A Tribe of Sox!!!!!

We love the Northwest!

2011-04-26T16:52:00.001-07:00

Back in March we decided to take a little drive over to Vancouver to see our great friends, the Allen's! They are always so much fun and welcoming and we sure know how to party when we get together! It was rainy but the green trees and mountain scenes were amazing and refreshing after the horrible Idaho February! The waterfalls were brimming with snowmelt and I have never seen them putting over that much water. The sound of the water rolling over the rocks and crashing below was unreal! We played scrabble with the ipad and iphones into the night and the kids had fun running inside and out! We visited the OMSI museum over in Portland. It is a hands on museum supported by General Electric. There were so many people there but the kids had a ball anyway. A lot experimenting and science, it was awesome! And like always we ate way too much! We saw many old friends at Church and it was so nice to visit with them. Our kids have so much fun together and play really well and that makes a trip so much fun. Thanks Meags and Cory for another great trip!!!

Griffin!!

2010-10-01T17:57:00.000-07:00

Griffy, Fiff, or gooberfish is just a few nicknames that our Griffin is called. He came up with Fiff because he is working on his "g's", so cute. This morning I bathed him, dried him off and told him to go find some "unders". While he is supposed to be doing that, I blow dry my hair and think, "hmm when Griff is quiet that means trouble is looming". I find my little Griff in his closet surrounded by books reading (looking at) Scooby Doo, NAKED! I guess he got sidetracked!!! I just love this kid!

It's been a long time!!

2010-07-26T17:26:00.000-07:00

The last few months have been full of ups and downs, laughter and tears, and much much more. Through this whole "Josh being laid off" thing I keep asking myself "What am I supposed to be learning?" I never wanted to ask why because I know that there are things that are a whole lot worse and I wouldn't want anyone else's trials. I was doing really well until about May. We had a couple of job offers and neither one panned out. It was so frustrating, beyond words. At one point we thought Josh had is dream job and that fell through and then he was offered a job that would keep us in Logan in our home and close to my family and then that was taken away. Talk about a roller coaster ride, that is one roller coaster that I do NOT want to take again! After a lot of tears and frustration we decided it was time to "make a move", a leap of faith if you will. A different state, a different city, and hopefully a different opportunity. I was and still am clinging to Josh's faith but mine is getting stronger. Within two weeks of moving Josh was offered a job. A much needed answer to a year long prayer. The Lord knew that we had hit rock bottom emotionally and this was huge. We really have felt his love all along, when I was looking for it. When my view got clouded I lost sight and began to spiral downwards. If I could step back, which is really hard for me, then I could see a bigger picture. I have not seen the end but I am learning to be okay with the process. Despite the trials, the blessing have been huge.
As hard as the last little while has been with leaving my home and family and friends, we have stayed busy and had a lot of fun. Going and doing really has been the only thing keeping me sane. We have had awesome bbq's with the most awesome Hancey family. They are truly amazing people. I don't have pics and I am way bummed about that, but we could not of stayed positive without them. We have camped with both sides of the family; bear lake with the Roche fam and Ashton with the Ross'. All these events deserve their own post but I am not sure that I will ever get that done. So there is a picture buffet through out this post. Two days after we came to Idaho I talked Josh into taking us to Vancouver to see our dear friends for the Fourth of July!! I think Josh knew that I needed to get away and forget about real life even if it was only for a couple of days. It was so great! Meags has a precious new baby and we were able to be there for his blessing and sweet Sadie's baptism. Then we hit the Oregon Zoo, one of my favorites, and then an awesome hike above Amboy. Wow, I love Vancouver but loved the company even more. Drives through Logan canyon, swimming at the pool, working in the yard, and celebrating Griffy's birthday are just a few more.
Josh and I have been right by each other's side for almost a year. At times I know we wanted to kill eachother but since Josh has gone back to work I really miss him. He is my best friend!!
I cannot believe that school starts in just a couple of weeks! The kids r doing really well considering they have had to adjust also. Hopefully making friends will come swiftly for them and I am hoping this school is as good as Logan! We sure miss everybody down there!!!

Sunshine needed!

2010-02-14T14:55:00.000-08:00

Well the first picture isn't as big of a statment as I wanted it to be, but it makes me happy to look at it! I didn't realize until this morning when there was sunshine coming through the windows, how much "grey" we have had lately! The sunshine is awesome and it makes me happy! Too bad it is still too cold to go outside. The other day in Salt Lake it was almost 60 degrees and then Logan was like 25. Yuck! Oh well, I still love Logan, but can't wait for spring!

Wow this post is late- Happy Birthday Boston

2010-02-14T14:43:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to my Boston! He turned 5 years old in November, yikes I am way behind. I will attribute that to the roller coaster ride our lives have taken these last few months. Nothing too serious, just the unknown totally throws me for a loop and blogging took a back seat to well pretty much everything else. On to Boston's big day. We had a party all week long with Grandpa Dave and then came the real deal. Boston wanted to go bowling, just like last year, and then to Panda Express for dinner. I think we did panda last year too. Ah well, we like it. Much to our surprise Brad and Jen drove up from utah County to surprise Bos man on his big day. He was so excited, especially because Kennedy had had so many surprises, finally it was his turn. Then Josh had a Pres. mtg for Elders Quorum so we all had some yummy gingerbread cake and ice cream. The cake isn't too pretty, once again the creative juices weren't flowing that day, but he really wanted gingerbread and so that is what he got. You know Boston gets lost in the mix a lot of times but yet he always makes sure you know that he is here. I love him so much! Happy B-day BoBo!

Kennedy turns "8"

2009-12-08T05:30:00.001-08:00

So my Kenna has turned eight and totally in style! We celebrated a few different times. Not pictured, yet, was her Halloween Birthday party. Wow, it was really fun! We were excited to have Grandpa Dave here for her actual birthday and then Great Grandma Ross and Aunt Peggy surprised us and came up too. We headed to Texas Roadhouse for a fun lunch to celebrate. The firt pic is of Kenna in the saddle getting wished a very happy "Yee Haw"! Afterwards we headed to the park to play horseshoes and then home for cake and ice cream. It was a great day! Then an even better day was a couple weeks later when Kennedy decided to be baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It was a very special day to say the least. All the talks were wonderful beyond compare and the spirit was so strong. She was glowing all day, and for good reason. It was an emotional day but in a good way. We were excited to have so many family and friends there to share it with us! I am excited for Kenna and the choice she has made! She is a ray of sunshine in my life and I am blessed to have such a wonderful daughter. She has always had to be my helper being the oldest and she is so nice about it. She loves to draw and create. I guess she did get a little of me considering she looks just like a ross. She also loves reading and school. That part didn't come from me. She really is just a good little girl. She loves to help in the Kitchen and bake with her easy bake oven. I love her so much!

Tag, because pics won't upload!

2009-10-18T17:11:00.001-07:00

Well I can't get my pictures to upload so I am going to fill out this tag and hopefully get pics done tomorrow!

What is your favorite color? Orange

What is your favorite pizza? Canadian Bacon & pineapple & peppers

What is your favorite restaurant? Um, not sure. I like Zuppa's, Panda Express, Rodizio Grill and Hamilton's (their shrimp is awesome)

What is your favorite Holiday? I like most HOlidays, but I love Christmas!

What is your favorite day of the week? Saturday

What is your biggest pet peev? When people act like your friend one day and not the next!

What is something you accomplished this year? Read more uplifiting books and played competitive volleyball again, thanks Nat!

What is something you would like to accomplish this year? Finish Kenna's bedspread

HOw many places have you lived? 7 different cities/towns

What is your dream vacation? Probably somewhere on a warm beach with family and friends (Meagan and Cory that means you!!)

What is something you desire right now? Josh to find a good job

What is your favorite treat? My new fav treat is fondue!! Yummy

What did you make for dinner tonight? pizza and breadsticks

Who is someone you look up to? President Monson and his wife

What do you have to do tomorrow? Halloween costumes, party at Cody's, and laundry. In no particular order!

What is your favorite movie? Right now, probably "Hocus Pocus" (buck toothed firefly)

What is something you would like to learn? Scuba diving or crocheting! Ha ha, how about that for polar opposites!

How many states have you visited? I think 9

Can you name all 50 states in 1 min? probably not, unless I had a map. Hee Hee. Try it, it is kind of hard.

Who do you want to tag? Anyone you wants to participate!!

I know, I know!

2009-10-12T13:26:00.000-07:00

I know it has been a long time and I have a ton to catch up on, so when I get a minute I will post a bunch of pics and maybe a few words. I know you will all wait in anticipation next to your computer just for MY update! Just don't hold your breath!

First Day of 2nd Grade AND First Day of preschool pictures!

2009-08-27T11:24:00.000-07:00

So the time has come. The long summer nights are gradually getting shorter and the morning air is cooler. It must mean that the new school year is here. Boston started preschool this year and absolutely loves it! I think he loves having something of his own. At last he is not the one left behind, Griffin is. I am happy he is having fun and hopefully learning things along the way.
Kenna is Kenna. She loves and thrives on school. Three weeks ago she was so jittery she couldn't hold still waiting to find out who her teacher was. I hope her love of school and learning stays forever. I know mine dwindled after time and is slowly itching its way back. Kennedy's comment after the first day was "Mom, it was fantastic!!" I remember my very first day of 2nd grade, I threw up all over my desk in Mrs Vance's class, cheerios, I think. Sorry too much info. I am glad Kenna had a better first day to 2nd grade.
Here's hoping for a great year for my beautiful kids and everyone else!

More of Griff's "2" Birthday!

2009-07-24T08:20:00.000-07:00

Here are more of Griff's birthday pics. He and Grandma Roche's birthdays are really close so we celebrated them together. It was a fun evening with Grandma, all my siblings and Mel and her girls. Griff was so funny, he got scared when we told him to help blow out the candles. Jess made an awesome carrot cake and I made some lemon desserts, yummo! I think Griff's favorite part was going around and finishing off all the pop cans that were left unattended. I love my Griff and my Grandma!

