Happy Birthday To Me!!!

That's right, I just had a birthday, March 11th!!! I know that when we were all little kids, it was the best day of the year and we were so excited. Well I guess that there is still a little kid inside of most of us, because I still get a little excited to know that I get a special day to myself. Actually I am privileged to share it with my cute little nephew who passed away almost 10 years ago this summer.

The kids were so excited for me to hurry up and come downstairs to open my presents. Jason is one of those guys that ALWAYS waits until the last minute to get his shopping done. But he pretty much always comes through with a great gift. He did it once again for me, he got me an 'I pod Nano' for running. So I guess this means that I need to get off my butt and start running again, right?

So after getting Katelyn and Henry off to school, a good friend of mine(Kristina) took Morgan and I out to breakfast at 'Grannie Annies.' They have the best scones ever! Thanks Kristina, you are such a great friend.

I got tons of phone calls and messages from friends and family via facebook, which was really great! It's nice to be thought of once in a while.

Then that evening my sweet inlaws(Nancy and Norm) came over to watch the kids while Jason and I went out to dinner(Thai Lotus) and to a play(Our Town). It was a fun evening with just the two of us, so thanks Jason for coming through once again. I love my husband and wouldn't trade him for anything(today anyway, just kidding). What a great guy I married!

*Funny moment of the day was when Henry told me 'I hate your birthday!' I guess it was because I kept telling him that he had to be a good boy today, because it was my birthday! I laughed and thought it was pretty funny, what a little stinker!

Weekend in Price!

We were able to go down to Price, Utah this past weekend for my cute nephews ordination. He just turned 12 and was able to receive the priesthood. What a wonderful experience for him, I'm so glad that they live close enough for us to be able to attend these special events. We had a little fun with the girls! We put face masks on(hence McKenzies shiny face), and put our hands in the Parafin wax. The girls loved it, it was cute watching them get so excited about it.
So our whole weekend wasn't full of just fun, we did have a little accident. Yes it was Henry, he was doing somersaults on the futon and fell and cut his head open. He ended up getting 6 stiches from Uncle Brian. We were out of network for our insurance so my brother in law said that he could take him down to his Podiatry office and stich him up, so we took him up on it. Jason and I held him down while Brian sutured him up. Thanks a ton Brian!

Brian also helped me out with my toe nail. It has been trying to fall off for weeks and keeps getting caught on everything, or stepped on in basketball, so Brian pulled it off for me, my hero! Jks!

Is running really worth it? Since I started running a year ago, this is my second toe nail that has fallen off, and I think that I have another one that I may lose as well. I'm sure that it is because I didn't have big enough shoes, so if you are going to start running get a half size bigger so that you DON'T lose your toe nails as well.
I'm sure that all of you that are ready this, will just love that I posted about my lovely, cute feet!(Emily Allred, my feet are definetly cuter than yours now)

BEFORE...

AFTER...

I can SEE!!!

That's right, I can finally see without contacts or glasses now! I got LASIK surgery done on February 25th and it was the best thing ever. I have to admit that I was pretty nervous because I really didn't know what to expect and then there is that thought in the back of my mind (Am I ever going to be able to see my kids faces again). I know that noone really ever goes blind from this, but it just made me appreciate what Heavenly Father has blessed me with. I'm so greatful for the great health that I have and that I'm able to take care of my children and be an 'okay' mom to them.

Anyway, so yeah the surgery went great. My wonderful friend watched all three kids for me, and my father in law took me to my appointment. He has had Lasik done before so he prepared me for what I was about to do, it was very helpful(Thanks Norm, you are the best!). Jason did show up to take me home. Things were a bit blurry at first and then the Valium had kicked in and made me pretty tired, so I just rested for the afternoon.

So if anyone is thinking about getting LASIK done, I highly recommend it. What a great thing to be able to wake up in the morning or middle of the night and be able to SEE! I am still not used to that part yet, thinking that I need to go put my glasses on, silly I know.

Happy Valentines Day!

Well we barely made it home for Valentines Day. We got home from Las Vegas at 2:30am on the 14th and we were very exhausted. The kids slept pretty good in the car, althought they did wake each other up a few times. But we are glad to be home and to know that we aren't going on any far away vacations for quite a while. We are done with traveling, because for the past few weeks I have taken each kid to the Doctor for something different. I took Henry today and he has an ear infection(he kept me up from 3-6 last night). At least we got some meds for it now. We don't do much for the kids for Valentines day, but I wanted to get them each a little Valentines case with a couple treats in it, a couple of books, and then the Cootie game to share. They had fun with it and were pretty excited. Katelyn says that Halloween is still her favorite holiday(more treats)! Sorry sis, it won't be here for quite a while!
Katelyn with her 'I Carly' tin purse and matching P.J.s!

