Oh the things that come out of 5 year olds mouths!

Hudson walks in the other day and tells me this. "Mom, did you know that people have hair on their privates and none on their bodies and dogs have hair all over their bodies but none on their privates. Cool huh?"
What am I to think? How does my 5 year old make such keen observations that I just seem to never notice. He is always making me giggle =)

Get To Know Me...

My friend Jan'L had this on her blog and I found it quite interesting. I whittled it down a bit, I am just not that interesting.... anywho here we go -

1. What time did you get up this morning? At 7, I got to sleep in, it's Sunday!
2. Diamond or Pearls? Diamonds
3. What was the last show you saw at the cinema? Twilight, which my girls and I loved.
4. What is your favorite TV show? King of Queens
5. What do you eat for breakfast? I take my vitamins and drink a glass of water.
6. What is your middle name? Lou
7. What food do you dislike? Sushi
8. What is your favorite CD at this moment? Katy Perry
9. What kind of car do you drive? Range Rover
10. Favorite sandwich? Philly steak sandwich
11. What characteristic do you despise? Dishonesty
12. Favorite item of clothing? jeans
13. If you could go anywhere on vacation, where would you go? Europe
14. Favorite brand of clothing? True Religion Jeans
15. Where would you retire to? Santa Barbara, California
16. Favorite sport to watch? whatever the kids are doing - soccer or basketball
17. When is your birthday? August 28
18. Morning or night person? morning
19. What is your shoe size? 8
20. Pets? Maggie a chorkie, a fish and 2 birds.
21. What did you want to be when you were little? A solid gold dancer!!!
22. Favorite candy? Hot tamales and Mike and Ike
23. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? Feb. 19-21 Hubby and I going to
Santa Barbara!
24. What was the last thing you ate? Deep dish apple cobbler
25. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? yellow
26. Favorite restaurant? Claim Jumper
27. Real hair color? Dish water blond
28. Favorite toy as a child? paper dolls
29. Summer or Winter? Summer
30. Hugs or Kisses? Hugs
31. Chocolate or Vanilla? Chocolate
32. What did you do last night? Went to dinner with our friends and celebrated his birthday!
33. Salty or Sweet? both
34. Favorite day of the week? Sunday, because we are all home together
35. Do you make friends easily? yes

our favorite pet ever

As I was browsing through our pictures online, I came across these of Roxy! We found Roxy while we were 4 wheeling and honestly thought that she had been ran over and was on the brink of death. The kids of course wanted to give her a fighting chance so we agreed that we would take her to our house in Richfield and see what happened.

Upon arrival, I ran over to the family dollar and bought an eye dropper and kitten milk, while Sean was deciding where to dig the hole to bury her in the backyard. Well, after dropping a little milk in her mouth she started looking a little more lively. By that evening, she took her 1st steps and we were all in love!
We brought her home and she was with us for 6 months! She was the best. I potty trained her in a litter box which she caught onto the 1st day. Her little hands were just fascinating, how she would clean her food, and how very soft they were. She was only nice to us, other people made her very nervous and she would run and hide and sometimes put out this awful smelling musk defense scent. YUCK!

We let her go over by my mom's house in Bloomington and she made friends with some other racoons, whom were probably very jealous of her shiny well maintained hair. We still see her every so often and are proud to say that she now has 3 little babies of her own.

I know you are thinking how racoons carry diseases, so where we. We had a vet come and check her out and she was only a few weeks old when we found her and the only food she had was from her mothers teet. So the vet said she was no different than a dog or cat, because she hadn't been exposed to anything.

1st vacation of the year!

Anyone that knows us well, knows that we love going on vacation. It can be a 2 day trip or a 3 week trip, we just love escaping reality and bonding together.

This year the kids had 2 full weeks out of school for the holidays. Some of you may moan at this, I get giddy with excitement and start planning.

We stayed in St. George the week of Christmas, there are so many things going on, fun family traditions that the kids do not want to miss out on. But the week of new years, we were out of here.

Sean brought home the RV and we loaded her up. I love this hillbilly side of our family. We just love being "on the road again!" I can just hear Willie Nelson singing this.

We headed to our most favorite spot --- Santa Barbara, California. What is not to love about this quaint oceanside town. We explore parks, the local zoo, walk out on the pier late at night when it's really foggy and this trip we went and explored the Santa Barbara Mission. I think I should have been raised Catholic because I just love all the crosses and decor of the Catholic churches. Would anyone really be offended if I had a huge wooden cross in my entryway???

Our 2nd favorite spot is 30 miles north of Santa Barbara. It is a small danish community called Solvang. Cutest town ever. It was in the movie "Sideways". We spent an entire day here shopping in the shops along main street.

We seem to head to Santa Barbara 2 to 3 times a year, we love it so much.

Solvang

The Santa Barbara Mission

OK - So this was my New Year's resolution, I love looking at my friends and families blogs and thought they would enjoy looking at ours. I am so not computer savvy and hope that I catch on to all of this as I go.

Anyways, our family lives in St. George, Utah. My husband, Sean, is a custom home builder that has been idle for several years. I think our home that we are living in was his last big project and we moved in a year ago. We spend our days together like a little old couple.

I am a soccer mom that loves to take my kids to all their athletic functions. I do try to hit the gym 4-5 days a week to keep me happy and somewhat able to keep up with all these kids. I love my family so much and savor every day and moment, knowing how soon they will be off to college and on their own!

Kenzie is 15 and a freshman at Pine View. How funny that she goes to my high school. It doesn't seem that long ago that I was there. She is totally into soccer and basketball!

Jake and Jordan, my sweet little twins, aren't so little anymore!!! How can 2 kids that start so small, grow so big. They are the funnest kids ever and I am so thankful that they came together!

Hudson, what a crack up. This 5 year old is such a blessing to all of us. We all enjoy him so much. He finished our family off just right!

Maggie is our new puppy. She is a chorkie (chihuaua/yorkie mix)! Soon I will get a picture of her on here.