Church Canceled!!!

So today we got a call about 1 1/2 hrs before church notifying us that there was a water(sewer) leak and the power was not working at the building so church was canceled. SO... we decided to take the troops to the Temple Visitor's Center and watch the Joseph Smith Movie. It was nice because we were able to just walk down the street to the temple (right next to my parents church building) Yes I captured the memory and thought I would share a cute picture of my kids... NOTICE the Shark Tooth Neclaces on the boys..

THEY LOVE THEM...

WE MISS YOU DAD!!!

They are all counting down the days

(3 more) till Chad joins us!!!

So After church we got home and the boys hit their favorite hang out "the TREE"

They are ALWAYS in this tree.. luckily it is in perfect view out the kitchen window from MOM's house they even EAT in the TREE. So the kids were taken care of and the MOM's (Emo, Steph, Mom and I) along with Shelly and Dave Senior (Aunt and Uncle) were able to eat dinner in peace. Then we played the recorders and listened to Emily and Steph play the violin. It was a pleasant sunday.

Irelyn Walks

She Walks... Ok so not all the time.. but watch those steps.. She is so cute. It happened so fast. I am sure before we get back to AZ she will be pretty good at it...
WHAT A CUTIE!!!

Waimea Beach Day

Today we went to Waimea Beach.. Man it is so beautiful. Perfect day!!! Lochlin was the expert cliff jumper.. He did it like 20 times. Here is a little video clip of it


then here are some of the other cute pictures of the kids from today. Braeden the sand monster. Ashlyn my little Model!!! What a fun day!!!

Hawaii - Part 2

I put this show together to show pictures of our past few days. Yes we have spent lots of time at the beach, but Yesterday we went to the PCC... The kids love it there. It was fun. We actually only visited the Island of Samoa but we watched the Canoe Show (where all the Islands float by and dance and sing) Then we rode on the canoe down to where the IMAX was and we watched the IMAX Show "Coral Reef" It was really intersting and BEAUTIFUL. Then as we were leaving Mom was holding Irelyn and took her to New Zeland to get the awesome tatoo when she peed straight out the other leg all over mom's lap. . . I got a picture of the exact pose she was in.. Notice the wet spot.. Thanks grandma for continuing to hold her..
Ashlyn loves being a little Socialite of the Neighborhood.. IT is so cute she goes around with this gang of girls. They sing and dance and put on shows and jump and play together all day.
The boys are having so much fun collecting all types of pets. from Gecko's to Snails... Yes it totally grosses me out.. but they are having fun. They spend most of their time outside hanging out in this tree behind Grandma's house.
I added a few pictures of my sister's kids.
Lydia's daughter is Kaitlyn - We celebrated her birthday this morning.
Emily's Kids are Aaron, Charity, and Baby Nate
It has been so much fun hanging out with everyone. We are sad because Lydia and Kaitlyn are leaving today. At least we get to hang out with Emily and her kids for a few more weeks.

Aloha for Now!!!

Summer in Hawaii - Week 1

OK so I have been really bad at updating the BLOG. Our first several days has been wonderful... It is so nice to be able to cross the street and be at the Ocean.
SO... enjoy the slide show.. I didnt know how else to share so many pictures. YES... you should all be jealous.. I am in Hawaii with my sisters and we are having a blast....

