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

Kymbree's TIRED......

So, I took the girls down to bowling last thursday. Aaron has league (I know NERDY) so we went down to eat dinner, and watch him for a little bit. Well we got home kinda late,it was bed time, and so tryen to get the kids off to bed, & playen on the computer while Kymbree laid down on my bed. Well she got up and told me she was going to go lie down with her sisters, so I was like..OK....

Well a half hour or so later in comes Derian to tell my something, and I said, "Gosh, did Kymee go to sleep" She said...NOPE, she isn't in there.....WHAT, I said.... then where is she?

We went to looken all thru the house, yellen, KYMEE...no answer, I looked in corner, under beds, in the bathroom, outside, I was freaken out. I headed back to my room to grab my phone to call Aaron, cause I was really nervous and when I walked back in this is what I found. LOL

The laundry basket was blocking my view of her from the computer, and when I walked out of the room I didn't see her at all....but when I walked back in I found her layen up against the wall, layen on the heater vent, her favorite place to be.....fast asleep! Isn't she cute? Needless to say, I was laughen hysterically, and had to snap a picture.

Because I CAN!

Oh my goodness, I'm so proud of dam self today! I have wanted to share pics on my blog and facebook now for so long, and have been so sad that I can't share them. Well today I was determined to figure it out, and I spent a good part of the day doing so, but I figured it out! I can't upload them onto my computer, it won't let me, it crashes, so I put them all on a CD, and did it that way....who cares really, how it is done, I'm just glad its done!
So, here's some pics you all have missed out on.....now that I've figured it out, b prepared for me to show my babies off.
oh, and just thought sense I'm blogging I'd tell ya what we did today. Today was the kids incentive program at school. They got to do a "snow day" Ashlynn got to do ice sculptures and Derian got to go sledding. I went and visited both of them, and took the babies along. Derian wanted to take kymee k down one of the hills on the sled, I was reluctant, but I let her in the end.....scared the hell outta me. STEEP hills....ice, and a sled, don't go well with me. There have been so many accidents related to this sport. BUT....you gotta live....so they went, and they had a blast.
Anyhow other then that, I have been cleaning today, and laundry and grocery shopping. I havent sat down most the day. ooooo WAIT, thats a complete lie....because I did sit and figure out how to upload pics but that took a hr here and a hour there, NOT consecutive hours. lol

K, well I'm out, and enjoy a few of the pics

Just odds & ends of the last few wks.

I havent' been blogging because I havent' had a whole lot going on. Nothing exciting, life changing, or inspiring so I decided that I'd just clue you all in on what we've been up to the last few weeks. Grab some popcorn, a pepsi, & enjoy the story...cuz it always tends to be with me, lol.

So last I posted we had almost brushed against death....well not really but we almost got ourselves into a nice wreck. We havent' had any of that, thank goodness. Derian started wearing make up, here and there for JUST for play, well she went over to a friends house this past weekend & I turned around to say good bye to her only to see a pound of make up on her face. I said HELL NO....she got mad at me for making her take it off. I said "sweety, there's a difference in wearing some lip gloss, & wearing make up like your 18" Later that night, her father had a bedroom talk with her about this boy, Johnny and her obsession w/him & the make up. He put an end to the make up all together. For the first time, I seen an attitude in Derian. Please tell me that this isn't starting all ready! She's a great kid, doesn't cause a lick of trouble, and doesn't want any trouble......but she can catch an attitude that I did see. She listens though, & she does have a shoulder on her head still so we're safe for now.

