St. Louis Family

2 Cute

2010-07-27T07:56:00.000-07:00

What cute boys I have! Everyday I feel so lucky that I was able to have these guys enter my life. Now being 2 sometimes gets frustrating and you forget how blessed you are to be able to endure this, but I am truly so thankful!

Masters Degree

2010-06-29T08:00:00.000-07:00

Well, I finally did it. I signed up for my Masters. I'm a part of Western Governers University. I will be taking the Masters in Mathematics K-6. I'm excited and nervous at the same time. I was hoping to be able to get started in July because I'm out of school right now. It would be perfect timing if I was able to start, but of course I missed the deadlines. I just hope I can make it through during the school year. The first grade teachers tell me the class coming into mine are angels! I will also have a small class size of 21 students. It's amazing what a difference that makes. Last year was a joke!

Happy Birthday to my twinners!

2010-02-18T20:44:00.000-08:00

Birthday-Countdowns

Adam

2010-02-18T20:20:00.000-08:00

1. Where did you meet? Taylorsville High School, gym class. I was showing off my mad skills at volleyball. (not really, I made him "think" I was good at sports)
2. How long did you date before you got married? 1 1/2 years
3. How long have you been married? just about 9 years...WOWIE!
4. What does he do that surprises you?
5. What is your favorite feature of his? His buttocks and smile
6. What is your favorite quality of his? humor...he always knows how to lighten the mood
7. Does he have a nickname for you? Ally, but now mostly Mama
8. What is his favorite color? Royal Blue
9. What is his favorite food? Definitely cereal, he has it every night. "It washes his food down." he says
10. What is his favorite sport? Golf, golf, and some more golf. Wintertime he resorts to basketball.
11. When and where was your first kiss? Summer 2000: His house, we were playing horse and he said if he makes the shot, I have to give him a French kiss. He swished it in.
12. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? dinner, movie, and of course the unmentionables
13. Do you have any children? Twin boys: Ammon & Alden
14. Does he have a hidden talent? He is an awesome writer. I hope he writes a book one day.
15. How old is he? 28
16. Who said I love you first? I'm sure I did...I can't remember
17. What's his favorite music? anything with a good beat, absolutely NOT country
18. What do you admire most about him? His intelligence, he's witty, and what an athlete!
19. Do you think he will read this? Probably not, unless I show it to him.

Weight Loss Plan

2009-12-27T18:27:00.000-08:00

I'm starting another weight loss plan. I really need to get this started. I thought it would be wise to start a week before the New Year. I need as much of a head start as I can get. Tomorrow will be Day 1 of my work out and diet. I need to lose some weight before we head to San Diego in April. Adam and I will be meeting Grandma Dolores's family for the first time. Also, it is supposed to be Adam's 10 year reunion. I'm hopeful and excited!

Christmas Slide '09

2009-12-25T14:19:00.001-08:00

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Christmas 2009

2009-12-25T13:34:00.000-08:00

It's 2:34 p.m. and babies are finally taking a nap from a long Christmas morning. This is Alden and Ammon's 2nd Christmas. This year they are beginning to understand Christmas, at least the opening of presents part. They didn't really care what was inside, but they sure enjoyed opening presents.
It was fun getting them out of their crib and see their eyes light up to more presents.

They started playing with toys they had gotten from Grandmaleta's at the Christmas Eve party. She sure knows how to spoil her grandkids. They got A LOT of stuff. We preplanned not to buy too many toys because we knew this would happen. The boys have a short attention span, so after we opened all the toys from grandma, which felt like one minute, We decided to get our presents. They remembered from yesterday's party how to open the presents. But because there wasn't a room full of presents they looked at them and played with these presents. From us they got: a live Elmo, flash guns, Mr. Potatoe Head, and some cars. The list would go on and on if I listed Grandmaleta's presents. She did a great job though.

