Walker Family

So we've moved..

2010-09-07T08:33:00.000-06:00

I am almost embarrassed that it has been so long since I have posted anything! We got moved, we are still living with my parents. We have been looking for some property over here to buy but nothing has worked out yet. It hasn't been bad living here though, it seems like we are always all so busy that we don't notice it too much.

The summer went by way too fast! We didn't do a whole lot I guess. We went camping over the fourth, Brac spent a few days at the fair, I worked, and spent the last week in Utah. That's our summer in a nutshell.

Brac cut his eye with a pocket knife trying to cut a bale string the week before school started and we ended up flying to Primary Childrens Hospital in Salt Lake for emergency surgery. He cut the lens and a little bit of the cornea. By the time they got him into surgery most of the fluid had leaked out of his eyeball so it was flat. They stitched it up in the surgery. Eric's Aunt Glennys, Aunt Lois, and sister Celeste all came to the hospital to see him while he was in recovery. Brac would just randomly sit up while he was trying to wake up from the surgery and look around and then flop back down. A little while after Celeste got there he sat up and stared at her for a minute and then said "hey Aunt Lessie." And she talked to him for a second and then he said "I got two pigs". She said oh yeah, what are you going to do with them? Brac sat there for a min and just looked at her and then said "Eat Um!" and flopped back down and went to sleep. It was soo funny! They let him out of the hospital that day but we couldn't leave Utah for a week because we had to go in to see the doctor every other day so they could check for infection. Eric had drove down that night and stayed until Thursday. The rest of his family from up here had gone down to Logan for Ty's baptism so we hung out there for a few days. Eric's Mom brought us home. We go back to Salt Lake Sept. 21 and 22 for an appointment and they will take the stitches out of his eye. We are so thankful that Brac still has an eye, he is a very lucky little boy! It is amazing how fast things happen.

Volleyball season has started and has been fun so far. I will try to keep up a little better with this! Sorry no pictures..

Moving...

2010-05-05T10:14:00.000-06:00

Yes we are moving.. On Thursday last week we found out that we had to be out of the house by May 14th. And yes that is only two weeks notice AH! I guess we kind of knew that there was a possibility that we would have to move, it was more of a matter of when and not if. There isn't much for rentals or houses to buy in Burlington so we are going to be living with my parents until we figure out what to do. We will try to get our house in Lovell on the market and then after if sells we can build on here but who know how that will go. I am sure my Mom is ready to freak out!! Hopefully we can all live together happily! Summer is usually a busy time so it shouldn't be too bad.

This is what you see when you walk in the door at my house, none of them are full! I am having the worst time getting started packing. Kole and Breanne may drive me nuts while I try too! I had better get back to it next week is coming way too fast!

This is usually how I find Kole by the time I get done exercising, poor thing!

Its Offical!

2010-04-07T10:07:00.000-06:00

Well its official, Cailee is ENGAGED! She is getting married to Chris Haskell from Lovell. Which means time to crack down on losing some weight! I was doing really good until Kole was sick a majority of the last 3 months, its really hard to work out when he just sits there and cries. They are getting married June 18 so that gives me 11 weeks I think.. That also means its time to start shopping. I am dreading finding a dress to wear! We are really excited for them and happy to have Chris be a part of the family!

Eric's Birthday / Easter

2010-04-04T12:13:00.000-06:00

Eric was born March 26, 1979, so that makes him 31! HE IS OLD!! I had a little party for him on his birthday with just my family, we just had hamburgers but it was 9 before we ended up eating because our grill ran out of propane. We had a big party for him on Sunday with his siblings that live close and my parents, Lissa, and Cailee and Chris. I made BBQ Country Ribs, mashed potatoes, and salad. We had a nice dinner and good food. I am so thankful for Eric!

On Saturday we went over to my Grandma and Grandpa Cooks for an Easter Egg Hunt and lunch. The kids had a great time and the food was really good! Breanne was so funny she didn't want to pick up the Eggs that she didn't like the color of, she only wanted the pretty ones! I told her they all had treats in them and she had to give her empty eggs back anyway so the could do it again next year, so she was okay with that and didn't care what color they were anymore. Brac got to go out with the 5 and under group before the older kids he got tons of eggs! We had to shut him down early because his bucket was full in the first two min.

Brac and Breanne we so excited for the Easter bunny this year. I think this is the first time they have really been excited about it. They weren't real excited about wearing their new church clothes so I could take a picture though.

Ugh!

2010-03-17T09:19:00.000-06:00

This time change is killing me! I am soo exhausted! It doesn't help that we had three nights in a row before it changed that we didn't get to bed until after midnight. Thursday night I went over to Lovell to play basketball, Eric went so we didn't leave right when I got done because he was still visiting. Friday we went to Billings but we didn't leave until 1:00 and my Dad didn't get done at the temple until 8:30. Saturday we had a "Girl Party".. We had fun! We ate Cafe Rio' Salads, fruit, chips, apple pie, and drank margaritas and strawberry limeades. Some people did there toe nails and some just visited with everyone. I took a few pictures but didn't do a stellar job!

Some of our food.. Tortillas took me forever!

The pictures are all screwy! The girl no one recognizes is Paul's girlfriend Brittany.

When we went to Billings on Friday Eric bough the kids each a baby duck.. They are running ducks and he is hoping to use them to train his cow dog when they get bigger.

SO FUNNY!

2010-03-11T10:38:00.004-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVy8Dr_SxWg

Twilight (what have you done to my wife?)
So I couldn't get the actual video to show up but this is rather entertaining!

Taxes and Keys

2010-03-01T18:57:00.001-07:00

I took everything to the Accountant today so we can get our taxes done, YEAH! I really hate tax time! It is soo much work to get everything together. I have really been trying to talk myself into getting it done but just hadn't gotten around to it, our Accountant called on Saturday and asked if he could get my stuff so he could finish up with the Ranch stuff. Soo I got it done and to him and I am very happy to say that we don't have to pay any money in this year! Too bad that means we went in the hole as far as business goes, but who didn't that farms?
After I went to the accountants office I went to Greybull I picked up a few groceries and then to my Moms to vacuum out my car real quick.. Well I managed to lock my keys in the car so Eric and my Dad spent 3 hours trying to get them out. We finally called Adrian Preator to come help because he has a slim jim.. It took some work but they finally got it opened. I have been meaning to go and get and extra key made but obviously hadn't gotten around to it yet, next time I go to town I will be getting it done! To say the least I got pretty much nothing done today.. There is always tomorrow, right?

Slacker!

2010-02-24T15:41:00.000-07:00

Well.. It seems like I have been busy this month but thinking back I don't know that I have accomplished much either. Where does time go? Eric went to Arizona for a couple days at the beginning of the month to visit his friend Craig Hamilton. Craig is someone Eric met on his mission and has kept contact with. They did some coyote hunting and wild pig hunting while he was there. Now the two of them have decided they need to go to Hawaii and go pig hunting, I am game! While he was gone I stayed at my parents house, well slept there anyway we weren't there much. I babysat Hailee a couple days and kind of cleaned my house one day. I also managed to loose two of our dogs.. I came to feed them everyday but the day before Eric came home they took off and we haven't seen them since. I'm not too broken up about it but my kids ask about them on occasion. Otherwise about all the excitement we have had is going over to the college in Powell to watch Cailee dance at half time of the basketball games. She is on the dance team and its fun to have an excuse to go over and watch.

Kole is already 8 months! I can't believe how fast he is growing up. He is sick again! He had just a cold but the other day he started wheezing so I took him to the Dr. Brac sometimes gets wheezy when he is sick too, Breanne never has and hopefully she never will. I guess its the boy thing to do in our family. They did weigh him and he is 20 pounds now. I still can't get over how much bigger his is than Brac and Breanne were. He is starting to feel better and I hope we can stay healthy a little longer this time!

Notice Kole's teeth in the picture on the right.. They are sooo far apart! He is going to look goofy for a few years I think.

Oh Man!

2010-02-01T14:39:00.000-07:00

Where to start..

We had a nice Thanksgiving with Eric's family this year. All of his siblings were there, we were only missing Kyler. We had dinner at Becky and Greg's house so there was plenty of room for the kids to run and play. We took a family picture that will soon be out of date already, Sara's baby is due this month. The day after I went shopping with Eric's Mom and sisters, we found enough good deals to fill the back of Careen's suburban and Becky's van. Later that night we ditched all the kids and when out to dinner for Careen's birthday. I can't remeber too many details but it was a nice weekend with family.

December was super crazy and flew by way too fast! I actually got my Christmas shopping done by about the middle of the month so that was very nice. Lissa, Mom, and I went down to Ogden to help Cailee move back to Wyoming. It was a CrAzY trip! We also took Breanne, Hailee, and Kole, all I can say is I am not dying to go that far with that crowd again. We drove down a day, stayed a day, and drove back a day. We are glad Cailee is back around.. even if she's not glad to be.

On Christmas Eve we went over to Lovell and spent the evening with Craig and Careen, Richard and Katie, Shane, Sara, and Keyanna, and Grandma, Great Grandma, and Grandpa Walker. We ate dinner and then the little kids but the Nativity together while Craig read the Christmas Story from Luke. After that we played a few little games and then let the kids open a few gifts.

While Brac was opening a few presents on Christmas Eve he kept muttering "please no more clothes, please no more clothes", typical boy! Breanne on the other hand was totally thrilled with everything she opened, even if she didn't know what it was.

Christmas morning I was totally expecting Brac to be up around 6 or 6:30. Believe it or not I was the first on awake and it was probably quarter to 7, so I got up and put some clothes on and woke Eric up. We decided to wake the kids up so we could hurry over to Mom and Dad's. We woke Brac and Breanne up and they both just kind of laid there, so we asked them if Santa had come? Brac said he didn't think so, so we told Breanne to go look and see and she went and looked out the door and said no... I think they must have been still half asleep. Breanne went and looked again and finally got excited about what she saw. So we went out and opened presents.

Brac asked Santa for the Red Rock horse, I had to do some investigating to figure out what it was. He goes through boots like candy and we are hoping that these ones will last a little longer than the last pair.

Breanne was again very excited about everything, she was so cute when she opened everything!

Kole's first Christmas wasn't too exciting but he really enjoyed all of the paper! We got him a bouncer/excersaucer and he really loves it! Breanne and Hailee were playing dress up with Breanne's new stuff, aren't they cute! Breanne loves to dress up and loves it even more when there is someone to dress up with.

We had a pretty uneventful New Years. A few friends came over and we played a game and we all went home before midnight, it was just a little too much for all of the kids. On New Years Day my kids and I, Lissa and Hailee, Mom, Jamie and her kids went to THermopolis swimming with Lorraine, Rudy, Payton, Mick, and Tyler Ann. The kids had a good time and the water felt great!

Eric's dad just got called to be the Bishop of Lovell Second Ward so his sisters came up for that. We are very grateful for the good man that Craig is and we are excited for him and his new calling we know he will be great!

