HOT WATER

for those who dont know already last tuesday i got a pretty bad burn on my stomach. i was making dinner and went to pour out some boiling water. i was holding the strainer in my left hand and the too heavy pot in the other and when i went to dump it out i wasnt strong enough with one hand and the water poured on my stomach above my belly button and i got a burn about 3in x 6in. i cant even tell you how badly it hurt. i cant imagine ever getting a bigger worse burn. i follow nieniedialogues and she was in a plane crash with her husband he was the pilot and burned 80% of her body. she was in a coma for a month or more, i cant imagine going through that. my burn was tiny compared to her accident. i am so thankful that my burn wasnt worse. when i got burned i called my mom who is a wound specialist in idaho and she told me what to do. im so glad i didnt have to go to the hospital. i have new skin growing where the burn is and it itches really bad. i hope we stay burn free for the rest of my life :)

September & October

i've been slacking on blogging. its been over a month!!! SO Wes and I celebrated our 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!! it was so fun, we went to Wendover for the night. we did a few slot machines and i lost all my money, wes actually won money so that was fun. we saw Jim Gaffigan he is freakin hillarious!!! we were center stage and 3 rows back. it was so fun i laughed for the entire show i think it was 2 hrs long. we went to one of the buffets there and it wasnt that great... if we go again we will eat at a sit down restraunt instead.

My mom had her 50th bday!!! they had a huge party for her it was on a weeknight so we werent able to make it. the first weekend in Oct my high school girl friends and i went to my family's cabin for a girls weekend/good bye party. it was SO MUCH FUN!!! my friend Hailey is leaving for 18 months to serve a LDS Mission. we stayed up way too late talking and laughing. we watch movies that we made in high school and all i can say is WOW was i immature LOL and i hope avah has as much fun as i did when she gets older.

my dad also had his 50th bday, the night of his birthday my mom and sister came down to help make some crafts at my wards fun friday craft night. the next morning we got up and went for a walk and then came home and had breakfast. at about 10am we started our shopping marathon LOL. around 2 we broke for lunch and wes came and met us. little miss had enough shopping for the day(we all thought she would out shop us because she LOVES to shop. us 3 caught our 2nd wind and shopped till 6 that night. i had so much fun with my mom and sister I WISH we lived closer. Yesterday was my birthday, it was such a great day. i got so many birthday wished from friends and family. we went and had a yummy dinner at Olive Garden, we got calimari and i think avah at as much or more than wes and i(she suprises me with the foods she likes... how many 4 yr olds do you know that love sushi and calamari and other "grown up" foods). Today my aunt katie and cousin Alisa took me to lunch with our girls and we had a great time. my friend katie gave me the movie P.S. I LOVE YOU oh my gosh that movie is so good. i can not wait to watch it, it is a tear jerker and I LOVE IT!!!

i need to share my appreciation for my birth mother giving me to my parents. she could have choosen to have an abortion, im thankful that she didnt. growing up i couldnt wait to have a family of my own and especially children. it was hard for me to not look like my brothers and sister. i love when people tell me that avah looks like me. its amazing to me to think that i look like someone. i just want everyone to know that i am so thankful to my birthmom for giving me the gift of life. even tho i have never met her she holds a special place in my heart. i hope that some day i can meet her and let her know that i am thankful that she gave me a great childhood, amazing parents, a great husband and a beautiful daughter.

INSOMNIA

lastnight we watched insomnia....i couldnt fall asleep....fianlly at 1ish i fell asleep. i was dreaming about dead people/zombies. i dreamed that avah was one of the zombies and i started screaming. I WOKE UP SCREAMING IN REAL LIFE BECAUSE AVAH WAS RIGHT NEXT TO MY FACE! SO MY SCREAMING WOKE UP WES, HE STARTED SCREAMING BECAUSE HE THOUGHT SOMEONE WAS IN THE HOUSE! AVAH STARTED LAUGHING BECAUSE SHE HAD SCARED ME, I STARTED LAUGHING BECAUSE SHE AND I HAD SCARED WES AND HE WAS SCREAMING....avah layed in bed with us till she fell asleep(then she went in her bed she is too wiggly) and i couldnt stop laughing. getting up and to work by 6:45 was a struggle this morning

please read

At around 8:00 Friday night Preslee(my cousin's baby) fell into a canal in rigby. About 2 miles down the canal a farmer who was working in the water saw her and immediately started CPR. His brother was with him and called 911. She was air lifted to EIRMC and then flown down to Primary Children's Hospital. The Sullengers could really use all the prayers, thoughts and help anyone can offer. some friends of Pat and Ashley set up a website that people can donate money on the website. Thank you in advance to anyone who keeps Ashley, Pat and Preslee in you thoughts and prayers. **I linked the two sites to the right side bar**

WE LIKE TO PARTY!!!!

