That's what makes me smile. Is there anything better than love notes from a kindergardner?

My cute little family made me a lovely breakfast of Clarissa's buttermilk flapjacks (you'll never eat boxed pancake mix again), sliced strawberries and fresh whipped cream (Nate's specialty). Notice my flapjack is a heart. Maryn made me 6 cards (they are all there around my plate). They make me so happy to be their mommy! Daddy, thank you for working so hard to let me be home with them. It's such a blessing to me. I love you my big girls, my little people and my boy!

Here she is at the cutest little kindy show! We put pink sparkles on her eyelids. She's with her favorite friend Morgyn. The kids sang all kinds of numbers songs and then some songs about letters and how much fun they had in kindergarden. Mommy and 3 other mommys (Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Hong and Mrs. Frank) made the back drop and we got front row seats as a thank you. It was really fun. She's off to first grade now!

So my cute little man comes up to me like this and says "Look Mom, I'm Hanny Manny!" For those of you who may not be familiar with who Handy Manny or Hanny Manny as Natey calls him, he is a Handy Man cartoon that Natey likes to watch. He always has a pencil behind his ear! He's so cute!

Here's Chayse playing Lady Larken in her school play, "Once Upon a Mattress". Didn't she do a great job! Sir Harry's microphone didn't work so well. You can hardly hear him.

This past week was filled with performances from all three of our girls. Stay tuned for pictures and maybe even some clips from the shows. (If I can figure out how Nate does that!)

We love our mothers so much; Joliene Marie and Sandra Jean. We are so thankful for all they have done for us; for loving us, for being wonderful examples to us but most of all for being our friends. Our moms are the best! We wish you a Happy Mothers Day here and in heaven! "A mother holds her childs hand for a while, their hearts forever!"

So I just finished Twilight, and I gotta tell you, I'm not impressed. This is the first book in a series written by Stephenie Meyer, which is a blockbuster of a book, for woman and girls. Don't get me wrong, Stephenie can write, for woman and girls. She puts so much emotional details into her writing that I want to puke. I never did get to a point where I liked Edward, but I did like Emmett. Why you ask? Cause Emmett is the only real man in the book. He's the only vampire who wants to fight to protect Bella. So I said to myself, "Come on Stephenie, let Emmett kill the bad guy". By the way, the bad guy is James. Then, right when I think it might get good, and we'll see (since reading really is seeing in our heads) Emmett tear James to pieces, all we get is the smell of gas and later a burning building. The only "fight scene" was poor Bella being attacked by the big bad James. Whatever happened to revenge sequences? Come on Stephenie! I also thought most of the sissy kissy stuff was kinda...warped. Anyway, Stephenie can obviously write. Since she's sold millions of books it's obvious she knows her audience. My girls LOVE the book and Edward, but it's really not for me. Oh, and any man that liked the book...check yourself. And if you feel I didn't like it because I can't relate...lets see...I'm a cop from the Northwest who's daughter has been seduced by a vampire named Edward.

Means: Santa Clarita Choral Festival. Chayse is in the choir at school and they performed in this wonderful concert on April 29th. There were 2 other middle schools, half a dozen high schools and 2 colleges that also performed. It was a really great show! Chayse is the 4th one from the left in the second row from the bottom.

I actually prefer to add a little caramel and chocolate to the plate! Natey and Mar would just be so happy if I squirted whip cream in their little mouths!

This is what you call a whole bunch of Brooke White fans at a viewing party. Living Spaces in Van Nuys hosted a really fun dinner and then we all got cozy in a ton of Laz-Y-Boy chairs to watch the show. Then it was off to voting. We got her to the top 5. She's wonderful.

We had so much fun voting for Brooke White. We attended 2 of the 4 viewing parties for Brooke hosted by Living Spaces. This is Josue, one of Brooke's biggest fans. The front of his shirt says, "One Mexican who votes White". He's so funny.

Brooke on the big screen. She was so fun to watch. We will miss her on AI but can't wait to see her at another venue! It won't be long I'm sure. We love you Brooke White!

Kady makes everything so much fun. I have her little Tess in my arms. She snuggled up and fell asleep in my arms. What a great night!

Maryn with her crush Cal!

Nate possing with the Living Spaces crew at the food table; his favorite place to be!

Daddy came by on "patrol" to watch Brooke's performance.

The cool teen scene at Living Spaces.

So Mar made this gross sandwhich to send into Nickalodeon for a contest, only, her mom never sent it. It's pretty gross I think.

Here's my baby. She went and turned 15. I can hardly believe I have a 15 year old. I can still remember when I was 15.

Alexa, Aralie and Brooke came home for lunch on her birthday. Mommy made chinese chicken salad. We had fun eating all of the won tons. That was thier favorite part!

Girls are so cute! So clever!

Happy Birthday to my sweet girl. Em had a pool party with kabobs and fresh fruit and fresh salsa (made by Dalene). It was really fun.

Playin in the pool at Em's party.

With her favorite guy at her birthday party.

We had a pool party... the 4th of April. We heated the pool and except for when they got out, they said it was nice and warm.

Time for cake. They ate it all.

Well, here it is. I must say that I believe the only reason Nate did his was because I was mad at him and he was trying to get back in my good graces. It did work! So, here goes!

