On Rainy days I like to cook allot. What I like to do is cook huge portions of things and then make it into different meals and put them in the freezer. This Particular day I made 3 turkey Pot Pies, 3 meals worth of Vegetable Soup and a baked Spaghetti. (Don't get me wrong, we have our share of Little Cesar's pizza)
Marlie likes to play "Tea Party" when I cook. Her tea party is getting out all the measuring cups and ice cube trays. She fills the ice cube trays with Marsh mellows. Today she made Lemonade. She asked me if I wanted a glass. I looked at her lemonade and there was a leaf in it. She had gone to one of my plants and pulled off a leaf and put it in her Lemonade. At first I was puzzled then a half of a second later I started laughing...
I asked her about it. She told me it was a mint leaf, just like Ruby. Max and Ruby is one of her favorite TV Shows. This is how Ruby makes Lemonade for her Lemonade stand. A MINT LEAF!
Man kids are smart!
She helped me cook too. I looked at her standing on the chair and I had to take a picture of the little bug.
(Connie - I know you are going to look at the picture and Panic because there is a big knife in the picture. I was watching her very carefully...Yes I probably should have moved the knife!)
This is ALL of the silverware out of the drawer. She was setting the table and just being Marlie!
Marlies Lemonade
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8 Favorite TV shows:
I would like to say I'm one of those people who don't watch TV and make the most of my time. However I LOVE to get the kids in bed, clean up the house and then watch TV.
1. The Office
2. Grey's
3. Samantha Who?
4. Flippin Out
5. The Hills
6. Jon and Kate + 8 (Marlie and Gracie watch this one too)
7. Project Runway
8. Ugly Betty
8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. Asian Star
2.Asian Star
3.Asian Star
4.Cowboy Grub
5.Chick Fil A (now open at Jordan Landing)
6.Chili's
7.St. George, Pasta Factory
8.Sweet Tomatoes
8 Things that Happened Yesterday:
1.Filmed a video at work
2.Planned a Caribbean Christmas, Ward Christmas Party
3.Bought all the supplies I need for my "Neighbor" Christmas gifts
4. Played about 5 games of hide and seek.
5. took the kids to McDonald's play land. (Glenda gave them gift cards and they were dying to use them)
6. Took Gracie to Dance lessons
7. Got the kids ready for Friday morning...Marlie is having a pre-school feast, Dawson and Grace's school clothes out, homework in the back pack's etc., read the "Thursday Note", Practiced spelling words etc.
8.Watched The Office and 1/2 of Ugly Betty, I fell asleep and woke up and went to bed.
8 Things That I look Forward To:
1. Weekends, spending time with the family.
2. Utah vs. BYU Football game
3. loosing weight
4. Summer!
5. re-decorating Marlie and Gracie's rooms
6. Black Friday
7.Christmas Morning!
8. Dustin and My 10 year anniversary trip.
8 Things I love About Fall:
1.The way it smells
2.Football
3. Halloween - All the fun that goes with it.
4. Black Friday
5. Movies, we seem to go to the movies in the fall. We never go in the summer and its too cold in the winter.
6. Watching the kids play in the leaves
7. Cooking, I get in the mood to cook a lot in the fall.
8. Thanksgiving weekend, Chocolate Chip Pie!
8 Things on my wish list:
1. Safe kids
2. Healthy kids
3. A Caribbean, or Hawaii Vacation
4. All my blinds, closets and drawers cleaned out.
5. Wicked tickets
6. skinny legs!
7. I wish all the snakes in the neighborhood would go far,far away!
8. I'm saving this one for something really good...I'll tell you when I think of it.
8 Friends I tag: Sorry girls, you were the top 8 of my blog list...
1. Angela
2. Amy M.
3. Carrie W.
4. Brenna
5.Jeanette
6.Carrie T.
7. Mandy
8. Julie
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Marlies Big Girl Bed
My Mom had a Yard sale this summer with Tori. I noticed this bench she had and I loved it. My Mom let me have it. I wanted to use it for a big girl bed for Marlie. Marlie's Crib turns into a Full size bed but she plays in her room so much I wanted to get her a twin size - more room for playing. I also wanted to do white furniture.
The bench sat in the garage for a couple weeks and Dustin wanted to take it to the Dumps. He wanted to go buy a bed and be done with it! We went to RC Willey and looked at a bunch of little girl beds. The bed I liked was $1,000.00... Dust. told me I could paint and put together the bed I had in mind. We did pick out a mattress while we were there.
