Rands Family News

Alan's "Surprise" White Trash Party 8/13/11

2011-08-14T10:30:00.000-07:00

Alan’s Birthday is coming up and he as specified every year all the things I am not allowed to do for his birthday. It started with treats. He would say please don’t bring in any treats for my birthday, so of course I had to think of something to do…I choose to bring in balloons. The next year he said no treats or balloons. I was sadly disappointed and had to figure out something to do then. Then a girlfriend of mine suggested a French maid. I thought that was a wonderful idea. He never said that someone else couldn’t bring him treats or balloons. Now this year has arrived and I have been told no one can bring me treats, balloons, etc. DON”T make a big deal at work at all!! Of course knowing me I couldn’t let that stop me from doing something for his birthday. So I was talking it through with my girlfriend and my sister this year and they helped me come up with the idea of throwing him a “Surprise” White Trash Birthday Party. So IT is on. This all happened a week ago on Saturday Aug. 6, 2011. I decided that since Alan had to take a quick trip to Vegas this would be a good time to start calling some of his friends so they could get it on the calendar because the party would be on August 13, 2011. After I made my list there were 10 couples I decided to invite. (Other then us of course) Now I was onto the invitations and planning for the party.
First, I started with the invitations. I took paper napkins from random restaurants and wrote in my hand writing on the back side about the party Making sure to spell some of the words wrong. (See Picture) Then I did a little research online about decorations. One night I convinced Alan to order KFC for dinner. Having Aprils family over made for extra containers of food to gather for the party. I washed them out and put them away. They would become the serving bowls for the party. Then I went to the movie during the week and had to save the popcorn bucket as well! Now that I had some awesome containers to hold the candy and chips, etc. I was onto the food. I made sure that the soda I bought was the cheap stuff, I purchased a couple of packages of candy to fill one of the bowls. Picked up some chips for people to munch on and brought some week old cookies I had from a previous party to the shin dig.
Now that I had things for people to drink and munch on, now how was I going to tell Alan or get him there in costume? I decided that the best thing to do was tell him that our friend invited us to her white trash party and it would be a small party, just a few people from there work etc. Just really a night to hang out and have some fun, nothing crazy.
Now everything is in place, invitations have been delivered, friends are planning games, I have gone to the dollar store and got the most ridiculous things I could find for prizes for the games, food is at our friends house and we have our babysitters in place. This is going to be awesome.
Alan wanted to go early, So I said sure, all the while thinking how the crap am I going to stall and give people time to arrive to the party. So I took my sweet little time in the bathroom and telling him stories, etc. He kept saying are you ready yet? It was awesome. Well we finally made it to the party and when we pulled up he didn’t pay any attention to any of the cars which was perfect! Then he read the sign on the garage door that said “Happy Berfday Ol Man” Even still it didn’t dawn on him that this could be a party for him. It wasn’t till he went inside that he saw people from work that it clicked. Talk about a great surprise. Dressed all whacked out to show up and find all your friends there dressed similarly.
Well I pulled it off. A Birthday to remember. Thanks to all our friends and family who came and to those who tried and just couldn’t make it. It was a lot of fun! Enjoy the pictures to come!

Tonsils

2011-06-17T20:49:00.000-07:00

Today (6/17/11) Austin got his tonsils out. he was very scared and had lots of good questions. He wanted to know if it would affect his reflexes and special abilities to react fast to others, he asked if the doctor would cut his throat open to get to the tonsils, he wanted to know why we were making him have them out because he would never choose that for himself. We tried to answer all of his questions, but he was still scared. Today we went to the surgery center at 8:15am. Sat in the lobby for over an hour playing games so that it would take his mind off of the surgery. Finally it was our turn to go back, they took his height and weight then took us to a bathroom where Austin stripped down to his socks and underwear. Then he put on one of those sexy brown hospital gowns. I tied it in the back and we went over to our portion of pre-op and he got in the bed. This was when the tears started. They took his blood pressure and asked if they could put an IV in. He didn't want them to put in the IV so they talked to the anesthesiologist who said they could give him gas to knock him out before they put in a IV. They then brought out some Tylenol with codeine and we watched cartoons for a little while. He seemed to calm down and then it was tome to go back. As they wheeled him back he started to cry a little, still trying to be strong even though he was so scared. He said they had him breathe in 5 times and he didn't remember anything after that till it was all over. The nurse said he woke up and asked how the IV got in him...after recovery we came home and he was able to lay back watch cartoons and eat cold things all day. He said the surgery wasn't that bad after all and he said his throat is a little sore. He is on Loratab so I'm sure the pain is minimal. Pictures to come soon!

Zack's Kinder Gratuation

2011-06-17T20:48:00.000-07:00

(5/23/11)This year Zack started out at Sunset Elementary, two weeks after I transferred my older two children to George Washington Academy they had an opening for Zack (full time kindergarten). He started there around Thanksgiving time and has grown so much. Today we had his kindergarten graduation. It was so cute. I helped make the tassels that hung from the hats that they wore for graduation. I took some video coverage that I am trying to get uploaded here for you all to see.

7/15/10 Scuba Diving

2010-07-15T17:15:00.000-07:00

Today we played around in the bay on the Hobie Cat. Then, we went scuba diving. We did two dives. We went down as far as 65 feet. We took some pictures on the dive. After we finished with the dive, It rained pretty hard for a few minutes. We came back to the resort, went to dinner, and now I am updating this blog and then going to sleep. It has been a long day and we had a lot of fun.

Hobie Cat 7/15/10

2010-07-15T09:12:00.000-07:00

We went out on the Hobie Cat today. Of course we were on it so I only have pics of it with us off of it. We are getting ready to go scuba diving so I wanted to up date with this. Remember you can click on the pic to make it bigger to view. Love you lots.

some more pics 7/14/10

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more pictures of today 7/14/10

2010-07-14T14:47:00.000-07:00

These pictures are of our hotel. The view we have from our room. It also shows the pool that looks over to the ocean. I almost forgot when we went down to play in the ocean we saw a lizzard that was as long as my leg. Next time I see him I am going to get a picture of him for you. He let us walk right up to him. We didn't touch him. He was cool looking!!