The second week in January Kole came down with croup, so I took him to the Dr. It happened to be on a wednesday but our Dr. has a new partner and she was in that day. They put him on a steroid to help with the inflammation and said to watch him, they also did a blood test on him because his soft spot was a little puffy and they wanted to rule out infection somewhere. The test came back negative but they wanted us to follow up with Dr. J the next day, so we did and he seemed to be getting better. Friday we went back to the Dr. and saw the assistant again because Breanne started not sounding so good and I wanted to be sure she wasn't getting croup or something too. They actually ended up doing a strep test but it was negative. Saturday Kole had some redness around his mouth and nose and between his eyes, I was a little concerned but wasn't sure what it was by that night it has spread a little but not much. Sunday morning it was worse, most of his face was red and the back of his neck and seemed a little puffy. We went to church and after sacrament meeting and Craig being set apart I took Kole and Breanne and went over to Lissa so to make rolls for dinner. The redness seemed to keep spreading, after dinner I decided to take him to the ER in Lovell just to make sure there wasn't something major going on, he wasn't running a fever but you could tell he just didn't feel good at all! We went up there and the Dr. looked at him a little bit and decided that it must just be an allergic reaction to the steroid. So he told us to give him benadryl and follow up with our Dr. the next day. Well needless to say he slept pretty good but still didn't look or act any better the next morning. We got and appointment with Dr. J that morning. When he came it he was like "oh my goodness!" He started looking at Kole and started telling me everything that was wrong.. Then he looked at Breanne and said she had strep. Kole had strep throat, a sinus infection, scarlet fever (caused by the strep bacteria), and was starting a little bit of a respiratory infection. POOR BABY! So needless to say we had a couple of rough days a head of us still but he is doing better. All of his skin peeled from the scarlet fever and it was very itchy but luckily we had some high powered antihistamine to help with that. We had a little bout with a flu bug last week but we are all healthy today and hope that it stays that way for a while!

Kole also got his first tooth just before he turned 7 months, Brac and Breanne didn't get any until they were 10 or 11 months, and is crawling all over! He is a very busy little man and gets into everything! I am not sure I am looking forward to him growing up anymore, I wish he would just stay little for a while longer! At his seven month check up he weighed 18 pounds and was 27 inches. He is a big boy! It is as tall and a least a pound heavier than Breanne was when she was a year old.

Breanne loves to feed him things, even though she knows shes not suppose to... On Saturday she gave him some OREO's while I was trying to clean up a little bit, he really enjoyed himself though!

Breanne is 3

2009-11-19T12:56:00.000-07:00

Breanne turned 3 on November 8th.. I am soo slow on this one! We had her party that night after everyone got done with church. We ate BBQ Beef Nachos and lots of yummy salad and dips. My aunt Lorraine made the cake, she wanted a Pink Princess Pony cake.

She got lots of fun things gifts and had fun with everyone that came to play! She is still listening to her Hannah Montana birthday card from Aunt Katie and Uncle Richard, Brac despises that thing!

We love Breanne soo much! She is a great helper with Kole. She is sometimes too much help but we won't complain. Every morning she still asks if Brac is at school and if he is coming home when it gets out and then if we can go to Grandma's house. It's hard to believe she is already 3!

New Moon!

2009-11-19T07:30:00.000-07:00

Seriously, I should really be posting about something important like Breanne's 3rd birthday... I don't have the pictures uploaded to the computer for that sooo I am just letting everyone know how excited I am about going to see New Moon tomorrow night! Whoo hoo! I guess I am not excited enough to go to Twilight at 9 and New Moon at 12 tonight. Lonna is suppose to get here tonight so we just planned to go tomorrow. Anyway, YEAH!

Halloween and more!

2009-11-05T13:59:00.000-07:00

Last week I had Liss and my Mom come over and help me clean up a few (there are still lots left!) of the weeds around my house. Here are a few pictures from that... The help is much appreciated! It would have taken me 3 days to get that much done by myself.

On Friday for school Brac dressed as a Vampire and then on Halloween day he decided to be a Cowboy, whats new! Breanne was a fairy Princess and Kole was a Giraffe.. We went to a few places here in Burlington and then we headed over to Lovell to the Trunk or Treat. It is soo much easier to trick or treat that way with little kids!

Pictures

2009-10-05T11:34:00.000-06:00

Celeste took some pictures for us this weekend, she does such a good job! The only bad thing was the wind was blowing really hard and it was cold! The kids were having a hard time being very happy about it.

3 months!

2009-09-24T09:36:00.000-06:00

I have been a total slacker! Kole is past the 3 month mark! He weighs 15 pounds and is just over 24 inches long. He is such a good baby, he only wakes up once during the night and when he gets up in the morning he is so happy. I just love watching his little personality develope!

Volleyball season has been almost crazy! Its way more difficult to shuffle 3 kids around, especially with Brac in school! I guess we will see what happens next year, I am sure my memory will be fogged enough to do it again but we will see. I really enjoy watching the teams progress and get better, sometimes I wish I could play again but I know my body doesn't work as well as it use to! (I am getting old!)

Brac is doing really well in school. He loves to go. He missed the bus this morning, because I slept in, and he begged me from the time I got up to just take him to the school even though none of the other kids would even be there yet. He loves to sit and write the letters he knows for me and draw horses, even though they look kind of like pigs to me... LOL

Breanne may drive me crazy! Every morning when she finally gets up first she asks where Brac is and then where her daddy is. She follows me around the house, when we are here which doesn't seem like much, and is really good at waking Kole up. Some days I wish she would just sit and watch movie but no such luck! She does help me with Kole and I am thankful for her help when he is awake.

Eric has been very busy and there are no signs of slowing down anytime soon. They have been bailing hay, cutting beans, combining beans, and pulling beets. Hopefully the weather holds and we can get all of the harvesting done! We have been soo thankful for the hot weather sticking around as long as it has.

1st day of Kindergarten!

2009-09-02T13:45:00.000-06:00

School finally started and Brac is really liking it.. I think. He hasn't complained at all. It has been so peaceful at home, sometimes I almost miss him (almost). :) I love my son, but he is such a handful!

Kole is 10 weeks old! I can't believe how fast time is going by! At his two month check up he weighed 14.3 lbs. and is 23 1/2 inches.. That puts him in the 90th % for his weight and 45th % for height! He is such a happy baby. He has started sleeping from 10 to 5, it has been really nice, now if only I could get to bed at 10 too.

I finally managed to get my hair done! I had Kacee Leithead do it for me.. She did a great job and I feel like a new woman! Kacee works at Grace's Back Door Salon in Lovell during the week.

Volleyball season is in full swing and I am not sure how I managed to sign up for so many games.. Oh well I have two root canals and a crown (Eric's) to pay for so I guess it's a blessing to be able to make some extra money right now.

Cafe Rio

2009-08-21T12:19:00.000-06:00

I hope Lissa and Mom bring me back a Cafe Rio Salad!

Cailee left today..

2009-08-21T12:04:00.004-06:00

Cailee left for school today. She is going to Weber in Ogden. We are going to miss having her around, she is very helpful with the little ones! We tried to talk her into going to Powell but that didn't work fast enough.. Now I think she is maybe going to transfer back to Powell at semester. She figured out how much money she could save by going to Powell and they have a good nursing program, there are other motives as well ;P So we can all hope all goes well in that department to!
Yesterday I went to Cody, again, because Brac has a mouth full of sores! He has been complaining of one on his tounge for a couple of days but I just figured it was a canker sore. I feel bad that it got so bad before I payed enough attention to figure out what it was. So hopefully we can get it cleared up before school starts!

Isn't Celeste Amazing! :) (Cailee's Picture)

It's all fun and games till someone gets their eye poked out!

2009-08-19T11:54:00.003-06:00

The other day Breanne came into the house crying and holding her eye, I said what happened and she said Brac poked my eye with a stick. It kinda freaked me out because my pediatrician has always said "don't mess with eye stuff, its usually a good idea to get in check out." Well it was 4:00 and I knew there was no way we would be able to get into the doctor. I decided to just watch it and I couldn't tell if it really got her eye ball or not. I took her to the doc yesterday because she has a sinus infection also and had him look at her eye. She has just a minor little scratch on her eye ball that isn't anything. She is soo lucky!

Prickly Heat

2009-08-03T17:03:00.004-06:00

Kole has had a heat rash, aka Prickly Heat, for about a week now. I am sure it bugs me more than anyone! The Doctor says it will go away on its own and there isn't much you can do for it.. There has to be something! If anyone has any suggestions we are open to them.

Otherwise he is still growing fast! He is just starting to smile and react to people and he really wants to talk back, we are just starting a really fun stage! He has also started sleeping longer stretches at night which is sooo nice! He goes 4 1/2 or 5 at first and then 3 or more after that, so he is really only up twice.

Bye, Bye Truck!

2009-07-28T09:20:00.003-06:00

Yeah! I finally sold my truck.. Now we're back to car shopping. Now that I can actually buy something I can't find what I really want for the right price, go figure! I guess we will see what I end up with this time. The guy is coming tomorrow to pick up the truck.

Growing Boy!

2009-07-17T12:34:00.002-06:00

I took Kole to the Doctor on Monday and he weighed 10 lbs. 7 oz.! So at 4 weeks old he's gained almost 3 pounds. At this rate he is going to catch up with Rocco!

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They grow too fast!

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2009-07-07T18:17:00.006-06:00

Last week was definitely an eventful one! Wednesday I went over to Lovell, Thursday was Uncle Merlin's memorial service, Friday Cailee came home and I tried to clean house, Saturday the 4th, and Sunday Kole's blessing.

Well we all lived through the 4th and Kole's blessing. For the 4th we went over to David Rael's for a BBQ and fireworks! We love going over there, there is always good food, lots of friends, and fun. My kids love going over there, Brac calls David "Grandpa Rael". I am sure it is just because he has grown up hearing Becky's kids call him that. We all had a really good time there.

We all made it to church on time for Kole's blessing! I think that's the first time we have been on time for church since we moved here. Eric did a really nice job and we had lots of family there to support us. We are so thankful for everyone that was able to be there and help us celebrate Kole and the blessing that he is to our family! After church we went to my mom's house and started getting lunch ready and then my family all left and went back up to the church for Parker's blessing (Jamie's baby) and went back as soon as that was done. Eric made dutch oven chicken, beef, and potatoes for the main dish and everyone brought salads. It was really nice but really hot!

July 5th

2009-06-29T08:59:00.002-06:00

We ARE going to be blessing Kole on the 5th in Burlington at 9 a.m. I think we will have lunch at the park after church, but that isn't set in stone. If anyone has any suggestions on a good easy main dish I am open to suggestion.

Kole's Blessing

2009-06-26T15:44:00.002-06:00

Just a heads up, we are planning on blessing Kole next Sunday July 5 at 9 am. We have to talk to the Bishop on Sunday to be sure but that is the plan thus far. We will probably have lunch after church gets out. So for anyone who wants to come thats what we know and I will try to get more information after Sunday..

Kole is doing really well, he is such a good baby! All of our kids have been really good babies and I am very glad I don't know how well I would handle lots of crying, I would be too most of the time it think.

