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Life 365 | Week 21

Monday, May 17, 2010
may17Beth’s last week of school started today. Afterwards, she played in her little “puzzle corner” for quite awhile so I could keep working on my Good EatZ Kit. She is getting so good at doing puzzles and we just have a puzzle going all the time! She loves it!

Tuesday, May 18, 2010
may18Another day of trying to get my kit done. It just isn’t happening and I’m just not going to have it done on time – but I think its turning out pretty good. No picture today since I just worked all day on the computer, but I do have some of the kit to share. The kids have been playing pretty well together so I am getting some done – just not enough.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010
may19I took a break from designing today to go participate in JJ’s School Spring Run-off – the only school fundraiser they have all year. We didn’t go last year, but I thought we really should do it this year. Beth went to only about 1/2 of her school today and she and I went and joined JJ in the race. We ran a little and walked a little – but we made it to the finish line and we got fun shirts to show it! My Book ScrapZ Chat was tonight and of course I didn’t have the kit done – but everyone is being very patient with me – so that helps!

Thursday, May 20, 2010
may20Beth graduated from the Center Stage Preschool today. Joey and I were able to attend her graduation/program and it was very cute. I know Beth is going to miss her friends there and the teachers and I’m grateful she has had the opportunity to do a little Karate, a little dancing and singing, and learning.

Friday, May 21, 2010
may21We got to babysit Mallory for half the day today and it was so fun. JJ was so happy that she came early so he could have a little time with her before he went to school! Mal went with us to Beth’s last time with her class. We went to a park and had Mommy and Muffins. We got to have some muffins and juice and the kids got to play on the playground. It was a lot of fun and Beth didn’t want to leave. But she started feeling a little sick. By the time night came she was coughing up a storm and had a high fever.

Saturday, May 22, 2010
may22This morning, I got to pick up my first Bountiful Basket. I have found a great co-op for fruit/vegetables/bread and I’m excited to have more healthy foods come into my home. Hopefully I’ll learn how to use it all! It is so fun.

Beth is our little sickie today. She does pretty good during the day, but the night is really hard on her. She coughs so much that she can hardly breathe and her temperature got up to 103 degrees today. Joey and I got free tickets to go to the I Fight Dragons concert. (It’s a fairly new band that Joey has had contact with and he’s even had their permission to use their music on his podcast. So its pretty cool). Anyways, but because Beth is so sick I stayed home with her while Joey went to the concert with his brother. He said it was really great – though he overdid it with his leg (blood clots) and is pretty swollen!

Sunday, May 23, 2010
may23With Joey not feeling well and Beth not feeling well – another very hard night – we stayed home from church. The nights are so awful. I think Beth has finally broke the fever – but the coughing at night is just awful. We are all very tired.

For Family Movie Night we watched A Little Princess and we had muffins and meat pies (chicken) – like they have in the book!

And we finished our night – with watching the finale of Lost. It’s been a very interesting 6 years and I’ll miss the show – I think the finale was good and I’m glad they ended it the way they did.

And here is my weekly layout:
week21I used my TearZ U, Good EatZ & Digital 365 to create this layout!

Filed Under: Layouts, Life 365-2010, Personal, Project Life Tagged With: 2010, bountiful basket, design, family, food, fundraiser, graduation, kitchen, life, lost, mallory, memories, moments, movie, movie night, play, preschool, princess, program, puzzle, school, sick, tv show

Life 365 | Week 18

Monday, April 26, 2010
apr26It was finally another nice day and my kids couldn’t wait to play outside after school. They played for a few hours and constantly came in to tell me about things they saw and things they were doing. They were very cute. Beth loves worms and JJ helped her find several worms to put in a container of dirt. They kept coming in to show me their findings. It wasn’t until I went out to call them in for dinner that I found out where they were getting all the worms. JJ was tearing out all the bricks that were in the ground to make a pathway by the shed. After being angry about it for awhile, I finally realized how cute it actually was. JJ was helping his sister find worms. He didn’t realize he was moving stuff that wasn’t supposed to be moved. Silly kids.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010
apr27Tonight was JJ’s Pack Meeting. It was so exciting because he got his first 2 awards in the scouting program. He received his Bobcat badge and his Badminton belt loop. Part of getting the bobcat badge was painting lines on JJ’s cheeks. He wasn’t so sure about that one and really didn’t want me to do it. When he saw one of his scoutmates getting it done – he finally let me paint it on him – but as soon as he got home he washed it off – no paint faces for him!

Wednesday, April 28, 2010
apr28A big fan of Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes), Joey wanted our kids to be attached to their stuffed animals. In trying to encourage this, he would ask Beth if she would let him borrow her stuffed tiger (which he had bought for her at the Hogle Zoo and named “Sasha”) at night. This has quickly got out of control as now Beth has to have someone watching Sasha anytime she’s away from the house, and has asked Joey to take Sasha to work with him several times. Joey’s co-workers have got quite the kick out of seeing Sasha’s head popping out of his backpack and attending his meetings. Sasha is Daddy’s “helper” and Beth’s comfort! I’m not sure what we would do if we lost Sasha – let’s hope that it never happens!

