8 Things About Me

Here are the Rules:

1) Post rules on your blog

2) Answer the six '8' items

3) Let each person know they're tagged by leaving them a comment





8 Favorite TV Shows:

I Tivo all my favorit shows and then have a marithon and watch them all at once. So some of these I haven't seen for awhile.

1. Lost

2. The Mentalist

3. Any HGTV show

4. Dollhouse

5. Any Foodnetwork Show

6. Disney Channel with the kids

7. Some stupid car auction show - Barrett Jackson Aution (I hate it but I love my husband so I watch it.)

8. House





8 Things I Did Yesterday:

1. Watched Tinkerbell with Madison

2. Read my scriptures

3. Loaded the dishwasher

And that was about it because my back hurt so bad





8 Things I Look Forward To:

1. Fridays - they are my day off and I can catch up on house cleaning

2. Reading "39 Clues" with the kids at night

3. Family Vacations

4. The kids going to bed so I can finally have 5 minutes to talk to Bryan about his day

5. Go camping with Bryan and the kids

6. Summer and planting flowers

7. Weekends with Bryan and the kids

8. Growing old with my hubby and traveling the world with him





8 Favorite Restaurants:

1. Macaroni Grill

2. Milt's

3. Dinner at mom's

4. Bryan Barbecueing

5. Dutch Oven Dinners in the Mountains

6. Texas Roadhouse

That's all I can think of





8 Things on My Wishlist:

1. My kids growing up to be happy and honorable people

2. A mansionof a house that I have my eye on when I win a couple million

3. No debt

4. Travel, Travel and more travel with Bryan

5. My house to be always clean without the work

6. A closet full of new clothes

7. Grocery shopping to always be done

8. To always know what to fix for dinner





8 People I tag:

1. Sundee

2. Nicole

3. Michell

4. Kari

5. Tina

6. Jodi

7. Jesse

8. Kelly

Well it's about time I update my blog. I'm lazy what can I say. This past week has been a busy one. Mason had his pinewood derby and then on Thursday was the school science fair. Mason's project was on electromagnets and Bryan and him worked hard on it. They figured out that the more times you wrap a piece of metal with wire and hook it up to a battery the stonger a magnet it creates. Jayden's project was on Parachutes and do smaller or bigger one's work better. Jayden and I had fun making the parachutes and then we launched them off Grandma & Grandpa Paxton's back deck and timed them. Anyway Jayden took 2nd place out of the 1st graders so on Thursday he gets to go compete in the Iron County Science Fair.

Thursday on our way to the school to set up the science projects I hurt my back. I have no idea how because I wasn't lifting anything but it just started hurting and then it just kept getting worse. I left work early and by Thursday night I could hardly walk. Friday I got in the car to take Maddy to preschool and it hurt so bad to push on the gas pedal that I just told Maddy to get back in the house and we layed on the couch and watched "Tinkerbell". So that was her school lesson for the day. I think I am now finally on the mend I. Bryan told me I looked like an old man because I have been walking all hunched over, but he has been really good to help out around the house and he even went grocery shopping for me and got everything on the list. I am very lucky to have such a good husband. I think I'll be all better by Monday so I can start up again on my 5:00 am treadmill workouts.

The Old Lady is 50!!!!

Well my mom just turned 50 yesterday and I have to give her a bad time about it. We had a birthday party for her. Ashley, Jared and Dad made homemade pizzas and I made the Salad and cake. We try to give mom a good birthday but we don't hold "a candle" (get it) to my mom and what she did for us on our birthdays. So I'm going to copy Ashley and give you 50 reasons why I Love my mom (in no particular order):

