Weekly Ten For Us...

1)First thing my brother Ty had his mission farewell today. He did such a great job and all of my siblings were in church together. It was magnificent to look from side to side and see them. All of our kids kept the place hopping. 2)My sister Kendra stayed the night Friday night, so so fun. I helped her make some bows for her Etsie shop. Went to bed way too late and laughed way too hard. I love my twin so much. 3)My sister Kylee stayed the night Sat. night, also so much fun. 4)Trent turned 27 on Sat. He camped out with his friends Friday night by Beaver, Ut, and road about 200 miles on it. Had a blast but had a little snow trouble too. 5)On Sat. we also had a combined B-day party for Trent & Evelyn. We lots of my family come down and attend, and lots of Trent's family as well. Lots of fun but just not enough room in our house. I can only do big parties like that every few years. Completely stresses me out, and I have a cold from my lack of sleep this weekend. 6)I got to have my twin Kendra attend my pilates class on Sat. and get her opinion, she gave me two thumbs up which made me feel great. I kept looking over at her and laughing, she just makes me laugh. Her little girl Sailor is also hilarious, has got lots of spunk to her personality. 7)I....yes Me helped Trent put in his new transmission in. I pumped up the jack and pushed with all my might, but we got it in. I felt proud to be his wife that day! I think he is so sexy while building his cars. 8)I/we almost melted this week, I hate getting into my hot car, and always being sweaty, that's what I get for living in the desert. 9)I had the a pretty crappy night Wed. I taught my class which went fine, then I gave my sister in law Annie the keys (we share a pair to the gym) and everything was fine but I think the new girl closed the closet door which was locked, my fault. I couldn't leave the light on in there, plus I didn't want to pack around my gym stuff. So, I closed the front door that was already locked & drove to Annie's. I knocked on her door but no answer, I knew she was dealing with sick kiddos too, so I thought I would check in her car, they were there, I was kinda in a hurry so I got in my SUV and started to back up. Well I could tell I was a little off the road but I didn't think it was bad. So, kept going...BAD IDEA!! I hit something too low for my backup sensor to see, a huge rock, that I pushed onto a water pipe for a hose hookup. All I remember is I couldn't move my car off of it, and there was tons of water spraying everywhere, I panicked and ran to Ty & Annie's door. Pounding, and screaming to come and see what I did. Ty came to the door and I told him I did he had to come see what I did....I was SO EMBARRASSED!! Plus I started to cry. Annie came out with her crying baby whom had a fever, and shut off the water. Ty hooked my car up to his and pulled me off the rock. Then I went and locked up the gym. Ok I am very lucky to be related to these two people because they could not have been nicer about it!! I just felt so so silly. Wish we could take moments like that away in life. Uhhh....I think my car is fine. I was scared to tell Trent but he was so chill about it. 10)We got to go to the stake center for Ty to get set apart. We had all 7 brothers and sisters there. It was so neat and we all cried. I just love my family, I am so lucky. I also love our stake president, he does such a great job. He is Trent's uncle and we love him dearly.

MY Top Ten!!

1)Went to Trent's cousin Troy's wedding last night in Mesquite, good food and we had lots of fun with family. It was a beautiful night to sit out on a porch at a golf course.
 2)I had the opportunity to take some fun family pics for my wonderful sister in law Annie. We finally squeezed some family pics into our schedule. What a fun/easy shoot, her kids were perfect. I don't wanna toot my own horn, but I think they will be fabulous after editing is done.
3)I also edited pics the whole week. You never realize how much time every picture takes, all the small details until you have photoshoot after photoshoot. I am grateful for the work I have been getting, but it fills up a lot of my free time. 4)Almost 4 years ago today I became a mother for the first time. I had got induced, was able to start pushing fast, & then had to have a c-section to get my aweet baby girl Evelyn. 26 Months later I had a planned c-section and got beautiful little Lyla. As tough as pregnancy/C-sections are it is worth every second of pain, and every hard moment. I feel so blessed to be a mother and to have the gift of producing/creating children. What would my life be like without them? I would have a gaping hole in my soul.
 5)For Mother's Day today I was able to sleep in. Trent and the girls came to wake me up. First I was handed a card from Trent. He wrote the sweetest words in it. I also found 2 coupons, he had typed up on the computer. 1)Entitled me to get new clothes 2)Entitled me to order some Lightroom Presets, that will help me to edit faster. Evelyn handed me a bag & I pull out a beautiful necklace/earring set that she picked out while in St. George yesterday with my mom. I wanted to cry, it had really touched me that she thought of me. It's fun to have your kids get older. I feel so blessed to have my wonderful hubby & family. How lucky I am:D 6)Today while Evelyn was sitting on my lap during sacrament meeting at church I noticed and pulled out a short gray hair, weird. All the gray hairs I have really stress me out. So, I was a little shocked to find it.
 7)One week from today, my youngest brother Ty will be having his mission farewell. He is going to Perth Australia, I am really gonna miss him and so will the girls. He is the fun, young, uncle. I think he will love his mission and be a great missionary:D
 8)Trent finally got his transmission, oh man, he is happy happy. I am happy for him, now he just wants to get out there and work on it. Hard to find the time. His graduation present from his dad is now complete.
 9)I had a "I'm a bad mommy moment!". Evelyn was hitting Lyla a few times and not listening to me. She gave Lyla a hard hit, so the natural man in me, gave Evelyn a little slap on her arm. She started crying and felt way bad about it. Kept saying how I hitted her, I said I was sorry about 100 times, and held her and cried. It broke my heart...I really did feel bad, I told myself I will NEVER EVER DO THAT AGAIN. No matter what. I need to be Christlike while parenting. I got an F in my positive parenting book class that day. But, I can say I learned from it!! And my heart has been changed, I love my girls so much and I never want them to remember me losing my temper. I am really going to try to work on taking deep breathes & leaving the room before I open my mouth and respond. Ya live ya learn...
10)I have been staying on top of keeping my car clean. I wash it once a week. You may think I am crazy, but honestly I have it down to a T, and can do it fast. My car is so nice, and wasn't cheap, so I want to take care of it the best I can. I love it so much, and really look forward to driving it. Every time I get in it, I think it is totally worth every penny. It is such a great upgrade for our family.
11) I forgot to add in that I got to judge the cheerleading tryouts. So so fun for me, I loved ever second of it. It brought back so many memories, and I felt like I was trying out myself, it's like I could feel all the pressure and nerves of the girls. They were so adorable, and it was a little tough to be the judge.

