It's been a while.

Sorry it has been a while since I have written. Not a whole lot to talk about I guess. Once again October has been a little crazy. Jeremy started school. That is really good, he's been having a hard time getting in school and now finally he was able to. My little sister came to hang out with us for a few weeks. That was a lot of fun. I'm sure we were pretty boring. We didn't do a whole lot. We hung out with our good friend Shannon. That was a lot of fun. We went to the park a couple of times. That's good for me because the girls get to get some fresh air and have lots of fun. Other then that we just stayed home. We added another addition to our family. We had a stray cat show up at our house. He was fixed and didn't have anything wrong with him, so we kept him. He's a very pretty cat. We named him Max. The vet said she thought he was only a little over a year old. He is huge he weighs 11 lbs 7 oz. He is very nice, he hasn't scratched or bite the kids. We really like him.

We had a good Halloween. We went to trunk or treat on the 30Th at our church. That was really fun. Then we went trick or treating on base on Halloween. Shelby was pretty excited. She figured it out real fast. All she had to do is knock on the door and say trick or treeaat! and she got candy. She thought it was really fun. Tyra on the other hand was still a little scared this year. We had a lot of fun.
Yesterday we got to go to the girls cousin's birthday party at boondocks. That was a lot of fun. Tyra loved playing games. She got 95 tickets. She wanted to get a bunch of little dinosaurs that were 5 points each, but I made her get something that was 75 points and then she could get the rest in dinosaurs. I don't need a bunch of little dinosaurs running around my house. I got go on this virtual roller coaster ride with my mom. That was so funny. This ride makes you go upside down and side to side. It was fun. Mom laughed the whole time. She also had her earring popped out, we found it though. It really was a lot of fun. Tyra loves hanging around her cousins. We will have to go to boondocks again when the weather is better and do the go carts and go miniature golfing.

I'm not sure how our November will go. Right now Shelby is sick and I hope she gets better soon. I think we are planning on going to Northern Idaho in the middle of the month. We will see. We have lots of Vet and Dr appointments this month. I also have to call to see if I have Jury duty this month. Not excited about that.

September

Well, September has been another crazy month. It has been fun though. My little baby Shelby is now 2 years old. So she is now a toddler. We had a little birthday party for her on Monday. It was fun to have our friends there. She got a lot of cool presents. We bought her a scooter and she loves it, so does her big sister.

Raytha came to visit for a little while. It was nice seeing her. We ended up going to the air show last Saturday. That was pretty neat. Jeremy had to work at the air show by showing some military vehicles. So we went and seen him and the girls got to sit in the truck that he was showing. We also went into a huge air plane. That was neat.

We took the girls to Boise on Tuesday and got their pictures taken. They turned out great. Grandma and Grandpa Chick picked out their outfits and they are super cute. We didn't have to much of a problem getting the girls to get their picture taken. It actually went pretty fast.

We are getting ready for Jeremy to leave for Yakima. He will be gone for almost a week and then come home for a few days and then leave again for almost a week. We will miss him while he's gone, at least we will get to see him in between. That is pretty much what is going on right now. I thinkour October will be not as crazy.

First day of school

Today was Tyra's first day of school. She was really excited. She is now in Pre-K. So it should be a fun year for her. She gets to learn more. She was happy to see her friends from last school year. While Tyra is at school Shelby and I get to go hangout with people in our church ward. They have a play group on Wednesday and Friday, so that will keep us busy.

Other then that our month of September is going to be busy. I hope October will be less busy.

Twin Falls Temple

Here are a couple of pictures of the Twin Falls Temple. It is so beautiful, in the inside and outside. I just wished we were in a smaller group with less childern. It is still a beautiful place.

Update

Sorry I haven't kept up with the blogging thing. It's been kind of crazy this month. My girls have been sick and are just getting over it. I'm just glad I don't have to clean up throw up any more. Jeremy and I went to the Twin Falls Temple yesterday. It was so nice and beautiful. Jeremy got some really good pictures of the outside of it with his phone. I'll have to see if he can e-mail them to me so I can post some pictures. It was nice to just hangout with him without the girls. We needed a break since the girls have been sick.
I hung out with my little sister all last week. That was fun, but we weren't very exciting. We went bowling with our friend Shannon. That was a lot of fun. We need to do it again sometime. I've been going back to the gym. I also haven't been eating as much, and I've lost 11 lbs. I've been pretty excited about that. We don't really have a lot planned for this month. Probably just sit back and see what happens.

First Time

I made bread for the first time on Tuesday. I was pretty excited. I made whole wheat bread. It was a lot of fun to make. It tasted pretty good. I know they doesn't look perfect, but it was my first time.