Kole Wolf Walker

2009-06-19T14:16:00.006-06:00

He finally came! I was really starting to wonder if he was going to come a little early.. On Sunday Eric the kids and I all walked up to the mail box and back hoping to maybe get things going because I had been feeling a little funny all day, and it didn't seem to do anything. We went to bed around midnight as usual lately and still nothing so I figured I would be doing laundry and such the next day like planned. I woke up around 2 and discovered I was having contractions, yeah! So I went to the bathroom and then sat down to time them and see how far apart they were. To my surprise they were five min. apart, yeah again! I figured I had better sit there and time them for at least an hour just to make sure I was really in labor and that they weren't going to stop. Well they didn't and I figured I better get Eric up and get going just in case things were moving quickly since I was already dilated to a 3. So we go all ready to go and dropped the kids off at my moms and headed to Cody. We got to the hospital around 4. The nurse checked me and I was still a three but almost effaced completely. That's not exactly what I wanted to hear but at least they weren't sending me home right. I was really hoping to have a baby by noon and I still thought maybe it would happen. My contractions stayed 5 min. apart and never really go stronger. Finally Dr. Cruz came in around noon and broke my water and then shortly after I got an epidural hoping that would relax things enough to make them go quicker. Well it helped me relax so much that the baby moved way back up. So... They put me on pitocin so try and move things along, at least I already had the epidural! So then at some point one of the nurses mentioned something about edema in my cervix, what ever that meant, and so at 6:30 I was 7 cm. At this point we were hoping that we would have a baby by midnight! The nurses switched shifts and my new nurse had come in at 7:30 and asked if I was feeling any different or anything and I told her my contractions felt stronger and that the pain medicine wasn't working as well. The bag of medicine for the epidural was pretty much gone and so she decided to check and then she was going to call for more medicine for my epidural. Well she checked me and I was 10 cm! Finally! The only problem was Dr. Cruz wasn't at the hospital.. So she went and called her and had her hurry over. In the mean time I was really feeling like i wanted to push and they didn't want me to until Dr. Cruz got there. I think it was only about 15 min. but it seemed like an eternity! So at this point I had been in labor for about 16 hours! I started pushing and then they decided that he was face up and they couldn't get him to turn. So anyway I pushed for almost 2 hours before he finally came out! This was by far the worst experience I have ever had! I am still feeling pretty bad although today has been a little better. Kole is a really good baby! He pretty much just sleeps and eats, he does cry when you change his diaper but thats about the only time. Oh yeah he weighted 7lbs. 10.7 oz. and was 21 inches long. I love newborn baby's!

Baby Update

2009-06-11T16:04:00.003-06:00

I had a Dr. appointment today.. I am almost dilated to a 3 and only about half effaced. Not exactly what I wanted to hear, but its better than a 1 I guess. So basically it could be hours or days, who knows! We are hoping for sooner than later for sure.

Cailee

2009-06-10T09:41:00.002-06:00

Well, I guess Cailee is way more excited about moving away and going to college that the rest of us. She moved down to Ogden this week for at least a couple of weeks for a summer CNA class. She is threatening to stay the whole summer until school starts.. She hasn't even been gone a whole week yet and we are already missing her at our house anyway! Every time we go over to my moms my kids are asking where Cailee is. I think Eric is missing his little helper and I am missing her helpfulness. I guess she is just gearing us up for not seeing her hardly at all.
Anyway, we all miss Cailee! We will get to see her for a day this weekend since she is coming back for Melinda's wedding.

Summer Fun!

2009-06-01T09:44:00.006-06:00

Well my kids finally talked me into blowing up their pool on Friday. They played in it for several hours, which was nice. They did really good until Kaiden got home and with in half hour or so Breanne had ditched her swimming suit and Brac and Kaiden had shoveled dirt into the pool, when we dumped it out I think we found bricks too... Anyway so we dumped out the dirty water and threatened them to put it away for the rest of the summer if they did it again. Kaiden is the only one that got sunburned on friday and I'm sure he is still feeling a little miserable!

Saturday I didn't get over to Mom's until about 2:30 p.m. and Hailee had just barely escaped the house and it didn't take her long to discover the pool and get in, of course Breanne and everyone else was quick to follow. The little girls probably only played in the pool for 45 min or so and the boys not much longer.

Hailee loves water! She is probably the only one that doesn't care about getting splashed in the face!

RIP

2009-05-28T09:01:00.002-06:00

Well the baby horse died this morning. We knew that when the mare went into her foal heat that he would get scowers again and would probably dehydrate again but we didn't catch it soon enough. He had ripped the hoof wall on one of his feet and would have had a club foot though too. So he would have been a little useless. My kids are going to be heart broken still. So thats two animals this year that we haven't been able to save. Maybe someone is trying to tell us something?

Oh Baby!

2009-05-27T08:36:00.002-06:00

Ok so I thought I was doing pretty good and that this whole pregnancy has been pretty easy. I felt like I was getting around good and could do most things and not have it bother me or be too hard. This last week or so is killing me I can't even hardly bend over! I was trying to clean house yesterday and it about killed me. So much for being tough, these last couple of weeks might just do me in.

Good News!

2009-05-26T08:37:00.000-06:00

Chickens are out of the house! Now I just need to get Eric to clean up the mess they made. I keep telling myself that I am not going to do it and that he is, but we will see how long I can hold out.

Wild Things!

2009-05-25T09:11:00.002-06:00

Breanne and Hailee have decided that they like to drive Lightning McQueen. Neither are very good at it but Breanne does a little better than Hailee. I am sure it will only be a matter of time before they get good at it. For the most part right now we just put them in and turn the wheel as far as it will go and turn them loose and they go round and round until they run into something. We can usually holler at Breanne to stop and she will but they have about decapitated themselves on a few occasions by going under the suburban or one of the trucks.

More Animals!

2009-05-23T08:39:00.003-06:00

On Sunday morning the kids got an exciting phone call from Grandpa saying there was a new baby in the pasture. So I told the kids if they hurried and we were ready soon enough for church we could go see it before. Well, we are never ready for church on time let alone early so they had to wait. We left after sacrament meeting so we could go to Mick's graduation in Greybull. So we went and saw the baby and everything looked good. So life goes on and Tuesday Lissa said is that the baby horse laying there in the middle of the pasture with no other horses around? So I went to see it was but as soon as I went through the gate Penny (mom) went over and the baby sat up and looked ok. Later that night Eric went out and noticed that something wasn't right with it. So he carried him out on to the grass. He was very dehydrated and had scowers and his legs were hurting him. So he called the vet. The vet came out and gave him 5L of fluids with some medicine in it. Eric milked the mare a little and we fed it to the baby in a real baby bottle, he drank about 6 oz. really good and then didn't want any more. So we left them in the backyard over night. The next morning he was still ok but we were having to watch him. I had to go out every hour and stretch his legs. The tendons are really tight so we has a hard time walking. So that day was pretty much shot! When Brac and Kaiden got home from school they had gone into the backyard and some how, no one seems to know how, but they ended up chasing the mare and baby around and they ended up front in the garden. Poor little guy was back to square one with the whole dehydration thing.. So we gave him more fluids. The next day I was back to going out every hour and stretching his legs and making sure Penny had water. That day went pretty well. Yesterday I had to take the truck to Powell and when I got back they had ventured down by the gas tank and equipment. We decided we needed to take and put them in the orchard, one the grass is very tall and needs some trimming and two they are starting to venture to far. So it took me about 3 hours to get them moved to the orchard. The baby is still pretty weak and can only go so far before he gets too tired and lays down. Obviously I am in no state to pick him back up and keep him going. If I had had another adult to help me it may have gone a little faster but Jamie was the only other one around so I was pretty much on my own! So I finally got them there and hopefully they are still ok.

With all of these animals around that need taken care of you would think I was an animal lover. Well, I'm really not. I don't mind them but I really don't like having to take care of them like this! Hopefully one of these days everything will stay healthy and not need quite so much attention! Eric has been too busy to spend the time that needs to be spent, which you are probably wondereing the same thing I am, "why do you have them if you don't have the time?" But I won't get into that! I will keep you updated on our progress!

2009-05-14T10:54:00.003-06:00

Here are some pictures of the calves and chickens. I couldn't get them to work on the post before.

The House and "farm life"

2009-05-14T10:08:00.003-06:00

I have been going to do this for a while now but I have been lazy and just haven't gotten that far. Plus its much easier now that I have Internet here instead of having to go to my mom's to use the computer.

First of all Eric thought we needed to have some chickens to make the place complete or something so he ordered chickens and since the weather has been so crappy they have spent there life so far IN MY HOUSE! It wasn't so bad at first cause they were cute and little and not too much of a problem. Now they are growing very fast and they STINK! My house smells like a chicken coop. I had to go to Diana Wiles and get a Sentsy Burner and stuff to try and at least mask the smell a little. Hopefully the weather decides what its going to do soon so we can get the stinky things outside!

Not long after we got the chickens I was informed that I was going to Cody on Saturday to pick up some bum calves from George's farm. Turns out that they had a cow have twins and she couldn't support both so one was going to have to be bottle fed and they do better if there are at least two instead of just one. My dad offered to buy Brac the other bum calf so feed up and sell later and put the money in a mission fund. The day we were going to get they calves they decided to have us get another so Kaiden could have one too. So we picked up two from George's farm. So then we had 3 calves that needed fed in the morning and night and chickens. Of course this wasn't suppose to be my job but we all know how these things end up. The baby milk cows were big enough that the kids couldn't hold on to the bottles to feed them. About a week after we got the calves I was in the kitchen making their breakfast when I noticed one of them looked like it was dead. So I went out and it wasn't dead but it was close to it. So I called my Dad to come out and look at it and see what was wrong. There is a virus that calves get that effects the lining of their stomach so they can't absorb anything and so basically they dehydrate. Well dummy me didn't figure out the calf was sick until it was almost dead. We put a bag of fluid in him with and IV but he still died later that day. I felt soo bad! It was Kaiden's calf that died so now we are down to Brac's and my Dad's. It is much faster with only two to feed instead of three. We have started letting the calves out of their little pen during the day so they have more room to play and hopefully they will start eating the weeds. Brac loves to chase them around! Breanne is still a little afraid of them which isn't really a bad thing.

We are liking the house we have already had two parties here! We had Brac's birthday party and we had dinner here for mothers day too. Its way nice to have enough room to actually have people over and be semi comfortable. I just wish there was a yard for the kids to play! My kids don't mind playing in the rocks and by the corrals but it would be nicer to have a little bit of grass for the littler ones to play! I would have to say my favorite thing about the house is the dishwasher! All of the years I have been married I haven't had a dishwasher and I tell you what I am loving it! The next best thing would probably be having big closets! It so nice to have enough room to put our clothes. There is also a room for the toys and that helps keep the house looking a little cleaner all the time, that room usually looks like a bomb went off but most people don't see it. Now I am just in need of lots of decor and a nice area rug. I didn't put pictures of the upstairs rooms on yet.. They are just full of stuff that hasn't been unpacked and lots of it probably won't really get unpacked either, lots of baby clothes and stuff. One of these days I need to get the one cleaned up so I can have a sewing/scrap booking room. There are three bathrooms in the house but all of them are in a bedroom, two downstairs and one upstairs. I don't have my washer and dryer here yet because the laundry room has some water damage and black mold and they haven't come to fix that yet! :( I really hate having to go somewhere to do my laundry its getting really old!

Well sorry for such a lengthy post but I figured I would get most of this out of the way and people keep asking for pictures of the house.

