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Friday, November 28, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Happy Birthday, Zachy Poo
Just wanted to drop a note for Zach, who shares a birthday with our son. Originally, Tyger was the best present a dad could ever have for his birthday! But now it just seems like Zach is overlooked as everyone celebrates Tyger's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ZACH! I LOVE YOU!
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Happy Birthday, Tyger Jones!
Happy birthday my baby boy! Tyger is already 6 years old. The last 6 years have gone so fast! Too fast, sigh... We had an Indiana Jones birthday party:
We decorated snakes, had a yarn whip contest (not pictured), and decorated Tyger as a mummy. We had an awesome Indiana Jones cake that had an actual rolling boulder on it! The party was a blast, except I planned it for way way too long and so we spent a lot of time just running around playing, but the kids had fun anyway. Here are some pics:
This is how I found Tyger in the morning before the party: 40 degree weather, winter coat, shorts, socks, and flip flops. Thanks for raking the leaves Tygee!
We decorated snakes, had a yarn whip contest (not pictured), and decorated Tyger as a mummy. We had an awesome Indiana Jones cake that had an actual rolling boulder on it! The party was a blast, except I planned it for way way too long and so we spent a lot of time just running around playing, but the kids had fun anyway. Here are some pics:
This is how I found Tyger in the morning before the party: 40 degree weather, winter coat, shorts, socks, and flip flops. Thanks for raking the leaves Tygee!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Halloween pic-ee-poos
Here are a few up close: Frankenstein and the Bride of Frankenstein
Zach was a tough guy with tattoos?
And I was boring and didn't do any thing for Halloween.
These are from last night at the American West Heritage Center corn maze and hay jump and halloween light festival.
These are from a few weeks ago at Second Dam in Logan Canyon
Monday, October 13, 2008
Tater Tomater: He-Cows
Just a short on my little Tater Bug. 2 days ago in the WalMart line there was a man with cowboy boots and a cowboy hat on. Tatum shouted (she shouts everything), "Hey cowboy!!!" She then continued to have a long (stupid walmart lines) conversation with the man about various cowboy things. I was a tad embarrassed, but what could I say? Anyway this morning she couldn't remember the term "cowboy" but put it together as best she could and asked me, "Mom, why do 'He-cows' ride on cows?" I actually think she is smart to dissect the world like that. "He-cows." Ha ha.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Best Town Ever
Friday, October 3, 2008
Plug for Best Amy Ever
I thought I would put in a plug for my personal blog since no one reads it. It's called "Crunch A La Moi" or "Best Amy Ever" and is very weird. But in case you are bored, feel free to stop on by. It's linked at the right.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Our Humble Abode
Our camera and it's battery have finally come closer to each other than 200 miles... so close in fact that they have joined together in beautiful harmony to create some great pictures. We will have a lot of catching up to do in the near future, but for now I will show a couple before and after pictures of the house just to satisfy those who have threatened.
So the short story on our house, it is a little trashed thang on a great piece of property: One acre in a great neighborhood in Wellsville. It was foreclosed so we got a killer deal on it, we actually paid less for the land and the house than we would have paid for a 1 acre lot alone in this area. So here are some pictures of the living room and kitchen only, because we are still unpacking the other rooms. Keep in mind that we have not decorated at all yet. You may notice that I have strategically placed our one and only unpacked decoration in nearly every frame! See if you can spot it...
Before: Looking in from the front door. Yes, that is a stain of unknown origin on the wall. These peculiar stains are everywhere in the house. It is also very stinky in here, a mix of food and animal urine. There are probably 1,000 holes of varying sizes on the walls, some up to 8 inches in length. The walls are covered in black dirt, we think it was soot? We are not sure.
After: front door looking in. Lots 'o' patching on the walls, lots of painting, trim, new carpet, and our old furniture of course. Notice we finally painted our armoire! It only took us 6 years.
Before: This is looking at the living room from the kitchen, toward the front door.
After: New windows as well, Zach and Dee had to frame them in and it looks really cute.
Before and After: Giant man-eating spiders. No, really. This is a male hobo spider, it is about the size of a quarter. The females are about twice as big and scary looking. They are EVERYWHERE and they are nasty. Not to mention poisenous. We just found out they were hobo's tonight so we will be buying traps tomorrow.
Before: Laundry room looking into kitchen. I should probably mention that any slanting you see is probably NOT the angle of my camera, but the actual angles of the house. Isn't that special? If you think of any good nick names for her, let us know (like "the leaning tower of Putnams" only funny).
