A WEEK OF FUN

Thanks for the great picture chris. Chris, Ashleigh and Jaide

Ashleigh, Maddie, me
Bec and boys


Hello to you all. We had a wonderful week. We left Monday night and drove to Little America,Wy. We got there around 930pm, we left there around 7am Tuesday morning and drove to Salt Lake. We arrived in Salt Lake around 11 am and dropped Kennen off at his place of work there. The boys and I drove to Springville and surprised everyone. I got my hair cut thank you Chelsea for doing that for me. We spent the rest of that day with Ashleigh and family. The boys were able to play with Tawni, Jaxon and Carter. They miss their friends and loved playing with the Roberts again. Tuesday night Kennen drove down to Springville and the Millards and us went out to dinner. It was fun spending time with Ashleigh and girls for the day. Tuesday night we drove back to Salt Lake. Wednesday we woke up and drove back to Utah County to surprise my mom, my sister-in-law, and my grandparents with a visit. It was a lot of fun not letting anyone know we were coming. Wednesday we met our friend Becca for lunch at Panda Express our favorite place to eat, we had a good time seeing her and can't wait until this weekend when she is coming to Casper. Wednesday night we picked up the trailor from the Roberts and drove back to Salt Lake and Thursday we hung out for half of the day there and we met Laurie for lunch ( a friend I grew up with in Price). It was so good to see her since I haven't seen her since Robbie was about 4 months old. She has a super cute little boy and Sid loved helping him out during lunch. We drove home Thursday, which made a long day but thankfully we had Friday to re-coop. It was a super fast trip, but we enjoyed seeing those we had time to see.



Okay, update on the move..... We are out of the rental. YEA!!!!! It only took us a month but we finally did it. Now we have to finish the storage unit. It is all good.



Our kitchen table will be arriving on Tuesday morning and I am so excited for that. We also have a little couch coming the same day for the basement. Yippy, we will have something to sit on downstairs while we are watching tv.

We wanted to say thank you to Pop and Nan for driving to Casper with our four-wheelers.

What a week!

I am such a flop. I was supposed to chaperon a stake dance and I totally forgot. On Saturday we took the boys swimming at the aquatic center and then went to the rental house and finished getting our stuff and we started to clean it. When we got home it was 8:30 pm and we needed to run to wal-mart so we went. I dogged out on my duty. They are going to fire me from my calling. I am so scattered brain lately. I don't think I have ever been as bad as I have been since I moved here. So, we only have a storage unit left to move to the house. Isn't that depressing?

The boys are doing well. We had a birthday party for Robbie on Friday. We went swimming, out to lunch and out for ice cream. Ice cream was a second thought. We had to leave the swimming pool early do to the fact that someone pooped in the water. How could you let your kids do that? I totally decided that I can not handle 5 boys. It was crazy. Robbie had fun though so that is what matters. Sid is doing good. He still loves school and play group. He loves Jeannette and the kids and always wants to play with them. He has decided that "the girl" is fun too. The girl is Addie she is the daughter of one of my friends.

Kennen is busy busy busy. He seems to enjoy it. Today (Sun. 10/19/08) he got called out at 10:00 am this morning and just got back at 4:00pm. He worked yesterday from 4am -11am. So to all of you who are wondering why it is taking so long to move this is one BIG reason. The other is we get so depressed after we un-pack 2 boxes. We hate to think of all of the crap that we have. The sad thing is we have gotten rid of so much but obviously it is not enough, I am just overwhelmed with it all.

As for myself I am doing well, other than I can't think straight. I know that it is not news to some. I love being in our own house. I feel at home again. Even without all of our stuff. We hope this finds you well and hope you have a great week. Love you all!!!

ABC TAG

The ABC's of Me:

A. ATTACHED OR SINGLE? Attached (11+ Yrs)

B. BEST FRIEND? My husband

C. CAKE OR PIE? Pie

D. DAY OF THE WEEK? Sunday, the day we are together as a family

E. ESSENTIAL ITEMS? My computer, I also need my toothbrush

F. FAVORITE COLOR? blue and tan

G. GUMMY BEARS OR WORMS? Cinnamon bears

H. HOMETOWN? Price, Utah

I. INDULGENCE? I love books it drives Kennen crazy all of the books we have

J. JANUARY OR JULY? July

K. KIDS? 2 boys

L. LIFE ISN'T COMPLETE WITHOUT? My husband and boys

M. MARRIAGE DATE? July 18, 1997

N. NUMBER OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS? 1 little brother

O. ORANGES OR APPLES? Apples and oranges I love them both

P. PHOBIAS OR FEARS?Roller coasters scare me. If Robbie makes me go on them I start having anxiety attacks. I will go just to make him happy.

Q. QUOTE?"Don't look for the one be the one"

R. REASONS TO SMILE?My 2 boys and husband.

S. SUPERMAN OR WONDER WOMAN? Superman

T. TAG 5 PEOPLE? Jeannette, Becca, Amy, Sarah, Jamie

U. UNKNOWN FACT ABOUT ME? I used to model and play basketball

V. VEGETABLES?I love almost every vegetable

W. WORST HABIT? playing on my computer

X. X-RAY OR ULTRASOUND? Ultrasounds

Y. YOUR FAVORITE FOOD? ribs

Z. ZODIAC SIGN? Scorpio

ROBBIE IS 9

LOOK WE HAVE SNOW ON OCT. 11, 2008. It started snowing on the
night of Oct. 10. WELCOME TO WYOMING...