St. Thomas VI 7/14/10

2010-07-14T14:39:00.000-07:00

Last night, 7/13/10 we departed Las Vegas at 10:15pm. We sat in coach; however, our plane was fairly empty so we were able to spread out. After about 4 1/2 hours of sleep, we arrived in New York, JFK airport with a two-hour lay over. It was so foggy when we flew over that you couldn’t see anything. Therefore, I have to say I still haven’t seen New York.  In that time, we ate breakfast in the airport at Burger King. I enjoyed a star bucks drink! Now it is time to connect to St. Thomas Virgin Islands. Hope I can rest a little more on this next flight! We then connected our next flight to Saint Thomas Virgin Island. It was clear and slightly over cast outside. It is a bit breezy; however, it feels great due to the humidity. We had a bus (van) take us to our hotel (Ritz Carlton) which is about a half hour drive from the airport. They drive on the left side of the road here. We checked into our room, called home, and headed down to lunch. I had a chicken quesadilla with sour cream, guacamole, and salsa. Alan had a grilled chicken Panini. Then we came back to our room changed into our swimsuits and went and played in the ocean for a little while. Then we swam in the pool. Now we are back at our room, showered, and getting ready to go to dinner in a 1 1/2hours. Time to rest a little….The Ocean is about 80*. It feels so good. What a beautiful place.

IBS Convention 5-13-10

2010-05-14T06:55:00.000-07:00

Well we got up got packed, ate breakfast, and headed to the airport. We were a little later then we wanted because we couldn’t locate the passports or my Nook. However we did find them and all is good. I now sit in the airplane next to my two boys and am updating this blog while they are patiently waiting for us to land. We are almost to Colorado and then we will continue on to Las Vegas. Then we will pick up our dog and travel for two hours by car to our home! Zack is getting tired of being in the plane. He asked how long before we land. I told him one hour to go. When we landed it ticked him off that we had to stay on the plane and all the other people got to get off. I don't dare tell him that we still have 5 hours of traveling ahead of us still......Now we are home. All of us are very tired. It is almost 8:30p here in Utah. Our bodies are still on Florida's time so it feels like it is almost 10:30 at night. So Good Night!!

IBS Convention 5-12-10

2010-05-14T06:54:00.000-07:00

We woke up at 730a. Everyone is planning on meeting in our room at 8am. We will all eat breakfast together and head out to the Discovery cove. When we got to Discover Cove they checked us in and gave us all our own badges with our pic on them. We entered and found some chairs on the beach to put or things. Then we headed over and everyone got wet suits on. The kids were in full wet suits and the adults took the vest style. Then we got our snorkeling equipment and headed to the pool. We taught the kids how to snorkel. I was so proud of them. They all picked it up easily and we spent the rest of the day snorkeling. They had the fresh water pool with a lazy river that was 1/3 mile long. Then they had a pool where we could go and touch the stingrays. Then, in another pool we could swim and see the coral and fish and more stingrays. Of course the pools with the animals were cold and salty just like the ocean. The cove supplied us with sun screen, food, wet suits, snorkel equipment, drinks, snacks, etc for the whole day. When it closed we had a little scare. Steve couldn’t find his wallet so we were there trying to figure that out. Turns out he forgot he didn’t have his wallet and his ID and cards were in his eye glass case. We were dropped off at the Villa and Steve, Ilene, Marci went to the store and got supplies to make hoagie sandwiches. They all joined us back at our villa and we ate dinner together. I was glad to be able to get the children in bed by 9pm tonight. What a fun day! Tomorrow we go home.

IBS Convention 5-11-10

2010-05-14T06:53:00.000-07:00

Today Alan and I got up at 6am. We gathered up our luggage and waited for Steve to arrive. Steve came to our room at 6:45a and we left with the rest of our group to go on a segway tour. The kids are too young to ride on them so Steve stayed with them and let them sleep in. I had each of their clothes in nice piles with there name badges on top. All he had to do is let them get dressed and brush Kayla’s hair. While we (Ilene, Spencer, Jana, Amber, Alan and I) were doing the segways. Steve then took the kids to Disney World where we met up with him at 1130a. He did such a good job. Meanwhile, while on the segway, Alan got too close to mine and fell off. We teased him for the rest of the morning. At the end of the day we all left Disney world together and went to dinner at IHOP. It was the first place we came across that everyone agreed on. Then, Alan, me, and the kids went to the store to get some breakfast food and the rest of the group went to get the Villas. It is pretty much like a two bedroom town house. Yeah, I get to sleep in a King size bed again. We will spend tonight and tomorrow night in the Villa. Man my feet hurt. I got out the ice and iced them down when I got out of a nice warm relaxing bath. It has been such a long week. We are so tired. It’s almost 10p and I am ready to crash.

IBS Convention 5-10-10

2010-05-14T06:52:00.000-07:00

Today we got up and down to breakfast the same time as the rest of the week. It was a standard breakfast schedule. Alan asked if I could get some of our laundry done while he was in class. His classes went from 630a-1145a. So after breakfast, The kids, Ilene and I headed to the room, sorted our clothes, and then down to the laundry mat. We had 3 washers and had to wait for the driers. We finished at noon. Then we headed out to get lunch. Then off to the Animal kingdom. We spent a few hours there, leaving at 5pm. Interstate put on a closing party for all of us that started at 6pm. At the party they had a room for the children to play rock band, air hockey, WII sports, race car game, pac-man etc. The kids thought that was a lot of fun. They had live music and lots of food, drinks, and deserts. I enjoyed it. We decided to head back to our room at 830p due to our early morning the next day. We all got to bed around 9:30p. My kids are going to hate me when we get back to our regular routine!

IBS Convention 5-9-10

2010-05-14T06:50:00.000-07:00

Today we woke up at 730a. Awe headed to breakfast. At breakfast they celebrated Mother’s Day by giving all the mothers a recipe book. These recipes were submitted from the Mothers of Interstate batteries. I could have submitted one but my husband didn’t tell me about it. Then they did some drawings and Steve won a Visa Gift card for 200 dollars. After the breakfast was about done we all squeezed out and headed to Epcot! We spent all day there. Half of us left at 7:30 and went to dinner at TGI Fridays.(Alan, Lisa, Austin, Makayla,, Zachary, Dustin, Katie, Lilly, Spencer, and Jana). (The rest decided to stay till the park closed.) Then we got back to the hotel at 9:30 and bad about 10p. Doesn’t seem to matter how good our intentions are we just can’t seem to get to bed before 10p. I am sure the kids are loving not going to bed at 8p.

P.S. Happy Birthday Dad and Josh! Happy Mothers Day!

