Meet Emersyn Ali Malan, our new niece and cousin. This sweet baby is Randy's sister, Amy's baby. Boy that was a mouthful to say! Amy and Matt are stationed over in Japan and this is their first baby. They waited long and patiently for this baby to come to earth. We are so happy for them and are just sad that they live so far away. She was born on March 5 and weighed only 5lbs 15 oz...she's just a tiny little thing. We can't wait to meet her someday! Good job you two, we love you.
Yea...see that girl in the above picture...looking all cute and innocent. Don't let her looks deceive you...she is a thief!!! See last night a bunch of us were in this DVD for Salt City Candles, we were just little peons...extras, if that suits you better!! Anyways, they were placing us around this table and I had a fine spot....right in the middle, with the table hiding my muffin top (which I was very pleased with). I was already to make my great debut when the director told me he was seeing too much pink (I had a pink sweater on) so he moved me to the back and this thief stole my scene. So she is on my hit list....Jenny, watch your back I'm coming for you! Anyways, it was all fine, Rachel and I stood in the back...little peons...but we had fun.
So thanks Catherine (she's the one on the left, Rachel is on the right) we had fun and thanks for the great gift basket....they smell so yummy! And by the way, if you want my autograph, you'll have to get in line ;)
Hopefully you can read this sweet note Hudsen wrote the other night. I just saw it sitting on her bedside table...just some light reading for you all. I think she might be taking notes to bear her testimony some day. I especially love the part that says "I love me too so so much very much". Oh man I love that girl!!
See these 4 beautiful daughters I have....I love them so much and am so grateful to be their mother!!! They bring me so much happiness and joy, and the occasional heartache and worry. All normal feelings for a mommy, right? Just thought I'd share a glimpse of their personalities with you and let you into our lives for a moment...
Hannah....a very strong girl who at 17 is growing into such a beautiful woman. Extremely smart and self motivator, excellent artist and at 6ft 1inch, a beautiful and talented volleyball player. So much potential in that life ahead of her.
Hailey...my most tender hearted and sensitive child. Has been that way since she came into this world. Is loving towards all animals and is a very loyal friend. She knows what is right and constantly amazes me by the right choices she makes for herself. She also has the best hair...perfect color and thick and beautiful.
Hope...my outgoing, go getter, social butterfly and perhaps a bit on the dramatic side!! Very polite and is a sweetheart. Wants to be everyone's friend and wants all to be treated equally. But probably the one who will be a heartbreaker with the boys...I think she is beautiful, inside and out!
Hudsen...my BABY! Just pure joy to have around. She is the most willing to help me with anything I need. She loves me and tells me so about a hundred times a day. Makes our entire family laugh and completes our family.
Just thought I'd express my love for each of these beautiful girls...I love them sooooo much!
So I get a phone call on Sunday from one of my favorite people ever....TARA!! And good news, she tells me she is moving back to SLC!! Even better news, she's going to bring that cute family with her...Yippy Skippy!! I can't even tell you how happy I am to hear this news. She moved away like 4 years ago and that was a sad day, but I always knew she'd be back. I knew she couldn't stay away...and that Jeffrey, he loves me, he really loves me :) Thanks brother, I owe you big time!!!!
So I've just returned from sitting in the dentist chair for almost 2 hours. Let me just say how much I hate the dentist but LOVE the gas they strap on you. When asked if I want the gas, I have to laugh and say..."HELL YES, is there any other reason I'd be here?" Fortunately they did not have to do a root canal, just a lot of digging and drilling and endless torture. They gave me like 5 different shots to numb me and can I just say....I honestly can not feel a thing on the left side of my face. I am numb from mouth to ear...I kid you not!! And I feel like I am drowning in my own spit....Randy might come home from work and find me dead from my own salivia! This is coming from a girl who knows her dentist well...I have had almost 30 root canals (Do you even have that many teeth) and those teeth that don't have the root canal surely have been at least filled from a cavity. I think I have sent my dentist to Mexico and back a buttload of times just by the money he's making on my mouth!
If you look at the time I'm writing this entry, 4:04 am, you'll know I can't sleep! I can't sleep because I'm worried...worried about doing a good job as being a mother. You see those 4 beautiful daughters above, the ones that my Heavenly Father sent down for me to look after and care for? Yes, my friends, I worry about them and I worry about me. I realize there are no do-overs when it comes to being a mom...you can never go back and rewind the day you just had with those kids. You can only wake up the next morning and pray that you'll do better today. I pray all the time that I am making the right decisions for them, that I am leading them down a path that will ultimately let them be the best that they can be. When they were really little I worried about them crossing the street, worried that they would share their toys with others, worried that they someday, they would grow up and leave me. Now my worries are different, I worry that they will make friends in school, that they will be kind and understanding towards their friends and enemies. With Hannah and Hailey, I worry that they will choose good friends in school, that they'll get asked to the prom by a boy who will respect them. I worry about so many things and I realize that I can't always fix their problems. Sometimes I have to just hug them and let them know I love them. And sometimes I have to find it deep within me to let them go...to make their own decisions, even when I think it might lead to heartache, theirs and mine!
Let the record state that I have been known to have some odd and quite crazy dreams in the past, BUT this one has got to rank up there in the top 10. Last night I went frickin psycho in the dream department!!
So our friends, the Bolingbrokes came over and blessed us with their presence last night. We had a good time, playing cards and stuffing our faces with junk food!
