So todays blog will be mostly about Slade just because he was so dang funny today.

I was sitting in the living room and slade yells in to me and says "Don't throw away my stuff in the fridge mom OK". Now after 

a few minutes I began to wonder what the heck I'm not suppose to throw away. So I went to the fridge and this is what I saw! Snow balls or slush balls more like it.

They were all over. 

Yes my fridge is full but give 

me a break there is 6 of us around 

here. So anyway we compromised I gave him a bowl to keep them in and a few hours latter I went and dumped out the water.

This is a picture Slade colored today! He was so proud of it.

 These are all poses Slade made me take of him with his picture I still have about 4 more on my camera. These are the ones I liked the most though.

So hello to all today. I seem to be in a good mood today because today is thursday and that means tomorrow is friday then the weekend ( I know but really I don't have much more to look forward to). So I was looking at Kenzies blog and she tagged me so here goes. I am suppose to put the 4th photo in the 4th folder in my photo's on my computer.

So this is it! This is Ty at the park we went to for lunch after Rachel's Baptism. He just looked so dang cute. Well that was kinda fun. I got looking at photo's I haven't looked at in awhile. So here goes I tag Andrea, Alisha, Jenny, Erin, Janice. :)

So this weekend we celebrated Steven's Birthday that is really tomorrow but anyhow this is what he did to celebrate. He painted the deck! Now I'm not complaining I just wished he got a little more excited about his birthday. When I told him we should celebrate it all he said was " Oh when is my birthday. HMMM I would have forgot about that if you hadn't reminded me." Every time I asked what he wanted for dinner or desert I would get " I don't know". 

So this is what I made. It was a new recipe I got off of  www.kraftfoods.com I love that web site Anytime I need a recipe for dinner I just get on there and type in what ingredients I do have and it will pull up a ton of recipes. 

This was a strawberry shortcake cheesecake. Yummy!

This is what the boys did while steven painted the deck. They made tents with my blankets.

This is rachel In her DIRTY room. Smiling when she thinks this is just a fun photo!

This is rachel glaring at me when I told her I was going to post this on my blog! I hope she doesn't see this. lol

So this was my weekend! It was fun non the less. As for my           monday I had 7 kids in my house from 6am till 4 pm need I say more!

So here is my best idea for lazy mom's (like me sometimes) who want fresh baked cinnamon rolls but don't want to make dough and wait for it to raise. I bought yesterday a bag of rhodes bake and serve bread I put 2 loaves on a greased plate covered in the fridge last night. This  morning I pulled them out of the fridge rolled them out put butter, cinnamon, and sugar on them rolled them up let them raise and baked them! Poof  cinnamon rolls and yummy home baked taste too!

Enjoy! mmmmmmmm

ps..... be sure to cook at temp. on bag but for only 15-18 min

This was the banner my kids made for us. We walked in and they were so proud. Im just a little slow getting this one on.

So yesterday I put a blueberry cheesecake scentsy  in my burner and when steven got home he thought I had made cupcakes. He was so excited and not happy when I told him I didn't have any. So he just called me and told me since I had fooled him I now have to make him some real cupcakes! It's a good thing I love him so darn much. So I will make him some filled cupcakes today.  I am so excited for sat. I am going to BBQ in the backyard. :} Well ttfn ( how many of you know many of you know what that means!)

So I have started the new Annette Lyon Book and I can't remember the name right now. I left the book out in my car so I will add the name latter. So far it's really good I will keep you updated. But if you have read any of her temple series you know how great her books are . They are so filled with romance (yes i'm a sucker for it) and history of the church and the first four temples in utah. "House on the hill" is my favorite!!!!  How great are books. A book lets you escape to some where, Travel back in time, Learn,  or be inspired. I am someone who truly appreciates a good book. I have many books and have read them all. I love to buy books but only If I truly love the book and only if I can get it for a good deal ( yep i'm cheap) lol! I read read most of my books at least 2-3 times each with the exception of "House on the hill" that one I have read at least 15 times. I love romance with lds history in it. Annette Lyon and Jennie Hansen are my fav's. 

So my  advice for today is let the housework wait an hour and sit down with a good book.   :)

Hello all!  We have returned from Vegas a little tired but we had a great time. Well that was 4 days of alot of walking, laughing, and great times. I think we walked at least 10 miles so by the end of each night we were a little sore. This is a photo of us at Caesars Palace by this point on friday we had walked so far that we got slushies and just sat for an hour resting our legs. 

                                                                                   

So this is me and Tim Mcgraw! Ok so what if he is wax.  This is at Madame Tussauos. It was crazy some of those Wax people looked so real!                         

                                              

This is Steven and Julia Roberts.  Cool huh!

                                       

This one was so crazy real! For those who don't know it is Richard Petty.

We just stood there 

staring. I was just waiting for him to say " Hey stop starring" lol.

                     

This is Steven in front of the Nascar for M&M's.

