Mickelson Milestones

Race For the Cure

2011-07-07T10:12:00.001-07:00

So I know most of you have seen these pictures on FB but I'm just catching up my blog for my own record. These are pictures from Race for the Cure. We do it every year to celebrate my Mom surviving breast cancer. This was our 5th year!!

On our way to the Race.

Our little Pirates aaaaaarrrrrr.
Miss Emma giving us her best pirate face.

Mom the "Survivor" and Daddy.

My cute family.

Mom and her girls.

All the kids + Levi.

The kids were getting tired toward he end.

Luckily there were lots of shoulders to go around.

Mom received her 5th medal for completing the race. We're so proud of you Mommy.

And here is a random guy in a crab suit. The girls wanted a picture with him.

Building the salon.

2011-05-02T13:55:00.000-07:00

Here is the start of the build. Luke framed in a section of our third bay in the garage.

Putting in the sub floor....and yes, I helped!

Cutting out flooring. My brother Curtis was a huge help during this project. Thanks Curt.

Hanging the door from the garage into the salon.

Putting in the door knobs.

In this one you can see the new door from the salon going outside. We hired out for that job because of all the siding and stuff on the outside we didn't want to deal with.

Putting in the outside door knobs.

Look and my cute builder. I might have to hire him more often!

Hanging the sheet rock. Our friend Greg got us material at cost and my dad came down from Nampa to help hang it since he's a pro! Thanks Dad, Greg & Curtis (he helped too).

The inside...

My dad, the master mudder and tapper!

We decided to texture ourselves. It was fun but took along time. 7 Hours to be exact.

I stamped it on and Luke smoothed it out. It actually turned out really good.

Here we have our first coat of paint, (Thanks Mom and Dad Nickels) and Luke is wiring all the outlets. That was a little nerve wracking but he did a good job. No electrocutions!

My new ceiling fan!

Second coat of paint.

My little "helper!"

Laying the Pergo flooring. No bad words here, huh honey? Ü

My rock star in his Mexican shirt.

Once we got the hang of it, things went smoother.

Another "helper"Adding the trim. Almost there.

The Master at caulking.

The first piece of furniture moved it. My roll about.

Putting together my station. Pain in the neck!!

Hanging my station. Even bigger pain in the neck.

We did it! We ended up having to move it because we hung it to high.

Assembling my styling chair.

The chair just had to be tested out.

Hooking up my shampoo sink.

Testing out the comfy reclining shampoo chair.

First hair cut in the new salon! Luke insisted on being the first. I think he earned it after all his hard work.

The salon turned out perfect and I absolutely love it. It is a dream come true to work from home. Thanks to Luke for all the hard work and thanks to my parents and Curtis and Luke's parents and all our helpers.

Ultrasound!

2011-04-12T09:08:00.000-07:00

On my way to the ultrasound..... 19 Weeks 4 days

Grandma Trace took the kids to pick out blankets, boy or girl?.....

It's a.........................

Since Emma wasn't super please with the outcome, we took her to get a "low maintenance" pet. She chose a bunny and named her Hopsie!

Now she is very excited to have a baby brother!

Photo overload.

2011-04-07T09:38:00.001-07:00

OK so obviously I needed to load some major pictures and get caught up a bit. So we're going to start with Riley's pine wood Derby race. Grandpa Al and Grandma Trace came to watch and Emma had to take a picture of them. She did pretty good. Uncle Curtis and Auntie Nay came to watch too but we didn't get a picture of them. oops, sorry. Here's Riley giving his car to the Track Master to be placed on the track for his 1st race.

Riley's on the far left. Very intensely waiting for the race to begin.

Here is the computer showing who won down to a millisecond. Riley took 1st!

Waiting for the next race.....

Riley took 1st in his den and 2nd overall! Yay bud. He also got an award for most sparkly car.

Needless to say, he was pretty excited to qualify for districts.

Our ward rented out Magic Mountain sledding hill for a family activity. Here goes Riley.

Here comes Mommy and Emma. We had a blast.

Emma was ready to go again, this time with Daddy.

Then Riley wanted to go with Mommy.

How cute is this picture?

There they gooooooo.

Riley and his buddy hooked onto each other and went down.

OK so one day Emma came down stairs and said " Mommy I made a bed for the baby when it is born. This is what I found. So cute. And that is her most favorite horsey too. She is already sharing with the baby. I love it.

We decided to dance in the kitchen while I was making dinner. This picture will definitely be up at Emma's Wedding!

My Mom's Mom, Grandma Loa, came to visit so we had to grab some 4 generation pictures.

Just the girls.

My siblings!

My family with Gramma.

We decided to pull Emma out of her preschool that we were paying $80 a month for because we felt like she wasn't learning as much as she should. So a group of us started a Joy School and this was my turn to teach. So here's the gang. They are learning so much more now and guess what? It's free!!!

Well that about catches me up for now. I will try and not be such a slacker from now on. But it should be easier now that I am feeling like a human being again.

Back to blogging.

2011-02-23T16:25:00.000-08:00

So I have missed blogging since I was in school and now that I am done I want to start up again. I don't know if anyone still blogs but I love to anyway. So life is good. I heard the baby's heartbeat today and it sounds good and healthy. Here are so pictures from our cruise with my family that would have been much more fun if it would have actually been hot in Mexico instead of cold and windy, but at least we had fun.

HCG Drops

2010-06-16T22:23:00.000-07:00

So today I started these weight loss drops called HCG Drops. A couple of girls at my school have been doing it with awesome results. My one friend started on Friday and already lost 10 lbs. In just 6 days. These drops are totally natural and help your body release the fat it is storing. And since I've got plenty stored up it is time to do something about it so stay tuned. Starting weight is 145 goal weight is 120. My 10 year highschool reunion is July 31st so I have to get smokin hot for that. Ü Luke has promised me when I get to my goal weight I can go on a huge shopping spree! So here goes nothing........

Look who's still here!

2010-05-22T10:55:00.000-07:00

So I decided I needed to update my blog. I know, I know, it has been a very long time but I plead being extremely busy with school. But we are still here and we are still alive. School is going awesome. I hit my half way mark this week. YAY!! It is going by so fast I can hardly believe it. The kids are doing so good. Riley is amazing and scores 100% on all his spelling tests. Emma is as fun as ever. We have been to 3 different doctors, the last being a urologist, and finally discovered that she has bladder spasms. This explains the accidents she has been having and with a simple dose of medicine they have finally stopped. Poor thing, she was getting so frustrated because she knew she should not be having accidents but she didn't know how to stop. So thankfully this is helping. As long as it continues to work she will not have to go in for exploratory surgery, so keep your fingers crossed. Luke is doing great and fishing every chance he gets. I have so many pictures to get caught up, but we'll start with our fishing trip to Stanley. It was so much fun. The weather was awesome and it was our first time for the year to break out the camper. They caught a ton of fish. Fish fry any one?

Luke and his buddy Carl...... the fishermen!

Here is my cute honey, so happy to be fishing.

The kids were so good. They just played on the rocks all day

and they loved it. It felt so good to be outside.

oh yea gotta bite......

reel it in......

It's a fighter.

Bringing it in...

The catch. It's a keeper!

I was enjoying the beautiful weather, laying by the river and

reading my book.

Baiting the hook, for another go.

Waiting for the bite.

Netting another one.

oh yea babe that's a big fish!

Carl's "catch" of the day.