Brac's 5

2009-05-09T15:17:00.004-06:00

Brac is 5! Time flies when you get old. Brac was born May 8, 2004 at 11:42 p.m. He weighed 7lbs .01 oz. and was 19 inches long. I guess i'm not sure how long I was in Labor but I noticed I was in Labor about 11 am and went to the hospital about 3 pm. Brac is a very bright intelligent little boy and we are so blessed to have his little spirit in our home and lives. Here are a few pictures of the past few years, they grow soo fast! I have pictures of his party but they aren't uploaded yet. Tctwest is suppose to come on Tuesday to get the internet hooked up at the new house so hopefully one of these days we can get back to life with the internet at home!

For some reason I can't get these pictures to go in the order I wanted them to so I guess you can see if you can figure out the order or something!

"I just didn't know what I was doing!"

2009-04-28T16:03:00.005-06:00

About a week and a half ago Brac was at the shop with Eric working on a truck. Eric said he could hear Brac playing with some stuff and then pretty soon it got quiet so he came out from under the truck and couldn't see him anywhere.. So he started looking around and calling for him pretty soon he said he could see him crouched in the corner crying. He told him to come out talk to him and this is what he saw..

He was trying to move something I guess and it knocked him back into a 5 gallon bucket of oil. He told Eric "I just didn't know what I was doing!" Anyway Eric couldn't really help but just laugh at him. Brac was very upset about the whole ordeal. Eric brought him back to my moms and washed him up with some gritty hand soap from the shop and make-up remover. Needless to say we just put the clothes in the trash.

This is a dark picture but I am sure Brac wouldn't be very happy about showing his bum.
I will try to get some more pictures and updates done this week!

Moving stinks!

2009-04-08T07:53:00.003-06:00

Well we have been trying to move. The house we are moving to is finally empty and we can start moving our stuff in. Yesterday I went and cleaned some of the carpets so we could start with our beds and clothes and stuff so we can at least sleep there. There has really been quite a bit going on. Last week Brac had a dentist appointment and ended up falling asleep in the chair while he was waiting for the dentist to come back.

There is a walkway upstairs (in the new house) that goes out across the living room, Hailee and Breanne thought it was fun to play up there. Well I has in shampooing the carpet in one of the rooms and heard something fall so I frantically run out there to see a peice of the banister on the floor and Hailee is kneeling haning on to another that is ready to come out too. I stayed under her and told Lissa to hurry up stairs and get her and that I would catch her if she fell through! It scared me to death! So now I guess Eric is going to have to go through and check them all and make sure they are well secured!

Fat and Ugly!

2009-03-27T08:36:00.002-06:00

Again, I apologize for the far and few in-between posts! I haven't been too busy I just have spent much time on the computer. So we have been spending about half the week in Burlington the last two weeks because Eric is working over there and "our" house is still occupied, soo instead of Eric having to drive so much me and the kids have been going over and staying some. We could have just stayed there for a couple of days at a time but Brac has preschool so I have just had to come home early in the morning sometimes. Next week Brac will have one last day of VIP preschool here in Lovell and then hopefully we will get moved soon and he will be starting in Burlington.

As for me I am stuck in a major RUT! My hair is hiddeous at the moment and I can't decide what to do about it! I need a cut and color but I can't make up my mind about what to do with it. I don't really want to go back to the girl that usually cuts it because I haven't been too pleased with my results the last couple of times i have been in. This is when it would be nice if Celeste lived much closer! So if anyone has any wonderful suggestions let me know. We will see how long it takes me to decide, until then I am sure I will continue to feel fat and ugly!

I am still tired!

2009-03-18T21:03:00.003-06:00

Well we survived the wedding weekend.. Celeste and Stephanie came on Wednesday so that Thursday Celeste could go up to the temple and take some pictures of Richard and Katie before the wedding so they didn't have to spend so long on Saturday. I watched Kody and Rylee on Thursday while they went up to Billings, it was suppose to just be a nice day at home but it was far from that! Eric had me doing things for him and we ended up in the car all afternoon! But we survived that day and Friday we just hung out at Beckys house. Saturday we had to get up early to be to the temple by 9:30 with everyone dressed and presentable! I still feel like I am trying to recover for some reason. We went to the luncheon right after the wedding and came right home and took a nap until it was time for the reception. The reception was very nice! I was a little scared that my kids might destroy something, there was a chocolate fountain that they were very interested in! Celeste, Stephanie and Careen's sisters stayed Sunday and went home Monday, the rest on the family left Sunday morning. I can't imagine how all of those that actually had to do more that just attend all of the festivities must have felt because I am still tired! It was nice to see everyone and I hope its not too long until we see them all again.

Here are some pictures that I finally downloaded off the camera..

I think Eric and the kids were just playing with the camera....

Post?

2009-03-11T16:18:00.002-06:00

I have really been slacking in this department lately but I just don't really have anything to say.. Last week I finally got all of the tax stuff to the accountant, had a volleyball meeting, went to Billings grocery shopping, went to Billings again to the temple when Katie went through, and not a whole lot has happened since. Breanne has been sick but I finally gave in a took her to the dr. on Monday morning seems how this weekend is going to be wild and we don't need to be sharing sick germs if we can help it. She had a sinus infection and it was spreading to her eyes some how so she has to have eye drops along with the other medicine. Now I am just trying to find the ambition to do something like maybe pack a few things but I just really would rather take a nap at this point. So anyway not much excitement here, maybe thats a good thing!

MAGIC!

2009-03-03T16:34:00.003-07:00

Ok.. I was online the other day trying to figure out how to get strawberry milk stains out of carpet and came across this stuff called Red Relief. I waffled for a few days trying to decide if I wanted to order some to try because it is expensive but if it works.... Anyway I ordered some and it came today. I just tried it and it works like magic! I am soo glad because I have lots of little spots that it should work on.

I odered mine from www.proschoicesupply.com

Swimming Suits..

2009-03-03T10:30:00.002-07:00

Hey I have been thinking that I should start doing swimming suit parties! If anyone is interested in doing a party let me know and we will see what we can work out! We didn't get anything new this year and we won't have the polka-dot or tropical flowers ones like I thought we would but there are still all the others. I am hoping they will offer some kind of a discount since there aren't any new ones.

NO ENERGY!

2009-02-24T13:22:00.002-07:00

I have got no energy to do anything but sit here lately.. Well at least when I should be doing something. My energy usually comes around 4:00 p.m., which is good because dinner at least gets made and the kitchen cleaned and I usually get a few more things done that need to be but it would be much more convenient if I had some during the day! I have got plenty to do but I am having a hard time bringing myself to do it. I keep thinking I should start packing up the things that don't get used much so that when it comes time to really move that part will already be done but.... So I guess for now I will just keep trying to talk myself into getting something done.

Breanne's potty training is going fairly well. She is telling me most of the time when she has to go and doesn't have too many accidents, usually. When we go to other peoples houses and she is playing she forgets she needs to come tell me she needs to go but i guess its going as well as can be expected and this point. It seems like Brac figured it all out a little quicker but I could be wrong it been awhile. She has only wet the bed once so at least we know that nights aren't a problem. So we will just keep washing lots of little underwear and pants and hope that eventually the accidents go pretty much away. At least we are making progress!

Big News!

2009-02-20T14:29:00.002-07:00

Well the people who needed to know first know soo... We are moving! Eric is going to partner with my Dad on some property in Burlington. They have leased the property that Dr. Biles owns, the avant place and what ever else he has acquired. There is a house on the property that we will be moving into. There are some people living there right now so we won't be going anywhere right away, it will be a month or so. I am guessing the first part of April. We are kind of excited. The change will be nice. We have been looking for something to do because obviously the horse trailer business isn't going real well and who knows what construction is going to do in the near future, people still have to eat! We are going to hold on to our house here for the first year so we can see if it is going to work out, but we can't technically rent it out because of the type of loan we have. I think Richard and Katie might come "take care of it for us". We don't have much figured out yet because we pretty much just got figured out we are moving. I really HATE moving but I guess you do what you have to.

Taxes!

2009-02-19T16:42:00.003-07:00

I HATE DOING TAXES! I know I am slow getting them done anyway but I really despise doing taxes! Owning your own business isn't all its cracked up to be, at least when it comes to doing tax stuff anyway. I just remember how much simpler it was when we had and employer and just took our little stack of papers to the accountant and within a couple of weeks get some money back. Now I just have to cringe and wait to see how much I have to pay in! I am really bad and need to get a lot more organized than I am and it would make it easier but still tax time stresses me out!

Genius!

2009-02-18T09:09:00.002-07:00

Yesterday morning I was trying to hurry and put some laundry in before I had to go clean, so I grabbed the basket of darks and threw them in real quick before I had to leave. When I got home around 4:30 I went to put them in the dryer and put some more in I was taking them out thinking I must have washed a Kleenex or some thing because there was a bunch of little things all over. The more I took out the more stuff there was all over I thought I must have washed a whole pack of Kleenex or something, and then the culprit! Eric had taken Breanne's pants off along with a pull-up and put them in the basket with the pull-up still in the pants! Who does that? I guess I can partially be blamed because I didn't check any pockets or anything but still..

Valentines Day

2009-02-16T22:20:00.003-07:00

We didn't get too exciting for Valentines Day, we never really do I guess. Friday night Eric and I went to dinner with my parents in Powell while Cailee watched our kids. Thanks Cailee! :) Saturday we had our yearly Elders Quarum Bowling/Pizza activity. We had a good time. On the first game I bowled at 129 which is probably the best I have ever done and Eric bowled a 135 which might be his best too, the second game neither of us did as well. We usually only go bowling that once a year which I'm not sure why I enjoy it and so does everyone else in our Family. I think Brac probably asks once a week if we can go "bowling balling". I guess maybe we will have to try to do it a little more often.
I have been really terrible about taking pictures lately I will have to try harder! I thought about taking my camera to the bowling ally once before we left but I didn't think about it again until we were actually bowling. Hope everyone had a Happy Valentines Day!

7 things

2009-02-13T12:01:00.002-07:00

7 Things I can Do

1. I can shop.
2. I can text now!
3. I can do laundry.
4. I can sew, kinda..
5. I can help my husband do some things.
6. I can cook!
7. I can put off walking on my treadmill everyday.

7 Things I Can't do

1. I can't crochet.
2. I can't wake up very early and still function.
3. I can't convince brac not to pick his nose!
4. I can't stand the smell of sea food.
5. I can't change other kids poopy diapers without gagging!
6. I can't grow my hair out long.
7. I can't understand why some people can't learn the first time..I won't say names.\

7 things i say often

1. I love you!
2. Have fun!
3. Don't fight!
4. Do you need to go potty?
5. Pick up your toys.
6. Did you hear me?
7. What do you want for dinner?

7 things I love about Eric

1. His BLUE eyes
2. His willingness to work and support our family.
3. His desire to do what's right.
4. His love and support for me!
5. The way he plays with the kids.
6. The way he can make me laugh.
7. His family.

7 favorite foods

1. Cafe Rio Salads
2. Chinese
3. Pizza
4. Mashed Potatoes and gravy
5. Bread
6. BBQ Beef
7. Most Desserts

7 people I tag
Anyone who wants to do it!

...

