Advent Calendar

Check out these cute cards I made on Heritage Makers. (Check out my website: www.YourStoryToday.com)

They are a very cute way to help your kids countdown to Christmas. Each card has an activity to do every day during the month of December, through Christmas.

If you would like to order a set of these let me know ASAP. They are $15.

I found the stockings I used to display them at Target. Another cute idea is to use mittens and clothespin them to some twine. There is a "To/From" card if you want to give them as an early gift to someone.

HeRiTaGe MaKeRs-CeLeBrAtInG ChRiStMaS!

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This week, Greeting Cards are on sale starting at $49.95 for 50 of them ! Contact me today to get this amazing deal!

To see this week's special, follow this link www.YourStoryToday.com

You can have your greeting cards directly shipped for only 64 cents a card!! You won't even have to touch them!

I just finished making a cute set of countdown cards out of our deck of cards. Each card has a day of the month of December printed on it and then an activity to do to help countdown the days until Christmas.

These are so fun to do with your family and would make great early presents to friends and family. Let me know if you want a set-only $15.

Happy Holidays!

Eye Opener

I recently got back from babysitting my nephew and 2 nieces in Oklahoma while my brother and sister-in-law took a much needed vacation. Wow!

Just in case you need an update...I have 0, nadda, none, zilch, kiddos. I went from that, to 3!

I was excited to spend time with them since I don't get to see them very often, things didn't go as planned. All 3 of them were sick! Addie got better first, but the other two got sick because of her. It is one thing to take care of 3 children, it's a different story when they're all sick.

Not to toot my own horn, but I've always thought I would be a pretty good mom. I'm used to dealing with 25 different personalities everyday. Being a mom is a whole different job: Doctor, teacher, therapist, chef, event coordinator, message deliverer, etc.

All I can say is:

THANK YOU MOM! I LOVE YOU!

And to all you single moms out there, or those whose husbands are away right now. Hang in there. You may be under-appreciated right now, but they'll thank you for it when they're older.

*And Doug and Lu, don't worry, you didn't scare me away from having kids.....I was happy to help! We had a fun time. :) Love you Dillon, Layla and Addie!

My First Trip to the ER

I had an interesting night last night.....it all started when my one-year old niece started throwing up.

My sister-in-law, Lu, and I went to the store to rent a movie while my brother and like 10 other guys from the ward rocked out to Guitar Hero. We came back and Doug told us that Addi had thrown up while she was sleeping and put her head in it. (Don't worry-he had it all cleaned up!) (Apparently my nephew, Dillon, came out and said, "It really stinks in my room."

After we got home she did it again. We got her out, cleaned her all up and Lu held her shivering in her towel when she threw up again. We got everything cleaned up again and then took her temperature. 104.

Since Doug was in charge of the young men activity at the house, I went with Lu to the ER. (He really did feel bad.)

Luckily, the ER wasn't busy and Lu was able to get Adi checked in and they took us back quicker than we thought. Here's where the fun begins: I'm pretty sure the hospital staff thought we were lesbians.

Top 10 reasons why the hospital staff thought we were lesbians:

You know he hospital staff thinks your lesbians when:
10. We walked into the hospital together with a baby.
9. It was 11:00pm. (Wouldn't you normally have your significant other with you when you have a really sick
child?)
8. When the nurse kept asking Lu different questions she would say, "We did this
about this time and this about this time...." (What do you think the nurse thinks when Lu says,
"We.")
7. Lu turns to me and says, "It was about such and such time, right?"
6. Lu's not wearing her wedding ring.....I was. (I guess that makes me the more feminine one in the relationship.)
5. Every time the hospital staff talks to use they refer to us as, "the both of you."
4. They ask for one of us to bring Adi to take x-rays.
3. The doctor introduces himself and shakes both our hands.
2. We're in Oklahoma, not Utah....people are more accepting of various lifestyles.
1. You have to try and sneak in phrases (Because you can't just tell them you're not lesbians. What if
they never thought that?) around the hospital staff like, "My sister-in-law took her..." "Do
you have any towels? My sister-in-law had a bottle in her purse that spilled all
over." Doug calls and I say, "I'll talk to him." (Since the doctor is trying to talk to Lu.)

It was an interesting night.

By the way, Adi is ok. They said she has the flu and is on the tail end of it.

Falling behind

For all three of you who read my blog anymore-I apologize for the lack of blogging. These are my excuses:
1. School started
2. Grading papers
3. Coming up with behavior contracts
4. Grading papers
5. Helping (very little) Kenyan put in sprinklers-he is a trooper!
6. Grading papers
7. Playing Dr. Mario (I'm slightly addicted.)
8. Sleeping
9. Laziness
10. I'm not an eloquent writer-my blogging isn't as fun to read as others. I apologize for not being entertaining, but thanks for reading anyway.....all 3 of you!

Now, to update a little more....Kenyan and I celebrated are 2nd Anniversary on Monday. Two years doesn't seem like very much, especially after dating for 5, but it has been a wonderful two years. For your enjoyment, 10 reasons why I love Kenyan:

1. He doesn't give up.
2. He can fix things himself. (Although if we were rich, we'd definitely hire out!)
3. He is a good listener.
4. He supports me in all my crazy adventures/jobs. :)
5. He is going to be an amazing dad.
6. He likes watching (most) chick flicks with me.
7. He is witty.
8. He can always make me smile.
9. He's an outdoorsy guy. (Don't worry, I can make up my own words.)
10. He's thoughtful.

I could go on more, but I wouldn't want to get too mushy. Happy Anniversary Kenyan!

I've been reviewed!

I just got a fabulous review from The Bragging Mommy-go check it out here!

Switch Flops

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Go visit the Switchflops website: http://www.switchflops.com/

Buy one pair of shoes and switch them out to match every outfit....so cute! And they're giving away a pair with 2 straps on The Bragging Mommy website!!