OUR LITTLE FAMILY HAS MOVED!!!!!

As many of you know, I have been writing on another blog for a while now, but it was set to private. Well, I have taken the privacy setting off of it now because it is just too hard to find everyone's email adresses. So GO CHECK IT OUT!!!
http://www.weloveournewsweetlittlefamily.blogspot.com/

OUR LITTLE BLUES CLUES GAME!!!

Kyle absolutely loves BLUES CLUES. When the show is on, he watches it, and when it is not he is either pretending to skedoo, or pretinding to find clues. So a few days ago, I decided to make a little Blues Clues game of my own.

I got 5 envolopes, and on the front of each one was a chatacter from Blues Clues. Inside, was a letter from that character sending him on a little hunt for the next clue. At the end of the game, we ended up at the car where I had placed a treat for them in each of their carseats! Kyle was a little confused, but he had lots of fun looking for the "letters" (I alsonforgot to mention that he also loves to pretind that he is getting mail. His favorite character is mailbox. That is why I used the letters as clues instead of regular blues clues.

Below you will see each of the clues, and a few pictures and videos that Aaron took for me while I was helping Kyle find the clues!


CLUE#1



CLUE#2





CLUE#3






CLUE#4




THE PRIZE


There is suposed to be a video right here. But for whatever reason, blogger won't accept the html code for it. And I am really mad about it too because it was so cute! It was when Kyle found his prize. Oh well. theres not a whole lot I can do about it :(

JUST A FUNNY LITTLE STORY!!!

I am not sharing this post to show off my drawing! I CAN NOT DRAW!!! I think that if there was a contest to see who the worst drawer on the planet was, I would have a pretty good chance of winning that one!

However, I am sharing it to help tell a funny story!

Last night I was writing various letters of the alphabet, and having Kyle guess what they were. After a little while, we switched to guessing what pictures that I drew were. His answers were really cute, and I wanted to share them! Please don't laugh too hard at my drawing!

I think that a cup is quite passably the thing that I can draw the best. Kyle says it is a drink which is close enough in my opinion!

Kyle started guessing while I was still drawing this one. His first guess was a pillow. His second guess, a letter. Then when it was done he knew it was a house!

I know that this one is NOT GOOD! But kyle knew what it was after a couple of guesses!

OK, hopefully you can all tell that this is water. Kyles interpretation......."It's a goat mom"

This is my infamous shoecar! And yes, I know that it looks NOTHING like a car. But, surprisingly Kyle knew exactly what it was!

He knew that this one was a flower!

However, he also thought that this was a flower.

I AM SO RELIEVED!!!

This is how my mouth looked after my dentist apointment.

Trying to smile with a numb face!

Today I went to the dentist. After filling out the new patient paperwork, they got me right back to see the dentist. He took a look at the tooth that has been hurting me, and sied that his wife had mentioned that I thought that I might need a root canal, but that after looking at it, a filling would fix it just fine YAY!!! Fillings are MUCH cheaper than root canals! Then with the cupon that I got we were able to afford for them to fix it today! WOOHOO!!!

The doctor gave me a shot of Novicane, and let me sit for a little while. The dental asistant happend to be from a city near where my grandparrents have their second house, so we spent the time talking about it while we waited.

After a few minutes, he came back in and started drelling. OUCH!!!!! I COULD FEAL EVERYTHING!!!! So......... He gave me about 3 more shots and let me sit for a little while longer.

When he came back and tried again it was a success!!! They got it filled very quickly, and told me to come back when we get out insurrance so that he can work on the rest of my teeth. I really liked this dentist! I just looked kind of funny for a few hours because the amount of novicane that it took ended up making me go numb clear up to the bottom of my right eye! It felt kinda funny.

I felt a little bad because my younger brother Kyler got stuck watching the kids, and they can be quite a handfull! But he did a great job and I am thankful that he was able to do it for us! Aaron joked that this was our first date in a few months. Not exactly my first choice for a date, but hey, atleast my tooth is not hurting me anymore!!!

I WISH WE HAD A DENTIST IN THE FAMILY!!!

