The Thompsons

Happy Valentines Day!!

2012-02-14T07:05:00.001-07:00

Love,Love Valentines day!! My faithful readers and friends know this of me. I'm a sap, ok!! I hope I pass this on to my kids. Especially my son!!!(not the sap,part)
So, of course I saw this idea on pinterest and thought this would be a good idea for Kaydi's classs and the friends the older two kids wanted to give to. Yes, Jake is even giving some. This took forever and I was up this morning at 400 am to finish. But I also had Kaydi's Valentines box thrown in the mix. So those two together consumed me for a bit. It was all worth it though. So enjoy your day. Even if you don't like "the day", it's always what you make of it, right!!
Happy Valentines!!

And many more...

2012-01-25T06:59:00.002-07:00

21 YEARS

Enough said...

2012-01-19T21:08:00.001-07:00

she does not like me much right now...look at that mean face. LOL!!

It finally came :)

2012-01-17T09:33:00.001-07:00

I have been seeing these all over and HAD to have one. I was so excited to get it. The wall has been bare since my Christmas decorations have come down, knowing this little goody was on its way.

Halloween fun in January!

2012-01-15T09:39:00.000-07:00

Yes I know its January...I just found this in my drafts. Just trying to get my blog book together and could not leave this out.

This year was the first time Jason wasnt with us for Halloween night. We were sad but made the best of it! The weekend started like this. Friday- Kaydi and Jake had parties to go to. Graycee watched a movie with a friend!! Saturday, Jason and I had a couple halloween parties to go to as well as Jake. Sunday, we had the annual Thompson Family Halloween party. Monday-Jason left back out of town. Kaydi and Graycee dressed up for school. You know you are the mom of teenagers when you spend Halloween with your 9yr old. Graycee didnt make it home till 900 that night and Jake shortly after that. Atleast Jake came home afterschool and had his friends come here for awhile before they left. Kaydi and I carved a couple of pumpkins and made homemade meatballs and spaghetti. Yummy, by the way. I cant believe how easy and fast it was. Then we went out and went trick or treating. I wish my honey could have been there with us. We sure miss him terribly when he is gone on holidays like that. He plays such an important role in our family. Anyhoo...here are some pics. I am missing some of our family together in costume.

Aunt Jenny trying to make her famous rootbeer.

making meatballs with mom

all the cousins with there googly glasses on.(Kaydi is behind Graycee)

Jason and me!!

Kaydi being funny

guessing how many are in the jar!

One of my favorite people..Jake Smith
Nice shorts! (this is one of Jakes good friends)

Happy New Year

2012-01-02T10:02:00.001-07:00

Can i just say I really have been looking forward to the New Year and some normalcy. Christmas was good but it's nice to have it over with and on to the coming year. Pretty excited for Jason to be home with an exciting new management position at work. Im so proud of him! It will be crazy busy for him for the next few months getting this job going but its going to be nice having him home with me and the kids again. We sure missed that. Kudo's to single moms everywhere. I've been soaking up every minute I can get with him. Here are just a few pictures I wanted to upload before December gets too far away from me.

Happy New Year

The start of Graycees new Henna Tattoo

Not a fan of the HAT...

Kaydi and one of her many Christmas projects. She is so creative.

Christmas morning...not awake yet

Kadyi's finished project (not sure how they got out of order)

Bad hair day!!

Just loved this picture of Graycee.

Like Father like Son

2011-12-20T07:32:00.001-07:00

DISCLAIMER: If hunting and dead animals arent your thing than this post isnt for you.

This past weekend Jason and Jake went to Elko for a little father, son outing to go hunt coyotes. Jason has fallen in love with this pastime and has wanted Jake to like it as much as him. Unfortunately Jake hasn't been old enough to go on tournaments with him and still isn't until he is 16 but Jason decided to take him on his own. I think Jason succeeded with finding something Jake likes as much as him...
He is counting the days till he can do it again!

Sad Day

2011-12-13T21:21:00.000-07:00

I am so sad to say our old turkey passed away this week. I know this is pretty trivial stuff comparatively, but we love our pets. I think for anyone that knows Jason he was especially pretty fond of this turkey. He lost his mate about two years ago and almost lost his life the same way she did shortly after that. You can read that story here He had a good run and has been a fun pet. We sure will miss having him wandering around the backyard yard keeping us company and talking to us (as seen in the video below)

Can I just say...

2011-11-27T18:56:00.001-07:00

I love my son. Jake pulls this paper out of his backpack and I almost fall over.
Student of the Week. What??? Really?? I love that one of his teachers has finally seen what I see. If you enlarge the picture you will see what his teacher says about him. Sometimes he gets lost in the shuffle or gets labeled. I came across this quote on pinterest and it totally summed it up for me. This year I have really felt like this. It says " So there's this boy...He kind of stole my heart. He calls me mom.". Not that he didn't the second he was born but that goes away for a while it seems. This year I've felt it come back and I have fallen in love with my son all over again.

Happy Thanksgiving

2011-11-24T20:51:00.001-07:00

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity.... It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow~Melodie Beattie

Prime Rib,cheese fries...a little unconventional this year. I sure enjoyed it though. It was just my sweet husband and 3 kids this year.After dinner we made it to Breaking Dawn. What a great day!! Happy Thanksgiving!

Mistletoe

2011-11-01T08:10:00.000-06:00

Ok folks! I realize it is only November 1st but I just purchased my first Christmas album. I really try to limit myself to one a season but I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do that this year. I know you guys are laughing but I do have a daughter that is in love with this boy. I have been to his concert and really... he is pretty darn good. So of course I'm going to have to get this one. I could say its for Graycee but I think I was probably more excited than she was. Did I just say that??? Its pretty good I must say. Already listened to it a couple times. Yes I know its only 805 in the am and it came out at midnight. We did only purchase it around 630 ish if that makes you feel any better. Honey, I know you are reading this and shaking your head. I had to do it and I promise you wont hear it till after Thanksgiving.

Happy birthday Jake!!

2011-10-29T22:41:00.001-06:00

15 years ago today our prayers were answered. We loved you the minute we found out we were pregnant with you. We waited so long for you and from the minute you were born you have been an absolute joy to have in our lives. Dad and I are so proud of all the things you have accomplished. I wish I could hold you close and never let you grow up. We love you so much and look forward to all the adventures you will continue to bring to our family.

Days like these...

2011-10-17T09:03:00.001-06:00

(a LOVE letter to my husband)

Dear Husband,

I loved everything about today(Sunday)!!! I loved you were home all day! I loved watching movies with you! I loved watching you interact with the kids. I love our Sunday dinners. I love that you take me and slow dance with me in the middle of the kitchen when I'm cooking Sunday dinner. I love that you love me!!!I love that you tell the kids you love "their mom"...all the time!! I love our family time. I love that you look at me and see the girl you married and not the forty year old that has an excess of aches,pains,pounds,housework and many more things I cant seem to come up with right now. Oh ya, did I mention memory loss. I love that we can finish each others sentences and know what each other is thinking. I love that you always make sure to kiss me when one of us comes home from something. I love that we always say "I love you".
I'm sad that I have to tell you goodbye when the weekend is over. You play such an important role in this family. It gets pretty lonely and quiet around here when you are gone. No kids going in the trash can,

Case in point...

no kids crying because you have teased them so much or tickled them too hard. We love you here at home, but we know you do this because you love us. You work such long and tiring days. Its crappy you have to go back to a hotel room and choose Cheetos for dinner because you are too tired for anything else. I know its not just hard on us but its harder on you not being here with us. So goodbye for now... and we will see you on Friday and do it all over again.

Love,
Your Wife

Can I just say....

2011-10-14T20:42:00.002-06:00

pinterest is my new favorite thing!!!!! Go check it out if you haven't already. If you haven't you must be living in the dark ages. Just sayin'!!