Hukilau is our FAVORITE BEACH. The boys love to boogie board and body surf there. . . They are really good at catching the waves. Ashlyn LOVES to play in the sand or in the waves. Irelyn LOVES to grab the sand and LOVES it when I take her in the water and jump over the waves, it is so cute because she totally starts giggling and splashing around when we jump up. Today the waves got really big and I had to actually dive through a wave while I had her out there. So this morning we went snorkeling at Sharks Cove. Oh My Goodness..... It seriously is like swimming in a fish tank... Loch and Brae kept pointing out the fish from Nemo "Mom, Look that's Gil !!! " It was cute. It was freaky because the fish are SO BIG and they are right in your face. I get the chills thinking about it because I would hate to touch a fish. GROSS... I hate to touch the bottom of the Ocean floor too. YUCK. So as I am floating out to start the snorkeling adventure Loch and Brae totally JUMP on top of me pushing me under covering my snorkel with water choking me and I almost touched the bottom of the rocky, coralish floor. I SCREAM... Which totally FREAKS them out.. Making them jump harder and squirm more.. I AM TOTALLY DROWNING... Ok that is what I get for screaming for getting to close to fish and being a total wimp. Ashlyn is the total diva of the house. Lydia calls her Paris Hilton... because she likes to pose for all the pictures. She is quite the little socialite too.. she has friends all up and down my parents street and by 6:30 in the morning is ready to go out and start playing with Anika or any of the other cute girls.. All the kids are loving to jump on the trampoline that has been a HUGE hit here. I just hope grandma and grandpa's house makes it through in one piece with the 8 kids trampling in and out and slamming doors and stuff all day long.

Aloha for now!!!

The Airport Adventure...

well... the worst part of this adventure was DEFINATELY waking up at 3:30 in the morning to head off to the airport. BUT... we did it... we got to the airport everything went smoothly... I could even keep all the lunchables my kids decided to pack for snacks. PHEW... I was worried with that no liquid thing. So we start off by going to SLC... Kinda wierd to head NORTH to go to Hawaii.... but that was the way of our flight. Everything went smooth.. UNLIKE my sister EMILY's adventure. No Puking, No Stripping, just smooth sailing. until the last 30 min. when Irelyn decided to scream uncontrolably. I am sure her ears were hurting. But It wasnt so bad. We Land. And all the kids say. " I wish this was Hawaii!!" Man.. so do I... Could you imagine an hour flight??? WONDERFUL!!! So a nice girl named Erica who was on the same flight as me and on her way to Hawaii as well decided to join me and the kids for a stroll through the airport to waste some of the time on our 4 hour layover. UUUGGGHHH... we strolled... and my kids found a japaneese place that made stuff that looked like Panda's Orange Chicken.. Well Even with the lunchables I was suckered into getting that... the kids were so good and It did Smell good. so we ate. Loch shoved as much chicken in his face as he could and then we headed off to WAIT and Wait and Wait and Wait and Wait (oh i was singing that song Pioneer children sang as they walked.. with all those wait's) As we got on the flight to Hawaii... I pulled out the chewable Benadryl... I gave one to each of the kids telling them this medicine will help you sleep and will make the flight go faster. They were excited to gobble them up.. SO WAS I!! within Minutes and before we even took off all three big kids were asleep. IT was nice. so I was left to wrestle Irelyn who was SOOOOO tired... but to squirmy to sleep. she wiggled and wobbled and wiggled and squirmed aaahhhh.. 4 1/2 hrs into it I decided she can eat one of those chewable benadryl's too. I shove it in her and FINALLY.. i get her to sleep just in time for the kids to all wake up.. SO i start yelling... If you wake her up I will be sooo Mad!!! How mean is that. SHe is on the floor under their feet. so the fighting begins.. Lochlin likes to push Braeden and Ashlyn's buttons till they snap and then tries to blame them for the fight.. I watch and glare at them all... and after only a few comments on how i need to treat myself to a large drink after we land. ha ha I am mormon and drink to me means WATER!!! so we make it... after a LONG LONG flight... Phew, no barfing, no pee pee accidents, only a few fights and 1 really squirmy baby.
Grandma greated us with a lei and we are off for the 45 minute drive around the Island. This is the day that never ends... traveling from 3 am till 8 pm (my time) with 4 kids.
so WE ARE off to the Beach..
Loch and Brae were so excited to jump in with their boogie boards. Ashlyn loved to play in the waves and Irelyn.. her first expirence in the sand. She LOVED it!! she kept clenching the sand in her toes and digging with her feet... It was adorable. once she decided to eat it. I took her in to wash her off.. It was getting really cold at the beach so we all went home. showered off and ate dinner.. I was so excited to HIT the Bed!!
Our Day that wouldnt end.. finally did... so here we are.. ready for day 2 of our Hawaiian Adventure.

