of doing something for the program. We listened to stories, musical numbers, sang, laughed, and shed a few tears. (good tears!)





Mike read the Christmas story while the kids placed the item in the barn


Christmas isn't Christmas without yummy baking!



The elves found us in Canada this year at Grandpa and Grandma Bullock's house!


The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;



The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;

Visiting Santa Claus

While in Calgary at Christmas we went to the Market Mall with Aunt Kim and Brianne to see Santa Claus. What an adorable Santa. He talked to the kids not just rush them in and out, I wish I could hear what the kids are saying...




Anika didn't want to sit on this Santas lap, but that is okay, I taken her to the South Towne Mall at home where the Santa was just as cute. He specifically found me to tell me "what a doll" she is!




now that is a lot of candy canes!

2008 Christmas Card Picture

I always say that one day I might get brave and send out the "real" Christmas card...the one in the making of trying to get the "perfect" card!



I guess I didn't get a picture of the kids standing...Christmas outfits as well.

CRAZY....

My parents just got their mission call to....Zimbabwe!!!!!!!