I am just doing another post of the entire week at once. That seems to be about the quickest way to get it done, and quick seems to be working for me right now. I love to do hair, and I appreciate my clients and them tolerating my kids, but I does have its hard times. I will give you a little insight to why its hard but I don't have any pics. On tues I had about 10 min left with my client. Tate came in from outside covered in mud and shivering. I put him in my bath and figured he would be ok for that long. Before long I heard Ty making noise, and I thought she was in her bed asleep. He decided to get her up and put her in the bath as well. As I was walking down the hall I could smell chocolate cake or something. As I went in my bathroom Tate was stirring with my broom in the tub. He opened 3 boxes of devils food cake mix and dumped them in the bath. Ty thought it was great, she was licking it up as fast as she could. My 1st instinct was to be mad and then you just start to wonder how in the world does he come up with this. It was a big mess but he just wanted to make a cake so you cant be to mad!!! Brooklyn had a book report due on Friday and you would have thought that I was back in 2nd grade again. Ya its maybe a pride issue but I have to make sure that her report is top notch. Needless to say I spent countless hours working on the thing. I would end up working most the day and then get to my school work at night. Lets hope she gets a good grade. I am elated that its turned in and my nights wont be devoted to 2nd grade. On Wed night Chad and I went to a Christmas party in Tuscon for the manufactured homes of Az. Ya need I say more but we had a great time and won many gifts. We won a bottle of wine, go figure the only Mormons in the room would win that. Also we got a gift card to Target and a cute Santa figurine that I left on the table. We also won this nice rock thing I dont even know what it is but it makes me laugh when I see it. I loved the Santa but was carrying an ipod docking station as well and didnt have enough hands. Owell we had fun and enjoyed laughing about all the drunk people. You do what you have to do to make money right.
Now you see why its funny? I think most of the people there thought this was a prize to be won. Thanks Kristine and Ky for watching my kids again. I wont bore you with the rest of my week. Seriously its just busy, I think mostly because I have 2 little kids that are amazing with what they come up with, why I am trying to work. I have to say that I will be glad when Christmas is through and things slow down. I know everyone feels the same way so good luck staying sane. Oh and thanks Mom and Michelle for helping me out with Tate on Thurs night. I love you both and appreciate your selflessness!!

Our week in a nutshell.....

Well it feels like it has been crazy busy since the last time I posted. Not sure if it really is or my work schedule is just busy. Either way there is lots to post. On Mon we went and had our family pictures done with Chea Lamb. She is awesome!! We are not the easiest family to photograph,Ty wanted nothing to do with it and Tate loves to be a ham but, is not always making the most perfect face. Owell that is what its all about, and B is always looking good. There are 363 in all but I think we will use this one for our cards. If you want to see any of the others look on chealamb.com. K so that was Monday and Tues. was nothing to exciting. Wed we had Breckens bday party. We went to Julie and Brandons for pizza and cake and ice cream. If you party Cummard style you must do home made ice cream. Thats like the greatest treat ever. I think I had it a total of 3 times before and now its quite often. Anyways, Brecken and Tate are 2 peas in a pod. They are so much alike and love the same things. It makes it fun since Tate will be the only boy in this Cummard family at least he has some good cousins to play with. If it werent for Cache coming over ever time Tate yells for him over the wall, I think he would be bored stiff. He is so funny the minute that B leaves in the morning he goes out back and yells for him to come play.
Ty on Wed had a little bite looking thing on her leg that I thought nothing of. About 2 hours later we were at the Dr because it had turned into hives of some sort. She ran a fever off and on most of the week and the hives have come and gone and been in all different spots. Hopefully we are through with that. We were going to be going to Vegas but we didnt end up going, so Chad had the day off on Fri. We shopped and got a good amount of stuff done. Kristine and Kylan babysat and the kids had tons of fun. Oh and yet another bath for Ty. I just have to laugh now. She loves it so much and I just think she thinks she is supposed to take bathes. Is that the face of mischief of what? She is naughty but how do you explain that its good to take a bath when mom helps and without the clothes to a 1 year old. Im kind of stumped with it. Owell. She is a ton of fun and although a tad crazy I love it and am glad she keeps me laughing!!! Sat. we went to the QC parade and froze our rears off, but enjoyed ourselves. It was fun to see people we know in the parade. Kelli had her dance girls in it and they were awesome. After that we headed to the Sand Show out at the fair grounds. It was fun to see all the neat things there are. Maybe some day but for now I am great with my rhino. It has not broken down yet and we have had it a year. The golf cart broke every other day so Im glad this one is not a money pit. Julie and Brandon and the boys met us there and thenwe went to Mattas for dinner. The kids had to get on every toy that was there and Tate found a few things that he thinks Santa should bring him. Hopefully he will get over it when they dont appear Christmas morning. We did get him a new sandrail video that he loves though. Julie and I got snubbed by Scott Passmore from news channel 3, he wasnt the friendliest guy. Maybe it was all of our screaming kids that scared him!!!
Here is some serious trouble!!

