BRING IT ON!!!!!
Saturday, January 30, 2010
DECADE RECAP
Posted by The Rich's at 1/30/2010 10:58:00 PM 2 comments
what could be better . . . . . ?
Ben and I had a fun date night with his family. We went to Macaroni Grill and a movie. (happy belated anniversary Jim and Jo) We went and saw "When In Rome". It was such a cute flick, there were some really cute and funny parts. I would see it again. But before we got to the movie our awesome sitter text me a question and I thought I'd just call her. Ben asked while it was dialing "do you think the kids are in bed?" well of course Sadie is awesome!
She asked how to get the apple tv working with movies other than disney, and then I asked her if the kids were in bed. Well, like I said . . . of course. She really is a great sitter.
So with that said, what could be better?
We got home late and I drove our sitter home and I was gathering my stuff to head to bed. I always pop into the kids rooms before I go to bed and check in on them. Especially after I don't put them to bed, cause I miss them. (even after such a short time) So I popped in, and they were all sound asleep. They all looked so peaceful.
That is the answer to my question. What could be better? Nothing is better than sleeping babies. I love peaking in on them and watching their chest rise and fall as they breath. Seeng them all cozy and curled up in their beds. Sometimes laying in the opposite direction that they were put in their bed, but totally and completely out. I could just sit and watch. Just sit and watch them sleep and do nothing. There is something really great about it. Weird right?! I just love it. Peaceful sleeping babies!!!
Posted by The Rich's at 1/30/2010 12:18:00 AM 0 comments
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
My Cute Girls
I just love my girls!!!!! Just a few fun pictures and updates on what's been going on.
Sam has been asking to do the dishes!!!!!!!!! I wonder how long
Here we are . . . she is washing and I am loading.
Luella is getting to be so fun. She is smiling, and making noises (like she is trying to tell you something), she recognizes our voices. She even tried to giggle the other night when I was getting her into her jams. It was so cute.
Posted by The Rich's at 1/27/2010 09:28:00 PM 2 comments
Monday, January 25, 2010
Crazy Monday
I always have some kind of plans for every day. You know the usual gym, laundry, cleaning, grocery shopping, volunteering at Ssam's school and the list goes on and on. We woke up this morning and Mason would not walk. He wouldn't put any pressure on his right leg. He just complained and wined and cried and crawled and wanted a heating bag on it. Well, sometimes the wining is normal, but the not walking . . . . that isn't normal. Especially for Mason, he is so active. He is always running and jumping around. I always say it is better so be safe than sorry. So I called and made and apt, made arrangements for Sam to go to a friends house before school, and let Sam's teacher know that I wasn't going to be coming to help out.
We get to the doctors and as I'm getting out, Mason won't walk and Luella can't walk, so I have to push a stroller and carry a 3 yr old. Fun right. Well the doctor came in and checked him out and couldn't figure it out, just like we couldn't. So better safe than sorry again, we headed over to get x rays of his foot, leg and hip.
We get in there and luckily Luella was asleep. I get Mason in the x ray room and he is freaking out. He was not happy to be there. I and another nurse had to hold him down to get the x rays. So they took about 6 or so pictures and went to make sure they all turned out. Nope, we still needed more. But by this time Luella was waking up, actually screaming cause she was so hungry. I stayed out and fed Luella while 2 nurses were in with Mason, holding him down to get some more pics. It was so sad, he was just screaming and crying, yelling for mommy. It was so heartbraking. I love my little guy and it was so sad that he didn't understand what was going on. After they took round 2 of x rays, they went to make sure they all worked. Well, lets do a round 3, what the heck. So this time, I handed Lu off to a nurse and went in with Mason. I held his hand and he didn't cry, he was so brave. I guess it just took 3 times to get him used to it.
I was so glad when it was all over and done with.
The nurse called later and said that the x rays came out clean. He did start walking and putting pressure on his foot while we were at the doctors. They just said to keep an eye on it.
