Happy Birthday Emily!!! (late)

So last Friday was my niece's birthday and I havent had the chance to post about her until today.

Emily is the most beautiful red curly haired girl that there ever was! She has light blue eyes is quick to smile and hug you when you need one! Emily has the most tender of hearts and often feels the pain of those around her to the point that she cries if you do. She is funny and smart and has just a touch of tomboy in her, always wanting to go and keep up with Kaleb sometimes getting hurt in the process but she is just over all FANTASTIC!!

She turned 8 and I can hardly believe that she is that old already, she is getting ready to be baptized at the beginning of May, which I couldnt be more proud of her for making that choice. She is truly a gift from God, and I am so happy that she is in my family.

I made this frame for her to put whatever picture she wants in it, but its bright and cheery and girly.. just like Em!

Love you much!!

Happy Birthday to my first HERO!!!!

Yesterday was my dad's 55th birthday! Since I only have access to a computer for a limited time, I wanted to blog about him now!

My dad was my very first hero and he continues to be one to me now. As a little girl I couldnt wait for him to get home so that we could climb into the black rocker and watch M*A*S*H together, which we did everyday. My dad was gone a lot when we were growing up due to his job, but there was never a time that I wasnt glad to see him come home from off the road. He worked hard for our family, and he still does.
My dad is a rough and tough guy, but it never failed that all of us kids friends loved my dad, and they still do.

My dad is still my biggest hero and has become the hero in Kaleb's life as well. According to Kaleb, there isnt anything that buddy(what Kaleb and my dad call each other)can't or won't do for him. My dad is incredibly patient with Kaleb and teaches him as much as Kaleb can absorb. The other night Kaleb wanted to call buddy on the phone cuz he was just certain that he could fix his friends scooter if buddy walked him through it over the phone!

I love my dad more than any other man on this earth and probably always will. He is the most amazing man, husband, dad, and grandpa that I know and I am the luckiest girl in the world cuz he is mine!!!

Happy 55th birthday old man!!! I love you!!!

Who is too cool???

A couple of weekends ago Kaleb and I had the chance to help out a friend (who was in the hospital with her newborn) by watching her 3 year old Daniel. Kaleb and Daniel are the greatest of buddies, Daniel loves to follow Kaleb everywhere, and who are we kidding Kaleb loves for him to follow him everywhere. So they get along famously!
While we were there the boys decided that they wanted their pictures taken over and over, every time I turned around Daniel would hand me my phone, smile and say cheese!

They thought that they were so fabo when they put these glasses on, but neither one of them realized that they were on upside down! Here is the next generation of too cool for you rock stars!

Love them both to death.... sometimes I just want to squeeze them so HARD! xoxo.

Tiny Baby Feet... or NOT!

Kaleb's favorite thing lately is taking pictures with my cell phone, then laugh like a maniac at them! So we were talking the other day about baby pictures and he asks me, when I was a baby did you take a picture of my feet? (Hello?? Random?) I said, Oh Im sure I did, most all moms do... besides you had abnormally large feet so Im sure I took pix of them! :) Needless to say.. he didnt believe me! Sheesh! So he flipped his feet up on my leg and asked me to take a picture of his feet...
Oh my cute little boy.. still has abnormally large feet!!! But I love them as much today as I did when he was born!

Another first!

So this year Kaleb talked me into letting him play soccer, and believe me I did everything in that I could to convince him NOT to play. I know, I know! Why cant he play, you ask? Who in their right minds lets their children play a sport that requires THEM(the parents) to have to sit on the sidelines and watch their child run back and forth while it rains and snows??? Yes, I said snow because we all know that in UTAH it snows sometimes even in June!

So yes, I will now be among all the people I have pointed and laughed at as they sit there in the snow.. I will be there! Kaleb and I went and picked up his uniform, and he just HAD to try it on.. so I just HAD to take a pix to post on here!!!

After seeing him in his uniform, Im excited to see him running back and forth even in the snow and rain!!!

Fun for the whole family!

So Kaleb came home from school really excited about this "starlab" that his school was having and we just HAD to go! So we went on Tuesday night(me not having a clue what I was getting into) and had a BLAST!
This starlab is a big dome blow up (kinda like a fun house)that you have to crawl to get into (having just come from work, I was in a skirt!) but once inside you sit around the edges of this dome and then the person in charge of it all turns off the ligts and turns on this machine.. and instantly we are sitting under a dark night sky being able to see all the stars! It was fantastic! It was like being at the planetarium only much closer to home and much cheaper!
We learned about the stars and the constellations, the moon and the center of the Milky Way. It was a lot of fun, and I recommend anyone go to it if they hear of it being a their kids school.
Here are some of the pix from that night.
This is the actual bubble!


