~SHeLieCe & ThE GiRLs~

WARNING!!! PICTURE OVERLOAD!!!!

2009-06-26T09:15:00.000-07:00

So I had to post some more pics that Jake and Ash took but I wanted to also post a link to their blog so you can all go check it out!!! http://standoutphotographs.blogspot.com/ They are great I tell ya :)

Picture Time!!!

2009-06-18T07:51:00.001-07:00

So a couple weeks ago, my girls and I met up with my cousin Jake and his girlfriend Ashley to get our pictures taken. Jake and Ashley are awesome!!! They are just starting to do photography and so they offered to take our pictures for us!! They did such a good job for just begining. Here are just a few of them... He took 300!!! I will try to get more posted as soon as I can!!!! Oh yeah... and dont mind my shoes, I didn't think he would actually get them in the pic :) WHOOPS!!!

I know I am partial but I think that my babies are sooo dang cute!!! Mahryka is not very photogenic, as you all know, but Jake was able to get some really good shots of her.... Thank you so much Jake and Ash for taking the time to get some really good pictures of the girls.... and for helping me get Kenidi to cooperate!!! She loves you guys!!! If anyone is interested in getting some great pics done for a small fee, get a hold of me.... I will hook you up!!!

Dress up or school clothes??

2009-05-07T09:31:00.000-07:00

I know that I am horrible at this blogging stuff but I promise, I will get better!!! I did want to post a funny picture that I took this morning of Kenidi though. Ive said it probably a million times already, but Kenidi is definitely my payback child. She is very stubborn and sassy and totally has a mind of her own... I love it!!! She is such a brat and it makes me laugh.... Don't get me wrong, she gets in trouble, A LOT, but when I sit back and think about all the stuff she does and pulls, it cracks me up. So this morning when I was getting out of the shower, Kenidi came in with the clothes that she wanted to wear for the day. Now let me say this before I go any further, every morning we fight about what Kenidi wants to wear. If I pick ANYTHING out, she will not wear it!! So I would try to pick out two outfits and ask her to choose, that worked for a couple months but now, that's not working either. Anyway, back to the story... she walks in with some dress up clothes.... and the conversation went something like this.....

K: Mama I wanna wear this today.

Me: Kenidi, those are dress up clothes. You can't wear them to school.

K: But Mama (Whining) I love them, and they are pretty

Me: I know they are Kenidi and you look very pretty when you play with your dress up clothes but that doesn't mean you can wear them to school. That shirt is a tank top that you do up with Velcro and it doesn't even cover your belly....

K: (Still whining) But MOMMA.... I will wear an undershirt

Me: Kenidi I said no... Its too cold

K: (On the verge of tears... still whining) Momma pleeeeeeeease.... I will wear tights too.... Pleeeeeeeeeseee..... Pleeeeeeeeeeeeese... Mommmyyyyyyyyy.... pleeeeeeeeeeease........

And that is where I give in. My grandma once told me that you pick your battles when it comes to your children.... Kenidi won this fight for sure.... I was not going to fight with her.... and to top it off, right before we left, as I am running out the door yelling at the girls to get their shoes on, she walks out with pink Hannah Montana slippers on.... I just had to stop and laugh... That child is amazing... she really is... Anyway I had to take pic of her to share with all of you so that you can see what I have been talking about.... Hope you all get a kick out of my "special" one LOL.... (Also, a sidenote :) If you look real close, her hair isn't done either... that is another battle I refuse to fight most mornings.... I think I need to get up earlier LOL.....

My baby is growing up!!

2009-04-17T07:25:00.000-07:00

My little Mahryka had her kindergarten round up on Wednesday. She was sooo excited, but mommy, not so much. I can't believe my baby is already beginning kindergarten!!! I am going to be a mess her first day... Just talking about buying her school clothes, brings me to tears!!! She is getting so big. She is so smart and such a helper around the house. We are soo lucky to have this little sweetheart in our lives. I love you baby!!!

Yesterday

2009-04-06T07:25:00.000-07:00

I know that I have said it a million times before but my children are AWFUL at taking pictures!!! We were over at my aunts house yesterday for my cousins birthday and I wanted to get a picture of me and the girls because they looked so cute... As you can see, we tried quite a few times and never really got a good one but I thought that I would post them anyway. Sorry there are sooo many but as you can see I really was trying to get a good one of all of us.... KRISTY, I NEED YOU LOL!!!!!

