what a beautiful mess

I haven't blogged since last Thursday and I was kind of starting to miss it.  Over the weekend, I turned 32. And I feel terrific. As if I wouldn't...I mean, I'm still a spring chicken, unlike Trevor who is so old...He took Friday off so we could spend the day together and we had a fantastic day. He learned the joys of jean shopping with me which he most likely will never do again~I'm a picky person. After that, he took me to lunch at Red Robin, our favorite place for a hamburger. Then it was grocery shopping, napping, he made me craisin white chocolate chip cookies, blt sandwiches, angel food cake and then it was bedtime for the kids. (we stayed up celebrating...no early bedtime for us!)  We had a great rest of the weekend as well. My birthday may have been the highlight but there were a lot of awesome things that happened. Like seeing the Hunger Games with Scott and Jenee, painting the boys room, building a chicken coop, nacho movie night on Saturday, more...

He's a little bit quirky but we love him still.  Our gingerbread man, that is!  (I'm sure you were thinking Josh or Trevor, right?) We used Dots for the buttons and chocolate chips for the eyes and mouth.  And instead of the traditional gingerbread, we made graham crackers.  And so we of course had to use cream cheese frosting!  (it was either that or fudge frosting...I think we made the right choice) And Josh played with him for a good hour before he decided to eat him.  We went to the library today and I was able to push myself out of my comfort zone.  Hurray for me! It's always fun to do that (yeah, right...). I couldn't find a book that seemed interesting to me and I was feeling a bit overwhelmed so I decided to ask the librarian what she would recommend (that's out of my comfort zone).  She was so sweet and recommended Lamb in Love~written by Carrie Brown.  She said she's read it four times so it has ...

Usually the word epic is used to describe things like movies (Lord of the Rings, Star Wars...) or books (The Bible, Lonesome Dove) but rarely to describe a night in the Haslem household. Well...believe it or not, it was epic. A night for the books (or the blog as the case may be). Just look at this picture and you can imagine all the fun that was had. I promised the kids an extra scoop of ice cream to the child that could sit against the wall the longest. And the winner was?!? Stephen!!! Then it was me and Trevor's turn. I won him~ big time. Emily joined us and we were both going strong till  it got to be 4 mins 57 secs and I gave up. That girl's got some strong quads... Afterwards, we turned on some music and what better song could've been playing than "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin"? There aren't many songs better than that for an epic evening. What else were we to do but dance?!? And that's what we did. To finish ...

Only 2 more months until Stephen gets baptized.  Tonight FHE was on baptism and the conditions that apply to that sacred covenant.  I really hope he's starting to understand the importance of this.  He's such a good boy..even with those huge teeth...Luckily he has such handsome eyes!

These boys are tough.  They fight off bad guys with their strong kicks, punches and muscles.  Unfortunately, they can't seem to keep from kicking and punching each other.  So while they may be tough, one of them usually ends up crying.  Being a ninja is hard work. 

Trevor turned 32 years old yesterday. (I am so glad I'm still a young 31 year old) When we woke up this morning I asked him how he slept now that he's so old and he replied "Terribly. I could feel my prostate enlarging all night long." (Is that totally inappropriate? I'm not sure exactly what a prostate is or even what it does...I thought it was really funny though.) As of right now, him and the boys are out in the shed putting together a place for our chicks to stay. I can't stand the smell in the laundry room any longer. And I think it's starting to seep throughout the whole house. My homemade febreeze isn't even working to mask the smell any more. So since they're taking care of that I have a few minutes to dedicate a blog post to my hardworking cowboy. We had a great day yesterday celebrating Trevor. Josh and I went to Idaho Falls to buy him some presents and to take him a soda and a pink cookie. He came home and we wished him many Happ...

This is Joshy having a ton of fun on the motorcycle at the mall. This is me thinking about what the dentist told me on Wednesday. Thoughts that are not far from my mind at all times. (not the most flattering pic..in fact I look almost manly...) I need 4 wisdom teeth pulled, 3 cavities filled, possibly braces, my baby tooth removed and a new one  implanted. And I'll have to go without that baby tooth for a couple of months.  Bummer.