An Explanation

Last week, Sarah and Avery were rolling around in the office in the desk chairs. Avery was pushing Sarah when she hit the raised section of the floor between the wood and the tile. The chair tipped forward and threw Sarah out onto the tile. She banged her forhead so hard, the goose egg was literally the size of an egg. Over the next few days, the swelling began to lessen but the bruising spread from her head to her eyes. So both of her eyes look black. My theory is that Sarah hitting her head has been the cause for her super nasty behavior. See, the frontal lobe of the brain is located behind the area she hit.

This is what wikipedia says about the function of the frontal lobe--"The executive functions of the frontal lobes involve the ability to recognize future consequences resulting from current actions, to choose between good and bad actions (or better and best), override and suppress unacceptable social responses, and determine similarities and differences between things or events. Therefore, it is involved in higher mental functions."

Hmmm! It seems there is definitely some damage there. Maybe I should just forget about being a nurse and become a doctor instead!

Look at my poor baby. I hope she will heal soon.

This picture does not do the damage justice. It looks much worse than this.

Obscenities

I have a problem with my redheaded angel. The problem is that she is not angelic at all. I know it is hard to believe when you look at that sweet innocent face and see that little dimple but it is true. She spews the worst three year old obscenities when she loses her temper. Seriously, she says the worst words she knows--freakin', poophead, idiot, stupid, baby. She strings them all together and sounds like the worst potty mouth I ever met. I have a hard time not laughing at her. Please someone tell me how to put an end to these awful swear words!!!

Almost there!

So I have finally almost made it to the end of the semester. Really, I am only taking two classes but it is quite a load. This month is nothing but straight tests and finals are the second week of May. Yay! I have yet to decide if I am going to continue with classes through the summer. Its a funny thing in life--just when you think you got things figured out, you get a curve ball. That random statement is referring to my plans for the future. One minute I feel like I need to back off of taking so many classes and the next I feel like I need to really push to get my degree. Sometimes I just wish I had someone making my decisions for me.

Rodeo Day

After the holidays, we always look forward to the rodeo coming to town. This was the first year we really got to take the kids and play. There were lots of things for the kids to do there--farming, petting zoo, pony rides. They also got to see baby chicks hatch and pet rabbits. There was a brand new baby calf born the same day we were there. The girls thought that was pretty cool. Mark and I were exhausted by the end of the day and didn't even end up going back to see the Rascal Flatts concert like we had originally planned. We gladly gave the tickets away and enjoyed a peaceful evening at home with our bone tired children asleep in their beds.

Long Past

I am just finally posting my Christmas pictures so I can remember what a fantastic holiday it was. We got to sleep in until after 7am this Christmas--what a blessing! Mark wanted to wake the kids up earlier than that because he was so excited. The girls were very excited about their gifts and so was Spence. I was excited about them too especially because I was on a pretty strict budget this Christmas and used a lot of price matching and coupons this year. I even had Mark take time off work to stand in line at Toys R us for Avery's bike. I was all about saving money this year and it was nice--for once--not to have gone overboard. We had the most lovely day ever. It was peaceful and quiet just being in our home with no where to be. We all fell back asleep and had a late lunch. It was sad to see Christmas end but I am one of those people who likes to have closure to my holiday. I can't stand to leave all the decorations up for very long and I have too turn off the Christmas music. Mark calls me "Scrooge" but I'm just ready to move on. Am I the only person like this?
Pre Christmas mess


Thanks Grandma and Grandad for the barbies and Toy Story blanket



My sister made these cutest ever cupcakes--the girls love, love, love them!

What's the deal?

Some of you may be wondering what the heck is going on here. I hardly ever post anymore and my blog is getting way boring. But never fear. I will try harder. Here is a little update. Mark and I got the bright idea to start school in December. We have a community college right around the corner from us and the tuition is DIRT cheap if you live in the district. Mark has been itching to get a different job for a little while now and I have dreams of someday becoming a labor and delivery nurse. Over Christmas we took what they call a "minimester class". Basically we crammed a semesters worth of work into 4 weeks. Fortunately, it was a communication class and we both got an A in the class. This semester we decided to take on Human Anatomy and Physiology and we both have to retake Intro to Psychology. They are both online classes but they consume a lot of our extra time these days. I am thinking I'll take a break this summer. My brain feels like it's going to explode and the semester just started. Mark has high hopes of taking two more classes this summer--I'm so proud of him.

On another note, my husband finally completed our shower. It is beautiful.

He also put in a pull down ladder in our garage to make an attic for extra storage. We were running out of space so it is nice to have such a huge, accessible storage area.

Decorating for Christmas

This year decorating for Christmas was very fun for me. I guess I was just really feeling the spirit of Christmas this year. I have so much to be grateful for and I was incredibly excited to celebrate the birth of our Savior. The kids pitched in and decorated/destroyed our Craigslist tree. It is a nine foot pre-lit treasure. We just loved it.