HAPPY BIRTHDAY.......so many to wish many more to!!

O.K so we have had a lot of birthdays in our family lately, and I have not been good about keeping up lately. SORRY!! So I want to blog about all my nieces and nephews who have grown 1 year older lately!

January......

1st there was Austyn, who is right on Kenzie's heels of now being 4! OMG Stacie where did our little monsters go, still monsters but not so little anymore. HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUSTYN!!

February.....

Then came Taylor, I hear he had a big sleepover on Friday the 13th. We are sad that we did not make it out for either birthday this year but we were definitely thinking of you the whole time! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAYLOR!!

Today is a big milestone in my sister-in-law's house her twins are turning 16!! Holy crap, That means so may things at that age, the biggest of all that means they will be driving soon....SCARY!! I can't imagine McKenzie turning 16 it seems like a lifetime away. So HAPPY BIRTHDAY A.J and ALI!!!

Soon to come will be RyRy and then Jack will be 2(that's hard to believe) and right around the corner little Miss Haylee will be 2 also. Everyone is growing up and it makes me little sad, I keep telling Adam let's please have 1 more.....Today! Maybe in a year or so!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL- WE ALL LOVE YOU FROM THE RUMMEL HOUSEXXOXOXOX

I am a nervous wreck!!

So Adam and I came home tonight to find a Large notice on our mailbox......Be very cautious, there has been 3 break-in's and burglaries in our small neighborhood in the last 6 days. They have been watching the homes and when the husbands leave they enter the house while the Wife/mom and kids are home. One happened at 5:45 am, 2:00 pm, and 9:00pm. I don't know if they were break-in's or possibly knocked on the door and then forced entry. We have 1 measly little lock on our front door and told Adam that immediately need to put a chain lock on the top of our door!! I have my back door open most days and one of the burglaries was 2:00 f****** in the afternoon, BROOD DAYLIGHT!! No reports of anyone being hurt that I know of, but needless to say I am now a nervous wreck!! Adam leaves super early in the morning and gone all day, and then I come hope super early in the morning from work, so it scares me. The notice says be aware of people you don't know, we just moved in I wouldn't know a strange person even if I did see them. Just had to vent a little bit!!

JANUARY......

O.K. so I know its been a while since I blogged, but I just haven't been in the mood.It is almost the end of January and It literally just feels like we had Christmas, I know we sorta did but I mean like last week! My days and weeks just kind of blurrrrr together these days and sometimes just have to look at my calendar, not to see what activities we have planned but to see what day of the week it is!!HaHa. So my last blog was about my New Years resolutions and let's see I have kept almost all of them, Adam and I had our date night this month and my mom said that at least once a month if not twice, she will take the girls for a sleepover so that we can make date night a priority(we love grandma). I also have been keeping up on my housework, and I tell you I feel so much better about my days, way more accomplished if I get my house in order! I have been trying to sleep more when I can, and me and the girls have definitely been spending more time outside!! One of our X-mas presents was a trampoline and the girls LOVE it, most days I can't get them off(1 of the best x-mas presents ever). As for working out, I have good intentions every day, but I have not been succeeding. I need to just start jogging with the girls in the stroller, I really would love to go to the gym, I prefer the gym, but my kids hate the gym daycare and I get called out within 10 min no fail. Also I have not been taking to dog out:( poor poochy, I got him a new collar and leash and everything, so maybe I can start knocking both of those out at once!!

Other than that life around here is pretty much the same, busy and exhausted. I feel like my kids make it through their days with constant fighting and bickering, and then for 1 brief moment they LOVE each other.



Kenzie is doing great, she comes home from school and amazes me everyday with something new that she learned. She wants to wear nothing but dresses, even if it's pouring rain. I think Adam and I are going to put her in ice skating lessons. For me I am hoping that will satisfy her wanting to skate, b/c if you ask her she says she wants to play HOCKEY!! Um daddy says yes and mommy says no, so we are gonna try this!

Haylee is doing great also, she is talking like crazy and really well, she is a complete spitfire and keeps me running(Haylee is my Austyn). She is a daddy's girl all the way! She is almost 18 months old now and still itty-bitty, but she is my little firecracker. She understands everything that you say and can respond to most things. I told Adam a couple weeks ago that I wish we could afford it right NOW, b/c I am ready to have another one, Maybe hopefully in a year or so!!