IBS Convention 5-8-10

2010-05-14T06:48:00.000-07:00

An early morning seems to be the thing to do while on vacation. We all got up and out the door for breakfast by 8am. Breakfast closes at 8:30. I try to let the children sleep as much as possible. Breakfast usually consists of eggs, potatoes, sausage, bacon, fruit, bagels, muffins, cold cereal, milk, water, coffee, and orange juice. We then went to the trade show few hours, followed by lunch. At the trade show, Alan suggested that we get in line for the money wheel. You spin the wheel and if it lands on a certain battery size they will give you $20. Otherwise, you get $1. Well free money is always welcome. When it was our turn to spin the kids asked if they could and the lady said yes. So Zack steps up and spins the wheel. He gets $1. Austin steps up and spins the wheel, he gets $1. Makayla steps up and wins $20. Of course she would get it and the rest wouldn't. Then Alan took his turn and wins $1. My turn, I step up and win $20. It was lots of fun. Very exciting part of the trade show. We met up with Alan and Steve who finished their meetings and then we went swimming a little more. We all went back to the room showered and took a little nap. At 5:30 we went down to the lobby of the hotel and waited for the rest of our group to gather with is. It was an awesome sight to see so many limos lined up waiting for us. Our limo driver said that he thought there were about30 limos. He said we cleaned out every limo in the Orlando area and he drove in from further north. At sea world we had the park reserved just for interstate batteries. Trust me there were a lot of us there. We were able to have unlimited food and drinks as well. The children games were all free. We got to play ring toss. If you won they gave you a prize for free. We also got to play the water gun game. I won twice and Ilene won once. Together we were able to leave with a toy for each of my children. At the end we all went to the stadium to see a special presentation with Shamu. Then, they shuttle us all to the front of the park to leave. We had our own personal limo take us back to the hotel. We got back to the hotel about 10:30pm and got to bed about 11. I am glad we decided to take a little nap today.

IBS convention 5-7-10

2010-05-08T08:59:00.000-07:00

Today is Austins Birthday. We got up at 7am, got dressed, and headed to breakfast. It was a tough nights sleep for me and alan. we are sleeping on a full size bed. Insane. If we lay on our back with our shoulders touching then we touch the sides of thebed. this will take some getting used to since I am used to my king size bed. After breakfast we went to the general session. Alan and I got to go back stage and when it was time for the awards they called us out on stage and presented us with crystal plaque. We then went and sat and enjoyed the rest of the general session with our group. It ended and we left the boys for their meetings and the girls all went to Holywood studios. We got to the park about 1130a. The park closes at 7pm so we wanted to get as much as we couldfrom it, so the boys met up with us after their meetings at 3p. After we left the park we went to down town disney and ate at Portabellas an itallian restruant who said they could get us (party of 13) right in. With such a large group it took a little while to get our food. It was 9pm when we got our dinner. They brought out a large piece of chocolate cake and we all sang happy birthday to Austin. After desert we decided we were all very tired. The humidity in this town is so thick you feel like you could cut it with a knife. We went back to the hotel showered and went to bed. Haven't seen much of the hotel room so that is why the delay in keeping this posted.

IBS convention 5-6-10

2010-05-08T05:56:00.000-07:00

This morning we woke up got dressed and headed to the airport. We were out the door by 730a. Got to the airport and checked in smoothly. We sat at the airport for a while waiting for the plane and then loaded on. The children were so good for the flight. Everyone made at least one trip to the bathroom.When we were about an hour out zack started to get hungry. We arived and it was raining here in Florida. We got our bags met our limo driver and headed out. Lots of fun. The kids thought the limo was fun and they hoped we could take it through the drive thru resturant. We were on time restraints so we went to the hotel dropped our stuff and headed out to dinner. Thats right, we haven't even seen our room yet and it is almost 700p. We then went to a Murder mystery dinner. We watched 6 people act out the scene and then we were able to ask them questions. After we left we all headed back to the hotel, which was almost 10pm not and we went straight to bed. Long day but lots of fun. Our group from Southern Utah consisted of: Alan Lisa Austin Kayla Zack Katie Dustin and Lilly. The rest of our group included: Steve, Ilene, Marcia, Spencer, Jana, Jeff, Brenda,(Their 2 co-workers),and Amber will meet up with us Saturday night.

April 3, 2010 - Shooting at the Range

2010-04-03T19:30:00.000-07:00

Well we have been talking about going out to the range for a long time now. So today we decided to actually do it and take the kids with us. We took our shot gun and went to have a little fun. We rented a 20 gauge shot gun for the kids to try so that it wouldn't have as big of a kick as the 12 gauge shot gun. Each of the children had a chance to shoot it. They enjoyed it somewhat, and Alan and I enjoyed it the rest of the time. We were shooting at clay disks. I was the one taking the pictures so there aren't any pictures of me. :-)I definitely see us going out again in the future. It was fun!!

April 3, 2010 - Easter Egg Hunt (at Walmart)

2010-04-03T19:18:00.000-07:00

Today we decided to take our children over to Walmart to do their Easter egg hunt. There are always tons of people there. They sort out the groups into three age groups. 0-2,3-5,and 7-9. I took Zack with me and Alan went with Austin and Makayla. The horn sounds and the kids are off. The eggs are not hidden, they are spread randomly throughout the grass. Then it is like being in a mash pit. Running, Grabbing, Stepping on each other and so on. Well then you look up and all the eggs are gone. Zack came out of it with 7 eggs. I thought that was pretty good. Then I met up with Alan and the kids to find that Austin made out with 2 eggs and Makayla made out with 1 egg. They were really sad. I think next year maybe we should find something else to do. I just kept telling them that it is the thought that counts and at least they got something. Then we return the eggs every 5 gets you 1 ticket. They gave Zack 2 tickets for his 7 eggs and Austin and Makayla each got 1 ticket. They then turn the tickets in for a prize; however, one ticket got you either 3 smarties or 2 small boxes of nerds. Austin too the nerds and Zack went for the smarties. Then we gave Makayla the other ticket that Zack had so she could cash them in for a fold up comb/lip gloss item. That was it, the egg hunt was over for us.

March 30, 2010 - Garage Floor

2010-04-03T19:08:00.000-07:00

We finally decided to paint our garage floor. Having the floor painted has always been a dream of Alan's. Well now it is done and we are very happy with the job. There isn't much to say more about this so I will leave you the pictures to look at.

February 25, 2010 - Nascar Race (Las Vegas)

2010-04-03T14:53:00.000-07:00

We took the kids and went to the Nascar Race in Las Vegas this weekend. It was so much fun. We even talked Grandma and Grandpa Price into going with us. So in the end we had Jeff, Brenda, Marcia, Alan, Lisa, Austin, Makayla, Zack, Cheri, Craig, Jerry and Becky. WOW!! If you didn't get to go then you missed a fun time hanging out with all of us. I took some pictures for you to enjoy.