Boulder Mountain=No Deer

2011-10-02T20:42:00.000-06:00

Well, Jason and Jake ventured to Boulder Mountain for the muzzle loader. No success, but alone time with a teenager is priceless.
Boulder Mountain tops Jason's top five of favorite places and it seems to me, this is becoming one of Jake's favorite places as well. It was great to hear Jake tell me the stories when he got home. My favorite was when he told me how amazing the stars and sky were. Personally, that is one of MY favorite things about camping. The stars and moon are just so close. It just seems like you can reach up and grab a hold. It's just too bad for them, the deer weren't there. :( Were glad they are home. We sure missed having them around.

i guess this has to do when there aren't any deer to shoot...

Jake driving...really!!

home away from home

GNO

2011-10-01T16:40:00.001-06:00

Well the boys were off hunting and we decided to go get some pumpkins,go to dinner and see A Dolphin Tale. Very good movie. Go see it if you have the chance Had a great time with my Girlies. Love them so much!!!

RIP TBone

2011-09-27T15:28:00.000-06:00

Sadly we lost TBone a few weeks back. Bone Cancer finally took his body but his mind was definitely still with us. Even his last day he gazed at us with his sweet eyes and wagged his tail ferociously when we got near him. We got blu before he passed and that little ball of energy kept him going a little longer. We selfishly waited to put him down probably a little longer than we should have but just couldn't bare to say goodbye. He was such a great dog and is probably got a bear up a tree as we speak. Love you TBone!! We are sure missing you!

This was when Kaydi talked Jason into washing TBone.TBone was a great sport.

Jasons Obsession (at the moment)

2011-09-19T09:38:00.000-06:00

Jasons has been pondering in his head for years now about doing a pond in our backyard. This summer he finally made that happen. Jason and I lovingly placed every rock by hand in that pond. After that Jason did everything else himself. I'm so proud of him. He was able to picture what he wanted and do it. He is amazing that way. Lots of pictures, so bare with me... Jason has so many more plans....stream, a mini oasis...Next Year!

just starting out

1/4 of the way

getting there

done(atleast me,anyway)

Filling it up(no holes,no holes...)

Daisy thinking this is her waterbowl.

These are frogs if you cant tell

white lily

Blu thinking he is going to learn to dive off the waterfall.

The whole pond...this was taken in the morning when the lilies arent blooming. We have white,red,pink,peach and yellow. We also have 4 turtles and a huge school of fish. Its fun to feed them and see them go crazy.

March Madness...

2011-03-21T09:01:00.000-06:00

March has not been good to Jason...It started with a mild toothache. Which of course you are probably going to have when you avoid the dentist like a plague...but this ache turned in to a full blown keep you up all night with throbbing pain,cant take it anymore toothache. I got him in to the dentist the next day and its one of his wisdom teeth. WHAT!! I thought everyone got there wisdom teeth out when they were teens or a little older. Well turns out Jason never did. So he had an infected wisdom tooth that had a hole the size of a crater,really. What would posses you to keep that in your mouth or not tell your wife so she can make an appt. for you. Anyway, with a lot of tugging,pulling and getting the "special tool" out and oh ya A LOT of pain he got it out that very day. Also, can I just ask this question...did you really think the tooth fairy would come if you brought that disgusting thing home in a cute little box. Ummm NO, I don't think so! You know I'm not going to keep that all to myself. Yes, I took a couple pictures for posterity. LOL!! It is probably the sickest thing you will look at today. So consider this your warning******

So Jason's back starts hurting the next day. Maybe all the tugging on the tooth and Jason tensing up may have just jarred his back a little(we thought) Well he was at work and bent down to sign some papers and couldn't get back up. So many chiropractor appts,an MRI and a couple bottles of ibuprofen later his numbness in his legs and foot are starting to go away. Which means most of the time he cant feel them but sometimes he can. So he is walking around like...someone who cant feel his leg to walk. He kind of has to throw his leg(if you know what I mean). He has definitely made a new friend of his chiropractor. That actually is really true because it turns out Jason plays or should I say use to play racquetball on the same night as this guy and would see each other at the Orem rec. where they play. Anyhow, this is what you will find Jason doing on a daily basis

This is Jason in the morning with his ice tucked in the belt of his robe

This is Jason in the afternoon with wienies(frozen hot dogs,LOL) stuffed in his pants

Ladies, he is all mine....all mine I say!!

So did the leprechaun make it to everyones house this year? Don't worry he came to our house and pooped in our milk and wreaked havoc. We love St Pats day at our house. I made some yummy sugar cookie bars. (Brandy, these were really good,by the way)

I also fixed some yummy corned beef and cabbage. And yes my kids and husband do like it.

We also welcomed a new addition to the family this month. His name is Bentley. He is Amanda and Brandon's little guy. He is so sweet. Congratulations, you two. We sure love him. What a sweet little family you have.

(borrowed your pic Amanda,hope you don't mind)

I've got a few more things we have been doing this month but I'm going to wait till I can post some pictures of start to finish.

Catching up...

2011-03-10T08:06:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I thought I better catch up with the month of February before March has passed us by. Didn't I just get through saying I was going to be a better blogger. UGH!! Well, I'll try better next month.

So the first of the month Graycee got tickets to go see Justin Bieber in his new movie Never say Never. It was a sneak preview before anyone else saw it and she got to go with her favorite cousin and Aunt.(sorry other Aunts) those words are from Graycee's mouth.I didnt get to go because uh uhmmmmmm...I lost my ticket.....Ya, we wont go there!! This is everything she got with the ticket. Justin Bieber 3-D glasses,a lanyard, glow stick...and probably some other stuff but,I'm not quite remembering.

Next I think we have Valentines Day! The girls were so excited to have Dad deliver flowers to them at school for Valentines Day. I love this tradition we have started with them and they do too. For right now there Dad is there Valentine. He wouldnt have it any other way. Jake also had a Valentines to give this year. WooWoo. Her name is Hannah and he gave her flowers and some "scents" from Bath and Body. My boy is growing up. Oh ya..we had Chinese for dinner. Its always a lot of fun to get take out. Graycee is the only one that doesnt like it. :(

Kaydi now has a new hairdo she has come up with. She takes her bangs and pulls them all to the one side. She is very particular about it even when she pulls her hair up in a pony. LOL!! It was a gradual pull over but its in full swing now. Love it!

Jason has been busy helping me with some deap cleaning. He helped clean out my storage room. We can now see the floor and he also built some shelves in there so we could have some more organized storage space in that room. He also helped me with my laundry room. Getting that organized as well. I sure do love my husband who helps me all the time around the house. I could not do it without him. Really!

This is the fire we had with all the unsalvageable stuff we had in the storage and laundry room. All my hoarding stuff as Jason would say. Anyone that knows Jason knows that Jason loves to have fires. So any chance he gets he will do it. The girls love it too.

Spread the word

2011-02-06T09:18:00.000-07:00

My sweet cousin and her adorable little family have decided they would like to adopt again. Betsy and Karson have such an abundance of love to give. Not to mention Izzy wanting a brother or sister to play with. I can not begin to tell you what truly amazing people they are. I really could just go on and on but I'm just going to let you press the link on my sidebar to let you see for yourself. Please,Please,Please if you hear of, or know of anyone wanting to place there baby up for adoption,give them the link to Karson and Betsy.

20 years

2011-01-25T16:40:00.000-07:00

Wow, to think I have been married to this man for 20 years. What an amazing journey this has been. Weve had our ups and definite downs but we made it. 3 beautiful kids,5 dogs,a bunch of chickens,some fish,a turtle, 3 turkeys,a rat,a gerbil,and at this moment a mouse that is visiting my cupboard(damn thing)!

Just a couple things I have learned a long the way is to not sweat the small stuff. Its not worth the argument if he leaves the seat up and I fall in. Laugh it off and hope he doesnt do it next time. You just never know if thats going to be the last time you fall in, right. Suck it up and admit your in the wrong ( I think thats the hardest for me) Me,wrong,never!! LOL!! This list is ongoing...