Kansas

2009-07-24T07:58:00.000-07:00

I was able to drive with Amber and girls out to kansas last month. It was fun to see a new place and spend time with Amber and the girls. We drove all in one day and the girls did great. We saw lots of deer and antelope and i'm pretty sure we hit a rock chuck somewhere along the way. The oil wells in the feilds were pretty cool to see, I've never seen those before. I even conquered a fear by flying on a small plane to Denver. The landing with the small plane was actually smoother than the larger plane. It seems like a really nice place they are moving to and I hope they like it. Thanks for the opportunity Amber it was great!

Watches

2009-07-14T07:56:00.001-07:00

Hey just a little note that I will have my mom's watches at my house tonight from 6-8:30pm. Come if you want and tell anyone you would think would be interested. I am not sending invites, it is just by word of mouth. I don't get anything out of this, people just wanted to see them so I'm bringing them to Logan!! See ya'll tonight!

Griff is "2"

2009-07-12T15:11:00.000-07:00

Our Griff is two years young today! Oh how time flies. Just yesterday we lived in Vancouver and Boston was "1" and Kenna was "4". It is so fun to see their accomplishments, but I know someday I will look back and wish they were still little. I guess I am having a sad time that my baby is two already. He has been really cute so far today, he doesn't realize it's his birthday, he just loves the extra attention!
Here are a few pics of my sweet baby boy (who actually prefers his daddy over me)! We are headed out to Great Grammy Roche's to sing happy birthday to her and Griff! Her birthday was yesterday!

Summer Activites!!!

2009-07-06T15:06:00.000-07:00

Dinosaur Park, Father's Day, Baseball game with Grandpa Dave, Cheer camp, hiking to the wind caves, bbqing in Logan canyon and hitting the pool are the things we've been up to lately! Here is a picture fest that is all mixed up with the various pictures. The wind caves pictures do not do it justice. The hike is very steep and the kids did great. Boston almost jumped off a cliff, but luckily he didn't fall over the edge. Good Times!

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Our Kenna!!

2009-06-09T15:03:00.001-07:00

Our Kennedy has had quite a bit of fun the last few weeks. I am hopeless that I will ever be up to date on this blog, as with my scrapbooks or any other project. But better late than never. First Kenna and all the first grade classes put on a program. It was called "One Big Happy Family"! It was so cute and tender. As I was trying to get good pics it was to no avail in that gymnasium but the experience was so cute. All their songs were about family and I think that is so awesome!! I think Kennedy's favorite song was the sign language one about mothers and fathers. Or was that mine?
Next her school put on the "Wildcat Run"! All the students trained for a one mile marathon. They trained for like 6 weeks. It was awesome. We were heading out of town, but decided to stay and let her run the race. Josh was able to go and run with her. She had a lot of fun, AND as we were on our way out of town my good friend called to let us know Kenna had won 3rd place out of the first grade girls with a time of 9min 13sec. SO we turned around and went to the awards assembly. Oh, it was awesome and she was so excited!! She received a bronze medal and everything. See hard work pays off! I need to follow her example.
After that, I was able to go on the first grade field trip up Logan canyon. It was fun to see Kennedy with her classmates and also know that I could be of help. I love to volunteer and thank Jessika for watching the boys for me so I could. It was a perfect day for a hike and the kids just loved it! After the canyon we headed to willow park for lunch and playtime!! Kennedy had a really great teacher this year and a really great class. All of them were very polite and obeyed all the rules. It was fun because all of them knew me as "Kennedy's mom". Without this sounding boastful, I really think Kennedy enjoyed having me there.
Then came the last day of school. Bittersweet for a first grader. Kennedy really has loved school and probably because she is good at it. Josh and I have it really easy with her. She likes to do her homework and read, heaven knows she didn't get that from me. It shows because Kennedy did fantastic on all her exams and testing! She is above average in everything! Can I get a whoo-whoo! She is awesome!
She loves her teacher and will miss her friends. I just hope she keeps this enthusiasm even when things get a little tougher.
I have to say I am excited to have her home. She is my helper and friend. So here is to my Kenna. I love you! You are the best little girl ever. Don't grow up too fast!

In a minute. . .

2009-06-08T07:35:00.000-07:00

I am hopefully going to blog sometime today. I know ya'll can't wait for it. Hopefully I can download in a couple hours. Naptime is all I need to say!!

Food for thought . . . especially for Dave.

2009-04-27T18:03:00.001-07:00

Here are a couple of meals we made lately. The first is what we call Carne Mateo, a london broil marinated in jalapenos and pepperoncini's then grilled to perfection with a salty crust. It turned out great thanks to Josh's grilling skills. Yes, my man's got skillz. Then with grilled pineapple, rice and salad complimenting this perfectly balanced meal makes for some good eats!! Check that out Alton.

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Next is a birthday dinner dedicated to Dave. I say dedicated because today was his birthday and we couldn't celebrate with him. So I say why not celebrate anyway. So this one is thanks to Emeril! Stuffed pork roast with roasted cauliflower on the side. The stuffing was made with sausage, apples, parsley, and toasted almonds. OH MAN! I worried because the roll didn't look really pretty, mainly because I didn't get the right string to tie it with, but it was great! I complimented with a bbq/dijon mustard sauce. Holy cow Dave, wish you were here. BAM BAM!!

Okay I am missing watching the food network, so this will have to do. Besides I get to actually taste it instead of look at it!

A few cool things, I didn't know before.

2009-04-23T17:28:00.001-07:00

So last Saturday my Stk had a women's conference. It was a long one 9-1, but I mustered the energy to go because I knew I wouldn't be sorry and I wasn't. It was really fun. Don Aslett (aka the cleaning Guru) was there and Sister Phillips accompanied him. She is a organizational expert who also raised 8 kids. They have done segments together at BYU education week and seminars around the country. Then we could choose out of 6 other classes to attend. I went to the gardening one first and then the parenting one. They were both really great and helped me a ton!! Here are some cool products I learned about on Sat.
So this post is jumbled like most of my others but I really like this stuff! The bathroom cleaner is not harmful to kids if they get it on them or their clothes (they probably shouldn't drink it) and the scrubbie doo microfiber mop is awesome. And the best part is that the scrubber comes off and washes in the washer. No replacing heads. Okay this sounds so dumb that I am posting about cleaners, but hey anything that is less expensive and better to use and helps get things done faster is worthy of a blog in my book.
The pic of the toothbrush is Sister Phillips daughter in laws design. She is a dental hygienist (sp?) and decided to design a toothbrush that is soft all over to help prevent mouth injuries in toddlers. I was the lucky recipient of a free one so here is my two cents to help promote. It really is cool.
The other classes were great too, I'll post later when I get my garden in and if the parenting techniques work! Later.

2009-04-14T16:16:00.000-07:00

Okay once again I am in big trouble for taking so long to post. Ah well, here it is. We have been really busy but up to nothing really. A ton of sick kids, a sick husband and no time for me to get sick. That was pretty much March in a nutshell. April has been better with more sun and less sickness, till last night. Now the next phase of pink eye is on. Bring it! Here are a few pics of Easter with the King's. It was a lot of fun and we were happy we could be here this year. I really think it has been about 5 years since we have been home for Easter. I love Easter and as I get older (Yeah I know) it means more and more. I appreciate the true meaning of Jesus' atonement and resurrection so much more!

My Boys!!

2009-03-05T20:24:00.001-08:00

I honestly didn't realize how long it had been since my last post. Sorry, I am a slacker!! Well nothing super exciting here at our place, just the excitment of every day life which is sometimes good and sometimes not so good. Here are a few pics of my boys just having fun. They are so cute and lots of fun, stress, and everything all wrapped up in 19 months and 4 yrs. My little Griff is turning into a little boy. He says "NO" and "tatch" (catch) so what else does a little boy need to say? Not much. Oh and he loves bananas and watching the next door neighbors dog out of our windows. He is a big time daddy's boy!!
Boston is well, Boston. I love him lots and he teaches me a lot of things, especially patience and the need to be prepared. Am I always prepared for the day, hmm nope! He has been loving his "homework", you know scribble in a notepad. He also loves scooby doo and riding his bike. He is a big helper when I let him be and he is really good at fixing things.
We cannot wait for the warm weather to set in. We had a couple of nice days this week which made for some fun outside, and good vitamin d. And then it snowed again. I really don't mind the snow, but I do mind the teasing. Our lawn was starting to melt and I was getting all excited for flowers and gardening. Ah well, it will come.

Random

2009-01-22T07:36:00.000-08:00

I need to post more often, but I always seem to run out of time because of reading other people's blogs. This morning I thought I would take a minute. Show some random pics and say a few random thoughts. I was reading in my study guide this morning and it had an interesting quote about "learning to decipher how the spirit talks to YOU individually". I have always struggled with this. I get a feeling and then wonder if it was just my skitzo brain, maybe fear, or was it an actual prompting. I am not sure yet, but I want to figure it out so I can be more sure of things. I was watching 24 with Josh last night and it makes me think of all sorts of in depth things. I awoke not wanting to send Kenna to school today. I prayed and never got a really STRONG feeling to keep her home so I sent her. I pray that it was just my fear talking and that I made the right decision to send her. Pray, Pray Pray. I really need to work on my fear and have more faith. I am trying!!
Okay more random. Kenna and I went to Lehi last saturday to Jen's baby shower. It was great to see some of the Ross fam, we don't see them nearly enough and Jen is so darn cute. I cannot wait to see those babies but do hope they wait for a few more weeks. It will be awesome to see how Brad figures out dirty diapers. Then we were able to visit with our wonderful friend Patty. It is always great to see her and the kids! Sunday we had fun celebrating uncle Gary's birthday, wow he is getting old j/k. Jessika's ice cream cake was delicioso!!
Well my house needs some major cleaning and Boston need more attention. PS The picture above was the one that was supposed to go out in our Christmas cards. Well because I am a slacker and Christmas caught up to me this year I did not get many sent. So sorry, I really wanted to send them but hey maybe you'll get a "Merry Summer" card or something. I'm out!