1. I love my family more than anything.
2. My red hair is not natural and I love it.
3. I do write on my bathroom walls... and Nate writes back to me.
4. I enjoy late nights alone because it's quiet.
5. My favorite car was my Tahoe.
6. I really enjoy getting out with my family in our trailer.
7. I love to go to the beach.
8. I also love having a pool in the back yard.
9. I want to go back to school to get a degree.
10. I love to scrapbook.
11. I never have time to scrapbook.
12. I think kindness matters, a lot.
13. I try to be a good friend.
14. I love my house.
15. I love to take a nap.
16. I loved being pregnant.
17. I will never be pregnant again.
18. This is how many years I've been married to my blind date, who became my great date, who became my eternal date! I'm really proud of that!
19. I love having a teenager and a pre-teen. They're really cool girls.
20. I love watching Maryn and Natey play together. He copies everything she says.
21. I love my calling... 1st counselor over the Mia Maids. They are GREAT!
22. I wish I was a better reader.
23. I loved reading Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse. I liked Jacob!
24. I loved reading The Magic of Ordinary Days. (The title is so true.)
25. I miss my friends in the valley.
26. I miss having my sisters and parents over for Sunday dinner.
27. I love ice water.
28. Everyone loves my dog, Oliver. Even Nate... don't believe me... step inside!
29. I love to laugh.
30. I'm always worried I've hurt someone's feelings.
31. I have a testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I'm very grateful for it.
32. I would like to be in better shape.
33. Some day I would like to train for a marathon.
34. I clip coupons.
35. I call my sisters and tell them how much I saved with my coupons.
36. I wish I had taken college more serious when I was there.
37. I like to be fussed over. My mom always does the best at that.
38. This is how old I am right now, May 3, 2008.
39. I love surprises.
40. I love chocolate covered strawberries. April's are the best!
41. I love Vince's cheesecake.
42. I love having three gorgeous girls.
43. I love having a handsome boy. I love his eyelashes and the back of his neck.
44. I love snuggling babies.
45. I loved being in the delivery room of MacKenzie, Leah, Claire, Steele, Zack, Justice, Avery and in 3 weeks Georgia Grace.
46. I wish I was a organized as Sissa.
47. I wish I was as creative as LoLo.
48. My sisters and my mom are my best friends.
49. I'm glad I have great friends close by.
50. My husband is so handsome in his uniform.
51. I love to work on home projects with Nate.
52. I think being married to a cop is really cool!
53. I love pretty rings.
54. I love pedicures with flowers on my toes.
55. I love to get a massage.
56. I love fruit; watermelon, strawberries, grapes, mangos, apples, kiwi, honeydew, cantalope, oranges, blackberries...mmmm.
57. I think blogging is so cool!
58. I got my husband to read Twilight. He works graveyards and is sort of a vampire anyhow.
59. I wish I ate more fish.
60. I eat too much chocolate.
61. Christmas day makes me happy.
62. I enjoy going to the park with my kids.
63. I would love to have someone clean my house.
64. I don't like to watch too much TV.
65. My favorite Disney movie is Enchanted.
66. I love to surprise people.
67. I miss my mother in law.
68. I love to walk in the mornings and I love the gals I walk with.
69. I love to work in Maryn's class on Thursday mornings.
70. My favorite flower is a gardenia. Nate has a bush on the side of the house and he brings me gardenias when one blooms. Isn't that cute!
71. I love to spend a week on Balboa Island in a rented beach house.
72. My sisters and I are so funny together. It's mostly Lauren who's so funny.
73. I'm not very good at math.
74. I've had a home based business for 12 years. Well CM for about 11 and now LS for almost a year.
75. I'm afraid of mean people.
76. I don't like confrontation at all, ever. My husband doesn't mind it however... wanna step outside?
77. I love great pictures of my kids.
78. People always tell me how beautiful my kids are. They are. It makes me feel so good.
79. I like to play games...Scum, Apples to Apples, Toss UP, Dalene and April's cool games.
80. One of my favorite things to do is watch home videos with my family on FHE.
81. I hope Nate and I go on a mission one day.
82. I believe that Heavenly Father loves me, has a plan for me and hears me when I pray.
83. I believe that some prayers are better unanswered; it just takes a while to figure that out sometimes.
84. I wear jammies a lot.
85. I fall asleep when I sit down... I just did.
86. I don't get video games. Never have, never will. Waste of time. Don't believe, step outside... Oh Sorry, that's all about Nate!
87. I hope I live to be this old!
88. I love to dance... disco, country, pop, hip hop, whatever just movin around.
89. I love family dinner every night. Sometimes we really get laughing.
90. There's nothing better than your family laughing together. You're smiling right now, huh!
91. I made phone calls for Mitt Romney with my dear friend Clarissa thanks to my dear friend Kristin. It was really fun. I'm sad he dropped out.
92. I love to watch musicals: High School Musical, Hairspray, Phantom, Les Mis, Mama Mia, WICKED!
93. Everyone should see wicked. It's amazing.
94. I would love to go to New York with Nate.
95. I love my signs around my house. Vinyl lettering is so cool.
96. I'm tired of picking up toys.
97. I think gardening is therapeutic. I wish I made more time for it.
98. I wish I could sing.
99. I'm getting tired... I'm always tired.
100. I love my life as mommy and wife!

So the results are in and Allison has won our "first ever" poll. It doesn't really come as much of a surprise, being that she is the most amazing woman I've ever met. I'm sure any of you who have met her will agree...if not lets step outside and talk about it. My cookies did get one vote, but that doesn't really count because it came from Allison...and she changed a vote to do that. So she's disqualified from voting and therefor wins with 100% of the 45 million votes. I figure if American Idol can make up numbers so can I. I was a bit surprised that my truck didn't get any votes. I thought for sure I'd get at least one vote from my cousin Heath, being that he has the same truck. But he voted for Alli also. Well, I can blame him for that. So I'll be posting another poll, so stay put and vote.