All the randoms

I havn't been as diligent in my blogging as I would like to be. So here are the little random pictures from the past couple months....

Mondays I do a playgroup with a couple friends from High School. A couple weeks ago we decided to take the kids to the Draper Temple open house. They are at the age where they might remember a few things from it. I think if Jack remembers anything it will be the water that he thought he could put his swimsuit on and go swimming in, and the animals underneath the water. Ha ha.

These are his playgroup friends... Andrew, Millie, and Jack.

(Really I think playgroup is more for us moms, I love chatting with my friends, even though I rarely get through a whole sentance without being interrupted by one of my lovely kids :)

Clara took over Jacks bed. Ha. Just kidding. This little one belongs in her crib. Jacksons new obsession... food coloring in the bath tub. This particular time I accidently left the food coloring next to the tub and he of course added the entire bottle to the water. I kept hearing him say, "wow, it's so dark"... when I went to see what he was talking about - this is what I found....

Jack loves to dress up in his sports clothes, his batman cape, and blue ski goggles. What does he create? In his words exactly.... A Running Player ????

Jack loves to play with this "lap top", as he calls it. Whenever Scott or I am on the computer he sets up shop next to us and works just like we do.

Snowboard trip #2... Scotts sister Jenna, was in town the other week and we went out for another day on the slopes. This picture was takes at the top of the mountian right before the fell that ended the day for me.
It sure was gorgeous up there!

Brad, Jaime, Scott, Me. The fabulous lift ride up!Clara's new favorite... sitting up! She has finally mastered this phase of her little life and LOVES it! She is getting so big...

Jackson rarely falls asleep on the couch... and when he does you know it is because he is absolutley exausted!!!! And this is one little worn out sleeping face.

A few weeks ago, I introduced my friend Melis and her little boy Jackson to the amazing Cabela's. It's like a free zoo for us moms. The kids love it. And apparently Melis loved it too, she found this sexy mannequin and got her dream Spider Man kiss. Ha ha. Here are the two boys at Cabela's. What could be more fun that playing on a swing inside a store with dead animals all around????
My friend Jordan was in town from Boston the other week. Some of us girls were able to get together and go to breakfast while she was here. It was so fun to see everyone! Some of the girls I have not actually seen in person for about 5 years!

From left to right:

Alicia (holding her jackson, Abby (holding alicia's andrew), Jhordan (holding her neice), Heather, Me, and Amanda (holding her millie). It was so fun to see you girls, let's not let time go so long next time!

Things have been so busy, and we have been having alot of fun. Hopefully I will get more on top of this blogging thing so that I don't have to do a make-up post like this one.

Jack's Family Party

Monday night we did a birthday party for Jack with my family. As everyone arrived and Jackson saw all of his presents he could hardly stand to wait to open them. But his mean mommy made him wait until after dinner. It was so fun watching his excitment build.

He got this Spider Man mask from my mom. It is meant for the water but I can garuntee you that he will be wearing this every hour of the day! I was a little "caked-out" so I made a delicous apple turnover dessert. It's probley the most unhealthy thing I have EVER made. But it is soooo worth it!

My mom and dad also gave him this great baseball machine. It is amazing, I wish I knew how to add clips from my video camera on here.... but you step on the red button on the bottom and the machine picks up a ball, plays music, and puts in place for you to swing. It is awesome! Hey batta batta batta!

Nana loves Jack. Nana loves Jack. Nana loves Jack. (mom you are probley the only one who gets this) Jack loves his nana. Jack loves his Nana. Jack loves his nana. :)
The best papa in the whole world.

Jack also got 2 guns from his Aunt Cami and Judd (they figured he better start young), Extra fun coloring books from Candi and AJ and Abo, and puzzles and card games from Henry and Jetta. Thanks everyone! Jack loves you all so much!

Jack turns 3 years old!

February 27th, my little Jackson turned 3 years old! I seriously cannot believe that 3 years have gone by already. We had some fun celebrations with the little guy... here is where it all began ...

Friends Birthday Party.
We decided to do a Sports themed party. For those of you that do not know, he is obsessed with any and every sport out there... and he is extra competitive... sounds just like his dad right??? Yep.