February 11 2010 - Austin in cub scouts

2010-04-03T14:42:00.000-07:00

I know that I haven't updated this in a long time so I thought that I would take a minute and do a little updating. On February 11th we had our cub scout Blue and Gold Banquet. Austin had completed all the necessary tasks given to him to receive his badge, so he was able to get this Wolf Badge. He also had completed all the goals and tasks given to him to receive his Leave No Trace badge. To get this he had to clean up trash on three different occasion and perform some other tasks. I am so proud of him. He is working had and getting a lot of things accomplished. Here are some pictures. Part of the Wolf Badge ceremony is that he get to paint whiskers on moms face. I decided to mimic what he put on me onto him. We had lots of fun!

This Halloween 2009

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Click on the pictures to see them BIGGER!!

Halloween 2009

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Halloween Continued

Return of the doll!

2009-10-05T09:17:00.000-07:00

You might not know, so I will tell you. April and I have been known to leave things that are unwanted on each others doorstep. She would put something on my doorstep that she didn't want and I would sneak over and put it back on her doorstep. This would go back and forth for a few days. We laugh over it all the time. Well this weekend we went to a birthday party. April and Mike left early so at the end of the party we asked our friends if we could have the dead pinata. They thought we were funny and agreed to give it to us. We left it on there door step and ran. Well the next morning we came home to find it was hanging from our two story eve of the house. I wish I would have taken a pic of that one. So we took it down and went and put it in there garage in the middle of the night so that when April came home from work and opened the garage she would see it hanging there looking at her. Well It is currently in their position and she said when she got home she chuckled seeing it greet her. SOOooooo now we wait and see if they trash it or return it...lol. This is a picture of it hanging in her garage.

Cheerleading Practice

2009-10-05T09:15:00.000-07:00

My new smile!!

2009-09-16T19:30:00.000-07:00

Tonight Makayla went to bed worried that she would swallow her loose tooth. I told her not to mess with it and it would probably come out tomorrow. I came down stairs and she came running out of her room yelling, "Mom, look at my new smile!" over and over. I said did it fall out? She said yes yes look!!! Then she came down stairs and of course we had to take pictures. I have to say I was really worried that Zack would get a loose tooth before her. So glad that didn't happen.

Kayla calls 911.

2009-09-12T19:23:00.000-07:00

Sorry no pictures for this one. Just the story. Alan and I decided to go out for the evening. We went to a movie then to dinner. While out at the movie I get a call from Austin. He said I would be very disappointed with Makayla cause she called 911 and the cops came to the house. I said is everything ok? He said yes but...I said I will call you right back when my movie gets done. So when we got out of the movie we called to check on the babysitter.
Apparently, Makayla decided that she wanted to call her Aunt April, who works dispatch for 911, and tell her that she loved her. Only when she called a man named Tyler answered the phone, Makayla told him that she wanted to talk to Aunt April and tell her that she loved her. Then she hung up. Well Aunt April was actually out to dinner with her family at the time. So when Makayla hung up, they sent the cops to the house to make sure that everything was ok. My poor babysitter. She called her mom right away. However she said she wasn't too scared and has been back to babysit since. We now talk about how we should never call 911 unless it is an emergency. And we don't call people at work anyways. Needless to say this has been a very eventful month.

Mom its on fire!!

2009-09-12T19:13:00.001-07:00

One day I came home from running some errands, Zack said he was hungry and wanted one of the frozen PBJ sandwiches. Normally he never wants me to defrost it. He love to eat them frozen. Well the neighbor was out front so I stopped before closing the garage to say Hi to her. Zack walked over to the freezer and grabbed a sandwich. He opened it then walked into the house. I figured he was eating it like he usually does. Not but a few minutes later he comes running out side with a panic look on his face on the verge of crying yelling at me, "MOM IF YOU WOULD JUST HELP ME IT WOULDN'T BE ON FIRE RIGHT NOW!!" I stopped and said what? Something is on fire? He said yes if you would just help me it wouldn't be on fire! I looked at the neighbor and said I will be right back, as I turned and ran into the house. As I entered the house I could smell the smoke and the Kitchen was filling with smoke pretty fast. I ran faster into the kitchen looking for flames. I looked over at the Microwave to see smoke pouring out from it. I grabbed the plate that was inside it and ran it to the back yard. (No flames, thankfully) then I ran in and opened all the doors and turned the fans on trying to prevent the smoke detectors from going off. I walked out front and said well he wasn't kidding, he tried to cook his sandwich in the microwave for about 88:88.
We have since had a talk about how he shouldn't try to cook anything till he is much older, then with mommy! My house stunk for 3 days. Luck for me Nothing caught on fire but his sandwich.

Birthday time for Alan and Lisa

2009-09-12T19:00:00.000-07:00

This year for our birthdays we got some talks on CD's, WII games, work out video, and I got a massage and Alan got a dremel tool. We just wanted to say thank you to everyone for out birthday presents. I took a picture of the things we got. Obviously you aren't going to see a picture of me getting a massage!

100%, Go Makayla!!

2009-09-12T18:37:00.000-07:00

Well for the last couple of weeks I have struggled with getting Makayla to practice her spelling words. She hasn't really liked the idea that now she is in first grade she has to take a spelling test every week. So Alan told her that if she gets 100% on her spelling test that he would take her to get a ice cream cone. After she was promised this she came home with missing 1 on it. So we told her to try a little harder and we knew she would and could get 100 on her next test. Then again she came home missing only 1. Well this last Friday Makayla came home with 100%. She was so excited. She said "Mom, I can't wait to see the look on dads face!" Well when dad came home she was at the door yelling dad dad look I got 100 on my test. Alan was so excited for her. He said well I guess I am taking you out to get an ice cream. We went today to celebrate this. While at Iceberg, Alan said my daughter got 100% on her spelling test so we are celebrating today. Being in the drive thru, Makayla rolled down her window, when the guy came to the window she said, "I am there only daughter and I got 100 on my spelling test." The guy said congratulations, then his dad who owns the place came over and handed Makayla a card and said we like to reward those who get 100%! The card was for a free milkshake. Austin yells out the window I get 100 on my tests. So the man came back and said did I hear that someone else got 100 on their test? Austin said yes me! So he handed Austin a card too. They were very excited!

