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It's been awhile...

2010-03-03T20:25:00.000-08:00

So I have this friend that keeps informing me that I haven't updated my blog in forever, so I guess I will make her happy and put something on here. The girls are almost

4 and a half years old already. They are doing so many new things. They both know how to spell their name and can write it. They know almost all their numbers by site, spell out pretty much any word that is in all capital letters(especially stop signs), they sing me new songs that their grandma Diane teaches them at daycare, they are getting pretty good at playing the wii(they love the dance one their grandma Ellen has), they are always asking if it is warm enough to go out and ride their 4wheelers, and they have started helping Ryan out in the shop more. Their favorite thing lately is to help me make lunch and dinner, they pick out their plates, the vegetable and fruit they want and help me with pretty much every part of preparing the main dish except using the stove. I only hope this continues as they get older:) They are still taking dance lessons and have their recital in May, but are also going to dance at the Dogwood festival. They are so excited to start preschool next fall, they don't quite understand the concept of time though.(It's going to be a long 6 months till school starts) The most interesting thing about the girls lately would have to be Jordis' imaginary sister Callie. One day she told me that she has 2 sisters so I asked her what their names were, she told "Elise and Callie". This is what I have learned about Callie in the last 3 weeks: she lives in a pink house with a green roof, her mom drives a red car, she has blond hair(like Jordis), she has a cat named Serafina, she is either 5 or 7 depending on the day, she lives on the lewiston hill, if I asked Jordis when she is coming over she replies "in 4 hours"(every time), she takes dance too, she has an older sister Ariel and a younger sister Areah, and Jordis frequently tells Elise that she is not her sister anymore, only Callie is. I have no idea where she comes up with this stuff. Anytime someone asks Jordis about Callie the story is always the same, kinda weird:)
Well that is all I have for now so hopefully I will update this more often. Hope you all enjoyed!

5 Years!!

2009-10-02T09:01:00.001-07:00

Well it's been 5 years since Ryan and I got married. I can't believe how fast time has flown be, I guess having 2 babies just a year after you get married will do that. We have done so many things in 5 years that I can't even begin to list them all, I wouldn't know where to end. I know the next 5 will be even busier since the girls will be going to school and having all their activities. We plan on going on vacation this next spring to a place like our honeymoon which will be nice because we haven't been able to get away just the 2 of us very much. I love you babe!

Fall Update...

2009-09-26T19:35:00.001-07:00

So like everyone else, I have neglected my blog. For those of you that aren't my friend on face book here is a little of what has been going on in the last month or two. The girls started taking dance lessons at Footnotes with their cousin Aydann. They absolutely love going to dance class, they come home and show us what they have learned. For Labor Day weekend the girls and I went with my brother Ron and his daughter Jessi camping. We joined the Leiterman's, Frei's, Weeks', Bremer's and Heimgartners at Newsome Creek. The girls really enjoyed going on the 4wheeler ride and then riding the kids 4wheelers around camp. We were caught in a hail/rain storm on the ride back and did great. The next weekend we went to the round up parade to see all the horses and pretty princesses. Elise fell and spent the next hour holding her hands up in the air and saying she couldn't pick up candy because she was hurt. Ryan has been archery hunting every weekend in September so it has been just the girls and I on the weekends so we have been having lots of Tea Parties. It started out because I didn't want to go into Taco Time to eat so I suggested that we bring our food home and have a tea party with it. Well the next morning the wanted their breakfast there and every meal after that. Once Ryan comes home they know that we have to put the table away and eat in the kitchen until he goes hunting again. This last wednesday he shot his first elk with his bow and was very excited. The girls thought they would be able to see it as a "whole elk" when he got home and were confused when he actually showed it to them. I think Jordis will be our little hunter because she was asking all kinds of question about it hanging in our neighbors fridge while Elise hid behind the door. This weekend we headed to the Nez Perce county fair to see if the girls would ride any of the rides. To our suprise they did and loved it. We started off on a calm ride and ended with the Dragon roller coaster. Elise usually doesn't like doing things that she doesn't have control over so I was a learing that she would actually stay on the ride. I think it helped that she had Jordis next to her to make her "brave". Jordis on the other hand wanted to ride big things like the octopus and zipper, she is going to be my dare devil. She even put her hands up in the air and was sreaming with the other kids. I have been busy canning salsa with vegetables from our garden and canned a couple quarts of pickles. Work was really busy in August so it has been a little slow this month, but it will be picking up again since the holidays aren't that far off. Hopefully my next post won't be quite so far away.

Playing doctor

2009-08-12T09:34:00.001-07:00

Elise is giving Serafina a shot
Here she is taking her temperature...

Checking her heart....

Looking in her ears...

And then Jordis gives her a drink from the doll baby bottle.

This morning I caught the girls playing"doctor" with Jordis' kitten Serafina. Thank goodness Serafina is so mellow and will let them do pretty much anything to her, she just lays there and takes it:) Elise's kitten Wolfie on the other hand is just like her, she doesn't sit still for anything and would rather be running around or playing in the girls' toys than let them do anything to her. They kittens personalities are a perfect match for the girls', Jordis just wants Serafina to lay with her and read a book or watch tv while Elise likes her kitten but would rather play barbies or do something else. As I am typing this Jordis is trying to put a doll's pair of pants on her kitten and Serafina is letting her!

Our summer has been very busy...I made a trip to Boise to see my friend Maria and her new baby girl, the girls have been going to the Childrens Matinee movies on mondays and have been to numerous birthday parties and to the aquatic center a couple times. Ryan has been working on finishing the shop he started to build this spring, we should have electricity to it by this weekend so all that is left is digging and hooking up the sewer line. Archery hunting season starts pretty soon so he will be busy with that the whole month of september. I have been busy in my garden and now have started canning some of my produce. I was hoping things would slow down but it doesn't look like it will anytime soon.

Border Days 09

2009-07-06T10:25:00.000-07:00

Papa Ray & his grand-daughters

Papa Ray & his grandsons

Cousin Reed & Jordis

I love these bows, I bought them from a lady walking down the street selling them out of her stroller!

Micaela, Elise, Dani, Jordis, Macenzie and Hailey

Picking up toys at the toy scramble

This past weekend we headed up to Grangeville for the annual Border Days celebration. We took in 2 of the parades and one rodeo. The girls really enjoyed playing with all thier cousins since this is the only time of the year that they are ALL together. I was hoping that the girls would stay awake for the fireworks this year but they only made it through our little display and then snoozed through the big ones. The really liked playing with the sparklers at my moms house Thursday night, Jordis kept trying to write her name. It's good to be home finally, I really need to give my house some attention in the cleaning department:)

Camping at Elk River

2009-06-22T20:21:00.000-07:00

Uncle Ron and Jordis

Elise riding home with Cori

The girls zonked out

Johnny and Velvet

Jordis pickin' daisies

Elise doing the same

Elise listening to my ipod

Jordis with her "stick girl" that she woundn't put down.

Colby and Jordis going for a ride

Elise eating a smore(that was the only bite she took)

Jordis attempting to take a bite

This past weekend the girls and I went to Elk River with my brother Ron and his daughter Jessi. We camped with the Leiterman's, Weeks', and Baldwin's. Poor Ryan had to go to Boise to be in his friend's wedding so he wasn't able to go with us. My brother hauled our "redneck" camper up and I attemped to bring the 4wheelers on our trailer but we soon found out that the shocks were broke, made the trailer smoke! So we had to do some rearranging with the Weeks' and our 4wheelers. It was raining a little when we got there but we were still able to have a good time. Saturday morning I opted to not take the girls on the poker run since it was still cold and looked like it was going to rain. So we hung out at camp and then went into town to meet up with everyone else. While we were waiting to see who won Elise dropped the key to our 4wheeler inside it, which ended up taking over an hour to get out. The guys had that 4wheeler every direction, up on it's back wheels, front, and side. In the end they finally found it and then my brother won $65 for having the lowest score. Sunday we took the girls on a ride up to Elk Butte. They did really well, Elise even fell asleep on the way back, thank goodness for cori's strap that I had around Elise and me. Hopefully next year we will all be able to go and the girls will be able to go on the poker run with Ryan and I. It was so nice getting out of town and having no phones and t.v.'s(well in our camper anyways:)

The new kittens have arrived

2009-06-10T19:26:00.000-07:00

Monday I got the call that the girls' kittens were ready to go to their new home. So we headed to Walmart to pick up a couple things that we didn't have and then after the girls napped we went to pick them up. The whole way home Wolfie was whining and the girls were trying to comfort her by saying"Oh, it's all right, we are almost to your new home". The first night I don't think the kittens touched the floor, especially Jordis' kitten. She wants to pack her everywhere and wants her to just sit and watch tv with her. Elise is a little more distracted and tends to lose her kitten. The kittens personalities match the girls' very well, Jordis and Serafina are both content to just sit and be held where Elise and Wolfie want to get down and run or play. The kittens are awesome so far at using their litter box and don't whine at all in the night. I think this will be a good thing after all.

The other picture is of the girls and Misty Dawn Taylor, 2002 Miss Idaho. We went to the theater in Grangeville where she sang disney songs and there was a slide show of the disney characters she was singing. The girls were able to where her crowns and get their picture taken with her. She used to sing on a Disney cruise ship and actually graduated from Grangeville with Ryan so it was pretty neat.

I'm sure I will have lots more pictures of the girls and their kittens to come.

Coming soon....

2009-05-22T17:06:00.000-07:00

Elise and "Wolfy"

Jordis and "Serafina"

Well Ryan finally broke down and said the girls could have a kitten. He probably didn't think that they both needed one but that is what works best when you have twins. So, I have a client that works at a vet clinic that said they had a mother cat that had babies a couple weeks ago that needed a home. I took the girls over so they could pick out the kitten that they wanted and took their picture with them. Jordis picked out a white kitty and named her Serafina after her favorite cat in the Princess and the Pauper Barbie movie. Elise then thought she should name her kitten after the other cat in the same movie so her little female kitten is named "Wolfy". We will be able to bring them home in about 2 weeks so by then Ryan will probably be trying to sleep in the shop to get away from the cats(he isn't too fond of cats of any sort).