Riley made his own pole and had so much fun.

Emma wanted to fish too, so we made her a pole out of a stick.

Here is one of Carl's big ones.

This was Luke's "catch" of the day! Ü

A tradition started by my Grandpa, the kids have to kiss the fish.

eeeeeew.

I'm in love!!!

2010-03-25T18:36:00.000-07:00

Thank you mommy for introducing me to these guys. They are really famous in Canada and are big fans of Celine Dion and didn't know she was coming to suprise them. They are so HOT too!

New Camera!

2010-03-20T17:13:00.000-07:00

I finally got a new camera! Our last one broke at Riley's birthday party back in December so here is an up date since then. (Lots of pictures)

In November Paula, Janae and I went to the premier of New Moon. They were just putting it up on the reader board as we got there!!

In the lobby getting in line.

Here we are the geek patrol ready for our movie. The girl on the left is a friend of Paula.

All the others waiting in line. We luckily got there early enough to be inside the lobby, lots of people had to stand outside in the cold.

Actually in the theater now!

Getting so excited. The movie did not disappoint!

This is at school with my new friend Andrea.

Thanksgiving at Grandma Trace's. This is how Luke spent the day.

Making a Christmas count down calendar.

Lots of stickers were involved.

Grandma gives all the kids an ornament at thanksgiving for the upcoming Christmas. Emma was alittle excited about hers!

A jingle bell snowman.

Riley got a deer in a wreath.

This is how my beautiful niece Abby sleeps. Comfy huh?

Now on to Riley's 7th birthday. Opening presents.

Just what he wanted.... Lego Power Miners. AWESOME.

At the Bowling ally for the party. Grandma and Abby came.

Riley and Toby bowling.

I love this action shot of Emma's hair. She turned just in time to see what she knocked down.

Daddy was the score keeper.

Uncle Curt (Kuncle) and Aunt Janae (Auntie Nay) and Levi and Marshall came too.

Kind of a blurry picture but still a cute shot.

Riley and all his "dudes." Devon, Kirby, Trevor, and Ry.

Kirby and Abby doo.

And just in case you are curious, here is the most recent picture of my hair. Dark with extensions. I got sick of the short hair real quick. Thank goodness for extensions. Luke likes it better long too. Also I was playing with the settings on my new camera.

I guess that's about it. Now it is just a routine of school for me, work for Luke, school for Ry and daycare for Emma. We keep busy but we are happy and doing great.

Excuses.... Excuses!

2010-01-13T21:33:00.000-08:00

So not only did we get a new computer and all my pictures are on an external hard drive that I just barely learned how to use, but our camera broke at Riley's birthday party so I have been waiting to post for some pictures but I think it will be a while. That was a long sentence! School is going great, I am starting to build up a clientele and I am still loving every minute of school. I am already on my 5th hair style in the 3 months I have been at school. It is so much fun getting your hair done whenever you want. Since I always get sick of my hair after like a day it is nice to be able to change it as much as I want. Don't worry, no orange. We went to AZ for the Fiesta bowl with Luke's 2 sisters and their husbands. We had a blast! I will post those pictures as soon as they are emailed to me. (hint hint Zan and Tara Ü) That is about it for now. Life is great, kids are great, Luke has a job, we have a home, and we are a family. We are truly blessed!

Emma's Bed time Story

2009-12-20T18:48:00.000-08:00

Once upon a time there was a pony. He couldn't find his mommy, so he look and he looked and he finally found his mommy... Amen.

Last night this is the story that Emma told Luke and I. It was so cute I just had to share. I sure love the imagination of kids.

Update finally!

2009-11-25T16:18:00.000-08:00

OK so here is the update. School is AWESOME! I absolutely love it. I have been going for a month and a half and I am already taking clients. I did a cut and highlight on a lady today and it was so fun. I am so excited to be finally doing this. Luke and the kids have been amazing. Emma loves going to her cousin Levi's house to play everyday and Riley is doing great at his babysitter's after school. He is doing so great in school he has gotten 100% on all of his spelling tests so far. He so did not get that from me! Luke is busy with work but has been great about helping out around the house since I am gone more now. I am so blessed. So here are some pictures of what is new.

As promised (a while ago) here are some pictures from Emma's Birthday.

My mom came for the party and brought my sister's daughter Kiersten for the party.
Mommy and the birthday girl. Oh how my hair has changed since then.
Bestest cousies and friends!

We went to Hop 2 it for Emma's party it was lots of fun.
Headed up the slide.
Cute friends, Emma & Kya
Ready to go down the slide!
Trying out her new outfit. Emma is such a princess and she is a joy and blessing to have in our family. I love her so much and am grateful for her everyday.

So much to tell....

2009-10-11T20:15:00.001-07:00

I have so much to tell, I have been a big slacker and I apologize. First of all I want you all to know that I am finally following my dreams and going to Beauty School. I start tomorrow and I am so nervous. I should have done this 10 years ago but I kept finding excuses. I have tried many different things but all I have ever really wanted to do was cosmetology. My wonderful husband Luke decided it was time for me to do it. I quickly agreed and I enrolled in school. We had been trying for 7 months to get pregnant. Which if you know us, you know it doesn't take long for us. We figured this was a blessing because now I can go to school while my kids are old enough. Riley will be in school until 3 any way and Emma gets to go to my Brother's house and my sister -in-law Janae is going to watch her. Everything has fallen into place so perfectly that we know this is the right thing to do. Luke is going to build me a small salon in the 3rd bay of our garage and so I will always be able to work from home. It really is a dream come true. This next year is going to be tough going to school M-F from 9-5 but after it is done I will have the freedom to work from home at the hours I choose. So that is what is going on here. I just got back from a very fun weekend with all my sister-in-laws and mother-in-law. We went quilting in the Tetons! I still need to post Emma's Birthday pictures but since there are alot I will do it on my next post. Wish me luck, life is about to get very crazy for us for the next 12 months or so. So I might not be the best at posting but I will try to keep you all updated.

Up at the Cabin in Star Valley WY
These are the blocks I learned how to make in our class.

Tara and Tonya

Me, Mom (Trace), Luiza, and Zan

All of us. Thanks Mom for this wonderful week!

Oh and thanks Aunt Tonya for getting me addicted to Glee. If you have not seen this show, go to Fox.com/glee and watch it. I LOVE the music. See my playlist!

Labor day weekend and more.

2009-09-11T12:32:00.001-07:00

I decided to curl Emma's hair. It still is not long enough for the big sponge curlers so I bought some little ones. I did a practice run before we tried it for church. I think it turned out adorable!

All the curlers are in.

She slept just fine in them. I was worried. She insisted on sleeping on the air mattress.

After taking out the curlers.

After combing out the curls. Ummmmm can you say afro?

She was not thrilled.

I added a flower and I loved it but she still did not.

So we went for ponies. She had two little puff balls. After taking out the ponies.

Luke's buddy Ryan was a stud and got him a ticket to the big BSU/Oregon game. They were so pumped. BSU won occurs! GO BRONCOS.
We tailgated at Anne Morrison park. Ry was bummed he didn't get to go to the game.

For labor day weekend we finally got to use our new trailer. So we headed down to Aberdeen to camp at the boat dock. I grew up camping there and it is a great place for young kids.

Levi rode down with us. Look at those cuties. Luke and Grandpa Morgan roasting Mallows.

