Quick to praise

Every single morning I have one child (Jess) who is always running late. I am not sure what takes her so long but she is always moving slow. Now that make-up has been added to the picture it is getting worse. Every morning I give her my speech as I do her hair how she need to think about what she can do to get ready on time. It always falls on deaf ears because the speech has been going on all year. This morning she came up to me 10 minutes early for me to do her hair. I was in the bathroom brushing her hair and realized I didn't have a speech prepared because she was early today. So with a big smile I told her how her new plan must be working because she is early and I was so happy that she made an effort to try. She got a huge smile on her face and as usual even on days she is in trouble she left my room with a skip in her step. I love mornings like today.

Favorite Nite of the week

I really like Thursday nights. I put the kids in bed and sit in bed with a snack, and watch Survivor,Celebrity Apprentice and of course I have to see who gets the boot on American Idol. Thank goodness for Tivo because no commercials. 9pm Tj is the last one to go to bed and then I start my shows. So tonight the clock stikes 9 and I get ready to turn light out and go to the fridge to get a drink and then I saw it, NO MILK! Hmmmm do I want to get up and cook the kids breakfast because there is no milk for cereal or do I unlock all the doors, get in the car and go get milk. Knowing I had 2 free milk coupons from Basha's I decided to go to the store. All the way I was thinking of what kind of yummy treat I could get myself to eat for my shows when I get home. I go into the store and go straight back and grabbed the milk I needed. Then I did what I should never do when I am looking for a treat. I went up and down the isles. I am happy to say I didn't just get myself 1 snack I decided on 3. 1. Cream Soda (it just sounded so good) 2. Taffy cookies (I love these dipped in milk 3. Drumsticks (not the Klodike ones that barely put any nuts on top, but Nestles that loads up on nuts. So now it is almost 10:15 and I am going to see if I can get all my shows in before I fall asleep.

My Prrr's and Grrrr's for today

Grrr's
-a dirty car
-long reciepts that are a mile long and I only bought 1 thing
-waiting in line in the school parking lot
-putting laundry away
-a dog that jumps over the fence



Prrr's
-80 degree weather in February
-mascara that is a few week old (it works better that way)
-happy hour at Sonic
-Tivo
-kids that can cook
-hearing the piano, flute and guitar being played

wishin and hopin

Well I got called to Jury duty. Today I filled out the form to ask to be exempt since my kids would not have a way to and from school without me. Now I just have to wait to see if they excuse me. I really don't think I would mind serving on a jury, it kinda sounds fun. The thought of juggling kids to be able to go just doesn't seem like something I feel like doing right now. So I am now taking my excuse to the mail and hoping all turns out well.

Peace Out, Rock N Roll

That is Thayne's sign off when we hang up from talking on the phone. Usually after we realize we have nothing more to say, (well after I realize I have nothing more to say, he usually realizes it way before I do) we end our phone conversation something like this.

Me- BE SAFE
Him- I am always safe
Me- ok remember I love you
Him- I know, I love you too.
Me- I can't wait to talk to you tomorrow.
Him- I will call you throughout the day if I can.
Me- ok love you lots
Him- I love you too.
Him again- Peace out, Rock n Roll.

Click!

That is our daily routine and sometime we stray from those exact words but it is a routine we have. When Thayne says Peace out Rock n Roll I always smile as I hang up the phone. Today he called me from a little piddly airplane that he takes to get from town to town in Mexico. It sounded like he was very far away and in a wind tunnel, very hard to hear him. He was just calling to tell me he was safe (because I like to know he is) and he would call me tonight. We said our I love you's and he hung up. There was no Peace out Rock n Roll before the click. It was then that I realize how much that little phrase meant to me because I felt gypped when I didn't hear it.

I'm feeling ambitious.

So doing this blog has me thinking that I am going to start a primary page. It sounds like such a good idea to me. I am thinking it could be like a primary bulletin that gets updated all the time. Parents can log in to see when their kids have talks and we can put pictures up of recent activities. I think I could set it up and then me and my secretary could keep it updated together. I am so excited about it. I am going to keep it set to private and invite parents in the ward who have kids in primary only. So if you want to see it when I am done just ask and I will let you take a peek.

Primary makes me happy

Today was not a day I sat and looked at the little things. My kids were quite chatty during sacrament meeting and I couldn't convince TJ that his whisper voice was louder than he thought it was. Jess and Sam doodling with snickers and giggles every so often. Wyatt trying to secretly make a paper airplane out of the program. I know they were doing there best to be reverent but not quite cutting it from a mom's point of view. I knew primary was going to be easy because I work with the most amazing people. Teachers that always show up and love the kids they teach and counselors who pull most of the weight. I sat in primary today and thought this calling is so great. I get to work with happy, funny, smart, and unpredictable kids. Today was a special day that just touched my heart and made me realize why I love primary. A few years ago a family moved into our ward. One of their kids and I got of to a rocky start and I just knew he was going to be a challenge for me. I made it my goal to make him like me. Things started looking up and I knew I had broken through and we have started being pals. Well my tender moment today was when we did a birthday spotlight on him. We told all the fun things he liked such as his favorite food, favorite things to do. Well, we got to what his favorite thing in primary was and he had written "my favorite thing in primary is Sister Harris and Sister Stolworthy". How great is that.
So yes, Primary makes me Happy!