This first one of me and Mahryka isn't that bad but if you haven't noticed, my hair is in my face... Lovely!!! If I had to choose just one, I would choose this one. I hate it of me, but both of my girls are actually smiling and so I really like it. Now if we could just crop Mom out of it.....

This picture is just another example of Mahryka and her goofy smile. I seriously do not know where she gets that from. I dont wanna think it was from me so we will blame her dad :)

This is the last one. The look on Kenidi's face is priceless. She was so tired of taking pictures. She was starting to get mad. She had had enough!!! She has so much attitude. It is hilarious.
Hopefully I will be hooking up with Kristy soon to get some decent pictures of our little family. Until then, you will all have to deal with these homemade family pictures that are not good!!! :)

My Church

2009-03-18T14:27:00.001-07:00

I just wrote this big long post about my Church and somehow it was deleted... so here is a short version of what I have to say. This video is the video that is played at my church before worship, and I just wanted to share it with all of you. I was saved almost a month ago and have definitely made some changes in my life. I dont drink, or party, or do any of that crazy stuff I once did. Once I started attending my church, I realized that I didn't have the relationship with Christ that I wanted to, and that I needed to change my lifestyle. Obviously it will not happen overnight but I am making the changes that I need to make to become a better Christian. This video is just a little insight as to how our church is, how we are, and what we believe. It doesn't matter what you wear or what you do, no one is there to judge you. We are just there to give God all the Praise and Glory!!! I hope you all like it... I absolutely love it!!

I am such a slacker!!!!

2009-03-16T13:10:00.000-07:00

So it's been almost a month since I have posted anything on my blog!!! I know, I'm horrible. I think Nina is going to have a heart attack if I don't start posting more often :) Love you!!! Anyway, I have been sooo crazy busy so I will give you a little update on what we have been up to!!!

On the 26th, Ashley and I went to the Rascal Flatts concert. I know, those of you that know me know that I have been to EVERY concert for the last 5 years :) I am just a little obsessed... I couldn't miss it. I have to get my fix of my boys at least once a year lol... Anyway I took a TON of pics but I haven't downloaded any of them :) but I do have some pics that I took of Ash and I with my phone so I will post those with to be continued under all of them. That night was sooo much fun. We headed to SLC early and went to dinner at the California Pizza Kitchen with one of my besties, Anna. I was so excited that she was able to meet us down there. Anna has been my friend from the Wells Fargo days and after she got married, she moved to SLC to live with her honey so we don't get to see each other as often as we would like. It was nice to see her.. I love you Banana :) Anyway after Ashley and I headed over to the concert... it was so fun. The people we were sitting next to were hilarious and they were making us laugh the whole time. Jessica Simpson opened for them and she did a really good job as long as you don't look at her. When she sings, she puts the mic right on her mouth like she is making out with it. It is hilarious but absolutely horrible to watch... Then out came my boys!!! Oh goodness, I love them... Anyway all in all it was a good night until I got sick on the way home... but that is another story I will get into another time....

Then last week, my poor little baby was in the hospital :( She started getting sick about a week before but it just seemed like she had a really bad cold. As always, her cough is ridiculous because she has asthma so Tuesday I decided I had better take her in to see the doctor. This is a regular routine for us... Mahryka already takes one singulair a day, an inhaled steroid twice a day, and albuteral through her inhaler as needed up to 4 times a day... Poor child... It is so hard to see her struggling to breathe and get air because you are so helpless... Anyway, usually when she gets sick, we have to give her a liquid steroid to help with her cough or it will never go away so off to the doctor we went. Everything was fine at the doctor. Said it was a cold, but it sounded like the beginnings of pneumonia so I needed to watch her fever and keep in touch in case it got worse. He gave us our regular prescription for the steroid and we left. She slept pretty much for the next 5 days... That is unusual for her but I just figured it was because she was so sick and she needed her rest. Well Sunday her fever was still at 102 and not getting any better... so I took her up to the Emergency Room. After being there for 4 hours and a series of tests, they came in to tell us she had pneumonia and they needed to keep her and watch her and that they were going to start an IV... My poor little baby... She was so tough but when they had to do the IV, she lost it. And so did mommy. They attempted to do it in her arm the first time but once they got it in, the tube bent so they had to do it again in her hand. It was horrible.... Mommy was crying, Mahryka was crying... It was a mess. Anyway after a very long night and lots and lots of antibiotics through the IV, we were able to go home but had to be back to the Dr the next day, first thing in the morning. She is doing better now but I hope we never have to go through that again. I was only able to get one pic of her because she was not happy about me leaving her side so here you go...