The mighty camper. We love it. Other than Luke tried to burn it down.... he somehow burned up some of the wiring and we thought we were going to have to evacuate! 1st time always has it's blips.

The kids love sleeping in the trailer.

We crammed 8 adults around the table and a card table for a mean game of hand and foot canasta. Look at my skinny daddy, for those of you who don't know, he lost 95 pounds. No surgery. We're so proud of him.

Trying to get all of us in a picture was a chore. Riley was our photographer.

Another post already?

2009-08-29T23:11:00.001-07:00

I know I can hardly believe it myself! But I could not wait a minute to post my latest and greatest. I have been up late working on this new project. I found an antique ironing board at a yard sale today and paid just $2 and look what happened.....

A plain old ironing board? maybe......

Not any more... look how fun!

I saw a similar idea on a home make over show but I made it my own. Since the ironing board is metal it works as a magnet board.

The cans on the bottom were totally my idea, I didn't even know I had good ideas in my head!

Since it is in my Craft/sewing room I thought it would be perfect for holding all my "stuff". Of course I had to throw on some pictures of my cutie patudie kids and my sexy hubby!

Also yesterday Janae, Levi & Marshall came over and so the kids went swimming. They had a blast.

Such good friends!

Back to reality.

2009-08-20T11:19:00.000-07:00

Well it seems like life is kind of back to normal. Riley went back to school today so hopefully that means I can get back on a schedule. It is strange having him gone all day, my house seems so quiet. Well... as quiet as a house can get with Emma in it! So here are a few pictures of what we've been up to.

Levi spent the night and this is how he and Riley slept.
Another project: washer necklaces. They are so fun to make. Not a good picture, sorry.
We told Emma to go and clean her room after trashing it... 5 minutes later this is what we found.

The kittens are now available for anyone who wants one. PLEASE!

So for the last day of summer vacation, Riley wanted to go bowling, so we headed to Filer for the kids bowl free. The kids had a blast.

Riley and Ethan.

Emma and Mommy.

So here is the Mr. 1st grader. He is getting way to grown up.

He loves eating lunch at school. It is like the coolest thing ever for him.

So unfortunately summer vacation is over but hopefully the summer weather won't be over, seeing as how it just barely started.

Welcome new additions.

2009-07-30T12:47:00.001-07:00

So here are our new babies. Bella had kittens a few weeks ago and they are so stinkin cute. She had three. And of course I had to stick with a twilight theme for their names. This one is Renessme. She looks just like her mom so my mom said since she is Bella's daughter she has to be Renessme. We call her Nessy of course.

This is me holding all 3 kittens the morning after they were born. That is how tiny they were.

Here is Luke holding Alice. He pretends he doesn't like them but I know he does.

Then there is an all black one and there was no other name for her than Bear.

Here is my cutie niece Kiersten. We went to my sister's house and the kids went swimming.

And here is my crazy Emma.

It has been so hot, so whenever the sprinklers turn on the kids beg to run through them.

Levi was here and joined in the fun. Emma had to take her shirt off just like the boys. What a tomboy she is.

My friend Kim from Pasco came to visit and her daughter Cloe, and Emma had so much fun playing doggies.

So here is my new latest project. My friend Paula gave me a link to make this cute bandanna skirt and here it is.

Emma had to take a picture of me since I took one of her. Don't mind my zero makeup. Lovely.

Here is a link if you want to make a skirt. They are super easy and wal mart has a great selection of bandannas for a dollar a piece. Cheap and easy, can't beat that! Thanks Paula for the pattern. http://www.vanessachristenson.com/2008/12/tutorial-bandanna-skirt.html

Summer Fun!

2009-07-10T12:12:00.000-07:00

So none of these pictures are in order and I usually go through and fix it all but I'm not this time so try to follow along! Here are the kids playing in the sand up at Red fish lake. We went up camping with Luke's family and had a blast. Emma is getting buried.

Luke and Riley on the jet ski's.

Emma playing in the sand.

The beautiful lake.

Riley at his last TBall game.

Running the bases after his grand slam home run hit.

Riley hit an in the park home run with the bases loaded.

Mario was at the game.

Cute baby Marshall and Curtis's graduation.

The graduate with Mom and Dad.

Curt and his beautiful sisters.

Curtis's cute family. Janae, Levi (3) and Marshal (4mo)

My mom, sister and me.

The mighty graduate! Congratulations. (Curtis is my brother for those of you who don't know.)

Waiting for the ceremony to begin.

Here is the baby quilt I made for Holli's baby Macy. This is the first one I did all by my self.

Curt's graduation present.

I thinks he likes it.

We are so proud of him for finishing school.

SURPRISE!. He was clueless to the party.

The fishermen.

All the family came to show support.

The delicious foods.

My latest project.... before

and after. Thank you to Emma the artist for making this project necessary.

New moon sneak peak!

2009-06-02T21:36:00.000-07:00

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, to my wonderful sister who called me at 10:30pm to make me watch this. Now I of course have to share it with all of you. I am SO in love with Edward and I cannot wait for November for New Moon to come out. It is silly because I know what happens and yet I am still dying to see it! Hope you enjoy this as much as I do. oooh la la! Looks like Taylor (Jacob Black) isn't the only one who's been working out!

http://geektyrant.com/2009/05/7033/ (I couldn't load the video so just click the link)

P.S. if you haven't seen the trailer for the movie yet.... watch it!

Birthday, camping and just plain fun!

2009-05-27T08:31:00.001-07:00

So my totally awesome friends Paula and Angela took me out on my birthday and pampered me. We went to lunch with Luke at La Fiesta, yummy, and then we went and had pedicures. I LOVE getting pedicures. Except I was totally paranoid because I forgot to shave my legs and I felt bad for the girl who had to touch my legs. Poor girl. Ü Then that night we went out and saw Ghost of Girlfriends past while the boys watched the kids. Thank you so much Ang and Paula for making my birthday so much fun. Love you.
My cute toes.

Emma is a big girl and totally rocks on Riley's Razor scooter. She doesn't know what to do with her back leg though and usually just holds it out to the side. It is adorable. She looks way to grown up in this picture. Little stinker.

There she goes.

So we went up to Pasco with our friends Angela and Todd so the boys could go salmon fishing. Ang and I hung out at the hotel and let the kids swim. Then we went to Chuck E. Cheese and played at the park. The weather was awesome. We had lots of fun.

I got this picture perfect. Emma the hurdler.

The mighty fishermen, relaxing after a "hard" day of fishing.

Emma trying to keep her mouth closed. I think she kept swallowing the water because she literally was going potty every 5 minutes so we were trying to get her to keep her mouth closed when she goes under the water.

She unfortunately is fearless around water. It scares me to death.

Cannon ball contest.

One of the big catches.

The big mother daddy walleye. 10 lbs. GOOOOO LUKEE.

All the salmon fillets.

Carl came by to let Luke ride his motor cycle and took the kids on a ride. Thanks Uncle Carl.

Even Emma got a turn.

We spent memorial day up at Rire fishing with my family. These are the only pictures I got. I'm a slacker. But Emma loved helping Grandpa Morgan clean the fish. She is so not girly. She loved touching the fishing and giving them kisses. Thanks Grandpa for teaching her that one.

eeeeewww.

Playing catch up!

