Story of my life

At the end of the day I am covered with these two things: Drool and boogers!

But I have to say it is worth it

Culinary excellence

It sure does feel good to know that at least one person enjoys what I bake

I looked out my window and what did I see

**SNOW**

And I am not happy about it!

I miss the days when Spring meant warm sun, flowers, knowing that if I had a sweater or light jacket on I would not be cold. But sadly I havent had that in many years!

It is a cruel trick Utah plays on my mind and my spirit when we have a few nice days, Maybe even some sun tanning temperatures, and then BAM! You wake up and its a total white landscape.

It is beautiful. I have no problem acknowledging that.

But I want a warm sun so I can take the kids for a walk. I want to leave my sliding glass door open and breath the fresh air without it hurting my lungs!!!

I want to say BYE BYE snow!

For now, I stay bundled in my Blankets, with my cat curled against me. And like always I will leave my winter coats out til June when I know it is finally safe to say It is officially summer

Oh Edward!

This week has been packed with date nights. My new bf and I have seen eachother every night and to be honest, I'm still not sick of him :)

Now if only I could find a real life version of my Vampire lover!!! Oh, I am pathetic

Frustrated

This is what I was trying to make

This is what I got

Sure they dont look too bad, but then I tried fitting them onto a cake box and they got all smashed and ugly. Everytime I try to be creative/crafty/do something different, I FAIL! This was no exception. But now what? It is my friends birthday and I was planning on dropping them off in the morning.

Im so annoyed with myself for thinking I could do this and have them turn out looking professional.

It is 2 am and im still so mad I could scream

Job hunt

Have you ever gone in for a job interview and gotten the job? of course! Now have you ever had the interview, been told you got the job, then gotten a follow-up call saying "sorry! we filled the position!"
Well that's what happened to me and it has put me in a foul mood. Before I went to Hawaii I had a job interview with Xpose photography. In a follow up interview I told them about Hawaii and they happily told me to go and they would let me know about the job. So a few days before I left for Hawaii, they called and told me I had the job and to enjoy Hawaii. AWESOME! New job plus a vacation right before starting.
They tricked me!
I got a Voicemail the other day giving me what they thought was "good news and bad news", I took it as bad news and just plan news. They apparently filled the position in the one week since they told me I had the job. My joy was shattered! I really wanted this job and I thought I could be good at it. My mom keeps saying there must be something out there better for me, but for now I'm angry and a little sick to my stomach. What am I going to do??? I am scraping by at the moment and now I definitely don't see that improving anytime soon. I really don't think I have ever wanted a job as much as I wanted this one.
Oh and their "good news", They want to discuss the future of my modeling career...um...all I have to say is hahahahahahahahahaha

Know anyone looking to hire?!?

Bye bye Hawaii

Another vacation has come and gone and I am in a state of depression

Hawaii was amazing. Just what I needed

After my icky monday things got better. We still had a few lows, like baby Austin having a double ear infection with a fever of 103.5, but a quick trip to insta-care and we were good to go again! The girls tried snorkeling. Sophia LOVED it, Haley lasted about 3 minutes before the tears started.

James was a daddy's boy the whole week, so unless forced, he had nothing to do with me! Which was a nice change for him I am sure, he is afterall, stuck with me everyday of the week!

I got free time to lay out on the beach, shop, swim, and just relax!

I love the family I work for and I really had a great time with them, but when I had free time I realized, being alone in a beautiful place isnt all that exciting!

All in all I had a great time and feel so blessed to have gotten to go. The Taylor's were so sweet and did everything they could to make sure I had fun. Thanks Hill!!!

Now I just have to stay strong waiting for the snow to hit :(

Sand tastes oh so good!!!

Hawaii update

Oh how I love Hawaii...or maybe I love the idea of it! Don't get me wrong, I am loving being out of Utah and I love the beautiful island but this trip has had its ups and downs! My room is perfect, I even discovered today that I have a separate AC unit in my room...and I am blasting it cold, just how daddy likes it!

We got in Saturday evening and everything was great. We kept the kids up as late as possible

baby woke up at 4 am

the rest of the kids woke up at 5:30

I like to sleep in

No such luck

We get ready for church and I discovered I am in love with Hawaii wards. In fact I want to move here just because of the spirit I felt in that ward building. But after church we face a problem

How do you distract 3 kids from wanting to swim??

Solution: lets go for a drive!

Well this idea was a mistake!

A fun one but still not the best idea

We end up on the Hana highway

And let me say YUCK!!! Curviest rode i have ever been on. We stopped in the rain forest and saw so many beautiful things.

We should have turned around there

But no...we went all the way to Hana

Everyone was car sick and we were lucky no one threw up. I ha both girls curled up next to me with their heads in my lap.

I'm such a good pillow :)

Well later that night Haley comes out crying, and i smell throw up! ICKY

So we get her all cleaned up and she soon falls asleep on the couch. Well the next morning i wake up and feel sick to my stomach. After Violin practice we head to the pool. I am out there maybe an hour when I can't take it anymore. I bring Austin up for his morning nap and before I know it I have made a comfy spot on the bathroom floor and I have a new best friend! So all day Monday was spent in bed or in the bathroom! Not how I wanted my Hawaii trip to go.

But the sun came out today and I felt so good! I went for a jog, got some sun. Everything seemed on the up and up!

Then I got a call

Hillary had to take James to Insta-care, he had a fever of 103

Did I forget to mention that he started coughing on Sunday???

It is the worst cough I have ever heard from such a tiny man.

Well turns out he has a sinus infection!

His face was totally swollen and the sunburn was making him look worse! (while I was sick on Monday so was Hillary. She felt the same without the throwing up! So no one was really on top of the sunscreen!)

But we have medicine now and they had an amazing night of swimming and watching American idol.

Now by no means am I complaining about being out of Utah on a BEAUTIFUL island. But it sure hasn't been without incident. Now that things can only get better I cant wait for the rest of the trip!

This picture is from the first night. My little bugs all snug on Sophie's bed.