STRESSED OUT!!

Yep you've got it I take my state boards on Feb. 9th and my written on the 14th. I am studying like a mad woman and feel as if I am going crazy. I study all day
(sorry for the neglect Brod-man- thank you to the Park, cartoons, and having plenty of toys.) until my head hurts. Then I go through the practical exam over and over in my head when I cook dinner and sit down with "the honey" to watch our favorite shows, and then it's off to bed where I dream about curl patterns, skin disorders, the sternoclediomastoideus- muscle of the neck.

I wish it was all the primp and prissy stuff I've got that down. It's the chemistry and electricity, and anatomy and physiology, and skin and nail disorders that throw me under the bus!! Plus they are not very pleasant to dream about- yuck! Anyways so I guess this is just a little venting post sorry for the rant but I somehow feel a little better. Wish me luck, I am off to study some more!!

(sorry for the funky size issue- can't figure it out!!)

8 Things...

8 things I am passionate about

1. My Savior
2. The Gospel
3. Joseph Smith
4. My Husband
5. My son-shine
6. Family- (sisters, brother, mom, & in-laws)
7. Wonderful Friends- Thanks Jenilyn & Adam ;o)
8. Hair & Nails- of course

8 words or phrases I use all the time

1. "Brody, son."
2. "Hey guess what... I LOVE YOU!"
3. "Mr. Grump-a-dump-a-saurus"- thanks J- this makes Kip giggle! except I say it all the time.
4. "Clean up your toys..."
5. "Please!"
6. To Brody- "Your cute!" Because he'll say, "No, Ma your cute!"
7. "Bubba" -One of many of Brody's nicknames??
8. "1... 2... 3" I use that alot?

8 things I want to do before I die

1. Enjoy everything in life.
2. Watch my children grow up
3. Travel and take in beauty all around (Hawaii- hint, hint-Kip)
4. Grow old with my Honey
5. Hang out with my grandchildren
6. Get into Genealogy
7. Work in the Temple
8. Be Happy

8 things I want or need

1. My own house again... sometime.
2. A Nissan Pathfinder- that's a want!
3. Clothes
4. Money- who doesn't... I just want to be secure! (One day)
5. A beautiful backyard- a want too
6. Health Insurance- NEED
7. Adobe Photoshop- okay a want also??
8. Lots of kisses from my Boys!- Definantly a NEED!

8 places I would like to visit

1. Hawaii
2. Hawaii
3. Hawaii
4. Hawaii
5. Hawaii
6. My sister!!!
7. Idaho
8. Flordia??


8 restaurants I love

1. Olive Garden
2. Red Robin
3. Carolina's
4. Rubios
5. Outback
6. Farmhouse
7. Chili's
8. Sweet Tomatoes

8 shows I like to watch

1. Bachelor
2. American Idol
3. Homeland Security
4. Extreme Home Makeover
5. Price is Right
6. 48 Hours
7. Cold Case Files
8. Regis and Kelly

8 people I tag

1. Jamie Wiser
2. Jessica Hewlett
3. Kristi Sharp
4. Kerrianne Burch
5. Kerrie Odell
6. Alyson Sharp
7. Whoever...
8. Wants too!

Good News...

For those who haven't heard,

YES, baby #2 is on it's way!! We are only about a month or two along, and are expecting a due date around July 2009!! Brody is excited and pretends he is holding a baby and calls it, "Brody's baby brother???" So we will have to wait and see.

Christmas in the happiest place in the world...

DISNEYLAND

Our trip to Disneyland was very fun!! We left Christmas day at 8:30am and drove for 6 hours to Anaheim, CA . We arrived at the hotel at about 4:00 in the afternoon. After unloading the cars and checking-in we decided to start the impossible task of finding a restaurant to eat at on Christmas night. The only thing open was good 'ol Denny's! We filled our bellies with some good eats and then we were off to get our rest for our fun day in the morning!!!


OUR CAR!!!

(which ended up not being such a good idea since it rained the whole way there!- but it's okay you all know we were cool anyways!!)

The one Christmas present Brody got was a huge success it kept him busy the 6 hours there and the miserable 10 hour trip back. We had scoped this out but were unsure about how it would work, we went to Wal-mart and it was on sale for $45.00, and we wanted to get a few extra games but they were priced at 19.99, there were a couple on sale for 15.00 so we thought we would just get one or two. But I decided to go price check them at the scanner in the toy section just to make sure they were on sale, they were, but they were only 5.00!!!! And two of them were only 3.00!! So needless to say we bougght all the ones age appropriate for Brody! I thought it was quite the steal!! And after the trip well worth $100 bucks!!


Here is Grandma, Brody, and I waiting in line!!


This is a ride in Space Mountain that Kip really wanted to take Brody on but it went really high and around in circles so I thought Brody was going to be scared but he LOVED IT!! Here he is giving me a thumbs up after finishing the ride!!

Brody and I went and waited for and hour to ride at Autotopia, which was well worth it Brody drove and my stomach hurt because I was laughing so hard. They have guards so you can't drive crazy, they let him drive and everytime it would go over and hit the guard Brody thought it was hilarious, and so did I we were lauging hysterically at one point I think I was crying. We got off and he was so excited, he told me, "Cool Mom!"

But the best part was when Brody got to see Buzz Lightyear!! This was a life-sized Buzz inside the Astro Blaster ride, Brody was beside him self when he saw this talking Buzz!!! I thought he would get all excited asnd start yelling or something but all he could do was stand there with his eyes- wide and jaw-dropped, he didn't say a word it was really funny. Even on the ride you sit in this car and have a gun to help shoot Zurg and the enemies of Buzz and Brody didn't move!

This was after the ride Brody was looking at this picture of Buzz!!

That night we were sitting on the curb in Main Street waiting for the parade when Brody saw WOODY! Brody kept saying, "Dad you, Woody!! Then he would clap and say, "yeah!!" That was until he saw...


BUZZ LIGHTYEAR!!
He jumped up and said,"BUZZ, mom look BUZZ!!"


The next day we spent the whole day in California Adventures, where we saw so many of the characters...

WALL-E

The Incredibles

and we saw Woody walking down the street!!

There were lots of characters walking around CA Adventures but lines were too long to wait for pics. But we saw: Handy Manny, Goofy, Minnie, Stitch, Sleeping Beauty, Tinker Bell, and others.

Other than seeing Buzz Lightyear the other highlight was over in CA Adventures they have a Pixar Parade that was GREAT!!! And brody was so excited to see who led the parade....

LIGHTNING McQUEEN

Our camera died after these pictures, but Woody and Buzz made another Debut in this parade as well. Then to close off the parade Brody was so excited to see, "MATER, LOOK, LOOK!!" The Cars characters were amazing and McQueen looked and sounded like a race car it was amazing!!

Besides being very cold, the whole time we had a blast. I loved watching Fantasmic!!! It was great I love that everything Disneyland does and puts on is huge and very exciting! I didn't get to go on any rides, because of the "new baby" (except the ones with Brody) but I really enjoyed just getting to walk around and take everything in, especially with Brod-man!!

P.S. he was sooooo GOOD the whole time- even the 10 HOUR trip back home. It was ridiculous!! There was so much traffic it put us way behind. At one point we sat in stop and roll traffic for an hour and a half!!! Besides that it was fun to come HOME!! (our home :) even exhausted, that feeling doesn't wear off!!