Heres Whats Happenin'

The past few days have been great weather. And by great weather, I mean the sun is out from behind the clouds and it is in the 30's. Still cold but Better than the bitter cold and snow that always happens here. I never, ever want to live here. The older I get, the more I hate the cold. I could probably stand the Colorado cold but that's as far as I go. It hurts my body. My skin is cracking and flaky all over. I itch constantly. I have to wear socks all the time.....and I hate wearing socks. With a passion. Oh Des Moines, I don't really like you that much but you will have to do for the next 3 yrs....

Did I tell you I got a new calling?? I am a Relief Society counselor. Ya, don't know who was smoking what when they thought to put me there, but for some reason I am there. And totally lost. I went from one extreme to the other. I have been in nursery since our 2nd week here. I don't know anyone except the little nursery kids and now I have to know all the sisters and their needs. I am considering myself highly inadequate for the job, and I am struggling to find the reason why the Lord wants me there. Probably a lot more for me than for someone else. I probably shouldn't admit this out loud, but I am not a big fan of relief society and I think Heavenly Father caught on to it and is teaching me a lesson...and chuckling to himself. =)

I Forget

I was in such a hurry to get out the door and to the store before Brett got home at 5. I had to return a pair of shoes to Kmart I had gotten online within 10 days and it was the last day I could do it so I had to go. I had to hurry so I could come home and get things ready for dinner. I bundled up the kids. Heated up the car. Strapped Cason in. Go back inside to get Adalie. Strap Adalie in. Go back to get my big sweat shirt on and lock the door. I get to Kmart and I am at the service desk when I realized something felt odd.....I forgot to put on a bra. I hurried fast and drove straight home. Good thing I had a big sweat shirt on and hopefully no one noticed saggy susie walking around town. My life is a little embarrassing.

BigSeats

It is crazy to think that this little guy is almost a yr old. Saturday he got to ride in a "big boy seat" He hasn't been fitting in his infant seat for almost over a month now and we finally got the go ahead to put him into his front facing seat. Cason is a little chunker already weighing in at 22 lbs. He is a way happier baby in the car now that he can see everyone and look out the window...
Reminds me that it was once this little girl in the same seat long ago.

So cute that they are growing up....and a little scary

Cell Phones on Sunday

Sunday after the sacrament was passed I had to slip out and run back home. i had forgotten a Relief Society hand out so I left Brett alone with the kiddos at church. I made it home but a trip that was supposed to take 10 or 15 minutes kind of turned into 20 to 30 because I couldn't get the printer to work. Brett got a little worried about me so he stepped outside in the foyer with the kids to call me. Except I didn't have my phone. Where was my phone? In the diaper bag. Where was the diaper bag? In sacrament meeting under our church bench where we were sitting. I had forgotten to turn off my phone. Brett didn't even know the phone was ringing because he was outside. There was no one inside to stop the ringing. What makes this story a little more embarrassing besides a phone ringing during someones talk for about 30 seconds? The ringtone..... It was Honky Tonk ba Donky Donk. The butt song. There is a good side to this story though. I don't think anyone knew it was our phone. The person behind us thought it was his ipod going off so he ran outside to try and stop the ringing from his phone so everyone thought it was his. Haha. By the end of church though the guy had figured out that it was Brett's and came up to him and said, "that was your phone wasn't it? It's ok though, everyone thinks it was mine since I jumped up and ran out. So I covered for you." Brett says I am never aloud to bring my phone to church again. Not even on silent. He also wants me to change my ringtone so no one will ever know it was us.

UpperGi

Tomorrow I am going in for an Upper GI. The colonoscopy didn't really find a solution to my stomach issues so now they are going in from the top! Hopefully they find something....but not something scary. I am sure it will be a great day for Brett though since I will be loopy all day from the anesthesia. Last time I had a four conversation loop with him...."Did you get to study at all?" "Adalie, where are your pants?" (I had taken them off when we walked inside because she got them wet trotting through the snow) "This chicken sandwich is so good" and "Did you eat my chicken sandwich?" I was also convinced I could have driven myself home and Brett didn't have to come with me. We also apparently stopped at the grocery store where I wanted chips and picked out a chocolate covered strawberry. I didn't remember getting the strawberry and told Brett how sweet he was for getting me one that day. Seriously this conversation went on for about 3 hrs and I was clonked out cold for the rest of the day. i don't remember my children. I don't remember changing. I don't even remember making it up the stairs for bed. I woke up around 1a.m. thinking how did I get here??? So, it should be a fun day tomorrow.

We will let you know how it goes....maybe I should try and write a post while I am loopy, that might be a funny one. Ha.