I must be cRrrAaZY!!!

Ok so it is now 11:30 PM... i am totally packed and ready to go to Hawaii tomorrow... But what am I doing... I am INSANE... I cant sleep.. and I have to be up at 3:30 to get out the door by 4 AM... I think i am just SUPER excited to see my Mom, and 3 of My 4 Sisters...and for the Airline Adventure that lies ahead...

Emily got to Hawaii today.. Well I hope she got there. She called me from her layover in LAX.. Her little boy Aaron PUKED while on the flight from Houston to LA. aparently ALL OVER... So she had to clean him up all while holding her baby Nate in her lap. No one helped her.. I told her I would have pushed off my baby onto a flight attendant or nice looking stranger close by. well ... so she strips him down in the bathroom and wraps him in an airplane blanket and uses the sink to wash off the barf from all his clothes...
I hate to laugh at this.. but It is funny. . . So she has a Naked 6 yr old, a sweet little girl and a baby all by herself hanging out at the LA airport waiting for her connecting flight to Hawaii... What is going to happen on my flight... Alone... with 4 KIDS!!! I think i am prepared... I have a DVD player, snacks, Coloring Stuff, Books, but... HUMMM... I just remembered I should bring at least one change of clothes for Irelyn... I will let you all know what my Airline Adventure is like...

I Know I am cRrrAaaaZZZzzzyyyy for doing this flight alone with the Kids... I hope the 5 1/2 week stay in Hawaii is worth IT!!!

ALOHA!!! for now..

Cub Scout Day Camp

So this past weekend was a lot of fun. I was able to go to Day Camp with Lochlin and his Cub Scout Pack. It was so cute to see the boys. We built rockets, learned about tractors, tried on army, built a tool box, made up a play, and did a water obsticle course. Yes i am about to admit to being a total boob but if you know me you know i am already. There was an opening song and it was so touching because all the cubs in our stake (about 85) stood and sang the song "We Are as the Army Heleman" Just thinking about it makes me tear up. It was so amazing to be standing among these Young boys and to think about where they are going to be in 10 or 20 or so years. Serving Missions, our Next Bishop, I did a lesson in Primary for Sharing Time and That was something we discussed... I told the children to look around and the teachers to look at their class..... Do you see future Missionaries, a Bishop, or maybe even thr Prophet in our Primary. I love working with the children in our ward. It is so amazing what they know, and how strong they are. I pray that the youth will be able to be strong in these trying times and be able to set a good example for those around them. I look at Cub Scouts as such a Wonderful experience for these Young boys and hope they get the skills and confidence to be Strong Young MEN.

It's Magic!!!

Ok so i have been CURSED with the grossest, driest, cracked, dry ugly feet. . . Chad gets mad when my feet touch him at night because he says they scratch him. So I try all products, I file I scrub, I soak, I lather with vasoline, with different loations. Well I FOUND IT!!! the Miricle Cream that works. I was wondering Walmart . . . I love to waste time looking at isles in the health section and the craft section . . . Well I found this cream last week. . . I think it was the best $4.00 I have ever spent. I have used it maybe 5 nights off and on for about a week coating it on my heals and wearing socks along with a good scrub with a file in the shower in the morning. My feet actually look like girl feet now. I seriously can't believe the difference. SO... I am going to be a strong advocate for this Flexitol Heel Balm and it's powerful 25% urea based ingredient that nourishes the skin. This comprehensive formula increases the skin's natural renewal process, speeding exfoliation of itchy, over-dry skin at the surface. Urea breaks down hardened, callused skin and eliminates cracks and fissures. BUY IT!!! USE IT!!! esp if you have gross feet like mine used to be like.. NOW i just have to figure out how to make my elbows soft!!! Maybe I will try this cream on them? Any other suggestions???

ME ME - "Dawn Needs"

I have noticed one floating around in blogspace recently that caught my interest.
You do a google search for “(insert your name here) needs” and list the top five results of your search.
Well, in a fit of boredom, I searched for “dawn needs”…and the results I got made me laugh so hard, I cried.

