Yay! Matt's Home!

We are so excited! Matt came home home Sat night. We were so excited to go pick him up at the Airport (poor Parker was too sick to go). He had a great time in Tonga and was able to see alot of things. He said that it made him very grateful for all that we have. He said a Policeman in Tonga makes $100.00 a week! How hard would that be to live off of that!! We love the Polynesian Culture (that's why we lived in Hawaii) and it was great for him to see another part of it. Matt brought us home alot of neat things. He got the kids Mask's to hang on their walls, carved pigs, turtles, and dolphins, tiki statues, and a really neat swordfish that has a neat carving on it. He brought me alot of beautiful jewelry and a few bracelets for the girls. We are so glad to have him back!

When he arrived at the airport in L.A. they had to grab their bags and check them in at Southwest. A lovely person on his flight had packed wet fish and it leaked ALL over Matt's bag. It smelled so bad that as they were walking up to Southwest, the agent said "Eww! What is that smell?" !!! It was pretty bad, and our car didn't smell to great on the way home, but it is now washed and sprayed a million times with Febreze and smells alot better!

I am so glad I had my friend Charese ( her hubby was there too) to help me make it through! We talked, IM'ed and hung out a ton! Thanks for making the long trip down here so much girl!!! I miss our late night chats:)

Crappy Day

READERS BEWARE: I do consider this my journal so I am just giving you a fair warning that this post will have alot of complaining, whining, and just a downright pity party.

So far with Matt being gone, I have done alright. I am lucky that I am friends with one of the wives whose husband is also gone. We always get pretty close when are hubby's are gone. She is alot of fun to hang out with and has the cutest kids. We always have a great time. She knows what I am feeling and vice versa.

So here comes the complaining. Today was just one of those "Are you serious?" days. I talked to Matt on the computer for a few minutes today and it was great, but after I really felt like crap. I miss him a ton. Honestly he is my soul mate. I love talking to him. I love being with him. The temple has let them call home a few times and it is so great to hear his voice. So anyways I was having a total debby downer moment. I am excited he comes home Sat night, yet it feels so far away. I am trying to do some work on our kitchen before he gets home and I really didn't have the strength or willpower to do anything today except feel sorry for myself.

My daughter Taylor bless her little heart was the biggest pain in the butt today. She kept calling me while she was at the book fair begging for me to bring her money. At one point she started whining and crying and I decided that was it I was going to pick her up. I got there and her friend's mom that she was with had BOUGHT her all the things she had wanted. I was a little frustrated because I had told Taylor "no" and we would talk about it later. The rest of the day Tay drove me crazy. She was yelling in the car, crying, complaining about getting food and where we would get it. I got them food and then when she found out she was sharing with her sister it started ALL over again. I had had it with her. I started yelling like a crazy person and told her to be quiet, that she was in so much trouble, that she was grounded for the way she had been acting. I swear people driving by probably thought I was mental. I yelled so loud the pressure gave me a migraine. (yes I was that psycho).

My other two kids were no angels either today. Lots of digging in my purse trying to take money, talking while I was trying to talk to someone, fits and all sorts of fun stuff.

I put the kids to bed and took a bath. But guess what? Just my luck barely any hot water! Again "Are you Serious?" Now I am getting ready for bed and I am trying my hardest to keep the tears away. I know it is just a bad day and things will be fabulous tomorrow. Also I should mention my kids have been SO good for the most part. I think we all just miss daddy and we are ready for him to come home. Bless all the Single Moms out there!! You are amazing at what you do!

Happy Birthday Tay!!!

My little Tay turned 7 today! We had a family party on Tuesday before Matt left for Tonga, and she had her friend party today! We went to a little Tea House and had a Tea Party. I took pics at our house, but of course I left the camera at home so no pics at the Tea Party except with my cell phone. Happy Birthday Taylor! I love you!!!

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FlashBack Friday

So for my flashback pic I chose one of Matt and Oakley. Every time we were at the beach Oakley would ask Matt to throw her up in the air! She loved it! In this picture we were spending the weekend in Oahu and this was at Waikiki Beach. It was such a great day with the kids. They did alot of swimming and jumping off the pier into the ocean. He is such a great dad!

Scissors Attack!!!!

So if you have read my posts before, you will remember that my daughter got ahold of my Professional Scissors and cut her some very nice bangs a few months ago. They are just about down to her eyebrows finally.

If you have read my post before this one, you will also remember that I mentioned my children get a little crazy when Matt is traveling out of town. So here it goes...... Within the first two hours of us being up Thursday morning, Oakley managed to paint my craft table with nail polish, color my craft table with a black pen and cut her hair. I went into the bathroom and saw my scissors on the counter. I had cut Parker's hair a few days before and could have sworn that I put them away. A few minutes later I noticed hair in the garbage. A nice big chunk about 4 inches long. I asked Oakley where she had cut her hair and she couldn't remember. I went through it and couldn't find it. Later we were at a friend's outside and I looked at Oakley and noticed a big spot of missing hair right on the side!!!! Dang that girl! When she cuts, she cuts good!!!! All I can say is I guess she wants to be a Hairstylist REALLY bad!!!

Loving my man

So Matt left this morning to go work on the Oakland Temple. It was a surprise trip and I was kinda bummed because he will be leaving a week from Thursday to go work on the Tonga Temple. Not to mention he was up in Logan last week working on the temple there. (We did get to go stay with him for 2 days). But I wanted a few extra days to hang and do a family party with Tay since he will be gone for her birthday.

I don't mind that he travels, but our kids seem to get a little wilder when he is gone which can get old real fast. So this weekend I was kinda pathetic and having a little pity party for myself.

While I am doing this, here is what my husband did for me:

1.Got a snow blower from his dad and tuned it up so that it is working and I won't have to shovel the snow. (The first day he was in Logan I shoveled over 6 inches, and another 4 the next day.)

2.Put new hardware on my front door that has a lock so the kids can't open it and let the puppy out. (As we were leaving to Logan, Tay let her out and it took me 1/2 to get her back home.)

3. Properly installed our doggie door. (I put it in when I went to Logan, but not very well.)

4. Checked the oil in my car, put air in my tires.

5. Took us all out to a nice dinner Saturday night.

6. Spent alot of time in the laundry room with me folding clothes for his trip.

7. Reminded me of how blessed we are that he HAS a job, let alone a great one. (He does have a awesome job, with a awesome boss, and awesome co-workers.)

Need I say more? I was telling him thanks for all he did and he acted like it was no big deal. It was a huge deal to me that he cares so much for my needs that instead of relaxing for his 2 days before flying out, he spent it doing things for me. I love him so much and I feel really lucky to be married to such a great guy.

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