Hello...Who's there?

So tonight the doorbell rang. I went to answer the door, I looked out the window and saw no one. A few minutes later it rang again. Same thing. This time I waited by the door, sure enough the doorbell rang. I threw open the door to see...Oreo (Syd's cat) ringing the doorbell. Apparently he was tired of being outside and his howling at the doors and windows wasn't working so he had to try something else. Silly cat!

I couldn't find a good picture of Oreo, however when I was looking I noticed something about the above picture that I never noticed before. The girls have NO shoes on, glad they covered their ears and all but what about their feet?????

Facebook List

I am a fan of Facebook. Ok, I am an addict. Anyway, I was tagged to make a list of 25 random things about me. Because I can't convince all of you to join FB, I thought I would list my post here.




1. Beacause nearly all of my friends have tagged me I am breaking the rules and not passing the tag on to anyone else. Which brings me to my first random thing~Don't tell me what to do. I hate rules and bossy people. I want to be in charge of me! (i know i have a bad attitude).
2. I love my friends. I just love love love them!!! We have the best times together and they totally "get me"
3. I love my hubby. He is and always has been my best friend. There are no secrets he knows everything about me and for some reason he digs me. I love him!!!
4. I like to go fast. (I think I inherited this from my mom)It is amazing that I don't have many speeding tickets. I try to confine my speed to the 4 wheeler, but if I have to I will just talk really fast to get my speed quota in for the day.
5. I hate scary movies. I really hate scary movies with aliens.
6. I love loud music. If I could (hint hint Rob) I would put some subs and some new speakers in my car and I would crank the tunes just as loud as they could go, and then I would drive around really fast.
7. I also love to sing and dance...when no one else is around.
8. I love to play the piano. One reason I didn't keep pursuing this is because my teacher told me that i played too loud and too fast!
9. I love kids. They make me happy. (even when they are naughty) I am usually around the corner laughing at what ever they did while they are on the time out chair.
10. I love to be happy and I think everyone else should always be happy. I think Rob thinks this is obnoxious.
11. I hate to exercise. I just want to be skinny and in shape and do absolutely no exercising.
12. My diet consists of popcorn, candy, and diet coke. I like other food, but I am trying to prove that you can get by on the above mentioned items.
13.I love my yard. I know every name of every plant, and not just their common name their scientific name. I am going to get brave and learn to drive the skidsteer so I can do some projects this summer as Rob is no longer allowed in my yard with any kind of machinery.
14. I love to ski. Snow, water, cross-country. I just need more time!
15. I love my job. Most of the time I think that I might have a nervous breakdown from all the stress, but I think that I function best under pressure.
16. I hate waiting. Waiting to open gifts, waiting in line, waiting for church to get over....
17. I love clean floors. There is nothing more rewarding to me than looking at perfectly vacuumed or shiny mopped floors.
18. I love my red hair. Growing up I thought that I would die from all the teasing about my hair. Now...bring it on. At least I am different than most.
19. I don't sleep. I am a total insomniac. I sometimes wonder how long I would last if I quit drugging myself so that I do get some sleep. At least maybe I could get some laundry done.
20. I know I am 32, but I still feel like I am a teenager.
21. I love my grandmas! They are so good to me!!! I love to learn from them. I love to go thru family history and pictures.
22. I love local history. Some of my most valuable possessions are my grandparents biographies and the ward history books. I follow Rob around reading stories from the books.
23. I love to help people. Don't get me wrong, I don't like to enable people, or let people take advantage of me, but I love to do nice things for people.
24. I love to draw and paint. Most of the time while I am supposed to be working I find myself drawing.
25. I love to smile. Even when everything is wrong in the world just smilin' can make you feel better.
26. I love my family, all of you, mom, dad, Ty(Kass too), cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, in-laws. You are all so good to me. I feel spoiled most of the time just because I feel like I have the best fam ever. Don't get me wrong, we all have our flaws, but I still love ya anyway.

My friends pointed out that I forgot to add that I love to read obituaries. It's true.

Provo

We went to Provo a few weeks ago to visit the cousins. Thanks Chris & Paige, I am still craving more orange biscuits. We made our usual stops to Krispy Kreme and to ride the elevator at Cabelas, cheap entertainment!
Then we headed back to SLC to eat at Z Tejas and do a little shoppin' at Build a Bear.

Dancin' Girls

The girls perfromed for the Old Folks last friday.

The Shower

We also got to visit Kristin and Maya ~ we were able to help Kristin with a baby shower she was setting up for. Rob did a good job decorating and frosing cookies.

Sleddin' with Grandma

We tried to go sledding a week or so ago. Rob and I tried to snowboard with Wy, I am not sure if the problem was that we were using Riley's snowboard or that we are old. Anyway, we all survived and had a fun day.

Ready for Church....maybe

Just to update everyone, we are helping care for my sister's boys while she and her husband get their lives in order. Wyatt is 8 and Riley is 4. Wow, boys have so much more energy than girls!

New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve ~ We got together with the Marlow's. Chips, Diet Coke, and Egg Nog, what a wild party! Oh and could Ella be any cuter!!!!!
Shelb, Ashlynn, Sydney and Syd performed at our Rockin' New Year's Eve party.

The girls decorated with their party supplies. What a great night!

Christmas Eve Party

Some of what we missed earlier this year.

Cousin Riley ready for a Halloween Party, he wasn't excited about the cat costume until we suggested that he was a mean cat with cuts and blood on his face.

Shelby and Sydney with cousin Jocelyn on Halloween better late than never! Syd has got good use out of her size 2T costume for the fifth year. I just wish she would have committed before we bought a new costume every year.

No Time!

Contrary to Rob's comment that I am out playing around, I can't find any time to keep our blog updated! Somehow I got talked into selling corn, which at the time seemed like a good trade to have Rob plant an acre or two of it in the backyard. However it has turned into an overwhelming time consuming task!

Syd and Shelb are 6 now and loving first grade. I miss being able to spend as much time with them. They are so fun and at such a cute age!

Rob is too busy(we compete to see who can be the busiest and most stressed out). He is still working on the farm and in his free time(ha ha) he draws house plans.

I am still doing material estimates for Stock Building Supply. My job has turned into full time as I now have both the Logan and Brigham stores. That keeps me pretty busy along with my corn job, kids, and helping on the farm a little.

Work in progress

just started, hope to find some time to work on this!