Welcome Jillene Marie

Some of you may remember my very good friend Jackie O'Day from our days at Redlands High School. I'm not sure all who know her, but she had little baby the other day and she is just too cute. So i thought i'd share some pics with you.

Jackie prego at the beach.

Jackie & Jillene Marie Wetteland
Jillene sleeping
Jillene in her carseat
Close up of Jillene

Craters Continued...

So it was CRAZY WINDY at the top of this "hill" and we were laughing so hard at how my hair was just flying everywhere. I always have little "fly aways" but my hair wasn't even staying in the bun i had it in. Kevin had to hold his baseball hat because he was afraid of loosing it. Kevin was guessing the wind was about 40-50 mph. You had to prop yourself just right or you felt like you were going to get blown over.

This is me walking down that hill that the above pictures were taken on top of. It's a VERY deceiving hill. It doesn't look that big, but once you start climbing it, it is much bigger then it appears to be. But you get a beautiful view.

Craters of the Moon

Friday Kevin & I decided to go to Craters of the Moon National Park on Saturday but when the time came (after i had an event that morning which i got up VERY early for) i really didn't want to go. But we did and i'm glad. We had a blast. I went to Craters with my parents when they were up last Labor Day Holiday but we didn't go "exploring". Kevin and I did a bit of that, and it was tons of fun. We need to take my parents back out there this labor day when they come up again. Below are pictures of us in i believe Indian Cave. It was way cool. If you are ever in south central Idaho, you should make a trip there. It's cool!

http://www.id.blm.gov/craters/

http://www.nps.gov/crmo/

to get out of the cave you have to go out this opening, or walk all the way back to the begining

We stopped in Arco for some dinner.

We ate at "Pickle's Place: the home of the original Atomic Burger."

They have this huge rocking chair in front of the resturant for some reason.

I have more pictures, but for some reason they are not opening on my computer. I need to have Kevin look at them and fix them for me. :)

Charlee turns ONE

So our niece Charlee turned one last Sunday. We had a party for her last Saturday. I thought it's about time i put up some pictures of the big FIRST birthday party.

Charlee with her 1st birthday tiara.

Cousins, Karter & Charlee checking out the swimming pool conditions. Karter is 6 months older.

Charlee just having a fun time with the pool. Maybe she should get her suit on.

Charlee having a blast splashing in the water.

Singing "Happy Birthday" to Charlee.

Charlee enjoying her cupcake.

The cutest cupcakes I've ever seen. Shauna is SO creative!!!

A closer up view of the cupcakes.

Karter wearing the tiara...not so happy to be "a girl".

Jeff dunking Karter into the pool. Karter LOVED it. He was laughing so hard.

Karter really enjoyed letting the water out of the pool.

Karter trying to "hit" the pinata.

Lynn swinging as hard as he could...and TOTALLY missing. lol.

Jeff took a leg off the pinata.

I made a dent in the side, but nothing to be too proud about. lol.

Shauna decapitated the pinata. Body is flying through the air.

There is the head just hanging there.

We started pitching the body like a baseball. Kevin killed it good. Check out the candy flying.

Kevin & I with our friend Chad Barnes.

Fudge Stripe Fruit Salad

I had this at my niece’s party last Saturday. It was really good. So I thought I would pass on the recipe. A nice cool summer treat.

Fudge Stripe Fruit Salad

1 package vanilla instant pudding
1 cup buttermilk
8 ounces Cool Whip
1 can mandarin oranges
1 can chunk pineapple
1 can fruit cocktail
1/2 package Fudge Stripe cookies

Mix pudding, buttermilk and cool whip in a large bowl. Drain fruit and then add to the mixture. Crumble the cookies and stir into the mixture right before you serve it. Best served chilled.

Test update...

I got my test back today. I had to do a double take on the score. I GOT A 96%!!!!!! I was so freakin' excited!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!

A little Doodle

We bought a new white board when we moved into the house. Ours was really old, and too small to cover up the breaker box that is in the kitchen hallway. After Kevin hung it up he made a little drawing for me. I love it. Thought you guys might think it's cute too.