After: Zach and Dee's handywork, new cabinets and countertop (note: countertop is not finished! Don't judge us on the raw edges:)
Before: Looking in the kitchen from the living room (the doorway you see is to the laundry room and outside). Notice the live wire hanging from the ceiling, which we have reason to believe that the family who lived here before us lived with that live wire hanging down there for 6 years. Also, note the nasty nasty stove.
After: Finished the wall and ceiling, fixed the hanging live wire (now a hanging pull light), lots of painting, trim, cleaning, now cabinets
New, clean stove
My new birthday table. There is a hidden leaf underneath and it can sit 8. Counter height.
Close up of the pull light and ceiling.
Before: Outside
After: Outside. It actually looks better than this pic because our grass is green and there is some shrubbery that has grown in (from Robert, the Shrubber).
Stay tuned! More to come
So the short story on our house, it is a little trashed thang on a great piece of property: One acre in a great neighborhood in Wellsville. It was foreclosed so we got a killer deal on it, we actually paid less for the land and the house than we would have paid for a 1 acre lot alone in this area. So here are some pictures of the living room and kitchen only, because we are still unpacking the other rooms. Keep in mind that we have not decorated at all yet. You may notice that I have strategically placed our one and only unpacked decoration in nearly every frame! See if you can spot it...
Before: Looking in from the front door. Yes, that is a stain of unknown origin on the wall. These peculiar stains are everywhere in the house. It is also very stinky in here, a mix of food and animal urine. There are probably 1,000 holes of varying sizes on the walls, some up to 8 inches in length. The walls are covered in black dirt, we think it was soot? We are not sure.
After: front door looking in. Lots 'o' patching on the walls, lots of painting, trim, new carpet, and our old furniture of course. Notice we finally painted our armoire! It only took us 6 years.
Before: This is looking at the living room from the kitchen, toward the front door.
After: New windows as well, Zach and Dee had to frame them in and it looks really cute.
Before and After: Giant man-eating spiders. No, really. This is a male hobo spider, it is about the size of a quarter. The females are about twice as big and scary looking. They are EVERYWHERE and they are nasty. Not to mention poisenous. We just found out they were hobo's tonight so we will be buying traps tomorrow.
Before: Laundry room looking into kitchen. I should probably mention that any slanting you see is probably NOT the angle of my camera, but the actual angles of the house. Isn't that special? If you think of any good nick names for her, let us know (like "the leaning tower of Putnams" only funny).
After: Zach and Dee's handywork, new cabinets and countertop (note: countertop is not finished! Don't judge us on the raw edges:)
Before: Looking in the kitchen from the living room (the doorway you see is to the laundry room and outside). Notice the live wire hanging from the ceiling, which we have reason to believe that the family who lived here before us lived with that live wire hanging down there for 6 years. Also, note the nasty nasty stove.
After: Finished the wall and ceiling, fixed the hanging live wire (now a hanging pull light), lots of painting, trim, cleaning, now cabinets
New, clean stove
My new birthday table. There is a hidden leaf underneath and it can sit 8. Counter height.
Close up of the pull light and ceiling.
Before: Outside
After: Outside. It actually looks better than this pic because our grass is green and there is some shrubbery that has grown in (from Robert, the Shrubber).
Stay tuned! More to come
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
soooooooory!
Thank you Holly and Tahnie for making me feel loved by pretending that you want me to post more. Thank you Angela for Tagging me so that I have something quick to blog about. Quick note, we have been so busy with my new job, Zach's new job, our new house, rennovating our new house, living back and forth between Logan and Kamas, getting Tyger in kindergarten, (and not to mention me reading the entire "Twilight" series by Stephenie Meyer in 8 days) that I literally have not had time to post about it. I swear it will be coming soon! We are moving our stuff into this house this Thursday! Stay tuned. I can't even find my dang camera right now. Anyway, here is my tag:
4 random things I like about my husband:
He is so easygoing
He can always see my side of things
He has excellent teeth that hopefully are genetically dominant
He is so charismatic and passionate about everything he does
4 movies that I would watch more than once (there are many more than this):
The Count of Monte Cristo
Sound of Music
Gone with the Wind
The Scarlet Pimpernel
4 tv shows I watch:
Lost
Scrubs
American Idol
The Office
4 places that I have been:
Hawaii
California
Nevada
Arizona
4 people who e-mail me regularly: *note: most people don't :(. Here are some people who have e-mailed me in the last few months
My mom
Sunny
Tahnie/Kensey/Holly
Bill Collectors :(
4 favorite foods (this changes regularly!):
Grandma's meatballs and gravy
Sizzler's Ribs
Kalua Pork
Yummy, squishy, fresh, breads
4 places that I would like to visit:
New Zealand
New york
Europe
Nauvoo
4 things that I am looking forward to in the coming year:
Settling down
Thinking about adding another little kiddie to our family. Key word: Thinking about it. Don't jump to conclusions...