Do you know what it feels like to......

-sleep in alittle on a Saturday morning?

-have your husband leave for Mexico for 3 week? sniff sniff

-make chocolate chip cookies and realize you have no eggs but go out to the chicken coop and have exactly the 4 eggs you need?

-send your 15 year old son off to work? gotta love it

-have all your kids off playing with friends all day?

-feed horses and right when you throw hay over the fence a breeze blows hay back into your face? grrrrr

-to crave a Tommy burger and you settle for IN & Out?

-to have your husband sell a piece of equipment and hand you $100 to spend on yourself?

-to work on your blog without any interuptions?

-to see the tulips you bought at Home Depot 2 days ago start to bloom?

I DO!

FOOL'S gold

Fool is kinda how I felt for going to see this movie. I did it, I actually fell asleep during this movie. I was kinda excited to see it and have to say I don't think I will even rent the movie to catch up on the parts I missed. Cheesy, Cheesy, Cheesy! I think that covers it.

1,2 skip a few...

So I have missed a few days. You know when you have those few days that are just so busy with kid stuff and family stuff. Well that has been my life. I have been enjoying my kids and spending every waking moment with Thayne since he goes back to Mexico this week. Picking the kids up from school together and laughing at the funny things they say from the back seat. Unlike mom who sometimes says no to McDonalds ice cream cones on the way home from school, dad always says yes and Jess and Wyatt luv it. I feel so lucky that Thayne has stayed the whole week since he was origanally planning on going back on Wed. I went to Peter and the Wolf field trip with Wyatt yesterday (yawn), and we went to see Wyatt get his character counts award for RESPECT. I can't even remember all the little things we did because there was so many. I guess that is why writing everyday would help. I am sure as things pop in my head I will add them here and there.

and then there was one

Can you believe it, there is only one Harris child at home with me on Tuesday nights. Jessika officially turned 12 today and wore makeup to school for the first time. She is going to YW tonight with Samantha. So all my kids are in mutual exept Wyatt, who has my full attention one night a week. Tonight we had a blast doing his book report in a brown bag. It is a day late so we had to finish it. What teacher has a kid turn in a book report the day after a 3 day weekend, you would have to know we are going to forget. Grrr. Luckily he had it almost done he just needed to add finishing touches. He is excited about how it turned out.
I had a nice time shopping with Thayne for Jess's birthday presents. We had a quick lunch at Panda Express which in not my favorite but the most convienent for where we were shopping. Lunch dates with Thayne have become one of my most favorite things I look forward to when he is home. Most of the time when he says do you want to get lunch, that mean El Rico's which is a Mexican Resteraunt down the street. I find that since we moved to Arizona I miss a few places that we would eat at in California, like Tommy's and Tico's Taco's. I will get a craving for them now and then. I think if we ever moved, I would miss El Rico's alot!
I think I am liking the blogging I do each night. It is making me realize how each day we are making memories and I need to pay attention to all the little things that I miss when I don't take a moment at the end of the day to think about them.

Count down to 12

What a busy day. I had so much fun getting ready for Jessika's 12 birthday party. Buying balloons and cake and all the goodies to go along with it. I can't believe she will be 12 tomorrow. She has grown up so fast. She was up tonight planning on what makeup she gets to wear tomorrow. She is so excited. Thayne drove all the way home to be with her for her birthday and I just have to say that I love when he is gone for a little while because I just love when he walks in the door and picks me up to give me a hug and a kiss. I love having family that comes over for birthdays and lets my kids know they love them. I thought is was fun watching Jess, Sam and Hannah sing with the guitar for the adults or actually anyone who would listen to them. I had a blast doing a dance with Rachel in the driveway for all the little girls that probably thought we were gaywads. And, to end my day I am excited to go to bed tonight because I don't have to sleep alone. Yippee for me.

Here we GROW again.

When moving to QC five and ahalf years ago, they had just made the very first QC stake. 10 years ago in QC there was only 2 wards. As of yesterday QC had grown to 3 stakes. Today I sat in a special QC stake conference where they split our 3 stakes into 5. I sat next to Julia Stolworthy and watched her write all the stakes and all the wards under each stake. We counted 34 wards in QC. In ten years QC has grown 32 wards. I live here and know of the growth but was amazed as I looked at it on paper. I decided to start this blog because I am not very good at journaling and thought since I like playing on the computer this would be a great way to journal. What a great day to start. This being such a monumental day in the church where I live. Since my family is now in a new stake I believe we are now in a stake without a stake center again, and I believe just one building. It is just something we have gotten used to living here in QC.
What I am most excited about today is that Thayne is on his way home from Mexico. He is trying to get home before Jessika's 12 birthday party tomorrow. It always seems he has to jump through hurdles to get home, but he always makes it and always makes birthdays special for our kids. So I am off to make my birthday party to-do list. Tomorrow should be a great day!