Tope 5 Pet Peeves......

Along time ago I was tagged with my Pet peeves....sorta like a top 10 fav's but pet peeves instead. I forgot all about that tag, till I seen a few postings done on it yesterday and remembered. I know I have more then 5 pet peeves, lol....but its much funner to think about your favorite things then your pet peeves, right? However, I'll try and play along with pet peeves....but geez, just to list 5??? I have way more then 5! Here goes.....



#1. CHOMPING, SLURPING, wierd mouth noises, figiting! Chopping & mouth noises especially while eating has ALWAYS bugged me. Then you get kids and you go thru the whole teaching them not to do it, cuz EVERY kid does it when thier learning. Now, I notice my kids telling their friends or each other at times to STOP making gross noises while they eat. When I was doing daycare alot, you get the kids a drink of water, and they'd GULP it, OMG...can we say BUG ME TO DEATH...its like nails on a chalkboard to me! I'd have to leave the room! This is a HUGE thing for me.



#2. CLUTTER! (Aaron is going to laugh when he see's this one) U know things can bug me, but at the same time and I can be guilty of them too! so there! I dont claim to be "clutter free" EVER! HELLO...I have 4, soon to b 5 kids we have clutter! However, it BUGS ME, it makes me CRaZy, InSaNE, makes me feel outta control ( I guess this would b why I feel outta control all the time). I do hate clutter. Clean to me is clutter free....no piles of crap everywhere, nothing outta its "home", nothing stacked to the ceiling..... I HATE CLUTTER its a huge pet peeve of mine even though I'm terribly guilty of it. I feel like I'm constantly dejunking my house, and de-cluttering. One day I'll get there, I SWEAR! Sometimes we are our own worst enemy, you know, but at least I can admit it too!



#3. JUDGEMENTAL ppl! Enough said about that..... It's easy to look at someone & make a judgement call. I know I used to be REALLY bad about this, but over time, and growing up & my husband showing me a better way I've learned that u can't judge someone based on ANYTHING. Until you've walked a day in their life, their minds then DONT judge them. Yes, there are obvious things that make you form a strong opinion...but at the same time we must have compassion, and understanding for everyone. It doesn't mean you have to like them, agree with them, or have anything to do w/them. Anytime I see someone, or hear of someone that has made a mistake, or has had something happen to them even at the fate of their "not so smart" decision making, it makes me feel badly, and makes me wonder what has gone on in their life that has caused them to make such horrible decisions. I'm guilty of judging, I think everyone is....no one is perfect but there is ALWAYS a reason behind ppl's bad decisions, wrong choices, & bad paths taken. It realy just makes me sad for them more then anything. I've made mistakes in my life so I've been on the being judged end of the stick plenty of times in my life & I'm very grateful for those times in my life cuz it did make me realize that judging someone is never a wise thing to do, u just don't know everything about everyone or why or what so leave them alone and be compassionate! U know, some of the BEST people I know have lived a rough life, made hard decisions, took wrong paths but looking at the "core" of who they are is much more empowering then looking at the surface of someone.



#4. HINTING around that you need or want something. JUST ASK! I get that sometimes your just feeling out a person, seeing if they might be interested (GUILTY) but at the same time if I really need something I'm not going to hint around about it hoping the other person will take the bate, I'll ASK....so should u! Like if you want a drink of water, & u know someone is going to the kitchen anyhow...instead of saying..."gosh, I really would like a glass of water, but man I dont wanna get up" THAT BUGS ME so bad, I will not bring u a glass of water just to spite you, lol. I'd prefer rather u just ask, lol.... some of the small things in life u dont need to feel around & see if someone is willing to do it for you! ASK!



#5 FAKINESS! I HATE fake ppl! Seriously I can see right thru u! I am not going to say that I havent ever done the "OH HOW ARE U, GOSH...IT SOOOO GOOD TO SEE U" thing either, but honeslty I dont take it further then that. Most the time I am glad to see them, but not happy so much to talk to them for long, lol. U know what, if you honeslty dont like someone be cordial but dont play it up all fake like! Its so funny to watch almost, but sometimes its just plane painful to watch. I get somewhat embarressed for ppl like that. If you dont like someone then why try so hard to seem likr u do, haha! I wont elaborate on this one any longer...I could get myself in trouble!