But really, how often is it that you have some plans and then . . . change of plans. That is just the story of my life right now. I think it is also just called being the mom. I told my mom the other day that the most selfless act I think I will ever do is be a mom. I plan on going to the gym in the morning and the baby gets up to feed, so I don't go and don't make it at all. I plan on going to help out at Sam's school and something unexpected somes up and I don't go. I've just some to realize that my reality is that the things that I want and need (working out, quiet time, time with Ben, running errands, ect) are quickly replaced with the things that my kids want and need. When you get up with your kids around 7 am and are with them non stop until 10 pm, that makes for a very long day. And there isn't alot of me time, or ben and me time. I guess I just never realized that mom wasn't really the right name for me when I started having kids. I think that the other names are housekeeper, laundromat service, cook, driver, nurse, referee, teacher, friend, rule enforcer, and the list goes on and on. There are so many crazy days that I am so grateful for the days where it is complete bliss. They are far and few, but there are some. And when they come, Ben and I really appreciate them.
(just to clarify . . . I love my job as MOM and all the extra titles that come along with it. I would never trade my job as a mom or my kids, they are all definately one of a kind. I just think that I am going to be in desperate need for some Whitney time and in even more need for a Ben and Whitney trip. )
Posted by The Rich's at 1/25/2010 09:13:00 PM 2 comments
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Painter's 1/2 Marathon and 5K
I signed up for a runners serries a few months ago with my sisters Hilary, Rebekah, Rebecca and my brothers Nicholas, McKay and Matt. We have all been training, some more than others getting ready for our first race of the series the Painters 1/2 and 5K down in St George.
My sister came and picked up the kids and Ben and I took off on the road. It was clear skies, really turning out to be a great drive. It was about 7pm and we were right outside of Fillmore and we started to hear a really strange and yucky noise with the car. We decided to pull of at Fillmore (good thing we did) As we were pulling off the off ramp, our car completely gave out. Yep, stopped working. Ben got out and pushed it half way up the street and then I got out and pushed it the rest of the way to the gas station. Lu got hungry so I fed her while Ben and a mechanic diagnosed the car.
The diagnosis is a new engine . . . . basically. I was just busting up, I handle the big things like a champ. Throw any large wrench in my way and I can handle it. It is the small things that get my feathers ruffled. We weighed our options of getting home, and getting the car home and finally decided that we would have the tow truck/AAA guy tow our car and take us in the cab with him. *side note* if you have AAA service I guess that you really need AAA+ Joanne and Jim said that we could use their AAA but it could only be towed about 5 - 10 miles. Well, that wouldn't have really made a dent in our way back to Salt Lake.
We all hopped into the cab of the truck, and made the journey back to SL. On the way back the weather wasn't with us. There was a time when I was really worried. The roads were so bad and we couldn't see the road or which way the road was going. But our driver was very confident in his driving, and he let us know about that. So after a long drive leaving Fillmore at 8pm and getting home at 11pm we were totally done.
Our trip that was supposed to be a simple drive down to George, 35$ for the race fee and staying at the St George House quickly made a turn for the worse into a 6 hour trip, 450$ tow back to Salt Lake, pringles for dinner, and a possible blown enginge.
So if you are wondering why there are no pictures of me at the finish line of the race, we didn't quite make it. And I totally forgot to get a pic of our cjute little subaru on the back of the tow truck. Needless to say, it wasn't a half bad night. It was a comfortable ride with no kids talking in my ear and Luella was an angel. She just slept the whole way. So I guess the real question is new engine or new car. It's a debate.
Posted by The Rich's at 1/23/2010 08:14:00 AM 3 comments
Thursday, January 21, 2010
SaVE My houSE
I have come to understand what people mean when they say that boys are destructive!!!! My little Mason is only almost 3 and I can barely keep up with his energy and enthusiasm, especially when it comes to being wild and crazy in my house. Today Sam came running up the stairs telling me that he had broken the glass by the window. Well, it was the tile ledge that was at the bottom of the window. Yes indeed, he had hit it with something and knocked a good piece right out. Seriously, are you kidding me?!!!