You can't really tell in this picture at all but she was so miserable. Her little face was pale and she had big black circles under her eyes... it was the saddest thing ever. Anyway, enough for now... Sorry my post is so long... that is what happens when you don't update as often as you should :) I promise I will really try to work on it... I don't want to be like Becky LOL

I must be getting smarter....

2009-02-24T07:07:00.000-08:00

I saw this in an email and it made me laugh considering my last post and I thought that I would share it with all of you....

"We all get heavier as we get older because there is a lot more information in our heads. So I'm not fat, I'm just really intelligent and my head couldn't hold anymore so it started filling up the rest of me."

I hope you all thought it was as funny as I did.... So I should change the title of my last post to I am soooo smart!!!!

I'm Getting Fat!!!

2009-02-20T08:40:00.000-08:00

So those of you that know me really well, know that I LOVE beer... almost as much as I love my kids...ok not really but lets pretend... anyway, I am starting to get the impression that my body doesn't love beer as much as I do... Maybe its cause I am getting older and my body isn't like it once was but today after I got dressed for work, I looked in the mirror and I saw fat... Now I know that a lot of you are going to think I am crazy but this is serious... I am not saying that I am some enormous pig but I have definitly put on the weight... My pants were very tight too... Like I should probably have a size bigger!!! That is how much weight I have put on. AND... a few weeks back, I was in the kitchen with my mother and she patted my belly and said "Ah... look at your little mini keg" ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!! I am getting a beer belly.... This is not good friends, this is serious!!! This morning when I couldn't get my pants on, (and I need to mention that I was back into my pants four days after I delivered both kids and now I cant even get them on and I have no excuse) you should have heard me frantically yell for my grandma.... Then being the little sweetheart that she is, she just giggles and tells me that I should lay off the beer!!! I felt like an alcoholic!!! I mean I love my beer but I don't drink it everyday.... and I am far from an alcoholic!!! So I have decided that I am going to lose all of this excess weight before the summer. I know that probably isn't realistic but I really need to do it.... So I will keep you all posted and let you know how it is going. I refuse to wear jeans until then LOL ha ha ok maybe not!!! Wish me luck.... They have low calorie beer right???

VALENTINES PARTY!!!

2009-02-13T07:19:00.000-08:00

The girls have their Valentines party at preschool today and they are so excited!!! Grandma Becky bought them the cutest shirts to wear to school so this morning after they were all ready, I took some pictures. They aren't the greatest pics but it was the best I could get at six thirty in the morning... AND... Kenidi has been home sick all week with a bad cold and pink eye and so she wasn't too thrilled to get her picture taken....I know there are alot of pictures but I was trying to get a good one of BOTH of them.... which I found out is IMPOSSIBLE!!!! If you look closely to Kenidi's eyes, you can see how bad they look... AND I let her go to preschool... Shame on me!!! She has been on drops for 3 days though.... I don't think she is contagious anymore... I mean I HOPE....

Mahryka hates getting her picture taken... she is so funny... she was so mad that I was making her take all these pictures but she just looked so cute!!! I couldn't resist.

This is a typical picture for my girls. Kenidi smiling and Mahryka with a half smile. I still really like this one though.... One day I will get an excellent picture of both of them together!!! This last picture cracks me up.... Out of all the pics I took, Mahryka didn't have a real genuine smile so this last one I was trying to get her to laugh out loud... we were talking about Uncle Jeff doing his silly dance and she was busting up.... Needless to say, she kinda looks like a goof!!! It's still cute though....

Check Up Time!!!

2009-02-10T08:10:00.001-08:00

The girls had their four and five year check ups yesterday and I think that I was dreading it way more than they were!!! This was when the appointment had just started. That is Dr. Stevenson behind them. We love Dr. Stevenson!!!
They look so happy to be there... Little did they know!!! The whole time we were there Kenidi kept saying to Katie "No shots today huh" I told Katie that I was going to let her be the bearer of bad news.. I am such a meanie huh :)

For Mahryka's kindergarten check up, she had to have her finger pricked... she looks so proud here but she was not happy about it at all!!!

This was right before Kenidi's shots. I waited as long as I could before telling her that she was going to get some. Poor baby!!! She had to get three!!! It made me sooo sad.

