Thankful Thursday!!

I have decided since I feel like I have been very negative lately I need to have a Thankful Thursday post so I can remember it is really not that bad! My goal is to come up with a list of about ten!
1. Hanna has been sick with a cold and when she coughs she throws up but I have been lucky she has only thrown up at her Dads house this week!
2. Ashlys 2 best friends got in school suspension last friday for fighting and Ash was not involved!!
3. Only 2 more soccer games for the fall season!!
4. Aaron answered my phone call today!
5. I dont have to work tomorrow!
6. We get to go to the U game on Saturday!
7. I remembered to buy dryer sheets at the grocery store today so when i do laundry tomorrow my cloths will not be staticy!!
8. Kayt only has to do five pages of homework everyday while she is off track!(That was not really a thankful thing!)
9. My mom is bringing me and Lauren a present to Ashlys soccer game on Saturday!!
10. Chad!
Okay my list is kind of crazy but I do know I have the 3 best kids in the world and a great family. So even when I feel like everything is not going my way I always know that part of my life does not change! (Wow very sappy!)

Our Favorite Place!!!

We love going to the Hogle Zoo. This morning we woke up and made french toast for breakfast, cleaned the house and decided to go to the zoo. That is a perfect day for us!! All 3 kids love it. We have a season pass so if we only stay for an hour its ok. Kayts favorite thing to see there is the monkeys. We have always teased her that they are her long lost family! Hanna got to see the Leopard Fox. Even though Ash is getting older she still loves going there. Ash thinks it is great to go into the reptile house and in the middle part she can name all of the birds off the top of her head. She thinks she is pretty cool! Today she new what a rosate spoonbill was??? I guess she is pretty smart! Now if I can get them all to sleep in their own beds it really might be a perfect day but they are all in my bed now so doubt that is going to happen!!!!

I dont want to share anymore!!!

I had the weirdest thing happen to me since I have been a Mother last night. I went to Ashlys soccer game and sat down with the other soccer Moms. Josh and his wife were there (I always sit as far away from them as I can). Then my Hanna and Kayt ran up to these two people who were strangers to me. They gave them hugs and were calling them Grandpma and Grandpa. They had treats and little presents for my kids. I realized they were the step mothers parents. As a Mother you want to know everyone your kids are spending time with and have relationships with. I felt like my kids have a double life or something. I have known for a long time that they spend time with these people but to see it with my own eyes and to hear them call strangers to me Grandma and Grandpa was just to much!!! It is the weirdest thing to think they have another family that I have no idea about. Who are these people??? Are they good people??? Do they teach them good things??? I tried so hard not to watch them interact with MY kids but it was awful to see my naughty little Hanna act happier to see them then she was to see me when I walked up! I am struggling so hard with this! I just wanted to yell at them and tell them what kind of a person their new son-in-law was. And what their daughter did to my family!!! I kept my mouth shut. The other Mothers I was sitting with could tell how crazy this was for me so thank goodness the game was close and we talked about all of the kids and they kept me busy!!! I guess this will get easier but how much more can I take???? I just want my kids to myself!! I HATE SHARING MY KIDS!!!!! Well that is my venting publicly again!!!

Is it Monday???

Every morning I have the kids Hanna wakes up and asks me what day it is. She is hoping that it is not Monday. On Mondays she has to go to Kindercare daycare. She hates it!!! On Mondays when she asks I just kind of ignore her and dont answer when she asks what day it is. Well she is getting very smart. She has figured me out!! Last week we got to the daycare and she was screaming at the top of her lungs that it was Saturday! She just kept yelling at me that it was Saturday she promised. All of the people were staring at us like she was crazy (and she was)!!! This past Monday I resorted to bribery!! Believe it or not it worked. She walked in all by herself with her new shiny black boots on of course! She could not wait to show Miss Patti her new boots. She walked in and sat down like she was dying for someone to ask her about them and then finally the teacher noticed her, more so because she had never seen her come in not screaming before. But anyway it was enough that I could leave without all of the drama!!! I think every Monday I am going to have to have a special bribe. Im sure you are all thinking what a bad idea that is but you have not been through the hair pulling and kicking tantrums we have been through this past few months!! Wish us luck!!! I am dreading when she has to start kindergarten. I have no idea where she got this from because I remember loving school and could not wait to go!! My Mother was so lucky to have child like me!!!

Ashly is 12!!!!

Ashly turned 12 on September 4. We just had her party with her friends on Friday night.

She wanted to go up to the canyons and roast hot dogs and marshmellows so that is what we did! I was really worried because I have never started a fire before but we invited Chad to help. We really were not sure he knew how but then my Mom reminded me that if he was an Eagle Scout he would have to know!! So it all worked out and I think all of the girls had a good time. 7 twelve year olds is just to much for me! I am really glad she did not ask for a slumber party!!!

When it was time to get back in the cars and go home Chad had to choose the 3 girls that were the cleanest to ride with him!! Someday he will realize it is impossible to have a clean car with children!!!