Happy New Year!

We're nearing the end of our trip here in Utah and while we've had a great time with family and everything, we are so ready to go home!! i miss my bed so much. i haven't been sleeping very well here and the cousins have been fighting a lot. they play really well about half of the time and the other half of the time, they are arguing and fighting over toys, or some one is getting hurt or they are getting into bad stuff like yesterday when they got into the kitchen pantry and pulled out some powdered cereal and spilled it all over the floor. i walk in to find them eating the powdered cereal (sort of like carnation instant breakfast) out of the canister with a spoon. moma was choking on it and there was powder all over the kitchen floor. it was very frustrating so I'm ready to go home to my small little house where i can see (or hear) moma from every room and keep a better eye on her. i always wondered how kids could get into so much stuff and thought htat the parents ust not keep a good eye on them, but now i know.... give them a partner in crime cousin and a large house with lots of places to hide and you'll see exactly how they can get into every thing and make messes and be bad! AAAAHHHHH!!

I had to go to time out while i was here. it was the first time i ever had to put myself into time out. i said "crap factory" and moma repeated it. so i quickly put myself into time out to show her that it was a bad word and mommy shouldn't have said it. she thought it was kind of weird for me to be in time out though.
On Monday, mister studly went snow boarding. he came home a little early because he fell on his arm and it was hurting. he didn't want to hurt it worse so he came home. then two days later, this nasty bruise popped up. it's also black underneath. I'm taking pictures and making him see a doctor because two weeks after his motorcycle accident this horrible bruise showed up on this same arm in the same spot so I'm a little worried that he may have something wrong with his arm from is accident. there is no way a bruise that big should show up on the INSIDE of an arm. he didn't hit the inside of his arm either time this happened so it makes me a little worried about why it would be filling with blood after he injures it. like maybe they missed something from his accident? he does not bruise easily, so it's just odd that he would get a bruise so big twice in the same spot. oh, and it doesn't hurt him either. weird.

and here's this morning. yep.... the partners in crime getting into auntie a's make-up. can you see the big pile of her make up on the carpet?? lovely huh? by the way...that is about 4 things of powder and a tube of liquid concealer mixed together mashed into the carpet. it took us over a half hour to clean the floor and kids (5 of us working together to get everything cleaned up). i was not a happy person, but i wanted to take a picture because i knew it would be funny to me some day. i said "i need to take a picture of you two so i can remember your bad behavior today!" i didn't want them to think that me taking a picture of this situation was something that was fun or good. that's why i said that to them. little stinkers!! yes....... i am happy to be going home. this is what i have been dealing with for the last week and a half. even though it's sort of funny, I'm over it.

Guilty faces!!!

And one of thumper. i have been the worst mom about taking pictures of him. it just seems like whenever i am taking pictures, he is taking a nap. poor guy. i will be better about documenting his life this new year. that can be one of my many new years resolutions.

my sciatic nerve is bugging me today. i just woke up this morning with it hurting. i'm not looking forward to the dive home tomorrow if it's still hurting but hopefully it will feel better tomorrow. 10 hours in a car with a hurting back is no fun!