Refreshed

I feel so much better today. I was so tired yesterday I seriously went to bed at 8:30 pm and woke up at 6:40 a.m. I don't feel tired I feel great. Well, I would feel even better if I didn't have to clean my house but oh well. So let me start telling about Hawaii.

Saturday.
We flew out at 8:20 a.m. (I think, all I know is that it was early) and landed in Phoenix for a 3 hour layover! We grabbed something to eat and just sat around the airport. Me and Silene charged our IPods and just talked. It was rainy in Phoenix and gloomy. Brandon asked about upgrading to 1st class but he didn't. Phoenix was charging more than what Utah was charging so he didn't do it. I think that was the reason he didn't take 1st class, but I so wished we would have paid the extra money. We boarded and we got the crappiest seats on the whole plane, they back, by the bathrooms, and the seats don't recline. Oh yeah and the aisle was extremely narrow. It sucked! Poor Brandon was by the window, me in the middle and some guy next to me. It would have been fine if he wasn't there because then there would have been a seat between me and Brandon but nope it was pretty crammed. I sat back in that seat for 6 hours!!! I remember the airline putting a movie on and I was thinking yes, we only have an 1 left on the plane that's why they are putting the movie on now. Yeah right, when the movie got over we still had 2 hours to go. I just wanted to kill myself at that point. The airlines don't offer snacks anymore, and you have to pay for your food. I told Brandon I was getting hungry so we asked the flight attendant about the $7 sandwiches and they were all gone. He told us that they had their snack pack still available for $5 so we each got one. This snack pack included a tuna salad, crackers (they were gross), cheese spread (yuck), applesauce, water, and a oreo pack. I didn't sleep on the plane what so ever, I mean I could I when I am crammed in a row! I was so grateful to finally land in Hawaii!

It was around 2 p.m. when we landed in Kona. It felt so good to get off the plane. The weather was gorgeous. Not to hot or cold, and it wasn't that humid either. After we got our baggage (that took forever), and grabbed our cars we were off to our friend's timeshare. We are driving and I look over at Brandon and said "I so picture Hawaii different." I picture it sandy, palm trees, just gorgeous and all we see is lava rock everywhere. I'm thinking I can't believe a lot of people like Kona, but then we get into town and it starts getting pretty. I see palm trees, coconut trees, and the cute little town. We couldn't check in til 4 pm so we grab something to eat. Tobey and Silene take us to this Thai restaurant that they love, because of this one item on the menu. We get there and order it. It's a pineapple cut in half, they scoop out the inside and fill it with fried rice, chicken, cashews, shrimp, raisins,and pineapple chunk on top. It was so good! Yummy! After we walked around and checked in. We checked in and we go grocery shopping. We get a few items and the grocery bill was enormous, $180.00! We didn't buy that much stuff either. We bought green grapes and they were $10! I don't know how the people can buy groceries and still be able to live there because it's pricey. After grocery shopping we walked around the shops and grabbed a shaved ice with ice cream in the middle. Shaved ice is a slushee, but they are shaped as a volcano and they are huge! I shared one with Brandon. We walked along the wall, Kona doesn't have sandy beaches they are rocky so they have this wall that you walk along. We headed back and I was off to bed by 8 or 8:30 p.m. I was so tired. I should be since I got up at 4 a.m. that day, finished packing, had a crappy flight from Phoenix to Kona, walked around, ate. My day was done and I slept good!

Back to Responsibilities

We are back and had a blast! It was the most relaxing, and exciting 7 days that I've had in a long time. Kona was so beautiful and we did some amazing things that I would probably never would have done. I had such an amazing time and I totally just forgot about the kiddos. We would call everyday to talk to them but it was nice to get away from the everyday things that a mom has to do. Our time in Hawaii was excellent because it honestly felt like we had been there a month. The time and days went so slow for me at least. There was a 4 hour time difference and it was funny how late it felt but it really wasn't late at all. We got up everyday at 6 a.m. and worked out, ate breakfast and we were off doing fun things. Because we got up so early we would be done with our activity around noon or so but we always had something to do. We never really just sat around. I am going to put pictures up and tell you about what we did the whole week, but for now I'm off getting kids ready for bed and I want to go to bed early tonight. I am exhausted!

Pokes and Goodbyes

Today Mariah had her kindergarten physical and was suppose to get 6 shots but I thought I would be a nice mom and break it up a bit. I told the nurse to do 3 today and 3 in 2 weeks. So Mariah got 2 in her left leg and 1 in her right. It's so sad to see your kids get shots because their cries just get louder and LOUDER with each one. I felt so bad for her because she had a hard time walking. I told her she didn't have to go to gymnastics today, besides I don't think she would have been able to do anything with shots in her legs. I took Mariah in at 8:45 and she is still crying about her legs hurting. She's my little dramatic one when it comes to being hurt. I take that back I would say both Mariah and Jazmin are pretty dramatic when it comes to being hurt.

I had to say bye to my kids today. It was pretty sad. As I was driving back home I actually miss the sound of the dumb dvd player being played in the van. I'm going to miss my little ones but I'm going to try not to think about it too much or I will just totally miss them while I'm away. It was hard to leave because Mariah's legs hurt, and Brock is a little sick. I'm hoping he gets better tomorrow and gets sick when I get home. This is the first time leaving the kids for this long. I will be fine though. I can't wait to go. 2 more days!!!!