So if anyone knows Kenzie, you know that her Snow White dress is her favorite dress-up dress and it is totally forbidden for Haylee to even look at, so one day while Kenz was at school she wanted to wear it.HeHe

And just so we are all aware, this is what my loving, wonderful husband teaches our kids while I am @ work......don't worry it's not opened(thank goodness)Monkey see-monkey do!!

New Year Resolutions.....

I have 10 things that I am going to make a priority this year in my life........
1- Make more time for Adam and I together, at least 1 date night per month!!
2- Get healthy and back IN SHAPE, and that doesn't mean just skinny!!
3- Be more active outside with my girls!
4- Work on my patience, even if I'm exhausted!!
5- Get more ZZZZZZZZ's
6- Pay off some debt!!
7- Keep up on my laundry and housework!!
8- Telling my friends how important they are!!
9- Taking the dog out at least 3 times per week...poor puppy:(!!
10- Make 2009 a million times better than 2008 was!!

I hope everyone has their own New Year's Resolutions that they can make an attempt at keeping!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE

YAY 2009!!!

A VERY MERRY X-MAS

Alright so I know I am a few days behind on my blogging, but I forgot! I worked X-mas eve day, so I opened the bar and worked until about 4...not bad but while I was working Adam was working on putting together a big 12ft trampoline that the girls got for X-mas morning, I think it only took him about 5hrs with only 1 boo-boo! But let me just tell you that Kenzie most of all is in love with having it right in our own backyard! My dad and Betty came over x-mas eve and we did presents and then the girls went to bed and I stayed up and wrapped until about midnight! Talk about waiting till the last minute. Christmas Morning......

We had a fabulous Christmas, other than Haylee waking up x-mas morning with 103.5 fever. We gave her some Motrin and she ended up perking within about a half hour. The girls opened all their presents and Kenzie played Santa and passed out all the presents. After we were all done my mom and bob, great grammie and Joel came over and we had turkey dinner with Mashed pot. and green bean casserole! YUMMY!! We had done Christmas a few days prior with Laura and Fam and Mark and Stacie were in town, and we also went to see Santa, Haylee freaked and would not sit on his lap but Oh well, there's always next year!!

All in all it was a great Christmas, but I will be honest I am ready for 2008 to be over, this year was just too much for me to handle and I am ready for 2009 to be much better!!

Everyone taking a little rest before the Family comes over!!

My Silly Little Girl!!!I was just cleaning the house today and taking a day to just recoup and get some things done, it's raining here today so that means no outside play today.....So Kenzie played her video game and Haylee played some drees-up while mommy cleaned their rooms!!

My Baby Turns 4!!!!

So Yesterday McKenzie turned 4! Oh My Gosh....I still can't believe my baby is 4yrs. old! She had school in the morning, which was fun because her teacher made her a birthday crown, that she literally did not take off until she crawled into bed last night! All of her class sang to her and she loved it. My mom and grandma and myself along with Haylee picked her up from school and headed off to Disneyland(which she had no idea about) She was so excited when she saw where we were! Kenzie absolutely is in love with D-land!

I was pretty excited too, since all the years growing up in California I have never seen D-land at X-mas time. It was BEAUTIFUL, everything was decorated and HUGE trees everywhere, all the characters were dressed up in Christmas outfits and Christmas music playing throughout!

I will tell you, one of things about Disneyland that I love the most is seeing the amazement and joy in my kids eyes! Everything is larger than life to them and literally brought tears to my eyes a few times throughout the day because of the look in their eyes! We stayed all day until the park closed and watched the parade which was Fabulous and the fireworks show, and then it snowed on Main St.!!

We had such a wonderful day and now it's just another year passed:(

The beginning of our day!!


The Amazing tree on main st.

Next on our list is a big Birthday party at the gymnastics center on Sunday with about 20 kids and their parents. I know some people think 20 kids for a 4yr. old's birthday, but Birthdays to me are special they come once a year and I always grew up knowing that my day was a special one, my parents always made sure that our birthdays were amazing and I love to do the same for Adam and my kids! Here are some pics of our day!

This smile never left Kenzie's face for 1 second!!During the Fireworks, They were loud!!

Kenzie how old are you???

The end of our long day!!