Gosh, I guess it has proven sorta difficult to come up with pet peeves, when you really think of it. It's taken me all day to come up with those 5..... I know things bug me, but I guess I dont spend all my time focusing in on them. The ones I listed are MAJOR buggers for me....and the silly thing is I'm guilty of doing them some times. (NOT CHOMPING though ....& not taking the "fake" thing to far! uh uh! WONT DO IT!) No one is perfect, we're all working towards that, right? SO I guess we just remember that ppl are ppl, & if we were all the same then think how boring life would really be? & what would we have to talk about? lol

TOP 10 things I CAN'T live without.......

I've noticed everyone in my family is doing the TOP 10 list....so I thought I'd play along too, what the hek......


TOP 10 FAVORITE THINGS...(or can't live withouts)

#10. Frozen Coke preferrably a Slurpee, but I also love the SLushi Pepsi

#9. The internet.... its my daily habit to jump online ck out blogs, ck out facebook messages, write on in my journal that I keep tucked away on my computer & pay bills, ck accts & do my emails....OH and I also love to scope out new recipe's on allrecipe.com

#8. My cell phone! nothing to explain there, I always have my cell phone with me, or by me, and if I dont have it, I feel lost! what the hek did we do b4 cell phones!!!

#7 Text messaging..... I know this goes along with cell phone but honeslty, if I didn't have that feature, or if it wasn't invented I'd also be one lost women! I LOVE texting....sometimes I prefer it to talking, u just cut to the chase, no small talk! haha

#6. Lifesaver Orange flavored mints! I LOVE these things....I buy them in huge bundles when their on sale for $1.00 then I open the bag, and go thru all the bags trying to find the "soft brittle" ones cuz they melt in your mouth and its YUMMY

#5. Coupons & clearance.....I LOVE good deals, I love being able to get a grocery cart full of groceries, then going to the ck out where it reads $60.00 & walking out there after coupons, and promotions & spending $25.00 or less its the best feeling!

#4. My friends.....I have some wonderful friends, (my mom being at the top of that friend list). They are all so sweet, supportive, and can read me almost as good as my mother!...I can be down, depressed, in the dumps & they all know that something isn't right with me w/out me saying anything. I always get a call saying..."Hey, u wanna go get a drink, and talk" I love the girlfriends that I have!

#3. My family. By this I mean my side and Aarons side. OUr parents, siblings, nieces, nephews & grandparents. We are both blessed with wonderful, suppportive & loving families. Somedays its so hard not being close by to them & being able to see them at the drop of the hat, but other days its nice to be away too, lol. Any of our family members would drop anything to help us out & have done this many times. Its sucha comfort to us & one that we sometimes take for granited. I can't imagen not having such strong family ties, and having that close connection like we do. Its defiantly something I can't live w/out in my life.

#2 MY KIDS! My sweet girls, what would I do with out them in my life. Thinking about this, takes me back to the time I sat in Aaron's arms crying because I feared the worst thing, not being able to have kids. I had so many "girl" issues that having babies wasn't going to prove an easy task. The day I found out I was pregnant w/Derian was the best day of my life! Then she was born & it was even better I finally felt complete. Then being told I wouldn't b having kids w/out the dr's help again, I just felt so lucky to have one..... then God continued to bless us w/no help from any dr's! There's days that I feel I'm going ot loose my mind but then I remember how these kids weren't suppose to happen yet we've been blessed time and time again with the sweetest spirits God could send us. We are indeed better people because of them. they each bring to our family a special quality. I LOVE my girls, & my life is complete! (well almost....as soon as #5 gets here I will DEFIANTLY be complete, lol)

#1. MY HUSBAND, my best friend! Everyday that goes by I realize more and more wonderful qualitities that my husband has. I fall deeper in love with him each day that goes by. I loved the boy I married nearly 14yrs ago, he cared, he loved me, he had goals for us, he took care of me and now that boy is a man that I respect, love & am so incredibly proud of him and who he has become. He is sucha hard worker & cares deeply for the important things in his life. The way he fathers our daughters makes my heart melt. His love for me and his girls shows in his eyes each time he see us. I defiantly CANT live with out him!