After that, they began to get restless so we knew it was time for breakfast. I decided to make my mom's traditional Red, White, & Green Christmas Waffles. They are green waffles topped with whipped cream and strawberries. Alden loved them, especially the strawberries. Ammon didn't want anything to do with it. We tried giving him other things, but he was set in his way.
We cleaned up, because we knew that Grandmaleta was coming over and Grandma Judy. They at least needed a place to sit down. Alden and Ammon love seeing their grandparents. They showed them their toys and gave hugs and open mouthed kisses.
Next, we decided to visit Uncle Bryon and give him and his family their presents. It was fun seeing everyone in their pajamas. They all got spoiled with fun things. My brother and his wife do a great job of making Christmas special for each kid. We enjoyed their Honey Baked Ham and all kinds of assortments of chips and dip. They gave us a nice gift and we will certainly enjoy it tonight! The babies were getting cranky and wanted to be held the entire time, so we knew it was naptime.

So we packed them up and headed home. We got their milk ready and changed their diapers and put them down. As we were relaxing we could hear them laughing and giggling in bed. We knew they were tired, but they would not go to sleep. Then they started crying. And of course, both diapers were smelly and they threw their binkies out of the crib. So I changed them and gave them their binkies and again put them down. At first, Ammon refused to lay down, but I left and now...they are asleep.

I'm trying to be better by posting things as they happen. So hopefully, as my new year's resolution, I will keep you all updated.

2009-07-07T13:19:00.000-07:00

Collage

2009-07-07T13:02:00.000-07:00

Hogle Zoo with Grandma!

2009-07-07T12:22:00.000-07:00

We went to Hogle Zoo and it was a blast! Alden loved the elephant. Ammon loved any water in sight. He seemed more interested in a puddle than any animal. They were really fun to watch. We got some tiger visors to keep the sun away. But as you can see in the pictures they didn't stay on long enough. Grandma was a big help in handling the twins. She was a sport getting them in and out of the stroller to let them see better. We took them through the Madagascar Exhibit. They really liked the turtles! It was a hot day and we drank lots of juice. I was really worried about dehydration. SO we had to get an icee. We finished up with the camels and it was too hot to stay any longer. They were pretty tired. They napped all the way home. What a fun day!

13 Days Left

2009-05-17T19:57:00.000-07:00

I'm so looking forward to Summer Break! I've even got a countdown in my classroom. My goals for this summer:
1)Play with my twin boys
2)Gym Routine/Weight Loss
3)Update this dang blog
4)Find my camera so I can do #3
5)Clean my house...I mean DEEP clean this stanky house
6)Hang out with friends and family

Hopefully I will have accomplished ALL of these.

2009-03-17T18:25:00.000-07:00

Here are the rules:

1) Post rules on your blog
2) Answer the six '8' items
3) Let each person know by leaving them a comment. (Not sure I have time to follow this rule:()

8 favorite TV shows

1.The Office
2. Simpsons
3 Hell's Kitchen
4. House
5. Food Network
6. TLC: Jon & Kate Plus 8/The Duggers 17 & counting
7. American Idol
8. History Channel

8 things I did yesterday

1. Taught 20 kids how to play 4 square
2. Got a new babysitter
3. Graded Papers
4. Played with my babies
5. Checked Facebook
6. Folded Laundry
7. Washed bottles
8. Put babies to bed and enjoyed my 1 hour of peace.

8 things I'm looking forward to

1. Summer
2. Being with my twin boys this summer
3. Cleaning my house
4. Finishing their baby book
5. Losing some weight
6. Sleeping without setting an alarm clock.
7. A long summer.
8. Back Massage...

8 favorite restaurants

1. Chili's
2. Cafe Rio
3. Magic Wok
4. Village Baker
5. Olive Garden
6. Chef Tom's
7. Texas Roadhouse
8. Red Lobster

8 things on my wish list.

1. Eat anything I want and NOT gain a pound
2. Snap my fingers and the house is cleaned
3. My student's parents follow through with consequences, reading, volunteering
4. 2 car garage
5. An actual dining room to have a family dinner
6. Continued Health and a desire to work out...
7. a baby girl
8. Travel the world.

My First Crash...hitting a car that is.

2009-01-12T19:53:00.000-08:00

Well...It finally happened. I hit a car! Nope, it wasn't a pole or a barrier. Every year I have to hit something stationary. It's just in the stars for me. And yes, my car is TOTALED. Friday, January 9th I had just dropped off the babies and was heading to work. Adam had called me in the morning and told me to drive EXTRA careful. He had seen many cars off the road, but I didn't quite make it. I was almost to work on 6000 West. I was heading down hill, when all of a sudden I see a Toyota 4 Runner in the road and Karen (she is on my team at Whittier Elementary)standing by her car. I tried to stop which was a mistake on an icy hill. That didn't work. I tried to turn left, then right, then any way that would not hit the Toyota. CRASH! It was over. My front end was smashed. The Toyota was protected from it's spare tire. This road was so dangerous that I almost got hit from behind me. That car was able to stop, but then got hit by another car. This road cost 7 cars and 3 of them work at Whittier Elementary. Luckily everyone was ok. Everyone else's car had minor bumps and dents. Mine is gone forever.

