Sledding in our backyard

This was our first time sledding this season and probably will be the last. I am not much of a cold wintry person, so because of me my kids don't get out much in the winter. But my mom came over and brought my little sister and my nephew so they could go sledding on a real hill, not just down a flight of backyard steps. Jk mom whatever works huh? But it is sad that it takes my mom coming over from Logan to get us outside sledding in my own backyard. But I guess whatever it takes.

Gracey found the sled that didn't go very fast. She is just like me, likes to stay at her comfort level at all times.

This is my mom going down with Brooklyn, getting her used to going down the hill.

Nice Shades, Girls!!!

Oh Brooklyn! Always falling asleep in the strangest places. We had only been outside for about 45min and she was already falling asleep. Later that day Gracey as well took a nap. So then I started thinking maybe I should take them outside more often so then they will go to sleep better.

Thanks mom for coming over and getting my kids out of the house!

Remembering...

In sacrament meeting on Sunday the talk was on Rememberance.The rememberance that this guy mainly was talking about was how do we remember things, pictures, letters, family history. It was a pretty good talk and pretty funny too. He told us of a book that he keeps of all the funny things that his grandkids say.He enlightened us with a few it made the whole congregation laugh out loud. And it made me think my kids are at the age where they come up with some pretty funny things. For instance the other day I was upset with Jaren for working too long at night and I can't remember what I said or what she was talking about, but what she came up with is "Daddy, that's because you didn't chose the right, you chose the left," it made me laugh so hard I couldn't stay mad at Jaren any more. Then on Monday before we took Gracey to school, I never wake up on time to feed her a "good" breakfast, so she asked if she could have a snickers for breakfast and I told her no, that they weren't good for her to eat so she said "Well, why do you buy them then?" My response was speechless. Now you know why I don't weigh 100 pounds. That is the exact reason, I like candy too much. But any way kids say some pretty funny things and I am going to start finally writing them down before I forget it, in a week. A good quote that the high councilman said was "Remember who you are, you are a child of God"

KiDs...

Kids, aren't they funny! Brooklyn started out in the very bottom and then Gracey wanted to get in the one higher and and then Brooklyn seen Gracey and wanted to be like her. And then it kept getting higher.I was a little nervous about puting them up so high I wasn't sure if the shelves would hold them,but they did not even a creak. Jaren built an entertainment center to last. It better for how long it took us to make it. I love my kids so much they make us laugh all the time!!! If it wasn't for them I would turn into an old awnry(how do you spell that) lady pretty fast.

What a "Smartie" Pants

What all the "SMART" people eat!!




So When I went to pick Gracey up from school on Monday, I needed to go in and pay her teachers and one of the teachers said she has a note in her backpack. Instantly I thought it was a bad note, but she corrected me. Then she continued to tell me what it says in the letter above. Then she said that Gracey told them that she ate "smarties" last night that's why she is so smart all of a sudden. Gracey told me the night before that Grandma Julie told her that if you eat smarties you will get smarter, then she continued to tell me that I needed to try some. Well I guess it doesn't get better than that, my 4 year old (thinks)she is smarter than her mom(which doesn't mean too much). Oh kids, they say the darnest things. I guess for one meal a day I should eat smarties so that I can be as smart as her for when she starts kindergarten, or else I will be SOL. But we really are very proud of her and her accomplishments and I am also grateful for her teachers and the time they spend with the kids.

Did you know?

We went to Pocatello yesterday to do some things for Jaren. We had to ship some parts, so we were trying to find the place where we needed to go and we got lost so Jaren started texting something to someone and I kept asking who he was texting because the number was not a real number. And he told me that if you text the name of the place and what town it is in to the numbers that spell Google, they will text you back the address and the phone number. Isn't that cool. So then you don't have to call 411 or whatever the number is to call that charges you a lot. Of course with this you have to be able to send texts. Maybe that is an old trick but I have never heard of that. I thought it was pretty neat.

