Various pictures from my phone. Random... C:

Grandma's b-day I believe 51 photos....

Our new home

We have been in our home for a month. This is it empty. We love it so much and feel very blessed that we have been able to save up and find a home that is "perfect" for our family. The number one reason we wanted to move was to get our kids in an area where they would have a ample youth within the church. We are also close to john's family. It is a little bit further for me but I still see them all the time.

Our home is 6 bedrooms 3700+ sq ft. We even have a room for the year supply. All rooms have a walk in closet excpet the year supply room. Each kid has their own room and they love it until night time. Then the home gets really big, with strange sounds. So, they congregate into heidi's room and sleep at night. Our loft is a room within itself. They kids have a great time. We are really appreciative of our home and feel very blessed.
Standing in the kitchen looking toward the family room.
Living room looking down from the loft. That's the front door.
The other side of the kitchen
Kitchen. We have installed brand new appliances.
dining room leads to dog run out back.
On the left is the dining room, in the back the family room
Master bedroom
Master bathroom
Play pool
One corner from of the loft stairs are on the rights
Harley and Hemi's room looking from the loft
Harley's room. Hemi's looks the same just next door.
dillinger's room
Heidi's room. It is a second master bedroom without the bathroom. She loves her room!
Front of the house.
Walking in from the front door.

First Day of School

Even though we moved, I have kept the kids in school where I work. It is a great place and makes it easier on me to attend their functions. They have amazing teachers and great programs. This is Harley's first year although she did attend the preschool last year. Yea for school and routines.
The kids are headed off to school or Ms. Wendy's.
Hemi in her second year at Ms. Wendy's home.
Dillinger in 1st grade with Mrs. Eldredge at Sevilla Primary.
Heidi in 5th Garde with Mr. Parks at Sevilla West.
Harley in Kindergarten with Mrs. Davidson at Sevilla Primary.

Hemi and the kitchen

Hemi loves to play in the kithen we have upstairs.

Hemi and her caffine addiction

All summer long the kids and I share a 52OZ soda refill that we pass in the car because it is a mere 115 outside. I know I should be drinking water and so should they but water is so blah..... anyway we all share with Hemi. In August I went back to work and Hemi went to her sitter she has known since 8 months old. The sitter said she is really crab and so not like the Hemi i knew in May. I said she is a little expressive, even though she doesn't have words, but normally she is a pretty easy going kid. The next day she said she was fiesty again today. I called me mom just to talk and told her about Hemi and what might be the problem. Then she said she was off to get her refill. My mom shouted, "THAT'S IT" I bet Hemi is going through caffine withdraws at the sitter. She went all summer drinking soda and now she gets a sip in the morning and not another until 5:00pm. So the next day I dropped Hemi off at the sitter but armed with a coke this time. I said when she gets crabby giver her a little of this in her sippy cup. Ms. Wendy said really. I said yes, I am trying out an experiment. Sure enough when I picked her up she said she had a WONDERFUL day. I laughed but was so embarrassed that my little 18 month old needs her caffine fix to. I guess it is just signs of the times. Okay that is what I am telling myself because I don't want to face the fact I don't qualify for the title; Mother of the Year. So, when I take Hemi to Ms. Wendy's she asks did you bring her "fix" or when I pick her up she will remind me to bring her special drink. Ever since we figured it out; Hemi is back to her normal happy self.

Moral of the story~ Thank goodness for Caffine.

This is her at 9 months.

Hemi's new up do

Okay I have had several people ask me, Have you cut the top of Hemi's hair. I said yes, i knew how hot the mullet look was on babies we are starting a new trend. I have NOT cut hemi's hair, the back just seems to grow a little faster then the top. So, I decided we were going to to an updo for church today. I guess she's just got the mullet gene. I have several pictures were I am supporting a modified mullet or an abreviated mullet with a rat tail. Thankful, they didn't have digital camera back in the 90s that we could afford. No one told me the mullet was only hot on men. I guess it built character.

Her hair down how she normally wears it.