SomeTimes

Sometimes I catch moments where Adalie and Cason really do like each other. I was in the Kitchen making dinner and poked my head into the living room to see this... Adalie was stroking Cason's hair. In primary on Sunday, the teacher asked if the kids had a best friend...Adalie raises her hand and screams out "My best friend is Cason!" I want my kids to be best friends. And even though most of the time they scream and hit and bite each other....I know every now and then I will catch them loving each other.

aPoem

There once was a mother of two
Who had a million and one things to do
She cooked and she cleaned
Did some laundry in the machine
Now she nominates the folding to you

Don't forget to put them away too...
Socks go in the bottom drawer
Thanks

TubesPart2

Well Tubes went Ok for Little Man. We got there at 6:45, he went in at 8:20 and was out by 8:35. The actual procedure took like 10 minutes, but the waiting around was terrible. I felt so bad when I handed him over to the anesthesiologists...he had no idea what hat lady was about to do to him. And boy did he wake up piiiissssssedddd. They came and got me when he started to come out of the anesthetic and he was kicking and screaming his head off. Poor kid didn't know where he was and where he had just been. It took 30 minutes to get him to stop screaming and hitting me. I wonder where his mind went during it all...He hated me all almost day. Right when we got home he clung to his daddy and cried every time Brett tried to hand him over to me or he left the room without Cason. He was pretty great by the evening though, playing and laughing and I even got a few cuddles with him last night. Hopefully I am forgiven.

Tubes

I have to post something else. I am sure Brett doesn't enjoy his sick post every time he gets on here. Although, I don't have much to post about really. Today is a boring catch up day full of chores and winey babies. Cason has to have tubes in his ears tomorrow. Poor kid. But he has had a double ear infection literally every other week since October. And his sleeping habits are off the wall. Hopefully the poor kid will get a break with the surgery and the suffering on both our parts will stop. Not excited about getting there at 6am-ish though. He also doesn't get to eat after 12 so I will have myself one cranky baby in the a.m. is well. Anywho, I know the surgery isn't a big deal but I am still way worried for my little man. Cross your fingers it all goes well.

Poor Brett

Well for the 3rd time in our 5 yr marriage Brett is sick. And when I say sick....I mean like a dog. That's the saying right? Sick like a dog?? The first year we got married, he was up all night with food poisoning...I had even found him the next morning out of our bed and asleep on the bathroom floor. I was never aloud to bring home Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce again. 2nd time was when he and I both got sick together with the swine flu in December '09. Last Night it seemed like food poisoning was yet again the answer as Brett spent most of the night on the bathroom floor again. Poor guy, he is never sick....there is something magical in the Sorensen boy jeans that I wish my kids would've inherited. Poor guy. Now we are never going to be able to have sweet and spicy slow cooked ribs again. Sad, because they were really, really good going down. Not so much coming up though...Hope you feel better babe.

The Bank

Every time I pull into the Bank drive through I have a mini heart attack. Why you ask?? Because, no matter how many times I do it, I ALWAYS forget how to fill out a deposit slip or forget how to get cash back and I am afraid of the judging eyes of the teller behind the window....hence why I usually never go straight to the window and I always park at the furthest drive thru thingy. The other day, i was not so lucky because the window teller was the only one open. It took forever to fill out the deposit form, I checked about thirty times to make sure every t was crossed and i dotted, and I am sure the lady was wondering what the heck my deal was. I never made eye contact with her....I was afraid her stare would make me feel stupid. As I slid the slip and my driver's license though the whole, I kept my eyes down and even pretended to talk to Adalie so I wouldn't have to look at the teller while she looked at my slip. Then I heard the microphone crackling
"Hi Mrs. Sorensen how are you?" "I am good thank you and you?" "Great. I'm afraid though I can't cash your check here though as this is MetLife Bank and not Bank of America, that is next door. Would you like to open and account with us today?"

I pulled in one parking lot too soon. Nice one Lydia. Now my anxiety of the Bank increases...

Loss Of Social Networking

My internet and phone has been out since the day we got home and I have been trying to get it to work and now I am getting a few minutes of airtime so I better write and make the most of it! Getting home was bitter sweet...mostly bitter because of family missed and school starting again. Sweet because we had our own beds again LoL. Brett is finding it hard to get back into the swing of things with school and the kids are extra clingy and needy for attention since the got boocoos of it during the break. I am currently trying to get them back on a schedule which did not exist on vacation.
The New Year came in and I didn't make many goals since we were on the road....Monday will be our day to start things off. Brett and I have to sit down and make some. Anywho, all week long I thought of tons of fun things to write about on our blog but the minute I gave up on our internet, it started working and now I can't remember a thing to write about. Here are a few pictures though of our adorable children I forgot to post from Christmas....Hopefully the blogging mind will come back to me again soon and the internet will be working then.