I was now hoping it would turn out...I had something in my mind, but hoped it would look the same when I was done.This is what the bench looked like before I started. Me and the kids painted it, October weather was so nice. I also got a head board from my Mom. There was an old solid wood one at the shop.Marlie and Dawson both were my painting buddies. I found this old pair of PJ's for Dawson because the primer stains. I figured I could just throw the PJ's away when we were done.
Mars was very excited and loved her bed. She was reading books on it the first night. I was so relieved it turned out. The darn thing ended up needing 3 coats of paint but its adorable!
Now I need to figure out what I'm going to do with the walls and the rest of the room.
Oh, I put Marlie's Crib on KSL Classifieds and it sold within 2 hours. BONUS!
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I could NOT be a surgeon!
Today I'm cooking the Turkey. I thawed it yesterday in water and it was in the fridge overnight. I went to the store and got a oven bag and pan.
I cleaned out my sink and put the thing in there and started to cut the bag off! HOLY SH_T! It about came flying out of the package. Then I had to call Glenda to ask about the plastic stuff wrapped around its legs. I thought they needed to be cut out but it was so hard to get it off I was second guessing myself. (The Internet didn't mention the plastic tie-wrap stuff) Then I got all freaked out and couldn't touch the crap you are supposed to pull out of it. I used some tongs and it made it easier...Glenda told me the first time she cooked a turkey she left in the bag that has the gobbler thing and heart and blah, whatever is in there.
A few years I was going to cook one but I didn't know exactly what to do and my Mom came over and just did the whole thing for me. So this is "my" first time cooking a Turkey.
It's in the oven now. I'll let you know how it goes.
It's a little embarrassing that I'm 32 years old and I've never cooked a Turkey.
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ROAD TRIP!!
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High School Musical 3
In line waiting to be seated
If you haven't seen it, Go...Its a cute show. There is a scene where Troy and Gabriella kiss, it was funny to hear all the girls squealing in the theatre.
I got out my camera when the movie was about over because I wanted to take a picture of Gracie's face...I'm glad I did! She loved it!
Dustin planned a boys night of video Games with Dawson. He borrowed the Klein's Xbox.
Dawson didn't even know I had gone to the movie and come home.
Dawson LOVES video games! I have hesitated to get a good game system because I don't want to fight with Dawson to turn it off. His favorite games are Star wars and Batman Lego's. He likes to go to Carson's or Rushton's house and play.
Dustin told Dawson "Your Mom doesn't think video games are fun so the rest of us have to suffer!"
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Wheels on the Bus...
October 27, 2008
This is the steering wheel, "Honk, HOK"
They went up and down the slide, and pulled each other all over the grass in the wagon for hours.
They were a family I think, running errands and being on a bus.
I can't believe it is the end of October and 70 degrees. I love it!
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Election Day, Sorry to Disapoint you Marlie!
November 4, 2008
Voting...
Robby Brought Carys over for a bit while he went to Vote. Marlie asked me why Carys came over and I told her Robby was voting...
I took Dawson to Kindergarten, then I told Marlie we were going voting. She had asked me something about Robby and Carys... She seemed really excited to go check it out.
I voted, then we were walking out of the school and I said were all done. Marlie got all upset and said "but we are not there yet." I asked her "Where?" BOATING!! She said. We are going BOATING!?? I felt so bad for her. She thought we were going boating with Carys and Robby. Darn, I wish we were going boating.
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DOWN ON THE FIELD AFTER THE UTES WON!
BLACK UNIFORMS!
The game was 10-6 in the first Quarter and stayed that way until the last 2 minutes of the game when Brian Johnson and the Utes got the ball to the end zone!
IT WAS PHENOMENAL! as Kline would say... 10-0
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Pumpkin Carving!
October 26, 2008
Dad stoped watching Football...Dawson and Dad made a cool face, they traced a pattern from the internet
The boys carved awesome Pumpkins too!
It was a little hectic, Rushton and Gracie battled a little, Marlie spilled the whole bag of Chocolate chips on the floor (After I told her she couldn't have any), Dawson and Rush were playing and crashed into each other nearly cracked their heads open... but over all we had a great time.
BUT GOSH DARN IT MY KIDS HAVE PICTURES AND PROOF THAT THEY CARVED PUMPKINS IN 2008!
Grandma Connie came to check out the kids pumpkins.
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