Thursday, October 30, 2008
Choking Hazard
Kyson: Dad why don't you have hair on one side of your head. Oh, I see, you just comb onto the one side.
Phil: (was chewing and had finished) I was born that way (he has high widow's peaks) and so were you Kyson (he pulls Kysons hair back to show the same hairline)
Me: So Kyson, when you get older you will look like Dad.
Kyson: DANG IT!
Me: Laughing hysterically with food in my mouth, trying to swallow before I seriously choke.
Phil: Giving me the evil eye
Kyson: What, what
Me: Still laughing, tears flowing
Phil: still giving me the evil eye
Kyson: but I don't want to be bald when I get older
Me: laughing even harder
Oh man that was funny, I haven't laughed that hard in a long time! It was great! Thanks Kyson for another good laugh. Good thing Phil has a good since of humor.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
7 random things
#1 I don't like walking over grates in the sidewalk, I seriously think I will fall through
#2 I'm scared of the dark
#3 I am country-fied. I enjoy going to rodeos, especially the bull riding, and demolition derby's. I love horses, the smell of them, the feel of them, the sound of them, everything. My dream vehicle is a Ford F150 extended cab in either red or white. I like country music, my cowboy boots, etc.
#4 According to Kaden, I'm just weird, but he mentioned that I make a lot of sound affects when I talk and that I say "boom" really weird, Leslie confirmed this the other night. I hadn't noticed.
#5 I love, love, love to read and feel lost when I don't have a good book to read. I get so much joy out of purchasing a new book. I often peruse the book isle at Sam's and try not to buy too many books, it's a good day when I don't buy any. I seriously get heart palpitations when I buy a new book. I think the most books I've walked out with is 6. But in my defense, I'm buying for the kids as well. They all love to read and I like to have a good selection for them to choose from.
#6 A perfect day for me would be in the kitchen baking and cooking to my hearts content, uninterrupted with someone to clean up after me. I find baking especially therapeutic for me, usually when I make bread type items, yummy. This interest still surprises me because when we first got married Phil really thought I didn't cook or bake, man have things changed. He loves it and so do I. I just didn't know there was a Betty Crocker lying dormant for 26ish years.
#7 This has been more difficult than I originally thought, hmm. . . let's see what else is there. I'm sure many of my friends and family can just rattle of lots of quirky things about me. Oh, finally I have decided that I'm a Tom Boy/Girly Girl. I thought this was rather new news, but Phil was like "duh". I love to shop, get pedicure, dress up, etc. . . but then I also like fishing, playing basketball and football, riding 4-wheelers and I'm really wanting to go skeet shooting sometime soon. A rather interesting mix, but I like it.
So there you have it, now I get to tag 7 people. I'm tagging Melissa, Steph, MaryAnn, Lydia, Mandy, Jaci and Noelle. Have fun ladies, can't wait to read them. Here are the rules.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
The adventures never end
Then last night I get another interesting story when I got home. Phil decided that he would send Kambrie, Kauri and Kyson up to the garden to pick the rest of the peppers. Just a reminder our garden is quite far from the house, up a path into the woods. . . and it was dark. They are braver than me because I wouldn't have done it. So Phil has one head lamp and two flash lights for them. So he works out a plan so they don't fight over the head lamp. Kambrie can wear it on the way up, Kyson can wear it up there, and Kauri and wear it on the way down. He entrusted the girls with clippers and Kyson with lighting up the plants for the girls. And it worked really well. They gathered a large amount and headed back down the path. About midway down the path there is an oak tree that has rotted out, I've always thought it would make a great home for some little critter. And some little critter, a raccoon, was in it last night as the kids came back down. Kambrie said it made a little growl noise so she shined her flashlight on it, and then screamed, "like a horror scream in a haunted castle." Then Kyson started crying. . . they pretended it wasn't there and continued bravely down the path. Then they heard another rustling sound and Kambrie said, "o.k. we can run now" and the "zoomed" down the path. Well in all the fun Kambrie left a pair of clippers in the garden and Phil wanted her to go get them tonight. So she put on the head lamp and started across the drive way (I then heard a loud long scream)her trusty head lamp had shone on a pair of eyes. So after the encounter last night, and then seeing the "eyes" tonight (it was just a neighborhood dog) there is no way she is going up in the dark. Kauri and Kyson made several attempts, but couldn't quite brave it either. I guess if Phil wants his clippers he will have to get them himself tonight, or wait until it is light for the kids to venture up there. I fully support them in their being scared to go up there in the dark, they already proved they are braver than I am!
Five Hours
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Family Pictures