Last Friday, I woke up with a really bad tooth ache. I havn't been to the dentist since before I got married, and the one that I went to before did a wonderful job, but he is just way too expensive for us. And I am really sad about that because he is actually in our ward.

Anyway, I called around to a few places, and pretty much everyone was either closed on Fridays, or away from the office because of a meeting of some sort. So..... Aaron decided to call his old phlebotomy instructor. She had told all of her students that her husband is a dintist, and if they mention that she was their instructor, the student, or any member of their family will get a discount.

Unfortunately, she was teaching a class at the time, and Aaron had to leave a message.

The weekend came and went, and luckily I wasn't in too much pain, and I was hoping that we would get a call back yesterday, but we didn't. Then, thismorning just after Aaron went to work, she called WOO HOO!!!She said that she will leave a $50.00 cupon with her husband. WOO HOO AGAIN!!!! She also thod me that they are headed out of town this thursday, so I need to try and get in to see him ASAP so that if necessary he can write me a perscription to get me through this coming weekend.

I just am NOT looking forward, because I know that I have a few cavities, and Aaron can't get insurence with his job untio he has been there for six months. We still have about 3 months to go. So we are going to have to pay it ALL out of pocket. And I am afraid that atleast the one that is hurting me will end up needing a root canal. I have an appointment tomorrow, so that he can look at my teeth, and decide exactly what needs to be done. I am very greatful to Aaron's teacher for helping me out even though she has never met me. However I am really dreading going to the dentist.

I got to thinking, we have lots of people in our family who have various professions which are very helpful to us. I mean for example, if it wasn't for my uncle Joey, our cars would have NEVER lasted! However, right now it would be very helpful to have a dintist in the family!!!

THEY FIANALLY FOUND OUT THAT I DIDN'T HAVE A CALLING

Last week, I wasn't able to make it to church because Kenzie's teeth have really been bothering her lately, and last Sunday was a really bad day for that! Anyway, Aaron was stopped by the bishop and he asked if I would be able to meet with him later in the day. Aaron told him about Kenzie and he said that he had a calling for me and would just catch up with me at another time.

So, I have spent the past week wondering what my new calling could possably be.

This morning I walked into Sacrament meeting and before I even had a chance to sit down, I had the executave secretary next to me asking me if I could meet with the Bishop right after the block.

After church, I walked into his office, and sat down. Kyle was NOT in a good mood, and I ended up having to hold him still on my lap because he kept trying to run out of the door.
My calling ended up being the chorester for Relief Society. I am ok with this calling I mean I have had it before. The only thing is thatwith my vision problems I CAN NOT read music. I have been taught, and I know how but my vision does not allow me to do it so I have to do it all by ear. So, music time in Relief Society should be pretty interesting from now on.

MY RECIPE SITE IS MOVING FROM MYSPACE SO EVERYONE CAN SEE IT!!!!!

http://courtneylovesrecipes.blogspot.com/

As many of you know, I have had a recipe site on my space for quite a while now. Recently, my mom and one of my aunts asked me if I could move it to a place where everyone can see it, so I did! It is now on blogger!!! It is far from finished, but I have gotten it started, and I thought that I would let everyone know about it! I have hundreds of recipes that I have collected, and would love to share with everyone!!!There is a link on the right hand side that will take you directly to the new site! I hope you enjoy my site!!!

I SHOULD GET SUNBURNED MORE OFTEN!!!

Last night, when we were getting ready to go to sleep, Aaron lightly touched my shoulder and said, "" Oh my gosh, you are turning into a lobster!"" I then looked at my shoulder and noticed for the first time that I had a sunburn.

Then when I was trying to put lotion on my shoulders and arms, Aaron offered to help since it was a little hard for me to reach the back of my shoulders.
I ended up getting a nice shoulder and neck rub out of the deal! Then when he was done, he said that his hands were still too greasy, so he ended up rubbing my feet too! I usually get this kind of treatment when I'm pregnant, but other than that, I usually have to ask for it. And so since I don't plan on being pregnant again for a while, I have decided that I just have to go swimming and get sunburned on a regular baises, and I can get a shoulder rub out of it!!!

