share-R-moments

2011-02-01T11:58:00.000-06:00

On Martin Luther King Jr. day we went out

with some friends to their ranch.

Can you believe this is January!

We rode horses and 4-wheelers

roasted marshmallows and got rained on.

books

2011-02-01T11:44:00.001-06:00

I just finished this book last night!

I loved it

5 stars
Favorite lines from the book......................

You mustn't wait for someone to rescue you...A girl expecting rescue never learns to save herself.

"She did as she felt, and she felt a great deal."

"You make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing"

Always remember, with a strong enough will, even the weak can wield great power."

"The cage door opened and the cuckoo bird fell, fell, fell, until finally her stunted wings opened, and she found that she could fly."

Has anyone else read it?

I would like to know what you think about it?

2010-08-30T14:52:00.000-05:00

Last week our family was asked to clean the church. So on Saturday night we went over and started vacuuming, taking out the trash, ect. One of the chores on the list was to clean the chapel. ((WOW the Cheerios we found!)) We needed to make sure all the hymn books were all a certain way. So we went row by row and arranged them all.
On Sunday morning we sat down in our seats and Kalab had to fix our hymn books. He tapped me and said look!
I was so grateful for the lessons my kids learned about keeping our newly remodeled church clean and tidy!

bad week for Aubrey

2010-05-31T14:43:00.000-05:00

This past week has been a hard one for my sweetie girl....

first she cut her foot. The screen door hit the

back of her foot . We went to the ER

and she had to get 6 stitches.

Next Kalab dropped the top a stool on her little toe~

Same foot!

She had just started walking normal too!

I hope nothing else happens to this poor foot~

all she likes to do is Dance, Dance, Dance!

2010-05-22T19:45:00.002-05:00

Aubrey was in her 1st dance recital today. And she rocked! She did a tap dance to "Kiss the Girl"
I bought these flowers for her and had Blayne bring them up when they came. She thought her dad was AWESOME for bringing her flowers...

No stage fright and she LOVED being on the stage.... I wonder where she gets it!

We are ALive!

2010-05-05T17:39:00.005-05:00

I'm still here and do miss my blogging... but we have been at the baseball field!

I will be back with posts... I promise!

2009-12-16T10:10:00.003-06:00

Kalab wanted me to wrap him up this morning.
He said he would stay that way until the kids came home from school.
He lasted 2 minutes.

Septemberfest in pictures

2009-10-02T16:00:00.003-05:00

We went to the Governors mansion a few weeks ago for Septemberfest.
They open up the mansion to tour and also have free activities to do.
The Oklahoma History Museum was also free for the day.

Storie time from the library They were pretending to be wolfs.....

Waiting to go fake fishing!

Radio Disney..... Our favorite radio station!

Milk'n cows

Laser tag

I did not know that this was how peanuts grew....

fun fun fun

the FAIR (in pictures)

2009-09-30T10:54:00.006-05:00

2009-09-25T09:12:00.002-05:00

I tried this recipe yesterday and it was a hit!

Apple Brownies
Ingredients:
1 c. butter
2 c. sugar
2 eggs
2 C. flour
1 tsp. Baking powder
2 tsp. cinnamon
3 large or 4 small apples, peeled and diced
granulated sugar (for sprinkling on top after baking)
Caramel Ice Cream topping (optional)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350. Choose your pan size: either a 9 x 13 pan, two pie pans, or a pie pan and four mini-loaf pans. Spray with nonstick cooking spray. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and apples. Mix well. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle with sugar.

The Tooth Fairy has returned!

2009-09-24T14:16:00.009-05:00

Aubrey has lost her first tooth....
She lost the tooth somewhere in the living room
but the tooth fairy still came!

over heard....

2009-09-11T08:50:00.005-05:00

I have been attending a Photoshop Elements class on Monday and Wednesday nights. Those nights have been hectic getting dinner done and me out the door. Wednesday night I needed to leave early to close out my booth at the craters mall so Blayne was not home yet. I dished up the spaghetti and put it on the table for the kids..... Chase sat down to eat his and said.....
SO HOW WAS YOUR DAY....
I chuckled all the way to my class.

2009-09-06T22:09:00.003-05:00

Practice

2009-09-06T20:24:00.008-05:00

2009-09-04T11:00:00.004-05:00

I have been taking a Photoshop Elements class and I am loving it!
It has opened up a whole new world of BRUSHES.
They are like Stamps and you can create anything out of them.
this is my new favorite WASTE time!

My Civil Duty....