The girls and I had a "girls day" saturday while daddy was at work for awhile. My two oldest told me the other night that we hadn't had a girls day in a long time. We used to do it alot, and we haven't in so long. I used to take them out for the day, we'd go to lunch, and go shopping even if it was window shopping, but sense the babies have come along that hasn't happened and it made me feel bad. So, we did it, and it was great. It was a little different taking 4 of them rather then just the 2 of them but we still did it. We dropped dad off at work, and we went to the mall. Ashlynn and I got our haircut which was interesting to say the least, w/Kymbree and A'jaye running around the salon, but we made it. All the old ladies were sure looking at me, like I was the worst mother out there, but I didn't much care. Motherhood has come ALONG ways sense their day, right? Ashlynn got her hair cut SHORT, another short A-line cut, looks darling on her. I also decided to go drastic, not quite as short, but did a longer A-line, cut my hair to my shoulders. I hated it when I got home, but then played w/it, and did it my way and now I don't mind it. It's short though, above my shoulders. We decided after that adventure to go get some lunch. I used to take the two girls to Olive Garden, or a nice place, but we settled on Mcdonalds, lol. They didn't care, they just wanted time w/mom so thats what they got. We had to drag Kymbree outta there after a hour kicking and screaming cuz she wanted to play but we did it between Der, Ash & I.
We then called it a day, cuz we were all worn out. WE had a great time together though. I realized that I don't give my girls near enough "qualitity time" which is all they really want and need. We're going to make it a point to do that more often. Seems I spend most my time just tryen to get thru each day, instead of tryen each day to make the days count for my girls.

Later that night we were all sitting on the bed, hangen out and with my girls all around me we got to feel the baby move. This was like the BEST moment for me as a mother. Here I had all my girls around me, my belly poking out & exposed & all their little hands on my pregnant stomach getting all giddy cuz they could feel baby moving. It touched me in a way that nothing ever has. Ashlynn looked up at me and said, "mom why are you crying" ....I just told her..."its a mommy thing"

The wkend gets over as quickly as it starts sometimes, but we enjoyed. Aaron and I have decided that we aren't going to spend each night in our room watching TV while the kids are alone in the living room. So, once a week, whatever night works, we will have a family night. The girls decided they wanted to spend it practicing ROCKBAND so thats what we do, & we have a great time playing w/them. Its a nice change. I guess sometimes, you just get so tired at night that you forget that you need to spend time together as a family.

Dad, Derian & Kymee went down monday night and got hair cuts. This has always been Kymee and Dads thing to do every now and then. Derian just went along too this time. They got home a hour or so later, and Derian walked in w/her bangs chopped off. I turned around to look at her and all I seen was Chelsee staring back at me. Aaron has said for awhile that she looks like her Aunt, I seen it too, but not as much as I do now! So, we all have new haircuts and feel like new ppl now. Sorta fun! A'jaye is the only one that didn't get a new look...she's still MOHALK baby.


So there's whats been going on in our lives the past little while. Nothing to exciting or inspiring. Just everyday life w/our little girls!
Oh, P.S......you'll all b happy to know that I have figured out a way to include pics in my posts. It involves waiting for walmart to make me a CD, but I can do it now, so I will b including some pics w/our posts...YAY!

Do you always trust your intuitions??? YOU SHOULD!

