First Snow Fall 2009

This is what i woke up to this morning.

Isn't it beautiful?!
Makes me excited for winter.

Fun with Uncle Kevin

We had the opportunity to watch our nephews today and it was super fun. Kevin is always so great with the boys. He took them to an elementary school near by and they had a lot of fun. i met them over there after i got showered. I am SO glad i took the camera. I love these boys!

Karson helping Kevin eat breakfast

Karter watching Monsters Vs. Aliens

Karter going down the pole.

Now it's Karson's turn.
He didn't understand to hold on with his legs

Karter just hanging

Karson just hanging
Kevin & Karter on the slide
Just some cute pics of Karter.
Now Karson
He was hard to catch with eyes open
Karson done with me saying "smile!"
Kevin showing the boys how it's done!
...almost.
Then my favorite for last.

got it!!

MY BOOK CAME TODAY!!!

WOOT WOOT!!!

*now i'll have something to read while i wait for Kevin at his doctors appt tonight.

Scary

So i was messing around with my "new to me" computer at work and i took this scary picture. Cool but Scary.

Ready for Halloween??

ordered...

I have ordered THE book (see two posts down)!
I can't wait for it to arrive!!!

Thanks D & L!!!!

Twenty-One!!

so today seems to be loaded with odd jobs that don't normally get done. We are cleaning the oven (self clean), cleaning & organizing the pantry, pulled massive weeds (not all in our yard - some was service) and just going thru some items that we don't need. Like old cell phones we've kept as we've "upgraded" phones. Kevin is mailing them in for recycling. I'm going thru our cookbooks. Apparently without realizing it...we had TWENTY-ONE cookbooks!! We are now down to ELEVEN. Not too shabby. Makes the shelf look better.

Happy Spring? Cleaning everyone!

could this be what i need??

I know there is "natural" stuff i could be doing to help with fertility problems (PCOS). I just ran across this book. Could it be what i need?! But we are talking $40+ here. But i guess that is better then the THOUSANDS we paid to just have another miscarriage. Plus it will probably help with weight issues.

Maybe for Christmas I can get it as a gift.

Quote

"Happiness keeps you sweet, Trials keep you strong, Sorrow keeps you human, Failure keeps you humble and Success keeps you glowing, but only Faith & Attitude keeps you going... " - Arthur Ashe

* Thank you Kate for posting this on FB. I needed this today.

gift giver

Today there was a blood drive up at the Stake Center and i signed up to donate. I use to do it alot in CA and since moving to ID I just haven't. So i am glad i was able to do it today. The lady there was VERY excited to see me...well not ME per se...but my O negative blood type. We were chatting a bit and i said my mom & i would get called ALOT to donate. She said...you'll get called alot now too. We are in NEED of your blood type.

So to those that can....Donate blood. Its an easy gift to be given.

55 cents

So they built a Valley Country Store near my work. We frequent it every so often. But the week Kevin was gone in PA it was a daily stop for me. Wasn't till Friday when i saw they had 44oz plastic cups for soda for only 99 cents. DANG! Why didn't i see that on Monday?!? Well i kept the cup to do "refills" with. Come to find out when they have this special cups for sale....the refills are only 55 CENTS!!! Other times it's like 70-90 cents--i can't remember. But you can't beat 55 cent refills for 44 oz of soda. Granted as previously posted about...i am trying to get OFF soda...but i'm sorry there are days where you just need some. And for those days...i'm glad for the 55 cent refills!

sunrise

Sunrise this morning at 6:50 am.
(taken out my back door)

Rockin'

So these are almost a month old. But i thought I'd get them up here anyway. When my sister Natalie & her boys came out the boys were scared and didn't want to see Uncle Kevin (which we don't understand they've met him only 3 times) but he won them over big time!

Here are pics of "The Boys" rocking out.

notice Sam's tongue sticking out?!
He was ALWAYS way into Rockin'!!

Dallin super happy drumming

Group shot.

Kevin as a drumming batman!
(the mask was for Sam's birthday that day)

For more pics of Sam's celebration with us click...HERE.

Happy 1yr Anniversary

HAPPY 1yr ANNIVERSARY HOUSE!!!
(this was taken about 5 days before we closed on the house last year)

We are so excited you are ours. We love you!

ZUMBA

My good friend Cat is really into this new fitness called...Zumba Fitness! It looks like a total blast! And a great workout! I haven't been able to locate a class near me...till today! They do it at the YMCA in Twin Falls!!! WOO HOO! I'm so excited. I am going to call and ask about it today.