Christmas 2009

2009-01-13T11:22:00.000-08:00

So Christmas has come and now it is gone for another year and I am so bummed. I love Christmas, it makes me happy, a little overwhelmed but happy. This year was another fun one. We enjoyed good company, good parties and definately good food and lots of it. There are quite a few pics of the festivities. Christmas Eve was at mom's this year and again more food, and tons of fun. We implemented skits this year instead of white elephant gifts and it was so cute. Todd and Chris in their "Sisters" act, Walker Bax and Bub with their version of the Chipmunks, the Williams crew sang a wonderful rendition of "Rudolph the red nose reindeer" and more songs by Davis' and Burtons'. You might say what did the Ross' do??? Well ask Josh why we didn't do one. I had a fun thing planned but it never was practiced so we pulled out but Kenna did sing a cute song. Oh and let's not forget that Grammy Roche sang a song accompanied by Sher. Then it was on to traditional Christmas Eve pj's. We missed Amber and Emmy so much at this time. We'll have to photo shop them into the pics.
Christmas morning was a lot of fun. Boston and Griff slept in and we made Kennedy wait for them. I think she peeked before she came upstairs. The kids were so excited that the cookies and milk were gone and that Santa left a note. Kennedy is really the one who gets most excited for this. Griff just wanted the candy and Boston just wanted more. We read about the birth of our Savior and enjoyed some croissant and oj, well I enjoyed the croissants and found out that none of my children will eat them. STrange ones I tell you.
I don't have pictures of this one but I have to mention it, that Dave came and stayed with us for a week and we had lots of fun baking and making candy. I am still not sure whether to count the candy as success or failure, but at least we tried.
We never did make it down to Temple Square, due to weather! I don't think I have pics of that either! What is wrong with me. We had a ton of snow in Dec. It kept us home during a very important event in AF with the Epperson's and we almost didn't get home on Christmas day! But nonetheless we made it and kids have had fun playing in it. Dave and Audrey had to leave early because of the weather but they came back to Logan the day after Christmas. Once again it was wonderful for them to come and we had a great time.
Our Christmas program at Church was wonderful too. I have to mention that because the it was all music and it was beautiful. We have alot of talent in our ward, I am hoping that some of the music talent will rub off on me???? I may be a lost cause, but I'll try.
Again this post is a little skitzo but oh well. We had a wonderful Christmas and are already looking forward to next year!

Some of my favorites!

2008-12-11T11:16:00.000-08:00

I thought it would be fun to list some of my favorites about Christmas time so here it goes:

Treats inculde: toffee, peanut brittle, gingerbread (anykind), Egg Nog (mixed with half milk), peanut clusters, Andes Mints, and pretty much just about anything.

Movies: White Christmas is at the top, Muppet's Christmas Carol, Mr. Kruegar's, The Santa Claus (1), Home Alone, Elf, and of course Miracle of 34th Street.

Activities: I love to see all the fun lights, make gingerbread or graham cracker houses. I like to decorate my own, ALONE! Caroling on the hay wagon (oh the days with Grandpa Vern), putting up my Nativities, getting Christmas cards, and seeing my mom's decorated house.

Traditions: Cream cheese croissants and oj Christmas morning, unless we are with the Ross' then it is Mtn. Man breakfast (yum yum). Reading the Christmas story. Trying to see the lights at Temple Square. We have been gone for a few years so hopefully this year. New Traditions are fun too hopefully we will make some of our own with the kids. I heard a fun one; when going around to see the lights, let the kids judge which house they like best and then leave that house a treat and Congrats for winning our "best lights" award.

Music: I am tard because I don't know how to put music on my blog but some of my favorites are Bing Crosby, Kenny and Dolly's Christmas, Cindy Lou singing "Where are you Christmas" (and any other version), Voicemale, MoTab, and singing at Sacrament.
Specific songs: "White Christmas", "Mary did you know", "We Three kings", "Away in a Manger", "It came Upon a Midnight Clear", and "Christmas Bells".

I love the giving and I must say I like the getting too (who doesn't), but the giving outways the getting by far. I have really wanted to find someone to be of service to this year. HOpefully I can and try to involve the kids as well. There are so many fun magical things to do with the kids around this time of year that teaches them so much good!! Now if I just really TRY! Well this post is all about me, sorry but it has been fun to sit and think about Christmas. As I am thinking I remembered that this month's Ensign it AWESOME! Every single story touched me so much, and almost all of them made me cry. I don't like to admit that but they were so neat! Read it if you haven't. We are so lucky to have the knowledge of our Savior Jesus Christ and the words of a wonderful Prophet and Apostles.

So as I say adue I do so with the words of Ebeneezer Scrooge "BAH HUMBUG" hee hee Just kidding how about "I will honor Christmas today, forever and always".

Thanksgiving 2008!

2008-12-04T17:27:00.001-08:00

Okay so I don't have many pics of Thanksgiving, I know lazy me, but for a little small excuse I was sick most of the weekend, and another little excuse is that the Ross' are actually really hard to take pictures of. I am crazy and like to make faces or smile when the camera is pointing at me and I guess I am like that because I want my kids to be like that. I want them to remember me and have pics to look at my face, not the back of my head. Also for some reason it is just hard to get my camera out. Sorry Ross' I will try harder to take better and more pics at our events, so be prepared and be happy about it! Hee Hee, that is all meant in the nicest way! Thanks Cheri for sending some other pics.
So on to the weekend. It was full of food, shopping, movies and games. The biggest down side is that we didn't actually spend a lot of time all together as a family. Cheri and Brett had Thanksgiving dinner at their home, thanks guys, and it was wonderful. We ate, talked and let the kids run around after Brooks (brad and Jen's dog) they had a blast. On Friday, Audrey, Cori and I did some early shopping. Audrey and Cori were newbies to black friday, but they did very well, but I don't think they will ever go again. I wasn't going for big ticket items, but got some good deals on movies. I went to Joann's twice without success, the lines were just too long. After a big morning of shopping and a little nap, Audrey, Jen, Cheri and I went to see Twilight. I have read the books once and if I ever have time will probly read them again. I thought the movie was good, not great, but okay. Saturday we looked at houses that Dave and Audrey are interested in, we will not go further into that except they didn't get the one they wanted. We are all so bummed and will remember them in our prayers. Then that night Jason,Cori, Dave, Audrey, josh and I played "80's Trivial Pursuit"! I WON, now I have to give some credit to my partner, Dave, but I say "I" because he ditched me and went to bed. So I think it is very funny that I being born in the 80's won against others who are well, umm, OLDER!! Ha Ha! Sunday we packed up and went home!

Okay well that was long and probably really boring for anyone who is not me animating my sentences with correct grammar in my head, sorry!

Here is an I'm Thankful for list:
My family, the opportunity that I have to be a mom and to have 3 wonderful healthy kids. For Josh and his hard work to support our family. His humor, unless it is directed at me! I am thankful for a beautiful home and a good start on my food storage. I am grateful for forever friends and the experiences I have had in my life being away from home and needing to find great friends. I am thankful for food to eat and warm blankets to cover me and my children at night. I am grateful for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I would not have any direction or meaning to my life without the gospel and the knowledge of my Savior Jesus Christ. I am grateful for a Prophet who lives today and the rest of the 12 Apostles. I am thankful to be a daughter and a sister. I love my family with all my heart and am so grateful for their examples. I am grateful that prayers are answered and that we live in the United States of America and for all the freedoms we enjoy and take for granted everyday.
Okay a little less serious list:
I am grateful for bathtubs, peace and quiet, children's naptimes, books, make-up, ugg boots (sp?), my scentsy candle that burns "Grove and Clove", the falling gas prices, cute jeans, cute haircuts, cell phones, the chance to laugh, Disney DVD's, Christmas AND tampons. What would we ever do without them. Sorry I thought that was funny!! OH I feel like this post is out of control because I am trying so hard to get it done in a hurry, man I need to use spell check oops out of time. I'm out!

Elder Wirthlin

2008-12-02T08:17:00.001-08:00

I am truly saddened this morning as I found about about Elder Wirthlin's passing. In the last couple of years I have come to love him and really take to heart his talks. Two conferences ago he was shaking so bad at the pulpit, but he continued his talk and another apostle held him steady. What love they have for eachother. That has been imprinted on my soul. Then at the last conference his talk was titled "Come What May and Love It". It was a great talk and fun to think of him as a great football player. What an amazing man, I will miss him.

Halloween, Birthdays, etc. etc.

2008-11-16T17:14:00.001-08:00

I know, I know I haven't blogged forever so here it goes. There are a lot of pics from our fun ventures the last couple of weeks. There are pictures from Halloween; Boston was Speed Racer, Kenna was Minnie Mouse, Griffin was a Lion, and I was a cat (I had so much fun painting my face). We went to trunk -or- treat at our ward and then headed over to Nikki's for dinner and games. She is so creative and kids just love to be at Aunt Nikkens. I experimented and made a "bread spider", the kids thought it was awesome. So FUN! Next Josh and my Dad took the kids to "Golden Spike Monument". It was off season so the trains were housed in the warehouse but they still took the tour and had lots of fun. I stayed and helped mom with painting her bathroom.
Okay so the BIG stuff!! Kenna turned "7" and Boston turned "4"! We partied hard for about 4 days and one of the best things is that Grandpa DAve was able to come down and visit for the week. We got KEnnedy from school a little early and headed to Twin FAlls to meet Grandpa DAve. He rode down with Brett and Cheri. So Kenna spent her most of her birthday in the car, but she said having Grandpa with her on her birthday was the best present. So sweet! We celebrated with a birthday dinner at Chilies and then on Sat. I took Kenna to "High School Musical 3" with some of her cousins (I am so bummed my camera battery was dead and thus I have no pics of this), and Boston got to go bowling with his new friend Bryton. PS I whooped Josh at bowling, sweet! On another day most of my family ventured to our house for pizza and ice cream. It was so fun. Jessika made the awesome cakes and we had a great ole time!! The kids played pin the tire on Speed Racer Mach 5 and it was fun. I cannot believe that my kids are getting this old. It is so fun to watch them grow and learn new things but it makes me sad too. Kenna loves beading and polly pockets. Boston's new favorite toy is geo trax and is still loving Speed Racer. I think his most favorite gift was Speed Racer underwear. (So easy to please) They both are great kids and we love them so much.
Okay here is the picture fest! ENJOY!