OUR BUSY DAY

Today has been quite an adventure for the kids and I. Kenzie had a well checkup at the doctor today, and since Aaron had to go to work, I asked Kimber if she would like to take us.
At the docto, we found out that Kenzie now weighs a little over 20 pounds, and is a little over 27 inches long. The doctor told me that she is the size of an avrage one year old! He made a coment that he has decided that I just grow big children. I laughingly told him that I was very well aware of this fact. He then tried to pick Kyle up and said that I must have some pretty big muscles to be able to handle him. I just laughed at this.

After we left the docter, we went to Wendy's for lunch. I decided that this was the least that I could do for Kimber since she changed her days off at work so that she could take me to Kinzie's appointment.

I had mentioned to her that I was thinking of cutting my hair, and she then offered to take me to get it done. I wasn't quite sure how Kyle would act in a hair salon, but he actually was a very good boy in there! My hair is now a couple of inches above my shoulders! This is going to take some getting used to because my hair was very long, and now it's not! I am interested to see Aaron's reaction because he dosen't know that I cut it yet. He knows that I was planning to cut it, sometime after the wedding, but thats it! He will see it when he gets home from work tonight!

We then went to my mom's house and Kyle went swimming in the front yard in a little blowup pool while Kimber tried to get sunburned. He was very mad when it was time to get out, and it took both Kimber and I to get him redressed in his dry clothes because he is a very strong boy, and when he wants to put up a fight, he seems to get even stronger! v

A couple of hours from now, we will go and watch Cling and Alicia open their wedding gifts. I am excited because there will be left over wedding cake and Nacho's there. I plan to eat until I can't eat any more!!!

WOULD ANYONE BE INTERESTED? PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!!!!

I have been thinking about opening up a blog where I can make digital scrapbook pages for family, and close friends. But I don't want to create it unless I know that some people would be interested in something like this because it is a lot of work to get it all set up.

Here is how it would work. I would place examples on the right hand side of the page. Each example would have it's own number, and a description of exactly what I would need to make it for you. Then if you ever want one all you would have to do is leave a blog post with the information that is asked for for that specific tag. I would then make it for you and post it in a new blog post than all you would have to do is right click on the picture so that it is as big as possible, then right click on it. When the menu comes up you would click save picture is.... Then you can save it wherever you want to on your computer! Or you can print it out and put it in an actual scrapbook! It won't change your original picture at all because I will make a copy of it to make the tag for you!

I will be willing to do this for any of my, or Aaron's family, and anyone they are related to,or their in laws. or any close friends of theirs that might be interested. I have to be pretty selective because this involves me having to save other peoples pictures to my computer.
Please leave me a comment letting me know if you would be interested in something like this or not. If I do start it, It won't be until after my brother Clint's wedding. It is coming up super fast, and we have been really busy getting everything ready for it! I hope to hear from you!!!

Our Turn To Go To The Doctor :(

Recently, I wrote about how my siblings always find a way to end up at the doctor or in the ER. Well, today was my turn, TWICE!

As I wrote previously, Mackenzie has had a cold, and well, she decided to share the wealth with mommy. I came down with it the day after I wrote about it, and my ear started hurting really bad, that it woke me up several times last night. So When I woke up this morning, I made an appointment for Kenzie, then it was off to urgent care for me. It was as I suspected. I have an ear infection, and possibly a sinus infection too! So I am now on antibiotics for the next ten days. The surprising thing is that this is the first time that I have really gotten sick since I have had kids. My mom says that she thinks that my lack of sleep lately is a big contributing factor, and I think she is probably right!

We then went to the pediatrician for Kenzie. When her doctor found out that I was sick, he looked her over very well, and determined that hers is just a cold! I was so happy to hear that!

Now I am just trying to prevent Aaron and Kyle form getting sick. We have been drinking a lot of orange juice around here lately, and so far it seams to be working!

?????Do You Like To Eat?????

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http://home.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user&MyToken=306c167b-e956-435e-94bb-8621e6113195
I HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!