2009-02-10T19:12:00.002-07:00

The last week or so hasn't been real exciting on our end. I did start working on the quilt that I started last year about this time. We have a sewing group that meets once a week and I started that last year and the flu stopped me from going. I swear Brac got the flu four times last year! So anyway hopefully I can get it done this year! I have the stip sets almost all sewn together and shoud be ready to start cutting blocks by the next class. THis is the first quilt I will be doing pretty much on my own so we will see how it turns out!
I have been working on getting some of Eric's paperwork organized that last few days because there is a guy from the state coming to look over it all and make sure we are doing things the way we are suppose to. I am a little nervous about it because I really don't have a clue on how I am suppose to do most things I just do what I can and hope that it's right. It will all be over with tomorrow so we will see how I did I guess. Wish me luck!

toddler rules..

2009-02-05T15:35:00.000-07:00

I saw this on someone elses blog and thought it was very cute and exactly right!

TODDLER RULES.
If it is on, I must turn it off.
If it is off, I must turn it on.
If it is folded, I must unfold it.
If it is a liquid, it must be shaken, then spilled.
If it is solid, it must be crumbled, chewed or smeared.
If it is high, it must be reached.
If it is shelved, it must be removed.
If it is pointed, it must be run with at top speed .
If it has leaves, they must be picked.
If it is plugged, it must be unplugged.
If it is not trash, it must be thrown away.
If it is in the trash, it must be removed, inspected, and thrown on the floor .
If it is closed, it must be opened.
If it does not open, it must be screamed at.
If it has drawers, they must be rifled.
If it is a pencil, it must write on the refrigerator, monitor, or table .
If it is full, it will be more interesting emptied.
If it is empty, it will be more interesting full.
If it is a pile of dirt, it must be laid upon.
If it is stroller, it must under no circumstances be ridden in without protest.
It must be pushed by me instead.
If it is paper, it must be torn
If it has a flat surface, it must be banged upon.
If Mommy's hands are full, I must be carried.
If Mommy is in a hurry and wants to carry me, I must walk alone.
If it has buttons, they must be pressed. (CURRENTLY HAPPENING ON MY COMPUTER)
If the volume is low, it must go high.
If it is toilet paper, it must be unrolled on floor .
If it is a drawer, it must be pulled open.
If it is a tooth brush, it must be inserted into my mouth.
If it has a faucet, it must be turned on at full force.
If it is a phone , I must talk to it.
If it is a bug, it must be swallowed.
If it doesn't stay on my spoon, it must be dropped on the floor.
If it is not food, it must be tasted.
If it IS food, it must not be tasted.
If it is dry, it must be made wet with drool , milk, or toilet water.
If it is a car seat, it must be protested with arched back.
If it is Mommy, it must be hugged.

Flu..

2009-02-04T19:31:00.003-07:00

Needless to say the flu has put a minor setback in potty training! Breanne has been running a fever, threw up once, and had diarrhea. I put a pull-up on her because cleaning up the throw up is about enough to make me do the same at this point and cleaning our poopy under ware would do it for sure! Normally I would probably end up just throwing them away but I don't want to have to buy a bunch of new ones either. So for now I guess she can just ware the pull ups. She has been telling me that she wet her pants after she goes in the pull up. I just hope no one else catches it! I have a big pink stain on my carpet too, because Eric gave her a big cup of strawberry milk before we knew she wasn't feeling well. That stuff is harder to get out than anything else I know of. If anyone knows any tricks let me know.

Potty Training

2009-02-03T09:53:00.004-07:00

Well I have finally decided it's probably now or alot later (after baby) to start potty training Breanne. She has been poop training for several months but last week she was not using the toilet and acting like a baby. So I bought her some new underware as a bribe and we started. We are still at the point that I am the one potty trained but I think it is starting to click because she has been the one to tell me she needs to go a time or two. Today I asked her if she needed to go to the bathroom and she said "I not sure mommy." So anyway wish us luck hopefully it goes well!

I got it!

2009-01-31T19:23:00.003-07:00

Well I got my washer today, I am really excited! I ended up getting the Whirlpool Duet Sport.. I shopped around a little bit and Sears was the most expensive! Lowes was about $350 cheaper. I didn't think the price would be that much different. So now if I can get it in my house and set up I will be happy. It is heavy enough that Eric can't do it himself and I can't help much and we can't get ahold of anyone to help. :( So hopefully soon because I have got an awful lot of laundry that needs to be done.

Baby Tag

2009-01-30T09:10:00.002-07:00

Baby Tag
1- Where were you when you first found out you were pregnant? #1 At home, #2 at home, #3 at home..
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2- Who was with you? No one

3- How did you find out that you were pregnant? #1 I was pretty sure I was I guess I found out for sure at my first Dr. appointment, #2 a test, #3 a couple tests (the first one was really faint).

4- What was your first reaction to finding out you were pregnant? "#1 really excited, #2 really excited, #3 excited, but not sure what we had done this time?

5- Your Husbands reaction? Never surprised all of them were planned just anxiously waiting to find out.

6- Who was the first person you told? #1 Eric, #2 I think Lissa might have really been the first to know for sure she picked up the test for me (don't tell Eric that), #3 Eric, I wasn't sure I wanted anyone else to know for a while

7-Did you plan to get pregnant? yes

8-Was everybody happy for you? I think so...

9- Did you go out and celebrate? no

10- Did you want to find out the sex? #1 no, #2 yes, #3 yes

11- What was the sex? Boy, girl, boy

12-Did anyone throw you a baby shower? Yes

13- If yes, who? #1 Erin and Mom, #2 Krista

14- Did you get any outfits at the baby shower that you just knew you weren't going to put on your baby? Sure did.

15- How much weight did you gain? #1 20?, #2- 26, #3 - 2 so far but this is about the point I usually start gaining at least 4 or 5 a month

16- Did you loose all of the weight that you gained? #1 Yes but some how before I got pregnant with Breanne I gained a few extra, #2 I think so..

17- Did you get a lot of stretch marks? Unfortunately yes

18- What did you crave the most? #1- Peaches and Licorice until I threw it up to many times, #2- Symphonie Bars with English toffee and almonds, #3-Symphonie Bars and Chinese food.

19- Did you crave anything crazy? I don't think so

20- Who or what got on your nerves the most? #1 Not really anything I don't think, #2 not sure, #3 Everyone knew before I got out of my first Dr. appointment at 6 weeks, I saw the wrong person in the Doctors office! I am still mad!

21- Were you married at the time? Yes

22- Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? Nope.

23- Where were you when you went into labor? #1 at home rearranging my bed room, #2 in the hostpital
24- Did your water break? Dr. broke it at the hospital

25- I'm not sure what happened to #25...

26- Did you go early or late? #1 one week early, #2 one week early, #3 hopefully at least a week early

27- Who was in the room with you when you gave birth? #1 Eric, Dr. Flory, 2 nurses #2 Eric, Dr. Flory, 2 nurses

28- Was it video taped? no!

29- Did you have any drugs for the pain? #1 I had an intratheacle? but it was worn off by the time it was time to push, #2 Epidural (only way to go)

30-Did you go vaginal or have a c-section? vaginal

31- What was your first reaction after giving birth? #1 Finally! I had to push for an hour, #2 that was way easier than the last one!

32- How big was the baby(s)? #1 7lbs .01 oz, #2 6lbs 7 oz

33- Did your Husband cry? I think maybe with the first

34- What did you name the baby(s)? #1 Brac Cook Walker #2 Breanne Walker #3 _________ Wolf Walker (not sure on the first)

35-Did the name have any significance to you? Not really just the boys middle names. My maiden and Erics moms maiden names.

36-Does the baby's name fit? Of course

37- Did the baby(s) have any complications? no

38- How old is your baby today? #1-4 1/2 (may 8) #2- 2 (nov. 8) #3 about 20 weeks

39- When is the next one(s) coming? Well on its way.. Not sure about anymore.

40- If you could would you do it all over again? I guess we will see?
I tag Sue, Kelly, Becky

Going to town..

2009-01-29T16:25:00.002-07:00

It seems like whenever I have to go somewhere, besides lovell, by the time I get home I really don't feel like doing anything! I had to go to Cody twice this week, once for an ultrasound and then today for a Dr. appointment. We are definitely having a boy! I have lots of time left to get something done but I just really don't feel like it. I guess it just takes a lot out of me to sit in the car or something, maybe its because I have to take my kids... Anyway I really need to do some cleaning up before the Home Teachers come tonight but I just can't find the ambition! I have good intentions for tomorrow, does that count?

Ya!

2009-01-29T09:45:00.002-07:00

Well I have convinced Eric to let me get a new washing machine! I am going Saturday to get one, not for sure on what kind but I will be coming home with one! I am tired of trying to clean up a mess everytime I wash something. I would just wait but there are a few things we have been needing washed, I try to do one load a day so I don't have mountains of it by next week. He wasn't super willing he thought maybe we should just fix this one.. I convinced him that its old and will probably just keep having problem after another at this point. It will probably set us back a little on our kitchen remodeling plans but we do need clean clothes. The kitchen is one of those things we can't really just do a little at a time. We just really need to start completely over, so we will be waiting until we can just do it all at once.

Leaky Washer!

2009-01-26T20:27:00.002-07:00

My washing machine is leaking water! :( I really don't like to do laundry anyway and this makes it even worse! So I have been putting it off even more because I don't want to deal with it. Eric and I opened it up and looked at it the other night and thought we had it fixed but we were wrong. A while back my mom and I fixed a leak and it held for a long time and we figured we just needed to to that again but that isn't it this time. I leaks way more when I run just a hot cycle so I think it has something to do with that. The washer was my mom's and I don't know how long she had it before I inherited it but I think it may be time for a new one. I think I know what I want, its the whirlpool duet.. Mom has one and its been good. So I will be working on my husband to try and talk him into it, wish me luck! ;)

Staying home..

2009-01-22T14:33:00.002-07:00

So the last couple of weeks, accept for our trip to Utah, I have been home for the most part. It is really nice to be home for more than two days a week! I'm not sure what I usually do all of the time, I guess just what ever I felt like but I know I wasn't home much. My house is easier to keep clean, the laudry hasn't been piling up so much, and I have been getting some of the cleaning done that just doesn't happen on a regular basis. Don't get me wrong there is plenty of extra cleaning that still needs to be done but who knows maybe one of these days I will get it done! Now if I could only get all caught up on everything maybe I wouldn't feel so guilty about doing other things like maybe some sewing and scrapbooking! I guess we'll see!

I found this on a website, I kind of liked it.. I guess I can relate in some ways. I don't even know who wrote it.

A Homemaker's Attitude Adjustment

I don't know about you, but there's not a lot of housework I really LIKE to do. I don't like to mop, I don't like to clean bathrooms, I don't like to fold laundry, and I don't really like doing dishes. I do these things, but you know, I don't enjoy them a bit. Sometimes I feel that the work never gets caught up. Just about the time I get something clean, someone gets it dirty agan. My husband really likes for me to keep the house neat, and I know that. So I try (sort of), but never with the best of attitudes.

In the past few weeks, the Lord has really convicted me about my selfishness and my bad attitude toward my husband. The things that are my responsibility, and should bring me joy, are the things I'm complaining about. I believe with all my heart that the place God has for me is just where I am - a "keeper at home", and yet I was feeling dissatisfied and disgruntled all the time.