Heard Around The House....

Lyla: Walked into her room to change her after she woke up: Me "What did you dream about Lyla?" Lyla: "Poop". Me: Really you dreamed about poop?" Lyla: "Ya...Poop" LOL Evelyn: "Mom can we go to Old McDonald today?" I want to eat the fries". Me: Not today sweetie, its so cute I didn't want to correct her. As we are in Walmart, she was holding her nightgown & I touched it with the cart (I only get her out if the cart is packed full, it was) "You stupid mommy you touched my nightgown". Oh the shame, anger I felt. I calmy told her we don't do that. As I am trying to think about what my positive parenting book says. Oh, Please let age four be easier than age three. Please oh please...... As we are getting produce Walmart, walks right up to the broccoli and takes a bite out of a small loose piece, then pokes a hole into the squishy tomato, embarrassed I was. That was one of the hardest shopping Walmart trips ever. Sheez....Lyla was good the whole time. As I whisper, "Don't ever be like your sister ok!" in her ear. *Evelyn's friend make believe friend Amy dissapeared ...which is kinda nice. Cause I was getting tired of telling the know it all to go home. lol

Weekly Ten...

1)I took my brother Ty's mission pics Monday, it was fun we went to the Res & then took some around my house. I can't believe he is going on a mission. How can that be, he is one handsome guy. And I know he will be a hard working missionary. 2)I also took some prom pics for 2 couples. Taylor Zundel texted me and asked me if I could do it. $50 a couple plus she gave me $50 more to take some of just her daughters. So I scored $150. Awesome, while I am editing them, I will be glad I got payed that much. I have been taking lots of pics now. Not getting payed for every shoot but its still fun!! Lots of hours on the computer now. 3)I had the opportunity to sub Annie's Zumba class for Pilates. She had mastitis, (poor girl) so we made the class free and almost everyone stayed. I think I got some new people to convert over to Pilates. It was a really cool experience for sure. Thanks Annie & everyone who hung in there to try something new. 4)I did really good at not turning the TV on for the girls during the day this week. It lasted until the weekend and then I gave in. But during the week they were so much happier without it. We bonded a lot more too. 5)I was way proud of myself, I got a homemade playdough recipe from pinterest and I really love it. I spent 2 1/2 hours making 6 colors on the stove. I used neon foot coloring. This stuff is so cool, so soft and it makes so much. The girls love it, I will not be buying playdough ever again. 6)I also got my diffuser from the health food store. I have been waiting for it a long time. They have been on backorder. You put essencial oils in it and it diffuses it perfectly in your home. I use lemongrass, lemon, and eucalyptus oil in my kitchen and it makes it smell so fresh and clean. 7)The other day Evelyn walks into the kitchen and says "Mom, why do you always never do the dishes, they are dirty all the time.....thanks Evelyn"!! *Whats sad is it's kinda true. 8)Lyla is talking more and more every day & is becoming more dependent and pushy with Evelyn. Starting to stand up for herself, you go girl. I always warned Evelyn that Lyla would soon start hitting her back. ha ha 9)Trent painted and put his gas tank in his Mustang, it's coming along nicely. He is just crossing his fingers that his transmission will be here this week. 10)I hit my one year for teaching pilates on Wed!! It was very exciting to me, and I feel like I have come such a long was as a teacher since then. I love being a pilates instructor so much! What a rewarding year. **THese are the girls in their Easter Dresses, I didn't have a working camera at the time so ya.