Happy Birthday Jon

Jon is 33!!

I know, I'm a slacker. His birthday was actually yesterday.

We have been so busy this week I haven't had time to do this.

But I'm here now to tell you that Jon is an awesome husband, dad & Friend.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DUDE!

Christmas getting to know you

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? I like to wrap my gifts in bags but I like to unwrap stuff myself
2. Real tree or Artificial? REAL baby
3. When do you put up the tree? The weekend after thanksgiving
4. When do you take the tree down? after new years
5. Do you like eggnog? No way
6. Favorite gift received as a child? My bike
7. Hardest person to buy for? My brother in law Jason
8. Easiest person to buy for? Jon
9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received?a purple purse from my great grandma
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? National Lampoons Elf
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Couple of weeks before
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? not that I remember
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Gravy
16. Lights on the tree? Oh Yeah
17. Favorite Christmas song? Santa Claus is coming to town
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? We travel around to all the parents and grandparents
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? Dasher, Danc er, Prancer, Vixen, >Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolph
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas morning.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? People trying to make is politically correct by not saying MERRY CHRISTMAS
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? The ornaments my mom gives all of us each year
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Turkey & Mashed potatoes
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Money
26. Who is most likely to respond to this? Kaysee
27. Who is least likely to respond to this? My mom
28. List a family tradition that you have implemented in your own family? I try to have us go downtown to see the lights

My thoughts on Twilight

When I read the book, I enjoyed it. It was entertaining but not necessarily the best thing that I have ever read. But I endured and read the whole series because I had invested all of this time into the characters.
I am the kind of person who likes to get to the point and we know that these books are not like that at all.
So......The movie is out and I wanted to see it, but I'm not one of the crazies that went to the midnight showing or wore matching shirts and went with a big group. Instead my mom and I went yesterday to a theatre that had maybe 30 people tops. I wasn't expecting much because i wasn't one of those people who thought "this is going to be the greatest movie ever!!!"
I have to tell you that I absolutely LOVED the movie. It got to the point and made you really feel their love for each other. I recommend for everyone who has not seen it to go in with low expectations and then you will leave with the best review!! I even bought that actor as Edward even though I had my doubts from the previews.
Now I have a better appreciation for the series and everyone has a face. The only character that bothered me was who they chose for Jacob (not really all that cute!)
Those are my thoughts and I'm stickin to it!

GO UTES!!!!!!

What an AWESOME win on Saturday night against the biggest rivals the BYU Cougars.

12-0
BCS Bowl bound
If you know my husband the picture below will shock you as much as it did me. I have NEVER known him to really get into or dress up for much. But when it comes to his team I guess there is no stopping him!

His work had a contest to see who could dress up as the best fan for either Utah or BYU.

He happened to win the big prize of $100 gas card!!!

Da Da Da Da..... Utah Man!

Lots of stuff!

Here are a few things that we have been doing this month.

 

PUMPKIN PATCH

My mom and I took the kids to a pumpkin patch. We mainly do it for pictures but the kids have fun running around picking out a pumpkin

Here is Grady trying to lift a pumpkin and making a grunting noise that he thinks will make him stronger!!

And here is Hudson lifting the pumpkin he picked out!

Mom and her boys!!

Trunk or Treating

We took the kids to West Jordan park for a carnival (if you could call it that!) and trunk or treating. We went with our friends/family Amie & Tim and kids.

Not the best picture but when your working with 1 year olds this is the best you can do!

Woof! Woof!

Hudson's 5 year pictures
He is so big!

He was mister poser/model!

Grown up purse
When I turned 30 I decided that I needed to start carrying around a grown up purse. I have always had fun canvas purses but it was time to be an adult!

I ordered this purse at Maurices and I have loved it. It was designed by a mom of 2 boys in a contest that they had. She was chosen as the winner and now has lots of money. I love every day people winning stuff that helps them and others.


Well I think that is all I have for now.

A great thought!

I got this in an email and it just hit me in the right spot today. I wanted to share it with all of you!

To: YOU
Date: TODAY
From: GOD
Subject: YOURSELF
Reference: LIFE

This is God. Today I will be handling All of your problems for you. I do Not need your help. So, have a nice day. I love you. P.S. And, remember... If life happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, do Not attempt to resolve it yourself! Kindly put it in the SFGTD (something for God to do) box. I will get to it in MY TIME. All situations will be resolved, but in My time, not yours.

Once the matter is placed into the box, do not hold onto it by worrying about it. Instead, focus on all the wonderful things that are present in your life now.

I hope that makes you feel as good as it did me!

Getting to know me

Welcome to the new 2008 edition of getting to know your friends!

I have been getting a lot of these emails so i thought that I would put it on my blog. Anyone can cut and paste to their blog for all to see their answers.

1. What is your occupation right now? Just got a new job as an office manager

2. What color are your socks? Black no show socks

3. What are you listening to right now? the instructor in my office teaching a class

4. What was the last thing that you ate? Thin Crisp triscuits

5. Can you drive a stick shift? Yes

6. Do you like the person who sent this to you? I think so!!! (love ya Kays)
7. How old are you today? 30

8. What is your favorite sport to watch? I don't really like sports but i will say basketball

9. What is your favorite drink? Right now it's mountain dew

10. Have you ever colored your hair? Oh have I

11. Favorite food? Mexican

12. What is the last movie you watched? The Women

13. Favorite day of the year? My Birthday

14. How do you vent anger? I yell

15. What was your favorite toy as a child? Barbies

16. What is your favorite season? Fall

17. Cherries or Blueberries? Neither
18. Do you want your friends to blog their answers? Duh!!

19. Who is the most likely to blog this? I hope everyone

20. Who is least likely to respond? People who don't blog!

21. When was the last time you cried? I never used to cry that much but I tend to cry over everything including things like commercials since I have had kids.