I have asked the Lord to forgive me, and to help me find joy in the work He has given me. I want to "walk worthy of the vocation" to which I've been called (Eph. 4:1). The Lord has reminded me of three lessons which my mother has been trying to teach for years. I just thought these might be a help to someone else:

1. Prioritize your life, and make sure the Lord is at the top of the list.
Then, hubby is second. My job is to serve him, and if I do not care for him properly, then I am not right with the Lord. That means, if he likes a clean house, then I should do my dead level best to keep it that way.

2. Be creative. Working at creativity is what elevates being a housekeeper to being a homemaker.
Instead of coming up with whatever you can find for dinner, plan a menu. Try some new recipes. Your husband will probably die of shock! Not only will it make dinner a little less boring, it will proably help with the grocery bill. If he likes the house to be decorated for the season (which my hubby does), plan ahead, and do it early, instead of waiting till the last possible minute, and grumbling about it (like I usually do!). Creativity is what makes homemaking fun. It gives you an opportunity to be good at what you do. If you think you are just not a creative person, find good resources. Martha Stewart Living (magazine) is full of ideas (Just make sure you don't try her stock tips. You might wind up in jail!). Keep some spice in your homemaking (and don't just stick it in your cabinet).

3. Let your motivation be love, instead of duty.
This is a principle which changes your outlook on everything. Remember when you were dating (or courting) your husband, and you couldn't wait to make his favorite meal, or pie, or something just to show him you loved him? Do you ever do that now? It doesn't seem like such a chore when you do it for love.

The same is true in our relationship with the Lord. It is so easy to do the right things because we know they are right, but not because we love and desire to please the Lord. When our relationship is based on love for Him, nothing will seem too hard (2 Cor. 5:14) I have learned this lesson before, but I feel that I am learning it all over again.

Utah Trip

2009-01-20T13:21:00.004-07:00

We ended up leaving for Logan around 9:00 Thursday morning. Well, we left Burlington just before 9 after picking Cailee up. We made pretty good time getting there considering all the people and kids that went. It took 8 hours. We had to make quite a few potty stops in towns and on the side of the road. When we got there we just visited with Celeste and her familiy and then got ready for bed. Friday we got up and Celeste had a meeting so we watched her kids while she did that and got ready to go over to Ogden. Celeste got home around noon and Lissa, Cailee, Hailee, and I headed to Ogden. It was way nice to have Celeste keep my kids! On the way back from Ogden we stopped in Willard to see about picking up some pie cherries but they are closed in January and February.. So we went back to Celeste's for a while then went shopping and to dinner. Saturday we got up and Cailee and I went to do some quick shopping before her pictures.

On the way home we got to where we could see Bear Lake and the whole valley was filled with fog. It looked pretty cool!

We had a good time and Cailee's pictures turned out really good!

Cailee Senior Pictures

2009-01-19T09:25:00.001-07:00

I took Cailee down to Utah to get her senior pictures done this weekend. My sister-in-law Celeste took them in Logan for her. Go and check them out on her blog www.amomentwithceleste.blogspot.com. She did a really nice job!

A little about me..

2009-01-14T17:42:00.002-07:00

OK.. SO my blog is really boring I suppose. I did this little questionnaire on my email and decided to post it here to.
1. What is your occupation right now?
mom, wife, referee, chef, maid, laundry service,bookkeeper.
2. What color are your socks right now?
I'm barefoot
3. What are you listening to right now?
iTunes- Hinder "With Out You"
4. What was the last thing that you ate?
Macaroni and Cheese with Tomatoes
5. Can you drive a stick shift?
Yes
6. Last person you spoke to on the phone?
Amber Felkins
7. Do you like the person who sent this to you?
Yes.. Aunt Sue
8. How old are you today?
25
9. What is your favorite sport to watch on TV?
Basketball
10. What is your favorite drink?
Pepsi
11. Have you ever dyed your hair?
Way too often!
12. Favorite food?
Hmmm.. I like lots of foods! My favorite thing right now is Chinese (crave it all the time!)
13. What is the last movie you watched?
007 Quantum of Solace
14. Favorite day of the year?
Hmm.. Probably Christmas, I liked watching my kids!
15. How do you vent anger?
Silence and dirty looks....
16. What was your favorite toy as a child?
sticks and rocks
17. What is your favorite season?
Early summer, not too hot.
18. Cherries or Blueberries?
Depends, mostly cherries!
19. Do you want your friends to e-mail you back?
Well, yes
20. Who is the most likely to respond?
who knows
21. Who is least likely to respond?
who knows
22. Living arrangements?
married with 2 1/2 kids
23. When was the last time you cried?
Monday (we didn't get the job, now what?)
24. What color is on the floor of your closet?
cream with specs...same color as my bedroom carpet
25. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending to?
Lissa
26. What did you do last night
Cleaned up Brac's nasty throw up!
27. What are you most afraid of?
My kids growing up, and what they will be like.
28. Plain, cheese, or spicy hamburgers?
Cheese
29. Favorite dog breed?
Hmm.. I guess labs, that what we have.
30. Favorite day of the week?
Sunday. No obligations besides church!
31. States I have lived in.
Wyoming...
32. Diamonds or pearls?
Diamonds
33. What is your favorite flower?
Roses and daisies.

6 Years!

2009-01-12T11:32:00.003-07:00

Well this is a little late but we haven't been around all weekend. Saturday was Eric and I's 6th wedding anniversary. Some days it seems like we have been married longer than that, and others it seems like it hasn't been that long at all. Orignally we were going to go up on the mountain on snowmobiles and stay at Wyoming High Country, but they had emailed and said they kept getting stuck and the snow wasn't very good so we or I decided I didn't want to do that. We ended up going to Billing friday night and came home saturday afternoon. Friday night we got there and ate at Hu Hot then we went to Barnes and Noble and shopped around a little. It was pretty much the only place open by then time we got done with dinner, I guess we went to the mall for about a half hour before it closed. We stayed at the Holiday Inn. Saturday we slept in and left the hotel around 10:30 and went to Costco and a snowmobile shop then headed home. It was nice to just hang out.

Eric and I were married in the Billings Montana Temple January 10, 2003. I think it was about the coldest day that year for sure! I have pictures on a CD somewhere but I'm not feeling ambitious enough to go find it.

Happy New Year!

2009-01-06T18:39:00.007-07:00

Our New Years wasn't too exciting but it never really is. New Years Eve we went over to my Mom and Dads after Eric finished the last day of bird hunting season. We just ate some snacky things, visited, and played cards. It was Mom and Dad, Lissa and Craig, Eric and I, Lorraine and Rudy, and Melinda and Robby, and of course all the kids. It was a nice evening. I think I fianlly crawled in bed around 2 or so.
My Dad woke us up around 8:00 the next morning to go ice fishing at sunshine resivior. So we gathered some lunch and lots of warm clothes and headed up there. Just Dad, Craig, Eric, Me, Brac, Breanne, and Kaiden went. Lissa didn't want to drag Hailee up there and end up sitting in the car half the day, and Mom and Jamie didn't want to go either. We fished, I made a fire to sit by, and Dad pulled the kids on the sled around the ice with the four wheeler. We caught quite a few fish but they put lots back because they weren't very big.

Breanne took about at 2 hour nap in a camp chair by the fire and the little boys played with the fish and rode the sled all day.
We got there around 10:00 and left at 5:00 so we were there all day long!

Christmas

2008-12-30T19:23:00.002-07:00

Well we started the week of Christmas festivites on Sunday with my family and on Tuesday we had the Walker Family Christmas party. At the Walker party we ate and played do you love your neighbor, they kids had some dog sled races, and we had a auction. For the auction everyone brought something either that they had that was in good shape or something new. Everyone had $1000 to spend and they went through and auctioned everything off. Brac knew exactly what he wanted! They kept auctioning off all these toys and I would ask him if he wanted to bid on them and he would say no, well finally this little grooming kit came up and he was ready! He ended up winning the acution and got it, well we opened it up and figured out why he wanted it soo bad! There was a little pocket knife in there that had a knife, file, little tweezers, and a toothpick. Needless to say when we got home Eric and Brac sat down and had a little talk about it and deciede it was probably best the Eric hold on to the knife until Brac is old enough to have a knife. By the way he found it today and was trying to do something and cut himself, maybe he learned a little lesson, maybe. :) It was nice to see all of Erics family that came we don't see some of them very often. On Christmas Eve we went over to my Moms for the day and got ready to go up to Cynthia's for the Wardell family Christmas Eve. We always eat dinner, visit and the kids act out the Nativity while we read the Christmas Story and Sing Christmas songs. Breanne was and angel and Brac was a shepard until it was time to start the play. We came home after that and went to bed. I forgot my good camera at Cynthia's house so we had to use the old one Christmas morning, I need to find the card reader so I can upload those pictures.. Anyway Brac woke up and we asked him if Santa came and he told us no. We asked him if there were any presents and he told us no again, I'm not sure he was quite awake. He didn't wake up until after 8 though so we can't complain about that! After we opened our presents here we went over to Eric's parents and opened some presents with them, had breakfast around noon and just hung out for a while. After resting for awhile we started on dinner. We had turkey, mashed potatoes, and some other veggies and stuff. I made another Danish dessert (there was a little left that Careen made) but we never got that far. Some of us played a game and then we came home and went to bed. It was a nice relaxing Christmas and we enjoyed ourselves!

2008-12-22T18:35:00.002-07:00

On Wednesday we had our ward Christmas Party, I think its about the only chance my kids get to see Santa. The food was good and the kids had a good time. The Primary kids sang a couple of songs, I think Brac knew one of them, which is good. Brac went and saw Santa but I couldn't talk Breanne into it. She says "Santa never ever, ever, ever, ever!" She is scared of him. Someday I am sure she will be o.k. with it.
On Thursday was Brac's Christmas program at school. They sang a bunch of songs and acted them out. Brac sang a few songs but wasn't real interested! They sing alot at school so he is getting better.
We got together with my family yesterday for Daniel's birthday and our family gift exchange. It's a little early but that was the only time we were all going to be together before Christmas. Between other family Christmas Parties and everything else thats all we could do. The kids were very excited to be able to open a present! Breanne was so funny! When it was her turn she kind of ran around frantically screeching, but did finally calm down. Of course we missed it with the video camera. After presents Daniel was trying to play Guitar Hero but the kids were too helpful. Lissa and I gave it a go next. It's way fun, but it took me a min. to figure it out! It's much easier when you know the song too. After that we played some games and then came home.

Christmas Hay Ride

2008-12-11T12:04:00.006-07:00

Yesterday I got a little suprise when I dropped Brac off at school. There were people bring in blankets, my first thought was that they were doing a blanket drive or something.. Brac asked and his teacher said we are going on a hayride today! Well I had no clue. Brac didn't go to school the day before because Grandpa gave in and said he could spend the day with him because he didn't want to go. So anyway Brac didn't want to wear his real coat that day so all he had was a jacket on. They invited Breanne and I to go so we did. So we went back to the school at 10:00 with some blankets and went on Brac's hayride. We went down main street and sang christmas songs. The kids had a great time!

After the hayride we went in and had hot chocolate and cookies with the kids and Breanne got to play until it was time for the kids to go.

