More Pictures

Tyra really liked feeding the ducks and the geese.
I really like this picture.
My new hair.
Shelby sleeping on Melyni and Alma's floor. She must have been tired.
Shelby looks crazy in this picture.

Happy Halloween!

First of all I just wanted to tell everyone happy Halloween! I hope everyone has fun tonight.

Well, we have had a pretty crazy time while Jeremy was gone. He got home safely last night. We are all excited that he is home. The girls gave him really big hugs at the airport. So did I. I think he is glad to be home. He says it's too hot in California.

Any way, we ended up going to Idaho Falls for a week while he was gone. We left a last Sunday to help Nels and Rachel with their girls while Elsie was in the hospital. It was a lot of fun to spend time in Idaho Falls. Tyra had a lot of fun playing with Hazel and Lilie. The last day we were over there we took them to the park. They thought it was a lot of fun to play outside. Rachel and Elsie came home last Tuesday. I am so glad she is doing really well. Hazel and Lilie were so glad that their mom and baby sister were home. We ended up going to Melyni and Alma's house for the rest of the week. It was a lot of fun staying there. I am glad that they let us stay there. My kids can be a little crazy sometimes.

While we were in Idaho Falls we did a lot of walking. We walked to the park that wasn't too far from Melyni and Alma's house. We fed the ducks and the geese. Tyra thought that was fun. We ended up walking all the way to the other side of the falls so we could see them. We were out of bread so we couldn't feed the ducks and geese, but then a lady who had a little boy gave us a piece of bread. So Tyra went up to feed a goose and it bit her finger. I think it just scared her, but she started crying. Poor little girl. She thought it was a lot of being around the geese. Well, other then all the poop. We went back on Thursday to feed them some kixs. I also got my hair color and cut on Thursday. I think it looks good. This was the first time that I have ever colored it professionally. It took a long time though. I was glad that my girls were good for Melyni and Alma. On Friday we got to go trunk or treating at Melyni and Alma's ward. It was a lot of fun. Tyra was a princess (kind of) and Shelby was a pumpkin. There were cheap costumes. I left there real ones at home. The girls had a lot of fun and they got a lot of candy for me to get fat on. I am glad Melyni and Alma helped us eat some of it. Saturday Tyra was all excited to go to the zoo. When we got there we found out it was closed because they were getting ready for boo at the zoo. Tyra wasn't very happy about that. She still talks about it being closed to this day. So we went to Alma's sisters house to help with a quilt. Tyra got to play with other little girls there. She had fun.

Well, on Sunday we came home. It's good to be home. I just wished the cleaning fairies would have cleaned my house while I was gone. They didn't so I had to clean up the mess that we left. It wasn't too bad. I actually got Tyra to help me a little bit. She is doing a lot better now that I threaten to put here toys in a bag (thanks Nels and Rachel for the idea). Tyra was really excited to see her cats, her dog and her Grandma Chick. I just wanted to go to sleep.

Anyway, yesterday was a lot of fun. We got to go to Boise and hangout with my friend Shannon. We hung out at the mall pretty much all day. Tyra and Garrett were handfuls, but they had fun. Next time we will just have to hangout at Shannon's so they can play better. Thanks a bunch Shannon for spending time with us at the mall. We made it to the airport right as Jeremy got there. It was so good to see him. He bought me and the girl pirate shirts. The girls ran around wearing them last night. They acted like they had a peg leg. It was pretty funny. They really liked those shirts.

We get to take our older cat to the vet today because she keeps throwing up and is losing weight. That's a fun thing to do on Halloween. Then we are going to go trick or treating on the air base and then up a the church I think. I am not sure what are plans are. We will have fun. Tyra is really excited to go trick or treating tonight.

I guess that was my long week while Jeremy was gone. It was fun and it was good to spend time with family. We will have to do it again sometime. Hopefully nobody will be in the hospital though. I hope everyone will have a good day today. Keep safe.

Jammie time!

