Micalyn's Style

So this is what Miss Mica looked like on Friday morning. I thought she looked so cute. She dressed herself and I was impressed with how cute she looked. For some odd reason she changes her clothes a lot, later that day she looked like this...

My 8 List

Jill tagged me to do this and since she said she will be checking...

8 TV Shows I watch
1-Prison Break
2-The Big Bang Theory
3-Life
4-Fringe
5-House
6-ER
7-Grey's
8-Private Practice

8 Restaurants I like to Eat at
(with kids we don't eat at too many restaurants...fast food all the way but here it goes)
1-Bon Rico
2-Olive Garden
3-Chipolte
4-Pizza Hut...I love their Pasta
5-Taco Time (fast but I love it)
6-IHOP
7-Bootleggers
8-Ruby Tuesdays

8 Things I did today
(It is 8 in the morning so coming up with 8 for today will be a stretch!)
1-Got the kids up and made them breakfast
2-E-mailed our Super Saturday Activities to some non members in the area, to see if they would come.
3-Checked blogs and saw that Jill tagged me.
4-Checked more blogs and saw that Jana "is all tagged out"
5-Took the boys to school
6-I am working on my second load of laundry today
7-I washed the breakfast dishes
8-Put some Soup in the Crock pot for our ward Potluck tonight

8 Things I am looking forward to
1-Going to my Mom and Dad's for Thanksgiving
2-Beth coming to visit
3-Spring and Summer
4-Being done with Christmas Shopping (I am usually done by Halloween...Not this year)
5-Christmas (everything about it...family, Temple Square, taking treats to people I love it!)
6-Carson being Baptized next Summer
7-Hunting Season to be over
8-Snowmobiling, hot chocolate and doughnuts!

8 Things on my wish list
1-Another baby...or two. I want to have 5 kids but I only want to be pregnant one more time. TWINS? (But I want to be done by the time I am 30, so...)
2-I want to travel to all 50 states and learn their history and do something fun at each state...we all have to get along of course.
3-Again it is traveling, I want to see the world.
4-Ted and I want a dream home, complete with a huge kitchen, a family and game room, a garage we can actually park in and a shop out back to Ted never has to come home ;)
5-My Kids to all still love me, even when they are grown and think they know it all.
6-A summer home at Bear Lake...we looked into it, this is definitely a wish.
7-A new vehicle
8-To Return to HIM!

8 People I Tag
Whom ever wants to be tagged. I am curious as to what my family will answer...Mom, Julie, Jen, Mel (and Jana you are excused)

Ted is 30

Happy Birthday to my Husband
So I am late, Ted's Birthday was yesterday. We celebrated it with both of us working and then he packed to go hunting and camping while I made dinner. He asked for Steak and Garlic Pasta. So he got Steak and Garlic Pasta. He had just sat down to eat when we got a call that some members of our ward had broken down on the way home from Utah. They were towed to Evanston but would need a ride to Kemmerer. I went and got the carseats out of the Expedition while Ted rushed through dinner. He went and picked up the family and started talking to them. She is from Roosevelt. of all places, Ted said hey my wife is from Myton and she knew exactly what he was talking about. Usually you say Myton and you get a blank look. They are new to our ward so I don't know them very well but I am looking forward to talking with her. So, back to Ted's birthday, by the time he got back the kids were in bed and I was just getting ready to fall asleep myself. I had big plans in my head for his 30th birthday but it seems like it just crept up on me and I was not prepared. We didn't even get him a gift this year, we bought some parts for the boat and promised to go camping and boating more next summer, he said that would be his birthday gift. That and the fact that right now he is camping up in the mountains so that he can go hunting all day tomorrow. He is such a dork and I love him dearly. Happy Birthday Babes.

Happy Birthday Daniel

To my big brother, I want to wish you a happy birthday. Your day is almost over and I am sorry that I am just getting to this. I have lots of excuses but probably not good enough. (I didn't forget at least!!) 30, wow. If you are now 30 that means I am not 18 any more, where has the time gone. Thank you for being my protector when I needed it, thanks for being my friend when I need it, and thanks for ignoring my friends who only came to the house to see you! Happy Birthday!

More Email

My Friend emailed this to me and it was too funny not to pass on....


Tough Love vs. Spanking What is better?
Most people think it improper to spank children, so I have tried other methods to control my kids when they have one of 'those moments.'
One that I found effective is for me to just take the child for a car ride and talk.
Some say it's the vibration from the car, others say it's the time away from any distractions such as TV, Video Games, Computer, IPod, etc.
Either way, my kids usually calm down and stop misbehaving after our car ride together. Eye to eye contact helps a lot too.
I've included a photo below of one of my sessions with my son, in case you would like to use the technique.

CRAFTastic!

So on Saturday I went to a "Make & Take" at the craft store in Mountain View. I am in love with this store. It is called The Busy Bee. LOVE IT! Here are the crafts I was able to make (with a lot of help!)

This was by far the easiest of the projects. I love it and I could make this one again with out much help. (I would need help to cut the wood)

This one was the most time consuming and I don't know if it was worth the time. Very cute, and handy (it is a magnetic board) but doesn't match any decor in the house. I should have thought the colors through better.

I absolutely love this! I messed it up a little, ok a lot, but I love it. I just need to find a place to hang it now. So that is my attempt at being crafty.


Speaking of crafty...I am thinking of selling my beloved Cricut:( Let me know if you are interested, or know someone who is.

Apparently I need lots of help!

I want to sell our desktop computer since we bought a new one, can anyone help me with the erasing of my information from the machine? I want to sell it in my friends moving sale this Saturday, so if you can help me contact me before Saturday. Thanks Bunches!

3 Column Template

I am trying out this 3 column template, that took me forever to figure out. I have never really had to edit HTML before so it is all just gibberish to me. So after hours (yes hours) of cutting and pasting, I am not sure that I like it! What do you think? Should it stay or go? There is one part of the instructions that I couldn't figure out and maybe that will make the difference. If you think you can help me out with the instructions let me know.

Food A Plenty

I have been on the hunt for holiday recipes. I have posted some yummy halloween treats on my recipe blog. Come check it out on my left side bar and "let's eat!"

Makin' Mama Proud

Earlier this week when I went to pick my boys up from School, the School Counselor came up to me and said she wanted to pass something on to me that she had heard. I instantly thought oh, no what have they done! BUT... it turns out she over heard Carson's Teacher talking about how much she just loves Carson. YEAH!! Then Yesterday when I was at the PTA Meeting, Carson's Teacher from last year came up to me and told me how much Carson's Teacher is enjoying him in class. She then told me she wishes that she had Carson again this year, she really missed him. Again YEAH! Then last night my Mother in-law called me and said she had run into Carson's Teacher at dinner that night. Mrs. Rogers, Carson's 2nd Grade Teacher, had told Sherry how much she loves Carson. She thinks he is so Polite (yes polite) and funny and smart and just loves him. As a Mom, I am just over the moon. I wanted to give Carson some positive feed back so I let him know that I had heard that Mrs. Roger's was enjoying him in her class. He beemed! His little eyes lit up and again I was over the moon.