Thursday, April 29, 2010
apr29I have some great visiting teachers. I have been so swamped getting ready for NSD and other things that I haven’t had a chance to have them come over this month. They dropped by some yummy banana bread that the kids and I snacked on all day. They really are very sweet.

Friday, April 30, 2010
apr30Joey had an early appointment with his Rheumatologist. It was in Sandy so he was just going to stay up there and work at Pete’s house, but his leg was all swollen in a way that it shouldn’t be, so they decided he needed an ultrasound. They could only find one hospital that could do it today and that was the Timpanogos Hospital here in Orem, so he came back home. At 3pm, he left to go get his ultrasound, with the plan to leave from the hospital to go do his podcast. The kids came home from school, we had snack and playtime and about 5pm, we left to go pickup my cousin, Heather who was in town for the BYU Womens conference. I hadn’t seen her in a year and was very happy to have some time to visit with her. We haven’t actually been close in proximity ever, but I feel like we have kept a pretty good relationship through the years between emailing, and recently through Facebook/blogs. She’s a wonderful person and I’m so glad I had a chance to catch up with her. We picked Heather up and went to Hogi Yogi’s where we had yummy sandwiches and yogurt. Amidst the visiting and handling my wound-up kids, I missed several calls from Joey. Finally JJ interrupted my visiting with Heather and said, “Mom, you’re phone is ringing.” I missed the call again, only to find out that I had missed several calls. I called Joey back and it was now close to 6:30pm and I expected Joey to be in Salt Lake City. But no, he was still at the hospital where he had just been informed that he had 18 blood clots in his leg and 1 in his lung. It was so shocking to hear and especially over the phone where I couldn’t be with Joey. Joey informed me that he was going to go do the podcast now and then we would talk later. So fortunately, I stayed calm – finished visiting with Heather and then dropped her back off at the BYU dorms before heading home. After the kids went to bed, I did research on blood clots, worked on final preparations for NSD, and had a freak out before Joey finally arrived home and we were able to talk. A huge day.

Saturday, May 1, 2010
may1Another crazy day. Joey and I slept in a little bit and then he headed off to the pharmacy to get his medications. Unfortunately, he had a hard time finding a pharmacy with the right stuff – and so when my NSD crop started – he still wasn’t home. The crop went well – even though the kids had a rough time, so I was trying to do my crop and handle the kids at the same time. We made it through and finally Joey got home. Joey’s doing pretty well, but the worst thing is having to give himself injections in the stomach for 5 days. The needle doesn’t really bother him – but the medicine is really hurting him. I just pray that this medicine will help and that we can get the blood clots to go away.

Sunday, May 2, 2010
may2We stayed home from church today. But our home teachers came over and was able to give Joey a blessing and I pray that it will help him through the next several days.

For our Family Movie Night, we watched The Sound of Music and made mexican haystacks for our “hills are alive.” The kids enjoyed it, even though it was quite the stretch to make the movie and dinner match this week!

And here is my weekly layout:
week18I used my Renewal & Digital 365 to create this layout!

Filed Under: Layouts, Life 365-2010, Personal, Project Life Tagged With: 2010, banana bread, blood clots, cousin, daddy, dinner, family, food, heather, home teachers, life, medication, memories, moments, movie night, movies, sasha, scouts, sick, stuffed animals, worms

Life 365 | Week 11

Monday, March 8, 2010
mar8My mission this week was to get the house in order. I’ve been just picking up lately and not really cleaning. It all started with the kid’s bedroom today. I had to snap a photo because it’s usually only this clean for 5 minutes. Everything is in its place for the moment.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010
mar9More cleaning and designing today. In School this week, Beth’s learning about rainbows and yesterday she brought home this dandy. We hung it up on the fridge today and Beth just beamed. I love it when she’s so happy.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010
mar10We’re trying to accomplish JJ’s reading chart this month – we only got the chart on Monday – so he can get a free pass to the Seven Peaks Water Park. We’re on a roll so far! We’ve been reading The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. It’s the first longer book that we have ever read to the kids so hopefully they are comprehending it.

Thursday, March 11, 2010
mar11More cleaning and designing again. Beth and I hung at home all day and had raman for lunch.

Friday, March 12, 2010
mar12The kids coughed all night long and so they stayed home from school today. We finished getting the house clean and I made meatballs, spaghetti, and breadsticks for dinner. Pete came down to our house for the podcast tonight so it was fun to have him here.

