Embarasing Mom moment

Well it was bound to happen...I was in a hurry this morning and didn't have time to pump

before I dropped Samm off at school and hit the gym, so I just left my friend with some

formula for Macy when she got hungry. About an hour into my workout I was sitting at the

bench press machine when the manager walked by with a funny look on his face. That is

when the Oh No hit me and I looked down to find a nice big wet spot on the front of my shirt!

Fortunately I had a jacket with me, so I hurried to the dressing room to slip it on and quickly

finished the rest of my workout.

Valentine Dance

Samm loves her dance class and gets really excited any time they have an in class performance. The memory card on our camera isn't very big so we couldn't get the whole thing, but here is a little piece of our future ballerina!

Fun with the kids

I was just cleaning the house yesterday when I started thinking about how my

conversation was going to go with Samm when I picked her up from school.

Samm: Where are we going Mom?
Mom: Were going home.
Samm: What are we going to do at home?
Mom: Nothing honey, just play.
Samm: Aww Man!

For Some reason Samm has this idea that we should do something really exciting

everyday. Unfortunately for her though she has a very unexciting Mom. The

McDonalds play place is about as creative as I get. So....I decided I would plan

something fun for us to do that way when she asked what we were doing that day I

wouldn't get the aww man. Then for some reason I suddenly thought about popcorn

balls. I don't have any specific memory of making them as a kid, but I'm pretty sure

we did a few times, because my mom gave me the recipe for them. The kids had a fun

time making them and they were really easy and very tasty. My recipe is a little vague,

but I thought I would share it anyway in case anyone wanted to try it out.

1/4 C water
1 C corn syrup
1 C sugar
1 small package of Jello

Mix all together and boil for 3 minutes. Pour over popcorn and form into balls. (you'll
want butter on your hands for that.)

The part that it doesn't specify is how much popcorn. We have an air popper so I just

used one big scoop of kernals. I've never made it with microwave popcorn so you'll

probably just have to experiment. I'm guessing it would be at least two bags.

Daddy Daughter Dance

The Stake puts on a Daddy Daughter dance every year for Dad's and Daughters of all ages. This was the first year that Josh and Samm went. Don't they look so cute!

Josh stopped by a florist shop on his way home and got Samm a corsage. So adorable!

Samm was sooo excited about the dance that she talked about it everyday for two weeks before it happened. Hmm...I wonder where she gets that from?!?

I have the blahs

So does anyone else ever feel like they are just stuck in a rut? I really don't feel like I have the

baby blues...honest I don't...just the blahs. I'm dying to wear my regular clothes again...ok so

just a pair of pants with a zipper instead of elastic would be great. I'm tired of sitting at home all

day because the thought of going anywhere with three kids is terrifying. I want to fix my hair

and put on makeup...but whats the point if I'm not going anywhere? So I'm doing the only thing I

can right now and I'm dying my hair. Nothing drastic just getting rid of the blonde bangs. I

suddenly thought they looked trashy. Normally when I start feeling like this I go shopping. For

some reason spending money always makes me feel better. However, I thought maybe I should

be more practical this time. So I'm just wondering what you all do when you start feeling a little

bit blah?

My beautiful Kids

My Mom took this picture while she was here and just sent it to me. I was laughing when I saw it because it totally looks like I bribed them with ice cream to smile.