Dawn Needs a Tripod. You can see why.
Don’t know why I need a tripod, unless my destiny is to be a filmmaker.. Alas.. That’s it.. I know my destiny now..

Dawn needs a headcount before Thursday of this week so sign up quick!
I am trying to figure out what I need a head count for. But maybe of who will be joining me for the next Iron Chef Party sometime in July when I get back from HAWAII!!!

Dawn needs to get over herself.
Well… I am sure you all agree…

Dawn needs to know where she came from.
I am proud to let you all know that I came from under a rock. My alien parents left me there to be found so I could be raised in a human family and I could grow up amongst them and start breading … to make more aliens to take over Earth. Now that you all know I MUST BEAM YOU TO MARS!!

Dawn needs hair to hang over her right eye.
I don’t know why I need it over my right eye.. I know I did a hair style like this back in 9th grade with beautiful bangs hanging over my eye.. but I believe I did it over my left eye.. I guess I will be brave and try it again but this time over my right eye..

Dawn needs to be on TV land.
I don’t know why TV Land.. maybe they have a game show where I will be able to win MILLIONS of dollars.

Dawn needs a MIRACLE.
There you go.. I will take the miracle of being on TV Land so I can win the MILLIONS of dollars.

Dawn needs some man on man action!
Hummmm… I don’t know why I would need that.. That kinda creaps me out. Unless.. I know.. I am going to be watching Ultimate Fighting later today.. can that count as the man on man action I need???

Dawn needs some new friends
Ok I must need new friends.. because I was only supposed to do 5 of these and the current friend (the computer) wont let me stop looking up what I need. Aaaaahhhhh…

Dawn needs to get out of the house.
Again….. I am totally needing this. I’d take a date or anything to get me away from this dang computer that wont let me leave…

Dawn Needs Help!
Ok this must be the end.. I do need help. I need help in lots of ways. I need help cleaning my house, I need help putting away the laundry, I need help..
So help me dang it … stop reading and HELP ME!!!!!! I must stop this search about what I need.. I TOTALLY NEED HELP..


So there you have it. If you get bored and feel inclined to Google search your own needs, let me know. I can always use a good laugh.

Me Me - TWO

OK So here it goes... Info You probably already knew or Probably DONT want to know.

Two Names I Go by: Mom, Shmoopy

Two Things I am Wearing Right Now: Yesterday's Makeup (it is 6 am), socks

Two Things I Want (or have) in a Relationship: LOVE (HAVE this), LAUGHTER

Two of My Favorite Things to do: Waste time on the computer, ummmmm and bake? (but NOT clean up the mess)


Things I Want Very Badly At The Moment: to find cheap tickets to Hawaii for the Summer, to sleep in a little bit more (Irelyn woke up poopy a little bit ago)

Two pets I have: JUST TWO... I think i have 5 .... Chad, Loch, Brae, Ash and Irelyn... My kids are kinda upset because i am so alergic to DOGS and they want one SOOOOO BAD...

Two things I did last night: Went over to Chad's Parents for his mom's Birthday (see the tinkerbell cake below), and watched 4 episodes of 24 (Chad and I have gotten so far behind. we are ready for the season finale tonight)

Two things I ate today: I havent eaten anything yet but the first two things I will eat... a Yoplait Yogart and a scrambled egg.

Two people I just talked to last: Cherry (Our Prayers are with her today), and Chad

Two Things I'm doing tomorrow: Laundry, and Clean the bathrooms

Two longest car rides: Back when I was a Jr. in HS.. I drove with Mom, Cherry, and Erin Berte from NJ to AZ... IT WAS SO MUCH FUN but, LONG and MY BUTT HURT SO BAD!!!, and probably just a trip to UT. Not that bad.

Two Favorite Holidays: Christmas (I love the smell, the decorations, the music) and Halloween (I love that my kids get so excited to pick out what they want to dress up like and to see their excitment running from door to door..I just love it)

Two favorite beverages: Water, and Sam's Choice Carbinated Waters

So go ahead copy and paste this and do your own....I would love to read yours!