White trash party

2009-08-22T16:29:00.001-07:00

Ears

2009-06-13T11:48:00.000-07:00

Ok so here are some candid shots Alan took of us. Makayla and I went and got our ears pierced today. It was so cute. Makayla went first. The lady cleaned her ears and then said I am going to count to 3 and it will be done. So after the first piercing makayla I think was in shock. She just looked at me and didn't say anything. Then the lady did her second ear and she said "That hurt!" We said ya but it is all done now. Then Makayla said again "That hurt" She didn't say anything else. Then the lady said do you want to see them and she nodded, and looked in the mirror. Smiled and said "That hurt". I said do you like them? and then she started to talk again. So then I got mine done. Maybe 4 times is the charm with me...we shall see. They are 14k gold so hopefully I won't have a problem this time. :-)

June shopping trip

2009-06-11T16:33:00.000-07:00

4 packs bick razors
21 boxes of cereal
15 ragu
4 packs of butter
1-10lb potatoes
5 peanut butter
6 jars of mayo
10 jars of bertolli pasta sauce
1-24pk dasani water
8 wishbone salad dressings
15 BC pasta salads

Paid 71.52 after tax for 87 items!! SAVED $256.03

My garden

2009-06-04T15:17:00.000-07:00

June 3rd shopping trip

2009-06-04T15:15:00.000-07:00

More info on this comming....

Shopping day is here.

2009-05-08T19:51:00.000-07:00

Ok so this week has been probably one of my most busiest weeks of my life. I have had 6 birthday in 5 days, Had a PTA meeting, Pack meeting for my son that just turned 8yrs this week, planed a birthday party, on top of my already busy week of getting children off to and from school, exercise, and worked on my mother in laws birthday present. That is what is on the top of my head right now. I probably wouldn't have gone out and done this shopping this week due to how busy it has been, but I couldn't pass up some of the good deals.
Well enough about my busy week on to my shopping trip. Gathering everything I wanted wasn't too difficult. The Johnson stuff was pretty much gone just a couple on the shelf. I would have liked to get other things but they of course were out of that good stuff. The vising was out, they didn't have the Capri suns that matched the coupon and the checker I has was very smug. She found great joy in searching out every problem she could possible find and she just got on my nerves. She wouldn't except any coupons from Walgreen's and she was telling me that there was a coupon policy that has been in effect since March 18th. Just annoying as all get out. Not the kind of cashier I like. Oh well there will be days that you get ones like that. Sad for me. Any how I went thru with the rest of the shopping trip as planned. So this is kind of how the break down went.

Spent 64.61 saved 144.06 bought 74 items. I have 22 dollars to use on my next shopping trip. Making each item worth about $0.87ea. Have definitely had better shopping days but this was pretty good all things considering. Wish you were with me April. :-)

Garden

2009-04-18T18:54:00.000-07:00

Well I have been wanting a garden for a while. I decided that this is the year to do it. Today Mike came over and Alan and him began. Spencer came a little later and helped too. This is the worst part of it. (I think) Now we need a little more dirt and we are ready to plant. So I am very excited and grateful for the help of Mike Spencer and Alan. Now I am that much closer to having my garden.

New Patio Cover

2009-04-15T08:39:00.000-07:00

Well after waiting for a little over 2 years we were finally able to get our new patio cover. I am so excited. Now if it would just warm up so the kids could go play under it.

Coupon shopping at Smiths this time

2009-03-16T17:10:00.000-07:00

Today My sister and I did our shopping at Smiths. We don't usually shop there, but they were having their max shopping sales. So I started to look into it and compare it to the coupons that I have and we decided that it would be a good place to shop. I don't know if you can see the pic very well. So this is what is in it.
7 pizzas
8 toothpastes
3 toothbrushes
3 rice cakes
4 salad dressings
4 salad spritzers
16 fiber one/Nature Valley Granola Bars
30 pastas (spaghetti)
7 boxes of cereal
4 packs of Paper plates
4 packs of Napkins
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90 items

I bought $258.77 worth of groceries
Saved $170.71
Paid $78.06 oop (out of pocket)
That was about 0.87 per item!
I think that was a pretty good deal.

Jesus wants me for a sunbeam!

2009-03-11T09:07:00.000-07:00

So cute I had to share! For those of you that don't know yet, I will explain. When we moved into this house, Zack was 1 1/2yrs old. He followed me everywhere. So while I was putting things away he crawled into this cupboard and every since then it has been "his cupboard". He hides everything in there. He even hides in there. It really is cute. Today I was cleaning the kitchen and I heard him singing the song, "Jesus wants me for a sunbeam" I noticed that he was holding something. I waited till he left to see what he was hiding in "His cupboard". It was a pic of Jesus and small children. I thought that was so cute that he went to look at a pic of Jesus in his special place and sang the song. I had to share with everyone.

Coupons "Its great to shock the cashier"

2009-03-09T15:08:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone,
Today my sister and I hit the stores again. We went to Walgreen's to get some of their sales. April and I did completely different types of shopping. She did awesome on the diapers and wipes and I went for the hair care products, scent things, and deodorant. It might not look like a lot but after she rang it up it totaled $96.89. Then I started the coupon that I had. After it was all said and done it came to $8.44before tax. The cashier said oh my goodness it was up to almost $100 and you only pay ~1o.oo. That made my day. Hare care products and all of those things are so expensive. I am so excited that I got such a great deal. So if I calculate it right I have a 88% savings. Its a good day.

Coupon shopping this week!!

2009-02-25T08:36:00.000-08:00

So I am so very excited about all of the great deals that I have been getting with my coupon shopping. It has taken 3-6 months to really get it built up and figure it out but it is just now starting to pay off for me. I am LOVING it too!! This week I went to the store to take advantage of the Cereal deals. That was my whole goal for this week. Cereal is usually pretty expensive so if I can get it for under $1.50 I think it is a good deal. Maybe in the future I will be better at this and 1.50 will sound like too much to pay but for me and now I think that it is a GREAT deal. So this is what I got. 26 boxes of cereal,2 boxes of fruit snacks,1 gallon of milk, 1 pack of gum. I paid ~24.00 oop(out of pocket) and saved $88.00. And I got another coupon for 1.50/4 GM cereals. Zachary and Makayla do it with me every week!!:-)

Trip to vegas

2009-02-25T08:27:00.000-08:00

This past weekend we went to Las Vegas. While we were there I had to opportunity to see some friends I haven't see in a very long time and I had the opportunity to visit with family. It was lots of fun. As always it always ends way to quickly. I did catch a couple of candid moments that I wanted to share. While visiting with the Rands side of the family the men and the children decided to mix in some fertilizer into the garden. Had to get a pic of that! (Men working women watching...lol) any how then while we were visiting the Price side of the family My daughter decided that she didn't want me to brush her hair. She wanted grandpa to do it. No one thought he would but she got to his heart and I had to take the pic. Love you Dad!!
Remember you can click on the images to make them bigger!

Coupon Shopping gone VERY well!!

