Bunco time again!!

Our annual Bunco was this last Friday night, and we had so much fun. Once again I didn't legitimately win anything but JoAnn and I eachmade out with a great prize!! The costumes are always the biggest treat of the night, some tend to be kind of offensive, but most are just really funny....My mom goes through so much hard work to make Bunco so fun. She is such a wonderful person. And her outfit although it was a LITTLE short was voted best costume. But she didn't take the prize, she gave it away to the 2nd place winner!! SO SELFLESS!!!My Dad the Mobster... And the NEW BIGGEST CHEATER!!! He learned from the best, his sons!!!!
Jason was a cowboy, notice Kalebs boy scout hankerchief..... He is soooo resourceful!!!

JoAnn and I chillin before the party got started!!
Notice Samanth's Nike Shorts apparently the costume was a little too sexy and short. Riley's shirt was almost a belly shirt!!!

JoAnn came as a very sexy Daisy Duck!!

Peter Pan (Josh)

Jane Fonda (Mckenzie) She is the only sister that could get away with this one!!!




The Grinch (Aaron) and Betsy Lou Who. (Elizabeth)

You never know who is going to show up, this year we had a great treat, none other than the President of the US.... Barrack and Michelle Obama made a quick stop!!

TONS of cheating and alot of Laughing... I am counting down until next year already!!

Jumping the gun...JUST A LITTLE!

This is a picture of Harley aka Har Bar, Harlos, Luna or as I call her Harbo, because she is obsessed with HOBO's! Sweet Little Harbo did something not so funny yesterday...

I was emailing a friend that is also a realtor yesterday. About 3 months ago I asked her to find out what she thought our house would sell for, I then changed my cell phone number and forgot to give it to her. I remembered that and thought I would email her and see what she had found out. Harley oversaw my email and jumped to the conclusion that we were listing our house TODAY! So she got on Facebook and announced to the whole world (ok so not the whole world but might has well have been) that we wanted to get out of the neighborhood.

It wasn't until my sister Samantha saw it that we found out, and by that time one of the neighbors had already commented. Thanks Harley for letting everyone know how we feel!!

Again.... WHO IS MY KID?

Ok so here is a picture of my two oldest that I hi-jacked from Harleys Facebook... What is my point??? LOOK AT THE HAIR.... on Kaleb......

This hair is a source of a lot of things in our family...Contention being the biggest.
Jason doesn't think he should be able to choose his hair style. And I think he should be able to, my mom didn't control my hair and it's not like he has a braided tail or a mullet or anything.
Every Sunday there is a fight over passing the sacrament with his hairdo. Jason wants it parted to the side and tucked behind his ears. I think he looks fine, I have seen worse believe you me.But the biggest problem we have right now is that there is quite a few girls that have been calling him, and some are older than him. They are wanting to know if he wants to go out with them, or who he wants his first make out to be with..... YES YOU HEARD RIGHT... make out. I intercepted that text message!!! So Jason's solution is to cut his hair. You see Kaleb believes that just like SAMPSON his strength with the girls lies solely in his long flowing blonde locks! He won't even let me put any old family pictures on my new facebook because he is telling all of his friends to ask me to add them as a friend so he can chat with them and he doesn't want them to see him with old short hair!!!

And these are the days of Kalebs hairs lives.......Stay tuned the hair saga continues

Tribute to Jake

So my younger brother Josh is amazing. He does the coolest things and he surprised our Family with a video he made of Jake. When you have a loved one that has passed every photo, video clip etc is priceless. And even though it feels like your being kicked in the gut and you cry uncontrollably when you see them you still can find a way laugh while you look at them.


Here is the video he created for us of Jake. And the song is Written for Jake by Josh and sung by him also. Click HERE to watch it.

15 years ago today, Jason and I took the plunge and this is where we ended up!!!

Happy Anniversary I Love You!!!

You know your getting old.....

When your first born is 14!! How did this happen so fast?? Harbar, aka Harlos and Harley is 14 today. I am so sad, I told Jason, she is 3/4 of the way out of our house. She could be gone in 4 years!!


I hijacked these pictures from her facebook account. Things that interst Harlos right now, is boys, dying her hair every other week, Shopping... mainly at Papaya, and cute shoes. She loves to read, sometimes I have to ground her from her books!!

Harley has been so much fun, she uses me alot for MiRancherito and Dr. Pepper. But I will let her use me anyday if it means I can spend time with her!!

Happy Birthday Harley, We Love you!!