Ashlyn Music Recital

Ashlyn Singing Recital




Sing a Merry Song




Sing a Song




Whistle While You Work




Put Another Nickel In





Do Me So Me



Thank You For the Music

Pretty Chad

So Ashlyn and Our Cute Baby sitter girls gave Chad a MakeOver Yesterday. It was so cute.

Thought i would post some of the Pictures.

TinkerBell Cake

So I am so sad that i dont have any sisters around to make cakes for but it was Cheryl's Bday and she LOVES TinkerBell so last night i wondered Walmart for a while and decided on this.. It was so much fun to make.. And seriously SOOOOO SIMPLE... i used some cheap beads from the dollar spot for the boarder of the cakes then some little flowers from the craft spot and then these cute tinkerbell fairy dolls. that flower thing on top came with the fairies. Everyone loved it. Thought it was Bought not Made. which made me feel good. Cant wait to do Braeden's Fear Factor one? Any Suggestions.. he wants dirt and worms, I was thinking of printing off the Logo and laminating it for the middle with a bunch of crushed Oreo's shoving some gummy worms maybe some gummy eyeballs... ok so this is only a thought.. I am up for any suggestions.

The STINKY side of Motherhood!!!

My night/morning has been so eventfull... Chad and I woke up at 12.45 to Ashlyn PUKING all over her bedroom.. her bed was covered, her duvet the entire floor (she had run to the bathroom to finish) So I spend the next several minutes giving Ashlyn a bath, brushing her teach rinsing out her mouth with mouth wash, cleeaning up the bathroom floor, toilet and wall... and chad got the sheets off the bed and sprayed the carpet with cleaner. So I get ashlyn all settled in her bed again and go start a load of STINKY PUKIE bed stuff. . . just as I was climbing back in bed Ashlyn comes into my bedroom complaining that her belly still hurts so we go to the kitchen and get a barf bowl just in the nick of time because she started puking a TON more... AAAAAAHHHHHGGGGGHHHHHH.....
So after I clean that up Ashlyn wants to get back into our bed. Figuring we are safe because she has seriously puked up anything that could have been in her stomach i bring her and the barf bowl back to our bed. I lay there... and lay there... and I just can't fall back asleep. So I decide to come out to the couch to fall asleep watching TV. I JUST CAN'T SLEEP. I watch Extra, Inside Edition, Medium, CSI Miami and look at the clock.. I can't believe it is 4:30 AM now. I should be getting out of bed (or off the couch) to go to the gym but decide to FORCE myself to fall asleep. and I end up sleeping for maybe an hour. I wake up to change loads in the laundry, and to Chad pointing out this nice brown spot in our bed with a little brown rock pebble thing. He says "What IS this?" It was right were Ashlyn was sleeping. Well... it doesnt look like puke it MUST be Diareah (and a hershey squirt)
So I rip the sheets off and ad those to the already ENORMOUS amount of laundry I have to do from the night... and as I am sorting through that... I turn behind me and realize that SOMEONE (my guess one of the boys) SOMEONE has PEE'd in the Laundry Room Garbage Can. So after trying to get one of the boys to admit to it and getting no where with it... I go outside to clean it out... I am So frustrated at this point.
Puke, Diareah and Pee all within a few hours... OH... I am not done yet...
so it is now 10 AM Ashlyn has Pooped in 5 different pairs of panties... YES I have decided to be wastefull.. I am refusing to wash anymore.. so all the panties are going into the garbage. Where is the day going to lead us.. What other CRAP can I clean up?

My Sick Girl..

So Irelyn has been so sick for the longest time. Starting in the beginning of January she has been being treated for ear infections. We go to the Dr. at least one or two times a month.... We then moved on to try Myro Therapy... Where the guy popped Irelyn's neck,back and the roof of her mouth. Then back to the Dr. two weeks ago and then we started a round of Shots. 3 days in a row we went to the Dr. and he gave Irelyn a shot in her bottom of antibiotics. Well on the 3rd day Irelyn's feaver that had lasted almost a week was STILL not going down. Well... the Dr. searched for some other reason and sent us to get an X-Ray... where we found out that Irelyn has been suffering from Phenumonia... Ok so it was a very mild case but still she had been so congested, and so misserable. She was so pathetic looking One morning she woke up and I had to get this picture... I know it was mean for me to take the picture BEFORE cleaning her up.. but I knew the picture would be worth it... Immeadiatly following she puked up tons of snoty stuff. Life has been miserable. We have one more round of antibiotics to try then we will have to fork over for tubes!!! AAAAHHHH!!!!