ALL DONE!!! It wasn't as bad as they thought it was going to be... well not for Mahryka at least!!! Kenidi actually cried for about an hour after and then milked her owies for the rest of the night... she was extremely proud of her two bandaids though...

I am glad that's over and they made it through... Now we will just have to see how Mommy handles Kindergarten... I think I will be the one crying that day :)

MY FIRST...

2009-02-06T09:23:00.000-08:00

I saw this on Facebook and thought it was too cute... I needed to post it here.....

Here you go mommies - a different kind of survey for a change - it's all about your first born! Just copy and paste it in a new note for yourself!Let's see how much you remember!

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? Yeah but for the longest time I acted like it was an accident :)

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? No... see why I pretended it was a slip up

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? I was way excited but so nervous

4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU? Never

5. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 22 when I conceived, 23 when I delivered.

6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? I took five tests that were positive so I went to planned parenthood and their test was negative so I called my doc and he got me right in. Sure enough, my tests were right.

7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? Adam of course... Then Steph

8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? Yes

9. DUE DATE? October 8th

10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? Not really. I would get a little nauseous every now and then but nothing drastic.

11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? Egg Drop Soup from Kim Wah... OH I MISS THAT PLACE!!!!

12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? Everyone!! I was such a beast...

13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX? A beautiful baby girl

14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING?I didn't really care.

15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? 20 lbs. Exactly

16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? Yes. Two of them

17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? I knew about them both

18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? Not really. My pregnancies were both pretty easy.

19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? Ogden Regional Hospital

20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? LOL There is a very funny story behind that but all together I was in labor from the 19th of October to the 21st... I don't recommend it...

21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? My Mother. Adam was at work. He drove me the first time I went in though but they sent me home :(

22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? Adam, my mom, and my grandma Becky

23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? It is as natural as it can get with an epidural. It was the worst labor and delivery EVER!!!!

24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? I sure did... I was given pain medicine Sunday and Monday while I was in labor (Let me tell you now, there isn't a pain medicine out there that eases contractions and the pain except for an epidural) I was finally given an epidural Tuesday before I delivered....

25. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 7 pounds 11 ounces

26. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN ? October 21st, 2003 Yep, thats right... I was two weeks late!!! TALK ABOUT MISERABLE!!!

27. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Her name is Mahryka Rai... My grandpa who passed away was Sheldon Ray and I loved him sooo much so I named her after him!!!

28. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY? 5... She is going to kindergarten this year :( She is all grown up... It makes mommy sad!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY!!!

2009-01-28T10:16:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was my baby's 4th birthday!!! I cannot believe that she is already four. She is getting so big and she is sooo bossy!!! She is so full of attitude... but I love her so much!! She brings so much joy into our lives. I don't know what I would do without my little momma's girl. Happy Birthday Baby, I love you!!!

Posers?

2008-12-24T08:27:00.000-08:00

Anymore it is almost impossible to get any good pictures of my children. Either Mahryka is doing that goofy face that she does lately or Kenidi isn't paying attention at all or they just want to make funny faces and not smile for mommy.... so the other night when we were done getting ready to go to one of our Christmas parties I asked the girls if they would please let Momma take some pictures of them since they both looked so pretty.

These are just a few that I was able to take that turned out half decent. They aren't the greatest quality but I was taking the pictures from my phone because I couldn't seem to find my camera :) Kenidi always wants to pose like some little supermodel. It cracks me up!! She is too damn funny!!! As you can see, Mahryka is not too keen on Kenidi hugging on her but she put on her really happy face!!!

These last two are my favorite... Mahryka has a half goofy smile in this picture but I still thought it was cute. She is just getting so big and so grown up. It makes me sad to think she is 5!!! If you look real close, you can see Kenidi's home made bangs LMAO!!! What you can't see in the picture is how she cut big chunks in the front that "taper" around her face and how the back of her hair is so messed up. As mad as it makes me, she is humiliated about it so I think she has learned her lesson.

I love this last picture. I know that I am biased but I just think that my two little girls are the most beautiful kids ever!!! They are my little angels and I am so blessed to have them in my life. Without them, I don't know how I would go on. They are my strength and my happiness at a time when my life is in an uproar. I hope that they always know how much mommy loves them and would do anything for them. Ok... enough with the mushy stuff... They are just damn cute and that is all there is to it!!!

This is for you Beck...

