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Birthday Bulletin Boards

2012-01-18T13:02:00.001-08:00

This year I have been in charge of the Birthday Bulletin board at the kids school here are the first five boards that I have come up with.

OH there you are 2012!!!

2012-01-18T12:40:00.000-08:00

Sorry, I have been out of touch this last couple of months. We got through Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. They were very good as Holidays go. Christmas was especially nice with it being on Sunday. We got up let the kids look in their stockings, had breakfast and got ready for church. After church we came home and opened presents and chilled the rest of the day until we went to Grandma Batemans to see Paul's Parents and siblings. It was a very nice day. on New Years we were in Levan once again with LOTS of food, friends/family and fun. all in all the Holidays were wonderful, but I am glad that it is the New Year! Let 2012 be a good if not a better year.

November has come and gone!

2011-11-25T08:36:00.001-08:00

Wow, November where have you gone? where has your friends January thru October gone? this month has been nuts. We have been busy little bees. 1st we had the Grandparents Lunch and book fair at the school, I was in charge of the grandparents lunch again this year, and everything went well. Emily has her 3rd grade pow-wow where they talked about the Native Americans and they had a Navaho Indian come and do a Hoop dance. Zachary and Paige also had Pow-Wows and feasts in their classes. We had parent teacher conference next. Both of the kids are doing well in school, Emily could use a little more help in math, she is just like her old mother in the way, stupid math! Yesterday was Thanksgiving, we were here this year with my family and it was a really nice day and good food! I hope everyone had a great feast day. On to the next holiday!!!

Creative Slump!

2011-10-17T13:23:00.000-07:00

So, I have been in a slump lately! I don't want to do anything that requires being creative an trying to plan something. I want it done for me so I can copy it or whatever it takes to get it done. This includes my blog. I need to update it and here I am finally doing it. At the end of August the kids started school and it has been a roller coaster trying to get Zachary used to all day school and work that needs to be finished by the end of that day. Well, we got through the summer and through September and now we are into October! can you believe it, October, where did the year go? Halloween is almost upon us, good thing the kids costumes are already to go. Here are some pictures from the end of summer to now. Enjoy!

this is the brick we bought to put in front of our new Elementary School.

Summer 2011....so far!.....

2011-07-18T08:41:00.000-07:00

So,this last month has been one big roller coaster ride. As usual, time really does fly by and gets away from you. In the last month we have had Zachary's 6th birthday, the Bateman family 4th of July party at Aunt Diana's, the 4th of July Murray Parade, a lost tooth, Hatton family fun up at my Aunt & Uncle's cabin, My 33rd Birthday that produced a new and better camera for all my picture posting, and a friend Birthday party for Zach! whew all that in one month. here are the pictures. Enjoy! up next 24th of July festivities!

Three weddings and a ......

2011-06-06T14:23:00.000-07:00

This last month has been one big roller coaster ride! It all started the last weekend in April when Courtney and Jorge got married. (Courtney was one week old when I started babysitting for Julie and Todd and look at her now all grown up! she will be 20 yrs old in August. That will tell you that I am getting old right there!!) We drove out to Stockton on Friday and on Saturday before the wedding we drove into San Francisco, we drove over 3 of the 4 Bay area bridges, went down Lombard street (Its just like in the movies! hehe), then we went to China town.

After a fun filled morning in San Fran we drove back for the wedding and all the hoopla, then we got up the next morning and started back home.

Then the month progressed and we had our 10 Year wedding anniversary, YES 10 YEARS! We did not do much for that because we left the next day for Ohio to go to my cousin Emily and Matt's wedding. My kiddos were in her wedding and we have been looking forward to this trip for a while, so off we went on a jet plane to Ohio. The food was amazing at the reception and the venue was gorgeous, It was even more wonderful seeing all the family and meeting the new members that we have not met yet. so after a wonderful time in Ohio.

We came home and the month progressed and the kids were getting ready for school to let out for the year ( yeah to that this year I could not wait for it to be over.) Finally it was Karmon and Scott's turn to get married.

Yes we had a lot of weddings this month! It was a beautyful day. And last but not least my flowers finally got planted after a month of nothing but rain showers and cold and School let out.

Next year the kids will be in a brand new school and brand new grades. Let the Summer begin!!

Teacher Appreciation 2011

2011-04-09T18:17:00.000-07:00

It's that time of year again! Teacher Appreciation week. This year a friend and I are decorating the door for Zach's teacher, Mrs. Rasband. Here is the preview of the week.

Birthday's, Baptisms, and luncheons. Oh My!!

2011-04-09T18:06:00.000-07:00

The last couple of weeks has been crazy at our house. Emily turned 8 years old.

we have also been planning her baptism day. When most of the families are coming from long distance, you feed them. And feed them we did. It was a very special day for us and we thank everyone for coming and sharing it with us. now we can slow down and wait for the snow to stop falling and wishing that spring (or warmer weather) were on its way.

Pierced ears!

2011-03-25T14:55:00.000-07:00

Today Emily had and adventure. We started the day out with a trip to the eye doctor to get her eye's dilated (they are getting better),then we went to lunch with Aunt Krystal. We went to one of the best pancake places I have been to in awhile (the Original Pancake House). After lunch we went to the mall and got Emily's ears pierced. I was 8 when I got mine done, so for her Birthday, which is Monday, we got hers pierced. She got to pick her own earrings out, she got the cute little pink flower earrings. Emily did really well, she wanted to cry but didn't. What a trooper. Happy Birthday Baby! when did you get so OLD? or mabey the question should be, When did I get so OLD!!