This was us at the Fountains at Caesars Palace.

This is the Roller coaster Steven rode at the New York New York motel and NO I did not ride! I am Terrified of Heights and that thing is High .

Well those are just a few of the photo's I took while there.  Alot of stuff we went and saw wouldn't let me take photo's. We had a great time! I think I will post one of the photo's I took at the Venetian at the top of this page. They have such great architecture there. I have alot of great stories from there. The best was the day we saw the 7" tall transvestite with boobs the size of cantaloupes and they were real! Crazy stuff in Vegas.

Well I will not be writing much today I really have alot to do BUT when I write next (which wont be for a few days) I will have fun photos to share! Im not sure why I like to update my blog everyday but I like to think there are a few of you out there that enjoy reading what I have to say. :)

Today I have been making lists for my mother-in-law and my kids.  This morning I went in to wake hunter up and he laid in bed and told me " mom I will miss you so much while you are gone". He is so sweet. I keep asking Ty if he will miss me and he never says anything ( I am telling myself that means yes). 

Is anyone tired like me? I stayed up to late last night watching Australia (really good).  So now I am paying for it. I think my dryer is dying it is making a terrible noise. I may have to go buy a new one. (yikes). 

Well I have returned from a successful shopping trip! I got 4 new outfits that I feel look pretty good. I got my hair cut by the women I refer to as the  "Greek Goddess" of Hair cutting. I think it looks great. She is so fantastic. I even picked up steven some pants and a shirt to wear on vacation too. I stopped and got a bunch of groceries at maceys case lot sale. Now I am going to go be a slave driver and make my kids clean the house back up again after destroying it while I was gone. It was a nice morning shopping by myself, Quiet, No chasing anyone. Ahhhhhh .

Now the peace ends just as I was sitting here reflecting on my morning hunter just walked in and informed me the new small (cute) body sponge I just bought for my trip is now part of the landscaping in the back yard. Apparently slade took it in the yard while I was gone and played in the dirt and wood bark with it. Excuse me while I go to my happy place..................... There I think I will be ok! 

Today is friday and yes Steven is working this weekend again. I will be running errands and cleaning all weekend. I bought myself new tennis shoes last night and I am still trying to decide If I like them. Well I like them I'm still on the fence about if they are going to be super comfy or not. I am going to go look for some cloths for me on sat. I hate buying cloths for myself. I know what I like and I just never can find it. You know those cloths that make you feel like you look great Or if I do find it it will be way out of my price range. :(

The kids are being quiet for a minute I hope they are not into something! Most likely they are getting a large amount of toys out and I will end up putting them all away. I sure hope my Scentsy gets in before I leave for Vegas so I can deliver it on my way down. I wish I had it some days by the time you have changed 5-6 diapers you really need something.

I just love the movie Mamma Mia. You just cant watch that movie without wanting to sing along. Sure some think it is kinda cheesy but what is wrong with cheesy any more life is depressing enough at times why not sit back sing along and smile for a minute.

Well those are my random thoughts for today.  I hope to all who read this I didn't bore you to much. 

Well today is not as crazy as yesterday. So I have some time to sit down and write a few things today. I have on week from today and my mother in law comes up to stay with the kids.  I feel like I really need to get away more and more each day. Especially  since I do day care. It gets so crazy around here some days and today was one of them. Man I had Ty crying from 7am till 8am nonstop cause he wanted me to hold him. The baby I watch was crying cause she wanted to be held. I was trying to get the kids breakfast and make their lunches for the day. Slade was making so much noise and so loud! The other girl I watch in the mornings had hit hunter so they were fighting about that. Rachel was stressing out about what to wear and of all things what bag she would use in 2 WEEKS for swimming lessons. I am getting a headache just remembering this!!! 

So to say I need a break is kinda an understatement ! BUT now the boys are playing with play-dough at the table quietly, the baby is asleep and the other little boy I sit is playing with cars quietly.   I am taking a deep breather and gathering my strength to clean and face an afternoon with 7 kids :)-        PS. Like I said today is not as crazy as yesterday!

monday again

So it is monday again. On the bright side I am within a week and a few days of my vacation with my ohh so hot hubby! This weekend was a busy one we had my brothers kids here while they had there taxes done. That was alot of fun for my kids. We also went and saw steven's mother at his sisters house. She was there tending while they were out of town. I also had rachel get the stomach flu ( that was fun)!  This week I plan to deep clean my house and try and keep it that way till we leave for Vegas so my mother-in-law wont have to much to do while she is here. Now that will be tricky with seven kids in the house most of the time. The boys also got a hair cut this weekend so I asked them to pose with their new haircuts and ty was not happy about it as you can see from the photo ( yes I know there is 2 of that photo but I couldn't get it to delete). Rachel also painted her ceramic skunk to. That is after slade tried to help her by painting the face black which she wanted white. oh boy was she upset. Well I had better get busy.