2009-09-02T08:28:00.004-05:00

I received a letter a few weeks ago informing me that I was summons to Jury duty on the 31st of August. I was so nervous, the not knowing what to expect part of it. Blayne tried to reassure me by telling me what happens. He told me that once they find out that I was married to an attorney that practices in that court, I would be let go. I figured I could do it. I mapped my way downtown and found a place to park ($8.00 uhg ) I went to a room that was FULL of people.. I felt like a turkey being herded to a new turkey shed... Any way I checked in and found a seat next to a lady who I struck up a conversation with. This was her 4th time going through this and I felt that she was a pro at it. They called out 50 names and they left with a judge. So I sat there and read while I waited for my name to be called. After a short break and 7 other judges request for jurors, it was my turn.

I left with 20 other people, followed a balif down the ramp and up the stairs. My heart was about to jump out of my skin.... I did not want to do this and I thought that I would be released and sent home. We sat in the benchs and recieved instructions. Then our names were all put in a box and pulled out one by one to fill 12 seats....... I was Juror #7

We were asked several questions as a group, then some individual ones. The Judge asked us to tell them what we did for a living and then our spouse. I figured this was my chance to get out of it..... NOPE I was chosen to be 1 out of 6 jurors.

It was a personally injury case. Once I was in there and listening to the instructions of being a Juror, I started to get excited. I was able to see what Blayne did and how the process all worked. I listened to opening and closing statements and the whitnesses. The plantiff fell asleep, not a good thing to do infront of us. We found in favor of the defendant and it didn't take us long at all to diliberate. We finished and were able to leave by 4:30. I did NOT have to go back. I was finished with my CIVIL DUTY!

Dance...

2009-08-26T10:22:00.004-05:00

I finally...FINALLY put Aubrey in a Dance Class.

I Thought that she would be so excited and thrilled to go. NOPE.
She cried and complained because her tights itched...... She sobbed because the boys were going fishing and she wanted to go.......... WHAT --fishing instead of DANCE --what little girl would choose that?????

I told her I would buy a chocolate dipped cone and that cheered her up, then her dad told her he would wait for her to get home. So she
was ready to go!
I found the shoes for $2.00

1st day of School....

2009-08-24T09:47:00.005-05:00

It was a rainy morning so we woke up to dark sky's.

Bad weather for pictures, but it felt like summer was over.

Taylor started middle school and has to be gone earlier than the others.
Some highlights of his day....
~periods
~lockers
~binder

Chase started 4th grade and was just excited to go!
Aubrey is in the 1st grade and she thought it was fun to eat at school...
My little Kalab is in Pre-K and just loved to play on the playground.

My 2 1/2 hrs alone have been a treat for me...

free fish day!

2009-06-30T19:45:00.006-05:00

I still have so many things we did in Utah that I have to get recorded.......
This was one of the funnest things we did

We went up Ephriam Canyon and went fishing.
It was free fish day and all the kid got free fishing poles.

Kalab sat on the bank and casted his fishing pole the entire day.

Grandpa was getting a little tired of untangling all the line.

2009-06-27T16:12:00.000-05:00

My Family from WiddlyTinks.com

I saw this on another blog and thought I would try it!

Fun....

my 30 secs of FAME

2009-06-15T22:45:00.005-05:00

My mom got us tickets to go see Good Things Utah at the channel 4 Studio.
They showed the audience and I was on TV. My mom has been stopped a few times and asked if she and her girls went to GTU. I am Famous (hahaha)

My dad thinks that Marti dresses very nice and my mom told her.... we got laughing that my mom said that to her.....

After that we went to Gardner village to walk around and ate at Archibald's

fun times.........................

2009-06-15T22:28:00.007-05:00

We are back!!! I had so much fun and now it is back to real life!
First was Dahl and Hailey's wedding..... The reception was great.. and we are so happy to have her in the family.

Thumbs up"We love Hailey"

I love the temple grounds and all the beautiful flowers...

The kids had so much fun at the reception and it was beautiful......
Kalab and Aubrey got their groove on! They must take after their mother!

just some more pics

2009-04-27T08:39:00.005-05:00

I promise I did their hair!

I am loving Baseball!

2009-04-22T08:31:00.004-05:00

Kalab has been so into baseball. It is fun to watch him

Blayne lets him sit with the team. He gets a little antsy so he comes and plays with Aubrey.

He has his own bat bag and will CARRY it himself...(one less thing for me to carry)

Day 2

2009-04-22T08:16:00.004-05:00

Today started off with the plumbers digging through and finding bad pipes. So they had to go to the dinning room.

They did not have to go to far and found a good spot to hook the new pipe too.
This is what the new pipe looks like...

under my sink.
They need to come back and fill and fix!

Day 1

2009-04-21T09:54:00.004-05:00

I survived the first day with the Plumber!

Good news.... they found the problem
Bad news..... they have to dig further under the cupboards to find a GOOD piece of the pipe.

I'm going to try to take pictures every night after the plumber friend of mine leaves.... We are becoming good friends.

new do!

2009-04-01T12:06:00.004-05:00

Aubrey would not let me comb her hair so I told her we had to cut it off and she said OK.
I cut it, then had to go let a professional fix it
I think we will both like the new do!

