02/26/2012

Dakota's first snowboarding trip in four years.

She is really cute and super excited. 

She did VERY well and was a lot of fun.

02/25/2012

The sickness is here... AGAIN.  So the play by play

Koda enters room at 4am yesterday... "Mom, MOM MOM... Corbynn is puking and she is acting STRANGE.. can you come down stairs.

Me "UGG yess." falls out of bed and almost down the stairs. 

Corbynn: " I don't feel good" Coughing until she vomits style. "wait, give me that flower" she screams

Me "what flower?"

Cobrynn "the one in your hair"

Me: thinking to myself I don't have a flower in my hair... Maybe a birds nest...no flower for sure. 

I suddenly notice how RED she is. I get closer I can FEEL the heat rising off her. OMB she is really sick. Temperature  taken. 104.2! What? Really? Okay time for some serious Tylenol. 30 minute wait followed by no results. 

ER. No wait what? why no wait? 

That is right Corbynns oxygen level were LOW under 85% and her pulse was HIGH over 120 this all = a very scared momma. Some steroids, antibiotics, x-rays, and two hours later we were out of the ER.  She seemed to have it all

pneumonia, asthma, and acute something or other illness.

Left there scared tired momma with one LOUD barking babe in tow.

I have to tell you. I had no idea Corbynn may be the best sicky I have ever met. Never complained and just kept on going. She is my trouper. I love her so. 

Get better love. Momma misses your smiling face.

 

02/24/2012

BIRCH WOOD BOX

So yes I went ahead and did it.... well two things

1. Stole the picture from the birchBox.com

2. ACTUALLY recieved my own box. 

This is where I would normally show pictures of said box but, 

it came as we were off to our honey moon. 

( I wasn't thinking about that box and how I wanted to make this fabulous post of this)

I was thinking that I JUST got married.

So stolen photos it is. 

So I loved my box but honestly was slightly disappointed. Very very small samples. It is the all

the rage right now; not sure if I am sold. 

I am now looking into the Myglam bag. 

Full size samples same price. 

I don't like the bag as much as the box. 

then again maybe I am just drawn to the box because I have one.

Not sure what the difference is bag or box. 

I like the idea of full size samples.

What are you doing today?

02/22/2012

 

I don't know if you have heard but, courthouse run away weddings are back in style! Yes I am following a trend of older couples who don't want to fork out THOUSANDS on our weddings. We want to spend THOUSANDS of dollars on our honeymoon! 

 

I was Very surprised at how emotional I was. I started crying right off the bat and cried all the way through. I was told it was cute. I was happy not many people were there to witness my love sniffles. 

I am so grateful to have found such an amazing man that I can now call my

HUSBAND! 

Love it. Here are some pictures from the court house.

 

 

 This is my besty Tara. She came witnessed and took pictures like every besty should do. She also let me borrow those fabulous shoes. That hurt my feet so bad I couldn't hardly stand it. (there were a more uncomfortable pair that I was wearing pre these that didn't help)

However the toms I bought right were to die for.

Come on back tomorrow for the party. 

P.S. rest in peace Barb. We love you so much and I am so glad you have made it to the dolphins. Lots of love little C.

02/21/2012

I am MRS. JONES!!!

Holly crap shit and stuff

I almost can't believe it but, yet alas it true. 

It was magically simple and completely us as it should have been. 

Did you know what a pain in the ass changing your name is? 

I didn't. I haven't had to do this before. I figure since Mr. Jones has an awesome name I should take it on. Not to mention the explanation of two names sucks. So, off I went to make my list of things that need addressing and holy fudge. There are SO many stops that I had not thought about aka: my passport, all of my credit cards, my phone bill, any account that I have access too.. How did  you all go about this large crappy ordeal? How much time do I have to do it? All of the unknowns. 

Done with the bitching. I am happy and content and totally Mrs. Jones.  Tomorrow I will bring you the pictures to prove it, plus I will let you in on our mini mini honeymoon. 

P.S. coming home to reality is a bitch seriously. I have a gamet of testing next week for this stupid cancer crap and on top of it all my good friend died. 

It was the wake up call: Hi you remember you don't live in fairy land... Yes you honeymooner come on you know you don't. 

02/15/2012

Happy Valentines Day! 
I hope all of you had a wonderful day filled with love. 

Our day was as always busier than expected. All the kids seem to be in the middle of a hundred projects and papers. Eli's homework load is out of control. Three hours a night seems a little harsh for fifth grade but schools are more competitive now than ever before. 

Our day was still romantic even with all of the fuss. The little moments are what matters. The kiss in the kitchen with all the kids grossed out at the table. The booty slap on my way down the hall. The cuddle at the end of the night.  The way he looks at me before the lights went out. 

I am the luckiest girl alive.





 

2/13/2010

Look Look we are a little happy family! 

Btw it will be official come friday.

More on this tomorrow. I know you want to know. 

I guessed blogged here on Friday check it out. 

Twenty Pieces  

 

I think you will love their blog because I sure do. They started out blogging about their adventures in cleaning out their closets. They wanted to live more simply and try to make it a year with only 20 article of clothing. 

It has been a pleasure to watch Cate's Blog grow. 

I have to say I had fun guest blogging too.

02/28/2012

I am sicker than sick. My tempature peaking at 103.3 with my skin practically crawling off my body. I have photos but, they are so bad not sure I am willing to share.  Well we will see how delerious I am by the end of this post.

