My Happy Place

I have a happy place. I'm sure that most do. Last summer I made a point of taking pictures up Cottonwood Lake so that I could enjoy my happy place year round. I enlarged the pictures, framed them and then placed them on my wall. I love that I can see my happy place every time I walk in my room. I love this place because it is always so calm. It's one of the places that I can go and think and have the whole world quieted for a moment. I always leave here with a clearer head and usually without answers to my questions and concerns but with a hope that things will work out. Today, I really need my quiet place. If only it weren't 3 + hours away and still under lots of snow. Pictures will have to fill in for now.

Cookies anyone?

These two make me smile. Baylee got a new apron for her 1st birthday. The picture of her is when she was helping Grandma make scones. The picture of Jaden is from when we made a batch of cookies. He loved helping me. Especially the part of making sure the dough tasted okay. :) The cookies didn't turn out very pretty. Paysen was very quick to tell everyone that even though they weren't very pretty they tasted good. To me that's the most important part. :)

Jaden's Sexy Face

Need I say more?

How To Entertain a 1 Year Old

So, how do you entertain a 1 year old. Well you teach her how to swing for hours in anything that can swing...blankets, bags, laundry baskets...it's all good. :)

CUTE HAIR CUT CHAR!!!

Liquid Energy

I'm currently sitting here thinking back a week ago trying to remember what we did on Wednesday. Then I remembered. Wednesday last week was a very long day. Tiff and I didn't get caffeine until after 3:00pm....which was really late for us. I knew it was bad when I had this conversation with my nephew Tysen:

Tysen: "Hey, Aunt Car (said Care)?"

Me: "Yes, Tys?"

Tysen: "Um, do you think that tomorrow you and Aunt Tiff can drink some caffeine earlier in the day."

Me: (With a dumbfounded look on my face) "Um...yeah I think we could do that."

One of my new years goals this year was to cut back drastically on my caffeine intake. I like my Diet Pepsi. I know it's not good for me, but I like it. I like the burn down the throat on the first couple of swallows. I love the energy that it gives me. I don't like, however, the week after I have had it for a week...I get lots of headaches and I feel like I am dragging bottom. This would be day two for the headaches and lack of energy. (I gave up on Monday and had some...it wasn't worth the fight on that day.) Thank heavens for gum to keep me a bit more awake.

Poached Egg Success

I need to post this one to prove that I was actually successful in poaching eggs last week. The Robinson clan eats them lots. Thanks to Matt for teaching me how to poach and egg so that I was ready for this breakfast request. I made breakfast every morning but one. I had to laugh at myself because I wanted to make breakfast even though the smell and food in general make me very nauseous in the mornings. I was very grateful for the oatmeal morning...not so much smell involved with that.

My Comfort Food

So anyone who knows me well knows that I love M&Ms. I love them so much that I usually have a bag some where close to me at all times. Sad...yes I know. I had to snatch this picture when I was home. I guess it must be a family thing. I helped to provide some of them but not all of them. The other funny this is, there was a bag of dark chocolate and cherry chocolate M&Ms on the counter that didn't make the picture. So I guess I HEART M&Ms. :)

That's What It's All About

Today I was reminded once again what it is all about. I had some help with an early dose of the Hokey Pokey this morning at 7:30. Yeah, me Jaden and Paysen doing the Hokey Pokey in the living room. I haven't sang that song in forever let alone done all of the actions to it. But don't you all worry, Tiffani got it on film...much to my dismay. It made me smile tonight at 7:00 when Jaden was still singing the song around the house. The only part he could remember was, "You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around, that's what it's all about." That kid is so stinking cute.

Is it bed time yet?

We made it through the day!! All five kids are asleep. Tiff and Clint are in bed and I am half asleep tying this. :)

The morning was successful. The two oldest boys made it on the bus without having to be honked at. Woohoo! I also made poached eggs, which was a first for me. And much to the bets against it this weekend, I even remembered to bring the dog back in this morning after 10 minutes. The day after that was pretty much a blur. I do know that M&Ms and Diet Pepsi were in the mix along the way.

Tiff and I laughed and joked with each other over all that can happen in 30 minutes. Within one of the 30 minute sets tonight we had three streakers, two head collisions, one door frame collision, two smashed fingers, dinner and showers.

Jen as far as we have heard is stable. We are waiting for her to have another MRI in the morning before we will know more specifics.

Their have been numerous lessons that I have learned for the day. I think the most eye opening one is that I have a very cushy life being single. I am in charge of me, what I eat, when I sleep, what I do for activities. Yeah, very cushy. It's a good thing Tiff is here to keep me focused and bribe me with Diet Pepsi and M&Ms. Who says you can't bribe a 27 year old?