2013 Round Up Continue...

In June Addie graduated Pre-school. This is also when she announced she wanted to be a captain of a ship when asked "What do you want to be when you grown up".

June is also dance recital time. 2013 was exceptionally fun because I taught dance at my sisters dance studio.  I've missed dance and using my creativity, being a dance teacher gave me the opportunity to bring both of these back into my life.  I taught one Preschool Creative Ballet Class and 3 Dance With Me (age 18 months - 3 years old) classes. It was a blast and Addie seemed to enjoy having me be a teacher at the studio as well.  The theme for the recital was Fairytales, Fables and Folklore's.  Addie was in 3 dances Noah's Ark, Star Constellations and Gingerbread Man.  She did great and LOVES dance!  My dance class did "Princess and The Pea".  It was fun because I used my creativity to create a huge bed for the stage scenery. It turned out awesome and my little dances looked so cute on stage.

In July we headed to Northern California to San Francisco.  Here we met up with our good friends the Johnson's, from Southern Cali.  While we visited San Francisco we went to a magic show where Tate and I got to go on stage for a couple of different tricks.  Tate was hilarious on stage.  I don't even remember what he did, but he was just being Tate and everyone in the audience was laughing at him.  We also took the kids to Alcatraz which we weren't sure how it would be but the kids were great. Tate actually really enjoyed it and had lots of questions about the prison when our tour was over.  We also went to an awesome park at the Golden Gate park and saw the Golden Gate bridge. It was such a fun vacation and so nice being able to spend a few days with them and their kids. 

After San Francisco we headed to Yosemite for the Snow Family Trip.  It was so beautiful there and Matt and I hiked The Half Dome, which was wicked scary.  

2013 Round Up

2013 has come and gone but like every year it was filled with many ups, downs and memories we will take with us years to come.  We were a little worried how our year would be when it started off with Addie in the ER with a split head.  However, that didn't bring her down.  We still made our Disney Cruise from Santa and even though Addie couldn't swim, she had a great time meeting all the characters and going to the shows.  Both Addie and Tate wanted to work on a cruise ship after the fun filled trip.  In fact, Addie announced on stage at her preschool graduation that she wanted to be a Captain of a Ship.  Maybe one of these days we can go again.

During the start of the year I was still adjusting to our move back to Utah.  I missed California and my friends there so much.  It was nice to be back near my friends in Utah, who I have known for years but even in our short amount of time in California I was able to add to my “lifelong friend” list. It was hard not being so close to them anymore.  I was able to make one short trip to Cali when I ran the Southern California Ragnar with my great friend and running partner Heather.  I was even able to stay a couple of days longer and catch up with some of my other friends.  It was fun having a late night with my old church friends.  I was even able to spend a day with my favorite moms (and friends) of Mountain view Elementary.  Those girls were always up for an adventure with the kids and we did a lot of fun things with the kids while we lived in cali.    This was one of the reasons moving back had been so hard.  I didn’t have Krista or Charlie anymore.  But being able to see them helped my homesickness from them. Even though our move to California was short, I will never regret it.  The people I met at that time were met to be in my life. I learned so much from them and had so much support from all of them while in Cali.  The best part is they are still there for me even though we are miles apart.  I am so blessed to have them in my life.

In March, Tate was Baptized.  He has grown up so much and has become such a handsome boy.  Even though he is our wild adventurous child, who sometimes worries me to death, he has such a big heart.  He is always helping others and worrying about them.  He sure is something special.

In May, Matt and I took a trip to Boston.  Actually, Matt had to go there for work so we both went a little early so that we could spend some much needed time together.  It also was our 11th Anniversary.  We had a great time and I feel in love with the buildings and history.

In may we also finally got some family pictures done.  Which was very overdue!

Me Myself and I

1. WHAT WERE YOU DOING 10 YEARS AGO?
I was 16 and a sophomore at Taylorsville High. I was involved in the sophomore pep squad and a class officer. Besides that I was constantly running around after school to dance, singing, plays or whatever. Some memorable moments were my first kiss after a Halloween party and I was dressed up like an evil pile of leaves. Poor guy tried to kiss me when I had these vampire fangs in my mouth, so i took them out and saliva went everywhere. For Some reason he still kissed me.
Then there was my first love. Obviously that one didn't work out. I lived, learned and realized it just wasn't meant to be. I sort of wasted two plus years in that relationship and sadly didn't give other relationships the "all" they deserved because of it. But I now realize it all served its purpose. Honestly, Matt probably wouldn't have had anything to do with me in high school. We totally wearn't each others type, (I like to think it is because he was a hot headed jock, but truth is I was to nerdy for him). So I know we met, when we did, for that very reason. We are total opposites in many ways but Matt has always made me want to be a better person. I feel truly blessed to have him as my One TRUE LOVE! I don't think anyone could put up with my crap as well as he. He is wonderful!

2. FIVE THINGS ON MY TO DO LIST TODAY:
As Always...LAUNDRY, Cleaning, Take Tate to get birthday gift for friend, work on church lesson, and do sketches for dance recital scenery stuff.....and much much more...


3. FIVE PLACES THAT I HAVE VISITED:
*Japan- in 6th grade, *England- 2000, *Mexico- Jr. Year and on a couple of different cruises I went on, *Washington D.C (I LOVE D.C.)- few times here and there, and another favorite is *New York- Matt and I did a road trip a couple years ago and it was so fun. New York was one of the many stops. We did some church tours and of course went to the city.