Making Jam

Well this weekend we headed out to Paul/Twin Falls for a birthday party for our niece Charlee, and for Father's day. Well my mother-in-law and I decided we'd make some strawberry jam. I had mentioned to her that i wanted to learn. So here are some pictures from my adventure in Jam making.

Yummy strawberries



Me mashing the strawberries...like my bedhead? lol.

mashed strawberries

While us girls were in the kitchen the boys were cleaning the garage from all the stuff to redo the counter tops. The mess had been in there for a month! I wouldn't have waited that long to clean it up. It would have drove me insane. LOL.

So i didn't get a picture of the final product, but i brought home about 1/2 of the containers we made...which i brought home 10 of them!!!

a shout out...

Just wanted to thank Heather for being such a good comment-er. I love everyones, so don't think i don't appreciate them. Heather has been excellent lately. :)

Have a great weekend everyone!!!

ugh...no results yet

So i had class today, and we still didn't get our tests back! I want to know what i got!!! Hopefully by tuesday we'll have them back. I think there are 2 girls in our class that still need to take it. I was on the ball and got it done right away. If i was really smart i wouldn't have missed it in the first place.

Work is good. busy.

We are heading to Twin Falls this weekend. It should be dang warm out there this weekend. I think we are supposed to hit about 87, which is hot for here. :) Especially when most places (homes) don't have A/C. Good thing is usually cools down at night. Plus we are attending a BBQ/birthday party for our niece Charlee who turns one on Sunday. I can't believe it's been a year. Time is flying! So we will be outside i think most of the late afternoon on Saturday. But we will be getting the last of our things out of Jeff's basement, which includes our ceiling fan we brought with us from CA. So it will be nice to have that installed in our new bedroom. I love ceiling fans.

Anywho...hopefully i'll take some pics this weekend. It would be nice to post some sometimes. :) So you have atleast something to look at while you listen to my ramblings.

test update...

So i took my test this morning at 9:15am. I had to sit at the front desk of the secretary of the department. It was interesting. LOL. I think i did rather well, other then one of the essay questions. I don't think i got it "just right", so who knows what i will get. I'd say atleast as good as i did before, if not better (I hope).

For treats i just bought some mini candy bars because i just didn't have time to "make" something nor did i want to heat up the house with the oven. I was not the only one that forgot. There were 9 people that forgot out of her 3 classes. I was glad to see that i wasn't the only one. We didn't get our tests back today, because there are others that need to take it. So, maybe by thursday we'll get it back and i'll let you know how i did.

Monday

Well we had a good weekend. Thursday we had our friends over for a BBQ and games. Friday we watched "Superman Returns" vegging in the bean-bag. Saturday we went to the Temple, lunch, ran errands while in Idaho Falls, went to a work dinner and a concert at the school. It was a WAY good show. You should check them out...

Ryan Shupe and the Rubberband. http://shupe.net/

I realized saturday night at 7pm i had FORGOTTEN all about a test that i was to take that morning. luckily with some pleading with my teacher and the promise of treats for class, i get to take it tomorrow morning. I will never let that happen again. Ugh! I can't believe i forgot!

So tonight i have to make/buy some treats and study for a test and do some homework. fun night for me.

We are getting more settled into the house. It's coming along great. We even have a few things hung on the wall. :)

House story

OK, since Heather is so curious, here is the story why "house house house" is so funny (to us atleast).

My best friend Kate was getting married (May 98) right after i finished a semester at Ricks College. Well i stayed with her & her family in UT till after the wedding and then went home to CA. Well, we moved Kate & Josh's stuff into their apartment and i was staying with Kate there the 2 days i think before they got married. Well Josh & Kate went out with his family or somewhere and i decided not to be the 3rd wheel and stayed at the apartment. Well i am not a night person, so she got home fairly late and i was already in bed. Either she woke me up to tell me she was home, or i just woke up because she got home. According to Kate this is what i said to her..."Jani called and she is at your parents house house house" and i drifted back to sleep. I don't recall making that statement, but this has given us a good laugh over the years. :) So that's all it is. So whenever i say house, kevin likes to say it three times back to me. Silly guy.

