Everybody now!......"Boobie says teet teet"

Why is it that my kids only seem to have ONE volume when it comes to Sacrament? Maddy and Josey, of course being older aren't so bad anymore, but Lilly is right at that age where everything is just loud....all the time! So we are sitting in Sacrament Meeting and Dustin and I are trying to just make it till the Sacrament is over before we have to take her out to do laps in the hall. We are pulling out books and coloring books and snacks just to keep her quiet. So Dustin pulls out this coloring book for her and is trying to get her to QUIETLY color. All of a sudden she sees something she likes on that page and starts yelling, "Looka boobie! Looka boobie!" Now I am sure that everyone around us probably thought we brought some sort of a pornographic coloring book or something when in reality a "boobie" in Lilly talk is a birdie. Dustin, trying to get her to stop yelling boobie in Sacrament meeting, tried turning the page to a differnt page to color. To our dismay this only creates louder yelling from Lilly, "WHERESA BOOBIE!?" WANNA BOOBIE! WANNA BOOBIE!" So we quickly turn the page back, and to let us know that this is the page she wants, she yells, "DEHSA BOOBIE! AH FOWN IT! DEHSA BOOBIE! BOOBIE SAYS TEET TEET". And of course she won't stop saying BOOBIE and TEET TEET until we repeat her. So there we were, Lilly, Dustin and I all saying, "Boobie says teet teet" in Sacrament meeting. The poor people around us. On a side note you have to check out the quote of the day from Dustin. This was in a restaurant that we went to on Saturday, SO FUNNY!

What A Difference A Day Makes

Dustin and I decided to go get him some new work clothes the other night. He NEEDED them desperately as he has to wear nice clothes to work everyday and basically rotated between two pairs of suit pants and a few shirts that required him to keep his tie strategically placed to cover the stain. Anyway he had a very *** interesting reaction *** to his new wardrobe yesterday and I thought I would share it with all because it was quite funny. Apparently he has reached a new level in grooming!

My Favorite Things

I just wanted to do a quick post because I have come to some conclusions recently that I wanted to share. I have realized how lucky I am to be able to stay home with my kids. I am sorry to say this but I don't think I ever felt "lucky" to be home with my girls. My mom was home growing up and most of my friends moms were home and I grew up with the attitude that that was just the way it was. It wasn't a sacrifice it was just the way it was. So consequently when I got married and had kids it wasn't even a decision for me it was just something that I expected would be the way it was. I can't say either that I had huge aspirations to have a career in anything (other than be a singer or actress or some other non reachable goal). Honestly I always wanted to be a mother. I didn't realize then how hard it is to be a stay-at-home mom. I didn't realize the monotony of it all or the fact that you are cut off from the world for a large chunk of time when your kids are little. I didn't realize that all I was going to do was EVERYTHING and nothing at the same time........ I have been known to complain about this on occasion. And the fact that I had never consciously made the choice to stay home or ever thought that I was "lucky" didn't exactly help with the feelings of occasional resentment.

There have been times when I have had jobs, mostly part-time, during my motherhood career and I felt conflicted about not being with my kids for a few hours a couple times a week! But even then I still wasn't appreciating the fact that I was home with my babies it was more that subconsciously I knew home was where I was supposed to be. It hasn't been until I started my current employment that it is hitting me how lucky I am to be here at home. This new job has been a blessing and I am so incredibly grateful to have it but it has also been very challenging for me at times and has made me feel very out of my comfort zone. I have had to relearn how to talk with adults other than friends and teachers. And I have had to deal with stresses that I haven't had to deal with in a very long time. And all I keep thinking is how glad I am that I don't have to do it full time every day and have my mind caught up in my work instead of my children. Don't get me wrong I LOVE having something other than my children on my mind occasionally but really they are what I love and what my passion in life is for and what I want most of my energy wrapped up in. Dustin and I have had conversations about our different roles and I have commented how I would not want to go to work everyday and he has commented how he would not want to stay home every day. So I guess our roles work for us! But I am very thankful that he takes care of us enough that I have been able to stay at home and be the mom that consciously I WANT to be. I remember my youngest sister saying to me once that she hoped that she got lucky enough to marry a man that made enough money to let her stay home like my older sister and I had. I had never thought of it that way.

Anyway my point in my "short" post was that I am thankful for my husband who works so hard for us so that I can be here everyday for my girls. But I am also thankful for the job I have and the( albeit small) contribution I am able to make monetarily at home without taking me away from my favorite things. And I don't really know where all this is coming from as I look at the PILE of laundry on my couch and the disaster that my family room is. But for now I am actually feeling grateful to be here to fold it and to be here to watch my girls grow up a little every day. BUT you might not want to ask me how I am feeling about the pile of laundry that will probably still be on my couch and the family room that will be a disaster again TOMORROW.