I asked Tyra if she could go get her jammies no so she could go to bed. This is what she looked like when she said she was ready to go to bed. Why are kids so silly. She is always getting me to laugh. I love her so much.

Yesterday we went to Base and Tyra didn't want to go home when it was time to go home. So I went to the pits and went through all he mud puddles since it has been raining there were quite a bit. Then we had to go through all the puddles around our house. I was a lot of fun. Tyra loved it. She told me that we were giving the care a mud bath. We will have to do it again sometime. This week is going to be nice so I don't think it will rain. You never know though. We are just trying to have fun while Jeremy is going. Even if it means get the care dirty.

What next?

Ok, when I wrote last I said that so far everything is going good. Well, I shouldn't have said that. My evening has just been going down hill. It first started when I decided to take the girls to the store to pick up a few things. Well, Tyra talked me into getting one of those carts that look like a car. Everything was going good until Tyra didn't want to listen to her mom and sit in the car. Well she got goofing around and started running around. She ran right into the car cart and split her lip. There was blood all over her. So I had to get us all to the bathroom. Thankfully there was a nice lady at the store that helped us. I am really grateful for that. Anyway the bleeding stopped and we didn't have to go to the hospital. We get home and everything is going good. Then I put Shelby to bed. I was doing some laundry and I hear this screaming. I go into the bedroom to check on her and she had thrown up all over her bed and her floor. Just what I wanted to do tonight was clean up throw up. Since this was the third time I cleaned it up today. Both of my cat's threw up today. I have no idea what is going on here. Anyway I put Tyra and Shelby in the bath tub while I attempt to clean up the throw up. I am going to tell my husband that I am defiantly getting a Dyson vacuum. I don't care what he says. So the girls get out of the tub. Shelby is still sleeping in a play pin so I had to take it to the shower and spray it down. Oh, that was so fun. I had to make Shelby a new bed until that drys. Now she is in the room hopefully falling a sleep. I just got to get Tyra to go to sleep. She is not being very good tonight. I hope tomorrow will be better. I don't want my two weeks to be like this. Or I could be bald from pulling my hair out by the time Jeremy gets home. Either that or my girls will make me turn gray. I'm not ready for that. Sorry I wrote so long, but I had to complain to somebody.

Crazy kids!

Ok, Melyni told me I needed to write something. So I guess I will try. Jeremy left yesterday so I have to talk to little girls for two weeks. Very little adult conversation. It is fun talking to them though. They have been pretty ridiculous since Jeremy left. It first started when we were at the airport. Only Shelby and I took him to the airport. Tyra had school. Well Jeremy was telling us bye and Shelby was just blowing him off. So he started to walk away. That's when she started freaking out. So Jeremy had to come back and hold her and hug her (she's such a daddy's girl). Well, he said bye again and started walking off. This time Shelby was ok with it, she even waved to him. She kept him in her sight though. So when she couldn't see him anymore that's when she started freaking out. So it was quite fun to have everyone in the airport hear us and look at us. It was nice that when we got home and Tyra got home they both took naps. I got to relax a little bit, now my house looks horrible. I didn't feel like cleaning it though. I guess that is what I will be doing tonight when the girls go to sleep. We had some fun yesterday. The kids played with a box that had baby wipes in it. They like to torture the kitten and stick her in the box and carry her a round. They also like to stick her in the cat carrier and leave her there. Poor kitten. Today Tyra got in trouble for sitting on her. The girls have been pretty good today though. I can't wait till Jeremy is home. Two weeks isn't a long time, but sometimes it feels like it.

I love it when they're sleeping.

I love it when both of my girls take a nap at the same time. It is so nice. They are so cute. When they are sleeping they look so innocent.

Tyra must have thought that we were going somewhere because she put on her coat and was waiting. I guess she was really tried.

Shelby usually doesn't fall asleep any where but her bed, but she must have been really tired that day.

A typical day at the Poland house hold.

Well today has just been a typical day. Tyra woke up and went to school. She stayed down there until Grandma Chick was ready to come home. Which was close to 2 o'clock. Grandma asked her if she likes school, Tyra said "no". I think she does though. She said she learned about the letter E and made an Elephant. I am glad she is going to preschool. It is so good for her to be around other little kids.