2009-02-18T14:23:00.000-08:00

Hello friends and family. I am so excited to share my exciting shopping adventure today. My sister and I went to Albertsons to hit up their great sales this week. We sat down and took about an hour going over the AD and then off we went. The first pic is what the table looked like while we were planning our shopping trip. Then the second pic is how many transactions it took. 9 Transactions! No kidding, then after coupons and everythings the 3rd pic is of what I brought home. Cool Huh!! Well this is where it got really exciting. I paid $43 out of pocket and saved $242 dollars. (83% OFF) I had the best deal of the day. My sister spent about 38 and saved closer to $200. I am so so excited I had to share!! Here is the stats on it.

4- Frostings
4- Cookie mixes
6- Fruit rollups
4-fruit stickerz
8-warm delites
8-Brownies
6-GM cereals
6-chex mix
4-sweetrolls
8-grand biscuits
4-Macaroni Grill dinner kits
8-Progressive soups
10-Readybake cookies
10-cake mixes

Thats 90 items, so I spent on average of .47 ea, INCLUDING tax. How awesome is that!

New Hair cut!

2009-01-24T19:04:00.000-08:00

So I went to the Hair "school" to get my hair cut. It took 6 hours to cut, color, and style it...But I LOVE it. I took some before and after pics. Let me know what you think.

Trenton's Birthday

2009-01-09T13:56:00.000-08:00

Well now that it is January we celebrated Trenton's Birthday. He had his party at the Pirates Island. It is a pizza joint here in town. Very cool place especially for a child. He had a couple of friends and my children. They had reserved the "Cave" room. It looked really cool. The pizza they served was bigger then any pizza I have ever seen. I guess New York has bigger pizza's. Here are some pictures from his birthday.

Christmas Eve

2009-01-09T13:43:00.000-08:00

As a tradition we allow the children to open one gift on Christmas Eve. They get to open the gift of your choice. Austin wanted to pick out his own but I talked him into opening the I chose for him. This year we had Trenton, Josh, and Caiden over for Christmas Eve. It was lots of fun. We had turkey for dinner. Grandma and Grandpa Price were here too. This made the night extra special. Grandpa Price doesn't get to come down as often. So all of the kids were very glad.

What's that???

2009-01-09T13:34:00.000-08:00

So I was watching Caiden and I laid him down on the floor for a little while. Sugar was so interested in him. She would lay down by him and smell him and paw at him. It was so cute. I tried to get pictures of her in action but you know Murphy's law...When you want to get a certain picture the people in the picture don't cooperate. So I did the best that I can. Then I caught sugar checking out Alan drink. That was cute. Alan didn't even realize till I took out the camera. It was funny!!

Sleeping Beauty Kids

2009-01-09T13:21:00.000-08:00

So many of you know that my children Austin and Makayla are in the St. George Musical Theatre Center stage performances. They have fun doing it. (Singing, Dancing, Performing) They have put in lots of hours and time to learn these plays. They do really well at it to. I want to thank everyone who comes and supports my children in these plays. It means a lot to me. This year they had 2 casts. They rotated different parts within the 2 casts. This meant that they had lots to learn this time. It was still lots of fun. I will post some pics on here and you can see more on the facebook, I can only download 5 for some reason.

Our Company Party Dec 2008

2009-01-09T13:02:00.000-08:00

This year we had our company party at the River Walk Grill. It is located on a golf course. It is a quiet little restaurant with good food. Everyone seemed to like it. We had Jerry and Becky, Steve and Ilene, Gene and Charlene, April and Mike, Dustin and Katie, Alan and I, Aaron. We are a small group but we enjoy getting together. Here are some pic's to show all of us.

Here Come's Santa Clause..

2009-01-09T12:49:00.000-08:00

Then December came around. The kids got to go to the mall and see Santas Clause. They were all very excited to see him and tell him what they wanted to have for Christmas. When we got there Santa was on break so we had to wait for him. We were first in line and to see him so Zack decided to check out his chair and everything. Well Santa showed up and Zack decided that he didn't need to see him after all. Then Makayla decided that she didn't want to see him either. So I had to walk over and took Zack to see Santa. He took his time going but then decided that Santa was OK as long as he could see mom. Then I said wheres Makayla? She took off over by Alan who was taking the pictures. I went to grab her and she fought me to go see him. So I ended up being in her picture cause she wouldn't let me go. Austin wasn't afraid at all. It was fun and we got some fun pictures of them.

Thanks Giving Weekend

2009-01-09T10:06:00.000-08:00

Well I know it has been a long time since I have updated my blog so I thought I would recap on all of our activities in November and December. I hope you don't get too bored.
Well for Thanksgiving we went to the Rands Family Cabin. It was lots of fun seeing everyone there. We went up on Wednesday and it had been snowing all day. Of course it was night as we were arriving to the cabin. Some places on the mountain had 4 feet of snow. It was the first snow of the season really so it wasn't so difficult to drive thru. We were cautious tho. We arrived safe and just in time to see Amber and Reed Towed in by Steve. They were in a small car and couldn't get up the roads in Duck Creek. Lucky enough for them they had cell services where they were and were able to call steve. I guess as they were pulled up the mountain the car turned sideways. They were very nervous. That was the beginning of our fun adventures.
Thursday we woke up and start to prepare for Thanksgiving. Steve and Ilene had bought and oil less turkey cooker that cooked by propane. So we got that started. well about time to start cooking potatoes and dressing etc. The power went out. After about an hour we called the power company and they said that some one was out on it and it could be another hour. Well needless to say the power was out for hours. We put our heads together and decided to pull out the stove for camping and to use the wood burning oven to boil water, etc. We finished dinner cleaned up and about the time the dishwasher loaded the power came on. I thought it was perfect timing because we were able to reheat the cabin just in time for bed.
Friday morning we decided that we wanted to so something fun that everyone could enjoy. We went sledding. Great Grandma Rands sat in the car where she could see us and be warm. Everyone else had fun sledding down the road. Then Alan and Steve were on 4 wheelers and would go pick us up and bring us up the hill to go again. It was a blast.
That pretty much sums up thanksgiving weekend. It was lots of fun and the kids had lots of fun too.