Digital Scrapbooking!

A few weeks ago, Alicia, ( my brother Clint's fiance) introduced me to some girls on myspace who do digital scrapbooking. They do some really cute work! Here are just a few of the things that they have made for me!

Today Is Our Anniversary!

Today is our anniversary!!! Aaron and I met on an LDS Singles website in Early 2004. He was very forward, and it scared me a little, so at first I kind of ingnored him. He was very presistant though, and in May of that year I fianally agreed to go on a date with him. From that day on, I knew that I would marry him someday! We had an interesting time dating because soon after we started dating his car caught on fire, and was no longer driveable. This wouldn't have been a problem except for the fact that we lived on oppisate sides of the valley from eachother and I don't drive because of my vision problems.

So Aaron would get up early every Friday morning and ride the bus for 3 hours to get to my house, and spend the day with me! He would then spend another 3 hours on the bus going home at night! This showed me how much he truely did care about me! He proposed in July. My family was going camping for a week and he wanted me to have my ring before I went, so since I would leave for the mountains right after work, he proposed to me right in front of the day care center that I worked at at the time. We have been togeter ever since! We have been through a lot together! He is truely my best friend, and I look forward to our future together!

Oh My Goodness I'm Blonde Now!

Three months ago on my birthday, my sister Kimber told me that she was going to highlight my hair for me. Time kept going by, and she never got the stuff for it, so I just forgot about it. Then last Tuesday out of the blue, she told me that she was on her way to go buy the stuff for my hair.
So today we went over to her apartnent and poor Aaron who had just gotten home from work watched the kids while Kimber worked on my hair. It took her about 3 hours because my hair is so long and so thick.
I had used this product once before and my hair had hardly taken the color at all, so we decided to keep it on my hair for a few minutes longer. Aparently my hair liked the color this time because It came out A LOT lighter than we had expected. I was a little shocked at first because I have never had blonde hair before. But as the day has gone on, I am getting used to it, and I really like it!This is a picture that Kimber took right after she finished my hair! The front got really light!

This is how the back turned out! The scarry thing is that now when my hair is straight, Kimber and I look exactly the same from the back!

GOODBYE 2007......HELLO 2008!!!!!!!!!!

In the year 2007...
[PEOPLE]1
. Best friends? Aaron, of course, my mom, Kimber, Amy
2. Lost any friends? Nope
3. Gained any friends? Yes
, 4. Met a new good friend? Yes
[PLACES]
1. Went out of the country? No I never have. I hope someday I will get the chance!!!
2. Moved? Nope
3. New school? Aaron went to school, but not me.
How many times on an airplane? None this year
[YOU]
1. Have you changed? I think I have
2. New look? Nope same old me!
3. Biggest conflict this year? Trying to make ends meet when Aaron suddenly lost his job!!!!
4. Most depressed time While Aaron was out of work!!!
[LOVE]
1. Did you fall in love? Yes, I fell deeper in love!!!!!!!
2. Did you get heartbroken? Nope
3. Who was your summer romance? My sweet husband ofcorse!!!!!!!!
[SEASONS]
1. Favorite Season:Christmas!!!!!!!
2. Least favorite season this year? I don’t really know
3. Good birthday? Yes
1. Snuck out? No, I never tried that!
2. Met a person who will change your life? I don’t think so not this year!
3. Had a first something? Not that I can remember
4. Liked someone who didn't like you? I don’t think so
5. Lost a family member? Yes, my great grandma
6. Got bad grades? No
7. Got suspended? No
8. Moved states? Nope, never will!!!
9. Got a myspace? Yes!
10. Done something you totally regretted? Not that I can remember
In 2007 I...
[ ]broke a promise
[ ] made a new close friend
[ ] fallen out of love
[] lied[ ] went behind your parents back
[ ] cried over a broken heart
[X] disappointed someone close
[] hid a secret
[X] pretended to be happy
[ X] kissed in the rain
[ ] slept under the stars
[ ] kept your new years resolution\pard line
[X] forgot your new years resolution
[X] changed your outlook on life
[X] sat home all day doing nothing
[] pretended to be sick
[ ] left the country
[X] given up something important to you If you count giving up my time to sleep so I could take care of my kids!!!
[] lost something expensive
[X] learned something new about yourself
[ X] tried something you normally wouldnt try and liked it
[] made a change in your life
[] found out who your true friends were
[X] met great people
[ X] stayed up til sunrise[
X] cried over the silliest thing
[ ] was never home on weekends
[] had friends who were drifting away from you
[ ] had a high cell phone bill
[X] wasted money on food
[ ] had a fist fight
[ ]went to the beach with your best friend
[ ]saw a celebrity
[X] gotten sick
[ ] liked more than 5 people at the same time
[X] became closer to a lot of people