Saturday, March 13, 2010
mar13Kind of a weird day today. It started with sleeping in and snuggling with Joey – so great. It was an overcast/rainy day and Joey suggested I do something that I haven’t done for a long time – so I went for a walk in the rain. It used to be something I did a lot, but I haven’t done it in years. I’ve been struggling lately in so many areas and a walk in the rain is such a good remedy. I was gone for a couple of hours and it just wasn’t quite long enough to face all the things that I’ve needed to think about, but I just didn’t have enough time. JJ had his first friend birthday party to go to and he really enjoyed that. The kids did some painting and watching movies and JJ and Joey started working on their Pinewood Derby Car.

Sunday, March 14, 2010
mar14The kids still have colds, Joey has a cold, and I was up all night with heart burn and a stomach ache. So once again, we stayed home from church. Joey and JJ worked a bit on their Pinewood Derby car again and did some reading together. I stayed in bed with a flu bug. And then Joey gave me a special present – a night away from responsibility. I am here in a hotel in Provo, all by myself. Just me and my computer. I’m still pretty sick, so its not the most relaxing time in the world – but it really is something that I have needed. Some time alone to think about things. I’m sick of being stressed and depressed. I truly just want to be happy and hopefully this little getaway will help me find that.

And here is my weekly layout:
week11I used my FriendZ from the Wood & Digital 365 to create this layout!

Filed Under: Layouts, Life 365-2010, Personal, Project Life Tagged With: 2010, art, away, cleaning, designing, family, food, happiness, life, memories, moments, pinewood derby, rain, rainbows, reading, scouts, search, sick, sleeping, snuggling, walk

Life 365 | Week 7

Monday, February 8, 2010
feb8The kids still were not up to going to school today so we hung out in our pjs all day. Our fun activity for the day was doing a little beading! Beth made a necklace and JJ made a bead string. They had a great time!

Tuesday, February 9, 2010
feb9We decided to give the kids just one more day at home. I was not feeling so great and was just really tired so I decided to just give the kids their bath/shower at the same time tonight. Beth took the bath and JJ took the shower and they loved it!

Wednesday, February 10, 2010
feb10The kids went back to school today. They were so sick of being outside and so they were so delighted! They both had a great day and were in much better moods than yesterday!

Thursday, February 11, 2010
feb11Joey’s gift to me for Valentine’s Day arrived today – beautiful, delicious chocolate strawberries! It was such a surprise and they were so good. Definitely made my day!

Friday, February 12, 2010
feb12The kids’ had their Valentine’s Day parties at school today! We made some fun Valentine boxes last night and so they were so excited to come home with them – full of candy/cards. For snack, we made some fun heart sandwiches and cookies. A fun day!

Saturday, February 13, 2010
feb13Joey survived his podcast last night, but still felt really awful today, so he spent most of the day in bed. I did a lot of designing and the kids enjoyed playing together, especially when Beth got out her Barbies for a picnic with Chef JJ “making” the food! It was very cute!

Sunday, February 14, 2010
feb14Happy Valentine’s Day! It was Stake Conference at church but Joey still felt so awful and I think another round has hit me, so we just stayed home. Joey ordered pizza and so we just snacked on that all day, played a little Wii, the kids colored and pasted hearts on paper (making “Valentine Books”), Joey edited his podcast I did some design work, and we just hung out again….I wish this sickness would leave our house!

While playing Wii, Joey had an adorable conversation with Beth that just completely touched my heart and brought tears to my eyes: “Daddy, do you know what I want to be when I grow up? These are some things I think it would be good to be: I want to be a ballerina, I want to learn to play hopscotch, I want to be a lady doctor, and the best thing is that I want to be a Mommy just like my Mommy.”

And here is my weekly layout:
week7I used my Mini-KitZ Collection to create this layout!

Filed Under: Layouts, Life 365-2010, Personal, Project Life Tagged With: 2010, bathtime, beading, chocolate, family, food, hearts, layout, life, love, memories, moments, mommy, podcast, school, sick, strawberries, treats, valentine's day

Life 365 | Week 5

Monday, January 25, 2010
jan25
Joey is going to have to work late tomorrow, so we decided to celebrate JJ’s birthday tonight. Joey came home early and we surprised JJ by taking our family to Chuck E Cheese. JJ was so excited to be able to have his favorite food – pizza – and play games! We had a great time together as a family. We came home and JJ got to open his presents – some new scriptures with his name on them, some Transformer toys, and a Spiderman watch.

 

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
jan26
Happy Birthday to JJ! I can’t believe he is already 8 years old. I made some brownies and he was so excited to take them to share with his class today at school. He came home very happy. While he was at school, Beth and I made his cake and he loved it! Tonight he got to blow his candles out and we ate cake and ice cream for dessert. He also opened some gifts from Grandpa and Grandma Sorensen tonight – he got some markers and Spiderman coloring pages and some sweat pants. He was so excited to be able to have THREE birthday parties this year!