Yes, it is only 8:00am but Hemi needed her caffine. I'm a little embarrassed about that. Funny story coming up.


I know they off lopsided and uneven but it was really hard for her to sit still.

Harley's underwater habitat

Harley is into ocean life~ so we are working on getting her room decorated just for her. We found the three gold fish at Goodwill on a 50% off day Holla~ The Wyland picture is from the auction only 3.00. Then I found some wall paper border at Wal mart. I have never done wall paper before so I hope it sticks. I am really proud of us. She helped me get it up. I am impressed with how straight it is. I can't see a straight line if I had a ruler. We still need curtains but looking good so far. HGTV, Deisgn on a Dime, I am available if you want me to consult. I guess I have raw natural talent. Okay I don't buy any of that crap but if I do say so myself; I think Harley and I rocked it. More importantly; and all that really matters is she LOVES her underwater habitat.

PS~ another thing to add to my HGTV, Design on a dime resume.... I didn't have enough wall paper border to go all the way around. Most people would have A. measured before they went to the store, or B. went back. Well me being both LAZY and CHEAP. I decided to leave an open area but not wanting to waste what little wall paper roll I had left over, I cut them out and placed them by the picture that I hung myself. I am really impressed with me if I do say so myself. It was fun doing this with Harley.

I know it seems like no big deal for you but i have no artistic abilities. None what so ever. I can't even match my own clothes. It makes life a little tough but I have learned to deal with it.

You will notice some more advanced techniques when I actually had to measure ( okay I eyeballed it and it has the monet affect, from afar it looks great just don't get to close to see the details, to get it around the door. AND AND I had to turn the corner on the window. I know, I am impressed too.

wildlife

We saw all sorts of wildlie. With daddy's keen eye we were able to see wild turky, rabbits, chipmunks, elk, deer both male and female, cows. Thankful John drove carefully because as we took a corner a mom and a calf were crossing the road. I asked John to pull over on my "short cut" back to the main road. It wasn't a short cut it was only like 10 miles on the map compared to his way which was like 20. However his way you could do 30 miles an hour. My way it was maybe if we were lukcy 5 miles an hour. So, it took us like 1.5 hours to get back to the main road. But we saw some pretty country. Here are two examples:

This one is mocking john because he didn't get drawn this year. Which doesn't happen very often.


While we were out ATV riding I saw a chipmunk dart across my path I tried to slow down but didn't want to hit the brakes I had people following me and I had a Harley up front and didn't want to throw her. So, I thought I missed it~ barely. Welp the people behind me had a show. Apparently I clipped its back tail and it sent is flying in the air did a 360 landed and ran off. They said it was pretty awesome. I guess you should stay out of my way I am known to get a speeding ticket or two. It was a great time.

Cabin in Hannegan's Meadow

After a couple of days of acutal camping in the woods me relocated 1/4 of a mile to Hannegan's Meadow lodge where the Beals Bash '09 was happening. These are some of the pictures from the cabin. It was very nice and I must say I did enjoy sleeping on a bed. I don't mind roughing it but the bed was a nice touch. Oh, and I can't forget about running water. That was AWESOME. Especially since we hadn't showered in 3 days. Some of us were really ripe. Wasn't me (wink wink)


This is Hemi's bear that snores, and giggles. She loves that thing.






sorry for the side shots.. Hemi loves her daddy they were just chillin taking a moment to reflect.

Fishing at Lake Luna during the Beals Reunion

We took the kids to Lake Luna which is just outside of Alpine. We had a great time. Didn't catch anything but grass (the kids called it sea weed, rocks, and crawdads. But fishing for our kids is cast, reel, and untangle. Repeat- cast, reel, and untangle. I think it frustrates john but that is their idea of fishing. Apparently there are not any marathon swimmer fish in Lake Luna as when the kids reel in, they do it as fast as their little fingers will go. So even if there was a fish out there to be caught. If it isn't the Micheal Phelps of fish then they got no chance. Good times were had by all and I appreciate john's patience during our "fishing" trip.