Getting some our debts paid off
Settling down!
4 people that I have tagged:
Sunny
Tahnie
Kensey
Mommy
4 random things I like about my husband:
He is so easygoing
He can always see my side of things
He has excellent teeth that hopefully are genetically dominant
He is so charismatic and passionate about everything he does
4 movies that I would watch more than once (there are many more than this):
The Count of Monte Cristo
Sound of Music
Gone with the Wind
The Scarlet Pimpernel
4 tv shows I watch:
Lost
Scrubs
American Idol
The Office
4 places that I have been:
Hawaii
California
Nevada
Arizona
4 people who e-mail me regularly: *note: most people don't :(. Here are some people who have e-mailed me in the last few months
My mom
Sunny
Tahnie/Kensey/Holly
Bill Collectors :(
4 favorite foods (this changes regularly!):
Grandma's meatballs and gravy
Sizzler's Ribs
Kalua Pork
Yummy, squishy, fresh, breads
4 places that I would like to visit:
New Zealand
New york
Europe
Nauvoo
4 things that I am looking forward to in the coming year:
Settling down
Thinking about adding another little kiddie to our family. Key word: Thinking about it. Don't jump to conclusions...
Getting some our debts paid off
Settling down!
4 people that I have tagged:
Sunny
Tahnie
Kensey
Mommy
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Memories
Heavenly Days we have been so busy. I haven't even had time to watch tv, heaven forbid. Thank goodness American Idol is over or I would have been so behind :)
I have so much to report on but don't have time to post now. Plus I have no idea where my camera is and this isn't even my computer. blah blah. Read on my friends.
I got this from my Tahnie's blog! I thought it would be fun and hope you will play along! Here are the directions:
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you have of Zach or I. It doesn't matter if you know us a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.
It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about us, We'll assume you're playing the game and we'll come to your blog and do the same thing. Thanks for playing!
I have so much to report on but don't have time to post now. Plus I have no idea where my camera is and this isn't even my computer. blah blah. Read on my friends.
I got this from my Tahnie's blog! I thought it would be fun and hope you will play along! Here are the directions:
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you have of Zach or I. It doesn't matter if you know us a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.
It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about us, We'll assume you're playing the game and we'll come to your blog and do the same thing. Thanks for playing!
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Wowza, what a month!
So much has happened! We successfully moved from Las Vegas and are staying with Zach's parents until we figure out what we are doing house-wise. After a wonderful full month off of work, I started at McKay Dee hospital 2 weeks ago. Let me tell you, I really feel I will be happy there. The attitude and atmosphere is a night and day difference from where I came. The only crappy thing is is that I have to commute and with gas prices, ugh.... Anyway, I work on the surgical unit, half of which is normal easy surgeries, the other half is a step down from ICU unit. I am soooo excited. Zach and I have been house hunting and have seen over 17 houses. We put offers in on 2 houses but didn't get either due to one offer not being accepted and losing out on a bidding war on the other. So we don't know where exactly we will be at this point! All I know is that I will be spending a lot of money on gas regardless of where we live. Boo. Sunny and the kids are also here for the summer so we have had a ball so far. Here is some pics!
Zekey and Tygee literally climbing the walls.
Spaghetti means no shirt 'round these parts
Zach is soooo happy to be back in the army band. woo hoo!
Tater loves to wear headbands indian style. She gave grandma Bobbie a great makeover.
Tater had fun helping us pack
Tyger got to drive with Zach in the moving truck. He was so cute. He was more excited than christmas morning.
My steester Jane graduated from High School! She is getting so old! Congrats my sis!
Shortly after moving to Kamas, Patrice had little Even so back to Vegas we went! Here is Tatum kissing the little guy. He is soooooo cute!
I almost started crying on the drive to Logan. It is so beautiful it takes your breath away (especially compared to Vegas). Of course these pictures through my dirty car window don't do it justice.
Zekey and Tygee literally climbing the walls.
Spaghetti means no shirt 'round these parts
Zach is soooo happy to be back in the army band. woo hoo!
Tater loves to wear headbands indian style. She gave grandma Bobbie a great makeover.
Tater had fun helping us pack
Tyger got to drive with Zach in the moving truck. He was so cute. He was more excited than christmas morning.
My steester Jane graduated from High School! She is getting so old! Congrats my sis!
Shortly after moving to Kamas, Patrice had little Even so back to Vegas we went! Here is Tatum kissing the little guy. He is soooooo cute!
I almost started crying on the drive to Logan. It is so beautiful it takes your breath away (especially compared to Vegas). Of course these pictures through my dirty car window don't do it justice.
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