ROBBIE IS 9 TODAY. BOY HOW TIME FLIES. WE WOKE UP TO SNOW THIS MORNING WHICH BUMMED HIM OUT. HE HAS HAD A GOOD DAY. HE EVEN DECORATED HIS OWN CUPCAKES. THEY TURNED OUT PRETTY GOOD. I CAN'T SAY CUTE CAUSE HE GETS MAD AT ME. ROBBIE REALLY ENJOYED GETTING A PACKAGE IN THE MAIL AND IT ARRIVED ON HIS BIRTHDAY. WAY TO GO ASHLEIGH. THANKS TO THOSE WHO EMAILED OR CALLED TO WISH ROBBIE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY IT MEANS A LOT TO US. WE LOVE YOU ALL. THE PICTURES OF THE SNOW IS WHAT MADE IT ONTO THE COVERED PORCH. IT IS SO CRAZY.

This week has been eventful. My mom has been here since Wednesday. She is helping unpack, which has been put on hold today do to the weather. We don't want any of the cardboard boxes getting wet. It is still snowing. I can't believe the weather here. We have a spare bed now for any visitors. It is brand new. We have also got ourselves a new kitchen table, new love seat for the basement, and two new t.v.'s. It is fun buying new things but very stressful not to mention expensive. I hate finding the "right" thing. In our case it had to fit in the certain rooms so you had limited options. The house is coming together slowly, we went out to the storage unit today and thought what are we going to do with all of this stuff. We have not had it for so long it is hard for me to get motivated and do something about it. I don't even know if I want it out in the new house. Kennen got his CDL yea! one thing marked off our to-do list. Sid is doing well, just getting big and upset that his birthday is not by Halloween like Robbies. He keeps asking if we can change it so that he can have a Halloween birthday too. As for myself I am doing well. I am enjoying YW's, play group (which I am now in charge of) and I love the people here. Everyone here is so nice and willing to help at a drop of a pin. I went to a party the other night and had so much fun just hanging out and talking with the other women of the ward. We have had many invites over for dinner which is nice so that we get to meet new people. I hope all is well with everyone who reads this. We are doing AMAZING. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROBBIE!!!!

HUSBAND TAG

What is his name? Kennen

How long have you been married? 11 years and 4 months

How long did you date?7 months

How old is he? 33

Who eats more? Kennen does
Who is taller? We are the same

Who sings better? Kennen has a wonderful voice.

Who is smarter? Kennen he is smart at everything.
Whose temper is worse? I would have to say it depends on the situation

Who does the laundry? I always do the laundry

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Well, if your looking at the bed, I sleep on the right side, but if your on the bed, Kennen sleeps on the right side. Does that make sense? It depends on the way you are looking at it!
Who pays the bills? I pay the bills

Who mows the lawn? I get to mow the lawn, but I love it

Who cooks dinner? I do most nights.

Who drives when you are together?Kennen does most of the time.
Who is more stubborn? I think its a toss up. We both equally have our moments.
Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? It is hard for both of us.

Whose parents do you see the most? We see my mom

Who proposed? Kennen did in the middle of a Smiths grocery store.

Who has more friends? I probably do, Kennen has a best friend he has kept in touch with for years and years. We also have a lot of couple friends we hang out with.
Who has more siblings? Kennen does

Who wears the pants in the family? It depends on the situation.

*If you are married and you've read this, you've been tagged!!!!

Our House

Okay this is my attempt at taking pictures of the inside of our house. I keep getting asked what it looks like so here it is. As you can see we are not moved in yet. We are trying and we do a little each day. The kitchen took me a week. I am now working on the bedrooms, instead of just putting clothes away I am washing everything. I can't stand the thought of them being in boxes in a mouse infested house so I have to wash them before I put them away. I know a little crazy.

The boys are doing well. They are doing much better since we have been here at our own house. Yea!!! Sid is sleeping through the night and everyone is feeling better. Robbie loves the fact that he can go out and ride his bike around. The funny thing is Sid is not far behind. Poor Robbie has a shadow. It is cute and Robbie is very good with Sid. In the upstairs of our house we have 3 bedrooms, we asked Robbie if he wanted his own room and he said no he wanted to share with Sid still.

Kennen has been gone since 3 am. He and his boss had to go to Montana to fix a truck. They went there on Friday as well and didn't get it done do to the fact they didn't have all of the parts.

I hope this finds everyone well. Have a great week. Okay I can't move the pictures around. Sorry.

12 THINGS........

It seems like I keep getting tagged.

12 things I am excited for:

1. Getting all moved in
2. Conference
3. Spending time with my wonderful husband alone (15 more years)
4. Going to Disneyland with my whole family (next year)
5. Christmas
6. A new year
7. Paying off our house (we just started over again with a 30 year loan)
8. Hanging out with my husband and kids over the weekend
9. Having visitors come see our new house.
10. going to visit family and friends in Utah
11.Someday becoming a grandma and spoiling my grandkids
12. Just being with all 3 of my boys.

12 people I am tagging

1. Jenny
2. Sharae
3. Jessie
4. Jeannette
5. Becca
6. Laurie
7. Kelli
8. Becky
9. Amy
10. Melinda
11. Mom
12. Who ever else wants to play