My July so far.

July is going really well. Jeremy started his guard two weeks on the 11th. He is staying in Boise for a week and then he gets to spend a week out in the desert. He's really excited about that, no really he is. Other then that we have been hanging out at home. We got to spend this weekend with Katie's kids. Tyra had a lot of fun. She loves having sleep overs. I love them too, our house is a little more quiet. I'm sure Grandma Chick is pulling her hair out. Maybe next time some can stay at my house.

Last Thursday we got to go to summer reading down at the library in Grand View. We made butterfly magnets. They are cute. The girls won some books and toys. Shelby got a fly swatter with a flower on it. So she thinks she needs to wake me up in the morning by hitting me in the face with it. I'm sure it will find the garbage can here soon.

About Shelby, I caught her licking our spoons and sticking them back in the drawer. I think she got to about 5 when I caught her. Hopefully she hadn't gotten more, but we all have the same germs any way.

Today a lady in my ward at church invited me over to make some bows for my girl's hair. That was a lot of fun. So now I need to go buy a glue gun, Velcro, and some flowers. I was pretty excited about learning how to make them. Mine aren't perfect, but hey it's my first time. I just got to get them to stay in my little girl's hair. I guess that is what the Velcro is for.

Well, that is how my July is going so far. Not to bad. I thought I was going to have more problems with Jeremy being gone, but everything has been smooth.

3 favorite people

These are my three favorite people in the world. I love this picture. I love my family so much. They are so wonderful. I'm glad that I have my wonderful husband and my two beautiful little girls. They fill my life with joy. I just wanted to share that.

Netflix

I just found out that you can add friends to your netflix account. I think this is neat. You can see what your friends like and compare movies. So if you would like to be my friend click on the webpage address. I think this could be really neat. Maybe I'm just dorky.

http://www.netflix.com/BeMyFriend/P7AXRNJa5KGCtt9Y9LdJ

My little girl likes funk music

Sunday night Jeremy was messing with his new stereo system he got to use at the Stake Dances. Well he put on some funk music (I don't know the name of the band. I'm sure he's told me before, but I forgot). Well Shelby thought it was great and just started dancing. So now when ever he plays funk music she goes crazy. Sometimes she'll dance and sometimes she will find the little speakers and start drumming on them. She is going to be my little drummer also. It's been so funny watching Shelby learn and grow. She is picking up words really fast and learning things from her sister, some good, some bad. The girls are growing up so fast. Tyra now plays on the computer without any help. Before I know it they will be teenagers. I don't know if I am ready for that yet. I lost my voice this weekend so I can't really talk, so my girls decided this is the week to get into things because mom can yell at them. I can't wait till my voice comes back. It has been very frustrating trying answer questions from my 4 year old. You can't just shake your head yes or no, you have to say it. Jeremy's been doing a lot of talking for me. Hopefully it will be back by the end of this week. So we can have a fun 4Th of July. We don't have anything planned, maybe go to the parade in Boise and watch fireworks somewhere. Not super exciting. I hope you all have a wonderful 4Th of July.

I tried to download a video, but it didn't work, so you get pictures of Shelby dancing to funk music.

Pictures

I didn't take a lot of picture, but I really wish I had. I wish I got more of the family and of the house we stayed in. Her are some of my husband and girls at the Ocean. I also put in some pictures of Seattle. The sand felt good between their toes.

Tyra all wet. She said the water is yucky, it tastes like salt.

Shelby thinks it's not fair that Tyra and daddy get to go in the water and she doesn't.

Tyra and Jeremy out in the ocean. It was so cold.

The little crab we found at the rocky beach. Uncle Tom was brave enought to pick it up and show everyone.



We stopped at the factory, but didn't buy any cheese.

We had to stop and pet the piggie. Shelby was really excited.

The Space Needle and Qwest Field.

Jeremy's favorite store in Seattle.

My weird little girl. Yes, that is her sippy cup in her ear.

Family Reunion

I've been meaning to blog soon, but I have had some really bad headaches ever since we have been home. I hope it is just allergies. Hopefully they will get better. They aren't bothering me at this time. Other then that we had a really fun weekend. I love being able to spend time with my family. I just wished it was longer. Maybe if we add one more day, that would be nice. I really loved the house Levi and Katie were able to get for the weekend. I wish we had something like that to go to each year. It was a really nice house. I am glad that we know we will be able to spend time with each other at least once a year. I look forward to it every year.