Just one more thing... I will call it #0 out of all these things in my life there's one that tops them, or rather then "topping" them all he plays a HUGE role in all the favorite things I have in my life....to my family, my kids, and my husband to my cellphone, internet, and lifesavers. I wouldn't call him "MORE important" then all of these things, but rather..... a guiding hand, a support system, the reason all these things in my life are apart of my life, and that is God. the church has said...God first, then husband, then children. God has ALWAYS been an important person in my life, I dont like to call him more important or first to my husband or children, because I see him as more of an equal partner in my life. I have made a point to pray everyday, & its a comfort to me to have that in my life, because I have a STRONG testimony of the power of prayer & God has always been apart of everything in my life. I'm so grateful for this guiding hand .... I mean, look at all he has blessed me with! I may not go to church every sunday, or be the most "religious" of ppl, but I am and consider myself to be very spiritual & thats one thing I try to instill in my girls, the power of prayer, and having God as a equal partner in your life. ITS A MUST in my book!

DIAPER HEADS!!!

HAHA! This was a random but funny thing that went on last night. We laughed and laughed, so I thought I'd share even though I said that was it for postings, this just had to b shared!

Around 5pm EVERY day Kymbree gets wild n crazy. I dont know what it is about this time of day but she just gets over stimulated, and hyper. I think what it is, is she is soooo tired that she just goes the other way fighting to stay awake. WEll, she either makes us completely crazy or she makes us laugh, or both sometimes. The older two girls were trying hard to get their house chores done before dad got home at the end of the day, and I was trying desperately to get dinner done and with all the chaoes you can imagen my mood! It gets rather loud in here around 5-6pm.....sorta reminds me of when Uncle Kevin comes to visit, lol. LOUD! So Derian had the living room and she was cleaning away while Kymbree kept pestering here as she does. She was hitting here with a diaper and then taking off running so that Derian would get mad and chase her away. It was totally a game to her that she thought was fun, but Derian didn't think it was funny at all. Sense older sissy was doing it, A'jaye had to get in on it too....it made for a really loud evening. The older two girls were mad, and frustrated, and I was on the brink of loosing my mind. Then it got quiet for a minute, we went on doing our thing, but in the back ofmy mind I was thinking..mmmm, where are those younger ones, and why is it quiet. Then, around the corner here they come.....with their get up on, and ready to fight..... Kymbree had made diaper defense for their heads....lol. We laughed so hard we nearly wet ourselves. We had to bust out the camera and take photo's of these two and their armor! ITS DIAPER HEADS!!! What was once a frustrating, noisey house turned out to be a funny thing...and we learned to just laugh. Thats what Kymbree does....she's sucha pest sometimes that she's hilarious and she defiantly keeps our house on our toes either laughing or bieng mad! This of course made us laugh!

Just some random things from the last few wks....

Ok, blogging hasn't been as often for our family. We havent had a whole lot going on, and things have been busy at our house just with kids, and babies, and trying to clean and organize my house. I also wanted to wait until I had some things to post about as well as some pics to post along with them.

Aaron went on a snowmobile trip with some friends of his last wkend. They went up to a cabin on Bear Lake. I was extremely worried about the avalanche warnings but knowing my husband the way I do, he is really getting anal in his older age, lol...about being safe. He's lost his "daring" side. Although he loves a good rush anyday, he has scaled down what he's willing to do to get it so although I worried, I really didn't worry that much. I new that he would do what he could b safe. They had fun despite a few set backs, but overall...the ride was beautiful, and the area was awesome he said. They just had a good time, but was so worn out at the end of each day and very sore from riding. He got home sunday night and we were all anxious to see him. I hate when he's gone, we all missed him. I was glad however that he got the chance to go, he enjoys the riding and the comondtry of his friends. With all this estrogen around this place he needs a chance to beat his chest and be a guy, lol

