Because I want these Christmas cards!!

Brandy is doing a give away on her other blog. And I want these... But will welcome friendly competition, so go check it out: Some of This and Some of That.

It is on its way!!!

Can't wait to get back on track... and it is going to take a lot to get all these extra pounds off!!

High School Tag, Thanks Megan...

High School Tag
1.Did you date someone from your school? No... I had the same crush for two years. He never knew.
2.What kind of car did you drive? The bus and then sometimes I would drive our Green Explorer and Ericka and I would run to get lunch.
3. Did you pass your driver's license test on the first try? Yes, but wasn't really good at parallel parking. Now, I am way good.
4. Were you a party animal? Yeah right. I was home most nights with Mom and Dad.
5. Were you considered a flirt? No way...
6. Were you in a band, orchestra, choir? Choir, I think we mostly messed around. I do remember singing the Broadway Classics
7. Were you a nerd? No, in fact Trail K, Ericka and I were picked not to take a Test in Mrs. Seegmiller's because we were the one that were struggling. I guess we just weren't as smart at the others.
8. Were you on any varsity teams? No, I pretty much gave up on Volley Ball when the coach put me in as middle blocker during a game and said "isn't that what you have been practicing". WHAT... Kimala - a middle blocker.
9. Did you get suspended/expelled? No, but Mr. Robinson had me on his hit list. He was always after me for some reason.
10. Can you still sing the fight song? Yep, I am a dork.
11. Who were your favorite teachers? Mrs. Seegmiller, Mrs. Anderson and good ol Mrs. Whittaker(she let me look at her diamonds and gave Ericka and I Tick Tacks while going through the Holocaust Museum; I think she was afraid we would pass out because of the smell).
12. Where did you sit during lunch? Senior hall or the steps just outside senior hall. Yummy CUP O Noodles. I think this could be why Mr. Robinson didn't like me... they came up with the rule of no food in A building.
13. What was your school's full name? Piute High School
14. School mascot and colors? Thunderbird, red, white and blue
15. Did you go to Homecoming? Did we have Homecoming? If we did I can't remember, all the dances were quite dumb.
16. If you could go back and do it all again, would you? Heck no. I was excited to be done with high school. College was much more fun.
17. What do you remember most about graduation? We were all mad a Donahoe and didn't want him to speak at Graduation. I lost my cap and tassel when I tossed it in the air. So, if anyone has an extra 98 tassel... it is mine.
18. Where did you go your senior skip day? California, this is where the whole Donahoe fight started. He wouldn't let us watch Titanic on the bus among other things. There was actually one point that he stormed off the bus kicking rocks he was so mad. And we thought Mrs. Seegmiller would be the tough one.
19. Were you in any clubs? Honor Society... I can't remember what else. I stayed pretty low that last couple of years.
20. Have you gained some weight since then? Do we even want to go there? I don't.
21. Who was your prom date? Oh Geez, Colby Smith. They didn't plan anything so we drove up and down main street in Richfield 500 times, Wes was working buy McDonald's pouring curb and gutter he saw us going back and forth. Then my date and Ericka's date started spitting ice through straws at each other at Pizza Hut just for me to realize that my cousin (Cory Sorensen) was sitting across from us. How embarrassing.
22. Are you planning on going to your 10 year reunion? Didn't go. Would have loved to see everyone though.
23. Did you have a job while in high school? Fish Lake Lodge during the summer and part of fall. Cleaning, waitressing, front desk (i think I sold my first beer and cigarette's at 15) and then I took reservations in the office. Long days, I remember my feet hurting so bad that I couldn't go to sleep and then we would get up and do it all over again. A lot of fun stories from those days. Diver Dave, bats falling from the ceiling, pillow case races, eating employee meals in the cave. Oh the list goes on....

What a big girl!!

We got the chair out last night because Dawsyn has been sitting up so well. She had her dinner sitting up in the chair instead of in the bouncy(which she is out growing very quickly). It took a little getting used to, but she liked it.
Dawsyn loves her rice cereal, squash, sweet potatoes, carrots, pears and (the newest) bananas.
I felt like I was trying to grow her up last night putting her in the chair... but she is really ready for it, I guess it is just me that is not ready.