It is also good that Shelby and I get sometime together. Even though Shelby is pretty winy today. She has had a hard week though. Poor girl keeps on getting hurt. Yesterday she was running and tripped over her own feet and went right into the couch. Not the soft part either. She gave herself a nice bruise on her cheek. She has a bruise under eye, I have no idea where she got that. This weekend she ran into the TV. She got a bruise from that. Patches has attacked her 3 times this week. She has had chairs fall on top of her and she has fallen off chairs. She just keeps getting hurt. I feel so sorry for her. She cry's hysterically when she gets hurt. You get tired of hearing it after a while.

Any way, Jeremy and I should be getting a break tonight. We are planning on going out to eat while Grandma watches the kids. It's the only day we get before he leaves. Jeremy has drill this weekend and me and the girls will be going to Twin Falls. Then on Sunday he will probably have to get ready to leave, like pack and stuff. We don't know exactly what day he will be leaving. It will either be Monday or Tuesday. I'm just glad he will only be gone for 2 weeks and on 18 months. Lucky guy, California sounds nice this time of year. He says it's not going to be nice because he will be stuck in barracks all the time and wont be able to leave the camp. Any way, we will miss him. Shelby is a daddy's girls, so she will probably go crazy.

Well that his how our day has been going. It is nice a quiet right now because Shelby is taking a nap. It's soooo nice. Tyra is watching cartoons right now. I am planning on taking her outside for a while. The weather here isn't too cold. Jacket weather that's all. Well I will try to keep updating.

Update!

Ok, it has been like forever since I wrote a blog. I thought I would update what has been going on in our life. We have had a busy summer and it is nice to be into fall. We are still a little busy though. In September Shelby turned 1 on the 16th. We had a nice little birthday party for here. Jeremy mother came up and spent almost a week with us. It was nice having her here. The girls really enjoyed it. Shelby is not quite talking yet, but she gets words out once and a while. She love bothering her sister. It's fun to watch her. She is quite a character. She is really little and nobody believes me when I tell them that she is a year old. Shelby is very accident prone. I think she gets that from her day. She adds a new bump to her head like everyday. She is pretty tough though. Also in September Tyra started Preschool. She loves it. She only goes on Tuesdays and Thursday. She asks me everyday if she can go. She comes home and talks about what she did that day and about all the kids there. Her Grandma Chick drives her down to school and I go pick her up. She loves to ride with Grandma Chick. She is such a funny little girl. She surprises me everyday on how smart she is. During the summer we started going to the parks on Thursdays. When she started going to school she doesn't get to go to the park. She really misses that, so once and a while I still take her. Last Friday I took Tyra bowling for the first time. She really liked that. She isn't super strong so when she would roll the ball down the isle it would take like 3 minutes to get to the pins. She didn't do bad though. I also got her a chocolate ice cream cone, that made her the happiest girl in the world. Tyra is looking forward to Halloween. She wants to be a punk rocker witch. Shelby is going to be a little chick. It will be a fun Halloween. Tyra also thinks AC/DC rocks. She told me that in the car the other day and she goes around sing "Shook me all night long!" It's pretty funny. I love hanging out with my two girls, even though someday are pretty rough.

Well, we aren't planning on being to busy this month. Other then Jeremy having to leave for two weeks. The Army is being nice and is sending him to California for two weeks. Lucky him! I would like to go, but I know we could afford to spend a lot of time down there. As for me, I just take care of the girls. We also have a new addition to our family. I let Tyra get a little gray kitten. She named it Billie. It is such a cute kitten and it likes to cuddle. Well, that is about all that is going on in our family right at this moment. Jeremy is still riding his motorcycle to work. Burrrrrr!!! I think he just enjoys riding his bike. I'm not able to get any scrap booking done, and I am still trying to finish a book. My girls stay busy playing and having fun. Our animal are just their normal selves. Well, that's our life.