On Tuesday my great brother came down and poured the concrete for our shop. The girls were able to put their hand print in the sidewalk outside and thought that was the coolest thing ever. Now all we have left to do is get the big door installed and the electricity ran. Then Ryan is going to get the patio area ready to pour concrete so I can finally have bbq's at our house.

Busy weekend

2009-05-11T10:30:00.000-07:00

Cori, Jody, Becky, Dena, Jenni, Velvet, Marni, Michelle

Miss Zip Idaho's Jenni telling us how it's done:)

Becky getting ready to zip

My annual picture with my girls

My weekend started out at 5:30am on Friday by seven of us girlfriends waking up our dear friend Becky:) She is having a birthday later this month so we wanted to surprise her early so she wouldn't be suspicious. We woke her up and told her she had less than an hour to get ready. She had no clue what we were doing until we pulled up infront of the ZipIdaho building in Horseshoe Bend. She was a little quite about the whole thing but she was real excited too. Becky and Velvet were the only ones in our group that had zip lined before so the rest of us were a little scared. We all made it through alive and all have their own stories to tell. We then went out in the big town of McCall and had a blast. The next morning was a little slow going but the Pancake House was our savior. On the way home they dropped me off at my moms to spend the rest of the weekend with my family. Sunday morning we went to the annual Mother Daughter breakfast put on by the men of the church in Ferdinand. The rest of the day was just spent relaxing and ended with a BBQ. What a great weekend, busy but so worth it.

Week in review

2009-05-03T16:59:00.000-07:00

Dressing up cousin Layla again

2 sides have tin on them

It seems like the last few weeks have been so busy that I haven't had the time to post. The weekend after Easter we had our scapbooking getaway at my moms house. It was a great time with great friends. We even incorperated healthy food and a couple walks throughout the weekend this time. We had lots of laughs and had "good"conversations. Ryan was busy working on the shop, that weekend he was able to get the posts in the ground. This past weekend he finished 2 sides with siding. I want to send out a BIG thank you to Chris, Johnny, Denis, Duane, Ron, Ron, and neighbor Bob for helping with everything they've done on the shop(even though I don't think any of them will see this). The girls officially are 3 and half years old. The pictures above are of them the day they turned 3 1/2. We dressed up cousin Layla once again when she was over last weekend, but we added fairy wings this time. She loved the necklace and princess wand. Yesterday Becky, Jenni, Dena and I had a yard sale and did pretty well. I sold $170 worth of stuff and already spent most of it on summer clothes for the girls. FYI if you bring stuff to the Goodwill does not take any toys that are painted or made of plastic because of new government law that says everything has to be tested for lead. Hopefully May won't be quite as busy as April but I doubt it.

Yard Sale!!

2009-04-29T22:37:00.000-07:00

This saturday Becky, Dena, Jenni and I are having a yard sale at Becky's house. If anyone is interested and doesn't know where she lives give me a call and I will give you her address(don't really want to broadcast it across the web). Some of the items that will be there are: adult & children's clothes, lots of toys, a trolling motor, dvd's, cd's, vhs', crafts, scrapbooking stuff, home decor, shoes, bags, and so much more. There is ALOT of children things. It starts at 8am and ends at 2pm. Come see us and buy some cool stuff. That is all for now.

It was a Happy Easter

2009-04-13T19:46:00.000-07:00

We started the weekend with the annual Easter Egg Hunt in Ferdinand followed by a hunt for eggs at my brother Ron's house. This girls had candy in every plastic egg between the 2 hunts so needless to say they lived off chocolate all weekend. Saturday afternoon the girls colored eggs at my moms house. The next morning the Easter Bunny came while we were at church since it started at 9am! Church was kind of like a 3 ring circus with my 2 girls and Layla to try

to keep quite. One of our cousins thought it was quite amusing watching all the excitement the 3 girls were stiring up. When we got home the girls found all the eggs that were hidden and found their kite. They could hardly wait to fly it so after dinner we went outside and flew them. They thought they were pretty cool, especially when my brother tied them to finishing line on a pole and let them fly even higher than before. The girls were so high on sugar the night ended with one melt-down and one running around naked!

Almost 3 and 1/2

2009-03-29T14:45:00.000-07:00

The girls are one month away from being 3 and half years old. They have changed so much in the last year. They are really into Barbie right now. They have about a dozen of the barbie movies(which some they know so well they can recite the songs and words), about that many dolls, and they like to dress up and pretend they are barbie. They are both potty trained!! No more weekly trips to Walmart to buy diapers. They are starting to write their letters and are learning their numbers. For some reason they want to know where we get everything. During dinner they will ask where we got the food, plates..... They can't wait for the weather to get nice so they can play outside and they really want to help me plant flowers this year. They are starting to understand time, they know that 9 o'clock is bedtime and that 6 is dinner time. It might get interesting once they know all their numbers and see them on a clock. That's about all that is up with the girls. Ryan has been busy helping his cousin replace his roof while we wait to get the permit so he can start the shop. I have been busy at work and have been going to the gym to get ready for this summer. Once we start on the shop I will be posting pictures of it. Stay tuned...

Funny things at Grandma's

2009-03-15T09:43:00.000-07:00

Whenever we are at Grandma Eloise's the girls do the funniest things. In these pictures if you look closely to Elise's feet she is wearing the Cabbage Patch dolls shoes. She will put them on and walk all over the house. Of course only her toes fit in them so it's like she is wearing high heels. If you go over to my sister's blog she has pictures of Layla with a butter bucket on her head from being at G-ma's. Last night the girls were taking a bath in my mom's big jaccuzzi tub like always, so mom tried to convinced them to let her turn on the jets. Usually they are like cats scrambling when she even asks them to turn it on(they don't like the noise). Jordis was out of the tub but Elise was still in so she said to turn it on. The tub started fill up with bubbles so Jordis said she wanted back in. They loved the bubbles and loved smashing them between their hands. I so wish I had a video camera while they were doing this... Elise had some bubbles on her nose so she tried wiping them off with her hands but they were full of bubbles so it just put more bubbles on her face. She kept doing this over and over until she became so frustrated that I had to wipe it off with a dry rag. She just kept piling more and more bubbles on her face the more she tried to get them off. Mom and I were laughing so hard at her, but she didn't think it was very funny. So of course we told Jordis she had bubbles on her nose too to see what she would do. Well she somehow ended up with them in her mouth! She freaked out even worse than Elise. I will definetly bring the video camera in the next time.

Sick kids....

2009-03-02T16:50:00.000-08:00

This has been my life for the last week or so. It started off with Jordis coughing every morning and night, then a couple days later Elise started. Friday Jordis had a fever so I took them both in to get checked out. Jordis ended up having an ear infection but Elise didn't. Jordis is making a habid of sleeping with me since Friday, hopefully it stops soon. Luckily she is easier to sleep with than Elise, she cuddles while Elise kicks and moves alot. Today they both started getting goopy eyes, not sure if it is an eye infection or something more. I am staying home tomorrow with them so hopefully they will get over this soon. They aren't very photogenic since they have been sick so I haven't taken their 3 year 4 month picture yet.

"Princess Layla" & New Bathroom

2009-02-18T19:14:00.000-08:00

The other day we had Layla for awhile when Richie and Christel went to a movie. The girls are really into dressing up and playing tea party lately so when they started putting their dresses and crowns on we decided to let Layla join in. She kept trying to eat the tulle on the dress but didn't even notice the crown. The girls even gave Layla her own cup to drink tea out of, she just chewed on it.

Well the bathroom is 90% complete! All that is left to do is grout between the tiles on the wall, seal the grout, I have to paint the crown molding, and pick out accesories. Thanks to my mom the accessories will be purchased sooner than I though, thanks Mom! It will be so nice to be done with this remodel, all the tools around the house and clutter is driving me crazy. Ryan really busted his butt on this job, I am so proud of him.

Remodel update...

2009-02-11T21:55:00.000-08:00

Well I don't have any pictures yet to post but I will soon. I came home Monday night and was quite surprised by my husband, he really busted his #$@ this weekend!(A big thank you to my brother Ron and Duane's friend Ron, thank you for all your hard work) They had the walls in and textured, the bathtub in place along with the shower walls, the new fan and 4 new outlets(I only had one to use before). the toilet was in, and the concrete board is in and ready to have the tile laid. He also cleaned everything! He dusted, swept and vacuumed, the only thing I had to do was mop the floors. I am so proud of him this weekend, he is really hurting from everything so I think I will get a massage gift certificate for him to reward him. Today I didn't have any appointments so I painted the ceiling and walls. I realized that I painted the walls the same color as my hallway AFTER I had already had one wall done. Oh well, it will look different once I figure out what accent color I want to do. The tile might get laid this weekend so if I does I will post pictures after it's done.

Bathroom Remodel

2009-02-06T23:09:00.000-08:00

This is looking in the the bathroom before...Looking toward the door...
This is where the tub used to be...

Our new bathtub and concrete board layed on the floor....

So, many of you know that we are remodeling our bathroom, not just adding a new toilet, we are totally striping it down to the studs. Ryan started on it last night and by this morning when I left for work he had everything but the toilet and floor ripped out. When I got back from work they had the concrete board that has to go on the floor for the tile, and the new bathtub in. It is 11 pm right now, ryan and my brother Ron are working on wiring the new outlets and light switches. Don't really now it electricity and beer mix, I guess we'll see. I met my mom at Culdesac with the girls so she could keep them over night since we don't have a toilet and the house is wreck. I am heading up tomorrow so I don't have to try to keep my house clean through all of this. I am hoping by Monday when I get home that it will be ready for me to paint and the tile to be laid the next weekend. Here are some before and during pictures. To be continued....