Santa Tate and Brooks want this rail. It was only 55000 shouldnt be a problem right

I told Julie she was officially a beetle with these goggles on. I think I would have to say I like your other ones better!!

Brooks and I finished off the night with a little date. We went to see Enchanted. It was cute we both enjoyed it. It was good to spend some tine without the other yahoos!!! I could hardly keep my eyes open but we made it and neither of us fell asleep. It was a good weekend packed with stuff to keep us more busy then we need to be. We all had fun and spent time as a family and thats what counts.

Tis the Season

Ok last post of the day. I didnt talk much about Thanksgiving or what we did, or the things I am grateful for. I am so blessed and wanted to just say thanks. I am greatful for a family who loves me even when I am not always deserving. I am greatful for 3 kids who make me smile and laugh everyday. I am greatful for a husband who works hard and takes pride in caring for us. I am greatful for parents who have showed me what Christlike love means. I am so blessed to have great families on both sides. I am thankful for the Atonement. Heaven knows it has been used in my life . The knowledge that we have of forgiveness is amazing. It allows us to continually try to be better, though it may be hard. I am greatful for true friends, who love me through the rough stuff. I am so thankful for our freedom and the rights we have to choose for ourselves. On a lighter note I am greatful for this time of year and for the oppurtunities that come with. I love the feeling of giving and happiness that is felt. I cant beleive its already here. We got the lights up on the house and the kids and I did the tree last weekend. It was a tad early but we knew we would be gone and so it just worked out to do it that way. So anyone who knows the Cutchen Family knows we always have a bowl of M&Ms. So here she is thanks Nicole Mcbeth for supplying me the Christmas ones. Ty has had so much fun redecorating the tree everyday. Thank goodness for plastic ornaments.

I loved this picture of Santa, but I love the picture of Christ even more. I hope that we all remember the true meaning of Christmas. Its so easy to get caught up in the Santa thing and presents when you have kids. I am so greatful for our Savior and hope we all make sure our kids know what its all about. I love you all.

Twas the Night Before the Dunes....

You would have thought it was the night before Christmas because Tate was so excited. He didnt want to miss out on anything. He and Chad worked hard to get the trailer loaded. Tate is the biggest helper with that type of thing. He is all business when it comes to helping with outside chores. Its the cutest thing when Chad is backing up to the trailer he gets back there and helps Chad by waving him back. I think that he really thinks Chad watches him as he does that. Anyways this is where Tate wanted to sleep since I was in the kitchen packing and making cookies and banana bread. It could not have been comfy but he didnt seem to mind.
I dont know what they like to do more, ride or play in the huge sand box. Brecken and Tate have so much fun hanging out together at the dunes. They love to ride and cheer for their dads as the go fast up the hill or ride wheelies. Chad was messing around and got bucked off and Tate made me turn around because he needed to see that Chad was back on his bike. Tate was really brave this trip. I thought since it had been a while that he would be nervous. He was telling me to go faster and saying weeeeee up and down all the hills.
We love to go back to the hill and watch all the enertainment that goes on. Luckily Jessica wasnt the entertainment this time. She stayed on her quad the entire time and didnt break any flags. Good Job Jess. We did get to watch a rail roll down comp hill a couple of times. Those things are amazing how safe they are. They both jumped out and were just a bit sandy. The front tire was bent out and the windshield shattered but thats it as far as we could see.
Dave and Jessica are so much fun to have down their. We are glad Dave bought a bike so they will be able to come all the time now. We had thought that we might not find a place to camp because it gets so crowded. It was crowded for sure but we found a spot with no problem. I think this is the first year we didnt get stuck trying to get in and out of camp.

Tylee did good as well. We dont take much of a break from riding so this is her nap time. Looks pretty comfy to me. Thanks to the Butlers we camp in comfort. Its nice to have a potty and sink to wash your hands and faces. Thanks Julie for taking care of us. You guys are the best and we appreciate you guys sharing your space with us. Brandon is the worlds best hamburger maker. Im always impressed and Friday night was no exception. Tylee kept climbing on Breckens quad and wanting to go. When i took her for a ride on it she kept taking my hands off the handle bars wanting to do it herself.


Yes I know we look a little to chippr to be taking this picture. Thanks Jess for bending down so your not towering over me.

