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5 things on my to-do list
1. Clean my house (deep clean)
2. Paint Ash & Liv's rooms
3. Reorganize the garage
4. Food storage!!!!
5. Run!!
5 snacks I enjoy
1. Chips
2. Popcorn
3. Triscuits w/pepper jack cheese
4. Apples and peanut butter
5. Dove Milk Chocolates
5 things I would do if I were suddenly a billionaire:
1. Buy our dream house in Salt Lake and move back.
2. Phil would retire!
3. Buy a toy hauler and four-wheelers.
4. Get caught up on food storage. (Where are my priorities?)
5. Invest some and donate some!
5 places I have lived:
1. West Valley City, UT
2. Orem, UT
3. Tooele, UT
4. Las Vegas, NV
5. Holladay, UT (my favorite!)
5 Jobs I have had:
1. Little Caesar's Pizza (fun)
2. Carousel Ice Cream (sticky and lasted two weeks.)
3. IHC Customer Relations (STRESS)
4. Cottonwood Hospital Radiology (fun)
5. Mom!!!!!!! (The best job ever!)
5 things people don't know about me:
1. I'm not really sure about these because I'm the easiest person in the world to read.
2. I "Dear Johnned" two missionaries, one of whom is now gay. Go figure!
3. I am fascinated by the Amish culture.
4. My back is so extremely sensitive.
5. I like to wind down at night by watching Leno.
5 bad habits:
1. I'm the biggest procrastinator!
2. I'm very unorganized.
3. I get very short tempered when I'm tired.
4. When I read I get really engrossed and then it's hard to do anything else.
5. I blog way too much!
5 people to tag
1. Heather
2. Melissa
3. Suzanne
4. Racquel
5. Megan

There she goes...off to 3rd Grade!

Yesterday Allie started 3rd grade. I think it was a mixture of excitement and sadness for both her and I. She was sad that summer was over, but excited to meet her new teacher and friends.

For me it's just kind of sad to see her growing up so fast. But, exciting at the same time. I'm sure most of you can relate.

Even though she is an independent kid, she wanted me to walk her all the way to her classroom. I'm secretly glad because at least I know she's not embarrassed to hug her Mom good bye in front of her friends.

Ash and Liv were so excited to take Allie to school and can't wait until they get to go to the 'big' school too. Allie had a great first day of 3rd grade! She was so excited to help me sign all the papers that her teacher sent home for her. She couldn't decide whether to sign her name in cursive or print. Oh the joys of being in 3rd grade!

Little entrepreneurs...

I've been promising Allie that she could do a lemonade stand at the park this summer. Finally we did it on the Friday before school started. She was so excited. She got her friend Sami to help her and although they didn't get much business, they had a lot of fun!

Ash and Liv willingly agreed to be the first customers.

Big girl bed!

Okay, so I'm getting kind of sad that my baby is really growing up! Last night we took the crib down for the very last time. We took Ashlie's top bunk off and put it in Livvy's room. She was excited but, I think her sisters were even more excited. She slept in her bed all night long (didn't get out once!) Hopefully she stays in her bed all of the time. Allie and Ash were praising her over and over in the morning for being such a big girl. It was so funny! We love our baby/big girl! She is so much fun!

Cure for the summertime blues...

The girls and I got to spend all of last week up in Utah with family and friends. Phil joined us up there on Wednesday night. We all had a great time and it was a much needed break from the heat. We've been taking a lot of breaks this summer but, what can I say, this heat is brutal!

As if the heat weren't enough...

Sorry! I have to have a little gripe session. One thing that drives me absolutely insane living in the "desert", is bugs. There are these cricket like bugs that infest the trees. They make this really annoying buzzing sound, not the soothing crickets that you hear at night in the mountains. They only do it in the summertime when it is really hot. So, it is almost unbearable to even attempt to go out your front door. At least we are going to have a reprieve for a week! Yeehaw! We are off to Utah while Phil is in California working. He is going to join us later in the week, so we can go to Jordan's wedding. Yay! Even the kids are so excited that they can't stand it. I am actually really looking forward to running in the mornings while in Utah too. I was going to post pictures of our backyard but, there have been a couple of things that they have to re-do so, I will post those when we return.

Training for the Ironman?

For those of you who know him, my husband has a funny sense of humor. We've come to an agreement that he is better at ironing than I am. And he likes his shirts wrinkle free. So, I resigned from my job at ironing and I'm not for rehire. He now has ironing marathons where he irons all of his shirts in one night. It usually takes him a couple of hours. It's kind of a joke between us now. Tonight he told me (while he was ironing) that he is training for the "Ironman", while winking at me. At first I thought he was serious and then it dawned on me what he meant. It was kind of comical. I'm thankful that he keeps me laughing!

The Natural...

The first day of swim lessons Allie's teacher had her back-stroking. She normally doesn't like to even try to swim on her back. But, she was doing it like a little natural. It was awesome! She loves to be in the water and lives in her swimsuit (which is so faded that I'm scouring the clearance racks now.) I've learned that swimsuits do not work for hand-me-downs.

Sometimes peer pressure is a good thing...

Allie and Ash started swim lessons this week and we were worried that Ash would freak out because she has been terrified of water going above her shoulders. Well, to our pleasant surprise she will actually put her face under water now. It helps for her to have other kids her age doing the same thing. I was shocked to see her "bobbing", when the teacher asked her to.

Hooray for Ashlie!

Sometimes a girl just needs her Daddy...

Livvy is getting to the point of not taking naps as often anymore. So, one Sunday afternoon she was having a post-church meltdown and Phil took her upstairs to help her calm down. They both ended up crashing for a good Sunday afternoon nap. He is so good with our girls and they go crazy when he comes home from work.

P.S. She picked out her own clothes.