Eric, Mary, Scotty, & Ashley: 2008

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Two Tags

I got this from my friend Michele's blog & thought it was really cute, and fun!

"On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me..."

1 embarrassing moment: Saying the opening prayer in Church sacrament meeting, I hate being in front of people!

2 best friends: Eric, & Sarah

3 things you buy regularly: Milk, eggs, Gas,

4 places you want to go (and might actually REALLY go): To Cedar for Christmas, to town to finish Christmas shopping on the 15th, to see a movie, out to dinner

5 goals for the upcoming year (that you might actually do): Exercise consistently, talk Eric into 1 more kid, get Scotty potty trained, build up a savings, get on a budget

6 things most people don't know about you: I have a hard time getting pregnant, I don't make friends easily, I'm very dependant on Eric, I miss living in Cedar, I get mad way too easily, I love to bake, mostly cookies!

7 things you would never say: Sure Scotty, go a head and knock Chris down, I don't want a new car, No I don't want Eric to make dinner, I don't want to go see Twilight again!, I want my mom to move to Hawaii, I'm ungrateful for my blessings, I don't want any more kids

8 things you love about the Christmas season: Remembering Christ, The anticipation of Christmas morning I usually have to pester Eric out of bed!, Christmas lights, Christmas music, Shopping, Giving Christmas gifts to neighbors, Being in Cedar with family, How nice people are to each other.

9 things you say to your kids: I love you, Do you want chocolate milk, eat please, what movie do you want to watch, You can have your plug (the pacifier) if you sleep in your fire truck bed, You don't get your plug unless you're going night night, Quit it, Which is the horse (or any other animal, Scotty LOVES animals), do you want to go for a ride in mom's car

10 things you do a lot: Pray, Dishes, Fold laundry, Fix meals, Tell Eric & Scotty I love them, Try to be positive, pay bills, Try to be thankful, Change diapers, Take showers

11 things you would rather not live without: The Gospel, My Scriptures, Family, Running water, Friends, Cars, Indoor plumbing, a Conscience, The Holy Ghost, Sleep, Clothes

12 people to tag: Anyone who wants too. Come on, do it....you know you want to!

HUSBAND TAG

1) Where did you meet? Through our friends Katie, & Jason.

2) How long till you got married? HAHAHA, would you believe 7 years!

3) How long have you been married? Just barely over 5 years.

4) Your favorite feature of his? I've always loved when he has a goatee! His sarcasm.

5) Your favorite quality of his? His sarcasm, His ability to look out side the box, he can make me smile when nothing else can.

6) Does he have a nickname for you? Babe, Hoss. He started calling me Hoss when we were dating and we heard Hoss was the #1 worst nickname for your girlfriend/wife.

7) His favorite food? Halibut that Red Lobster never has when we go, brownies, Macaroni & Tomato

8) What is his favorite sport to watch? Basketball

9) When was your first kiss? About a month after we started dating, he had to be sure he really liked me before he'd kiss me!

10) Whats your favorite thing to do as a couple? I can't type that here!!! We enjoy going to the Temple, we are always happier when we go. Getting to actually go out on a date.

11) Do you have kids? 1 little boy, Scotty. And hopefully 1 more, just 1, I think 2 is all we could handle! Can we count our 2 mini schnauzer's, Mya & Boo?

12) Does he have a hidden talent? He can find anything in common with someone. He can do just about everything, except cut hair I wouldn't trust him with that!

13) How old is he? 28, he'll turn 29 in April.

14) Who said I love you first? He did, though I thought it for a while before he said it first, I was too chicken! What do you expect we were 16!

15) What do you admire most about him? He sacrifices a lot for me & Scotty. He can learn to do anything in just a short time.

16) What is his favorite type of music? He'll listen to just about anything, but lately he's been enjoying piano music, it calming for him!

17) Do you think he will read this? If I show it to him!

18) I tag: Who ever wants to do it!

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving we stayed at home, and my family came up & over to our house. We decided to do this to help Sarah with all she's going through, and she had to work on Thanksgiving. Everyone was able to come, except Rollie & this kids, and Roni & Danny. We had a good time being together. Our oven still hasn't been fixed, (almost 3 weeks after the repairman came and said the part would be here in a week from when he was here. Yeah I'm mad, and getting madder) but our great neighbors behind us let us use their oven for everything we needed to bake. They went to Portugal for Thanksgiving, so they said they wouldn't be needing it! Sarah had a couple friends from work come down with her, so all together we had 15 people here, including the 2 little boys. I don't think there's ever been that many people at our house at the same time! It was great to have all who came here! We love all of our family.

Eric and Me

My oldest sister Shirley and me

My Dad & step-mom, Tom & Pat

Shirley & her husband Kerry

My brother Will & his wife Janice

Monday, November 17, 2008

Army Time

We had a fun morning on Sunday. The RTI at Camp Williams had been shooting Friday, & Saturday & were still shooting on Sunday. So before church we decided to take Scotty out to see the "Big Guns" (Howitzer's) shoot. He thought the bus that took the students out there was cooler than the actual Howitzer, but we didn't get any pics of that. We spent about an hour out there. He was a little scared at first because they are so loud, but after a couple times he was ok with them. What a lucky kid Scotty is to have airplane rides, ride horses, ride 4 wheelers, play in real Fire trucks, and see real army stuff!
Scotty, Mom, and Dad

Dad and Scotty

Mom and Scotty seeing and listening to the "Big Guns"

Scotty and Dad on a "Big Gun"

There were 2 Howizer's shooting. 1 is right above the truck and the other is on the right.

Sunday, November 9, 2008

We didn't go trick or treating but decided to go to our ward's Trunk or Treat this year. It wasn't too bad, but in our neighborhood, I think it takes away from the Halloween fun. We have a safe, quiet neighborhood, and I think almost everyone went around to houses after trunk or treating too. Oh Well... We had my sister Sarah's son with us on Halloween because she was working her week on. He's the little "Stinker"! Scotty loved being a dragon because he had wings and could fly! Eric stayed at the car and passed out candy, while I took the boys trunk or treating. Scotty did pretty well at saying "Trick or treat!" Then he'd try to take a handful of candy! He also helped himself to Chris' candy bucket when they would put candy in Chris' bucket. Chris walked holding my hand and his bucket in the other and would hold his bucket up to every one who had candy. Scotty thought it was the neatest place he'd been to. He just went from car to car saying "Trick Treat!" Then would drag me and Chris to the next. We were slowing him down because I was holding his hand.
We didn't go trick or treating to houses this year also, because Eric's good friend, and old boss, Kent, was home on leave from Afghanistan, and we all went to see him before he headed back over for another 2-3 months. He looked good, but he'd lost almost 35 lbs! We'd like to ask all of you to please keep all of our soldiers in your prayers!
We hope you enjoys these few pics!

Halloween

So here are our "Jack-o-Lanturns". I got 1 pumpkin for each of us, Eric, Scotty, myself, and my sister Sarah and her son Chris, and an extra 1 for the dogs, I guess! So I was planning on carving them for Family Home Evening on the Monday before Halloween, which didn't happen, of course. We ended up not carving the pumpkins together at all! Sad, I know! Sarah carved the smallest pumpkin for Chris, and the scary one in the middle for her. Eric carved "Homer"! He did a great job! His friend texted a picture of it to him on his phone and made a pattern from that! And needless to say I did the rest of them! And yeah my arm was sore by the time I was to the last pumpkin!