Dilema

2009-01-27T10:49:00.000-08:00

So I need a new name for my blog....I chose the name "All Caught Up" because up until a couple months ago I have been caught up to date with my scrapbooking. The last 2 retreats I have been to I have slipped further behind so the title doesn't really fit anymore. (and for those of you that scrapped with me this weekend you know how much this bugs me:) So I would like suggestion on a new title for my blog. I will post the idea's and any idea's I come up with so hopefully pretty soon I will have a new title.

A new tag

2009-01-26T15:47:00.001-08:00

I was tagged by Tami...... this new - FUN tag is called. "Photo" Tagging!The RULES are to go to your Picture Folder on your computer or wherever you store your pictures. Go to the 6th Folder, then pick the 6th picture in that folder. Post that picture on your blog and the story that goes along with the picture.Tag 6 other people that you know to do the same thing and leave a comment on their blog or an e-mail letting them know you chose them. So, I tag..... Nicole, Becky, Maria, and Christel.

This picture was taken this year at Christmas at my moms house. It is my neice Jessi holder my other neice Layla.

Winter Boogie 09

2009-01-19T10:00:00.000-08:00

Becky & Chris at the house
Eating breakfast

Our house for the weekend

Jenni & Dennis

Look carefully, that is Steven on his butt!

Johnny & Ryan sledding down the driveway

Velvet & Jenni at the top of the tubing hill

Ryan & Johnny-the might tube hunters:)

Our group of friends that usually go up river camping every summer decided this year that we needed a winter get-away. So we headed to McCall for a fun filled weekend. We started off Friday night with a quite expensive but good dinner at the Mill which is a steak house. That night some braved the cold to get in the hot tub while others stayed in our awesome cabin that we rented. Sat morning everyone was moving a little slow from the festivities from the night before. We decided to try ice skating, which for most of us was our first time. Steven ended up flat on his back while some little kid told their friend "That old guy out there is skating, so can you" he was refering to Johnny! Dennis realized there IS a left and right to the skates and of course had them on the wrong feet for his first attempt at skating. The women stayed out on the ice the longest while the men played in the arcade. That night we headed to the activity barn the do a little tubing. Fun was had by all, Chris really liked spinning down the hill while most of us got a little quessy from it. Steven found out that if you pack your tube full of snow that you go faster. That night we played a couple games and just relaxed since most of us were either tired, sore, or still a little hungover. If any of you know Chris Bremer, ask him about the soldiers attacking him, it was quite funny:) The next morning we packed up and headed to the pancake house to eat before leaving to go home. If you have never eaten there I highly recomend it, it is great food and you get a ton of it.

Life update

2009-01-13T21:28:00.000-08:00

I noticed it had been awhile since I last posted so I thought I would update everyone on our life. The girls are showing us that they are definately little-big girls. Jordis' new saying is "I talkin' to you" or "I can't, I'm small". Elise says everything is "amazing" and proving to be quit stubborn about things, lately she will only let ryan do her hair or it turns into a big fight between her and I. We are still trying to talk Jordis into potty training, we don't even have to remind Elise anymore about it. The other day we started working on writing letters, they can write an O, H, and T. They are really into Barbie movies so I put a bunch of them on our netflix account so we won't get tired of watching the same one over and over.
Last weekend Ryan and I went to the Annual Greencreek Crab Feed with my siblings and other friends. My husband demonstrated just how crazy of a dancer he can be to a couple of my clients/friends. They thought he was so hilarious that their mom called me to tell me about them immitating his dance moves. This weekend we are going to McCall with our "couple" friends to go sledding and do a little drinking and games in the snow. I will post pictures when I get back, should be some interesting ones.

Happy New Year(I hope)

2009-01-01T16:48:00.001-08:00

Last night we went to the Frei house to ring in the new year, well almost. Ryan had to work today at 4 am so we left the party around 11 pm. Let's back up a couple hours first, I was going to Rosaur's to get a couple groceries for the night when my heel slipped off my shoe and I ate s*#@ in the parking lot(which was bone dry so I couldn't even blame it on slick pavement) My purse went one way, my shoe another and I was belly down in the parking lot. Some nice guy asked if I was ok and I told him "yes, keep walking please". Very embarassing to say the least. So all night my knee and palms of my hands hurt. It was nice not being overly tired or hung over today. I decided to take the girls to see a movie and when we got home I was putting their clothes away and noticed stuff in their closet was wet! Tues Ryan stayed home from work to patch the hole we thought was the source of water in the girls' closet ceiling but found out today he was wrong on the location. Whoever built this house really #$%! rigged it. There was a square pan in the attic next to the chimney to catch the water as it came down the chimney when it rains, so someone knew that this was a problem at one time and thought that would fix the problem. Evidently all this rain and snow we have been getting it more than the pan could hold so it overflowed and ran down a rafter onto the ceiling of the girl's bedroom closet. Pretty soon this house is going to be completely new because we have replaced every appliance except the stove and fridge so I'm sure that will be what goes next. I sure hope this is not a preview of how our next year is going to be, if so I want a new house. I hope everyone else new year has started out better than ours:)

3 posts in 1 day!!

2008-12-28T19:01:00.001-08:00

Eating with Aydann Christmas Day
Our Christmas family picture

Jordis opening her blue barbie

Elise opening her new sippy cup

Playing with their "puters" that Gma Eloise gave them

Jordis sitting nervously on Santa's lap

Kaitlyn, Jordis, & Elise

Jessi and Layla

Layla

Happy Birthday Ryan!

2008-12-28T17:32:00.000-08:00

It's not the most recent picture but he sure looks good in it:) My husband is 27 today, he teases that next year when I turn 30 he will still be 27, but only for a month and a half. For his b-day I bought him the guitar hero for our new wii, he is playing it as I write this.

Happy Holidays

2008-12-28T17:25:00.000-08:00

I figured it was a little to late to say Merry Christmas. We had a really busy Christmas like usual. Christmas Eve day the girls and I went to my mom's for the day to have Christmas with my side of the family since we were going to let the girls stay home for Christmas day this year. My mom bought the 4 little girls matching dresses that were dark green, they all looked so cute. We went to church after we ate, the whole time Elise wanted to go see "Baby Jeez" in the cradle at the front of church. After church my brother-in-law Richie was dressed up as santa for the kids. Jordis sat on his lap but Elise wouldn't. We headed back home to get the girls in bed to wake up for Santa presents in the morning. When they woke up they were more concerned about the stockings being off the entertainment center then anything. They opened all their presents and then Chelsea and I put all the toys together while Ryan cooked breakfast. Later we went to Justin and Amanda's for Christmas dinner, it was really good(mmm...prime rib). Friday we headed to Ryan's parents house and ended up staying until Sun becuase sat the road's were closed. We played our new Wii that his parents gave us and the kids ran around all sugared up from the candy and cookies. The last 5 days were fun but I will be glad to get back into a routine. I will post pictures tomorrow when I get them downloaded to my computer.

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2008-12-20T19:56:00.001-08:00

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Happy Birthday Amanda!!

2008-12-17T16:42:00.001-08:00

I just wanted to wish Amanda a Happy Birthday. Sorry about the picture, it was the only one I had of you;)

Pictures finally!

2008-12-14T11:19:00.000-08:00

When the girls woke up today and saw all the snow, every other request was to go outside and play in the snow. Last year they didn't really enjoy the snow too much so I was wondering how this year was going to be. They loved it! They just couldn't understand why we couldn't make a snow man or make snow balls. Elise spent all her time eating the snow and catching snowflakes on her tongue while Jordis had a hard time making snow balls. She would go to throw it at me and it would end up in her face somehow. I am hoping if the Cottonwood ski course opens this year to bring them up there to get them lessons. They say the younger they are the easier it is for them to learn. As long as it isn't me teaching them I think it should be ok.

Yesterday we went see Santa at the Mall. I was prepared that the girls were going to throw and fit and not go anywhere near santa but I was surprised by them. Elise was chomping at the bit to see him. Luckily there was only a little baby in front of us because Elise kept saying "it's my turn" and "come here santa". They started off by just talking to him and then he just sat them in his lap and they chatted his ear off telling him all that they wanted. I am going to try to hook my scanner up so I can put the picture on here somehow. Stay tuned....

Pucking, pooping, shopping......

2008-12-11T22:11:00.000-08:00

I thought that would get your attention! Last Thursday morning Jordis woke up at 3 am throwing up all over her bed. I took the first half of my day off to stay with her until Ryan got home. Friday was no better so I took the whole day off to do loads of laundry and sit with my sick child. Luckily Elise was really good at keeping herself entertained and helped me more than usual. Friday night and Sat morning looked promising since Jordis slept all the way through the night and woke up cheery. I met my M.I.L in Whinchester with the kids so they could spend the weekend with them and Ryan while I went shopping with my mom and sister. Well come to find out she wasn't quite over her "bug". Now it was coming out the other end:) Ryan ended up taking her into Valley medical to get checked out and like everything else it "has to run it's course". She did get an antibiotic for an ear infection but that wasn't associated with the puking and pooping. She is now back to her normal self and I think she is trying to make up for all the eating she missed out on by eating all the time. I was able to get most of my shopping done so that is a relief. I now just need to finish up a lot of projects that are all half done. Sorry I don't have any pictures to post, I haven't had the camera out much. I am hoping to take the girls to see santa this weekend so if they actually get near him I will post it.

Happy Turkey Day!