Happy Birthday Dr. Suess!

2011-03-02T20:17:00.000-08:00

Valentines 2011!

2011-02-14T15:19:00.000-08:00

There was a lot going on this year for Valentines day, on Saturday we had a Grandchild party at My Sister-in-laws house. We had lunch and played some games and decorated sugar cookies. Today, Monday February 14th 2011, the kids had parties and traded Valentines with all the kids in their classes. Paige even got into the Valentines Day festivities! here are some pictures from over the past couple of days.

And time goes by....

2011-02-07T13:14:00.000-08:00

It has been nuts around here! Next week in Valentines Day, I will have a new post then. The only other new news is that Paul got a new job that starts next week. we are really excited about this new adventure in our lives and hope the next faze in our lives if just a exciting.

Christmas 2010

2011-01-04T12:59:00.000-08:00

Christmas this year was wonderful, we got to spend a lot of time with my family this year. We had lots of wonderful food and the kids really enjoyed spending time with the cousins.

oK! where are we???

2010-12-16T20:23:00.000-08:00

So, since Halloween, I have been in charge of Grandparents day luncheon at the school,Jessica and I gave our sweet new sister-in-law to be a bridal shower, Paul had his Stirling Singers Christmas concert, started watching Paige-e-poo for the ski season, or in Lori's case snowboard season ;),Parent teacher conference (my kids made it through the first term!, Thanksgiving in Levan with so much wonderful food, Festival of Trees where we worked in the kids corner again, Lot's of Christmas parties, Tree Decorating (Gail's, mine, my sisters, and Grandma Bateman's. I think I have a real knack for it. hehehe), Oh and Paul and our brother-in-law Matt have been building a doll house for Emily's BIG Christmas gift from Santa. Last but not least My baby brother T is getting married. Whew what a month. Now, random pictures to enjoy! Can I sit down yet??

Halloween 2010

2010-11-01T07:59:00.000-07:00

This year the Halloween spirit was not really there. Halloween was on Sunday, we went Trick or Treating on Saturday and it rained, Zachary got sick with the stomach flu, and my heart was just not into it. on a more happier note, with all the Halloween parties I got some cute pictures of the kids. enjoy the many festive pictures.

Oakwood Elementary Red Ribbon Week 2010

2010-10-22T13:02:00.000-07:00

In June, our PTA president Jenn called me to ask if I would be willing to plan Red Ribbon Week for our school this school year, I said that I would, and got started right away. "A slogan a day keeps the drugs away!" was my theme for this year. after I got this process underway, it went really well. After going out of town on a camping trip,and being on the ward activities committee and planning our ward party, this week finally came. we went everyday to give the kids candy and bracelets and all sorts of stay away from drugs stuff. We had a Drug free Slogan contest, which really turned out better than I even thought. We also had Miss Utah 2007 Heather Anderson and University of Utah Defensive back Lamar Chapman come for our Drug free assembly. Here are some of the images from the week. I am so glad that this went well and it if finally over.

Flaming Gorge 2010

2010-10-18T14:17:00.000-07:00

It's that time of year again, The annual Bateman fall camping trip. This year we went to Flaming Gorge, or Flaming George if you want, that is what my kids kept calling it. we left on Tuesday night and got there about midnight. Wednesday we took the kids down to the water on the boat dock, one thing led to another and they were all in their underwear swimming off of the metal docks that were at the end of the ramp. All of the kids has a blast, and of course my son had to drop his pants in front of everyone and pee in the lake! just lovely.

on Thursday we all went into Vernal and went to the Dinosaur Museum. Vernal was not what I had expected, I thought it is a nice little town,it was actually bigger than I had pictured. We also drove by the Vernal Temple, what a cute little Temple.

Friday we went to see the Flaming Gorge Dam. we just missed taking the tour by one day, they closed it down for the season, but we did get to watch the movie, that was riveting.

Saturday morning Paul and the kids went down to the water for one more chance at fishing for the year, we found out the both of our children are preaty good fisherman.

we finally packed up camp and headed for home. on the way we had break trouble on the trailer, but it was quickly taken care of by disabling the breaks and we were on our way once more. when we got to Fort Bridger we were able to see the massive windmill farm that is out there.

What a cool thing to see, Paul and I wonder just how much power they produce??? that is something we will have to research. these pictures don't do it any justice, you will have to drive out and see for yourself. We made it home and now we have lots of laundry to do and our eating habits need to get back to normal. The weather was Beauty full and the overall trip was very needed.

Canning and Kindergarten

2010-08-30T10:30:00.000-07:00

Last week my Mom called and said that she had way to many tomatoes and asked if I would like to come over and make homemade spaghetti sauce, so she could get rid of the tomatoes. So off I went to learn another form of canning. I am greatfull that my Mom has this knowledge and will teach me. I am getting more and more into learning how to can food and want to build my food storage. On another note, Zachary started Kindergarten today. let me tell you, my nerves have been on end all weekend because of this. I know the kid is smart and he will do just fine, I am just nervous.He will do good, and he will make it home off the bus ok. I'm just a worry wort, and life goes on!

flowers before and after

2010-08-23T10:09:00.001-07:00

I Love my flowers, I Love watching them grow and fill in, so here is this years before and after pictures to show how they grew and changed this summer. enjoy!