A missed Twilight.....

Okay I am SO mad! I am mad because I just found out that I missed out on an opportunity of a lifetime! I don't know how many of you have been following the Twilight website about the movie that is being made. I personally haven't checked it much. Well it turns out that Twilight is being filmed in PORTLAND! Who knew?! Not me! AND they had an open casting call for extras in the movie......and I missed it! I think that would have been so fun to have maybe been in Twilight! I could have been an extra! Or who knows maybe I could have been a teacher or a parent or the receptionist at the school office........DANGIT! There were a couple of young women in my ward that went down and got their picture taken (of course it was only young women) and I heard that there were TONS of people there. But I would have still liked to try. Oh well. Anyway, maybe I will have to go see where they are filming it and take some pictures! Anyone that wants to come and join me is welcome. They start filming at the end of this month and maybe they will still be filming when Maddy gets baptized in May. Just another reason to come and visit!

6 interesting things about me

Olivia my niece tagged Maddy on her blog spot to tell 6 interesting things about her. Then Maddy tagged Josey. So we sat down and I just typed verbatim what they said. It is pretty entertaining. If you want to read it go to the link of Moyes Girls their answers are there.

Public Apology!

If you look closely down below you will notice that there is a picture missing. I didn't realize that Dustin was in HIS "G'S"! I wish someone would have said something! So I took the picture off obviously. Sorry about that everyone.

random pictures

Lilly has developed the bad habit of not eating in her high chair at dinnertime but waiting until daddy gets home to eat all of his dinner. Honestly if it wasn't so cute we would put a stop to it but she is just so excited when daddy gets home that she won't leave his side. She usually gets most of her dinner from his plate at night. Luckily daddy likes the bonding time as well. The other day Josey decided to play mommy with Lilly. She was asking me if we could trade places and she could be the mommy and I could be the daughter. So one of her things she decided to do was to change Lilly's diaper. This was the outcome. Lilly just idolizes Josey though and just having her pay attention to her made her SO happy! She just layed down and let her do whatever she wanted to her. She just followd her around when they are together just trying to play her all day. Too cute!
We decided to celebrate Valentine's Day on Saturday since payday was Friday (kinda sad I know). So Daddy brought Maddy and Josey home a rose and a little frog fro Lilly. Well anything that Maddy and Josey have, Lilly has to have as well, so she started getting very upset that she didn't have a flower. So we pulled a bunch off of mommies pretty little roses and gave them to her and she was happy as a clam. This picture cracks me up though. They all look a little crazy or seomthing.
Tonight we were having pizza for dinner and I set the pizza down on a table in the family room and went and turned on the oven and then started doing something else. Well I didn't notice but Lilly had gotten the pizza and taken it into the kitchen and this is how I found it at the foot of the oven, after I spent five minutes looking for the missing pizza. She was running around the house saying, "Tymma eet josey! Tymma eet Manny, Tymma eet mommy!!" But it didn't even register to me. Too cute!

Mormon Idol

Is anyone surprised by this?

http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695254151,00.html

If you have been watching American Idol this season I think that you could deduce that Brooke White was Mormon by the fact that she has never seen a rated R movie and doesn't drink or smoke or drink coffee. But David Archuleta I didn't know was Mormon. The funny thing is when I watched him sing and they interviewed him I told Dustin that I REALLY liked him. He seemed like the nicest kid and could really sing. He then was so polite to the judges in every situation and we both commented on what a nice kid he was. We should have guessed! Isn't it funny how that works sometimes. It is like Mormon's have mordar (mormon radar) or something. The other day we were walking back from the park and this family pulled up to their house down the street from us. Josey and Mikayla (the little girl) recognized each other from kindergarten. They had just moved in a couple of weeks earlier. Well they proceed to get their four children out and they were really nice and friendly. I started thinking that they maybe were Mormon but then I realized that I hadn't seen them at church and Mikayla started in Josey's class a couple of weeks ago. Well we went to stake conference that next Sunday and lo and behold who did we see there.......Mikayla and her family. They are Mormon! I KNEW IT! They said they were thinking the same thing about us but weren't quite sure. They just hadn't been to our ward yet because of their recent move. Anyway I love that we can pick out Mormon people because of our friendliness and curtiousness. Now I know this isn't always the rule but it comes pretty close!

hohhh--puuuurr

Well if you look at when I am posting this you will notice that it is shockingly early in the morning. I am not awake because I needed to get up or because I am a natural early riser but I CAN'T BREATH!! I developed asthma when I was like 25 or something out of the blue. Never had it before and then BAM my oxygen supply is cut off. It is so annoying. And as I have gotten older it has gotten worse. The fact that I am allergic to dust and trees doesn't bode well for any living conditions that aren't in a bubble. So despite the fact that I have to take two different medications everyday and carry around an inhaler in a holster I still wake up at 3:00 in the morning not able to breath. I have come to the conclusion recently that I think this is how I am going to die. Can anyone think of many things that are more annoying? The best part is that in about four hours my kids will be up and there is no school tomorrow. yeah......