2009-05-04T13:32:00.000-07:00

So I always get after my mom and sister for not updating they're blogs and here I am totally slacking off. Sorry girls. Nothing to crazy has happened since my last post. Just the same old day to day. I didn't get the job I was trying to get for a Phlebotomist at the hospital and I was stressing about sleeping during the day with a 3 year old so I decided it was time to take a break from work. Luke was surprisingly OK with it so on Thursday night I worked my last shift. There is just something so exhausting about working for 12 hours. Especially during the night. And sleep during the day is never as good as sleep at night. So now that I am unemployed (ha that's funny, like being a mother and homemakers is not a full time job) I have decided to start doing my vinyl lettering again. I have been researching like crazy for a new cutter and hopefully will be getting one soon. So that is about it for now I guess. Here is a quick cute saying from Emma....

Me... Emma would you like something to eat?

Emma... Yes I want a knuckle sandwich!

I love the cute things kids say!
Baby Marshall and the quilt I made him.
How adorable is he?

The kids and I enjoying an out of the blue snow day we had.

We just had to build a snowman. It was perfect snowman snow.

These are out of order but I'm to lazy to mess with it. This is the back of Marshall's quilt. Luke said let me see the back so this is what we did. Levi had to join it too.

I got ambitious and curled Emma's hair . She is too stinkin cute.

Thanks to my friend Angela for teaching me how to do these cute curls.

Now here is the front of the quilt. Janae and I are looking lovely so don't look to close.

Getting a smile from my newest nephew.

FHE fun

2009-04-08T14:45:00.000-07:00

So this post is mostly for the grandparents but I hope you all will enjoy it. For FHE the other night Luke thought it would be good to teach the kids about testimonies. So we told them what testimonies were and bore our testimonies to them. Then they got to have a turn. I figured Nana and Grandma Trace would get a kick out of these. Of course we had to use Riley's light saber as a microphone.

Then this Monday we decided to talk about fire safety. So we started off by roasting marsh mellows and having s'mores. Then we taught fire drills. Riley thought it was lots of fun until he suddenly realized if there was a fire it would burn up his xbox. He was sudden crushed and started crying. We tried to explain that IF we ever did have a fire and his xbox burned up we would get a new one.... "but what about all my games, sniff, sniff" he replied. We had to laugh because it was so cute. We made the mistake of practicing the drill in Emma's room so then she would not sleep in there because of the fire. Thankfully that didn't last and she slept in there last night. Our kids are so fun and they are learning so much. It is great to help and watch them learn. Family Home Evenings are quickly becoming our favorite part of the week. The kids know when it is Monday and all day they ask when Daddy is getting home so we can have FHE.

Luke's huge double s'more

Not a great picture, but here's Riley's burnt to a crisp Marsh mellow.

S' more face!

Taking advantage of good weather.

Spring Break

2009-03-26T08:25:00.000-07:00

I decide to go spend spring break in Nampa with my mom. We had a fun week. My brother and his wife had just had a baby so I got to see him and we got to go to my neice Kiersten's birthday. Plus I got to go to a way fun concert at what used to be the Big Easy in Boise but is now lamely called the Knitting Factory. Lamo. But the concert rocked. My sister in law Zan is friends with this girl Krystal and she is lead singer in a band called Good Mourning. (nope I didn't spell that wrong) So that was SO fun. And that was my week. It was not near long enough but at least summer vacation is not to far off. I am hoping to make a trip up to Pasco to visit all my dear friends. I miss you all.

Lukee and me before I left. I love it when he misses me.

There he is. Baby Marshall. How stinkin cute is he?

oh I totally have the baby bug.

He has lots of hair and beautiful dark skin. Too cute.

Here is big brother Levi. (showing us his teeth, that is how we get him to smile.)

My mom (Nana) and her grandbabies.

Of course Riley had to have a turn holding Marshall. He loves babies.

Levi actually giving me snuggles at Kiersten's party. We went to see some sheep & Llamas.

The birthday girl and her new 4 wheeler.

Slumber party with cousin Levi.

After the concert all the girls went to Shari's. We were there for like 2 hours laughing to death.

Shari, Me, Krystal the rock star, Zan & Erin. (Like my twilight shirt? )

Here is Angela & I going to get my copy of the Twilight movie at Midnight. The girl in the back had my same shirt. Good thing I didn't wear mine too.

Update

2009-03-13T11:09:00.000-07:00

Life has unfortunatley gone back to normal since our trip. Emma constantley says "I wanna go back to the ship". All I can say is "me too!" So we have been pretty much doing the same routine around here. Spring break is next week so the kids and I are going to Nampa to visit my parents and friends up there. Luke has been doing alot of ice fishing. The other night he and his friend Carl brought home 90 fish. No that is not a typeo I did say 9-0. Crazy. They were just little fish called perch but they are so yummy. After we got back I was lucky enough to throw a baby shower for my friend Paula who just adopted her second child. A litte boy named Zander so there are some pictures of that. I made my first diaper cake and am adicted to who ever is having a baby let me know so I can make one for you too. Ü
So that's about it for us. Nothing to crazy to report. I will be interviewing on monday for a Phlebotomy possition at the hospital so keep your fingers crossed.
The mighty fisher men.

That is a ton of fish. Guess how my house smelled after wards?

Paula & Kya

The table. Paula's cousin Angie also hosted. We make a good team.

The cake!
Baby Zander & his big sis. This is not from the shower but it is around the same time.

Disney Trip (Long Post)

2009-02-17T09:40:00.000-08:00

As promised here is the slide show of our fabulous trip. We had so much fun and wanted to stay longer but it is always nice to be home. Even if it is FREEZING.

Our first day we went to Animal Kingdom we had lots of fun riding on rides and enjoying some warm weather. We went on a water rapids ride and the two people to get the wettest ended up being Riley and Emma. Emma was not happy about that. Our second day was spent at Magic Kingdom. It really is Magical. The kids loved going on rides and seeing all the characters. Unfortunately Emma hated splash mountain. Our third day was at MGM which is now call Disney's Hollywood studios. Lots of fun. We took Riley on Tower of Terror. He was scared at first but loved it after it was done. That night we went to Epcot because Al & Trace had rented a terrace for our family to watch the illuminations show. Before the show started we went on a ride call test cars or something. Well we waited in line for 45 minutes and right when it was almost our turn Emma had a little accident luckily she had a pull up on so we went on the ride any way. Well right when we got finished with the ride it shut down because of some glitch in the system so we had to sit it our car for like 10 minutes waiting. When we finally got out poor Emma's clothes were wet and yucky. So I went to clean her up and Luke went to buy her a new outfit. When we tried to pay for the outfit they told us to keep it for free because Luke had explained what happened. I was so thankful I almost started crying. That is where the picture of the lady came from who was our hero. The next day we went back to Animal Kingdom until it was time to catch our bus to take us to the ship. We went on a safari and saw lots of animals. Then it was on to this ship for our cruise. Our first day we stopped in the Bahamas and enjoyed going to the aquarium, and swimming at the beach. Emma got her hair braided and looked so cute. The next day we went to Disney's private island. That was fun and beautiful. We snorkeled and played and relaxed in the hot sun. The shows at night on the ship were so fun and the kids loved them. We wanted to stay of another week but I guess it was time to come home. We had a wonderful time. Thank you to our family for such a wonderful trip.

