New Apron - Dress Up

I have finally finished Mindi's Apron. It always seems that you do your families last and everyone else first. It is one of my favorites. It was a surprise, she is helping her Aunt Ann make some pies for Thanksgiving tomorrow so I wanted to make sure she had an apron to cook with. So I finished it. It is listed below under "U Wear On Me" with the others.

Things got worse

Just when I thought things couldn't get anymore worse they did. I am now with out a job. I am looking and have had two interviews and two more lined up. I thought the worst was over and couldn't see the end of the tunnel. Today I feel confident and good that the best was to come for me. There are times when you think the door is shout and another one will open. It defiantly has been a challenging year and I am looking forward to it ending. I am doing fine. Resume on line. If anyone has anything available. I am in Accounting/Cost Accounting/Office Manager/Purchasing Agent/ and Staff Accounting areas. I will defiantly keep you posted but we are doing fine for now. I think I am over the shock of anything else. We will be moving out of our home in the next week. Richmond American Homes has to gut out our foundation and re pour the slab. The whole down stairs in Tile 18X18 which there is no match to patch so now they will have to redo the whole down stairs. It has been such a stressful thing and will be glad when that part is over also. We will be out for over 5 weeks I am sure. We still need to sit down and meet with them. We have to be close to the schools for the kids to get to and from. That is about all for now. I guess its enough. See someones life could always be worse off then yours. Wish us luck !

Happy 7th Birthday Party Damon

Damon had his first birthday party. It was Dinosaurs which is still his favorite thing. He was so excited. He invited 4 of his classroom friends and then our neighbors. We started at our house for putting puzzle together and some games. We then headed off to the bowling ally so that we all good play one game. It was the girls against the boys.

This was the coolest cake it even popped out and roared and his eyes lit up.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAMON We love you!!!

Things just got worse

As if things couldn't get worse. I was in a car accident a week or so ago now. It was the first snow fall and it was something totally stupid. Things happen I guess and I went through a stop sign. I hit a truck. We were both OK and the damages could have been worse but we were physically OK. Mentally not so good. We got the estimate on my car. Its $1,500.00 and still drivable. I now have traffic school to take. It took me over a week to drive again. On top of that day Ben and I were at work on Friday and get a call from the school that Devon had knocked all his front teeth out. So we both left to see what he had to take care of with him. The incident happened at 9:00 from West Bountiful to Lehi and when we finally picked him up it was 11:45. He felt bad, and didn't want any one to look at him. I looked at it and his front tooth was completely broken off and two next to it were chipped. I had called a local dentist and asked for an emergency visit. We had just gotten insurance on November 1st so that was a hidden blessing. So Devon and I spent 5 hours in the Dentist office while creating new teeth. The dentist was great, the office team was so good with him. He was pretty nervous. He had played with his mouth when they numbed it. He did very good and was glad it was finally over. He is now having to change his whole way of eating. Never being able to eat an apple or carrots. Nothing hard and everything soft. He is adapting well. After pictures will come later. We got busy.

Damon's Football Party

The season is over. Devon has a great year and there were no accidents or injuries. Devon has been a bigger kids but full of strength and solid muscle. Last year when he was playing football he weight in at 110. This year he wanted to run the ball so bad and not be an X man that he worked harder then ever and watched what he ate. He almost made it at 94 pounds for the goal weight he was 95 at weigh ins so he was still an X man. He has lost 20 pounds. He looks and feels great. He is ready for next year. We had a football party at Boondocks with the whole team. It was a lot of fun. Here is his award. Great year Devon.

Family Pictures

I want to personally thank Megan Whintel who took our family pictures this year. She is our neighbor and dear friend. We love you Megan. Thank you again for your help and getting the one day we had opened to getting what we could done. It was a great day but as usual some are not so cooperative then others when are tiring to capture the moment. So these are few of our new family photos. Still more to come and still needing to order. We thank you Megan for it.

http://mwphotography.lifepics.com/net/Pro/Default.aspx

HALLOWEEN 2008

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

We had made it through another year. The kids were so excited and even had costume changes through out the day. Every year I dress up with them. I usually wear costumes to work and have the parties. I took work off to spend the day at the kids school parties. We had a great busy day.

Devon - Ghoul Bryson - The Joker (friends) Damon - Spider man

Damon in his class Halloween Party. They played Ghost bingo ,eat cupcakes, make a pumpkin and colored pictures.












Damon's whole 1st Grade Classroom








Then it was on to the next party. Devon in his 4th grade class. We ate "Lizard tongues" who could eat a fruit roll up the fastest. Devon won this group.
They played Halloween bingo as well.
















At 5:00 I helped set up the Church "Trunk or Treat" sense our calling is Ward Activities Assistance's. (don't you love Utah wards, they find any calling for anything) I dressed up as a Witch, Damon then became the "Green Goblin" and Devon a zombie "Hip Hop Dancer"

Rachel & Sayra - our dear family friend.

Teenagers. Gosh this year was a rough one for us. Mindi told us last minute she wanted to dress up as "Dorthy the Wizard of Oz" then she didn't then the night before we found one but then she didn't want to where it to school, she had been grounded already so we had decided not to buy it. Then last minute her and her neighborhood friend Brittney decided to stuff these old costumes we had and go out together. They look really cute. "Girls" they change their minds last minute so much it drives us crazy.

Mindi had several old costumes and so our friends and neighbors of all ages came over and borrowed them all. Here are a few of them.

Tiffany - Mulan our friends youngest daughter

Kayla our friends daughter who also borrowed Mindi's costume "A Hip Hop Singer" & Ms Dracula

Ann & Richie with Nathan came over for our Church party. We served Chilli and then had our Trunk or Treat party. We ended up having rain but it didn't stop anyone from having fun. I would rather have the rain over the snow any day. It was a great night out.

Lelo & Stitch and Richie FBI

Then after taking the kids out Trick or Treating, after they made three trips back home to dump the candy and go back out. Sayra, Jake, Ben & I went to a club down town Salt Lake City. We had so much fun. We thought that we were young again. For those who know me we used to go to the Dance clubs every where, every week end. When the music starts playing I can't stop moving. I do have to say that we are not young anymore and today we are recovering from an all night event. I am sore, and wearing high hills for three hours dancing definitely looked good but after words does not feel so great. We actually ran into some old friends from when Ben and I were dating at Rick's College Todd & Blake and were Bens friends from when he lived in Virgina Beach, Virgina so that was defiantly weird. A blast from the past. We had a great time.

Sayra & Jake
Rachel & Ben
Until next year. Hope everyone else had a great year as we did. Take care.