Which Character are you?

I got this from my friend Heather. I am Elinor Dashwood (i don't know how true that really is about me). :)

You are Elinor Dashwood of Sense & Sensibility! You are practical, circumspect, and discreet. Though you are tremendously sensible and allow your head to rule, you have a deep, emotional side that few people often see.

Take the quiz and see who you are... http://www.strangegirl.com/austenquiz/

ham update

Our ham was really good. I think we might have over cooked it a bit. But it's still very tasting. We have TONS of leftovers. I bet we will be eating it into the weekend.

My finger is good. I took off my band-aid last night and i cut it a little higher then i originally thought. I got it right at the nail cuticle (sp?). I cleaned it real well, so hopefully it won't get infected. I've got it covered up again today for work.

I didn't have class on tuesday and i must say i missed it. I've got it today and i am really glad. It's a nice break during the work day and a very informative and entertaining hour of the day.

Happy Thursday everyone. The weekend is almost here. YEAH!!!!

* oh yes, sometimes i reply to comments in the comment area. So if you place a comment on a posting, you might want to check and see if i've replied to it. I'll try to be better at it. :)

Can I start over?

OK, so today has been "one of those days". I woke up at 6:30am which is just before my alarm is supposed to go off, so i just got up. Well it's a good thing i woke up because i forgot to set the alarm last night. I decide to just finish putting away the last of the kitchen stuff before getting in the shower. 45 mins later i finally got in the shower. I then ate breakfast. Then i realized i hadn't thought of how to cook the ham i thawed yesterday. So i grab my crock pot recipe book and found a recipe that i have everything for. Shouldn't take to long i thought. WRONG! Took me forever and i had to enlist Kevin to help when he came downstairs. Then i totally cut my finger and I'm bleeding everywhere. Get that under control. Leave Kevin to finish putting the stuff in the crock pot. Try to get ready with a bloody finger tip. Get to work an hour late (I have Comp time so it's totally OK, plus NO one is here except for Kathy, me and the students). I get here and listen to 2 phone calls from the lady that schedules events and tells me that she has cancelled ALL of them and i have to resubmit them under my name because of a change that happen in the Fall. So i was frantically doing that and i was swearing at her in my head because she is an idiot for cancelling them before talking to me. UGH! That makes me mad. Now i have to look at all the reservations under the other person's name and tell her to put it under mine now. I am so tired already. I had to go get a Pepsi to make it through the morning. And it's only 10:30. Can i start the day over...PLEASE?!?!

*my ham better turn out good. LOL.

house update

Well, we are in our house and completely out of our apartment. We had our "check out" appointment yesterday at 4:30pm, it was like having a "white glove" clean check from when we were in college. Hopefully we get our full deposit back. We did a GREAT job of cleaning and probably spent too much time doing it. The house is partically put together. There is stuff we need to rearrange and figure out where to stick some stuff, but it's coming along nicely. It's so weird to be in there now after watching it being built. I don't know when i'll get used to it. It's surprisingly quite in our neighborhood with all the little kids that live there. But summer has just begun, so we'll see how loud it gets. I bet it's mostly during the day when we aren't home they will be out and about. We are SO greatful to our friends and family members that helped with the move. It went smooth. So that was nice. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!! Kevin is very excited to have his "own room" for his art studio. I am too because i can close the door and not look at the mess. ;)

By the way...all those deleted comments were "test" comments i was making in trying to help my sister figure out how to post a comment. So i wasn't getting any sort of nasty/mean comments.

house house house

We are offically HOME OWNERS!!! What a wonderful feeling after renting for so long. We signed papers yesterday and got the keys to our Townhouse. We can start moving in TODAY! It's changed a bit on the outside since landscaping has been done, and there will be no blue around the front windows. It's a long story, but that will be covered up soon!

Man on the Moon?

So last night it was pretty warm in our apartment, so i opened the front door. I don't do this too often because i don't want the lights to attract bugs. I looked outside and thought the moon looked so cool with the clouds. I don't know why some of them are brighter then others, because i never used the flash. I guess i should learn how to use the manual settings on my camera.