Ok, so now its Brenden's turn to have a slide show made after him...Brenden is our happiest child. He's been a goof ball from day one, as you can see from his pictures! He's full of laughs and sunshine and loves to play tricks and be silly...almost to a fault. But he is such a sweetheart and he was such a pretty baby. He still has eyelashes that any woman would be jealous of. Happy 5th birthday Brenden!!
My friend Katie lovingly reminded me of how far behind I am on my blog. Life has been insanely crazy here!!! We had Carters birthday Feb. 6 and here is a trip down memory lane. Carter is such a sweet boy and we are so glad to have him in our family!
Ok, so I haven't updated this forever. Obviously. Where do I start? We moved to Rexburg in July, sold the house in August (I bawled!) and made our adventure to a new job/career for Justin. I was NOT excited at all to move to Rexburg, or anywhere else for that matter. We loved our home and all our friends here in Idaho Falls. The first couple months in Rexburg weren't too bad, the job seemed to be going well and the kids were fine. Until school started. Sigh. Andrew was ok the first couple weeks but then started having panic attacks every night at bedtime and every morning when it was time to go to school. It broke my heart and made me even more mad that we were in Rexburg in the first place. So we were dealing with that, and the insurance job Justin took started to go sour. Mostly because of his agency manager, who has no business being a manager. The poor economy didn't help things either. So by mid-October we decided to move back to Idaho Falls, if Justin could find another job. He went back into the school district office where he had previously been employed for three years to see if there was any way they could hire him somewhere, with the school year already started. He went in on a Friday and by Monday had a formal contract. Hooray for teaching special ed! He's always needed. So he is teaching again, not at the same junior high he was before, but out at an elementary school. He wasn't sure he would like the age difference, but he really loves it. We had to buy another house, obviously, and got a really good deal on a home just a few blocks from our old one. Andrew is back at the school he attended kindergarten at, with all his little friends. He's MUCH happier and so are all of us. All our friends are still really close since we are not very far from our old house. That has made a huge difference, especially for me. I was so depressed in Rexburg. It's really clique-ish there and people are arrogant. Oh well. Live and learn. Christmas was interesting, we moved into the new house the day after. But we had a great Christmas with the kids and tried to not think about the move. The boys are growing up so fast!!! Carter will be three in a couple weeks, Brenden turns 5 the end of February and Andrew turns 7 April 3rd. I have lots of pictures, but they aren't ready to post just yet. I will get to that hopefully soon, just like I have been meaning to paint my kitchen for a week. It's all taped and ready to go, I just have so many other things going on. Phew! Hopefully that's a decent enough update. Our new address for anyone who wants it is:
1120 Merrett Drive
Idaho Falls, ID 83404.
Just don't send any anthrax-laced letters....
Ness of the Randomness Survey
1.What color is your front door? - Its wood, so brown
2.Do you know what time were you born, when? - yep, 1:23 in the afternoon
3.Are you afraid of snakes? - eh sort of
4.Ever tasted dirt? - nope
5.Do you have a theory on why chickens suck at flying? - probably the same reason why humans suck at flying
6.Any Holiday traditions in your family (that aren't shared by the world)? - we all get together and play spin the bottle. hahahahahahaha. No, not really
7.When was the last time you 'should-a, would-a, could-a'? - oh wow. oh that would be July when we moved to Rexburg. So dumb
8.Can you recall the furthest distance you ever ran? - yeah probably 5 miles or so
9.Where do you work, if you have a job? - i work at my house
10.Is money the center of your world, or are you capable of holding onto what is true? - i'm capable but i wouldn't mind a shopping spree
11.What is more important to you; material possessions or the things in life that money can not buy? - oh come on, i'm not that shallow
12.Do you like to fish? - YES
13.Is there a plastic animal anywhere around you? - yeah. one of my kids' toys
14.Would you consider yourself to be creative? - yeah totally
15.Ever peed where you shouldn't have? - lol. have you?
