The Maynard Family

To Blog or not to Blog...

2010-02-02T14:06:00.000-08:00

As I look back on my blog for the year I realize that I am not very good at the whole blogging thing and I can't say it's because I am on facebook all the time because I don't go on facebook that often either. So my thoughts are I will try until April and if I don't get better at it then I will resign as Blog editor.

2010 do you think it's going to be a good year? We didn't have a bad 2009 so I guess I should count my blessings and hope for a better year for all those around me. I have realized that working part time has not given me more time but I have started working out more and one of those workouts includes ZUMBA at the Warehouse. Oh my heck I feel like such a dork but if you really get into it you can get a really good workout and have a lot of fun at the same time.

So here is to a new year a new start at health and blogging.

The Day has finally come!!!

2009-10-15T08:45:00.001-07:00

Sorry no pictures today because I am not very good at this blog thing. However I did want to update everyone on what has happened the last few days.

WE WERE ACCEPTED FOR INSURANCE!!!!!

Yes that is right we now have our own insurance so I will no longer be working full time. I will continue to work at Red Mountain doing hair and helping out with the orders but I will only be working 3 days a week. Deven is going to start working on converting the office in the house into a salon and before you know it I will have a little salon in my house so I can do hair and pedicures. I am so excited!!!

What happened to the Summer ?-Stitches and Staples.

2009-08-19T10:27:00.000-07:00

I know that it has been a long time since I blogged I was actually thinking that I would give it up since so much has happened since my last blog. The boys turned 4, McKenze turned 6, yes I did finish painting my dining room, I had surgery, McKenna was baptized (I will try to post that in the next week but no promises), we had a fun summer full of camping, swimming and yes stitches and staples.

Where to start I guess I will start at the end of June the Home teachers had just left after they made some really cool paper airplanes for the kids. All of the kids were out back (I finally have a landscaped backyard) flying their airplanes and Deven and I were in the house cooking dinner. Suddenly here comes McCall she is holding Tate's arm and all the other kids were crowded around. Tate had climbed the neighbors chain link fence to try to get his paper airplane that flew into their yard and he cut his arm on the top of the fence. It was so gross there was fat hanging out of the cut. So we take him down to the hospital and of course he had to get stitches the funny thing was he didn't even cry until Deven told him he was going to the hospital.

This is right after they stitched it

I can't remember how many stitches there was at least nine.

So we get Tate all fixed up and then the following week is the 4th of July we decide to go camping that weekend. We went to Enterprise reservoir to go fishing which we did not catch a thing. On the 4th we went fishing in the morning and then we went back to camp to pack up then we were going on a hike. Well as Deven and I were packing the kids were playing on the rocks and then we here one of the boys crying and I can tell by the way he is crying that something is wrong.

So we run over to them and the girls tell us he fell off the rock and hit his back. Well he didn't fall very far so we were looking at his back to make sure it looked alright then we look at his hat and it is covered in blood. Take off the hat and he has two large cuts in his head that won't stop bleeding. So we pack everything in the matter of 5 minutes throw it in the truck and then head down to the hospital again with another boy that looks a lot like the one we brought in last week. I was sure that DCFS was going to be called but we got in and out of the ER in 45 minutes and had 5 staples to show off.

He was very dirty we didn't even take him to shower before going to the ER. So that was our fun and exciting summer. I swear girls are so much easier then boys we have not had one accidental stitch with any of the girls.

Spring is here!!

2009-03-19T08:48:00.000-07:00

What is is about Spring that makes you want to re-do things? Last week I painted my Kitchen and this week I plan on re-doing my dining room. I love spring the weather, the longer days, soccer starts again. In the spirit of re-doing things I have decided to try something that I have been thinking about for a long time. I am sorry that I am being so cryptic but I don't want to jinx myself yet so once I start going on it then I will let you all in on the secret.

So I didn't win the HGTV home I am still a little bummed about it. I kept telling Brittney that I was going to win I think that she started to believe I was. This week the kids are out of school for Spring Break and I have worked all week so I feel bad that I haven't been able to hang out with them. Tomorrow we are going to go hiking so I will get some pictures and post them soon. Also me and the girls are going to California next weekend we are excited to have a girls weekend.

Well that's it for now sorry no pictures but I will post some when we get back from California plus I will post pictures of my new paint job and let you all see that I should probably be a professional painter.

Christmas Through McCall's eyes.

2009-01-29T20:50:00.001-08:00

Sorry it has taken me so long to update my blog. I thought that I would post pictures that McCall took with her camera that she got for Christmas. She is a pretty good photographer.

McKenze and her new 22

Ty and his new 22

McKenna and her new journal

Tate and his new outfit.