New school year and New construction

2010-08-23T09:45:00.000-07:00

Today is the 1st day of school for the 2010/2011 school year. the school fairy came and left the kids backpacks,underwear, socks, pencils, ect.
after the bus came and went,

I took Zachary over to meet his kindergarten teacher Mrs. Rasband, and to get Emily off the bus because of the new school construction in the back of the school, I wanted to see what they were going to do with the kids in the mornings, this year is going to be a tricky one because there is no playground area anymore due to the new building. Other than that I am glad school started today, the kids really need to be back.

July Happenings!

2010-07-31T19:14:00.000-07:00

Today we went to Rockport Reservoir with Jon, Rena and Jacob. The kids enjoyed swimming,digging and fishing. Jon and Paul to the boat out and caught their limit within the hour, then took the kids on the tube. After they took the kids out to fish, this was Zachary's first time and he did really well and caught 2 fish. Emily caught 1 fish and Jacob caught 3. 14 fish total were caught. Rena and I enjoyed a lovely day sitting on the beach with nothing to do at all. I think all mothers should enjoy a day like today just once in a while. What a fun day!

so other July happenings, on the 24 of July we had our annual Levan Town celebration with a parade and throwing little beach balls off of the Fire truck, and the bouncy castles in the park.

Last Thursday, the 29th was Jacobs 10th birthday, so we took the kids during the day to Cowabunga bay water park and had a lot of fun.

and now on to August and 23 more days until school starts!

4th of July festivities

2010-07-06T11:49:00.000-07:00

What a weekend. it started out with Zachary's birthday on Thursday, then Friday we went to see Toy Story 3 (my favorite). On Saturday we went to the Murray city 4th of July parade with the whole gang. after a family party on Saturday night we started all over again on Sunday night with at BBQ at Rena and Jon's and some home made Ice Cream and Birthday cake for Zach and the finally was fireworks in the driveway. what a fun time we had and are grateful that it is over and can get back to a normal schedule now.

My Baby is 5!!!!!

2010-07-01T16:43:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to Zachary today. I can't believe that his already 5 and ready to go to kindergarten. Paul is out of town and does not get back until tonight so today I took Zach, Emily, and Jacob to McDonald's and to get Zach his birthday balloons and then we came home and watched Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, it was a really good movie. after the movie I let Zachary open one of his birthday gifts because the other one is for when we have cake and Ice Cream on Sunday. He got a Ben 10 ultimatrix. It is all the rage.

Summer Creation: Library Bags

2010-07-01T16:34:00.000-07:00

Last year we did weekly summer crafts to keep the kids entertained and to keep them from rotting in front of the TV. this year's first creation is library bags. I have started taking the kids to the Library on Tuesday mornings and they love it. here is a picture of the finished product.

Flower Beds 2010

2010-06-09T12:52:00.000-07:00

once again it is time to plant Flower beds for the summer. here is the starting pictures. I will put another picture up to show how they look at the end of the summer.
Enjoy, I know I do.

Library Card's, Bike Helmets, and Fire Stations! Oh my!

2010-06-08T13:16:00.000-07:00

So today, the kids and I went to the Library for the first time this summer. In an attempt to keep the kids from rotting away in front of the TV ALL Summer, we went and signed up for the summer reading program with Amber and the kids last Thursday.
Today being Tuesday we went and got Emily her very 1st Library card.

we checked out some books and then we went to get new bike helmets because they did not have one all last summer, I know horrible mother that I am, but now, they have new ones.
and finally this afternoon we went to the fire station to take a tour with the play group in our ward.

whew what a day!

Flower Color Pots 2010

2010-05-15T07:03:00.000-07:00

It's that time of year again. Planting my flower gardens and flower pots. here is the front porch and back porch flower pots. it will be fun to see how they grow and fill in.

2009/2010 school memories

2010-05-08T15:05:00.000-07:00

With the school year coming to and end, here are some pictures from the year.

2010 Teacher Appreciation

2010-04-21T11:14:00.000-07:00

This year I decorated the door for Zachary's teachers. This is how the door turned out and I put together a "Summer Survival kit" for Miss. Michelle and Miss. Laura, that includes a pedicure gift certificate and chocolate and a Diet Coke, everything you need to survive the summer. I am really thankful for these two teachers, all teacher for that matter. whatever I can do to help make teaching my child easier I want to help.

Easter 2010

2010-04-05T08:37:00.000-07:00

Easter 2010 festivities this year were held with the Bateman's on Saturday at Grandma Cookies, we had a yummy sloppy joe dinner and an easter egg hunt.

and Lori, Cory, and Reb chilling on the couch.

then my kids and I went to my Mom's during Priesthood to dye eggs and frost cookies with Amber, her kids and my Mom.

On Sunday Morning the kids woke up and found what the Easter Bunny left them and then we headed back to my moms to have Easter Breakfast. The best breakfast ever!

Happy Easter!

Leap'n Lizards!

2010-04-04T06:33:00.000-07:00

Last Tuesday, Zachary's preschool had a reptile lady come into the school to show off some of her snakes, tortoises, and lizards. the kids have been learning about them in school and this was a great ending to what they have been learning. It was also a short day due to the fact that spring break started the next day.

7 years old!!

2010-03-29T09:20:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Emily! Yesterday was Emily's 7th birthday. we had our usual cake and Ice Cream crew here to celebrate with us. this years cake was Barbie with no coffee flavored Ice Cream might I add.:) ( for 2 years in a row I accidentally got coffee or mocha flavored Ice Cream, yeah I am a dork! you really have to pay attention and read the ingredients if you are getting anything other than the plain flavors.) that Is a running joke for birthday parties at my house, I inform the guests that there will be no coffee Ice Cream on the menu tonight. anyway, my baby is getting older, Happy Birthday Baby!

