Poor blogger x2

I'm such a poor blogger, updating so infrequently! I've been wanting to post about my training and races for awhile now but have not...so tonight I have started a whole new blog about that very topic. Now I can get behind and forget to post on two blogs instead of one! My new blog is stupid girl running....maybe I should start a third...stupid girl blogging???

Please check out this Sweet Courageous Mother!

This is the most beautiful mother I have ever seen. Her courage and strength inspire beyond imagination. Happy Mother's Day!

Don't Stop Yet!!!!

Here is Brock at the track meet, in the sack race. He was in first place but thought the race was finished so he stopped. Then he figured out that it was not finished and he started again!!!! Good thing he is such a good hopper! He got second place but it looks to me like he still should of won 1st!

Brock running in class shuttle:

Brock also got second place in the standing long jump!

Mati doing the long jump:

Chase running the 200

Yea boys! You're doing great!!!!

RNC In Pt Obstetrics...yea!

Check one thing off my list! I took my RNC and passed! My friend Jonie came with and passed too. We were both "VERY STRONG" in all categories but one! All our studying paid off! How did we study you ask?

Sleeping hard is important to brain function!

Good nutrition is paramount!

Meditation is key

Get your aggression out!

Then smile and just pass...Duh!

Valentines Day...Yea!

Love period mushy stuff. Favorite authors are of course Austin, Bronte and Gaskell so it follows that I simply love period movies. I think I own three quarters of the films featured here. Anyway, Happy V-Day!

Oh yea, pause the music player at the bottom before hitting play!

Resolutions 2010

Well it’s February so I guess I’ve procrastinated enough…it’s time to write down some New Year’s resolutions! In 2010 I will study for and pass the RNC in In-Patient Obstetrics. I will complete the same triathlons I did last year but beat my times for some new personal bests! I will never let a month go by that I don’t attend the temple. I will take a Spanish class! That’s it…I like to keep it simple to give myself a better chance at being successful!



This is not a resolution, but it is very funny. I talk a lot about babies since it is my job. Emma recently asked what women need to eat to make a baby! Hee hee, I couldn’t help but laugh a little. Good logic I guess since what you eat ends up in your tummy!

Those Girlie Red, Gap Shirts!

A couple of weeks ago we got our Christmas card photo's taken and what a fiasco! The girls were ready and I thought to myself...good job...that's the hardest part! Boy was I mistaken! The boys were already in their jeans and just needed to put on their shirts so we could be on our way! I passed out the red shirts I had ordered online from Gap and the trouble started...Brock and Mati began to moan and pout! They thought the shirts were "girlie" and accused me of getting them from the girls department. After several minutes of trying to convince them otherwise I gave up and just yelled. Put those shirts on and get in the van!!!!! They did as they were told. The ride over to the photographers was not good. Brock told Chase (who was wearing the same shirt) that he looked like a girl and Chase got angry. Brock thought this was funny and began to make many comments about looking like girls in the picture. Mati was just plain mad and told us all that he would never wear this shirt again. This made daddy mad. "Your mother bought that shirt and it cost money!!! You will wear that shirt and be grateful you have it!!!!" Kenzi commented that the boys shirts looked very nice, which only made the boys more upset. We arrive within minutes and park. Everyone gets out of the van except Mati who does not want his picture taken...he is wearing a very mean look, Chase is mad, Brock is sad...not the way to look on a Christmas card! So now I am mad because I wanted everyone to look loving and joyful in the pic and that is obviously not going to happen! So I say in my meanest voice.."you will walk in there and be happy! You will all act like you love each other and smile so people know we are a happy family!!!!!" And then the threat..."and if you don't I will make you wear those red shirts everyday to school this week!!"
I did not get the desired results (which were at least fake smiles) I got a few scowls! We walk in the studio 5 minutes late with Emma smiling and excited and everyone else mad and unhappy. The poor photographer takes a look and our family and in a very cheerful voice asks "Is everybody happy and ready?" Hee hee...I just told her the truth....nope, the boys don't really want to be here and they don't like their shirts....they think they look 'girlie'. She was not sure how to respond!   Anyway after a few whispered threats to several of the children we got a few pics. The funny thing is after we left we went to my nephew's birthday party where we all laughed and had fun together. Then later that day at home again we joyfully spent more time together. Too bad none of that was caught on film. In the end it worked out...the boys smiled for the pics...they did not have to wear the shirts to school...and daddy was pleased that he won't have to have pics taken again for a long while!