Mother of 6 camp

Hello Again!!! Today I complete my Mother-of-6 class

I've had a lot of fun and have learned a lot! I've always wanted 6 kids, so this was a great preview for what that might be like and also great practice. Throughout my life, Heavenly Father has been teaching me that Family is our greatest source of happiness. Not only can this be appreciated in one's own family but in those of other's as well. It has been really fun watch the kids play together. Frazer has been so awesome at entertaining Maya on the swing.

Also, I am learning alot about cooking. As you all know, I am not exactly culinary. Odd and funny things happen when I am mixed with a kitchen. Here are a few more examples:

Yes this is a Waffle

If you're not sure what this is, you're not alone.... it is hashbrowns. No, seriously, it is! I have no idea why they turned grey and revolting. The nicest part throughout all of this has been having Quinn around to help me. Not only has he driven 40 min.'s here and back each day, but he helps a lot when he's here. The girls love him, especially because he plays with them so much.I love ths video of him dancing with the girls. My favorite part is when he figures out that I'm filming and runs off :) I love that guy!

I am currently on my next project of figuring Moms out. I am taking care of six kids for 5 days while their parents are on a trip. Today is Day 3 and all seems to be well. The first day I tried cooking a frozen pizza and somehow the middle fell out of it onto the bottom of the oven!! Later that night, one of the cabinet doors is mysteriously broken, hanging on by a hinge.... still not sure how that happened. The only odd thing that happened yesterday is that somone got a bloody tooth caused by blunt force trauma from someone else's head. Anyways, aside from learning that you have to be a little bit crazy to be a really great parent ( that way that can't make you that way because you already are!) I've learned that it can be a lot of fun :)

Tons and Tons of thanks goes to Quinn! He is amazing... I'm finding out more and more about that everyday.

I have really enjoyed spending time with these kids. Each one of them is so wonderful! All are very helpful, responsible, and kind...wahoo! I've spent the most time with the two little ones Maya & Frezer. They like to dance together and push eachother on the swing. The first day I was up here, Frezer had to get 3 shots in her leg. She was less than thrilled as one could tell by her bawling and eventual screaming. It was so cute to see little Maya at her side bawling too. Afterwards they held eachother while they cried. I wish I had taken a picture!

Aside from the kids, I'm still trying to get better from being sick. I'm on round 2 of anti-biotics and these are serious HORSE pills! They're huge!....just like my tonsils :) I've also been battling bouts of extreme exhaustion which seem to have gone away for the most part....now i'm just left with swollen tonsils and neck and headaches.

Speaking of headaches! My online classes are a pain! Well...they're not too bad....but I recently decided that I detest reading other people's critiques on other people's poetry. How boring!!!! Wish me luck people :)

Hello Everyone from the Land of Utah!

I figure I can start writing my adventures in here. Well...the story begins with me being sick 2 weeks ago....fevers, sore throat, exhaustion, headaches, bodyaches etc. It was all I could do to even get my room packed up to head to Utah.

Quinn was nice enough to help me load my truck up....( He offered to help me pack too, but I was too prideful, I guess.)

So we left at 4:00 in the morning! This seemed really early because I had only gotten two hours of sleep that night due to a fever. Well, we headed on down the road....ha ha I could barely see straight. Quinn was right behind me and his aunt & uncle were just ahead. Quinn's Kia had a hard time making it up hills and got left in the dust a lot :)

Well, Quinn's aunt offered to drive my truck for me...so I sat with Quinn in his car. That was so kind of her because I was really feeling sick at that point. Well we eventually made it to Provo. I immediately moved in with my friends Krista and Ashley in Springville which is 12 minutes from BYU. Sweet!

My Drive Home

Today started out strange. I've had a fever for the past 5 days, and it finally broke last night. So, I woke up completely drenched in sweat like never before. It was sick!
Anyways, Just now, as I was beginning my drive home from school, something odd happened. First I heard some lady screaming at the top of her lungs. I looked over and realized that she was in the truck next to me and was seeking "communicate" with me. Her appearance was a little unsettling as she had rotting teeth, sagging-off skin, and falling-out, stringy blonde hair (on top of which sat a cowboy hat).After being very confused, wondering what she was yelling about....I finally figured out that she wasn't angryat all, she was just completely insane or just meth-ed out. She had the biggest smile on her face as she screamed out a stream of randomness including " Can I get a Scooby Snack..Scooby Dooby Doo!!!" She even did some sort of cheer involving clapping and words that were not to be understood; immediately following she started crazily pointing at strangers ( never breaking eye contact with me throughout all of this and screaming all the while). That was the longest light I've ever had to sit at. Finally!! The light turned green and I could get out of there. She yelled, " Now you go that way and I'll go this way!" As I got in line to go left on to the freeway, she got in line to go right on to the freeway. I glanced once more in her direction to be greeted by more insanity and pure oddness. She was looking at me showing me a pine cone she was holding in her hand as if she knew it was something I really wanted. She slowly lowered it to the ground outside her truck and pointed at it a few times--still looking at me-- and then turned on to the freeway. That was so weird!!!!!!