Fun Weekend
Friday morning we got up, ate breakfast and the kids played more. Shelly and I went out for some girl time, shopping, met the husbands for lunch, then a movie. After all that fun, we carted the kids different places. The girls had a birthday party (Megan was able to join them), Kaden was going out to dinner with his youth leaders (he earned a stake dinner by giving a very detailed report about conference), Dusty went with him. Shelly and I dropped by Wal-mart to pick up light bulbs and ingredients for Peaches and Cream cheese pie. Rich had been busy the entire time they were here installing lights and hanging a mirror and fixing a door, just to name a few. So we needed more light bulbs and the pie is his favorite, so I thought he had earned at least that much. A friend of ours was celebrating his 40th b-day, so we went to that too. It was a busy run around night. Phil and Rich then went to a late movie while Shelly and I put the kids to bed. Then she and I watched another movie. It was midnight again before I got to bed.
Saturday we ate a late breakfast and just spent a good portion of the morning in the kitchen. I love days like that. I really like making food for my friends and talking to them at the same time. It was fun. Shelly made a yummy apple crisp from some apples our neighbors gave us. Oh, we ate ALOT of food this weekend. YUMMY. So then we had a late lunch and just enjoyed the rest of the afternoon before our friends left. Time always seems to go by so fast when they are here. I guess that means we are having lots of fun.
The kids enjoyed painting little pumpkins and playing outside a lot. Shelly took our pictures too. I'll put those on the different post. So all in all it was a GREAT weekend.

Kyson and Kauri painting

Kambrie, raising her hand for some reason

Megan putting stripes on her pumpkin

Logan having fun

A view of all the fun. You can kind of see the new lights over my stove. So nice!
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Tweites
The kids had Thurs. and Fri. off from school. . . so I thought it would be fun to take them to Tweites Pumpkin patch. It's been quite a few years since we have taken them there, in fact, this would be Kyson's first time. So after not a lot of sleep (YW sleepover on Wed.), and getting the house clean and ready for our friends to come. . . we headed to Tweites. Kaden came up with other plans. . . I guess 13 years old really wouldn't find this activity a ton of fun.
It was a perfect fall day to spend outside. We got there about 1 p.m. and stayed until about 5:30 p.m. Needless to say I was very tired, but we all had a great time. I tried to do the Mad Hop with the kids, but that didn't work very well. I was pretty sore the next day, yes I'm a wimp. After we arrived home I plopped on the couch and didn't move for about two hours. I squeezed in a little nap and felt rejuvenated by the time our friends arrived. The Johnstons, who used to live here, came for the long weekend. It was about midnight before I got to bed.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Every family room needs one of these
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Hay Hauling and other Wyoming stuff
And then when he isn't hauling hay, he takes out his other big pieces of equipment like backhoe, belly dump, etc. and builds roads. Some of the roads he builds are on terrain that I wouldn't drive on, much less use big equipment on that could get tippy. But after he has worked his magic, there is a beautiful safe road to drive on. I think he is pretty awesome.



The man in the truck, Lane and his cute wife Stephanie.
21:30
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Cross Country and the kids run

Kaden racing against his good friend Josh. Josh beat him again, but there are a few meets left this year. . . so who knows. Kaden would love to beat him at least once. I love this picture.

Kaden finishing the race. It was suppose to be a 5k but they had to change the route a bit so it was longer, he was dying! But he still did great. I'm so proud of how well he has done with Cross Country. He has really enjoyed it (he must not have many of my genes), and wants to do it again next year.

After the high school teams ran, they had a 1 mile kids run and the rest of the kids wanted to do it. I think they are crazy, but I don't say that. I have always hated running, but if they want to do it, more power to them. I will support their craziness.
All of the kids lined up and ready to run. Kyson really didn't know what was in store for him. Poor kid. The girls actually know the other two. One is in their class at school and the other is on their soccer team. Which after running a mile, they went strait to soccer practice. They were very tired that night.