American West Heritage Ctr

2008-10-29T13:06:00.000-07:00

Josh and I took the kids to the "American West Heritage Ctr" on Monday. It is such a fun place right here in Logan. They do events all through the year. Kenna went with Amber to the Baby Animal Days last year, so we decided to go for their Harvest/Halloween event. Nikki had called a few days before and said it was way cool and then Steff said the same thing. We got to ride in a covered wagon pulled by big horses, Belgiums? It reminded me so much of the hay rides with Grandpa Vern. We got lost in the corn maze, knocked over some milk bottles and the kids went through a fun straw maze. There was awesome Halloween lights, better than some Christmas lights. There was also a place where you could jump off straw bails into loose straw, but Griffin pooped his pants and me being the great mother I am forgot diapers and wipes. Oops, we had to leave early but it was still awesome. Thanks JOsh for going, I know it isn't your cup of tea. When we got home we enjoyed hot chocolate w/ marshmallows. Doesn't get better than that!

Disneyland!!

2008-09-30T11:40:00.000-07:00

Josh and I just got back from a wonderful weekend at Disneyland! Yes, we went just us two. We dropped the kids off in Middleton and flew out of Boise. It was so much fun being with Josh at Disneyland! The park was all decorated with Halloween, it was so cool. They changed the Haunted Mansion into "Nightmare Before Christmas" with Jack Scarington all over. The characters were in their halloween duds and the giant pumpkins were amazing. We got to be kids again, well until Josh got sick, not from the rides but nonetheless sick. He was a trooper and we still did a ton. We walked so much and so fast that by Sat we were exhausted. We rode every ride we wanted to and only waited about 20 min in each line. Well the new Toy Story ride was about 30 min, but worth it. We ate some great food including Blue Bayou (inside Pirates of the Carribean ride), Hook's Pointe and Goofy's Kitchen. Blue Bayou was by far the BEST! Some of our favorite rides were California Screamin, Tower of Terror, Toy Story Mania, Splash Mtn, Space Mtn and Pirates. The fireworks were great, we watched from on top of the river boat. We saw a lot of characters the most friendly- Pluto; the most unfriendly- Sully! We had a really nice room at the Disneyland Hotel and it was nice to be right there, I couldn't have imagined walking any farther to a hotel. We missed a few things like the tea-cups and Mr. Toads's wild ride but we'll get to them next time. I am so glad we had a chance to go just the two of us for a couple of reasons: first it was a much needed getaway for us, it is great to fall in love AGAIN, and second, now I know what I would and wouldn't do with the kids with us. With that said it was great to see the kids on Sunday, and a BIG shout out "THANKS" to Dave, Audrey, Jason, and Cori for watching our little munchkins. They had so much fun in Idaho! They all loved the Mickey and Minnie Ears we brought back for them (picture coming soon). Josh made the comment that only at Disneyland could a grown man wear mickey ears and not get crap for it. He is right. It is such a fun place where imagination is overflowing! I can't wait to go again!! WAHOO!

Boston started Soccer!

2008-09-25T15:15:00.000-07:00

Boston started soccer this week, and he is so EXCITED! It is indoor soccer and still just as crazy as outdoor soccer. They have eight kids on a team and they all play at the same time. They all struggle to not pick up the ball with their hands and they run like a herd of cattle. It was hilarious. Boston was aggressive and scored 2 goals, one for each team. I don't think he has EVER ran that much continuously. He fell down a lot and then would sit there for a minute and catch his breath, yes in the middle of the game. Hee, hee. It was fun for him to finally have something of his own. He sees Kenna in dance and going to school and I think it makes him sad. So it is great that he is old enough for soccer!

I heart Fall!

2008-09-17T07:28:00.000-07:00

I love this time of year, it is my favorite! The leaves turning their amazing rich colors and then eventually falling and leaving their sign that winter is approaching. I love the coolness of the morning air and the wonderful evenings that are perfect. I love the scents of fall, my scentsy "Grove and Clove" is absolutely wonderful. It makes my house a home. I love Brigham City peaches, the fair, my birthday, and canning yummy stuff. I could probably go on and on about how much I love fall but I won't. I just love this time of year!

Island Park and Yellowstone!

2008-09-01T19:04:00.000-07:00

We had a lot of fun this year and hope to make it a tradition. The food was awesome, sights wonderful and the company was great!!
River trips, water fun, campfires, too much Yellowstone, and pinochle parties; it was awesome.
The kids played hard while we were at the cabin and our favorite thing in Yellowstone was probably throwing rocks in Yellowstone Lake and getting to see a herd of buffalo an hour before we left. Kennedy also really like Dragon's Cauldron, pee yew! Most of these pics are on Dave's new fun and fancy camera.
Griff was a trooper through the whole thing. Next year will probably be more fun for him.
Till next year!

Kenna's first full day of school!

2008-08-20T16:48:00.001-07:00

It was Kennedy's first day of 1st grade yesterday! Oh, she looked so cute and was so excited to go. We had back to school night on Tues. and were able to meet her teacher. Her teacher seems really friendly and experienced which I think is great. She sits by a boy from our ward so it will be nice that they have something in common. It is hard having her gone all day, she is my helper but I am excited for her education and expanding her horizons! Watch out world here comes Kenna.

Update on my garden.

2008-08-06T10:43:00.000-07:00

Our garden is growing like crazy, and it is so much fun and overwhelming at the same time. One of the hardest parts this year is the hundreds, yes I said hundreds, of grasshoppers that have decided that they really like my garden and flower beds. I have read a little bit about how to get rid of them and it seems that unless you have live chickens or fowl most likely they won't go away. The picture with the pink flower is really not suppose to be artistic but to show the ugly little buggers up close. Whenever we walk by the garden or flower beds it is like they can move because the grasshoppers start jumping all over. It is quite disgusting. Next post I will show the contraption Josh built for capturing them, it is humorous. Okay the varments have done damage on a couple of tomato plants and a few pepper plants, but the fruit seems to still be in contact. Cross your fingers that it stays that way. Now onto the positive. The cucs and zucchini are wonderful and I cannot wait to try the spaghetti squash. I really think I could feed the entire lane with squash this year. We already have about 14 good sized squash. I am looking forward to the tomatos and canning salsa. Today I picked quite a few jalepeno peppers. Kennedy said this morning "Our garden is really fun". I think she was referring to eating what has grown but it could be because they like to catch those horrible grasshoppers.

A Week of Fun!

2008-08-06T08:01:00.000-07:00

Last week was a fun one. The older kids stayed with Grandpa Dave, Grandma Audrey, Jason, Cori, and their kids for a few days. Kenna and Boston had a blast. Water parks, picnics, forts, bike riding, you name it and they did it. I missed them but I knew they were being taken care of and having the time of their lives. So on Thurs. I went to Twin Falls to pick up the kids. We were able to visit with Grandma T for a little while and then say our good-byes. It was hard especially because Boston just loves uncle Jason so much. Then the kids and I headed to the open house for the Twin Falls Temple. Well I cannot say my experience was as grand as my sister in law's but it was nice. Boston was a regular boy and it was hard being by myself with all three kids, but I know my prayers were heard because the wife of the tour guide stayed in the back and helped me take care of Boston. I will forever be grateful. And even though I was on edge the whole time, afterwards when Kennedy was asking questions made it all worth it. The Temple is beautiful and it was neat to take my kids in before it is dedicated. The State flower of Idaho, the syringa, is patterened through out the Temple. Kennedy and I had fun looking for it in the carpets, windows, iron work, everywhere. Even though it didn't end up being a super reverent time for me it still brings tears to my eyes when I think of it. I really think they will remember this forever. After the Temple, and some amazing cookies, we ventured out to Shoshone Falls. It was such a neat waterfall, and the sounds were amazing. .

Beets!

2008-08-04T11:16:00.000-07:00

Here is our first crop of beets. We pickled them and they are good good! We love our garden.

A Great Place but even better Friends!

2008-07-30T07:27:00.001-07:00

Most of the pictures are worth a thousand words. We had a ton of fun with the Bennett's in Island Park. Their whole family was able to be there and we were excited to be a part of it. Too bad I don't have pictures of the one big room with 30, yes that's right I said 30, beds in it. Four playpens, 17 kids and how ever many adults it was tonz of fun and total craziness when bedtime came. We spent a day in Yellowstone at Old Faithful and some hot pots, went swimming a ton, had some traditional reunion stuff and ate like it was the last time we ever would. MMmmm, good. We traveled home through Jackson Hole and Bear Lake and we even got to stop at La Beau's, too bad I didn't get a raspberry shake. So in between no sleep and Boston throwing up we had fun. It was great to be around our friends from WA and to get to know the family that did not live there while we did. We miss them a lot! Oh but we did get to have them all stay at our place Sat. night, it was awesome and I would do it again in a heartbeat. Mindi, Griff's party was the week before so I am not amazing just a couple weeks behind in blogging. Hee, Hee!
So enough words look at the pics.

Griffy turns 1!!!

2008-07-23T08:32:00.000-07:00

So it happened all too quickly! Our Griff has turned one year old. He is such a cutie and a good baby, except when he is teething but let's not get into that. He brings me so much happiness and joy. He is sweet beyond compare. He took his first steps about 6 days before his birthday and has been trying more and more everyday. He loves to play with Kennedy, and sometimes Boston when Boston isn't trying to harm him. He loves to play on the stairs, okay not that safe but we are usually watching. He loves to be outside and loves to take baths. His newest curiosity has taken him to the toilet, yuck. Now all doors must be closed and seats down. He is a total momma's boy but loves to smile at anybody as long as I am holding him. He has all his teeth except for canines along with that comes a beautiful smile and contagious giggle. He loves to play pattie-cake and is getting really good at all the actions. Griff looks a lot like Kennedy and has a very similar build. Griffy has followed Kenna's growing pattern and therefore will probably be a skinny bum his whole life.
As you can see at his party he didn't like his cake very much. I must say the cake was AWESOME! Thanks Jess. I think the Ross Reunion the day before really tuckered him out. So when he wouldn't eat any Josh decided to shove his face in it, So sad yet a little humorous. After a nap on the floor during wii homerun derby he was ready to go again. Thanks all for coming it was a great day!!