Drogs and Hairpretty's

2008-11-23T15:33:00.000-08:00

So for those of you who know my daughter you'll laugh, and for the rest of you. Let me share how she is. Makayla has clothing issues among other things...and well this morning we were getting ready for church. I went out to the car and got her the new tights she picked out at walmart the other day. She puts them on and starts to cry and freak out saying, "These drogs are driving me crazy...." I said, Makayla what is a drog she looked at me like I was dumb for not knowing what a "Drog" was. I said sorry I don't know. She said these mom, as she pointed to the seam across the top of her toes. I said That is a seam. CUT IT OFF!! CUT IT OFF!! I said I can't cut it off or it will destroy the tights. Then put a hair pretty aroung it. I said No I am not going to do that. You won't be comfortable. So Makayla decided to do it her self. So the one pic is of her putting her shoes on with a hairpretty holding the "Drogs" off of her toes. The second picture is about one hour later when she decided that the hairpretty is uncomfortable.
Now tell me, who out there knows what a "Drog" is. I know I am not loosing my mind!!

Fishing Trip

2008-11-22T12:48:00.000-08:00

The kids got to go fishing with Grandpa today. The had so much fun. I hope that you enjoy the pictures. They all had lots of fun.

Fence Update #3

2008-11-19T10:17:00.000-08:00

well the fence is finished. They just need to clean up their stuff. It looks good. Now they just need to put in gates. :-)

Moving!

2008-11-18T19:35:00.000-08:00

So tonight I went to Lin's to get some sour cream with my sister. I am sitting in the car getting ready to back up and Austin leans forward and says, "Mom I am thirsty and hungry." I said, "I am moving, please sit." I thought he understood what I meant cause he sat down and put his seat belt on. Then Austin says, "Mom I like our house." I said, "I like it too." He said, "I don't want to move." I said, "I don't want too either. Who told you that were were moving?" He said, "You did!"
April says, "Its true you did say you were moving." I said, "Austin I meant I was moving the car, Not houses."
He was very glad to hear that we weren't planning on moving homes. I just laughed. It amazes me how people can get something completely different from what you are saying.

Fence Update #2

2008-11-17T12:25:00.000-08:00

So the neighbor cat/kitten decided to check out the footing when they were poured for the fence. Needless to say, I had to catch it and wash the cement off of its feet. The Neighbor wasn't home when that happened. She was grateful I saved her kitty. Well he is back in one of the pics you will see him checking out the cement mixer, I swear that cat never learns.

Block Wall

2008-11-13T19:06:00.000-08:00

For those of you who know that my sister is building a block wall, I have some pictures of how it is coming a long. I have had lots of questions on how it is coming along. She is very excited and since she doesn't blog very often I thought that I would update everyone. I will put some pics up when the wall is done as well. :-)

More Diaper Caked I made!!

2008-11-07T08:14:00.000-08:00

Here are two more Diaper Cakes I made.

Diaper Cake

2008-11-05T19:44:00.000-08:00

So for anyone who knows me really well, You should know that I love to make things. i like to sit down and try to figure out how to make things and give it to friends and family. So this is my latest thing....The Diaper Cake. Yes, It was very fun to make. Pricey, but nevertheless lots of fun. I hope that this picture does it justice. It was so cute. My friend having the baby was so so impressed. It was my first one and It made me feel so good that she loved it. I hope that all of you enjoy the picture. I am thinking about making them and selling them. Of course each would be unique.

Trick or Treat

2008-10-31T13:23:00.000-07:00

Well today the kids all had parties at school. They dressed up in their costumes. I took some pictures for you to see.
Sorry not a lot of news just mostly pictures for now. Enjoy

Halloween

2008-10-31T13:14:00.001-07:00

So I know it has been a while since I have added anything to this. It is halloween and I can't go without putting some pictures here. We carved pumpkins last night. Well the kids picked the design and cleaned out the pumpkins and Alan and I cut the design out. Enjoy the pictures. Austin and Zack were grossed out by the insides of the pumpkins. Makayla actually had fun with it.

A little slice of......

2008-10-18T08:10:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Austin decided to get himself a piece of candy. It had tape on it so it made it difficult to open. He thought he would out smart the tape and cut it off. He went into the kitchen and got the sharpest knife I have. Then he started to cut. He forgot to move his finger. So we had to take a trip to the insta care.
We got to the insta care with blood all over his finger and the nurse came out and looked at it. She couldn't get it to pull all the way open so she said he probably wouldn't need stiches. We went into the back and the doctor came over and looked at it. He cleaned it up with gause and saline. He told Austin that he is lucky that he doesn't need stitches today. He also commented on how he is a boy and these things happen ALL of the time. He said well we will see you when he gets hurt really bad and needs lots of stitches cause that is how boys are. I said I am hoping for no stitches ever. He laughed.
So after some tape to hold it in place while it heals, and some gause to keep it clean. We came home. Austin came home telling eveeryone how lucky he is not to have stitches or a shot. He never cried, I think cause he didn't want me to worry about him.

Ghostly experience

2008-10-15T08:20:00.000-07:00

So I decided that I wanted to make a ghost. And I did!! But my daughter didn't see it made. Then it dried thru the night. This morning I came in and took it off of the stand and put it on my kitchen table. Makayla walks in and see's the ghost sitting on the table and starts screeming. I said whats wrong?? She says mom we have a ghost. I started laughing. She said, Do they bite? I said not him he is friendly. Can I touch him?? she replied. I said, I wouldn't. So she decided she would stay away from it but tells everyone we have a ghost but not to worry cause he is friendly.

Then Austin says, mom how did you get him to stand by himself? I said he is floating! He said well I saw the stand you had him on. I said ya that was to hold him still so he wouldn't move around. he said oh...ok. So I am not sure if Austin thiks he is real or fake. But it was cute.

Halloween

2008-10-15T08:10:00.000-07:00

So I decorated my House. Surprise to those who think I don't ever decorate. So I would like to do more, but Alan and I decided that we would take it slow and buy a little at a time. I did see some lady's walking by the house this morning and pointing at it. So I guess it must look ok. Oh ya and the neighbor across the street came ovet to tell me that he liked my decorations. :-)

No Nintendo or WII!!

2008-10-02T12:15:00.000-07:00

So last night Austin comes up to me and says that his homework is done and he wants to play the WII...I reminded him that we don't play it on school nights. He stated that if he couldn't play then he would just not go to school anymore. So a few minutes later he decides that this argument isn't over yet. He says MOM I WANT TO PLAY THE WII!!!! I said so if I tell you know that you are going to give me an ultimatum and he said YES, so this made me even more frustrated with him....so I said well if you are going to give me an ultimatum then I should think of one for you. The phone rings so I step out of the room. April says to Austin do you know what an ultimatum is?? He says well ya if she wants all of the tomatoes then i will give them to her. April being puzzled said well where are you going to get the tomatoes? He said at subway...I kinda like them now but if she wants them then I will give them to her. April said Austin that isn't what your mom said. She then explained what an ultimatum is. I walked back in the room to find out what was just said I couldn't help but go give him a hug and laugh. But the rules are rules and there was no WII played last night. And I suppose that maybe I might eat at subway too much??? NA

Question and Answer

2008-09-30T07:12:00.000-07:00

So this morning My son come out to make his breakfast and decides to have instant oatmeal for breakfast. He comes in and says "mom listen to this, A Because it as framed and Q why was the picture thrown in jail?" Then he jumps up and heads back into the kitchen. I said Austin come here hunny. He came back and I explained that "A" was the answer and "Q" was the question to the joke. So he reversed how he read it. That made a lot more sense. He said. Laughed, and ran out. Sometime I forget that if we don't teach them they don't know. This I thought was cute anyways.