Disney Trip

2009-02-17T08:00:00.000-08:00

Don't worry we made it home alive! My pictures are downloading as I type and will take about 2 hours to load for the slide show. They are coming. I just wanted to make a quick note to let you all know we are home and I am freezing. I want to go back to 85 degree weather and instead I woke up to 2" of snow. uh... So stay tuned for pictures.

Cute Bows

2009-02-04T10:48:00.000-08:00

So if you love cute bows & flower clips my good friend Cilka that I grew up with just started a blog of all the cute bows and flower clips she makes. She is so amazing. I wish I was that creative. Check out her blog at ....
http://www.hairblingandotherthings.blogspot.com/
I especially love the bow named Emma. (Guess who it was named after?)

Mamma Mia!

2009-01-20T11:20:00.000-08:00

So I know I am slow watching this but I did finally see it and now it is like my new favorite movie. Except of course for Twilight, my one true love. So after watching Mamma Mia I immediately went to itunes and downloaded the sound track and now it is all I listen to at home and my Twilight sound track is all I listen to in my car. I know, I know..... I am pathetic!

Big Girl Bed.

2009-01-14T10:38:00.000-08:00

Oh my goodness. My baby girl is so big now. My cousin had an extra twin bed so they gave it to us. We set it up last night and Emma got to sleep in it. She only fell out once. But sometime in the night she went and got in bed with Riley which is pretty normal. She looked so tiny sleeping in her new bed. This spring when it is not freezing outside I want to paint it, but until then it will stay as it is. And sometime before she graduates High school I would like to make her some bedding but for now I just bought a princess quilt since we are going to Disney world because she is totally into all the princesses right now. Riley of course had to be in all the pictures too.

Little Vanna White showing off her bed.

Daddy getting her all tucked in.

Passed Out! 5 minutes later.

New Year's Eve

2009-01-12T20:33:00.000-08:00

We went up to Nampa to spend New Year's Eve with our good friends Holli & Ryan. We had a blast. They had this new Wii game called outdoor adventure and we (the adults) actually stayed up until 2am playing it. I was so sore the next day and so of course Luke went right out and bought it. I am all about games that make you exercise! We toasted in the new year with virgin pina colada's shown by the adorably pregnant Holli. We love you guys, we had so much fun.

Christmas '08

2009-01-07T23:54:00.000-08:00

This is a little late but here it is. We had a great Christmas. We enjoyed watching out kids' excitement. Christmas is so much more exciting when you have kids. Watching their faces light up when they see there presents.

Christmas Eve PJs.

Christmas cookies for Santa. And a carrot for the reindeer.

Our beautiful tree.

Here we come.

Riley's favorite present.

Emma's leapster, one of my black friday buys.

Transformers of course.

Emma's Back pack w/ sleeping bag.

My beautifully wrapped present from Lukee.

Luke's new sunglasses.

My new "toy"a scroll saw.
Emma's dance outfit. What a cheeser!

I am always sad to have the Holidays end but this new year brings new adventures. I hope your holiday's were as wonderful as ours.

Happy Birthday Crazy Lady!

2008-12-29T15:12:00.000-08:00

I have to say Happy Birthday to my dear friend Holli (you old fart.) Today is her golden birthday. I hope we can go on a fun birthday trip this weekend! Thank you for being my friend and teaching me how to have confidence in myself. You are the best and I love you forever!

2008-12-22T12:49:00.001-08:00

I finished my stockings and have to say, I love them. I am not much of a sewing girl but these actually turned out good. I wanted to add jingle bells on the toes but I think they will be to heavy and pull the toe down so they will have to stay as they are.

The kids were shoveling snow the other night and so I grabbed some pictures. Emma decided she needed to keep her dress up on, so notice the mermaid tail beneith her coat.
Our pretty lights.

We had a little Christmas party with my family to exchange gifts. It was so fun to be all together.

Cute little Levi
Ry's hulk gloves. Thank you sooo much Aunti Megan.

Merry Christmas!

Let it snow * let it snow * let it snow!!

2008-12-15T07:34:00.000-08:00

We woke up to snow on Saturday and of course had to go play. I love this time of year and almost dread Christmas day because I don't want this season to be over. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season.

My cute snowman candybars for my visiting teaching sisters. Thanks Momma Trace for the idea!

Christmas time is here

2008-12-09T11:15:00.000-08:00

I thought I would post some of our Chritmas decor. This little Nativity scene I got out of the Friend and we made it for FHE and talked about the real Christmas story. The kids had a ball. Then we made paper snowflakes and hung them from the ceiling.

Here is our pretty tree. The kids helped decorate so alot of the ornaments are at their eye level and Emma always stuck them in the same spot so there are clusters but I loved it so I didn't change it. And here is my mantle. My mom and I made those cute snowmen and then I just made that stocking board. Now all I have to do is make the stockings!
My wonderful Nativity set. I love this Set and have wanted it for years and I got a few pieces at a time and now it is complete. Except for one more set of stars.
My wreath I made at Enrichment in WA and my christmas list board.
oh and Emma of course needed to take a picture too. I decided to post it to show how crazy long my hair is getting. I'm at that point where I don't know if I keep letting it get longer or chop it. What to do?
Here is an update on the ankel. These pictues were taken Sat. 3 days after the injury took place.
oooh so pretty
even worse
nice kancle right?

Hop Along

2008-12-05T09:00:00.000-08:00

Well on Wednesday we celebrated Riley's 6th birthday. We decided to go to this new place called Hop to it! The kids had an absolute ball. So did I, until.... guess who was the one crying being carried off the toys? That's right, it was me, not one of the kids. While helping my cute niece up one of the slides I lost my balance and came down on my ankle. I thought for sure it was broken after the POP I had heard but it turns out to just be a bad sprain. What a pain! So now I am the "hop a long". I still can barely walk and I have an icepack strapped to my ankle most of the time. What a baby. The pictures are pretty cool though it was nasty swollen the first day. The pictures I took last night the swelling had gone down a little but the black and blue is setting in. Who knew playing with the kids could be so dangerous. Ü But Riley had a wonderful party. He was so sad I got hurt and said "I don't like it when mom's get hurt". He is such a tender heart. I cannot believe my baby boy is 6. Happy Birthday Riley I love you so much!

Black Friday

2008-12-03T07:55:00.000-08:00

I survived another year of shopping! After waking up at 3:30am to be to Walmart by 4am we found the things we wanted and WAITED and WAITED. So I almost got trampled but got what I needed. Some lady got her purse stolen right off her shoulder during all the commotion. Crazy. Then it was off to Target where the one thing I wanted (dual DVD players for the car) was already gone. But by some amazing coincidence my sister saw a guy working there who had 2 that he was putting away. She snagged them both. 2 portable DVD players w/ straps to go on the back of the head rests. For $88. I was more excited then the kids for that one. Now there will be no more fighting over who gets to hold the DVD player. They each have their own screen now. Of course Emma likes to make Riley mad by looking at his screen even though she has one right in front of her face but they have to have something to argue about right? All in All it was a successful Thanksgiving and Black Friday.

Reguarly $179.99 I got it for $88!!!!

TWILIGHT

2008-11-22T10:36:00.000-08:00

So the time had finally come to go see our movie. We got to the theater 4 hours early. We sat in line for about an hour and a half and then we got to go inside our theater and sit for another 2 1/2 hours. But it was so worth it. We had such a wonderful time. The movie was wonderful and now I am stuck back in Edwardland trying to focus on everyday life again! Here a just some of the pictures. More to come! Waiting in line... Erin, Sherri, Zan, and Me
Kissy Faces
Standing, waiting to go into our theater.
Saving our row for the late comers
Making good use of our time.
Me and my Holli Bolli
Sexy shirt Zan. Yes she made it. Little crafty devil.
Tara and Taylor came too!