While he was gone, the girls and I really enjoyed each other. I suprised the older two girls with a night out like we used to do before the babies came along. They always mention how we used to go out and have what I called a girls day. We'd go to lunch and window shop....and just do girl things they miss it and so do I. We got up saturday cleaned the house and worked hard doing so, and then I told them to go get dolled up we were going out. I had a babysitter for the babies, and we left at 3pm. I took them to a salon where we fixed their hair and Derian got a hair cut. Then we went out to eat lunch/diner at their favorite place Tucano's and we had so much fun laughing and talking together over dinner. Then we stopped and got icecream to eat at home with Kymbree and A'jaye. I just have to say....this was the best thing I've done in a while with my older two. They needed that so much, but not as much as I did. I forgot how much I enjoyed that time with them and we just haven't been able to do that. We talked about everything from boys, to clothes, to friends, & problems at school, and what they wanted to be when they got older it ws just awesome. I need to do that more often. My older two girls are amazing kids, and good kids too. They help me out so much and I rely on them alot for the help they deserve to have a special time with mom from time to time. WE got home ate ice cream and had a sleep over in mom's bed that night. It was a lonely wkend with Aaron gone, but at the same time a enjoyable one cuz I spent qualitity time with my girls!

Monday I took Kym and A'jaye to the park. THe weather was a bit cold for going but they wanted to go so badly that I couldn't resists taking them. We had fun the short time we were there, and I snapped a few pics just because they were dressed up so cute.

Thats about it...for us the last few wks. I guess for not having to much going on there actually was some important, and special things that went on, things we will remember forever....sorry for all the new posts to catch up, but to post them all in one posting would really make my posting long.... & I havent yet figured out how to post the pics in diff spots, so they all end up at the top or soemting retarded. So, until next posting, take care!

Still catching up..... Our Sledding trips

I realize there is a lot of posts to read, but I havent blogged in awhile, so you all know that I'm long winded, and YES I have a complex now due to Trisha teasing me so badly about it. There for awhile I was watching my emails, postings, comments, but now I dont care.....tease away. I just have a lot to say, so DEAL WITH IT! haha

So we have found THE perfect sledding spot for our kids. We've been a few times already, and we may go one more time b4 the season is up. Which I'm afraid will b soon the way the weather hs been. SOme old friends of Aaron's has some private property up Spanish Fork Canyon and it has a nice huge flat, with fun jumps for the snowmobiles, as well as huge hills and small hills for sledding. we have to ride the snowmobiles in to the spot, but it makes for fun day. We build a fire, and take a lunch, the kids really enjoy it. We usually go with several others to make it even funner. Everyone that goes with us only have boys, so its a bunch of men, and young boys and then ALL our girls, and I tell ya.....our older two girls can out due any of those boys, in adventure, and being brave anyday!

Der and Ash can't be related to me, cuz I am a chicken, hate a good rush, dont like to go fast, or feel outta control, but them two let it all go, and fear doesn't overtake them. This can be a good thing, but also it scared their mother to death. Aaron is worse then my mother when it comes to safety and worrying about being safe so he was a ball of nerves, and I just let him worry about it cuz he is worse about it then I. He stood at the bottom of the hill all day despite his back hurting making sure that the wouldn't run into the fence at the bottom of the hill. Your talking a HUGE steep hill...so they catch some speed, Aaron had to tackle Ashlynn a few times just to stop her. They were both sore at the end of the day. Derian LOVES to get a rush riding the snowmobile with daddy. She loves to go fast, and insists upon it, and jumps are a must, the higher and the faster the better she screams with excitement. The girls are way to brave! Because Kymbree hates the loud sounds of the snowmobile she wouldnt get out there and have fun, so I sat with the babies by the fire the first time, and I enjoyed watching SOME of what they did, but coudln't watch a lot of it. The second time they went out, I didnt' go I stayed behind at home with the babies. I lvoe that my girls got some time without the little ones with dad, they had so much fun, and so did dad! They needed some one on one daddy time. HEre are just a few pics from our first trip.....