I've decided that I am ALWAYS going to trust my inner voice. There have been times in my life that I haven't listened to the inner voice & I've always regretted it even if it was a simple small issue. There's times that we brush off that voice within and justify it as just our craziness, or our own crazy anxiety talking to us, but how many times have you brushed it off and then regretted it afterwards and told yourself NEVER EVER will I brush off that voice with in even for something small, and then we do it anyhow? I am guilty!
Yesterday I was taught a valuable lesson about that inner voice. I really do try to pay attention when it's so strong you can't ignore the feeling but I did contemplate not listening thinking I'd be better off, but I'm glad I didn't. I drove Aaron to work yesterday morning & as you all have heard on the news, I'm sure, Utah County has been effected horribly by the inversion and the fog each morning and night has been just horrible. Yesterday was no exception it was the worst I've seen it. We got to his work fine, but took it extremely slow. You could only see maybe a quarter mile ahead of you and its just freaky cuz you feel like your in this box and its sorta claustrophobic. I dropped him off about 8:15 and then decided to stop at 7-11 & grab a slurpee because I'm pregnant and enjoy a frozen drink when I can get it. Then, I buckled A'jaye back up tight and I buckled up which I NEVER hardly do (I know NUTS) and I started messing with my phone getting back to a friend that had texted me the night before and just sat there for more then 10min or so taking my time as if I had nothing else to do but for some reason I was not in a hurry, now I know that was also a blessing.
We got on the freeway, A'jaye and I (the other girls were left at home w/Derian babysitting) & began for home. The fog was still really bad and it almost seemed worse then when I came over. You couldn't see the other side of the freeway, and if cars didn't have their lights on you couldn't see them until you got right up on them, which just scared me. I was going about 50mph, or less, but cars were passing me right and left I couldn't believe it. We kept on down the freeway & made our way to Spanish Fork, then to the Benjamin exit. Just right after that exit about 1/2 mile or so out of the corner of my eye I see all these men running towards me with flares in their hands, they just kept coming one by one. I was in the fast lane, why I don't know (another blessing) & all of a sudden I had to slam on my breaks QUICK. Two things were going for me, I wasn't going that fast, I had seen the men and started slowing down, & I was in the fast lane. Right in front of me, literally, RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME was a HUGE wreck involving 2 diesels and about 3-4 cars I couldn't tell. I was 2nd car on the scene after it happened that wasn't involved. It had JUST HAPPENED minutes before. Two diesels some how collided. I looked over at the red diesel in the slow lane and the whole driver side was completely smashed in the other diesel involved was width wise on the freeway had I not seen the men, I would've smashed into the truck in front of me then that diesel. There were several (3-4) cars in between the diesels that had also been involved.
Traffic obviously was at a stand still, no one could get by this the complete freeway was blocked off by the diesels and cars piled up between them. I was in the fast lane, THANK goodness so after sitting there a few minute (5min). The truck in front of me went down into the barrow pit & went around the diesel that was blocking both lanes. I sat there another 30sec or so and had this STRONG overwhelming sense to follow him. I hesitated because I didn't know if I could legally do that, you know how you question if its the right thing to do or not? No one was hurt, that I could see, and I had asked the girl standing right outside her car if she needed any help or needed to use my phone or not, and she said she was ok. The feeling just kept stronger in my mind and almost got louder. I kept hearing all these break screeching noises & when one got really loud I went down into the barrow pit and back up on the freeway. I just felt like if I stayed there I was going to be in a mess. I looked in my rear view mirror and could see the damage that was behind me and just was sorta shook up thinking to myself had I not stopped and got a drink I would've been either involved or something......you can't help but think that. Then you start thinking, how unknowingly you do something out of your normal routine, why? I got home to my girls awake and eating breakfast, and went on with my day as if nothing had happened and I didn't think about it beyond then.
Later that night, I sat down after not sitting all day long & watched the 5:00 news on Channel 2 & they started talking about the fog in Utah County and the huge pile up wreck between Spanish Fork and Payson. I listened of course because I was there, and it showed the diesels, and the car that was owned by the girl that I talked to, and then it showed the car that was behind me it was SMASHED UP pretty good. The reporter went on to say that two diesels had collided and other cars smashed into each other trying to avoid the diesel wreck, which was the 3-4 other cars that I seen were involved. Then he mentioned that after the first initial wreck several other pile ups occurred due to cars going to fast and not seeing because of the fog and wrecking into the already mess of cars . When I seen the car behind me wrecked and seen how badly it was smashed up I just sat there in shock knowing that had I stayed there, had I not listened to that still small voice (that was actually sorta loud in my head, nothing still or small about that), had I fought against what I felt I would've been hit as well, and who knows how badly, maybe not badly at all, but you never know. I felt bad that the guy behind me didn't follow us and maybe what we did wasn't right, but I could just say that God told me to do it, right? He did tell me right or wrong he did prompt me to follow the truck before me and so I did with hesitation but I am glad I got out of there and without being hit. They closed the freeway down for 4 HOURS.
Anyhow, that was a long story but with me everything is a long story, you all know this about me, you should be used to it by now, right?
So, moral of the story is........ LISTEN to the not so still, LOUD voice when its there, don't ignore it even if you think that it's not a big deal because it could be a big deal if you don't listen to it. Like I mentioned earlier, there hasn't been a time that I didn't regret it when I didn't listen to that voice. Its' important & God has given us this blessing to protect & guide us throughout our lives & its up to us to either use it or ignore it. I don't always do the right things in my life, & I'm far from perfect. I don't always live my life religiously, going to church or studying the scriptures, BUT I have ALWAYS believed in God, prayed daily, & I've always payed close attention to my feelings, sometimes known as the still small voice. We all have intuitions & we should never take that gift God gave us all for granted, I know I defiantly won't after this experience especially.