Check out this sexy picture. Oooh La La.

Now all we have to do is wait forever for movie #2. At least I have my books to hold me over.

Finally!!

2008-11-20T07:30:00.001-08:00

Today has finally come. Tonight at 12:01pm I will be watching TWILIGHT. I know, I know, I'm a HUGE nerd. But what can I say? I'm obsessed! I am driving to Boise to go watch it with my friends and then I have to drive 2 hours back home after it's over since Luke has to work tomorrow but it will be SOOOO worth it. I can't wait. Check back soon for pictures of our premiere night.

Halloween Fun

2008-11-03T11:19:00.001-08:00

Murder Mystery Party.

My friend Paula invited us to be part of a Murder Mystery dinner party. It was so fun. If you have never done one you should. Luke was a boxer and I was a Doctor of anthropology. It was so funny to see all the costumes.

Paula & Carl our hosts.

Angie & Nick (Paula's Cousin and his wife)

BreAnn & Stillman (friends)

Halloween day while Riley was at school I asked Emma if she wanted to wear a costume and she said yes and ran to her room and came out in this little number....

After some help from me this is what she wore around all day.

This is the kids in their costumes getting ready to go trick or treating.

Trick or treating with Kaylee and Tristan

We got candy!!!

Here is Riley singing a Halloween song he learned in his Kidergarden class. I forgot my camera the night they performed it so here it is anyway.

My most recent craft project. This one came out of nowhere. I had forgotten that I ordered this vinyl back in May. I was looking for a board to put it on and remebered I had this window. Then with an idea from a friend (thanks Tyleen) I put star hooks on it and we now hang her dress ups on it. I was actually very proud of myself for coming up with this one. Who knew I could be creative too. Usually I just copy everyone else!

Yea.... a new post!

2008-10-30T08:01:00.000-07:00

First of all.... Happy Halloween!

And Happy Birthday to my Hunny! (Oct. 21st)
Luke and I had a blast coaching Riley's soccer team. We just finished. We only lost 1 game.

Riley loved soccer. He was not affraid to get right in the action.

Quilting in the Tetons. Girls sewing retreat and Momma Trace's Cabin.
Zanners and Me. RICK!!!!

Momma Trace and me. She is trying to teach me to sew. Poor thing.

Now thats a lot of sewing machines

So sexy Zan.

This is what I made. Halloween haunted houses that I turned into a table center piece thingy.

We went up to WA for my GMA's 75th birthday. It was fun seeing all the fam.

It is so gorgeous up there, especially this time of year. This is my sissy and her hubby.

SO GREEN, I do miss all the trees.

The whole clan going for a nature hike.

Here are the crazy cuzzies getting ready for our hike.

This ranch we went to is called Ensign ranch. (owned by the church) and this is where I went to girls camp every year growing up.

Riley & Emma with their hiking sticks. And cute Spence too.

Then we went to visit our friends in Tri-Cities. We stayed with Dan & Kim. This is Luke's dream bike that Dan bought and Luke was drooling over.
Dan was nice enough to let Luke ride it. NOT ME though no thank you.

We also visited my dear friend Lisa and her daughters. Camryn and Emma are just 3 weeks apart. And MaKenzie is not quite 1 yet.
Still best friends even after a year apart.

Back at Kim's. Riley and his best bud Dillan. Boy has Riley ever missed this kiddo. He only talks about him all the time.

Too cute.

Getting caught up.

2008-09-29T15:00:00.001-07:00

Watching Luke play flag football. Eating sour Poprocks!

GO Luke, rebound that basketball ... uh is that the wrong cheer? Ü
We went fishing the other day and I caught 2 fish with my new pink fishing pole that Luke bought me. I caught the only fish that day. Oh and in case you can't tell by my adorable outfit, it was freezing. Stinkin wind. It was moving while I was holding it. Yes, I screamed. eeeeewww!
Riley needed a turn holding my fish.

For Emma's birthday we went to my sister's house in Fruitland and went horseback riding. The kids loved it. Can't you just see Riley mutten busting someday?
Emma & Kiersten

Auntie Heidi & Shannon
The teddy bear cake we made died so we improvised and made cake and ice cream buffets.
Make a wish
Opening presents

The new addition to our family. This little kitten came from a lady at work who was giving away kittens for free and they were already potty trained, a huge plus. So of course for a girl I had to name her Bella. Welcome to our family!

The kids are learning to be SOFT. My new craft project. My friend Kim's mom makes these cute pupkins so I copied her and made these big ones to go by my front door. They are so easy and fun.
2x6 $2.5o, Paint $.76, Rafia $2, Wire $2 = two cute pumpkins

Lost

2008-09-25T13:46:00.000-07:00

Well I am not as big of a slacker as it may appear. My main reason for not posting lately has been that everything I own seems to be disappearing. Actually only 2 things are lost. First I lost my cell phone which Luke was not so thrilled about. But now I cannot find the charger for my camera so I can't get any pictures off of it to post. So here are a few older pictures but at least it is something.

This is Luke and I's primary class. CTR 5. We just go release but we loved it. Aren't they so cute?

Girls Weekend

2008-09-02T10:18:00.000-07:00

My 2 best friends from highschool and I went to Park City to go shopping and catch up on years gone by. We had so much fun. We laughed till our sides hurt watching our video from our senior party. It is so good to have friends that you can always be yourself around. I love these girls and had so much fun. Love you Cilka and Mandi!!

Luke kept Riley and I took Emma. Luke and Riley and my Grandpa went fishing on Saturday and then on Monday my dad came down and fished with the boys. They had fun too.

1st day of school!

2008-08-21T11:31:00.000-07:00

Today Riley went to his first day of kindergarden. And I promised my mom I would post pictures right aways so she could see, so here you go mom! Riley's teacher's name is Mrs. Makings and he goes to morning kindergarden. I didn't even cry. It was close but I made it. He absolutely loved class and he got to ride the bus home and said it was AWESOME so I guess he approves. I just still can't believe that my little man is in kindergarden. I am officially old now right?

Heading to school
Here comes the bus
almost here.....
The bus driver showing him where to cross the street
You can't really see it in this picture but he is grinning ear to ear!

Slacker!

2008-08-12T17:37:00.000-07:00

Oh my goodness I am finally back to life. I left our brand new camera at my mom's house in Nampa and finally got it back. Luke was NOT happy with me for forgetting it. oops! So now for an update... this summer has been crazy busy. We have been out of town almost every weekend it feels like. I have been working 2 nights a week and a nursing home called Bridgeview and then I have to recoop from being up 2 nights. It is crazy. I love what I do though. The kids are doing good, Riley starts Kindergarden in 10 more days. My baby boy. I cannot believe it. Emma is the queen of the house hold telling us all the time she wants to go swimming in the hot tub. She spends most of her days in her swimming suite. I finally had to pry it off her body so I could wash it and then I hid it. Ü Work is going good for Luke, he has been planning the Watertech golf tournament so he has been really busy but it will be over on Thursday and then I can have him back. We went to Boise two weeneds ago to see Luke's half brother Matt and his family who were in town visiting from Arizona. We had a blast and are already planning a trip to go visit them. Probably in the winter when it is freezing here. So these pictures are of our trip up there. Enjoy

Teaching the kids Rock band.
Morgan, Taylor, Brooke, Bryton, Kirby, Halen, Trevor, Ali, Riley, Regan, Brodi, Abby, Emma, Toby, Blake, & Halie Zan, Gina, Tara, Luke, Matt & Dax
Craig & Zan, Matt & Roxie, Dax, Chad & Gina, Brett & Tara, Luke & Heidi
Emma and her "Twin". Her cousin Halie.

