Owie!

Well, today was the day! Kindergarten starts in 4 months for Kate and it was time to get her immunizations....... I told her we were going to the dr. to get shots and she was fine with it, we talked about ice cream and all the fun things she would get and we got to the dr. she found fun books and things but she was a little nervous. The dr. himself was fun and had her jumping on one foot, checking her ears, and had her cover one eye and such. When the time came for the shots, I started to distract her and cover her eyes. After the first shot (she had to get 4 in her thighs) (and there aint much there), she tensed up and screamed a shreek of anger and hatred that could be heard for miles and miles. The nurse said, "oh she needs to relax....." And I'm thinking, "Lady, your lucky I'm keeping my cool for my kid or you wouldnt have a tongue to talk with!" But anyway - she managed to get the rest of the 3 needles into those tensed up muscles and when she was done I held Kate and stroked her sweaty forehead, and watched her turn pale. A few sips of water, a sticker, a sucker and lots of promises later, she recovered and we left. She gave that nurse some pretty crusty looks on the way out and I was chuckleing inside. She was good about rubbing and rubbing her legs for a while. We got icecream from Golden Spoon, macncheese from Applebee's and even a ring pop at the target check out. On the way home from St. George to Mesquite she fell asleep. I had given her tylenol before we even went to the dr. but when she woke up her stiff and soreness was obvious. Advil isnt helping and she can barely walk. She allowed me to slowly and tenderly get her pants down to get the picture but its' going to be a fun couple of days...... no gymnastics tommorrow for her..... I wonder if she'll ever let me take her back to that same dr. again?

~ Kate ~

Self Portrait.

Okay I saw this on the camera and had to blog it. It is totally her! The hair standing on end, the electric blue eyes, that pleasing playfull smile, and the innocense of the picture as she tries to take one of her favorite person - Her self! Man I love that girl.

Easter Weekend Part 2

After Sat we were ready for conference to start. You may be wondering who those cute girls are with us? Well, the cute blonde is Emilee Rappleye she is our neighbor and the other girl is Tara Overwater, their foreign exchange student from New Zealand. ( oh yes, her accent rocks! ) Anyway - we knew that Kate would not be allowed into conference and so we took Emilee along to bbsit her while we went in, and Tara is out to see all the sights and things she can while she is in the states and she is not LDS so we of course relished in the opportunity to overwhelm her with mormonism.... Well, when you walk temple square with 4 gorgeous girls and a crazy Kate you get noticed.. It didnt take Tara Overwater very long to find people from New Zealand, including the BYU Rugby team, a couple of their players are from NZ and they promised Tara that they would come to her baptism in NZ if she got baptized, kinda cool! Anyway - we had a great time, We all loved conference and being there in the same room as the Prophet. I even mentioned to security that I was Henry B's 2nd cuz and asked if we could sit closer and he said, go for it, just go down there and sit. But Kev didnt want to move and you can see great no matter where you are, so we stayed on the mezanine. I was surprised how in real life the first presidency are a lot more rickedy and slow to get out of their chairs and fragile looking then they look on TV when you are at home. We headed home right away after the PM Session and got home about 10pm. It was awesome and worth it. I'm grateful for the gospel in my life, for a husband with a great job so we could afford to go, and that he can keep our big huge car running all the while, and for my wonderful children to set the example for a non-member and that we are all healthy and happy and blessed beyond measure.

Easter Weekend

Oh dang it, now see.... I dont understand how to do this blog.... I am putting the pictures in by the order they happend but they are coming in backwards!!! Arg - well, your just gonna have to figure it out...... After we arrived in SLC Friday night we crashed, and Sat. we headed to the Gateway Mall and entertained ourselves by trying on many things, taking pictures all over, and just some good old fashioned fun with the intentions and strict instructions to buy NOTHING. yeah right..... there were deals man! We spent and then we got the heck out of there..... Then we went to dinner with Sean & His family... that was fun because we went to the D.I. together after and I know a good deal when I see one! So , to say the least, we each got a new pair of shoes for $3 to $4 each. Sorry Keven , you should have gotten that cannon, it was a steal at $150!

Easter weekend we got tickets for Conference so we started off on Friday, we went to the Leighman caves. This was by tour only so we picnic'd and toured and then headed the rest of the way to Salt Lake. It was quite interesting to learn that it takes like 100 years to make an inch or two of the stalagtights and yet , they were really really long, some so long they reached the ground.

Where was I?

I dont have any pictures of me, but hopefully you all got to see me on "Lets Make a Deal!" And in my defense I want you to know that I had taught 4 exercise classes and my girlfriends picked me up in the parking lot at the gym and we went straight to Vegas so if I look kinda, um, thrashed, well, its because I was, the whole day was completly exhausting. But I'm excited to get my camera in June. If you didnt see it, you still can - on www.cbs.com search for the show under Daytime TV and you want the one dated 3/25/10, I'm in the middle of the show if you want to fast forward. I'm the green cheerleader. Go Bulldogs! (whatever!)