Cute pictures of Dawsyn

a little blury, she was moving....still cute tho!




Hide and Seek. I think this is her favorite place... she goes here often.

Neo in the flour

I was trying my hand at pie crusts and Cole was leaving for work. Cole brought Neo in for just a second while he gathered the rest of his stuff. I was on the phone with Mom, trying to get some instruction because my crusts were not going as I thought they should. My flour bucket was open on the floor. Neo saw something new and decided to check it out. Cole and I were both trying to tell him to get out. In the process, Neo dropped his ball in the flour and had to go back in to get it. Needless to say, I had flour all over the kitchen and the bucket needs new flour, but the picture was cute!

Under the bed

I was getting ready to put Dawsyn to bed, but wanted to get out of my jeans. So I put her down just outside my bathroom door and went to hang my jeans up. This is where I found Dawsyn.

Balloons from our house.

I got up when Cole left for work last Saturday and took pictures of the balloons from our house. it was so pretty. I can't wait for Dawsyn to be excited to see things like this.

Strike a pose.

This is Dawsyn's new favorite pose. She gets up on he side and stays this way until she wants to roll some more. She had just woke up here, but already striking her pose!

Labor Day weekend on the mountain

The purpose of this trip was to get some wood. Cole and Grandpa ended up cutting quite a bit around the cabin. Dawsyn and I stayed close to the cabin because it was a little chilly. We had so much fun on Saturday, I talked Cole into going back up Sunday after church. It didn't take much talking! It is so nice to be away from phones and such. Wish we could get up there more often. Hopefully, next time we can stay a day or two.

Bragging for Megan.

We didn't get the chance to plant a garden this year, but Megan was willing to share with us.

I had to take a picture when I saw how pretty it was. Thanks Meg, we enjoyed it all!

Playing with Addi

Addi is a great help with Dawsyn. She sure keeps you on your toes though. There were a couple times this day that Addi made me a little nervous about helping. Mostly when she went to get Dawsyn out of the jumper. I asked her what she was doing and said, "Dawsyn wants to get out."
As you can see below, Addi took her turn in the swing while Dawyn was sleeping. Cute!!

5 Months... How time flies!

I can't believe that Dawsyn is 5 months already.
She is so much fun and is really letting her little personality shine through.
She weighs over 17 pounds now and is loving rice cereal and carrots. Not so much with the sweet potatoes. She defiantly hates her vitamins. She gags. It is so funny though, I laugh and then hurry to give her some cereal to get the yucky taste out of her mouth. No teeth yet, for this I am grateful!

Dawsyn sits up a little, but doesn't like to very much. She would rather lay down and roll. She rolls everywhere, no kidding. She can get just about anywhere she wants in a matter of seconds.
She is defiantly her Daddy's girl. About the only things she got from me is her chubby big toes and that she loves to be tickled. One night, I had her in her bed asleep and while I was getting ready for bed she woke up. Expecting to be awake for a while I took her in to say good night to Cole. I laid her on the bed and she rolled to cuddle up with her dad, put her little bum up in the air and fell back asleep while Cole tickled her little body. It was the cutest thing.

We are so grateful to have Dawsyn in our little family. We were so boring without her. Life is defiantly more exciting with a little one around.

Adeline's 100th Birthday

Our next door neighbor, Adeline celebrated her 100th Birthday. I think she had a great day. Our neighborhood and ward organized an open house that afternoon and our street all went to sing Happy Birthday to her.
Adeline loves to tell stories about when she played Jazz on the piano... her favorite phrase is "OH SURE." I can just hear her saying that.

One of my favorite memories of Adeline is when Cole and I were building the house. She called me over and told me she was going to give us something refreshing to drink. I thought water, maybe juice, something refreshing. Oh no, she poured us both a nice tall glass of tomato juice.
I took it out to Cole. We decided that we better drink some because she was watching (she loved to watch to see what we were doing everyday). Cole just couldn't, so he pretended.
Anyway, it was a nice gesture. What a fun lady.