it makes perfect sense!

the logic of a two year old is truly a fascinating thing! I can't tell you how many times a day I hear my little Kingston tell me "mom, my belly's hurting me". When I ask him "how come?", "if he needs a snuggle?" and "if he's sick?" 9 times out of 10 he responds with "i'm SOOO thirsty"- so, let me get this straight; you're sooo thirsty that your belly is hurting you?? okay, okay maybe.... i guess i could see that. But that's never the end of it! I also get at least a dozen times a day "mommy, i SO tired, i need a treat" you're so tired that you need a treat?? What does this kid think he's pulling? I might be sucker for those big brown eyes and delicious dimpled cheeks but, I wasn't born yesterday!! He cracks me up! I will admit that I do have days where I forget that despite that innocent smile and sweet little voice I am dealing with a fully functioning cunning and mischevious little boy. This boy of mine has dismantled his bed, colored the cat and eaten my makeup and he always has a "perfectly logical" explanation. Kingston has been potty trained for quite some time now but lately he has been trying to flush excessive amounts of toilet paper down the toilet so, i have had to essentially hide the t.p. I mean, I guess as far as logic is concerned more t.p.=more clean but we have gone through an entire 12 pack of t.p. in about a week and a half (which typically lasts us a month). Well, today Kingston found the paper towels and tried to flush an entire brand new roll. The toilet couldn't handle the load and I ended up digging the paper towels out of the toilet with my bare hands....!!FUN!!... I would be pleased if this was the end of it but of course not! Kingston then found the stash of toilet paper and as far as I can tell he attempted to flush a roll and 3/4 down the toilet and we are now dealing with the clog of all clogs, and of course its the weekend and no plumber in town is willing to come rotto-root the old crapper....hahahaha.... so, here we sit on this snowy blistery Sunday night without a toilet, with our back teeth a floating and with the logical antics of our two year old.

just a few pics for y'all to enjoy

my Little Man

He's almost too cute!

It is such a beautiful world we live in!

Watch out! They mean business!!

we've been busy

The past few weeks have been, as usual, just insane! Summer semester ended for me and we decided to take a little family vacation. We went to California and what an adventure! It was supposed to be a 13 hour drive from Vernal, but with both the boys potty trained and frequent (like every 30 minutes frequent) stops for potty breaks it took us a forever to get there!We got a new car and paid it off! WHOOT WHOOT!! Nick and I have been budgeting like crazy men to get everything paid off-- we only have the house left to pay off! And if we stick to our budget it will be paid off early too! Stryker started soccer. He is growing up so fast. I love watching him play with the other kids and he's so funny the way hangs on his coach's every word. Cute! Cute! Cute! I decided not to put him in preschool this year. We work really hard at home with teaching him the normal preschool stuff. He knows addition and subtraction and is well on his way to reading on his own. I think the only thing he might be missing out on is the interaction with other kids but he does have soccer, story time and activity days every tuesday and wednesday with other kids--so maybe he isn't missing out. A few weeks ago he told me he wanted to grow his hair out to look like Justin Bieber's because "the ladies like it"....he thinks Justin Bieber is ULTIMATE and has it in his head that the Biebs plays piano- so, now Stryker wants to play piano, which I think is awesome!! He starts lessons next week. As for sweet baby Kingston, he's just growing up so fast too! He wants to do everything his big brother does. He has such a devious streak in him lately- he thinks its funny when people get hurt and really seems to enjoy breaking things, climbing on things, jumping off of things--he's scary! Fall semester started Monday and I love my classes! Oh and Nick just got a promotion....he's going drilling! I'm so proud of him! Alright, well, enough with my novella....I guess I'll go do some laundry

Because its the middle of the night and I have no life....

If a man had as many ideas during the day as he does when he has insomnia, he'd make a fortune.

- Griff Niblack

Too bad this is what i come up with when I can't sleep....

This child REALLY gives me the creeps

The taija barbie

????
who gave this man a child

Future me and Nick...

I should probably quit and attempt sleep again....

We're baaAaack

WOW! So, its been roughly a year and half since my last post and soooo much has happened. First of all, we are back in Vernal. I have such a love/hate relationship with this town. When I'm not here I love it and when I am I can NOT stand it! So, for the moment I am biding my time. For those that don't know last year was easily the most trying year of my life yet!-- Filled with lots and lots of B.S.! Nick was going through lots of legal B.S., his rig went down (b.s.), he went to work for my uncle and was laid off (major b.s.), he was out of work for 8 months (b.s.) we moved to slc (which was ok), I went to work for a complete and total lunatic at a talent agency who wanted me to move to Denver and accept a pay decrease (b.s.) which I declined and subsequently led to us moving back to Vernal (kind of b.s.). As soon as we moved back around the end of the year 2009 things started turning around for us. I got a job with Rise. They support people with disabilities and I LOVE it there! Nick got a job offer; out on the rigs again, but definately better than nothing! So, we are back on a 7 on 7 off schedule with him. Before I left the agency last year I decided to go back to school to finish up my degree so I wouldn't have to deal with crazy bosses out of necessity ever again. I forgot how much I enjoyed school- so far so good! I am still selling real estate (which is incredibly slow for me right now) and like I mentioned before working for Rise. So, school, two jobs, husband part time and then the boys! Life is CRAZY! The boys are growing up so fast! Stryker will be five in a few months and Kingston is almost three! Last year may have trying but it showed me just how much I can endure--and really helped me figure my stuff out and set me in the direction leading to where I want to be in the future! I feel good about life right now! Nick and I are doing better as a couple than we ever have. We have a lot of the same goals and aspirations regarding so many different things. We are working like a well oiled machine which is something that really hasn't happened ever. We figured out what WE is supposed to be and life is good--crazy but good!!