Alright... enough!

I am going to stop being so insanely sad and start being me again. Not fake me, but really me... Starting right now. no more crazy false happiness and no more pretending to be happy when I am sad. You will see me and only me. take it or leave it.

My poor heart...

Recently events in my life have changed my way of thinking. ... I do not want what I thought was good for me, and changing my thinking is something that has been really hard..... especially realizing that what I thought was good enough for me wasn't good at all... not making any sense?? GOOD!!!


All I know for sure is that I am loved by some very amazing people... and for now, that is enough....

Thanks for the love... thanks for being my friend... I thank Heavenly Father for the people he sends into my life..daily..

Merry Christmas!!

For Christmas I am inviting you to all come to the knitting factory and go Salsa Dancing for free!!! On January 10th it is Salsa night and I have tons of tickets to give away. Come have fun and use all the Zumba skills you have been practicing... See me for tickets. You can have as many as you will use...See you there!!

Little one...

The other night I was suddenly woken up by the sweetest face. It was my three year old. With his angelic little voice he said, "mommy, read". So, at three in the morning we snuggled up in his blanket and read christmas stories and drank Hot chocolate. He was so cute, and in the morning I got to take these pictures...

Happiness on the horizon...

I think this new year will bring with it all different kinds of happiness and I am excited for it to begin. I am thrilled for Christmas to come so I can have another chance to teach my children to choose a better path. I am happy for a fresh beginning and a different set of choices. New year = new adventures with my family!!

Thanksgiving fun!

This Thanksgiving we filled our house with family.... We had so much fun. There was great food and funny conversaton. It was a great time.

My sisters and cousins all posed for me. Theyare very photogenic.

Bart And #2 boy

It was so funny to watch my little man playing with all the christmas Decorations last night. He really likes this one and will play with it for a really long time. Maybe I should go get it... Really cute I think.

Notice how he bonks himself in the face and rubs it in the middle of the video...and he still is singing!!

Ok Maybe I am going computer crazy!!

I am really liking these tools like friend feed, twitter, and all those fun little things. I however do not want to waste my time so I am only doing these little crazy things when I am really working on the computer...so like maybe 5 hours a day..I love facebook and obviously I love to blog, SO enjoy all the invites I send your way...Join, don't join..whatever!! I love you bye!!

Party!! Party!!

We had a small birthday party for my MOM Last night. I thought you may enjoy some pictures...Here is mom with dad,sister and Brother in love... This is Me Pierre, my sister and my cousin... CAke!! Me and Mom And Dad...I think mom saw a bug in my hair or something...Ha Ha I don't know!! Love you MOM!!!

Mom's birthday is Tomorrow!!

Happy birthday mom!! I love you and hope you are having a good day. I am excited for you to have another year of fun and happiness ahead of you.. Many happy returns of the day!!!

Turkey day is fast approaching!!

So in the spirit of the holidays my kids and I made some turkeys and leaf art. I love the way the turkeys turned out!! We got this pattern off of this site here...

http://jas.familyfun.go.com/crafts?page=CraftDisplay&craftid=12061

Then #2 son pulled the heads off of three of them.....

superglue where are you???? (over here...)

Gobble!!gobble!!

He's back at school!!

OK #1 boy is much better and is on amoxicilin (which he loves) and back at school. #2 boy doesn't quite know how to handle this. He loves his brother and is always bugging him and pestering him...so now because the pestering must go on, and I am the only one here..I am the target.

While I was on the phone today I heard him downstairs. I thought he had gotten onto the counter and turned on the garbage disposal, but no!!! He had put a banana in the blender with the peel on and pushed the button. So, when I came downstairs I was laughing hysterically at this boys genius!!

He really is sick...

Okay he wasn't faking it, he really is sick. Today he can't swallow!! I am going to have to take him in on Monday if it isn't getting any better. Poor boy!! :(

so #1 boy is pretending to be sick....

Sometimes when I was a kid I would pretend to be sick. My mom knew I was just not wanting to go to school and so she would let me stay home. My oldest son is doing this today and I am enjoying him being home. He entertains #2boy who is always up in my grill...boye....

I love my boys and maybe he really does have the sore throat he's complaining about.. who knows, but I love him and want him to get better soon. Like before date night...that would be nice... before 6pm preferably. ;)

Trwew Lub is da reason we are togetha today....