On Saturday we had a party for our bday girl. she was so excited she could hardly wait! we had about 8 friends over and they played in the pool, made mermaids, ate cupcakes, got fun party bags and opened presents. it was so fun to watch avah have fun with her friends. there was a hilarious moments at the party that i will NEVER forget :) one of the little girls decided that she was done swimming and she didnt want to wear the wet suit any more so she just stripped down to the nude and lounged out on the sun chair. I WAS DYING i thought it was so funny. we quickly ran inside and got regular clothes on.... if i was little and could get away with it id chill in the buff also LOL. Avah had a wonderful party thank you to everyone who came.

4YEAR CHECK UP

so this afternoon we went and visited the dr. everything is perfect... she is average on her weight, a little above average on her height 40 1/4 inches (pretty soon she is going to be passing my 5 foot 2 inch!!!!), they tested her vision and it is 20/20 and they did her bp wich they havent done before but it is 94/56(they said that is really good). she got a shot and she was SO BRAVE SHE DIDNT SHED A SINGLE TEAR!!!! we dont need to go back for a year. today they asked if i wanted to schedule it a year in advance!?!?!?!? i know its normal but i cant plan something as small as a dr visit 1 year ahead of schedule LOL.

catching up

I am going to start back on May 27th......Wes told me that I needed to be ready for a dinner meeting with a company that he wanted to start buying equipment from. Our neighbor said that she would watch avah so i was really excited to go out even if it was for a business meeting for wes. We went to Rumbi Island Grill its was good but i don't think i will go back again i felt it was over priced for what we got. when we walked in wes was looking around and said that he didn't see the people so we ordered and sat down. once we were sitting wes said "the people aren't meeting us." i was so confused for a minuet, he pulled a piece of paper out and handed it to me and then told me that he was taking me to SEX AND THE CITY 2!!!!! I WAS SO EXCITED, i told him earlier in the week that i couldn't wait to see it when it came out on video. when we got to the theater there were these older ladies dressed up like the girls. we walked into our theater and there were MAYBE 15-20 people and wes was the only guy. i was surprised that there wasn't a lot of skin shown because the other episodes show skin. it was the BEST SURPRISE IN THE WORLD!!!!

Memorial weekend was great. Saturday our little princess turned 4!!!!! i cant believe she is already 4, wes and i were talking the other night and she seems older than 4 but we are so glad that we get to keep her a little longer since she isn't older. Wes's family has a birthday tradition that who ever is having the birthday gets to choose where to go for dinner. We decided to go some where were they will do something fun (last year we went to sizzler and they didn't do anything), we went to TEXAS ROAD HOUSE. After dinner they had her sit on this saddle and asked her name and how old she was, then at the top of their lungs the announce your name, age and shout YEE HAW. AVAH LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF THE SPOT LIGHT LOL.

On Monday we took our boat to the lake. We packed a little lunch and had a great time. Wes showed me how to cast the fishing pole so hopefully now that avah is older we can go out more. avah brought her Barbie's to keep her company on the boat and i soaked in the sun(note to self REMEMBER THE SUNSCREEN EVEN IF ITS OVER CAST). we were out for about 3-4 hours, wes caught a tiger muskie they have sharp teeth and wes didnt have a net or a steel leeter( i know i didn't spell it right but for us who dont know what the heck this is... its to keep the fish from biting the line off with their sharp teeth) but he was able to reel the sucker in. he was holding it for a picture and some how it wiggled its way out of his hands and avah was standing right below him, we were worried it was going to bite her does off. it was such a fun day and a great end to a memorable memorial day weekend.