A little of what has been going on!

2008-07-08T07:55:00.000-07:00

This is a long post with a lot of pictures. We have been busy and had lots of fun. Enjoy!
So the last few days have been full of fun and very busy. We started out last Wed. going up Logan canyon and spending some time with my great friend Natalie and her family. It was so much fun. Our kids get along so well and finally Josh and Justin we able to meet. No pics of this because we took them all with Nat's nice camera.
Then Josh had a couple of days off for the 4th of July. I am so grateful to live in this free land. I cannot begin to express how I feel. I got all choked up singing "Battle Hymn of the Republic" at Church last week. It is not something I think about often enough but for others, like my friend Brooke, it is on their minds everyday. Having such great people defend our country so long ago and this very minute, they are making such a huge sacrifice for us. Thanks to all those that serve our Country, you are great and always in our prayers for your safe return.
On a lighter note. We spent Thurs. at the pool and it was lots of fun. I was glad that Josh was with us. Boston only escaped once and we found him at the top of the huge slide. I wish I had a picture to show how high it was. Funny, but not. The little stinker. Despite my best efforts and sunscreen Josh and I got toasted and poor Kennas cheekers got burned. Thank heaven for sunshirts. Thurs night we enjoyed the Logan fireworks with a wonderful view from Gossner's. It really was the perfect place. Griff would go "OOOOO" and point and Kenna and Boston really liked them as well.
Friday we headed off to Mantua to camp with Mom. Nikki's fam was there and we all had a great time. Thanks mom for the good food and thanks Nikki for letting my kids mooch. Walker, Kennedy and Halleigh found a fun stream that was beautiful, and it had a rope swing that went over the creek. It was fun until the camper's who paid for the spot came and kicked us out. j/k.
Saturday we were able to see Halleigh get baptized. What a wonderful day it was and we are so pround of her and her decision to be baptized. Jessika and Gary put on a fantastic bbq and we had a great time visiting. About 1pm Nikki and I headed up to the salon for hair-do's. Audrey came into town and got fixed up as well. Thanks Nikki, we are beautiful once again. Hee, Hee. That night we took Audrey and Dave to meet my fam at the Logan Cruise In. It was so cool to see all the antique cars. The kids had a blast!! Especially my dad. Yes I consider him a kid when it comes to classic cars, he gets so so excited. After the cars we went and pitched some more horseshoes. DAve and I whooped Josh and Audrey!! Hey and I got my first ringer. Wahooo!
Well, that was a lot and we are very tired. Now for a few days at home to clean up before our next adventure. And a big shout out to Brad and Jen and their inventro process. Congrats and Good Luck!! Love you.

My Garden!

2008-07-08T07:03:00.000-07:00

I have been so excited to have my very own garden this year. That was a must when looking for our home. I had a small container garden in Vancouver and it got me hooked. It is something I really enjoy doing. Now I really am just a beginner so this one is trial and error. I didn't really realize how much I planted until I started typing it up. I have already had failures: broccoli and cauliflower. So I pulled those out and planted pickling onions yesterday. My best growing plants has to be my tomatillo pepper plant and the tomatos and beets aren't doing too bad either. So the contents: tomatoes (a few varieties), jalepeno pepper, red and green bells, cylindrical beets, cucumbers, onions, tomatillo and in the pics you'll see the broccoli and cauliflower. Around the house I have some zucchini and spaghetti squash. If it all works then we'll have a busy canning season and lots of good eats!
Sorry about spelling errors. Also these pics were taken a couple of weeks ago, I will post a more recent one in a couple of days. Everything is a lot bigger now. The slide show has kind of a crazy design, but cool.

A Great Week!

2008-06-28T15:48:00.000-07:00

Okay, so most of you reading this know that I have the best father-in-law in the world. Sorry for the rest of you, j/k. Dave was able to come and stay with us for a whole week while Audrey was over seas. It was great!! We tried some new recipes and some longstanding favorites, food always plays a big part when we're together. We went to the park several times, played horseshoes, shopped (poor Griff was such a trooper), ate, picked me out a bike, ate some more, worked on the yard and garden, fixed some sprinklers, took naps, went to the library, gossners, distribution center, watched some movies, went to the Temple, and contemplated the worlds biggest mysteries and solved them, but we'll let the rest of you figure them out.
The kids just love Grandpa Dave. He is so cute with them. Boston would wake every morning asking for Grandpa, who cares about mom, he just wanted Gramps. Well until Gramps drenched him with the hose. Griffin was getting used to Gramps just as he left now we'll have to start at square one next time. We also gave Dave his diaper changing opportunity for the decade. This time it was Griff and I'm sure it will be at least another 10 years before he does it again, thanks Dave. I know Josh loved being able to come home and hang out with his dad even though most of the time they were in the un-airconditioned blue car. Yipes, we really need to upgrade. We don't want them baking like toasted cheesers anymore. I don't think Josh will enjoy playing horseshoes with me quite as much. Kenna will miss her Gramps. She loves that he will read her stories and take her for walks. So special. I too had so much fun. I'm just sad the week is over. We look forward to the next time Grandma is out of town. No offense Audrey, we'd love for you to come down as well. This is a long no picture post, sorry we were so busy having fun that I forgot to take pics. I'll remember next time. Thanks Dave, you're the best!!

Throwing some shoes!

2008-06-24T07:37:00.000-07:00

A few years ago Josh and his dad started throwing horseshoes. It is something that I have done a few times with my own dad. Dave learned with his dad. Here at Willow Park they have quite a few pits so it has been really nice to go play. There is a playground feet away from the fenced horseshoe pits so Boston and Kenna can play and still be supervised. Griff usually gets the shaft and has to be buckled in his stroller but with a few toys and a cup of cheerios he is in heaven. On Sat. evening we went and played and it was so fun. Nice weather, fun game, and Josh cheating. Sounds about right, huh? Just kidding but he is really getting the flip down. Josh threw a couple of ringers and Grandpa Dave got one too. I have yet to throw a ringer but someday I will.

Kenna's Kingergarten Graduation and Year in Review

2008-06-15T13:47:00.000-07:00

So this is a little late coming but I wanted to share pics from Kennedy's special day at Kindergarten Graduation. She asked me for weeks if it was tomorrow! She was so excited to show me the things she and her class had been working on. She was a little shy up on the stage which surprised me a little but she did an amazing job. They sang a bunch of songs about letters and numbers, a cute rapping song called "The Rules of the Classroom" it was hilarious, and they ended with "Your a Grand Ole Flag". Kennedy really loves school and does well at everything. Mrs. Comte always told me how much she enjoyed having her in her class and hoped we wouldn't move before the end of the year. She said Kennedy is definately a leader and loves her enthusiasm. Things Kennedy loved about Kindergarten: Mrs. Comte, she listened to her better than me; Recess, what kid doesn't; rotations, lots of art; the Kindy 500, she is so into anything American; and of course her friends. She got particularly close with a cute little girl named Kamri. It was really sad to separate them. Kamri was Kenna's first bff. I loved seeing Kennedy succeed. She can read and write like it is no big deal, but it is huge. She was so good at homework, definatley got that from Josh, and would do anything to please Mrs. Comte. She got to have a picture displayed in the school of a drawing she did for her principal when he was sick she that that was pretty cool. She also won a helmet for another drawing, which we forgot to pick up, but exciting nonetheless. And everyone in the office knew her because of her pretty red hair. She was the only Red headed girl all morning and afternoon kindergarten classes. We are so proud of her and hope that she contiues to love school. I had a lot of fun helping out when I could. I was able to help with Thanksgiving, Valentines and Teacher appreciation. We had a great experience in Kindergarten. The slide show is kind of backwards and the captions are not showing up but now everyone who was not able to be there can see what a great time Kennedy had in Kindergarten.

Boston Red Sox

2008-06-11T08:35:00.000-07:00

So most of you know that we are big Boston fans. We decided we wanted to decorate the basement family room with vintage looking sports stuff. We were on all posters a couple of days ago and saw this really cool black and white picture of Fenway Park, all was black and white except the "green monster" was of course green. It was sold out. So I am browsing Target's add, they don't have one in Logan but I love that store, and they had this same picture for less money. I called to the Riverdale store and the girl wasn't very nice and said they sold out before the ad even came out. Sigh. So I didn't think much about it until last night I really just kept having a feeling to call the Layton store. I did and they had two left. So Josh got his father's day present early. We were both really excited!

So the picture right? I couldn't find a way to copy and paste so here is the url

http://weeklyad.target.com/target/default.aspx?action=entryflash&ref=nav%5Fweeklyad

it is in the middle of the page.

We are Home!!

2008-06-06T08:04:00.000-07:00

Wow our very own home!! It has been a long time coming considering we just celebrated our 8th anniversary this week. We have been so blessed and are really loving it here in Logan.
We left Payson two weeks ago today. Have I mentioned that I had to drive one of the big moving trucks? Scary! Yeah, I am not so sure that I want to do that again. Especially when one of JOsh's comments when we got here was "I think someone was smoking pot in your truck"! No wonder I was so happy when we got here. Things went well and Kenna was a huge help with Griffin. Boston rode with Josh. We got the little truck unpacked Fri night with the help of some great neighbors. Wow, not only did people come to help move but then one neighbor brought us back pizza, breadsticks and soda. What great people. They knew us for what 5 seconds. Then on Sat. Josh's family, Dave, Audrey, Brett and Cheri drove down from Boise and my mom, dad, Jessika and GAry came over to help. It was awesome and I will forever be in their debt. It took a couple of hours to unpack the kitchen where it took about 2 weeks to do it by myself down in Payson. Brett mowed my jungle of a lawn, really it is so green and thick, Dave and Dad fixed up my garden, they knew how important is was to me, and everyone else helped unpack a ton of boxes. Afterwards we had a bbq and then played some horseshoes at Willow Park. It was a great weekend. The only sad part was when everyone had to leave, but they left behind about 2 dozen doughnuts and cinnamon twists, just what I need. They are GRRRRReat!!
Since the move we have painted the kitchen. I love it. The green turned out great and now it is on to touch-ups. The before in the pic with my mom is a really limey bright green and the new color is more sage green.
We also were able to got to baby Oaklie's blessing last Sun. It will be great living closer to the fam. Now if the road construction would hurry up. We also took the kids up to second damn and had a picnic. They loved it, blisters and all. I wasn't planning on hiking but we did a little and in sandals. Not a good combination. I am just really excited for all that cache valley has to offer! Now on for another fun weekend.