Well life as I know it is still kids, work and dating my true love (whom I married). Now when I get into a little bit of a rut I have to remind myself that I picked HIM.
This is one of the reasons why

I really did. I went to his apartment for a week until he asked me out and I would bother him with e mails and wait at his apartment until he got home. I really picked him to be my true love. He was so innocent and cute and funny. I really love him and I need to remember that little guy that I picked is still in there somewhere. He just grew up a little. Life changes and it changes you right along with it. I am sure I am not the girl he married. I hope I am better in most ways. I am sure I'm worse in some ways (hopefully not too many) that are really grinding for him. I just hope he will take the good with the bad and we can develop better selves. I love my main sqeeze and I know he loves me.... I just hope he knows how much!! I love You Baby!!

Laundry Day!

Yesterday was laundry folding day.. Just so you know what I had to deal with I took some pictures..

Lucky for me I got almost all of it folded and put away...just not Shawn's clothes... Sorry hun!!

Family fun!!

So, my sister had a birthday and we all have to have a party as often as possible.....We always have such a good time. Last night we watched some YouTube of people doing Zumba (I know it should be on the other blog) and it was so funny!! Randy even said it looked fun, but he is a good dancer, so it should look fun. My Mom and Dad are even going to start doing Zumba... Any way...We had a good party and I got my sis this really cute purse and she hated it!! So, I got a new Purse for her birthday..LOL!! It was full of all sorts of candy that she did keep.. Crazy huh?

She is now officially on the DO NOT BUY HER PRESENTS List!!! ;) Love you Lizzy!!! (but you are on the list still)

Zumba Blog

So, I am going to make a Zumba blog in addition to this blog about my crazy life. I thought they should be separate. So, I will let you know what it is called and how to access it very soon...Like Now...

I added it to the colomn on the right side of this blog...AAA Kim's Zumba Blog!! Click it for Zumba Information!

Schools out for the week..

So, I think I am a pretty patient person, but when school is out I go a little crazy!! I love my children, I do, but I am tired of school being out!! They do the wierdest things when they are home. Last night we had some visitors and they were all over them (sorry about that!) To the point that I could not hear what our visitors were saying!! Agh! I need to help them unwind sometimes...and not when company is over. LOL!! I did learn how to give awesome piggyback rides buckin' bronco style! Thanks for that Travis! You are a lifesaver.

Zumba is going well!

I have been teaching Zumba this week and so far it is going very well!! I had about twenty people in both classes that I taught. I will teach again tonight and hopefully we will have that many or more! There are guys and gals of all walks of life. I am in love with it!! I can dance all my stress away and be teaching at the same time..crazy! What a blessing. Something I LOVE doing....

Halloween

I really love Holidays and when Halloween comes I am overjoyed and overstressed. I realize at this point how unprepared I am for the rest of the holidays coming soon. Christmas is now right around the corner and Thanksgiving is in a few weeks!! To my great delight I get to have every holiday at my house. That makes it easy to be on time. The only downside is that I have to clean and cook at the same time. I enjoy so much having family over so that makes up for the double time in the kitchen. I am so happy the holidays have begun!!

We had a good party last night. Lots of people came and the house was crowded. Sorry that the Wii was on...I had no idea!! Too much going on.... ;)

Thanks Dr Phill for coming and supporting this function. LOL SO funny!!

Two friends from far away...

Last night we had Pierre's new friend Juan, spend the night. He is from Columbia. They are so different and so funny. They are also still asleep and it is 9:30...I bet they will sleep until 11 or so because they were up so late/early last night playing the Wii and PS2. Juan is going to find me some really good music for the Zumba class!! I am happy about that. He was playing some for me last night and you are going to love it!! I will mix it into my playlist soon.

Juan wants cool host parents, like Pierre. I think his are nice....but I have only met them one time. I guess they have two daughters and are very strict with him. I would be too, but mine go everywhere with me so Pierre is kind of on his own most of the time. Poor Pierre...LOL!!

Halloween Party!!

Doing anything for Halloween?? Do you live close by?? We are having a kid friendly Halloween party at our house on Friday!! It will start at 8 o'clock pm, so you can trick -or -treat and then bring all the little monsters over to our spook alley!! We will bob for apples and eat doughnuts off a string!! Lots of fun to be had watching the charlie brown special...and when you get sleepy you can leave.... and then it will be over.

Make sure to bring your favorite snack!!

Email me for details or directions kim81174@hotmail.com

See you then!!!!

Is it any wonder??..??

Ok, So today I come home from work and there is something floating in the fish tank...Can you guess what it is and...Can you guess who put it there??

Is it any wonder that some of our fish have not survived?? LOL!!

Tuesday..

Oh, it is Tuesday.. Day of fun, and Not so much work. today I got to teach a little Hip hop Hustle and I mixed a couple Zumba songs into it. My class is Loving the Zumba dances!! I think it makes everything else seem a little boring. It is so fun to see thier faces light up when they get it and are doing well.!! Hooray!!

