I lost my marbles :)

We crossed something off our LONG wishlist last week - dining chairs! And there's no picture of them sorry, but the kids had a blast with the boxes of course! And I'm thinkin' Jaxon has outgrown that PJ shirt, ya think? :)



Jaxon is pretty hard to understand and he was gesturing and speaking jibberish about something in the game closet, I had no idea what he wanted, but I got out the marbles and he has been playing with them since! Hopefully he doesn't stick any up his nose!

being a mother is harder than I thought it would be

When I dreamed of being a mother I only thought of the fun part. It seems a lot of the unfun part has been hitting me. It seems my kids have been making more messes than usual and don't you just love the dishes and the cleanups and the dirty floors? And not to mention the laundry or the screams from the backseat! I have been potty training Maelie since she was 16 months old (big mistake starting that early I know) and now she is 6. I feel like it is still a process. She still has to wear a pullup to bed and she has been having lots of accidents at school. I mostly just feel bad for her. Yes it is frustrating but I know one of these days kids at school will start making fun of her. She has also been suffering from stomach pain for a long time now. It breaks my heart when she says she just walks around at recess and doesn't play with anyone because her tummy hurts. The drs are driving me crazy. We have been to urgent care, her regular dr, a urologist, an allergist, and are now seeing a GI about this problem. and I am so anxious for some answers. I am trying to get her started on a bladder control program through the urologist as well. I want my little girl to go have fun and be a little girl. Maelie is such a sweet easy going girl, I want her to get over this. Kyla is probably the least of my worries right now wich has never happened before since her temperament and high maintenace is so opposite of Maelie. But she is healthy. Jaxon has to get tubes in his ears in a couple weeks. I know that is so minor but I try not to think too much of my little guy getting surgery. I am hoping his speech will improve after he gets tubes. I see some signs in him that worried me about Kyla and I don't know if I am paranoid or what. But anyway, I guess all I am trying to say is that when I wanted to be a mother I didn't realize how much I would worry about my kids. I know that I am so blessed and my kids could have HUGE problems and they definitely don't. But I am going to try and enjoy the fun moments a little more and try to make more of them. Because eventho being a mother is hard, it is definitely worth it. :)

the normal life

We need to go to Disneyland or something to make this blog a little more entertaining. haha, JK. :) The girls went back to dance this week after a year break and loved it! Now if I can get used to the drive and going every week all year long!!! The other pic is before our chicken pot pie dinner on Sunday, yum!



Life is normal, life is well. Maelie is doing a fun fun clean out diet this weekend. What a little trooper, I hope we get rid of this blasted stomach pain once and for all and soon! And here is a video of cute Kyla.

I am getting really excited for fall! It feels like halloween is just around the corner. ;)

Today is Thursday yup yup :)

I have nothing to blog about and yet here I am. I am supposed to be on the elliptical right now since I didn't wake up early, the girls are at school and Jaxon is in bed. I will go after this, I promise. :) I am having the hardest time of my life with my weight right now. How could I ever be depressed with this awesome family I have? I have no idea but I wish it would go away. Here are some recent pix and then I will go read my scriptures before I exercise, that should help. :) The first pic is self explanatory. Jaxon is an adorable handful. I need to call an ENT dr and see about his ears.

Maelie lost tooth #6 2 nights ago in her bed. So she will be writing the tooth fairy a letter very soon asking her to find it herself and bring her some money. :) I am so excited that she will be missing her 2 front teeth for school pictures coming up.

This is what Monday night looks like at our house. We always have FHE, it is very short and involves some stress getting the kids to listen to anything but the habit is there and the kids love it for the most part.

Maelie and Kyla have been wanting the Twinkle Toes that Skechers makes. My Mom found these cute sparkly tennies and then my sister put rhinestones on the toes. The girls love them!

Here is a random pic of the sugar free pear pie I made on Sunday since we got pears in our Bountiful Basket. It was really yummy, it tasted like Thanksgiving.

Jaxon is always wearing sunglasses lately, it's adorable. For some reason he likes them better upside down. He is petting his puppy Kyla. :)

Kyla rides her bike inside the house allllll the time!

And that's about it. Tomorrow is date night!

probably time for an update

Jason (my brother) and Katrina are the pround parents of little Alissa Nicole who was born on Tuesday morning. It was so great to hold her in the hospital on Tuesday. I am feeling slightly more baby hungry... but we are so happy that both momma and baby are healthy and doing well.

