Olivia (my sis-in-law) ran a MARATHON this morning! Me & the kids jumped up and went to cheer her on. WAY TO GO!! You did amazing!
Bring It On
7 years ago
Saturday, June 11, 2011
The AWESOME Olivia!!
Still smiling at mile 23!!
Olivia (my sis-in-law) ran a MARATHON this morning! Me & the kids jumped up and went to cheer her on. WAY TO GO!! You did amazing!
Olivia (my sis-in-law) ran a MARATHON this morning! Me & the kids jumped up and went to cheer her on. WAY TO GO!! You did amazing!
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
10 YEARS!!
Today is our 10 year anniversary! I can't really say that it "flew" by...hee hee, but it has been a journey worth taking. I'm not going to slob this all up with a love fest note to my husband, but I will say this: Brent, I love you! I'm looking forward to the next 10 years together.
(I know, I know. Someone please save me and buy me scanner--until then we can all suffer together. Oh, and maybe throw in some photo editing classes--I REALLY suck.)
I had this great idea for the perfect anniversary gift, a throw back to where it all began. You see, when we were dating I made this cute little "60 seconds to happiness" card for Brent. It was a wallet size list of 60 things I loved about him. A few years ago, in the middle of a huge fight, Brent pulled it out of his wallet and chopped it up into a thousand pieces and threw it in the garbage saying, "I don't know why I even have this--it's more like the list of 60 things you HATE about me!" Part of me was so sad--(but the other part really did hate a lot of those things...funny how a little time can change some things! :) Well, I picked all those pieces out of the garbage can when he wasn't looking and I thought that I would someday put them all together again along with a list of new things that I loved--but now I can't find the pieces...dang it. Guess I'll save that for our 20th!
Kesley took this pic and we were laughing hard enough for all three chins to pop out...like I said, I NEED some editing classes.
Today we spent the afternoon swimming with the kids and then we dropped them off at cousins and went out to eat. We went to Tepanyaki and ended up sharing our table with a family with 3 kids the exact ages of ours. Made us wish we had just brought ours along. Life really is better with those beautiful people in our lives.
Here is Jenna eating some of our wedding cake--well a little cake with a lot of frosting! That is one tradition I do follow through on every year. Happy 10 Year!
(I know, I know. Someone please save me and buy me scanner--until then we can all suffer together. Oh, and maybe throw in some photo editing classes--I REALLY suck.)I had this great idea for the perfect anniversary gift, a throw back to where it all began. You see, when we were dating I made this cute little "60 seconds to happiness" card for Brent. It was a wallet size list of 60 things I loved about him. A few years ago, in the middle of a huge fight, Brent pulled it out of his wallet and chopped it up into a thousand pieces and threw it in the garbage saying, "I don't know why I even have this--it's more like the list of 60 things you HATE about me!" Part of me was so sad--(but the other part really did hate a lot of those things...funny how a little time can change some things! :) Well, I picked all those pieces out of the garbage can when he wasn't looking and I thought that I would someday put them all together again along with a list of new things that I loved--but now I can't find the pieces...dang it. Guess I'll save that for our 20th!
Kesley took this pic and we were laughing hard enough for all three chins to pop out...like I said, I NEED some editing classes.Today we spent the afternoon swimming with the kids and then we dropped them off at cousins and went out to eat. We went to Tepanyaki and ended up sharing our table with a family with 3 kids the exact ages of ours. Made us wish we had just brought ours along. Life really is better with those beautiful people in our lives.
Here is Jenna eating some of our wedding cake--well a little cake with a lot of frosting! That is one tradition I do follow through on every year. Happy 10 Year!
Friday, May 20, 2011
Queeezzzle the Diesssle! Honk, honk!
The rain FINALLY stopped for a few minutes this afternoon and the sun came out. The girls were in the roller skates and out the door to soak it up. I thought Jenna looked like the perfect roller derby queen! I think we may have a back up career...
I'm a 68 cow wife!
Well, that is according to my neighbors, not my husband.
Last weekend I had a crazy idea to make another retaining wall in our front yard and thereby creating 3 flat areas for grass--instead of one long slanting front lawn. Let's just say it was a MUCH bigger job than I envisioned and Brent was not interested in even pretending to want to be a part of this. It was one solid week of digging dirt, moving dirt, cursing Brent--I mean dirt.
I moved a foot of dirt off the bottom level and heaved it up to the top level--with a shovel and a wheelbarrow. I am sure there was lot's of grunting and I think I was as red as a beat from heat exhaustion. All my neighbors were outside working in their own yards that same afternoon. I'm pretty sure that's when the '68 cow wife' nickname was born. Brent got so much crap at church the next day--from EVERYBODY...I was secretly thrilled by that. He is going to make it all up to me when he paints this house--any color suggestions?
Level 2 is my mane garden plot: string beans, big tomatoes, pear tomatoes, peas, red & yellow peppers and watermelons!
Level 3 is cumbers and pickling cucumbers--I want to make Grandma's sweet pickles this fall!