Jason is truly the best part of my life. I believe he was put on this earth for me (really). I love that he loves me and all my faults. I love that he makes me want to be a better person. I love that he pinches my fat and likes it and thinks its funny(sorry,TMI ) I love that he's silly. I love that he is an awesome dad to our kids. I love that he is such a hard worker. This list also goes on and on and on. I promise!! I gave Jason that list this morning.

Happy Anniversary,my love!! Thank you for loving me all these years.

Tell me what you think

2011-01-17T07:16:00.000-07:00

I came across this article the other day. I am really not sure what I think about it. Do I coddle my children too much? Do I not expect enough out of them? Of course I want them to succeed in everything they do,but if they don't, am I making up some excuse for them,why they aren't. Whats the harm in letting them have fun as children. Have sleepovers, play dates, play computer/video games. Do extracurricular activities. Maybe I dont expect enough out of my children. Maybe I need to start being that tiger mom!

Love it

2011-01-16T06:43:00.001-07:00

I have found something I love. It may be stupid to some of you! Some of you may have passed by it at the store thinking yes or no. Does it really work? Well, Jason walked into work awhile back and some people commented on the little friend he was packing around. He was so embarrased. Obviously this a problem for more people than we know because low and behold there is an actual FACEBOOK page. So this is what I found.

I love this product. Love Love Love it.Try it. This is my new favorite thing.

Disclaimer-I am not getting paid for promoting this product,but I will be happy to take it if you want me too. :)

Good friends

2011-01-10T15:35:00.000-07:00

Nothing better than spending a sunday with good friends. Sledding,hot chili,taco soup,and good times. We sure love the times we can get together. Thanks Drury's,Johnsons and Barrows. We had a great time. Once again, the pictures are not the greatest. I know I missed a few people, as well. :(

Sledding with dad

2011-01-10T14:39:00.000-07:00

Jason always takes the girls in the backyard and hauls them around on the 4wheeler. they have a blast. Sorry, I have decided I am not a good picture taker. I need to get better at that.

Bitter end :(

2011-01-09T09:45:00.000-07:00

A some of you know I love picture books. I love the stories and epecially the illustrations inside to make the story come alive. I have many christmas books and love to bring them out every year. The girls have them scattered all over the floor almost everyday during december, reading them over and over. I love it. I always wait till the bitter end to put them up. Goodbye till next year... I know, its january!!

These are just a few...

Family pictures

2011-01-02T07:43:00.000-07:00

These dont even touch what she took for us!!!! Amanda(jasons youngest sister) takes our family pictures. She is amazing. Thank you,Thank you!!!

http://www.amandabethphotography.com/

Paper

2011-01-02T07:25:00.000-07:00

Kaydi loves paper...she loves to create with paper or whatever she can find. I think it is amazing, some of the things she comes up with. But you should see her room afterwards. LOL!!! Here are just a few of the things she has created lately.

The crown(she also made one for graycee,it didnt make it in the picture)

the cape

the crown and cape. We folded the cape so you could see everything

she made this for me...so sweet. She does things like this all the time.

Kaydi's tree..made out of cupcake liners

this is a one eyed giant...

she actually put a magnet on the back so it can STAY on the fridge.

NYE

2011-01-02T06:56:00.000-07:00

The girls got the chance to go to Grandma T's for NYE. Thought they were going to have a quiet night with G and G but turns out a couple of there Aunts and Uncles came with their kids. Aunt Jenny did glitter toes. I'm sure they look ten times better than this picture but they put socks on after. LOL!!! They also got to play Kinect as well. So thank you guys for letting the girls stay overnight. They had a blast.

Kaydi

Graycee

Daisy...ready for NYE. She thought she may get a chance to go out on the town.

Two thousand eleven...here I come!!

2011-01-01T09:24:00.000-07:00

Wow! What a year for the Thompson household. For me personally I have to say it has been a very,very tough, life changing, HUMBLING year. I really dont even know where to begin...so I wont. You will just have to trust that I dont care to revisit 2010 again,yet I will take from my experiences this past year and try to become a better wife,mother,friend, daughter,sister and hopefully in doing that I will become a better person. I don't want to say this is a resolution This is something I need to do for myself and the New Year just gives me an excuse to start working on it. I am turning 40 this year and I think its time to grow up...maybe... : o) No, really! I just think that life is passing me by and I need to take control before I completely lose control.
So there it is...in writing. I cant go back now,right. Wish me luck!!

P.S. I am also going to try and be a better blogger. I really sucked this past year. I missed so many things. I know...I have said this before...but I am SAyIng it again. I have a couple blogs I read and one in particular. I really didn't know her personally, just through her husband(who I work with). I had been reading it for awhile and they she just went private and they were kind enough to let me "in" . I just have to say,She is one of the reasons for this post. Reading her blog just makes you want to be a better person and she makes me realize I cant stand idle anymore...I dont know if she will ever read this, but I cant get away without saying Thank you,Thank you. You need to know you are inspiring. In my humble opinion, that is what blogging is all about.

The End!!!

Christmas Festivities

2010-12-27T11:01:00.000-07:00

The wednesday before Christmas we had a nice dinner with my side of the family. It was with my one brother and his family and my parents. It was nice to have just a small get together. (no pictures :( ) Christmas Eve we stayed home and had an amazing dinner and a read our Chritmas book we always read and opened our pjs. Its also nice to be able to hang out with just our little family.

Jake reading his note from Santa

Christmas morning we opened gifts(early) went to both sets of g's and were home for the majority of the afternoon. SWEET!! Just a few pictures. After reading this girls blog she makes it a point not to post a lot of pics of chrismas gifts and her kids opening them and everything they did or didnt get. I thought that was a good idea the more I thought about the reaon for the season and so on...I have decided to go along with that from now on. Anyway, hope everyone had a great day.

We believe, 2010...

2010-12-20T12:39:00.000-07:00

was the motto at the annual Thompson family Christmas Eve. Prime rib,shrimp,stuffed mushrooms...the list goes on. That is what we feasted on. After that the grandkids and grandpa made there annual ornament for the grandkids tree. Then we had grandmas lesson. It was about the nativity this year. The grandkids were lucky enough to act it out...with costumes even. LOL!! She gifted us with a sweet nativity set and a recordable christmas book that her and grandpa recorded for each family. Then after the lesson the grandkids recorded in THERE recordable christmas memory book. "We believe,2010"

Graycee,Kloe and Grandpa making ornaments

Jake,Kaydi and Dad(helping) painting the ornaments

Kelsey and Jake...they read the story

Kaydi as the angel and the two masked men,oh ya,wisemen are rhyle and Gavin

All the grandkids

A little holiday fun...

2010-12-09T19:03:00.000-07:00

Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!

I'm bored!!

2010-11-29T08:07:00.000-07:00

This is Kaydi's favorite saying...when Jason is home this is one of the many things he does to keep from not hearing that!! The video was taken on my phone so it isnt very good quality.What an awesome dad!
Dont forget to turn off my music before you press play!

Deal of the Day!

2010-11-28T10:10:00.000-07:00

This is for all my facebook friends who read my blog. I couldn't go any longer without sharing this with you all (and you may already know this) but Home Depot has a facebook page...and they put buy new deals on there page. They warn you several minutes before and if you are on, you just have to watch for them. So without further hesitation I will share with you what I just purchased.

I know several people who have these. Very comfortable,good chairs. Jason and I were wanting to purchase chairs for the deck this past year but we just never got around to it. So the best part of this whole thing is the price...DRUM ROLL PLEASE... $9.99!!! Yes, you read right. Nine dollars and ninety-nine cents. That is not just for one, that is for FOUR!!!! Yipee!!Woot Woot. It is also FREE SHIPPING!! The actual price of these chairs is $99.99.Anyway, I just had to share this. Not because I want everyone to see my stuff, I just wanted to show everyone the awesome deals you can get if you download this on your page.
(disclaimer-I am in no part involved with Home Depot,except being the recipient of there great deals)

Grateful...