2009-03-24T11:54:00.004-05:00

I have not been feeling very inspired lately. I just haven't wanted to create anything. I saw this and I hope I can get a little excited and make something!

2009-03-06T12:21:00.008-06:00

I have a LOVE/HATE relationship with my camera.

I LOVE that I have a dsl cannon rebel that was GIVEN to me by my Father-in-law.

I HATE that I don't know how to use it...

There is a tree in the neighbors yard that when I look out the windows it reminds me of the song...... Popcorn Popping on the apricot tree....
I went out to experiment with the camera. The best way to get to know my camera is to use it!

Spring is on it's way~

i saw this fun site. Maybe I can get some pointers......

brag post!

2009-03-04T11:11:00.005-06:00

Taylor has been part of his schools basketball team. The team plays other 5th graders from the local elementarys. His team has been doing very well. He came home with a letter say that he and one other boy made the all star team and was going to the High School to practice with the varsity team, then play against the "west" side elementarys. The coaches were players from the HS team. Taylor made 4 points. We had so much fun watching Taylor and are so very proud of his determination to do his best.

And the best part Blayne took us out to dinner.....!

girls night...

2009-02-28T08:42:00.004-06:00

Last Tuesday night I was invited to go to Lord of the Dance.... WOW it was fun. It brought back so many memories of my DRILL TEAM days and performing in front of people.

It was fun just to get out and act silly for the night!

Valentine's gone wrong

2009-02-18T15:25:00.003-06:00

I had seen cute ideas in a magazine at the doctors office for boys valentines. They were not mushy or lovey but just right for a boy. I wish I would have ripped out the article. I started searching for boys Valentines and found a cute idea....
I just adapted it for the boys. I worked hard on them all afternoon Thursday.
When Blayne came home I was so excited to show him...then he told me that I could not send WEAPONS to school.....What.....I had just made BOMBS for a bunch of 3rd graders. I could not send them....but it was a great idea if I do say so myself!

you have to watch this!

2009-01-28T11:15:00.004-06:00

This little guy is from MORONI..... how flipp'n cute!
GReat JOb D-BOB!

2009-01-21T08:37:00.003-06:00

We survived the Pine Wood Derby!

He lost! But in the end it turned out to be a fun night.
He was a little crushed that the car did not go as fast as he wanted,
but it's not about the winning --- It's about looking GOOD!

2009-01-13T09:01:00.005-06:00

Our church building is going to be remodeled so Sunday was our last day there.
I wanted to get a picture of the kids outside so we would always remember the first
building we went to here in Oklahoma.

It didn't work! Blayne was against me taking any pictures and Kalab wouldn't cooperate.
Here's how it went down.

{{Kalab wanted to wear a tie and this is the only one we had...}}

Kalab walking away

Blayne going to get him

Kalab pouting

((click on the picture to see Kalabs face))

I need a lesson on how to take PHOTOS! but when your trying to hurry this is what happens.

*I will always remember the SMELL of this building and the first time I walked it and met so many friends!
*Both the boys were baptized here.
*a couple of arguments I got into here
*Great lessons I learned

We now will be meeting from 2-5. and have to drive about 20 min. to church.
I loved the prayer that was said in Relief Society..... that we will not loose anyone during this change.....

me too.

new hair do!

2009-01-08T14:52:00.004-06:00

she told me that her "OLD MOM" let her do it???

She just walked in and I said "Hi Aubrey"
her reply "My name is not Aubrey it's Sharron....I work at a hotel"

See what I have to live with??

not much to say.....

2009-01-01T12:10:00.005-06:00

We had a good Christmas, a very quiet one ((except for Aubrey's singing)). The kids woke up at 5:30 am! I did not want to get out of bed and I was extremely grouchy
but I did it any way! I did not feel like taking any pictures so here are the few I took!

3- I took THREE pictures Christmas morning! how pathetic

After I took my 3 pictures and all the presents were open I went back to bed! I am not a morning person!

Taylor and Chase got a Xbox 360 with the wrong controllers! Abrey and Kalab got bikes. Aubrey also got a CD player with a microphone. She has been playing the Taylor Swift Cd for 7 days straight! Kalab got lots of little guys to play with and a puzzle. (easy to please)

This is the first year that Blayne and I went shopping together and I loved it. I kept telling him how much fun I was having! I hope we will start doing this every year!

Overall we had a wonderful Christmas the only thing missing was our family! We missed everyone and hope that we will soon have Christmas's with them again! Oh and Blayne missed not having a white Christmas!

I guess I had a lot more to say than I thought!

give away!

2008-12-29T13:30:00.001-06:00

My cute friend Shara is doing a giveaway!
She is a cool crocheter. She is giving away a scarf
go enter!