Friday night we went back to Yuma and stayed at a hotel. I took a forever shower. It feels so good to shower after a day of riding. The kids were asleep before we even got to the road. They didnt enjoy being woken up and having to take a shower. Luckily they both fell back to sleep farely easy and slept well. I had laugh at Ty when she fell asleep. She was out cold.
Here they are clean, rested and happy ready start the day. Little did they know it would be so windy. Its not bad for Tate because he will keep his goggles on but I tried to put some on Ty and she just took them off. She did good for the most part but her little cheeks are so wind burned. Poor Mindy her girls were miserable. We ended up heading home earlier then we had planned. I didnt get any pictures of Ted and Mindy but their girls are in this last one. They are so fun to have down there as well. The girls are so funny I could here them telling her "good job mom," "you can do it" and giving her thumbs up. The kids all had a blast being together. All in all it was fun even if the weather wasnt the best. We are ready to go again. By the way Brooks ended up staying home with my mom to help her decorate for Christmas. I let her pick if she wanted to come or stay with gma and gpa and she chose them. She had a ton of fun having a sleep over with Trey and Tori and going to the Suns game. Thanks mom and dad. She is lucky to have you both and values her time with you guys. Sorry this was a novel!!! PS We missed yo Brad and Summer and girls.

Wet Shirt Contest.......

So Ty loves to be in the shower or the bath. It is a battle all day long to keep her out of the shower. I dont mind the times that she is just in her diaper and gets in but it can get a little frustrating when she is all ready for the day and then decides to do it. Most of the time I keep the doors locked so she wont even be tempted to do it. The problem is I cant lock my bathroom door so she kinda has free access to my bath. The other night we got back from riding the rhino and Brooks was about to get in the shower. I unlocked the door and walked away and this is what I found!!!! Shoes and all. I have taken the attitude that I will try to find the good and fun in her naughtyness. Most of the time the things that she will do or get into are not harming anything, just testing my patience. Its hard to get to mad because she is so happy. She is just as busy as Tate ever was. Im in for it for at least the next 2 years.

Veterans Day Parade

Ya I know that I am behind on this blogging thing. I have been to tired at night to do it because for some reason I have been working to much. I thought it would be fun to take the kids to the parade. Tori was in it and so we had all the reason to go and show some support. Brooks stayed the night with Trey and Tori on Sunday night and had fun. They love to have slumber parties and think they need to stay up till wee hours in the morning when they do. Anyways we had fun(kinda). It was the longest parade but Tori was cute, and the company was good. We went to Neds on the way home and that to was worth the trip.

I think there are alot of bikers with vet appreciation. This was the majority of the parade. Dad how about one of these paint jobs to go along with your jacket!!!

Thank goodness these waves are good bye!!

Happy Bday Dad

This week has been busy but nothing amazing to speak of. It was a good weekend though. On Friday night we went to Outback for dads birthday dinner without kids. As much as we love you guys it gets a tad crazy with all of us so it was nice for a change to be kidless. The bad part is I cant even remember how old Dad is I think its 52. After dinner we went back to mom and dads house and took a trip down memory lane. We were all laughing so hard, Brad is always a crack up. Thanks for the fun night family. I am blessed to have the parents and siblings that I do. They are all such good examples to me in so many different ways. I dont know to any other families where everyone including the in laws are friends and like to be together. Brad and Summer rode the bike so I had to include a picture of the biker babe in leather. David and Staci were there Im not sure why I didnt get a picture of them. Dad I just wanted to say thanks for being the greatest dad and grandpa there is. You are constantly making us laugh and entertaining the kids. We love you and appreciate all you so for our family.

Saturday we did the usual. Brooks and I cleaned and Chad and Tate worked on the outside chores. Brooklyn is the best helper around our house. She has been so good at keeping up with her chores, which include the emptying the dishwasher and her room. Plus she is usually the one to clean the toy room, which is worth a day and half of chores because typically we cant walk in there. Tylee did pitch in by undoing most everything I had cleaned. It kind of makes for a long day. Chad went to youth conference at 11ish and I cleaned for a few more hours. We took the kids to see the Bee Movie. I thought it was funny but maybe not as good as I was expecting. Not sure why we even entertained the idea that Ty would sit through it. The girl has more energy that any 2 or 3 kids. She lasted 15 min and then she and Chad went shopping. I guess I got the good end of the deal I got to enjoy the rest of the movie and I got some new perfume out of it. Thanks Chad, you know how much I love good smelling stuff. About as much as you do. Other than my dad I do not know any man with more cologne. When it was over we walked the mall a little and then got some dinner. The new San Tan mall is pretty cool. We got home about 9 and it felt like midnight. I swear I am an old lady. It was a fun night though. Thanks Chad for taking the kids and I out for dinner and a movie. We all had a good night.