Check out ZUMBA.

** So i called the YMCA about the class - You can buy a day pass for $5 or you can buy a month pass for $35. It starts in September. I might have to try it out. We'll see once i talk to Kevin. It will probably be shot down for financial reasons. Which i totally understand. Damn Bills.

new favorite

I found these lovely little treats the other day...

My new favorite!

not much....

....is happening here. Kevin is currently in PA on a business trip with a sick (sinus -infection we think) co-worker. Poor Layne. Hope Kevin doesn't catch anything!

I have been working alot of hours these past two days. I'm actually just taking a break before getting back into it tonight. Which i should really do...or i'm going to get too tired.

Last week i came down with Strep Throat....so that was enjoyable. So i missed 4 days last week. There is alot to make up.

so long...farwell...

We had the oppurtunity to purchase my moms 1999 Honda Accord from her while my parents were up in Idaho in July. We therefore had 3 cars.

Well not anymore!

Kevin got a call around 1:30pm today requesting to take a look at our 1987 Honda for sale. So Kevin went home, they took it for a test drive, and THEY BOUGHT IT!!! We are so glad that car hung on for as long as it did. We kept saying "please make it one more year!" Well it lasted us 9yrs of marriage and i had it for a year or so before that. Plus my mom bought it brand new in 1986-87, so my family has put on every single mile on that car...until today when we saw it drive away. So sad.

(not our car, but looks exactly like it.)

THANKS FOR BEING A GREAT CAR QTR MIL!

A deal...

....with myself!

I have come to realize that i spend ALOT of time on the computer outside of work stuff. I may not post all the time on my blog...but i do check out other people's blogs. And i am on Facebook WAY more then i need to be. You seriously loose track of time when you are on there.

SO.....

I've made a deal with myself to get me off the computer and into the gym!

* For every 30 mins of workout i do = 10 minutes on the computer.

* For every day i go without a soda (of any type-diet-caffeine free, etc...) = 10 mins on the computer.

I am hoping this will help my reach my goal of loosing weight and getting healthy.

Rockin' Out

So i remembered at the last moment that my phone will do little video's (not the best quality). Here is Kevin rockin' with Natalie's boys. Sam on Guitar and Dallin on Drums. We had them switched early in the day, but forgot about the video capability on my phone. But enjoy! Sam is SO Steve (his dad-click on his name to see his video). All videos are roughly a minute long.

Jeff's Tricycle Adventure

So sometimes Kevin's brother Jeff swings by with his two boys when they are in town. Often it is because we are requiring his assistance with our cars. {Gotta love family that are mechanics.} ;) hee hee. Well, when they come over, they bring bikes/cars for the boys to play with. Karter (3yrs old) figured out that he could ride down the driveway of the house next to us--down the sidewalk-- and partially up our driveway. He LOVED doing this!! He thought Dad should have a turn. So Jeff rides the trike up to the other house (bare in mind...Jeff is 6'6") and Karter wanted him off so he could enjoy the ride down and not do the work to get the bike over there. Jeff said "Heck no!" and took it for a ride down the driveway.

Here are pics of his Adventure...

HAHAHA!!
It was awesome.
I think he should have had shoes on so those little rocks didn't hurt his feet.

"it was THIS big!"

You've all heard the fish stories...

I caught a fish "THIS big" and they hold their arms out as far as it goes...

Well...

We found a surprise in our garden today. I don't know where it was hiding from us, but we grew a zucchini "THIS big"....

No really we did...

(From my wrist to my shoulder. Pretty crazy!)

sounds of home...

...with my parents clock. This clock hung in my parents house the whole time i lived there (& probably before). After i got married they did some "upgrading" to the living room and i don't think the clock ever made it back onto the wall. I LOVE this clock. This clock to me sounds like home. When my parents came up last week they brought with them the clock for me (and a few more items). I was so excited!

Thankfully Kevin likes the ticking sound of the clock.

splash of color

My mom insisted that we needed some color in our front planter. So we headed to the store and got some.

BEFORE

AFTER

I think she was right. Looks pretty.

9 years...

Happy 9th Anniversary My love!
Marrying you was the BEST thing i did.
I Love You Forever!!

i know i know...

...it's been a few weeks now. Honestly we've done stuff and taken pictures...but i just don't have the desire to blog right now. hopefully soon.

much love!

JB