Opening presents is hard work

We definitely had a white Christmas

Christmas was good but it went by too fast. Santa brought us Rock Band for the WII and we are now playing nightly shows if any of you are interested in watching. I must say we are quite good. It is so much fun to see friends and family. I was off for two weeks so I had time to spend with the kids. We started a new tradition of going to Mesquite for Christmas Eve to see my grandparents. I was able to go to lunch with Holly, Amy, Audrie, and Kelly we had so much fun and I realized that I miss seeing them so if you guys are reading plan on hanging out next time you come to town. So Happy New Year and I will blog again in a few weeks

Kendall Lynn Legg

2009-01-06T09:10:00.000-08:00

So my computer is fixed and I will post some Christmas pictures in a day or two but I wanted to post pictures of my new niece Kendall. She was born on January 2nd at 11:52 a.m. I was in the delivery room and I must say it is way different being on the other side of the delivery. Here are some pictures:

Kendall Lynn Legg 7lbs 4oz.

Proud Parents

My kids seeing her for the first time.

Everything went fine they are home now and not sleeping. Isn't it crazy how these little blessings come into our lives and change them forever? Does it make any of you baby hungry?

7 things you might not know

2008-12-08T15:08:00.000-08:00

Ok so Brittney tagged me so here are 7 things you might not know about me:

You May not know:

#1. When I was six I called 911 and told them we had a fire and all the fire trucks and police in the Sandy area came. My brother got blamed I only fessed up a few years ago.
#2. I love rap music. One day you may be so fortunate to hear me rap ask those that have heard me and they will tell you I should have my own album.
#3. When I was five years old I roller skated on the coffee table. I really wanted to ice skate and glass was the closest thing I could find to ice.
#4. I have never been drunk. A lot of people say that they would like to see me drunk.
#5. I am completely freaked out by wet tissue. It is the most disgusting thing ever I will not touch wet toilet paper or tissue.
#6. I have always wanted to be a forest fire fighter. I don't know what it is about their uniform's but every time I see them I stop and stare and when I see the females I always think that they look tough but still feminine. Plus some of the males are pretty hot.
#7. When I was younger I had a huge crush on David Justice. If you are not clear who he is he used to play for the Atlanta Braves and he was once married to Halle Berry.

So now it is my turn to tag and I tag 7 people Cassie, Kelly, Chelsea, Jamie M., Jenn K.,Holly, and Karisti. Good luck.

I have a virus

2008-12-01T12:48:00.000-08:00

Ok not really me but my computer at home has a virus and I can't even get on the internet to post on my blog. So that is the reason I still have not posted any pictures of my kids Halloween costumes. I can only get on the internet at work and so don't tell Myrna but I am here at work updating my blog.

So Halloween has come and gone, my birthday has come and gone (yes I am 31), and now Thanksgiving has come and gone. Where does the time go? Do you remember when you were young and your parents would say how fast time went by and you were thinking how slow time went by for you as a kid. Well I know I am getting old (31! sad) but now I can see what they were talking about.

My Grandpa turned 80 on Friday and we had a big party for him with the whole family and I must say that we Hymas' know how to party we even had the police and the fire trucks there!! It was quite a riot. This year I went out shopping on Black Friday for the first time ever and I can honestly say it will probably be the last time ever. What is it about deals that make people completely forget their manners. I had one lady running over me with her stroller and yes there was a baby inside.

It seems at the end of the year I always want to reflect on the past year. There are a lot of scary things going on in the world right now but it is really nice to have your family and friends. My mom, Cassie, and myself are going shopping next week and I am way excited. We always go to Vegas for a night and we have a blast. As I get older I have a lot more fun hanging out with my sister then I did when she was younger. I remember when I used to have to take her to Kelly's I hated it. I wasn't very nice to her but I think that is what older siblings are supposed to do but sorry anyway Cass.

Well enough reflecting I will try to get rid of my virus and then post tons of pictures. Does anyone know a really good computer repair person???

When will it ever end??

2008-10-04T15:23:00.000-07:00

So I have an excuse as to why I have not posted in a long time my computer will not let me post pictures and I promised all of you pictures last time so I was waiting. I then decided not to leave you all in the dark any longer I will go ahead and post with or without pictures.

Well today was the marathon and no I did not run it however I did enjoy driving into town last night with all of the words of encouragement telling me I rock and to keep on going. It really inspired me to drive to the best of my ability and to make it to the end. Just kidding I know that the signs were not really for me but it was fun pretending. So back to my story this morning I was able to eat breakfast with my family and watch the first half of conference before I had to head to work and as I was driving to work I was really depressed because I have to work on Saturday's and it really got me wondering "Will I ever be a stay at home mom?" For those of you that don't work with me you should know that I do not work because I want to I work because I have to for insurance we don't qualify for our own insurance because of McKenna's health problems when she was a baby (she only has one lung the other was taken out when she was an infant and the doctors have told us she would never miss the other lung). Then I get to thinking about the Church and how many people in the church have said negative comments about me being a working mom and not being home with my kids, as if it is my choice. I guess that I just have to remember to love the Church for the gospel and the teachings and not judge it because of some of the members.

