My Birthday Boys!

It's always good to have a little celebration and fun during the drag of winter time. We got to have double the fun with Jordan's birthday yesterday and Tyler's today. The cake saga continues with Makenzie. She informed me that Jordan wanted a "Baby Einstein" cake. I made a caterpillar out of cupcakes to represent the Baby Einstein caterpillar, even though it didn't really look like it. We enjoyed a small family party and Makenzie has enjoyed his presents as if they were her own.






I'm assuming Tyler had a good day. He got an iphone a few months ago and that constituted as his birthday gift. I didn't want him to go presentless on his actual birthday, so we bought him some new socks. Makenzie didn't keep the secret too well and told him several times what he was getting this past week. We celebrated by giving him 27 reasons why we love him. Guess why? :) We then went out to dinner at a good Mexican restaraunt. The kids actually behaved quite well since they had tortilla chips and chocolate milk- two of their favorite foods. Tyler had to be to the Young Men's activity, so we followed him and celebrated with an ice cream cake with all the boys.

I love my boys! Happy Birthday!

Pick a cake, ANY cake!

Makenzie has been talking about her birthday since Christmas. It is March 24th. Whenever we went to the store, I could easily weasle her out of the common toy fiasco that happens in stores with kids by saying, "Ask Santa for Christmas." Well, this still works except I say, "Ask it for your birthday." The 20 requests I get each time are usually forgotten as we walk out the store.

I'm not much of a cake-maker, but I usually try and make something special for their big day. In December, Makenzie attended her friend's birthday party which had a horse theme. For several weeks after Makenzie insisted that she will have a horsey birthday as well, including a horsey cake.


Well, a few weeks after Christmas, she found my cake decorating kit. She wanted me to make a cake right then. I mentioned I will make her one for her birthday, which then she informed me she wanted to have a Wall-E cake. She said her horsey cake can be for another birtday. Okay, I thought. My sister-in-law did a Wall-E birthday for her girl, so I could just copy off her and it would be fine.


Well, the birthday conversation was brought up again this week. Makenzie was sitting on the toilet doing her business while I was doing my hair. She was telling me what she wanted for her birthday... and then I tried finishing her sentence by saying, "And you want a Wall-E cake." She then said, "No, Mom. I want a Jack cake!" Who is Jack, you may ask? My child is fascinated in scary things. I don't know why, but it for sure doesn't scare her right now. Tyler got the movie, "A Nightmare Before Christmas" for Christmas. Makenzie has claimed this movie as her own and insists to watch it everyday (not that I let her!). Jack is one of the main characters.


What 3-year old girl would want a skeleton cake? I just have to laugh. I guess I could just do his head. It would be really easy. She still has a month and a half to change her mind again. I'll keep you posted as to what will be the final deal! Aren't children fun?!

Just our luck!

Tyler and I don't speed that often... and if we do, it's usually not over 5 mph.

Do you see where this is going?

Tyler took a van full of boys over to Nauvoo yesterday for an activity. He was pulled over for going 10 over and he was slapped with a $110 speeding ticket. (The speed limit is 60 mph practically the whole way over there.) I told Tyler he should take it out of the Young Men's budget! :) If not being pulled over on the way to a church activity with all the boys was hard enough (and getting a good tongue-licking from his wife) well than... the story gets better.

Tyler had meetings in the morning before church, so I got the kids out the door. We travel by a university where the speed limit is 20 mph! I was just minding my own business not really thinking that a cop would be out to get someone on a Sunday morning, especially when school isn't even in session, BUT, of course, I get pulled over for going over 30 mph. Oops! I also didn't have my license with me... something I always forget on Sunday. Well, I went away with just a warning. Whew..... I was a little humbled, since I gave Tyler a hard time the night before. I think we both learned our lessons!

Tyler thinks cops are out to get the men since he got a ticket and I didn't!

We wish you a belated Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year!

My pregnancy woes have gotten the best of me and I've been slacking in many duties, including blogging! The demands of motherhood and my basic responsibilities is about all that I can muster myself into accomplishing lately. I'm also still adjusting to having my evening free time taken with doing homework for my online master's class. I'm hitting 13 weeks of being prego, so I'm hoping my normal energy will return soon!