2008-11-27T20:15:00.000-08:00

Today we had Thanksgiving at our house with my mom, sister Christel, brother Ron and his 2 girls, and Ryan's sister Chelsea. I attempted to make the turkey but had to have Ryan take the neck and giblets out because just touching it made me sick, literally. Ryan thought it was hilarious so he had fun by trying to make me touch it. It turned out great once it came out of the oven. The girls helped me make the mashed potatoes, Jordis handed me the potatoe to peel and then Elise would drop them in the pot. It was so nice having a relaxing day with family. Mom and I worked on a couple Christmas decorations that I am making while the girls relaxed watching a movie. When it got dark we took the girls down to Locomotive park to see the lights. Last night we drove by them and they refer to it as "Christmas". All morning they kept saying they wanted to go see Christmas. They loved it, they didn't quite understand that they couldn't "play" in the igloo and train but they really liked jumping on the mat that changed the light colors. Tomorrow I will turn into one of those "crazy people" who get up before the crack of dawn to fight the crowds shopping. I have it all mapped out, I will go in this order: JcPenny 4am, Walmart 5 am, it's a toss up right now between shopko and Kmart at 6 am, staples after that, Tristate at 8am and Joann's somewhere in the day also. My mom took the girls home so I could do this, Thank you so much mom!. I am meeting Amanda at Walmart so she can get the $88 Barbie Jeep. I was considering it for the girls but they have one that was given to us so I guess free is better than $88. Well I am off to bed to try to get some sleep.

Play along!

2008-11-25T20:36:00.000-08:00

Play Along
This is kind of fun what kind of thanksgiving side dish are you?
I am Green Bean casserole!(Kristi Ottmar)
I am Dinner Rolls!(Randi Jo)
I am Mashed Potatoes and gravy(Michelle A)

To follow along, click on the sight highlighted above and take the quick quiz.

100 Things about me

2008-11-20T22:41:00.000-08:00

I copied this tag from Tami's blog, it kind of shows that there are so many things in this world to do. I have done the one's that are orange. Enjoy!
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band ....at school
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland /world
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris (does the one in Vegas count)
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Stayed up all night without going to sleep
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant ( I bought a McD gift card for someone standing on the corner last xmas)
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris(in Vegas!)
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving(indoor skydiving, also in Vegas)
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someones life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day

Potty training

2008-11-18T09:44:00.000-08:00

Potty training is so frustrating!! Elise pretty much has it down with accidents here and there but Jordis on the other hand flat out refuses to do it. I've tried telling her that big girls don't wear diapers and she's 3 now so she has to be a big girl. I've tried bribery and so much more but she just says "I a baby, I wear diapers". Sunday I devoted to potty training for both of them, I put panties on both and set a timer to go off every 30 minutes. A couple times I even made her sit on the toilet for about 20 minutes but not even 2 minutes after she got up she peed on the floor. I don't know if it isn't registering in her little brain yet or what but I don't want to buy any more diapers, and I don't want a 3 year old still in diapers. Help!! People say she will do it on her own time but she only has until next september to figure this out because they will be starting preschool then. I would appreciate any suggestions.

Weekend happenings

2008-11-11T09:43:00.000-08:00

I put one of those clickers on my blog to see how many people look at it just yesterday and it says that 35 people have checked my blog in less than a day, so I feel like I need to post more things more often. Our weekend started off by going to dinner at Bojacks with 4 other couple- friends for Dena and My birthday(which was yesterday). It was so nice to just sit and talk to everyone, even though we made the people at the table next to us leave, evidently we were getting a little loud:) Saturday the girls and I headed up to my mom's to go to my cousins wedding. His nephew Manny was there from Canada so I was excited. Manny and I used to hang out the summers that he would come down to visit his g-parents, now we don't see each other as often so it was really nice to see him and his new wife. Sunday my mom had an icecream cake for me and I opened presents from her. All day yesterday the girls kept singing happy birthday to me but were still a little confused about eating my birthday cake the day before when it wasn't really my b-day. I had a really relaxing b-day, I started reading the book Twilight was able to read about 180 pages by the time I went to bed. A bunch of us that have read the book are going to go see it in the theater when it comes out next week, it's a must read! Well that's about it for me, hopefully I will have pictures to post next time.

Trick or Treat

2008-11-02T16:36:00.000-08:00

Elise as BelleJordis as Cinderella Ashlee and Tristan downtown with the girls

All of Gma Diane's daycare kids

This year I took the girls downtown to do a little trick or treating with Tristan and Ashlee. Despite the rain, the kids had a really good time and really got into it this year. After we left downtown, we went to the Veteran's home and 2 of our neighbors before ending up at the Frei house. The girls loved wearing there dresses and of course collecting lots of candy. Now I can put their dresses in with their other dress up clothes, they wanted to wear them so much before halloween that I had to hide them.

Twins' birthday party

2008-10-29T21:37:00.000-07:00

EliseJordis

Cousin Aydann Connor and Tristan

Jessi and Ashlee

Well we survived the birthday party at McDonalds! It was so nice having it there so I didn't have to clean my house or have 11 kids running wild around here. They did everything from feeding the kids to handing out icecream and cake, it was very nice for the price:) The girls made a haulin' with all the toys they received. Most everything revolved around Disney princesses this year which is exactly what they are into these days. They got a couple games and activity sets which will be nice this winter when they are cooped up inside with nothing to do I can bring the games out now that they are old enough to play. Thank you to everyone that came tonight, it was a lot of fun and the girls love everything they received.

My babies are 3!!!

2008-10-28T22:40:00.000-07:00

Wednesday my little girls are going to turn 3 years old. I can't believe that the last 3 years have flown by so fast, it seems like not so long ago that they were in the hospital in Spokane only weighing a couple pounds each. Now they are talking, potty training, singing songs, counting, learning their colors, playing together, fighting, and so much more. Their party is going to be at McDonalds wed night with lots of friends and family their. I decorated the Dora cake in the picture, that's about the extent of their "Dora birthday party" that they said they wanted, kind of hard to decorate the playland at McD's. I will post pictures after their party.

slide show

2008-10-21T11:57:00.000-07:00

I added my slide show to the side of my blog. I picked out my favorite pictures to show, it was hard because there were over 200 to choose from! Enjoy

2008-10-21T11:49:00.000-07:00

Family pictures

2008-10-20T19:06:00.000-07:00

Check out Michelle Wolf's blog, our family pictures are on it! We just had them done today and she already has the pictures ready so I will be putting them on my blog soon. I love how they turned out, thank you so much Michelle for taking such great pictures. Stay tuned....

Happy Birthday Christel

2008-10-20T11:52:00.000-07:00

My sister is turning 24 today and I just wanted to wish her a Happy Birthday and let her know that I couldn't ask for a better sister. (Sorry I don't have a recent picture of you to put up)

Farmer's market

2008-10-09T21:57:00.000-07:00

On top of the hay pyramid
Elise not wanting to touch the hay
Jordis found me!
Showing me thier pumpkin
Last Saturday the girls and I went down to the farmer's market in downtown Lewiston. They had a hay maze and pyramid set up for kids to play on. At first Elise was climbing on the hay but wouldn't touch it because it was wet but after awhile she got used to it. I tried playing hide-n-seek in the maze with them but they would only go around the corner from me to hide so I had to do all the hiding. Later I let them pick out their own pumpkin which luckily they chose small ones so they could carry them. Hopefully next week we will carve them and I will definately be taking pictures to show everyone. If you noticed I've been playing around with my camera and the settings.

Our 4 year anniversary

2008-10-02T09:02:00.001-07:00

Today Ryan and I have been married for 4 years, it's hard to believe. Sometimes it feels like it's been longer other times it feels like it was just yesterday. I've included a couple pictures from our wedding since some of you may not have known us then or seen these.

Hunting!

2008-09-26T09:06:00.001-07:00

Last year right after Christmas Ryan bought these camo overalls for the girls. At the time they would not even put them on which really up set Ryan. But now that he has been hunting and they see him in his camo pants all the time they want to wear theirs. He has a dart gun that we was showing them how to use. Of course he had to explain that they only shoot elk, bear and deer, not each other. He really wants them to be interested in hunting so he has a hunting partner since I have no interest other than having the meat so we don't have to buy it at the grocery store. I am going to go out with him this Sunday though, he wants me to see that it is called "hunting" not "killing" and that's why he hasn't shot anything yet. After 5 weekends of hunting it gets pretty frustrating, and we still have rifle season and another archery season before the end of the year. Just call me the hunting widow from now on!

The last picture was taken last night, the girls are always trying to put on their Mr. Potatoe Head glasses on so we all decided to put them on and get our picture taken.

Princesses

2008-09-22T08:49:00.001-07:00

Bell(Elise)
Barbie(Abbi)
Cinderelli(Jordis)

Today I am watching my friend Jenni's daughter Abbi. When I found the girls' halloween costumes there was a Barbie dress that I decided to get too, which is perfect for times like this. They all are dressed up with purses, jewelry and crowns, all that's missing is a cute hair style but that would be to hectic to do with 3 girls. So far they are all playing well, but then again it's only 9 am and I still have all day. I just had to share these photos of them.

Fair time again!

2008-09-20T17:48:00.000-07:00

Once again it rained at the fair, uhg! The girls actually enjoyed the petting zoo this year. I kept looking for Jordis because she would follow a goat or sheep off somewhere. Elise on the other hand is still leery about touching any of the animals. There were so many people in the petting zoo it was hard to get good pictures of the girls. I was able to quickly glance at the scrapbooking pages to see what ribbons I got and what my cousin Amanda got. My HOME letters that I made recieved 3 BIG ribbons-best in show, best in class and sweepstakes award(don't really know what that ribbon means). On all my other pages and cards I received blue and red ribbons. We bought an elephant ear and then headed home because I was soaked and the girls were cranky(thank goodness I didn't have a certain 26 year old "kid" with me too or I would have lost my mind:) Hopefully this rainy weather is a good sign that Ryan might actually get his elk this weekend. Hunting season is only a third over and I am tired of it already. Actually having my weekends free to do whatever the girls and I want is nice, not having him here to help with them is frustrating at times. Right now my girls are running around in their diapers playing with cars on the floor, so lady like. Well I need to start getting the girls ready for bed time.