2008-12-18T08:53:00.000-08:00

i am: a MOMMY!!!

i think: my kids are getting too big too fast

i am happy: whenever I am with my babies

i have: an ex husband :(

i miss: my mom and my sister

i fear: death and losing my kids

i feel: alone most of the time... even though I am never alone

i smell: freshly copied paper.... yes, it really does have a smell

i usually: go to bed early

i search: for my shoes every morning

i wonder: if my divorce will ever be final.

i regret: few things I have done in my life

i love: my family

i care: about all of my friends

i tell: everyone what is on my mind!! (Not always a good thing)

i worry: about EVERYTHING

i am not: a mean person like I used to be :) we all have to grow up sometime

i remember: very little...

i believe: in true love.....

i dance: with my girls whenever we get a chance

i sing: with the girls ALL the time

i don’t always: make the right choices

i don’t like: people that judge me

i write: down my feelings all the time. It helps me release!!!

i win: all the time. (even if I dont)

i lose: my mind at least once a day :)

i wish: I could buy a house for the girls to have their own space

i never: exercise... but I should

i listen: to Mahryka sing every morning and night... It is therapuetic to me :)

i don't understand: life.. but I take it day by day

i can usually be found: at work...UGH!!!

i am scared: to lose my girls

i need: new clothes

i forget: everything lately.. I have been soo flaky.. I have too much on my mind!!!

i am happy: that I have my girls... without them, I would be lost

i tag: EVERYONE!!!

Giddy Up!!!

2008-12-18T07:23:00.000-08:00

A couple weeks ago, the girls went and spent the weekend with Auntie Jamie, Uncle Travis, and their cousins; Maika, Anessa, and little baby Kaidance. They always look forward to the time they get to spend over there because the Kings live in BFE and the girls can run wild. Not to mention they have tons of fun things for the kids to do.... Anyway, this particular weekend Travis took all the kids, minus Kenidi (she wanted to stay with her Auntie) to ride horses over at Nana Kings house. Jamie just sent me the pictures of Mahryka on her horse so I thought that I would post a few of them for everyone to see... They are adorable!!!

This is her Princess wave!!! I have so many more pictures of her that are so cute but I don't want to post them all... Thank you Auntie Jamie for always inviting us to come stay the night and for loving us as much as you do... we love you so much too and we value all the time we get to spend with you and the girls....

Who needs hair??

2008-12-14T08:24:00.000-08:00

Last night I went over to my grandmas and the girls decided that they wanted to stay home with my dad. When I got home, I walked into the bathroom, and this is what I saw. I could not figure out what it was....

SO, I yelled to Kenidi to come tell me what was all over the bathroom floor. Honestly, I knew it was hair but I could not figure out where it had come from.... That is when Kenidi let me know that she cut her own hair!!!!

Now if you look real close, she cut the front as close to her scalp as she could. She has this patch in the front that is shorter than a mans hair cut and then she has pieces all over that she just cut half way.... I about died. I wanted to laugh and cry and yell all at the same time!!! I didn't want to laugh cause she would think that it was funny and the next time she found scissors, she would do it again. I didn't want to cry because she already felt bad enough about it and I couldn't yell because it was partially my fault for leaving scissors in her reach.... so this is what we have. A beautiful little girl with beautiful blonde curly hair and a short patch in the front... I tell you what, this little one is going to be the death of me...

Oh Christmas Tree...

2008-12-08T13:58:00.000-08:00

So this year the girls and I went over to my grandmas to help decorate her Christmas tree. My little grandma is such a sweetheart. She totally let the kids have full reign over the decorations and the tree. I thought you all might get a kick out of these pictures...

You will notice in a lot of these pictures Kenidi has a hard time being lady like at all.... And Mahryka looks like a little orphan. It doesn't matter how much time I spend on her hair and how cute I dress her, she always ends up looking homeless

Look at Mahrykas smile in all of these. Lately she has been doing this smile that drives me insane. She looks like the biggest doofus!!! I love her nonetheless... My little Richard!!!

This is what the final product looked like!!! They were so proud!! Needless to say, grandma Becky had to fix it once they went to bed!!!

These pics were just too cute not to post. Decorating the tree just wore Kenidi right out.... She fell asleep watching cartoons like that. She is so funny. When she is tired, she doesn't care where she is or what she is doing, she will go to bed!!!

My First Time...

2008-12-08T08:37:00.000-08:00

So this is the first time that I have ever really done anything like this. Becky is helping me out and I will try to keep up with it and do it right but I might screw something up here and there :) As soon as I can get some pics to put up I will :)