#2 recipe extravaganza

2008-12-22T10:04:00.004-06:00

Athalies's Candy Cane Cookies

1 cup real butter
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 Tbsp water
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cup quick oatmeal

Cream butter and sugar; add other ingredients. Shape into candy canes.
Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 20-25 minutes at 325. Grost with white frosting and stripe with red frosting. Makes 30 cookies.

I love these! so does Amber...... you have to try them!

2008-12-19T15:29:00.003-06:00

So I just had to break up a fight between Aubery and Kalab...
Want to know what it was over.......

A aqua globe!!!!!

Aubrey wanted Blue but Kalab wanted Blue too....They could not have the same one.
Kalab told Aubrey she wanted Pink not Blue...

Maybe this is what they want for Christmas... who new
My only plant that this could go in is almost DEAD.... maybe I could use one!!

2008-12-18T13:34:00.003-06:00

I walked into the living room and found Aubrey and Kalab, standing on chairs,
singing "We wish you a Merry Christmas" to the tree
I wish the picture was better because it was such a sweet moment.

I am a little stressed because the last day of school is tomorrow and I don't have teacher gifts yet! What to do...What to do... any ideas???

2008-12-12T08:42:00.003-06:00

This is what I am hiding from my kids!
I tried to share with Aubrey and Kalab but they were eating them to fast.
I will eat 10 a day and see how long I can make them last!
If you haven't tried these it is a must!

Win it Wednesday

2008-11-30T14:48:00.001-06:00

I am doing a giveaway on my Love Lettering Blog....
Head over and enter!

Holiday recipe extravaganza #1

2008-11-30T08:22:00.006-06:00

I have been reading this blog for a while now and have LOVED
her craft ideas and especially her recipes! When I saw this I wanted to
join in. I am a little behind but better late than never!

This is Alisa's recipe she brought it over when I had Kalab.
It will be great for all you left over turkey!

Chicken pot pie

6 Tablespoons butter or margarine
salt to taste
1/8 teaspoon Thyme
6 Tablespoons flour
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 1/2 cup chicken broth
1 1/2 cup half & half ( I have used regular milk-and that works fine)
2 cups cooked, then cubed or torn chicken or turkey
1 large carrot, diced and cooked until done
1/2 cup peas, cooked (I have used 1 cup frozen peas, cooked then drained, instead of fresh peas)
4-6 new potatoes, cooked and cubed
1 double crust pastry shell (pillsbury pie crust-red box- or generic -refrigerated section)

Cook first 5 ingredients on low heat until bubbly. Remove from heat and add chicken broth and cream (or milk). Heat to boiling, stirring constantly till thick. Fold together sauce with chicken and vegetables. Pour into uncooked pastry shell. (can mound high in shell) Put pastry shell on top and finish like you would an apple pie - vents. Bake in preheated oven @425 for 30 minutes.
Serve with tossed salad and rolls.
Serves 6-8

To see more great recipes go here

2008-11-29T09:18:00.003-06:00

Well now that Thanksgiving is over......
I can start listening to Christmas music.
We put our tree up yesterday and had to
replace the lights. So off to Walgreens I went
luckily they were having buy one get one free!

It is waiting for me to get the
ornaments out and dress it.

I thought it would be fun to go downtown and see the
boat parade.... Well I didn't know that there was a
Thunder game going on and the traffic was horrible!
We parked and started to walk to were I thought it was,
NOPE not there! I was not the only one fooled, hundreds of
others were going to the same spot!

We went to the baseball stadium where they make a ramp and put snow on it so you can feel like your tubing down the west mountains in Moroni! People actually pay money to do it too!

We stopped a Braums for ice cream to make us feel better after missing all the fun!

2008-11-24T14:03:00.004-06:00

Blayne has been gone all weekend long on a hunting trip. So while he was away I got caught up on my BBC movies. Rochelle introduced me to YOUTUBE movies. I had no idea that I could watch my movies right on my computer!

I watched.....

Wives and Daughters
Cranford
Our Mutual Friend
Pride and Prejudice
Under the Greenwood Tree
Emma
and Daniel Doranda
I was excited to find Daniel Doranda after my experiance with the Metro Library system only having the first part of the show!!!

My next movie to watch is THE MOTH??? anyone seen it??

my midnight trip!

2008-11-21T11:52:00.007-06:00

So this is what time I left my house last night.....

This is what I did

We went and sat on the front row because it was the only seats we could find!

This is who I went with!

Check out my BLACK eyes! I am in need of a little "FOOD" hehehe

This is what time we got out and headed home.

I went with very LOW expectations. I just didn't think
I would like it. I was worried that the movie would ruin the story
But it was GREAT...
The movie was so gray (in color)
and I know why......
We would have to watch Edward ****sparkle*** through the movie.

