New Years..

New Year's we went to my Grandma's, she always has a New Years party for the Grandkids and families.. The kids love it and have a lot of fun, and at Midgnight, we are out like idiots running in the street and watching all the neighboorhood fireworks ..

I have to say, Braedon...I love that kid, but not the most excited about lot's of things, especially being up past his bedtime and or anything pertaining to fireworks or loudness..I am not sure where he comes from, not this loudmouth family..just kidding..He is such a kick, but when he gets around other's he becomes pretty quiet, just observing everything around him..

Keaton, he just has fun with his cousins, and is loud and hyper and can't wait till midnight, he just is the life of the party..now, that he get's from me, of course..

here are some pics from that night, with my family, including Grandma..we love her very much..

Christmas

Christmas this year was nice..

Keaton is our little outdoorsman..seriously, most boys like to play ball and stuff like that, Keaton is obsessed with Hunting..which is a little scary to me, but hey, I'm going with it. his favorite channel is not Disney, it is the Hunting channel.. you see where I am going with this..He could live at the Bass Pro shop ..we could spend all day there and he would still not be satisfied, he knows more about weapons than I do. lol..

What can I say, my kid loves to kill God's creations..lol, Ok I am being a bit dramatic.

So..all in all he got what he has wanted. a hunting game, as a family we bought a Wii, which I never thought I would, I always said nope..Not gonna be a video game family, just did not want to go there, but it is a lot of fun.

He could hunt with his wii game for hours, I am finding myself having to really put limits on it.

both boys were spoiled this year, and they have been having fun ever since.

It's been a while...Recap..

Okay, I am sucking big time at keeping up with the blog..so here is a quick recap..

Let's break this down into a few posts..

In December Keaton had his Christmas Concert for School, he got to stand up on stage with all the Kindergarten kids and sing a few songs..It was all over in about 2 minutes which had me laughing, but it was cute..

Then comes the Temple light pics..We go every year, usually with some friends..but this year that did not work out, so we went one evening by ourselves., I just want to say, we all look like ragamuffins in these pics..my boys look messy and so do Jeff and I...lol..oh well..we love to go see the temple lights..such a peaceful feeling to go to the temple grounds anyway, but at Christmas time, it is a really great experience..

here are some pics..

Here she is in all her glory...:)

Did I get your attention..lol..

This is my Sister from another Mister, Cylee..
She was in town for a visit with her in-laws, and we got to hang for a night, it was wonderful , steak dinner and a movie. We giggled like school girls the whole time, and I am pretty sure everyone around us thought we were a couple, but it was such a great time.

Cylee was my roomate many years ago, one of many that I adore and love, but this chick really got on my nerves when we first met, she was just so dang mormon. she had this ridiculously bright glow about her, it annoyed me so much,..I thought..yeah right who is this excited about going to Church for 3 hours..yep Cylee..lol..

all kidding aside, she really is one of the closest people I have here on this Earth, she loves me despite my many many flaws, and she doesn't even flinch when I say something outrageous, she loves me for me, such a rare quality in a friend,

Even though, I know I drove her completely nuts, with my harsh attitude and sarcasm (which never seems to go away), she never gave up on me, I am so glad she didn't ..

those long years ago when we lived together all of us, Liz, Amy, and Cylee, was some of the best times in my life,.

I am grateful for this lady, even though this picture is somewhat well, not the best, and the background is well WOW!! I loved spending this night with her..so fun..I wish she lived here again, but in her words, "never gonna happen", lol..

love ya Cylee, thx for being you..

More Pictures..

Here's some that did not fit, mostly of Thanksgiving time..

I'm a little behind.

so I am not as good at keepin up with this thing as I would like to be..

For Halloween this year Keaton wanted to be a Skeleton..well I could not find a costume under like 30$, and I am sorry...that is just to much for a costume he will wear once for an hour or two..so I decided I can make on..well if you know me at all, you know I am not creative in that type of way at all, so I was freakin out.
My Grandmother was going to help me, and we had our plan all ready on how to make it, which was a little overwhelming to me to say the least, when all of a sudden one of the skeleton costumes went on sale, a really good one, bringing down to a price I was happy with, especially since I did not have to make it..:)

Braedon was an Indian, this was Keaton's costume when he was Braedon's age.

we also spent way to much money on a Pumpkin from a Pupmpkin patch, I thought Jeff was going to have a heart attack..but nonetheless we did it, and it turned out cute.

We had family in town for Thanksgiving. it was a blast, love seeing family and hangin out..you would of thought I got more pics of actual Thanksgiving than I did , but oh well..

I also had a chance to hang with my sista from another mista for a night..and I will tell you all about that , when she get's off her booty and emails me the rockin picture we had taken, so I can post it, and tell all...that's right..you need to stop reading this Cylee, and go to the computer and email me our pic..thx..:)

more soon.

Hooray For Cousins!!!

October has been a special month..I have got to visit with 2 Cousins, each from a different side of the family..

I really enjoyed seeing them.

I see my cousin Tara more often than my Cousin Melissa, but I don't see them both enough..

it was so much fun chatting..my Grandma and her sister, kept telling me and Tara were talking so fast how could we understand eachother..lol..we had lots to catch up on..thank Heaven for email and facebook..but it is always better in person..

my Cousin Melissa and I have not seen eachother since we were 12..I wont say how many decades that is..but we discovered we had a lot in common, she is really neat, she is from Canada, and I was busy asking her all about the differences.. we had a great time as well..

I am so thankful for family, even though some of us are scattered all over the place, it is nice to know you have family, and can have family forever..no matter what..

here are a few pics of the cousin crew..ignore my inability to take a good picture, I don't think I have taken one in my entire 32 years of living..lol..oh well..