He really was excited, I promise!

Our little big girl, she loved getting the same thing as the big kids!

My Sisters Wedding!

We got to go down to Las Vegas this past weekend for my sisters wedding! It was so neat to see her so happy after everything that she has been through in her life. As many of you know she has had a lot of trials such as, she lost her little boy back in 2000 when he was 17 months old from a farm accident. Then she lost her husband in November of 2008 after a 4 1/2 year battle with Lukemia. So yeah I think that she deserves a bit of happiness in her life. She met Dave about a year ago and they seem to be very happy.

They are in Hawaii on their honeymoon and I'm so excited because all the kids in our family went in together to get them a helicopter tour on the Island of Kauai, so I think that would be a ton of fun! I hope that they have a great time!

What a cute couple, Lani looked absolutely beautiful!

Sam, Allison(Daves daughter), Dave, Lani, Aubree, and Max

What a cute little family!

The little flower girls looked so cute all matching, unfortunetly when it came to picture time they were not the best troopers. That's what you get when half of them are under two!

What an adorable little family! It was so nice in Vegas, no coats, the kids were loving life!

What an evening!

We had quite the crazy evening last night. Everything was going just great, I had the kids playing outside with the neighbors, riding bikes, and getting some energy out of their system. I was helping one of the neighbor kids put on some rollerskates when Katelyn came running over to me yelling 'Morgan fell and is bleeding.' So I go run over and pick Morgan up off the ground(cement) to find her face covered in blood. I had no idea what had happened at first but come to find out, she had been standing up in the stroller the kids were pushing her around in and she tipped backwards and faceplanted into the street. I think that her nose took the brunt of the fall because she was constantly bleeding from both nostrils all evening. It was quite a crazy moment for me because I was watching about 8 kids with no other adults in site. Poor little girl was just miserable, and to top it off she is already trying to fight off the bronchitis that she has.
This picture was taken this morning and she had dried blood and scraps all over her nose that she wouldn't let me touch. She is back to her fun and happy little self so that is a relief. Thank goodness we have an ER Doctor in the family to call and get diagnosis's from, we really thought that she may have broken her nose, but I think that it is just banged up pretty good. So to top it all off, this wasn't the end to our wonderful evening. Just after dinner Henry was going through one of Katelyns purses and started playing with some perfume. I don't know what he was trying to do but he started screaming and come to find out, he had sprayed the perfume in both of his eyes. Not one, but two eyes. Luckily Jason and his parents were home this time and helped hold him down so we could try and wash his eyes out. He didn't like it at all, so we put him in the shower with two very red eyes. Could anything else happen?
We told Katelyn she had better just go to bed before something happens to her too! I do blame this on their dad, because Jason has had stitches 23 times in his life so my kids injuries are because of him! Jks!

California Trip!

After a long cold January we were really excited to leave the state for a bit warmer weather, as we headed down to Disneyland last week and had a blast! We met up with some friends from Law School that live in Colorado and Las Vegas. What a great idea to all go on a trip, we haven't seen some of them for 3 1/2 years.

The kids had a blast and are wanting to go back already! We went to Disneyland for three days and it poured one of the days(all day long). It wasn't too bad because we had raincoats and gear on, but we got cold by the end of the day. The lines weren't too bad because of the bad weather. The kids all got along and each family ended up having a sick child most of the time. I took Morgan to the Dr. when we got back and she has 'bronchitis.' She was a real trooper though.

Check the slideshow out below of the pictures from our trip. We were able to go and visit some friends before we left. The Penalozas used to live on our street in North Salt Lake and moved the day I had Morgan. The kids were so excited to see each other and didn't want to have to say goodbye. It was pretty cute!

Our flight ended up getting delayed a couple of hours and luckily we found out just before we got to the airport, so we headed to the beach for a bit. The kids had a lot of fun running around getting wet.

We had a great time together with our little family. The kids got tons of signatures from the characters, and loved riding on all the rides. What a fabulous trip!

Katelyn and Leilani
Kainui and Henry


Morgan and Mommy!

(The wind was bugging Morgan)