Last years tomato spot is now a bigger herb garden: cilantro, basil, oregano, rosemary and spearmint. The top level is giant sunflowers and half size sunflowers--I'm hoping they turn out beautiful this fall.
I think we will sod the entire 3 levels this fall after all the dirt settles and I have harvested my garden. I'm thinking next years garden will be grown...on the roof!! Seriously, why not?
Last weekend I had a crazy idea to make another retaining wall in our front yard and thereby creating 3 flat areas for grass--instead of one long slanting front lawn. Let's just say it was a MUCH bigger job than I envisioned and Brent was not interested in even pretending to want to be a part of this. It was one solid week of digging dirt, moving dirt, cursing Brent--I mean dirt.
I moved a foot of dirt off the bottom level and heaved it up to the top level--with a shovel and a wheelbarrow. I am sure there was lot's of grunting and I think I was as red as a beat from heat exhaustion. All my neighbors were outside working in their own yards that same afternoon. I'm pretty sure that's when the '68 cow wife' nickname was born. Brent got so much crap at church the next day--from EVERYBODY...I was secretly thrilled by that. He is going to make it all up to me when he paints this house--any color suggestions?Level 2 is my mane garden plot: string beans, big tomatoes, pear tomatoes, peas, red & yellow peppers and watermelons!
Level 3 is cumbers and pickling cucumbers--I want to make Grandma's sweet pickles this fall!
Last years tomato spot is now a bigger herb garden: cilantro, basil, oregano, rosemary and spearmint. The top level is giant sunflowers and half size sunflowers--I'm hoping they turn out beautiful this fall.
I think we will sod the entire 3 levels this fall after all the dirt settles and I have harvested my garden. I'm thinking next years garden will be grown...on the roof!! Seriously, why not?
Remember the not so fun run from last year?
Last year Brent and I ran the "Fun Run" with the kids because we didn't know what it was: 2 MILES of hell. This year we cheered from the side lines with the other slightly overweight parents. The kids did great! Gavin came in 141 and Kesley was...360th?
I ran the last200 meter sprint with Gavin--maybe that is our new tradition!
Brent was in charge of taking the pictures this time. I found several of this lady...seriously, how would she put that outfit together? Has she really not purchased any new workout clothes since 1970???
I ran the last200 meter sprint with Gavin--maybe that is our new tradition!
Brent was in charge of taking the pictures this time. I found several of this lady...seriously, how would she put that outfit together? Has she really not purchased any new workout clothes since 1970???
Kesley's 1st grade program
Kesley's self portraits
Kesley is about to graduate from 1st grade. Their end of the year program was all about families. Each kid had a part to say and there were lot's of songs all about families and loosing teeth--really cute. The only line I can remember is, "Spend time with me now because I won't be little for long." I think I bawled through that song.
Here is her class. She is on the top left-sitting next to a kid named Nicoli that she does NOT like. She asked me to please take pictures of her that did not include Nicoli!--oops!
Kesley is about to graduate from 1st grade. Their end of the year program was all about families. Each kid had a part to say and there were lot's of songs all about families and loosing teeth--really cute. The only line I can remember is, "Spend time with me now because I won't be little for long." I think I bawled through that song.Here is her class. She is on the top left-sitting next to a kid named Nicoli that she does NOT like. She asked me to please take pictures of her that did not include Nicoli!--oops!
Monday, May 9, 2011
Pinewood Derby
Hard to update lately. I need this for my posterity--sorry posterity, but there is no chance of me keeping a daily journal. :)
Pinewood Derby: Gavin and Brent threw this beauty together in just 2 nights. We did the stripe with marker and we could have used a coat of clear paint to keep it from rubbing off everywhere...but who cares.
Everyone in the ward expected Gavin's car to win because Brent is the resident carpenter. The pressure was on! We didn't bring home the Gold, but we should have. Don't ask Brent about the stupid track, or the guy there fixing everyone's cars for them before they raced, or how they bent the rules and let the winning car race even though they did not use the specified kit...still too sore of a subject!
I got a kick out of watching Brent. He was just as nervous and Gavin! I tried to take a picture of him sitting there CHEWING HIS NAILS DOWN TO NUBS, but my video thing was on--so just enjoy this .02 seconds of him chewing away!
Pinewood Derby: Gavin and Brent threw this beauty together in just 2 nights. We did the stripe with marker and we could have used a coat of clear paint to keep it from rubbing off everywhere...but who cares.
Everyone in the ward expected Gavin's car to win because Brent is the resident carpenter. The pressure was on! We didn't bring home the Gold, but we should have. Don't ask Brent about the stupid track, or the guy there fixing everyone's cars for them before they raced, or how they bent the rules and let the winning car race even though they did not use the specified kit...still too sore of a subject!I got a kick out of watching Brent. He was just as nervous and Gavin! I tried to take a picture of him sitting there CHEWING HIS NAILS DOWN TO NUBS, but my video thing was on--so just enjoy this .02 seconds of him chewing away!
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