Pretty tame September

2008-09-16T09:02:00.000-07:00

I've noticed that September is less eventful for us than our summer was. It is nice getting back into a routine and not having to be somewhere every weekend. Now that I have a double jogger stroller I have been taking the girls for a walk alot more, which they love. Ryan is still hunting every weekend up in Elk City which allows the girls and I to do whatever we want. Sat I judged the modeling for the Nez Perce fair in the morning. Then the girls and I went to lunch with Maria and her family before we headed up to my moms house. Christel and Layla were also up there since Richie was working a 24 hour shift. It's nice to just have all us girls together to just hang out and relax with no men to worry about. I am planning on taking the girls to the fair this weekend to see the animals, that is all they've talked about since the Idaho county fair. Not much new with us so hopefully this year I won't forget my camera for the fair so I can share some picures. (I entered some scrap booking stuff in the fair so hopefully I will get a ribbon or two)

2008-09-09T09:41:00.001-07:00

Two people have tagged me with an "I love your blog" card. The first one was Tami, she is the one I "crop-lift" from. I love looking at what she does and trying to make it work for my pictures. Whenever I am stuck in a rut she is the one that I go to for idea's. Kristi also tagged me, she is my "supplier" and now a client of mine at the salon. She is so bubbly all the time, I don't see how you just don't crash after all that you do. I love going to the store to see what she has in and what is going on for upcoming classes and crops.

The rules for the award are - (1) The winner can put the logo on their blog. (2) Link the person you received your award from. (3) Nominate at least 7 other blogs. (4) Put links of those on yours. (5) Leave a message on the blogs of the girls or boys you’ve nominated.Now I get to nominate 7 people:

Christel

Amanda

Katie

Maria

Randi Jo

Cori(we'll see if this gets her to blog)

Nicole A

Weekend "round up"

2008-09-08T17:36:00.000-07:00

Thursday night we started off by taking the girls to the Bull Bash. Jordis was really into it, clapping everytime the rider came out and was actually paying attention for the most part. On the other hand, Elise was more interested in climbing up and down the stairs and in what everyone was eating. Saturday my mom and I took the girls to the parade while Ryan was off hunting in Elk city, still no elk brought home:(. The rest of the weekend we were pretty lazy and just stayed home and ran a few errands. I have noticed that the girls are playing "pretend" alot more. For the most part they are playing really well together and don't fight that often, but they have been playing "mommy and baby" so the one that is the baby is always crying. Half the time I don't know if they are playing or if they are really upset or hurt. If I don't have crying babies in my house I have 2 meowing kitties. I don't know which one is worse. I don't have any new pictures of Layla but Christel has finally updated her blog and has newer ones than me so check it out. If anyone wants to know how I changed my blog background, go to www.cutestblogontheblock.com and it will give you tons of backgrounds to choose from. I think I am going to change it more often now that I know how to do it.

Bare with me....

2008-09-07T16:54:00.000-07:00

I am in the middle of choosing a new layout for my blog and am having troubles so hopefully in the next day or two I will have it fixed.

More pictures of Layla

2008-09-01T13:16:00.001-07:00

Grandma Eloise with her sixth grand-daughter.
Aunt Chelle and cousins Elise and Jordis
We finally were able to see her out of her blanket and hat
All bundled up again!
The girls with their other cousin Kaytlin.(my brother Bob's daughter)

Welcome Layla Marie Lucas!

2008-08-30T22:25:00.000-07:00

The Lucas Family
Layla Marie Lucas
Proud Daddy Richie

Well Layla finally decided to show us her beautiful face at 8:23pm tonight after about and hour and a half of pushing. She is 8 lbs 6&1/4 oz, 22 inches long and has kind of strawberry blond hair. From my other blogs you all know that Christel went in dialated to 2 cm and stayed that way until about 2 pm today when she finally changed to 4cm. At around 5 pm they upped her potosin to speed things up and it must have worked because I went home just before 5 pm and mom called me at 7pm and said things were really speeding up. When I got there at 7:20 she had already been pushing and only pushed for another hour before she was born. She is so beautiful and I think she will be a good nurser because her tongue was out right after she was born looking for something to latch onto. She did find her thumb which we all laughed about because Christel was a thumb sucker for a long time. Christel is doing well but really needs a good night sleep because she basically has been up since around 5am Fri morning. Here are a couple of pictures from tonight and I will post more after I see her tomorrow. Love you Christel, you did great!!!

No baby yet!!

2008-08-30T08:19:00.000-07:00

It is 8:20 am and there is still no baby! She is still dialated to a 2 so they started her on potosin(sp?). The nurse said she should have her by 6 pm tonight so hopefully this evening I will be posting pictures. Just thought I would update everyone that is patiently waiting like me for this baby:)

Her water broke!

2008-08-29T09:27:00.000-07:00

Last night Christel stayed with me since cell phones were down and she was at home by herself. This morning about 7:30 am she told me that she thought her water broke and was going to go home to meet Richie and then go to the hospital. I just talked to my mom and she said that Christel has been admitted and that her contractions are 5 minutes apart. I guess she has been having contractions for awhile but she didn't know it because she thought they were just little cramps. So now I don't know if I should go to work or go to the hospital, since I didn't have a natural birth I don't really know how things progress. I am planning on working until I get a phone call that things are moving along faster. I will post pictures as soon as she has the baby. Keep your fingers crossed that it will be somtime today.

Cell phone trouble

2008-08-28T20:48:00.000-07:00

It is 8:45 thurday night and my phone is not working and neither is Ryan's. I was just wondering if anyone else is having trouble with their's. I cannot call out on it and Ryan's will ring when he calls but then it says call ended. My luck my sister will go into labor tonight and I won't know until morning. Hopefully it starts working soon because we don't have a land line so it's our only phone. So if you notice that your phone isn't working tonight please leave me a comment so I know it's not just mine.

Idaho County Fair

2008-08-25T14:32:00.001-07:00

We had a quick trip through the fair this year. We had a late start getting up there and then we had to be to a picnic for Ryan's Grandma June at 1 pm. Elise still does not like the animals and Jordis was petting the sheep and rabbits. Gma Eloise even tried bribing Elise to pet a sheep but that didn't change her mind. I only was able to take these 3 pictures because something is wrong with my camera. I am serious thinking about buying a Cannon Camera from Costco like Randi Jo bought. It comes with 2 lenses, a bag, and is digital. Right now it is just under $1,000. Does that sound like a good deal, I don't know. Hopefully this camera will last long enough to take pictures of Christel's baby when she finally decides to grace us with her presense:)

Email me please

2008-08-22T09:48:00.000-07:00

If you haven't read my sister's blog today, you need to read it, it will have you laughing so hard you'll cry. Let's just say my brother-in-law is way more thoughtful and prepared than my husband every could be. Since my computer was crashed and then rebuilt I lost all my email addresses. If you read this please send me some kind of email so I can save you address to my contacts list. Ryan and I are off to serve beer tonight at the concert for Hot August Nights and to the Idaho county fair in the morning so the girls can see the animals and I can have a scone. I'll post pictures on Sun.

Prall family reunion

2008-08-19T08:46:00.000-07:00

Aunt Chelsea & Macenzie
Elise asleep at the picnic
Nephew Zane
Kayden, Reed, Micaela, Dani, Zane, Jordis, Elise, Macenzie
Playing in the mister

This last weekend we went to the Prall family reunion down at Hell's Gate. Ryan's- dad's- mom was a Prall so it was alot of people that I didn't really know. Ryan's brother Ray and family were up from southern Idaho so we camped down there to spend more time with them. It was so stinkin' hot that the everyone including myself was on the crabby side all weekend. Luckily Ryan's uncle Bob had a camper with airconditioning so the girls and I took a 2 hour nap on Sat. It was nice that the girls could play with all 6 of their cousins all weekend, they don't get to see all of them at the same time very often. Ryan's dad bought a mister and set it up so all the kids played under that if we weren't at the river in the water.

We are still patiently waiting for my sister to have her baby. I call everyday to see how she is doing but no change. Hopefully it will be soon because our nephew Zane is already 9 months old so he is out of the "itty bitty" baby stage. I think his thighs were twice as big as the girls', they never really had that cute baby fat when they were that age. Ryan is going to the Rodney Carrington concert in Coeur d alene this Thursday and then friday we are serving beer at Hot August Nites again. Another busy weekend for the Aiken family.

Finally...I have my computer back

2008-08-15T08:35:00.000-07:00

Denis and Dena Frei
Ryan "asleep"
The boys!
Becky by a creek at Kirkwood
Dena at the homestead at Kirkwood
After going over a month without my computer, I am finally connected with the world again:) Since my last post we have been super busy. We went on our annual "adults only" camping trip up river with the Bremers', Frie's, Weeks', and Heimgartner's. Ryan and Johnny fell off the wave runner going through a pretty big rapid when we were going up. Denis scared the @#($ out of Jenni and Dena when he started floating towards that same rapid with absolutely no power. Somehow he managed to get the jet boat started before they had to go through the rapid backwards. We did a lot of eatin', drinkin', dancin', and just layin aroung. Quite a few of us came home with sun burns, I'm still itching from peeling. The next weekend we went up the river again but this time with Justin Luther and in a bigger jet boat. We didn't quit make it to the dam but I don't think the boys cared because we saw some "flashing" women on a tour boat that went by us. My husband missed about an hour of the ride because he was "asleep" on the bottom of the boat.

In the mean time, the twins are getting bigger and smarter every day. They can tell you what almost every letter in the alphabet is and the sound that most of them make. They will get to see their cousins from southern idaho this weekend so I'll put some pictures of all of them together next week. Here's a couple pictures from the boat trip.