One Tuesday one of our horses got cut some how.. Not sure how they ever do it but it was pretty nasty! She got a bunch of stitches!

Yesterday my Dad was asked to dress up as a Mountain Man and make root beer for the elementry! He made a pretty good Mountain Man don't you think?

Vegas..

2008-12-03T11:36:00.003-07:00

Well so far we haven't done much. We have been just running around trying to get everything we need together for the show. It actually starts tomorrow so ready or not here it comes. I will be nice to actually have something to do. Luckily its down on the strip so if I get board I can go wander around. Becky and Greg are coming tomorrow so we might hook up and do something with them. I think we might be going to the Rodeo tomorrow too. No real plans I guess. I would like to go do a little shopping.

Thanksgiving weekend!

2008-11-29T16:09:00.002-07:00

The past couple of days has been soo nice! On Wednesday Mom, Lissa and I baked the pies for Thursday so we were kind of busy but not really. We made 7 pies. Then Thursday morning I got up and went over to my moms to help get all of the cooking done. Eric and Craig went snowmobiling first thing. We cooked the stuffing, potatoes, turkey, ham, rolls, two more pies, and a couple of salads.. We ate around 2:30. Lorraine and Rudy and their family came and then my Dad invited his hired men and their familes so we had a house full for a while. Oh.. My stuffing turned out pretty good by the way. I think I got a litttle too much seasoning in it but we the gravy on it you couldn't really tell. Anyway, after dinner we went out and shot some clay pigeions. I am not a real great shot I guess i just don't have it! Cailee tried and it was so funny, I think it was the first time she had ever shot a shotgun. Eric, Craig, and Daniel and all really good at it. Daniel has always been very good at shooting clay pigeions, I'm not sure if he has ever really done much bird hunting though. After that we had pie and stuff. We sat and watched my mom and lissa do some cleaning up (so nice huh..) and then we went up to my Aunt Cynthias to visit with the rest of my moms family for a little bit. I thought Mom's was a little crazy! They had way more people up their. All but one of my Mom's siblings was up there.
Eric and I stayed at my parents thursday night. So we got up the next day and pretty much just hung out! I can't remember the last time I just didn't really do anything. It was really nice. Cailee and I took the kids up and visited Grandma Cook for a little while. Then Eric and I came home.
Today I have just been hang'n out again. I have Hailee Jo though, Lissa went up to Billings shopping with Mom and Cailee. So it's been pretty nice again just getting a few things done that have been needing done for a while! Tomorrow Eric and I are flying out to Vegas. I am going to stay for a week and then come home but he will be their until the 18th. My mom and Eric's mom and going to take turns keeping the kids. It would be nice to take them but I didn't really want Brac to miss any school. Anyway its been pretty uneventful but nice!

More Elves!

2008-11-28T11:35:00.001-07:00

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Elf Yourself

2008-11-28T11:12:00.001-07:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

2 more days.

2008-11-25T13:42:00.002-07:00

Two more days to go, I am very excited! I should be cleaning house but Liss and I are going to Cody to do some grocery shopping. Hopefully we remember to get everything we need. I got a little instruction on the stuffing so hopefully it works out well.
Last night I finally broke down and watched P.S. I Love You. I have been avoiding it for quite sometime! I like watching good movies but I don't really enjoy blubbering like an idiot. Yes, I was blubbering for half the movie. Its a good thing Eric was in the other room on the phone most of the time. Eric just found out he is going to be in Vegas from the 1st to the 15th so it looks like we will be alone for most of the month. He has been home so long it going to take a while to adjust to being a single parent and widow again. I can't even just go to moms because Brac has school. I guess we will live. Maybe I can finish some projects!
Happy Thanksgiving!

Who would your Edward be?

2008-11-21T18:51:00.002-07:00

I don't know.. Maybe! I am not real impressed with the movies. Maybe after watching the movie I will change my mind. We will see.

Finally!

2008-11-21T10:17:00.002-07:00

Ok. So I am pumped to go watch Twilight tonight! I know that Lissa and I are going. I'm not sure who else is but anyone is welcome to go with us. I really hope that its not disappointing at all. I am trying not to set my expectations to high! We are thinking we will go early and get tickets and then go eat chinese or something. Yeah!

Thanksgiving!

2008-11-17T22:53:00.002-07:00

I am getting really excited for Thanksgiving dinner! I just love a good excuse to eat way too much and do lots of baking. Believe it or not I really do like to bake, I just don't do to much. Number one, Eric is very picky, number two, I hate my little kitchen. Anyway, this year I want to learn how to make some good homemade stuffing. So if anyone has any tips for me feel free to send them this way! This year we are going to have dinner with just our immediate family at my Mom's house. I hope if turns out o.k. That means lots of cooking but we should have more leftovers to keep too. It will be kind of weird not seeing everyone though. I really don't know if I have seen everyone in the families since this summer, which may not seem too odd to some but growing up it seems like we saw everyone everyother month at least. Anyway I am stiff excited for the Holidays to start!

Bad Day

2008-11-13T12:11:00.006-07:00

Yesterday was a very rough day for Brac and I! Lately Brac has been getting up between 5 and 6:30, just depends on the day. Which is actually fine, I don't have to get up because he is content to sit and watch a movie until everyone else gets up. The problem is he gets very grouchy and tired fairly early in the day. While he was at school yesterday a Kirby Vaccum salesman stoped by. He was still here when it was time for me to go pick Brac up from school so I asked him to come back in a few min. (You should have seen all the crap he vaccumed out of my carpet! Anyway so I picked him up and he was an animal while the guy was at the house! So after that Lissa had come over to go through some things for the Boutique today so we were down stairs. Lissa had come up to check on Hailee who was sleeping and came back down and said Brac has something to show you. Well I knew it couldn't be good because she wouldn't tell me. He had taken the bowl of honey into the living room and there was a path of drizzeled honey all over my carpet! The Kirby guy had just finished cleaning up a yucky spot in the carpet! So needless to say I got to clean my carpets last night! It needed done but that wasn't the plan for the day. We went over to Eric's parents house for birthday party for his dad and brother and he was very tired and very grouchy! Every little thing sent him into little fits! I was very glad to see him fall asleep last night!

IN HOME BOUTIQUE

2008-11-11T09:30:00.002-07:00

Ok, so Becky, Lissa, Tonya, Ramee and I are have an in home boutique at Becky's house on Thursday from 6:00 to 8:30.
Melissa Winterholler - Mary Kay Lots of clearance items!
Becky Rael - Close To My Heart Scrapbooking
Tonya Olsen - Gold Canyon Candles
Ramee Edwards - At Home America for Decorating
Me- Diviine Modestee Clothing
There will be door prizes and lots of cool stuff!

Becky lives at 9 Benchview Estates here in Lovell. Come check it out!

Breanne's Birthday Party

2008-11-09T20:24:00.004-07:00

Well, we waited until today to have Breanne's birthday party because we had confernece last night. We decided we didn't want to have to work around our meetings last night to do a party. I ended up working out really good to have it today! Since we were done with church at 12:00 it gave me plenty of time to prepare and get everything ready that I needed to do and everyone else too. We had baked potato bar, rolls, and salads. Oh Cailee came over and stayed last night so she could watch our kids while we went to meetings last night and she helped me this afternoon. She saved me a lot of work! For desserrt we had birthday cake, ice cream, and pie (pumpkin, and cherry). Everyones salads and everything were really good! Lorraine made Breanne's cake it had Tinker Bell on it. It was cute! I am not real crafty so it was very nice of her to do that for me! I made two of the pies yesterday and two today. I made 3 batches of rolls and there were tons left!
Breanne had been very into Tinker Bell lately, Brac too actually. I got Breanne the new Tinker Bell movie and she loves it! Brac really enjoys watching it to. The first couple of days she called her "Stinker Bell" but I think we finally got it straightened out. Breanne was a feeling a little shy when it came time to blow out her candles, probably cause all eyes were on her and just a little pressure from the other kids. I'm not convinced she is the one that actually got them blown out. She got lots of great gifts. She got some really cute outfits and a year supply of dolllies!
Oh, we had her party at the Big Horn Federal Community room. We did it there last year too. I works out really good for me because our house isn't big enough to handle that many people. Its nice to have one big room so everyone can visit, the kids can play, and everyone can sit in a chair if they choose. Plus my house doesn't get any messier and everyone sticks around to help clean up!
I will try and post some pictures tomorrow, my camera is in the car and Eric has my car somewhere.

2008-11-07T13:14:00.002-07:00

November 8, 2006
6lbs. 7oz. 19in.
4:15 PM

Happy Birthday Breanne

Oct.

2008-11-07T08:17:00.009-07:00

Well I have pictures of my kids in their costumes but I haven't put them on the computer yet. I did take a few pictures a few days before halloweeen I they are on the computer so here they are. One of these days I will get the others up. Tomorrow Breanne is turning 2! I can't believe it!

I took the pictures over at my moms. We went over and carved pumkins and decorated halloween cookies. The kids were very excited about the pumkins, Brac just wishes he could carve his own!

What a week!

2008-10-16T21:30:00.002-06:00

Monday was the only not busy day this whole week! Tuesday I started helping Careen with a painting job. I have been washing, well trying to wash, wallpaper paste off of the walls for 3 days! That crap does not come off! I have found that a steamer and scrub brush works the best, and it's still not easy. I will never never put wallpaper up on my walls! So I had volleyball games in the afternoon Tuesday. Wednesday I helped Careen in the morning while Brac was at school then Lissa and I ran to Billings to get some grocieries. Today I helped Careen until 2, took Brac to and from school, made a jello for a funeral, and had ball games. Tomorrow Brac had a dentist appointment at 8 AM in Worland and I have volleyball in the early afternoon, and saturday I have games too. This has been the week from you know where for sure!
I get to do a regional tournament in Torrington next weekend though. I am excited to be able to do that. I just hope it works out that I can still go to Utah with Eric!

Pre-School

2008-10-14T07:41:00.002-06:00

Brac finally gets to start pre-school today. He is going to VIP and he is in the morning class. I was a little late signing up so we got put on a waiting list so we have been not so patiently waiting. I tryed to get him into headstart until there was an opening but they were full too. I was almost to start panicing about it! I was thinking I was going to have to figure out how to start doing our own pre-school. Anyway he is very excited! I am surprised he isn't up getting ready already.

My dress kit got shipped out yesterday so it should be here by the end of the week.

Today I am going to help my mother-in-law with some painting at a lady's house, well I will be washing paste from wallpaper off the wall I think, and then I have ball games later in Burlington. I had to get up early and clean some things up since I will be gone all day!

Dress Kit!

2008-10-09T08:53:00.005-06:00

My Dress kit should be going out this weekend! Here are some pictures of some of them. There are dresses and new skirts and shirts.

I am soo EXCITED! Let me know if you want to have a party!

...