Emily's Girgerbread Girl...

2010-03-21T07:54:00.000-07:00

For the kids in Emily's class this year, on the week of their Birthday's, they get a
Gingerbread boy or Girl to decorate how ever they want. So with this next week being Emily's Birthday she brought home her Gingerbread Girl. this is what we did with it. I am still Laughing to myself it is to cute and funny! Enjoy!

What do you do when?.......

2010-03-17T11:23:00.000-07:00

A Little Leprechaun trashes your preschool classroom!
On Wednesdays, I take the kids to school early, so Emily can go to choir. To save gas and not have to go back and forth,and to help out Miss Laura, (who is one of Emily's choir teacher, and one of Zach's preschool teacher) so she is ready for the day and not rushed from choir. so Miss Michelle wanted me to say a little longer and make the classroom look like a little Leprechaun had come in and messed up the classroom while they went to the library. so away I went, It was actually a lot of fun, and the reaction of the kids was priceless.

apron ideas

2010-03-09T10:05:00.000-08:00

These are the cute things that I have come up with so fare to put on aprons. If you have any more ideas for me to try let me know.

Looking Back.....

2010-03-08T10:05:00.000-08:00

Like I said in the previous post, my Rock Star Brother-in-law Matt, got all the pictures back for me, and I have been going through them. so I decided I would post a Trip Down Memory Lane.

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

2010-03-08T09:39:00.000-08:00

My kids school has a Dr. Seuss night last Tuesday here are some of the events of the evening and the hats that the kids made at school that day.

Dr. Seuss night, making Birds

Emily, What are you looking at??

Oakwood's Cutest Preschool class Ever!!

"I don't want to wear this Mom!"

Just a few crafts!

2010-03-08T09:31:00.000-08:00

Now that my Rock Star Brother-in-Law got all my pictures back from the crashed hard drive, I can get caught up on taking all the pictures off of my camera from the last two months. Now I just want to share a couple of pictures of the crafts we have been doing. Enjoy!

My cute new summer decor.

St. Patrick's day!

this is my cute new Bathroom towel hanger.

St. Patrick's day door hanger.

Hard drives, Valentines and Holes, Oh My...

2010-02-17T11:45:00.000-08:00

Ok, I have not updated my blog lately, that is because we have been having crisis after crisis. 1st our hard drive that had ALL of our pictures,Home video and music on it, crashed. After a couple of days of crying my eyes out, Paul got the hard drive to our brother-in-law. Matt thinks that he can get a lot of the stuff back, so here is to hope. 2nd my sewing machine crashed too. I am in the middle of a cute heart wall quilt, and I had to take it to get looked at, and go to my moms to have her help me finish the top. Now I just have to finish the quilting part, but my machine just was not sewing right. It will not be done for another week,and I feel lost knowing I don't have it to use. Next we had Valentines day 2010. Zach had his party on Thursday, they had a little singing program, cute, cute, cute.

I helped Emily's class on Friday. I signed up to help with the craft, we made heart picture frames. It was a lot of fun, but I am really glad that it is over.

. this year we made our own valentines for the kids classes. sucker flowers.

Sunday was Valentines day and here is the Valentines the kids got this year.

and finally Yesterday I came across a leak in our Laundry room ceiling. The wax seal on the toilet went bad and every time we flush it was going into the ceiling in the laundry room, now I have a big hole!

but hey I got new rugs and shower curtains for the bathroom, so all is well. ( my sister will say "hey, that is what my shower curtain looks like!" and I say "Yep, you have good taste!!" ;)

Bingo's new digs

2009-12-30T21:06:00.000-08:00

This year the big gift from Santa was a little fish take to put in the kids room so Bingo could get off of the stove and out of the Kitchen. Today in the falling snow and sleet, I took the kids and the gift card that came with the fish tank to PetsMart to get some stuff for Bingo's new digs. we plan of getting a friend for Bingo to swim with, but one baby step at a time.

Christmas

2009-12-30T21:00:00.000-08:00

Juat some of the images from this Christmas. We had a very wonderful Christmas and are very thankful for all we have. we send out love to all of our friends and family.

December 2009

2009-12-23T06:14:00.000-08:00

Time to update the blogspot. so this month has been filled with a lot of school activites. first Zachary made cookies at school. They made chefs hats out of tissue paper and frosted cookies with green frosting (lovely!).

Just after Halloween we let Emily join the Oakwood Owls choir the "Owl Corral" and they had their Christmas concert.

Emily really enjoys singing just like her Father who has also been busy with the Stirling Singers. we also enjoyed the Bateman family Christmas party. Aunt Diana put it on this year and we helped quilt 3 quilts and put kits together for the Church Humanitarian center. and finally our ward party. we has an "Old Fashion Christmas" party with breakfast and games.

My children participated in the cake walk, A LOT, and of course Zachary came home with a cake,
and then he won the candy jar for guessing the correct amount (I am the one who helped with that ;( and Yes he won!). This Christmas season has been good. I got done last week with all I needed to, now I can enjoy the next couple of days. I am very grateful for all that we have, we have been very blessed and I need to remember that more often.I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!

Aprons!!

2009-12-01T17:53:00.000-08:00

Christmas Crafts

2009-11-30T08:31:00.000-08:00

So I am really getting into making cut aprons. My friend Robin asked me to make 7 of them for her to give as gifts so these are some of the pictures of them, also I made some for the Festival Of Trees that will be going on this next weekend.

Thanksgiving 2009

2009-11-30T08:25:00.000-08:00

This year we packed up and drove to my brother's new home in St. George Utah. We went down Wednesday night. It was a really great holiday, everyone was there and fun was had by all.