Then there is the ball issue. Not just basketballs, if only. No, any kind of ball. Actually anything that he can throw. We put a basketball standard in his room so he could play anytime rain or shine. But, the problem is that he has brought his game from his room to the hallway (throwing a football from one end of the hallway to the other, he's got a pretty good little arm), and from the hallway to the kitchen where he will either, dribble, bounce, throw or drop kick any sort of ball. So if you can imagine a little 3 year old with pretty good, or DANG good hand, eye and foot coordination, well, let's just say that all day long I ask hime to stop. Today he was throwing a ball at a picture on the wall, drop kicking it onto and over the counter, and just being a boy.
I just need the weather to get better so that my house will survive this little boy. (or maybe just so that I will survive) We have a hoop out in the back and he loves it, but it needs to get warmer so that he can stay out there longer, maybe even all day long!
I love my little Mace, but he is going to be the end of me and my patience. So if anyone has any extra patience, send it my way . . . . I am in desperate need!!!!!!
Posted by The Rich's at 1/21/2010 11:33:00 PM 0 comments
Sam and the Dentist
Posted by The Rich's at 1/21/2010 11:11:00 PM 0 comments
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Live and learn and learn and learn
Posted by The Rich's at 1/19/2010 10:51:00 PM 1 comments
Lu's 2 month check up
Posted by The Rich's at 1/19/2010 10:29:00 PM 1 comments
Daddy's Day Off
Posted by The Rich's at 1/19/2010 11:30:00 AM 0 comments
Mail for Samantha
Last week Samantha brought in the mail and there was a letter for her. She was so excited. My sister Rebekah was over and she knew exactly what it was. I opened it and it said . . . .
Posted by The Rich's at 1/19/2010 11:20:00 AM 0 comments
Monday, January 18, 2010
THANK GOODNESS FOR SWINGS
Posted by The Rich's at 1/18/2010 11:38:00 AM 2 comments
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Saturday Night Date Night
Posted by The Rich's at 1/16/2010 11:15:00 PM 0 comments
A Day From ______!!!
So you know when you have one of those horrible days. Right when you get up, you just know that it is going to be a doozy. Well, that is how yesterday was. I woke up and wasn't the happiest mom, then my kids were wining and crying (which is normal, but sometimes enough is enough). Joanne was so sweet to come over and play with the kids for a minute before Sam went to school. After that I thought the day was on an upward climb. I picked up my mom and we went out and ran an errand together with just Mason and Lu. It was great. We made it back to pick up Sam from school and went on our way to take my mom back home. Well, I drive Wasatch Blvd everyday, sometimes multiple times a day. (i'd like to add that on the way to my house we saw a cop pulling someone over) Well, as I'm driving along, going about 40, a cop pulls out of a church parking lot and I'll leave out the details of my asking for a warning, going to his car to see the radar gun, even being so frustrated that I cry a little and just signing the paper to get him out of my face.
How unfair to add a speeding ticket to an already stressful day. It's like adding salt to an already open wound. And how sad to have to tell Ben when this is about my 4th speeding ticket in the last 2 years, and 3rd on Wasatch I might add. So I relaxed at my moms for a bit before heading back home. We pull into the garage and I get out and grab the baby, and right when I open the door for the kids to get out, Mason falls head first out of the car onto the cement floor. Seriously, are you kidding me. Could this day get any better. Just wait it can. So Mason gets this awesome goose bump right on his forehead, but is ok once Dad gets home. To end my day I went out shopping for a minute and found all these way cute shirts and they were even on sale. I probably tried on about 10 or so shirst. What to my luck only one fit. The others looked like I was a rather large girl trying to squeeze into something that belonged to a tiny person. Doesn't that just make you feel great!!! Well, I guess I just need to work a little bit harder and be a bit more dedicated.
I was just glad to lay my head down on my pillow and say goodbye to yesterday and hello to today!