Catching up.....OUR VALENTINES SUPRISE

OUR VALENTINES DAY SUPRISE!!!

So, I have to tell you all how sweet my kids are, my older two in particular. Valentines has never really been Aaron and I's thing. We think its just a silly holiday & we both feel that romance should never be a forced thing that you feel you must do because its a holiday, right? Romance is spontanious and not forced, so although we tell each other Happy Valentines and we be silly and say...BE MINE SWEETY we just dont go out, nor do we buy each other things. So, that morning we woke up & Aaron had a chiropracter appt for his back so we got ready he and I and I took him down to it. Derian watched the kids while we went. She had been in the room with us that morning while we were talking, and we were teasing the girls cuz they asked us if we were going out for "love day" & we teased them saying...."oh how can we, we've got to many kids to go out, you guys are always around" and we all laughed and tickeled the girls. Anyhow so we left, and I called them just before we were getting ready to leave the office to tell them we're coming home and see how it was going. Derian said to me..."MOM don't come home, u cant, you and dad never get anytime alone together so go enjoy yourselves alone. Go to breakfast, but don't come home" So, I was like, ok.....but what are you doing.... she went on to say not to worry bout it, the babies were fine, and her and Ash was doing something for us and didn't want us home. SO, of course Aaron and I were like HEK YA....we went to our fav breakfast place in Spanish Fork and enjoyed a nice, quiet breakfast. It was time to go home, so we headed to the house and went inside. Der and Ash had us go to the living room where they had two chairs set in the middle. We instantly noticed the house smelled of fresh brownies, and the house was CLEAN! We sat down in our spots, & Der and Ash read us a letter each of them had written. THE SWEETEST letters EVER! I sobbed and sobbed as they both read them to us. They just said how much they loved us, and how much they loved that Daddy and I loved each other, & just a bunch of darling, sweet stuff. THen they gave us pictures they had drew and each a brownie w/ a valentine candy heart on it that said BE MINE. This made what normally would have been a regular day to Aaron and I, one of the most special days because of our girls, and what they did for us. It was nice to come home to the house clean and my favorite brownies nice and warm. They both did a great job, and we're so proud of them! Even daddy got choked up.....we were both very touched by their sweet and thoughtful idea. THANX GIRLS!
btw, just as a side note, the pic posted, isn't them making brownies on this occassion, its another time but it fit, so I am posting it.

A Tribute to my Better half.....

Well sense its valentines this weekend & I wont have any pictures to post on my blog for a wk or so, I decided that I'd write a tribute to my dear husband for the "love" holiday coming up.

Aaron and I don't need a "special" day to share how much we care about one another. We love each other every day of the year, and we share that, and show that everyday too. Valentines to us, is everyday & thats what I love most about our relationship. We've always been affectionate with one another & its something that means alot to me.

So, I want to write a tribute to my dear husband whom I love so much for Valentines Day, & everyday. I guess sense its Valentines this saturday it seemed appropriate. Here are some wonderful things about my husband that I want to share with all of you because I am convinced my husband is one of the best men out there, but I am partial.

I love that we say "I love you" after every phone call, every morning, every night, every time we part ways, we say it even sometimes when there's nothing else to say.... I love that we hold hands still, & that we can sit for hours on the bed and talk and talk. I love that he'll hold me when I cry, and laugh with me when I'm happy.

I love the man that he has become. I fall in love with him all over again everytime I see him with his daughters, kissing on them, reading a story to them, playing with them, & just simply hanging out with them. I love that he will hold me in the middle of the night and not even know he is doing it.

I love how hard he works even though it drives me nuts sometimes when he isn't home with us, I know that he is working hard to give us the life that we have. I love that he cares about other people, & that he wants to do good for all. I love the passion that he has for his job, & how much he truly cares about the job he does for his boss & his customers. I'm so proud of how far he has come in his career but also that no matter what his pay is he still gives his boss 110% no matter what.
He is an amazing man, & I realize things about him that I love and appreciate every day we are together. I love that he cares so much about his family & that it shows in his eyes when he comes home & melts when his daughters come running towards him all wanting a hug and kiss from daddy. He is so patient with them, and loves to get down on their level and play & make them giggle. He is such a great father, & his love for his girls shows in every part of him.