I really love the ocean. I'm not too fond of the cold weather, but the ocean is beautiful. We were able to go to a sandy beach and a rocky beach. Tyra got to swim in the ocean. It was fun until she got too cold. I would set foot in the water. I'm not fond of cold water. I think Shelby wanted to go in, but mommy wouldn't let her. Jeremy took her in once, that was enough. My girls had a wonderful time playing with the other grand kids. Tyra always loves seeing her cousins. I just wished we could see them more often. Jeremy and I had a good time playing card games. I like the idea of family's doing a meal. I get to try new things that I probably wouldn't have tried. The bean and rice burritos were very good. I have never tried guacamole until this weekend. I really liked it. So now when it is on things I wont be afraid to eat it.

Once again, Sunday came to fast and we all had to leave. I think most everyone went home. We ended up fallowing the coast up to Washington. We seen some beautiful scenery. We went through Tillamook. We stopped at the factory, but it was too busy. We seen the huge air museum, but didn't stop. We went to Astoria and crossed the huge bridge into Washington. Then some how we made it all the way to Seattle. It was a nice drive. The girls were really good. We stayed at the Air Base in Tacoma. The next day we went to Seattle for a little bit. We went to Pike Place Market. We watched the guys throw fish. I think Tyra thought it was gross, because she was covering her mouth the whole time. Then we just walked on the piers. We had to get home, so we didn't spend a lot of time there. We seen the space needle. Tyra was reminded of little Einsteins, and told me that balloons pop up there. She could point it out and tell me that was the space needle without me telling her. We seen Qwest Field were the Seahawks play. I just wished it was football season so I could watch a game. Then we headed home.

We had a good trip home. We had to stop a couple of times. Shelby got car sick and ended up throwing up around Kenawick, Washington. So we had to stop and clean her up. We had to smell throw up all the way home. Not nice. We stopped in Baker City to eat and then everyone fell asleep except for Jeremy. Poor guy. He drove all the way. I think it because my driving scares him. Now we are home and our animals are glad to see us. I've been trying to keep up the cleaning even with my headaches. Once and a while I get to sneak a nap in. I should be in bed right now, plus I have just wrote a book. So I will leave it at that. I love all of my family. I can't wait to seem how much they have grown next June.

Slow June

Well I really don't have anything to write. June has been so slow and boring. I can't wait till the family reunion. At least I will be doing something and hanging with family. I also wish the weather would be a little better. I don't want it to be super hot, but the 80's would be nice. Hopefully my summer will be more exciting then this. I did get the girls some clothes on sale today at the BX. A lot of stuff was 75 & 50% off. Tonight we are going down to Grand View for summer reading. That will be fun. This years summer reading is on bugs. That will be interesting. I guess I should get back to reading my book. I've just been lazy about reading lately. Well that is how our month is going right now. Hopefully July will be more exciting. The most exciting thing that has happened this month is that we caught 3 mice that have been living in our vent. If you have mice problems use those sticky pads. I now that it is cruel, but mice carry all kinds of disuses. So I don't feel too bad. I guess the sticky pads work for Spiders also. We have tried all kinds of traps, but the sticky pad is the only thing that seems to work. Well that is my little helpful tip.

Tagged by 3's

How To Play This Game of Tag: Post these rules on your blog. List: 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 random surprising facts about yourself. Tag 3 people at the end of your post by leaving their names. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog!

Joys
1. My family
2. Nice weather
3. Books

Fears
1. High places
2. Small Spaces
3. Losing a loved one

Goals
1. Get our own house
2. Raising my girls right
3. Go on a nice vacation with my husband

Obsessions/Collections
1. NFL football (Go Seahawks)
2. Recipes
3. Being Organized

Surprising Facts
1. I hate Pineapple, the taste and the smell.
2. When we go to a restaurant I can't have my back facing the doors.
3. If I could I would live off on Tacos and Pizza.

May coming to an end.

I truly love this month, but it has been so busy. It seemed like we had something going on everyday this month. I kind of get a little break for a while. We don't have to be any where until Saturday. It has been a fun month though.

My birthday was this month. Already 26 years old. I feel the same though. No new wrinkles. Jeremy took us out to Good Wood for dinner. It was really nice, other then kids can't behave when you take them out to dinner. Then Jeremy took me shopping for a new dress. That was my birthday present from him because he didn't know what to get me. We found a really cute dress. It was a really nice birthday. We also had our 6Th Wedding Anniversary on the 25Th. It was a Sunday so we could do a whole lot. I made dinner, East Chicken Casserole. I've never made it before, but Jeremy really liked it, so that was good. Then I made a chocolate cake with Chocolate frosting. Both were homemade. It was pretty good. We invited my parents over for cake and Ice Cream while we watch Empire of the Sun. It was fun.