Still no computer

2008-07-27T11:42:00.000-07:00

As you can tell by my lack of posts, our computer is still being worked on. I am at my mom's house for the day so I decided to post since I don't know when I will be able to do it again. Last weekend we had a Benefit Poker Tournament for Ryan's friend Josh Burton(Burto) that was killed in a car accident the week before. We raised almost $2,500 between the poker tournament and a small silent auction that we had. We think the family is going to set up a scholarship fund with the money. I included a picture of the banner that was made by Odom and a fire ring donated by Gateway materials. Since then we haven't done a whole lot, I made a little 6x6 album for my mom of pictures from a family photo shoot we had before my dad passed away. I gave it to her for what would have been their 44th anniversary. Ryan and I are looking forward to our "adults only" weekend up river next weekend. We went to the beach yesterday and were able to get the girls to go into the water more. They willingly went in up to their waste without putting up a fuss and actually let us make them float a couple times. Hopefully next time I post I will have good pictures from out camping trip.

Playing catch up with pictures!

2008-07-14T22:02:00.001-07:00

Ready for a long post?

2008-07-14T16:41:00.000-07:00

Sorry it's been so long, our computer is being worked on so I have to rely on using my mom's or my sister's computer. So much has happened since my last post, I will start at the beginning. Both girls had a day(2 for Jordis) that they were throwing up, both managed to do it in their car seats, not a fun thing to clean up. Luckily Ryan and I did not get it because we had a busy week ahead of us. Friday, June 27 a couple of us girls threw a surprise birthday party for our good friend Cori, which was a blast. The next morning at 7 am I did hair for a wedding up the river at Beamer's, thank god for Chasers anti hangover pills. The next day I threw a baby shower for my sister, she received lots of really neat things. The next weekend was Border Days in G-ville and my 10 year reunion. Unfortunately I didn't bring my camera to the dinner so I don't have any good pictures of it. Like any 10 year reunion, everyone was curious to see what everyone was doing and what they looked like no compared to in highschool. Of course I noticed that all the girls' hair was shorter but one. In the mean time we had our lawn hydroseeded and it is coming so nice and thick, hopefully it will stay that way with our water being restricted now. Unfortunately last week Ryan lost a good friend of his to a car accident in Waha, the funeral is Thurdsday at 2 pm at the Valley View Christian center for any of you that knew Josh Burton. Ryan is busy trying to organize a benefit poker party to raise money for josh's family, it will be this coming sat. We finally got carpet put in ryan's room down stair's so we washed everything that has been piled up since the basement flooded and put back where it belongs. Finally things are starting to come together, we have a front yard and basement that we can enjoy. We are now looking forward to our annual couples camping trip that we do up river with some friends of ours. Hopefully it won't be so long before I post again.

"Dog" Days of Summer

2008-06-18T19:59:00.000-07:00

Monday I took the girls and my neice Jessi to the Asotin Aquatic Center for a trial run to see if the girls will actually get in the water. Jessi is having her birthday at the Aquatic Center on Sunday and I want to take the girls, last year they weren't too fond of the water. We went to the little toddler section to get them used to the water. It took Jordis about 20 minutes before she ventured into the water and Elise took 45 minutes. But after they got into the water and realized it was fun they didn't want to get out. Elise kept saying she wanted to go down the slide but she isn't tall enough so she had to settle for watching Jessi come out the bottom. They should be ready to go to the birthday party sunday with no problem.

We have a new addition to our family, Hurly. Ryan's sister Chelsea had a dog but was unable to have it at her apartment here in Lewiston so Ryan said we would take it since the girls are such dog lovers. She is part weiner dog, part pekaneese. (sp?) She was born last Sept, but is very mellow. She likes to just lay around which is perfect because Jordis always wants her to sit in her lap. It will be nice because Chelsea can take her when we are out of town for the weekend so we won't have to worry about her, then Chelsea still gets to spend time with her. Here are a couple pictures from this week.

Here Fishy, fishy

2008-06-15T13:22:00.000-07:00

Yesterday the Leiterman family and our family went out to Mann's Lake to do a little fishing. Ryan bought the girls each their own Dora fishing pole and they caught on really fast on how to use it. At first we were fishing from the bank but there were too many weeds so we moved to the dock, hoping that the girls wouldn't fall off into the water. All the girls wanted to do was cast and then reel in the line, they didn't want to wait for a bite to reel it in. Elise actually had a fish on 2 times but we didn't get the hook set in time to actually catch it. After we were done fishing we went to Cori and Duane's to have a BBQ and play a couple games of 31. The girls don't understand when they go to Cori's why there aren't any kids there like when they used to go there for daycare.

This morning the girls were finally able to give Ryan the boxes that they painted and glued buttons onto for his Father's Day gifts. I put Swedish fish in the boxes since they are Ryan's favorite candy so when the girls saw them they wanted to eat them. We're just relaxing today since we have very few weekends during the summer that we have nothing to do.

Bed time pals

2008-06-12T21:21:00.001-07:00

Every night we have to make sure the girls have ALL of their animals that they sleep with. If we happen to miss one they let us know by yelling it over and over after we have turned off the light. In Jordis' bed there is : 2 pigs, 1 sheep, 2 dogs, her blanket, a book and sometimes a baby. In Elise's bed there is: 2 pigs, 1 dog, 1 sheep, her blanket, a book and most times a baby. As you can tell they still have thier binkies at night but I have started telling them that when Aunt Christel's baby comes we have to give their binkies to her since she won't have any. Some times it is ok with them other times they start to cry. They will probably not like the baby at first for taking their binkies. I was going to try the binkie fairy idea like Jamie but I don't think they would get the concept at this age.

For any one that has driven by our house you will notice that we finally have our yard hydroseeded. YEAH!!!!!! Ryan has the sprinklers all hooked up and set the timers tonight so hopefully in the next couple of weeks we will have green grass instead of dirt in our front yard. No the only project left for the year is to finish Ryan's room again after the flood. Luckily all that was damaged was the floor in his room so once that is in and the trim is up we can put all of his stuff back and maybe use the basement for something other than storage. I want to thank eveyone that has helped us this year with all that we have done with the house, we really appreciate it.

Everything comes in 3's!!

2008-06-06T11:45:00.000-07:00

Why does it seem that when bad stuff happens it comes in 3's? Hopefully we are done now that we have had 3 bad things happen to us. To start, Ryan was passed up yet again for a driving position with Pepsi so he is really trying to find a new job. His moody behavior because of not liking his job mixed with me telling him no over and over again about jobs that won't work for our family and our budget, does not make a good combination. Then on Memorial day I fell carrying Jordis down the stairs at my moms house which hyperextended my back. I couldn't move at all for about 5 minutes and then got better as time went on. Now today I was woken up at 6:30 am by a loud popping noise so I looked outside thinking the air conditioner was broke or someone had turned the sprinkler system on. It wasn't until I went down stairs and stepped into warm water that I realized that my hot water tank was gushing water. So luckily I knew where the water shut off valve was and was able to keep the water damage to a minimum. Ryan came home(hopefully he won't lose his job over this) and started vacuming up all the water. AFter talking to the insurance and getting that squared away we started taking up the flooring in Ryan's room that he just finished putting in last month. He had 4 pieces of trim to put in the room and then it would have been done. Hopefully our luck will turn around or I'll have to be admitted to the 5th floor:)

Memorial Weekend

2008-05-25T16:00:00.000-07:00

Since Ryan has to work on Mondays and is it supposed to rain all weekend, the girls and I decided to go to my mom's house to hang out. Ryan took his 4wheeler up to Elk City to go riding with some friends and is probably going to he either soaking wet or really mudding when he comes home. My mom and I decided to finish up my sister's baby shower invitations and a couple other things for the shower. I would have put pictures of what we did in my slide show but what we are doing is a surprise to her. I will put pictures on my blog after her shower in June. I decided I wanted the girls to make something to put on my dad's grave so I let them paint a terra cotta pot and I put some fake flowers in them. They loved it! They have been wanting to paint everything since they did it. I have been able to get a couple pages done so I'm not so behind at the fall retreat. I even did one by candle light last night because the electricity went off for about an hour and a half last night. Let me tell you, I don't know how the old timers did anything without electricity. It must have been a different world back then and the people were definately alot stronger and more self efficient than we are today. Thank God for modern day inventions!

Check out my Slide Show!

2008-05-25T15:58:00.001-07:00

The start of a new sprinkler system

2008-05-19T21:46:00.000-07:00

The girls sitting in the dirt(imagine that!)
Elise before she gets covered in dirt from head to toe.
Jordis already has her shoes off because they kept filling with dirt and she got tired of dumping it out everytime she took a step.
Don't call child labor services on me, she did on her own free will. (It didn't last long though)
Ryan is running the ditch-witch while Duane nervously waits for an "explosion". You see, Ryan had me call Avista today to get all the electric and water lines drawn out so he wouldn't hit any. Well I did that but they won't have the results until Wed morning and he wanted to get it done tonight, so he did it anyway. I prayed the whole time he was out there that he wouldn't hit anything. Duane was so nervous that when I brought them some water I scared the crap out of him when I said his name. Evidently he was doing a little praying himself:) The front yard has all the pipes ran and hooked together already. He still has to run a line to my garden and hook up the back yard. Hopefully he will get it done in the next few days since he thinks we're going camping this weekend. I do have to say that Ryan is getting alot done this year. We weren't going to do the back yard but he decided to just do it and get it done. With everything he have purchased at home depote, we still have saved over $400 from what it would have cost to have a pro to do just the front yard. It really saves us alot of money doing it ourselves but it's alot more work(for Ryan anyways!)

The best Mothers day!

