Leaving home at 5am, flying to Nashville, waiting at the airport for 2 hours, then taking a 2 hour shuttle to Chattanooga, spending a night and taking a 2 hour shuttle to Atlanta, having dinner with Phil, Jen and Hayden and driving 1 more hour to finally get to our destination was all worth it! We had a great day and a half with Papa and Didi, and of course a Heavenly time with DDaddy, Nana and family! Butterbean Harvest was in full force again! DDaddy sat and shelled and Trey, Nanna, Jeff and I were the Harvesters! Brooklyn learned to Drive this trip - both the Wagon while Jude sat in it and her own size car - though she wasn't so good at lookin' where she was going and ran into something! Scared us enough to resolve not to ever get her one of those! (: There's always plenty to play with at DDaddy and Nanna's. The pink doll was the favorite this time though - for both Brooklyn and Jude!

C ol o r E x p l o s i o n was the Theme for Brooklyn's Birthday this year and we went all out again (: Did you know there’s a treasure at the end of each rainbow? Today you can find it if you search high and low! Follow the clues to the pot of Gold, But don’t listen to that Leprechaun or You’ll be fooled! To find a rainbow, we must know our colors What comes first in the rainbow? Must you ask your Mothers? RED Red’s our first color, it’s so much fun What’s red and yummy over there? WATERMELON! That’s right, you had better go run ! Now your tummies full and you can run! But first fix this puzzle, it’s all undone! ON THE BACK: Run to the Orange Balloon! Sticky hand on the bench This sticky hand is really tricky, see what color you get but get there quickly! The leprechaun is faster than two, don’t let him get you or he’ll tickle you! Brooklyn loves the game of tennis, with these balls, we could be a menace! The Leprechaun is right around here, Pick up some balls, and lets hit...

I am so excited! I am starting my first Hypnobabies in Chicago on October 1st! There are only 5 spots available, so if you know anyone here that would be interested, please let them know! I have a website hypnobabieswithpaige.com I am also on Facebook and Twitter and would really appreciate if you "Liked it!" Hypnobabies is the leading Childbirth Methodology for Natural Childbirth. It has worked amazingly for both my births and I can't wait to share it with more couples! Please check out my website (I'm still working on it looking a little better, but it's functional for now!)

I made three meals today, went swimming with the kids, got Brooklyn to her first ballet lesson and even had energy clean a bit! We went apple picking and I got $100 worth of fruits and veggies (Counting $25 worth of raw honey and maple syrup (: ) Paige is eating again! Brooklyn was SO excited for her first ballet lesson! Apple Picking in Indiana! The nausea ended over a week ago and I am SO grateful!!! Thank you everyone for the suport, advice and words of encouragement as I went through one of the longest 4 months of my life! My girls for Sista-Nanza 2011 So much has happened since I fell off the blogging band wagon, but most recently, Trey threw a surprise 30th party where 5 of my closest friends flew in to spend an entire weekend in Chicago with me! It was amazing to say the least. The day after they all left, we went down to Tennessee and Georgia to see Trey's family, then the day after we got home, Trey started a new Job! He is enjoying it. Will start a new semester next...

I just read a great article , among the many on powerofmoms.com about Priorities (Power of the Month Moms!) and I loved the line: 'Am I “serving time” instead of serving my family?' because that is the question in my head - I just didn't put it so well! I feel like I'm serving time some days! Watching the clock desperately for the 6:30 mark where I can start getting the kids to bed, (yet somehow not getting them to bed till 8:30 - and i'm not even preparing anything more than cheese and meat or bread and peanut butter for dinner! I am honestly praying that the day nausea ends will come very very soon because I am ready to quit. This is the one job on the planet that you CAN'T quit though, so I just have to hope and pray and know I can't quit but ward God that I will really try if something isn't done about this! It has been the longest 3 months of my life and every day seems like an eternity and every task is just that much harder, takes longer and ...

I love the website: http://www.valuesparenting.com/ It is run by Richard and Linda Eyres. They are the founders of Joy School if you are familiar with that. I met them while I lived in Utah and they absolutely amazing people. In any case, they have recently written a book called: The Entitlement Trap : How to Rescue Your Child with a New Family System of Choosing, Earning, and Ownership It is an amazing parenting resource - as all their books and blogs are They are doing a special promotion today: By pre-ordering the book (following the links at the end of this page), you will: Pay about $12 rather than the $18 the book retails for after its official release Be one of the first to receive the book (you’ll get it September 6th, the very day booksellers get it) If you email your pre-order receipt to honesty@theeyres.com , you'll also receive: A link to a free animated musical audio book for children on Honesty (the first in the applauded children’s CD seri...

If you have met or know my Dad, you probably know why I think he is the most amazing man alive. But this summer, while I was away from my wonderful husband, my Dad pulled through as my real live superman. I was truly a maiden in distress and came to the rescue. He held my hair back and brought me water as I puked, he bought me ice cream when I couldn't eat anything else and didn't even flinch when I ordered a tripple (: and he took care of my two wild kids while I lay around incapacitated, he even taught Brooklyn how to hit her first tennis ball over the net while I slept at home. Where he really went above and beyond is when he took it upon himself to help me ween the most addicted nursing toddler in the history of the world. Jude, at 17 months was still nursing between 6 and 9 times a day! - well I should say night. Since we had been sleeping in the same room since early May, and always where he would wake up several people when he started screaming, he lea...

If you are reading this, you are a true friend, as most people I'm sure have given up on this blog! I have a few excuses, but this explains it best... We are on a cross-continental tour, on my way to a new home in Chicago, currently in week 8 of it. In May, I left our home in Utah for good with our two kids to go up to Calgary, Canada for my sister's wedding. My husband came with us, but went back and packed up the house while I stayed with the kids and visited Calgary and all my loved ones there for a while. (While we were there my Dad got a blood clott and all my family was sick ): Trey joined up with us for a bit in Idaho at my sister Brooke's a few weeks later and now I am back up in Canada, in Osoyoos B.C. for a few weeks until I come down to a training course for Hypnobabies on July 15th (My 30th Birthday!) and finally fly "home" to Chicago. All together I think the trip is 2875 miles of driving and a total of 4900 miles travel in 2.5 months wit...