So we had some athletic games for all the kids to participate in:

• Basketball shoot-out
• Racing Lanes
• Long Jump
• Soccer ball kicking

I think the racing lanes were the favorite, the kids kept wanting to go back to it.
At one point, Davis (Jacks cousin) and Jackson (my Jacks friend) had a pretty hard core stare down at another... mean faces, scrunching of noses, and I think even a few growls... it was hilarious. Boys will be boys. Jacks friends... Sophia, Davis, and Tyson.

After we played all the fun games, each of the kids earned a Medal... everyone is always a winner!THEN.... we had the most shocking surprise... Spider Man (Jacks most favorite Super Hero in the entire world) showed up at the party!!!!!Jack was in awe! Some of the kids were a little scared of our Super Hero friend... but the Birthday boy loved it (and that's all that really matters).
Go Spidey!
The kids enjoyed pizza, chips, and of course we can't forget the veggies. Not all of the kids indulged in the carrots and celery - but a few did. Way to go healthy kiddo's.Can I say... PRESENTS??? It was almost better than Christmas! He got endless amounts of awesome gifts. It was funny watching him open the presents with all of the other little kids around, they were all trying to give them their gifts they had brought him, a few of them even opened up their gifts on their own because they were so excited. Gift opening was a little crazy. My sister told me that with her little boys party she waited to open the gifts until after the kids had gone home. After our experience, I might have to take her advice and do that next year.
And don't forget the cake. I had a great idea from my friend Alicia to do a Baseball and bat. She did it for her little boy and I fell in love... so here it is. It was pretty easy to make, and it's always fun to get creative.

We ended with a pinata. The kids went home with A TON of candy. I apologize to the parents for all that sugar... (sorry).

We had a ton of fun. It was definitely insane with 10 kids. After the party my mom told me that usually you invite the amount of kids for how old the child is. That would be 3 for Jack. Ha. I guess I missed that in the Birthday How To Do's?!?

Happy Birthday little Guy! Here are my favorite things about you right now!

1. You are the definition of ACTIVE!

2. You love to help your mommy around the house.

3. You are so sweet to your sister and love to give her kisses and wipe her spit-up from around her mouth.

4. You are so smart and love to learn. You and daddy do chemistry together and every time you are shocked at what you see.

5. Whenever you play basketball you give us hugs and kisses depending on if you make it or miss it.

6. You make me call you Batman, Superman, or Spider man depending on what you are wearing.

7. You are insanely organized. Especially with your room, it has to be just so... and your bedtime routine has to be the same every night or you refuse to go to sleep. (maybe you do have some genes from your mom?)

8. You get mad when mom moves Clara's car seat to the other side of the car. You love her right next to you so that you can make faces at her and watch see her smile and laugh back at you.

9. You love to sing. Your favorite song is 'I'm Yours by Jason Mraz'.

10. Every time we pull in the garage you can't wait to get out and run upstairs to scare daddy at his desk. Sometimes you even run right past him and don't even notice him because your excitement is running so high!

I love you Jack... your my favorite little guy!

tired? yes. sleep? no.

It is 3:00 am ... and I am awake. I can't sleep. Am I exhausted? Yes!!!! But I have been laying in bed with my mind going 100 miles a minute and I can't calm it down... so what do I do? Blog of course.

It has been a crazy week. Monday started off with a trip to the Draper Temple open house with some friends from high school and their kids. I went a couple weeks ago with my family but didn't take Jack because I was worried about if he would 'understand' it. But all through out the temple all I could think about was how much he would LOVE it! So I got some friends together and we took the little ones out and taught them all about the temple, and what mommy and daddy do when they go. It was so fun to watch Jacks curious face and hear some of the questions that he had. He really is a smart kid, he learns quickly and loves the details.

Later that night I got together with my girlfriends in the ward and enjoyed our weekly BACHELOR PAR-TAY! All I can say is 'drama drama drama!" but I am soooo excited for the finale!

Scotts sister Jenna has been in town for the week. We have had a lot of Randall family time, including another trip up to Sundance for a day of snowboarding. It would have been fun, except that we thought we would be brave and head up to the top (i mean top top, like back country top) of the mountain and see how well we could do. It was a complete ice rink. And of course, I fell right on my tailbone, I landed hard, I think Scott said I even bounced. So needless to say the snowboarding day that I was looking so forward to ended right then and there.