ANYWAY, I was bored and checking blogs and my sister-in-law tagged me (and I am assuming I get to pick either of your tags to copy). So here goes at 3:30 in the morning.

A: The rules of the game are posted at the beginning. B: Each player answers the questions about themselves. C: At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

10 Years Ago: I had just moved home from BYU for the semester biding my time until Dustin returned from his mission in July, working at a mortgage company. I decided to take the winter off and move back to California and work for a variety of reasons. I think my mom was so in favor of it because it got me away from the guy I was dating (who she never liked. She was always a big fan of Dusti-poo).

On My To-Do List: Go to the store tomorrow with all three of my kids (there is no school) and buy the ingredients for cheesecake, get a salad for ten, and two dozen rolls. This is my assignement for our Valentines adult dinner for the ward tomorrow night. You may wonder why I didn't do these things prior to the day I would have all my kids with me? Payday folks, payday is the answer. Then we get to head into Portland to meet Dustin for lunch and then come home assemble the food stuffs and start cleaning my house for the babysitter.

5 places that I've lived: Cucamunga, CA; Downer's Grove, IL; Mountain Lakes, NJ; Las Vegas, NV; and Oregon City, OR

5 jobs I have had: Ice Crean scooper at Loard's Ice Cream Shoppe, Checker at Long's Drug Store, Server at the Rising Loafer Cafe, Apartment Manager for The Firs (Or better titled The Crazies and The Non-English speakers), and my current job, a scheduling cooridnator for a wholesaler representative manager with Prudential American Scandia (did I make that sound official enough?)

What I would do if I became a billionaire: First thing would be to pay off all these stinkin student loans. And let me tell you that would be a happy day indeed. Then I would want to pay off all our siblings student loans because it is such a burden. Then I think that I would buy homes for all our family (or at least those that didn't already own them or didn't want a new one). Then I would buy a brand new van that has those cool swivel seats and the satellite tv hooked up. Oh the things that excite a mother of three little ones. Take a vacation somewhere REALLY fun for a LONG period of time. And I would probably donate to the church a big chunk, that one probably should have come earlier. I would invest a lot of it. Then I would call my employer and tell her to take my job and shove it so that I could sit around and figure out how I wanted to spend my money! jk But I would tell my mom to quit her job!

Bad habits: I am not sure that I have any GOOD habits! Watching too much tv at night. There are too many good shows that I like to watch. Starting books and never finishing them, it has to be REALLY good. Too many to list.

Things I enjoy: Spending time with my husband. Road trips. A REALLY good book. Going on field trips with my kids or helping out in the classroom (I love to see my children in these settings). Going to the movies. Dinner group.

Things people don't know about me: I am not a natural red-head. jk For a while in college I wanted to follow in my grandfather's footprints and become a geologist and travel to Alaska looking for oil. When I couldn't remember what a luvial fan was or three quarters of the rest of the stuff I learned I thought maybe that wasn't for me. Then I thought maybe I would be a marine-biologist. That lasted for all of a couple of weeks. I know NOTHING about the ocean life. Then I thought I would be a teacher. Hated the classes and changed majors to a Pyschology major but kicked around Poitical Science and Theater major. I finally settled on the very lucrative and "high potential for a job" major of History.

Alrighty then. I am going to try and go back to sleep. That was fun, thanks Liz. I tag NONE of my sister since NONE of them blog more often than once a month if I am lucky (lame). So I tag, Debbie, Wendy, Gretchen, and Rachel (that is you Bentley).

Thank you Grandma Beth

Okay mom here they are! I need at least ten minutes from opening up the package to blogging about it! jk (We called my mom to say thank you and I had to call her back like five minutes later and she was asking where the pictures were!)

THANK YOU GRANDMA BETH!

Maddy is actually talking to you in this picture.
Well we can all see that Maddy had her tonsils taken out.
Josey said her favorite thing was everything and wanted a picture with it all.
Lilly loved any and all candy. She kept saying, "I lubba cahnnee". I have a cute video of Lilly trying to get her pez candy out but it is taking too long to load and since I have already taken too long to get these pictures up here I am just going to post...post....POST...POST!!!