Other October Occasions...

2009-10-26T23:12:00.000-07:00

Ok, now I need to backtrack to the rest of the month. at the end of this week we will move forward again. so the first weekend we went on the yearly camping trip with Paul's Mom and Dad and the rest of the gang. this year we went up to Strawberry. Jessica and Matt came along with us it was a lot of fun and the kids always enjoy being with the cousins. and man it was COLD! but our little heater in the tent trailer did really well.

also, Kay and Ryan introduced us to Geo Cashing. so we all went in a big group to find some of the "treasures" that were around Strawberry. since then, Paul and the kids have been out around our house and Paul even went in Oklahoma on his last business trip.

so from there we went onto Paul turning 30! yes the big three oh! we had the usual suspects come for cake and Ice cream.

finally, we went on a walking field trip with the whole 1st grade.

well that should put us up to Halloween weekend.

10 Years of Pumpkin Carving!

2009-10-26T22:34:00.000-07:00

So, this year was the 10th year that our family has done the Halloween/Birthday party celebration every October. We celebrate all of the October Birthdays and have a Pumpkin carving contest. the first year I was not at, and Paul was on his mission in Scotland. the second year, and the first year in Levan was the year Paul and I met, and 7 months later we were married and the rest is history. this year Paul carved the commemorative 10 on his pumpkin and won the "Anniversary addition" category.

I Carved a face with a big grin and won the "Grin and Bear it" category.

Emily's was a Witch and won the "Witchy" category, and yes she did have help from Paul on this one. I think they did a great job!

and finally Zach carved a skull and won the "Boo" award.

here are some more of the happenings this weekend. Grandma played games with the kids and we had a great dinner as always. This is a wonderful and fun family tradition that we all love. enjoy the pictures.

and this honorable mention... Reb keeping it real! ;)

Applesauce!

2009-10-10T21:30:00.000-07:00

So Paul, his sister Kay, and my Mother-in-Law Gail got us talking about doing applesauce for our food storage with the apples from the tree in our back yard. we were going to do it on Friday with Kay, But once again Zachary got sick with an upper respiratory infection and I had to take him to the doctor so we did not get to do applesauce. Well, my mother went and got a Victorio Juicer and wanted to do applesauce too, so away we went. This was my first time doing Applesauce and it was fun and easy. we got about 21 quart jars of applesauce for our food storage. Now I want to do some tomatoes. we will see if it happens this year.

My two front teeth, oh my two front teeth

2009-09-24T07:10:00.000-07:00

they finally came out, Emily's two front teeth were looking pretty interesting, but they both finally came out. now she is $2 richer from the tooth fairy.

Princesses!!

2009-09-15T19:14:00.000-07:00

So, we went to our character breakfast yesterday morning and there were some of the princesses there, well they never made it to our table,Emily was so disappointed, so we went into the park to see them at the Princess area in Disneyland.

and yesterday we went to see Tinkerbell at Pixie Hallow.

Day at the Beach!

2009-09-15T19:01:00.000-07:00

This morning, while we were standing in line to see the Princesses in Disneyland, my wonderful friend Krystal talked us into going to the beach today(this had been an ongoing conversation and stress of mine about when we would be going to the beach.) and boy I am glad that she did. so we finished up on our last day in the parks and headed for the Beach. Huntington Beach was what was decided and off we went. it was a lot of fun. we were only there a couple of hours but it was well worth it. fun was had by all.

2009-09-14T17:36:00.000-07:00

2009-09-12T17:42:00.000-07:00

Does anyone know where they Drying station is ???

What to do when you are childless???

2009-09-09T11:15:00.000-07:00

so I have finally made it to that all important day, no children with me for 3 hours in the morning! yeah! so I went on a walk, raked up the apples on the back lawn, and did the dishes. sound fun to you? I had a blast, and Zachary had a blast at his first day of preschool!

The tale of a fish...

2009-09-09T10:17:00.000-07:00

So we got our "pet" fish a couple of weeks ago as you all remember from our ward party. I won him playing bingo, hence his name, BINGO. Well the clean freak that I am decided to clean the fish bowl so away I went. I pulled out all of my old fish stuff from my days at PetsMart, net and all and went to cleaning the bowl out. well little did I know that the fish net that I own will not go into the top of the bowl that BINGO is in, So new plan. I have a real fish bowl up in the closet and I am going to use that. Cleaning commences and I have to pour out the fish over a pitcher sitting in my sink. So far so good until the fish bounces out of the net and down into the disposal.(nobody told the Idiot cleaning this fish bowl out to plug the sink!) I am sure that I had utter shock and dread on my face and Zachary freaking out next to me was no help. Well, after a few choice words, I put my hand down into the disposal and "fished" the fish out and put it into the new bowl and it survived. yes! it really survived, so far. this morning it was still with us. So here is a picture of the fish in his new digs.

BINGO the fish

2009-08-27T19:31:00.000-07:00

So tonight we went to our ward's End of Summer party. this year it was a Hawaiian theme. they played beach towel bingo, and the prize was a gold fish in a bowl that was on the table. well I won one of the bingo games and soon learned that was the prize. well I decided to name the fish BINGO because I won it playing. let me tell you the kids have never wanted anything more. oh joy!

First Day of School 2009

2009-08-24T08:50:00.000-07:00

Today is the First day of 1st Grade for Emily. we have the school fairy come and visit the kids, when they wake up the school fairy leaves them some back to school treats.Its a fun way to start off the school year. this year Zachary got to have the school fairy come to him because he starts preschool. hear are some pictures from the first day. Enjoy!