Thanks for taking me REG

2008-11-12T11:16:00.004-06:00

click on the image for directions
I am doing my first craft show.
So if your in the area stop by and
keep me company!
It is from 9-4

2008-11-07T11:34:00.004-06:00

Last school year, Blayne helped a local high school with their mock trial team. They called and asked him to do it again. Monday night he came home with a gift card that they had given him. It was to Home Depot a store that I frequent on a weekly basis. Well, he told ME I could use it!! Yeah me! I was looking for something and went to the service counter to ask where I might find it...... As I approached the service lady had her finger UP HER NOSE!!! I could not look at her. But I had to ask.... She was nice and I am sure she was embarrassed. But OH HOW GROSS! After I found my item I had to see her one more time....as I passed her in the isle I said thank you!....

**have you ever caught anyone digging for treasures
*****have YOU ever been caught!

one reason to vote.....

2008-11-03T14:30:00.002-06:00

A free Krispy Kreme donut

my week in pictures

2008-10-30T10:33:00.009-05:00

Wednesdays are free at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. So we headed out there to let the kids run around the kids area. They could dress up and play in a log home, ride on saddles, read cowboy books...

Thursday night was Chase's fall program. The songs that they sung were so fun. They sang a song about "I'm a fall guy.... an Autumn man.... I giggled through the whole song.

Taylor's Birthday was Saturday big ONE ONE. NO pictures of the day...... but he had a friend over Friday night and then the kid stayed ALL day Saturday.. He got a football and some Tag body spray and deodorant. OHH that stuff has been sprayed everywhere. At least their room smelled good for a few days.

Monday GIGI and PAPA and Tracey came to spend sometime with us before they left for Utah.... We are so grateful for their example of serving a Mission! We love them and are happy they get to go home and have fun with all the grandkids!
The boys had their last game of the season on Tuesday night. It was to cold and late for me to go and take the little ones. GiGi and aunt Tracey were able to go and support the boys!

They left on Wednesday morning and then that night was scouts. Taylor earned his Webelos badge and crossed over the "bridge" into Boy Scouts! Blayne was on the other end to welcome them.... It was fun that he got to do it with his friend Ryan!

The end.......... Until tonight! We are going to our annual TRUNK OR TREAT

ghost

2008-10-24T12:03:00.007-05:00

I saw these on a WAY cute blog that I love to check out!
It is white almond bark melted on pretzel sticks..... little chocolate chips for the eyes...((I use black gel)))
I made them for scouts. The boys loved them and I couldn't believe how easy they were!
I added orange food coloring to a little bit of left over bark and made pumpkins with it.
I think it would be fun to add purple and make little monsters!

Here are some instructions if you need them...... I just kind'a wing'd it

cute!

2008-10-21T21:29:00.002-05:00

I am wondering if I can make this out of vinyl????

Birthday Pictures

2008-10-20T10:01:00.005-05:00

The boys birthdays are coming and I wanted to take some pictures of them. I can't believe how "old" they look!

Of course Kalab could not be left out!
What a ham!

2008-10-17T11:39:00.003-05:00

On Sunday I was handed a program and didn't even look at it.
Then towards the end of the meeting I picked it up and this is what I saw. How cute!
I tried to remember when we took the kids to the temple and took this picture.
This picture had been photo shopped with us in front of the temple. I wish they would have made me skinner!

Oh that was a long time ago!

Facebook

2008-10-14T08:37:00.004-05:00

So I am Officially on Facebook!
Just one more thing to get addicted too!
I think it is kinda fun to find old school mates ((not that they are old)))
and friends from my old ward.

****do you facebook???

Student of the month!

2008-10-13T10:17:00.004-05:00

Aubrey was chosen to be the Student of the Month!
She really is a good girl at school and we are so proud
of her!

2008-10-06T09:59:00.003-05:00

THIS

IS What

I bought me, for my Birthday

With the money my MOM sent me!

THANKS MOM

I need to use it!

2008-10-03T08:37:00.004-05:00

Yesterday we were in Wal-Mart and Kalab started saying something to a lady.
I turned around and she had walked off.
I asked him what he said and he
YELLED
"she is in her Pajamas"
Good thing he knows the difference.

free dvd

2008-09-29T19:14:00.004-05:00

Go here and here to get free dvd's
I am thinking of Christmas present's for Kalab!

click on the -----select a country to begin----- then hit continue--
simple and easy!

Park

2008-09-29T14:23:00.002-05:00

After I pick Aubrey up from school we have been going to the park.
Today as I sat there alone watching the kids play, I thought of all the things I love

I loved being alone at the park
I loved the kids laughing together
I loved the wind that was softly blowing
I loved the sun
I love that the leaves are changing
I loved that I found Georgette Heyer books at the library and reading it
I loved that I COULD enjoy this day

2008-09-28T15:55:00.004-05:00

****************Please excuse the pillow that looks like it exploded

We had a fun visitor this last week! We have always loved having the missionaries come and eat with us (((some more than others))) But when they come back to see us it's always a great time!

