I was tagged the other day by a friend and fellow blogger so I gave it a day to think about my answers so here we go:
4 shows I love to watch:
1- Dancing with the stars
2- The office
3- Accidentally on purpose
4- Greys anatomy
4 things I am passionate about:
1- My family, I love being a mommy and wife.
2- Flowers real or fake. I love the colors, the smells and when I see flowers my mind gets creative with all the things I can do with them.
3- Laughing. Every good moment in my life is filled with laughter.
4- keeping journals. I love to blog and scrapbook but i have kept a personal journal everyday for most of my adult life. My dad knows almost nothing about his own father and I always wondered what and who I come from. I will hopefully leave my children with more information than they ever wanted to know.
4 phrases I say a lot:
1- I love you! I think I drive Abigail and Harris crazy.
2- No-No Harris! He is a busy bee.
3- Oh my lands! Once again Harris is a busy bee and I will leave a room only to return to find him standing on top of the table or dragging toilet paper from the bathroom to the living room.
4- Do you have your Grumpy pants or Happy pants on? My kids are part Graden and part Jammes enough said.
4 things I learned from the past:
1- I am a tough cookie. My favorite thing about myself is that I am scrappy lady.
2- My parents are brilliant! It never fails they always have the perfect advice or story to tell me just when I need it the most.
3- Enjoy every moment..... whether I am at home cleaning or outside playing and having fun. I have a lot to be thankful for.
4- Heavenly Father REALLY is my friend and LOVES me. He knows me and can make everyday a little better.
4 places I would love to go:
1- Scotland
2-Massachusetts (to see a Boston red sox game)
3- Utah
4-Italy
4 things I did yesterday
1- tickled my kids
2- cuddled with my hubby
3- watched "How I met your mother" thanks heavens for a DVR
4- made my famous meatloaf
4 things I am looking forward to:
1- May 3rd for the cruise Aaron and I have been saving and waiting for.
2- Aaron never having to work night shift again. I think he will be on second shift for a long time but I will love it when he is on a normal shift.
3- Harris to be done with teething. My little guy is not his normal happy self.
4- My friend Nancy to come into town. I get to meet her new little daughter Hazel.
4 things I love about winter:
1- cuddling with my family
2- eating chili and soups
3- hot chocolate
4- family get togethers..... Christmas, Birthdays, New Years
4 things on my wish list:
1- a new couch
2- the perfect dress (for my cruise and Easter)
3- My backyard to be done and never deal with flooding and mud again.
4- the perfect haircut
4 friends to tag:
1- Nancy Sorrell
2- Casey Gentle
3- Laurel Shaw
4- Jen Jen
Everyone really I want to know about all you guys so bring it on Ladies!
The other night I woke up to a light on and the noise of a drink being fixed. So I got out of bed and to my surprise found Abigail pouring herself a cup of Coke. She's a sneak! When I caught her I said " Abigail what are you doing?" She said simply " Mom if I asked you, you would have gotten me water so I was sneaking the good stuff" Oh the things kids learn when you think they are not paying attention. 
Since the movie "The Princess and the frog" Abi had been obsessed with frogs. IT TOTALLY GROSSES ME OUT! For those of you who may not know I am kinda a germ phobic. However I decided that I was going to let her be a kid and I would just follow her around with disinfectant. The other day Abi found her a frog and when it was time to go inside, she decided that she would put him in her play house mail slot. When she woke up she woke up begging to go play with him. To our surprise when we went outside we found a sad sad thing.
He went "belly up" literally. She was devastated. We decided to have a proper burial ( Aaron threw him in the ditch when she was not looking) and then Abi said we needed flowers so she added some. Oh, lives lessons are sometimes tough. Do not be to sad she found another frog and he has never been discussed again.
Sunday was Abigail's actual birthday so she got to be the decision maker for the day. I am such a ding ding and twisted my ankle on Saturday so we skipped church and amazingly all slept in until 10:00 in the morning. IT WAS FANTASTIC! Then Aaron made his special eggs. He puts coloring in them.... shockingly they were pink. Then we played some Yahtzee, watched some Max and Ruby, then all loaded up into the car and went for a drive. We drove and found this pier and stopped to walk down it. I love simple moments like this. I have so much to be thankful for. Happy Birthday Abigail! You are one heck of a decision maker. You chose a perfect day! I love you, your sweet smile, your loving heart and all your kind actions. Thanks for being my girl!
Here he is... Mr. Max ( like the show Ruby and Max). We went today and got him. Abi's first kitten. It was adorable. Aaron or myself was not completely sold on the idea. In fact to be honest I would have been 100% fine with never owning another animal. Abi wore us down then Mam-Maw joined in and before we knew it we were committed. I still am not entirely sure how it happened but it did. I have to say Abigail's reaction was and will be worth every second of having a kitten. There are those moments in life that I will never forget this was by a land slide one of them.
Her face was the best. For a good 5 minuets she giggled and laughed. IT WAS PERFECT!
Harris loved it as well. He walked by all of the cages and shock them all. Growling and giggling at each one.
I can not believe my little Abigail is 4 years old. I love being her mommy. On a daily basis she makes Aaron and I laugh. I remember being a new mommy and holding her in my arms wondering who and what she would be like. Now I she who she is so clear. Feisty, Beautiful, and loving those are the 3 words I would describe her as. For her birthday we did a Princess and Pirate theme. All the kids dressed up if they wanted and we had a great time. Abi was the Princess Tiana from "The Princess and the frog" movie.
We did the party at the playground in fox Meadow's. My friend Lisa and I even got in on the action and our men spun us until we could not walk straight. I felt my age.
The girls were so cute!
The kids played
Then we opened presents. Abigail opened Mam-Maw and Papa's gift last:
The we did the worlds toughest pinata. Finally I just ripped it open and the kids had a free for all. It was fun!
I went on strike and this is what I ended up with. Crazy right? I went on "life" strike for a week and all this laundry accumulated. How is that possible? I went on strike because I felt like all I was doing was cleaning and running errands so I decided for a week I was going to play and not be so busy with every day life. Aaron has picked up loads of over time but I have been holding down the family. We had fun, we did crafts, and laughed, we went Birthday shopping, we played outside on our new swing set, we to Gold head national park and enjoyed nature. It was PERFECT!
Even with all this CRAZY laundry it was worth it. I love my kids! I love my hubby and all the hard work he does for our family. My perfect week was worth a messy house and 20,000 loads of laundry.
Plus.... look at how much fun they are having. So cute!
The other night I was getting the kids ready for bed. Harris found a clear plastic purse that Abigail's little princess dollies come in. He was giggling so hard before we knew it all 3 of us (Aaron was at work) were all belly laughing. He would breath really hard and fog it up and then press it to his face and smash it against the plastic. I did what any mom would do and started right in on the tickling which made the night was complete. Everyone was tickled, kissed, and sent off to bed. It was fun!