This is Kaleb by the entrance to the bubble!

Pack Meeting

Last night Kaleb got his first award at Pack Meeting last night since he has been in scouts. He earned 2 beads for his Progress towards rank award. He was so excited, he was supposed to be awarded with his Bobcat award last night but didnt get that, because his leader forgot to mention to me that I had an application to fill out! So needless to say he didnt get the Bobcat, and was disappointed but next month he will have it and more!

I'm so proud him and how much he has taken to this program! He wants to work on his goals to get his patches and is always wanting to help out with things now to earn more and more awards!

Keep up the good work buddy! Love you much!

This is Kaleb and his award attached to his shirt!

Tagged~!

Here are the rules:
1) post the answers on your blog
2) Answer the six "8" items
3) Let each person know by leaving them a comment (BTW,
this one might not happen for me before you read it on here)
P.S. Non of my lists are in order

8 FAVORITE TV SHOWS
1. Ghost Whisperer
2. John and Kate + 8
3. Criminal Minds
4. Diner's, Drive-ins, and Dives
5. CSI - Vegas!
6. Army Wives
7. Rock of Love
8. Property Virgins

8 THINGS I DID YESTERDAY
1. Went to work - for too dang long!
2. Had dinner w/ Kaleb
3. Registered my new CAR! :)
4. Crocheted
5. Laundry
6. Started to watch American Idol(part of it)
7. Laughed at Kaleb (he is too funny!)
8. Slept (sweet !)

8 THINGS I LOOK FORWARD TO
1. The weekend (rest?) ha ha
2. The USU Hockey game on Friday!
3. Getting to go home tonight and chill
4. Pack meeting tomorrow night
5. Seeing my friend Kelli Jo
6. Seeing my Gram soon!
7. Spring - yes even I am tired of the snow at this point!
8. Crafting fun gifts!

FAVORITE RESTAURANTS
1. Joe's Crab Shack - is there any other?
2. Chili's
3. Fredrico's
4. The Factory
5. The Olive Garden
6. Applebee's
7. Cafe Sabor
8. El Sol (Kaleb's favorite)

8 THINGS ON MY WISH LIST
1. To not have to work for someone else everyday
2. Financial Freedom
3. Italy w/ Jo (and whoever else comes)
4. That Kaleb will grow up slower
5. Getting my Master's degree
6. A house
7. To get better at de cluttering my house?
8. To be healthy.

8 PEOPLE I TAG (same answer as Jo)
1. Only
2. the
3. people
4. who
5. want
6. to
7. join
8. in

My New (used) Car!!!!

I finally broke down and bought a new (to me) car last week, I have been driving the 90 Merc Sable for a couple of years, and while that car has been a good car.....Im DONE with it.

This car is a 1997 Chrysler Cirrus, green exterior and tan interior. I was able to purchase it with this years tax return, and I am SO excited to have it~!!

I was going to go today to register and license it, but we are in the middle of a FREAKIN blizzard!!! I am so NOT going out in this.. so I will have to wait yet another day to drive the new car!!! :(

Anyway.. I am excited and that is the most recent news that we have to share at this point.

Fun Times!

I havent blogged for a while, so I thought I would catch up! Last weekend we attended the USU Hockey games both Friday and Saturday nights! They are the best games especially when we win(Firday night) and even if we lose (Saturday night). Saturday night my sister Angie and her "boys" her hubby Don and their sons, Elliott and Trenten went with us. We had a blast! Trenten (9 months) clapped for the first time and he was so pleased with himself~! He is so dang cute I want to chew on him! When it came time to throw ding dongs into the crowd, Elliott took off like a bat and almost had one, but he and another little boy fought over it and the other little boy got it... Elliott cried so hard it broke my heart! So when the next ding dong came flyin up in the stands I jumped up and tried to catch one, it fell on the floor behind my chair, well the guy behind me started to go for it so I just flipped around to grab it and almost knocked myself out by hitting my head on the corner of my chair! OH my... what a game!

Below are some of the pix from that night.



This is Trenten

Elliott and the ding dong!

Me and Angie- what weirdo's we are!