2008-05-11T20:59:00.000-07:00

So here's the run-down on my great Mother's Day..... This morning Ryan got the girls up and then they came and layed in bed with me while he went to the store to get stuff for breakfast. My mom and sister came over for some french toast, bacon, sausage, eggs, and potatoes. The best part was that I didn't have to do a thing. Oh, and I also got a coffee and a dozen roses with a card. I then planted some flowers my neighbors gave me and checked on my garden. I now have little carrot tops poking out of the ground and little leaves from my cucumber plants showing. Then mom, Christel and I were off to see Made of Honor, it is a must see! Afterwards we headed to Home Depot to look at some plants for mom and I priced some bathroom fixtures for when we start that project. In the meantime Ryan has tilled, raked, and leveled off the front yard so we are just waiting for his friend Kevin to come over to start the sprinkler system. He also did a couple things on his "honey-do" list that have been there for quit awhile. We then finished off the evening with take out from my newest favorite place-Panda Express. The only thing that could make this day any better is if I had a maid to clean my house so I could wake up in the morning and not have to do it. Oh well, it can wait until tomorrow. I hope all the other moms that read this had as good of a day as me, Happy Mother's Day!!!

Spring, finally!

2008-05-09T19:28:00.000-07:00

The girls are "flying" on thier swings.
My first strawberry, I have 14 more that are still green!!
The girls finally figured out how to make their jeep go and aren't scared when it starts to move.

With this nice weather that we have been having the girls and I are able to go outside more and play. Elise thinks everytime we go outside that she has to water my flowers(that's what she calls the stawberries and tomatoes). Jordis has started swinging on her belly like Elise which is nice for me because I would have to stand their and push her for up to half an hour. I'm still waiting on my front yard being started for the sprinkler system. Right now it looks like an abandoned house with all the weeds growing. Maybe that will be my mothers day gift:)

A New tag

2008-05-09T09:16:00.000-07:00

I was tagged by Tami R., so here it goes.
What was I doing 10 years ago? : I was preparing to graduate from highschool. I don't know if it was particularly this weekend but we had a really good senior sneak at Red River hot springs.
5 Things on my T0-Do List: work, go shopping at walmart, figure out what time on sunday my mom, sister and I are going to see Made of Honor at the theater, grocery shop.
5 Snacks I enjoy: ice cream, mini chocolate candy bars, dried apples, mocha's, popcorn
5 Things I would do if I were a Billionaire: Have a house built for us, put money away for the girls college and their first home, buy ryan a new pickup, buy me a new vehicle, give to ronald mcdonald and march of dimes.
5 Bad Habits: have to have everything in order, have to have things my way, am very non-confrontational, bite the sides of my nails, i'm cheap
5 places I have lived-Ferdinand, Lewiston, Clarkston
5 Jobs I've Had: babysitter, file girl for insurance company, Little Ceasars, hairstylist at Smartstyle and A Flair for hair
I am tagging Amanda, Christel, and Maria

Mothers Day a week early

2008-05-04T19:19:00.000-07:00

This weekend was our mothers day with my mom and family. My sister Christel, brother Bob and his family, brother Ron, neice Jessi, and the four of us went to our moms house on Saturday night to play a little Wii. We all challenged each other at Guitar Hero, bowling, boxing and a little cow racing. The boxing was quit entertaining as you can see in the pictures on my slide show. Then Sunday morning we went to the annual mother/daughter breakfast at the Ferdinand Hall. In the last 2 years we went from having a table of 6 to a table of 12 with all the new neices. The men cook breakfast for all the women, it's quit nice, plus they give prizes away at the end. Then the whole purpose of the weekend began... We did all of mom's spring yard work-burned fence lines, picked weeds, moved river rock, etc. It was a really nice weekend being with all the family.

Check out my Slide Show!

2008-05-04T18:41:00.001-07:00

My Girls are 2 & 1/2!!!

2008-04-29T19:55:00.000-07:00

Elise Rayn Aiken
Jordis Hailey Aiken

Vacation continued....

2008-04-24T18:07:00.000-07:00

Elise with cousins Dani, & Reed /////Baby Zane

Jordis feeding a calf///// Elise & Uncle Ray, Cousin Reed

Well for the second half of our trip we went to Carey, ID to see Ryan's brother Ray, his wife Jennifer and kids Dani, Reed, and Zane. We haven't seen them since July of last year and Zane is already 5 months old so we needed to go see them. Ray works on a ranch that they do what you would call "Buckaroo style" ranching. They do everything from horse back. Ryan spent tues and wed working with Ray and loved it. But he didn't ride a horse, it hurts his knees to bad so he rode the 4 wheeler. Jennifer and I took the kids to Twin Falls to do a little shopping and then went out to the ranch. The girls were able to help feed the bottle fed calves. Elise was too scared to be down in the pen so she didn't get to hold a bottle but Jordis was so excited that she fed a calf by herself and went up to one to pet it. She almost got kicked by another calf but luckily was too far away. I had a really relaxing time with Jennifer and the kids at their house. We have been sister-in-laws for 3 1/2 years but haven't really had any one on one time so this was nice getting to know her better. They are also going to be moving into a brand new house that was built for them by Ray's company that he works for. They aren't quit done but it looks so nice and big.(They live in a small 2 bedroom house right now) We are home and settled back in now, Ryan is off to a bow shoot tomorrow while the girls and I spend some time with my mom. If it is warm enough I am hoping to work in my garden tomorrow.

Vacation update

2008-04-20T20:10:00.000-07:00

For those of you that may not know Ryan and I took the girls on a little vacation this weekend until Thurs. We started off by heading to Boise to spend the weekend with my best friend in Boise and her husband and son. Maria and I wanted to take the kids to the zoo but it was too windy so we decided to take them to the library. It was pretty neat, it had puzzles, books, puppets and other educational toys. We couldn't think of anything else for toddlers to do that was indoors. After that we just hung out at her house and let the kids play. Jordis was looking a little under the weather after they got up from their nap and just didn't get any better. She was running a temp of 100 and just wanted to be held. I decided to sleep downstairs with her since it was much cooler to try to make her temp go down. Finally at about 2 am she was saying "It hurts" over and over so Maria and I took her to the emergancy room because we thought she might have a UTI. After dealing with a rude nurse we got a really nice one and a good doctor to look a her. It ended up that she has a double ear infection so she has antibiotics and they are going to call with test results about the UTI. They said from the first tests they ran she doesn't have one but they are going to run more intense test to make sure. So tomorrow we are planning on going to Ryan's brothers house in Carey ID. We are praying that Jordis wakes up herself in the morning so we can still go see them. I'll post about the second part of our trip when I get back.

We finally have a window!!

2008-04-16T19:45:00.000-07:00

After waiting 5 weeks for the window to come in, we finally were able to finish putting it in. Ryan started remodeling his "man's land" room down stairs in January and was able to get the ceiling and 3 walls finished. We then had to wait until this stupid window came in to finish the rest. We now can get rid of the huge dirt pile in our front yard from the hole dug for the window well. Hopefully we will still be able to get the sprinkler system done and lawn hydroseeded before it hits 100 degrees. For anyone that is planning on putting an egress window in their basement themselves the window well is more expensive than the window itself. I knew it was going to be big to be up to code but this is huge, now we have to buy a metal grate to put over it because it is right next to the front sidewalk leading to our front door. Wouldn't want a law suit for some little kid or drunk adult falling in the window well:) Hopefully soon I will be able to post pictures of our front yard completed.

Check out my Slide Show!

2008-04-14T09:49:00.001-07:00

Weekend recap

2008-04-14T09:29:00.001-07:00

Well we started off our weekend by going to the Frei's house to play a little Wii for Denis's birthday. I kicked butt in bowling and didn't do too bad at boxing either. Sat morning my arm was sore from the boxing, it's quit a workout. Sat we had Ryan's nephew Kayden's 2nd birthday party up in G-ville. The girls played outside all day and the whole next morning. I didn't realize until we got home how much sun they actually got. Their poor little faces are really pink today. The girls jumped on the trampoline for the first time and loved it. It makes me nervous with all the kids up there with them, but we had a couple adults around the edges to keep falls to a minimum. Their twin cousins got a blow up castle a couple years ago so that was set up also for the kids to play in. Jordis loved it but Elise wouldn't even get into it (and she is usually my little daredevil). When we got home yesterday we played outside even more while daddy did some yard work. Looking outside, I think this weekend was just another teaser because it's pretty gloomy again.

Feeding the ducks

2008-04-10T10:01:00.000-07:00

Last Sunday Ryan and I took the girls down to the pong to feed the ducks. Usually Jordis is our little animal lover and wants to pet every animal she sees but this day she wanted to be up off the ground. We really had to watch Elise because she kept trying to feed the geese out of her hands. As you can see in the picture Jordis has her legs wrapped completely around me so none of the birds could get her feet.

New swingset!!

2008-04-05T15:17:00.000-07:00

For Christmas and the girls' birthday, grandma Eloise bought them a Costco cedar swingset. This last week Ryan and various helpers have been setting it up and moving peagravel into the play area. I am so proud of Ryan, he started and completed this project in less than a week! I took the girls outside this afternoon when it was all done to check it out. Right when Elise saw it she said "Wow, look mommy!" They played on it for well over an hour. I was a little leary about them climbing up it but they figured it out and cruised down the slide. This will hopefully keep them content while I try to put in a garden this year. Slowly all of our projects are starting to come together and get done, hopefully I will have grass in my front yard before summer. Thank you to all that helped us this week(most guys don't read this so if your husband or son helped us tell them I greatly appreciate it).

Baby Fever

2008-04-03T21:19:00.000-07:00

It seems like everyone is having babies this month!! Baby Jaxon Whittaker Long finally decided to join the outside world today after putting his mommy through about a week of labor. The girls and I went down to see him this evening after I got off work. Amanda looks great, but after only two pushes it doesn't surprise me. (She will probably be wearing her regular jeans home too!) Aydann is very protective of her new little brother, she kept reminding my girls that he was "her baby". There are pictures posted on Amanda's blog(just click on her name on the right side of my blog and it will take you there). More exciting news....I am going to have a new baby niece in August. My sister found out yesterday that she is having a girl, that makes 6 biological granddaughters for my mom! Hopefully someday she will get a boy out of someone.