2010-11-25T11:17:00.000-07:00

Just read this quote which sums it up for me-
"The single greatest thing you can do to change your life today would be to start being grateful for what you have right now. And the more grateful you are, the more you get." – Oprah.
Sometimes I think of all the things I would like to have and forget the things I already have. Today, I'm going to try and change that. What doesnt ever change is the fact that I have been blessed with an amazing husband who loves me for me and 3 fantastic kids who I love very much.
Happy Thanksgiving.

Glasses,anyone!

2010-11-22T10:41:00.000-07:00

So Graycee and Jake got glasses. You will not see Jake below. He is steering clear of the camera. He wears contacts to school and puts the glasses on ofter school. Graycee loves her glasses. She is more than happy to take numerous pictures. She was lucky enough to get TWO pair.

Picture post

2010-11-07T08:24:00.000-07:00

Sorry guys! I have been a bit lazy on my blog posting...well a lot lazy. Its hard posting on jasons computer. Especially when he has it with him most of the time. Yes, I seem to do this once or twice a year and innundate you with pictures. That is the only way I can get them in my book. So, here it goes...

Kelton,Shad and Jake shooting skeets. Jason is throwing.

Halloween 2010

practicing on Kaydis hair for Halloween

Halloween 2010

Jake in the emergency room when he dislocated his knee at football. That was a very sad day for all of us!

Graycee buying her first set of REAL makeup on her birthday!

Graycee made this out of jolly ranchers(with moms help) for a school project.

Jake blowing out his candles! His favorite cake! The all american chocolate cake from Costco!

Jason and I

Trying to give T-bone a bath

Finally got him!!

Dads and Donuts at school

Yes, that is a french fry they are sharing....

My Costco girl!!

Dax and Daisy!! Together forever! LOL!!

eyelashes

Happy 14th Birthday Jake

2010-10-30T18:41:00.000-06:00

I know! It isnt October 29th but it seems I'm always a day late and a dollar short lately. Anyway, Just letting you know how much of punk kid I have and he thinks he is 18 and can do what ever he wants. But, he is MY punk kid and I love him more than words can say. Sorry, no pictures! (computers down, I'm on Jasons) Your dad and I love you very much!

Just an FYI...

2010-10-11T07:37:00.001-06:00

If you are trying to get a hold of Kaydi...she has a new mailbox, her letters can be sent to!!! LOL! She has got tape from here to breakfast to keep that thing up. I am here to say that it is not coming down!

Then she got the idea of decorating toilet paper rolls (yes,the thompsons go through a lot of toilet paper! If you know us well enough you will know the execution of the t.p. as it is coming off the roll. Only performed by the boys in the family) She got 5 dollars off her dad last night. He bought 2. I would say that was a steal. HAHA. I dont even pay 2.50 for a 4 pack WITH the toilet paper still on it. The things kids come up with.

Nothing better.....

2010-08-29T18:04:00.000-06:00

then a weekend of hard hunting and coming home to a pedicure!
Jim, I know, I know!!

Happy Birthday, Jason!

2010-08-11T08:38:00.000-06:00

Happy Birthday! I know you are stuck in Wyoming today and I bet it sucks knowing you arent going to share it with us. I know, because its going to suck for us not to be able to give you birthday hugs and kisses. Just know, we love you and are thinking about you here and will celebrate BiG when you get home!!!

Here are just a FEW of his favorite things:

(in no particular order)

his girls

taking the boat out (Flaming Gorge)

White River (with good friends and family)

watching his son play football

and his family (who is most important)

Mmmmmmmmm....

2010-08-05T18:10:00.000-06:00

Nothing better then the start of football!

Go Lindon Vikings #77

HaPpY BirThdAY GrAYcEe

2010-07-26T07:19:00.000-06:00

On this day a beautiful dark headed little girl was born and and our lives were changed forever. You are growing into such a sweet young lady and we love you so much. Happy Birthday, honey. Dad and I love you, so very much.

bIEBer FeVEr

2010-07-14T19:24:00.000-06:00

These pictures are in no particular order I did post this video to show how bad the nose bleeds were bouncing. When I was trying to film that I had my camera in my hand and couldnt control it. LOL!! It was a little scary. Good thing the girls were down on the floor having the times of there life.
P.S. When JB was in that metal heart he stopped right over the girls. Im surprised they didn't pee there pants... they did say they cried a little bit...too be young again!!!

That dang tooth fairy...

2010-06-25T17:52:00.000-06:00

Yes, I admit it! We have many problems with the tooth fairy showing up in our household! Sometimes it will take so long the kids will eventually forget about it! Well the silver tooth of Kaydi's had recently fallen out and it had taken a few days for the tooth fairy to show up. Kaydi would tell me he (yes! HE!) had'nt shown up and I would say"Its probably because the silver tooth is heavier than a regular tooth and they have to have a special helper to help carry it." She seemed to be satisfied with that answer. So, I make sure to come home from work with some cash. The tooth fairy remembers to do it before she goes to work in the morning but does forget one minor detail...to pick up the bag, with the tooth in it, that she put on the table.Yup, thats what happens when the normal tooth fairy is working out of town. To continue the story, Jason gets home and Kaydi calls from her friends house. This is the conversation with her dad.

J-So, did the tooth fairy come?

K-No, but mom got the tooth

J-what???

K-ya it was on the table this morning

J-(as he is looking at me with the look and holding the bag)

So, to interupt for a minute, I am repeating some not so nice language for a tooth fairy and trying to figure out what to say to Kaydi. So I tell Jason to say this...

J-Ya know, it was probably because it was SO heavy they had to leave it there until they could get a third person to help. I think they had to have come back because the tooth isnt in the bag.

They both jabber on for a few more minutes about it.

K- oh! ok! Let me talk to mom!

So, she seemed content with that answer. But I'm thinking she is just playing us for fools. She knows! She has got to know. Jason is convinced otherwise, though. When she gets home I have strict instructions to show her the empty bag to make sure she knows the tooth fairy came and picked it up. LOL!!!

Happy Fathers Day 2010

2010-06-20T07:57:00.000-06:00

Nothing more to say except I have an amazing husband and he is an amazing father to our kids. There is nothing better than to watch the girls run up and love on him when he gets home for the weekend. They are so excited to see him. As am I. I'm sure Jake is too, he just doesnt show it like us girls do!

Happy Birthday, Kaydi Bug!

2010-06-18T16:09:00.001-06:00

Happy 8th birthday, Kaydi! Dad and I love you so much! There are so many reasons we love you...Here are a few!

You are always drawing pictures for us...

You are always such a willing helper...

And you are a such a love bug...
I love when you give me loves and tell me how much you love me,JUST BECAUSE! It sure makes my day and I know it makes daddys day,too!
Thank you for choosing us to be your family. You have brought so much love into our lives. May your day be a special one. We love you!

NO, you cant make me....

2010-06-02T19:21:00.000-06:00

Well, with a heavy heart I am going back to work tomorrow. It has been a week before spring break that I have been off. In that time I was diagnosed with a disease I'm not sure I will ever be rid of. Its amazing when you have good health you dont think about it and when you lose it and probably wont ever get it back again, you wonder how in the world you ever took that for granted. I also got to spend some quality time with my kids during that time. Yes, it was usually on my bed or on the couch, talking about there day or watching tv with them, but it was the best time. I have always said, I am a much better mom when I am working, but I am now officially taking that back. I love being home. I love being, just a mom!! I love being able to be there for the kids when they need me. Now that its summer, it will be just that much harder to be away from them. Unfortunately though, I have a mortgage payment to make. So, tomorrow I will make the trek to work shedding a couple tears, but knowing it has to be done.