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Ok, so it's been nuts here and I just barely took my halloween pix off my camera and put them on the computer. The boys wanted to be Alvin and the Chipmunks, and boy were they
cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Only this time to somewhere cool. We're moving back to Idaho Falls in January. For lots of reasons. Justin isn't liking his insurance job, he's not making as much as his manager said he would be, he's losing business to online companies for some dumb reason and people just aren't buying stuff right now in this economy. We can't wait around for 2-3 years hoping it picks up and Justin suddenly starts making a ton of money. Plus we don't like Rexburg. And the kids aren't handling it well either. Andrew keeps having panic attacks about going to school and came home last week because he was so anxious he almost threw up. He cries almost every morning about going to school and I just can't take it anymore. Brenden hasn't gone to his Primary class in 3 weeks because he's crying hysterically. Carter, well, he's got an attitude but that's Carter...So we're excited about the move, we're trying to get a house in our old neighborhood and ward so Andrew can go back to his old school with his old friends. We loved our old neighborhood. Still do! We went to our old wards' Elder's Quorom social on Saturday just to see our friends and that did it for us. We were sold on the idea of moving back. Justin has a job already teaching special ed. for the same school district he was before just at a different school. He starts on Monday. How many people in this economy can get a job in 24 hours?!?!?!?!? We feel very blessed and are wondering why we moved in the first place. But we are being blessed left and right and feel very lucky to even have the option to move back. There's our latest!!!! Hold on to your hats, there's more to come I'm sure!!!!!!!!
HAVE YOU EVER:
1. Been kissed: well yeah, duh
2. Eaten sushi: NO
3. Gotten hyper: all the freakin time
4. Been dumped: yeah actually. What was he thinking??
5. Eaten an entire pizza by yourself: Like a tiny one.
6. Been a rebel: of course
7. Gotten in a car accident: Yes. It sucked
8. Ever liked someone older: Of course. I've never dated someone younger.
9. Seen the white house: Seen A white house
10. Hiked a mountain: yeah
11. Made home made cookies: i'm the master
12. Cold or hot?: What are we talking about here?
13. Lace or satin?: I hate lace. Too girly
14. New or old?: Um...probably new.
15. Chocolate or Vanilla?: Vanilla yogurt
16. Science or history?: I suck at both but science is more interesting
17. Do you like some one right now?: Of course!
GIRLS:
1. What do you like in a guy? He has to be taller than me. And can't be a wuss or girly-man.
2. Do you want a guy to ask your dad before he asks you out? Doesn't matter cause it didn't happen anyways
3. Do you want your bf to get you chocolate or jewelry? jewelry even though I don't wear it. But chocolate doesn't do anything for me either
GUYS:
1. What do you like in girls:
2. Athletic or not?
3. Hard to get or easy?
4. who do you want to kiss right now?
EVERYONE
1. Who is your funniest friend? That would have to be Irene or Phat Jen. And all my sisters.
2. Who do you email the most? Probably, um, Chris? Jen? Becky?
IN THE LAST 48 HOURS:
1. Had a serious talk: with my oldest son. He's having a hard time.
2. Hugged someone? Totally!
3. Got along with your parents? haven't talked to them
4. Got along with your siblings? yeah
5. Fought with a friend? no
6. Been depressed? sort of.
MORE:
1. Do you like to walk in the rain? Absolutely
2. Ever had that falling dream? Where you wake up and you thought you fell off your bed? Yeah
3. What turns you on? my life, my information...I'm with Daniel on that one. Great answer!
4. Who is your favorite cartoon character? Mandy from Billy and Mandy
5. Do your parents ever make you mad? more now than ever.
6. What is your favorite saying? Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
7. Do you want to get this back from everyone: Yeah answers are fun to see.
Ok, so we've been in Rexburg for a few months now and we're house hunting again. We decided it would be safer to just rent a place when we moved up here, and take some time looking around. We found a great house for an even greater deal and we are planning to make an offer next month. It's nice that we don't have to count on having a house sell before we buy another, we sold our house 2 months ago. Here's some pix, just for you Ashlee!!! It was great to see you guys today!
1. Where is your cellphone? on the computer desk
2. Your significant other? A good dad
3. Your hair? Pulled back in clips, I didn't want to deal with it today
4. Your mother? Wants to be a cat! hee hee
5. Your Father? we share a brain
6. Your favorite thing? running
7. Your dream last night? what dream, you have to sleep to dream
8. Your favorite drink? Cranberry juice
9. Your dream goal? Lose 20 pounds
10. The room you’re in? Living room
11. Your hobby? Running
12. Your fear? Not being able to lose 20 pounds...seems like no matter how hard I work, it just won't come off!!!
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Idaho Falls...ME TOO ASH!!!!