And that's a Wrap....

2009-08-23T20:03:00.000-07:00

So this is a Summer wrap up. It has been a fun filled 3 months,the kids got to go to Arizona in June, July was a month filled with parades, and lots of swimming and play dates in August. but now the fun is over and the School year begins!!! (singing...."It's the most wonderfull time of the year...") here are some of the sights from our Summer fun. Enjoy

Pioneers and Firetrucks!

2009-08-03T21:08:00.000-07:00

Ok so this is a couple of weeks late, Ok, Ok, pushing one month late, but here are the pictures from the children's Parade Paul, the kids and I were in. and then the pictures from the 2009, 24th of the July, Levan Town Parade and festivities. enjoy!

My Birthday at Bear Lake!

2009-07-13T09:29:00.000-07:00

This weekend was my 31st Birthday (yeah I know!!)and We went with Aunt Krystal to their property at Bear Lake It is the most peaceful,Beautiful,and fun place to go. the kids loved the swimming, especially Emily. We had Hot Dogs over the fire with corn on the cob and then a little surprise, Little Birthday cakes from Schmidt's Bakery!! and I had no idea until Emily stated "This was mine and Krystal's idea". on Saturday we were on the water all day, swimming and wave running, and sunburning. but it was a blast. Krystal, Thank You for your love and support and for putting up with us. We Love You! and Thanks to Mike and Patty for letting us enjoy your little piece of Heaven!!

My Birthday at Bear Lake Too!

2009-07-13T09:17:00.000-07:00

Week in review...

2009-07-06T11:10:00.000-07:00

So it's been a long week! first I went to Girls Camp on Monday and Tuesday
. Wendsday was Zachary's birthday, and Friday, Saturday and Sunday were filled with the 4th festivities. We went to the Murray 4th of July parade,

came home and did our summer creations of the week, a painted shirt and pin wheels.

then we went to Aunt Dianna's for the yearly family party.

then on Sunday we had cake and ice cream for Zachary.

boy what a whirl wind of a week.

summer creations: Sand art

2009-06-23T17:00:00.000-07:00

This weeks art project was sand art pictures. we took white contact paper and put a construction paper frame around it and sprinkled it with sand of all different colors, and then put a clear piece of contact paper over it. another hit with Emily. I need to find some kind of art class to put her in or something. She loves to create things.

this is the finished projects! see the joy in Zachary's face.hahahehe!

This is a craft that We came up with for Girls Camp next week. I put one together before so they can put it together up at camp. It's a necklace holder or ribbon holder or what ever the girls would like to do with it.

Summer creations!!

2009-06-18T14:51:00.000-07:00

So in the attempt to keep my children away from the TV, I have looked through all my family fun magazines and found some fun and easy things to do with them. this is the first week so we did tie-dye discs. we drew designs on a cut out coffee filter and put a hole in the middle and made a wick and placed that in water and watched the ink blend like tie-dye. Emily was excited about this, it was right down her artistic alley.

Arizona!!

2009-06-18T14:28:00.000-07:00

Look how cool they are, in person they are so much cooler to see than in pictures. and they are everywere. I just think they are cool.

So this last week the kids and I went with my Mom,Dad,and Taylor to Phoenix to see Philip and Amber and the Kids. Philip was Graduating from Pharmacy school and we were packing them up to move to St. George. we got there on Wednesday, played at the park on Thursday and the Graduation and Mom's birthday were on Friday. we swam in the pool, had BB Q's and Birthday Cake for Mom's Birthday. then on Saturday we got up, packed the horse trailer up with all of there stuff and hit the road to St. George. it was a fun trip, and I never want to drive a car again, but fun non the less. I glad that I went.

the kids when we stopped at Glen Canyon Damn.

Zachary and Peyton playing wii bowling.

Grandpa pushing the boys on the swing.

Ok so see the little turtle among the Ducks, yea they were swimming with them. there were a couple of them. how cute.

on our way to the pool.

Last of all our new graduate!

Where have we been...

2009-05-21T19:41:00.000-07:00

OK, we are still here. let me just catch everyone up on our whirl wind of a month. First we had a Dinner and Auction for Young Men/Young Women for the summer river trip they are going on. we all had to come up with something to auction, mine was 4 aprons. The Dinner went really well and the youth earned over $7000.00. good job!

Second Zachary started Soccer, the very first sport ever played. It was touch and go at points, but He played a couple of games. He was a brat all the other moments, but we got him to play, He got his pictures with the team and He got his first Trophy,in the end everyone made it out alive, including him.

finally the third and biggest event, Paul walked in Precession at the University of Utah for his Bachelors of Business Administration degree. we had a very nice dinner with his Family then we went up to the Huntsman Center for the big event. Now we are in the home stretch, he has to finish 3 classes this summer and He is done. we are also in the last week of Emily's first year in School. It is hard to believe that she is almost in 1st grade. man time does certainly fly. so in a nut shell that is our month.

Just when you thought your children were napping...

