"I want a black room" (before pictures)

This was Jordyn & Dylin's  baby room. Dylin has been begging for a new room ever since Jordyn's room was redone. (see older posts to view Jordyn's room) Dylin has been saying she wants a black room. Scary I know! I finally took her to show me what she had in mind, and to my surprise it wasn't the gothic-death room I was envisioning. It is amazing! So check back in a few days to see Dylin's new room. 

Beware Boys...Dylin is coming to Kindergarten.....

Dylin said that she practiced something to tell Mrs. Curtis (her upcoming Kindergarten teacher), I said, "really, what?"

She lowered her head, glazed up at me and said with a pouty expression.....

"Mrs. Curtis, I'm sorry I hit that boy. My emotions got the best of me. Next time I won't hit him, I'll just kick him!" 

Holy flippen $*#@!!!

I tell her everyday that if she wasn't so dang cute, I'd beat her. Her big brown eyes may just get her out of a situation like that.

When you ask a 5 year old what she wants for her birthday you get.....

Dylin was asked by several friends what she wanted for her birthday. She told Danielle "$114.00". She told Gabi "A Barbie Pooping Dog!" Who had ever heard of that? We all immediately looked up to see if there was such a thing...why would we ever question Dylin?!

I'm still wondering if there is a commercial for this....

YOU FEED IT.....

YOU PUSH ON HIS TAIL....

AND YEP OUT ROLLS THE POOP!! 

I know what you're thinking....yes his food is his poop. 

Just wanted to say thanks to the Houston Family, Gabi went on a major hunt to find this special talented dog. It's the highlight in our home. Crazy how no one cares about our real pooping dog in the backyard.

Chelsi's Run

Last night was Chelsi's 5K Run. It was a bitter-sweet night. Several hundred attended to raise money for the Chelsi Petersen Memorial fund.  The funds are used for scholarships given to High school track atlhletes.

My sister Robin & I

Chelsi's Dad Bill putting a glow necklace on Jordyn

Us with Chelsi's Mom Lisa, such a strong woman!

We miss you Chelsi!

Happy Birthday Chelsi

This is my gorgeous young friend Chelsi. I started babysitting her when she was born, I was 11. (ya that's what I always ask her Mom, why would you hire an 11 year old?)  Chelsi was like Dylin... full of energy, a hilarious child, she was fun, loving & gorgeous. Last year Chelsi attended BYU and was the track all-star. A few weeks before her birthday we lost Chelsi in a car accident. Her birthday is Wednesday, we will be attending her night time fun run in honor of her in St. George, Utah. I miss Chelsi & her family is still aching terribly. Please kiss your kids & tell them you love them everyday! Love you Chels.

Schools Out...finally!

Have I mentioned that I hate year-round. First year, hopefully last year. We (me & the kids) were so over school by May. We have had dinner at T-birds after Allstar games at midnight, going into school late, sleepovers on school nights, playing "soda - pong", swimming on "take your child to work day" (I taught them how to clean a pool before swimming) and it's sad that it's July at we still don't have great tans...

Well apparently our negligence took it's toll....just cleaned out Tyler's backpack, look what was stuck on the chocolate tennis ball.... okay seriously how long has that been in there???

Let me remind you, YOU'RE FIVE!!!

Dylin - "Mom, is Freaken-A a bad word?"

Me - "It's not a nice word"

Dylin - "So I shouldn't tell anyone that?"

Me - "No, you shouldn't use that"

Dylin - "But I can tell myself that, since it won't hurt other peoples feelings"

Me - "How do you use that towards yourself, Dylin?"

Dylin - "When I do something stupid, I can say Freaken-A Dylin, Freaken-A Dylin"

Middle Finger Again....

On our way to Dylin's party...

No music on....

I hear, "I stick my middle finger to the world, to the world, to the world!"

Don't hold back tell me what kind of Mother I really am..

I was cleaning out the car and had a trash bag. Should have put it right into the trash. My pack rat girls always look through my trash bags around the house, cause they know I'll throw their crap away.... Dylin opened it up to find a receipt. She loves receipts to play store with. But really how many do you need! She said, "MOM, WHY DID YOU THROW THIS AWAY, YOU KNOW I WANTED IT." Dylin, "You don't need another one." "YES I DO, GOSH WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO LAME?"

Dylin is 5!!!

Dylin is 5 today!! (June 28)... She is a miracle child. These are a few of our pictures from her party. The news came to catch her story on how she is the PKD miracle child. She has made it to 5 without any medication, dialysis or a transplant.

OMG it's starting....

Tyler & Jake decided they wanted cinnamon rolls, they didn't want to ask for help or wait to have them cooked in the oven, so the terds cooked them in the microwave. They were total dough inside...but what was even the bigger shoker is when they were examining them, poking them as they were cooling I heard, "They feel like boobs, nice & soft."

What in the world, how do they know they feel like that!!

Warning of the day...

This is for my new neighbor Laura.  Better than calling CPS. 

Laura & I decided we weren't official friends yet, we haven't taken it to that next level. We are just ingredient friends...we can borrow eggs or ingredients from one another. You think she'll want to take it to the next friendship level with me now that I let out her secret! 