This is Kately inside the Key West Mine. (she's a little nervous because we saw bat poop) We let dad take the wheel and drive! He drove us out past Whitney Pockets to this Key West Mine and later in the month we organized a group 4 wheeler ride with over 20 bikes to this same mine for a day outing. It was really quite fun.

Activity Days girls went to the Paul Mitchel hair school and got updo's and nails and toes done, Talia is shown here with her friend Sarah (they think they rock, they are having the time of their lifes)

Well Here is one that I have mixed feelings about. My daughter is growing up! This is Tara next to her "friend" Lane Tate. Then their is also her Best Friend Tamari, and Tamari is next to her"Friend" Michael Seary. Whatever, I'm not stupid okay? But hey, at least they are all hanging out at my house where I can watch them, Taner is the one in the blue shirt with his arm around Tamari, totally working it. Again, whatever!!

Camera Unload

Okay I'm trying to get caught up here, and I am starting at the bottom so that it is all in sychronized order but my stinking camera just died on me, so now I need to go charge it and when I get back to unloading it onto this blog the stuff the I put on will be what actually happend before what you are reading below.

Basically, enjoy the updates below, and we;ll be blogging again soon...........

AND DONT FORGET TO WATCH CBS THURSDAY MORNING TO SEE ME WIN!!!!!
I'm on "Lets Make a Deal" THIS THURSDAY!!!










Kate has been doing gymnastics because it is right next door to where I teach Zumba, so she runs back and forth while I teach my class and she loves it. She's pretty darn strong and flexible but I would be too if I ate like a bird and ran circles all day!

Well lookie there! Tara and Tiff went on a PRE hike for our 26 miler hike that we are doing in July and there was Wendy and Bubba out there too! It rocks to live by family! Theother hikers were eating packaged dinners and we got dutch oven potatoes by bubba!

Yeah Tara! Tara had her first swim meet for the High School Swim Team this saturday. She got 2nd in Breast Stroke out of like 30 girls so we figured that was worth blogging big time. Amber is on the team to and they were even in a relay together. Kinda fun!

How's your heart?

Well - Happy Heart Day Everyone!
(I tried to put a clip art heart on here but I dont get why it wont let me)

Just thought I would let you all know that for the past couple weeks I have been having my heart checked out. Echo, stress test, halter monitor, that sort of thing. No big deal, just some minor concerns with dizzyness, ringing of the ears, tight chest, that sort of thing.

The good news is ..... I'm going to live! The bad news is, I'm am the spawn of Sharon. (now that can be a good thing in many ways, but in this case its not)

I was trying to give her my family history and to be honest I dont really know it. Dad? I know at one point you gave us a list of med's you are on and for the reasons but I basically told her you had old age because thats what you always tell us. She chuckled. When I mentioned my mom she said something to the effect of "Oh yes, I remmeber her, she was a nervous little thing."

Anyway - all tests done and this is what my chain smoking, coffee drinking cardiologist told me.... That I need to either slow down or find a spiritual time each day to pray or meditate. I have a premature ventricular blah blah blah, not a big deal, I have permission to run myself to the ground in the next marathon but its the daily stresses and 12 classes a week I teach and the prep time and stress for each along with a family of 4 kids an big house, etc. etc. etc. She said, "I'm not telling you that you have to quit something but you arent getting any younger and you better find time to meditate or pray for about 30 minutes a day." When I asked about caffeine or if this would get worse over time or if she wanted to see me again in 5 years or something. She basically said, your heart is fine - its your brain thats the problem. Have you had any anxiety or panic attacks, I said yes, she said, Me too!! Your heart is fine, you need to find time to pray or meditate or cut something out of your schedule. I said what if I dont. She said, then you'll feel these crappy syptoms and they may get worse so chill! She admitted that the caffeine can agitate it and she definitly recommends it not to be a daily thing, only when I really feel like I need it after teaching that 4th class, a soda would be fine. Even a cup of coffee each morning would be fine but not 8 cups a day. (you get what she was trying to say anyway)

So, alas, I will live! And I wish I could just quit all my jobs and walk away but I would be sooooo depressed and that would bring on a whole new batch of problems, so I am definitly saying no to things in the future and trying to cut a few classes out but go figure..... my goal for 2010 has been to be more spiritual and take time to have more personal study..... Why did I have to have a dr. confirm what I allready know?

So - I hope you all have a fabulous Valentines Day - Men ...... Dont forget your woman! Women, give those men a kiss or two!

Love you all - Tiff