Sorry I don't mean to be negative. I do have to remind myself about all of the positive things about my job (let's face it if I have to work I have it pretty good with my job.) So here are a few of the positives.
1. The people I work with- If I didn't work I would miss so many of the girls that I work with plus the lunches, family nights, and the almost daily visits from Brittney in my office! Ha Ha sorry Britt.
2. The perks- where else can you go to work and get a facial, pedicure, or massage during your shift.
3. The products- Free products from vendors, products at cost I could go on and on and on.........
4. The flexibility- I can leave work and go to a soccer game or a program at any time.

So when life hands you lemons make lemonade and realize the grass is not always greener on the other side. So long for now I will try to post some pictures next time.

Sorry Fellow Bloggers!!

2008-08-26T14:11:00.000-07:00

I am really not very good at keeping my blog up to date so I am going to try to do better. So a lot has happened and I will have to tell you all about it with out showing you pictures but I will post pictures soon. The girls started school I now have 1 third grader, 1 second grader, and 1 in kindergarten. They love school but the boys really miss them throughout the day!! McCall and the boys are signed up for soccer it starts on September 6th and it ought to be really interesting to see how that works. Oh did I mention that Deven is the coach for the boys team? It makes me laugh because I signed him up and he acts like he isn't excited but I know secretly he loves it.

So update on the diet, after four weeks of the really intense diet that I lost 13 pounds on I have now started on Weight Watchers so the losing of the weight is much slower but I don't feel like I am starving all of the time. I have lost a pound in one week and I have been told that by the third week I will be losing 2 to 3 pounds a week. So cheer me on I still have a ways to go but I am making it and eating healthier!!

Hello Again

2008-08-06T18:28:00.001-07:00

So It is now August!! I can't believe that we are almost done with the year. Pretty soon it will be Christmas time and then we will be in 2009!!
So Karisti inspired me, she has been losing all this weight and I saw her at the reunion and let me tell you she is looking really good. So I started my weight loss program on July 18th and I originally told the Dr. that I wanted to lose 36 pounds and he told me that I did not have that much weight to lose. Well here it is 20 days into the diet and I have lost 12 pounds. All those clothes that I kept because I knew one day I was going to lose weight are finally starting to fit me again!! Yippee!! So thank you Karisti for being so inspiring.

School starts next week and I am sad that my little McKenze will be going to school this year with her two older sisters. It will only be the boys home for now on. I can't believe how fast things go by. Crazy little bit of information my little sister is going to have a baby. I am so excited for her but I am also a little sad that we won't have any kids growing up together oh well I guess I can provide her with lots of babysitters.

July 4th (a few days late)

2008-07-10T08:34:00.000-07:00

We had so much fun the fourth of July weekend I thought I would post some pictures. On Friday we went to my parents and went swimming and had a BBQ. We swam so much that day we were orphans (family inside joke it means our skin was pruned). After swimming the kids did not want to go home so we went to Fiesta Fun. The kids played games, won prizes, and rode the little kid go carts they had a blast and thank goodness that Cassie and Adam came along I don't think I could have done it by myself. After Fiesta Fun we went to the fireworks we watched the fireworks and ate ice cream.

McKenze
McKenna and McKenze
Ty loves to wear goggles.
Tate pretending to be a sleep.

McCall playing cheerleader.

Me and the boys.

McKenna and Me waiting for the fireworks.

Ty doing his "I'm an angel pose" don't be fooled.

Tate waiting for the fireworks.

Ty climbing on Adam.

Saturday was just as much fun as Friday we went to lunch with Deven's family and then we went to Jumpin Jacks the kids loved it they were running around so much they wore themselves out and let me tell you those huge slides wear you out! After that we thought the kids would be tired and would want to go home we were wrong they wanted to go swimming again so we went back over to my parents and did the whole swimming thing. Needless to say on Sunday the kids were worn out and very irritable.

So many Stars so little time.

2008-07-09T16:13:00.000-07:00

So we went to Vegas for IECSC conference and we had a blast. After going to the show we decided to take a stroll through the Venetian and we ran into so many stars:

First of all we saw Cameron Diaz so me and my mom sat down to have a talk with her. As you can see we were a little star struck. The next star we ran into was.........................

Matthew McConaughey my sister proposed to him and tried to kiss him that is when they called security. After running from security my mom and I stopped to dance with none other than.......