The first time we met Elder Harrington was at the Thanksgiving Dinner. I was asked to pick up a family, there was a lot of drama involved in trying to find someone to do it. So I dropped my family off and headed to find the house. I got lost and frustrated because I could not find them. I went back to the church and was so upset that I didn't want to stay. Blayne and I were in the hall way, me crying, him upset because I was crying, and there is Elder Harrington watching us. So we ended up leaving and eating at Taco Bell.
He had a lot of time to get to know us after that he served in our ward for 6 months.

My kids loved having him come with Elder Starnes and eat and teach us a lesson. They were great examples of missionaries to my boys!

***Lori, this is one of the missionaries that would come and eat when Tom was here!

funny

2008-09-24T10:54:00.005-05:00

The children had the Primary Program on Sunday. It was very sweet and they all did a great job.
My mom called and I had Aubrey say her part. Then I whispered..... sing her a song.
So she started to sing.....

AWKWARD EVER AWKWARD AS WE GLORY IN HIS NAME...
I started to laugh and said....

It's Onward ever Onward

No it's

AWKWARD EVER AWKWARD

Oh so funny!

Then it got me thinking of all the song I thought were one thing and turned out to be something else!

The second verse of I am a Child of God.
And so my knees are gray

Eddie Murphy's "I want to party all the time"
I want to POTTY all the time!

Do you have any songs like that????

funny thing

2008-09-20T10:35:00.002-05:00

The Big Boys went camping last night and left me, Kalab and Aubrey home alone.
I let Aubrey and Kalab sleep in the living room for their own camp out.
This morning when Aubrey woke up I asked her...

"How did you sleep?"

And she responded

"With my eyes shut"

Too Funny!

2008-09-15T13:23:00.002-05:00

What do you do with a paper plate, markers, pipe cleaners and buttons....................????

make masks of course!

(((((Kalab can you see out of yours?))))))))))))))

new blog to me!

2008-09-10T09:30:00.002-05:00

Hey all.....................
I just found this blog and she is funny with lots of CRAZY pictures!
Go check her out and enter her giveaway.........
I'm a suck'r for giveaways!

GO HERE

WINNER

2008-09-09T16:27:00.001-05:00

Alisa you just won!
I'll bring it to your house!

Thanks for all the comments!

Spt

2008-09-09T14:48:00.007-05:00

I was in a bunco group for over 5yrs I miss it. I had to host bunco at my house once a year and I looooved doing it. It meant that I cleaned my house like a mad woman. ((ask Blayne about it sometime)) I also cooked the meal and made a dessert. I would love to host around a holiday so I could have a theme. I would pull out my decorations and tried to make it festive. One year I bought a bunch of different table clothes and tried to pull a Martha Stewart! I draped all the table cloths and stacked all the food on different levels... so funny now thinking about it.

When we moved I stopped having that monthly outing with my friends. ((sigh))

I love to read blogs that host bunco and book clubs. I felt a twinge of sadness and long to do it.

think now, with the blogging world, ohh the fun things I could make for us to eat..... and the fun decorations!

((this is a bunco sheet with a great salad recipe on it))

If I ever feel really ambitious this site would be fun to get ideas for Birthday party

So when Valentines came around this year I wanted to do something fun. I made a heart pizza... heart shaped cake and red drink out of heart cups...

I have been reading NieNie's blog for awhile and have always enjoyed seeing her entertain friends and her family dinners.

I pray for her family and think of them often. She is truly and inspirations.

2008-09-07T15:18:00.004-05:00

We went to the Governors Mansion yesterday for September fest. we went through hay mazes, saw lots of animal, made shakers with 4-h kids , free hotdogs, cinamom rolls, and all the drinks you wanted.

This little girl was standing on a table handing chickens to all the kids.
I handed one to Kalab and said.... these are like turkeys,
The little girl on table said..... These are chickens! ............in a reprimanding voice.

The girl shore knows her poultry!

This is the Governors Private pool. The panhandle is the hot tub!
Kalab playing leap frogThe boys got to play Laser tag.We had Chase's friend come with us for the day and everyone thought he was ours.... He dose look like one of us!

I wanted to go to the museum across the street because of course it was free too. But we were all melting down and could not make it this year!

Birthday Giveaway!

2008-09-03T13:05:00.012-05:00

My Blog is having a Birthday! 1 year ago I started and I have loved every minute of my blogging adventure! So in honor of this big day I am doing a give away!
*************I am giving away my fall blocks!
All you have to do is leave a comment!

I will choose a winner on Sept 9th!

Spt

2008-09-02T13:14:00.009-05:00

I am finally going to do another SPT...... This one seems fun because I have wanted to share some fun sites I have found!

I get so inspired by others and one idea turns into another for me! When I started my blog last year this is what I did.....

Glitter Pumpkins

She inspired me for this project
Boo.... with a $1 frame and chipboard lettering with left over Halloween paper.