NO CAMERA!!!

There has been a MILLION things for me to blog about this past 2 weeks, but I haven't had a camera. I was one of those nerdy people that was not going to switch from 35 MM cameras to digital. I never saw the point in Digital because you never develop any of the digital pictures. BUT.... I have to say I am addicted. I can't live with out my camera. So I will be going later on today to purchase a new one. And hopefully the blog worthy events will keep coming!!!

WHITE TRASH TIME AGAIN

Yes it is that time of year again, where the White Trash comes out in us! Jason had a new car this year, he spent all month getting ready for the BIG race in the Juab County Fair. His car was new and the paint job left a little to be desired.... He let the kids paint the car this year and I had NO problems with what they painted on it.... it was what he put on it. Sayings like "BITE ME" and the number 666 which is his lucky number and it doesn't bother us, but some people have a problem with it. My camera was indisposed for the race so I had to get some pictures from Vanessa, and I didn't get any pictures this year of our WHITE TRASH FRIENDS.

The car didn't fair very well. Jason left some fan on to cool the transmission and it punctured the line for the fluid early on. He said this was his best race, but if you ask Kaleb, his dad never wins!! Oh well he is prepping the car for another big race in Spanish Fork this weekend, hopefully he can make his son proud this time!!

Who is my KID??

I have been trying to teach Kaleb about responsibility and that Money doesn't grow on trees. So he has got a summer job mowing the lawn at my Dad's office. I drive him over at 6:30 in the morning every Monday so that he can mow before all the workers get there. He started spending his money as fast as he was getting it. So for the last 3 weeks I haven't let him spend any of it. He pays his tithing and then he saves the rest of it. Then his cousins called and asked if he could go to the mall, and I said yes but you aren't taking all of your money. So I give him $40.00 of his money and I say,"Kaleb, don't buy any shirts, just buy some jeans or shoes I will buy your shirts." And he in turn says, "Ok Mom I won't"...............So later in the day I get a phone call, "Mom I found this shirt at Rue 21 that I really want." So I said OK, after all this is his money.


About 4:00 I get this picture text from his cousin....... ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? Does that shirt really say what I think it says???? So I call him and of course Dawson is laughing his head off at this point. I demanded that he take it off and return it immediately. He did and when he got home, I lectured him for about 10 minutes and then I said "How much money do you have left?" And he says 10 bucks. So I said go get what you bought so I can see, and he says "All I bought was some sunglasses for $7.00." Does that add up to you??? 40 minus 7= 32, he should have at least $25.00 after lunch. WHATEVER..... he won't be going to the mall with money without me ever again, next time he can window shop and then I will go back with him!!!

Double Digits for Chey!!

Cheyenne is 10 today!!!

Here she is "ACTING" Innocent...... we all know she's not!!!No matter where or when she will make you laugh!

This is her signature pose, we love it.....NOT! When we were taking pictures she kept trying to do this pose, and I was freaking out!!!

HAPPY 10th Birthday CHEY LULA!! WE HEART YOU!!!

BFF"S

Rian and her cousin Addi are Best Friends! This is a cute video that we shot on the 4th of July at a park and YES Rian is Nakey!! She is ALLERGIC to clothes. It doesn't matter where we are, she starts stripping down to the diaper if we aren't looking!!!

We are so lucky to have her cousin live so close to us, we just call Sam and she runs her over, and it is WONDERFUL!!!

PDA at 13!?!?!?

Ok so I know I have totally sucked at updating my blog, I am still BOOB!! (Burned Out On Blogging) But this week has totally been blog worthy. I don't know if you guys remember my DEAR SWEET TEEN HARLEY, but she is a gem! And this post is dedicated to her.

Har bar has decided that she is hot and needs to have man affection in her life. And not just any man, but our NEIGHBOR!!! One thing that she might have wanted to think about was that everytime she breaks his heart, she has to see him at church, passing the sacrament to her.

But now with her pink hair that so wasn't cool last year but is totally SICK this year she is ALL GROWN UP! And she thinks that she is old enough to date. So yesterday her BF called and wanted to hang out. So she asked me and I am thinking to myself, if I don't let her she will sneak around. So I like her "Friend" (that's what I will call him) so I said sure he can come over. So they put on a

ROMANTIC COMEDY called 50 first dates and sit down on the couch. RIGHT NEXT TO EACHOTHER. So I am thinking to myself, they are sitting awfully close to eachother. And as I slave away at another load of Laundry, I walk by and notice that they are doing this.....

