our AWESOME neighbors..

01-23-10

we finally hung out with our neighbors and we sure LOVE hanging out with them.. We had them over for dinner on the 15th and ever since then we enjoy there company..
this is what we did.. Family Bowling.. (pretty much the only thing that you can do in Iddy-Ho..) after some great bowling skills we headed home for some late night GAME playing..
The Bell's

The whole Gang.. we call ourselves the purple and gray.. hahaha JK..
Brad, Trevin, Brakken, Joel, me, Madden, and Kayla

IDDY-HO drivers...

Iddy-HO drivers need i say MORE!! They are CRAZY and RUDE and all in between..this is a sticker that we saw on our way to take Joel back to work..

another one that i saw went something like this "Fat kids are hard to kidnap".. HUH??? and a lot of stickers complaining about UTAH!!
i like it here but i don't like how people treat me after they find out that i COME from UTAH!!
The joke these IDDY-HO's tell me when they ask where i moved from goes something like this.. "you know why Idaho is so windy right??" and i say "no, why?" and they reply with "bcuz Utah SUCKS" and now i reply with "i guess it's bcuz Idaho BLOWS!!" hahaha take that you IDDY-HO's..
Well other than the bumper stickers and CRAZY-RUDE drivers i kinda like it here.. a little ironic.. i know but i sure know how to make LEMONS into Lemonade..

SLEDDING

01-16-10
We went sledding for the first time.. i know I'm a bad mom not taking my boys sooner.. But i have to say i HATE the snow i would rather watch it fall from inside my house than WILLINGLY go outside and FREEZE!!! So some friends from work asked us to go with them in Rexburg.. and we went to BYUi and went to the little hills there..
Here is a little of what we did.. (ok a lot of what we did)
Joel my handsome hubby..

First time down the HILL.. and they LOVED it!

BIG crash..

TEAM WORK!!

having a BLAST!

going down..

After a good run..

Doing what moms do best.. carrying everyone's sled up the hill when they got tired of carrying them up themselves..

Joel and I

Daddy with Brakken..

Over the bump.. getting air.. they sure loved it..

So this picture came out sideways.. But this was the last run down the hill.. after going down the boys wanted to eat some SNOW!! YUM.. or YUCK.. whatever you prefer..

We had a great time.. i think i MIGHT want to go again.. i guess we will see..

MEMA!!!!

January 14Th
My mom came up for a LATE CHIRSTmas visit! And we had a SLEEP OVER!! The boys thought that was SUPER FUN! and it was really nice to see my mom for more than a FEW hours. Thanks mom for come up to see us and staying the night!
And when Mema comes up to visit she always brings fun stuff!! This time they were PRESENTS!! From her and Rico.. Thanks you two.
Finding more and MORE TOYS!!
"Look at what we got" is what the boys would say!
Opening MORE! Thanks mom/Mema!
The boys have so many toys from everyone, now they don't know what to do with them all.
Almost all updated with the postings.. Now i think i need a BREAK from my BLOG!!

Happy NEW YEAR everyone!

December 31st 2009!!
WOWSERS a new year already!! i can't believe it!
Toasting to the NEW YEAR!
My handsome BOYS!!
Drinking our SPARKLING GRAPE JUICE!!
Watching the count down with RYAN! You know RYAN and DICK.. Watching the ball drop in New York City!
The BIG New Year KISS!!!
i forgot to tell everyone.. I'm back to my roots.. Joel really LOVES it BROWN or should i say JET BLACK! So this was my CHRISTmas gift to him! The things that i do for LOVE!

The Wilson's and Jordan come to VISIT!!

December 27Th
Debbie, Scott, Conner, Jordan and Oscar came up to see us!!!
And they BROUGHT presents! Thanks Grandma Debbie and Grandpa Scott!
Joel's side of the family.. missing his sister and her hubby
me, Conner(step brother), Oscar(Debbie and Scott's dog), Jordan(brother), Joel, Brakken, Debbie (Joel's mom), Madden, and Scott(Joel's step dad).
It was really nice having them come see us and spend time with us.
Glad you guys could come up! Thanks again for the gifts and we LOVE seeing your faces!

CHRISTmas Day...