We had a very good Christmas, it was kind of small, but we had no regrets. Christmas morning Jaren got up at about 6:30 because Brooklyn was crying. When he went up there Gracey was awake and she told Jaren that she needed to go back to sleep so Santa could come and instead of letting her go back to sleep(like most parents would)he said are you sure he hasn't come yet. So she went out and looked and of course everything was out and in the meantime I am down sleeping. I had no idea they were coming down until I heard Gracey talk about what she got. So needless to say I didn't get to record them and their reaction. SO thanks Jaren we will have this Christmas to remember by not having any video of the kids on christmas morning. Well they played with their toys and then about 7:30 Jaren and I went back to bed. We should've stayed up and got ready because we had a big day in front of us. We went down to my Grandparents in Ogden and then back to my moms in Logan. The weather was pretty good all day until we got ready to go home and this was the day of the really bad storm(in Utah, Idaho didn't get hardly anything)The weather was so bad! It was a blizzard when we got to North Logan, I kept telling Jaren to turn around and we could just stay at my moms but he wanted to sleep in his own bed.People were driving on the wrong side of the road because they couldn't see were the road was. So they just got over when there was a car coming. Jaren in his big bad truck was passing people like they were standing still, it probably scared them right off the road, I know it scared me especially when you couldn't see the road. But we made it home about after 2 and a half hours. We were probably watched over because we stopped to help someone. But after all the craziness we had a good day.

Thanks Callie!!

Thanks to my wonderful and smart sister-in-law who fixed my blog. I always call her when I need help and she always tries to help even sometimes when I am not able to be helped. So I guess I will continue blogging! THANKS AGAIN CALLIE!!

AAHHHH!

We just switched to firefox from Internet Explorer, and now my blog looks really retarded on my computer. I don't know if it looks the same on yours or if it looks the same as before. But if it looks funny, do you know how to fix it? If so please let me now because I can't stand it and if there is no way to fix it I don't know if I can continue blogging.

Las Vegas, Wedding, Birthdays Very Busy!!!

So here is an overview of what we have been doing the last 2 weeks.

Gracey and Brooklyn at the M&M World

This is at the MGM Grand, The Lion Habitat. I had to take a picture of this guy that was in there with the lion's. If you look close on the far left of the picture the guy is laying down next to the lion and he is totally SPOONING the lion!! I thought that was pretty funny. What some men will do for a little action!HAHA I know the guy was just trying to get a reaction out of the crowd and he definately got it.

These pictures are not in order as they happened. This is a picture of Gracey and BRooklyn at the wedding, and then on the right is a picture of us walking out of the casino to go outside to see the Limo pick up Jackie. We went out the back way because Jackie didn't want anymore people to see her. I think she was a little emberassed.

Oh how cute!!

This is Jaren and Brooklyn's birthday cake(as you can tell). I feel really bad that they didn't get a real birthday party. Jaren's Birthday was the day after we got home from Vegas and Brooklyn's was the day before the reception. So I thought it would be really hard to get everyone together when we were'nt doing wedding things,so since we were all together, right before the second reception on Saturday we went to Sam's Club and bought a cake. I would've bought a princess one for Brooklyn but I didn't feel it was appropriate for Jaren so we got a Christmas one.

Gracey was just as excited or probably more than Brooklyn was opening her presents. I guess when you have a sister it's like having two birthdays in a year. We didn't even blow out birthday candles because Brooklyn fell asllep right when we were getting ready to do it, and I didn't think Jaren wanted to be sung to, so we didn't sing and we didn't blow out candles. So Brooklyn's 2nd birthday wasn't a very memorable one, just that we really didn't have one, so sorry Brooklyn.

Christmas needs to wait another week, I think I am about a week behind. I have been so busy doing vinyl I have not had time to christmas shop, nobody this year gets any crafts because I don't have time and I am sick of doing them, and to say the least we don't even have a Christmas tree yet. Ya I know it's a week before Christmas and we don't even have a tree yet. We have been so busy we have not had time to go get one. I think I am going to hit the clearance sales after Christmas to buy a fake one, we just probably won't get one that's 18 feet tall!

Well I hope everybody has a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR, because I don't think I will have time to post anything else, I shouldn't even be posting right now I have a lot to do still, so if you are reading this and you ordered vinyl from me I hope I get it done. NO, I am totally just kidding I WILL get it done!!

It's Official! I am a farmers wife!

Ya, That's me in there!

Lately we have been getting alot of people wanting us to plow their ground for them and Jaren has been getting busier with his mechanic business, but he was the only one that was able to do any of it. So since we are supposed to be leaving for Las Vegas on Thursday I thought I would be a good wife and go and try to plow for him. I have swathed and baled for him before and well lets just say it was not good the first time around. But today was pretty good we got in it and he plowed for a minute and then showed me how. It took a couple of times to get the hang of it, but actually it was pretty easy. It was funny today when we were talking about if I wanted to go and plow,but didn't really want to and I told him I had never even driven the tractor before. He said" You are my wife and you have never driven the tractor before?" So needless to say he wasn't going to not let me get out of this one. So before I learned how to plow I had to learn to drive the tractor. I am so proud of myself!!!!! So now when I wear those farm girl shirts, it will be true not just something I claim I know how to do.