Oh and don't think I forgot my most important event of the summer... Breaking Dawn! I don't want to reveal anything for anyone who hasn't readi it, but, I LOVED IT!!!!!!

Picture overload.

2008-07-11T15:45:00.000-07:00

I have lots of updates since my last blog so here they are.

Emma's New hair cut. She decided that she hates getting her hair brushed so we chopped it. This picture doesn't even do it justice. She lookes adorable.

Holli & her kids came to visit so we went on a nature hike and played.

Going to my first day "night" at work.
Our landscaping. 62 flowers, 20 boxwoods, 1 Japenese maple, 3 dawf something trees, and lots of stone for the boarder. We are finally even getting little grass starts. We cannot wait to have grass.

Mickelson Family Reunion

2008-06-26T08:41:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we went down to Salt Lake for Luke's family reunion. It was a blast. We went to the Hogel Zoo in the 98 degree weather and spent 6 hours there. Hot but fun. Then we all went back to Luke's uncle's house for some extreme pit playing. It was so fun to get caught back up with all the family. Then I was able to go to my friend Cilka's baby's blessing. Cilka is one of my best friends from highschool, along with Mandi. It was like old times again with us 3 girls. It just happened to work out that we were able to go to both the reunion and the blessing. All in all it was a great weekend.

Boise Trip

2008-06-11T18:56:00.000-07:00

As promised here are the pictures from our trip. We went to Boise to go to a missionary farewell for a boy who Luke used to teach. It just so happened that our good friends Tami & Leon were in Boise for a taxadermy show and so we were able to see them and go to lunch. It was so fun. They are the adopted parents I always talk about. Then we got to stay with Zan and Craig and have some fun hanging out.

First Game

2008-06-09T12:54:00.000-07:00

Thursday was Riley's first T-Ball game. It was so fun to watch him play. He decided no matter where the ball went, he was going to get it. Even when he was in left field and the ball went to 1st base he started running for it. We had to tell him he can only go for it when it is close to him. So cute! So here are some more T-Ball pictures and video and then tomorrow I will post my pictures from our weekend trip to Boise.

Another great book!

2008-06-04T22:02:00.000-07:00

So I just finished reading the Host and I love loved it. It really was amazing. Stephanie Meyer is such a good author. If you have not read it you should because it is so intriguing. This coming from me who doesn't usually get in to books except of course for Twilight.

Hair Cut

2008-05-29T09:47:00.001-07:00

This post should have been done about a month ago but better late than never. Emma has crazy hair, it is really curly in the back and super straight in the front. So I decided to even it out and give her a trim. Not to much because I love her long hair but now it is just more even and really cute.

T-Ball

2008-05-18T19:47:00.001-07:00

Riley had his first T-ball practice and as the proud mom I took lots of pictures and video. I have been so looking forward to watching him play sports. He has always had a natural talent with sports, so hopefull he will do really well and of course have fun doing it. Luke gets to be the assistant coach for the team and the coach is a good friend of ours who's two sons are on the team as well. It should be really fun.

Amazing trip

2008-05-14T14:06:00.001-07:00

Well I am back from a week long trip with our good friends Holli & Ryan. We went to to Arizona and hiked 10 miles down into the Grand Canyon and camped at Havasu Falls. It was amazingly beautiful. The hike down was killer but we made it. We packed in our supplies but decided to have pack mules carry them back for the hike up (a good choice because the hike up was way hard). Then we went to Las Vegas for 2 nights and had a ball soaking up the sun and shopping! I tried to load all my pictures on a slide show but there were so many it said it would take like 70 hours to load them all so I am choosing a few of my favorites to share with you. As soon as we got home we picked up our kids and went strait to Boise for the Race for the Cure to support my mom in her second year of being cancer free! GO MOM! That was a wonderful experience and then we were right there for Mother's Day. I have to say I am very blessed. I have an amazing mother and a wonderful mother-in-law and I am even lucky enough the have and great adopted mom as well, love ya Tami! So happy belated Mother's day to all my wonderful moms. I love you all.

Updates!

2008-04-27T21:21:00.000-07:00

My recent project. I found this cabinet at a yard sale for $50. I have been wanting one forever and six months later finally got around to refinishing it. So here is how it turned out.

Getting along? Who knew brothers and sisters could have so much fun together? I was amazed to see my kids playing so well together that I had to get a picture.

While I was working on my cabinet I found Emma riding her bike with this bucket on her head.

Sissy Mae!

2008-04-24T18:07:00.000-07:00

My friend Tyleen inspired me to post a video I had of Emma singer her ABC's. This is one of her many favorite songs to sing. After nursery on Sunday she sang Head Shoulders Knees and Toes ALLLLLLLLL day. It was actually really cute. So here is my cute princess.

I came in from working in the garage to find Emma asleep on the recliner like this....

My Mom!

2008-04-17T10:38:00.001-07:00

My mom has now officially joined the blogging world. For those of you who know her, feel free to check out her new blog. I love my mom to death and on Saturday May 10th we will be doing the Race for the Cure in Boise to support her 2nd year of being cancer free. I love you mom. You're my inspiration!

POTTY TRAINED!!!!

2008-04-11T12:10:00.000-07:00

I bring exciting news.... Emma is potty trained. Just when I thought she was never going to get it, one day it clicked and now she does great. She always says "I love going potty on the toilet Mommy". How cute is that. I am loving it. Here are some pictures of Emma's hair. I put it in sponge curlers one night to see how it would look and I think it turned out great. So that is how we did it for Easter.

Another quiz.

2008-04-10T09:07:00.000-07:00

I am Marianne Dashwood, except I really don't play the piano. But I do love this movie and I would say I am a little to much like her.

Take the Quiz here!

I guess I'm Cinderella!

2008-04-08T08:37:00.000-07:00

Thanks Amy for the quiz that was fun. I always knew I was a princess! Not really but I have always loved Cinderella.

You Are Cinderella!

Dignified and hard working. With a gentle and soft-spoken manner you have something many people don't. Patience. Even through the moments of heartbreak you're still able to hold onto all of your hopes and dreams. Bide your time; your dream will come true.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

Sicker than a dog?

2008-04-03T09:57:00.000-07:00

Well I am finally comming back to the land of the living. Luke and I have been sooo sick the past 3 days. This is the worst cold I have ever had. What exactly does it mean to be sicker that a dog? Well what ever it means that was us. Luke had to miss 2 days of work which proves how sick he was. Mr Anti sickness. I guess even the strongest fall! So back to real life I guess. We just signed Riley up for his first year of T-Ball. How exciting. I cannot wait to watch him play. He is so excited too, everyday he asks when T-Ball will start. Luke is going to be his coach. He really wants to be involved in Riley's sports since his dad was never around for him. He is going to be the best coach ever.

Easter!

2008-03-25T07:52:00.001-07:00

FLOORS!