My Babies 1st Christmas

2008-12-25T18:56:00.000-08:00

What a fun day it's been! They were up and ready to go at 6 am. We fed them and put them back down until 8:00 for mommies sake. Adam helped open up their presents and their eyes lit up. It was super cute. As a first time parent, I didn't think of setting up their sit & crawl toy which had to be assembled to play with. I guess I'll be ready for next year. At least their so little they don't really have an idea. It was a blizzard as we were driving to Grandma Aleta's house. We made it through though. Of course, she over did it again! Presents were almost to the door because she has 4 new grandbabies this year. She didn't accomodate for the amount of people verses the space in her house. She "says" she'll slow down next year. We'll see...
We ate some breakfast. It was really good sausage and egg casserole. There was also french toast. I liked the sausage & egg myself. It still was a lot of fun to open a bunch of presents. The babies were overwhelmed with gifts. We might just save a few for their birthday.
After Christmas presents were opened we piled up the car and decided to go to a movie. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. It was a good movie, but a mistake to take the twin boys because it was a 3 1/2 hour long movie. We had to stand the majority of it entertaining upset babies. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else.
Now we're home playing with our toys and relaxing for the rest of the day. It was a great 1st Christmas!

Halloween & Thanksgiving

2008-12-15T18:44:00.000-08:00

Halloween
I know...I know...it's December, but I thought I should blog about their 1st Halloween and Thanksgiving. Adam and I decided for Halloween it would be cute to have their outfits go together. So we thought it was appropriate to have Winnie the Pooh and tigger too! Just so you know babies HATE to have make up put on. At least mine do and I only put some eyeliner on their noses. I originally wanted to be Eeyore for Halloween, but two things happened:
1)No time to pick one out
2)Money...costumes are EXTREMELY expensive.
I was last year's pumpkin. As a school teacher, I have to dress up. Since I was new to the school I let it slide doing a repeat of the costume. Halloween was fun. Our neighborhood circle decided to have an outside gathering for dinner and have a trunk or treat. So we didn't walk around the twins. Everyone came to see them. It was a great 1st Halloween.

Thanksgiving
Tradition is to go to my brother Bryon's house. He sets a nice formal meal with name tags and everything! It was really nice to see everyone. We fed the babies before we ate dinner. They got a baby food jar Thanksgiviving meal, turkey dinner and sweet potatoes. We also let them try mashed potatoes and gravy. They loved it.

I just need more time!

2008-12-06T20:33:00.000-08:00

I wish I had more minutes in the day. I was shown how to blog several months ago and I haven't added ANYTHING! I just can't keep up. Well my babies are getting huge. Alden can crawl everywhere and stick leaves, cords, and anything that should not be in his mouth. Ammon just sits there sucking his binky away. He is trying to scoot a little bit, but doesn't go far. They are pounding down baby food and we can't keep up with how much they eat. I swear we have to go to Smith's every other day. We just took some Christmas photo's of all the grand babies on Adam's side. It turned out super cute. I'm looking forward to Christmas vacation. Maybe I'll add some more then.

Family Slide Show

2008-07-12T12:43:00.001-07:00

Princess

2008-07-08T14:40:00.001-07:00

You Are Cinderella!

Dignified and hard working. With a gentle and soft-spoken manner you have something many people don't. Patience. Even through the moments of heartbreak you're still able to hold onto all of your hopes and dreams. Bide your time; your dream will come true.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

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2008-07-08T14:33:00.000-07:00

The Twins

2008-06-27T11:26:00.000-07:00

Adam and I had twin boys February 26, 2008. They are so darn cute! They turned 4 months yesterday! It is crazy how fast they are growing. Today they get their shots. :( I hope it is better than the last time. Ammon was struggling the last shot. He DID NOT adjust well. Alden was o.k. but overall they hated those stinkin' shots!