The man he has become, is a man that I love, respect, cherish, & am so proud of. I am a very blessed women to have him in my life. His heart is bigger then I probably even know. I even love that he loves to have fun, & b active even though it sometimes means that he has to not be with us. I even love at times the kid inside.... I love that he calls me from work just to say he loves me, or to see how my day is going. I appreciate that he understands that I sometimes staying home all day with the kids is difficult & that he lets me vent my frustrations out when he gets home. I love that he listens, and understands that its sometimes difficult for me to express my emotions & that he is able to pull it out of me when he needs to. I love that he respects me, loves me for who I am (even though I make it hard to love me sometimes) & allows me to dream & pushes me to go for my dreams. He is extremely supportive of anything I want to do & will do anything for me to obtain those desires.

I love him because of his character, his values, his thoughts, and passion for life & all it has to offer. I love that he is who he is, & that I wouldn't EVER want to change that. I am a better person because of him.

On this Valentines Day I want to say I LOVE YOU & I am SO GLAD your mine! (and your stuck with me so u have to b happy too, haha) MUAH MUAH!

I LOVE you babe!

VALENTINES TAG

Valentines Day Tag

What is your husband’s name? Aaron Kurt Poulson

*How long have you been married? 13.5yrs! WOW

*How long did you date? Well we started our journey on Oct 10, 1992 (sophmores in HS) and got married in Aug 95 so we dated like 3yrs High school sweethearts!

*How old is he? 32

*Who eats more sweets? DEFIANTLY ME! Aaron hates sweets, I think I've seen him eat candy like 4x's total our entire time of being together. He is a salt kinda guy

* Who said I love you first? Gosh, thats a hard one...we used to say "I love you" all the time, but I think that we were seniors or so when we finally really met it and it wasn't just the teenage "I love you" I know the moment I knew I loved him....it was when he gave me my cedar chest when we were Juniors, the next Christmas we got engaged.

* Who is taller? Aaron

*Who is smarter? Defiantly Aaron....thats no doubt, the boy is happy what he's doing, but he really shoulda been a Lawyer, or Dr.... he has BRAINS! and common sense, the two usually dont go together you either have one or the other, he has both!

* Who sings the best? umm, well neither one of us will b making American Idol ANY day soon, but probably me....

*Who sleeps on the right side? Aaron

*Who mows the lawn? He does MOST always, however sometimes I LOVE to suprise him and do it for him....ok, I admit, I have only done the whole suprise thing ONCE, but it felt good doing that for him, especially sense he's allergic to grass, and its irritating for him to do it.....

*Who cooks dinner? I do the cooking, and love to cook, but I wish Aaron would do it more, he really is a good cook. He loves trying new recipe's that HE develops. He is the one that developed our hamburger recipe

*Who drives? He does most always. I hate to drive, he loves to drive and would rather be driving. The boy has ADHD, I swear, he can't be sitting and doing nothing especially when we're on the road.....

*Who is first to admit they are wrong? Its equal there I'd say......although its harder for me to actually say I'm wrong, even though I am wrong, and he knows I'm wrong, it has nothing to do with me not wanting to be wrong, I just clam up.....he on the other hand, hands down will say I was wrong

*Who kissed who first? Well thats a funny story actually, lol....one I'm embarressed to this day over. We went out on a date, one of our first ones, and he walked me to the door, and I knew he would probably kiss me, so we both leaned in, and I sorta TOOK OVER the whole entire kiss, and kissed him moreso then he EVER expected me too, lets just say I wasn't shy about it, haha. He was a little suprised, but he went with it! He still teases me about that too. He says here I was tryen to be a gentlemen, and you just take over...Oops

*Who asked who out first? Aaron asked me to Homecoming 92, it was the beginning to our journey, and one we are still on. We've been best friends ever sense.... I absolutely adore this man!

I tag, Maradee, Amanda, Laura, Jessica.....and whomever else wants to do it