Jeremy and I went out Saturday night without the kids. Jeremy got a new calling with the Church. In short terms he is the DJ for the Youth Stake Dances. So we went out to Jack-in-the-box for Milk Shakes and Curly Fries. Then we went to DJ the dance. It was fun. I got to remember how stupid I was at Stake Dances. Those were fun times though. Other then that we didn't really do anything for memorial day weekend. Yesterday Jeremy and I went to Grand View to Mow the lawn and clean the library for my mom. It was actually kind of nice to get away from the girls again, even if I was doing work.

It is coming to an end of the month and all we have to do is go to a wedding on Saturday. It is nice to get a little break. Then in June we will be getting ready to go to the Oregon Coast for our family reunion. That will be lots of fun. Then July Jeremy will have his two weeks for guard. We are also talking about going up to Spirit Lake in August. SO our summer sounds pretty busy.

I have also been able to enjoy reading this month. I have already read two books and am now on the third one. I have read Twilight, New Moon and now I am on Eclipse. They are very good books, I can barely put them down. When I finally get a break I love to be able to pick up a book and read. Well that is really about all that has been going on. There have been little things in between the big things, but I don't want to bore you with them. Plus I have already written a lot.

Race for the Cure

We went to the Race for the Cure this Saturday. It was a lot of fun. We got some free stuff and just had a good time. My friend Shannon, her little boy and I walked the 5K. I also took Shelby which she fell asleep throw most of it. It was pretty crowed. I guess there was like 14,000 people there this year. Which is good, because it is for a good cause. Melyni and Alma came and they ran. So did Jeremy. I'm just not in shape enough to run yet. Jeremy was in the first top 20. He did really good. We all had a lot of fun. We went out to eat at Ihop after wards. Well, that was the race for the cure. I think Jeremy and I are planning on doing the Celebration walk in Sept and doing the race for the cure again next year.
Race for the Cure~ May 10, 2008

My girls are ready for spring.

Shelby's ready to go on a hike. She's got her hat and her water bottle. She's ready to go. Well except she's missing a shoe.

But look how happy she is.

Tyra being a little monkey.

What a silly litte girl!

I guess Shelby only likes to wear one shoe.

It's MAY!

Hooray it's May! I love this month. Not just because my birthday, Anniversary and Mother's Day is this month. Because it is just a beautiful month. The weather is warm, the flowers are starting to bloom. I love the smell of a nice spring morning. People are starting to mow there lawns. I don't my lawn, but I love the smell of fresh cut grass. It's just a wonderful month. I don't think anyone ever says, "I hate May".

Well I think we are going to have a busy month. This Saturday I am going to be walking in the race for the cure. I'm not tough enough yet to run in it. At least I am going to be walking the 5K. That kind of makes me tough. Jeremy has drill this weekend so we didn't get much done. He likes to come home and sleep after drill. We have birthdays to go to and weddings. It will be a nice month. Hopefully not stressful.

I really just wanted to write that I love this month. My girls are finally getting to wear capri's and short sleeve shirts. We get to go to the park every Friday morning. They love it. They love playing outside, but what kid doesn't. Other then that we haven't done a whole lot. Just having a good old time at home.

Weight Loss

We have been going to the gym for two weeks now. I really enjoy it. It does wear on you once and a while though. One day you will be all energized and ready to go and the next day you will be tired and not very enthused, but you go anyway. Then you feel better after you go. I've been weighing myself every Monday since we started, which has only three. I feel like I've lost some weight. It looks like my face has a little, and so have my fingers because my ring is a little loser. When I step on the scale it still says I'm 145 lbs. I would think I would at least drop down to 140 lbs by now. I might just need to get a new scale. This one is pretty old. We have been watching what we eat, or at least trying too. Hopefully all this working out will pay of soon. I am planning on walking in the Race for the Cure in May. I would like to walk the 5k, but we will see. I am hoping to get Shannon to go with me. I will have to ask her what she would like to walk. I pretty sure Melyni and Alma are running in the race, but if anyone else wants to do it too that would be awesome. Plus you get a lot of free stuff at the end. I wish I could talk my husband into doing it, but he thinks it's a woman thing. No matter what I am planning on walk in the race. Well this is kind of a pointless update, but oh well.

New Ring.

So my diamond fell out of my ring at the beginning of last month. My fingers have gotten chubby, so we had to cut my ring off. I did find my diamond though. So Jeremy said something about just getting me a new ring instead of getting my ring fixed (I still want to get it fixed someday). So I have been doing some internet shopping for rings. I don't want to get something to expensive, just something pretty. So I have chose two rings. I haven't showed Jeremy yet, but you guys can tell me what you think.

This one is from Zales. This one is really pretty, but It might be too big for my finger.

I like this one because it isn't huge. This one is from Ben Bridge. I really like this one.