Thoughts of Thursday!

Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing."

Sorry Kirsten, I took this from your blog. I haven't stopped thinking about it all day! It is so true and is exactly how I feel!! Perfectly said.

Is this day over YET? Is my shift over and can I clock out!? What a day. You know sometimes when you just need a good, hard, healthy cry. Today was that day. It started out so great too. Gym at 5:30 and home by 7. Showered and ready for the day by 8. I cooked breakfast for my kids and hubby *I always feed them, but today was the good, hot stuff!* I ran errands while Macie was at her last day of Summer Camp. Got home, fixed lunch....and then I lost it! Apparently, I hit a curb *duh, I knew I hit the curb* but left some damage on Dave's precious cargo...his car. AAGGHHH! He wasn't very happy about it and I honestly didn't even know it left a, yep, a scratch. I feel badly about it, I do. BUT...it is only a car, right!?

Anyway, from there it proceeded to just get crazier. It didn't help that my crazy busy 2 year old took a 45 minute nap. Macie didn't get her much needed nap so I decided to take the kids swimming to get out of our messy house because I was tired of my to-do list growing by the minute! Anyway, we had a great afternoon. Mom recovered and is smiling, but has a headache. Kids are fast asleep. I am ready for bed and climbing in as soon as I "publish post!" Just needed to vent for a second. BUT, all is well and life goes on!

Happy Father's Day!

What a great day to be able to spoil our husbands/fathers. Dave really is a special person and is such a great dad. Let me just tell you what he spent Father's Day weekend putting together. The backyard playset from Costco. He began his work at 8 am and didn't come inside until 10 pm on Saturday. No joke. He was such a trooper with no complaints, still not finished *this thing is a beast* but the fact that he put his whole day, sweat, frusturation all for his kiddo-s is amazing! We love him and are so grateful for how hard he works for our family. I am so proud of his success and am such a lucky girl to be his Mrs. David Grantham! This day is going to be spent with a new tradition. I wanted to make him a special dinner, and one that I do NOT ever make....which is Salmon. I have never cooked anything fishy at our house. I am surprising him with a nice dinner that he will be shocked about (hopefully it tastes okay with the whole experiment) He also was given a new drill....to help the process of the playset. I felt really bad about him spending all Saturday hunched over doing physical labor so I also got him a 1 hour massage because he is going to be super sore! We love you Dave and hope you have a wonderful day!

What goes around....comes all the way back around!!

 

 

I knew this would eventually happen. Dalan is so funny. He climbs out of the tub, back in, out again, and in. However, usually he is a naked boy...BUT I have to say I wasn't upset. I thought it was pretty funny and something he and Macie can laugh at later on!!!

Our road trip to Nephi, St George, Las Vegas, back to St. George, Nephi, Salt Lake, and finally back home!!!

The reason for this road trip was because Dave's little brother Josh got married to his cute new wife Lexy! It was such a beautiful wedding and she seems like a really great girl. This was our second time meeting her and she was so great. Again, the buggy thing about living so far away. I will say though that Josh is one lucky guy!!













Here is a collage of the fun at the reception!

 

Here is a collage of the fun at the temple!

 

Cousins that we love and miss like crazy! Macie has little Cali, they are 6 months apart and she absolutely worships Briqelle, who just turned 8. Dalan has little/runt Brecken, and the two boys are 5 months apart. It couldn't have worked out more perfect, EXCEPT we had to move to Idaho and now the cousins are soooo far away. SLC and St. George. I used to think that I could get them to one day move this way, but it isn't looking good. Mama mags bought a condo in SG and Amber and her new hubby just bought a house in Holiday! C'mon guys....lets re-consider this!














I gave my good friend Christina a baby shower because she has 3 boys and is having her 4th baby, and YAE for her it is a girl! We had a great turn out. She has a lot of really great friends and one super duper great friend who went above and beyond to make sure that this baby Cholee would be super spoiled. Your welcome.
I can't take all the credit so there is a diclaimer *** Tara is the bomb. Deana is also the bomb. BUT Christina is the hot prego blonde bomb shell! *** Check out those swolen feet, or are they swolen yet??? JK

 

The adventures of getting us home! I was so ready to get back to Idaho after being gone for a week. Right when I put the kids in the car, they immediately zonked out, thankfully. I was on I-15 right by the downtown/temple square exit when my car started beeping and flashing "check tire pressure!" YEP...I blew a front tire and it was awful. I was all the way to the left and needed to cross 5 lanes of traffic to pull over. Holy Crap! Robby to the rescue. Luckily he was up helping my sister move and thanks to Brit for coming to keep me company. What a scare. The worse part was that the night before, I dropped my cell phone in the sink of running water (this isn't the first time) and said a prayer that my phone would even turn on. Whoo Hoo, someone was watching over me that day.

Summer Camp!

Macie's first day of summer camp was today at a little pre-school. It is a 4 week program, 3 days a week!! She was so excited to take her backpack and ride over in her friend Beau's car and to sit in a booster chair. Today they talked about summer. They painted ice cream cones and used real sprinkles....too bad that it was a cloudy day and her first day of "Summer" school she had to wear long pants and a jacket!! Gotta love Idaho!!

aaaggghhh....

This day started out with my alarm clock going off at 4:55 am. I was trying to wake from my dream and was reaching for the green straw, hence Macie now needing a specific color for everything! I rolled out of bed and somehow made it to boot camp at 5:30 (thanks to Lindsie McD picking me up!) It was brutal. It has been a couple of months since I have really really pushed myself like that. I work out. Whatever. This is a workout. It was nice to be home and ready for the day before kids were out of bed. Same routine. Different day. Errands and the mom stuff we do at home. Finally, it was time to take the kids to the Buhrley's (thanks again Amber!) 5:00 is usually chaos at our house and today was no different. Dropped the kids off at the worse time ever. Starving kids, a Macie with no nap, and a see ya later to Amber!

Aaagghhh...the drive with music of my choice! I chose the Childrens Primary Songs, and Macie wasn't even in the car with me. Something about the song, "A Child's Prayer" gets me. Plus, I was on my way to the temple (woo wooh!) It was soooo needed and it felt amazing to be there with my husband. After a brutal awakening and a rough work out, it was so rewarding to end the night feeling so at peace and a desire to want to try harder, serve more diligently, and give more of myself to everyone around me, especially my children. A new day tomorrow. Can't wait!

Do we truly teach by example...

Picture this. My litte girl pulls down her pants, takes a squat and pees on my doorstep. YES, I was outside, however, not watching my children. I was way more engulfed in my magazine at the time. Next thing I know, Dalan is splashing in a puddle. It didn't dawn on me that it was pee...until a few minutes after the fact. Just barely, kids are outside playing, roaming free in the backyard where it is fully fenced in. I take a peek out the window to see Macie look around and to her satisfaction mom is nowhere to be found so she continues to once again take a squat and attempt to pee in the grass. BUSTED!

This reminds me of our cute little neighbor boy Connor Peterson a couple of years ago who lived across the street from us in St. George. Dave & I were outside and totally saw him take a leak in the bushes. He was maybe 4. Atleast, he was discreet...and the fact that he is a boy makes it a little more acceptable in my eyes for some reason.

Maybe, it was my poor example when I had to pee sooooo bad and we were on a bumpy road with no toilets in sight. I made Dave pull over so I could pee in the snow and now I am pretty sure my little Macie tot thinks it is totally normal to pee outside. I guess like mother, like daughter!!