P.S. If anyone has any ideas of jobs from home or jobs that arent as physically demanding as mine, let me know!! (no,really)

Memorial Weekend 2010

2010-06-01T08:41:00.000-06:00

Well, another bear hunting Memorial weekend has passed. Fun times,Fun times! I have to say before we get started on this post, we were missing the Drury Family. We were sad you were not able to come and join in on all the festivities. LOL!! It was not the same without you all!! Next year! This year there was not a lot of down time with the boys, but we did find some time to hit some homeruns...

And then there was Amy....

She blew the competition out of the water!!!
We had a creek (not crick) right by the campspot that the kids had a blast at. All the kids! They built a dam so there would be a little pool for them to play in. Good times building it.

And the girls just playing...

And T-bone, dead as a doornail after a bear ran across the road right in front of the truck. Yes, he was out all night chasing that dang thing! Jason had to pick him up(literally) that next morning. He was not moving from the spot he decided to lay down on.
Well, another Memorial Weekend full of fun memories (including the tick crawling on my back)
I'll leave you with some random photos.

Thanks Johnsons for a great time!!!

Happy Birthday to me!

2010-06-01T06:59:00.000-06:00

It was a good 39th birthday. Graycee was so excited to bring this cake home to me after making it at her church activity days.

Thank you, sweetie! I love, love,love it!

I had decided since Jason was not going to be home I would take the kids out to dinner myself.(boohoo) Life needs to go on, right! Well, as we were walking out the door into the garage, Jason pops his head around the door. Woot Woot! He surprised me. I love it! I love him! I love that he would make the 3 hour drive home and then have to make it again the next morning. I love my husband. I also want to thank my friends and family for making it a great birthday!!!

Counting the days

2010-05-19T08:08:00.000-06:00

Just a little calendar for the girls to keep track of when Daddy comes home on the weekend!! They mark it off with a dry erase. We should of done one for both but we just used bits and pieces of what we had here at the house. We have issues with who gets to mark off what day. They both love Dad so much!! I get fridays!!!!

T-bone

2010-05-19T08:01:00.000-06:00

We love our puppies! Well, some of them aren't puppies, but we love them just the same. Kaydi wanted to gove our oldest, T-bone a bath. Of course Dad jumped at the chance to spend time with Kaydi. It ended up he really needed to get that winter shed off anyway. He was a much happier dog after the fact. I'm not sure he loved the process,though. We love our T-bone.

The sarcoidosis update pics

2010-05-19T07:35:00.000-06:00

I found those pictures I wanted to get on here. If you would like to take a gander at them just scroll down to the diagnosis post. They do look very similiar to the elephant pic I put up there, huh!

Eggs,Eggs,Eggs

2010-05-16T09:10:00.001-06:00

We always love this time of year. The girls love to get eggs!Kaydi,especially! She will just go out and watch the chickens. Jason was rototiling the garden and Kaydi was right behind him getting the worms to feed them. If there arent worms,there is grass,LOL! They also sell these eggs. Neighbors,friends...We got pink cartons this year. Its been real fun. The kids are always watching them "poop" out the eggs. I can never get there at the exact moment. Kaydi brought me in a huge egg the other day. It had ridges going all the way down. You could tell that poor chicken was pushing it out a little at a time. This reminded me of when I had Jake. Yes, I am comparing him or me or both to chickens, ok! Hear me out on this though. Jake was only 7lbs but I was having a hard time with him coming out. They would have me stop,push,stop,push. When he finally came out he had a cone on top of cone and maybe a little one at the top. We all got such a kick out of that. Luckily for him, it went away. So, when I looked at the egg with all the ridges...I'm thinking to myself "Geez, how would it be to give birth once a day. That is what these chickens do and sometimes they have some ginormous 'babies' "

Comparing to a regular egg!

And yes, it was a double yolk!!!!

The diagnosis...

2010-05-10T08:52:00.001-06:00

I have been debating on posting this. I am not a whoa is me kind of gal and really dont want people to feel sorry for me or feel they need to do things for me. If I'm going to stay true to the fact this is my "journal" (of sorts) I decided I needed to do it.
I have been pretty sick lately. It started a week or so before sprink break back in the first part of April. Many symptoms ie: swelling of the ankles (graphic pic to follow) cold chills,aches in every part of my body (literally) fever,shortness of breath. I felt like my hair hurt. I am not going to bore you with all the other details except to sum it up. Several dr visits(3 dif.drs.),blood tests, insta care visit, an emergency room visit,ct scan,ekg blah blah... Thanks to the ct scan, we finally got a diagnosis. It is called Sarcoidosis! I am going to give you the link if you are so inclined to take a peek at what it is! http://www.stopsarcoidosis.org/ I have been out of work on disability for a while now. We (the dr and me) are hoping to get it under control before June 3rd so I can go back to work and pay my mortgage.HAHA!
Anyway, this has been a pretty humbling experience for me. I have had an amazing bunch of people coming in and bringing me dinner and treats and making sure I dont need anything. Calling me, texting me, just making sure I am ok. I have to say that I really have taken the "good health" I had for granted. You dont realize it till you are truly sick for weeks on end and have to scoot down the stairs to do your laundry or your husband or kids cant even hug you because you ache so bad. My kids have been great. Graycee is so sweet with me and making sure I am feeling ok. Jason has been amazing when he has been home on the weekends and has been doing more than his fair share of "stuff". He has been very patient with me.
Well, thank you all for your patience in my writing this down for journal sake. This one picture is pretty graphic so if you want to turn away you can...I just wanted to show you this because it is kind of funny looking.

Happy Mothers Day...2010

2010-05-09T08:10:00.000-06:00

I find it amusing that the past few years I always end up getting talked into purchasing a significant item for Jason the few days before Mothers Day. I always joke and say Happy Mothers Day when we get it for him. This year it was a rototiller!!

Happy Mothers Day, honey! I just wanted to take the opportunity to tell my Mother,Mother in law and my amazing birth mom Happy Mothers Day today. I also dont want to forget my sweet friends who are mothers. I hope you have a fabulous day.
P.S. I found this on my web page. I found it interesting so I thought I would share.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/36969170/ns/today-mothers_day_guide?Gt1=43001/from/ET
P.P.S. Yes, my friends...I got my Nook and it is Fabulous!

Food for thought...

2010-05-06T08:32:00.000-06:00

Does absence really make the heart grow fonder...???

I have been pondering on that thought since Jason left to Wyoming for work. These are some things I have come across-
Absence makes the heart grow fonder" means that the time you spend away from one you love makes you love that person even more. The word "absence" means to be away. To "grow fonder" is to care more. "Absence makes the heart grow fonder" means the time you spend away from someone you love ("absence") makes you love that person even more ("the heart grows fonder"). When someone you care for is away, you miss that person and think about them often, and that feeling makes you want to be with them even more.
The lack of something increases the desire for it.
On the negative side-Out of sight,out of mind! (dont like that one) There is also a line in a bare naked ladies song where it says absence makes the heart grow fungus. So, they are saying if you are emotionally absent the love may moulder and die....
In summation: if Jason bieng gone till September means that I will love him even more than what I do right now than I guess I will just have to deal with it. But honestly, this really sucks crap!!!

Disclaimer: I AM very grateful for my husband even having a job right now. Also, I know there are men and women who have to deal with this a lot more than me (military and such) and I cant imagine. I AM just bieng a boob because I like my husband home with me and my kids. He IS my best friend and such a great father. I am just expressing my personal thoughts through this post.

The challenge!!

2010-05-01T14:46:00.000-06:00

This is what you call the cinammon challenge! Jake got his dad and me to do what all the kids are doing in school right now! I was able to do it, Jason had no such luck!
P.S. excuse the mess in the kitchen,as usual!

Selfish....is it?