It's December 25Th..
And i have to say it was pretty nice not having to drive all over like a MAD woMAN!!! We got to stay home!!! i think this is how we are going to have our HOLIDAYS from now on.. Sorry family but i really like making tradition with my little FAM that i have.. i know you'll understand.
Well we woke up at 9:30 am., then went down stairs at like 10ish.. NEVER have we done that before.. So that was nice. And then opened presents from SANTA!! We were having so much fun today that i forgot to take more pictures..
Here are some that i did get..
The boys knew that they had to take pictures before they could open presents.. so they would say "mom we can wait so you can take a picture.." What AMAZING boys i have, thinking about their mommy!
After everything was opened!!! it was KINDA messy!
So we wanted to go bowling today but everything but the FOOD places and MOVIES were open.. So we stayed home and enjoys each others company. and i may say that was FUN! We had friends over to play games and eat dinner..

It's December 26Th
The day after CHIRSTmas. We went BOWLING!!
The FOREVER couple..
Check out my mad bowling skills.. well not really but i am bowling the reg way and not between my legs..
and you can see the boys bowling on there lane.. GO BOYS GO!!!
Joely's up.. and they all fall DOWN!!
The happy FAMILY!!
Why Hello!
After bowling we went to Red Robin.. YUMMY!! This is Sarah and baby Jill..
We had a great time with our holidays that i really wish that CHRISTmas would stay around for EVER! but i guess it's up to me to make that happen. I have to have CHRISTmas in my HEART always! Well i encourage everyone to think about being more jolly and more giving ALL year LONG! Merry CHRISTmas and i hope everyone had a great time with the people that they LOVE!

CHRISTmas Eve...

You know what this posts day is... It's December 24th..
We are getting ready to open our one present of JAMMIES!!!
Here our my HANDSOME boys waiting so very patient to open there gift..
Madden is FIRST!!
Getting some help from his BIG brother Brakken..
He wasn't to excited to get JAMMIES, SLIPPERS and a MOVIE..
Some would think that he's not happy cuz he didn't get a TOY!! And..... they are RIGHT!! Madden doesn't really know how to make LEMONS into LEMONADE!! But he is still learning..
Brakken is NEXT!!
and out came a..... TRANSFORMER movie, JAMMIES and SLIPPERS!!
We made this fireplace for Santa.. He needed a way to get in our house and i WASN'T about to leave the front door unlocked.. So this is it... with the boys looking GRUMPY!!
Now they are happy..
Daddy's turn..
Joely got JAMMIES, SLIPPERS and a MOVIE!!
Last but NOT least... My turn...
and i bet you can't guess what i got???
Well it's JAMMIES, SLIPPERS and a MOVIE!!!!
Me with my FAV boys ever.. well in the picture we are missing someone that is also one of my FAVs..
The WHOLE gang..
Our amazing fireplace with cookies and water for Santa.. Why water?? Well we like water instead of milk... And I'm sure Santa needs something different than MILK!!
i forgot to post that the day after Thanksgiving (most know about BLACK Friday)... Well i went shopping.. I left our house at 10:30 at NIGHT (didn't get home til like 7am and had to pull an all nighter cuz Joel had to WORK!!) to get the sale stuff at Toys R Us.. and waited in LINE for about 2-3 hours OUTSIDE of the store and then waited another 2 or 3 hours in the store.. But who's counting.. ONLY me!! Well got everything on my list and MORE.. I have to add that outside it was like 12 degrees!!! So FREEZING!! And after Toys R Us i went to Shopko to get a tree with lights on it.. Waited in line for about 1 to 2 hours outside.. But waiting in line was SUPER fast inside.. Went in and out within MINUTES.. So that was Awesome.. And then to TARGET... that was a BIG mistake.. I'll never go to TARGET ever on Black Friday.. Well i say that now but I'm sure after i eat my Thanksgiving meal I'll plan on going to all my stores and Target will be one that i stop at.. I'm a mom.. i guess I'll never learn.. But i have to say i saved TONS of money was able to get everything that we needed AND wanted.. Thanks to me waiting in LINES and FREEZING.. But i love my family and will do whatever it takes to make them happy!
Well almost to CHRISTmas DAY!! I'm getting caught up on the postings..