I am going to try this candy corn garland

Then I bought a vinyl machine and started LoveLettering! Wow the fun things I can do with that thing! And I have vinyl all over my house, inside and out! All my projects have been inspired by all the bloggers out there!

Free chicken stips

2008-09-01T15:50:00.004-05:00

So for lunch today we went to chick-fil-a and got free, yes free chicken strips! All you have to do is wear your fav---or not so fav team hat or shirt.
If your close go now!

2008-08-25T10:30:00.005-05:00

So we went to the smallest county fair I have ever been too!
We went very early and no one was there except for the 4-h groups judging all the animals.
We still had fun walking around.

Kalab wanted to see chickens! and oh-boy did we see chickens.
I loved this one and the feathers on his head! It just screamed "I NEED AMBER"

Flushed away

2008-08-21T13:03:00.003-05:00

Our toilet has been slow to flush for a few days now. I was so grateful for Kalabs success in potty training but I think he is fascinated with things flushing.

But "OH-no-he-just-didnt " put Barbie cloths down the toilet!

I caught him today flushing, then jumping back in the tub!

I am sure that is not the only thing that has gone down causing the last few days of torture

He must think that Flushed Away is real and all those mice and rats need cloths and toys to play with!

2008-08-20T14:48:00.003-05:00

I saw these a few months ago and laughed so hard. Then I lost the link and I just found it again

Meghan, I thought off you and the cute cheerio picture!

more summer stuff!

2008-08-15T08:51:00.004-05:00

I drove by the Young living lavender farm almost everyday!

I tried to do things in Ut that I had never done before.
I have never been to the copper mine so I took the kids.
We took Sawyer with us. She was such a big help with Aubrey and Kalab while we stayed with Lisa.

On the 24th of July we went to the Mormon Handcart pageant in Nephi.
It was so good for my kids to see this and asked questions about the pioneers that crossed the plains.

"the bell has rung"

2008-08-13T09:39:00.004-05:00

This is the first year I didn't drive the boys to school!
They wanted to ride the bus ((((???))))
Taylor is in 5th grade, Chase is in 3rd.

Aubrey is starting Kindergarten... wow! she was 6 weeks old when we moved here and now she is starting school. It sure is a check on how time flies.
She wanted her hair in a side pony tail! (((UGH)))

Kalab could not be left out!
He wants to go to HIS school. I'm not sure where his school is.

"""""RADIO""""

2008-08-12T08:39:00.002-05:00

This is us in Spanish Fork at the RODEO. Aubrey still can't say it right! Taylor wanted to ride a sheep, but was to big! We sat next to a girl that recognized me from Snow College! I wonder what she remembers about me?????

2008-08-11T16:09:00.004-05:00

I finished this book and I am so disappointed with it. I don't want to spoil it for others, but not my favorite. It took me almost 500 pages before I felt excited and that excitement was short lived! I found this site that kind'a sums it up!

2008-08-11T15:06:00.003-05:00

I was afraid if I posted this then things would go down hill, but seeing how things are going, I will share my good news..

NO MORE DIAPERS!

Yes my youngest is in big boy undies.

I do not have to change another diaper.

Kalab sits on the toilet funny, he straddles the toilet and always takes his clothes off.

We are always redressing him, but it is so worth it!

2008-08-11T08:59:00.001-05:00

My nephew Brenan. How cute is he?

2008-08-09T11:28:00.002-05:00

Don't ya just love this door!

I miss you! I am glad we were able to get together!

what we did in the backyard

2008-08-07T14:30:00.003-05:00

Watched grandpa mow the lawn
picked grandmas flowers

Jump with Kylie, Read

Try and catch butterflies! After they caught them we looked them up in the encyclopedia

to see if we could figure out what kind they were!

OH the summer time!

family BBQ

2008-08-05T08:18:00.003-05:00

This is Blayne with his 6 brothers and 1 brother-in-law

(can you guess which one of these things is not like the other?)

Shay and Sawyer

football game! 18 boys 2 girls

I was the last to get thrown in. I held every ones cell phones and camera so I thought I was safe. I knew I was in trouble when they tried to throw Lisa in! I ran and hid in my car until Eric, a Lindon police officer, got a slimm jim out to break-in my car. I gave up and really didn't to wet!

4th July

2008-08-01T13:56:00.005-05:00

Uncle Glen and his grandkids!

waiting for the candy to come

This is my mom and dads neighbors!

Angie has

some disabilities and her favorite thing to say is

turkey and dad.

She came over to visit a lot this summer!

2008-07-31T08:37:00.004-05:00

I got a pedicure with my sil Lisa. This has become a summer in Ut ritual.

After that we headed back to Moroni and went hiking up Box Canyon in Maple Canyon.

I only had flip flops and didn't want to chip my toes!

coming out of the canyon!

trip

2008-07-30T14:54:00.004-05:00

after my computer lost all my stuff I was grateful for this blog and the pictures that were on it! so the next few post will just be pictures and some commentary. I hope you don't get bored

HOME

2008-07-28T09:06:00.002-05:00

I made it home!