(oh yea, so I guess I'm the kind of person that lets a swear word come out every once in a while when I am stressed. Imagine 3 kids and always being stressed. Samantha went into the bathroom last night while getting ready for bed and was saying a bunch of words and aparently said the sh word. Isn't that just a great mom's example. I guess I have more things to work on than I thought)
Posted by The Rich's at 1/16/2010 08:01:00 AM 1 comments
Monday, January 11, 2010
CAUGHT RED HANDED
Isn't it funny when you catch your kids doingsomething you know they shouldn't be doing. First of all they are usually away in another room, trying to be really quiet, and when they get caught . . . . they are kinda embarrassed.
Well, isn't it even funnier when it isn't your kids you catch, but your 29 year old husband!!! Well, Ben and I are really trying to be good and healthy and get in shape. It is definately hard work getting the body back that you know is in there somewhere after having a baby. So I need all the help I can get. Well, Ben is also working really hard. Going to the gym, eating healthy, and cutting out some things that do nothing for us; like soda.
Ben got home from a movie and went downstairs for a bit. I was in the kitchen and the house was pretty quiet. All of a sudden I heard the sound of a can popping open and the fizz being let out. I went over to the stairs and Ben was right there waiting for me. He pretended like he hadn't done anything, and I asked if he was drinking his soda. He tried to hid it for a minute, and then admitted to it. He told me that the moment that he popped the lid, he thought "I bet Whitney can hear this!"
Well, I am not a controling wife, just trying to help him out like I want him to help me out. I just thought it was so cute. It was more fun catching Ben doing something he shouldn't be than it is sometimes catching Samantha or Mason. You gotta love my Benji!!!
Posted by The Rich's at 1/11/2010 10:57:00 PM 2 comments
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Sledding w/ Cousins
It was such a great thing to have Ben home with us for the day and go have a Saturday Adventure. Those were always my favorite things as a kid. Saturday Adventures with my brothers, sisters and mom and dad!!!!
Posted by The Rich's at 1/09/2010 11:05:00 PM 1 comments
Our little Night Owl
Mason doesn't always go right to bed when we lay him down. Unlike Samantha who hits the pillow and is basically out, he likes to stay up in his room playing with his "things" (his toys and little trinkits), organizing his clothes or just not going to bed. Ben and I put them both to bed at the same time and we went down to watch a movie. When I came up the stairs this is what I found in the hallway. I'm not quite sure what he was doing but I do know that he got so tired he couldn't make it 10 more feet back into his bed. So I picked up my not so little toddler boy and took hi back into his bed. And when I got into his room I found that he had put bunches of his clothes, shoes, toys and diapers in a basket and box right next to his bed. He loves to have his "things" close to him when he goes to sleep so noone takes it. Even though Mason isn't always a happy camper, he is still and will always be my little boyfriend. Everytime I say "I love you" he will repeat the " I love you alot. I love you more. I love you forever. I love you forever and ever. I love you for always" It just melts my heart everytime!
Posted by The Rich's at 1/09/2010 10:45:00 PM 1 comments
Friday, January 1, 2010
Good Bye 2009 . . . Hello 2010
Randon cute pictures
We had a great December, but I'm grateful for the hussle and bussle of the season to be over. Luella has been changing so much that I wanted to put some cute pictures of her and how big she is getting. Samantha loves Luella so much. She does this cute thing where she kisses the top of her own hand and then puts that part of her hand on Luella. It is her cute way of giving Lu a kiss! She always asks for me to put Lu in bed with her, and even wants her to sleep with her. She ensures me that she will be really careful and take good care of her. They will be such good friends and buddies as they get older.
I thought he would have a hard time with it at night, but he didn't. And the one time he asked for it I just told him that he has spiderman now and he looked at me and smiled and said"ok".
Samantha and Mason were so excited for days. When Santa got there Samantha hid under a table until he left, Mason actually sat on his lap. I thought he would be too scared, but he did it, and even Lu sat on his lap. They loved it. Thanks for the fun morning Honey!!!
After the nativity the kids put on their Santa hats and Jim read a Christmas story. That is one of the Rich's traditions. Jim reads a christmas story every Christmas Eve (or Adam).
Posted by The Rich's at 1/01/2010 09:32:00 PM 1 comments