What I am doing right now...

2008-03-31T19:06:00.000-07:00

Kristi had this on her blog yesterday so since I haven't blogged lately I thought I would put it on mine rather that comment on hers(sorry Kristi).
Right now I am....
Listening the Two and a half men on the t.v.
Elise is trying to stick her microphone in Ryan's belly button for some reason:)
Wondering where Jordis is, if she is left alone she plays as long as Elise lets her, quietly.
Thinking about Amanda heading to the hospital to hopefully have Jaxon tonight(I need a baby fix, everyone around me is pregnant or having babies)
Jordis came out from hiding and is now singing in the microphone that was just in Ryan's belly button, yuck!
Wondering when all of our little house projects are going to be done, they are all on hold because our window we ordered is not in yet.
Wishing it would stop snowing so the girls can play outside
Hoping that my husband will be nice and watch the girls on Friday so I can go to the Luau.
Wondering what all of my readers are doing, please respond on you blogs. Have a great night!

Easter Slideshow!

2008-03-23T13:19:00.001-07:00

Congratulations!!!

2008-03-18T09:44:00.000-07:00

Yesterday two of my friend's had their first babies!! My class mate and close friend Stephanie Riener had a baby boy in the morning, Landon Micheal Riener. Then in the afternoon, my sisters classmate Katie, who is married to a friend of mine, had a baby girl, Kenzington Grace Blevins. Congratulations to both of you and enjoy your little bundles of joy because time flies.

Boobies, Mommy!

2008-03-12T19:42:00.001-07:00

Everytime the girls see my bra they say, "Boobies, mommy" and either want me to put it on or they want to put it on. So the other day I put it on Elise and kept putting laundry away like usual. Later on I noticed that she was still wearing it so I had to take a picture. She will probably not be very happy with this phot shoot when she gets older but I think it is so cute!I am headed to a scrapbooking retreat for the next 4 days so hopefully I will get caught up enough that I can scrapbook these pictures. I wont be able to post until Monday, so talk at you then.

All Mine

2008-03-06T21:15:00.000-08:00

Earlier this week I was finally able to alter some HOME letters for myself. I have done a set for a friend and a "family" set for another friend but none for myself. I really like how they turned out, I used the Cosmo Cricket "Grettle" paper on them. Just thought I would share this with you all.

First visit to the dentist!

2008-03-04T10:47:00.000-08:00

Well the girls had their first trip to the dentist for a "Happy Day Visit". They did not find the chair that goes up and down too cool so they opted to just sit on regular chairs. The bibs that they wore weren't interesting them too much either. They did like the little mirror the tech gave them to look at their teeth but 2 years old have a short attention span. By the time the doctor came in they didn't want anything to do with this visit. They wouldn't even open their mouth to get their teeth counted. So, when they turn 3 we will try this all over again. Hopefully they will cooperate a little better. They did better than I thought, no tears:) Here are a couple pictures I was able to take before everything came off.

What to do on a gloomy day?

2008-03-01T16:56:00.000-08:00

Today I worked until 2 pm and then came home to spend the rest of the day with the girls(Ryan is working on his trailer to get it ready for a 4wheeler trip). I really wish it would warm up outside because I am running out of ideas for things that the girls can do. They are getting bored with all their toys so they just want to sit and watch tv. So today I went onto NickJr.com and found some coloring pages to print so the girls could color them. Jordis likes to take all the paper off the crayon before she even uses it. Elise is a mad colorer, she colors everything you put infront of her and then she's done and wants down. I need idea's of things to do with them to keep them away from the tv until it gets nice outside. All the games in the store are too old for them and they are a little too young for crafts. I love to do crafts and did as a kid so I have all kinds of ideas for them when they get bigger but if we did them now they would just have to watch me and that would not go over too well. If you have any new ideas for me please leave a comment.

A newby to the blog world

2008-02-28T09:58:00.000-08:00

My friend Maria is new to the blog world. I finally convinced her to set up her own blog this last weekend when she was here. Her blog is now added to my other blogs that I read if you want to check it out.

So true!

2008-02-27T16:10:00.000-08:00

I just read this on Sherelle Christensen's blog and thought it was hilarious! I hope she doesn't ming that I copied it.
Dear Tech Support,
Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slow down in overall system performance -- particularly in the flower and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.
In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5 and then installed undesirable programs such as NFL 5.0, NBA 3.0, and Golf Clubs 4.1.
Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system. I've tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail. What can I do?
Signed, Desperate
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Dear Desperate:
First keep in mind, Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while Husband 1.0 is an Operating System.
Please enter the command: 'I Thought You Loved Me.exe', try to download Tears 6.2 and don't forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update. If that application works as designed, Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewelry 2.0 and Flowers 3.5. But remember, overuse of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0 or Beer 6.1. Beer 6.1 is a very bad program that will download the Snoring Loudly Beta.
Whatever you do, DO NOT install Mother-in-law 1.0 It runs a virus in the background that will eventually seize control of all your system resources. Also, do not attempt to reinstall the Boyfriend 5.0 program. These are unsupported applications and will crash Husband 1.0
In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly. You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance. We recommend Food 3.0 and Hot Lingerie 7.7.
Good Luck, Tech Support

Everyone is invited!

2008-02-20T19:11:00.000-08:00

Becky and I are having a MaryKay party on Monday Feb 25. It will be held at the salon(A Flair for Hair) at 6 pm. Bring a friend if you wish and come have some fun with us. We have order forms and catalogs at the salon, just give one of us a call and we'll set you up. Hope to see you all there!

A tag a little late

2008-02-17T22:21:00.000-08:00

Amanda tagged me last week. I had so many birthdays and stuff I didn't have time to do it so here it is. Here goes.................................the rules.....1. You have to post the rules before you give your answers.2. You must list one fact about yourself beginning with each letter of your middle name. (If you don't have a middle name, use your maiden name).3. After you are tagged, you need to update your blog with your middle name and your answers.4. At the end of your blog post, you need to tag one person for each letter of your middle name. (Be sure to leave them a comment telling them they've been tagged and that they need to read your blog for details.)So - here are my answers:
R: Responsible. I started babysitting my little sister when I was about 8 and other children when I was 10 so evidently someone thought I was pretty responsible. I don't like to be careless about things, I'm not one that likes to deal with bad consiquenses.
O: Organized. Most of you already know this if you've read any of my other tags. I like everything in it's place and looking clean. It drives me crazy to work or live in clutter. My basement is driving me CRAZY right now since we are remodeling a room and everything is just stacked everywhere.
B: Beautician. I have been doing hair outside of school for 8 1/2 years now. It doesn't seem that long until I think that I have co-owned our salon for 5 years this July. Thank you all who come to me.
I: (I can't think of anything, if you have any ideas leave it in my comments and I will add it.)
N:Nice, I like to think that I am nice to everyone I meet. I like people to be nice to me so I try to be nice to them.
I am tagging Cori since she didn't do it when Tami tagged her, Nicole since she never does things like this on her blog, Christel-you need a new post:), and anyone else that wants to do it.

The perfect 32 hours

2008-02-17T00:25:00.000-08:00

I just had the perfect 32 hours in a long time. Yesterday Ryan took the girls with him to Grangeville so his parents could see them and he could go on a 4 wheeler ride. So I was left all alone for a little less than a day and a half. Usually when this happens I use the time to catch up on house work and things like that. Instead I decided to use it a "me time". It started off by playing bunco with all my girlfriends until about 10 pm last night and then coming home and crawling into a bed I didn't have to share pillows with anyone. Then I slept in until 8 and went to work at 9:30. I did 2 kids cuts and then cut Becky's hair off (it is very cute if you get to see it). Then Becky, Dena, Randi Jo and I went to see Fool's Gold followed by lunch at Taco Time. Then Becky, RJ and I went to have pedicures done at the beauty school, so relaxing and made me very thankful I am done with school. Then I went to my favorite place, Crop Paper Scissors. There I made 2 mini albums of the pictures of the girls that were taken at the store at xmas time, ate chocolate cake and chatted with Amanda, Kristi, Tami, and Jamie. When I came home I couldn't find Ryan anywhere, he wasn't asleep on the couch or in our bed. When I went to check on the girls I found them all alseep on their bedroom floor. He has been telling them for awhile that they were going to have a slumber party with him. It was so cute, I will try to post a picture tomorrow since it is 12:30 am right now.
OH! and for those of you that noticed that my last post is missing it is because people that I don't know have been leaving posts and trying to put a virus in my computer so I had to change some settings on my blog. I will try to put them back up. You can still leave comments, I just have to ok them before they will show now. I'm off to bed finally.

Happy birthday Tami!!!

2008-02-12T21:25:00.001-08:00

I want to wish one of my good friends a very happy birthday!! I hope you get lots of presents:)

Happy Birthday Maria!!!

2008-02-12T09:23:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to wish one of my best friends a very happy birthday, you are finally catching up with me! This is a picture of her and her son Cayden on his 1st birthday last October. Wish I could be there for your b-day! Talk to you soon. I also want to wish her twin sister Stephanie a happy birthday also, sorry steph I don't have a recent picture of you.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DUANE!!!

2008-02-10T10:13:00.000-08:00

My family wants to wish our friend Duane a very happy birthday! Have a great day!!!!!

New projects for the girls room

2008-02-03T16:32:00.000-08:00

Since Ryan was working on to ceiling in the room downstairs I decided to stay home from the scrapbook store and do a little scrapbooking at home. I altered the girls letters of their names that had been on the wall and decorated two picture frames that I got when the girls were born. I have been waiting to do something with them but wasn't quit sure until I was looking at Sherelle C blog one day. She had the same frame so I scraplifted the idea for mine. I'm hoping to make Vday cards tomorrow while the girls are napping.