This is a picture of my son doing a push up!! LOL he is so funny!!

Tired of being sad

I am officially tired of crying and being sad. It is now time to be happy. Happy I know the people that I do in my life. I am happy to be me and no one else. I am happy for my family who is so supportive and loving. I am grateful for trials which seem to be abundant lately, but that teach me to be humble and more loving to those around me. I am happy to have sky and sun and rain and snow. I am happy for the ocean and water, the birds and the fish (even though we have lost 3 of six so far). I love my life. I love my friends. I love God for he is the one who is always there to lift me up. All I have to do is ask for his help and I receive it. I am happy to have known such a dear friend like Anna in my life. I know that good friends are hard to find... and I am blessed to have many friends that love me..... And I love them right back!!!

Sweetie, honey, baby...

These are the words you would hear if you were having any sort of conversation with my sweet friend Anna. Her death was so unexpected for me and I am still spinning from it. I am sure if there is a just and merciful God (and I am sure there is) that she is in a happy place. That she is talking to other people in her same sweet voice that I am now missing. I love you Anna ....Farewell..... until we meet again.

Anna K...

My sweet friend Anna K. Peters has passed away. The funeral is tomorrow at 9:30am. It will be held at the Holy Apostles Catholic church at 6300 N Meridian Rd. Please say a prayer for her mom today, Debbie Peters, She needs your prayers right now.

Zumba!!!

OK... Here it is!! I am now a certified Zumba instructor and I tell you, I have NEVER had so much fun working out in my life!! You need to find a gym by you and try it!! If you are in Caldwell, call me and I will let you come to my class once for a trial class-for free. I am so sure that you will love it!! It doesn't matter if you can dance or not, it is just SO MUCH FUN!!!! In Caldwell if you are a member at the YMCA you can come for free already. It will be on the Schedule in November...Start coming at 6:10pm in the Yoga fitness Gym upstairs on Monday and Wednesday right now to get slowly adjusted to the format..I am going to slowly add Zumba to my dance power class and then that is where Zumba will be untill they open up a spot for us in the morning too!! ;) IT will blow you away.

#1 Girl as a teenager..an ugly one!! ;)

Self portraits...

I have learned something about myself....I am Vain!!! I sat around taking pictures of myself one day and I had so much fun doing it. I think I will do it again. SO VAIN!! I need to stop... Here are the pictures.. I know they are so attractive!!!! Ha Ha HA!!! Jealous Yet???

Coffee house bands

I am so glad that I have a music guy for a husband. He has amazing friends that play awesome music and it makes me happy.. Thanks Jeremy Jensen for "the very most". You guys rock!! Thanks to "taughtme" for putting on a good show as well. I have to sleep now... I rocked to much for one tired girl to handle in one day...

During conference

Today during conference we had the opportunity to teach our exchange student how the church works. It was a great experience to think about how much I have gained and learned from being a member of the church. By listening to the speakers I gained a lot of insight on how much the pioneers suffered, how we all have personal experience to help us when we are in need, the comfort our Heavenly Father gives us through the holy Ghost, how to enjoy every moment, how to treat our loved ones here in the home, and how our examples can change other people's lives for good.

I always need a small reminder right about this time of year... amazing how that works..and I am so glad for the fun we have wrestling with the kids to try and get them to listen. This year we used color pages, puzzles and quiet books for the kids. I baked in between and during some of the sessions so that we could keep our mouths full and quiet while we listened. We still couldn't hear all of the sessions because of the kids, but we mostly were happy and we mostly heard. I think you always hear what you need to hear.....no matter what.

So, in beween sessions this is what my children are like...


They are so funny! All giggles and crazies. I guess I could get mad or I could just smile.....

Corn Maize!

Today I took my children to the corn Maize in Meridian. It was so fun, we all had a good time. I lost two of them for a while, but I was never really panicked because there are only a few ways out of the Maize. Pierre and I split up and looked for them only to discover that they were already done and playing in a small tractor pull thing. Here are all the kids on a hayride.. It was really hot and we were very tired after all that looking for kids and finding nothing and looking again and them seeing us and just giggling at us looking for them...

This picture is great. At first they were in the right ones...Girl on the girl side and boy on the boy side, but then they switched and I snapped the picture...nice boobies...mr.. Little guy wanted a small pumpkin. So, we carried it around for a while. He later threw it off of a bridge in the corn maize....what?? We then went to buy costumes for Halloween at Walmart- which they are now all sleeping in.. So funny. I remember I used to do that. My mom used to buy pajamas that were a princess theme and I could wear them for longer.