Then it was time to get serious and do battle with Christine on Guitar Hero!! Yes, it's true...she kicked my ***, pretty much kicked it clear from here to Toledo! All I have to say about that is....RAT FARTS!! I am going to have to do some serious practicing so that next time I can redeem myself. But in spite of getting killed, I still had a great time. So thanks Kev and Chrissy Lou...we had a great time!
So Hudsen had to have three teeth pulled this week...it was quite dramatic but we managed to pull through. But this is the thing...she insists on putting her teeth under her pillow one at a time. That means the tooth fairy needs to remember to show up 3 nights in a row!! Our first night was a failure...a no show from the Tooth Fairy, 2nd night she remembered (Phew)...now only 2 more nights to go. I'm praying that she will be on the ball enough to show up...that darn Tooth Fairy, she's just a tad forgetful:) Wish us luck tonight!!
Ok, I'm only going to ask you once...where did my week go? It's already Friday and I haven't found time to catch up on anyone's blogs...did anything happen while I was gone? Did anyone have any good plastic surgery or sored affairs while I was away? One week ago I was driving my little (Ok, big!) fanny down to St George to meet up with my cute husband and see my lil friend Tara and I'm just now getting around to blogging about it. That's just not like me...I tend to blog all those things soon after they happen. I must work on this...I'm sure you have been dying to know what's going on in my life:) So the next time my kids need to eat dinner or someones been injured and bleeding and needing my attention I will ask them to please wait...For I will be busy updating my blog! 
Last night we went to the Jazz Game. We have season tickets so we usually rotate on who goes with us. It was Hudsen's turn and man was she is excited!! For only being 7, she knows alot about the Jazz. She knows all the players and their numbers and loves Carlos BOOZER!! She is a riot to sit next to because she loves to watch the game. We had a great time and she even managed to talk her "Ruffy" (my dad) into buying her a Boozer jersey! She loved it so much she even slept in it...so thanks Dad. Fun night out.
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I am so excited...look at what my wonderful husband bought me for Valentine's Day!! The new Ipod Touch...it is way cool and I am so excited. I've had an old nano for some time now and it wasn't holding a charge so I decided to go buy me a new Ipod. Except that I didn't tell him I was going to buy a new one...I just went to Costco and bought the Ipod classic...I didn't want to spend the money on the "Touch", although I thought it was very awesome. Luckily I told him later that day, before I opened it, and he said that I had just ruined his surprise. I was so sorry RC...I couldn't believe that he had gotten me the Ipod Touch. We have never gotten each other big gifts for Valentine's day so I didn't even think twice about it. But he gave it to me yesterday and I love it! So a million thanks to my wonderful and generous husband...I love it.
Ok then to make this day even better I got a call from my friend, Christine. She said that my necklace was ready...isn't this so cute? She has one just like it and I had her order one for me. Her friend makes these, and can customize them however you'd like. Chris brought it over for me and I love it...thanks Chrissy!!!
So I am loving my 2 new toys...I'm one lucky girl!
So my grateful thought for the day was this....thank you Heavenly Father for letting this sun shine on me today. The mountains were absolutely breath taking with all the snow! So there, that's my cheesy post for this Sunday night. I am sure I will have something less Sunday-ish to say this week;)
Tonight Randy and I got to meet up with my sister, Camille and her husband Jeff. They are in town with some friends for a ski weekend and this was the only chance to see them. (I guess sisters rank low on the totem pole:) They had a couple of hours to waste while waiting for the rest of their group. Anyways... we met them downtown at one of my favorite restaurants, Ichiban. But please don't let this picture fool you...I did not eat Sushi, on the other hand Randy did! You see I seem to have the tastebuds of a 2 year old. I seriously think something happened to me when I was a kid...I probably drank scalding hot water and it stunted the growth of my taste buds. I kid you not...I am the most boring eater, ask anyone who knows me! I did enjoy their chicken and vegetable tempura though...most excellent.
So thanks sis for meeting us, it was great to see you even if it was only for a couple of hours!
This picture pretty much sums up how I feel! The other day I had gone out back to shovel some of the snow off our patio, mostly just where Mocha walks in and out. I'm a little tired of her tracking snow into the house...Anyways, I left my flip flops out there and much to my surprise it had dumped a foot of snow over night. When I looked out the back window, there were my flip flops, covered in that WHITE CRAP! How dare it snow on my sacred flip flops, especially the ones that had just recently traveled to sunny Mexico and spent 7 glorious days in sand and warm water. What a slap in the face for them, they must have wondered who was playing such a cruel joke! But it was no joke, just more snow! More snow, I must add, then we have seen in many years! It just keeps coming and coming...it's been crazy.
Seaworld called today...they want Shamu returned. That Shamu would be ME! I feel like one big, huge, WHALE these days! Do you ever feel this way, have a bad week, month, life? I have felt so overweight lately and I've got to do something about it. Ever since I went to Mexico with lots of thin people, I've been feeling large. And when I say I need to do something about it, I don't mean just complain...although that is much easier. Why is it so hard to get my butt to the gym? Our gym is literally 1 minute away and I probably pass it at least 5 times a day. But do I go in?....NO...it's like I'll catch the bubonic plague or something. Or what's worse... I'd actually workout or something crazy like that.
Today I had the chance to go along with Hope and her class on a fun field trip, even though we waited almost an hour for the bus...ugh! I do love to be able to join my girls on fun days like this. She absolutely has the best teacher ever...so fun and cute with the kids. Thanks Mrs. Crittenden (Kaesy) for being a great teacher!!! My kids adore you and so do I! Check out her blog!