We had a very good holiday break... it consisted of being really LAZY! So lazy that I only took about 5 pictures the whole time we were gone! We drove to Southern Utah without stopping... it took us 23 hours to get there. We pulled in at 8am! We actually are glad we did it because the kids slept most the night. We enjoyed spending time with both our families and seeing some friends as well! We've missed our hometown of Cedar City and the mountains!


Jordan on Christmas morning with his new favorite toy!


We took Makenzie sledding for her first time. She loved it until she crashed!

I've been feeling a little sluggish lately....

BUT..... we are very HAPPY to announce that I am pregnant and expecting our 3rd child!! I'm about 2 months along and will be due in July. I've been really tired and quite nauseated for several weeks now.... hence being soooo sluggish. Tyler has been amazing at picking up my slack.




Do you like how the title of my post and the slug picture introduces my pregnancy?


So here is the story about the slug. VERY DISGUSTING! Since we have moved here to Missouri, I've been quite surprised that we haven't had many bugs in our home. BUT... we seem to have a little slug problem instead. I think I would rather have a bug problem rather than a slug problem. OK... it's really not a problem. We've found about 5, but they are the most disgusting things in the world, and I've discovered them in our home in not the most convienant ways (i.e, stepping on it in the middle of the night. I thought it was left over food from dinner, but totally freaked out when I turned on the light.) Luckily this guy made home on the outside of my slippers the other night, instead of the inside! It seriously gives me the creeps to see them!

Awesome Christmas Video

A friend of mine put this together and the music coordinates really well with the video. It is the nativity with Amy Grant's song. Let me know what you think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQs0H7dvwy0

Mommy Vacation

I took a quick trip back home for 4 days to Cedar City, UT to attend my friend's wedding. Tyler had Thanksgiving week off, so he stayed at home with kids. It was the most lovely Mommy vacation that I have ever had. (The only one that I've ever had thus far.) Too bad I didn't sleep in.... I did get a couple naps in though.

I met up with my beautiful family on Wednesday in Omaha, NE and we ventured up to South Dakota to spend Thanksgiving with Tyler's Grandpa Glanzer. Grandma Marilyn is a collector of antiques.... so it wasn't very fun keeping the kids out of things. "NO NO NO!!" was very common. They were very accommodating though and it was nice just to sit and chat and watch TV. We took the kid's to the Sioux Falls which was all lit with Christmas lights. We also went to their light parade. Grandma is famous for tea parties. Makenzie learned quick on how to hold the tea cup, with pinkie up and all! The kids loved the hot chocolate and goodies.




We came home Saturday and dealt with rain and sleet the whole way home. Luckily the roads weren't bad and we got home at a decent hour. We got all the Christmas stuff out and I must say that this year has been the worst with Makenzie. She is just loving it too much!!! She wants to decorate and redecorate the tree and then she wants to play with the Christmas ornaments as toys. I threatened to take down the tree! With time, the interest is slowing down.



Jordan has been good... he's just fascinated with the lights and will go and touch them. He learned another word today.... "NO." He says it loud and drawn out... so it sounds like " Naaaaa." He uses it a lot in context.


We woke up to 3 inches of snow on Sunday, the first for the winter season. Makenzie was sooo excited and was out there at 8am playing in it.


Tyler started the car for church to warm up and somehow locked the keys in the car, our only set. We called a locksmith and had to pay $50. We were also late for sacrament meeting. The locksmith told us he can make us a key that will open the car, but not start it. Good enough for me.

Monday was catch up day with laundry and cleaning. I had to shop for the fam as well as 2 orders for the club catering thing we do. Tuesday was the BIG Enrichment night that we have been planning for for quite some time. I deemed it a success! And now I'm glad it's over. I played a Christmas Medley on the piano and I think it went well. I don't think I will ever be perfect in playing, but I didn't mess up horribly.

My master's classes started on Monday. We have weekly assignments to do. This week I have to comment at least 10 times on 2 discussions and then write a paper. I feel like a minority in the class, as I have no work experience in health. Everyone else is employed in some way and I'm just the young mom at home. Already a lot of the stuff they talk about is over my head. Luckily Tyler is here to help me in giving me some opinions.

We got a knock on the door tonight and found the missionaries at our door. We were excited to see that Elder McDowell got a new companion.... Elder Glanzer (Tyler's Cousin)!! What are the chances of that happening?!?! It is his first day out in the field! We visited for about 15 minutes. Luckily I just took out some warm pumpkin bread to feed them. Poor guy came on a cold and blistery day! We hope Kirksville treats him good!