Final Dance Review

On Friday May 21 avah had Her first final dance review. she did SUCH a good job and she is so good at dancing i hope she wants to dance to a long time. it made me so proud to watch my little drama princess. i wanted to take some pictures but my new batteries wouldn't work!! we did video tape it but i dont know how to put it on my computer. today avah asked if she could go to dance and i had to explain that dance is over for the summer and we cant go back till fall and she was SO SAD i felt really bad :( if you want to see the video of her dancing you have to come visit. my mom brought colten down so that we could spend the weekend with him, he was SO BORED at the dance recital so i think next time im going to make it an ALL GIRLS event and my boys wont be invited haha. THANKS Wes,colten, aunt katie, and mom for coming to avah's special night. Katie thanks for helping with her hair. Dad and Jay i know you were DYING to watch her but thats ok wes would have rather been at the rodeo :)

Mothers Day Weekend

We were in Rexburg for Mothers Day weekend. It was really fun to hang out with my family. On Saturday we went and saw the new mini cult at my grandma's house it was SO ADORABLE!! Wes and Colten took Jaymin to his Rodeo. I havent been to a rodeo for ever so its been fun to go and watch Jamin Jaymin (when Jay was born my dad ALWAYS called Jaymin Jamin Jaymin because he wanted him to be a basketball player. Jay hasnt ever really been into sports i think its mainly because of his hip. At one of the rodeo's the announcer said Jay's name wrong(called him Jamin) and now he is officially JAMIN JAYMIN:D he he). Bryson had a baseball game in Pocatello they were 0-10 BUT NOW they are 1-10. Bryson has been pitching and i really hope that we can get to one of his games before his season is over. I cant believe how big my little brothers are getting it makes me really sad because it mean I'M GETTING OLD!!!!! all my life i couldn't wait to be 15 then i could drive.... then 16 because i could date... then 18 because officially i would be an adult... then 21 because if i choose to drink i legally could. looking back I WISH I would have lived in the moment because they are years I'M NEVER getting back. Avah and I ran errand and we went and had lunch at Subway so we could see the sandwich artist MASTER KYLE. Kyle loves subway he is so good at what he does.

That night Wes took me out. He asked if i would want to go out then or wait and do it another time. I was not going to pass up free babysitting :) We went to Applebee's it was so good (i wish Logan had one) and then we went and saw DATE NIGHT. We went to the late movie, when we walked in the theater I was a little disappointed the it was PACKED we were on the very front row and had to look straight up it made me so sick. As soon as the opening credits started i was wondering what in the world this movie was all about and then we realized we were in the wrong theater LOL. We hurried and left hopping we hadn't missed any of our movie. When we did get in the correct theater i was happy to find out the previews hadn't even started. the movie was Hilarious a little raunchy but SO FUNNY. I don't remember laughing that hard at a movie. one uncomfortable thing about an almost empty theater is that when i was laughing my guts out i don't think anyone else around was. it was one of the funnest mothers day.

What would you do????

Avah lately has been showing her independence and MAJOR ATTITUDE!!!!!!!! ITS BEEN BAD......she has said some of the FUNNIEST NAUGHTIEST things... on Tuesday she was not wanting to get dressed and i told her she needed to so that we could go to dance class. she wasnt very happy because i was wanting her to do something SHE didnt want to SO... she asked "MOM DO WANT ME TO KICK YOUR ASS" I ABOUT DIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! first i had to try not to laugh because i thought it was funny and then i asked if she would like soap in her mouth for saying naughty words. that night when wes and i were in bed i told him and he started laughing and then avah came in and they had a little chat about what words we do use and what one we dont use.
lastnight avah was laying in my bed watching princess and the frog when i noticed her adjusting her undies. i asked if she needed to go potty she said no so i asked what was wrong. she then told me "COON CHEWED ON MY DAMN UNDIES" LOL OH MY GOSH I THOUGHT I WAS REALLY GOING TO DIE OF LAUGHTER. then i reminded her that she cant say damn. i know i should swear but i once heard my grandma say "hell, shit and damn arent swear word" lol i know she wasnt serious but you should always listen to your elders. hope that made some of you laugh

FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS

WE ARE IN OUR HOUSE!!!!! we are so excited to be in our new house, we all love it so much. poor avah has been cooped up indoors for 3 3/4 years!!! she loves being able to go out back and play all day long and she LOVES taking coon out back with her. coon had fun at our last house, i only kenneled him at night when he went to bed. NEW HOUSE = NEW RULES.......he is now kenneled at ALL TIMES unless we pick him up and take him out side, no more roaming the house and running all over. wes LOVES his new man room/gaming room/ video room (with surround sound) :)i havent used it yet and it isnt put together but I HAVE A CRAFT ROOM that i am so excited about!! later ill post pictures but avah is going crazy at the moment. thanks mom and dad for your help. Katie thanks for taking avah for me before i was committed :) and Wes thank you for our new house.