2010-04-25T09:39:00.002-06:00

I think I have fallen in love with something and I really want it!!! I am normally not a WANT person. If I want something, it is usually pertaining to my family and home.NOT me! This time, I guess you could say I'm being selfish and want something all to myself. Happy mom,happy family!!! Dont you agree

This is called the NOOK! It is an e-reader!!! No more having to buy books. Download them onto your nook and take it with you wherever you go!! LOVE it! I knew I liked the idea of the Kindle(from Amazon) when it came out.This is what Barnes and Noble has come out with.It has a few more yummy features on it! My friend Steph has one and loves it! Which means we can borrow books from one another.One of the features that the Kindle does not have. Anyway, it is a little pricey, so maybe when I start feeling better I can start doing extra chores around the house to earn some money to pay for this badboy. LOL!!!

P.S It doesnt hurt that Mothers day and my Birthday are coming up shortly. Maybe my adoring husband will read this and get the hint. Maybe!!!!

Just a little funny...

2010-04-12T07:12:00.000-06:00

So, its about 630 on Saturday night. Jasons at the neighbors watching the fights. I'm here with Jake,his friend Derrick and the girls(Graycee and Kaydi). I am getting out of the shower and almost dressed (yes,I am aware of the time) and the doorbell rings. I walk out and I see Derrick shutting the door and locking it.He turned around and saw me and he opened it back up and these cute girls(4) were standing at my door. Derrick walks back into the kitchen with Jake and sits back down at the computer. They are totally ignoring these girls. What, really...!! I'm standing right in the middle of the doorway and the kitchen looking back and forth at them. Jakes just looking at me with this look as I'm telling him to get up.The girls are just out on the porch giggling...Jake doesnt do anything so I invite the girls in and start talking to them. As we are getting closer to the kitchen Jake looks at me and says"Mom, go to your room" What do I do...go to my room! Im still not feeling well so I really dont have the strengh to continue the argument so I give my you are in so much trouble look and turn around and walk down the hall to my room thinking my 13yr old son just told me to go to my room and I went. What is this world coming to...?

P.S. Derrick ended up leaving 15 minutes into this whole thing, so Jake was getting his fair share of girldom that night. As Jason would say "like father,like son"

P.P.S. I did keep my door open.

Easter Weekend 2010

2010-04-05T08:44:00.002-06:00

I have been not feeling so great this past couple weeks and had been putting off everything I needed to get done, including touching bases with the Easter Bunny and dying the eggs! I get an amazing phone call from one of my sister in laws asking if we want to go up to grandmas and color eggs!! Of course I'm not going to pass this up. We already had the dye and Jason and Kaydi went through all the chicken eggs and picked out the white ones so we could take them up. ("can't color the already colored ones,duh")

Jason and Jake took the oppurtunity to go see Clash of the Titans and put out the raccoon traps while we were up doing the "kid" stuff!

Easter morning we woke up to this.....

and yes,the Easter Bunny did show up(with a little frostbite, maybe).

We enjoyed some time over at G and G Butlers house before we headed over to G and G Thompsons! Amanda(with the help of miss Addie) made all the grandkids a suprise paper machie' easter egg filled to the brim with candy!! We love our Aunt Amanda!! P.S Sorry A for the present Daisy left you!! Also, not to forget...always,always a thank you to the G and G's for the Easter gifts you always bestow on us for the holidays!! Even the bar soap G Butler put in her baskets this year for the kids!!??? LOL!!(dont even ask,we dont) We love you all!

Hunting for eggs...

Thanks for the day! We all had a good time!!

First for everything...

2010-04-04T07:38:00.001-06:00

Well, my sweet 13 year old son has just been condemned to a life of shaving. He has been bugging Jason to show him how to shave and the time finally came when his dad gave in. The sad part is that he did have hair to be shaved. He was totally embarrased and didnt even want me in there because I'M THE MOM!!! He did eventually allow me at the door(quietly snapping shots of him)

I'm also going to take the opportunity to tell you all how much I love my son. It doesnt seem like I get to blog about him very much. He is always down in his "dungeon" playing video games.We dont see him all that much. When he does decide to meander up the stairs, its usually because he smells dinner or is just hungry. He is constantly annoying the living crap out of his sisters(no really)It is a constant battle with the three of them.I've decided he has learned that from his dad! Sometimes I could strangle him...he is a definite teenager. With all that said, I really enjoy the times Jake and I get to just talk. He will just come and hang out and have a little chit chat about whats going on in school... Whos who...friend drama...teacher drama...just whatever!!! I love every stinkin' minute of it. His dad and I are so proud of who he is becoming. He has such an amazing heart and is such a blessing to our family. As much as Jason and I enjoy seeing him pass these milestones it always so bittersweet. So here are a few of the shaving pictures for you all to enjoy!!

JUST pictures....

2010-04-03T09:10:00.000-06:00

St patricks day stuff and Graycees wax museum.I got a video of her doing her speech as Pocohantas but lost that somewhere between the school and home. Sorry Graycee! You were amazing.

P.S. Sorry, not much of a post.Been a little under the weather, but I had to get it out before Easter was upon us!!!

Finally!

2010-02-27T08:50:00.002-07:00

We finally got the tramp up that we bought the kids for Christmas! Yes, Jason and I are still married after that one!! So the kids cant get enough of this thing. Graycee loves it. She goes out in the morning before school and jumps.(crazy girl) Here are a few pictures of Jason and Graycee.

So Graycee had this brilliant idea for her and Kaydi to sleep out on the tramp. They came and asked me and of course I'm going to say " NO" "Its too cold, but that will be fun in the summer time when it gets warmer" Graycee gets another brilliant idea to go ask her dad and of course he is going to say "YES" "that would be fun" So they go and get all there blankets and pillows out there. Its still a good hour before they are going to bed. At the last minute Graycee comes to her senses and decides she doesnt want to do it. She goes and gets all her stuff and brings it in. Poor Kaydi is now crying because her sweet big sister who came up with the idea has changed her mind. Well, Kaydi go and tells dad and they decide that he is going to sleep out there with her. They will bring the laptop out and watch movies and have a grand ole time. To make a long story short by the time they get out on the tramp there is already frost covering there blankets. Jason has Kaydi dressed like the Christmas Story boy. Luckily the rooster woke them about 5:30 the next morning just in time for the snow to start falling.(and Jason wanted to get rid of the rooster) It was a funny adventure but it was a great memory for Kaydi to share with her awesome Dad!!

Song (jump-Van Halen)

A little catch up

2010-02-27T08:25:00.000-07:00

I have some great friends. Thanks Brandy! You are so amazing!!! You have no idea what that meant to me!! She came and brought me these when I needed them most!

P.S. Thanks to another great friend(you know who you are) who took me away for awhile.

Jasons workout routine...

2010-02-02T19:05:00.001-07:00

So Jake comes walking up from his dungeon(yes,it is rare)I ask Jake "is dad down there on the treadmill?" Jake-"Ya, in his underwear" Me-"running?" Jake-"yeeesss" I walk downstairs and sure enough he has his running shoes on, a sweatshirt and his underwear working up a sweat. I would have taken a picture but I thought I would spare everyone. (no,no women, he is all mine) The next chapter of this story is as follows~
He walks upstairs after his invigorating run and as he is walking out into the garage he says "wooo, I need a "pepsi"" He comes in as says to me "I'm going to try and only drink on tuesday,friday,saturday and sunday". Me~"so what your saying is out of 7 days in the week you are going to try and only drink 4 out of the 7 days." Really!!! Baby steps...Baby steps...LOL!!!
This is not to mention he had just burned probably the same amount of calories he just drank back into his body!!! (Jim~ I thought you might get a kick out of this story)

(disclaimer-i love my husband)

Song-Im still a rockstar

Spaghetti tacos

2010-01-31T08:48:00.001-07:00

My sweet Kaydi loves iCarly!!Anyone heard of her. It is a show Kaydi watches when she goes to bed EVERY night! Its a fun little show. I find myself sitting down and watching it with her sometimes.Well on the show the other night they served up spaghetti tacos. Kaydi had to have them.
Saturday night was the big night. Unfortunately my head wasnt on straight and I didnt get any pictures so I took this from iCarlys website from someone else who had the same idea.Believe it or not,mine looked the same as these!!!