Kyla Wyla has been riding the bus to and from preschool this week. It is so AWESOME! I get an almost 4 hour break 3 times a week from this little sweetie. :) That sounds bad, but seriously it is good for both of us. I was worried that she wouldn't like the long bus ride but so far, she is liking it. She tells me that she sits next to Michael and makes funny faces and makes him laugh. She only likes boys because they like dinosaurs. ;) Jaxon and I have to grab Maelie quick from school and race back to meet the bus in time at our house. Kyla is still going to occupational therapy on Fridays. Her therapist was kind of running out of ways to help her because Kyla is a little angel at therapy but today another therapist came in and gave her all kinds of ideas and found tons of thing to help her with. Therapy is so interesting to me. It is for both of us and it helps me learn ways to help Kyla. Kyla enjoys going to therapy so that's good.


I don't have photoshop and just barely discovered picnik.com, it's so fun to edit pix! This was taken last week when Trevon came over to get help with his essays to apply for BYU-I. He stayed with Kyla and Jaxon while I went to pick Maelie up from school and when I told Maelie Trevon was at home, she couldn't wait to come home and call him a midget. :) It's great having Trevon home from his mission.

Jaxon is very cute don't ya think? Well, I think. He is definitely a 2 year old, full of spunk and independence! While Kyla is at preschool, Jaxon takes a nap. Let me tell you, I feel pretty spoiled during those hours without any kids, it's so weird!!!

Maelie is doing awesome in first grade. She gets a stamp everyday on her behavior calendar if she is good and a mark with a number corresponding to a bad behavior if she does something wrong. Well, I am pretty sure I won't see a number on her calender the entire year. And when she showed me her stamp the other day she told me "there are gonna be lots of stamps on my calender this year." I think she knows she's a good girl. She pretty much always does what she's supposed to. She has been having lots of birthday parties to go to. Last week she went to a sleep over themed party where they decorated a sleep mask and she has been wearing it to sleep every night. haha!

We are all doing well, trying to stay out of the 400* weather out there. The other day when we came in from picking up Maelie at school, both girls were chanting "let's move back to the snow" hahahahaha! Tonight is primary activity day for me and the girls, tomorrow night is a birthday party for Zac and hopefully we can get some work done and have some fun in the middle. Yay for the weekend!!

1st day of school

Today is the first day of school for Maelie and Kyla. Kyla has the same teacher and is still in preschool but this year she gets to ride the bus! Relief for me and hopefully joy for her, so far so good. She was very excited and went happily on the bus. Jaxon and I got to wave bye to her as the bus pulled away. Jaxon was soooo mad! I tried to explain it to him but I guess he didn't get it! Poor guy. Luckily it was nap time anyway...

Kyla all ready to go and waiting for the bus. She was waiting practically all morning!

Maelie started 1st grade today!!! She was really excited! She didn't eat her breakfast but wouldn't admit to being nervous, I think she was just a little. But she found her friends and was off playing before I knew it.

And right now the girls are at school and Jaxon is sleeping... oh the peace. This week I am picking up Kyla from school so I can get Maelie in time. I am crossing my fingers that once Kyla's bus schedule gets sorted out it will work so that the bus comes early enough that I can grab Kyla and go get Maelie. We shall see. I hope they are having a good first day!

summer's over!

Friday night - Cute girls playing dressup - Oaklie, Maelie, and Kyla

Saturday night Jonas and I got to go out, we went and saw Inception - crazy good movie! I want/need to see it again! We also tried a new Mexican restaurant that had awesome salsa and gave out free dessert. :)

Thusday night was Maelie's meet the teacher - the girls were excited to wear new clothes. Yes, Kyla had to too. :)

Jaxon painted his toenails and the tile!

Summer is over. Maelie is at her first day of first grade right now!! And Kyla is headed back to preschool today, this time on the bus that comes in about an hour!

Who is Mistie?

I saw this on a cousin's blog and thought it was a fun idea. I liked what she said at the beginning - "I can't be anyone other than who I was born to be. No matter how much I try to be someone else, I always come back to me. So here I am" -Ginger :)