4. THREE BAD HABITS:
*I Love junk food (please help I need some self control!)
*I have always bit my nails and I am a reality junky. It drives Matt nuts!
*I am really good at procrastinating. I always get things done, but find plenty of more enjoyable things to do until the last minute hits.

5. FIVE JOBS I'VE HAD:
*Worked for my parents- I sold marionettes, dolls, and all sorts of crazy stuff.
*Souper Salad waitress- Me and my bro spent some quality time working there together.
*Hometown Buffet- Job Most Hated, but friends there were awesome.
*Teachers Assistant at West Kearns Elementary- Most favorite job ever. I loved the kids!
*Painted a mural at Library- This took many hours and I finished it right at my 8 month mark being pregnant with Tate. Then they had me come back and of course I was pregnant with Addie but I wasn't as far along and the staffle was much more sturdy this time.



6. FIVE THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT ME:
I am pretty much an opened book, but here are some things I can things I can think of or enjoy.
*My mom ran over my foot with her her car and luckily I was in my goth stage wearing combat boots, which pretty much saved my foot.
*I Had my appendix removed when Tate was a few months old.
*I love music and I love to sing.
*I love art and hope that I can continue to do murals when my kids get older or I can figure out how to balance time as a mom with something on the side.
*OK most of my friends from before High School know this, but I was a little weird growing up and enjoyed pretending I was a super rat named "Rattar" and I had my own unique style of fashion. Sometimes my mom would bribe me with money not to wear the clothes or jewelery I chose to wear.

After a LONG CRAZY flight, we made it to Texas...

So after a not so fun New Years Eve, we got to get packed for our Disney Cruise (we had only 1 1/2 days to be exact). When we arrived to the airport, the kids were surprised to learn that their cousin jaylee and her family was also joining us. I think they may have even been more excited about this than the cruise itself. Normally I wouldn't give all the details of a flight as it can tend to be rather boring, but not this flight. We got on the flight and once we were all seated, there was a bit of a stall. We got seated and right away the girl behind us starts cussing a storm. Then she proceeds to tell the person next to her how she hates kids (great, do you realize you our sort of surrounded by them and THEIR PARENTS right now?). She was probably in her early 20's and extremely immature. Finally the plane took off and I was hoping the girl would shut up all ready, but she didn't and I was seriously trying to keep my mouth shut. Addie was in her own world and luckily wasn't paying attention and Matt and Tate were across from us so they didn't get the earful. Basically the cussing, complaining and children hating comments went on the entire flight, ugh. As the flight got further along my adorable little niece along with another baby started to get a little cranky. Because we sat on the plane so long, before it took off and got such a late start, it was starting to get really late for the little ones. From there a crying fest began. Before long you started getting some nasty comments from other passengers regarding the crying. Now, as a mother, I know there is only so much you can do for a crying infant. I felt bad for the parents and the poor kids not being able to figure out how to rest in such a strange moving device (plane). Can crying get annoying and/or frustrating? Yes, but when you know you are going to be sharing a plane with other people, your bound to get a baby, fussy toddler or more. That's a risk you are taking. Also you have to understand, that babies aren't purposely trying to ruin your flight, they don't know any better. At one point the crying stopped, then some irritated man started doing some LOUD fake cry. Im assuming it was to just get his frustration out. Well that was stupid because then he woke or startled the kids who were crying and it started again. Finally the plane landed and of course you get the smart remarks about how they can't wait to get off the plane, from several people not just the annoying girl behind me. Suddenly the intercom came on to inform us that there was an issue with the gate and we would have to wait... First the girl behind me starts to complain even more than this grown man starts yelling. He was yelling extremely loud saying how parents need to get their kids to shut up and he needs to get off this plane now, etc, etc. He was starting to go crazy. Then the girl stared join in as well as others. I seriously felt like we were on a plane of children haters even though our kids were quiet the whole time, it made me nervous. The plane then informed us of a further delay and we ended up having to sit on the plane for about an 1 1/2 hours. During this time, crazy man called the airlines and started threatening to blow up the plane if they didn't let him off and went on and on and on. And lets not forget about annoying girl behind me. I had it and turned around and said, " It's not like the babies can help it. But your acting worse than them....". I didn't get crazy man to shut up, but I got annoying girl to. then she also sudden changed her tone to point out how crazy the guys was and how he needs to get over it, yadda yadda yadda. At one point a female passenger who was sitting by the crazy guy, got up and walked to the front of the plane and said she could sit next to this guys anymore. The plane finally pulled into the gate, but then informed we had to all had to stay seated while they dealt with a situation. Of course we knew what the situation was, the crazy man threatening to blow the plane up. So now we had to wait for airline security to take this man off the plane. But it doesn't end there. Now a 2nd crazy man starts yelling at the flight attendants and saying how he is scared for his life and how they are holding him on the plane against his will and they are like kidnapping him and better let him off. So the babies were still crying but watching these grown men act this way was so much more ridiculous. I seriously wanted to hold my children close to protect them from all the crazies. Finally, security showed up. by then Crazy #1 shut his mouth and pretended to sleep. They took him off the plane and finally we could all get off as well. Seriously, Maybe this guy had an awful flight, but because of him we had to stay on 45 min. more. I couldn't believe how many people were still irritated more with the babies than this grown man, but whatever. We made it to Texas, phew! Since the plane was super late, our shuttle from the hotel was no longer running so we had to find a cab. We got one, but of course we got the driver who payed no attention as to where we were going or his way around his own city, but we made it. The next day we would get on The disney Cruise ship.