1. She's an excellent cook
2. She can sew. And since I'm learning, I now greatly appreciate all the matching dresses she used to make for me and my cabbage patch and all the doll clothes she made for me.
3. Nobody has a cleaner house than my mom.
4. She takes care of my dad.
5. She's a hard worker - up from sun up to sun down.
6. She's the best Post Office worker in the country. (Well I don't know all of them but I'm sure that she is). I remember growing up people calling her at night after the post office had closed or on weekends wanting her to go in and check if a package or mission call had come in and she would always do it. (I would have told them h#&l no!)
7. She's considerate of others.
8. She loves her grand kids and her grand kids love her (more than their mom). They love going to Grandma Beaver's house.
9. I mentioned that she can cook but she cooks all of the time. I don't cook good nutritious meals like my mom. I try and I'll keep trying.
10. She has a testimony of the gospel.
11. She is an awesome listener. I often call her about my gripes and complaints with the world.
12. She would do anything for me and my family.
13. She gardens.
14. She keeps her yard nice.
15. She used to do my hair every morning. (Now that I have Maddy I appreciate it a lot)
16. She irons (I need to do better).
17. She is computer illiterate.
18. I tease her a lot and she takes it.
19. I like her stories of when she was growing up (especially the ones of when she lived in Manderfield).
20. I love the memories I have of bottling with her and Grandma Baldwin.
21. She takes my kids for walks to feed the ducks down at Kerksieks.
22. She's crafty.
23. She can decorate a cake. I remember all of our birthday and cakes and how cute they were. I know now how much time they must have taken to make.
24. Her house is not only clean but she can decorate. Something I struggle with.
25. She helps my dad out a lot with his construction business.
26. She sacrifices a lot for our family.
27. She cheers for the Utes.
28. She sacrificed so that as us kids we could do dance, baseball, basketball, etc.
29. She took good care of my grandma when she was suffering from ALS. She took care of my grandma's house and made sure that grandma had everything she needed at the LTC facility. I remember going with my mom to visit and she always had something to take to grandma.
30. My mom calls me almost every night when Bryan is out of town.
31. She loves it when we are all together even though it is a zoo.
32. She's smart!!!!
33. My kids love staying over at my parents house because they get too sleep in my mom and dad's room and watch movies.
34. She's honest. My mom is one of the most honest people I know.
35. She's a small town girl (I mean that as a compliment). My mom is modest and humble.
36. She has always stood by my dad. They have had some rough patches (what married couple hasn't) and she has always stood by my dad. I love my parents and the marriage that they now have.
37. I love my mom's raspberry jam. (I don't think there is anything that I don't like that my mom makes)
38. She's beautiful
39. She's organized. My mom doesn't even have a junk drawer - all my drawers are junk drawers.
40. She looks out for me.
41. She's a worrier. I think she worries more about us now then when we were kids and living in her house.
42. She makes a funny face when she curls hair.
43. She makes me feel good about myself.
44. She doesn't like to drive in SLC. I like that she let me take her to SLC when Austin was born. We had a fun time. It is something that I will always remember.
45. She's a sweetheart!!!!
46. I like it when she laughs so hard she cries.
47. She is supportive of my kids and her and dad and Kyle are always coming over for birthdays, dance recitals, soccer and baseball.
48. She exercises and tries to keep me motivated to do the same.
49. She puts up with my dad's very very very very very very loud snoring.
50. She's my example in everything I do.

We Love You Mom - Even Though You Are Now Older Than Dirt!!!!

Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving. We went to Bryan's parent's house and had fun spending time with his family. The food was great and the company was even better. Bryan, Vickie, Scott and Kristin got up Friday morning and went Black Friday shopping. Those Paxtons love to shop but I stayed in bed and slept in with the kids. We had fun playing games all weekend and on Saturday we had a pool tournament with Scott Perkins being the big winner. Our weekend was full of good food, games, flag football, pool and video games. What could be better!!!!

Now we have Christmas to look forward to. We almost have all of our shopping done so the stress is almost over. Bryan was gone all week the week before Thanksgiving. He had to go to Valparaiso, Indiana to help out a plant there so of course I was sleep deprived. I can't sleep when he is gone but I did get a lot of Christmas candy made. I tried for the first time my Grandma Baldwin's divinity and it worked. So I made a couple of batches of that and a whole bunch of chocolate covered pretzels and carmels. I still have more to do and Bryan has to go back out to Indiana so I guess I will get it done then.

Mason turned nine last week. He is such a great kid!!! He is our biggest helper. He is also a big sweetheart and is considerate of every body's feelings. I can't believe how fast kids grow up. I remember bringing him home from the hospital on Thanksgiving Day and Bryan's parents brought Thanksgiving Dinner to us and then my mom came back over that night to stay for a couple of days and to help out with Mason. We have such good families. We are truly blessed.