* The color orange makes me happy. I wish I looked good in it. :)
* I can't decide if I like food better or if I like being skinny better. In the past I have been able to decide but this time I haven't been able to and it's driving me insane because I would love to be skinny again.
* I used to never watch tv and now I love to watch tv and movies. My favorite tv show ever is probably Prison Break (edited with Clear Play of course)
* I wish I could go back to BYU-I and redo the 2 years before I got married, not because I want to change them, just because I had so much fun that I want to experience it again. I miss being carefree and independent. I want to meet Jonas and date him again - so fun!
* I love being outdoors when it's 60* or below. I love feeling cold wind, it's so refreshing and I think I live in the wrong place for that. I love being in nature when it's cold, I would love to live by a lake with mountains and lots of land for my kids to run and play. I am not a city girl! I miss the snow and the changing of the seasons.
* Sometimes I like to be a hermit, sometimes I get cabin fever and have to get out!
* I am shy but I accept it and prefer to be that way and to be around people who aren't overly loud and in your face. I hate it when people call me or my kids shy because they say it like it's a bad thing and I don't think it is.
* I worry about each of my kids. I just want them to be happy and choose the right.
* I love my husband so much. I wish we could go on a vacation together once a month.
* I love my kids and wish we could go on a vacation together once a month.
* I love road trips and traveling. I love to see new places and live in new places. I get tired of staying in the same place too long. I am already itching to move again and am trying hard to be content in this place.
* I like having an older non fancy car. I never want to buy a car with a loan. I hate debt and owing people. I can't wait for the day we are out of school debt. I wish we didn't buy a house. I hate spending money.
* I love Maelie. I think she is soooo beautiful and sweet and fun. I love how she loves everyone and everything.
* I love Kyla. She is so quirky and always likes the untypical thing and it's so cute. She is an original!
* I love Jaxon. He is my baby and I love squeezing him and kissing his cheeks. I wish he would stop growing up.
* I am getting baby hungry but I need to get at a healthy weight first. I don't really want a baby because they are too much work, but oh how I love babies. I know there is atleast one more baby waiting to be apart of our family. I hope I am a good enough mother to handle another one.
* I am so comfortable teaching primary that I am scared to death to get a different calling. I hate teaching or being in front of adults.
* I like to play games.
* I like playing sports but wish I was more athletic. I LOVED taking wallyball at BYU-I for 3 semesters in a row!
* I wish I could play the piano. I am trying to learn with Maelie.
* I am not very crafty and I don't really want to be. It feels like I am supposed to be in the world I live in.
* I love going on dates with Jonas. I wish we could go on a cruise right now.
* I am excited for the day when Jonas is doing what he wants to do for work. I am so thankful for all he does for us.
* I want a dog!
* I love to cook and bake but I'm not very good at it.
* I honestly don't know what I'm good at.
* It makes me so happy when I get a comment on my blog or facebook or an email. I spend way too much time on the computer.
* I like taking pictures and blogging.
* I love smoothies, mexican food, icecream, cheesecake, cookies, chocolate, salad, seafood tacos, cabbage crunch salad, fruit, etc. :)
* I don't like talking on the phone, I would much rather talk in person or email. I realize this is a bad thing. :)
* I am pretty sensitive.
* I want to get a 2nd bachelor's degree in geology. I want to be a storm chaser. :) I think I chose the easy way out last degree but I am still greatful for it.
* I love watching my kids play and laugh and be happy.
* I love it when someone tells me thank you.
* Flips flops makes me really happy. That is a good thing about living in AZ. I never wear socks unless I absolutely have to and it bugs me when I see people wearing socks and shoes in the house! haha! I usually wear pajamas when I am at home. Being comfortable is way more important to me than being in style.
* Sometimes I feel like a huge slacker when I read other people's blogs and see how ambitious they are!
* I love that my husband is a Canadian and my kids are 1/2's! I love going to Canada!
* I love the plan of salvation, I love to be in the temple. I don't know what I would do without the knowledge that my family can be together forever.
* I grew up dancing and had fun but feel like that was another lifetime.
* I am kind of a rebel, not in a CTR type of way but hhmmm... it's hard to explain. I guess sometimes I choose the road less traveled. I like change. I need change.
* I procrastinate cleaning the house and exercising til the last minute. I exercise almost everyday, just wish that it showed.
* I am very impulsive, sometimes I do things without thinking about it first.
* I complain and then realize how blessed I am. I have a great life!
* I guess that's probably plenty to digest about Mistie :)

tiny birthday party

Today we had a tiny birthday party for Maelie. It was a lot of work and a lot of craziness and a lot of fun!!! First the kids decorated tiny birthday hats...

Then they made a tiny painting on a tiny canvas and then we had a tiny picnic. I wish I had taken a pic of one of the plates... tiny grilled cheese sandwiches, baby carrots, tiny fruit kabobs, tiny oreos, tiny chips ahoy, tiny m&m's and tiny water bottles.

And of course tiny cupcakes...

tiny relay race (baby spoon and a jellybean) and lots of dancing...

musical chairs was a big hit!!

she got lots of great presents! Thanks to all!!!

My mom made cute little gift bags that I filled with tiny treasures. :)

It was a great party but I am glad it's over!! :)