July 18, 2013

So today was an amazing fun-filled day. Went white water rafting and had the most amazing time. Reid, our raft guide, was a fun dude. Pretty chill!! The view was breath taking. So much green and so much water. The splashing of the water was refreshing. And so much fun.

July 17, 2013

On my way to Ensign Ranch for high adventure. The drive there is absolutely breathtakingly gorgeous. Washington is full of SO much green it amazes me everyday and I have lived here for 18 years.

July 15, 2013

So today has been...exhausting already. Azzie has decided rather than using the potty she will use the floor to go number two and her pants to do the first. And that ice cream makes a good lunch and when being denied that she kicks in the stomach, scratches the neck, throws things around the floor and gets a gnarly 'tude.

So, while putting her in time out her greatest insult is yelling and calling me a "girl girl". Oh to be three again.

July 13, 2013 and July 14, 2013

So I realize that I am already a day late. I suck. (; but last night I hung out with the coolest people around town and danced til we couldnt dance no more.

July 14:
Today is an amazingly gorgeous day. It is always wonderful to wake up to the sun shining and clear blue skies. I LOVE IT. Especially when you walk outside and you feel like you're being hugged by the warmth of the sun.

July 12, 2013: Part 2

So Izzabella, bless her heart, has not been very good at taking our advice to wear jeans when riding her bike and instead insists on wearing shorts. So, inevitably this was bound to happen...

July 12, 2013

Just a little Starbucks lovin'! It's an amazing addition to an already perfect day. Its another reminder to enjoy life!! :)

A Photo A Day

I have been wanting to do this photo a day thing for awhile now but have never had the motivation to do so. However, since I have SUCKED lately at blogging I decided that this would be a good way to get back into the flow of things and channel my photographer and keep somewhat of a "diary"! :) SO! Here we go.

July 11, 2013

A nice day at home with the amazing sun, clear skies enjoying the serenity that life seems to be wrapped in. It always amazes me the ways that God shows his love for every one of His children. Both big and small.

S/O to Brooke Jeffrey

I am not really all that ready for my best friend of a long time to go off to college. Not only is she starting a new chapter in her life but she's doing it without me and I don't like that. From sleepovers that don't consist of sleeping, celebratory swings after major life events, beach days, tubing, truth or dare, parties, BBQs, birthdays, running laps around our elementary school, prom, playing on the kids gig, our trip to the Great Wolf Lodge, to breakups, fights, screaming, making fun of girls, hating the girl the other one hates even if you don't know them, and so much more. I have always been amazed at the love I feel you Brooke Sydney. You went from weird stranger to friend to best friend to sister in such a short time that as I type this blog post I find myself reliving every moment we've spent together like a recording.

And so, as you enter into this new and exciting part of your novel I want you to know that I love you as a sister. And though we may be 920.92 miles and 16.2 hours physically detached I am but a phone call a train ride, plane ride, car ride, and boat ride away.

And, since this is such a MAJOR event in ones life to go off to college this seems quite necessary:

#nannylife

Amongst a plethora of jobs babysitting ridiculous kids with a ridiculous amount of energy and an even more ridiculous level of stamina it's incredible the difference between a babysitter and a nanny. A babysitter just has that "it'll end soon and I won't have to come back for a LONG time" feel whereas a nanny is continuous, and basically becomes a stand in mom. It's weird jumping from a babysitter to all of a sudden being a nanny for THE most ridiculous kids. I'm pretty sure that they make it difficult on purpose when you're their nanny and not just their babysitter. You develop a great love for the children you nanny and it's a different kind of love than what you feel towards your family and friends but is just as much love.

I constantly find myself covered in a library of substances. Do you need extra ketchup? That's on my right pant leg. Still thirsty? There's Sprite on my right leg. And, that weird spot on my shoulder, that's your snot from getting angry with me. And that stuff on my cheek? Yeah, that's from you spitting on me when I put you in time out. And, don't think the dog forgot about me! Because on my foot...she's left a little present and left me to step in it.

Nothing is sacred anymore either. Once you've hit "level: nanny" you give up ALL privacy. Not even the bathroom is sacred. If this is what mommy life is like Masen and Azzie have me TOTALLY prepared.

Your knowledge of different things expands as well. "What have you learned today Jo-Jo?"
1.  That Clifford the Big Red Dog has been replaced with Jo-Jo's Circus, The Roly Poly Olies, and weird shows with weird looking people on them and awkward story lines
2. The best insult a 3 year old has screaming "you're a girl girl!" Well, thank you. I needed that affirmation to my gender.
3. Nutella and bread shuts up any tantrum
4. That stuff that looks like chocolate that the kids are playing with is definitely NOT chocolate.
5. The dog's treats are to be put on the highest shelf or you find the 3 year old feeding her until she poops everywhere.
6. When you hear yelling....run!
7. My numbers 1-5 and then the words "time" and "out"
8. Sharing does not exist.
9. That I can memorize the words to every show on disney jr.
10. No matter what you wear it gets dirty...mine as well wear your birthday suit
11. Your phone, kindle, ipad, or any other electronic will no doubt be covered in foreign substances when they're done playing with them
12. When you're out of your comfort zone...you've reached nanny level
13. If you nanny the kids long enough they tend to call you "aunty"
14. The 5 year old knows how to work electronics better than me
15. Paper plates and paper cups or ceramic plates and glass cups or sippy cups and plastic plates it doesn't matter...it ends up on the floor anyway
16. You're never only a nanny. You're a comforter, maid, chauffer and a "boss".