Go figure

Hawaii is coming up and go figure that my kids would get sick. I took Brock in on Monday to the doctor because he is still tugging at his ear and he still has pressure in his left ear. I told the doctor that we are leaving on Saturday because he wanted to see Brock again in 2 weeks to look at his left ear. I then told him that I'm bringing Mariah in on Thursday for her physical for kindergarten and he said he would look in Brock's ear again that day. I am now dealing with a runny nose, and a cough from Brock so I think that he is getting a full blown ear infection, which I want him to so that he can get on some type of antibiotic. He is so grumpy, doesn't eat like he use too, and he is tired all the time. I'm just praying that he will be somewhat feeling better before we leave. He is schedule to get tubes the last Friday of the month so I'm excited for that.

Mariah is also getting sick. Well not sick but her asthma is kicking in. I'm just going to stay on top of her treatments today and tomorrow. Why does this have to happen before we leave? I'm dropping the kids off tomorrow at their grandma's house so tonight is their last night with us. Pray extra hard that Brock is a happy boy while we are away, and Mariah's asthma doesn't get too bad. It normally doesn't she just coughs a lot when she gets it.

Bummed Out

I was so disappointed in the weather when we were at St.George. I was totally expecting nice warmish weather, like in the 60's but NOO it was cold. I brought down my cute little capris and flip flops and I was cold on Saturday. Seriously, the stupid weather from up north followed us down south. I guess it was alright since there was no snow on the ground, and the sun was out on Saturday, but still.

Jazmin's little dance team got 1st in both their dances so we were really excited. Sorry no pictures this time. I've decided that Brock is not allowed to go to anymore dance competitions. He is so grumpy, and he wakes up at 6 a.m.! He has been doing that the last 3 competitions we've been to, and by the time we hop in the van to go he falls asleep. That only gives him like a 15 or 20 min. nap if that and then he is grumpy until we leave. I have to deal with a grumpy baby for 3 hours! I'm thinking I'm just going to make the competitions a girls day out. It will be just be me and Mariah. She is way good when we go. She gets kind of restless when we go to the awards ceremony though, but I'll take that rather than Brock squealing or screaming.

I'm so excited we leave on Saturday to Hawaii! I have so much to do and I still need to get at least one more swim suit top and a couple more shirts. I just found out that our plane leave at 7 am so that means we have to get up early to head to the airport. I'm so glad that I'm taking the kids to grandma and grandpa's house Thursday night. I will have all day Friday to pack and do some errands. I'm going to get my toes all dolled up that day. I'm planning to get my nails back on since I took them off but we will see. This week will go so fast I can't wait!

Yuck

We are now here in what is suppose to be beautiful sunny St. George, but it is cold and gloomy. As we were driving we got snow a little bit past Scipio and again in Cedar. I couldn't believe that much snow fell. This is why I hate Utah weather, because when it's spring it's never spring we end up getting winter weather. Aarg! It was an all right drive but it's never fun driving with kids for a 4 hour car ride. We get to Nephi and Jazmin is asking if we are there yet. Nephi is a 40 minute drive for us I would say, and St. George is 3 1/2 to 4 hour drive. I'm like Jazmin don't start asking that question we have a long ways to go. Sure enough it's asked a couple more times. This is the reason I would rather just fly to our destinations. I told Brandon we are never driving to California with the kids, not when they are this little! Well tomorrow is a long day of watching tonz of girls dancing, which I don't mind but it's not really Brandon's thing or Brocks.

Busy, busy,busy

It's been awhile since I've posted anything up and I figure I would just give you a rundown of what has been going on. Let's start with last Saturday. Jazmin had her competition in Spanish Fork and it was very interesting for me because I was all by myself (Brandon in Vegas for work), and Brock was a stinker. He woke up at 6 a.m. and it was going to be obvious that he wasn't going to nap at the competition because of all the cheering and music. When Jazmin was done with her last dance, which was around 10:40, I drove around so Brock could take a nap. He did but it was only 30 mins to an hour. We got lunch and went back to the high school to hear who won in the minis category. They first did a little dance off where they played music and all the girls just started to dance however they wanted to. There were judges walking around with shirts and they would give a shirt to who they thought danced good. The music stopped and Jazmin got a shirt! It was cute how she was dancing. Jazmin little dance team got 2nd in their ballet and 4th in their jazz. They danced a lot better at this competition than the last but they didn't place as high as they did last month. They still did good though.

Brandon arrived on Sunday evening and amazingly enough the kids were all alive. It was a rough weekend for me. The girls were just horrible and Brock, well he was just Brock.

I took Brock to the Ear,Nose,Throat doctor on Tuesday and he is a candidate for tubes, yay. I'm so excited because now he won't be so freakin grumpy all the time. I mean who wouldn't be grumpy if you constantly have fluid and pressure in your ear. His surgery is scheduled for April 24th. I'm excited!

Last night I went shopping with my friend, because we needed to get out of the house after our horrible, horrible weekend with the kids, her husband went to Vegas too for work. We went shopping for clothes for Hawaii and it was very depressing. We looked everywhere for capris and couldn't find them anywhere. The ladies that worked at the stores told us they are going out of style. Totally bummed out! We did find some bermuda shorts and a couple of capris. I bought all that I could find. It was fun to get away from the madness that is motherhood. I need to do that more often. I guess Hawaii is going to be a very long break from the kids. I will experience not having kids for a whole week! I am so pumped. Don't get me wrong I totally love my kiddos but it's time.

We are getting out of the cold weather this weekend and heading down south to St. George, again. Jazmin has another competition on Saturday at the high school so we are going for the weekend. I want to get out of this crappy weather we are having. It's so cold and I'm not to thrilled that in the morning I wake up to snow. I think we are done with snow and could do with just rain.