WANT AD

Wanted - Step Mother 

"Who will babysit & play with me while you do all the other stuff for me."

Call Dylin

(yes those were her exact words)

My phoentic southern girl

Jordyn brought her journal home from school. My sister Robin ( a 3rd grade teacher ) were laughing so hard, we had makeup dripping down our cheeks & holding ourselves from wetting our pants. In my defense, as I'm sure you'll think I'm mean to Jordyn for laughing or posting her struggles, I told her that she spells everything the way it really should be.

Bruthu - Brother

Cinde uf - Kind of

O most - almost

gise - guys

quweshen - question

Duh, middle swear Mom!

me - "Dylin, why are you flipping me off?"

Dylin - "I'm not, I wanted to middle finger swear with you."

me - "What's that mean?"

Dylin - "Mom, you know (duh) like pinky swear, but lets middle finger swear."

Stinks when kids point out your old

Dylin stared at Grandma Janice's varicose veins, looked up at her & said, "Grandma are you cracking?"

Congrats to Paseo Verde Little League AA Dodgers!

We have been going strong with many weeks that consisted of 6 days a week in baseball or several days with double-headers. Tyler plays on a club team, The Wildcats & then his little league team, Dodgers. Our Wildcat team was split up inorder to play little league & so Dodgers had 2 of the coaches & 3 players and Angels team had 2 of the Coaches & 4 players. It's been a fun competitive, playful trash talking season! We of course =) ended the season going into the playoffs being no. 1 & Angels no. 2!!!
The final game in the tournament was none other than Dodgers vs. Angels! It was the bottom of the 2nd inning & we were down 8-2. Tyler's wildcat buddy Chase Houston was pitching great, but the Angels were on fire, hitting everything.
Tyler came in at bottom of 2nd with 2 outs, Chase had met his 75 max pitches. Tyler struck out 11 batters & we held the Angels, with only one more run in 5th inning. Dodgers finally woke up and closed the gap with the score 9-8 bottom of 5. Tyler met his 75 pitches... then John Lynam came in for Angels last ups & held them. It was bottom of 6, our last ups & we loaded the bases with only 1 out. Tyler was on first. John Platt came up to bat & hit a bomb into left field.
DODGERS WON!!! This game was more exciting than club ball games!
WAY TO GO TYLER!!!



Many props to the Angels. They were not only our great fun rivals, but the game after Dylin and I came back from UCLA, they presented a gift to Dylin for her bravery!
You rock Angels.

Rebellious, just like her Mama

Dylin woke up Sunday morning head strong that she was swimming today. I said, "Sorry, but we have church soon, go get ready." As we walked into church the sun was shinning bright, bright enough that you could see this voluptuous booty shaking into church with hot pink polka dots shinning right through her dress.

She didn't exactly pick out the most discrete bikini. She looked like she had diapers on.

Rats Nest in the House

This is the bottle that is supposed to help us NOT have tangles, but after 4 weeks of Dylin & Jordyn's hair getting nastier to comb out, and the bottle becoming heavier, I said Dylin, "did you put something in this bottle." She said, "yes, everytime you say that our hair is more nasty, I go add more soap to make our hair cleaner."

Next weeks family lesson will be on respect....

This is a picture of Dylin's unicorn sitting on top of The Book of Mormon. I saw it and thought, "how cute, she has her unicorn reading the scriptures." Nope, Dylin said it's a pee pad so that her Unicorn can pee & poop on it & doesn't ruin the blanket.

Happy Mama day to me

Dylin & Jordyn wanted to scrub my feet, paint my toes & give me a massage. They set it up like a salon & I rotated to each station. The first one, they filled the tub up and scrubbed my feet, then Dylin was dying to paint my toes only after the nail polish removale job, she was tired & didn't end up painting & then Jordyn said no more massage because the toes took too long, she got tired of waiting. It was a good thought though girls, thanks.

At church the kids were asked questions about me, this is what they said...

1. Dylin fill in the blank - You know you're Mom loves you because? "I WAS BORN"

2. Jordyn - What does your Mom like to say... "Jordy"

3. Tyler - What is YOUR MOMS favorite thing to say? "Yes you can have a friend over today."

(huh, did we think the question was what is your favorite thing your mom says??)

4. Dylin - When does your Mom look the prettiest? "When she wears a skirt, shirt, bow & pink high heels."

5. Jordyn - What is your favorite food that your Mom cooks for you? "Rice"

(thanks jordyn for not saying in n out drive thru)

6. Tyler - Whats the funniest thing you ever saw your Mom do - "My Dad pushed her in the pool."

7. Dylin - Your Mom is happiest when?? "When I don't throw fits."

8. Tyler - What do you love about your Mom? - "She never embarrasses me!!"

(huge shocker, since I'm so loud at his games & I still come in and hug & kiss him at school & he tries to hide from me.)

9. Jordyn - You know your Mom loves you because? - "I'm her daughter!" 

Grass isn't always greener on the other side....

Sometimes you can reach too far.......
And when you find yourself over-extended and you're stuck in a situation that you can't get out of, there is one thing you should always remember.......
Not everyone who shows up......
Is there to help you!!!