Tomorrow (or I guess today) is my little Jacksons birthday. He is 3 years old!!!!! We are doing a friends birthday party for him, and he is soooo excited! It is all about sports. Football, baseball, basketball, soccer... it fits Jackson. If you know my kid he was born a sports fanatic, but of course it doesn't help when his dad is teaching him all of the teams, their colors, and their nick names. But of course when mom trys to talk to Jackson about it - he responds by saying - "no, just daddy knows those things". Oh-well, I have my little girl. Scott and Jack can do sports, while Clara and mom do hair, nails, makeup and clothes.

I have had major hair disasterssssss this week. Emphasis on the 's' because there have been multiple. It started with me wanting to color it. I can buy all the hair products with my esthetics liscense so I get the 'ligit' stuff and do it. I have my favorite color - it's redken. But I have to drive to Provo to get it, and I was lazy so I went to Sally's and got color there. Once there and looking at my options, I noticed there were very few demi (semi permanent) color options but tons of permanent. So I decided to just go with permanent so that I could get the color that I wanted. I go home and start to apply... it quickly starts to process and I notice it turning dark, much darker than I had anticipated (i was going for a brown)... I watch it closely and decide to take it out early because of the dark color I was seeing. So I wash, I start to dry and what color do I see???? BLACK. Yes that is right, JET BLACK. I freaked. I had to deal with it for a day... and during that time I got a lot of looks, and some sighs and some 'so... you did your hair?'. It was bad. I called my life saver friend Tracie that does hair and always has the answer to all my hair disasters. She said Baby Shampoo (because that is the most clarifying) and 1 tsp of baking soda should help lighten it. I did it immediately, and some of the color came out, but remember... I bought permanent hair color!?! Yeah - this BLACK color was in their good. So then she sent me to get a color stripper. I did it that day - and THANKGOODNESS it stripped that BLACK right out. So then, knowing my hair was compeltly stripped I applied an intense repair conditioning cream and left that on for about 1 hour.... and that was a good thing, nothing went wrong there. But as my hair was drying I noticed it was a bit orange. But honestly - that orange was better than the black, I promise! So then my friend helped me apply the REDKEN color that I love and we were able to get my hair back to my normal brown! Hoo-ray!!!!!!!!

So... for those of you that just read that entire post (don't forget it's 3:00 in the am and I can't sleep), congratulations - you know what I did this week. And for those of you that truely enjoyed it, when I am no longer in bed I will download all the pictures from this week and you can relive this post once again ;)

EAT.TO.LIVE.

I am doing another cooking/health class. The first one was fabulous and I wanted to give those of you that could not make it another chance!!! Please let me know if you are interested in coming so that I can give Melissa a good idea of how much food to buy.

When: Thursday February 26 @ 7:00 pm
Where: McCall Randalls House

RSVP: e-mail, facebook, or blog...

p.s. THIS CLASS WILL NOT DISAPPOINT.... MELISSA IS FABULOUS... YOU WILL LEARN SOOOOO MUCH!!!!

Cooking. Health. Weight loss.
Come learn how to cook organic, vegan, vegetarian and healthy foods.


Do you have cravings?
Do you want to change your diet?
Do you want to loose weight?
Do you understand what "organic" means?
Do you suffer from stomach aches and migraines?


Who will I be learning from?
Melissa, a health and fitness instructor, who has studied nutrition since she was 16, has suffered from stomach aches and migraines since she was 4. She began to eliminate unhealthy foods based on the book Eat To Live by Dr. Joel Furman. The first month she did this, she lost 30 pounds, her migraines went away and her energy levels were higher than she had ever experienced. She has now inspired people all over the West Coast, helped individuals reduce stomach pains and bloating, and guided many towards significant weight loss.


Melissa will…
- Talk about making this a part of your life, not a diet.
· Help you know how to eliminate cravings for sweet and salty foods.
· Talk about the importance of detoxifying your organs.
· Talk about weight loss tips
· She will give a diet plan to those interested.
· She will be cooking 2 fantastic and HEALTHY dishes.
· Give yoga, pilates and running tips to help you stay healthy inside and out.


Detox.
She will be offering wholesale Seasource Detoxes for $75 each as the retail for them is $120. This is for those that want a boost of antioxidants, and or want to loose weight.