On the road again!

2008-05-21T21:01:00.000-07:00

It really does feel like we just did this. Oh yeah, we did. Well the moving part anyway. Last time the company had us packed and everything. Sigh. That was nice. At least this time I am not 2 weeks post-op. Here are a couple pics of our lives the last couple of weeks. I am sure you all have moved and know what a great time it is . . . added sarcasm. It hasn't been too bad I just need to stop thinking. Yes, I know my family is smirking right now. I worry too much about things that need not be worried about. Did you follow that?

We are beyond excited to be moving!! It feels like Kenna just started school and yet it seems like we have been in Payson FOREVER! The things I will miss the most about Payson are my sunday school class that Josh and I team taught, a few ladies in the ward, and Kennedy's kindergarten teacher. What a great experience they have been. I guess that is why we were here. Everything else can stay in Payson. (No disrespect intended) Really if I had my own home and Josh was closer to work it wouldn't be so bad, but I don't and he isn't so I am okay with this. Logan will be awesome!! Well I am not sure when our internet will be hooked up so for now tata and Happy Memorial Day!!

I Found It!!

2008-05-14T17:57:00.000-07:00

Wahoo, I found it, and I have to apologize to Boston because it wasn't his fault. I just didn't look hard enough. Again we had a great time at Gram-T's house. Brad and Jen I didn't get any photos with you, sorry, it was still great to have you come. There are about 10 photos, enjoy!!

Missing cord!

2008-05-14T14:17:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I was getting ready to post some pics of our fun day up in Buhl and my camera cord is not where it should be. One guess. Yep, Boston had my camera bag last. I really really hope it is not lost. Back to business. We had a great day up in Buhl last Sat with Josh's fam. We went to celebrate Gram_T's 80th bday. I think we surprised her, well JOsh may have let it slip but it was fun anyway. We had great food and great company. We missed Jason's fam and hope they are feeling better. We came home that night in need of some much deserved rest. I got to take the best Mother's Day nap ever. Thanks Josh. Secretly all of us were asleep so it wasn't much work for him. Hee hee. Happy Mother's Day to all, a little bit late. I have the best mom ever and the best mother-in-law ever too. Gee, I am very lucky!

It's your Birthday Shout Hooray!!

2008-04-29T13:10:00.000-07:00

We have had a month full of Birthdays and it has been a blast!! Grandma, Grandpa, neices, nephews, and really great friends! We did not party it up with everyone, but we had a blast with those that we did, and missed those that we didn't. Lolli was so cute and loved her pink pig, we had fun eating Dave's cake without him (sorry about that), and I was able to get a fabulous pedi with Patti!! Thanks Dave for watching the kids.

It is wonderful to see how the Lord blesses us through people we know, whether it be family or friends!! We have amazing people in our lives!!

Here are a couple pics of the kids!

I love new things, who doesn't!

2008-04-16T09:31:00.001-07:00

A couple of new fun things. Here is a picture of our new home! Wahoo, I am so excited!!! And to add to the fun new house is a fun new haircut. I have been wanting to cut it for awhile, and finally I did. It is quite drastic, but I love it. It is only hair right? I like to spice it up every once in awhile.

A Few Things!

2008-04-10T16:20:00.000-07:00

Okay, first things first. We put in an offer on a home, and they ACCEPTED!! WAHOO! Hopefully all goes well and this will end our hunt. We are excited and very blessed because things just fell into place. We truly saw the hand of the Lord in this venture. I am hoping to get a couple of pics this weekend to post.

Second, Kenna lost her first tooth. It was a little tragic due to the fact that Josh pinched kenna's lip in the pliers instead of the tooth, but all ended well with Mom (aka me) pulling it out. It was very ready and the permanent tooth under it is already starting to poke up. The tooth fairly mended all bridges of this tragic loss, or not so tragic. She was finally able to get her name on the board at school for those you have lost teeth.

And last, and certainly not that important, but nonetheless funny, a picture of my "white trash" week. Driving my car around with nothing but the best, a plastic garbage bag and the fix all, duct tape. Classy, I know.

My Kenna!

2008-04-03T11:44:00.001-07:00

Kennedy had Spring school pictures last week, and I couldn't bring myself to buy more so we took a few before she went to school. Oh, she's getting so grown up!

Kennedy also had a "Kindy 500" at school. No, it wasn't a race, the jist of it was that all the kids made their own cardboard car and they drove it around the school to different classes to learn about the United State of America. Kenna came home and told us all about the Liberty Bell, Lincoln Memorial, and the Flag. She said "Mom, did you know that Betsy Ross made the first American Flag"? All day she would come up with these random things. Ask Brad and Jen about dinner, it was hilarious. "I bet you didn't know that the liberty bell has a big crack in it", she said. So funny!! Kenna wanted a bus and Josh wanted a VW Bus so we this is what we came up with. I had a hard time stepping back and allowing Kenna to put her touches on it, but she did a geat job and we both learned things in the process.

Easter 2008

2008-03-24T13:00:00.000-07:00

Well we had a Great Easter yesterday! At first, I thought it was going to be lonely. My family was headed south for some warmer weather and Josh's fam was all spread out this year. We had lunch with my fam on Fri, but we have been traveling so much that we decided just to stay home for Easter. On Friday, Patti invited us to Sunday Easter dinner. I am so grateful that she did. It was great to be with her and Rob's family. Little pukashells (Luke) just loves Josh. With Rob's passing just a little while ago, this Easter and the true meaning has been really close this year. I am grateful to have learned and felt more of the enabling power of the Atonement and the perfect brightness of hope that the Resurrection brings. Rob's family is very inviting and accepting and we are blessed to know them. Our RS lesson was great as well, and Kennedy and Boston sang in Sacrament with the Primary. Well, Kenna sang, and I'm not sure what Boston was doing, but nonetheless I always get a little veclemt (sp?) when my kids sing and perform. We had a big Easter egg hunt at the Epperson's and a wonderful Family Home Evening. We had a great time!!

Awesome Park!

2008-03-16T19:11:00.000-07:00

It was a pretty nice day yesterday so we decided to go to a park up in American Fork that Josh found while driving around for work. It was an amazing park. Now moving from Vancouver where it would be pretty hard to out do their parks, this one would give them a run for their money. There was a volcano, a rocket ship, a treehouse, and all sorts of discovery things like echo boxes, spinning wheels and music bells. The beehives and rocket ship even had little seats in them. I was glad we went in the morning because on the way home it started to snow. Crazy Utah weather! Well hopefully I can say that the cabin fever has been cured, for a few hours.

A Great Man, A Great Friend!! We will Miss You!

2008-03-06T09:55:00.000-08:00

Our dear friend Rob Epperson passed away this morning. I really do not have words for how much he will be missed and the sincere heartache I have for his dear wife, Patti, and their children. Josh and Rob were best of friends really from the minute they met. We had the privelage of spending a lot of time with them when we lived in Vancouver. We and the Epperson's were adopted into the Bennett family the whole time we were there, and we will always be linked. How I will treasure our memories of him and try our hardest to stay in touch with Patti. It hasn't really become a reality for me, except there is a strange sad void in my spirit right now. I have prayed and pondered life through hearing all that they have gone through the last couple of months, and have not had a lightning strike for why it happens. I feel that that question is of no worth because no one can answer "why", but the feeling always came that Jesus is the Christ, he died for our sins, sorrows and sickness. This is why we CAN overcome death, only through him, Jesus Christ, because he knew it was the ONLY way we could return to our Father in Heaven. I know that Rob and Patti know these things. They really knew their spiritual stuff. I will never forget Rob's zest for life, and the ability to make anyone laugh! He and his family were always so welcoming. He and Patti stepped right in and helped me when Josh moved down to Utah and I was alone with the kids. I know this does no justice for the wonderful man, husband, father, and friend he was, but We Love you Rob, Patti, and kids. You are in our prayers!!

I Guess Griff was tired, what do you think?

2008-03-03T12:44:00.000-08:00

Here is my precious Griff. A couple of weeks ago we moved him into another room in hopes that he would start sleeping better, and it worked! So for naps I put him in his crib and he cries for a few minutes and then drifts off peacefully into a mid day slumber. This morning I decided I needed to check on him, well I am glad I did. The poor little stink pulled himself to his knees, hanging onto the crib, and then fell asleep. This picture is better than my words on how he looked when I found him. My guess is that he got up and couldn't figure out how to get back down.

Salmon YUM-YUM!

2008-02-24T17:33:00.000-08:00

Some may not think that cooking salmon, or any other fish for that matter, is a big deal, but if you knew me even 4 yrs ago you would know that it is a HUGE deal! I grew up hating all fish, except shrimp but that really isn't fish. I don't really know why I didn't like it, maybe it was the silver crap found in the school lunch fish sticks, or maybe it was the trout that Dallas Taylor brought to us in which the head of the fish ended up in someone's shirt, YIPES!! Maybe it could be how ugly I think fish eyes are, well I don't know, but the last few years I have broadened my horizons and came out of my fish-hating shell, if you will, thanks to my father-in-law Dave and Josh. In addition to that I swore that I would have no regrets with the places I have lived. Since we lived in Washington for awhile I decided I needed to try fish because it would probably be some of the freshest fish I had ever had a chance to sample. I was and have been pleasantly surprised with most ventures containing fish or underwater life, although I would not recommend fried calamari, the breaded tentacles are a little much going down. Okay, Okay, so back to my dinner. I picked up a nice sized fillet of Steelhead salmon at Costco. I decided to combine a couple of recipes. Leanne made an awesome salmon dish up in Vancouver and then I had read that dill is a great compliment to this red type of fish. So I ended up with a melted butter concotion with dill, fresh lemon juice and Johnny's garlic spread seasoning. Drizzle that over the raw salmon and then top it with slices of lemon and bake at 200 degrees for about an hour. Man did it have great flavor! Pair a piece of that with the toasted almond lemon rice pilaf and some steamed veggies and my oh my, what a feast. Needless to say I was pleasantly surprised and would call this first venture of Salmon a SUCCESS. So Emeril, "kick that up a notch"!! So Dave what do you think?

