Christmas Vacation Summed Up

Oh, where to begin. Christmas of 2008 was well....memorable. We took a trip with Lee's family down to FL to see family and soak up the rays. It all started out as a very good idea, we just had a few speed bumps along the way.

Oh the Disney excitement, this is us getting on the tram

At the beginning of the week we took a big family trip to Disney World. We were hoping for a magical experience, especially with the kiddos, what we got was:
1. Separated from the family about 4 seconds after we entered the park
2. Kicked off the Dumbo ride. (Turns out Makenzie doesn't like to fly in an elephant)
3. Larry, Keith, Sandy, Janelle and Lee all started feeling sick. (which then over the next few hour resulted in Vomiting, and lots of it)

Actually once I didn't have Makenzie to worry about anymore I loved Disney World. We stayed until almost midnight and made sure we got our $75 worth. (Janelle we are so sorry you waited for us and puked while we rode the rides). So overall Disney World was a struggle but I had a fun time.
Next Major event.
After returning home for Disney World at about 1:30am, I see Larry holding Makenzie while she is asleep on his shoulder. She had been puking for a few hours and wouldn't let him put her down. I took her from him, and held her the entire night while she slept, and puked and slept and puked. Finally at 6am, after no sleep and very little sanity, Lee decided we should take Kenzie to the ER due to amount of vomit and lack of hydration. So we spent Christmas eve in the ER in FL. Its a good thing Larry came with us because Lee himself was puking the entire time we were there and a few times on the way.

Christmas Day.

Christmas day was fun, we opened gifts and relaxed, had dinner at Dan and Bryn's and then about 5pm I knew I was next in the line of deadly rapid puke virus. So Larry and Sandy drove me and Makenzie back to the cabin where I vomited all night. I spent the next day recovering and the next day driving home. It was memorable. It is also good to be home.

Now it may have sounded like a disaster but there were some high points.
1. I was the master in President Scum
2. I actually enjoyed myself at Disney World
3. We had hot Chocolate and watched It's a Wonderful Life on Christmas Eve (that felt like Christmas)
4. Kenzie loved playing with Claire and Jayn and Lily. She love's her cousins and it was fun to see them play together.
5. It was nice to see family and be together.
6. And during all the times I thought I might lose my mind, it was nice to reflect on the atonement and know that my Savior knew what I was feeling. It was nice to be able to think of him during the Christmas season when he is so easily forgotten in ribbons and wrapping paper.
Merry Christmas everyone. I hope everyone's Christmas was delightful.

My First 911 Call

I should have known today was going to be crazy when Kenzie slept in until 9. We started our day a little later than normal. Well every Monday, Wednesday, Friday I put Kenzie in her highchair with some breakfast and I run down stairs and put the trash on the curb. Well today when I came back from taking out the trash, I was locked out. We usually never lock our actual knob, only the bolt, so I had no idea the door was locked. I had no keys, no phone, so I started knocking my neighbors doors. I had to run all the way to the other side of my building before our nice neighbor Gretchen let me in (seeing the panic in my eyes I am sure). She let me use her phone and gave me some water, and even gave me a coat to wear while I waited for the firemen to show up. So I called 911 told them my toddler was locked in the house in her highchair. About 10 minutes later the Fire Truck pulls up. They worked relentlessly for about 10 more minutes, trying to pop open our window or our door. Finally our door popped open (WHAT A RELIEF) and I ran upstairs to save Makenzie who was sitting in her highchair and had eaten all her breakfast, happy as a clam. While I was locked out I prayed that Angels would watch over her since I couldn't be there, I think they were there because she usually screams if she is in her highchair for more than 10 minutes. This time she didn't seem to notice that I wasn't there for about 30 minutes, maybe her future brothers and sister were their keeping her company. A special thanks to the Firemen who came to our rescue. I will now be extra cautious taking my trash out.

A Gentle Reminder I'm not 17

So tonight I had one of those moments that throws you back into the past really fast (makes you feel younger and more reckless then you are) and then yanks you back out pretty hard, only to find you really are about a decade older than you think you are. Here is the story.

At church I work with the 16-18 year old girls and I couldn't ask for a better calling. I love the girls, I love working with them, being with them, everything about them. When I get with them I am magically transformed back into my 17 year old self. (Or so I feel.) Tonight we had an activity and I am telling them how badly I want to see Twilight (yes I am 14) but with a baby and 3 schedules to work around I have no time.. etc. So they tell me.. "We'll just go tonight all of us."(At this point they are now totally excited, and I am pretty stoked as well) I tell them I will probably have to wait and go with Lee, but they continue to beg me to go tonight. So I call Lee and say "would you be heart broken if I went to Twilight with the girls instead of you?" He tells me "Go for it." So I'm like "Ok lets do it."

They then proceed to remind me that they have to call their parents. WHAT?!! Parents, who calls their parents? Oh wait I am in my late 20's, my friends here are 17. There is almost a decades worth of difference here. (I haven't called my parents to ask permission for almost 10 years). That was when I received the whiplash back into reality.

So funny, story ends with all of their parents telling them no, "its a school night." I must have suppressed that line from my mind, because when you're parents say that to you when your 17 don't you just want to spit nails at them. Because lets face it, whatever you want to do is way more important then the school you have the next day. And now here I sit, alone, blogging, Twilightless,left high and dry.

Other side note: So as soon as the girls told me they couldn't go I tried to think of friends that could come with me, then I remembered, all my friends are married, and most of them have kids and its 9pm, no one would just jump into my car in 5 minutes to go see twilight. That is when I missed being 17. Why can't we all be just a little more reckless and crazy? Next time one of you gets a whim to do something, call me and I hope I can be as reckless for you as I wanted someone to be for me tonight.

Its gone

So for like a year now I have wanted to cut my hair but I have always come up with some excuse as to why now is not a good time. Well now is a good time and I finally did it. Janine did a great job and she even cut it off in a long pony tail so I could send it to locks of love. Never really thought about it before she mentioned it. So in cutting my hair hopefully I am able to help someone else. So here I am. Shout out to Talai, I also held out my hand and took one of these pictures. Shame, what's that?

So this is it. Plus I added this next little number. Don't I look like I am trying to take a sexy facebook profile picture or something?

Autumn Craft

So before the weather got too nasty, and before all the leaves finally fell. Kenzie and I took a little walk to find the prettiest leaves. We then dried them and stuck them in some frames we already had. I am actually quite please at how they turned out. A free fall project just for us.

Green Goblin

No Joke, Kenzie thinks that walking around or doing anything for that matter with this green blanket over her head is the best thing in the world. She wants you to go under with her and read her stories, she wants you to change her diaper while she is under the blanket, she wants to watch tv with the blanket over her head. She even wants you to chase her while she is under that thing. Its kind of weird. But what can you do right? If you ever come over and see a green ghost walking around, don't worry its just my daughter.

Bag of Candy

So we still have about half a bag of Halloween candy left. It is disappearing more rapidly then I would like. I couldn't figure out why until the other night.
(Reenactment)
Lee: Why are you carrying that bag of Halloween candy around with you wherever you go?
me: Uh, obviously so I can have a piece whenever I want. (duh, right?)
Lee: (semi confused and slightly weirded out face) ok.

In all reality, the scary part was I hadn't realized I had been carting it all over the house. What grown women carries a bag of candy around with her wherever she goes? In that time I can recall eating almost all the kit kats and crunch bars. Whoops! I am reminded of this experience because look who is sitting right next to me right now.

Yikes! How'd you get there bag of candy?
Bag of candy, I love you.