Beyonce we taught her some new moves and she said she might use them in her next video. As we were leaving they were doing a live taping of .............................................................

Oprah and she decided to talk to me about how I felt about Las Vegas can you see the excitement on my face? Our favorite star was there and looking mighty fine I might add......

We had to contain ourselves because we did not want Faith Hill getting mad at us for messing with her man..

We also ran into Ryan Seacrest, Madonna, the President of the United States, Cassie played basketball with Shaq and stood next to Micheal Jordan. Both my mom and Cassie putted with Tiger Woods and I know there are more stars but I can't remember all of them. It was a busy weekend.

The next day we went to the spa at The Palms (Drift) we lounged by the pool and took pictures in the steam room (which does not work very well and for those of you wondering we were in our swimming suits ). So it was a fun weekend filled with lots of memorable events. P.S. The stars were all wax we went to the was museum I just wanted the story to be a little more entertaining.

Us in the bathroom at Drift waiting for the camera to take a picture of us.

The Steam room or Hammam as they call it, I told you the picture

did not work very well.

Fighting the Price at the Pumps....

2008-06-07T14:03:00.000-07:00

Okay gas has really gotten out of control(especially diesel)!! Deven drives a big Dodge Diesel truck and I drive a Dodge Durango both of them only get about 15-17 miles per gallon and we have to fill up each of the cars at least once a week. So we were getting really frustrated and we were sick of paying $800 to $1000 a month in gas so we decided to fight back!!

This little Toyota may look a little bit weird but it gets 37 to 42 mpg and it is the funnest thing to drive!!! Some of you may wonder where we put the kids don't worry this is not our family vehicle it is my car to drive back and forth to work and take whenever we don't have all of the kids. I could just see us all fitting in this little car that would by funny :) ha ha!

My girls and I went to Cedar City for my cousins wedding last night and we drove this car we were following my dad (in his corvette) on the way home and we both got pulled over doing 85. Now I know you are all thinking that there is no way that little car could keep up with a corvette I will have you know that it was doing just fine keeping up. Anyway we both got pulled over at the same time. How does that happen you ask? The highway patrolman pulled up along side me and motioned for me to pull over then he turned his lights on for my dad. When I talked to the highway patrolman I told him I was just following my dad and he laughed and we both got off with a warning. It was funny.

So we are saving on gas now and the car is way fun to drive. Hopefully gas won't go too much higher or we might have to buy Deven a scooter to drive with his mower hooked on the back.

Going to Las Vegas

2008-05-21T17:54:00.000-07:00

Ok. So I am going to Las Vegas in June to go to a conference and I am staying at Platinum. If you have never stayed there before I definately recommend going. They have the nicest rooms and they do not have a casino so you don't have that smokey atmosphere. Last time I went there with my mom and my sister and we had a blast. They also have the best dessert at their restaurant :). We took pictures of us in the room. The bath tub is huge you could literally fit three people in it.

Any way I am excited to go and hopefully Cassie will be going since Brittney is ditching me for her family reunion. Thanks a lot Brittney.

Bare With Me and Happy Mothers Day

2008-05-10T10:27:00.000-07:00

Ok so I told you last time I was a first time blogger. I am still learning how to do everything. I have found so many old friends on the blogg's it is so weird seeing everybody and their kids. I remember back in the days when we would all hand out at Kelly's house and try and get the cute neighbor boys to come over to say hi! HA HA HA! Those were the days.

Anyway back to the bare with me part, I still have not figured out how to add new friends (Cassie will have to teach me that) and I haven't figured out how to make my page as cute as everybody else but I am going to post some picuters later on today. I can say that I am starting to figure out all of my computer programs (seriously I have bought four programs and they all do about the same thing) and I am starting to scrapbook digitally how weird is that.

Happy Mothers Day to all of you mothers and mothers to be it is best job with the worst hours and the pay isn't all that great (unless you are paid in kisses and hugs then it can't be beat) hope all of you have a great day tomorrow.

Talk to you all soon.

First Time Blogger

2008-05-03T11:50:00.000-07:00

So I am a first time blogger I can't believe how many people do this sort of thing. So to catch everybody up on what is going on I have five kids McCall is the oldest she is eight we just baptized her in February (crazy) and she is a little diva. McKenna is our miracle girl she is six and defiately a little pistol. McKenze just turned five she is in a class all by herself I laugh at some of the things she gets herself into. Ty and Tate turned three on Monday and there is not enough to say about them they crack me up. Sometimes I feel like five kids is way too many and then sometimes I think that I could probably do one more but we have fun Deven is the best dad the kids love to spend time with him.

I still work at Red Mountain Spa and Deven runs his own business he is always busy but never too busy to spend time with the kids.