Personal Journal Prompt: where do you see your self in 5, 10 and 15years.

This prompt was picked by Reagan. 

5 years:
I think 5 years will be about the same as now. I'll be 38, yikes. There will definitely be more hair appointments to cover my gray. I'll be busy driving my kids around to all their different lessons. Ellie to dance, Reagan to Tennis, Maddox to baseball, basketball and football, Tess to dance, all the kids to piano.  I will have had some tennis lessons and be playing with friends while my kids are in school.  I will have mastered eating and be in the best shape of my life.  Jordan will be making more money by then and I won't be driving my minivan.  I think I'll drive a toyota Sequoia- white or silver since we live in AZ.  I will also be busy making my house how I want it- decorating and minor and a few major renovations. I will finally have time for more regular temple attendance.  Instead of once a month I will go once a week. 
10 years:
In ten years Ellie will be a grown up and 21 years old. I will either be getting ready to be mother of the bride or mother of a sister missionary for the first time. The other kids will be 19, 17 and 14. Reagan will be away at BYU and Maddox and Tess will take up most of my time. Probably Tess judging on personality now.  I can't decide if I want to still live in this house or not. Maybe once i get all the renovations done I will love this house and never want to move.  Lets just say I'll be living in my dream house whether its this one or a different one in Mesa.  I will be the wife of the vice president of Medicis.  Maybe the vp of medicis community awareness. Maybe with all my free time during the day I'll be the homemaker I've always wanted to be. I'll never buy bread. My house will have built-in organization everywhere, my house will be the house where everyone wants to hang out because I make it so fun and I make such good food.  I'll also volunteer somewhere- the hospital maybe. Maybe I'll have a little business where I style and take pictures for people who can't afford it or are really sick. Like women's shelters or terminally ill people. (I just read this to Jordan and he laughed pretty hard at this idea. I still like it)
15 years:
in fifteen years I'll have traveled the world.  Greece, Africa, Spain, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, Italy, England a few times.  All my kids will be raised and I'll be ready to serve a mission or two or three with Jordan. I'll be a Grandma and loving it.  If my kids don't all live near me, I'll be taking many trips to visit them.

Wherever I am I'll be happy.  This is just how I hope it ends up.

This is what my aging app says I'll look like as an old lady.  I guess they didn't hear that my husband is going to be the vice president of a dermatology and asthetic company:)

Lucky Kids

My kids have an awesome dad! He loves being their dad and they LOVE him. They pick him over me every time! Well, I guess they pick me occasionally. He can calm Ellie's crazy when I can't and makes her laugh harder than anyone else can . He plays ball and legos with Maddox and enjoys it. He babies Tess and she loves it and takes full advantage. And he encourages and praises Reagan's reading and makes her feel so smart. She loves when I say she's just like her dad with their joint love of reading. There is no one else I would rather be the Father of my kids. Happy Fathers Day!

Reagan in her Spot

On these hot Arizona summer days, when were done swimming, you will find Ray in this chair reading. Today she finished one book, then started this book (princess academy- I totally recommend it, it's much less cheesy than it sounds) and finished it! Sheesh this girl can read.

The S word

I had a classic moment with Maddox this week. He was telling me about a kid in his class that swears. I asked him what words this kid says. Maddox shyly responded "the s word". I had a hunch, so I asked "does this S word end in ut- up?" Maddox confirmed my hunch. I explained that shut up isn't a nice thing to say, but that it isn't a swear word. He wanted to know what real swear words are. I wouldn't tell him. But then he remembered that his dad says a swear word. " the D word"! Good thing he didn't remember that his mom used to, on occasion, say the D word:)

Funny little Ellie

Today Ellie sincerely asked me "Mommy, when you become a mom do you have to legally change your name". I said "what?! Change my name to what?" Ellie "to Mom". I then helped her remember that my name is Melissa, not Mommy. We both laughed. I love when she has little kid moments!

Ellie is Eleven

Eleven years ago today I was blessed to become a mother. My little Ellie Etienne was born. It seems like just yesterday, but she's not do little anymore.

All she wanted for her birthday was for us to turn on service to her iphone (she's been using Jordan's old one as an ipod) We told her absolutely not until she was 12. Her father decided she was old enough now.  We didn't turn on her iphone, but we did get her a phone.  Needless to say, she was so excited!

For her birthday dinner she could pick anything. I told her we could go to any restaraunt or I would make anything she wanted.  She chose 5 Guys Burgers and Fries.  Not because the food is so good, but because she thinks their soda machine is so cool. It is pretty cool. We headed there right after her ballet class.

this is a picture of Ellie making her first phone call on her new phone. She called Grammy.

For her birthday treat, again, she could pick anything she wanted.  She choose, a lemon cake with cream cheese frosting with blue decorative accents.  Very specific. Although not very pretty, it turned our pretty yummy.

To celebrate during the day, Ellie, her friend Kaila Davis, Reagan and I went to the movie First Position.  It was a documentry about some young ballet dancers trying to make it in the industry. We all really enjoyed it.

Our Newest little Dancer

Tess had her first dance class today. She LOVED it!! She had two classes, first a jazz/tap/ballet. It was just her and 4 other little girls. She was confident and the other girls were drawn to her. They all wanted to sit by her and copy her dance moves in the freeze dance portion of the class. Next was tumbling. The little girks in her combo class left and bigger girls came in. She looked nervous and i gave her a quick pep talk. After one minute she had this class and teachers wrapped around her little finger too. The two hours flew by and I took my happy little girl home. She immediately walked in and showed her siblings what she learned, taught Reagan the combination she did in class and didn't stop dancing until she was in bed. It's going to be a long week before she gets to go again.