GIRLS DAY OUT!!!!!

Today was so much fun! My brother's fiance Alicia invited us to go look at wedding dresses with her! We first went to the bradal warehouse, but they turned out to be closed because of the bridal expo that is going on this weekend. That was kind of a disapointment, but we were already out, so we decided to go to the mall where there are a few shops that sell wedding dresses! In this picture, my aunt Amy and my sister Kimber are holding Mackenzie while my mom was helping Alicia try on a wedding dress. I took this picture because whenever they go anywhere together, they always take a picture and Alicia & I were the only ones who had cameras with us.


This is a funny story! Kimber & I had an adventure!!! While in the middle of hundreds of wedding dresses, Kenzie's diaper started to leal......A LOT!!! I had no place to change her, so my mom came up with the idea that I could change her in the dressing room. Since I am so shy, I made Kimber come with me so that I wouldn't feel so embarressed! On the way into the fitting room, Kimber grabbed the first dress that she saw so that the lady at the desk would let us into a room. Luckily, she let us choose whatever room we wanted, so we chose the biggest room there. Once inside, we quickly learned that the door was missing a lock, so I held it shut while Kimber spread Mackenzie's blanket on the floor.

We then switched places, and knelt down on the floor as far away from the door as possable so that no one walking by could see what I was doing. I quickly changed her, and soon learned that her jammies were wetter than I had origionally thought.

Luckily I had brought a really warm blanket along. Kimber and I switched places again, and she wrapped Kenzie up wearing nothing but her diaper, while I stuffed everything back in my diaper bag. The whole time we were making comments about how good the dress looked so that people would think that one of us was trying it on.

When we came out of the dressing room, Alicia was wearing this gorgous dress!Ignore the jacket though. She is just wearing that because it is strapless, and will have to alter it if she desides to buy it.

This picture is a little bit better!

Here is a picture of the back of the dress.

Here is Amy holding Mackenzie. We like to joke with her, and tell her that she needs to have another baby. She already has four boys, and the youngest just happens to be about eight months older than Kyle. So we tell her that she needs to have a girl now so Mackenzie can have a friend!

This is me and my AWESOME MOM!!! She didn't really want to have her picture taken, but I talked her into it.

After we left the dress store, we walked over to JCPenny Outlet to buy Kenzie something to wear so that she wouldn't be cold. I hadn't brought any money along because I hadn't planned on buying anything, so Kimber was nice enough to lend me the noney! (Thanks Kimber!!!)

We then drove to Dillards to look at some ideas for brides maids dresses, but they didn't really have anything that was moddest enough. After that, we drove over to a store where Alicia could get the stuff that she wanted for her wedding announcements. But once we pulled into the parking lot, we learned that they had closed an hour earlier.

This is my sister Kimber being her usual AMAZING self! Since we wern't really able to get much accomplished, we decided to go to lunch at Mata's!!!! Amy was nice enough to by me lunch!!!(Thanks Amy!!!) This picture was taken while waiting for our food to come. The day wasn't a total waste though. Mackenzie got a cute new outfit out of the deal!

Here she is at home in her new outfit! When we got home, she was hungry so I made her a bottle. The next thing I knew, she was holding it up all by herself for the very first time!!!!!

Mackenzie & I had a really fun time, and I hope that we can do it again really soon!!!!!