 

Wednesday, January 27, 2010
jan27
Ever since we had kids, Joey has been mentioning a tradition he wanted to start with the kids. This year, he finally implemented it and it is truly one of the sweetest things ever. He took JJ out on Monday to buy ME (the mom) a present for JJ’s birthday. JJ got to pick out a present for me as a thank you for giving birth and all the things I do as a mom. Isn’t that just so sweet? So JJ got me a book and this adorable Willow Tree Figurine – I think it is just so perfect!

 

Thursday, January 28, 2010
jan28
Beth can just be so adorable sometimes. I was doing some cleaning and trying to be motivated not to just play Facebook all day (since I still don’t have my computer back) and I came into the kitchen and she had taken 2 chairs and made herself a little bed. She’s just too cute!

 

Friday, January 29, 2010
jan29
We introduced the Wii Sports: Tennis game to our kids this week and I love how much fun they are having! Beth loves to dress up in one of her princess gowns to play and JJ had to get on the action and he got into his Spiderman costume! They are just so cute!

 

Saturday, January 30, 2010
jan30
Joey was very good to me today and got my favorite Olive Garden take-out for dinner! It was nice not to have to cook and just sit around and be lazy!

 

Sunday, January 31, 2010
jan31
Since I still wasn’t in the mood to cook – Joey was very nice and made pork chops and hashbrowns for dinner. It was really fun to see him in the kitchen and the food was great – good job honey!

 

And here is my weekly layout:
week5
I used my Digital 365 & Happy Birthday, Jelly Beans, & Birthday Cake (3S Collab) Kits to create this layout.

And here is my January summary layout:
jan10
I used my AspirationZ & Digital 365 Kits to create this layout.

Filed Under: Layouts, Life 365-2010, Personal, Project Life Tagged With: 2010, bed, birthday, cake, candles, chuck e cheese, cleaning, dad cook, dinner, dress-up, family, food, games, layout, life, memories, mom gift, moments, olive garden, pizza, presents, spiderman, sweet, wii

Project 365 | Week 25

Monday, June 15, 2009
jun15
What do you do when are gone for over a week? Laundry, laundry, and more laundry! I think it’s going to take me a couple of weeks to get caught up with some design stuff, laundry, and getting the house clean.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009
jun16
Today was JJ’s first day of Summer School. He was so excited! It’s an exciting thing that they have going this year. The Alpine School District and BYU have combined together to offer the special education students some more education for 5 weeks this summer. It gives BYU Students who are going to school to teach special ed the chance to actually work with students. JJ’s teacher, Ms. Raines was in his classroom and he was so excited to see her! He also has a new teacher, Miss Sharp. He seemed to have a really great day and was excited to show me his fun artwork!

Wednesday, June 17, 2009
jun17
I’m coming down with a cold and just wasn’t myself today. Headache and runny nose and just so tired! So I didn’t accomplish a whole lot today but the kids were amazingly well. They played together so good and just let me rest. Plus they were happy with their not so nutritional lunch (since I just wasn’t up to making much). They loved their cheesy fries and grapes and apple juice – hey, at least they got some fruit!

Thursday, June 18, 2009
jun18
I love Pajama Days! I completely slacked off today and didn’t get up in time to get JJ off to school. Instead we just all hung out in our pajamas today. We played, watched movies, and just accomplished NOTHING. I think I just need this kind of thing every once in a while!

Friday, June 19, 2009
jun19
Today was the day! We have now been married for 10 years! I did a lot of reflecting today as I caught up on some housework. I love Joey so much! I’m so happy that we are married – he is my best friend. After the kids went to bed, and Cody and Becki came over to tend, we went to a late movie. We saw THE PROPOSAL with Sandra Bullock and I LOVED it. I haven’t seen a movie (chick flick) that I liked so much in a long time. It was awesome time and I am so glad I got to watch it with Joey. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

Saturday, June 20, 2009
jun20
We went swimming at the Fitness Center today. The kids really love being in the water. I really should get them lessons some time – but for now Joey and I are trying to teach a little bit. They had a great time and Beth cried all the way home because she didn’t want to stop.

Sunday, June 21, 2009
jun21
Joey came up with an awesome idea today. He’s really a wonderful dad! He came up with a lunch treasure hunt! I made the lunch and he hid each piece with clues for the kids to find them on a paper bag. Then the kids found the item and placed it in their bag. When they had finished the hunt, we spread a blanket out on the living room and watched a movie (Treasure Planet) while eating our picnic. The kids loved it. A wonderful thing for them to do on Father’s Day! 🙂

Filed Under: Life 365-2009, Personal, Project Life Tagged With: 2009, anniversary, family, father's day, food, laundry, lunch, memories, moments, pajama day, sumer school, swimming, treasure hunt

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