22. What is on the floor of your closet? shoes & Jon's clothes that he won't put away.

23. Who is the friend you have had the longest? The one I have had the longest that I keep in touch with is Angi Hunsaker.

24. What inspires you? Women who do it all

25. What are you most afraid of? BIRDS

26. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? All hamburgers

27. Favorite dog breed? Don't care

28. Favorite day of the week? Sunday

29. How many provinces (states) have you lived in? 1 Just Utah

Happy Birthday Hudson!!!

Hudson is 5

I know every parent says it but it has gone by so fast. I cannot believe that my baby is already 5 years old. He is an awesome kid and we love him very much!

Happy happy birthday to you!!!!

This is Hudson mini golfing with Jon today @ the Boondocks.

Happy 8th Anniversary Jon!!!!

I know it is not the best quality. But, we did not have digital then and I don't have a scanner so this is what you get.

It has been a fast 8 years and a challenging 8 years but we made it and I would not want to share it with anyone else.

I love you very much!

Here is to many many more!!

Tis the season...

...the football season that is!!! Yes it is that time of year again when all the red comes out!! Yesterday was the first game of the season and we had a shindig at our place. I figured I could lure everyone out here with the game and then we could get a volleyball game together, and it worked! The utes won (even if the guys were mad about "how" they won--a win is a win in my book!)

Anita made some good mexican food, which weighed us down to play volleyball, and we had some fun!

Here is to a great season and good times for my boys!!!

Great 30th

"30"!!!
I had my 30th birthday on Saturday and I have to say that it turned out pretty good. Jon took me to lunch downtown at Macaroni Grill and then later that night I had a very fun party where we played volleyball and had food and and my favorite whip cream frosting cake.

I want to give a BIG thank you to everyone who sent birthday wishes by blog, email, texts and in person. Thank you so much for all of the wonderful gifts I received and the time you spent with me, I really appreciate it.

I am so lucky to have great family and friends who are always there for me. I hope that I can be there for all of you whenever you need me!!

Meet Baxter

Yes I know I am a crazy person!!!

Jon somehow talked me into getting his dream dog, and here he is.

Jon has been listening to pod casts of dog training and about this breed for about two weeks now. I have never seen him put so much effort into something, besides his family, ever.

He is pretty dang cute though.

Summer fun!

Yesterday we had a BBQ at our house. It was lots of fun!!! Everyone showed up and we went swimming, ate some grub and then played volleyball. I love getting a lot of people together and just having a good time!

Here is Hudson & Cannon playing some football!!

Jess & Christa (we left Marshall out because he was not very happy!!)

Angi, Eric & Jerzie (she never looks at the camera)

Here's my Grady Potatie Pants!! Walkin all over the place!

Jon just hit the ball over. Good action shot!! (Angi took this one!)

Bailey, Anita & Jen.

Kip, Debi & Sophia

Anita played with the kids the whole time. It gave the parents a break and the kids had fun playing games like london bridges and ring around the rosie.

Tren & Chylie ("real mature")

My cute mom and dad!

Thanks to everyone who was there for making it such a fun day!!!

Grady is Walking!!!

Sorry---I know I am on post overload but, today I got some good shots of Grady walking. He is taking lots of steps as long as he knows there is something to grab on to across the way.

They grow so fast!!!

County Fair

Last night we went to the Salt Lake County Fair. Hudson is getting so brave, he runs to go on all of the rides including riding a pony. Last year he didn't like the thought of doing anything "scary". This year he loves to try new things! We went with family/friends Amie, Tim, Gage & Madi. We always have fun with them and Hudson loves to have a buddy to hang with!

YEE HAW!

Grady kept saying "weeeeee..."!

Pine View

Every year we go to Pine View Reservoir. I love it because it is camping and there is also a lake so we can go swimming and beach it. Here are a few pictures that are from my mom's camera. I am an idiot and deleted the ones from my memory card before saving them anywhere (i will be beating myself up for that for a long time).

We always love it when a lot of people come with us! We had peeps from both of our families and my friend Angi & gang!

This is Hudson's cousin Cannon, they always have a good time doing boy stuff!

Jon's Parents!
Angi, Eric & Jerzie (who is having a good time!!!)

I had an awsome picture on my camera of this naked bum, but as you know it's gone forever! So we get my moms version.

I love this pic!!

These ARE my cowboy boots!!!

Hudson got all geared up in his cowboy stuff and he realized that he needed to put some cowboy boots on. I reminded him that his boots were too small but he insisted that he had other ones that fit him. He went to his room and this is what he showed up wearing. I told him that those weren't cowboy boots but he told me "these ARE my cowboy boots".

I always laughed when I was younger at those kids that wore boots with shorts and other crazy outfits, it never crossed my mind that I would end up having one of those dorky kids. But, you gotta let them be them right!?