They were actually pretty darn good. You should all try them with your kids.They will think you are pretty dang cool.
(music-bella notte-from Lady and the tramp)

Happy Anniversary!!

2010-01-25T15:42:00.000-07:00

19 years of pure Bliss!!! HAHAHA!! No! Not really!! Jason pretty much summed it up to me today in a text. He will probably kill me for blogging this but I had to have it written down so I could save it. He wrote "We have had ups and downs,good and bad,but I wouldnt trade it for nothing in the world. I can honestly say 19 years ago I married the best wife,mom and friend...TY for giving me everything I have as a family and more. I wish there was a word better than I love you because I would say it. Love you honey" What an awesome husband! That was the best gift he has every given me!! Here is a pic of us on one of our trips to Vegas(one of our favorite places to go together) Also of the roses he sent to work!! 19, you can count them!!!
Love you babe!!

A little piece of happiness...

2010-01-14T11:43:00.000-07:00

...when I get to wake up and send my husband and kids off to school! I was able to do that today, since I have to work saturday. One of the simple/everyday things I miss out on when I have to be at work at 6:00 am. I know some of you know what I am talking about. If you are blessed not to know what I am talking about, never take it for granted.

What does the New Year Hold???

2010-01-03T09:02:00.001-07:00

Well, this New Years was a quiet one. Jason and I decided stay at home and just chill with the kiddos. So Graycee gets a phone call and gets invited to a party at one of her friends houses. Jake ended up having a party to go to, of course. It ended up bieng Jason, me and Kaydi!! I hope it was fun for Kaydi! She didnt stay up for midnight but we had fun before that.

I am not sure what this new year will be bringing us but look forward to whatever it is.

P.S. about our 2009 words: I hope everyone that took this challenge on felt an accomplishment for doing so. I know it definitely helped me in a lot of situations this past year and made me think of a lot of different things throughout the year!

Random holiday/winter pictures

2009-12-31T10:57:00.003-07:00

Sorry about all the pictures. Just wanting to get most off my camera before the new year. Some are of Christmas Eve and Christmas day and just some snow fun!! The girls love to be outside in the snow sledding. They are also building an igloo!! Fun times!

Bring it on!

2009-12-29T15:20:00.000-07:00

Well,Christmas is over!!Woohoo!! I found myself by the end being a little humbuggish(is that a word?)The kids had a good Christmas.( I'll post a few pictures later.Thats all that matters, right. Maybe next year we will go away to some place warm. Anyhoo,out with the old, in with the new. Isn't that what "they" say. *2010* Bring it on baby, bring it on!!

Graycees Christmas Concert

2009-12-18T16:29:00.003-07:00

Graycee had a small Christmas concert she sang in at her school! She did a great job and we are real proud of her for always giving 100%.

Welcome to the family,Kat!

2009-12-14T17:40:00.001-07:00

Her name is Kat and she is a sweetie! We have all fallen in love and its too bad because she will grow up to be a hunting dog! Mmmmm! Just one more to add to the mangle of muts that inhabit white river during the summer and west canyon in the winter. Good luck to you, Kat. You will definitely need it.

Some snow fun!

2009-12-13T14:51:00.000-07:00

The girls love playing in the snow! When jason starts shoveling the snow off the deck he will make a snow hill for the kids to go down. By the end of the season its pretty awesome. He definitely got a good start on it htis weekend. Jake is always down in his dungeon playing xbox live. I seem to not get many pictures of him! I will have to work on that.

Old School

2009-12-06T10:29:00.003-07:00

So I took the girls and 3 of their friends to Classic Skating! I had been there before but just to pick up or drop off. I decided to stay and watch the girls instead of just dropping off. I had brought a book and was ready to dive in. Ya, that didnt happen! As the night progressed there were several adults that were coming and teenagers as well,just hanging out having fun! Wow, was I taken back to my ROLLER WORLD days in Concord, Ca!

(this is not a picture of the original Roller World in Concord,but is a Roller World and is just like I remembered it)
So I posted where I was in my facebook status that night and my best friend Beth from High School commented about shooting the duck(does anyone remember that?) and spending so much time there back in the day! My mind just started bieng flooded with fun memories. Picture in your mind white skates,hot pink wheels.

Dont forget the white skate covers. Those were what defined you! LOL!!! So, thank you Graycee and Kaydi for making me go and stay!!! I enjoyed going back to all my fun childhood memories.
Jason,we are going to have to go on a date and go to classic skating and shoot that duck!!
Just in case you dont remember that awesome rollerskating move,here are the steps:

Pick up speed but not to fast.
Lift up your right or left leg up and put it in the air.
Squat as your leg is in the air.
Balance on the other leg.
Take the leg that is out and hold on to it.
Come out of it by letting go of your leg and standing up.

And a video for your viewing pleasure:

Blog Book!

2009-12-01T19:55:00.000-07:00

I was so excited when I saw the box on my kitchen table waiting for me to open.I knew exactly what it was. My BLOG BOOK I had ordered. Woot Woot! This is amazing that I can put my blog into print. This is why I started doing this in the first place! To have memory of everything. I am going to be better this year at just putting things on here that I may not find too important at the time but know that if I dont do it I wont remember it a year from now so bare with me "k"! Here are a few pictures of the book!

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Happy Thanksgiving!

2009-11-26T08:46:00.000-07:00

What a year! I definitely feel truly blessed for everything I have. I am especially grateful for my husband,son and two daughters. They continually allow me to become a better person,wife and mom and keep things in perspective for me! When I dont think I can love them anymore than I do,I do!
Happy Thanksgiving and take a minute to hug the ones dearest to you!

Girls Night Out

2009-11-21T13:08:00.000-07:00

Thanks ladies for the fun night. Mckell,Taelor,Amy and I went out to eat and to Target to do a little christmas shopping. This was Amy modeling one of the many hats there! See you girls next month or sooner(i hope)

Dax and Daisy

2009-11-21T09:13:00.000-07:00

We had the opportunity to watch Dax again for my sister in law. He definitely loves his girlfriend. He his always keeping watch over her even when she is sleeping. True Love!

November snow!

2009-11-21T09:05:00.000-07:00

November 14th we had a little snow fall! The girls enjoyed it while it lasted. Here are a few pictures...

Fancy,Fancy!

2009-11-07T09:28:00.002-07:00

So,Costco has me helping out in books(in the early morning)before I go in the pharmacy! Wow! I love it! My mind just goes crazy with all the books and everything that is involved. For those of you who don't know, I LOVE CHILDRENS BOOKS. You can never have enough of them laying around your house. I don't care if you dont have kids you still need them. You can't help but smile when you read them and who does'nt need that once in a while, right! The other day a Christmas book came in:

A Fancy Nancy Christmas Book. WooHoo! Love it,Love it!
I took it over to the pharmacy to show the girls over there how cute it is.I showed it to my dear friend Rachel(who loves books but the grown up kind LOL)She thought it was super cute too. Anyway,I put it down and went to my lunch, come back and it was sitting on my register with a receipt sticking out...

My heart sang a little song and I think a couple of tears sprang from my eyes as well. Thank you so much, Rachel! You have no idea what that meant to me. You really are a true friend!
That is also going to be what I'm thankful for today! I am so very thankful for my dear friends. I know with some of you we dont get to talk much with life as crazy as it is and work and family schedules conflicting, but I really hope you all know who you are and that you truly mean the world to me. (thank goodness for blogging,right girls)

Thankful November

2009-11-03T17:15:00.000-07:00

My sweet friend Tanya reminded us about bieng thankful. She is doing it on facebook but I am going to do it on my blog since I tried on facebook and some people are just idiots. So it is just going to be on my side bar. Last year I did ok but I will really try this year! I really do have so many things to be grateful for. Come on, everyone should do it with me!

Melodie Beattie:
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity.... It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.

Halloween Night!

