Once apon a time....

There was a princess! Well it is finally over. On tuesday, we had Jessie's Birthday Party. It was all things

princess, because, well that's what she is... right? It was hecktic, it was loud, and the place looked like it had been hosed down with pepto bismal! But all the name of celebration!

Jaxon (jessie's cuz) decorating his crown (the boys got crowns from BK, so as not to wear the pink tiara's)

The beautiful party room before it got trashed!



Jessie blowing out her castle cake! That was what she was most excited about, she didn't really care about the party, just said she wanted CAKE !

One of the many princess items she got as a gift! Thank you Morrell Boys!

Loved this picture! One of her little friends Hailey made her a card. It was so cute, she drew a picture of the 2 of them and wrote, I love you.

All in all, it turned out pretty well! I was relieved to be finished, but glad that everyone seemed to have a good time!

My Baby is 3!

So yesterday my baby turned 3! Can you believe it? I can not believe how fast these last 3 years have flown by. So in honor of this sweet little lady, I wanted to show you ( those of you who actually look at this blog!) a few pics of her over the last 3 years.

Well Happy Birthday Jess! Mommy loves you soooo much. You mean the world to me!!

P.S. Updates to come... She wants a princess party, which we are having tomorrow. Wish me luck!

Parenting Tactic Backfires

So you know how I was taking that "Love and logic" Parenting class? Well one of the tactics that they teach is the "giving choices" tool. The point of this is to make the child feel like they have the power, when really you are giving them the option between two things tht would end up with the result that YOU would want. Example; "Are you going to get in the car all by yourself, or does mommy need to put you in?" Okay, so not a perfect example, but you get the idea.
Well this morning, Jessie used the tactic on me! Thats right, my 2 year old has outsmarted the system.

When I left to go out last night, she was already in bed, but apparently she woke up and ended up in my parents room. So when I asked her about it this morning, she said "You're not supposed to leave me mommy." I said "I know, I'm sorry but you were already asleep, I didn't know you were going to wake up." She reply's "Are you going to stay here, or are you going to not leave me? Which one, mommy?" She then felt like she needed to repeat herself when I didn't respond right away.

Basically feel like I'm doomed. This kid is way to smart for her own good!

GIANT'S GAME!!!

So last night I went to my first San Francisco Giants game! It was awesome!

So I have to admit, I have not been much of a baseball fan all my life, I have not had anything against it per say, but I have never really followed it. So to be honest, I was not so sure about what kind of an experience I was going to have. But Andy made sure that it was amazing. This whole baseball thing is kind of important to him.


So here are a few pics from the night.

The Rockies during batting practice!

Andy had a cheat sheet with the teams roster on it so that he knew all of the players names. He tried the whole time to suck up so that someone would throw him a ball.

Ok so this is a really bad pic, (Andy took it) of..that's right, Randy Johnson! He walked right in front of us to go practice during the game. I was not ready fast enough with the cam. Did you know this guy is like 6'7. Dang, he was huge!

Me and Andy in the middle of the 8th inning. Just to give you an idea of how freaking amazing our seats were. Yes, that's the field right there at our seats! Andy literally was able to have conversations with the players!

And of course, the ball. Andy worked his little tail off the entire game to make sure that we came home with a ball. Literally, jumping up every time a ball came anywhere remotely close to us. And luckily, we came home with 2, which is good for him because the first one was mine :)

So the funny thing about the fact that I had such a great time is, I will probably never be able to top that! Pretty much any other experience would be a disappointment from here on out. So I really don't know how much more baseball is in my future! But hey, at least I know that it can be a ton of fun! And you never know, if I'm flippin through channels and a game's on, I may actually stop and watch, at least for a few minutes!

Another Jessie Quote!

So yesterday, Jessi hung out with her cousins for a while. While there she, noticing that Zachary's eye was all cut up said...

Jesie: "Zachy, what happened to your eye? Zach: I got an oweey. Jessie: Oh no, I will kiss it all better tonight, then it will go away, then you will sparkle!"

Love it!

Cute! Funny Thing!

So last night I had my love and logic class, which I normally take Jess to cuz they provide childcare, but didn't because we had our "End of Summer" Ward social, which my parents took her to. So this morning, I was asking her all about it. My mom had said that she had had a blast and was, of course, dancing for everybody. Anyway, I asked her to tell me all about it as we were getting ready for school this morning. She talked about the balloons, playing in the water, and acted out a whole scenario that I didn't really understand. Then I asked her if she had some yummy ice cream, after all it is an ice cream social, she looked at me blankely and said, tapping her head with her index finger, " Fink, fink, finker, mommy I just need to talk about somefing". Now I don't know if you can adequately picture this in your head, but it was priceless!! I'm so glad that we have kids in our lives that can keep us laughing!
Anyway, just wanted to share that!

New Job Idea?

Okay, so I have been thinking a lot lately about other occupational options. I know that I always have hair to fall back on, and I have every intent on continuing to do that, but my day job lately has been dwindling. So it has caused me to think about other things I could do. Plus, I realize that I need to come to terms with the fact that I may always have to work to support my tiny family, so I have been wracking my brain to find something that I can Love along the way. So the other day I was watching HGTV, for those of you who don't know, I am obsessed. Well this commercial came on for a home staging company called Haverhill. It also said that they have their own training institute. So naturally, it peaked my interest. I have always been into this sort of thing, and thought, "What a cool job to have". Right? I would think that my friend Tara could appreciate this. When I first met her, I re-arranged her living room! Anyway, I did a little research on the company and program, and found that you can complete the training in just 2 months, or even less if you are way dedicated, and it only costs $1000. I figure thats a small investment, if its actually gonna work. And suposedly, they have guarenteed job placement after you finish the program. And if they don't hire you, they give you your money back. So my question to all of you is, does this sound like a good idea? Is there really a need for Home Stagers? I just don't know, I havent been in the situation to use one before, and am wondering if many people do. Anyway, comments or opinions would be appreciated! Let me know what you think.