its alive!

In case you haven't seen them, Shellie put some new recipes on Something New, Something Yummy! I had wondered if that blog had just died, but there is actually something new again. Thank you, Shellie, I will be putting a few recipes on there soon too!

the zucchini diet

I don't really like zucchini that much, but it is that time of year when my kitchen cupboards are covered with them thanks to my neighbors. I am so glad that some brilliant person came up with a way to mix them with chocolate and few other ingredients and get yummy moist brownies. On some recipe someone said that you actually get a serving of vegetables from them and I am taking that to heart and having no problem with getting my 5 servings a day now. No matter how I am feeling, for some reason junk food is always palatable. If anyone ever hears of a "Cheetos and Gummy Bears diet" let me know, but for right now I will just keep eating my zucchini.

swiss cheese brain

I don't know if you guys were as big of fans of Quantum Leap as I was, but do you remember Sam's "Swiss cheese brain" because he had so many holes in his memory? They really should have referred to it as "pregnancy brain." My memory is shot. Yesterday I went to put a load of laundry in the dryer after the washing machine quit and when I opened the machine there was nothing in it. I had put in detergent and started the machine, but forgotten to actually load the clothes in. I also have a little service project I have been planning and supervising and last night I forgot to go deliver the gift for it. There are many more instances, but right now I can't remember them. I can kind of handle being naseous all the the time and feeling completely exhausted, but I feel like I am turning into a complete ditz which is just plain embarrassing. I know other symptoms will pass, but I am afraid I am losing my marbles and they aren't going to be found.

another little peanut on the way

Looks like we will be adding another peanut to the peanut gallery around March 3. I got to see our new baby yesterday on an ultrasound and it is already doing flips. Maybe I've been watching too much gymnastics, or eating too much chocolate. Sorry the doctor didn't print anything for me to post for a first photo, but it pretty much does look like a peanut at this point. :)

my olympic dream

After watching a few stories of about older female athletes like Dara Torres, and the German gymnast whose name I don't remember, Scott told me he believes it is not too late for me to start training to live my olympic dream. He has volunteered to be my coach and I think maybe badminton would be a good sport to pursue. I still need a partner so is anyone else interested? :)

olympic fever

I am not a big sports fan, EXCEPT when it comes to the Olympics. I am a diehard fan and have my t.v.'s tuned to it all over the house so I don't miss an olympic moment. If you read my little sidebar on funny things the kids say, Cali thought we were all going to China for the Olympics, and so we decided to take them there. (Sort of) We made a chinese dinner and ate with chopsticks to celebrate the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. Chinese food isn't the girl's favorite, (As Kimi would say, it has too many "venjtables") but they were willing to give it a try with chopsticks. We dropped a lot of food, but it was fun. Kimi actually did the best with her "chapsticks."
Cali gave it a valiant effort. (You can see we had forks on the table in case frustration set in.)
Ian skipped the chopsticks in favor of sticking his eggrolls on his thumbs and eating them.

We had fortune cookies after dinner and watched the opening ceremonies (Which I thought were AWESOME.) Kimi's fortune fit her quite well, "Your days will be filled with sunshine and happiness." I had better stop blogging now because I'm missing water polo. :)

i like to ride my bicycle

We finally got Cali a bike. Actually, we finally started giving her an allowance that we had been promising and she had enough backpay to get herself a bike and some cool streamers for her handle bars. She thought she was ready for the training wheels to come off by day two, but we convinced her she needs a little more practice. Now the trouble is trying to convince Kimi that tricycles are still cool for three-year-olds.

Breaking Dawn

So I just finished Breaking Dawn this morning. No worries, I am not going to spoil anything. I just wanted to know when you guys have read it and when it won't be taboo to talk about anymore. I'll say one thing that gives nothing away though, in my other post about Twilight a while ago I said that there were some people with interesting ideas for the plot that they had posted on goodreads. The plot line I like the best happened to be the exact plot line of the book. I thought that was pretty funny. Maybe you guys haven't even gotten the book yet and are rolling your eyes at my nonobsession. Either way, let me know. :)

stomache flu- day 2

It was another round of washing bedding this morning because Cali threw-up in her bed last night. Ian seems to be better but, alas, the germ has spread. I am also cleaning poop up now too because Kimi and Cali have both had mild diarhea. Because of trips to the bathroom, everybody was woken up and in my bed with me by 6:00 this morning. Motherhood sure has some fun times.

eewww

When I got Ian up this morning I got the fun surprise of him, his bed, and his wall being covered with throw-up. It was crusty on him so the poor little guy probably did it when we put him to bed before he went to sleep and slept like that all night. I never heard a sound from him after I went to bed. While cleaning it up, I decided it is my least favorite bodily fluid to clean up. So here is a question that probably only moms (and nurses) think about: out of poop, pee, and vomit which do you think is the yuckiest to clean up?

my first tomato

I just picked my first tomato off my plants outside. I could have snapped a picture of it for my blog of this momentous occasion, but I popped it in my mouth instead. It was a pear tomato, my favorite. I've got two words for you: Mmm mmm.

this is my island in the sun

Heat Wave!

It is HOT here. I thought this picture is the best indication of how hot it is.

(The picture of Scott in the kiddie pool has been removed as requested by Scott. :))

Everybody is trying to find a way to cool off.

Vacationing at Eden

We just went to Eden, Utah with all of the Colton family. The family split between Tiffany and Brian's cabin and a rented cabin next door. It was fun to spend the day at the lake or pool and spend nights playing Rock Band after the kids were in bed. It was funny to me how surprised Scott's family was to see me jamming to Bon Jovi and Nirvana. I only got these few pictures of hanging out at the beach. Cali was ready to move into the cabin we stayed at (she presented a whole case for it the night before we left while I was trying to get her into bed.) I was on her side, so too bad reality wasn't. We all had a great time.

get ready to wiggle

Here is the newest member of The Wiggle's fanclub. We have discovered that we can drive anywhere with them singing in our car, and I can do things like bathing thanks to those wonderful Wiggles.

you get to drink from the fire hose!

Ian enjoying one of summer's simple pleasures, which is drinking from the hose.
Ian learning that when playing with hoses you will get wet.