Poor Sugar

2008-09-29T07:17:00.001-07:00

So last night Austin yells MOM!! come quick Sugar (our dog) is locked in the entertainment center!! I said WHAT??? as I hurried in to the room to see my dog in the entertainment center. Who did this, Makayla did, Kayla did you do this (then there was silence) I couldn't believe it. It was kinda funny but I couldn't believe that the kids would even think of doing something like that. After I told Alan and he laughed hysterically I thought, it was kinda funny after the fact. Has anyone with children and pets ever done anything like this..I would love to hear your story!!

Walk-a-thon

2008-09-26T18:37:00.000-07:00

I just want to say how proud I am of my children today. Today we had our Sunset Elementary walk-a-thon. Our goal that we set for ourselves was 10 laps each. Makayla walked 12 laps and Austin walked 16 laps. Thats right, they did so so good. They are very tired now but yet at the same time still have energy. I took some pictures but every place I was supposed to stand had the sun facing me. So I am not sure how the pics will turn out. The kids also sang. Each grade had their own songs. It was so cute. I wish I could have recorded them. Well thats all for today..Good night everyone!!!

Things your mom would never say to you!!

2008-09-25T19:50:00.000-07:00

-“How on earth can you see the TV sitting so far back?”

-“Yeah, I used to skip school a lot, too.”

-“Just leave all the lights on … it makes the house look more cheery.”

-“Let me smell that shirt — Yeah, it’s good for another week.”

-“Go ahead and keep that stray dog, honey. I’ll be glad to feed and walk him every day.”

-“Well, if Timmy’s mom says it’s OK, that’s good enough for me.”

-“The curfew is just a general time to shoot for. It’s not like I’m running a prison around here.”

-“I don’t have a tissue with me … just use your sleeve.”

-“Don’t bother wearing a jacket - the wind-chill is bound to improve.”

Play it by year

2008-09-25T16:40:00.001-07:00

So today I pick My children up from school and my oldest asked if one of his friends could come over after school tomorrow and play the WII. I said that we have the school walk-a-thon tomorrow and I am not sure it would be a good day. He said well how about Saturday. I said well, Lets play it by year. He says what does that mean he can only come once a year or something like that. I started laughing. No that means that we should wait to see what happens and if we have time then we will call him to come over. That way he isn't hoping or expecting to. He said oh I see...OK.
I think it is funny how kids come up with the funnies things.

Getting Old?!.

2008-09-24T20:26:00.000-07:00

Today I was taking Austin to school. We pulled into the school parking lot and he looks at me and says, "Mom, when I see at old people I feel sorry for them." I looked around and didn't see anyone to old. So I said, "Why do you say that?". Austin replys, "I feel sorry for them because I know there going to die soon." It was all I could do to keep from laughing. I said that people die at all ages. Old young, babies, children, moms and dads. There isn't a certain age that you die at. He said well If a baby died I would feel sorry for it too.

I wet my pants!

2008-09-24T17:58:00.000-07:00

So I wake up this morning to my three year old saying "mom my clothes are wet!" So I said Zack why did you wet the bed? His reply was "mom I didn't wet my bed I wet my pants!" But he wasn't able to explain why his sheets were wet too. Crazy kids.

Last night I was driving down the road and Zachary says "mom I want a slurpee". I said that it was to late to get a slurpee. He then like any or most other kids starts crying..."I want a slurpee". I said, "well Zack, you won't get a slurpee if your acting like that.". Zack says, "I'm not acting." I said, "oh are you being real?" He said, "No I am being a good boy."

He must be paying a tention to what I tell him. I always say you have to be a good boy to get things. Kids can me so funny some times. Then again they can drive you nuts as well.

ENT

2008-09-23T13:43:00.000-07:00

Well today I took Austin to see the ENT (ears, nose, throat doctor). He said that Austin has large tonsils but he has seen larger. He said that as long as he doesn't have difficulty breathing at night or loud snoring that we won't need to take them out. So we will watch and see what happens as far as that goes.
Then we asked him about Austins hearing. For those of you that don't know, in Kindergarten Austin was diagnosised with a moderate hearing loss in his left ear. Dr Gardner wanted to check and see if it is the same or worse. (since we know it won't ever get better). We also had the hearing test done today, and it looks like it is still about the same. He wants him to be checked every year so that we can see if it takes a turn and gets worse. Right now all he really needs is to sit with his right ear to face the teacher. This way he will let the right ear pick up on high frequency sounds.
Today has been a day of going back and forth from doctor to doctor. On the way to the hearing doctor Austing says, "Why do I have to see so many doctors today?" I said well I guess your lucky....he didn't get that. Then the doctor said that he would write a note to the teacher, Austin said "I won't give it to her!" So I guess I will be the one to give it to her. We talked about it and he understands it is to prevent him from having his seat changed thru the year.

Clean up

2008-09-22T07:16:00.000-07:00

So today I asked Austin if he would clean up all of the toys in my office. Then after a little while of him avoiding me and the office I said...

Hey Austin if you don't want to clean it up it is ok, I will. Just let me know what you decide.

(his reply) What will I get if I clean it up.

(my reply) You will get to keep your things.

Needless to say my office is clean now, and he gets to keep his things.:-) How great did that work out.

My first blog!

2008-09-21T20:12:00.000-07:00

Pictures coming soon!!

Today my favorite quote is:

"Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow."

Today has been a crazy day, I will add more in the future. This is my first time creating a blog and I am excited. I have lots to learn. Any tips from friends who have blogs would be great.

Last night I went to the St. George Rodeo with Alan and My mom, and my Uncle Mike. They had come down from Vegas. It was tons of fun and we have decided that next year we will plan to take Austin and Makayla with us. I would like to see Makayla do the "Muttin Bustin" I think that is how it goes. Riding on the backs of sheep. We will see if she will do it. I don't have any pics of the rodeo because I forgot my camera at home. I hate when I do that.