Aaron is faced with the BOY ISSUE! (he thought this day would never come)

YAY! The weekend is upon us, and its a long weekend with Monday being a holiday. The girls are out of school today for teacher development day & Monday also for MLK day. I don't mind my older girls being home with me at all its actually a relief to me. They help so much with the baby's and that free's me up to do some things I can't do otherwise. I also enjoy their company. Derian is getting to be so much fun, and quite the little chatty kathy.
I had their parent/teacher meetings last night and of course they are both doing so well. I'm especially proud of Ashlynn she has come WAY up on her reading level and spelling. We only have a few things to work on with her & she'll be right where she needs to be. Derian, of course, is doing SUPER. Her teacher didn't have enough room to write all the good things. I'm so proud of both my girls. They've both come so far, and are both doing so well. I'm impressed with how smart they are. I only wish that for Derian, she wouldn't be so afraid to speak her mind sometimes, and wish for Ashlynn that she wouldn't be SO hard on herself or compare herself ALL the time to her older sister. She's always in her sister's shadow and I wish she'd break away from that and be her own person. We are working on that and I guess its just a normal thing for sister's to do especially being so close in age. I just hope it doesn't continue their WHOLE life.
Ashlynn is a good enough person on her own she doesn't need her sister to help her with that.

OH BOY, our house will be INTERESTING come 3-4yrs thats all I can say. With Derian entering teenage years, and Ashlynn quickly to follow, and then A'jaye and Kymbree tagging behind. AHHHHHH!
Derian has been talking about this boy at school that she and her friends like. He's a 5th grader so older then she is by a few years. I'm super glad that she can talk to me about it without being funny. She used to be so funny about boys and would cry if we teased her, remember that? lol. Well she isn't so shy anymore about it and its sorta cute, but she was talking to her dad and I on the bed last night just being chatty kathy. Aaron and I were listening and of course I knew some of the stuff already but Aaron hadn't. Aaron was sorta watching TV and half listening like men do, and then she mentioned this boy and he still was half listening, and then she said "Oh, and he's a 5th grader" and Aaron stopped dead in his tracks, turned to her and said "OH HELL NO" I was laughing so hard....the look on his face was priceless. She just giggled and continued with her story of him. She showed a picture of him, and then he said...."OH HELL HELL NO, he's a skater dude" He was NOT impressed. She left the room after a minute and I looked at him and said....You better get used to this! He said...I already hate having daughters! Then she comes back in the room and he starts in on a 5 hour daddy/daughter session on how she doesn't need any boy, and how no one is good enough for her, and how boys are evil and are no good, & on and on and on. I thought it was so cute that he was genuinely worried about this situation and after I told him that its just a 3rd grade crush, and she hadn't even talked to the kid. SO FUNNY!
He went to bed that night and said..."I can't take all these girls, it'll give me a heart attack to sit and worry about every boy out there" then he looked at me and said...."you have NO idea how bad I despise them little bastards, I know what they are thinking" and I was like..."OH COME ON,we aren't to that "point" yet she has a crush, she isn't going out with him she hasn't even stood by him" and he said..."GOOD we'll keep it that way"
I just had to chuckle..... poor guy is going to give himself a heart attack over a simple elementary crush, what will he do when the real dating happens.
Someone please pray for my husband, I think he needs help coping with so many daughters! I guess I just really don't understand what he's going thru, but I'm a girl, and I DONT know what goes thru male minds, to be honest I DONT WANT TO KNOW! hahaha

It's like I told Aaorn, WELL....you can't worry about all them boys, you just have to worry about your daughters. Love them, be there for them, build them up and they'll do just fine on their own with the boys. He gave Derian this huge lecture on how she in NO WAY, SHAPE or FORM should find a boy like her dad. After she left I looked at him and said....The best thing she could do is to find a boy like you! I meant that too! I reminded him how respectful he was to me always & to my family. He didn't always want to have the basement talks with my dad, but he did & respected every word spoke to him. All I can hope is that my girls DO find a man like their dad, just like I found a guy like my dad. No one is perfect, and everyone has their issues, which is all most people see in themselves, but the person inside is whats important and I'd say that I did pretty dam good with that. I hope my girls can too! We're all a little early for any of those worries. I just found this story to be funny, and wanted to share. we havent' even BEGUN the boy business, thank goodness I don't think that my dear husband is ready for that stage in his daughters lives.

Until next time.......