14. What you’re not? Shy
15. Muffins? Raspberry cream cheese or Orange
16. One of your wishlist item? Clothes that fit...here here
17. Where you grew up? Hillsboro, OR (Portland)
18. Last thing you did? cleaned the bathroom
19. What are you wearing?Cords and a pink shirt
20. Favorite gadget? Computer
21. Your pets? A really funny kitty named Jazz after the Transformer
22. Your computer? Helps me keep in touch
23.Your mood? Chill
24. Missing someone? Yes! Everyone in IF and those who used to be
25. Your car? um...just went to Disneyland and back
26. Something you’re not wearing? ring
27. Favorite store? Aeropostale
28. Like someone? Yes!!! Duh..., no I hate everyone...
29. Favorite color? Yellow
30. When was the last time you laughed? 5 minutes at Carter being The Hulk
31.When was the last time you cried? Last week at the Doc talking about why the crap I can't lose weight no matter what. SO FRUSTRATING!!!!!!!!!!
Ash tagged me so now I'm passing it along to: Jill and Becky Z.
Day three...Phew! It was so hot there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My kids were getting funned out, so we went to Dland first, spent most of the afternoon at California Adventures and headed back to Mesquite around 3:30 to beat LA rush hour. We still got to do a lot. But guess what!?!?!?! We ran into a family from our ward!!!!!!!!!!!!! We teach the 9 year olds in Primary and we saw one of our girls with her family. I said to Justin, Is that MiKayla!?!?!?!?!?! TOO FUNNY!!!!!!!!!! The first thing we did though, is go to Disneyland and try to get the boys into the Jedi training thing they do. We were the first people there and waited for half an hour, and they didn't get picked!!!!!!! I swear, the only kids that got picked were the ones with the most obnoxious parents. Jeesh. But the show was still cool.
More and more fun!!!!!!!!! We had an early entry pass this day, so we got to go at 9am and beat the big crowds. On our way down Main Street, there was a group of barbershop singers, they were amazing! We stood and listened to them for a while and they sang a song just for Brenden. Andrew loved watching and listening to them, as you can tell from the picture. He's our artist child, that's for sure. And the boys got to meet Buzz Lightyear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That just made Carter's day. He LOVES Buzz. So much fun!!!!!!
We made it! Our hotel was just down the street from Disneyland so we got to just take a quick walk to the park every morning. It was SO hot in Anaheim and really humid, which I'm not used to. We practically melted all three days, but it was so worth it. The first day we were there, we stayed for the night parade. My kids LOVED it. And I include myself as one of the kids, since I had never been before. The parade was amazing. Everything about Disneyland is amazing, but the parade was really cool. I can't believe some of the stuff they do. All my kids' favorite ride was Buzz Lightyear. I think we went on it four times during the three days. Brenden and Andrew started the day off right though, by going on Star Tours. We had such a great time!
We headed out of Mesquite, NV and made our way from there to Newport Beach, CA before checking in at our hotel at Disneyland. Growing up in Oregon, beaches weren't always warm enough to really swim in. Who am I kidding, they never were...But Newport was so nice, we all went swimming in it. I had never been south of San Francisco so this was all new for me.
This is her sister Jen. I tried to hack Holly's blog but couldn't remember the password.
Anyway I'm in and wanted to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
Andrew is having school pictures tomorrow so I took a couple "school pictures" of Brenden today. He's sooooo cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Last week I discovered that Andrew's first permanent tooth had grown behind his baby tooth and his baby tooth wasn't even loose. So...I had to take him to the dentist and get the baby tooth pulled and we pulled the other one because the other permanent tooth was starting to do the same thing. He got strawberry flavored laughing gas but he stayed awake and pretty alert the whole time. I was really proud of him!!!!!
Hooray!!! I finally figured out how to photoshop my two sisters that missed the first picture I took while I was in Portland. Now all I'm missing is Jen!