THEY ARE HOLDING HANDS!!!!!!! AUGHHHH!

Where have I gone wrong, that my 13, yes 13 year old, thinks that I am HIP enough to see her and her BF displaying large amounts of PDA right in front of me? OH it gets worse....... then Chey and Rian wanted a snowy so I am contemplating on how I am going to pull this off with out leaving them alone. So I load all of them up, even the 2 love birds and we head down to the snow shack. And I sit in the car with Rian as she has fallen asleep. I look over at Harley and her BF and he has his STINKIN arm around her WAIST!!!

This is what I think of them as..... LITTLE KIDS... doing big people stuff!!!

Needless to say I need some advice on how NOT TO KILL HER! The best part of the whole situation is that KALEB is totally into girls and has them calling him everyday, one even brought him cookies when he broke his toe. But he watches his big sis, and repeatedly tells me "Whatever Harley does I am so gonna do when I am her age." So I woke her up this morning and told her that I am not OK with their PDA, Heaven only knows what I am in for when she is 16, and actually old enough to date.

Jason has the best outlook on the whole situation, I told him what I saw and that I was freaking out, and this was his response....." when she gets pregnant they aren't living with us!!!" NICE!!!!

Best Concert EVER!

You probably all think I have dropped off the face of the earth, but I haven't. I have been stalking all of your blogs but I am so BOOB- Burned Out On Blogging. I went to Taylor Swift's concert and it was the best. And I deserved it DAMN IT!!!

We sat on the 7th row and it was awesome. I have a new found hobby. CONCERTING!! Is that even a word??? Well it is to me, and I love it. Now I am on to Kelly Clarkson and the concert of the year that you are all jealous of me.....THE JONAS BROTHERS!!!!

Month from you know where!!

So it all started with the split of our ward, not only am I NOT in alot of my friends ward anymore, My husband is in the Bishopric. Now don't get me wrong,I don't hate that he is in the bishopric for any reason other than I HAVE NOOOOO HELP during Sacrament meeting. With my SWEET Rian. It is truly a challenge to take care of a 2 year old that has hardly heard the word no EVER!!

To make matters worse I think that I have had STREP 3 times in the last month, and now my baby has it and she had to have the dreaded Penicillin shot today. That's what I get for Self Medicating myself. HUH JOANN!!!

Poor thing, no shot is worse than the penicillin shot, it is so thick, it looks like ELMERS GLUE and has the consistency of it too!

I may never get better, but if I do I will be redoing my Kitchen Cabinets and Heading to the GRANITE countertop store!!! That ought to make me feel better!!!

BEES---or Flies

Today I was trying to enjoy a nice long shower, because Kaleb played Hookie and stayed home from school to help me with Rian. And about 5 minutes into my shower Kaleb comes banging on the door. In the background I can hear Rian screaming BLOODY MURDER! So I turn off the shower and ask him what the matter was, and he tells me that Rian thinks she is going to get hurt, from the BEE in the house.





He at this point is laughing and so I get out to see what the matter is. So I go to console her and she is freaking out, screaming that the bee is going to hurt her. And as the FLY or BEE as she calls it flies near her she starts screaming LOUDER and LOUDER. After I got my composure from Laughing I tried to explain to her that it was not a bee, but a fly, and that it wouldn't hurt her. She finally calmed down.

I guess she has been watching a little too much of POOH!

RECESSIONS SUCK!

BLAAHHH!!! That is how I feel about life right now.

You can 't turn on the TV without hearing about how many jobs are being lost. So many people I know have lost their jobs lately. And I feel so bad for them and their families. I feel really fortunate that we haven't, and I am hoping that things start to look up soon for those who have.


I am in a serious RUT with Bloggin. I have 25 other things to do each day and blogging has fell all the way to the bottom of my priorities!! Have you ever sat down to your computer feeling guilty for not doing a post earlier? I sit down and think I have NOTHING to blog about and then I think back as life has passed me by the last couple of weeks and realize I have about 100 things that I SHOULD have posted about. But oh well, life goes on.

One good thing coming up is EASTER!! YEA! I love Easter, it is a time that I can reflect on what really matters and why we are here on this earth. It makes me feel so much better to know that all we are going through in this world is for a purpose, and that no matter how bad things get there is always another day to pick up the pieces and start over tomorrow!!

So if you are struggling in life, lost your job, or someone you are close to is sick, this one is for you!!!

TAYLOR SWIFT!!