Happy Valentine's Day

2008-02-18T20:44:00.000-08:00

Now I have to be honest, Josh and I are not very good at celebrating the traditional Valentine's Day. In fact, it seems that "Valentine's" never turns out to be a very great day, but we tried harder this year. I do think it is more fun now that we have kids, at least for us anyway. It is funny to explain it, so I won't. It makes me happy to hear all the wonderful "roses and chocolate" stories from everyone else. Maybe we will name some day in May "our" "roses and chocolate" day.
Anyway, back to the days events. I was able to go and help in Kenna's class. It was so much fun, we decorated cookies and the kids did the cutest Valentine's projects and Boston and Griff were the best boys. It was fun putting faces with names for all the kids that Kenna talks about from school. After school we cleaned up and Josh brought home pizza. I made a little treasure hunt for them to find their Valentine's gifts and then we had fondue. We loved the fondue, simple chocolate with marshmallows and pretzels for dipping. Yum, Yum.

Happy Valentine's Day for Emmy Lou

2008-02-14T15:56:00.000-08:00

This is a special Valentines for our little Emmy out in Nova Scotia! We love you Emmy! This is also my first venture with you tube, hope it works out!!

I've been TAGGED!

2008-01-30T08:17:00.001-08:00

Tag you're it!
I've been Tagged by Nat!!! A: Each player answers the questions about themselves. B: At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

10 years ago: I would have been in High School getting ready for Junior Prom, YIKES! I was working at McDonalds, yes that was cool in good ole Tremonton. That was the spring I got my patriarachal blessing (sp?) I was selfish and the whole world revolved around me. Please don't comment, I know it's true.

5 things on my to-do list: Clean up dishes from the last couple of days, fold laundry, get Kenna off to school, make sure Boston doesn't pee his pants, and tell our landlords that Boston broke the towel rack off the wall in the bathroom. Yipes!

Snacks I enjoy: Well, I never met a chip I didn't like, licorice, Hershey's 60 calories choc. sticks, and well I think I like all snacks. It depends on my MOOD!

Things I would do if I were suddenly made a Billionaire: Pay off debts. Buy a house. Buy everyone a house, a car, travel the world (especially the Pyramids of Egypt), solve world hunger. You know, the regular. Oh and I have to put, pay tithing. Wow, how much would that be like millions.

3 of my bad habits: Overreacting, putting my kids to bed too late, not washing my make-up off before bed.

5 Places I have lived: Thatcher, UT, Susanville, CA, Sandy, UT, Moses Lake, WA, Vancouver, WA, and now Payson, UT. Oh wait, that is six.

Jobs I have had: McDonalds, McDonalds, Legal Secretary, cleaning houses, ShopKo, Staples, and Mystery Shopper.

Things people don't know about me: I love to do food storage, when I need to be alone I lock myself in the pantry with a cook book, I love watching "What not to Wear", and someday I hope to be a published Author.

I am tagging: Amber Richards, Steffanie Burton, Dave Ross, Coleen Donovan and Meaghan Allen.

Life, what an adventure!

2008-01-22T20:39:00.001-08:00

Well the last couple of weeks have been pretty low key, but fun. Griffin turned 6 months old, and getting up on his knees rocking back and forth. I cannot believe he is getting so big. (tear) Boston is potty trained, yeah! And we have perfected the poopy dance (the dance we do whenever he goes #2)! It is pretty cute and I must say I enjoy doing it(dancing not pooping), let's just hope the neighbors aren't watching. Oh yeah, and he went to his first Sunbeams class on Sun, so cute. Kennedy has had a couple of days off of school that last couple of weeks, and it has been fun to have her home. She is doing excellent in school and is doing well at reading. She surprises me when we drive down the road and she starts reading words off the billboards. Josh has been enjoying company lunches and dinners and all that fun stuff, and he is getting ready to go visit our good friends up in WA this weekend. Well for me, I have been baking and trying out some new recipes (success and failure have been found) and trying to get organized. I am hoping to get started back up with my family history and scrapbooking soon. I did go and have my wonderful sis-in law Jen give me a pedicure on Sat. I had Griff with me and he slept the whole time! It was heaven!! Then I took myself to lunch, mmm, Panda Express! Probly not my first choice, but I knew Kenna would love the leftovers! Well, have a great week everybody.

A Beautiful Day!!

2008-01-13T18:45:00.000-08:00

We finally had a Saturday morning when Josh didn't have to work! It was a great day! We got up and had breakfast together and then cleaned up the house. It as a beautiful sunshiney day and I had wanted to go to the store to buy a sled, so we got ready and went outside and then it just went downhill from there. j/k The kids started to play in the snow, and I started taking pictures. THEN Josh came out for a "look how hard I can throw a snowball" fight! Luckily he was nice enough to let me put my camera away before he started whizzing them by my head. It was so much fun trying to dodge the snowballs and hit Josh when he wasn't looking. I know, I know, it sounds like I wasn't playing fair, but sometimes that is the only way to play with Joshy. He has no mercy. The kids got into it too, and if you look close at the picture with the red cooler Boston is peeking around the corner. That was his hiding spot from Josh, and he found it all on his own. Kenna was clever too and hid behind the house or cars. When Griff woke up from his nap we brought him out for just a minute, and then our nice neighbors asked Kenna and Boston if they wanted to ride on the sled behind the four wheeler. YES, they screamed! They had a ball, and then I didn't feel so bad about not going to get a sled. We'll save that for another day. Now Dave, I know that shoveling snow is not too much fun, but maybe if you got Grandma Ross outside and had a snowball fight you might find a little humor in the snow! Hee, hee! Love to all.

This kid is so funny!

2008-01-07T16:26:00.000-08:00

Man, my Boston has got to be the funniest kid ever. He comes up with the craziest things to do and say. Poor little guy, I know he has been suffering from lack of attention since Griff was born but come on sleeping in a box?
No, we just had some extra boxes lying around and the kids love to play in them, making forts, using them as coloring plates and oh much much more. So one day Boston tells me he is going to sleep in the box for naps.
And so he did.
As you can tell by the photo he got his pillow and went to sleep dreaming. He IS actually asleep in this photo. He stirred a few times, probly due to the comfort situation, and then fell back asleep for almost an hour and a half.
Man, I love this kid!

Maybe Christmas, he wondered, means a little bit more!

2007-12-27T10:57:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas everyone! The picture show is of things we did through the month of Dec.
We had a great one up in the Northern country. Actually Josh and I had a big traveling weekend and got to spend some time with a lot of loved ones. We started our journey Fri night and made it to up to Idaho. Then Sat morning we drove over to Vancouver to visit some good friends. We have a dear friend who is battling an illness, and that is another story, but we were so excited to spend some time with him and his family. On Sun. we headed back to Idaho to spend Christmas with Josh's family. It was fun and the kids had a blast! We have not seen Grandpa Dave in a long time, it was great to spend time with him. Kenna actually stayed in ID while Josh and I went to WA, because she wanted to see Grandma and Grandpa! We had a wonderful Christmas Eve filled with good food and good company. The kids had fun listening to the Christmas story, read by Aunt Cheri, and Kennedy had fun setting out the cookies (vanila wafers), milk for Santa, and carrots for the reindeer. Imagine her face the next morning when Santa left a note for her! She was so excited! Christmas morning was great! I love to see the excitment on the kids faces as they unwrap their gifts. It was all sorts of fun and chaos at the same time! The first gift was a small Nativity, to remember why we have Christmas, to celebrate Jesus' birth, Heavenly Father's gift to us. It has been fun this year, Kennedy has been so excited about everything Christmas. I think a lot of things she has done at school has expanded her mind and imagination!! Boston loved everything and wanted to play with everything, even if it wasn't his. Needless to say he and his cousins need to work on the sharing aspect of things. But if a quarrell ever started it seemed to end just as quickly. Kids, gotta love em! Griff was just excited to see all the people. He cut another tooth and didn't sleep well, but you would never guess it during the day. He is such a happy baby!! Ken and Pat came up to visit on Christmas day. They are some great friends of Dave and Audrey's from Buhl and we have become great friends as well. We always love seeing them. Then Wed. came and feelings of sadness along with it. It is always hard to say good bye to Dave and Audrey. A bright side is that we were able to stop at my mom and dad's on the way home. Over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house we go! It was great to see mom and dad and mom's beautifully decorated home. After a few hours it was on back down to where we call home. The kids are excited to be home and play with their new treasures. We loved seeing everyone we saw and missed everyone we didn't! Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!! (I feel like sleeping for a month.)

My Griff turns 5 Months!!

2007-12-13T14:58:00.000-08:00

My little Griffin is 5 months old. I cannot believe it!! And I cannot count how many times I have said that about him and the other kids. Griffin is so so sweet and such a good baby! He sleeps well and is rather happy and complacent. He loves when Kenna plays with him. She scares me a little when she carries him around, but he doesn't seem to mind a bit. He has been drooling like crazy the last few weeks and a little grumpy every once in awhile and low and behold I felt his first tooth coming through. Before I know it I will be posting pics of his first birthday (sigh), if only I could program my brain to remember and enjoy every moment!! Well I guess that is what scrapbooks are for, only I will probably have his done in say 10 years! I love you Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Griffindor! (Nikki's nickname for Griff)

Kicking off Christmas!!

