I thought milk was bad....

this week Kenadee put half a jar of vaseline in one side of her hair!!! awesome!!!!



when asked "what is in your hair Kenadee?" she matter of factly said... "its vassy mom" PERFECT!!

p.s. for those of you who may encounter this problem in the future: don't bother trying to wash it out with water. (vaseline is water resistant... its kind of its core purpose) but corn starch will get it out:) nothing like learning the hard way!

Joy List

A few years back I took a class that required each student to make a Joy List. A list of anything and everything you could think of that brings you joy. The point was to think of all the small, simple things that make us happy every day and to remember that life is full of positive and worthwhile things even if they are little. Since then, I sometimes wonder - what things do I enjoy right now that aren't on my original list?- Here are the latest top 5.... I hope to keeping adding to my Joy list!

1. Fresh Strawberry Shakes
2. Michael Jackson's pre-white music
3. Alias (the tv show)
4. Sidewalk Chalk
5. eyes lips face cosmetics

Here comes Peter Cottontail...

a few pics of our Easter morn... Kenadee was still more excited about the grass and the basket than what was in it. She really wanted to wear both of them around her neck for some reason. Then she discovered there was chocolate quack quacks and that was the end of grass and basket wearing!



The Grass/necklace



The Basket/necklace


The chocolate quack quack


Easter Dress!

A typical day...

So just as we are headed out the door...already pushing it to be on time wherever it was we were going... I run to the bathroom to turn off my flat iron and run right back out... maybe 10 seconds... MAYBE... and this is what I find...





I knew I shouldn't have left Kenadee in the highchair unsupervised! she dumped out her milk, swished her hands all around in it, and rubbed them in her hair... repeatedly. By the time she had finished she looked like a tiny used car salesman! sorry folks... we're late again!!!

The Big Night!!!!

what's more exciting than Prom??!!! well let me tell you...Its been a pretty big deal in the Benson household this year since the only girl after 5 boys was finally able to go! Heidi was nice enough to let us take a few pics of her and her date before the dance.

no...vern was not her date

her real date

heidi!

Sunny St George!

The sun does exist!!! There for awhile we were starting to believe that this alleged sun was only a mythical magical creature that existed only in the land of fairy tales... turns out its just 5 hours south!! We headed down to St. George for our annual Rowser family "spring break". It wasn't quite girls gone wild but 2 uninterrupted hours of reading by the pool (for me) and a daily round of golf with the boys (for skyler) was SO much better than topless ladies!!! It was heaven!! The whole family was able to make it this year and despite losing the battle of real bedroom vs. air mattress in the living room, we had a blast!! Ally, Reese, and Kenadee had a ball playing together for 4 days straight! since we've been home Kenadee has been so bored by herself! All she talks about are her cousins! It was a much needed release from the everyday grind and we hope to find the sun in Morgan soon!!

Hello, my name is Ashley....

and I have a blogging problem. There, I said it. I realize its not an addiction(the complete opposite actually) but hopefully... somewhere... there's a 12 step program out there to save me. alot has happened in the last three months and to save you from all the blah blah blah nobody cares, I have compiled a concise, bullet pointed list of whats been taking up all of our time since BEFORE CHRISTMAS!!
- Moved (to Morgan)
- Moved again (still in Morgan)
- Birthday Palooza (that's what we call the 12 days from my birthday to Skyler's. other names include The 12 days of Celebration and Birthday Hanukkah) This year's events including Body Worlds, sledding, and me getting the flu. Sorry Skyler... your birthday sucked
- More family birthdays (Jenn's 30th congratulations and don't kill me for blogging it to everyone! Thanks to her mom we had a blast at her party making our own Italian sodas and scored some killer homemade spa swag!! We also celebrated the Debster's birthday with a little family shindig at her house- always a good time!)
-Updating/Redecorating our new place (my Grandpa's house) on a slim/non-existent budget. so far our coffee table has been transformed into a storage bench and we have found that cookie sheets make great magnet boards/wall decor...well.... sort of
- Had to speak in church (kill me)
- Had to teach 12 year olds in church (please poke my eyes out)
- Skyler coaches church ball
- Ashley has to give volleyball clinic to the young men (ba hahahahahah hahahaha ha)
- 3 year anniversary!!! I am reminded daily that I have the best husband ever!!
- Kenadee is 17 months old and talks...mostly about her "Debbies","Ah-yee", and her "ah ah ahs" which is her grandmas, Ally, and her many toy and stuffed monkeys. oh and "yoey" which is yogurt. she seriously lives on yogurt alone. its frightening.
- Cole and Jenn are having a girl!!!
- And last but not least, we spent a lovely evening in the ER last night with what turned out to be (to everyone's surprise) absolutely nothing- fun!!!!!!!

well that was a pretty feeble attempt at being concise but I think we are now caught up! now that everything is finally settling down, we have high hopes of staying on track in the blogging world (wish us luck). I also owe apologies to many of you who I promise I will call back!!! you know who you are. I should add being a bad friend to that list! but until you hear from know that despite recent gossip, I have not fallen off the planet!