After some awkward and awesome things this afternoon. I came home to hide in bed with the lights down and started surfing my trusty laptop only to find the best little Etsy shop ever. It is neat and to make it better I found something that I loved! 

RoughBeauty

Go check it out I think you will want something too. 

Mr. Jones is pretty awesome too!

Just because I like you all you can see how horrible I look right now. 

02/07/2012

      Part 1 written last night...Our house has been over taken by sick kids. We are experiencing stomach flu on scary levels. Two crying girls with more coming out than going in. I don't know if I have ever seen them both so sick. Our house is on quarantine mode. The boys all avoiding the sickness radiating from the basement. You know how it goes one gets it everyone else does.  Sean is walking around with a can of Lysol spraying the girls as they walk by. This is how they look by morning. Not so bad right? After a night of rainbow colored vomit and worse this may be considered a win.

      Part 2 started this morning... Well last night continued with two very sick Little's and very very tired adults. As you can imagine there was bleach, mops, and loads of laundry to be done before sleep could happen. I woke up this morning with fear that it was going to into my day but, alas I went downstairs to two chatty girls wanting to talk, play, and run. Sad for them all I want to do it is make them lay still and color. I know I know mean mom.

          My anxiety has been out of control since a couple weeks before Scot moved in. I find myself hiding in closet. (not kidding in the closet) Waiting for my heart to stop pounding but, alas it doesn't and we move on with a pounding heart rate. I know most of this is due to uterus thinking it owns me now but, a am starting to believe I do not do well with change. Every time a new tasks is dumped on my plate I want to cry. Most times I do cry.  Yesterday, I had enough and called the doctor and off I went today. We will see how it all works out; I know I need more meditation but, I think I also need a extended amount of alone time that you never get with three kids and a live in. I am going to find a great relaxing place to try and do something called meditation. I think meditation might = Sleep?
I'll let you know.

2/4/2012

Meet us!

First there is ME. I am Kayla and the stay at home mom with more jobs than she can handle. I am a little more than slightly diluiosnal and more times than not on the edge of insanity. I am 26 and loving the moments. I have cancer but beating cancer is just going to happen. 

Mr. Jones. That is all you have to say. Mr. Jones is amazing simply amazing. He puts up with all of my stuff and continues to be my rock. He works for a software company and call himself a geek. Truly he is an engineer turn manager. I have to tell you he is a great one on of the best but, than again I am bias. Mr. Jones will be 42 this year which mean maybe he will get more gray hair. I think gray hair is sexy. 

Elijah aka Eli is a smarty pants. He is our generally serious but, still fun loving ten year old. Eli is always trying to find a way to sneak in video games before getting sent off to do LOADS of homework. Eli is in a gifted program and the homework seems never ending. 

 Dakota is our 7 year old sweet heart. She is soft spoken, always willing to help, and hardworking. Out of the three she is truly the angel. She is in first grade and is struggling with dyslexia. I am continuly amazed at her ability to face her struggles and work through them. She is also more athlectic in one finger than the rest have in their whole bodies. 

Then there is Corbynn our 5 year old. I am starting to think she may still want to be 3. Or at least have all the advantages of a three year old while getting to do all the big girl stuff as well. She is LOUD, charming, and straight out funny. If you need a laugh you don't have to go far to find on here.  I think her red hair may say it all. 

For now we also have Uncle Scot. Sean's best friend who recently suffered a brain anurysm. He is lucky to be alive and have a new lease on life. He will be doing all of his rehab here in Boise. While he tries to get back to work and back to his life in SLC. 

As you can tell we are a little Blended and crowed right now. Luckily we have 4000 sqft and I have a lot of zanex relaxation therapy. 

2/4/2012

25 Things you don't have to read

1. Our house smells like a mix of home cooked meal and boys socks. 

2. I am not sure if I am enjoying our new even status of three boys against three girls.

3. I want a new bed spread. (maybe girly)

4. There are holes in my favorite pant and I don't know how they got there. 

5. Losing weight is nice until you have no clothes. 

6.  I like the way Mr. Jones smells in the morning before our shower. 

7. I love that in the morning the coffee brews on its own. 

8. If I won the lottery I would buy new socks every day. 

9. I am pretty sure that my children are slowly driving me insane. 

10. Having another grown adult in our home makes it feel SO much more crowed. 

11. Knowing that you may have said grown adult for a long time makes you wonder about how to create alone time. 

12. Dakota turning 7 makes me feel old. 

13.  26 should never feel old. 

14. I love that my daughters red hair is so vibrant. 

15. I want to snowboard every day of the year but, wish it was warmer. 

16. Blended family's share the same problems as non-blended but, boy do they seem more complicated. His, Hers, and Ours but, lets not forget MINE. 

17. I love a to have a glass of wine while I am drinking dinner not with dinner. 

18. When Eli grows up I think I will toture him with viloin sounds of his youth. 

19. I hate how my makeup never truly comes off until the next morning. 

20. I also hate that coffee seems to get cold way faster than you can drink it. 

21. What is the point of PJ? I still can't figure that out. 

22. I don't know why every things healthy has ginger in it. 

23. When I get my breast reconstructed I am going to wear more tank tops. 

24. Cancer is only a small piece of our live journey. 

25. Today we start a new journey together as a family. Moving forward with love and spats I am sure.