CRAZY GIRL!

Not the best pictures but this is my crazy daughter. Everyone just loves her to death. She is the child that everyone says acts like a 30 year old in a 12 year old body. Her teachers from the last 2 years were in the teachers lounge a couple weeks ago and I asked how she was doing and they laugh and say oh she is the kid that you could have her be the sub if they were out and she would take care of it all. She babysits like crazy and get compliments on that all the time. She is kids and cleans the house too. She get compliments on that every time she babysits for people. She has a sense of humor that just absolutely cracks me up. That is definitely a trait from my hubby. She is so unbelievably anal and has lists for everything and is a bit of a perfectionist. That part she gets from me. I get comments all the time on how she reminds people of me or that she is a little Shaundra. I think it is great however my husband likes to remind her she does not have to be exactly like me. hahah She has so much of him in her I am not worried about that thank heavens. Anyway here are some pics of her crazy side. She found this bubble wrap and decided to wrap herself in it.

She started soccer this week and is so excited. Saturday is her first game so soon I will post some pics of that. She almost did not play this season due to lack of coaches but at the last minute someone came through. I am so glad because soccer seems to be her thing.

Maddy Started Preschool.

Here is Maddy on the first official day of school. I know I had a post over the summer that said the same thing but this was for the real school year and that was a small art class the teacher was doing and I did it to prepare her for what this year was like. She has not been in anything out side my home so I had no idea how she would be. She LOVES it! She asks me every day if it is a Miss Christi day. I love that she is excited about it and views school as "fun". She was put into a 4 year old class because her birthday is in those weird transition months where they are to old for one thing but too young for the other. Since this is a home based program they were more flexible and put her with all her neighborhood friends in the older group. I was very apprehensive because she is only 3. I was pleased to find out the very first day that she fit right in with the others and she has no problem behaving and doing the work they ask her to do.

Husband's FINALLY coming home.

My Hubby left on Thursday to go to the bay area. His entire family lives there and he has not been there to visit just the family in quite some time. I completely support the trip however I have to vent. I have had a weekend from HELL! Friday night my son got a 104.4 fever and I could not get it down which means off to urgent care. Strep throat and Pneumonia. Great times. I happen to get sick Sat along with the two girls. Had some insurance issues at the doctor. Had a 10 year drama queen to deal with alllll weekend. Two toddler girls that got into everything this weekend from nail polish to a entire box of cereal on the floor. All this while trying to study! A couple other things I care not to share and finally we have come to Monday! Relief is coming in at 5:30ish tonight. I can not tell you how much I am feeling relieved.

I mentioned earlier that I supported this trip totally. It just has been hard on me. My husband's family is great. They are the kind of family where everyone gets along and when they are together it is usually nothing but pure fun. I went to the bay area and just met for dinner and had a blast so I can imagine that he is having the time of his life. I have talked to him several times and each time he is just off doing some great things. He even manged to get together with his friends from high school that he had not seen in forever. I know he works sooooo hard everyday and deserves a bit of time off. his family is so important to him and it kills him to not be living anywhere near any family members. This has been something he has needed to do for a long time. I am so glad it is done. YEAH! I get some adult conversation and some relief in just 5 1/2 more hours!

Did anyone see this tonight? I went to get the kiddos some good ol' Kentucky Fried Chicken and as I was driving home this is what I got a pic of! When I was in Maui we saw these everyday but usually here they are not this bright.

Friendships!

So the last post explained a cute story of how I met one of the best people in the world. I noticed a comment one of you left that said funny how we did not like each other in the beginning. That got me thinking about my other really close friendships. Julie Spils and Ronny happen to be two of the most awesome friends I have had also. Both are really funny stories too. So here they are.

Julie- I met her at a book club we both were in. I was not really liking her to much. She talked way to much and I felt she was very ignorant/naive. I really did not know anything about her except that she was LDS and that I thought at the time was much younger than I. (only 4 years)I did come realize how wrong I was, thank goodness. In most book discussions I thought she had some weird ideas and of course there were some religious differences too. So not a great friend at the time but definitely tolerated each other (no drama). Until this very interesting night that is. A mutual friend of ours was having a little birthday get together at my neighbors house and we both were invited. The party was going great until we, meaning me and about 10 other girls, got into a religious conversation. that soon turned into a debate and by the time we finished we, meaning Julie and I, were going at it like you would not believe. Now I know what they mean by do not discuss religion with friends. The end result was both of us left very emotional and not in the best way. So the next morning being Thanksgiving I called her and wanted to talk this out. Jeremy said she was in the shower, which I did not believe at the time but later found out she really was. She did call me back and everything got smoothed out. Our friendship was OK from there but still not great no issues or anything. As we started talking more we just seemed to "get" each other and we really started to get very close. Here we are today talking on the phone 17 times a day and pretty much know everything there is to know about each other. We have the absolute best debates about religion and are able to walk away just fine disagreeing. We laugh at the funniest and stupidest things. We support our crazy lives together and are even complete goof balls. I absolutely love her and can not imagine life without having someone to understand me even when I am being completely irrational. Thank heavens my first impression was so off key and I DO NOT feel any of those things about her today!WE definitely have had our share of disagreements but it does not seem to make a dent in our friendship.

Ronny- Well she was actually one of the girls at the party mentioned above. She however left before we really got in the debate. We never really knew each other well and she was good friends with two of my neighbors but not me. She always rubbed me wrong and I felt like she had it in for me. I could never quite figure her out. I had never had much interaction with her so I was confused why I felt like she did not like me. Come to find out later after we became great friends she really did not like me! She thought I was like another person we know and do not really like to much but that is another story. She also knew I was investigating the LDS Church and did not want to be friends with me only because she wanted me to convert to the religion. I am really not sure how it all changed but I do know that we eventually started hanging out and after a few times of cracking up laughing together we realized we both were missing out on a great thing. We went to Utah together and that just embedded in us that our friendship is definitely something worth having so form there we have just got to be stronger friends. I can not tell you how much I learn from her and how much she enriches my life. She has to be one of the most giving people I know. She would give you the shirt of her back. When we were in Utah there was a girl who commented on how much she liked the ring she was wearing. At the end of the trip we dropped the girl off and she yelled out the car look in your pocket and what do you know the ring was in there. She had given it to her. Just a great gal.

ORGANIZE!

So I am obsessed with Oprah okay! She had this great show recently and I am so planning on trying a few of her recommendations on how to organize and declutter.

• First great one is you put all your hangers in your closet backwards. When you wear something or wash it you put it back on the hanger and hag it right. After 3 months everything that is in your closet backwards gets donated immediately. You have not used it so why keep it right?
• Second great idea. Get a box and empty your utensil drawer into it in your kitchen. leave the box in your pantry and when you need a utensil go get it. After it has been washed place it in the appropriate place. After 1 month you donate the entire box of leftovers. I mean think I have 4 spatulas! I probably only use two. One when dirty and My most favorite.

Well that's my 2 cents for the day! Hope it helps more than just me!

Funny things!

ok I just went to answer the phone and picked up the mouse and put it to my ear. To much computer perhaps!!