2008-10-03T08:23:00.002-06:00

Well Brac did really well at the dentist. We have to go back though. He has a couple spots because we weren't flossing. :( My bad! But we will get them fixed and we will floss from now on. Breanne isn't willing to let me floss hers, hopefully one of these days we can talk her into it.
One more month left of volleyball! It will be nice to be able to stay home for a day or two at a time once its over. Actually it will probably drive me nuts to have to stay home!
Oh. Eric finally got me another car! Yeah! He got me a 2007 Suburban, its white with black leather and tinted windows, rear entertainment, and air bags on the suspension. I haven't even driven it yet, how sad is that. He got it Wednesday and its already Friday and i won't be driving anywhere in it soon either. He had to take a trailer down to Utah this weekend and since its a bumper pull trailer he is taking the suburban. So I guess next week I will officially have a new car.

Dentist!

2008-09-30T08:11:00.005-06:00

Brac has his first dentist appointment today! He is not very happy with me either. He just keeps telling me he just like to brush them and thats good enough because these ones are going to fall out anyway. Hopefully he has a good experience so that if he has to go back its not such a big deal! I am going to have to bribe him into being nice I think.
It took me forever to find a dentist that was accepting new patients and that would even look at a 4 year old! We are seeing a Dr. Nelson, I think is his name, in Worland. They actually had an appointment that wasn't 3 months out too. Hopefully he is good with kids! I want to think that is who Payton sees?
Breanne has decided the last couple of weeks that she is going to potty train. Normally that would be really nice, right? Well this really isn't a very good time for me to be potty training! If I thought we could stay home long enough besides 1 day a week we could probably get it done. I guess I don't think it would be very fair to who ever has to babysit right now to have to potty train too! So hopefully by the time volleyball season is over she won't have lost all interest! She actually has only pooped in her diaper probably twice in the last month, so that is very nice to not have to change poopy diapers!
Cailee is going to be 18 tomorrow! I can't believe it! My mom told her that she couldn't turn 18 yet. I think it just makes her feel old! Anyway, Happy Birthday tomorrow Cailee!

Busy. Busy!

2008-09-23T11:40:00.004-06:00

Well its been a very long time since I have even been on here and lots has been going on. In August we went to Evanston to Eric's family reunion. We had a lot of fun with his family. The weather was pretty crappy but we tried to make the best of it. Too soon after we got back from there volleyball season started so I have been very busy doing that since the end of August. When I have time between games and trying to keep the dishes and laundry done I have been helping Eric with some siding jobs.
Brac is on the waiting list for preschool so we are hoping that maybe he will get in soon! Breanne is going to be 2 in November and hit the terrible two's stage 3 months ago!
Diviine ModesTee is coming out with a dress line called Sweet Innocence.

These are just the scketches they sent me I should have a kit around the first of October. If anyone wants to do a party let me know!

Update Coming! (hopefully)

2008-09-03T18:18:00.001-06:00

Summer

2008-07-26T15:32:00.006-06:00

The beginning of the week we went camping on the mountain with Lissa and Craig. Eric didn't end up going because he was helping his dad, so the kids and I went up. It was pretty nice because Lissa and Craig had Petty much all the food so all we had to take was clothes and sleeping stuff. We started out in a tent but ended up in the camper with Lissa and Craig by midnight or so. I got freaked out being out there by myself with just the kids. So Breanne and I slept on the top bunk thing and Brac crawled in with Lissa, Craig, and Hailee in the big bed.:) Before we went to bed we made the mistake on turning on some lights in the camper with the door still open so we ended up with tons of moths in there. I don't know why but those things absolutely freak me out! Brac started calling them "freakies", then pretty soon Breanne caught on to that so they now officially called freakies at our house. Brac went fishing with Craig a few times and Lissa and I cleaned up the camper and tent stuff and we had lunch and headed down just after noon. We decided its kinda hard to camp with little ones that aren't old enough to get down. But we had a pretty good time anyway.

On Thursday we went swimming at Dave's with Becky and her kids, it was pretty fun. Breanne didn't really enjoy herself too much which was probably my fault because I took her down the slide first thing. I just let go of her when we hit the water because I went down quite aways, by the time I came up she was pretty mad! She had a life jacket on and had flipped on her back and was kinda screaming and kicking her legs. She did really good though, it took me a minute to catch her cause she was kicking enough to swim away from me. Eric came by for his lunch break and swam with us for awhile too. Brac didn't get in the water too much either. He was kind of afraid. Last year while we were in Vegas he started doing really well and swimming by himself with the life jacket on. I wish I had been thinking the beginning of the summer and put him in swimming lessons I guess we will have to be sure and do it next year.

Yesterday was the Cook family reunion in Burlington. We just went and visited with some people and they had a little program. In the program they had some stories about our ancestors and my great grandparents with a little slide show of pictures. Some of the older grand kids, my dad and his cousins, told stories and memories about my great grandparents. I never met my great grandfather but I do kind of remember my great grandmother a little bit. I think I was only about 5 when she died. She was a very funny lady! My grandpa told a story of him and his brother when they were kids:
My great grandma's visiting teachers were over visiting and they had caught a cat and took it into the kitchen, they pried its mouth open and dumped a bunch of lemon juice in its mouth! He said they didn't have to let the cat go it more clawed its way down and right into the room with my great grandma and her visitors. The cat ran around the room, over and under chairs foaming at the mouth. They visiting teachers were sure it had Hydrophobia or something!
Grandpa said he will never forget that! I'm not sure I will either I can only imagine that poor cat. From the rest of the stories they told about great grandpa he must have been a lot like Uncle Ernie, or I guess I should say Ernie is a lot like he was.

Update on the running. Happy to say I have done really well! I have run at least 4 times a week since I started and still going strong. I have only lost 4 pounds though. I saw Cailee yesterday and she actually noticed that I have slimmed up a little, it made my Day!

Busy doing nothing!

2008-07-17T20:20:00.002-06:00

It seems like I have been so busy but I really haven't been doing anything at all. On Wednesday I cleaned Brac's room and then we went to the kiddie pool in the afternoon. Yesterday I rode to town with Lissa so I could watch Hailee while she got her hair cut, and then we went to moms for a little while. I guess I did get inside of my car cleaned out yesterday morning too, which was way over due! Today Eric and I cleaned out the garage, I had to wash all of my strollers and stuff cause they were really dusty. Then Lissa and I went to lunch with Megan and then visited at her house for a while. Then we came home for a while so Breanne could take a nap and then went to Eric's softball game. Eric went to Cody while we went to lunch and picked up the living quarters trailer. We are going to the Mountain tomorrow to help with the Big Horn 100 and hopefully Eric can do some advertising and maybe sell a trailer? :) He also bought himself another new fishing pole. I guess I don't understand why they need so many! I guess when they catfish they need more than one pole.. Who knows. He also got some new running shoes, maybe he will be able to keep up with me now. ;) I did run 4 times last week, I worked up to 2 miles by the end of the week and have done 2 miles everyday this week so far! So yeah its been a busy week but we haven't gotten anything to important accomplished yet.

Kung Fu Panda

2008-07-12T20:19:00.002-06:00

Today we took the kids to the Hyart to see Kung Fu Panda, very cute! I think Eric even got a kick out of it. Brac really liked it to, I liked what I saw but Breanne was being a pill so I spent lots of time chasing her. Earlier this morning we went to the parade in Byron, it was pretty good. I don't know if I am just over protective or something but there was this lady with a ton of kids that just kind of took over our little area and I found myself getting a little ticked off! It wouldn't bother me too much but when the bigger kids don't even give the little ones a chance it makes me mad!

July 10, 2008

2008-07-10T16:39:00.002-06:00

Well sorry to admit I haven't run anywhere since Monday. I was in Casper for 2 days though, so I have kind of an excuse. I do plan on running tonight, of course when it cools off. I did hike the big hill in Casper from the cafeteria to the t-bird gym, that is a workout in itself! Those of you who know what I am talking about will understand!
Pictures of our 4-wheeling trip should be coming soon! Well I have lots to do still today!

July 7, 2008

2008-07-07T09:57:00.002-06:00

Hi! Well I finally started exercising. I ran 1.75 miles today I think I might die! Hopefully I can keep doing it. My goal is 4 times a week, Eric is suppose to be doing it too. He actually prefers to run at night instead of the morning though. I will keep you all posted!
Just want to say thanks to Liss and Becky for having their Diviine ModesTee parties! They both had excellent parties, both were able to earn a free swim suit with no problems at all! If anyone else is interested let me know!
Happy Anniversary Lissa and Craig!

4th of July weekend

2008-07-06T15:36:00.006-06:00

I hope everyone had a good weekend! We had a lot of fun. On Friday morning we went out with Eric's parents 4-wheeling up the mountain. It was fun, but it was very hot! Eric says next time we do something like that for that long we aren't taking the kids. I think they enjoyed it for the first hour. Anyway we started on the other side of the cosway and rode up the side of the mountain which was pretty steep and very rocky! Brac and Breanne both fell asleep about halfway to the top. Eric any I had one of them on our 4-wheeler and Craig and Careen had one on theirs. Eric and I were glad that we had Breanne when they fell asleep.
After we got done doing that we came home and showered and went over to Dave Raels for a barbecue and fireworks! It is so nice to be connected to him because Brac just loves going over and shooting off his own fireworks and then watching the big ones! The food is always excellent and we always get to see lots of people we know and lots we don't know as well. Brac just loves Dave! He calls him Grandpa Rael. He gets a little confused still of why he is Hailey and Alyssa's Grandpa and not his. Oh well I am sure he will get it figured out one of these days. Anyway Dave's fireworks were awsome as usual and we had a really good 4th of July.
On the 5th we went to Rylee Kannards baptism in the morning and after that we drove up the mountain to the Wardell family reunion. We were only up there for a couple of hours but it was nice to see some family that we don't usually get to see.

Circus

2008-07-04T10:03:00.004-06:00

Last night the circus was in town. I made the mistake of telling Brac about it before I knew too much about it. It was OK?:) I wasn't any Barnum & Bailey's but what do expect from Lovell. The only thing Brac was worried about was ridding the ponies. We could have just saved ourselves the money for the tickets and rode the ponies and gone home. Oh well, I guess at least now my kids can say they have been to a circus. They did have some tigers, a lion, and some elephants. It was kinda fun watching the animals. Breanne wasn't really very sure about the big cats. She started out sitting on the front row and one they came out she immediately moved back a few rows to sit on her dads lap. My pictures didn't turn out very well because there was a bright light right across from us, oh well.

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2008-06-30T20:16:00.000-06:00

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On June 21 Liss and I decided to go out to the lake with the kids for the Big Horn Lake Celebration. Eric and Craig didn't go out with us, I guess they had better things to do! Greg was able to use one of Midways boats so we were able to ride around with them on the boat for the day. We had a good time, until the boat died. We were quite aways out when it decided to crap out on us! Luckily Mark was out with us and was able to towe us in, thanks Mark! We did a little swimming. The kids wouldn't get in the deep water with me. After we got towed in we took the kids down to the "beach" to play and some of us went out on Marks boat to try and knee board. Mark of course was a pro, Greg couldn't quite get it and neither could Kevin. I actually got up! I bit it hard on the first round trying to make it over the wake. I can't even tell you how sore my upper body was! I am not use to using those muscles, especially not to hold myself up! But all in all it was a fun day, besides my aching body and sunburn! They really have improved the area and it is really nice! If you haven't been out there in a while I would defiantly recommend a visit!

Hi!

2008-06-06T12:55:00.001-06:00

I guess we are going to try this. We will see how it goes I gues.