I came home too....

* Crashed computer..... all my pictures, fonts, lovelettering files
* broken dishwasher
* dirty tub
* no food (blayne has had ice cream sandwiches and frozen burritos)
*dead flowers

** one happy Blayne!

It is nice to be home and hopefully soon we will be back on a routine.

**

2008-07-07T16:57:00.004-05:00

This is what goes down the parade route in Moroni! This is my good friend Lori's grandpa. I have so many fun memories of Grandpa Cook. One day while Lori and I where over visiting him, we were talking about getting our drivers licences and he said hang on a minute. He went to a drawer in his kitchen and pulled out a key chain that had a spur on it. He gave it to me and said have fun driving. I still have the spur on my keys! ****Oh, and the boy in the gray shirt and hat----I had a crush on him.

made it!

2008-06-30T22:29:00.003-05:00

We are here in Utah and are having a ball. I am soooooo thankful for the goody bag from Alisa. We had 3 of the 4 kids through up and the glad bags came in handy! We wanted to take a different route this time and tried to go to Colorado Springs, then get on I-70. Well in Amarillo i took the wrong turn and after 5 hours in the car we ended up in Oklahoma again! We told the kids we decided to not go to Utah. OH the cries that came from the back!

Taylor and Chase have played with their cousins. Aubrey and Kalab have not gone to bed before 10:00pm. I have been so sleepy! But it is all worth it! I am not sure where we are going to sleep tomorrow but we are having fun!

Birthday and other stuff!

2008-06-26T09:04:00.002-05:00

She is 5!

We are done with the birthday week! 2 cakes in a week! Yummy. She got a Hannah Montana Doll and a Barbie notebook!

This picture sums her up!

*loves to wear dresses and skirts

*loves to do silly things.

*loves to flip her hair and wants to wear it down.

*no bows

*loves to SING. she makes up her own songs and sings them around the house.

The boys had their last game last night. Yeah! baseball is done. so we are getting ready to head out to UT for July and I have had tons to do! I hope that I can get on my moms dial up connection to check in! We have a lot planned and I can't wait to see our family!

Ward Party

2008-06-23T10:54:00.005-05:00

I think this is one of my favorite ward parties ever!

Patsy asked Taylor and Chase's class to fill water balloons!

She brought them over and there was 450 in a package and she brought 2 PACKAGES.

900 for me to tie!

Luckily Julie came and saved us. She and Ryan took one package.

While we were filling them Chase filled the bucket with water. I told him to dump the water out or it would be to heavy to carry. Well he did what I ask and dumped the water and half the balloon out on the grass and we lost almost all the filled, already tied balloons! UHRG!

It was a fun day!

Here are some pics of the party!

Ry

2008-06-22T09:43:00.002-05:00

This is for you Ryan.... We hope you are having fun!

BirthdayBoy!

2008-06-17T08:33:00.011-05:00

I just can't believe this little guy is 3. He wants Rescue Hero's! They don't sell Rescue Hero's anymore! He loves to play! I love to watch him! I put olives on his fingers and they had come to life in his mind. They started talking to each other! He loves Aubrey and sometimes his brothers. Loves to go to nursery and loves his friends.

We love him and are so thankful he is in our family

2008-06-12T12:34:00.001-05:00

Look what my mom bought for herself........

she bought it here

I wounder if she will give it to me after her cruise is over?

feet

2008-06-12T10:06:00.002-05:00

Oklahoma Wind

2008-06-12T09:49:00.002-05:00

The bishop told him he needed a hair cut! He does!

2008-06-10T15:41:00.003-05:00

Sunday at church a cute little girl, around Taylor's age, was sitting back by us. She would look over at us then look away. I watched her and could not figure out why she was watching us. Then I looked at Taylor and thought how cute he looked with his hair done, that he did by himself and the white shirt he picked out to wear that day. I wondered where my first born had gone and when he stopped looking like a cute little boy to a boy who is turning into a handsome young man!

my dollar find

2008-06-10T12:03:00.003-05:00

I found these at Aldi's last night for $1.00each.... I love to find cheap plants, especially free in the dumpster plants. heehee...... I took these up to the register with my 2.49 milk and 99 cent eggs {{cheap for around here}} the lady said "good luck with those". I'll take a picture at the end of summer to let you know if I killed them or not.

Geraniums
petunias

Camp Kickapoo

2008-06-09T16:50:00.006-05:00

Wow.. I went with the cub scouts ((all 2 of them)) to the twilight camp out at camp Kickapoo

I was beat by the end of my two days there. I had such a good time.

The boys shot bows and arrows...... and B B guns

We made a flag for our little group

The boys played hockey, kickball, horseshoes all in the heat!

We all had fun!