Flashback Friday

Since it's ski season I thought I'd flash back to a ski trip. I'm pretty sure it was 1994. I was living here going to BYU and the family came out to visit from the flatlands of Missouri to ski.

Danny

Doesn't he just look cool?

Mom

My mom is one heck of a skier. She skied with the downhill team at WSU in her youth and can kill most of us on the mountain even still. She has had a season pass for the last few years and goes 1-2 days a week. She was born to ski!

Me and Heidi

You see that hot outfit Heidi is wearing? That was my Christmas present from Grandma Giboney in 1990 when I was coming out to BYU. I got the sweet hot pink jumpsuit and my great-aunts old skis. The outfit has a little black up top but the pant part (remember it's a jumpsuit) was hot pink! I skied in that outfit my entire freshman year. Oh and I almost forgot...Heidi borrowed my outfit to sled that first Christmas before I had even worn it and ripped a hole in the butt so it had an awesome black rear-end on it. It looked like it was supposed to be there....kind of. I have got to find a full body photo of that outfit. It rocks!

Jeannie and David

Was this the time Jeannie cried at the top of a mogul run? I can't be sure...but what I do know is that Mark and Timmy could tear it up even back then.

She Crawls

isn't she cute?

So I have this problem....

I ALWAYS have lipstick on my teeth (see below)

A nice picture of the sunset ruined by lipstick on the teeth...yes I know photoshop can get rid of small problems like this but what about in real life. I can't tell you how often people tell me I have lipstick on my teeth (which I am grateful they tell me or I'd keep walking around smiling not knowing the problem).

So here's the thing. I would really like to get permanent makeup done to my lips so I never have this issue again but in the meantime I'm trying out long lasting lipstick. I've tried Almay and Cover girl. The Almay lasts for like 24 hours and is good but I haven't found a color that I love yet. I like the Covergirl color but it only lasts until about 2:00 pm.

Have any of you used the all-day stuff? Which brands are good? Is it worth spending extra money to go to department stores instead of just buying something at Target?

A little favor...

Claire will you get me a tissue so I can blow your nose?

ummmmmm thanks

(you should have seen the damage she did to the toilet paper roll)

**The iPhone is in there just to show the size of the tiny piece she brought me

It all started last night...

10:00 - all done with my stretches, scriptures, prayers, face washed, teeth brushed and in bed....whew getting ready for bed is quite the job

10:45 - wake up to Sophie crying....feed her and go back to bed

11:00 - put her binky back in....and again.....and rock her until 11:30

2:30 - wake up to Sophie crying....feed her again this time she goes right back to sleep

4:57 - wake up to Sophie crying....feed her AGAIN!

5:13 - back in bed

5:20 - alarm goes off for spin (too bad I can't skip my workout today...but when you're the teacher you have to go)

7:00 - that was a good workout!

7:20 - home from the gym...get clothes for the boys to wear....supervise the making of 2 beds....scriptures....family prayers.....email a few things for work...unload dishwasher....load breakfast dishes (dang the garbage disposal is broken - thanks Todd for fixing it so fast!)

8:00 - conference call with Europe

8:45 - shower and makeup

9:10- feed sophie breakfast....dress claire....dress sophie

9:30 - fix hair

9:45 - nurse sophie and put her down for her morning nap (man I could use one of those right about now)

10:00 - take out 2 bags of trash...scrape car windows and off to work

10:20 - scarf down some breakfast (finally) while reviewing mock-ups for a project with 2 people on the team

11:00 - meetings, emails and more work

12:30 - lunch at last! drop off dry cleaning....put air in the tire (it's really flat and i have to wait for 10 minutes for the scoob in front of me to check and re-check his tires 10 times)....pick up supplies for Young Women's New Beginnings tomorrow....grab some drive-thru and head back to work

1:30 - pump (mooooo....I love being a working mom) while checking emails on my phone

1:45 - work....work.....work.....email.....work.....conf calls....work

3:30 - give away tickets to the Jazz game tonight because I'm already too tired to think about going

5:15 - home from work. My house is spic-n-span clean, dinner is in the oven, homework is done and the kids are playing downstairs (thank you sooooo much Amy!!!)

6:00 - fold wash.....bathe 4 kids....supervise the boys putting away their wash

7:00 - nurse Sophie and put her to bed while Todd reads with the boys

7:30 - work on my talk for YW tomorrow night....blog and relax while the kids watch a movie before bed.....next stop BED!!!

OK I am done complaining but I needed to vent and get it all off my chest - hopefully tomorrow will be a less exciting day!

**most days are not like this thank goodness**

Just Some Stuff

Sophie is as busy body these days....she is "perpetual motion" as my mom calls her. She can roll and get into a seated position from both sides, pull up on her hands and knees and even take a few crawls forward. I think she's my earliest crawler.

Claire has a cold and it doesn't seem that bad except that she has it in her eyes. Those big, beautiful eyes are swollen, red, and there is SO MUCH goop coming out of them it's disgusting (as she would say). Two of her favorite words right now are disgusting and because. She will say things like "because mom.....I need a drink because" it makes no sense but she likes to throw it into sentences as often as possible.

Here is a conversation that happened between Tayson and I tonight:

Me: I am sooooo sick of you doing that
Tayson: Then why aren't you throwing up?

Are kids his age supposed to be sarcastic????

And lastly....my hip is doing so much better. Thank goodness for physical therapy! I've been working on my running drills to change my form slightly (my hips are in front of my head and shoulders and I strike my heels too hard). At the end of our 6 mile run yesterday I could totally feel my hamstrings so I think I'm starting to work the right muscles. Yahoo!!!

Flashback Friday

Let's go back to 1979

Our house

I had to put this picture in the flashback...I do NOT remember the house ever looking like this without all the huge trees in the front.
A few comments about the picture:
I love Grandpa's motor home in the shot and if you look behind it to the right you'll see a big red barrel. I have no idea where these came from but we used to play on them all the time. We would do balancing acts like log rolling around the backyard.

The Kids in front of the motor home

Sherry, David, Me, Danny, Heidi, Steve and George

Family Picture Time

Mom, George, Steve, Dad, Sherry
Me, Danny, Heidi and David

Funny comments about this picture:
Heidi's underwear is falling down and you can see it below her dress.
I love the macrame owl on the side of the house - that was there for years and years. I'm not sure if Mom made that one or George - he was quite the expert at macrame :)