5 weeks later.....22 hours total....

Jordyn has had her Hawaiian room since she was 3 so she wanted a change. I wasn't ready for one. I love her room & I'm sentimental about my paitings for each of my kids.
But she was clear that she wanted a rock star room with animal print for her birthday. She had no idea that I was going to do it. The second she left for school I was ripping her room apart. I had only one wall to do, piece of cake, ha! I rallied up Johanna & we went to work. Little did we know that the primer would suck the black paint in, and so every zebra stripe had to be painted 3-4 times each. So here it is.....

Happy Easter

Happy Easter!!

She might have a smile on her face in this picture, but she was MAD when she found her Easter basket & there was a soft pink bat in it. She wanted a real hard bat. Um, ya not a good idea. 
"Who put chocolate in my easter eggs?"

(dylin can't have chocolate, but she had Tyler, Jordyn & cousins waiting to trade her)

Kids can always cure your heartache

I was having a bad night. Dylin saw me crying. She left for a few minutes, came into my room and said, "Mommy, I'm sorry you are sad & I don't want you to cry so I'm giving you my favorite necklace & I drew you a picture with your NAME on it."

Drama Mama

If you're down, come to me... I can make you feel better.

Had to be at Sunrise Hospital with Dylin for testing @ 7:30am....

she was bent out of shape because I had to wake her up, she had to fast, and then walked out

to a dead car battery....

she's normaly cooperative during all her tests, but she's had it! (I don't blame her)

we ended up being there longer than planned due to her uncooperation.

After all that, we came home to water running down the drive way....

Yep, the hot water heater exploded.

Shut the water off for 4 hours - called my parents to rescue me.

Get a call from my doctor (whom I tell don't call me with any test results, I have a lot going on right now with Dylin's health) and says that I need a biopsy on my thyroid.

My parents come to the rescue....

As Rick & my Dad change out the water heater & my mom & sister Robin are consoling me after a hard month from medical hell...

water starts coming out of the stairs and onto the tile. (The water heater flooded under the stairwell.)

woke up to more water coming out of the walls in the family room.

Who knew a sledge hammer could accomplish so much therapy?!

Stop Yelling Across The House!!!

Dylin's Update

As many of you know, no time to blog due to Dylin's health problems.
I'm trying to update you as much as I can so please continue to visit her website for updates.
Thank you for praying for her!!
www.cureourdylin.org

Boobie-kinz

Yesterday Dylin says as she is looking at a picture of my butt in a bikini, "You're puffy!"

I said, "oh, ok, thanks."

Dylin says, "is that nice?"

I said, "well no Dylin it's not very nice to say things about people's bodies unless it's a nice comment."

Dylin, "Oh well you're not people, you're my Mom."

I'm laying here next to Dylin right now and she laid on my chest and says, "Your boobs are fat."

I laugh, ok.

Dylin says, "is that mean?"

I said, "No it's not mean, but like I said before you shouldn't make comments about peoples bodies and yes I'm a people."

Dylin says, "Ok well then I'll say you're boobs are medium, no I'll just say they are small cause then that is really nice."

Rick pipes in..."Actually Dylin you don't ever want to tell a girl their boobs are small."

Dylin says, "Well Daddy actually all girls have that pokey dot in the middle of their boob and it's small, so I'm right."

(Dylin calls her boobies - boobie-kinz)

M.I.A

As you have noticed, I haven't blogged for a few reasons...

1st Anytime I'm on the computer it is to coupon or to work continuously on the kids school yearbook.

2nd everything that is hilarious is extremely inappropriate. I tend to not have a filter  but for Mary's sake (my mom and yes I call her by her name sometimes, cuz saying "oh Mary" is just funny.) I want to blog everyday, but seriously if I could I would and just most Cenname household scenarios are rated R. 

Jordyn Archive

It was the day before Valentines Day. The school was selling Valograms. I had just picked up Jordyn from 1/2 day Kindergarten and remembered I needed to buy one for her and Tyler. I already had Dylin & Jordyn in the car and decided I'd lock the girls in the car, tell TWO parents that were still talking to watch my car and I'd run in to buy the Valograms. I told the girls to stay in their seat belts and I'd be right back but here was my phone to call Daddy if you needed him. I couldn't have been more than 4 minutes. I run back out, my friends say all if fine and I get into the car. Jordyn says, "Mommy there is a lady on the phone for you." I took the phone from Jordyn and said, "Hello?" "Mam, this is the 911 operator, we got a phone call from your daughter saying you locked her in the car and told her to watch her baby sister while you went shopping for Valentines, where are you located?" I said, "WHAT!?, No, I was outside my car at the school.... (interupted) "Where are you located?" "I'm at my kids school, but I'm leaving cause you're not arresting me in front of my kids school." I proceeded to talk my way out of it since the phone call was only a little over 2 minutes from the time Jordyn called and so somehow she believed my story. So do you think Jordyn got a Valogram????????!!!!!!!!!

Irony - Daily Dose of Dylin

Who would steal on Christmas Eve, from a church book store & happen to steal lip gloss that reads CTR (Choose the Right) ???