2009-04-18T09:08:00.000-07:00

It was a peaceful afternoon. My beloved spouse and I were enjoying a quiet sit at the kitchen table, preparing the fare for teacher appreciation week. For all we knew, the children were comfortable in bed (Emily in hers and Zachary in ours) enjoying a mid-afternoon nap. I looked at my spouse and smiled, knowing that nothing could disturb this perfect moment. Little did I know that trouble was foaming in the next room...
I leaned back in my chair and sighed, releasing all the cares of the day, and surveyed the scene from right to left. Elisa sat there on my right, painting blocks for Mrs. Rasband (Emily's teacher) and my computer was directly in front of me. As my eyes panned to the left in to the living room, I spotted movement in my peripheral vision. My eyes completed the 180 degree arc quickly and I turned toward the living room, ready to yell at my 3-year-old son, whom I had placed in my bed about 15 minutes earlier, kissed goodnight, and laughed merrily at his "I love naps" comment. As I opened my mouth to tell him to get back to bed, I found the words were somehow stolen from me and taken into that abyss where all parents rebukes go when they are completely shocked and astounded. There in front of me stood Dr. Venkman from Ghostbusters, or so it appeared. As I picked my jaw up off the floor, it began to dawn on me that maybe, just maybe this actually was my son and he had just lathered himself up with some unknown white substance. Just then, the aroma of Gilette "Foamy" shaving cream smacked me like an insulted woman. In the reality that hit me, I struggled between utter rage and complete loss of composure in laughter. Elisa started saying something along the lines of "Zachary, go back to bed" and I knew that she had not yet lifted her eyes to see the scene that was unfolding. "Look at him!" I said. I could tell that she was experiencing the same struggle that I was for a moment, but she regained composure and began assuming that the substance might be something more sinister, like desitin (thank goodness it wasn't). Pandemonium ensued. Shouts of "What is it!?!" and "I don't know where he got it!" could probably be heard from my parents' house in Levan. After investigation, it was discovered that he had found my travel toiletry kit and had decided it would be a good idea to shave his legs (or at least lather them up with shaving cream), along with everything else, including his stuffed alligator, which I must admit, HAS been a bit stubbly lately. Anyway, he also thought it might be beneficial to his future hair-health to massage some of the foam into his scalp. And what better instrument to use than my travel toothbrush. It exfoliates and increases lather at the same time! Perfect! Well, that's it. Afternoon ruined. We did decide, however, to make him pose for the camera for the future enjoyment of all who love to ridicule foolish acts. Enjoy.

2009-04-18T09:01:00.000-07:00

Teacher Appreciation Week

2009-04-18T08:21:00.000-07:00

So let me just say, if you don't intend on ever helping with any room mother functions ever, DON'T Sign up at the beginning of the year!!! ok now with that out of my system, I will tell you about Teacher Appreciation Week. Last August I got to school registration, I thought that It would be cool to be a room mother and help in Emily’s class, so when I got there, all the holidays were taken, so being a new school mom and never having done this before I signed up to help with teacher appreciation, which I thought, “Ok, I can help with that in April how hard could it be?”. So now that we are in April, Teacher Appreciation Week is upon us. I get this call last week from the room mother that is in charge of the whole week for all the teachers, she asks me if I would head this up for Mrs. Rasband’s a.m. class and gives me two names and numbers for other mothers that have signed up. Well I called, and one was short and rude with me and told me she would call back, the other number was bad so I looked in the school directory, called that number and left a message. So here I was with a sick kid (oh did I mention late Sunday we were at Primary’s with Zachary? that a whole other story.) I can't even keep my eyes open and now I have to make a door decoration for Mrs.Rasband's door and worry about the whole week, think about appreciation gifts to thank her with, collecting money from each kid in the class to get those gifts, and the help that I was given is no help at all. Then on Thursday, 4 days later, when the door decoration is almost done because I went and got the paper and did it at home, the rude mother calls back finally and tells me what she has going on and that she can't possibly help. Yea I was IRKED!!! Well after a lot of talking to my lifeline Krystal, and neighbor Rena I took a breath and got everything situated for next week. Yesterday I took the door decoration to put it on the door. It turned out so good. Now I just have to get through next week. Here are the pictures of the door and one of the gifts I am giving Mrs. Rasband. I love to give cute gifts and make things special for her because she has been just the right teacher that Emily needs. I just wish other Parents cared as much as I do. So moral of the story, if you don’t intent to help, don’t sign up just to save face. Enjoy the pictures!

Conference and Easter Eggs

2009-04-10T06:44:00.000-07:00

Last weekend was Conference weekend, we all went down to Levan for the weekend so the men could go to Preisthood and we could have a March and April Birthday party and a Easter egg hut all in one shot. It was a lot of fun and a lot of candy was consumed in the process. so this weekend actually being Easter we can start all over again!

Birthday's and Build a Bear's

2009-03-30T08:03:00.000-07:00

This weekend has been one big Birthday party for Emily. It all started on when we went to see Monsters Vs. Aliens with Aunt Krystal, then on Saturday we took Emily, Zachary, and Jacob (friend and practically sibling) to Build a Bear and spent a small fortune. Emily made a pink bear with sunglasses, a sundress and cute little shoes with heels and named her Diamond. Zachary made a Green Frog with overalls, flip flops and Sun Glasses (it looks like Paul Tuttle from American Choppers!heehee) Zach named him Face, yes I said Face, Frog Face. Hey he came up with that all by himself. Jacob made a cute turtle ( the shell is a backpack) he put overalls, sandals, and a fishing hat on his and named it Tac. So after we spent our life savings, we went home and Emily wanted Hot Dogs for her birthday dinner, and her, Jacob and Zachary played all evening with their new friends. On Sunday we had my side of the family over ( we get together with Paul’s for March Birthdays and Easter this next weekend), and had cake and Ice Cream and opened presents. For some reason Emily thinks that until you blow out you candles and open presents you don’t turn a year older so this had to be done before she turned 6. So the world is now right, Emily is 6 and she now has her Pixos that she has wanted since Christmas. Time sure does fly when you are having fun, or something like that.