If you are interested in learning about staying healthy, need to loose weight, have health questions or willing to commit to at least 3 weeks of this… PLEASE COME! You will never feel better than before, and that is a guarantee.


Just $20.00 for the class!


If you have any questions please contact Melissa at melissanne29@gmail.com

L.O.V.E.

We spent the entire day snowboarding at Sundance. It has been about 5 years since the last time I went so I was basically starting from ground zero. I fell just about every time I got off the lift, face planted and landed really hard on my back more than just a few times, got stuck in powder and wanted to stay there the rest off the day because it was too exausting to get out, and had soooo much fun I am planning on going back this week!!!!!!

Here we are getting ready at the beginning... full of energy!We went with some of Scott's family.
Scott, Me, Brad (scotts brother), Jaime, Kristen(scotts sister), Lisa(scotts mom).

This is all of us after we got out of the powder. We were completly worn out!
Me. Having fun, but still tired.

Later that night, Scott completly surprised me with a poem! No, I am not kidding. But he wouldn't let me post it... although it was so sweet, and really impressive.

We ended the night with dinner at Goodwood BBQ. At dinner we tried to think of things to tell eachother that we didn't know - it sparked some pretty funny conversations and we actually learned a few new things about eachother.

For Valentines Day I made Scott a video of our "Love Story"... here it is for your viewing pleasure!

Make an on-line slideshow at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Scott,

You are the love of my life. I am so lucky to have you!

Love,

Me.

25 Random Things

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

1. I love Red Bull. I could live off it, but Scott limits me to only 2 per week.

2. I have been in 4 car accidents. Three of them were in high school, the last and the worst one was when Scott and I were dating, I took my eyes of the road for one second, went off the road, over corrected, when into a ditch and rolled end over end. I had my seat belt on but was knocked unconscious. Scott didn't have a seat belt on - but amazingly staying in the car and walked away with a only a sore neck. But don't worry - since then, I have a clean record.

3. When I was little I would memorize songs by writing down the lyrics and then I would sing them over and over again until I didn't have to read the words anymore.

4. In Junior High I only had 6 or 7 shirts that I liked to wear, and I had days of the week that went with each shirt.

5. I have never paid for a spa treatment...i.e. facials, waxing, chemical peels, microdermabrasion, massages...

6. I love eating healthy. I love my vegetables.

7. On the other hand, I love my candy. But I just started the "no candy" diet. Wish me luck!

8. I am an impulsive buyer. When I see something I like, I want to buy it right then. This has gotten me into trouble with Scott more than just a couple times.

9. I am a clean freak. I cannot go to bed with a messy house, dirty dishes, undone laundry... it's really frustrating. I even organize Scott's closet - even though he could care less.

10. I am not at all spontaneous, but I wish I was.

11. I hate eating out. I think it is a complete waste of money to spend on food that is never that good anyways. I would rather stay home and eat a sandwich.

12. I love to cook, but rarely does Scott get a home cooked meal.

13. I hate Sushi.

14. I can't dance. Seriously. I can't even do step classes at the gym.

15. I wore a dress to church a couple Sunday's ago - that is first dress I have worn since I was a kid.

16. When I smile, one eye squints more than the other. Look at any picture of me smiling and you will see it.

17. My right eye has a freckle in it.

18. When I was about 15 months I burned my hands on the front of the stove (back then it was just glass and got hot on the outside). I now have scars on the palms of my hands.

19. I have an outie belly button.

20. I am scared to walk up the stairs at night. If Scott is with me, I make him walk behind me, and if I am by myself I sprint... fast.

21. When I was little I was embarrassed to sing normally in front of my family, so I would make myself sound terrible. But then I auditioned for the Salt Lake Children's Choir and actually got in and they realized that I had always been faking it.

22. I only have a few really good friends.

23. My favorite evening retreat... turn out the lights, turn on some chill music and take a nice long bubble bath.

24. I love spending money on other people.

25. I broke my wrist in 2nd, 3rd, and 5th grade. I got stitches in kindergarten and in 3rd grade. I was a bit of a klutz back then.

I guess I am supposed to tag 25 people - but I don't know if I even have 25 people on my sidebar... so I guess I will say... if you read this - then tag!
*I also did this on face book - so sorry for the reiteration.