Mothers Day!!!

Being a mom is so much fun and it is nice to get older and realize how special those little handprints in plaster of paris are, the sweet poems the kids write, the cute pictures they draw. My kids are so adorable..

Ashlyn started out by giving me this beautiful picture. she is getting so good at drawing.. on the back of the picture she had some info about me...

My Mom

She is 5 yrs old

She is 52 1/2 inches tall

She weighs 8 lbs.

Her Favorite food is Chicken and Salad

Her Favorite color is Pink and Orange

Her Favorite thing to do is Laundry

Does Your Mom work? Yes she goes to the gym

What does your mom do while you are at school? She cleans the house and goes shopping

What does your mom want to be when she grows up? A Teacher

When your mom was little what was her favorite toy? My Teddy Bear

What is your Favorite thing to do with your mom? go to Chuck E. Cheese's

Then she gave me a really cute gift... She was so happy to give me a PINK heart. What a Sweetie...

Then Braeden...

He made this beautiful flower card and inside he had written some things.

M - Marvelous Mom

O - Outstanding

T - Teriffic

H - Hugs Me!

E - Excellent

R - Really good at cooking!

My Mom is special because.... Sh lets me play at my friends house and eat Top Romon

I like it when my Mom .... Makes cake for my birthday

My Mom can do many things! I think she is best at . . . Making my Birthday Partys.

I like to make my mom smile by . . . Ticling her.

My mom is as pretty as a . . . rabbit hoping in the medows.

My mom is smart! she even knows . . . what 100+500 is. She sais it is 600.

Then i opened his present and it was this beautiful pen holder with the 3 pens. He was so excited. What a Cutie...

Then Lochlin.... He made a book... he started by letting me know it was for Dad too... since he wont be in school to make something for Father's Day.

So it started with a beautiful picture of ME!!! then he wrote some info about me...

My Mother is the most wonderful Mom in the whole world! She is as pretty as a rosse. Her favorite food is chickin. In the good old days when Mom was little, she used to make my ants mad.

I think Mom looks funny when she is usleep. But i know she's really mad when she tolks in a dep voes (deep voice).

I wish Mom would Play with me everyday. I wouldn't trade my mother for enything in the (Drawn Picture of the World)

Happy Mothers Day!

M - Mom

O - Oshen (ocean)

T - The

H - Hi

E - Earth

R - Run

Then he gave me this cute paper flower bouquet.

Then he had a Picture of Chad

My Dad

My Father is the most wonderful Dad in the whold world! he is as handsome as a salsmen. His favorite food is ribs. In the good old days when Dad was little, he used to go down the firepole.
I think Dad looks funny when he gos to the jim. But i know he's really bad when he yells at us. I wish dad would go to the sun's game with me everynight. I wouldnt trade my father for enething.

Happy Father's Day!

F - Father

A - Africha

T - Tool

H - Her

E - Erly

R - Ring

What a WONDERFUL WONDERFUL DAY!!!! I love my children. It always makes me realize how I want my kids to stay young. There is never enough time to LOVE and ENJOY them. I dont want to miss anything in their lives. I hope that these kind of Mother's day's NEVER end.

Braeden's Tooth

Braeden loosing a top tooth. So funny... pretty tramuatic. But Hilarious

Ashlyn Dancing

My silly Ashlyn Dancing... She cracks me up... She knows how to Move it Move it!!! and how to Shake it.... Maybe Chad has been giving her lessons.

Ashlyn Irelyn and Kaitlyn

These girls had fun together. We had fun playing while Lydia and Grandma came to visit. cant wait to get together next time... what is it in Hawaii?????