Midway through the race.

Kambrie still going strong.

Kyson was embarrassed because someone he totally loves (besides me) was cheering for him, this is his embarrassed look while running.

Becca finished in a little over 9 min.

Kyson came in a few minutes after her.

Kambrie slowed down and ran with her friend. They were cute coming in holding hands. Kambrie can be such a nice girl.

They all had a great time and are wondering if there are going to be more kids races at the next few meets. Again I don't think they have many of my genes in this area. I hate running!
Friday, October 3, 2008
The wedding
It was a busy time, but lots of fun and I met a lot of very nice people. Friday night they had the grooms dinner at this fun steak house. The steak was great, the company even better. It had been a little over four years since I had spent time some of the family, so it was great to have time to catch up.
Saturday was a pretty mellow day. . . for me, not the bride and her family. We enjoyed a nice lunch (Renee (aunt), Ruby (grandma) and me) at a fun little restaurant near Ruby's house. Then we just relaxed until it was time to get ready for the wedding. It was a hot time of year, so they were worried about it being too hot during the wedding (it was outside), but a storm rolled in just as the wedding was starting and cooled things off. In fact they had to hurry a bit and didn't get as many pictures outside because it started to rain. But it was still beautiful. Thankfully the reception was inside.

Kari and Ruby

Keith and Kristin (uncle and cousin)

Keith, Caleb and Rod (uncle, cousins baby, uncle)

Me and Grandma Ruby

Ruby and Rod (grandma and uncle)

The wedding party, one of the quick shots outside

me and Renee (aunt)

Keith and Renee

Andrea and Lynn cute mother and daughter.
On Sunday we all met at Lynn's house and had a great lunch before everyone left. Then I returned to MaryAnn's and that is when we went to visit Theron and Kim. It was a wonderful trip and I had such a great time.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Just had to do this and Mesa highlight

(Don't kill me MaryAnn)
When I was going through these pictures, I was just dying from laughter. MaryAnn was the funnest roommate anyone could ever have. This is just a few highlights of just how funny she is. My favorite picture is where she was jumping on her bed and I captured her mid-air. Love it. Also, in her slip cleaning the kitchen. It wasn't a rare thing for her to run around in her slip, usually on Sunday. Fun memories. And we keep creating more. We had a great time in AZ. We usually laugh more than anything.
Highlights of my time in Mesa are:
- BBQ with MaryAnn and Teresa's families. I really appreciate them taking the time to get together while I was in town.
- Pedicure with MaryAnn
- Having lunch with Teresa and MaryAnn, chocolate nachos were the best!
- Shopping with MaryAnn and Teresa.
- More shopping with MaryAnn.
- Going to the movie Ghost Town with MaryAnn and eating chocolate, popcorn and diet coke for dinner.
- Late night chats with MaryAnn
- Lunch at Mimi's Cafe with MaryAnn. So yummy!
- Lots of time catching up.
Then and Now Part 2
Just hanging out, that is what we did best.
This is the first time we had seen each other since 1989. It was great to catch up with him and Kim. He dated her at Ricks and I got to be friends with her too. We had so much fun talking about the old days and learning about their life now. I love the fact that we have remained friends all these years.

Then and Now Part 1

I know that we had more fun at college than we studied. And this was the big hair days, can you tell.
If it is possible, she was/is more goofy than I was/am. I think that is why we get a long so well, we are both a little quirky.
Here we are at her wedding, she was in mine too, I just didn't scan that picture in.
This is when I visited her in Hawaii in 1990. She was just barely pregnant and not feeling well, but did a great job showing me around and having fun. What a friend.
Then there is Teresa. I didn't live with Teresa, but we had a lot of the same classes so we spent a lot of time together during the day. She always did a great job keeping me motivated to get things done. Always cheerful. We had a lot of fun too, especially when we went dancing. I had a great time in Arizona with her and MaryAnn. They live right by each other, in fact, they can see each other from their back yards!


A triple date that MaryAnn, Teresa and I went on the fall of 1988. It was a girls choice dance. Dang, I should have scanned in that dance picture, talk about big hair! Teresa took Steve, they eventually got married.