2008-03-24T14:44:00.000-07:00

The endless battle of cleaning the floors has come again. I absolutley hate cleaning my floors. It takes forever and when it is done they are so beautiful but 20 mins later they look like crap again thanks to having to kids. The wonderful joys of being a mom. Someday when I am rich and famous I will have someone to clean my floors for me. I can dream right?!?!

Cut and Color

2008-03-19T08:17:00.000-07:00

Well it's that time of year again when I usually go a little lighter with my hair. This time I decided I needed a change so I had BeeJae cut me some bangs. It was a good change. I almost had her cut my hair off to an A line but I knew Luke would have and aneurysm so this was a good enough change for us both. Riley had to take the picture for me and so of course we had to have a play picture to go with it.

Happy Birthday Kiersten!

2008-03-17T23:04:00.000-07:00

Today my adorable little niece turned 2. I cannot believe how time flies. This is not a recent picture of her but it is still so cute. When she was a baby we could never and I mean never, get a picture without her tongue sticking out. Cute face!

Spring?

2008-03-15T08:37:00.000-07:00

Just when we thought it was spring! We woke up this morning to about 2" of snow on the grownd. 3 days ago it was 56 degrees and now we have snow. Crazy Idaho weather. I don't know if I will ever get used to it. Not much new has been going on for us. I finished my CNA class and am just waiting to take my tests. Work is still going awesome for Luke and Riley is still loving preschool. Emma on the other hand is not loving potty training. She will go if I take her but she will not tell me when she needs to go. And usually when I ask her she says " I did already mom". Who can argue with that? We will just keep trying. "Spring" break is this week and it doesn't look like we will be doing much outside. Oh well at least we can sleep in!!!

Some Emma Pictures

2008-03-02T13:41:00.001-08:00

I am totally in love with the big flowers girls are putting in their daughters hair now. So here is my attempt to follow the trend. Isn't she adorable?!?!
Going to church. What a doll!!
This morning (sunday) Emma came into my bathroom while I was getting ready for church and said "I'm ready for church mom" I turned to see this lovely ensombel. The boots and the elephant hat make a nice addition to the pullup and spagettio stained face. (thanks dad for feeding her spagettios for breakfast!) What would we do without a little laughter to brighten our lives.

Girls Day

2008-03-01T08:34:00.000-08:00

I was invited over to make baby bracelets with some friends here in Twin. Jana is Luke's best friend's wife and Rachelle is her cousin who married her husband's brother. Did you get all that?!?! We had lots of fun other then I get super intimidated by all these cute crafty girls.

I've Been Tagged!

2008-02-26T08:02:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone, I've been tagged, which means all you readers out there will get to learn a little bit more about me...Rules: 1.) Answer Question 2.) Tag 5 people - post their names on your blog & then go and leave a comment on their blog telling them to read yours, so they know what to do

10 years ago... I was a Sophomore in high school, I was literally counting down the days until my 16th birthday. Once I got down to 100 I made a paper chain. (it was loooong)

5 places I've lived..... Everett WA, Provo UT, Nampa ID, Pasco WA, Kimberly ID

5 things on my list to do today.... 1) clean my bathrooms 2)do some laundry 3) study for my test 4) go to school 5) take a test

5 jobs I've had..... 1) ballet assistant teacher 2)Lady footlocker 3) Gap 4) Receptionist & ad specialist for Century 21 5)Waitress

10 yrs from now.... wow that is scary to think how different things were 10 years ago, it makes me afraid to think how different things will be in 10 years from now. I will be 35, Riley will be 15 and probably driving (eeew), Emma will be 12 (a young woman) and my Lukee Pooh will be 40 haa haa!

I am tagging Nan, Tami, Jana, Mandi and Dawn. Love ya girls!

"Cabin" Fever!

2008-02-18T21:13:00.000-08:00

We spent this weekend up at my in law's cabin in Star Valley. We had so much fun sledding and playing in all the snow. There were deer everywhere and they were not affraid at all.

School Girl

2008-01-24T07:48:00.000-08:00

On Monday jan. 14th I started my CNA course. I am taking it so I can get my Phlebotomy license. Which for those of you who don't know what that is, it is the person who draws your blood. I am so excited to do this. My sister-in-law Zan does it and she loves it. I just wanted to have something to fall back on should anything ever happen to my Lukee Pooh. (Heaven forbid). So now I am a college girl as Luke calls me. I am loving my class and got 100% on my first test. I am studying my booty off. But I know it will all pay off in the end. Plus I get to wear comfy scrubs to class everyday, gotta love that!

Playing with the camera.

2008-01-10T07:41:00.000-08:00

CHEESE

My kids love to play with the camera as I'm sure most kids do. Riley is actaully very good at taking pictures. Then of course Emma had to have a turn so the one of Riley and I, Emma took that picture. Not to bad. Emma calls getting her picture taken cheese. " I cheese, I cheese" she says when she wants her picture taken.

Holy SNOW!

2008-01-08T13:10:00.000-08:00

I know I already posted today but you gotta see this. It has been snowing like crazy all day. And I LOVE IT!!

Check out my Slide Show!

2008-01-08T10:21:00.001-08:00

Some of my loves.

2008-01-07T21:54:00.000-08:00

For those of you who watch Prison Break you know who Michael Schofield is. And of course my Twilight books. These are two of my loves. I love these books. I won't tell you how many times I have read them because I'm embarresed but they are wonderful. I love to escape reality and end up in Edward's arms!! I wouldn't mind being in Michael's arms either!Ü

Snowy Days

2008-01-01T18:29:00.000-08:00

We have been enjoying some wonderful snowy days here lately. We had lots of fun playing in the snow as a family. I want to say congratulations to my good friend Lisa on having a beautiful baby girl!! And to my other good friend Kim on her new home. Love you guys.

Christmas is comming!

2007-12-13T15:49:00.000-08:00

I just had to post this adorable picture of my kids. They are getting so big. I think they are the cuttest in the whole world, but who doesn't think that about their own kids? Love my babies!

New House

2007-12-04T15:26:00.000-08:00

Well we are getting settled into our new house. Slowly but surely the boxes are dwindeling in height. I am started to get use to it here. We love being back in Idaho. It is so quiet and so dark out here in the country. We are to use to the city lights and noises. We are also happy to be by family again but are missing our friends in WA. I started potty training Emma yesterday and it is driving me crazy but she is so cute, who could get upset at her?

Good Friends

2007-11-04T11:33:00.000-08:00

Lisa, Tyleen, and I went out for a last girls night out before I moved. It is such a blessing to have good friends. I will miss you girls.

Move

2007-11-02T13:02:00.000-07:00

Well we moved out of our house on Halloween. We are staying at my parents until it is time to move into our new home. We can hardly wait to start our new life but we are so sad to leave our home and friends in tri-cities. We will never forget our Pasco Family. We love you.

My baby is 2.

2007-09-22T18:35:00.000-07:00

Emma had her

2nd Birthday at Chuck E. Cheese. She loved it. We played and played. She is such a big girl now I can't believe it.

Recent Pictures

2007-09-15T12:35:00.000-07:00

I'm new to this!

2007-09-15T12:27:00.000-07:00

Well I am new to all this blogging. Everyone keeps telling me to set up a blog spot so here I am. I don't have much to tell other than. We are suppose to be moving to Twin Falls but our move has been delayed by a month. So I guess we will still be here for awhile.