2009-11-01T12:16:00.000-07:00

Sorry, pictures are blurry! I have a fairly new camera and I have done something! Cant figure it out. Anyway, yes this would be Graycee's 3rd costume of the year. I didnt even get to go with the kiddos! I am getting old!

Happy Birthday, Jake!

2009-10-29T16:06:00.004-06:00

Happy 13TH birthday,Jake! Dad and I are so proud of you! We love you so much!!! We hope you have an amazing year!

J is for Jaguar,A is for alligator,K is for Kangaroo! What does that spell...? Jake! What does that spell...? Jake Yaaaaaa!

This is one of my favorite pictures of Jake!

He is almost as tall as his Dad!

Proud!

2009-10-24T07:56:00.000-06:00

So, Football is over for the year and I am not sure how I feel about it! Practice was a pain (eating late, homework late,everything late) Game days were always fun! Even if they did lose a few! I do have to say that Jakes last game was amazing. Those boys were awesome. Jake was awesome. We just kept saying, that was Jake, that was Jake. I asked him after the game, what the deal was and he said to me " Uh, it was the last game" REALLY! You should be playing like that each and every game. When he got up from the field and handed the ref the ball I was amazed and so proud. Jake is considered an Xman because he is over a certain weight and is not allowed to have the ball unless it "falls" into his hands basically! So to see his hands on that ball was incredible. So this post is basically a proud mom bragging about her son and dealing with the fact that football is over for the year and to say to Jake "get it together and play every game like it is your last".
Also, I want to thank the ones that made it to his games! You really have no idea how much that means to Jake, Jason and I. It says a lot to take time out of the busy schedules we all seem to have now a days and come and support! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

Under Construction!!!

2009-10-19T16:01:00.002-06:00

Sorry for the mess! THanks Brandy! That was pretty easy! Just a few kinks.

Not much of anything!

2009-10-18T10:10:00.000-06:00

I took some time off work to be with the kids over fall break. I HAVE been SICK the whole time I have been off as well as Kaydi! We had so many things we wanted to do with the kids but it definitely didnt work out that way!
Graycee ended up going up to the cabin. She was able to take her new friend, Eliza with her so she was thrilled about that.
Jake spent the night both friday and saturday at a friends house and Jason went to Wendover saturday night. Not one of them will be home till close to six on sunday.

I guess nobody likes to hang out with two sick girls. Well,Kaydi and I made the best of it. We had a good time coughing,sneezing,making playdough,wiping noses,making sugar cookies,laying on the bed,going through the mcdonalds drive through in our pjs...!!!

Well, for some reason I couldnt upload the cookie shots...! Here is the playdough we made!

HELP!!!

2009-10-17T12:23:00.000-06:00

I need some help! I really really want to go to a 3 column instead of this 2 I have. I can do it if I have really simple directions. I cant seem to find any SIMPLE,PLAIN directions and its a little scary messing with the blog no matter how many times you have backed it up! If anyone knows how to do this or knows someone that has done this , please let me know. Remember it has to be plain english. Thanks!

2009-10-10T08:10:00.002-06:00

Just a little LOL for ya. Make sure to turn off my music before you watch! Hope you are making it a fun month!

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Love Story

2009-10-07T15:55:00.003-06:00

So you all know that our female turkey died not too long ago. Well, the same thing happened the other day to the male turkey. I thought for sure he was dead but he wasn't. He was stuck on his back and had some pretty severe wounds on one of his legs. Jason turned him over and he started to walk around(I was shocked)! Anyway, he was wobbling around the yard and then went into the garden and plopped himself in this little spot over by the corner of the garden. Jason immediately turned to me and said "that is where I buried her at" I JUST ABOUT FELL OVER! That is what you call true turkey love! Is that so sweet or what.I love it! Anyway, turkey is still alive but we are still uncertain of his outcome.

Welcome to fall, ya' all!

2009-10-02T11:32:00.005-06:00

For those of you who know me too well, I LOVE FALL and I LOVE HALLOWEEN! It is finally here and I am so excited. My girls have had there Halloween costumes picked out for quite a while now! I have just been lagging with the ordering of them. This week I have been home with a sick Kaydi and had some time to look at these costumes and decided I could possibly pull off making them myself. AAAHHH! Here are a couple pics of the starting of these awesome costumes?? This is scary...!!! This is the starting of Graycees! Can you tell what they are going to be...If you do, HUSH! Costumes should always be a secret right...until the night of or the party or wherever you are going to go. This is just a small note at the end of a happy post for a reason! I have some dear friends who have lost close family members this past couple months in sudden and tragic deaths. It really makes you think about things and that the little things you get angry at your kids for or your husband for or just plain silly things that bug you are really not worth even the bad thought that runs through your head when they do it. Ya know why...they may not be with you tomorrow. The second it takes for you to put the lid back on that toothpaste, is it worth the argument you may have because of it. Its not. I'm not perfect and I'm really trying to EMBRACE that in my life. Im trying to take a deep breath and "choose my battles" as they say! I really don't know what I would do without my husband or children. Like I posted on facebook, Hug your family a little tighter tonight and tell them that you love them! Be happy everyone. This is an awesome MONTH! Fall colors, costumes, pumpkin everything(thanks Heather for the pumpkin roll) decorating for Halloween, candy, parties, the steam coming off the water in my hottub at night... LOVE IT-ALL OF IT!!!! Keep you posted with the costumes. Wish me luck! Take your neighbor some pumpkin cookies!

Welcome to the family!

2009-09-17T17:35:00.004-06:00

We are all so excited to welcome Miss Izzy into the family. My cousin Betsy and her husband Karson just adopted a sweet baby girl. She was really early and is up at the hospital in Idaho. I just wanted to show you a few pictures. She is precious! Karson and Betsy, I hope you dont mind me taking these off your blog. I just had to share your miracle.

Lindon Vikings!

2009-08-30T16:17:00.006-06:00

Well, Jake started football last wednesday! A quick run down of how things are. His team really should be on a b league but is playing in the A league for reasons beyond our control. As parents we decided to let the boys give it a go. Our first game we played Lone Peak. I thought for sure we were going to get crushed. We held on but we did lose 14-6! For us it was an awesome game and it was amazing watching these boys keep control of the game. We are looking forward to a good year. There will be losses but we are hoping for just a few wins! Here are a few pics from the game. Jason is helping coach this year and it hasnt been too bad for Jake(I hope)I really do think he likes having dad there! Jake is #77 for those of you who didnt know from years past. Thanks Grandma,Jenny and Amanda for bieng there. That meant so much to Jake and Jason and I that you were there! Thanks Amanda for taking over when my camera went dead. Turns out I got some fairly decent shots.

First Day of School 2009

2009-08-21T16:58:00.003-06:00

All the kids had great first days of school. Here are a few pics!Jake is not included because he would not let me get a pic of him except the one I got of the back of his head.

school haircuts

2009-08-13T19:43:00.003-06:00

Love school haircuts! Usually they all get pretty shabby during the summer. Jake wanted to try and grow his out. We tried it but football came and he was done. No way was the hair going under the helmet.

Sad Day...!

2009-08-12T18:32:00.002-06:00

Another very sad day in the Thompson household! Jason and Jake had just got home from pursuing bear and the two puppies were left just running around the back yard for awhile. We were all inside the house when I glanced out back. I saw white stuff all over the yard. I'm thinking a stuffed animal had been left out there and they had gotten it, but when I looked closer it turned out to be turkey feathers that belonged to the female turkey. She must have flown the coop, which she does on a regular basis. Without getting to graphic, I flipped out screamed for Jason. He ran out grabbed her from the dogs. She was still alive but passed away the next morning. I know it may sound kind of silly but we have had this pair of turkeys for 8 years. They were our pets. We loved them. She still has about 20 eggs she was getting ready to sit on. Not sure if her mate will survive it but we definitely hope for the best.

Happy Birthday, Jason!

2009-08-11T15:16:00.001-06:00

Happy Birthday to my sweet, adoring husband! Life wouldnt be, without him! Love you, honey!