PRESSURE

Pressure. I haven't posted in so long that I felt that I needed to make a spectacular comeback. I thought and thought but nothing came to me. Mommy brain. So to relieve the pressure I am simply posting new pics.

ADDICTION.....it's not pretty.

BLOG TAG

A: The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B: Each player answers the questions about themselves.
C: At the end of the post, the player then tags 3 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog

10 years ago: I was sweet 16...being asked on my first date and being grounded from going.

5 things on my to-do list today:
1. Feed children Breakfast, clean it up
2. Feed children Lunch, clean it up
3. Feed children supper….any pattern here?
4. Finish the Poisonwood Bible
5. Yoga at 4:30…..to quote Lainie, “my sanity”

5 Snacks I enjoy:……OR NOT
1. Trader Joes chocolate covered pretzels…..salty and sweet blended seamlessly into one dangerous little concoction.
2. I actually eat a ton of things that perhaps do not taste wonderful but that make me feel better….like Spirilina……enough said.
3. Almonds
4. Ants on a log…yes I know how geeky that really is.
5. Thunder……instant protein in the disguise of chocolate….with less sugar than milk….that my friends is perfection.

What would do if I were suddenly made a billionaire:
Move to Europe, travel, get a masters degree, hire cleaning help so I could read more, see every Broadway play in New York, buy a cozy cottage at the beach and decorate it myself in one fell swoop…..not in stages.

5 Places I have lived….or three ‘cause that’s all I got
1. San Francisco, CA...best and worst year of my whole life. But that is a tale for another time.
2. Provo, UT: in the most beat up but perfectly me 1890’s victorian home. Oh… and Deseret Tower on BYU campus and a host of other equally depressing apartments.
3. Alberta, Canada….basically every small town there….a shout out to Raymond, Calgary, Edmonton, Taber and Lethbridge.

Jobs that I have had
1. Mother
2. Preschool Teacher….fifteen 3&4 year olds in a room smaller than my living room for 5 hr a day…...Surprisingly this is the job I loved the most. I think because each day was such a challenge.
3. Fundraiser coordinator for a non-profit organization.
4. Secretary

5 things people don't know about me:
1. I dance alone in my living room after everyone goes to bed at least once a week.
2. I once went on a date to a Born Again Christian concert on a Indian reservation……..
3. I love the pioneer women. Check out her blog by typing it into Google…..SO FUNNY!
4. I want to learn another language….Portuguese of French
5. I think my natural hair color is hideous. Not light enough to be truly blonde nor dark enough to be a brunette. I must live in limbo continuously dyeing and trying to decide just what color really defines me…….
I now tag Evelyn, Lainie and Nicole.

OUR WICKED MOMMY Poor Katie, not only did she have to plan the entire event but she also had to chaperone! You would never guess that the rowdy bunch of 16 MOTHERS would have behaved so much like children. It was just way too fun. Thanks Katie for getting us to the show.....despite our best efforts to miss every shuttle and for taking the heat from the hotel. WWF wrestling sure can be loud! We love you Katie.

WICKED WEEKEND
WAS ........TRULY WICKED. Third year girls really know how to party.

Meet the gang: Byron and Levi-can't-smile-with-teeth ( A serious problem in the Nalder household), Grandpa-wide-mouth-frog (Mom i know how you love it when he does this face so this is special for you), the"you-can-never guess-what-our favorite-color-is"gang. (Katie, Breanne, Brielle, Emme and Me), and of course the naughty Uncle Devon teaching my son how to "tickle torture". Poor Dani! And last of all my mother in the background in her housecoat. I only saw her dressed twice the whole week that is how much she loves her housecoat. No... I am not kidding. We love you crazy people and miss you!!! Mum & Dad have fun in Hawaii and you kids behave yourself!

Christmas in CANADA

It was my first time home in a year and it was a ball. Bobby took the kids sledding and skating on my parents pond. Benny thought he had died and gone to heaven while Emme wasn't entirely sure about the white cold stuff. She liked sitting on the sled but falling face first into the snow was another matter indeed!

Some fun with iPhoto

Merry Christmas

Hey mum, dad, ummmm, kinda stuck here......could use a little help.....the camera...what the? Can you please stop laughing put the camera down and get me out of here? I mean it....I'm really mad...... If I ever get out of here there will be no more cute performances of "itsy bitsy spider" or the "Pledge of Alliegance". No? That's it...you are officially cut off....... OHHH....the humiliation.

Emme loves the just back from the hairdresser feeling as illustrated by the cheesy binkie grin. She is feeling fresh and fabulous and doesn't mind a bit that her hairdresser was a kitchen knife wielding three year old, who cannot cut a strait line on paper, merrily snipping away precariously close to vital body parts. Nope, She didn't mind a bit.

The pics are for you Lee. Enjoy.

This is one Hot Mama. Kelti is the real superhero of the Palmer family whatever she might say to the contrary--so don't let her fool you! Ben and Emme say, "Mommy rocks hardcore" so take their word for it. I think she's pretty much the best too.

Benny sure misses his "grandma" and "grandma."

Benny's worst nightmare finally occurred. I've never seen a little boy more devastated and for those who have seen Benny's "sad" face you truly know what I mean. Yes Lightening McQueen fell in the toilet. Yes, Ben was in the process of using the toilet, and, yes it wasn't the type of toilet visit that could be done standing up. Like any stalwart mother I closed my eyes, plunged in (no pun intended) and retrieved Benny's best friend. Was it awful? Yep Was it totally worth the look of adoration and love on Benny's face when I presented a totally sanitized and safe lightening McQqueen. Yep...well almost.

Daddy Extraordinaire......
Just a quick note to my sweet husband, the most extraordinary father and the strength of our family. We love our Daddy!

Our Little Lady

Joy school has been such a growing experience for Benny. I already see a major difference in his attention span, a blessing considering he moves up to primary this December. May heaven help us all! I will often hear him singing Joy school songs, " we never hit, or kick or push...." and he loves to burst into the pledge of alliegiance which sounds more like, " I pwedge awegience to the flag of anated states of anemaerica and to the wepuglic for it stands, one mation, under God, indiwisable for liberty and wustice for wall!"