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My Baby will be 6!!!

2009-03-23T07:00:00.000-07:00

So it has been a busy couple of weeks and now all of a sudden it is the week of my Baby's Birthday! Yes Emily will be 6 on Saturday!! man I'm getting old. so this week is full of fun. I will let you know later how it goes and have new pictures up.

Zach the Builder

2009-03-03T15:21:00.001-08:00

So yesterday the Duplex construction began. My Dad is putting up new siding and trim, I guess you could say, on the Duplex. I am really excited, it will look so much better when It is done. so today being Tuesday, Day 2 of the big event, Zachary wanted to go out and help Grandpa and Parker. So he went down and got his tools from his toolbox and went outside to help he grabbed his hammer, screwdriver and later he came in a got one of his plastic screws for Grandpa to use. The kids kept asking why grandpa was taking down our house. I just kept telling them that he is making it a lot better to look at. It was such a nice day, and it was good for the kids to get outside. a little windy by fun none the less. That gave me some time to clean the house and go through the closets that have been gathering junk the last year. anyway Zachary thought he was just as cool as Grandpa. He had a lot of fun until he took his shoes off and did not obey his mother to go get them or he would step on a nail. But no, the kid was not born with hearing, and he stepped on a staple. guess that will teach him.

2009-03-03T15:17:00.000-08:00

Where a kid can be a kid.....

2009-02-22T18:05:00.000-08:00

Saturday was Paige-E-poo's 3rd Birthday and Connor's 1st Birthday was on Friday so, Lori and Cory and Rebecca and McKell invited everyone to come to Chuck E Cheeses for a big Birthday party. The kids had a ball getting their tokens and playing all the games for tickets to turn in for cheep prizes,( like a bookmark worth 20 tickets that I could have drawn better, and I don’t draw). We had pizza and drinks and sang Happy Birthday, but it was a madhouse. What we do for our Children's entertainment. OH to be a Parent! And in the end, We again found out that We are raising a Klepto!!Yeah you heard right, I said a Klepto. Paul caught Zachary trying to steal a token from some random kid and running for it, but the kid caught hold of his shirt sleeve, and Paul made Zachary give it back. Last week he took a Cadbury cream egg from Wal-Mart after Paul had check out and was shoving it into his mouth. Paul went and paid for it and made Zach throw it away. I really don't know what to do with the kid. I guess that's life and we live and learn, I just hope He learned from this. We will see!

2009-02-22T18:04:00.000-08:00

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Finished product!

2009-02-20T13:24:00.000-08:00

I finally got the quilts done. All day Thursday I worked on them to get them done, and the kids beds made. I finished the binding and my fingers hate me today because I had to hand sew the back of the binding to the quilt to finish it. but they are done. now on to the next project, whatever that might be.

2009-02-20T13:22:00.000-08:00

2009-02-15T13:25:00.000-08:00

Valentine's and Quilting Bee's

2009-02-15T13:07:00.002-08:00

This weekend was Valentine’s Day. It all started on Thursday by filling out the valentines for Emily's class on Friday. She went to school and had a fun valentine’s party; they made heart visors, cookies and played valentines bingo. She came home with quite the hall of cards and candy. We took valentines to all of our loved ones within walking distance, and then when Paul got home from work we drove down to Grandma and Grandpa Bateman's for the night to have fun and play with the cousins. on Saturday my sister-in-law Lori and I had ourselves a quilting bee.( I have been wanting to make the kids a quilt for their beds for some time now, because Emily's has had it and Zachary has never had one and is using an old quilt of mine.) so I stared sewing quilt tops for them a couple of weeks ago, and now it was time to tie them. Lori, Cory, Paul and I whipped both of them out on Saturday morning, now I just have to put the binding on them. On Saturday night we went to the Levan young women yearly fundraiser dinner, fun was had by all (hehehe) and dinner was good too. Poor Gail was sick with the flu stuff that is going around and that I just got over (it sucked) I hope she gets better quick. It was a Love filled weekend, and now my back and thumb are killing me, Oh yeah and my loving husband had flowers sent to me down in Levan that was a lovely surprise because I was not even expecting it. I hope everyone had a Happy Valentine’s Day!

2009-02-15T13:07:00.001-08:00

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Walking with the Dinosaurs

2009-02-05T15:01:00.000-08:00

This was the coolest thing that I have done with my kids. Starting in December I saw the commercials for Walking with the Dinosaurs and I told myself that I had to go. So Paul and I got to talking and bought tickets. So on Saturday January 17th we took trax downtown, got off at the Delta (it will always be the Delta center to me). We were a little early so we walked over to the Gateway and found a Starbucks for a cup of Hot Chocolate and a muffin, which burned up some time, and then we went and got into our seats. When it started it was the coolest event I have ever been to. They took you through all the eras that the different Dinosaurs lived in and told us how the earth could have looked like in each of those eras. All in all it was a fun day. I just took the pictures off of the camera so I thought I would share them.

Never thought I'd make it did you?!?!

2009-02-05T11:04:00.000-08:00

Ok,Ok, I have finally made it to the bloging world. Its been on my mind for a while now and most of my friends are blogging I better get with the program and start, so if Paul can have a facebook account and keep up with it I should be able to do this. Besides I hope I can keep up with this better than I have been keeping up on my scrapbooking. Yeah I have almost a year and a half of pictures to scrapbook and I keep putting it off. so we will see if I can keep this up. I hope all of you enjoy.

Elisa