What a Man!

I just had to post about what a great guy Matt is. I started a small kitchen renovation while Matt was out of town, and poor guy it has turned into a BIG one! I found beautiful Mosaic Tile on KSL that a guy had used on a job and had 4 boxes of left overs. They were only $35.00 for the 4 boxes which is a steal!!! I hurried and called Matt and he went and picked them up right after work. Then he said in order to do the back splash we had to do the counter tops (YAY!) so we went to Sutherlands and scored a great deal on Granite Tiles. My Aunt called us and gave us her Appliances because she was getting new ones and we were really excited because ours are SO old. So Matt has been working non stop on our kitchen. The tile is laid, some of the back splash is going up, the appliances are installed and as we speak he is putting in our new sink and faucet. Seriously the guy is amazing! He does such a great job on everything that he works on! I am so grateful for him! Somehow I will have to figure out a way to let him know how grateful I am..... maybe Jazz tickets:)

Oakleyism's

Oakley says some pretty funny things. Here is one she said to her dad the other night. She is sick and was coughing. She came in our room to his side of the bed (thank goodness!) and told him she needed medicine. He dragged himself out of bed and took her into the kitchen.

Matt starts picking up the medicine....

Oakley:"Not that one"

Oakley:"Not that one either Dad!"

He finally grabs the right one and stares at it..

Oakley:"Daddy, I'm 4."

I could hear the whole conversation in our room and just cracked up. How sad is it that she had to tell him which medicine and how old she is so that he gave her the right amount. She cracks me up!

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!!!