2007-12-03T17:03:00.000-08:00

I decided that we needed to kick off the Christmas season with a fun movie night. When there is a movie there has to be popcorn. So the kids and I made "Grannie Goose Popcorn". Yummo! Colored green it just got me in the spirit. Although I had to threaten everyone that if they ruined this, by acting naughty, they could go to bed and I would watch the movie and eat all the popcorn by myself! Oh yes, and the movie was "Muppet's Christmas Carol". Some might think I am crazy, but I love that movie. I thought the kids would like it too, they had never seen it. Kenna said she got scared of the ghost of things yet to come (the future). I actually think this version of "A Christmas Carol" is less scary than others I have seen. So as the kids and I watched and ate our yummy popcorn, Josh took a nap. I have to admit I wasn't surprised, he had a long day with it being the last day of the month. Oh well, his scrooge days will be eliminated if I have anything to do with it! And as Scrooge and Tiny Tim say "God Bless us Everyone". What a great way to start the holidays. And Sunday we got to watch the First Presidency give their Christmas Devotional. It was awesome. It really brought perspective back to why we have Christmas. To celebrate our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ's birth. You know "Away in a Manger" always seems to make me cry! I love this time of year!

The First BIG Snow!!

2007-12-03T16:57:00.000-08:00

So it came, it finally came!! Well I don't know that everyone is happy for the snow, but my kids sure are! They went to sleep with none and then woke up the next morning screaming, "snow, snow, it snowed"! Then Josh called and said how bad the roads were! That is the bad part. But anyway, the kids had a fun time playing in that much snow. Vancouver got a little snow last year, but nothing worth playing in! This was great snowball snow. Ask Josh as he whizzed them by all of our heads. He actually got Kenna in the face, yeah not so fun after that! Well, winter is here. I hope that everyone drives safe in the snow, and that we can have a safe White Christmas. Oh, white Christmas, time to break out good ole Bing and Rosemary!! My Fav!

Beginners Luck? Not this time!

2007-11-29T08:04:00.000-08:00

So, I really do believe that I have beginner's luck in new ventures, most of the time, but not this time. The weekend before Thanksgiving I decided I wanted to bring pies to dinner, how hard can they be, right? Well, I little harder then I thought. As you can see the cream part didn't set very well, so when I put the meringue on it just kind of souped out everywhere. Ah well, on to the next adventure in the kitchen. Someday I will try a pie again, but for now Marie Callendar's will do. (Now just a side note, it tasted pretty good despite the look but Josh wouldn't eat it) I took the picture in tradition, for Dave. We always need a picture of our new recipes!

Thanksgiving, Giving Thanks

2007-11-29T07:50:00.001-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. We were so blessed to be able to spend this Thanksgiving with my family. It has been 3 yrs since we have been able to be with them on this holiday. It was a fun weekend, and it was great that Josh was able to get Fri. off so we had an extra long weekend. As always mom has everything perfect from table settings to great food. Her rolls are legendary in our household. After dinner our cousins came over and we played games. I forgot how much fun "spoons" is, and how violent it can get. You do not want to go up against Mindee and Todd. Then a bunch of played "Movie Scene It" and of course not many can contend with Nikki, Chris and Josh Ross. Mom does come in pretty close. Movie junkies!! Kennedy has been so excited for the Thanksgiving feast. She asked will Grandma even have turkey? I was able to attend her school feast for just a few minutes. It looked like a lot of fun. Her teacher said she couldn't beleive how many children have never tasted cranberries, or pumpkin pie. Ahh, pumpkin pie, that was another of Kenna's favorites. Mine, well, all the pies were my favorite, topped with whip cream and a little slice of love. This Thanksgiving I am most thankful for my families. Josh and I are blessed with healthy beautiful children, wonderful parents, siblings, and neices and nephews, and last but not least my wonderful friends. I am also very very thankful for the Gospel in my life. I don't want to think where I would be without it. A lot of times I forget the blessings in my life and need to pause for a moment to remember all that I do have. My Savior helps me do that.

Boston turns 3!

2007-11-13T20:30:00.000-08:00

Our little Boss man turned 3 on Sunday! I can't believe it. He has grown up so much in the last 6 months. I guess he had to, he is not the baby anymore. I treated him like one for so long that he has been kind of pushed into being a big boy. (although potty training is still not happening) We went up to Brad and Jen's house Sunday after church to celebrate. They are so cute. Brad made southwest chicken and a "Funfetti" cake for Boston's birthday dinner. He had a ton of fun opening his presents and Brooks (their dog) had fun trying to take them away from him. Sad to say he chewed up the teeth to Optimus Prime Potatoe Head, ah the loss. We stayed up in Lehi so we could make it to Griff's doctors appt. the next morning. We stayed up late watching Transformer's and Jen helped us take some pics for our Christmas card. It was a great day, and Brett and Cheri added a new addition to the Ross family and another birthday on Nov. 11th. Lillian Jeanette (spelling) was born Sunday afternoon. Congrats, Bob and Cheri.
Doesn't Boston look so big in these pictures? Oh, my little man.
PS If you ask how old he is, he will tell you "4".

Sat. Morning

2007-11-10T09:36:00.000-08:00

Well I am sitting here at the computer checking out all the blogs. I finally got to Meagan's familie's blog despite the detour to some other person's blog who swore all the time and his wife is cheating on him, good times. It looks and sounds like the Bennett clan, WA, CO, Germany, and VA are all doing well. Boy do I miss them! And now that Josh has been gone the entire morning paintballing with Brad, I have been trying to prepare for our landlords to come and spray for bugs. Crickets everywhere, and you should see the size of the wolf spiders. OOOOHHHH! I seriously am having some arachniphobia! I know, Calm down Ashlee, Calm down. Kenna and Boston are in the front rooming playing some kind of game, hopefully it doesn't end in the same disaster as Boston's room, but then again I am not really paying attention once again. Sometimes I find it easier to just tune out, just for a little while. Griffin, my angel, is alseep in his bassinet. Kennedy has had a busy week with her Birthday and then she got invited to two other parties. Boston is feeling a little left out, but hopefully tomorrow will make up for that. We are going to party it up at Brad and Jen's house for Boss man's birthday. We missed everyone on Kenna's big day and will do the same for Bossi's but thanks for calling. Love to all Ash (I better go be a mom now)

I turn my back for one minute. . .

2007-11-07T22:22:00.001-08:00

Well maybe two or three . . . okay so I was a little preoccupied while I was making Kennedy's birthday dinner so I wasn't paying too much attention to what Boston was doing. Yes I knew where Griff was, he was out playing with Kennedy. Anyway, some time went by and I thought Boston was back in his room messing his pants because that is his favorite place to do such things. As you can tell potty training hasn't been to successful. Josh came home an hour or so later and said "Have you seen Boston's room"? I replied with "No, I have been a little busy". Then I hear Brad say "He is a tazmanian devil"! Okay so this had me wondering what had happened. So Josh took some pics for me. As you can tell everything, I mean everything except the dresser had been turned upside down and inside out. Yes, that is his toddler bed upside down half on the dresser and half on the floor. Notice he did take the mattress off first. Now consider that his bed was on the opposite side of the room that you cannot see in the pic. The boy is nuts! If he doesn't get naps he does things like this, very much a silent terror. I don't know how he was silent with this venture, but honestly I wasn't really listening at that time. Josh was great and went in and helped him pick up and threatening to throw all the toys away if Boston didn't get in their and help. Now he is asleep and peacefully dreaming of tomorrow and what else he can destroy. What a funny kid!

Kennedy turns 6!

2007-11-07T22:05:00.000-08:00

Today was Kennedy's sixth birthday. Wow, time really flies! She has been so excited for this day to come, and then tommorrow she will be excited to turn 7. Ah, the years of wanting to turn older. Well we started the day out with the breakfast of champions McDonald's, Kenna's choice and then home to get ready for Kindergarten. She was so excited to pass out "fruit by the foot" treats for her class. I told her I would make anything she wanted for dinner and she said a Chinese Feast, yes she said feast! So I spent the day preparing for dinner. Chicken Chow Mein, fried shrimp, sweet n sour pork, and fried rice. MMMMmmm Good! Brad and Jen came to the festivities and it was so fun to have them here. I think all in all she had a great day! It was fun to celebrate with her and enjoy her spunk and zest for life. She cracks me up, one minute she is the best helper ever and the next she is pouting and stomping her feet to her room, and the next she is crying for the most odd reason. She is quite the little lady!

Halloween 2007

2007-11-01T08:26:00.000-07:00

The Pumpkin patch was my least favorite experience of the season. It was Josh's idea to take them and I should have let him do it all by himself. It did not help that we were not having the best day, but I thought it would be a good outlet WRONG. With Griff in the front pack, Boston running in and out of moving and parked cars, and Kenna sad that her stem had fallen off, I had had it. Never again to an unorgnized venture like that again, until the next time. Ah well, at least we got the pumpkins right? Griffin was an angel!

This Halloween was really fun. The kids went as Goldilocks and the 3 Bears. Not pictured is Momma bear aka me with pigtails for ears and a nose. Daddy was a bit of a fuddyduddy in the costume department.
On Sunday we were invited to have a Fall Celebrations with Rob Epperson's family in AF. It was a lot of fun, and we are greatful that our friendships have followed us to Utah. On Halloween we went up to Lehi and spent the evening with Brad and Jen. The kids were so excited to see them, and I was greatful to have some help. The end of the month is always a hard time for Josh and so he made it to the celebration a little later. Better late than never. We splurged and ate the ever famous Carne al a Mateo (ask me later). It was so much fun!

Introducing our newest addition - Griffin

2007-10-30T08:43:00.000-07:00

Jumping on the bandwagon!

2007-10-29T21:32:00.000-07:00

After seeing a lot of other blogs I decided that we had to do this. What a fun way to share our lives with everyone we care about. And now that the World Series is over, Go Boston!, I have a little extra time to create a story about the Josh Ross Clan. So in between laundry, never ending poopy diapers, meals and mountain of dishes, to spank or not to spank and the ever so sweet bedtimes this will give you a look into our lives and hopefully a few laughs along the way. It is official the Red Sox have won the Championship. Go Sox!

Always,
Ash