I came and conquered once again, YES you heard right I got Taylor Swift Tickets!!! I haven't been to a concert in like 10 years or more until I hit the MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice concert and that got me going and now I am on a roll. I will complete 5 concerts in about 6 months time, and that is more than I have gone to in my whole 29 years combined!!! So I am way STOKED!!

It's that time of year again!!

Spring is in the air, and that means it is BASEBALL and SOFTBALL time. We are starting to think about holding TRYOUTS for our Old Ladies team this year. We are going to have to start thinking about spring camp soon also. So if you want to be on the team, let me know and I will give you the 411 on the dates. I am not going to be able to take everyone, as I am sure this post will yield a HIGH VOLUME of applicants, but I will do what I can!!!

JO BROS!

Cheyenne came running through the house last week, screaming that the JO BROS were coming to town, and that she HAD to go to their concert. So I guess we are going, it should prove to be an interesting night, and the concert quest goes on.

We are now in search of TAYLOR SWIFT concert tickets, she is said to sell out in 2 minutes, so wish us luck!!!! WERE GONNA NEED IT!!!

IN LOVING MEMORY OF JAKE!!

3 years ago today my little brother lost his life in a battle with Addiction. I miss him more than words can say! As time has gone by the pain doesn't get any less, I know in my heart I will see him again and I will have a chance to say everything that I didn't get to say to him while he was alive on this earth. I love you and miss you Jake!!

The birthday to remember!!

We are PROFESSIONAL concert goers now!! When is the next one????

MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice were in town yesterday, I don't know if you all heard that they would be. But we stopped in to say hello to them and they were happy to see us!!! As I was PRIMPING to get ready, I decided that it was time to go all the way back to the 80's. And by that I meant pulling out all of the stops and putting some earrings in my second holes, which has not been done for a decade or two, depending on how old you believe that I am.

After alot of pain and a little swearing I got them in. And they looked great, getting one of them out was a totally different story!!!! Can you say INFECTION???

Vanessa's 80's glasses were very hip and Judy had these humongous pink hoop earrings on but she couldn't turn her head so she took a break from them!!!

So we all squished in the Tahoe and headed out for an adventure of a life time!! Judy was thrilled to be with us, I just don't think that she expected to have her life flash before her eyes as Vanessa threatened to kill some "PUNK A" teenagers on the way to eat!! It was very interesting and hilarious. Don't mess with Vanessa!!!
We hit PF CHANGS before the concert and it was delicious!!
Vanessa flashing her GANG SIGNS, just a little of what she dished out to those dumb kids!! Jodi just sat back and watched everyone most of the night. I think she thought we were a little weird!!
JoAnn pegged her pants, they were so happening!
Kelli and Jessica, my friends from high school, we graduated a year or so ago!Amy and I. Amy's side ponytail was a huge hit!!

Here is Amanda, Vanessa and Jodi having some down time during an intermission. I don't know about all of you but my arms and my legs are so sore today. I must be way out of shape if I can't hack doing the 2 legit and all the other hand moves to the songs.

Then we headed on to the concert where we saw some pretty, should we say, COLORFUL people. These teenagers made the 80's look like some sort of circus. I never dressed as wild as most of them, but it was funny to see them, and make fun of them!! Most all of them were WAY younger than us. The college students and younger crowd were all dumb enough to get GA tickets while us more SEASONED concert goers picked Seats!!! We are no DUMMIES!!!!

Lots of Hammer pants and this kid shaved steps into his hair!

Here is a little video of the LEGENDARY Hammer and Ice together on stage. They made history yesterday and I am only sorry that you were not all there to see it!!!

Remember This......

I am getting really excited for tomorrow, and my sister sent me this link from "In Living Color" from the 90's. I hope Vanilla Ice does better than Jim Carrey!!! Can't wait for tomorrow, I got all my 80's gear ready! Click HERE to watch an imitation of MC Hammer that is Hilarious!!

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY WEEK!!

Some of us just celebrate our birthdays for a day and some don't celebrate them at all, but I celebrate mine for at LEAST a week. Some years I have tried to pull of a whole month, but I am really busy this year so 5 days is going to have to do!! I have BIG plans for the week, starting off with hunting for my 80's outfit for the concert, and I think I will buy myself a little extra stuff too!!

I will try my best to do a complete documentary of our night out so all of you who are making fun of us can see what fun you missed out on!!!

HAPPY 29th TO ME IN 4 DAYS!!!