Yep. I. Did. It.

Pink, shiny, princess sandals, that LIGHT up when she walks. Swore I never would. NEVER SAY NEVER.

"You is my best friend mom."

I will buy her flashing pants and shirts if it makes her that happy. It's too fun. I LOVE KIDS. They are the best friends ever, who else can you scold and then five seconds later they tell you you are their best friends. I mean... you IS their best friend.

We are blessing Beckett on April 27th. If you are invited to this blog, you are invited to come. 11:00 Rock Church on 200 N Main Street in Farmington.

Good Better Best

Just real fast, both babies are asleep so I want to NOT be on this thing I want to be sipping my fountain Diet Coke and watching the Bachelor with my feet up... So just a thought:

I saw Sarah Jessica Parker on a show and she said regarding parenting and living in general, "As long as you are doing the best you can, that is all you can do." Ok not to pick on the actress, because everyone says that: Just do the best you can.
I have been thinking about it and I don't agree with that term. I can be the best mother and wife and athlete I can be, sure that is easy, it's like a cop out. Just do what you can and that is considered your best. But what about always striving to be better??? I can walk around doing my duties to my basic ability that is my best, but I can be better. We can ALWAYS be better. So I choose not to settle with doing the best I can. I choose to work on being better. Yeah so what if I didn't snap at Piper once today, good for me, but what else can I do better? What if I rode up Farmington Canyon? I didn't go the whole way... I could have been faster. So I sent my husband a loving message and thanked him for something, what ELSE can I do? So you're making good money, can you make more? If we aren't striving to do better we are standing still.
Not to say we should we run around with our heads cut off trying to do everything under the moon, but doing our best is sort of an excuse to me. I want to be consistently raising the bar on what my best is and never lose sight of how I could be better.

Can I just say that I think it's... interesting (is that non offensive enough) that people pay for their blogs to be customized? Maybe I am just not into it enough, but sorry if any of you do that. I mean if it's basically the way they advertise their business than ok, fair enough. Guess I just am not that marketable.

On a side note: Jake is gone biking and I am sitting here on the computer unwinding and both of my kids are poopey. NOW if that doesn't deserve some lazy award. For some reason I can't get up to change them both. It's like if I do one I have to do the other, and that is just like overwhelming stink. Maybe Jake will get home before I break down from utter stench. Let's cross our fingers.....

If it’s never our fault, we can’t take responsibility for it.
If we can’t take responsibility for it, we’ll always be its victim.
- Richard Bach, Author

Me Stating The Way It Is, Again

So I decided I am doing an attitude shift. I have this reluctance to give in to the old and mom-ish lifestyle, you know, two kids, driving the SUV, seldom wearing high hills, dressing like a "mom", etc. I was thinking about it and what does that even mean? "mom-ish" I think in a society and world that is surrounded by being attracted to the young, hip, anti-mom appearance that we maybe try to escape it or avoid it for as long as we can. However there is nothing I would rather be. I am where I am because I chose it. And I chose it for a very good reason, because it rocks. My mother in law always says this is the best time of our lives and I buy it. So I am going to try to no longer stray away from the things that are anti momish and just continue to focus on my family and being who I am. I wish everyone else would too. If the people around us don't accept it and are drawn to the opposite than that is their loss and I won't let it be mine. My role is more important that the superficial things that Satan and society tells us is important. I hung out with the girls today and I tell you what, I never have seen a more wholesome beautiful group of girls. We are each where we are because we chose it and we should embrace it no matter the lack of money, glamor, makeup, six pack or chest and if those people around us are too superficial to appreciate it to hell with them not us.

Spreading The Love

I had to write a paper on how to have and maintain a successful marriage and these are two things I thought were really awesome and stuck out to me. Thought I'd share. Since... I mean haven't we all basically mastered being married anyway so we probably don't need them, but for those of us who feel like we should always be striving to maintain it, here you go.

Use the 5:1 ratio, which is for every 1 negative interaction you have you should make 5 positive ones. So for every nag, or fight, or whatever it is, do 5 positive things for your partner.

The one I really like is find out what your partner likes and DO IT. Whether it's holding hands, taking out the garbage, back rubs, dishes.. whatever you do that tells them you love them and appreciate them do it. And probably there are things we are unaware of.

By the way.. Beckett and I BOTH have stickers on both our hands. Good thing we have such a good stylist.

Where The Zombies Gather

So I decided the gym is hilarious at the wee hours of the morning. When you are stuck on a stupid machine you do a lot of people watching. It's like a bunch of messy headed, mascara smeared, groggy zombies. And the gym is funny because it's where anything goes: you can stop mid tread mill and do squats in the middle of the isle in front of everyone, you can freely let your love handles hang out, you can gawk at the people on the machines in front of you without them being non the wiser, apparently you can let you double d's bounce with no sports bra-but who cares you are with a hot guy and vice versa, no one judges (at least not that you know) your poor yoga technique that you do in front of many, and you are an automatic hero if you are there and you are over 60. All and all a good time.
So I am super excited for tonight. Lexis and I are going to a class together and I can't tell which I am more excited about.. a guaranteed, paid for, once a week night with her, or the actual class.

P.S. I actually really hate playlists because they come on and sometimes scare the crap out you.. or interrupt the show you watch. But I thought maybe it's worth a shot to convert some of you redneck country music, pop stereo loving retards. Ha ha just kidding I enjoy my JT just as much if not more than the next guy.